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Our contemporaries are ceaselessly agitated by two conflicting passions: they feel the need to be directed, as well as the desire to remain free. Since they are unable to blot out either of these hostile feelings, they strive to satisfy both of them together. They conceive a single, protective, and all-powerful government but one that is elected by the citizens. They combine centralization with the sovereignty of the people. That gives them some respite. They derive consolation from being supervised by thinking they have chosen their own supervisors. Every individual tolerates being tied down because he sees that it is not another man nor a class of people holding the end of the chain, but society itself.
Under this system citizens leave their state of dependence just long enough to choose their masters, and then they return to it.
At the present time, many people fall in with this type of compromise between a despotic administration and the sovereignty of the people and they think they have sufficiently safeguarded individual freedom when they surrendered it to a national authority. That is not good enough for me. The character of the master is much less important to me than the fact of obedience.
Dear American voter,
Know this: voting has no moral value. Sure, it has practical value. Votes get added up to decide who gets power. But voting does not justify any use of that power. Voting is only a system of choosing leaders. It cannot justify what those leaders do. Democracy is morally impotent. No doubt voting is practically necessary, but when did we delude ourselves into thinking that the practical means of putting someone in power has any power to justify the actions of the people who win?
What will or will not justify actions of rulers is the more fundamental question of what is the proper role or function of government in society, a question we've long since abandoned in favor of discussing the "issues" devoid of any deeper considerations of a grand scheme in which individual issues are all related parts. Voting is perhaps the least important political action you can take. Real change doesn't happen in the ballot box. Real change happens in workplaces, in homes, in classrooms, on the phone, and on the internet. Real change is changing minds and hearts, not changing regimes. Real change happens in conversations that go deeper than individual issues, deeper than pandering sound bites, deeper than the noise of media coverage, and delve into the real questions. Real change takes time. Real political activism isn't holding a sign, putting a bumper sticker on your car, and voting. Real political action is having a conversation with your friends that steps outside of the partisan bickering, leaves behind the petty talk of current events, and asks fundamental questions about government and what it is and should be. Real political action is about talking not yelling, about reaching truth together not making the other side look foolish.
Some folks will stay up all night worrying about who will be elected. I've got more important things to do. I've got classes to attend, blogs to write, music to create, people to talk to, papers to write, a blog to contribute to, and a billion other things to do. I'm too busy with real change to pay attention to election coverage.


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Terrelle Pryor was on the field with his teammates but doing very little Thursday during the media window at Raiders practice.
Pryor, who was not wearing a helmet, went through warm-ups but then stood and watched as Matt Flynn and Matt McGloin took reps with receivers and running backs.
Only one time did Pryor take a snap and throw to a receiver.
Pryor said Wednesday he believed he could be ready to play if he could practice Friday.
Raiders coach Dennis Allen did not want to speculate Wednesday how much work Pryor would need to be ready to play and there's a chance he won't divulge the name of his starter until game time.
Also not practicing for the Raiders was defensive end Jason Hunter (quadriceps), along with safety Tyvon Branch (ankle) and Menelik Watson (knee).
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College Admissions Expert Elizabeth Levine: Help for Student Debt
Is there any help for students who are out of college and have student debt?
I receive panicked calls from young adults that have graduated college and/or graduate school asking for advice on how to manage their student debt that they now have to undertake and manage. Each situation is different but there is help that too many students don't take advantage of and should look into.
For a student's federally backed loans there are 2 programs that can cap your payments between 10 – 15% of discretionary income and the remaining loan balance will be forgiven (yes, I said forgiven, poof, gone!), after 20 – 25 years. As long as you are diligently making that 10 – 15% of your discretionary income payment, which could be as low as $10 per month, regardless of how much is left after 20 – 25 years (depending on the program you are in), the remaining balance, principal and all that interest is gone.
If you work in public service, and that means any working for the government or registered non-profit, your loans will be forgiven in 10 years.
What is astounding is that this program is significantly under enrolled, even with the government actively marketing these programs.
If you have student debt, I urge you to at least explore these programs that are available to help in managing your loans providing the opportunity to help you financially thrive as opposed to being strapped with loans and going backwards.
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During the holidays it's easy to remember to give back to your community. There are all sorts of programs and charitable drives that receive extra support from good-willed merrymakers. That kind of charity remains important after the holidays, which is why we wanted to bring your attention to a partnership between Gerber Foods and Rachael Ray's nonprofit organization, Yum-O.
Gerber has committed one dollar for every Facebook 'Like' it receives, up to $500,000, to Yum-O. Here's the press blurb:
As part of our commitment to nourish a healthier generation, Gerber is partnering with Rachael Ray's Yum-o! nonprofit organization to ask America to join in our mission to give the gift of nutrition to families in need. Gerber will donate $1, up to $500,000, to the Yum-o! nonprofit organization for every "Like" on our Facebook page by January 15, 2011. Through Yum-o!'s partners, these dollars will help families have access to nutritious food.
This is really a sweet deal for everyone involved. You can do a little good in the world, just by clicking a button, and for every person that clicks that 'Like' button, a family in need gets that much closer to not only a nutritious meal, but the education required for a nutritious lifestyle.
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When we think about unmanned vehicles generally what comes up to our minds are predator like propeller driven drones.
While research is going on to make the aerial vehicles more stealthy this can already be achieved with underwater smaller vehicles that can be modified or converted for anti ship roles.
Small changes in bouyancy and for example a lifting flying wing triangle structure makes these devices travel very long distances. What they lack is a sensor(active sonar or a passive sonar and infrared) to detect large ships like aegis and carrier groups.
Ofcourse they should be armed with VA-111 Shkval type of fast torpedos.
For unmanned operation they can travel predetermined routes. Possibly when target is detected they can throw a radio data transfer beacon on water surface and operator can control the exact targeting and escape of the vehicle realtime.
Or if software and friend foe identification is good enough it can handle itself and return back all under stealth with very little or no radar sonar and ir signature .
For example usa sometimes enters close to China with its large vessels also after the ukraine issue usa ships regularly enter black sea. The large easy targets like ships whether carrier aegis etc. wont be of any threat value if stealthy platforms like these enter into scene with large numbers.


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IE0: Immersion Event for the Accidental/Junior DBA
Just like this grouper is hiding inside a giant barrel sponge, as a new DBA you might be feeling scared of your new responsibilities around SQL Server. There's a lot to learn, but where do you start? What's important and what's not? This course will help you learn how to keep the lights on so that SQL Server meets the business requirements for availability and performance.


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Inside the Sketchbooks of Famous Artists
Whether you're an artist or an aficionado of the arts, there's no question that peering into the sketchbooks of lauded virtuosos is a valuable experience. They serve variously as illustrated diaries or catalogs of casual drawings, paintings, and musings — lending a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the inner thoughts of beloved artists. From a reprint of Frida Kahlo's diary full of vibrant drawings and writings to the silkscreened lips of Andy Warhol's portrait subjects to Tim Burton's sketches, our roundup of adored artists' sketchbooks is sure to give you some insight into the creative process.
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Diablo 3 Shares PlayStation 3 Screenshots
Seeing Chris Metzen, Blizzard Entertainment's Senior VP of Story and Franchise Development, surface at this week's PlayStation Meeting was almost as shocking as Janet Leigh's unexpected demise in Psycho. Even if most PC gamers are frustrated with Diablo 3's dabbling into the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 universe, the console train keeps chugging along, as a few PS3 screenshots of Diablo 3 have been released.
A recent post on Battle.net divulges that Diablo 3 for PlayStation consoles will feature the same gameplay from the main PC title, as well as all its updates, "including Paragon levels, the Infernal Machine event, Monster Power, Brawling, and more." Customized controls for PlayStation gamers have also been tweaked, and in the words of Metzen, "Diablo 3 has really never been easier to play."
Fans of the franchise are probably excited to play Diablo 3's four player co-op mode, and the PS3 version makes its official debut next month at PAX East.
Do you feel Blizzard Entertainment's collaboration with Sony will yield intriguing results, or is this relationship doomed to fail like Cloud Atlas? We'd love to hear your thoughts! Until then, here's a few more PlayStation 3 screenshots of Diablo III.


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Brian Arnall, Precision Nutrient Management Extension Specialist for Oklahoma State University, gave a presentation to InfoAg 2013 attendees this year, where he broke down all the different apps available for agriculture. Featured here are seven of the apps he recommended for ID tools for pests and weeds. Do you use any of these apps, and if so, what do you think of them? Leave your comments below.
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Bag of Holding - Con-Survival Edition
Be a pro at cons
- Small enough for a crowded hall; big enough for all your stuff
- Hands-free hinged front pocket for checking your schedule
- Clear vinyl pocket allows you to use your tablet while it's in the bag
We designed this bag with the busy convention attendee with a hectic schedule and a crowded hall in mind. Why'd we do it? Because we attend cons, too, and we know how crazy it can get. You already know ThinkGeek has a booth at around 8 conventions a year, but we also spend a lot of time at cons as attendees, and we've spent plenty of valuable minutes looking for someplace to sit so we can check the map or schedule or hook up a charger. Inevitably, we end up wandering away from the convention floor, and once we find someplace to sit we really DO need the map because we have no idea where we are.
This Con-Survival Edition of our ever-popular Bag of Holding is slightly smaller than our traditional Bag of Holding to make you more maneuverable in crowds. The front pocket is hinged and has a clear vinyl pouch for your tablet or iPad so you can check your map or schedule one-handed. Lost? A quick tug of one of the double-zippers on the front pocket will let you get your bearings quickly without hassle. The vinyl's thin enough to allow for capacitive touch so you don't even have to remove your touchscreen device from the bag. And a pass-through grommet between the main and front pockets allows you to run cables between the two compartments for more convenient charging. It also has all the sewn-in pockets you've come to expect from a Bag of Holding, but this version of the bag has one final con-specific feature. There are two side mesh pockets, which you traditionally see used for water bottles. One of these side pockets has a toggle pull at the bottom, as well, so you can open the bottom to hold a poster, your zombie-prevention spear, or a lightsaber. It may not keep your poster from being munged in the mass of people, but it will keep you out of that frustrating situation where you leave your poster in a booth because you had it in your grubby little hands and had to put it down. On which note, the carabiners are a great place to snap a little bottle of hand sanitizer so you can avoid the concrud. We like you healthy.
Bonus: If you're carrying a Con-Survival Edition bag at any convention where ThinkGeek has a booth, drop by for your free con-specific collectible patch!
Product Specifications
- The Con-Survival Edition of our ever-popular Bag of Holding
- A ThinkGeek creation & exclusive
- Bigger on the inside! (or, well, it seems like it)
- d20 badge with "Bag of Holding" proudly attached to the front
- Small enough for a crowded hall; big enough for all your stuff
- Hands-free hinged front pocket for checking your schedule / map / face without having to stop
- Clear vinyl pocket inside hinged front pocket allows for capacitive touch so you can use your tablet while it's in the bag
- Pass-through grommet between main and front pockets allow you to run cables between the two compartments for easier charging
- Top handle makes it easy to grab and go
- Shoulder strap adjusts from 20" - 28" drop (includes shoulder pad)
- Shoulder strap has an extra band for all your collectible convention pins
- Carabiners swivel 360° to reduce tangling
- Mesh side pockets for water bottles - one has a toggle pull at the bottom (both have one at the top) so you can open the bottom to hold a poster, your zombie-prevention spear, or a lightsaber
- Front is hook-and-loop material (the smooth, soft side) so you can apply patches (comes with Timmy and ThinkGeek logo vinyl patches)
- Materials: 100% polyester
- Care Instructions: Hand-wash only
- External Dimensions: 14 1/2" tall x 13" wide x 4 1/2" deep
- Interior Dimensions:
- Main Padded Compartment: 13 1/2" tall x 10" wide x 3" deep (closes with 2 zippers & contains 5 sewn-in pouches for batteries, chargers, phones, etc.)
- Front Pouch: 11" tall x 9 1/2" wide w/rounded corners (closes with 2 zippers & contains 4 sewn-in pouches + 1 clear vinyl pocket)
- Clear Vinyl Pocket: 9 3/4" tall (1/2" more if you ignore the closure) x 8 1/2" wide (closes with hook-and-loop and has elastic corners to hold contents in place - fits an iPad beautifully)
- Rear Document Pocket: 11" tall x 9" wide (closes with hook-and-loop)
- Weight: 2 1/2 lbs.


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The Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer will continue multiple start, finish and route choices for 2013 Toronto event.
2012 Ride set fundraising and participation records in Canada and benefits The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation.
June 10, 2012 (Toronto):
The Enbridge Ride To Conquer Cancer announced the 2013 Ride will include multiple start, finish and route choices between Toronto and Niagara Falls after this year's event drew 4,852 participants who raised $18.1 million in total. The 2012 event set fundraising and participation records, as dollars raised support the creation and implementation of Personalized Cancer Medicine at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.
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Right now, 2 in 5 people will hear the words: "You have cancer" in their lifetime. With your support, we can Conquer Cancer in Our Lifetime. In two years, The Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer raised over $45 million dollars!
The money you raise for The Ride will benefit The Campbell Family Institute at The Princess Margaret, one of the top 5 cancer research centres in the world. The Princess Margaret has assembled a team of top doctors and scientists whose search for new discoveries and improved patient outcomes will have a real impact in our community, across Canada, and around the world.
You don't have to be rich to participate in The Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer. And you don't have to be an athlete, either. Whether you're 25 or 75, a fitness freak or a couch potato, a banker or a barista, you can absolutely do this. With our support, you will not only raise an incredible amount of money for cancer research, but also be completely ready to cycle the most meaningful ride of your life.


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Installation investigates the future of facade design and fabrication.
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Prefabricated Glamping Tents by ArchiWorkshop
Dynamic steel and PVDF structures shelter campers in style.
Make's Portable Pop-Up Kiosks Fold Metal Like Paper
Inspired by origami, Canary Wharf booths make a sculptural statement whether open or shut.
A New Bench-mark at Governors Island
How West 8's designs for an organic system of concrete benches and curbs gets fabricated.
Herringbone Whisky Bar by Taylor and Miller
Owner-built interior explores the transition from two dimensions to three.
Urbana's Shape-Shifting Parking Garage Facade
Folded aluminum panels deliver the illusion of movement to passersby.
An Impossible Stair by NEXT Architects
A folly in a Rotterdam suburb draws on residents' complex relationship with the city.
UT Student Installation Takes SXSW
A room-filling parametric design makes its way from the classroom to Austin's famous music festival.
Public's Tree-Like Transit Shelters for UBC
A canopy of tessellated irregular polygons inspired by a street tree balances atop slim steel posts.
Giant Pixel's Binary Star Wars Canopy
A software developer gets a subtly intergalactic theme for its new San Francisco headquarters.


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Q: In describing my career to a friend, I referred to my work as a medical technician some 30 years ago in an East Coast hospital. I commented that the hospital had a gerontology department. My friend corrected me saying, "I think you mean a geriatric department." I am confused. What is the difference? — J.Z.
A: It is easy to confuse the two terms.
Geriatrics is a specialized field of medicine that studies the medical aspects of old age. It focuses on the diseases of later life with emphasis on diagnosis, treatment and care of older adults. Geriatricians are M.D.s and generally see patients in their mid-70s and older. However, this is not a steadfast rule.
Gerontology is the study of aging across the lifespan. Its purpose is to improve the quality of life for older persons for as many years that they live.
"Gerontology" is not quite yet a household term. A number of years ago I asked a receptionist at a university to connect me to the gerontology department. She replied, "Does that have anything to do with dermatology?" And then there was the conversation with a business person who wanted to know if gerontology was a disease.
Here are a few historical highlights:
The field of geriatrics began in 1909 in New York when Dr. Ignatz L. Nascher, a Mount Sinai medical doctor, coined the term and wrote the first textbook on the subject. In 1942, the American Geriatric Society was created. About 30 years later, The National Institute on Aging was established, bringing renewed efforts to the field of geriatrics.
It wasn't until 1982 that the first department of geriatrics in a medical school was established at Mount Sinai's Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine. In 2013, the geriatric program at the UCLA School of medicine was ranked No. 3 in the country by US News and World Report.
Although the term geriatrics is mainstream, the practice is not. In the U.S., we have about 7,000 board certified geriatricians to serve more than 41 million people aged 65 and older and almost 28 million aged 70 and older. The shortage is profound. As a result, many internists and those in family medicine are treating this population. Some have geriatric training; many do not.
In 1903, the successor to Louis Pasteur – M. Elie Metchinikoff, a distinguished researcher — coined the term "gerontology." He proposed a new science, stating, "I think that it is extremely probable that the scientific study of old age… will bring about great modifications in the course of the last period of life." How right he was.
The first experimental studies of aging were conducted on plants and animals in the late 1800s. In 1922, Stanford University established the first major research unit to study the psychological aspects of later life. And about 30 years later, Duke University launched a study identifying what was considered normal as people aged. In 1964, one of the first and largest gerontology research centers was established at the University of Southern California — the Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center.
About 10 years later, the Leonard Davis School was created offering degrees in gerontology. Today the school offers bachelor, master and Ph.D. degrees; the latter was the first in the country. Given the multidisciplinary nature of the field, the Davis school also offers dual master degrees with business, law, public policy, social work, health administration, pharmacy and more.
Gerontology researchers study everything from the aging cell, transportation, housing, work and retirement, and family relationships to Alzheimer's disease, eldercare, demography, public policy, technology and adult learning, just to name a few.
Those who practice gerontology connect to a variety of disciplines and specialties as evidenced in diverse professional roles. These include social workers, architects, nursing home administrators, life coaches, engineers, attorneys, nurses and directors of nonprofit organizations. Add to the list financial planners, marketers, product developers, nutritionists, exercise physiologists and more.
J.Z., I hope this clarifies the two fields or disciplines. As our population ages, we need expanded research on the causes, prevention and treatment of diseases of later life. We also need to develop, document and promote lifestyles, products and services that will increase opportunities for us to lead a life of dignity, security and fulfillment – to the extent possible.
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Like other travel websites, Tourism N Travel also aims to educate the travelers about different hotels, restaurants, beaches, islands, and cities all over the world. But the articles related to vacation packages offered by various dealers you'll find here are extraordinary in nature. Besides, keeping the budget conscious people (who can hardly ignore their urge to travel various places for vacation purpose) in mind, Tourism N Travel has come up with lists of budget-friendly best vacation spots and restaurants. To ensure that your hard earned money doesn't go wasted by any wrong means, Tourism N Travel is determined to search and share only those travel deals that are sure to help you experience to the utmost without breaking the bank. Tourism N Travel can best be described as a medium to connect the travelers with various locations where they can stay, enjoy a great night out and have fun with family and friends. 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The abdomen and chest are separated by a sheetlike muscle called the
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the diaphragm to connect to the stomach. A hiatal hernia occurs when part of
the stomach bulges out of the abdomen, through the hiatus, and into the chest.
When this happens, the
lower esophageal sphincter (LES) may move above the
Normally, pressure from the diaphragm muscle helps keep the LES valve
closed. When a hiatal hernia occurs, the valve is pushed above the diaphragm so
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I posted the following somewhere and thought we could discuss the matter here also. #
Re: Freeing Kashmir militarily
IMHO, if we aren't willing to try to fight for Kashmir we have to accept that there is no other solution to the problem for us then to accept the LOC as international boundary and leave the whole issue. I don't think there is any likely of India ever giving up an inch of territory in Kashmir through dialogue. I also think that given the Indians recent 'water terrorism' as some call it, it has become abundantly clear that the Indians aren't going to make it easy for Pakistan to leave the matter alone. The more we give them space and signals of peace, the more they feel they can push us. The water issue isn't going to be solved itself especially given the Indian attitude to towards us and ours about our own interests.
The situation of Pakistan vs India isn't so impossible that it should be considered outside the realm of possibility. Given time and effort we could reach a position from which it may be tried. We just have to realize that it may require some thinking outside the box - there are examples of much smaller forces taking on (and winning from) much larger stronger foe. From the top of my head there are a few points to consider-
---Why not use large numbers of foot soldiers with basic tools. We have a large population of able bodied youth which could be trained for the job. After Napoleon defeated the Prusians and forced them to limit their military numbers they devised an interesting plan. Firstly, they started nationwide movements that aimed to train youths and promote nationalism. Secondly, they started recruiting training and retiring army personnel quickly. Pakistan could similar techniques to raise reasonably trained soldiers in a short enough time in large numbers.
However, given our recent troubles with anti-state elements I would prefer these programs be state run under army supervision. Add a good speaker for motivation who focuses on two points during training:
a)Fighting against the state would make them Khuwarij.
b)Kashmir is a legit cause for Jihad.
Like an advance version of that course they had back in the day for students. Can't remember the name.
---Equip them with cost effective weapons that can be manufactures in large numbers. We already produce Shoulder fired anti air (Anza) and Anti Armour (Bakhtar Shikan) so these can be produced en-mass along with other weapons we produce.
--- We could fortify our border and use most of the low trained tropes to man the posts there supervised by ex-servicemen who are in the condition to serve. This would free up a lot of the well trained force to be used for offensive ops. The bulk of the trained fighters should be sent into the Kashmir theatre used for ambushing the Indian forces and using gorilla tactics ahead of the Army. Pak Army engages the Indians head on, these guys attack their supply lines and other vulnerable targets.
---The problem remains of the air-force and how to counter the Indian superiority in that field. We obviously can't spend our way to victory so we would have to use cheaper methods and tactics. If my memory serves me right, the Egyptians knew the Israelis had a superior air-force so they devised their tactics accordingly. They used infantry spread out formations to counter it, instead of using a lot of armour of air force to fight them off. This was effective enough and allowed them to make significant gains initially.
We could also invest in advance SAM systems and other defences to help supplement our AF. The point is not to match the Indian AF unit for unit rather to hold them off sufficiently and provide sufficient cover to achieve the targets.
I am not sure if this is even possible but if the AWACS could be used to help make our effectively BVR capable, as in F7ps just carry SD10s and the AWACS controls the target selection and guidance. Just an idea.
---One important things we could try is to get some fighters– of the 'really motivated' variety—in before hand to attack their Airbases during the conflict. Same could be used with Navy and Army.
---I am sure there are ways to use cheaper tactics – like use a bunch of fast torpedo and missile boats and deploy many Sonar devises in the see that could help us see the see enemy movements. I don't know much about this – but I am sure there are ways to minimize the threat to our ports and avoid getting blockaded.
All of these could be put into action given sufficient time and effort on our part. Or maybe I just don't like idea of giving up on Kashmir and Pakistan bowing in front of India.


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Banana argument
The banana argument is a variation on the argument from design, saying that some things are the way they are because they were designed especially for our pleasure and comfort.
- 1 Background information
- 2 Argument
- 3 Counter arguments
- 4 Other counter arguments
- 5 Additional notes
- 6 Links
Background information[edit]
This argument was presented by Ray Comfort as "the atheist's worst nightmare" in the Way of the Master episode entitled "The Beauty of a Broken Spirit—Atheism".
Way of the Master Version[edit]
Ray Comfort on Way of the Master:
- "It's my theory of where the soda can may have come from. Billions of years ago, there was a big bang in space. Nobody knows what caused the big bang, it just happened. And from this bang issued this huge rock, on top of the rock was found a sweet, brown bubbly substance. And over millions of years, aluminum crept up the side, formed itself with a can and a lid and then a tab. And then millions of years later, red paint, blue paint, white paint fell from the sky and formed itself into the words '12 fluid ounces - Do not litter'."
- "You're saying, 'What are you doing, you're insulting my intellect' - and so I am. Because we know, if the can is made there must be a maker. If it's designed there must be a designer. To believe the soda can happened by chance is to move into an intellectual-free zone... is to have an echo when you think... is to have brain liposuction"
- "Behold, the atheists' nightmare. Now if you study a well-made banana, you'll find, on the far side, there are 3 ridges. On the close side, two ridges. If you get your hand ready to grip a banana, you'll find on the far side there are three grooves, on the close side, two grooves. The banana and the hand are perfectly made, one for the other. You'll find the maker of the banana, Almighty God, has made it with a non-slip surface. It has outward indicators of inward contents - green, too early - yellow, just right - black, too late. Now if you go to the top of the banana, you'll find, as with the soda can makers have placed a tab at the top, so God has placed a tab at the top. When you pull the tab, the contents don't squirt in your face. You'll find a wrapper which is biodegradable, has perforations. Notice how gracefully it sits over the human hand. Notice it has a point at the top for ease of entry. It's just the right shape for the human mouth. It's chewy, easy to digest and its even curved toward the face to make the whole process so much easier. Seriously, Kirk, the whole of creation testifies to the genius of God's creation."
List Version[edit]
Note that the banana:
- Is shaped for the human hand
- Has a non-slip surface
- Has outward indicators of inward content:
- Green - not ripe enough
- Yellow - just right for eating
- Black - too ripe
- Has a tab for easy removal of its wrapper
- Is perforated on the wrapper for easy peeling
- Has a biodegradable wrapper
- Is shaped for the human mouth
- Is pleasing to the taste buds
- Is curved towards the face to make the eating process easy
The conclusion: obviously the banana was designed by "Almighty God" for the benefit of human beings.
- p1. We know that a soda can is obviously designed
- p2. Bananas superficially appear similar to soda cans
- c1. The banana is designed
- c2. The designer is God
Counter arguments[edit]
Straw man fallacy: The soda can[edit]
In telling the audience certain design features of a soda can, Comfort creates a straw man in his description of the evolutionary process. A soda can lacks the major mechanisms of evolution:
- A soda can does not have a process of self-replication, and thus its traits cannot be inherited by its children (and, by extension, its children cannot have variations of those traits). Development of inheritable traits is the process which brings about the the change in biological organisms.
- Inheritable traits are positive or negative based on their impact on an organism's ability to survive and propagate successfully. Even if a soda can had inheritable traits and a process of self-replication, the idea that they would form aluminum sides or the words "12 Fluid Ounces - Do Not Litter" is not consistent with natural selection. Those things are matters of human convenience, not things which impact the survival of a species.
Soda cans are indeed designed. And while there may (arguably) be some superficial similarities between soda cans and evolved organisms such as bananas, soda cans lack the mechanisms which would enable evolution. They are thus not analogous to bananas (or other evolved organisms) for the purpose of his argument against evolution.
The current design of soda cans was not the initial design. For example, beverage cans did not always have a tab to open them - they required a "church key" to punch a hole in the top. The first tab-opening cans opened outward, leaving a sharp metal tab for the user to dispose of. Cans haven't always been made of aluminum - earlier versions were steel, which was far heavier to transport, and far harder to machine. The lip and bottom of the can have been specifically designed to function within automated soda machines. Even designed products have gone through an extensive re-design process akin to biological evolution, with the designer keeping desirable and eliminating undesirable traits.
Argument from design: The banana[edit]
Even if one agrees that bananas have some features which are convenient to humans and other animals, the argument that bananas must have a designer is an argument from design. It assumes that natural features which have a superficial resemblance to designed features indicate that the object has been designed.
As the theory of evolution specifically provides an alternative means by which resemblance to design could be achieved naturally, assuming that resemblance to design indicates design makes the argument circular. There is no argument against the theory itself.
Special pleading: The banana is designed[edit]
Whether or not the banana even has design features is arguable:
- Bananas, along with most foods people eat, have been domesticated and bred to have the features we like. We only keep and reproduce banana trees which grow bananas exactly the size and shape that we want, and destroy the rest.
- Natural bananas are much smaller and are full of cherry-pit sized seeds. Musa balbisiana and Musa acuminate, the ancestors of most cultivated bananas are far less well suited to human needs.
- This was possible due to variation under domestication. Ironically enough, the title of the very first chapter in Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species published 150 years ago. Domestication works exactly the same as the natural evolutionary process, except rather than a natural selection criteria, the domestication selection criteria is what best suits the animal or plant breeders purposes. He or she controls the hereditary outcomes of genetic linage by controlling which male and female of the species mate.
- Cultivated bananas are parthenocarpic, which means they have been selectively bred to the point where they are sterile and unable to produce viable seeds. This means that they can no longer propagate without human intervention such as grafting.
- It's also worth noting that the bananas we have today are inferior to the old version. The Gros Machel was generally considered superior and was the common import up until the 1950s when a plague wiped out most of the plants. The banana industry then decided as a last ditch effort to switch to the Cavendish. This is clearly the type that Ray Comfort was holding and it's an inferior banana generally considered a "junk banana" at the time, but was resistant to Panama Disease. Banana candy tastes different and has more of a banana taste because they taste like Gros Michel and not Cavendish.
- Despite their supposed "perfect design", most animals don't eat bananas. Macaques may love the convenience of bananas, but they are probably not so excited about the crocodile's most convenient food source.
- Bananas come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Comfort is careful to say "if you study a well-made banana..." Well, yes, if you only pick up rocks that fit perfectly in your hand, you will notice that all the rocks you have fit perfectly in your hand. If you look at bananas in general, they do not fit Comfort's description.
- Many species of banana are perfectly edible, yet look completely different.
- Some species of banana look nearly identical, yet are inedible or barely edible.
- Many species of bananas do not have the ripeness "indicator" Comfort describes.
- Bananas don't grow in most areas of the world. Except through modern supply chain, bananas would not be conveniently obtainable by most people.
- Even if bananas were the perfect food, most plants are not. There's no obvious indication (other than vicarious experience) that blueberries are edible but moonseed are deadly.
- The Death cap fungus is superficially similar to the Edible field mushroom as are several species called collectively Destroying angel and mistakes over these fungi cause new fatalities annually. It is incomprehensible why a god who takes so much trouble over the design of the banana takes so little care to help people distinguish edible mushrooms from deadly poisonous fungi.
And, finally, even if the argument supported the existence of a banana designer, it doesn't show that the designer is supernatural, or that it is Comfort's god. As shown there are natural human designers.
Other counter arguments[edit]
- Even if the argument showed that bananas were designed by non-humans, it would not prove that there is only one designer; maybe millions of banana designers participated, see polytheism.
- Even if the argument showed that there once was a non-human banana designer, it wouldn't prove that the banana designer still exists.
- The argument provides no good reasons to suppose that a naturalistic, non-design explanation for bananas is improbable, let alone impossible.
- The list of features above smacks of cherry picking to devise a good example. Given the range of variation in fruits and vegetables, the enormous number of possible combinations of their attributes, and the fact that the foods we eat are almost by definition the ones "most suited" for our consumption, it would be extremely improbable that no fruit or vegetable would seem "especially well-suited" for our use.
- The fact that a banana fits perfectly in our hand might say more about the evolution of hands than it does about bananas. The human hand is very versatile, able to change shape enough to hold a tiny pebble or a large tree branch. Lots of things not designed for our enjoyment also fit in our hands.
- The number of objects in the universe that are inedible and even dangerous to humans far outweighs the number of objects that are tasty. Is this evidence of a malevolent designer, or none at all? Were the poisonous berries "designed" to kill us?
- Humans evolved to be able to eat naturally-occurring foods. From this perspective, the argument sounds a bit like Douglas Adams' analogy of a puddle thinking that the hole it's in was designed to fit it perfectly.
- More animals than humans eat bananas (especially naturally occurring bananas). Perhaps bananas were created for monkeys and humans just knew a good thing when they saw it.
- Humans eat all kinds of food and not all of it is easy to get at. The coconut is also enjoyed by humans and yet, apart from having a non-slip surface (like almost all natural objects) and tasting good (like most foods humans eat), it holds none of the other properties of the banana. Coconuts are hard to collect because they grow high up, coconuts are far harder to hold or to crack open and contain unhealthy saturated fat. A cow, whose meat some might say is far more delicious than a banana, is fairly difficult to hold in the hand when in its natural form. Like many other foods, cows also require special preparation before eating, otherwise some dangerous diseases can result. The diseases, by the way, come from bacteria that theists would also say were created by God.
- Some humans are allergic to bananas, casting doubt on the premise that bananas or humans are designed one for the other.
- This is not an argument for Christianity. If it were designed, the banana could have been designed by Odin, Zeus or any other deity.
- The "Tab" which is used to peel off the skin is in fact what connects a Banana to the bunch. Indeed, many primates don't even use it to peel off the skin, instead peeling from the bottom up.
- Some people don't like bananas. If they were designed for human beings (who were themselves designed, presumably), why don't all human beings like them?
Additional notes[edit]
Ray Comfort in episode #103 of the Hellbound Alleee show, conceded that this is a bad argument due to the human domestication of the banana.
He has since recanted in somewhat of a notpology, that the argument is still valid as it was God who gave us the ability to domesticate said plants and animals, and furthermore that he no longer uses the banana argument solely because atheists have maliciously removed the argument from its proper context, a segment in which Comfort compares evolution to the spontaneous natural formation of a Coke can over millions of years.
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- Banana argument video clip – As presented by Ray Comfort on youtube
- Comfort conceded the banana argument - Hellbound Alleee announcement of Comfort conceding the argument
- Rays Banana Notpology – Rays retraction of original Hellbound Aleee conceding of argument
- The banana argument in written form - Presented completely without intentional irony (poe's law)
- Way of the Master s1e07 – Comforts Way of the Master series episode The Beauty of a Broken Spirit—Atheism


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Mark of the Vampire
The working title for Mark of the Vampire was Vampires of Prague but it's obvious from the first scene that we're deep in Transylvania territory and not the capitol of the Czech Republic. The influence of Browning's previous ode to the undead - Dracula (1931) - is felt in every scene, from the vampire mythology to the cobweb-covered crypts to the use of Bela Lugosi as the suspected bloodsucker. But Browning also adds some new twists like the introduction of a female vampire named Luna. Intimations of an incestuous relationship between Luna and Count Mora, however, proved to be too much for MGM, which had the references removed from the script. There is also that surprise ending which some horror fans feel negates the supernatural qualities of the film. What most everyone agrees on, however, is the haunting, black and white cinematography of James Wong Howe, which glides over gypsy encampments, foggy graveyards, and rat-infested tombs, as if airborne. The makeup effects are equally superb and you won't soon forget Carroll Borland's startling first appearance in the film or her strange pallid face in the moonlight.
Bill Tuttle, the makeup artist on the film, later admitted in The Films of Bela Lugosi by Richard Bojarski, "The crew and I didn't like to work for director Tod Browning. We would try to escape being assigned to one of his productions because he would overwork us until we were ready to drop from exhaustion...he was ruthless. He was determined to get everything he could on film. If the crew didn't do something right, Browning would grumble: 'Mr. Chaney would have done it better.' He was hard to please. I remember he gave the special effects men a hard time because they weren't working the mechanical bats properly. Though he didn't drive his actors as hard, he gave Lionel Barrymore a difficult time during a scene. Lugosi's performance, however, satisfied Browning."
Lugosi was also greatly admired by his co-star, a young Berkeley drama student named Carroll Borland who was making her film debut. Borland had actually met Lugosi a few years earlier when she showed him a Dracula sequel she had written entitled Countess Dracula. Lugosi was impressed and eventually recruited her for his leading lady in a California touring company of Dracula. By sheer coincidence, Borland later answered a casting call ad for Mark of the Vampire in the newspaper without being aware of Lugosi's involvement in it. Once the studio heads saw her screen test which showcased her unique, synchronized movements as the vampire - gestures which were identical to Lugosi's - she won the role without anyone realizing she had been Lugosi's protege.
During the filming of Mark of the Vampire, an amusing incident involving Lugosi and Borland occurred off the set. According to Arthur Lennig in The Count: The Live and Films of Bela "Dracula" Lugosi: "At the end of each working day Bela's wife, Lillian, would pick them up in the car. They would merely change their clothes and ride home without removing their makeup. Lugosi had a large bullet hole on the side of his temple; and Carroll had her hair pasted down. Driving down Sunset Boulevard, Bela in the front seat and Carroll in the back, the car stopped at a light. Bela turned to say something to her, and she leaned forward. Next to them, driving a truck full of chickens, was a farmer. He took one look at the two vampires leaning close to each other, with their eye shadow, bullet hole, pasted-down hair, and white faces, and did the most perfect double take Carroll had ever seen and promptly drove up on the sidewalk!"
Producer: E.J. Mannix
Director: Tod Browning
Screenplay: Guy Endore, Bernard Schubert
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons
Cinematography: James Wong Howe
Costume Design: Adrian
Film Editing: Ben Lewis
Original Music: Herbert Stothart, Edward Ward
Cast: Lionel Barrymore (Prof. Zelen), Bela Lugosi (Count Mora), Elizabeth Allan (Irena Borotyn), Lionel Atwill (Inspector Neumann), Carroll Borland (Luna Mora), Jean Hersholt (Baron Otto von Zinden), Donald Meek (Dr. Doskil), Henry Wadsworth (Fedor Vincente).
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Conditions Before and After IDEA
The current promising future of children with disabilities and their families stands in sharp contrast to conditions before IDEA. These last 35 years have witnessed significant changes as the nation has moved from paying little attention to the special needs of individuals with disabilities to merely accommodating these individuals' basic needs and then eventually to providing programs and services for all children with disabilities and their families.
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Reviewed by KK (age 6)
I really liked the dog in this story because the kids had to give it a bath. The dog was my favorite character because the dog's name was Ginger and it sounds like a pretty name and it reminds me of my dogs. I also liked the girl and the boy because they both had to sweep the dust away to help their mom.
I think other people would like this story because the kids were helping their mom. I think that more people should help their mom. I like to help my mom.


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What happens when the world's greatest basketball player meets the world's greatest hockey player? In one word .... awwwwk-ward.
LeBron James had an audience with Alexander Ovechkin the other night after the Cavs played the Wizards in Washington. Fortunately, someone was there with a video camera to capture this insane "worlds collide" moment. I'm guessing Alex requested the meeting himself since he wanted to present LeBron with his own Capitals jersey (bearing Ovechkin's name?), but of course, LeBron had no gifts of his own. Maybe he could have offered him a piece of that gum he was so interested in.
The best part is when LeBron fully admits that he's never even been to a hockey game, but he "heard that it's awesome." To be fair, Cleveland isn't really a hockey town. Plus, those tickets are expensive! Maybe next year, Big O!
Ovie, Meet LeBron [Washington Post]


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When I was a kid, every Christmas eve morning we got to open 1 Christmas card that we received. Later that night my sister and I would perform in our church's Christmas program (I always had a solo which I performed for 10 years strong). After church we would go to my aunt's house for some food and family time. We would play games and sing karaoke. Then of course around 11pm we would make our way back home and at midnight, I would go to Christmas service with my grandpa. Everyone else would be asleep when we got back, and he and I would sit on our couch and look at our tree until I fell asleep. I always wanted to stay up, but every Christmas morning I woke up in my bed. Of course after everyone woke up (and if you were not up by 7:30am you would get woken up by my sweet little toes pinching you) we opened presents. 90% of my family lived in Hawaii so every Christmas day for as long as I can remember (and even now that I've been gone) my family gathered and my house for a potluck. Eat, watch the Aloha Bowl, eat some more, play outside, play nintendo, and then around 3:30pm my sister and I would head out to the beach. The beach on Christmas day...I totally miss that. I learned to body surf, then boogie board and then surf all on Christmas days (different years LOL, not all on one day).
We haven't skipped a beat since Big Daddy and I were married in 2005. Same thing every year. Over the years things may change, and we might do things differently or even add some things now and then...but one fact remains the same...even since I was a kid...my family, OUR family is important. No matter how big or how small, our family will always do it big. Big memories will always be made.
What are your family traditions? I would totally love to hear them...TELL ME. I may have to adopt some of them too ;-)


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Satan: God, you're really so unfair!
God: And why is that?
Satan: Look at these people. Everyday they sin against you. They hurt you each and every time. But once they've said sorry, you are quick to forgive them.
God: So what?
Satan: I only disobeyed and hurt you once. Just once! And yet you didn't forgive me. That's unfair!
God: Why? Did you ask me for forgiveness?
Just like in the Parable of the Lost/Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32), as soon as the Son asked his Father for forgiveness, the Father instantly forgave his Son. Actually the Father already forgave his Son even before the Son spoke to his Father. Going home was the Son's way of admitting he was wrong so as soon as the Father saw his Son, the Father forgave him at that very moment.
The Son probably knew that his Father will quickly forgive him once he comes home. The Son probably knew that he was already forgiven the moment his Father hugged and kissed him. Still, the Son decided to SAY he is sorry by admitting he has "sinned against heaven and against you". He didn't have to say he was sorry but he did anyway.
It's not enough that we realized that we did something wrong. We should also admit by confessing that we did something wrong. It's a way of humbling ourselves, putting ourselves at the mercy of other people, and allowing people to judge us. And if we are forgiven and accepted still even after the wrong things we have done, that means we are truly loved, for true love is unconditional. Being forgiven is like getting "I love you too" after you said "I love you".
To end this blog, here is a song about The Prodigal Son entitled When God Ran by Phillips, Craig and Dean.


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It's been an election year in Shelby County dominated by something other than candidates in a local political arena where personality and name recognition usually go far.
There have been significant problems with the accuracy of the vote count, presidential campaigns only momentarily interested in the local Republican and Democratic bases and the politics of tax increases and municipal school districts.
But in the last full week of the campaign, the 9th Congressional District race between Democratic incumbent Steve Cohen and Republican challenger George Flinn has emerged as the most contentious race on the ballot.
"The man is desperate to hold office," Cohen said last week, responding to the latest barrage of television ads by Flinn.
Once early voting began earlier this month, Flinn's full slate of TV ads transitioned from introductions of Flinn in his medical practice to attacks on Cohen. The latest ads that caused Cohen to respond target his travel and missed votes in Congress.
About a third of the missed votes, Cohen responded, were to attend to his mother as she was dying and for her funeral as well as the funerals of civil rights leader Benjamin L. Hooks and Thomas Boggs. In other cases, he missed some votes because of delays in his airline flights to Washington. And none of the trips were paid for by the government.
"Yes, I've missed a few votes. But the issue is really the over 5,000 votes I've made," Cohen said. "I take my work seriously. … He should be ashamed of himself. … They give out a false connotation about my work ethic."
Flinn hit the points in the ads Tuesday, Oct. 23, as they began airing. But he coupled that with a continued call for Cohen to debate him.
If enthusiasm for a debate was all it took to get two politicians on the same stage at the same time, there would have been a series of Flinn-Cohen match ups.
"I will debate him anytime," Flinn said Wednesday. "Day, night, 1 in the morning, Sunday morning, Saturday afternoon, any time. … I think the voters, the constituents, the people in District 9 deserve that."
"I would really like to debate him," Cohen countered. "He'd be prime for picking. He knows nothing about Congress. He has no clue. He is vulnerable on every subject."
Cohen is coupling his debate response with a condition that Flinn release his tax returns before there can be any real work toward a debate. Flinn responded that he would be willing to talk about his tax returns at a debate. Cohen began wondering aloud if Flinn has something to hide.
"Now I think as time goes on, it becomes more apparent that there's something wrong with his income tax (returns) or something he doesn't want the public to see," Cohen said.
Cohen also contrasted his own television ads with the Flinn ads made in Louisville, Ky.
"Our ads aren't slick," Cohen said. "They are about people who support me. They are about people in the community. … They are about my record."
But the attack ads are not the standard fill in the blank with a local Republican candidate pieces emphasizing support for the party as a whole.
The Flinn ads are not linked to a larger Republican cause. Flinn has said he doesn't care for the "extreme politics" of either party.
"The right and the left are arguing so much that everyone gets left out," Flinn said. "And that's the real problem I see. Health care is a challenge. We need to work together to solve the challenge."
"I'm not afraid to say vote for Barack Obama for President," Cohen said the next day. "My opponent acts like Mitt Romney is a notary public in Seattle, Wash."
In fact, Cohen has been the Obama national campaign's point man for the congressional district that Obama is expected to carry as Tennessee goes for Romney.
Cohen concedes that there was a time when he and other Democrats in Congress were dialing back the party line divisions on Capitol Hill.
"For a while, I and most Democrats kind of beat ourselves up and said we were all at fault for the gridlock," Cohen told employees at Krone North America earlier this month. "I thought it was kind of the politically right thing to say. … I think the impasse has been caused by the tea party and their intransigence."
Cohen also told the workers that the tea party is an "experiment" that has failed after pulling more moderate Republicans in its direction.


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Dear Internet,
I just ate a piece of pizza. I know that it is making me fat. I am aware that it contains polyunsaturated something-or-other, hydrolyzed this-or-that, and also sugar and, god help me, corn.
I know that half of what I just ate is giving me cancer even as the other half is preventing it. I know the wheat is shredding my intestines even as it murders my children. I know that the corn is genetically engineered and that it's giving me cancer, because as everyone knows, genes cause cancer. I know that I probably need more B12 or B7 or K or something, I know that fructose is the new cyanide, I know that I'm probably allergic to goddamned near everything, and yes, I know that if I add a teaspoon of sugar to my tea I may as well be mainlining crystal meth.
Oh, and hey look! Something about gut bacteria. My gut bacteria, or possibly my lack thereof, are making me fat and maybe also killing me. Okay, I know that now, too.
I know that I need to work out more. God, do I ever I know that. I know that I should be working out RIGHT NOW THIS SECOND. (And yes, I know that the aspartame I just sipped in my diet coke is killing me in exactly the same way as sugar, but with a funny aftertaste.)
But you know what, Internet? I just. Don't. Care. The aggregate cost of filtering, processing, and understanding a constantly-shifting stream of breathless information about THIS thing which causes toe cancer in genetically engineered lab rats or THAT thing which prevents aging in soybean nematodes—let alone the vast array of things that affect my chakral alignment or the quantum moment of my vitreous humors—has just become far higher than any conceivable benefit.
When you can show me a living person who is 300 years old and who doesn't look a day over, say, 50, then we can talk.
Until then: please, please, shut the fuck up.
~ v.
p.s. I either ALREADY HAVE brain cancer, or I NEVER WILL. Either way, unless you're whining about the antenna in the fucking iPhone 4, please shut the fuck up about cell phones, too. Actually, on second thought, don't say anything about the iPhone 4, either.


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The engine stops whining when the plane is parked at the gate.
This is true for passengers and crew members alike. And if you don't believe me, just take a look at JetBlue flight attendant Steve Slater, the mother of all poster boys for air travelers' frustration.
Ok, two decades as a television broadcaster make me sympathetic to the concept of putting a human face on an intangible problem, but could the symbol of everything that's wrong with the airline industry have come in a more perfect form than Mr. Slater?
"I can't condone what he did, it was unprofessional and illegal," says my friend, Patrick Smith an airline pilot who writes the column Ask the Pilot for Salon. "But at the same time he's become sort of an instant folk hero, having channeled this fantasy that I think a lot of flight attendants may have."
Wait, let's not stop with flight attendants. Who among those who travel by air hasn't felt a similar desire to unleash a few profanities and then take a premature exit to the terminal while all the other cattle in the car wait for prodding from the minders?
For the most part, passengers don't log the kind of hours flight attendants do. We get to decompress after the stresses of air travel. We bore our friends with our latest airline horror story then we man up and move on.
Pilots log the hours, but they too are in a better situation than flight attendants, safely shut tight in their locked cockpits and sequestered from the hostility back in the cabin.
But consider the humble flight attendant.
"They're on the front lines so they bear the brunt of immediate frustration," said Dan Rose, an aviation lawyer at Kreindler & Kreindler, who says with some frequency he receives calls from airline passengers so fed up with the experience they want to sue somebody.
"The industry is so competitive in respect to costs that a lot of the niceties of air travel have gone away." (I didn't ask Dan which niceties still remain, though I probably should. I think we'd all like to know.) "Everything is getting surcharged from bags to potentially bathrooms, there's no emphasis on service as a general matter so all these things in the aggregate add up," he told me. "Plus, you're in a confined environment; you're in a tube, not a cruise liner. All these factors come together to create a unique environment that fosters this kind behavior."
One can't argue with the logic.
I'm not a worrier by nature, but lately, I have been troubled by the frightening resentment building between passengers and airlines. "What," I wonder "might be the fallout from this constant ratcheting up of hostility?"
Now I think I know and I am relieved. By becoming a modern day Howard Beale, Slater, the baby-faced, blond who sports a smile even while being led away in handcuffs has bridged what seemed unbridgeable, uniting in sympathy the people who fly and the people who work for the companies who fly us. It's a golden moment, a miracle really, a gift.
What do we do with it?


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Songs for john and Abraham
This week's program falls between the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address and the 60 th anniversary of the killing of JFK. There's a genre of songs about presidential assassination, especially about JFK's and we'll hear many of these including those written by Phil Ochs, Lou reed and the Byrds, plus a sampling of tracks from a new album released this week in Dallas called Tragic Songs from the Grassy Knoll. Along the way, a classic folk song about Lincoln's assassination and a surprising recital of the Gettysburg Address. I learned a lot putting this program together—and so might you!
Culture of protest 11/21/13 6 pm pt kcsb 91.9fm ww.kcsb.org


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