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Everyone in my family knows that I'm an atheist, but it isn't a topic that gets discussed when we are together, which isn't often due to geographic constraints. I think they know my philosophy by now:
If you want to talk about religion, that's fine, but you should first realize two things. One - I can guarantee you that I will be no less of an atheist when we are done, and two - I cannot guarantee you will be no less of a Christian when we are done.
That is what probably convinces them to leave the topic alone, other than to make the obligatory offer to attend a Christmas service with them, which I never will. My automatic response is "that's like inviting a vegan to a pig roast." It's not meant to be a nasty remark, it's just the closest analogy I can think of. Everything else about our relationship is completely normal and functional.
My older brother has come out to me as an agnostic since last year, which must be rough for him being married to the daughter of a Presbyterian minister. By coincidence, my brother and I grew up with Presbyterian parents, and having no choice but to attend Presbyterian church every week. He is now the only one I approach to discuss the antitheist related happenings in my life, like attending the Reason Rally.
This year's xmas get-together might be a little interesting though. Mom called and wanted gift suggestions. I really don't need anything, so I suggested that I give her a list of books, and she select some from that list and order them from Amazon. Unfortunately, mom refuses to try and understand technology. She has trouble answering a cell phone, still has no idea how to text, struggles with email, and successfully negotiating Amazon would be expecting far too much from her. I could tell that my suggestion would ultimately net me nothing I actually want for xmas, so instead, I found what I wanted on Amazon, ordered and paid for it myself, and had it sent to her address.
I sent her a text on her new smart phone to let her know of my actions, and wasn't surprised to have gotten no text back several days later to acknowledge she understood. I called my daughter several days later, who lives near mom, to ask if she knew whether mom understood. She said yes, mom got my text but didn't know how to text me back ... and apparently was struggling with that whole "phone" part of her smart phone. She also said "the books have already been delivered, and nana can't believe she ended up getting you atheist books for Christmas." Yes, I ordered three books from Christopher Hitchens that I have not had the opportunity to read yet, so that my God fearing mother can give them to me as gifts. I won't be surprised if she refuses to pay me back for the order, or even give them to me. Hey, that what she gets. It kills me that our communications are so limited because she can't figure out how to use basic technology.
Anyone else have an awkward xmas gathering coming up?
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Your idea of ordering your own gifts and having them shipped to your Mom to wrap and give to you is genius! I wish I did that while my parents were alive.
On the other hand, I wonder how my Baptist parents would have felt giving me a copy of "The joy of gay sex". Just kidding about that.
Your philosophy sounds right on. Not knowing your brother, I wonder if his agnosticism is a compromise for family peace, and he's really atheist under it all.
My parents became very inept with technology as they grew older. I had to accept that it is what it is. When my dad couldn't work the TV remote, I knew he was declining. It made me very sad.
When my family got together, the compromise was, we didn't discuss religion, we didn't discuss politics. We did discuss the weather, house repairs, gardening, family history, and food. That was as much my family dynamic, as it was my choice. If I wanted to "put it in their face", it would have been adversarial, nonproductive, and made the limited time we had together unpleasant.
I regret that I could not be fully myself with my parents. I don't think they really knew me. I don't know if my ongoing decision to keep the family peace was right. When I told them, early on, I had become Unitarian, they freaked out completely. Which is what they did when I joined the Army. They accepted that I lived with the same man for 10 years in a one bedroom house, but it was otherwise don't ask/ don't tell. For religion, sexuality, health, and money. Given how solid they were about maintaining denial, I don't think I could have done it any other way. They are all dead now.
My christmas will be with my Chinese atheist-raised partner, who regards the holiday as a curious silly American custom, and enjoys the food and lights. It's interesting to have that outsider point of view, and gives perspective.
My brother and I were never close growing up, him being the good son and me being the problem child. I mellowed with age, and now we still communicate infrequently, but we realize that we are more like one another than previously thought. I've always thought of atheism/theism like it is a randomly set switch in the DNA somewhere. I simply can't imagine myself ever having capacity for deistic faith, no matter what age. If it turns out that there is some pantheistic explanation for it all, that would be a thrilling and devastating blow to organized religion, but I personally don't much care, just like it wouldn't care if I care. I get the impression my brother is the same way, but as you suggested, he won't go beyond agnostic admissions just to keep the apple cart somewhat upright with his familial arrangement.
I don't think my parents really knew me either. The more they found out, the more disappointed they were, so I metered my personality out in small doses to them. I was surprised later in life when mom told me that they were relatively certain that I would never graduate college, when the reality of it was though I didn't like academia all that much, I would not accept anything less for myself than a Bachelors degree. Dad is an engineering professor, and I didn't want to enter the world of independence without an education he could be proud of. It was hard enough to feel like I fit in with my family to begin with - not completing college wasn't even an option in my mind.
Last year i thought i was making progress with my sister (dropping hints over time, pointing out the nonsense, etc. ) She's much older and thought it was a phase, and asked me if i wanted to go to church with them. Heh, Heh. After i answered, she asked "why not?!" with her head turned sideways. It's very insulting to think that she thought that i would forget my stance on things, and just go with the flow. From my standpoint, she dismissed everything i discussed with her by asking me that question. I guess you had to be there, but i was hot. Not looking forward to this year. It's sad that i dread these things, but i'll have to grin and bear it. I cannot guarantee that i won't pull aside a niece or nephew and ask them a couple of pointed questions:) I'll attempt to plant the seed of doubt.
If you haven't read any of Bart Ehrman's books, I would suggest it. Him being a former hardcore fundamentalist and Biblical scholar turned agnostic, it would be hard to find a better authority on the true origins of Christianity, who willfully espouses its shortcomings and little known history of deceit and utter fallibility. It's great information to have in your back pocket when someone makes the mistake of asking you "why not?", or for spreading the seeds of doubt.
"that's like inviting a vegan to a pig roast." ...............not necessarily, I am invited to 'pig roast' type events all the time (I live in Calgary, the heart of Cattle country), although I am vegan I often accept. My friends all know that I always eat before I go to their dinners! They also know that I accepted their invitation because I want to hang out with them, not for the food. And I also know that they didn't invite me with the purpose of exposing me to dead flesh and converting me to a carnivore.
The invitation to an atheist to attend a religious service seems a little different, almost rude, especially if they know you are an atheist. For example at the 'pig roasts' if the odd person or two learns I am vegan I am sometimes offered apologies because 'there is nothing for me to eat'. They believe I may be uncomfortable or hungry and show their concern, sometimes people tell that they are interested in my dietary choices - not because they want to become vegetarians, but because they are interested in other peoples views.
Would an atheist receive a similar apology at church if the congregation found out he/she was atheist? Would they be concerned that the atheist might be uncomfortable? Would they be interested in the atheist's lifestyle, beliefs etc?
Good points. It's not the best analogy, just the best one that came to mind at that moment. Although, I must say that I've never personally known a vegan who would be interested in attending a pig roast - but I've never lived in cattle country and have only had a couple opportunities in my life to attend one myself. I guess my gut instinct is that the smell and image might be a little overwhelming for a non-meat eater, particularly one who made their choice for PETA type reasons.
I know my parents aren't trying to be rude by inviting me, they just don't fully understand what it means to actually be an atheist. It's not like inviting a Catholic to attend a Protestant service, which is something my parents also have been known to do. It's not like asking a bridge player to join in a pinochle tournament. They just don't get the significance of their request, because they take such pride in their membership. When I was younger and married, my wife and I would end up attending some random special worship service with our parents just to appease them. I was atheist, she was spiritual but not religious, my parents were Presbyterian, hers were Catholic, and the event would invariably be in a Catholic church. My wife and I would be cracking up in the pew watching our mothers nonchalantly trying to outdo one another with their singing performance. It was so obvious to us that the humor in that aspect alone was worth going to church over. Now days, I find nothing humorous about organized religion.
Worse images on TV, plus bacon smells good, it's a 'gateway meat'..........lol. I did make an informed choice to be vegan, some of the reasons could be interpreted as 'PETA like' reasons. But, I see no point in estranging myself from perfectly good people and potential friends because they eat meat.
But back to your point, you are right, it is just rude to invite you to their service/mass whatever.
Maybe a better analogy would be "that's like asking a friend to go on a date with your ugly sister."
Not with family, but I spend 40 hours a week, week in, week out, at a workplace where they are gearing up for christmas with decorations, cookie contests, after-work get togethers..... In terms of time spent together, the work place is sort of "family". Although my family didn't have performance measures and follow my productivity and monitor my email. Although maybe they would have....
A few years back, at a different office, same employer, I suggested that we should have an inclusive holiday, since we also had at least a couple of Buddhists, an Arab-muslim-raised atheist, several Jews, and others who were not open about it. The hindu wound up with a creche-decorated stocking on her door. She was horrified, but afraid to say anything. So they went with a blue and white theme, snowflakes and snowmen, and evergreens. There was SO much complaining. "Who thought of that idea? Who wanted to take Jesus out of Christmas? This is the worst Christmas ever". Later, I was hounded out of that office, although I don't think christmas was why.
So now I stay quiet about it. I resent the overbearing forced christmas on the place where I spend the majority of my time. But I don't say a word about it. I also don't say I'm atheist.
I sympathize with you, SB. I don't advertise my atheism in person, but I am as noisy as can possibly be about it in on line anonymity. Times are a changin', and some day our numbers will be a force for change, but for now we are saddled with being the most hated demographic - so we have to be creative in how we approach or distance ourselves from the subject.
This website is a great place to connect and communicate, and not feel isolated. There is a diversity of opinion and expression, so it's not an echo chamber. But it's united in the promotion of freethought, and sharing of experiences.
I have to be careful. I'm pretty anti-theist, not just passively atheist. If people knew that my attitude about religion was as negative as their attitude about atheism, I'd be burned at the stake. Figuratively.
Kind of an interesting read on about.com about manufactured reality, with some comment about the artificial nostalgia of Xmas. Although then the author generalizes to politics and other issues.
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This will be just the second meeting between the Bucs and Spartans, as USC Upstate moved up to Division I last season ... ETSU won the first meeting in overtime 86-80 last year in Spartanburg.
Last time against USC Upstate
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (March 1, 2008) - On the same day he eclipsed the 1,000 point mark for his career, senior Travis Strong (Memphis) hit a running lay up to force overtime, and junior guard Jocolby Davis (Meridian, Miss.) went on to score seven critical points in the extra period to lift the ETSU men's basketball team to a 86-80 win over USC Upstate in the regular season finale for both teams at the G.B. Hodge Center ... Davis' efforts came when the Buccaneers needed it most , as junior guard Courtney Pigram (Memphis) fouled out in the final minutes of regulation after scoring 18 of his team-high 22 points in the second half to rally the Bucs from a nine-point halftime deficit. Along with Davis, junior forward Kenyona Swader (Smyrna) added five of his 15 points in the overtime period to pace the Bucs' offensive effort ... The first half was all Upstate, as the Spartans shot 44 percent from 3-point range and took advantage of ETSU's 14 turnovers to lead by as many as 18 points 43-25 with 2:06 left before the intermission. At that point, the Bucs did manage a small rally, getting four points off the bench from Tommy Hubbard (Boston) and scoring the final nine points of the half to trail 43-34 at the break ... Also in the first half, Strong - who entered the game four points shy of 1,000 for his career - hit a 3-pointer in the early going and later eclipsed that special mark with a 3-pointer from the left wing at the 9:10 mark of the first half. Strong finished with 16 points on the night, including the overtime-forcing lay up with 17 seconds remaining in regulation ... In the second half, ETSU slowly chipped away at the Upstate lead, ultimately taking the advantage at the 9:47 mark 54-53 on a jumper by Swader. In overtime, Swader scored the first three points, followed by five straight from Davis to make it a seven-point game at 79-72. Upstate senior guard Luke Payne hit a pair of 3-pointers in the final minutes to make it 81-78, but the Bucs held on for the win ... While Pigram scored a team-high 22 points, he was joined in double figures by Strong with 16, Swader with 15 and Davis with 11. Senior forward Andrew Reed (Port Richey, Fla.) finished with a game-high 13 rebounds. The Bucs shot 51 percent for the game, and grabbed 12 steals on the night.
Last time out
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 22, 2009) - Senior Kevin Tiggs (Flint, Mich.) scored a game high 27 points and junior guard Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) posted a season high 22 as the ETSU men's basketball team held off a stingy Campbell squad 79-60 Thursday night in Atlantic Sun Conference action at Memorial Center ... The crowd of 3,239 looked on as the Bucs improved to 14-5 overall, 8-1 in A-Sun play. Meanwhile, Campbell dropped to 7-11, 4-5 ... The Bucs shot an impressive 53 percent from the floor and were hitting at a 73 percent clip from the foul line, while holding Campbell to just 39 percent from the floor. In addition, the Bucs outrebounded the Camels 36-32 and forced 22 turnovers ... In the first half, the Bucs picked up where they left off earlier in the week during a 30-point win over Belmont - employing a stifling defense and effective transition offense. The result was a 23-6 run midway through the first 20 minutes that left ETSU holding a 37-15 lead at the 5:15 mark. It could have been worse for Campbell, but the Camels put together a rally of their own and outscored the Bucs 17-3 over the final five minutes to make it 40-32 at the break ...
The second half began with Campbell continuing its run and making it 40-37 with five straight points. However, from there the Bucs finally found their rhythm again on offense with a 16-4 burst to make it 57-41 with 13:40 left in the game. The Camels would cut the lead to eight points once again at 64-56 with 7:12 left, but Tiggs would score 10 points to power a 15-4 run by ETSU over the next three minutes to make it 79-60 and basically close out the game for the Bucs with 3:11 left ... For Campbell, William Kossangue led the way offensively with 18 points, while Junard Hartley pitched 11.
Three 1,000-point scoreres on the same team?
While it is not rare to have multiple players on the same team that "eventually" become 1,000-point scorers, having multiple players on the same team that have already eclipsed 1,000-points is rare ... This season, the Bucs have a possibility of having three players that have all reached 1,000 points in their careers ... Those players include Courtney Pigram (Memphis), Kevin Tiggs (Flint, Mich.) and Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) ... Currently, Pigram has already reached that mark and stands at 1,807 points for his career, while Tiggs has 869 points and Smith has posted 854 for his career ... With a guaranteed 12 games left, Tiggs would have to average 10.9 points a game and Smith would need 12.2 a contest to reach 1,000 points ... The only two times in ETSU history that the Bucs have had three or more 1,000 point scorers on the floor at the same time was in 1990-91 and 2003-04 ... In 1990-91, four 1,000-point scorers were on the floor together at the same time, Keith "Mister" Jennings, Calvin Talford, Major Geer and Alvin West were on the floor together ... The other season this occurred was in 2003-04, when Jerald Fields, Zakee Wadood and Tim Smith all reached 1,000 points.
Pigram, Tiggs impressive on offensive end in 2008-09
Seniors Courtney Pigram (Memphis) and Kevin Tiggs (Flint, Mich.) have enjoyed impressive offensive performances this season, and the two rank among the nation's best when it comes to offensive production ... As of Jan. 18, Tiggs leads the Atlantic Sun Conference and ranks 21st nationally with a 20.7 points per game average, while Pigram ranks second in the A-Sun and 33rd nationally with 19.5 points a game ... In addition, Pigram has moved to 5th on the ETSU all-time scoring list with 1,807 points in his career, passing former ETSU great Tom Chilton ... He ranks 10th on the A-Sun all-time scoring list ... Additionally, Pigram is one of just four active players nationally with more than 1,500 points, 350 assists and 200 steals in their careers ... That list includes:
Player, School......................................................Asts Stls Pts
David Holston, Chicago State 419 204 1959
Courtney Pigram, ETSU 357 207 1801
Dominic James, Marquette 576 208 1631
Jerel McNeal, Marquette 375 245 1606
Pigram remarkable in 39-point effort against JU
He had "that" look, and ETSU fans were treated to one of the most impressive individual performances in Buccaneer basketball history ... Senior guard Courtney Pigram's 39-point effort in ETSU's 84-82 victory over Jacksonville in Jan. 3 tied for 9th on the program's all-time single game scoring list, while coming up just three points shy of the Memorial Center's all-time single game scoring mark of 42 points, which was set by Dimeco Childress against Western Carolina back in 2002.
ETSU the "only" A-Sun team picked among nation's best "Prestige" programs
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (July 22, 2008) - Since the beginning of the modern era for NCAA Division I-A basketball - marked by the expansion of the NCAA Tournament field to 64 teams in 1984-85 - the ETSU men's basketball program ranks in the Top 30 percent of the 300 programs that were eligible for the postseason at that time, this according to a new "Prestige" ranking released by ESPN.com ... The Buccaneers, who have enjoyed six NCAA Tournament trips, one NIT berth, seven 20-win seasons, and a slew of conference regular season and tournament championships since 1984-85, ranked tied for 82nd out of 300 teams, meaning they were in the Top 27 percent of schools making the list. ETSU was ranked ahead of every current Atlantic Sun Conference team, as well as former Southern Conference rivals Appalachian State, Western Carolina, Georgia Southern and UNC Greensboro. The Bucs also were placed ahead of every current member of the Colonial Athletic Association with the exception of Old Dominion ... In addition, the Bucs ranked ahead of SEC schools such as Tennessee, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Georgia, Mississippi and Auburn, as well as other major programs such as Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, DePaul, Bradley, Clemson, California and Florida State.
14-5 start ranks as one of best ever for Bucs
The Bucs 14-5 mark matches is the best start for ETSU since the 2003-04 season, when that team opened the year at 15-4 through 19 games ... The Bucs' three non-conference road wins this season (Tn. Tech, Marshall and Appalachian), also fall just one win shy of the 2003-04 season in which the Bucs won four non-conference road games (Houston, UNC-A, Tn. Tech and Fresno State) ... That 2003-04 squad ultimately finished with 27 wins, a SoCon regular season and tournament title, and a trip to the NCAAs.
Getting defensive and stopping 3-pointers
During the offseason, ETSU head coach Murry Bartow renewed his team's commitment to the defensive end of the floor, promoting assistant coach Scott Wagers to defensive coordinator and empowering the ninth-year assistant to lock down ETSU's opponents ... The main concerns in recent years have been perimeter defense, as a year ago the Bucs averaged a hefty 78.6 points per game, but allowed 77.2 a contest ... This year, those numbers have improved as the Bucs are fourth in the league in scoring defense (68.7) and fifth in 3-point field goal defense (.330) ... But most impressive is the fact the Bucs lead the A-Sun in field goal percentage defense, allowing teams to shoot just 40 percent from the floor.
Hamlin matches team block record
With his six blocks against North Florida, senior Greg Hamlin (Flint, Mich.) put his name along some of ETSU's greatest players ... Hamlin matched the school record for blocks in a game, joining former Bucs Brad Nuckles, Greg Dennis, Jerald Fields, Zakee Wadood and Eryk Thomas on top of that list.
Pigram makes history with triple-double
With his 21 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against Wingate (11/20), senior guard Courtney Pigram (Memphis) became just the second ETSU player to record a triple-double and the first to reach that special feat in NCAA Division I play this season ... He joins former Buc Tim Smith (Newport News, Va.) on that exclusive list at ETSU ... In Atlantic Sun Conference play, Pigram is just the sixth player to accomplish that feat since 1996-97, and he is the first to post a triple-double against a non-conference opponent.
Home Sweet Dome
Since the 1996-97 season, the Buccaneers are an amazing 125-39 inside Memorial Center, good for a winning percentage of 76 percent ... The Bucs had won five straight at Memorial Center during the 2006-07 season before a loss to Belmont (1/2) ... The Bucs then rattled off 10 straight at home to stand at 15-1 on the Memorial Center floor that season, but fell to Belmont in the championship of the A-Sun Tourney... In 2007-08, the Bucs were 11-2 at Memorial Center ... This season the Bucs are 7-1 at home.


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Three weeks ago, photographs and a story about a mysterious object at Thayer Academy ran in this column. "Does anybody know what is it?" we asked. Thayer archivists Larry Carlson and Lillian Wentworth wondered if the public might help identify what the barrel-shaped object was once used for. Readers were quick to respond with clues, photos and family anecdotes. Their overwhelming verdict: it's a butter churn.
Three weeks ago, photographs and a story about a mysterious object at Thayer Academy ran in this column. "Does anybody know what is it?" we asked.
Thayer archivists Larry Carlson and Lillian Wentworth wondered if the public might help identify what the barrel-shaped object was once used for. It appears to be some sort of tabletop device, possibly used in the barn or kitchen to prepare food.
Readers were quick to respond with clues, photos and family anecdotes. Their overwhelming verdict: it's a butter churn. A few people, including Wentworth, think it might have been a grain grinder or sorter.
One fact was settled: "We found out who it belongs to," said Carlson. Darlene Wood, who works in the Thayer cafeteria, used to live in the house at Washington and Union streets where the object was found, after Thayer bought the property. It came from a yard sale and she forgot to take it when she moved to Rhode Island.
Fred Noble, who lives nearby and sold the object at a yard sale, had no idea what it was.
So here's what readers said:
"I expect by now you have heard from a bunch of us old boys and girls raised on farms back in the 1940's," emailed Frank Molla Sr. of Norwell. "We used one of these, much smaller though, on a weekly basis to make our butter and farmer's cheese. The wooden paddles are missing – they were held in there by metal frame work. If you look inside opposite the crank, there should be a metal bracket where the other side of the paddle framework rested. I expect many farmers up north still have them, only electrified.
"I hope this helps you and the people at Thayer (city grown people) see how some of us country people grew up."
From Plymouth, Sandra Connor wrote: "A butter churn. It cranks instead of using a plunger. My husband has one just like it that he found at his grandparents' house."
Her husband, Terry Connors, a professor and wood products expert at the University of Kentucky, emailed photos, "complete with birdcage-like innards and a label."
The most detailed information came from Steve Hanken, 63, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa:
"Simply put it is a butter churn. You would take cream that had aged, put it in the churn, crank the handle to make the butter solidify. Once the butter had stiffened, you would take the butter and buttermilk out of the churn and 'work' the solidified butter to remove all the buttermilk. The buttermilk would make the butter sour, so it was important to remove as much of that liquid as possible from the butter itself. After the butter had been sufficiently worked, the butter would sometimes be salted, wrapped in cloth and stored where it would keep cold or at least cooler.
"In summer, it might be stored within a well or in a place that was under ground, where the temperature stayed around 55 degrees. The buttermilk could be used for cooking or drank; often it was used for baking such as buttermilk pancakes."
Wentworth remained skeptical, opting for a grain sorter, because the object is not lined and has a decorative grist mill scene on one side.
Hanken's rebuttal: "Wooden butter churns were never lined. They were made that way rather than with metal because metal taints milk and the acidic nature of milk would eat the metal. My guess is there are paddles inside the drum of this churn and the crank connects to the paddles. Usually the top has a cover so you can access the butter and pour in the cream.
"Barrels held all sorts of liquid and if the barrel is seasoned properly and kept moist, it stays water tight. Letting it dry out would ruin its ability to hold in anything liquid. The same for a churn that hasn't been used in a long time."
So there you have it, butter and all. Or not. "Interesting theories," Wentworth said.
Reach Sue Scheible at email@example.com, 617-786-7044, or The Patriot Ledger, Box 699159, Quincy 02269-9159. Read her Good Age blog on our website. Follow her on Twitter @ sues_ledger.


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Over the last few years, American taxpayers have been on the hook for billions of dollars worth of "toxic" assets from the financial industry in the face of a deepening credit crunch, the failure of several major financial corporations, and triple digit dives in the value of public stocks in American companies. Meanwhile the looming threats of a weak dollar, high oil prices, and global economic recession have cast their shadow across the future of America and the world. The culprit? Many people are blaming capitalism, citing all of the recent phenomena as proof that capitalism has failed us and must be abandoned. Others will say that capitalism isn't all bad, but that we have too much of it, and need to balance it out with some "more oversight and regulation." In order to ascertain the validity of these claims, we have to begin with what we mean by "capitalism."
Capitalism is an economic system to be sure, but to leave it at that would be to miss the point entirely. It is an economic system based off of an ethical premise, the premise that human beings ought to deal with each other on a voluntary basis of mutual consent for mutual benefit. It is the premise that a civil society is one in which human beings accomplish their goals and advance their values in a peaceful way, which is to say, "without forcibly interfering in the lives of others." It is the premise that human beings are social creatures, and that the foundation of society is philanthropy- love for other human beings. By its nature, love is voluntary, meek, patient and never forces its way to its ends.
You may object at this point, saying:
"Wait a second! That's not what I always meant when I said 'capitalism.' I use that word to refer to a system of exploitation, corruption, and dog-eat-dog competition that takes advantage of society to line the pockets of the greedy wealthy classes."
I will agree with you that what we have in America today is in many ways "a system of exploitation, corruption, and dog-eat-dog competition that takes advantage of society... (etc.)." I will disagree that this is anything resembling true capitalism. To explain why, once again it is necessary to define our terms. Why do I believe capitalism is the much nicer-sounding thing that I described in the paragraph above? Because the economic principles at work in capitalism necessarily entail and are the result of the ethical premises I described.
The root of a capitalist economy is the monetary system. What is money? A medium of exchange. Money is a measure and storehouse of value. It is therefore the embodiment of the principles of love, society, and mutual, voluntary cooperation between people. Inherent in the concept of exchange is that human beings ought not to simply take from others and exploit them for personal gain, but must voluntarily exchange value for value in a way that benefits (i.e. creates more value) for both parties involved. Otherwise, the entire concept of exchange is pointless. A monetary system is the product of an attitude of love for others, a respect for their lives and the property that they use their lives and spend their time to create. It is the result of the belief that it is wrong to diminish another person and exploit his life by forcibly taking from him.
The greedy and powerful would have never bothered with creating a monetary system. They would have just appropriated what they wanted (whether food, water, buildings, clothing, medicine, etc.) from the hard work of the serfs they enslaved if they were rich feudal lords or the towns they terrorized and plundered if they were violent barbarians. The monetary system arose through the cooperation and collective action of the men and women throughout history who, whether implicitly or explicitly, understood that a civil society is one of voluntary cooperation between people who trade the product of their skills and labor to obtain the product of other such people in an exchange that is mutually beneficial to both.
The monetary system that underlies capitalism also necessarily recognizes an important part of human nature- that we are each uniquely gifted with different talents, interests, and passions. Necessary to the notion of exchange is the concept that exchange is worth happening. It is only worth happening if different people have different things to offer each other. If you were no better than me at what you do, and I no better than you, there would be no point in exchanging. But if I am an excellent crop farmer and you a skilled blacksmith, then why would you waste your time farming for yourself when you could spend your time doing something you're much better at doing? Then I would trade the product of my labor to feed you and your family for the product of your labor to help me farm in the first place be strengthening and improving my farming implements.
In recognizing this part of human nature, capitalism also recognizes that we are social creatures, it recognizes that it is good for us and part of our nature to work together and apply our different skills sets to different problems. It requires us to depend on each other. It ties the human family together in a relationship of mutual interdependence and cooperation that allows us to achieve greater productive possibilities, soaring achievements, and higher standards of living that would be unreachable to each of us individually. It is in this way that capitalism is true socialism. Socialism as a term to describe controlled (i.e. non-voluntary) economies is a misnomer. Capitalism is the economic system that recognizes humanity's social nature and sets up a true civil society as the context and framework for human interaction.
Last of all, capitalism and its underlying monetary system necessarily assume that human beings can and do produce more than they can consume. Money is a store of value. If I only produced as much as I could consume, there would be no need for money because I would consume the total product of my labor. But because of the vast and limitless power of our creative, reasoning minds, human beings create surpluses-- more than we can consume. Farmers create more food than they and their families eat. They could just let it rot, or they could exchange it with someone for money so that it doesn't go to waste and thereby store the extra value they created to use later in exchange for something else. Storing value prevents waste and allows people to keep all the wealth they create. It does something else too- something really cool:
The store of value in a medium of exchange allows people to pool their stored value together and create capital (assets that increase the productivity of human labor) that is too expensive for any one individual to acquire alone. This is the underlying principle of public corporations and the stock market. Joint ventures are made possible by storing value in a medium of exchange and they allow people to cooperate in ways that they never could without a monetary system. This cooperation has allowed us to create infrastructure and produce goods on a level that would have never been possible without capitalism. It also provides incentives to take risks and explore endless new possibilities by allowing people to share and divide up the risk together. This has been the ultimate source of the wealth explosion in the free, capitalistic-leaning countries of the West over the past two centuries, an explosion that has virtually eliminated poverty and created upward-class mobility at levels unprecedented in our entire history.
For an analysis of what kind of economic system is currently at work in the USA, its flaws, and why it is ultimately responsible for the recent economic troubles we've experienced, keep reading this website. You can also subscribe to this website's updates using the form in the right sidebar to stay updated with less effort on your part. Thanks for taking the time out to read this article and please know that you are encouraged to ask questions, make objections, and discuss this matter further in the comment thread of this post.
Wes Messamore,
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Glee Club Departs in Grand Fashionby Kyle Bender '12 • May 18, 2010 Share:
Continuing the tradition of touring the globe, the Wabash College Glee Club will spend the next two weeks in Ecuador.
Director Richard Bowen along with the aid of Spanish Professor Dan Rogers will lead a group of 31 Glee Club members through an unforgettable visit to the region. Rogers annually leads the Summer Ecuador program to the country located on the northwest coast of South America.
The Glee Club enjoyed an official send-off ceremony, during which President Pat White wished them well and Dean of the College Gary Phillips read a proclamation from Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels. See pictures from the send-off here.
The traditional Ecuador program is underway in Quito. Students are already blogging about the experience. Glee Club members will be writing about their experience during the two week tour.
While the tour includes all the sights and sounds an immersion group might experience, the Club will also perform six concerts throughout the country, including four in Quito.
They will hold a concert at the Eloy Afaro Military School on Saturday, May 22nd, followed by another concert on the 23rd on the Grand Plaza of the Cathedral of Quito. After an eight-hour bus trip south to the city of Cuenca, Glee Clubbers will sing May 25 in Abdon Calderon Park. Upon return to Quito, the group will tour the capital as well as sing May 27 with the Choir of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador.
The Glee Club will experience the culture of Ecuador firsthand when they visit the village of San Clemente on May 28th, performing a joint concert with the community chorus, as well as an overnight home stay with residents of the village.
Perhaps the highlight of the trip for the group will come on Sunday, May 30th, when the Club provides accompaniment for Mass at the Jesuit Iglesia de La Compania, one of the oldest and most impressive churches in Ecuador, which dates to 1605. The traveling party will return to Crawfordsville Wednesday, June 2.
While the tradition of singing at Wabash College dates back to its earliest years, formal organization of the Glee Club was established by 1892. The Glee Club has been an indispensible part of life at the College for more than 100 years. Performing for a variety of College activities and concerts during the academic year, the group also makes a concert tour in the U.S. during the College's spring break. The Glee Club also performed in Wales, England, and Scotland in 2006.
Here's a schedule for the Glee Club's tour of Ecuador:
May 19 — Flight to Quito, late evening arrival
May 20 — Visit the equator monument (Mitad del Mundo), travel to the cloud-forest town of Mindo
May 21 — Activities in Mindo, return to Quito
May 22 — Concert at the Eloy Afaro Military School in Quito
May 23 — Concert on the Grand Plaza of the Cathedral of Quito
May 24 — Bus trip south the the city of Cuenca
May 25 — City tour of Cuenca and concert in the Abdon Calderon Park - the central square of Cuenca
May 26 — Visit the villages of Gualaceo and Chordeleg on return bus trip to Quito
May 27 — City tour of Quito and evening joint concert with the Choir of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
May 28 — Bus trip to Otavalo / joint performance with the community chorus of the village of San Clemente / overnight "home stay" with residents of San Clemente
May 29 — Visit the Otavalo Indian Market, the largest indigenous market in South America
May 30 — Evening performance during Mass at the Jesuit Iglesia de la Compañia
May 31 — Cable car transport to the summit of Cruz Loma mountain at 13,000 feet
June 1 — Group activities in Quito
June 2 —Return flight from Quito to Indianapolis


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Scammers trying to frighten businesses with threats of "pay up now" or they will cut their utilities are hitting the St. Louis area, with success at least once in Southern Illinois.
The caller claims to be from Ameren, and says the business — usually a restaurant — is delinquent in paying its utility bills. The caller says if the company does not pay the bill that day, it will cut its power. The amount due usually is about $500.
"We get about five of these calls per week," said Brian Bretsch, communications executive at Ameren's Collinsville office, regarding reports to the company's security division about the threatening calls. Those calls are from business owners or managers within the utility company's St. Louis service area of 3.3 million people.
Bretsch said sometimes the scammers will say they are from other types of companies, including telephone, or the Internal Revenue Service. The thieves operate throughout the country.
Across the river in Missouri, at least two restaurants in West St. Louis County and one in Clayton got the calls in recent weeks, the latter on a Saturday afternoon. None of the three businesses fell for the hustle.
One police agency took two of the incident reports and advised anyone getting such a call to hang up the phone, a television station reported. A second police department did not take a report from a co-owner, ostensibly because there was no victim. An officer at that department told the co-owner, "Ameren already is aware of this."
Bretsch said the scammers did convince a restaurant owner in Centralia to pay a phony bill of several hundred dollars two weeks ago. Also in Centralia, a conman also nearly duped the owner of a gas station-convenience store. Bretsch said the man happened to tell someone about the threatening call while getting a MoneyPak card with which to pay the caller. The person he encountered at the store, though, fortunately talked him out of being duped, Bretsch said.
A scammer who called the manager of one of the Missouri restaurants simply asked for the business' credit card number to use for payment, a co-owner said. Bretsch, though, said the con artists usually use a more complicated means to quickly obtain money without the victim or authorities being able to trace or identify them.
"The scam artist instructs the victim to buy a Green Dot MoneyPak card which allows you to put a certain amount of money on the card," Bretsch. "The scammers are using a magicJack (device) that hooks up to their computer or laptop and is non-traceable" to make the call. "The scam artist then demands the PIN number on back of the card, and just like that, the victim's money is gone."
People buy the reloadable, Green Dot debit cards at various chain stores using cash. The card purchaser then scratches off the coating covering the card's 14-digit serial number. He or she provides those numbers to a vendor — or scammer — who instantly downloads the money uploaded onto the card, using just those numbers.
MagicJack is a device people plug into their telephone and computer, which allows them to have unlimited phone service across the United States and Canada for a set monthly price. Customers must have high-speed Internet service.
The phone calls are untraceable, but Bretsch said scammers frequently will replace the magicJacks in order to keep the telephone numbers fresh that may show up on potential victims' caller identification displays.
Bretsch said Ameren never calls customers to tell them their electric or gas service is going to be terminated for lack of payment. The company mails shutoff notices.
"We don't call customers requesting payments and using pressure and scare tactics," he said. "Scam artists are very convincing, but our policy is to always work with our customers to work out payment plans. If they (scammers) call, ask for their name and number and say you will call them back. Then call 1 (800) 755-5000. We can tell you if there is a payment issue."


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The Palazzo Cà Zanardi is a residential palace dating back to the 16th century which, over the centuries, has been added on to by various noble venetian families and is one of the most evocative and beautiful palaces in the city of Venice; the Serenissima.
Sumptuous and possessing particular charm, Cà Zanardi is located in a most peaceful setting and has its own delightful private garden as well as a magnificent terrace full of sun and colour.
An ideal setting where to live the intimacy and emotions which the city inspires; in a palace reminiscent of the ancient splendours of the Serene Republic of Venice.
Cà Zanardi is located close to the Cà d'Oro, the splendid 15th century gothic palace along the Grand Canal. It is located off the main tourist drag but is still easily reachable by foot, after a two minute walk from the Cà d'Oro water bus stop, or by boat using the palazzo's private pier positioned along the fetching Santa Caterina canal.
The refined elegance of the palazzo's halls and common areas and the delicacy of its original 16th century furnishings create a fascinating setting; as well as the ideal location for gala dinners, unforgettable wedding parties, cocktails, masquerade balls, musical events with small orchestras as well as providing a special place to hold one's business meetings, conferences or art expositions.
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Yesterday I received an email from Ancestral Atlas to tell me that I could now upload a GEDCOM file to the site.
I chose a very small file (only 5/6 people with 15 events max) and uploaded it. Once I received the email to tell me the file was uploaded I went to the site but couldn't see anything!!! When I clicked on Events, Places etc all I could see was a green box.
I dug around for a while and spotted that one of the preferred browsers for the site is actually Firefox not the Internet Explorer which I had been using. When I used Firefox to enter the site I could now see the data that I had uploaded.
I thought that this would mean that I could now see my locations marked on the map but I was wrong. What I have actually uploaded is just the events. I now need to go through each event, find the place on the map then edit the event to pick up the place. Each even that I uploaded is marked with "*** This event is currently not attached to a location! ***" even though there is a location in the gedcom.
This is quite a lot of work (especially if you were uploading a reasonable size gedcom) when all the information is actually held in the gedcom file itself so I'm quite disappointed. I think I will hold back and wait until the location information in the gedcom can be used to at least guess at the location of the event. If Ancestral Atlas guessed the location you could then go through and verify which would be quicker.
If anyone else has any thoughts about this please let me know as I think this site could be useful in the future once the upload of data is made easier.
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Ancestral Atlas - Gedcom Update
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Hi Jo!ReplyDelete
I have nominated you for the "Friendly Blogger" award...I think you have made a terrific start on your blog!
Hi Jo,ReplyDelete
You must be psychic!
You should have received an email confirmation that we now auto geo-reference your Gedcom file (we map your data and all you have to do is confirm the location we have chosen from the data in your Gedcom)jus as you had hoped.
Give it a try and let us know what you think. We have also add "Life Maps" that create maps of individuals and entire families at the touch of a button.
Kind regards,
The Ancestral Atlas team
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1. Changes in the structure of your organization.
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2. List current chapter members and their activities
1. List current technologies deployed.
During the last year we deployed and evaluated these honeypots / tools:
As we are a new chapter, we don't have a large number of honeypots yet. Recently we have found two sponsors (they donated two servers, Internet access and some IP addresses). Thanks to them we can deploy our honeypots by the end of this year.
2. Activity timeline: Highlight attacks, compromises, and interesting information collected.
However we had a few honeypots, we captured a lot of attacks and malwares.
We would be happy to share our collected data through HPfeed.
1. List any new tools, projects or ideas you are currently researching or developing.
2. List tools you enhanced during the last year
We have developed a vulnerability module for Amun honeypot to test the module creation in Amun. Due there wasn't documentation about creating advanced vulnerability modules for Amun, we started with a classic case (Warftpd). You can download this module at http://irhoneynet.org/files/warftpd_modul.py. Also we did some improvements on Amun's HTTP module for testing.
We are looking for a good LI honeypot to improve (mwcollectd / Dionaea / Amun!?)
3. Explain what kind of help or tools or collaboration you are interested in.
1. Highlight any unique findings, attacks, tools, or methods. None
Most of the attacks were from the IP addresses in China and Russia.
2. What are you using for data analysis?
Online malware analysis services (E.g. Anubis, ThreatExpert and CWsandbox), Streams, Tshark, TCPdump, Capsa, Sguil, Foremost and Custom scripts, …
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True History on False River
This New Roads cottage reflects Louisiana family housing.
Light fills the salle (salon) on the second level that is built entirely of cypress. Mary Magill Gibbs, Richard's mother, who studied and taught at Parsons in Paris in the 1930s, painted the watercolors over the sofa. Many of the antiques throughout the home came from Randy and Richard's parents.
Photographed by Craig Macaluso
The LeJeune House in the Pointe Coupee Parish town of New Roads is the center of the active lives of preservationists Randy Harelson and Richard Gibbs. The two fully embraced the 200-year-old home when they purchased it in 2006. The historic structure is worthy of study and preservation – measured drawings of the house are kept in the Library of Congress as part of the Historic American Building Survey. The building is noted by local tradition as the oldest home in New Roads.
Harelson, a writer, illustrator and horticulturist, and Gibbs, an architect, agree that the house is indeed an important part of the history of Louisiana. "An added bonus of purchasing this home was becoming a part of an area of our country where preservation is revered and respected," Harelson says as we sit on the broad gallery and turn the pages together of his recently published book New Roads and Old Rivers: Louisiana's Historic Pointe Coupee Paris. (He collaborated with Richard Sexton and Brian J. Costello on this publication.) He loves to share the stories of each home and building in the book.
The house was part of a 500-acre plantation along the banks of False River, so named when the Mississippi River changed course in 1722 and left a lazy lake where once the mighty Mississippi flowed. Today the LeJeune House is in the heart of New Roads, surrounded by two acres shaded by a centuries-old live oak tree 20 feet around, two venerable Southern magnolias, vegetable and flower gardens, a greenhouse and a new barn, designed to look as if it had always been on the property.
The first property in New Roads to be designated on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, the LeJeune House has seen many changes over the years. The Creole house, typical of Pointe Coupee vernacular architecture, was refashioned in the Greek Revival style later in the 19th century.
Richard Gibbs and Randy Harelson
A pigeonnier, a structure intended to house pigeons, has a place of honor in the garden.
"The original house is believed to have been built in the early 1800s," Gibbs says. "It is an early Creole house refashioned in the Greek Revival style later in the 19th century. Our house has no internal hallways and features the main living quarters on the second floor. The basement is built of briquette entre poteaux (brick-between-posts), and the main living floor upstairs is constructed of wood frame filled with bousillage (mud and moss). The house was built without nails."
"Our home is a genuine, old Louisiana family house," Harelson adds. "In its whole life, it was never abandoned; it was always lived in. It has been here since Louisiana became a state, and it has seen great wealth and dire poverty, but it has always retained its dignity and simple beauty."
The historic bed in the master bedroom was purchased at the Mary Plantation auction in Braithwaite.
Oscar and Miss Press enjoy nap time in the guest bedroom on the first floor.
The cozy kitchen on the first level has modern conveniences within the original structure of the old house.
A weathered birdhouse made by neighbor Gerald Guidroz is nestled within azaleas and ardesia in a corner garden.
He continues: "The LeJeune House was the first property in New Roads to be designated on the National Register of Historic Places. We marvel each day of our good fortune in finding this house. It's a comfortable retreat for us to cherish and enjoy at this time in our lives. We hope that it will still be here 200 years from now, and that it will always be loved and cared for by people who love history, culture and fine old gardens."


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"This university is a wonderful place to live and work, and lots of people have been here for 30 years or more.I never got to teach here, so I'm grateful to be a volunteer now. I brag about Siena all the time."
Sister Mary Beaubien probably had the shortest distance to travel to get to Siena Heights. Born just a mile or so away from campus, the Adrian native was raised on a nearby farm and eventually entered the Adrian Dominican Sisters congregation at the end of her junior year of high school. She began studying home economics at Siena Heights just after her 16th birthday, and spent the next several summers taking classes to work toward a degree.
And work she did. To help pay for her tuition, she and the other Sisters had jobs around campus.
"We worked and sometimes we forgot to go to class," Sister Mary said. "We didn't participate much in campus events. We went to class and that was it. We didn't have all the other opportunities (of today's students), but we learned the same values because we learned the Adrian Dominican values."
When she finally graduated in 1955 – more than a decade after entering Siena, she had completed a whopping 200 credit hours.
"Evidently, I got a good education here," Sister Mary said.
She eventually received her master's degree and PhD and went to teach at three different universities over the next 30 years. Nineteen of those years were at Youngstown State University in Ohio, where has a scholarship was established in her name.
After retiring from teaching, Sister Mary has focused on serving women and families around the world. She spent four years in South Africa, first building an elementary school library and later developing an embroidery business that provides women of that country with economic independence. She is still involved with that effort today.
However, her "other" job is working as a volunteer archivist for Siena Heights.
"Most everything I know about Siena Heights I learned in the archives," Sister Mary said. "Sister Helen Duggan recruited me in January 1977. We have some stuff that's older than me, and that's why I like it."
Though she never had an opportunity to teach at Siena Heights, her current role gives her a chance to participate in the campus life she never had as a student.
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Between 50 and 90 push-ups in two minutes. Same for sit-ups. Ten pull-ups, but more like 18 to stay competitive. Run a mile and a half in 10 minutes. Swim 500 yards — that's five football fields — in 12 minutes, sidestroke.
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Those are the physical requirements to merely knock on the front door at the Navy SEAL training compound in Coronado, where all SEALs are made.
"It's definitely doable," said 21-year-old UC San Diego swimmer Sandy Hon. "I would have to train, but this doesn't sound too difficult."
Last week when the Defense Department said combat jobs will open to women in the next few years — including maybe the elite Navy SEALs and Army Rangers — much of the public debate was about physical standards. Can women meet them?
Certainly, for the special-operations jobs, it would have to be exceptional women. They are dealing with less ability to build muscle mass, smaller frames and less natural upper-body strength.
But several elite female athletes around San Diego say those standards are within their reach.
"Personally, I think I could eek out the minimum for pull-ups and push-ups right now — though with a little more specific training, who knows," said Katya Meyers, 32, a professional triathlete in San Diego who competes on the Iron Man circuit.
"In short, I think every female pro triathlete could at least meet the minimum requirements with specific strength training."
Report: Navy SEALs to open to women
Olivia Fountain, another UCSD swimmer and former child gymnast, said she thinks American women would step up to the plate, if allowed to compete for a SEAL's trident or another elite military job.
To her, the standards for women have been set too low.
The 21-year-old who graduated this month remembers when as a girl she wanted to take part in a strength contest alongside the boys, but she wasn't allowed.
It was at an air show. There was a boy's contest, with pull-ups. And a girl's contest, in which they hung from the bar while timed.
"I asked them if I could do the guy version of the pull-ups, and they wouldn't let me. And I remember being so upset about that. I was like, 'I could totally bust out 50 pull-ups right now, and I could totally win, the legit way,'" Fountain said, laughing at the memory.
"I always have thought that women should at least be given a shot. At least my teammates and people who I've trained with all my life — there are women out there who can do that type of training."


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Every now and then we get a couple of weeks break between major holidays and observances and right now we now find ourselves in a sort of limbo until the Easter/Passover holidays come around.
When this occurs I like to see what happened this week in history {and no I am not scraping the barrel trying to come up with something to write about after doing this for 10 years! Well, maybe a little!}
So let's take a look at some big thinks that happened this week in days gone by.
April 4th Susanna Medora Salter is the first woman to be elected mayor in the nation in Argonia, Kansas. (1887)
April 4th Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated. (1968)
April 4th The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is signed. (1949)
April 5th General Douglas Macarthur died in Washington, D.C. at the age of 84. (1964)
April 6th Explorers Matthew A. Henson and Robert E. Perry are the first to reach the North Pole. (1909)
April 6th the first modern Olympic Games open in Athens, Greece (1896)
April 6th Twinkies hit the market. The first Twinkies were banana-filled.(1930)
April 7th the musical South Pacific, by Rodgers and Hammerstein, opens on Broadway. (1949)
April 7th The World Health Organization (WHO) is founded. (1948)
April 8th Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 715th home run to surpass Babe Ruth's 714 home run record. (1974)
April 9th Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the Civil War. (1865)
April 9th The U.S. Senate passes a law making Winston Churchill the first honorary U.S. citizen. (1963)
April 10th the "unsinkable" RMS Titanic departs on it's maiden voyage from Southampton, England. (1912)
So what can we make out of that lot? Well it's got to be the Twinkie!
Twinkies were introduced by The Continental Baking Company in Indianapolis, which also made "Wonder Bread" and had a snack line you're probably familiar with called Hostess. One of their bakers named James A. Dewar got the idea for the "Twinkie" while he delivered one of their products, a cream filled strawberry shortcake. The machines to make these sat idle when the strawberry season was over so he came up with an idea to use them to make a snack cake filled with a banana filling, and only charge a nickel for a package of 2. It was good idea as money was tight for people during the great depression.
Dewar came up with this name when driving by a billboard that had an ad for shoes from the "Twinkle Toe Shoe Company". He shortened the name to ....Twinkies....
Just like the song went "Yes We Have No Banana's" popular during the WWII because bananas were rationed, Hostess had to come up with a different filling.
They switched to vanilla crème and it was popular so they never changed back.
The Twinkie rose to popularity in the '50's in great part due to Hostess sponsoring the Howdy Doody show, featuring the Twinkie.
During the 60's when there were huge fears of a nuclear attack, many bomb shelters were built winkies were one of the most popular items to have because it was said that they "stay fresh forever".
It has become an American Icon; even president Clinton put one in a time capsule.
They remain as Hostess best selling snack cake producing half a billion a year!
Serves about 10.
Box Hostess Twinkies
½ cup strong coffee, cooled & sweetened
¼ cup Kahlua
½ gallon coffee or coffee & chocolate ice cream
Chocolate shavings or sprinkles
Slice Twinkies in half lengthwise.
Spray 9 x 5 loaf pan with cooking spray.
Put five Twinkie halves, cream side up, side by side in pan.
Mix coffee and Kahlua; with pastry brush, apply liberally to cut side of Twinkies.
Spoon about a ½ inch layer of softened ice cream over Twinkies.
Repeat until you have used enough Twinkies & ice cream to fill the loaf pan.
Cover tightly with foil and freeze several hours or overnight. This can be served from the pan in slices or unmolded, garnished with the chocolate and served.
A 14-year-old girl walks into a hairdresser's shop with a Twinkie in her hand. She sits on the seat and the barber puts the plastic cover on her. As he is cutting her hair, she takes out her Twinkie and starts to eat it, not realizing that her cut hair is falling on her Twinkie. The hairdresser, being polite, looks down at her, smiles playfully, and says, ''Young lady, did you know that you're getting hair on your Twinkie?''
She smiles back, and says, ''Yes, I know...I'm growing boobs too!''


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