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Wolfman Jack stole his voice from a Stockton man.
Wolfman Jack stole his voice from a Stockton man.
Bob Dylan used his original slang in a lyric. George Harrison wrote a song about him. This man influenced the coolest people, from Ken Kesey to Robin Williams - and, arguably, all American pop culture.
And Lord Buckley lived in Stockton.
Richard Merle Buckley (1906-1960) was born in the Sierra logging town of Tuolumne. His family moved to Stockton after his father died. About 1918, Buckley's mother married a Stockton iceman. Buckley apprenticed the ice trade here.
But he blew town after a couple of years to seek fame and fortune in show business.
Sporting a Salvador Dali moustache and a pith helmet, Buckley fused the persona of a mock British aristocrat and a scat-rapping Dizzy Gillespie to create a comedy routine based on hip, slang versions of the classics.
Imagine Tom Waits rhythmically rapping a slang version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar to a Beat Generation audience. "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" became "Willie the Shake's" "Hipsters, flipsters and finger-poppin' daddies, knock me your lobes. ..."
Jesus of Nazareth became "The Nazz," which became the name of rocker Todd Rundgren's band.
Though he performed stage shows, recorded albums and guested on Ed Sullivan and other TV programs, Buckley never cemented his national celebrity. He was too hip, too wild and weird to remain anything but a cult figure.
But the Beat Generation absorbed his cross-cultural synergy. That infusion of Afro-American hipness into starchy Anglo culture now defines much of American pop culture. The iceman spread his cool way beyond Stockton.
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4 garlic cloves
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1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon harissa*
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1 tablespoon olive oil
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8 thin slices prosciutto, cut lengthwise in half
16 small mint leaves
8 pitted kalamata olives, halved
1. Sprinkle the salt and harissa over the watermelon cubes in a medium bowl. Set aside for 10 minutes.
2. Heat the olive oil in a medium sauté pan over high heat. Add the watermelon cubes and sauté for 1 minute. Turn and sauté for another minute. Remove from the heat and transfer to paper towels to drain excess oil. Let cool.
3. Place a cube of feta on top of each watermelon cube and wrap with a piece of prosciutto. Garnish with a mint leaf and an olive half and secure with a large toothpick.
Can be made up to an hour in advance. Serve at room temperature.
*Harissa is a fiery red pepper paste from Tunisia. Premade harissa can be found at African and Middle Eastern markets, upscale supermarkets, or online.
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The past three months have been dry as a bone and while I hear that most farmers are harvesting decent-sized crops this fall, the combination of a lack of rain and hot temperatures has taken their toll.
It's a disappointing end to what had been until late July quite a good growing season. Corn crops planted early fared OK but soybeans that mature later in the summer were nipped by the lack of rain and worst hit perhaps are hayfields and pastures. Both have withered to the point that once-green fields are khaki.
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A belated thank you to Pat Jarboe for dropping by a copy of a video project that partnered Cannelton Elementary students with World War II veterans. The video documented the veteran's experiences and interviewed other students about what the Pledge of Allegiance means to them. A copy of this video will be donated to the Perry County Museum for all to watch. Pat's son, Ian, helped with the editing.
With the popularity of social media such as Facebook and the relative low cost of high-quality video cameras, it's never been easier to preserve the memories of others. Pat's work is a good example. If you have a family member, neighbor or friend whose life experiences you consider interesting, why not do something similar? The project need not be fancy.
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The droves of baby boomers leaving the workforce aren't being replaced – at least not quickly enough to keep Social Security in the black.
Since 2010, the two funds managed by the Social Security Administration – one for retirees, their dependents and the dependents of deceased workers, and the other for the disabled and their dependents – have spent more than they have received in taxes, according to the administration's 2013 annual report.
The combined funds are expected to grow until 2020 because of the interest earned off the surplus accrued over the years the baby boomers – those born between 1946 and 1964 – paid into the system.
But as more baby boomers retire – the oldest boomers started turning 65 at a rate of about 10,000 a day in 2011– income into the funds won't be able to keep up with the payments going out.
The surplus is projected to be gone by 2033, as the oldest baby boomers turn 87, according to the report, and Social Security will be able to pay out only 77 percent of the benefits promised.
"For boomers, the biggest problem is a lot of their savings will be exhausted then and they'll be more dependent on Social Security," said Ryan Gruenenfelder, manager of advocacy and outreach for AARP Illinois.
At the beginning of 2012, the average monthly benefit for a retired worker was $1,230. For one in three seniors, Social Security is almost all of their income, and for two in three, it is more than half their income, according to the nonprofit National Academy of Social Insurance.
Many baby boomers are even less prepared than retirees who came before them, Gruenenfelder said.
"If you look at the savings rate for boomers, a good percentage of boomers only have $25,000 to $30,000 in assets," he said. "That is not nearly enough to meet their needs."
If nothing changes, the disability insurance fund's surplus is expected to run out in 2016, with the Social Security Administration able to cover only 80 percent of benefits.
The trustees overseeing the programs recommend legislation that would either increase revenues by raising the payroll tax, or cut benefits, or a combination of the two.
To make the Social Security funds solvent without raising taxes, benefits would need to be cut by 19.8 percent, or on average $244 in monthly benefits, according to the Social Security report.
One benefit-centric proposal includes raising the eligibility age, which could be problematic for seniors who can't afford to retire but aren't healthy enough to work. Another idea ties the growth in benefits to the inflation rate, which would curb the growth of the program but not make it solvent.
On the flip side, payroll taxes would need to go up 2.66 percent to keep the funds solvent, the report said.
Opponents to this idea argue that it's unfair to current workers who have to cover the benefits of baby boomers who didn't pay enough into the system.


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Vitamin C could give chemo a boost
Injected into mice, the supplement helped anticancer drugs shrink tumors
Vitamin C might complement chemotherapy as a cancer treatment. Very high doses of the vitamin injected into mice attacked tumors and showed signs of working in synergy with chemotherapy drugs. Separately, in a safety trial, 13 women with ovarian cancer given chemotherapy plus high-dose infusions of vitamin C experienced less toxicity from chemo than did women not getting the vitamin.
The idea dates back at least to 1976, when chemist Linus Pauling reported that high doses of intravenous vitamin C given in addition to standard treatment to patients with advanced cancer seemed to increase their survival time. But three years later, Pauling's findings were countered by a Mayo Clinic study showing that vitamin C taken orally, which resulted in lower levels in the bloodstream, had no effect on cancer patients. While some doctors have continued to use it against cancer, vitamin C fell out of favor and evidence of its effectiveness against cancer is still lacking.


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Now that their seasons are over, it's time for the four divisional round losers to review game film, analyze their rosters and come up with a plan for free agency and the 2014 NFL Draft.
Let's take a look at the state of each team entering the offseason.
Carolina Panthers
General manager Dave Gettleman merits Executive of the Year consideration for building a division winner on a shoe-string budget, adding late-wave free agents such as Mike Mitchell, Quintin Mikell, Drayton Florence, Ted Ginn and Travelle Wharton. He's going to have to pull off the same magic in 2014, thanks to a pair of untouchable running backs being paid like workhorses.
The big contract questions involve left tackle Jordan Gross and defensive end Greg Hardy. Gross can probably be coaxed into putting off retirement for another year after bouncing back to Pro Bowl level in 2013. Hardy will likely be hit with the franchise tag if the two sides can't find common ground on a long-term deal.
Steve Smith was second only to Calvin Johnson in pass plays of 20+ yards over the course of 2011 and 2012. He plummeted to 136th in 2013. The Panthers desperately need a playmaker to complement and eventually succeed Smith. Might Charlotte native Hakeem Nicks be a fit? The secondary needs upgrades as well. That group was exposed whenever the front seven was unable to provide a consistent pass rush.
Nucleus rankings: Offense 16th, Defense 4th
New Orleans Saints
First things first: The franchise tag will have to be applied to Jimmy Graham while the sides discuss a long-term deal. Graham averaged 119 yards per game prior to a torn plantar fascia injury in October that somehow disappeared from any analysis of his play down the stretch.
It's time to pull the cord on Mark Ingram. He's always been a poor fit for the pass-heavy offense, and the coaching staff placed more trust in the hard-running Khiry Robinson at Seattle. With Darren Sproles and Marques Colston losing a step in 2013, this offense needs direction.
Two key defenders from the Super Bowl XLIV champion teams might be jettisoned, as the Saints can save $13 million in much-needed cap space by cutting Will Smith and Roman Harper. Rob Ryan had an excellent New Orleans debut, but he's going to need young legs at cornerback and depth up front. Cameron Jordan is a candidate for a contract extension after making the leap to All-Pro form.
Nucleus rankings: Offense 3rd, Defense 15th
Indianapolis Colts
Andrew Luck needs help. He did too much of the heavy lifting for a mediocre defense, subpar offensive line and banged-up skill position arsenal. The Colts entered 2013 free agency with as much salary-cap space as any team in the league. While general manager Ryan Grigson added depth and filled several vacancies in the starting lineup, he failed to add impact players. With more than $30 million available again this year, Grigson must do better this time around.
The interior of the offensive line was a major problem for the second consecutive year. It's time for an overhaul. The Colts will also welcome back reinforcements in Reggie Wayne, Dwayne Allen and Vick Ballard, while Ahmad Bradshaw reaches free agency. Wayne will be entering his age-35 season, so they will need development from Da'Rick Rogers, LaVon Brazill or both. On top of that, the coaching staff will need to teach Trent Richardson how to walk off an elevator before the doors close.
As Luck did on offense, Defensive Player of the Year candidate Robert Mathis carried the defense. He turns 33 next month, which leaves pass rusher as a priority this offseason. The defensive line and secondary must also be tweaked after allowing 44 and 43 points in back-to-back playoff games.
Nucleus rankings: Offense 9th, Defense 22nd
San Diego Chargers
Philip Rivers didn't dent the scoreboard until the fourth quarter of Sunday's loss, but this offense wasn't the problem for 18 weeks. The Chargers had the fewest three-and-outs in the NFL this year.
As long as they expand the role of second tight end Ladarius Green and make a few adjustments up front, the Chargers can spend the majority of the offseason addressing the other side of the ball. Don't be surprised, though, if the contracts of Rivers and Ryan Mathews are extended. They've earned the commitment.
John Pagano was the only defensive coordinator to hold Peyton Manning under 400 yards -- and he did it three times. That speaks more to Pagano's scheming than the Bolts' talent. This defense lacks playmakers, specifically pass rushers and cornerbacks. A full season with Dwight Freeney and Melvin Ingram will help, but this is still the area that will require the most help via the draft.
Nucleus rankings: Offense 14th, Defense 26th
The latest "Around The League Podcast" broke down all four Divisional Round games and looked ahead to a monster Conference Championship weekend.


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Daniel Blain stresses to all employees that working at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland is more than just a job. Indeed, he "leads the HR function at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland by setting an example for how a nonprofit professional should act," his nomination reads. Mr. Blain ensures that a complete orientation is done for new employees so they understand the mission and the vision of the agency. He also works to get all staff members involved in fundraising campaigns, both for the Jewish community and the Cleveland community generally through the United Way. "It is very important to Daniel that all staff see what it is like to raise funds as well as give away their own resources," the nomination said. In fact, Mr. Blain is so successful in getting employees involved in the Federation's mission that 100% of its employees contributed to the organization's fundraising efforts.n
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An indexed annuity is a type of contract between you and an insurance company. During the accumulation period – when you make either a lump sum payment or a series of payments – the insurance company credits you with a return that is based on changes in a securities index, such as the S&P 500 Composite Stock Price Index. Indexed annuity contracts also provide that the contract value will be no less than a specified minimum, regardless of index performance. After the accumulation period, the insurance company will make periodic payments to you under the terms of your contract, unless you choose to receive your contract value in a lump sum.
Can you lose money buying an indexed annuity?
You can lose money buying an indexed annuity. If you need to cancel your annuity early, you may have to pay a significant surrender charge and tax penalties. A surrender charge may result in a loss of principal, so that an investor may receive less than his original purchase payments. Thus, even with a specified minimum value from the insurance company, it can take several years for an investment in an indexed annuity to "break even."
Many indexed annuities do not apply negative changes in an index to contract value. Therefore, if the index value declines over the course of a crediting period, no deduction is taken from contract value. However, some indexed annuities are being offered that do apply negative changes in the index to contract value, so that if the index declines during the crediting period, you could lose money, whether or not you cancel early.
Further, all amounts payable under an indexed annuity are subject to the claims-paying ability of the insurance company. Circumstances may arise where the insurance company is unable to pay its obligations.
What are some of the contract features of indexed annuities?
Indexed annuities are complicated pr oducts that may contain several features that can affect your return. You should understand how an indexed annuity computes its index-linked interest rate before you buy. First, any gains in the value of the index are generally computed without including dividends paid on the securities that make up the index. In addition, an insurance company may credit you with a lower return than the actual index's gain. Some common features used to compute an indexed annuity's interest rate include:
Participation Rates. The participation rate determines how much of the index's increase will be used to compute the index-linked interest rate. For example, if the participation rate is 80% and the index increases 9%, the return credited to your annuity would be 7.2% (9% x 80% = 7.2%).
Interest Rate Caps. Some indexed annuities set a maximum rate of interest that the indexed annuity can earn. If a contract has an upper limit, or cap, of 7% and the index linked to the annuity gained 12%, only 7% would be credited to the annuity.
Margin/Spread/Asset or Administrative Fee. The index-linked interest for some annuities is determined by subtracting a percentage from any gain in the index. This fee is sometimes called the "margin," "spread," "asset fee," or "administrative fee." In the case of an annuity with a "spread" of 3%, if the index gained 9%, the return credited to the annuity would be 6% (9% - 3% = 6%).
It is important to note that indexed annuity contracts commonly allow the insurance company to change the participation rate, cap, and/or margin/spread/asset or administrative fee on a periodic – such as annual – basis. Such changes could adversely affect your return. Read your contract carefully to determine what changes the insurance company may make to these features.
Another feature that can have a dramatic impact on an indexed annuity's return is its indexing method (or how the amount of change in the relevant index is determined). The amount of change is determined at the end of each "crediting period" within the contract's accumulation period. In many contracts, the crediting period is one year, although the length of the crediting period may vary from one contract to another. Common indexing methods include:
Point-to-point. This method credits index-linked interest based on comparison of the index level at two discrete points in time, such as the beginning and ending dates of the crediting period.
Averaging. This method credits index-linked interest based on comparison of an average of index values at periodic – such as monthly – intervals during the crediting period to the index value at the beginning of the period.
You should note that insurance companies may not credit you with index-linked interest for a crediting period if you do not hold your contract to the end of the period.
These and other features may be included in an indexed annuity you are considering. Before you decide to buy an indexed annuity, you should understand how each feature works and what impact, together with other features, it may have on the annuity's potential return.
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UPDATE: 4.3.1 is now unmasked for amd64/x86 and the masking issue has been fixed by jmbsvicetto, so we won't have this issue again in the future! The post below is updated to reflect on it.
The first bugfix release for KDE 4.3, 4.3.1, is now available.
You can read about the improvements it brings here.
Ebuilds for KDE 4.3.1 are already available in gentoo for architectures amd64 and x86.
To upgrade from 4.3.0 you simply need to
emerge --sync
emerge -avDuN world
This should be a straightforward update for most people.
If you're upgrading from an older KDE 4 version (or clean-installing KDE 4 on a stable system) you should keyword-unmask KDE 4.3 by following this post's instructions. You'll also find some troubleshooting hints there.
The ebuilds are hard.masked for all other architectures due to bug 280312.
As usual, if you have any issues, feel free to leave a comment or visit us @ IRC: freenode/#gentoo-kde 🙂


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Rare HG Wells writings published in magazine
NEW YORK (AP) — As Nazi Germany grew ever more dangerous in the 1930s and the Japanese threatened China, science fiction author H.G. Wells wrote up some thoughts about real-life horrors and in 1937 submitted them to a magazine with the widest possible audience, Reader's Digest.
"Democracies need not merely freedom to think and talk, but universal information and vigorous mental training," warned the author of "The War of the Worlds," ″The Time Machine" and other classics.
"Consider China today. An ignorant peaceful population has as much chance of survival now as a blind cow in a jungle."
The British author was known worldwide, but his message was apparently too strong for the conservative magazine, which never published the brief essay. Its debut in print comes more than 75 years later, in the holiday edition of The Strand Magazine, which has rediscovered obscure works by Mark Twain, Joseph Heller and many others.
"He had a very good relationship with them," Strand managing editor Andrew Gulli says of Reader's Digest, "and they occasionally even reprinted his stuff. But this article about democracy seemed to have rankled them."
The Strand's latest publication, which comes out Friday, also features a private letter by Wells that he wrote in 1935. Gulli found the materials among thousands of papers at the Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Wells was a socialist and often a pacifist whose fears for the planet's fate were well developed in his fiction. But Gulli says the Reader's Digest piece was an unusually strong nonfiction work, a direct call for action that anticipated the current debate about "failed states" in the Middle East and elsewhere.
"Wells was progressive in his views. He belonged to a generation of ardent imperialists, yet his belief was that the great powers should grant their colonies self-determination," Gulli says. "His fear, I think, was that many of these Third World countries would fall prey to demagogues and militia and clerics."
In his article for Reader's Digest, Wells finds that too many countries are "half-literate" and "wholly undisciplined." Democracies should build up their militaries, Wells recommends, but he insists that education is the best weapon.
"The choice is a plain one now," he concludes. "Train yourself for freedom or salute and march."
Wells was a prolific writer and tireless thinker, well demonstrated by his 1935 letter. He writes of a day that begins at 4 a.m.; includes revisions of a book about how "human hope and effort are frustrated"; preparations for a radio broadcast about the evolutionist T.H. Huxley; and several hours of work on a dystopian film he was writing, "Things to Come," that eventually starred Ralph Richardson and Raymond Massey.
That night, the 69-year-old author dined with a Russian friend.
"And we argued about freedom of thought and expression," Wells wrote, "with more particular references to Russia, until it was time to go to bed."


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Akonadi Console is a tool for developers working with Akonadi or on Akonadi itself.
It provides GUI for
This facility is basically a GUI for Akonadi::AgentManager and Akonadi::AgentInstance.
It enables the developer to quickly add or remove agents from the currently running Akonadi system, to check an agent's basic properties and status, etc.
While most of these actions can also be performed through end user GUI, e.g. KDE's Systemsettings, this is usually quicker and it provides more detailed information.
|The Synchronize action menu can be used to just synchronize the collection tree, basically a convenient way for a resource developer to call just the retrieveCollections() method.
This facility shows all Akonadi collections, how they are organized as a tree and their items and enables the developer to perform actions on these entities.
Developers working on agents can use this perform the most common tasks such as
without having to go through an end user application.
Developers working on end user applications can use this to simulate respective changes by other clients and to check whether changes done by the application itself are correctly applied to the shared data.
|If a newly added resource's collections do not show up in the collection tree, it might be necessary to explicitly synchronize it. This functionality is available on the Agents tab.
This facility allows to monitor the Akonadi data protocol based communication between client sessions and the server. It contains commands, responses and the data transported between the two sides.
|Since this can slow down operations it is disabled by default and has to be enabled manually when needed.
Akonadi uses a SQL database for keeping relations such as which collection an item is in, properties such as MIME types, etc. as well as cached item payload data.
Since this is quite internal to the Akonadi server, it will most likely only be interesting to people working on Akonadi, not for developers working with Akonadi.
The database browser can query and display the database tables used by Akonadi.
The database console enables developers to directly send commands to the database engine.
Agents are automatically started by the Akonadi server and thus are not debugable from the start on by the usual methods. A similar problem is known from KIO slaves, the solution is similar as well.
Export the environment variable AKONADI_DEBUG_WAIT and put the agent type in there you want to debug. You only need to specify a part of the agent type, not the whole one. Example:
export AKONADI_DEBUG_WAIT=knut
When starting an agent of this type, you'll see the following debug output by the Akonadi server which is pretty much self-explanatory.
============================================================ ProcessControl: Suspending process akonadi_knut_resouce 'gdb -pid 1234' to debug 'kill -SIGCONT 1234' to continue ============================================================
Running an agent in valgrind is done in a similar way, you need to export AKONADI_VALGRIND and put the agent type in there.
To specify the valgrind tool to use by exporting AKONADI_VALGRIND_SKIN, the default is memcheck.
Additional config options can be given using AKONADI_VALGRIND_OPTIONS.
valgrind akonadi_cpntacs_resource using memcheck:
export AKONADI_VALGRIND=akonadi_contacts_resource
To get the name of a resource, open akonadiconsole, select your resource and use the identifier being displayed at the bottom, but stip the _0 or similar from the end.
Profile the persons resource using callgrind, disabling instrumentation on start for faster startup, and dumping the callgrind output to a custom file:
export AKONADI_VALGRIND=akonadi_contacts_resource export AKONADI_VALGRIND_SKIN=callgrind export AKONADI_VALGRIND_OPTIONS="--instr-atstart=no --callgrind-out-file=$HOME/callgrind-vcard.%p"
The Akonadi Test project provides tools to run Akonadi tests in self-contained environments, i.e. separated from the developer's personal setup, as well as running automated tests, e.g. as part of a unit test suite.


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Our new fan, Pete, wrote to us to tell us we really need to consider the concerns he brings up about marriage equality, namely, that allowing gay people to adopt kids is a violation of the kids' rights. When we consider his concerns, he admonishes us to be "unbiased and completely honest."
Pete presents a fairly common argument among people who don't grasp that marriage equality and adoption by gay parents are two separate issues, and his misplaced concern for children does not constitute a valid secular argument against either.
I don't want to say much more, because Pete's email really says it all. Here it is, in all its glory, with my replies:
Can I just say I'm a new fan of your Programs; I stumbled upon your videos on YouTube (linked from Richard Dawkins/atheism and the bible is wrong). I completely agree with the logic you speak about, especially Matt Dillahunty, and began following your programs into the early hours of the morning. Great stuff and I continued to agree, even speaking out loud with agreement to my computer (Oh I must get a life)
As you probably can tell, I'm an Atheist and have been since around the age of 6 or 7 when I realised the biblical stories such as Noah's ark didn't make sense. Since then I don't believe with or agree with any religion and become interested in human rights. A few decades on I feel I now have a good moral compass; this is why I'm writing to you.
Although the core of your program obviously addresses the question "is there a god?", you touch on other topics such as human rights and Gay marriage and I'd like to bring up some issues that really needs further discussion.
Now, I really need to stress this point, so you fully understand my opinions. I fully agree that gay/lesbians should have the same rights as the rest of us, and I agree they should have the right to marry. It's difficult to write this without labelling "them and us". I'd even consider that labelling homosexuality is the wrong way to go, it's almost like segregation. I think Gay/lesbian people should drop all the books/TV channels/ and marches and just say we're normal.
We are normal. We're also homosexual, just like you're heterosexual, some people are bisexual, and some people are even asexual. It's a label that accurately conveys a person's sexual orientation. If you think that's like segregation, you don't understand segregation or sexual orientation.
Can't we all just be people with different sexual preferences? No labelling, no differences, no segregation, no Gay bars etc. I hope I got my point across and you understand I have nothing at all against people with different sexual preferences to me. I have Gay friends, yet I'm a Man with an interest in the opposite sex. So when I discuss the topic of gay marriage you should know now I'm being totally unbiased.
We are people with different sexual preferences (orientations), hence the different labels. Gay bars cater to a specific demographic, just like sports bars and wine bars cater to specific demographics. If I don't care for sports bars and never go to them, it's no inconvenience to me if you like them and frequent them. It's not segregation to have different bars for different clientele. Gay bars are an important part of gay culture, as are gay books, videos, parades, etc. Your heterosexual privilege is showing here.
Pro-tip here: when you have to state that you're being "totally unbiased" about something, you really are biased. And you're about to demonstrate just how totally biased, not to mention ignorant, you are about homosexuality, marriage, and adoption.
As I have already stated I do agree that Gay people should have the right to marry, I have no problem with that, but when I consider adoption of a child I find the same logic and moral compass that agrees with gay marry, is now at odds with adoption; and here's why:
Wait for it….but, but, but… what about the chillllldddreeennz!
Regarding same sex parents; you have spoken about their rights to do as they please, loving family values, bringing up children the right why, adult sexual rights, Marriage or Tradition isn't important, all good points, but you seemed to have missed one obviously glaring point, and that is the rights of the child.
I look forward to your explanation for how a child's rights are violated by having loving parents…
I completely agree with your show, I believe everyone has the right to do as they please, until it directly affects a third party, in this case I MUST put the rights of the child first, I don't think a single decent and loving parent would have it any other way, so my question to you is this:
Does the child have the RIGHT to a Male Father and a Female Mother? And if the answer is YES, then do same sex parents violate the rights of said child?
No, and no. Another pro-tip here: if you're an atheist arguing against marriage equality and adoption by gay parents, try to avoid using the Pope's arguments.
No matter how I look at it, at every possible angle, I always conclude the same answer, which is Yes, the child DOES have the right to a Male Father and a Female Mother.
Feel free to support this conclusion with reason and evidence. In what way are children harmed by having same sex parents? Be specific, and bear in mind that your own biases on this issue don't count as "reason and evidence."
Anyway, I'd love to have a debate on this subject, I consider myself open minded and really enjoy such discussion, but I'm in the UK so calling your show is a little difficult, so I thought I'd go into these points in writing so you can consider them.
If by "open minded" you mean "really attached to my position on an issue I haven't really researched," then you are incredibly open minded.
Like I mentioned before "Do children have the Right to a male Farther and a female Mother?" in fact I'd like to simplify the question even further "Do children have ANY rights at all?"
Of course, children have rights, but your fantasy of a perfect family structure isn't one of them.
I do hope a civilised and enlightened society would say yes to this question. But you could argue that possibly children haven't the mental ability to make the right decisions regarding their rights and it's the responsibly of wise parents to make these decisions for them, for example the child doesn't have the right to stay up past their bedtime, yet an adult has the right to choose their own bedtime. Ok a light hearted statement, but you get the idea?
Parent's make decisions for their children, I agree. Is this news to you?
So using this argument a child doesn't actually receive all their rights until they reach a certain age, and let's say that age is 18, because in the UK anyway this is the legal age you can vote, which is possibly one of the most important rights given to people depending who you talk to. So at the age of 18 do you have the right to a Male farther and a female mother? After all you are still the child of your parents; you still have parents and always shall regardless of your age. In fact if I ask the question to myself, and I'm considerably older than 18, then I would absolutely say YES I do have a right to a male father and a female mother.
How is the age of majority relevant to this discussion? I've already told you (as has Russell) that children don't have the right to a specific, Pete-approved family structure. If you are arguing otherwise, you need to provide evidence to support that assertion. So far, all you've presented are unsupported assertions, your own biases, and claims that you've thought about this a lot.
But perhaps rights are subjective; maybe my right to have buttered scones with my afternoon tea (I am English after all) is not as important as my right to freedom, so let's look at the foundation of these rights. If you ask most people they would agree that their right to freedom is very serious, but the right to a buttered scone as a joke, and I can understand why but if you ask the child the same question and offered them a butter scone, which would the child take? My money's on the scone. So as a society should we protect the rights of the innocent and unaware, until they have the wisdom to make their own choices?
Yes, we protect children's rights. Parents (gay, straight, or whatever), family courts, and child welfare organizations are all charged with protecting the interests of minor children. Again, is this news to you?
Let's address the question; what is marriage after all?
It's a specific legal relationship between two people that establishes a number of important rights and obligations.
In the large scheme of things, Life, the Universe and everything, modern humans are a relatively new idea, we've been around for approximately 150,000 years or more, and marriage has been around considerably less than that, arguably just a few thousand years. Marriage also differs depending on which part of the world you live in, your religious belief and ultimately your traditions dictate your marriage ceremony. You want to get married because that's what your parents did, and their parents did before that. In a nut shell it's something we humans made up! However nature has dictated that for a child to be born and a family to be created in the simplest terms, then a Male father and a Female mother MUST be and is indeed the ONLY way for life to exist. It's doesn't matter which part of the world you live in, nor your religious beliefs, it is the same everywhere and has been this way for not only thousands but millions of years.
And here you demonstrate a misunderstanding of what marriage is. You don't have to get married to have children, and lots of married couples don't want children. Gays and lesbians have been raising children for all of human existence. Some of those children are our own biological children, and others are adopted. Were you unaware of this?
So which has a better foundation for debatable argument? The short lived and varyingly different marriage traditions made up by humans or the grander and almost eternal traditions of nature? If humans never made up marriage in the first place then the Gay community wouldn't even know what they're missing, but if Nature hadn't "made up" nature, then we wouldn't even be around to complain about our rights.
Why, look at that! I believe you just committed the naturalistic fallacy. Tracie and I did an Atheist Experience episode on that. Look up episode #644 in the archives and watch it.
If the term "Traditional Family" is not relevant, then why is the term "Traditional Wedding" so argued within the Gay community regarding their rights? The term "Traditional" in simplistic terms means "having been passed along from generation to generation" and "having existed or continued for a long time", so I ask if a "Traditional Family" which has been around for much longer than a "Traditional Wedding" isn't a right, then how can a traditional wedding be a right? I'm really struggling with this one.
I have no idea what you're going on about here, but what kind of wedding someone chooses to have is of no concern to me. I can't fathom why you'd think someone's preferences for the type of wedding they want would have any bearing on a discussion of basic civil rights.
I am on the side of the Gay community to have the right to marry within their diverse cultural, religious and traditions beliefs, and I can understand why they would find it offensive when the heterosexual community say you can't get married in accordance with your beliefs, but we can make up a new marriage ceremony for you, and you'll be referred to as "Life partners", or similar. However I have to ask, what sort of person would fight so hard for their own rights, yet trample on the rights of others, especially children. Surely any fair and understanding parent would put the rights of their child first and theirs second?
Sure, let's just call it "Schmarriage."
What you're advocating is called "separate, but equal." That was a key component of segregation here in the US, and we agreed nearly 50 years ago that it was a morally bankrupt and inherently unfair idea. Why is it that you have a problem with voluntary association based on shared interests (gay bars/books/TV/parades), but you favor the idea of government-sanctioned discrimination when it comes to marriage?
But let's look at this argument at yet another angle, many would say that a Gay couple could bring up a child just as well as a Man and Woman couple, and if you asked a child who has been brought up by a gay couple if they feel harmed in anyway, they would probably say no. But of course they would say this, because that's how they were brought up, not only do they lack the experience of being brought up by a "traditional mother and father" to reference from, but that's the environment they grew to accept. It's no different to being brought up in a religious family environment. It's called indoctrination.
How utterly absurd. Do you have any evidence at all to back up this assertion? No, of course you don't, because the research simply doesn't support your fantasy of the perfect family structure. My wife and I are raising our son together. He doesn't live in a bubble – he sees the family structures of his peers every day, and most of those are so-called "traditional" families with a married father and mother. He's not indoctrinated, unless by "indoctrinated" you mean subjected to consistent, loving parental care. If that's what you mean, then this evening's "indoctrination" consisted of helping him with a diorama that he has to present in class tomorrow and reading with him before bed. Other forms of "indoctrination" we inflict on him are making his lunch for school, taking him to school, caring for him when he's sick, coaching his soccer team, and teaching him the value of family. This last part is very important, because we place great value on our family. This is why we don't let small-minded bigots treat our family as disposable, unimportant, or second-class.
I know Gay couples like to say that "modern" families are different now, and say there are single mothers or fathers, or grandparents who bring up grandchildren, but in these cases' the rights of the child have NOT been violated. If natural parents get divorced, the child's parents don't change. If a Parent dies, again the original parents don't change. It doesn't matter what happens within the circumstances of a traditional family, your traditional parents will never change.
There is no right to a specific family structure, and if a child's parents die or divorce, that child's family structure *will* change.
Rights refer to the LAW, in the eyes of the court. So if a gay couple got married, and then legally adopted a child, then they would be violating the rights of the child. There's no escaping this conclusion.
You have yet to establish any basis, other than your own fantasy, for this conclusion. Argument by assertion won't get you very far here. Feel free to defend this assertion with reason and evidence at any time.
Do you not realize that adoption and marriage are two very different issues? Marriage is a right that's granted to almost any couple. Adoptions, on the other hand, are *always* handled on a case-by-case basis. It's not like picking out a puppy at an animal shelter. You can't just fill out some paperwork, pay a small fee, and take the kid home. Even an uncomplicated adoption requires criminal background checks on everyone in the household 14 or older, a home study by a licensed social worker, and appointment of an attorney to represent the child's interests in the adoption proceedings. And the child's attorney can't be the same attorney representing the adoptive parents.
Being married doesn't automatically grant anyone preference in an adoption proceeding. You still – individually, and as a couple – have to meet all the basic prerequisites for adopting a child AND you have to convince a judge that granting the adoption is in the child's interests. It isn't quick, cheap, or easy.
I know there are loopholes within the law that Gay couples can use to avoid this paradox, but I have to ask the question, what type of parent would put their "wants" before the Rights of a child?
What "loopholes" and what "paradox"? What type of asshole would deny a child the right to have two legal parents, not because any harm will come to the child, but solely because he doesn't like the form their family takes?
And finally ask yourself this, and you need to be honest. Picture your own parents, would you like them to have been the same sex? If you feel you are answering this question honestly, you'll probably have said no, so why would you think an adopted child should be ok with this?
Why would you think any child raised in a loving home would want to change that? Again, your own biases are on display here.
I know this is a little off topic, but gay rights and marriage is mentioned a lot on your show; you say you also agree on gay marriage but I think you need to go into detail. Please go over my e-mail, take your time and consider these points. You need to be unbiased and completely honest when you do. I think this is a serious issue that needs serious debate. Thank you.
You need to take the time to learn something about this issue before you write ignorant screeds like this. Did you really think we'd never seen these arguments before? If so, then you're doubly ignorant, because the arguments you've presented are spouted regularly by *religious* organizations here in the US and abroad. That's right – the arguments you're presenting are based on the religious notion that the only appropriate environment in which to raise kids is in a household with a married father and mother. Don't believe me? Well, here are some links for you:
This first one is from the Catholic Education Resource Center and quotes an article by George Rekers:
"Lacking is the mother/father relationship and model as related to child rearing. Also absent is the model of a husband/wife relationship "which is significantly healthier, substantially more stable socially and psychologically, and is more widely approved compared to homosexual lifestyles," the professor writes.
You may recognize this as the same unsupported assertion you've offered repeatedly in this email. You may also recognize the name Rekers. He made the news a few years ago when he hired a young man on RentBoy.com to "lift his luggage" for him on a trip to Europe. Rekers is also a proponent of the thoroughly-discredited "conversion therapy," which is apparently not working very well for him.
The next link is to an article on the Family Research Council's site by Peter Sprigg, in which he claims,
Only the union of a man and a woman can naturally produce a child, and the marriage of a man and a woman is what is most likely to provide a child with a stable home shared with both the child's mother and father.
The fact that there's no evidence to support this claim seems irrelevant to Sprigg, because this claim is really not about evidence. It's about this: "Family Research Council's mission is to advance faith, family and freedom in public policy and the culture from a Christian worldview."
This is from the Focus on the Family position statement on adoption:
children have a right to grow up with the love that only a mother and a father can jointly provide.
The position statement is liberally sprinkled with Bible quotes about orphans, as well as complaints about how their religious liberty (and the rights of children) are being infringed when anti-discrimination laws require adoption agencies to consider qualified gay/lesbian couples on the same basis as heterosexual couples.
Focus on the Family, btw, was started by James Dobson, a child psychologist and Christian Dominionist noted for advocating some rather harsh disciplinary measures for young children, Biblically-based of course.
The last link is from an article by Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association:
Every homosexual adoption places a child in a home with a missing mother or father. No society that loves children and places their welfare ahead of the desires of narcissistic adults would ever do this.
The AFA is listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Fischer regularly misrepresents everything from the US Constitution to peer-reviewed research to public policy, all in Jesus' name, of course.
None of these claims about the ideal family structure is backed up by anything more than the authors' idea of a "God-ordained family structure," which looks remarkably like your "Pete-ordained family structure."
Meanwhile, back in reality….40 years of research on children raised by gay/lesbian parents can be summed up in this statement: the sexual orientation of the parents is not a relevant factor in how well a child does. But don't just take my word for it. Here's a list of statements from some professional associations with an interest in child welfare:
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1999)
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) approved the following statement in support of gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals in June 1999:
"There is no evidence to suggest or support that parents with a gay, lesbian, or bisexual orientation are per se different from or deficient in parenting skills, child-centered concerns and parent-child attachments, when compared to parents with a heterosexual orientation. It has long been established that a homosexual orientation is not related to psychopathology, and there is no basis on which to assume that a parental homosexual orientation will increase likelihood of or induce a homosexual orientation in the child.
American Academy of Family Physicians (2002)
On gay and lesbian parenting. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) adopted the following position statement at its October 2002 meeting:
"RESOLVED, That the AAFP establish policy and be supportive of legislation which promotes a safe and nurturing environment, including psychological and legal security, for all children, including those of adoptive parents, regardless of the parents' sexual orientation. "
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (2004)
On same-sex unions. The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers adopted the following position statement at its November 2004 meeting:
"BE IT RESOLVED That the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers supports the legalization of marriage between same-sex couples and the extension to same-sex couples who marry and their children of all of the legal rights and obligations of spouses and children of spouses."
American Academy of Pediatrics (2002)
The American Academy of Pediatrics issued the following statement in support of gay and lesbian parenting and called for equal access to co-parenting and second-parent adoption rights for gay and lesbian parents in February 2002:
"Children deserve to know that their relationships with both of their parents are stable and legally recognized. This applies to all children, whether their parents are of the same or opposite sex. The American Academy of Pediatrics recognizes that a considerable body of professional literature provides evidence that children with parents who are homosexual can have the same advantages and the same expectations for health, adjustment, and development as can children whose parents are heterosexual. When two adults participate in parenting a child, they and the child deserve the serenity that comes with legal recognition.
"Children born or adopted into families headed by partners who are of the same sex usually have only one biologic or adoptive legal parent. The other partner in a parental role is called the "coparent" or "second parent." Because these families and children need the permanence and security that are provided by having two fully sanctioned and legally defined parents, the Academy supports the legal adoption of children by coparents or second parents. Denying legal parent status through adoption to coparents or second parents prevents these children from enjoying the psychologic and legal security that comes from having two willing, capable, and loving parents.
American Anthropological Association (2004)
On same-sex unions. The American Anthropological Association issued the following statement in February 2004:
"The results of more than a century of anthropological research on households, kinship relationships, and families, across cultures and through time, provide no support whatsoever for the view that either civilization or viable social orders depend upon marriage as an exclusively heterosexual institution. Rather, anthropological research supports the conclusion that a vast array of family types, including families built upon same-sex partnerships, can contribute to stable and humane societies.
American Medical Association
On gay and lesbian parenting. The American Medical Association adopted the following position statement at its June 2004 meeting:
"WHEREAS, Having two fully sanctioned and legally defined parents promotes a safe and nurturing environment for children, including psychological and legal security; and
"WHEREAS, Children born or adopted into families headed by partners who are of the same sex usually have only one biologic or adoptive legal parent; and
"WHEREAS, The legislative protection afforded to children of parents in homosexual relationships varies from state to state, with some states enacting or considering legislation sanctioning co-parent or second parent adoption by partners of the same sex, several states declining to consider legislation, and at least one state altogether banning adoption by the second parent; and
"WHEREAS, Co-parent or second parent adoption guarantees that the second parent's custody rights and responsibilities are protected if the first parent dies or becomes incapacitated; and
"WHEREAS, Co-parent or second parent adoption ensures the child's eligibility for health benefits from both parents and establishes the requirement for child support from both parents in the event of the parents' separation; and
"WHEREAS, Co-parent or second parent adoption establishes legal grounds to provide consent for medical care and to make health care decisions on behalf of the child and guarantees visitation rights if the child becomes hospitalized; and
"WHEREAS, The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychiatric Association have each issued statements supporting initiatives which allow same-sex couples to adopt and co-parent children; therefore be it
"RESOLVED, That our American Medical Association support legislative and other efforts to allow the adoption of a child by the same-sex partner, or opposite sex non-married partner, who functions as a second parent or co-parent to that child. (New HOD Policy)"
American Psychiatric Association (2002, 1997, and 2000)
On gay and lesbian parenting. The American Psychiatric Association adopted the following position statement at its November 2002 meeting:
"The American Psychiatric Association supports initiatives that allow same-sex couples to adopt and co-parent children and supports all the associated legal rights, benefits, and responsibilities which arise from such initiatives. "
American Psychoanalytic Association (1997 and 2002)
On gay and lesbian parenting. The American Psychoanalytic Association adopted this policy statement in support of gay and lesbian parenting in May 2002:
"The American Psychoanalytic Association supports the position that the salient consideration in decisions about parenting, including conception, child rearing, adoption, visitation and custody is in the best interest of the child. Accumulated evidence suggests the best interest of the child requires attachment to committed, nurturing and competent parents. Evaluation of an individual or couple for these parental qualities should be determined without prejudice regarding sexual orientation. Gay and lesbian individuals and couples are capable of meeting the best interest of the child and should be afforded the same rights and should accept the same responsibilities as heterosexual parents. With the adoption of this position statement, we support research studies that further our understanding of the impact of both traditional and gay/lesbian parenting on a child's development. "
American Psychological Association (1976, 1998, and 2004)
For full text of APA policy statements on lesbian, gay, and bisexual concerns, see APA policy lgbc.
On parenting. The American Psychological Association Council of Representatives adopted the following position statement in September 1976:
"The sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation of natural or prospective adoptive or foster parents should not be the sole or primary variable considered in custody or placement cases. "
Reference: Conger, J. J. (1977). Proceedings of the American Psychological Association, Incorporated, for the year 1976: Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Council of Representatives. American Psychologist, 32, 408-438.
Child Welfare League of America (1988)
The Child Welfare League of America's Standards of Excellence for Adoption Services states:
"Applicants should be assessed on the basis of their abilities to successfully parent a child needing family membership and not on their race, ethnicity or culture, income, age, marital status, religion, appearance, differing lifestyles, or sexual orientation." Further, applicants for adoption should be accepted "on the basis of an individual assessment of their capacity to understand and meet the needs of a particular available child at the point of adoption and in the future. "
National Association of Social Workers (2002)
The National Association of Social Workers approved the following policy statement at in August 2002 at the NASW Delegate Assembly.
"Legislation legitimizing second-parent adoptions in same-sex households should be supported. Legislation seeking to restrict foster care and adoption by gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people should be vigorously opposed. "
National Association of Social Workers (1994). Policy statement on lesbian and gay issues. In Social Work Speaks: NASW Policy Statements (pp. 162-165). Washington, DC: National Association of Social Workers.
North American Council on Adoptable Children (1998)
The North American Council on Adoptable Children issued a policy statement in 1998 (amended April 14, 2002) that states:
"Children should not be denied a permanent family because of the sexual orientation of potential parents. Everyone with the potential to successfully parent a child in foster care or adoption is entitled to fair and equal consideration.
All of the above statements are based on four decades of peer-reviewed research on families headed by gays/lesbians, and I can provide links to the research if you're unable to find it yourself. Not a single statement is based on anyone's notion of a "God-ordained family structure," or a "Pete's fantasy of an ideal family structure."
You have some homework to do. You are not unbiased, or open minded, or at all informed on this issue. You're painfully wrong on all counts and so blinded by your own arrogance that you can't even recognize the Pope's argument against same sex parenting when it comes out of your own mouth. You've demonstrated once again that there are still no valid secular arguments against marriage equality or adoption by same sex parents.
Keep up the good work. Best regards.
UPDATE: Pete wrote back to tell me that my responses to him were a "direct attack" on him, that I threatened him, and that these weren't his opinions, no siree, these were just "possible opinions" that he was relaying to me for consideration. He was just asking questions.


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How to beat the heat: Move underground
With temperatures set to soar across the country again this weekend, beaches, lakes and pools will make for popular refuges.
But in the remote South Australian town of Coober Pedy, many of its 3500 residents will be found underground.
While temperatures there are forecast to climb well into the mid-40s this weekend, deputy mayor Mike Maylin said sweltering heat never caused much of a fuss.
"It's the same every year from November to December," he said.
"(But) the days are too hot to work in the opal mines so a lot of people like to go away around this time."
Underground Bed and Breakfast owner Ken Male said city-dwellers who complained about one or two days of heat should try living in Coober Pedy.
"They're softies, they need to harden up," he laughed. "But to be fair, I would rather be out here when it's hot (because) in the cities (people) are not really prepared for those sort of temperatures."
In Coober Pedy the mercury hit 45 degrees last Sunday, 46 on Monday, 45 on Tuesday, 35 on Wednesday and 38 on Thursday.
Today, temperatures are expected to reach 45.
Cr Maylin said those who stayed had air-conditioning or like him, lived in underground dugouts - a popular choice for many of the town's residents and businesses.
"They're popular because they stay around 23 degrees all year around, they are environmentally-friendly and they help save a lot of money on electricity," he said.
Even the deputy mayor's dog has its own kennel dugout, complete with a bath tub full of water.
"It keeps him happy and it's all just a part of the lifestyle out here."
Mr Male is also accustomed to the hot lifestyle but said the current heatwave had been quite draining.
"We are used to having high temperatures out here but not for such long periods of time," he said.
"It's normally only 40 degrees for a few days at a time and then we get a break, but not this time.''
Mr Male, who runs the business with wife Anna, tries to get things done first thing in the morning.
"After that it's just too hot… you have to go underground and put your feet up. We play some cards, do some paperwork and maybe even have a rest."
Mr Male said even though about half Coober Pedy's population lived below the surface, a sense of community still thrived.
"We have underground pubs, galleries and even churches," he said.
"And everything above ground is definitely air-conditioned so there is still lots to do."


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Catalogue Product No. ST-905
PECO Setrack G-45 CODE 250
Standard Curve
For large scale narrow gauge models running on 45mm gauge track, it is designed for electrically powered models but is also entirely suitable for running radio controlled live steam trains. The robust construction makes it equally at home for use both indoors and outside. These Setrack units are compatible with the Streamline G45 track system.
Technical Specification:
- Frog Angle: 30 Degrees
- Radius: 600mm
Recommended to be used with:
- PECO G45 Code 250 Setrack and Streamline track systems
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PECO has always been a forward-looking family company with a long tradition of innovative thinking. The business started trading in 1946 and is now in its third generation.
From early days, PECO has concentrated its manufacturing skills on producing trackwork for the model railway enthusiast. Individual component parts was how it started, but this developed into HO/OO ready-made track with fibre sleepers. With plastics becoming more popular in the 1960s, PECO decided to introduce the famous Streamline range, which over the years has become one of the world's leading brands for not just HO/OO but all scales from Z to G.
PECO currently produces no less than 20 track ranges, featuring both standard gauge and narrow gauge systems, plus a wide selection of complementary accessories and items to add scenic detail to your layout.