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Mounting samba shares from a unix client
General description
Using a share from a samba server within a unix filesystem depends on a lot of single components. You need at least the smbfs (which is no longer maintained) or the modern cifs kernel modules. Although many documentation says to use the smbfs, it has many restrictions and the cifs should be favoured. That said, I'll describe only the cifs module in this document.
Since the cifs filesystem is included in the standard Linux kernel, it is simple to build either as module or built in. You need to load it prior to mount a share or let modprobe load it via modprobe.conf.
The basic mount command is mount -t cifs //<server>/<share> <mountpoint>. Each component needs its own attention.
The mount utility calls a mount helper, usually mount.cifs and that in turn calls the utility smbmount. The mount helper mount.cifs is the user space helper and needed to do the authentication.
To resolve the <server> to a ip address, you need either a DNS server which knows the ip address or your client needs the nss module wins. It is a shared library which must be in the path of your ldd. Usually under /usr/lib. You also have to add the wins option to hosts in your /etc/nsswitch.conf.
mountpoint must be a directory elsewhere in the filesystemm which must exist.
Common mount.cifs options
Now an explaination of the options for mount -t cifs as described in man mount.cifs mount.cifs takes a lot of options, some of them are really confusing. I'll try to mention the most important here.
- user=<user> or username=<user>: Thats the user <user> which is used to authenticate against the server. If this is not given, then the environment variable USER is used. This option can also take the form "user%password" or "workgroup/user" or "workgroup/user%password" to allow the password and workgroup to be specified as part of the username.
- pass=<password> or password=<password>: specifies the CIFS password. If this option is not given then the environment variable PASSWD is used. If the password is not specified directly or indirectly via an argument to mount mount.cifs will prompt for a password, unless the guest option is specified.
- credentials=<filename>:specifies a file that contains a username and/or password. This is preferred over having passwords in plaintext in a shared file, such as /etc/fstab. Be sure to protect any credentials file properly. The format of the file is:
username=value password=value
- uid=<uid-spec>: sets the uid that will own all files on the mounted filesystem. It may be specified as either a username or a numeric uid. This parameter is ignored when the target server supports the CIFS Unix extensions (which samba does per default unless you disable it).
- gid=<group-spec>: sets the gid that will own all files on the mounted filesystem. It may be specified as either a groupname or a numeric gid. This parameter is ignored when the target server supports the CIFS Unix extensions.
- domain=<domain|workgroup>: sets the domain (workgroup) of the user
- ip=<ip-addr>: sets the destination host or IP address.
- guest: mount the share as guest and don't prompt for a password.
There are other options but they are not that important to be usefull beside performance and really specific things.
NetBios name resolution with WINS
All networking programs at some point need to resolve a host name to an IP-Address. Usually this is done with a call to the function gethostbyname. This call is a library function and thus is handled in user space. Glibc systems such as Linux have the feature of using more than one lookup method to fulfill such a query. This is known as nsswitch (Name Service Switch). The config file is usually found in /etc/nsswitch.conf.
If a program wants to resolve the ip address of a host named 'wiki' it simply calls the function gethostbyname. The lookups done are the responsibility of the underlying glibc then. Glibc reads the /etc/nsswitch.conf and loads the library mentioned in the hosts line. Thats the key point: if there is a wins entry, glibc loads the libnss_wins.so which enables the NetBios Name Lookup. You got it then, you can resolve a Windows Name to an ip address.
So its simple: install the libnss_wins.so, add to your /etc/nsswitch.conf at line hosts the wins entry and the windows name resolution works. Your network setup should be ok for this, but thats not a matter of samba.
Step by Step list to get it working
TODO: make a step by step list to solve most of the problems
If you want to automatically mount shares at user logon time the only way I found is doing it with the pam_mount module. It is the only way to do an authenticated mount without requiring the user to store the password in a file or entering it on a terminal.
--Rcsu 21:40, 4 March 2006 (UTC)


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"HARRY Pearce…"
The poignant last ever episode of Spooks has just finished.
There will be no more.
Nicola Walker summed up my feelings in an interview this week when she said:
"The storyline for this last series is the right ending for the show.
"I don't know if it's going to please everybody but it's a very clever and grown up end point."


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Getting the job done: Flagler restaurateur aims high with new eatery
FLAGLER BEACH — Nicholas Kimball is no greenhorn when it comes to the restaurant business.
The owner of four Burrito Works restaurants in Flagler Beach, Palm Coast, St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach, Kimball is poised to open his fifth eatery Feb. 28.
But this restaurant, called Fuego del Mer, is a little different.
The restaurant, at 608 State Road A1A in Flagler Beach, is a larger facility and Kimball spent several months fixing up the location to make things just right, including building a new outdoor deck to take advantage of the ocean view.
Kimball sat down with the News-Journal to talk about the challenges and opportunities in the highly competitive hospitality industry.
What is the biggest challenge you faced with this new project?
Finding the right employees is relatively difficult. The labor force and the work ethic in a beach town are not exactly the highest priority. The other thing that makes it relatively hard is that other restaurants have recently opened, like Carrabba's and the Funky Pelican.
What other obstacles did you run into with the new restaurant?
There's nothing that snags you more than creativity. My goal with this place was to build a landmark in Flagler Beach, something that people who not only patronize the restaurant but live in the community can say here is a guy that came back to do something really great for our community.
Some of the other major challenges was the overall condition of the property that I bought. We did a full tear down and rebuild and I also did a lot of design work. I wanted to be able to use a lot of sustainable attributes, like reclaimed bar stools and 70 percent of the lumber used in the construction phase was reclaimed.
Why was it important to have an outside deck at the restaurant?
What people are really looking for, they want to see the ocean. It gives them an opportunity to experience all there is to have, dining at the ocean with a view and a roof over their heads. It's about creating an environment. What we are trying to do is establish a place where there is good energy and that is what the deck is about.
The restaurant business is one of the most susceptible to economic ups and downs. Why do you think you have been able to not only grow your existing locations but open a new place?
I think that it's a combination of timing and having a product and a place that is comforting. Even when the market was down the hardest we never cut corners on quality. This is not the time to slack on what we're giving people and if we continue giving them the best we can they will continue coming back.


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McCain tries to steal Pennsylvania; Obama's poll numbers widen
Got 'em right where we want 'em. We like being underdogs. We're the comeback kids. It's not over 'til it's over. Where's that Saks Fifth Avenue credit card - I need some new pants.
If you were playing the '70s game show the $25,000 Pyramid, "Things overheard at McCain Headquarters" could be the answer.
And with 13 days to go, anyone in the political game knows there's plenty of time left. Anything can happen in the last two weeks.
Down polls
It would be preferable for the McCain campaign if poll numbers start turning around, however. Reuters is reporting this morning that Barack Obama's numbers are moving up for the third day in a row.
The latest C-SPAN/Zogby poll results with our full coverage of Election 2008">Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll -- a three-day rolling poll -- gives the Democratic nominee for President a 10-point lead with a 52 - 42 margin.
Says pollster John Zogby, "Obama just keeps growing, he has expanded his lead among almost every major voting group. McCain seems to be out of steam for the moment."
He's showing plenty of steam, however, in Pennsylvania. Not in terms of polling, but emotion. Speaking to a crowd yesterday, McCain yelled, "Stand up, stand up, stand up and fight. America is worth fighting for. Nothing is inevitable here. We never give up. We never quit. We never hide from history. We make history."
Historically speaking, short-term anyway, Pennsylvania is blue. They haven't voted red since 1988. A compilation of current state polls, show McCain down by 11 points.
And unless Bill Ayers starts stumping for Obama or Joe Biden continues talking, the chances of reversing these numbers seem daunting. Especially in light of the party breakdown. There are 1.2 million more Democrats than Republicans in the state.
So why the heck would McCain continue to spend time in the Keystone state? It could be his only option.
It ain't that bad
McCain advisers say internal polling shows different results. The real Obama lead is about half what the public polls indicate, they say. And they say by turning about 2,000 voters per county from voting Democrat to Republican, the McCain campaign can steal the state.
In a conference call with reporters yesterday, McCain political director Mike Duhaime recognized the challenge in Pennsylvania but said McCain resonates with independents.
"Certainly, it's a state that a Republican hasn't won in 20 years," Duhaime said. "But we think Sen. McCain is the right candidate, with an appeal to independent voters. And certainly, the ability to get some crossover Democrats is what you need."
In the race toward the 270 electoral votes, Pennsylvania is key because other states that looked promising for McCain are no longer. They've conceded Michigan. New Mexico is now done. Colorado looks unlikely. Minnesota and Wisconsin seem unreachable.
The states that Bush won in 2004 are turning from red to pink to -- in the case of Virginia anyway -- blue.
North Carolina and Missouri -- usually red states -- are tied up. Obama enjoys an eight-point lead in Virginia.
Kerry and Texas
How daunting of a challenge is it? Politico's Mike Allen summed it up pretty well, recanting an email conversation he had with "the smartest Democrat [he] knows:
"I get the appeal of trying to win one state (Pa.) rather than having to run the table on a lot of little ones (Nevada, Colorado, Iowa …), but this is the equivalent of Kerry deciding it would be easier to just stage a comeback in Texas."


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Posted by Tim Bryce on February 8, 2013
– Have they all ridden off into the sunset?
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It used to be you knew who the good guys were. In the movies, there were western heroes like Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, The Lone Ranger, and Zorro (I would include Hoot Gibson, Tom Mix and Hopalong Cassidy, but I don't believe too many people would know who they were). There was also Tarzan, spaceman Flash Gordon, and comic book heroes like the Shadow, the Green Hornet, Superman, Batman, etc. We also used to admire our athletes like Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays, Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, Johnny Unitas, Bart Starr, all of which were gifted athletes who represented their sport and team admirably. We also followed explorers like Charles Lindbergh, Admiral Byrd, and the Mercury astronauts, not to mention men in the military such as Audie Murphy, Billy Mitchell, Eddie Rickenbacker, Sergeant York, and Chuck Yeager. Even Indiana Jones, which was introduced 32 years ago, is from a bygone generation.
Whether they were fictitious or not, these were all people who were admired. They also made handy role models for others to emulate, particularly our youth. They defined what was good, and were people with unshakable integrity. They were people who could be trusted and, frankly, you wanted to shake their hand. More importantly, you wanted to be them. There is no doubt, many of them were carefully managed by a studio and agents, and their public comments were well scripted, but their public persona remained above reproach.
I'm not too sure who our heroes are anymore. None receive the publicity our heroes of yesteryear received. The heroes emerging from Hollywood today are portrayed as flawed individuals. Through some twist of fate, they all have an unsettling dark side whereby they can either turn to good or evil. Our athletes have become mercenaries who are as loyal as the highest bidder. Perhaps the closest thing we have to heroes are our military troops, police, firefighters, and EMT personnel, but we think of them more as faceless professionals, as opposed to bearing any identity.
Maybe our heroes are nothing more than those people on reality television who sing and dance, or maybe they are the latest generation of cartoon characters, such as "SpongeBob SquarePants." If this is true, it is rather shallow thinking. I also hope they are not the "gansta" rap artists or street gangs.
No, I'm not too sure who the good guys are anymore. All of my childhood heroes, such as Johnny Weissmuller, Clayton Moore and Buster Crabbe, are long gone. I am certainly not suggesting we go back to these characters of yesteryear, but I am wondering why we are not promoting new characters based on the same virtues and nobility. It would seem there is a premeditated attempt to do away with not only such characters, but the ethics associated with them, such as honesty, integrity, honor, and bravery. These are all admirable traits, but I no longer see them being portrayed in a positive light. The "good guys" serve an important function in our society, namely "morality." Let's just hope the good guys haven't all riden off into the sunset.
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February 8, 2013 at 7:28 am
A C.V. of Lansing, Michigan wrote…
"I think you're right, they have all ridden into the sunset. I just watched the movie "The Contender" and it's pathetic how "flawed" the "heroine" was – yet she clearly was the heroine in Hollywood's eyes. It was so awful. I blogged about it. She also was stridently anti-Christian – a proud atheist and part of her speech was "Her church" was THE GOVERNMENT. I kid you not! She even implied she was her OWN church!
Dustin Tarditi said
Pop culture has us celebrating hedonism and "me first" behavior… Hollywood is all about "gritty reboots" of classic stories or characters and elevates the "troubled/reluctant hero," focusing on the dark side of human nature as something to be wrestled with… I think it's less a struggle if you have a moral compass and faith system to help govern your actions and conduct with each other.
We need more Flash Gordon and less Jason Bourne… more Roy Rogers and less "mean street cops with nothing left to lose."
Boy, do I miss John Wayne right now…
February 8, 2013 at 8:49 am
An S.C. of Holiday wrote…
"I am a part of that generation that watched Gene Kelly, Fred Astair and Ginger Rogers sing and dance. I used to leave the movie theater singing as I walked home, now I leave the theater, in fear someone is following me, and I go home and lock the door.
How can we teach our young what is right and wrong when some of the names of well known people who dance on tables in the bars, go free even if they are caught shoplifting, and instead of being given long jail sentences, they have their lip pumped, given a leading role in a movie, paid an unbelievable sum of money for doing nothing.
Yes I remember what you just wrote about. Everything then, was geared to what is right and wrong. Now, things are so different that most of the time I do not even recognize TV hosts, as they all seem to turn back the clock with a face lift.
Crazy world these days but I live with the memories of the Good Old Days that the kids today will never know unless those like you and me tell them."
February 8, 2013 at 11:45 am
A B.W. of Macon, Georgia wrote…
"From the time I was 7 until I turned 17 I worked part time at a Drive in movie
I got to see all the movies and I agree that the heroes have gone. The media has changed from presenting what could be and should be to reality. We no longer see heroes who have high ideas and morality. And I think I know why. Bad news sells, good news does not. It is almost as if we are afraid to get tears in our eyes anymore from seeing good things that touch our hearts. We have more glitter and pomp but no real life good things. Some of the kids movies still have the good little guys, but as the kids age the characters in the movies seem to be of today's world, not the world we want it to be. In short we have stopped creating dreams of good. Today the dreams are of selfishness and power. The golden rule has changed from treating others as you would have them treat you: to he who has the gold make the rules.
Without bragging, I try to be one of the good guys, and sometimes I succeed. I will pass on this recent story: As you know, my world is model aircraft and aviation in general. I started volunteering at the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, GA. last September. I man the WWII (Hangar 3) building information desk. I really don't sit behind the desk because it is on a raised platform and my wheelchair will not take me there, so I spend my time on the floor moving around and talking to folks. Last November, I noticed a grandfather sitting on one of the benches while waiting for his grandson who was quoting information about several of the planes on display. As I struck up a conversation with the old man, he told me that he was losing touch with his grandson (12) who loved airplanes and the only time they really got together was when they came to the museum. I gave the man my card, on the back of which is a message on how to obtain a free model airplane kit. (Something I have been seeding out for over 30 years)
The man's wife sent me the email requesting the kits about mid November and I sent the kit out the next day. About two weeks later I got a nice email from the lady telling me that her husband and grandson had the best of time building and flying that little model plane. Of course that made my day. Yesterday, I got an email from the grandson, These were the words he wrote.
"Mr. ___, my grandfather passed away on January the 28th. I wanted to write and thank you for the model airplane kits. It was the best times I ever spent with my grandfather.
Thanks "
February 8, 2013 at 3:25 pm
A U.V. of Largo, Florida wrote…
"Ah! the heroes of my youth. What's missing is that people don't have any of the traits any more. Who's to teach them? The Rap stars??"
February 10, 2013 at 12:46 pm
A J.D. of Dunedin, Florida wrote…
"In today's information age, too many diversions to notice who our good guys are. I vote for our Soldiers, Sailors, Marine, and Airman in harm's way trying to give those in less fortunate situations both secure and free."
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How Cliques Make Kids Feel Left Out
What Are Cliques?
Cliques are groups of friends, but not all groups of friends are cliques. The thing that makes a group a clique (say: KLIK) is that they leave some kids out on purpose. They form groups that they won't let other kids belong to. Sometimes kids in the clique are mean to kids they think are on the outside. Usually one or two popular kids control who gets to be in the clique and who gets left out.
Kids may act differently than they did before they were part of the clique. They may even act differently today from how they were yesterday. It can be really confusing.
Kids might form cliques in elementary school or in middle school. Sometimes cliques are made of kids who share an interest in something, like sports or computer games or music. Sometimes the kids in them want to be popular or want to belong. They might say you can only join in if you wear certain clothes, or they might make you feel bad if your mom or dad can't afford the same stuff they can.
Both boys and girls have cliques, though people who study these groups say girl cliques may be more common. Girl cliques are often meaner and more hurtful in the way they treat girls who aren't in the group.
Feeling Left Out
If you are on the outside of a clique, it can make you frustrated and confused. Maybe someone who was your BFF last week is now mean to you and won't sit with you at lunch. It can make you feel like crying or just feel really angry or sad. You might feel lonely at lunch or after school, or even afraid if you feel that someone might pick on you or fight with you. You might be frustrated or upset because you don't know what to do. You might feel hurt because of the ways other kids leave you out.
Why Do Other Kids Join Cliques?
One of the hard things about cliques is if a person who was your friend joins one and starts treating you differently. Sometimes, the problem starts with an argument between the two of you. But other times you can find yourself on the outside of a clique even if nothing happened.
Sometimes you get left out because you look, act, or dress differently from other kids. Or just because you're the "new kid" in class. Kids who get into cliques usually want to be popular and feel cool. Sometimes kids think that belonging to a clique will keep them from feeling left out. Some kids feel more powerful when they're mean to other people (like bullies).
Kids in cliques sometimes act differently than they would outside the group. They often go along with what the others are doing, even if they know it's not right — even if it means leaving out a friend.
Some kids might even feel bad about the way they treat other kids, but they can't figure out how to be cool and still be nice to the person who's not in the clique. This is no excuse, though. Plenty of kids manage to be nice to everyone — kids in and outside their closest group of friends — without being part of a clique.
Feeling Trapped in a Clique
Sometimes kids in cliques find that they don't really want to belong to it anymore. They don't want to leave others out and hurt people's feelings. Sometimes they realize they're missing out on being friends with great kids outside of the clique.
Some kids don't want to be bossed around by the rules of the clique and don't like that another kid is trying to be in charge of them. Being in a clique might mean that they have to give up some freedom and maybe even change the kind of people they are or what kind of music they like or clothes they want to wear.
Even if no one is being mean to you personally, you still might find it annoying if there are cliques you're not part of. Or you might be part of a clique, but are getting tired of being bossed around or worried that your so-called friends will embarrass you or play a mean joke on you. Maybe someone said something mean about you or a friend of yours online.
As kids get older, they can outgrow the need to be part of a clique or feel more relaxed about who is "in" and who is "out." For some kids this takes a while. Most cliques disappear by the end of high school, making way for more fun and enjoyable friendship groups.
Who Can Help?
Parents, sisters and brothers, other family members, and teachers can help when someone is being left out or treated in a mean way. They might help by giving you advice on how to deal with mean kids. Sometimes they can teach kids that it isn't OK to treat others this way and show them ways to stop kids being mean to other kids.
If you or someone you know is being treated in a way that makes them feel angry, sad, or bullied by members of a clique, telling an adult is important. Adults can also help kids learn to play together, include each other, mend hurt feelings, and repair broken friendships. They can encourage kids to make friends and belong to a group without leaving others out. They can show kids how to be popular by treating everyone with respect and kindness.
What You Can Do
If cliques are upsetting you, what can you do?
- Find friends. If you find yourself left out of a certain group, focus on other friends. Hang out with kids who aren't part of a clique. Sometimes this means finding older or younger kids to hang out with, or making friends outside of school. Sometimes it means being open to kids who look or act differently than you do.
- Speak up. If your group of friends has suddenly turned into a clique, speak up. It's OK to say that you want to invite others to hang out with you too. The clique might go on without you. On the other hand, others might follow your lead and stop acting so clique-y. Most schools have counselors and policies to help cliques from getting out of hand — maybe you could become an advisor or advocate, or write about it in the school paper.
- Invite a friend. If you're on the outside of a clique and you want to be friends with someone who's in it, invite that person to do something with you. It might help if you can see your friend away from the other clique members. Maybe your mom or dad could arrange to have that friend visit at your house on the weekend. By spending time together, he or she might start realizing how silly it is not to hang out more often. But also be prepared for possible disappointment. Even if you have a great time together, your friend might still slip back into the clique when you're all back at school.
- Don't take it out on yourself. Some kids feel they should try to change themselves — and that's OK too. Maybe you want to get healthy and fit or learn to smile more and be less cranky — it's great to work on yourself, but do it for you, not for anyone else. If some kids are mean to you because they think you don't fit in, don't let them make decisions about the kind of kid you are going to be. Decide for yourself and then get help to reach your goals. Ask a cool cousin or friend to help you revamp your wardrobe or get a new haircut. But only change yourself if it's something you want to do.
- Look for friends everywhere. The most popular and well-liked kids are the ones who are friendly to everyone. Do your best to let everyone feel welcome to talk to you. Look for chances to meet, talk with, and play with plenty of different kids. Is someone sitting alone at lunch? Why not ask her to sit at your table? Or maybe you noticed the kid standing outside the fence while you're playing basketball. It's time to invite him onto the court. Who knows — maybe the two of you will really click (which means to get along really well). Now that's a much better kind of click!
Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.
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By Samantha L. Quigley
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WASHINGTON - Transitioning from the military into the civilian work force can be as simple as trading one type of headgear for another through "Helmets to Hardhats."
Helmets to Hardhats helps people leaving military service find careers in the construction industry, said Sarah Hayes, the not-for-profit organization's general manager. She noted that National Guardsmen and reservists also can benefit from the program.
Program participants must receive an honorable discharge from military service. Interested veterans can register on the program's Web site, www.helmetstohardhats.org.
"When a candidate comes to the Web site, they give us their military experience, and they also tell us what they'd like to do," Hayes said. "We assess that, ... and we recommend specific construction careers to them."
Helmets to Hardhats has matched about 40,000 servicemembers with apprenticeships in construction unions around the country, Hayes said. The remainder of the 150,000 registered job-seekers are still looking for an apprenticeship in an area of their interest. The number of registrants grows each year, she added.
Program organizers helped Shane Anderson secure an apprenticeship with the International Union of Elevator Contractors Local 19, out of Seattle. "When I was getting ready to transition from the Army, I wanted to find a career that would be satisfying, financially rewarding, provide good benefits and a great retirement program," Anderson said in a Helmets to Hardhats news release.
Helmets to Hardhats focuses on 15 trades within the construction industry. Transitioning servicemembers can choose to apprentice as anything from a boilermaker or bricklayer to a roofer, carpenter or plasterer.
"If they come in as a first-year apprentice, it usually lasts about four years," Hayes said. "On average, they actually make more than a college graduate after they finish."
Congress created the Carlsbad, Calif.-based organization in 2003 at the prompting of retired Marine Gen. Matthew Caulfield. Caulfield now serves as executive director of the organization, which is made up of the nation's top employers and union presidents. The organization received $5.1 million from Congress this year, Hayes said.
Also because of this program, governors in 22 states have signed resolutions stating that servicemembers are moved to the top of lists for qualified apprenticeship programs in the construction industry.
That eliminates what could be a yearlong wait to get into such programs in those states, Hayes said.
The construction industry has welcomed servicemembers with open arms, Hayes said. "They're saving places for these military men and women," she said. "They have better skills; they're disciplined; they show up to work on time; and they know how to work in a team.
Hayes also noted the military has "that brotherhood feeling."
"And that is also true in the construction industry," she said.


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Senator Obama and the Social Gospel
By Dan Phillips
All the fuss over Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and his possible presidential candidacy is hard to explain. He is a recently elected junior Senator. Under normal circumstances his candidacy would be considered premature at best and hubristic at worst. So why the fawning treatment, especially by the media?
Well, I have to admit the guy is smooth. I saw him on Jay Leno, and I was very impressed with his persona. He was funny, self-deprecating, and able to banter back and forth with Leno. He is able to engage in small talk without immediately mounting the bully pulpit as many politicians are prone to do. In this respect he reminds me a lot of Bill Clinton. He seems like a regular guy. How much of that is an act, I have no idea. He did graduate from Harvard Law which tends to tarnish your regular guy credentials. But much of politics is an act, and he seems pretty good at it.
A big question is how long he will be able to pull off the "can't we just all get along?" act. Will the Democratic primary voters tolerate that shtick in the hope of victory, or will they force him to more clearly articulate where he stands on the issues? Despite all the talk that he is a bridge between left and right, his positions are cookie-cutter liberal. If the Democratic primary voters don't force him to reveal his hand, I'm sure the Republican campaign machine will if he becomes the Democratic nominee.
But why is cookie-cutter liberal Senator Obama considered a potential bridge? Primarily because he is very open about his faith and is not reluctant to use religious language and discuss values. Coming from a liberal Democrat, this is definitely against the recent grain.
Usually you hear liberals denouncing conservatives for wanting to "shove their values down other people's throats." Or they are all in a lather that the religious right is trying to abolish the "wall of separation between Church and State," a phrase that the well informed know is nowhere to be found in the Constitution. Despite the utter lack of progress on social issues, they claim the GOP is a captive of the religious right. (Yeah, I wish.) In fact, it is the other way around. The religious right is a captive of the GOP.
Of course, the liberal candidates (Pelosi, Kerry) speak openly of their faith since atheistic candidates in America go over like a . . . err . . . in church. Well, you know what I mean. But we are assured that their faith will have no impact on how they govern. You know, "I'm personally opposed to abortion, but . . ." One could ask, "What good is such a faith," but we won't go there in this essay.
However, this sort of opposition to the open discussion of faith on the Left is a fairly recent development, historically, and it seems to be partially a reaction to faith being used effectively by conservatives and the GOP. But it has not always been so. Faith, especially Christian faith, has historically been used to justify all sorts of progressive initiatives, from government involvement in relief for the poor to federal Civil Rights legislation. Currently, some supposedly conservative Christians such as Senator Brownback, Governor Huckabee, and World Magazine's Marvin Olasky are trying to use a progressive understanding of Christianity to justify support of "guest workers," (read amnesty) and lax enforcement.
This leftist use of Christianity was facilitated by the advent of something called the Social Gospel. Northern Puritanism was theologically conservative – orthodox is probably a better term. (Some theologians, especially Catholic and conservative Anglicans would dispute this, but that is a discussion for a different day.) Suffice it to say that Puritanism upheld the historic essential doctrines of Christianity. For whatever reason — and again there is much theological and historical opinion to explain this — the theologically orthodox Puritans morphed into advocates of the Social Gospel. (They were joined by a Quaker element in the Mid-Atlantic States.) They rejected many of the historic beliefs of Christianity to a greater or lesser degree. For some, the idea of Christ dying on the cross for our sins was rejected in favor of a new explanation. Jesus came to show us the way, to serve as our example, but not as our sacrifice. For some, Christ was no longer the Son of God, but a very good man and a profound teacher. This interpretation lends itself very well to progressive crusading. Instead of Jesus coming to die on the cross for our sins, He came to teach us the importance of being kind to the poor, oppressed, and downtrodden. He did both, although it is highly debatable that being kind to the poor mandates a particular position on government Food Stamps; but the Social Gospel advocates deemphasized that whole sacrifice thing. The Catholic version, called Liberation Theology, had its day as well and often adopted outright Marxist terminology.
As an aside, a good case could be made that the Social Gospel advocates get it exactly backwards. The Jews were expecting a political Savior who was going to liberate Israel from the clutches of Rome. But Jesus did not come here to fundamentally alter the social order. He altered the moral order. For example, Jesus' claim that thinking about fornicating makes one guilty of fornication or that hating one's brother makes one guilty of murder is harsh and impossible to uphold, hence the universal need for a Savior. But He left unarguably unjust Roman rule intact.
Some theologically liberal Social Gospel advocates were upfront about their rejection of the orthodox view, but others were not. Regardless, they continued to use entirely Christian terminology. However, they invested much of the terminology with new meaning. The term fundamentalist is a reference to the fundamentalist/modernist controversy that rocked the Church around the first few decades of the last century. The modernists won the debate within the mainline denominations, but the Fundamentalists arguably won the war for the hearts and minds of most American Christians. The mainline denominations are declining while the conservative churches over the same period of time have grown. Despite all of the modernist silliness embraced by evangelicals, such as praise and worship music, modern evangelicalism remains theologically conservative. A story for another day is how thoroughly the modernists won the institutions such as academia and the media, and how totally they dominate the culture. One could argue that the reason surveys indicate that evangelicals live lives similar to the rest of the decadent culture (similar divorce rates, for example) while embracing a conservative theology is because the evangelicals have not opposed cultural modernism to the same degree that they opposed theological modernism.
There was a recent dust up among some evangelicals and Catholics because mega church pastor and author of the best-selling Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren, invited Senator Obama to speak at his Church for a conference on AIDS. Here is some of what Senator Obama said:
In light of my discussion above, does anyone recognize this? It is pure, unadulterated Social Gospel. I would not question Senator Obama's faith, that is between him and God; but he left out that icky dying on the cross for our sins part. There is nothing objectionable about what Senator Obama said, but it is what he didn't say that is perhaps illuminating. Such is always the case with the theological liberal. The terminology is there: "God sent His only Son." But does it mean the same thing when Senator Obama says it, that it does when an evangelical says it? I don't know.
The evangelicals who are warming to Senator Obama because of his open embrace of faith need to ask him that.
Note, I am not suggesting that Senator Obama is opportunistically embracing the Social Gospel to deflect criticism or entice "values voters." He may be since he is a politician after all, but I have no real reason to question his sincerity. I am suggesting that Senator Obama's embrace of Christianity is not a new phenomenon on the Left. It is a tried and true strategy.
Many prominent Black Christians such as the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson have been peddling this alternative gospel with no break between them and the progressive Social Gospel advocates of the past. The Rev. Jackson and the Rev. Sharpton are quick to invoke Christianity when crusading against alleged oppression, but when was the last time you heard either man say publicly that someone needs to "repent, turn from his wicked ways, and get saved," or say "Jesus died for your sins" instead of "Jesus cared for the poor?" It need not, and should not be either or, but if the message of sin and sacrifice is not preached, the Gospel is not preached. Instead both men are fighting their way to the front of the latest pro-choice parade. I really don't see Jesus marching in a pro-choice parade, and I'm not sure what advocating consequence free recreational sex has to do with healing the sick or caring for the poor, especially since we all agree that Jesus is on record as against even thinking about fornication. Maybe one of the good Reverends could walk me through that logic. Interestingly, Rev. Jackson used to be pro-life before he decided to seek the Democratic nomination.
I am not afraid that Senator Obama will manage to chip off a significant number of evangelical voters, partially because evangelical voters are joined at the hip to the GOP, and also because I have enough faith in evangelical voters that they will not support a candidate who is openly pro-choice, especially a Democrat. Whether they would support a pro-choice Republican nominee like Rudy Giuliani is another story. I certainly hope not. I'm pretty sure many would balk.
What is more likely is that Senator Obama will by his open embrace of faith immunize himself from some of the scrutiny a liberal Democratic candidate would normally receive. With a lack of traditional conservative candidates so far in the GOP primary, Governor Romney's Mormonism, and Senator Obama embracing his faith, it is going to be very interesting to see how all this develops among evangelical voters. I hope they ask Senator Obama some tough questions about the nature of his faith.
(Thanks to Dr. Joseph Knippenberg at the Ashbrook Center's blog for bringing my attention to Senator Obama's speech.)
Dan Phillips is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, Georgia. He specializes in the treatment of alcohol and drug addiction and obsesses about politics on the side. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Lincoln's Elder Sister Sarah Lincoln Dies during Childbirth
Sarah Lincoln Grigsby, sister of Abraham Lincoln, would never know her younger brother's success and fame, nor how he would be remembered.
As a result of her brother's fame, her own life has become part of our national heritage.
She was born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, on February 10, 1807. With her younger brother, she attended a basic ABC school taught by Zachariah Riney and later Caleb Hazel. From her mother she learned the arts of spinning, soap making, and cooking over an open fire. Most significant of all, she and her brother listened to stories told by travelers on the Louisville - Nashville road that ran directly in front of the Lincoln cabin. Sarah had the benefit of at least some schooling when many pioneer children learned only the tasks for farming or housekeeping.
When Thomas Lincoln moved his family to Indiana in 1816, Sarah's responsibilities increased. She worked hard to help her mother establish a home on this new frontier. But the autumn frosts of 1818 had already colored the foliage of the huge trees of oak, hickory, maple and walnut when her mother Nancy became desperately ill. Her mother was stricken with milk sickness; a poisoning caused by the plant white snakeroot. Cows ate this abundant weed and passed the poison on in their milk. On October 5, 1818, Nancy died. Death in a one-room cabin in the wilderness was a grim experience for the survivors. Sarah helped the neighbor women prepare, dress, and place her mother's body into the casket. Her mother was then taken to her final resting-place overlooking the Indiana farm she so dearly loved.
Her mother had been kind to Sarah. She had raised her in an environment of love, trust, and understanding. As Sarah matured, she built her life upon this solid foundation.
It was a difficult time for Sarah. She had to take over all the household chores. Her mother's death left Sarah with the formidable task of caring for the house, her father, her brother, and an orphaned 18-year old cousin, Dennis Hanks, whose guardians had also died from the milk sickness. The absence of a mother was very painful for the whole family. When Thomas remarried, to Sarah Bush Johnston, a widow with three children of her own, Sarah had to adjust to having a stepmother and stepbrother and stepsisters. Her new mother did relieve Sarah of much of the domestic labor in the Lincoln household and her new stepsisters and stepbrother became playmates. During her 13th year she attended Andrew Crawford's subscription school. Two years later she attended, infrequently, a school taught by James Swaney. Then, in her 17th year, she attended Azel Dorsey's school. The Lincoln children probably received their best education from him.
Sarah joined the Little Pigeon Baptist Church on April 8, 1826. On August 2, 1826, she married Aaron Grigsby and the new couple moved into a cabin two miles south of the Lincolns. Nine months after their marriage, Sarah announced to her family that she was pregnant. But unknown complications during the delivery claimed both her life and that of her infant child. A neighbor is recorded as saying; "I remember the night she died. My mother was there at the time. She had a strong voice, and I heard her calling her father. He went after a doctor, but it was too late. They let her lay too long." Sarah died January 20, 1828 at the age of 21.
A description of Sarah comes to us from her stepmother who said she was "short of stature and somewhat plump in build, her hair was dark brown and her eyes were gray." John Hanks, a cousin, said, "She was kind, tender, and good natured and is said to have been a smart woman." Her brother-in-law Nathaniel Grigsby said that Sarah "was a woman of extraordinary mine. Her good-humored laugh I can hear
Sarah Lincoln Grigsby was born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Lincoln on February 10, 1807. She was the older sister of future president Abraham Lincoln. When Lincoln's mother died in 1818, Sarah was in charge of taking care of the house while Thomas went off to look for a wife. She was left alone with Abe and their cousin Dennis Hanks. Thomas later returned home with a new wife and a new mother for Sarah and Abraham, Sarah Johnston Lincoln. Later in August 1826, she married Aaron Grigsby. Sadly she died on January 20, 1828 while giving birth to a baby boy who also died that day.
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The comforting hug of an indulgent plate of pasta is the main reason Italian cuisine is my all-time favorite. On average I probably eat pasta at least 2-3 times a week, whether it's at home or dining out. Just as an upfront disclaimer, I'm highly biased towards pappardelle with ragu and anything with cream and parmesan.
Below is a list of the cream of the crop in Sydney's pasta world. I love all kinds of pasta, so my view is that it doesn't matter if the pasta has an Asian flair or if it's an Americanized bowl of spaghetti. Purists may not agree though.
I'll keep updating as I continue my pasta journey. I welcome recommendations with open arms, so let me know what your favorite pasta is – I'll keep adding to the wishlist at the bottom of this post.
The pappardelle bolognese at 10 William St is probably my top pasta dish in Sydney. I heard through the grapevine that the irresistible ragu is made with fish sauce. Whatever is in it, I just want buckets of this stuff. A more in depth rant about 10 William St is here.
Price range: $25-27 per pasta dish
Fratelli Paradiso, Potts Point
The gang that brought us 10 William St started out at Fratelli Paradiso, which is now approaching the 15-year-old mark. The lasagnetta is the best I've eaten in Sydney so far. And the spaghetti scampi sings to me like sirens. And you guessed it, the ragu is also incredible. More on Fratelli Paradiso here.
Price range: $22-36 per pasta dish
The Dolphin
The pappardelle bolognese, buffalo ricotta, gremolata at the recently refurbed The Dolphin is tasty to the max. Super silky smooth bands of pasta are tossed in an utterly rich bolognese, then finished with blobs of buffalo ricotta. Read more about the deliciousness I ate over two visits at The Dolphin here.
Price range: $28-30 per pasta dish
Eleven Bridge
When it was still Rockpool, I had the hand-rolled strozzapreti with Moreton Bay bug and crustacean butter at the bar. It's still on the Eleven Bridge menu now that it's rebranded. The pasta is my idea of umami heaven. Perfectly al dente strozzapreti with a moreish, buttery sauce and topped with sweet, sweet Moreton Bay bug. It's one of the most refined pasta dishes you can get in Sydney in my opinion.
Price range: $45 for the strozzapreti
Bar Machiavelli, Rushcutters Bay
The chestnut pappardelle with porcini and madeira sauce was mind-blowing. That intense mushroom flavor, those slippery pasta ribbons, and that creamy sauce. I'll be returning for this pasta without a doubt. The gnoccheti with gorgonzola dolce and a creamy sage sauce was also great, though I probably would have liked a punchier hit of blue cheese in the sauce.
Price range: $28-39 per pasta dish
Kindred, Darlington
Silky pasta isn't the only thing handmade at Kindred – everything from pickles to vincotto is also made from scratch using sustainable ingredients. I loved both the sweet potato triangoli and the pappardelle with beef ragu so I'll definitely be making my way back to Kindred to try more pasta dishes. Read more about Kindred in this blog post.
Price range: $16-26 per pasta dish
Buon Ricordo, Paddington
THAT famous truffle cream pasta is one of best dishes of all time. Handmade fettuccine is served with an utterly creamy sauce topped with a truffled fried egg. The pasta is of course remarkable, but the dexterous theatrics at the table bring the experience to life. Parmesan is grated at the table, the egg with its oozy yolk is cut up, and then the pasta is tossed together before your ravenous eyes. All that's left is to dig in.
Price range: $31.50-36 per pasta dish
Does gnocchi count as pasta? I'm always unsure. Regardless, the gnocchi with shredded turkey at Besser is tasty as hell. There are only three pastas (and a 6.30pm risotto) on the menu, and they change all the time. Read more about my visit to Besser here.
Price range: $25-32 per pasta dish
A Tavola, Darlinghurst (and Bondi)
The OG before Besser came around, A Tavola, is a bit fancier and a bit more intimate. You can't go wrong with ragus, I say, and the pappardelle al ragu at A Tavola is excellent. On another occasion I had the incredible spinach and cheese ravioli with truffle pecorino. It goes without saying that the pasta is handmade. Specials are scribbled on the blackboard, which change all the time according to seasonality.
Price range: $24-34 per pasta dish
Cafe Sopra: Alexandria, Walsh Bay, Potts Point and Bridge Street
I love the simplicity of the linguine with lemon, chilli and pangrattato at Cafe Sopra. Or the carbonara (done right – without cream). The ragu has awesome depth of flavor, too. The pasta menu is massive, so it's always a good time dropping in for lunch or dinner.
Price range: $18-26 per pasta dish
The lamb ragu is my go-to at my number one lunch haunt Adamo's (I work nearby-ish). Pasta is made freshly on site, and the amount of choice is mind-boggling. Whether it's pappardelle (my fav obvs) or tortellini or gnocchi, you get to pick your pasta and your sauce. The possibilities are endless. Most of the sauces are tomato-based, but every day there's a different special, with some unique seafood creations on Fridays like capellini with salmon, capers and dill. I've also picked up fresh pasta on the way home to cook with at home.
Price range: $13-18 per pasta dish
In interviews Mitch Orr always goes on about how the pasta he cooks at ACME is not Italian. And it's definitely not. I don't know why anyone ever assumes as such. Yes, the menu is largely a pasta catalog, but there are legit no Italian dishes at all. The macaroni with pig's head and egg yolk is the most popular (read: most instagrammed after the baloney sandwich), and for good reason. But I've also fallen in love with the linguine with black garlic and burnt chilli, which bizarrely tastes like mi goreng. Nothing is taboo. Fish balls and kimchi on spaghetti? Why not. More thoughts on ACME here.
Price range: $14-20 per pasta dish (note that portions are small; the usual recommendation is to order two pastas per person, and to share them)
Pasta Emilia mirrors its cozy ambiance with unpretentious, home-style Italian cooking. The tortelli of the day with truffle cream sauce has a cult following. But even better is in fact (surprise, surprise) the ragu. Served with strozzapreti, the beef ragu and parmigiano is as good as it gets. The fresh pasta is organic, and you can even buy their fresh pastas and sauces in-store or at select markets.
Price range: $24-34 per pasta dish
Buffalo Dining Club, Darlinghurst
While at Buffalo Dining Club the spotlight is on buffalo mozzarella, the pasta is ace, too. And I love that it's very sharing-friendly. The pillowy gnocchi with napolitana is well-balanced and moreish. But the main event for many is the spaghetti cacio e pepe served in a giant pecorino wheel. Rigatoni with pork and fennel sausage ragu is the go if you like your pasta fleshed out with meat (pun intended). I like 'em all.
Price range: $20 per pasta dish
Chester White Cured Diner, Potts Point
Following suit after its sister Buffalo Dining, Chester White Cured Diner dishes up a spaghetti cacio e pepe from a giant cheese wheel – but it's taken up a notch with truffle pecorino. Hello umami. But even better is the Not Chesta carbonara, a rich and irresistible casarecce dish tossed together in a pot at the table. It's all about that crisp speck and umami mushrooms, conceiving a lush, cheesy thing of beauty.
Price range: $20-22 per pasta dish
Porcorosso, Waterloo
I had dinner at Porcorosso a few years ago when it first opened, and was really into the carbonara (though I'm unsure if it's still on the menu). Recently I've also ordered a Porcorosso delivery via Suppertime – an excellent lasagne delivered to your doorstep is my idea of a good time on a Friday night.
Price range: $14-17 per pasta dish
There are some things that make sense in life. Ragu is one of them. 'When in doubt, order the ragu' is a motto I live by. Buzo's pappardelle with duck leg ragu, chilli, garlic, and parsley is rich and seductive. But trumping the duck pappardelle in terms of richness is the vincisgrassi. For those in the dark, vincisgrassi is a regional variety of lasagne. At Buzo, it's layered with porcini, mushroom, prosciutto, truffle, and parmigiano. I'm all for the earthy intensity this lasagne brings to the table.
Price range: $28-30 per pasta dish
The menu at Lumi changes quite frequently, but the pasta is brilliant without fail. The spelt tortellini, plump up with pumpkin and burnt butter, and crowned with uni still resonates as a special pasta memory from 2014. Note that Lumi purely offers set menus, but all of them include at least one pasta dish. Check the menu online to see what the pasta du jour is. More ramblings about Lumi here.
Price range: $55 for 3-course lunch , $75 for 5-course lunch , $105 for 8-course dinner or Sunday lunch
You won't get al dente, Italian-style pasta at Redfern Continental, but HOLY SMOKES, the spaghetti with meatballs is in-your-face good. The tomato sauce is so full of flavor, I want to bathe in it forever. There's something über comforting and simple about meatballs on a heaving mound of spaghetti. Generous serving, too.
Price range: $18-23 per pasta dish
Every day the pasta at Sagra is freshly made, and every day the menu sees seasonal changes. With an ethos directed at simplicity and quality, the fresh pasta and ingredients speak for themselves. The pappardelle with beef ragu is a winner, but I'll definitely be returning for some of the other pastas.
Price range: $19-23 per pasta dish
Pastizzi Cafe, Newtown
While most people would probably head to Pastizzi Cafe for the stellar pastizzis, it's also worth ordering the simple, affordable pastas. The ravioli is handmade in-house with five different options for fillings, and five sauces to choose from. On my last visit I went with the spinach and ricotta ravioli with a napolitana sauce. Simplicity at its finest.
Price range: $12-22.50
Not everyone will go for a Thai spin on pasta, but I'm all about keeping an open mind. Boon's pasta is in a whole other playing field compared to places like Lumi and ACME where Asian influences often play a part. Boon is a cafe by day and an isaan restaurant by night, so in a way it's the reverse of most other pastas in Sydney. Here the pasta is a vessel to manipulate with Thai characters and ingredients. The sai ouah kamut pasta of spicy herb pork sausage and egg yolk has all the robust, herbacious flavors of a Thai stir fry. I'm also a fan of the kamut fusilli, which instead of regular egg pasta, has a hint of nuttiness and a bitey texture.
Price range: $15-20 per pasta dish
So I know that Pinbone has closed, but it's still popping up here and there for brunch ops. And the fregola with creamed corn and poached egg is still my top pick for the best brunch dish in Sydney. Creamy. Corny. Good. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they'll reopen a permanent brunch spot somewhere soon.
My pasta wishlist:
Fratelli Paradiso✓
- Chiosco by Ormeggio
- Lucio's
- Pendolino
Mantecato Risotteria✓
- Ahgora's haloumi ravioli
- Iceberg's spaghetti nero
Russo & Russo's fregola with eel✓
- Pastabella
- Two Chaps
- Rosso Antico
Da Mario✓
- Beppi's
Milano Torino✓
- Cafe Nino
Any other ones that I'm missing and should check out?


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I have the questionable distinction of appearing on Larry Kudlow's CNBC program several times a week, arguing with people whose positions under normal circumstances would get no serious attention, and defending policies I would have thought so clearly and obviously defensible they should need no justification. But we are living through strange times. The economy is so bad that the social fabric is coming undone, and what used to be merely weird economic theories have become debatable public policies.
On Monday it was Harvard Professor Robert Barro, who opined in today's Wall Street Journal that America's high rate of long-term unemployment is the consequence rather than the cause of today's extended unemployment insurance benefits.
In theory, Barro is correct. If people who lose their jobs receive generous unemployment benefits they might stay unemployed longer than if they got nothing. But that's hardly a reason to jettison unemployment benefits or turn our backs on millions of Americans who through no fault of their own remain jobless in the worst economy since the Great Depression.
Yet moral hazard lurks in every conservative brain. It's also true that if we got rid of lifeguards and let more swimmers drown, fewer people would venture into the water. And if we got rid of fire departments and more houses burnt to the ground, fewer people would use stoves. A civil society is not based on the principle of tough love.
In point of fact, most states provide unemployment benefits that are only a fraction of the wages and benefits people lost when their jobs disappeared. Indeed, fewer than 40 percent of the unemployed in most states are even eligible for benefits, because states require applicants have been in a full-time job longer than most jobless had one. A majority of the jobless typically have moved from job to job before they failed to find a new one, or have held a number of part-time jobs.
So it's hard to make the case that many of the unemployed have chosen to remain jobless and collect unemployment benefits rather than work.
Anyone who bothered to step into the real world would see the absurdity of Barro's position. Right now, there are roughly five applicants for every job opening in America. If the job requires relatively few skills, hundreds of applicants line up for it. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says 15 percent of people without college degrees are jobless today; that's not counting large numbers too discouraged even to look for work.
Barro argues the rate of unemployment in this Great Jobs Recession is comparable to what it was in the 1981-82 recession, but the rate of long-term unemployed then was nowhere as high as it is now. He concludes this is because unemployment benefits didn't last nearly as long in 1981 and 82 as it they do now.
He fails to see — or disclose — that the 81-82 recession was far more benign than this one, and over far sooner. It was caused by Paul Volcker and the Fed yanking up interest rates to break the back of inflation — and overshooting. When they pulled interest rates down again, the economy shot back to life.
The Great Jobs Recession is far more severe. It's continuing far longer. It was caused by the bursting of a giant housing bubble, abetted by the excesses of Wall Street. Home values are still 20 to 30 percent below where they were in 1997. The Fed is powerless because consumers cannot and will not buy enough to bring the economy back to life.
A record number of Americans is unemployed for a record length of time. This is a national tragedy. It is to the nation's credit that many are receiving unemployment benefits. This is good not only for them and their families but also for the economy as a whole, because it allows them to spend and thereby keep others in jobs. That a noted professor would argue against this is obscene.
Cross posted from Robert Reich's blog.


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The movement to address and resolve the mounting global crisis resulting from pervasive climate destabilization is not born of utopian fantasy; it is about dealing with and addressing reality, and doing it to the best of our abilities. We have the technology now to go 100% fuel free, but we are trapped in a vicious cycle of economic and political inertia that has prevented us from deploying the infrastructure to fully take advantage of clean energy technologies.
The false assertion that wind, sun and water do not contain enough energy to safely, securely and reliably power our economy is a dangerous mythological prejudice that is undermining our solvency and security, as a nation. We have far more wind energy than we can possibly harvest and many times more than we need. The solar radiation striking US territory every year is many thousands of times our total demand.
As early as 1991, the Department of Energy found that just three states—Texas, Kansas and North Dakota—had enough wind generation capacity, given the technology then available, to power the entire US electricity grid. By 2004, an updated study found that those same three states had, given the more powerful and efficient turbines then available, could meet 100% of national energy demand—electricity, industrial, transport and military.
In 2009, Mark Jacobson, of Stanford University, published a study in Scientific American that detailed how the United States could actually transition our entire energy production and distribution infrastructure to clean renewables, and do so affordably, within 20 years. Solar technologies are advancing more rapidly in productive capacity than any other source of energy in history, with cutting edge technologies emerging, such as:
- solar glitter
- solar paint
- printable solar PV film for paper or fabrics
- solar nano flakes
- nano-solar—nanotechnology allows for solar paint, printable solar, solar flakes
- solar-capture PV windows
- Solar Roadways
- Solar Impulse solar-only airplanes
- 24-hour molten-salt solar thermal
The only component missing from the real-world problem resolution we require is: how do we motivate funding to move to these far more efficient, quality-of-life expanding technologies, given the vicious cycle of economic and political inertia keeping us dependent on scarce, costly, high-impact pollutants? The inertia is rooted in the biggest market failure in world history: the failure of markets to accurately price carbon-emitting fuels.
We need to correct that market price failure.
We can do this, too, and we can do it without degrading the economic situation of the middle class, or of families, communities and small businesses. If we apply a carbon correction fee to carbon-dioxide-emitting fuels at the point of entry to our economy—the mine, the well, the port—then return 100% of revenues to households, we motivate a massive transition of capital to clean energy technologies, insulate consumers and non-carbon-fuel businesses, decentralize our energy economy, and rebuild the middle class.
We can go fuel free now. We can overhaul our entire energy economy, while moving more and more capital into technologies and industries that favor middle class job creation. We can break the vicious cycle of economic and political inertia that imposes massive hidden costs, and the more visible ones—like Hurricane Sandy and Typhoon Bopha—and set ourselves on a course to a new future of clean, sustainable prosperity.
If you want to have a say in this transformational process:
The future is our responsibility. Only our best is good enough.
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For more information on how to mobilize your citizen voice and enact a real-world solution to climate destabilization and energy insecurity, read Solving It.
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Originally published December 8, 2012, at TheHotSpring.net


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Why Jim Daly and Daniel Weiss Are Wrong About Christian Engagement in Politics
I accepted Christ as my Savior in July of 1984. Within weeks of my conversion I was introduced to a man named Dr. James Dobson and a ministry he directed called "Focus on the Family." For the next twenty plus years I was challenged, convicted, encouraged, and informed by Dr. Dobson's books and daily radio program.
Dr. Dobson was and continues to be a courageous warrior in the culture war. He is willing to step up to the plate and speak the truth while enduring vicious attacks from those who oppose him. During the time James Dobson led Focus on the Family I never heard him speak a single word out of malice or evil intent. When he expressed anger it was the righteous anger of someone who was thoroughly disgusted with the attacks being waged daily against the biblical values that have served as a hedge around our culture for over two hundred years. He spoke and continues to speak the truth in love to a culture that needs both truth and love if we are going to survive. For that, he has and will always have my utmost respect and sincere gratitude.
Since February of 2009, Jim Daly has led Focus on the Family. I don't know him personally but everything I have read by or about him speaks of a godly man who is carrying on the tradition of defending the truth in a culture that has largely abandoned a belief in absolute truth. He has a new book coming out later this month that I intend to read. Refocus: Living a Life that Reflects God's Heart will be released on October 16 and I am sure it will reflect the heart of a servant of God who is genuinely concerned about how Christians are to engage the culture.
In a September 12 preview of the book, Daly listed six myths about cultural engagement that he gleaned from former Focus on the Family employee Daniel Weiss. While I believe both of these men are sincere in their assessment and while I agree with some of their points I respectfully offer the following critique of their list of myths.
Myth 1: Nothing can be done.
I certainly agree that this is a myth. Many believers become discouraged and disgusted with the tenor of the culture war and they simply give up and retreat into the relative safety of the Church and the home. Many Christians see the spreading of darkness throughout the culture and believe the battle is already lost. They decide to take care of their own and wait for Jesus to come.
But God has not given us a spirit of fear but a sound mind. Paul reminded the Ephesians to "take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm" (Ephesians 6:13 ESV). Before Charles Colson went home to be with the Lord he called for Christian leaders to "stay at your post." Much can be done when believers stand firm on the Word of God in the face of the world.
Myth 2: We must be loud, vocal and visible.
Weiss says if we want people to hear us we must be humble, personable and subtle. While that is true we must also be sure our voice isn't drowned out by the cacophony of voices being raised against us. Being loud is optional but being vocal and visible is required. There is nothing wrong with speaking up in the marketplace of ideas and there certainly is nothing wrong with making ourselves visible to a lost world. When Peter and John were forbidden by the Sanhedrin to speak or teach in the name of Jesus they answered, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God you must judge, for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard" (Acts 4:18 ESV). Knowing it could lead to his imprisonment or even to his death John the Baptist spoke out against Herod's adultery. We should never look for a fight but we have to stop stepping aside when the fight comes to us.
Myth 3: Getting angry is the path to success.
I don't know anyone engaged in the culture war who believes that anger is the path to success. However, righteous anger in response to the blasphemy that is raised up against everything that is right and good is a reasonable response as long as our anger is focused and does not make us bitter. Anger can work as a primer to shake us out of our lethargy but it must never be a platform for action.
Myth 4: We must fight the darkness.
Weiss is right to point out that we must increase the light by presenting the good but we must also realize we are in a war. When we shine the light the darkness will try to snuff it out. Atheism is no longer the belief system of the passive. It is now being used like a battering ram to shatter and scatter the light. Shinning the light in a dark world is the equivalent of fighting the darkness. To do less is to cover our light under a bushel.
Myth 5: Success comes from the top down.
It is true that the battle is the Lord's and real change begins with right relationships. But in a Constitutional Republic our leaders are chosen by "we the people." If we avoid the political system because we view it as a top down solution we are actually abandoning the only bottom up strategy we possess.
Myth 6: We must change others.
Again, I agree this is a myth but I also never hear anyone engaged in the culture war saying we must change another person through the political process. Change begins in our own heart but it must then make us into God's agents of change. We are transformed by the renewing of our minds in Christ Jesus so that we might be equipped to bring transformation to our culture. In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus told us we are salt and light. As salt we preserve what is good and as light we roll back the darkness by shinning and by standing against every argument that is raised against the truth.
Jim Daly is right when he says we can engage the culture in a "winsome way" but we must remember that cultural engagement will mean conflict. May God grant us the courage to stand and the wisdom to depend on His Word.


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Former big league catcher Mike Redmond hired as Marlins manager to replace Ozzie Guillen
MIAMI – The Miami Marlins' celebrity manager was a bust, so they're calling one up from the minors.
Mike Redmond, who spent the past two years managing Class A teams in the Toronto Blue Jays' system, was hired Thursday by the Marlins to replace Ozzie Guillen.
A former major league catcher, Redmond had not interviewed for a big league job until he met with the Marlins last week. He received a three-year contract and will be introduced as the Marlins' fifth manager since mid-2010 at a news conference at their ballpark Friday.
Guillen said he would be rooting for Redmond.
"Congrats Mike Redmond," Guillen tweeted. "Good luck buddy u have great guys going to play for you. ... Hope the best for you. u are a good baseball man and you will have fun with the players."
Guillen was fired last week after only one season with the Marlins. A year ago they traded two minor league players to obtain him from the Chicago White Sox and gave him a team-record $10 million, four-year deal.
Redmond brings a much lower profile. A .287 hitter over 13 seasons, he played seven years for the Marlins and was the backup catcher to Ivan Rodriguez on their 2003 World Series championship team.
"I think it's a great hire," said Jack McKeon, who managed Redmond with the Marlins. "I'm just delighted. He's a very knowledgeable young man. He was an unselfish player and dedicated. I was very impressed when I had him the years I was in Florida. I thought someday he would make a good manager."
Redmond was popular with teammates because of his droll wit, and they still fondly recall him taking batting practice naked in an indoor cage several days in a row to help the 2003 team snap a slump.
McKeon claimed no firsthand knowledge of the episode but added, "Mike was a guy who kept everybody loose."
Because of Redmond's ties to Miami owner Jeffrey Loria and president of baseball operations Larry Beinfest, he was considered the front-runner for the job. Also interviewed were former major league manager Larry Bowa, former Pittsburgh Pirates manager Lloyd McClendon and Cincinnati Reds pitching coach Bryan Price.
Redmond, 41, becomes the 11th former catcher among current managers, and even during his playing days, he expressed an interest in managing. Besides McKeon, he played for Jim Leyland and Ron Gardenhire, among others.
"People ask you, 'What's your style?'" Redmond said last week. "I learned a lot from all of my managers. ... There are so many guys I learned different things from. I sat and listened and watched and learned."
Redmond was chosen Midwest League manager of the year in 2011, his first as a manager, after guiding the Lansing Lugnuts to a 77-60 record and an appearance in the league finals. This year he managed Dunedin to a 78-55 record and a berth in the Florida State League playoffs.
The rebranded Marlins moved into a new ballpark this year with a heftier payroll and high hopes, but the promising season began to derail in the first week with Guillen's laudatory comments about former Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Six months later, the episode was a factor in the decision to fire Guillen.
A lousy record and disappointing attendance didn't help, either. Despite a free-agent spending spree a year ago, the Marlins finished last in the NL East at 69-93, their worst record since 1999. They drew more than 2.2 million fans but had projected attendance of nearly 3 million.
Under Loria, the Marlins have usually been among baseball's thriftiest teams. With revenue falling short of projections this year, the spending binge of last offseason is unlikely to be repeated.
Budget constraints will make it difficult to upgrade a team that batted .244, the worst average in franchise history. The Marlins scored the fewest runs per game since their first year in 1993.
In the Marlins' 20 seasons they have reached the postseason only twice, as wild-card teams in 1997 and 2003. Both times they won the World Series.


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Very soon we will finally get to a post with an interesting subject like climate feedback..
But first, just a few basic examples, following on from the recent post: Intelligent Materials and the Imaginary Second Law of Thermodynamics, which in turn followed on from a few before that.
In the last post one of our frequent champions of the imaginary second law of thermodynamics acknowledged an important point. We had previously agreed that radiation from a colder body does reach a hotter body. The question was about whether the hotter body actually absorbed the energy from the colder body. Specifically, about the "absorptivity" of this hotter body for "irradiation" received from the colder body.
In the last post I provided a graphic to illustrate the emission of radiation from two bodies at slightly different temperatures:
With the important question being about whether a 0°C surface treats radiation from the +10°C body any differently from the radiation from the -10°C body.
Our "imaginary second law" champion did acknowledge that, for example, 10μm radiation from a -10°C body is treated no differently from 10μm radiation from a +10°C body. That is, the absorptivity, or proportion of radiation absorbed, is the same for any given wavelength regardless of the temperature of the source body.
Armed with this "consensus" we can examine a few further ideas.
We will see that the first law of thermodynamics is in conflict with the imaginary second law of thermodynamics
So it will be interesting to see how the champions of the imaginary second law respond.
Of course, it's important to note that we only have one signed up to this "consensus" (about hotter bodies absorbing radiation from colder bodies). The imaginary second law movement isn't a monolithic voting block. Others may not agree, as in Radiation Basics and the Imaginary Second Law of Thermodynamics where a new advocate championed the idea that the radiation from the colder body never reaches the hotter body, claiming that the radiation was cancelled out and the measurements of radiation reaching the hotter body were fraudulent. Well, interested parties can follow that fascinating story..
Example 1 – A Body in Space Left to Cool Down
Why space? Well, space is a vacuum and this simplifies our thought experiments because there is no conduction or convection of heat, and this only leaves radiation as the mechanism for the transfer of heat.
So in the first example, we consider a sphere which has a surface temperature of 273K (0°C) and no source of heat, which is left in space to cool down. Perhaps the sphere was previously heated up by a nearby star which has been "turned off", perhaps it had its own source of heat. It's not important.
The conductivity of this sphere is very high – so all points on and within the sphere are at the same temperature. This is just to avoid the complexities of heat conduction vs time within the sphere, which doesn't add anything to our example.
The radius of the sphere = 10 m, so surface area = 1,256 m2. (A=4πr2). The sphere is a "blackbody" which means that it a perfect absorber of radiation (nothing reflected) and consequently a perfect emitter of radiation.
And the last point is simply to identify the heat capacity of the sphere – which is 1×106 or 1,000,000 J/K.
The shape of the temperature curve is probably not surprising to anyone. Obviously the temperature will decrease – because the body is radiating heat with no incoming radiation to balance out the loss, and there is no internal source of heat.
Also you can see that the rate of change of temperature is reducing. This is because the body radiates according to the 4th power of temperature and as the temperature gets lower less heat is radiated each second.
At time infinity the temperature will be zero (or the background temperature of the universe).
Example 2 – Two Bodies Left in Space to Cool Down
The first example was probably uncontroversial. Now let's look at two bodies in space in proximity to each other. In this example the starting point is the same for the first body (which goes by the exciting name of "Body 1"), and the second body (not to be outdone, known as "Body 2") is identical except for the fact that it starts at a temperature of 263K (-10°C).
The distance between the center of the two bodies is only 30m – remember that the radius of each is 10m – so therefore there is only a 10m gap between the closest points. In fact, this creates a complexity that we will ignore in the calculation of incident radiation. See Note 1 at the end.
Body 1 radiates and a small amount of this radiation is incident on Body 2.
Body 2 radiates and a small amount of this radiation is incident on Body 1.
Now Body 2 is initially colder than Body 1 but at least from one "imaginary second law" advocate we have agreement that Body 1 will absorb this radiation (according to its absorptivity, which in this case = 1, i.e., 100% of incident radiation is absorbed).
See note 2 for the simple maths involved.
There's probably nothing very surprising in this graph. T1 is the temperature of Body 1,T2 for Body 2.
So now, let's take a look at the difference between the temperature curves for Body 1 in the first example, vs this second example where a colder body is in proximity:
and expanded in one section:
Probably not surprising for most people that in the presence of another body radiating, Body 1 has a slower decrease in temperature.
This is just a consequence of the first law of thermodynamics – the conservation of energy. Energy can't just disappear.
We will see what the advocates of the imaginary second law have to say about this one.
Notice as well that the colder body is reducing the rate of heat loss from the hotter body but there is no perpetual motion machine. At time infinity they are both at absolute zero (or the background temperature of the universe).
Example 3 – One Body being Heated by a Sun
Now we come to the third example, and in this case Body 1 is being heated by a star. (Body 2 has exited stage left for this example).
The radiation from the star incident on Body 1 is about 1260W/m2, which, with a radius of 10m means a total incident radiation of 395,570W – all of which is absorbed by Body 1 of course because it is a blackbody.
Notice that the temperature doesn't change – because the incident absorbed radiation is exactly balanced by the emission for a 273K body from its entire surface area.
Everyone can feel quite comfortable about this example.
Example 4 – One Body being Heated by a Sun, with a Second Colder Body in Proximity
The racy headline is fully justified in this exciting example.
This fourth and final example is like the last example but Body 2 is "wheeled out" all of a sudden and placed the same distance away from Body 1 as in the earlier example (30m between the centers of each sphere). Body 2 starts off "pre-cooled" to 263K.
Body 1 and Body 2 are close together with the sun radiating totally on Body 1 and on 86% of Body 2 – because Body 2 is partly in Body 1's shadow. So the solar radiation on Body 2 = 340,718 W.
Let's see what happens as the clock starts ticking:
Here is the vertical scale expanded:
Very interesting.
With only Body 1 basking in solar joy its surface temperature was 273K (0°C), but when Body 2 was wheeled in at a temperature of 263K (-10°C) we find that the surface temperature of Body 1 increases up to about 274.7K, a 1.7°C increase.
The presence of Body 2 at -10°C has increased the temperature of Body 1 from 0°C to almost 2°C
And in the process Body 2 has increased from -10°C to -8°C.
No surprises to most people – this is just a consequence of the first law of thermodynamics – energy can't just vanish. So if radiation from a colder body is incident on a hotter body – and absorbed – it has to have an effect.
I can already hear the screaming of a few:
- "you have created energy"
- "this violates the second law of thermodynamics"
- "a colder body cannot heat a hotter body"
- "this is perpetual motion"..
Well, more radiation from Body 1 is absorbed by Body 2 than the reverse. The net is from the hotter to the colder. This is why Body 2 has a higher increase in temperature. So the real second law of thermodynamics is preserved.
And if the sun turns off, both bodies will cool down to absolute zero (or the background temperature of the universe). So there is no perpetual motion machine.
The reason the temperature increased was because we changed the conditions – added another body radiating energy. And because we cannot create or destroy energy it has to have an effect. No energy has been created.
Now imagine the scenario that we arrive many years after the start – we see the sun and two bodies in a happy equilibrium. Someone points out that without the presence of the colder body (Body 2), Body 1 would actually be colder.
What an outrageous idea!
The principles involved in these examples are very simple:
- the conservation of energy, also known as the first law of thermodynamics
- the radiation of blackbodies according to the Stefan-Boltzmann equation
- the absorption of incident radiation from Body 2 into Body 1 and vice-versa
- the change in temperature according to dT=Q/mc
All the advocates of the imaginary second law of thermodynamics have to do now is demonstrate what steps are flawed in these examples.
Finally, shall we throw out the first law of thermodynamics or the imaginary second law of thermodynamics?
Update – New article – The Real Second Law of Thermodynamics
Note 1
When two bodies are separated by a very large gap (very large compared with their radii) the calculation of incident radiation is very simple – because the distance between any two points on the two spheres ≈ d.
When the gap becomes smaller the calculation becomes more challenging. This is because the two closest points are no longer separated by d but by d-2r (or more accurately d-2r ≠ d). So each "path" between the two bodies is somewhere between d-2r and d+2r. It's not a difficult mathematical problem but it is a double integral that won't add anything useful to the analysis.
If anyone is concerned that the analysis is somehow invalidated – we can simply repeat the same analysis with the two bodies separated by a great distance, we will see the same effect but with a smaller magnitude. Alternatively, we could perform the actual double integral to confirm the true and accurate figure. This is left as an exercise for the interested student..
Note 2
The calculations are each time step are very simple.
Energy radiated per second for Body 1, Eout1 = σT4A – where A is the surface area, and T is the temperature of the body (this is for a blackbody where emissivity, ε =1). Likewise for Body 2.
Proportion of radiation from Body 1 incident on Body 2 = 0.028 (= πr2/4πd2, where r is the radius of the body and d is the distance between the centers of the bodies) – see note 1, not particularly accurate unless d>>r). Likewise for the radiation from Body 2 incident on Body 1.
Net energy change for Body 1 = -Eout1 + Eout2 * 0.028 + incident solar radiation
Likewise for Body 2.
Temperature change = net energy change / heat capacity
Note 3
If Body 1 and Body 2 started off much colder, even at absolute zero the same equilibrium conditions are reached.