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Capitalism by Any Other Name
I've been thinking about the term "capitalism" since Frank Luntz, the renowned pollster, told Republicans to quit saying it. The Occupy Wall Street movement has turned "capitalism" into a dirty word, he said. If Republicans want to win in 2012, they'd better stop worrying and learn to love "economic freedom" instead.
It's a stunning turning of the tide. No matter the kind of conservative—Southern, evangelical, libertarian, Tea Party, or old-school Rockefeller patrician—conservatives have never hidden their allegiance to the moneyed class and power elite. I have never in my lifetime seen a conservative counsel against expressing one of the major tenets of conservative ideology. You might as well advise the GOP to stop trying to repeal the New Deal and start defending labor rights.
I've been thinking about this rhetorical shift while riding the bus in New Haven every day. The passengers are typically at the bottom of the 99 percent. Some are destitute; some are unemployable. Most are working poor, people with full-time minimum-wage jobs who cannot rise above poverty. I wonder what they'd think of John Mackey's definition of "economic freedom." The CEO of Whole Foods wrote in The Wall Street Journal in November that the phrase means "property rights, freedom to trade internationally, minimal governmental regulation ... sound money, relatively low taxes, the rule of law, entrepreneurship, freedom to fail, and voluntary exchange." My guess is they'd think very little of it.
Mackey's definition is meaningful only if you already have money. Real money. Money you don't have to spend right away, money that can sit around for a while. But when you don't have real money, it has nothing to do with "economic freedom." If Mackey were defining "capitalism," that would be one thing. The working person might have nothing to say to that. The abstract nature of "economic freedom," though, invites interpretation, and, for the working person, it has everything to do with making a living.
Though "economic freedom" is now synonymous with capital, it used to be synonymous with labor. It makes sense. Government isn't the largest force in our lives. Corporations are. They dictate when to work, where and how. Or none of the above if you've been laid off. They don't want to pay for full-time work, health care, or pensions. During their golden age, unions were seen as a step toward greater security, which was a step toward greater freedom. If you, as an individual, didn't have to worry about bargaining for wages, retirement, or life insurance (because your labor posed actual physical risk), you were freed of that burden. In other words, economic freedom wasn't freedom from the rule of government; it was freedom from the rule of corporations.
More profoundly, labor's "economic freedom" is in keeping with the grandest narratives of American history, with colonists fighting the British colonizers, slaves fleeing their masters, women struggling for the right to vote, African Americans appealing for their inalienable rights. In each of these, a David battles a Goliath—and the underdog wins. Only in America. Where is the moral thrust of capital's "economic freedom" narrative? Making more money? Nah.
Some have warned that Luntz is setting a trap. The temptation among progressives has been to talk even more about capitalism since Luntz is "frightened to death" by the Occupy movement. If they do, critics say, Republicans will be able to portray progressives as socialists. No doubt they will, but not because the Occupiers are focused on capitalism. Conservatives are willing to cry socialist anytime something irritates business. It doesn't take raising a country's collective consciousness to the dangers of corrupt capitalism to draw rhetorical fire like that.
Talking about capitalism in America is somewhat like talking about class. As a social reality, it's so familiar as to be invisible, which is convenient for those, like the moneyed class and power elite, who don't want to talk about it. But once you start talking about an invisible force that can affect anyone, you start wondering why it doesn't benefit everyone. That, to me, is what the Occupy movement needs to keep doing: pointing out what should be obvious to all of us.
An enormous propaganda machine paid for by capital has made it necessary for thousands of people to march in the streets and camp in public parks to make what should be truly unremarkable observations: Rich people don't always deserve their riches, and people who work hard often can't make ends meet. This is about capitalism, because this is about the nature of work—and the enormous constraints faced by Americans employed or not. So, no matter what kind of rhetorical hocus-pocus Republicans come up with next year, no matter what they call capitalism, the elephant is still in the room. There's no replacing plainspoken truths.
Fri, 2011-12-16 17:28
That was a well written and cogent overview of capitalism today. What amazes me is how the right has manage to vilify the working class and the poor. As a historian I know that most of the working, sweating, living, and dying in this country has been done by the working class. It is stunning to me that somehow the narrative in America has been to equate monetary wealth with being "good" and "hard-working." If wealth was merely a matter of hard work and hard work brought about riches migrant farm workers would be millionaires.
My father, as a blue collar worker, was able to raise a middle class family on his income alone. Now my wife and I (both with graduate degrees) have to have two incomes just to stay in the middle class (and we have to deal with the problem of enormous student loan debt.) What that means is in the last 30 years working and middle class Americans have generally been forced to double their labor merely to stay in the same place economically.
How can it be that 30 years of economic growth has only substantially benefited the top economic strata of society? Something is inherently wrong with such a system.
Michael Strong
Fri, 2011-12-16 17:53
This article is shallow and offensive partisan libel.
I identify as a libertarian (though I sometimes qualify that as "left libertarian," "communitarian libertarian," or "pragmatic libertarian" because of all of the whacko themes that the term "libertarian" attracts). I also am a great believer in the importance of economic freedom, and have encouraged John Mackey to use the term (he has been a principal funder of FLOW, the non-profit he and I created eight years ago). I'm perfectly happy to defend capitalism as well, as the greatest liberator of poor people that humanity has ever discovered, but there is an empirical literature on "economic freedom" that allows for more specific analysis than is possible with a term as vague as "capitalism."
On a global basis, economic freedom is highly correlated with GDP per capita. There are no poor nations that have high levels of economic freedom and no rich nations that have low levels of economic freedom. The developing world is massively over-regulated, which is part of the reason why it is poor. Denmark ranks more highly on economic freedom indices (Cato and WSJ/Heritage each have their own indices) than does any developing nation. On a global basis, economic freedom is arguably the most important moral cause on the planet for those who care about mass poverty. Gurcharan Das once estimated that based on socialist rates of growth India would reach a U.S. standard of living in 2300, whereas given post 1991 rates of growth India should reach a U.S. standard of living in the mid 21st century. If one accepts that increased economic freedom resulted in the increased rates of economic growth, then that one instance of increased economic freedom may result in a billion people escaping poverty 250 years earlier than they otherwise would have done. Advocates of economic freedom don't care about the poor? Huh? Show me a socialist achievement of that magnitude.
If Stoehr wants to argue that improving developing world business environments to increase rates of economic growth is more complex than simply reducing taxes and regulations, then we are in agreement and can go on to a more important conversation about how to improve institutions such as the legal systems of developing nations. But here he is not interested in this kind of conversation because he believes he understands the motives of those who advocate for economic freedom.
The evidence that increases in economic freedom will improve the U.S. economy are more controversial, the controversy typically taking place along partisan lines, but there are certainly credible economists who believe that increased economic freedom would be good for the U.S. economy. For instance, here is Nobel laureate Robert Lucas making a case that the decreased economic freedom is the reason why the U.S. economy has not yet rebounded from the 2008 crisis, http://www.econ.washington.edu/news/millimansl.pdf. This comment is not to go into the "dueling Nobel laureates" game (I'm sure Krugman and Stiglitz would disagree with Lucas, whereas Becker and Smith would probably agree), but merely to point out that an insulting partisan hack piece like this fails to acknowledge that there are, in fact, credible economists who are concerned with decreases in economic freedom.
Moreover, the issue of economic freedom should not be regarded as a partisan issue anyway in light of recent U.S. history: According to Cato's index, economic freedom in the U.S. increased from 1980 to 2000 (with Bill Clinton continuing the increase started under Reagan) and then has declined from 2000 to today (with Obama continuing the decline in economic freedom begun under G.W. Bush.). By the end of GW Bush's presidency he had already reduced economic freedom in the U.S. to below 1980 levels, so that Bush alone (without Obama's further reductions in economic freedom) put the U.S. back in late 1970s Carter territory.
Perhaps Stoehr is partisan and malicious enough to claim point-blank that, as someone funded by Mackey and other wealthy individuals I am part of the very "propaganda machine paid for by capital" that he decries. Insofar as I have the time to read and respond to this article there is some truth in that claim. But I developed my libertarian views fifteen years before meeting Mackey, based on the belief that economic freedom in fact did help the poor (views at which I did not arrive lightly; I did graduate work at Chicago under Becker, initially as hostile to economic freedom s is Stoehr). I then spent fifteen years in K-12 education, starting as a public school reformer and ultimately creating a charter high school ranked the 36th best public high school in the U.S. When I was saying the same things but paid by funds coming from the State of NM was I then part of a "propaganda machine"?
Had it not been for partisan attacks on educational freedom (Bill Richardson's policies forced me out of the school I was leading in NM) I would today be leading a charter school chain that, I believe would have been more effective at helping poor children than are KIPP Academies (which I respect). While people like Stoehr are indulging in partisan rants, teachers unions and their allies are no doubt reducing the prospects of poor children across the U.S. right now. Does he rant against the teachers unions? Does Stoehr support increased access to good education for poor children even when the teachers unions are against it? I hope so.
Of course "Rich people don't always deserve their riches," and of course "people who work hard often can't make ends meet." These facts are irrelevant, however, to how we can create a more just and healthy economic system. I have spent most of my life at or near the poverty line, and most of my family is still below the poverty line. My wife is from Senegal, where almost everyone is MUCH poorer than are the average "poor" Americans (who almost all be regarded as middle or even upper-middle class people in Senegal based on their standard of living). As someone who has spent all of my life either poor, living among the poor, and/or trying to help the conditions of the poor, Stoehr's notion that only wealthy elites have opinions that he does not share is manifestly false. In Senegal (ranked 154 out of 183 nations on the World Bank's Doing Business index), the heavy-hand of government is palpable, and I know many truly poor people who are eager to be free of the excessive regulation that is ubiquitous.
With respect to the U.S. poor, I would be happy to support an increase in the Negative Income Tax or a Citizen's Dividend out of my concern for the American poor (including my sister, whom I've invited to live with my wife and I, but I wouldn't mind if she could afford to live on her own a while longer) - but I would want to ask for increased economic freedom and school choice in exchange, to ensure that the American poor are better off for the long run. Increased economic freedom, and increased educational freedom, are crucial to expanding the pie so that all are better off.
I am certainly as disgusted by any OWS protestor that as a consequence of the 2008 crisis those in the financial industry who caused the crisis walked away in the 1%, and I'm as disgusted by anyone in the Tea Party that U.S. taxpayers were forced to pay for those bad decisions. Eliminating financial industry subsidies (including bailouts, Fannie/Freddie, FDIC, and Fed monetary manipulations such as "the Greenspan Put") are crucial to ensuring that we don't keep forcing American taxpayers to give money to some of the richest people in human history every 20 years or so (see the brilliant blog "Macroeconomic Resilience" for why). There are many important policy challenges needed to improve the lives of the poor and to improve both the long-term and short-term health of the U.S. economy. But the shallow partisanship of an article like this does nothing constructive. It 100% atavistic tribalism, not intellectual engagement.
Derryl Hermanutz
Mon, 2011-12-19 10:33
Michael Strong wrote, "On a global basis, economic freedom is highly correlated with GDP per capita. There are no poor nations that have high levels of economic freedom and no rich nations that have low levels of economic freedom."
True enough, but GDP per capita does not measure the distribution of income and wealth, it merely divides the national income by the population to get an average. The current debt crisis is a consequence of too large a share of income going to capital and too little to workers. "Capitalists" make money by owning. "Workers" make money by working. Investors/capitalists comprise only about 5% of the population, while workers comprise 95%. Workers lack sufficient incomes to purchase what they produce, so investors "lend" them money to keep buying stuff and keep up profits from selling stuff to workers. So workers spend all their income PLUS they spend the money they borrowed, which adds demand to the economy beyond what incomes alone would enable. If worker incomes are rising, and if at some point workers use their rising incomes to repay past consumption while maintaining current consumption, then the economy may not grow but it may not decline into recession either. For the past 40 years worker incomes have not been rising, so the only way they can repay their debts is to drastically reduce consumption and devote their current incomes to debt paydown.
But consumption is 70% of GDP, so this straightforwardly causes recession, with loss of sales and loss of profits, which leads to loss of employment and loss of incomes, which makes it impossible for unemployed people to pay their debts. When lenders come to the realization that borrowers can NEVER repay their loans, so that all of their "financial assets" (i.e. borrowers' promises to repay principal plus interest) are worthless, we have "debt crisis". When "economic freedom" only benefits investors and not workers, stresses build until the system fails, as it is doing now. So far rich people have been able to bail themselves out of their bad loans to bankrupt mortgagors and consumers, on the taxpayer's tab, but the taxpayer is the same bankrupt worker who cannot pay his debts so that leaves "the rich" holding a lot of worthless promises to repay debts out of nonexistent incomes. So now the only way for 'investors' to collect on the debts is to violate the constitution, the rule of law, democracy, and pretty much all the other values "America" stands for, by buying up the government and having the governing authorities bail them out of their mistakes by illegally transferring their losses onto the victims rather than the perpetrators.
This is "capitalism by any other name": private gains, social losses. These thieves should be ashamed of their myopic stupidity in lending all their money to profligates who routinely spend more than they earn, but greed and ego apparently trump conscience and self-awareness, so they continue trying to power their way out of their self-destruction.
Read the paper, "Inequality, Leverage and Crises" by IMF research economists Kumhoff and Ranciere for a rigorous demonstration that inequality causes crises, and that the mechanisms are "comprehensible" to mere mortals, so that all the financial geniuses have no excuse for not seeing this coming a long long time ago.
Sat, 2011-12-17 16:48
The republicans pulled the age old proven tact of demonizing the other, creating an enemy and then exaggerating the power of the other in order to get people to surrender their individual rights for the common good. First they demonized the poor, Reagan was good at that. Then they went after the unions which were crooked, uneducated thugs who took advantage of business and interfered with profits. Those unions were just undeserving thugs who wanted to get paid for doing little or nothing. then of they went after children (they don't vote) and Medicaid was an easy target. They tried to get those old seniors sucking on the national teats, but at least the elderly had the people power and the vote to fight back. The republicans divided the nation with culture wars: christians against muslims, gays, and of course them liberals would take away the GUNS. The Bushies made govt incompetent and inefficient and they politicized our DOJ making it impotent. They milked 9/11 for every prejudice and bigotry they could contrive in order to pass draconian laws attacking the basic rights delineated in the US constitution. It wasn't hard, the neocons were persistant: Never admitted mistakes, never took responsibilty and the MURDOGS at Fox and the KOCHroaches paid big to justify their egregious acts in the name of national security. They spread lies, all the while shrinking the middle class. Americans were snookered, their patriotism used against them, accepted the fact they were unworthy en masse of a fair wage for work, because they really were lazy, undereducated and ill prepared for the 21st century. Our govt failed to protect the common good. The bulwark against "those who would be king" as warned by the founders, caved to the special interests, and ignored the laws of the land to achieve personal and political objectives. We are at the precipice and we have to decide. Capitalism with a Conscience was always the goal of Adam Smith, he never proposed that FREE MARKETS should be unregulated or free from social responsibilities. He believed that capitalism could "lift all boats" although he didn't say it. We have to decide and if ever there was a clear choice between Political GOOD and evil, it is now.
Ayn R. Key
Mon, 2011-12-19 11:59
Mon, 2011-12-19 13:47
Paul Krugman said it best yesterday. The real republican ECONOMIC POLICY is to "feed the pony pennies, expect him to poop out dimes". It doesn't work, no matter how they mix the brew and it's time for the american people to get it. Boehner and the repugs are enjoying their blood sport at the Roman Coliseum. It is time for the ppl of VA to topple the ROMAN EMPIRE and Caesar wannabes.
Mon, 2011-12-19 14:14
The author makes a very good point about Republicans treating any regulation of corporations as "socialism." So regulating toxic carcinogens from oil refineries, requiring labels on cigarrette packages, requiring banks to have deposit requirements to get federal deposit insurance, sending inspectors to mines to reduce cave ins are all "socialism." Brilliant.
Thu, 2011-12-22 06:09
Mr. Strong – My observation is that your rant seems far more ideological and emotionally based than the article you characterized as partisan, offensive, libel, shallow, possibly malicious and "100% atavistic tribalism." I took the time to read it carefully. ¬¬
On the positive side, I thank you. I might have breezed over the article, agreeing with it and moved on, but your comments caught my attention. I am grateful that in picking apart your unsubstantiated claims, lack of logic, and what appears to be a case of mad projection regarding partisan ranting the issue raised by Mr. Stoehr was brought home to me much more forcefully.
Some of us already knew that the Republican party had been advised (based on the results of recent polling regarding Americans' attitudes) to change their rhetoric, using "economic freedom" in place of "capitalism" because Americans are not currently seeing 'capitalism' in the best light.
You did not address this main point at all. Not at all. You claim that "economic freedom" as YOU define it would result in a rich nation. Someone else has already addressed the fallacy in your proposal as it does not address the inequality which IS at heart in the discussion. Without establishing a basis, you substitute"If" as in "If one accepts that increased economic freedom resulted in the increased rates of economic growth [we haven't], then that one instance......." and set up a scenario (India -- supported only by a theory where miracles would happen (growth rates realized under the 'economic freedom' versus "socialist rates. ")…
It was quite a claim that all hangs on the big IF - that was not supported in the first place. In the second place, the so-called socialist rates were taking place in a country with great wealth inequality (and a caste system, if memory serves). Rounding out this long paragraph is another fallacy of false choice of 'economic freedom' as you define it or socialist achievement and THEN challenge us to match the miracle that has only existed in someone's unproven theory! Wow.
Next, we're treated to the false premise "If Stoehr wants to argue that improving developing world business environments..." It may be what YOU would like to discuss, but he's discussing domestic policy in the US. Discussing the potential improvements of legal systems in developing nations isn't the point either! That has nothing to do with the topic of discussion.
Your entire screed is baseless. See the very beginning of the article where the Republican strategist is quoted. It's not Stoehr who makes the issue partisan!! It seems some have coopted the language to define 'economic freedom' as something that has no resemblance to those words as I and most Americans understand them . Mr. Stoehr correctly brings this up as the major issue that you have completely ignored in your rant. The very definition you referred to of "economic freedom" has everything to do with property rights and says nothing about economic freedom for laborers without capital or property. In fact, it seems any legal protections against exploitation of desperate laborers would be off the table.
THAT is where Mr. Stoehr's excellent spotlight shines. In what world is indentured servitude (which is where we seem headed) considered economic freedom? Even in our colonial times, the servants may have received a 'freedom package' after a few years and a few acres of land – the very property that seems to be the only thing some think deserving of protection by government force.
Another paragraph launches into the school choice issue and union bashing - while accusing Stoehr and another of partisan attacks and partisan rants. If this is your idea of 'intellectual engagement,' I am glad my kids were not subject to your education policies.
Mr. Hermanutz and CarmanK both gave excellent responses without calling you on the many flaws your rambling, pointless screed.
Mr. Stoehr brings up the critical issue that we STILL have not brought into the national discussion. Perhaps the possibility that we should discuss the very decline and near impossibility of true economic freedom for most Americans under conditions of high unemployment and low wages while social programs are cut to the bone (AND calls for the poor to put more tax "skin in the game") so that the wealthy benefit from the raving ideology that has so obviously failed so many .... is what Mr. Strong and the Republicans are so fearful of.
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"The artist saw how absurd it was that a person made of marble was perceived as a sculpture but a person of flesh and blood wasn't. And maintained: I am a sculpture. When I move I am a mobile sculpture, when I make a sound I am a sound sculpture." MP
A durational retrospective of the performance work of Magnús Pálsson (b. 1929), one of Iceland's most prolific and influential artist of the last six decades. His roots in and love of the theatre medium have informed his artistic output, but so has his dedication to experimentation and his unfailing belief in the non-segregation of art forms. Theatre, music, poetry, visual art and choreography all lie within the same experimental space that is Pálsson's approach to art.
He was an active participant in Iceland's avant-garde, collaborating with alternative theatre groups as well with visual artists such as Dieter Roth. A founding member of the Living Art Museum, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential teachers of art in Iceland. He was Iceland's representative at the Venice Biennale in 1980 and has held over 40 one-man exhibitions in Iceland and abroad.
The exhibition is co-produced by the Reykjavík Arts Festival and the Reykjavík Art Museum, in close collaboration with Pálsson himself. The exhibition opened on 18 May and took shape over a week of live performances, including the premiere of a new performance by Pálsson.
Curated by Hanna Styrmisdóttir and Jón Proppé
All performances take place at Reykjavik Art Museum - Hafnarhús. Tickets available on-line at www.midi.is and at the door.
Burst Eardrum, Left Side / Sigh: Saturday 18 May 2 p.m.
I Stand Alone: Casting: Monday 20 May 2 p.m.
Folk Tale / Threefold Magic, Giantfriendly: Thursday 23 May 6 p.m.
Cross: Saturday 25 May 7.30 p.m.
Burst Eardrum, Left Side / Sigh
Two performances by Magnús Pálsson
Reykjavík Art Museum, Hafnarhús
18 May at 2 p.m.
Burst Eardrum, Left Side was first performed at the National Theatre of Iceland in 1991. Now a shortened version of the full-length stage play will be performed by the same ensemble of actors, some of whom are among the most celebrated stage actors in Iceland: Arnar Jónsson, Guðrún S. Gísladóttir, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Edda Arnljótsdóttir, Stefán Jónsson and Guðný Helgadóttir. Directed by Þórunn S. Þorgrímsdóttir.
Sigh is a new performance / installation by Pálsson, commissioned by and premiered at the 2013 edition of the RAF. It is based on a poem about the life and death of one of Iceland's best loved and most celebrated poets. It is arranged and directed by Hörður Bragason, org-anist, and performed by the Icelandic Sound Poetry Choir, established by Pálsson in 2003.
The performances are part of the retrospective, The Sound of a Bugle in a Shoebox, a colla-boration of the Reykjavík Arts Festival and the Reykjavík Art Museum.
Price: 2.000 ISK
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I stand Alone: Casting
Performance by Magnús Pálsson
Based on the performance The Anti-Society League Concert (1980)
Reykjavík Art Museum, Hafnarhús
20 May at 2 p.m.
I Stand Alone: Casting is a new performative sculpture commissioned by the RAF, which revisits a 1980 work by Pálsson entitled The Anti-Society League Concert. The heavy metal band MUCK will hold a concert at the Reykjavík Arts Museum, after which the space that their music fills will be cast in plaster by sculptor Ragnhildur Stefánsdóttir and her team. The work's title is a reference to a song of the same title by MUCK.
The performance is part of the live exhibition, The Sound of a Bugle in a Shoebox, a colla-boration of the Reykjavík Arts Festival and the Reykjavík Art Museum.
Price: 1.500 ISK
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Folk Tale / Threefold Magic, Giantfriendly
Two performances by Magnús Pálsson
Reykjavík Art Museum, Hafnarhús
23 May at 6 p.m.
Folk tale by Magnús Pálsson is based on an Italian folk tale retold by Italo Calvino. Composers Atli Ingólfsson and Þráinn Hjálmarsson approach the work from the vantage point of the music inherent in language, a recurring theme in Pálsson's performances. The piece is performed in Icelandic by actors Bergur Ingólfsson, Katla Margrét Þorgeirsdóttir, Sigurður Skúlason and Una Margrét Jónsdóttir. Arranged and directed by Atli Ingólfsson and Þráinn Hjálmarsson.
In Threefold Magic, Giantfriendly, Pálsson aims to communicate that things do happen outside of our field of perception. The performance was premiered in 2000 and is arranged for this occasion by students of the Iceland Academy for the Arts, under the direction of artist and playwright Ingibjörg Magnadóttir.
The performances are part of the live exhibition, The Sound of a Bugle in a Shoebox, a colla-boration of the Reykjavík Arts Festival and the Reykjavík Art Museum.
Price: 2.000 ISK
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Performance by Magnús Pálsson
Outdoor performance. The performance starts at Fríkirkjan in Reykjavík.
25 May at 7:30 p.m.
Cross was first performed in 1996 in Denmark at a performance festival in Roskilde. It is a performance in three parts, requiring the participation of the audience in a progression through the city. In this version for The Sound of a Bugle in a Shoebox, it is directed by artists Guðmundur Oddur Magnússon and Daníel Björnsson and performed by Iceland's Sign Language Choir, among others.
The Programme in pdf format can be found here.
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Ok, I have to write this. Because I'm tired of what's going on. Governments caring about people? Really? You think? No, they care about data. And this has to stop as soon as possible. There's an endless hunger for data and privacy invasion, because the governments are not stopped by us.
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I do to some degree but I don't support the US approach entirely and I would of preferred that he was brought in alive to face trial and due process BUT I agree with what the officer did to the extent of, this guy is on drugs and he is not calming down and I have seen the skinniest people drop the biggest guys and anyone is capable of anything at any given time
But that's exactly why you need a police system that works properly. If police work in pairs, wear stab-proof / bulletproof vests, are equipped with non-lethal weapons, have access to support, having training in psychology and unarmed combat and are taught how to deal with violent suspects then you can eliminate the need to use guns when dealing with unarmed suspects, as is the case in the UK. Further, when dealing with people off their head on drugs you need special training - pointing a gun at them and trying to use reason isn't going to work. People in the US are dying needlessly because the police system there is simply not resourced or trained to deal with situations properly, as well as a culture that supports an excessive use of force. I'm not defending the actions of the suspect here - he was clearly behaving in an unacceptable manner and his actions cost him his life. But he shouldn't have been killed and that is a clear and obvious failing of the justice system.
There was a video of another case where a man with a knife was running down the street in New York. In that police all ran after him, pointed guns and were shouting at him, while he seemed to be under the influence of drugs. The police lacked any coordination, any obvious command structure and they clearly hadn't been trained in basic psychology - it was pandemonium and unsurprisingly the guy ended up being shot about ten times and dying instantly. It's the same with police chases where you see a dozen police cars all speeding after a suspect - there's no strategy. I would say it's a joke but that's not appropriate when people are dying as a result of police incompetence (and by that I don't just mean the officers involved but the entire command structure).


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so true!
Tonyblack wrote:It says a lot when the only way you can get people to buy beer is if you give it a weird name. After reading Snuff, I'm not sure I'd want to drink anything associated with goblins . . .
True, they have a bunch of daft names, but they also have a bunch of awards from CAMRA, including supreme champion for their Altons pride. I suppose in these days of cheap supermarket alcohol, independent breweries have to use every trick going to interest the punters.


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Time marches on, which means either finding new ways to keep up or getting left behind. Consider, for instance, the LS7. Drawing from lessons learned on the track in the Corvette C5-R racing program, GM Powertrain included many competition-derived components and design features into this engine, which took factory V-8 performance to an unprecedented level. Displacing 7.0 liters (427 cubes) and producing 505 hp, it became the largest, most powerful production small-block ever produced by GM (not counting the supercharged LS9 in the '09 ZR1).
Now consider the LS1-powered Corvette C5. While its throttle response wasn't nearly as anemic as, say, the unloved '80 LG6's (the only Corvette with a smog-controlled 305), an iron-block LT4 from the mid-'90s could give the LS1 a run for its money. And, as noted above, the later LS engines have demonstrated quantum gains in power and technology.
That's not to say the LS1 is a weak sister, since it's a great engine with many advances in technology. Like the original small-block, it has proved itself to be a fantastic foundation for extracurricular horsepower exploration. You can get another 100 horses (or more) out of an LS1 just by forcing air into it. But is that necessarily the way to go? Let's take a quick look at those power adders in order to set the stage for replacing the entire lump with an LS7.
Supercharging can provide a quicker hole-shot in relatively short order, as we've recounted in numerous other features in previous issues of VETTE. Note, however, that some units require the installation of a hood with a couple more inches of clearance, and other mods may be necessary in order to accommodate the system's plumbing. Fitment issues can crop up with a turbo as well, and both systems can produce extra heat, requiring careful temperature management. Also worth considering are the extra weight of the blower or turbo, along with an intercooler.
Tuning modules are a simpler and less expensive way to go, but the improvements in power output are more incremental than dramatic, and ideally they should be used in conjunction with a range of other engine enhancements.
Another option for a quicker launch is switching to a lower (numerically higher, such as 3.73 or 4.11:1) rearend ratio. Problem is, that a change in gearing can have an effect on the car's speedo and antilock brake system, necessitating a full reprogram of the factory PCM. Furthermore, the resulting extra revs not only burn more gas and accelerate drivetrain wear, but they also can drive you batty with all the extra noise. And it's almost as much work to pull out the transaxle as it is to perform a complete engine change, since you have to remove the rear control arms, use a special support jack, and employ other safety equipment.
How about stroking the LS1? Well, that's all fine and good, but considering the labor and time of sending out the engine for a new crank, installing a new LS7 might make more sense. Let's do the math: Comparing factory numbers, the gain in power is startling-from 350 to 505 horses. And the price of a stroked LS1 can be roughly the same as that of a stock LS7.
Not only that, but even more power is readily available for the LS7 without going to forced induction. On the particular '04 C5 shown here, owned by Mike Jonas of Stainless Steel Brakes Corporation, the engine was reworked by LS-performance specialists Scoggin-Dickey. In addition to throwing on a new set of high-flow heads, this engine builder also opened up the block from 427 to 440 cubes.


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As an unsophisticated gender that's easy to please, males dig things that are stacked. It doesn't matter if it's a cheeseburger, potato chips in a can, or something far less politically correct. There are much better magazines for studying up on that last one, so we won't even go there. For boys and their toys, the same goes for induction systems. No one gawks enviously at a dual-plane intake manifold, or goes gaga over the plastic monstrosity that is a modern EFI intake. Instead, it's the tunnel-rams and sheetmetal manifolds that captivate our imagination, and perhaps the King of visual induction system punch is an individual-runner, eight-stack intake. They certainly have an undeniable raciness to them. Style alone is reason enough for some people to bolt these intakes onto their motors, but do they actually improve horsepower and torque output over a carb, or are they merely eye-candy that lacks any real substance? To find out, we swapped a dual-carb intake manifold for a Hilborn EFI system on a 482 ci W-engine, then hit the dyno.
Although 1964 is often considered the unofficial beginning of the muscle car era, Chevy was cranking out plenty of sweet rides before then. The '61 and '62 Bel Air and Impala are among the best looking Chevys ever built, but by today's standards, the W-series big-blocks that powered them aren't quite up to snuff. To modernize the W in his '61 Bel Air, Jeff Cameron of Dooley and Sons Rods and Customs gave it a complete modern makeover. The 409 was stroked to 482 ci using a 454 crank, and then topped with out-of-the-box, unported Edelbrock aluminum cylinder heads, a dual-quad intake manifold, and a pair of 500cfm carbs. With a Comp 254/254-at-0.050 hydraulic roller cam actuating the valves, Jeff was pleased with the overall performance of the motor, but sought to tame it down a bit for around-town cruising.
"I wanted to improve the drivability and fuel mileage of the motor by upgrading to EFI, but there aren't a lot of options out there for these motors. I thought a Hilborn eight-stack induction system would look great on the Gen I big-block, so I was eager to test it out," Jeff explains.
Hot rodders these days are smart enough to know that the horsepower potential of an engine is most heavily influenced by cylinder head airflow. What many people neglect to realize is that the best heads in the world will never reach their full potential if they're choked up by a junk intake manifold. The problem is that intake manifold design, by nature, is a compromise from the get-go. If you design an intake manifold for maximum airflow, it's going to take up a lot of space. This universal truth is why NHRA Pro Stockers—or just about any race car for that matter—have such massive hoodscoops. Air doesn't like to change directions, which is why it's incredibly difficult to convince speeding air molecules to negotiate a 90-degree turn from the intake plenum into the runners, followed by another 90-degree turn from the runners into the intake ports. Tunnel-ram intakes address these issues by positioning the plenum as high above the motor as possible, thereby straightening the induction path between the plenum and cylinder heads. The long intake runners of a tunnel-ram greatly enhance air speed as well, boosting airflow through the intake ports and into the cylinders.
Unfortunately, big scoops you can hardly see over aren't an option for street cars. The ugly truth is that the most important yet most uninteresting factor that goes into intake manifold design is often underhood clearance. Even if it was possible to tastefully fit a tunnel-ram intake in a street car, the design still has its flaws. Whether the intake manifold in question is a dual-plane, single-plane, tunnel-ram or a factory EFI design, all conventional intakes feature runners that share a common plenum. This isn't an issue with conservative factory-spec camshafts, but with long-duration performance cams that hold the intake valve open well past BDC, the result is a reversion pulse that shoots back through the intake port and runners, and into the plenum.
"In a high-rpm race motor, intake reversion isn't an issue, but it's very detrimental at lower rpm in a street car. When you have reversion pulses from eight different cylinders coming into a single shared plenum, it pushes the air around into different directions, which reduces flow," explains Andrew Starr of Hilborn Injection. "Since an individual-runner intake manifold doesn't have a common plenum, it prevents the reversion pulse from one cylinder from adversely affecting the airflow in another cylinder. The benefit is extremely smooth part-throttle drivability, which is a function of not having a reversion pulse in the intake tract to deal with."


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CHIPLEY — After a mere hour's debate, the Washington County Board of County Commissioners appointed Public Services Director David Corbin to serve as a "point of contact" in lieu of appointing an interim county administrator.
"I'll bend over backwards to help anyone up there,' Corbin said to the commissioners. "I would be be glad to step up to the plate and help any way I can."
However, Corbin wasn't the commissioners' first nomination of the morning when the board met in special session Tuesday to discuss seeking a replacement for County Administrator Steve Joyner, who resigned his position with the county on Thursday.
Commissioner Todd Abbott proposed former commissioner Hulan Carter to serve as an interim county administrator, but his motion was defeated 3-2 with Commissioners Lynn Gothard, Alan Bush and Charles Brock voting against appointing Carter.
Abbott also suggested the county's interim Human Resources Director Albert Davis as a possible choice, but that suggestion had been voted down on Thursday following Joyner's announcement and did not come to a vote again on Tuesday.
Brock said he questioned whether or not the county needed a county administrator, and suggested appointing Corbin as a "point of contact" person to whom county department heads could turn if they had problems.
Corbin would also be given signature authority for day-to-day expenditures above what department heads are allowed.
"The board has the authority to define what David would do in this position," County Attorney Jeff Goodman said. "The county has the ability to deal with contracts on a month-to-month basis, and those are approved by the board."
Goodman said the board should grant Corbin some flexibility in dealing with day-to-day running of the county.
Commissioner Joel Pate noted that the county budgets would soon be due, and said it was necessary to have a county administrator in place to oversee the creation of the budgets.
County Clerk Linda Cook disagreed, however, saying the department heads and the county finance office were capable of creating a budget without the oversight of a county manager.
"Every time we hire someone to run the county, we don't let him do his job," Pate said. "This board gets involved and won't leave him alone."
"We owe it to the employees to have a point of contact," said Abbott at the opening of the meeting. "We have invoices that need signed, the budgets are coming up and there are the day-to-day operations to oversee."
Pate noted that advertising the position properly will take 60-90 days, and then there will be the interviewing process.
"We want to advertise all over the state of Florida," Abbott said. "We want to have as qualified a candidate as possible to interview." He noted that some nearby counties have been undergoing county manager searches as well.
"I hate to say it, but the only way we are going to bring this county into the 21th Century is to hire someone from the outside," Pate said.
Brock said the board should take time to consider the situation and not rush into anything. "I think we should not move too quickly," Brock said. "Maybe the department heads can run things on their own.
Chairman Bush asked interim HR director Davis if he would be interested in applying for the county administrator position, and Davis said he would. Bush asked if the county attorney could oversee the creation of the job description for the county administrator, so Davis would not have to write the description for a position for which he would be applying.
"I'm not saying you can't write your own job description, I have done it myself in the past," Bush said. "But it probably wasn't the right thing to do."
Brock said that Corbin had the most experience of any employee with the county and would be a good choice for a go-between for the employees and the board.
"I think you are putting David under an incredible amount of pressure," Abbott said. "You all know that he is a people-pleaser, and he would do anything he could to help someone."
Corbin told the board he would not accept an interim county manager position, but would be happy to serve as a contact person to fill in until a county administrator can be hired.
"I just want to have a job to come back to," Corbin said. "I'd be glad to help the employees and serve the board.
"When I hired on with the county in August of 1979, it was the best move I ever made," Corbin said. "My main thing is the employees. The employees need some kind of structure, someone they can count on."
Gothard asked Corbin why he didn't want to serve as an interim county administrator. "What part of the county administrator duties are you uncomfortable with?"
"I didn't think it was going that way, I thought I was going to be a point of contact," Corbin said.
"Would you be comfortable with the duties of county administrator?" Gothard asked.
"David's abilities go way beyond being a county administrator," Abbott said to Gothard. "I can't believe the pressure you are putting this man under. In fact, maybe I shouldn't say this, but you have applied so much pressure to him that he has filed a complaint against you."
"More important than the title is that you tell this person what it is you expect him to do," Goodman said. "He needs to have clear direction from the board in what his duties will be."
The board voted 4-1 to appoint Corbin as the point of contact person, with Abbott voting against.
The board requested that a county administrator job description be prepared in time for the May workshop and Bush asked the board to decide at the next meeting how Corbin would be compensated for his additional duties. Once decided, the compensation can be made retroactive to April 30.
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P.A.Grinnell, manufacturers of Koolmat Insulation, is now manufacturinga 25,000-degree side exhaust shield to stop burns due to the Corvette'sside exhaust. The company is offering a two-shield program. The firstshield is a polished stainless outer cover that looks appealing and willnot tarnish. A second shield sits inside the polished stainless shieldto stop heat from penetrating the outside shield area and will stopburns to legs. The inside shield, called Heatmaster, is made of a25,000-degree NASA/BOEING insulation sandwiched between two inconelpieces, a high-grade textured aerospace panel, and is sealed withgrommets for easy installation. The Heatmaster inside-shield takes thehit instead of the polished cover. The same shield material has beensupplied to the Nextel Cup teams for their exhaust for the past sixyears. Info: Savitske Classic & Custom, (610) 346-8805; Koolmat, (877)566-5369; www.koolmat.com.
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Mickey Thompson's legendary race tire technology now comes to the streetwith their all-new ET Street Radial. Built using the latest in high-techradial construction techniques and years of drag racing experience incompound development, this D.O.T. approved, street-legal drag radialwill get your car down the track in record time and drive you home withan excellent ride. Many sizes are available, from a P235/60R15 to aP275/40R17, for Corvette applications.
The ET Street Radial features a soft drag tire compound for superiortraction, radial construction for reduced rolling resistance, and alow-void, directional tread pattern for maximum dry traction. All ETStreet Radials use a polyester ply, steel-belted design for strength anddurability. Info: Mickey Thompson, (800) 222-9092;
Dashing Good Looks
Corvette America now offers new dash components that give your C5interior a custom look without the expense of carbon fiber, aluminum, orcarved wood materials. The technology of Water Transfer Painting makesit possible to "print" finely detailed patterns on new, originalinterior pieces so you know they'll fit just like factory parts. Thefull line of matching interior components for '97-'04 Corvettes includesgauge bezels, center consoles, center console bezels, lower dash pads,instrument panel bezel grilles, door latch bezels, and all four dash airduct outlets. All are available in four patterns: teak, woodgrain,brushed aluminum, and carbon fiber. Info: Corvette America, (800)458-3475; www.corvetteamerica.com
Covert Operations
K40 Electronics has just introduced CALIBRE', the world's firstBluetooth-enabled, wireless remote radar and laser protection systemthat easily integrates into any vehicle to safeguard driving records andnew vehicle warranties. Bluetooth is a standard developed by aconsortium of leading electronics manufacturers that allows electronicdevices to connect and communicate with each other without wires,cables, or any user input. Approximately 17 vehicle manufacturerspresently offer Bluetooth as a factory installed feature, and it isestimated that 22 million vehicles will come equipped with Bluetooth by2008.
CALIBRE's Datadyne' processors deliver a significant increase insensitivity and consistency to all police radar frequencies. And likeits highly acclaimed predecessor, the K40 Undetectable, CALIBRE remainsthe only remote radar system with a patented front and rear receiverdesign. Individual Bluetooth enabled receivers are strategically hiddenbehind the front grill and rear bumper for the fastest possible reactionto and warning of radar signals. When a valid signal is received, theverbal warning mode plays through an audio quality speaker to clearlyinform drivers of the exact police radar direction and band being used.
With its wireless network, CALIBRE eliminates dangling cords andobstructed windshield vision for a factory installed appearance. Theonly visible system components are brilliant blue light points mountedin the instrument panel to indicate radar threat direction. Thanks toits independent Bluetooth network, CALIBRE is the only installed radarsystem that doesn't require risky hole drilling through the firewall andtedious cable routing through confined spaces. As a result, CALIBRE notonly protects drivers from speeding tickets, but it also protects avehicle's complex electronic system and warranty.
To offer consumers the same warranty coverage provided by vehiclemanufacturers, K40 will pay for any and all CALIBRE repairs orreplacement for three years from purchase date. K40 also offers aperformance guarantee with CALIBRE that is unmatched in the radardetector industry. If a CALIBRE owner receives any radar speedingtickets during the first year of ownership, K40 will pay the cost ofeach fine.
Drivers seeking protection from deadly accurate police laser guns canadd the optional Bluetooth enabled Laser Defuser. This test provenanti-laser component seamlessly integrates with CALIBRE to maintain avehicle's integrity and warranty.
Whether drivers are seeking a front only remote system or the 360-degreeprotection of the only front and rear remote radar system available,CALIBRE is available in four models to meet every driving need.Suggested retail installed prices range from $899.95 for the CALIBRESL-P Single Remote Radar to $1,699.95 for the CALIBRE DL Dual RemoteRadar. The LD5500 BT Laser Defuser retails for $318.95. Info: K40, (800)323-6768; www.k40.com
Exhaust Me Quickly
SLP Performance Parts now has available an all-new stainless steel,cat-back PowerFlo exhaust system for the '05-'06 C6 Corvette. It wasdeveloped and dyno-tested by their engineers to create the mosthorsepower possible with no droning inside the cabin. It features fourcast-aluminum tips and a hand-polished PowerFlo muffler for thatmusclecar rumble. The system also features 304 stainless steelconstruction, a limited lifetime warranty, is 50-state emission legal,and all necessary hardware and instructions are included. Systeminstallation is easy since the factory hangers are utilized. For provenperformance, up to 10 extra horsepower and that powerful musclecarsound, this exhaust system could be the answer. Info: SLP PerformanceParts, (732) 349-2109; www.slponline.com
Just Race Me
The just-released ZEX Race EFI Nitrous System now incorporates severalnitrous technology breakthroughs, making it the perfect choice forserious race applications. One such patent-worthy advancement is ZEX'sFuel Shear technology, which injects the enrichment fuel directly intothe center of the nitrous plume yielding total and even fuelatomization.
As with every ZEX nitrous system, the new Race EFI System includes thetuning and safety feature that has revolutionized the nitrous industry:Active Fuel Control. Fuel enrichment is automatically adjusted inaccordance with bottle pressure, so tune-ups stay dead-on despite bottlepressure fluctuation. In addition, the Race EFI Nitrous System alsoutilizes a patented electronic TPS switch for perfect system activationat wide-open throttle. Tunable from 100 to 250 hp, the new ZEX Race EFINitrous System is compatible with any fuel-injected engine. Info: ZEX,(888) 817-1008; www.zex.com
Standing By
Protecting and safely transporting your carefully assembled engine canpresent a challenge. Powerhouse Products has answered the call withthree new heavy-duty engine storage stands. Manufactured of durable,heavy-gauge steel and powdercoated for great looks, these new standscould be the solution to all your engine storage needs.
These new stands come in three engine-specific sizes to fit both thesmall- and big-block Chevrolet, as well as the Ford small-block andChrysler small-block engines. Each stand features easy-to-attachadjustable mounting arms to ensure the engine remains upright in thecradle. These high quality, finely crafted steel stands make movingengines around the shop easy, unlike other flimsy engine cradles whichoften collapse when moved. Info: Powerhouse Products, (800) 872-7223;www.powerhouseproducts.com.


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Looking to learn about the world of Lean and Six Simga process improvement methods? Register today for our two-day Lean Six Sigma course taught by John Major, former VP for Operations for Radisys and seasoned process improvement expert.
Lean Six Sigma gives you the ideal opportunity to learn the fundamentals of continuous process improvement, and a great foundation of knowledge to build on with our Lean Practitioner and Six Sigma Black Belt programs this coming winter.
Learn all about Lean and Six Sigma. What are Kaizen events? What is value stream mapping? How can Lean thinking help improve any workplace process - not just in manufacturing environments where it all started? And how are companies using Six Sigma statistical process control to dial in quality outputs of processes of all kinds?
Class meets 9am-5pm both days at Portland State's Professional Development Center, 1515 SW 5th Avenue, Room 1053, in downtown Portland. Our students are working professionals looking to learn practical skills to apply in the workplace immediately. If that's you, sign up for this class and begin your Lean journey today.
Questions? Contact program manager Vincent Fritzsche or call 503-725-5846. Hope to see you in class. And don't forget our just announced offerings of Winter courses in our Lean Practitioner and Six Sigma programs.


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Willem wrote:ChristianBecker wrote:Edit: Does it somewhere in the book actually say that the real Vetinari indeed wears that ring.
It could also be a rumour that he has such a device and people like Cosmo would be likely to fall for it.
That's kind of how I remember it too.
The ring does exist IIRC. and it is his sealing ring... but it still feels as if the ring as it is is there for that one scene soley, not for anything else.


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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease -- Infant
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- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease...
(GERD—Infant; Chronic Heartburn—Infant; Reflux Esophagitis—Infant; Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease—Infant; GORD—Infant; Heartburn—Infant; Reflux—Infant)
|Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
|Food and acid back up into the esophagus from the stomach.
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- Problems with the nerves that make the valve open or close
- Increased pressure in the stomach such as too much food in the stomach or pressure on the abdomen
- Irritation in the stomach or muscles of the valve
- Problem with the valve itself
Risk Factors
- Premature birth
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
- Down syndrome
- Neurological impairments
- Cerebral palsy
- Head injury
- Hiatal hernia
- Allergy to formula
- Certain medications
- Exposure to tobacco smoke
- Abnormal pressure to the valve
- Narrow or short esophagus
- Family history of GERD
- Spitting up or vomiting
- Not growing or gaining weight
- Refusal to feed or difficulty feeding
- Irritability or fussiness during or after feeding
- Arching of back or other movements during or after feeding
- Regurgitation or bloody vomit
- Breathing problems
- Difficulty swallowing
- Frequent pneumonia or respiratory problems
- Apnea or blue skin when not enough blood gets to the lungs
- Cough or wheezing
- Hoarseness
- Disturbed sleep
- Excessive crying
- 24-hour pH monitoring—a probe is placed in the esophagus to keep track of the acid in the lower esophagus
- Short trial of medications—success or failure of medication may help your doctor understand the cause
Lifestyle Changes
- Try a hypoallergenic formula for 1-2 weeks. This formula has removed items linked with common allergic reactions.
- Provide small, frequent feedings
- Thicken your baby's formula or milk. Use rice, cereal or another thickening agent.
- Use a different pre-thickened formula.
- Burp your baby more often. For example, burp your baby every 1-2 hours after being fed.
- Make sure your baby is in an upright position during feeding. Keep your baby upright for 30 minutes after being fed.
- Keep a diary of your baby's symptoms.
- Ask your doctor about sleeping positions. These positions depend on your baby's age. Young babies should always be placed on their back because of the risk of sudden infant death syndrome .
- Keep your baby away from second-hand smoke.
- Histamine-2 receptor drugs—to decrease acid production and promote healing
- Proton pump inhibitors—also decreases acid production and promote healing
- Following lifestyle and dietary changes
- Keeping your baby away from second-hand smoke
- Keeping a diary of your baby's symptoms
GI Kids—North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition http://www.gikids.org
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov
Canadian Digestive Health Foundation http://www.cdhf.ca
About Kids Health—The Hospital for Sick Children http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca
Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in infants. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases website. Available at: http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/digestive-diseases/ger-and-gerd-in-infants/Pages/facts.aspx. Updated February 21, 2012. Accessed May 10, 2013.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease in infants. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated June 22, 2012. Accessed May 10, 2013.
1/6/2009 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed: Orenstein SR, McGowan JD. Efficacy of conservative therapy as taught in the primary care setting for symptoms suggesting infant gastroesophageal reflux. J Pediatr. 2008;152(3):310-314.
1/20/2015 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: Recognition, diagnosis and management in children and young people. January 2015. Available at: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng1. Accessed January 20, 2015.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Kari Kassir, MD
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Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Humanitarian and Refugee Affairs
(HRA) Patricia L. Irvin said the Department, in cooperation with other
government agencies and within the limits of its resources, understands and
strives to fulfill its responsibility to help alleviate suffering throughout
the world. She said the Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) is often the
most economical means available to local charitable organizations to transport
donated goods to foreign countries for humanitarian purposes.
Under the 1986 DOD Authorization Act, HRA is authorized to transport non-lethal
excess property, relief supplies and privately donated cargo to meet
humanitarian needs worldwide. Over the past two years, 370 transportation
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Tests and reviews for the lens Samyang 35mm F1.4 AS UMC Nikon
Measurements and specifications
Further readings for the Samyang 35mm F1.4 AS UMC Nikon
To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.
Samyang have launched an updated version of their 35mm f/1.4 AS UMC lens for the Canon lens mount. Featuring an 'AE' chip the new lens enables electronic communication between camera and lens for changing aperture values, and checking focus, via the camera body.
Following on from the lens recommendations for the earlier full-frame Nikon D600, we've now had the opportunity to assess a wide range lenses with that model's replacement, the 24-Mpix D610. We've analyzed a total of 95 Nikkor and third-party prime and zoom models with the D610 to assess image quality, and we've come across some unexpected results. Read on to find out more about that and which lenses perform best when paired with the camera.
Following on from our series of selecting the best lenses for the Nikon D800 with its potential for massively detailed images from the 36Mpix sensor, we've now turned our attention to that camera's younger sibling, the 24Mpix D600.
Launched in April 2012, this wide-angle prime lens from Nikon, with a fast maximum aperture of f/1.8, suggests it may be a great choice for landscape, architectural and reportage photography. A light weight of 330g also ensures it's easy to travel with and won't weigh heavily in your bag.
Announced at PhotoKina 2010, the Zeiss 35mm 1.4 lenses for Canon and Nikon are arriving on the market and have now been tested on DxOMark.
With these new lenses, the German brand extends its already extensive line of fast wide-angle lenses such as the Carl Zeiss Distagon T 28mm f/2 ZE Canon and the Carl Zeiss Distagon T 28mm f/2 ZF2 Nikon.
The Samyang 35mm F1.4 AS UMC wide-angle, with its f1.4 aperture, is made up of 12 elements in 10 groups. Its manual auto focus uses a floating focus mechanism for a better image quality on the whole range of focus distance.
And this design seems to be very efficient in term of image quality.


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It's often said that money makes the world go around. And it's true to some extent. Our hobby is often ruled by the almighty dollar. We crave a set of three-piece forged wheels, but our wallet steers us toward budget-friendly cast wheels. We shop for the best deal and agonize about the price, but can we go too far? This happens with engine builds all the time. To save a couple of hundred bucks, we stuff in cast pistons, only to regret the decision when we get the itch to strap on a nitrous system. We lose the bottom end of our engine because a factory bolt failed when a set of high-end bolts would have cost us under $50. Sure, we should be frugal with our hard-earned cash, but it's not really a savings if it costs you a lot more down the line.
For this story we wanted to build your typical 350 small-block, an engine as iconic to our hobby as Rolex is to watches. The idea was to put it together the way your average gearhead would. Spend cash where it made sense and try to save a buck when it wouldn't cause problems later on.
The biggest choice involved the valvetrain. Solid cams are great for big power and race cars, but if you plan on logging tons of miles, adjusting valve lash can get old. Hydraulic flat-tappet cams are pretty much maintenance free and very economical, but oiling issues can flatten out a lobe in the blink of an eye. Hydraulic roller cams are what all the new engines run, but they can be pricey. Or are they? Sure, they cost more compared to flat-tappet equivalents, but if you're spending three to four grand on a new mill, is another $500 going to put you in hock? If your cam goes flat, any savings you enjoyed by going flat tappet will evaporate. The hydraulic roller arrangement is more reliable, and you won't be screwed if you forget to pour in a bottle of additive when you change your oil like you would be with a flat-tappet setup.
To test this out, we built a middle-of-the-road 350, dynoed it with a flat-tappet cam, and tossed in a hydraulic roller cam to see what would happen.
The heart of our build is this crank. According to eagle, its ESP cast steel crankshafts have a higher ductility than OE units and feature .092-inch radii on all journals for added strength. They can also use OE-style bearings. Brian Taube of Eagle Specialty Products told us this package is rated for 500 hp at 6,500 rpm. Eagle also treated the crank, rods, and piston tops with its new ESP Armor finishing process. This process results in a more durable surface and stronger parts, and the slick surface sheds oil better.
Eagle can balance the entire rotating assembly on its Hines equipment. This saved us the hassle of having it done locally and let us get to the assembly stage that much faster. Eagle also sent us the properly weighed flywheel. Eagle is known for high-quality connecting rods, and these forge 6.000-inch 5130 SIR I-bean units are no exception. They're bushed to work with full-floating piston pins. The rods also utilize ARP cap screw fasteners and have alignment sleeves for easier assembly. They forged pistons are Mahle slugs and come coated right out of the box. The choice to run forged pistons means we're good to go if we want to toss on a 125 shot of nitrous for the track.
At first we tried to find an early 350 block for our build, but everything we found was either too expensive or too worn out. After speaking with the guys over at AA Midwest, we found that we're not the only ones having this problem since they are seeing fewer and fewer nice early blocks as well. They suggested a later-model block, in this case from 1986. They are plentiful, in excellent condition, and can be had for a decent price. This four-bolt main block set us back $250 and included the seal retainer needed for the later one-piece main seal blocks. AA Midwest also offers an adapter so you can run a two-piece seal crank in a newer block. Here you can see the block after we cleaned it and had it rough-honed.


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CRESTVIEW— Preparing one of her husband's favorite meals has won a local woman free groceries for a year, $500 in Crock-Pot Seasoning Mixes and bragging rights when her friends pop over to sample her culinary creations.
Sherri Williams decided to modify her recipe for the braised short ribs her husband, Roy, enjoys. Since she was using one of the Crock-Pot Seasoning Mixes in a slow cooker, she entered the company's cooking contest.
"I had a basic recipe in mind, but I used their Crock-Pot seasoning and it actually came out better than mine," Williams said.
She entered the Crockin' in the USA Contest — which she learned about on Facebook — and won.
"Sherri was one of hundreds of entrants who took up the challenge to create a delicious, easy meal for her family with one of the new Crock-Pot Seasoning Mixes," Crock-Pot spokeswoman Megan Carroll said in an email. "Sherri's recipe … had the judges asking for seconds!"
Ironically, Williams began using a slow cooker only fairly recently.
"The funny thing about it is I didn't start cooking in the Crock-Pot until about two years ago, though I've been cooking since I was 12," Williams said. "I use it a few times a month now."
She enjoys using her slow cooker so much that she bought three more.
"I have actually used at least three of them at one time before," Williams said.
After a hard day's work managing a condominium complex in Destin, Williams finds solace in the kitchen at her home in Crestview.
"Cooking is very therapeutic to me," she said. "I can work all day and then go home and spend eight hours in the kitchen. I know it sounds crazy, but I love cooking."
Especially when it's easy. Williams likes to try out new recipes for her friends and family, and her slow cookers figure prominently.
"Anything you can use in a Dutch oven you can put in a Crock-Pot. Just adjust the temperature," Williams said. "They have one Crock-Pot you can actually program. I don't have that fancy one yet. The ones I have now are doing just fine."
The ease of cooking in a slow cooker is attractive for someone with a full-time job, she said.
"I like that I can prep everything the night before and put it on in the morning, and when I get home, all I have to do is finish it up and dinner's ready in no time," she said. "It's also easy cleanup, too. Nobody likes to do the dishes."
Williams has won several regional and national cooking contests over the years. Her ribs won a grilling contest that sent her to the World Food Championship in Las Vegas, where she mingled with cooking pros from around the world.
"My ribs got me there and I got to meet a lot of my foodie friends," she said.
Williams' love of cooking began as a child in her grandmother's kitchen.
"My Grandma Logan was my inspiration," she said. "She had the smallest kitchen I think (I've) ever seen, but the creations that came out of it were unbelievable.
"The funny thing is, my mom doesn't really like cooking. We had three (square meals), but it didn't go much beyond salt and pepper."
Williams' flair in the kitchen contrasts with the simplicity of her mother's cooking, she said.
"I have two brothers and two sisters, but I tell you what, they think I'm a superstar."
Crestview News Bulletin Staff Writer Brian Hughes can be reached at 850-682-6524 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cnbBrian.


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Minneapolis, MN 55403
Office Location: MSL 462
J.D., Stanford Law School
B.A., Swarthmore College
After law school, Wright worked as an affiliated attorney with the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County, founding and directing the Immigration Amnesty Project. She then worked for ten years as a staff attorney for Oregon Legal Services, specializing in elder law. She was the statewide elder law resource for Oregon Legal Services and presented many continuing legal education seminars on issues such as guardianship law, nursing home law, Medicaid and Medicare, advanced directives and end-of-life decision making, and ethics. During her time with Oregon Legal Services, Wright authored the Oregon Elder Abuse Prevention Act.
Wright founded the Willamette Faculty Pro Bono Program and co-founded the Willamette Pro Bono Honors Program, to assist and recognize law student involvement in pro bono activities. As a member of the Marion County Bar Association Pro Bono Committee, Wright co-founded the Mentor-Match Program, a pro bono program matching law students with pro bono attorneys to serve the needs of indigent clients. In 2002, she was awarded the Public Interest Lawyer of the Year Award by the Willamette University Public Interest Law Project. In 2003, she received the Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award from the Marion County Bar Association.
Wright directs the Elder Law Practice Group at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, where she teaches and supervises law students who are aiding elderly clients in long-term care and financial abuse situations. Wright is also a member of the Pro Bono Committee of the Elder Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association, recorder for the statewide Substitute Decision Making Network, and recorder for the Civil Law Committee of the statewide Vulnerable Adult Justice Project.
|Clinic: Elder Law Practice
|Description of course 940 :
|Students will represent senior citizens in cases raising issues such as Medicaid coverage for long-term care, Medicare benefits, guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, advance planning for incapacity and end of life ,subsidized housing issues for seniors, nursing home rights, elder abuse, and consumer scams targeting the elderly. Students will interview and counsel clients, research the law and investigate facts, draft transactional documents, draft and file pleadings, conduct discovery, negotiate settlements, and represent clients in administrative hearings and trials. Enrollment by permission only. [Prerequisite or Concurrent Enrollment: Professional Responsibility]
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|A small number of students who have completed a semester in the Clinic: Elder Law Practice Group may be asked to part- icipate in the clinic practice for a second semester by continuing client representation and providing assistance to new clinic students. Enrollment by permission only.
|Supervised Resrch & Writing
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|Under the supervision of a faculty member, a student may receive up to two hours of course credit for researching and writing a substantial paper on a topic of the student's own choosing. The student must receive the instructor's per- mission to enroll in this course and must meet periodically with the instructor for discussion, review and evaluation. Each faculty member may supervise the research of no more than five students each semester.
Elder Law Mediation
The most important idea in my scholarship has been questioning the assumptions that the law and social institutions can frequently and easily improve the well-being of the impaired elderly by taking away their abilities to make their own decisions. The laws governing guardianship, surrogate decision-making and provision of elder care presume that it is generally better for the impaired elderly to take away their decision-making authority and give it to a capable and well-intentioned other. The undisputed data in empirical research assessing the actual wellbeing of impaired elderly people indicate that this presumption is most often wrong. The laws' prescriptions are based on presumptions about human psychology that are provably false, resulting in serious, unintended consequences. Bringing the insights of gerontology and psychology into elder law significantly will change many of our legal systems.
Upcoming: Defining, educating and effectively instilling new and better ways of dealing with impaired elders in our legal and social systems.
Jennifer L. Wright, Religious Law Schools and Democratic Society, How. L.J. (forthcoming 2013).
Jennifer L. Wright, Guardianship for Your Own Good: Improving the Well-Being of Respondents and Wards in the USA, 33 Int'l J. Law & Psychiatry 350 (2010).
Jennifer L. Wright, The St. Thomas Effect, U. St. Thomas Legal Stud. Res. Paper No. 06-26 (2006).
Jennifer L. Wright, Therapeutic Jurisprudence in an Interprofessional Practice at the University of St. Thomas Interprofessional Center for Counseling and Legal Services, 17 U. St. Thomas L. Rev. 501 (2005).
Jennifer L. Wright, Protecting Who from What, and Why, and How?: A Proposal for an Integrative Approach to Adult Protective Proceedings, 12 Elder L.J. 53 (2004).
Jennifer L. Wright, Unconstitutional or Impossible: The Irreconcilable Gap Between Managed Care and Due Process in Medicaid and Medicare, 17 J. Contemp. Health L. & Pol'y 135 (2000).
Jennifer L. Wright, Nursing Home Discharge Law, in Chapter 2 – Long-Term Care Planning, in The Elder Law Handbook, 2nd Ed. (Minnesota State Bar Ass'n 2008).
Jennifer L. Wright & Natasha Merz, Anatomy of a Nursing Home Discharge, in 17th Ann. Elder L. Inst. (Minnesota State Bar Ass'n 2007).