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I'm David Kertzer.
I'm happy to welcome you to this event.
It's actually the first in a series of activities
that we've organized jointly between the Watson
Institute and the Population Studies and Training Center
as we explored initiative in political and demography
at Brown.
And our guest today is one of the most active promulgators
of that field and one of the most influential people
in that field, Jack Goldstone.
Jack is currently the Hazel Professor
of Public Policy at the School of Public Policy at George
Mason University.
He began his career teaching at Northwestern University
throughout most of the 1980s, then moved on
to University of California Davis,
where he was professor of sociology
and international relations from 1989
until 2004, when he moved to George Mason.
He's held a series of visiting positions.
I won't list them here.
I'll just mention last year he was
in Hong Kong involved in consulting
on forming a public policy program in Hong Kong.
But he held in-- let's see, what was it-- in 2011,
the Richard Holbrooke Distinguished
Visitor at the American Academy in Berlin.
And I hope you realize that Holbrooke was a Brown alumnus.
So we have some connection anyway there, however indirect.
Jack has won many awards for his work
and his publications, his books and articles
in political sociology, historical and comparative
I won't go through those.
He's also been deeply involved in the application
of social science to the policy world
and has consulted for various US an international governmental
and NGO organizations.
Among his many important books, I'll just mention a couple--
Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World
that the University of California Press
published a number of years ago, then in 2008, Why Europe,
The Rise of the Western World History from 1500 to 1850.
So as you see, Jack thinks big, which we appreciate.
He's also, as I mentioned, the author
of a number of influential works on political demography
and promoting the further work in political demography.
I'll Just mention here his recent co-edited volume titled,
Political Demography, How Population Changes are
Reshaping International Security and National
Politics that Oxford University Press published.
His talk today, after which we'll
have the usual opportunity for questions, which I'll
ask Jack to handle directly, his title
is "A World in Revolution, the Inevitable Backlash
Against Global Elites."
Please join me in welcoming our guest, Jack.
Thank you very much, David.
And it's a real pleasure to be here.
I thank so many of you for coming
to this talk when you could be waiting for the latest
update on current events.
It seems like almost hourly there's something
that grabs our attention.
But I'm going to try and do the reverse here,
and that is to step back and place what's
happening in the world today in a longer-term context.
I actually thought about what might
be happening when I did the first edition of this book.
It's now out in second edition just last month.
It's called Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern
But the argument that it makes, first,
is that population trends make a big difference in driving
cycles of instability.
But the bigger point is that cycles of political instability
are not driven by kind of a long-term movement
toward progress.
They're not driven by some inevitable conflict of forces.
They're driven by the ability of institutions
to adapt to the demands that we put upon them.
And I believe that for the last 20 or 30 years,
the institutions of the post-world War II global order
have been failing.
And so the wave of political changes
that we're seeing across the world now
should not be a shock, although some of the individuals
may command all the attention.
I think if Donald Trump had not become president,
I'd still be giving a very similar to today.
It might have been about President Sanders.
It might have been about something else.
But what we're seeing everywhere is
a collapse of what had been the mainstream political center.
So in France, the main political parties now
appear to be out of the race.
It looks like Marine Le Pen is going to be
one of the main protagonists.
And the other, Macron, is from someone
who started a new political party essentially
in just the last couple of years.
We've seen in Britain, the Labour Party go through
something of an internal collapse under Jeremy Corbyn.
They're losing constituencies they've never lost.
And yet the Tory Party itself was
driven into a kind of sudden disgrace with Brexit
that vote and David Cameron's sudden resignation from office.
So if you're a mainstream party politician these days
almost anywhere in the world, you're either
changing the dialogue yourself or you're
having it taken away from you.
So how did this come about?
Well, I actually wrote in the first edition of this book
about revolution and rebellion, there
was a chapter, now expanded for the new edition,
on the decline of the United States.
And what I wrote is that nations that
had been the richest countries in their day
and suffered fiscal crises because elites preferred
to protect their private wealth got into trouble.
The elites would separate into competing factions
and starve the national state of resources
that were needed for public improvements
and international competitiveness.
I wrote that factionalism within the elites paralyzed decision
making and struggles for prestige and authority
took precedence over a united approach.
Now I wrote that 20 years before we had the sequester.
But that was what we saw coming.
When you have struggles between different elite factions to put
their own interest in escaping taxation ahead of all else,
you cannot govern.
And the results are growing public debts,
even as private individuals become enormously richer.
And at the same time, basic public services
that support the economy as a whole
are neglected, overburdened, and deteriorating.
Now how did I see that coming?
This was written in 1991.
We had a baby boom.
The baby boom generation was moving into the workforce.
And one of two things were going to happen.
We were either going to greatly increase productivity, so
that the output of goods and services
would grow enough that taxation didn't have to expand
and the government would still be
able to provide all of the infrastructure and public goods
that a rapidly expanding workforce would need.
Or, and this is what I've seen in countries
that ran into revolutionary problems in the past,
you'd have a struggle in which the government would not
raise taxes as needed to keep up with this demographic change,
productivity would falter, wages would stagnate,
and incomes would become polarized while government
would become dysfunctional.
And that is what has indeed come to pass.
And I say the key element in this decay--
and people have sometimes said, well, this
is the decline of the West.
It's a decline of America's manufacturing.
We just have to fix this or that.
I don't believe that's true.
I think what happened was an erosion of public institutions
and public services.
And this decay threatens to undermine the foundations that
supported American economic growth for the first three
quarters of the century.
And I wrote, "If unchecked, the long-term results,
which are now only slightly apparent,
will be a relative decline in living standards,
freedom of decision, and international position
of the US."
Now, is the US still the most powerful country in the world?
Yes, I don't want to be accused of overstating or being
a decline.
However, the advantage that the United States
and particularly that the average citizen of the United
States has with regard to the global income distribution
has certainly deteriorated.
Now that was the a lot of text up there.
I won't do that again.
Don't worry.
We have shorter bullet points now.
So what happened?
We've seen rising inequality to be sure.
And a lot of people have pointed to that.
But I don't believe in equality per se is the social problem
that people think it is.
Why do I say that?
Because people judge their life opportunities in comparison
to the people they know.
They look at their families, their friends, their parents,
their children.
And that's where they judge, are things getting better or worse?
Frankly, it's irrelevant to them whether billionaires
have 95 foot yachts or 125 yachts or 150 yachts,
or whether they have gold fixtures in their bathrooms
or not.
What matters is, do they see their own lives getting better?
And that we have not seen.
Instead, in the last 20 years, we've
seen stagnant real incomes for about half of Americans.
The other half have still continued to move forward.
But about half of Americans have seen virtually stagnant incomes
and, this is important, a decline in social mobility.
Stanford recently came out with a new study
showing that the proportion of people
who could count on having higher incomes than their parents
has fallen from about 80% to 45%.
That is it used to be most people who did reasonably well
could look forward to living with more
resources than their parents and their children more than them.
And that was a great source of faith in the future.
But when it's now less than half of people
do better than their parents, and they're
worried that their kids may not do better than themselves, that
takes away faith in the future.
We have had a changing labor market.
And a lot of people talk about, well, you know,
we'll bring manufacturing jobs back,
or we'll train people for higher tech jobs.
It's actually more complicated than that
because we've had a shift in the nature of the labor market
The service sector is now dominant.
So Wal-Mart employs about 2 million people domestically.
All the major auto firms in the US
together employ about 50,000 hourly workers.
So what happens to Wal-Mart in terms of productivity
and wages, their labor force, that's
more of the exemplar of what's happening than what
happens to workers at General Motors or Cummins
or Caterpillar.
Service sector suffers from great difficulties
in raising people's productivity.
There are things that can be done, but for service jobs,
whether it's retail, food preparation, tourism,
medical care, even university teaching,
it's not as easy to simply amplify productivities
by adding power tools or by mechanizing processes.
It's true that I no longer have a secretary
since we have wordprocessing.
I have to do all my own correspondence and book
all of my own travel.
That saves the university a secretary.
But I don't think it makes me any more
productive as a teacher, as a faculty member.
So we've seen efforts to bring automation
to the social sector, but we haven't really succeeded.
And without rising productivity there,
the economy is in trouble.
The access that people have to what
I call the key public goods and social mobility goods
is constricting.
And we're having big debates about this obviously.
Health care, education, should we use the Affordable Care Act?
Replace it?
Should we go to vouchers or not?
Do we have adequate access to public parks?
Do we protect and provide adequate nutrition?
Can people live in safe neighborhoods?
These have all become gut instincts.
President Trump talks about them all the time.
People respond to a discussion of those things
because we can't take it for granted anymore.
We used to assume that the government would provide
decent public education, fair recreation, safe neighborhoods.
But all of these things have actually
become much more difficult for lower and middle income
families to attain.
And the result has been this great educational polarization.
We have these enclaves of higher education, high levels
of cultural capital, what people have called the protected
class, where people do live great lives.
I mean, you go to restaurants in New York, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, you need a reservation because they're
overflowing with successful, young professionals.
But you don't see that everywhere.
Less educated, less healthy people
voted for Trump, not because they have less education
or they know less, but I would say they know very well what
happened to them.
They have been left behind and disrespected by the knowledge
workers that have managed to stay ahead
in the kind of digital, high tech economy.
You can see this from the map.
The small number of counties that voted blue, Democrats,
it's very concentrated in those areas where knowledge workers
dominate the economy, but everywhere ,
else by and large for Trump.
And it's not just a question of income or education.
There was a story in The Economist
just last week about this Cummins Manufacturing
town, Seymour, Indiana, very low unemployment, high wages,
but voted overwhelmingly for Trump.
It's not just they're economically doing badly.
They're not.
They're doing well.
But they're concerned about the future of the country.
They're worried about whether their kids will
get the education to compete.
They're worried about whether America
will remain competitive with other countries in the world.
They're concerned about preserving
America's distinct culture.
And they're worried about, frankly, physical safety,
threats from terrorism.
They trust someone like Trump to cut
through what they've seen as political fighting,
factionalism, dysfunction.
And they say, Trump's a smart guy.
He'll figure out what we need to get America back on track.
Now why do they feel America has gone so off track?
This is a curve of income growth in different deciles
of the global income distribution.
It's called the elephant curve because if you
use your imagination, the right side of the curve
looks like the elephant's trunk up in the air.
And the left side looks like kind
of the backside of an elephant.
But what does it really mean?
If you take the entire population of the world--
China, India, Latin America, US--
and divide them up into the lowest, poorest 5% globally;
the next, the global middle of the barrel;
and then the very richest people in the world.
And you say for each of those groups, how much did
their income grow from 1988 to 2008, 20 years,
before the big recession hit?
Well, everybody knows that China and India
started to move into global supply chains.
Incomes in those countries went up.
So this kind of back of the elephant
reflects the globalization of manufacturing,
services, and very good income growth for developing countries
in those two decades.
The global elite, that is the richest people in the world,
whether they were oil barons in Saudi Arabia or Nigeria
or property owners in London or Manhattan or executives,
they also did very well.
They also had a similar level of growth.
But that kind of bottom of the elephant's
trunk, that represents the middle income groups in Europe
and the United States.
Now globally, that group was in the top 20%,
because the rest of the world, developing poor.
But although that group was high in income
compared to the rest of the world,
they did very badly in terms of growth.
That is real income for that group grew hardly at all
during those two decades, during which the very rich
were doing well and the global emerging working class
was doing well.
So this is a conundrum for people in that group.
Now part of that is, of course, related to demography.
If we see what happened to the key group
in the United States population, and this frankly
is the same curve largely if you look at Japan or Europe
as well, the '60s, '70s, and '80s,
the baby boomers entered the labor force.
And as the baby boomers entered the labor force,
there was a big demand for housing, furniture, education,
basic services.
There was an underlying demographic driver of growth.
When you add to that the fact that the baby boomers also
were the best educated group, that we
had a big expansion of tertiary education,
big expansion of cities, all of that
meant that there was just a very strong bias
toward economic growth, expanding opportunities,
and markets.
That all ended in the '90s.
Fertility fell back.
Growth in the number of young workers
and the number of young people starting families declined.
It popped up a little bit again, but not anywhere where it was.
And it's set to decline again for the next 20 years.
Now what this means is it's much harder
for people rooted in the domestic economy
to experience economic growth.
If you are working in the United States in a community
not plugged into the kind of global trade networks,
your market is no longer growing the way
it was '60s, '70s, or '80s.
Now if you're exporting to the developing world or you're
taking advantage of supply chains in the developing world,
then you can do very well because you're
marketing to billions of people and you're
drawing on the lowest cost supplies and labor.
But if you're providing local services,
even if you're a lawyer or a doctor or a dentist,
even if you're comfortably retired,
you're just not in a high growth area anymore by the 1990s.
Now add to that we're also seeing
at the same time as this economic slowdown
a big boost in immigration.
We're a country of immigration.
We like to say we've always been welcoming to immigrants.
But in fact, it's gone in cycles.
When the United States gets larger volumes
of immigration and from new sources,
there's generally been a tightening of immigration laws.
And we're going through a cycle like that now.
Brian Gratton has written a nice article on this.
We used to have huge flows of immigrants from Mexico.
That's basically stopped.
Net immigration from Mexico is now slightly negative.
Why is that?
Well, Mexicans have gone from having four children
a family down to about two.
The Mexican economy has improved and has
been able to take advantage of global opportunities,
not just NAFTA for Mexico to export to the United States.
That's true.
But Mexico exports to China, to Latin America.
Mexico's economy provides enough opportunities
for a slow growing population that there's
no longer this huge push factor or the even the huge pull
factor for the United States.
So most of the immigrants who come across the southern border
are now from central or South America, rather than Mexico.
Where we're getting immigrants still,
large numbers of immigrants, is from different parts
of the world.
It's much more varied--
immigrants from the Middle East, immigrants from South Asia.
My son is an engineering major and he's
one of the few Americans in his advanced engineering classes.
You probably all seen this, lot of Asians and Indians,
people from the Middle East.
They're willing to come here take engineering courses,
fail them, retake them, fail them retake them again.
It's not easy to get a degree in engineering,
but they're willing to do it because they
know if they get their degree, they'll
be able to work at home.
I joke about this.
I say that Americans are not willing to do
agricultural work.
They're not willing to do differential equations.
Both are too hard.
Computer science appears to be in the happy middle.
We have a huge expansion of Americans
doing software coding.
But at both ends, we're seeing a change.
And there's obviously difficulty for Americans
in getting used to the idea that larger and larger numbers
of people from unfamiliar areas are coming to the United
In 1970, the US population was only 5% foreign born.
You may say, boy, that seems very low.
How is that possible?
Well, the answer is that there were immigration restrictions
that were fairly strong in place in the 1950s.
And the baby boom greatly increased the native-born US
So 1970, tail end of the baby boom, 95% of Americans
were native born.
All minorities, Hispanics, blacks, others were only 16.5%
of the US population.
Now that's doubled.
And people's perception is often that minority populations
are even larger, because in some places they are.
In California, it's about 50%.
So depending on where you go, you
can see where people would have a sense that, oh,
my gosh, America's population is being overwhelmed
by immigration and minorities.
It's not literally true.
But in terms of the perceived change
in the last couple of decades, you can see why it's credible.
Similar in Europe.
Europe, Muslim population was probably less than 1%
in most countries in 1970s.
Numbers are so small, we don't actually have exact numbers.
Today, 40 years later, most European countries
have a Muslim population many times higher.
Still only 5% to 8%, about 8% in France, which is
the largest in Western Europe.
But people's perception-- and we've
had polls where we asked people, what do you think
is the perception of Muslims in your country?
And people say, 20%, 30%.
It's not accurate, but they feel it's true.
And that is what matters.
It is, however, especially true if you go out and look
at younger people.
Immigrants tend to be preferentially drawn
from younger males.
And the age of European and American societies
has been rising.
The Median age in the United States
has gone from 27 in 1970 to 36 couple of years ago.
So if you look around and say, what
are the young men in our society?
A larger proportion of them are immigrant or foreign born
than is the case for the population as a whole.
I hope I do know one a disservice.
I look in this room.
I see it is a predominantly Caucasian background
room, but also median age, relatively high.
I'm part of that myself.
So don't take it wrong.
I'm 63 now.
And I'm part of this group that hopes that, you know,
80 is the new 60 when I get there.
But we are aging as a society.
And immigrants have been refueling our youth labor
But the result is when people look around,
they do see more and more young people that look foreign.
Now, the large volumes of immigrants from new areas--
Muslim countries, Asia and Africa--
now this is driven in part by income convergence.
That is as other countries around the world get richer,
it doesn't mean that they're going to send fewer migrants.
It actually means more people have access
to the information and the resources
to become aware of the opportunities
for international migration and to take advantage of them.
It takes some resources, some ability to take risks,
and some skills and energy to be an international migrant.
Most people just migrate to the next largest city.
That's where they think--
to take the leap to another country is very risky.
And you need to have some resources to do that.
So what we've seen is as developing countries get
richer, the flow of international immigration
And it's driven in part by labor market needs,
to be sure, and in part by more open immigration
policies, the fact that we put a big emphasis on uniting
So we have kind of welcomed this change,
but it's also been a shock to us.
Now this probably will get worse rather than
better in the future in the sense
that there will be more demands for people seeking to migrate
to the United States from unfamiliar areas,
and particularly from Africa.
What I've put up here is a graph of anticipated changes
in the global working age population.
And as you can see from that blue line,
the future really will be dominated
by increases in the working age population
in sub-Saharan Africa.
It's the one part of the world where fertility has not
dropped rapidly.
So if you're looking at India, mothers in India
are trying to have about two kids on average,
not much more than that.
In China, of course, under the one child policy,
they had less.
So China's population, which is the green line there,
has already started to decline.
If you look from 1950 to 2010, you say, wow,
it's all China and India.
But the future is going to be different.
Populations in China and India are
going to start to stabilize or decline.
And it's really going to be Africa.
Now in a way, that's a great opportunity.
You know, if we need young laborers to fill
all kinds of jobs, they exist.
The fact that we have an aging society
need not limit our economic opportunities.
But it does mean we have to look outside
for some infusion of fresh labor or integrate our economies so
that the American and European economies can benefit more
from growth outside their borders.
But oddly, what we want to do now,
it seems we want to close up our borders,
build walls, limit migration, and trap ourselves
with an aging and declining workforce.
It's one of those things that makes
us feel safer and more secure in the short term,
but is not a very sensible prescription
for our economic growth in the longer term.
And now these numbers can be a little disturbing.
I just put them up here to be suggestive.
Nigeria, this is total population, not
labor force growth.
But the numbers are pretty frightening.
Most countries in Africa can be expected to double or triple
in population in the next generation.
Why is that?
Largely because population growth rates are not
falling as had been expected.
It turns out that we've put a lot of effort
into improving primary education and literacy that has worked.
We've put a lot of effort into trying to raise incomes,
and that has largely worked.
But it turns out that in Africa, where there's still
a desire for large families, if women leave school at age 12
after finishing primary school, they still get married young.
They still have lots of children.
They still don't have much control over their lives.
It hasn't changed the fundamental demography.
That will require changing women's access
to secondary education and professional jobs, which
has happened increasingly elsewhere in the world,
but not very much there.
So these projections suggest that countries like Nigeria,
Uganda, Niger, will have populations
in the tens or hundreds of millions
looking for work in the future.
Nigeria's population will be larger
than that of the United States probably by 2040.
Uganda's population, which is only 33 million
a few years ago, will likely be around 100 million
within a few dozen years.
China, on the other hand, which we've kind of worried
about as the great rising power, the great threat to the world,
their population is now falling rapidly.
And they may be in a period where they're
trying to get whatever gains they can
before they're forced into dealing
with their own domestic crisis from falling labor.
Now how do people look at what happened?
What do people see?
They see that for the middle class, the working class,
and not just working class, people in services,
but people who are kind of earning the $30,000 to $60,000
a year that was a really good income in Europe in the US
in the '60s and '70s people in that section
have seen the rich in their countries get much richer.
They've seen people around the world
who were previously much poorer than themselves
get much richer.
But they've gotten stuck.
We've stopped making progress.
And so, of course, they're going to ask what is holding us back
when everyone else around us, rich, poor, foreign, domestic,
seems to be doing well?
They can certainly see that there's great economic energy.
The new firms are all founded in a few places, Dallas, Houston,
LA, Miami, London.
But the rest of the country economically
does not seem to have that dynamism
that you find in those core metropolitan areas.
So how do people look at this?
Well, they answer simply, people that are getting rich
are taking what should be ours.
If we're not sharing--
if the world is growing and everything
seems to be getting better for other people, but not for us,
someone is getting in our way and taking what is ours.
We're being tied down by international agreements that
weaken and drain us and don't benefit us.
This international trade things seems
to work for everybody but us.
So others, minorities, global elites, foreign powers, that's
who's winning.
We're not.
And the experts and governments have not helped us at all.
They only help themselves.
And that is an accurate view of the world
as viewed from the perspective of about 50%
of the populations in developing countries.
It's not a myth.
It's not a misunderstanding.
It's not a failure of elites to communicate.
It is, if anything, a failure of economic and political leaders
to recognize that the benefits of economic growth
and globalization were being very
concentrated in a few areas.
Now it's certainly true that if you're going to have
a revolution, it cannot just be an uprising of the unhappy.
We saw that with the kind of we are the 99%,
which petered out very quickly.
If you're going to have a revolution,
you need elites to lead it, dissident elites who
see themselves as enemies of the status quo
and who are going to be champions
of the popular movement.
And we have those anti-liberal elites for sure.
You have a lot of people who they're
living in a world of positional goods, that is you say, hey,
if you're a billionaire, what do you care about wanting more?
But that's not how things work now.
Even if you have $10 million, $50 million, $100 million,
you're competing for homes, art, travel, experiences,
even at the very top level, you're
always competing with other people who have more.
And so it seems like no matter how much money you have,
it's never enough.
You can be earning $10 billion and you're
worried if your taxes go up from 10% to 20%,
you're not going to be able to do what you wanted.
And so anti-liberal elites feel they are being held back
in a web of regulations, transfers, excessive taxes,
international agreements.
And they say, we want and deserve more
because we've earned it.
We built companies.
We've acquired real estate.
We've accumulated wealth.
And it's wrong for anyone to say that we
need to share it or take it or pile regulations on.
Anything that interferes with us increasing our profits
is somehow wrong headed.
Now elites with that view are willing to make common cause
with a broader population that has
become steeped in anxieties.
That is people who feel they're not safe.
They worry about exaggerated, perhaps, fears.
But they still worry about crime and terrorism.
They worry that their national identity and culture is not
safe due to immigration and foreign trade agreements.
And, of course, from their perspective,
their economic future is not safe,
because social mobility and cross-generational gains
have been threatened.
So if you say why is there a movement for Brexit
or a movement to support someone like Donald Trump or a movement
to reject the EU in France, it's not just one thing.
It is more complicated.
It's a coalition in a sense of people who feel
economically disadvantaged, people
who feel that their culture is threatened by immigration
and change, who feel that the wave of terrorism or crime
is going to grow and is not being stemmed, whether it's
coming from immigration or from just a breakdown in law
and order.
And although you could say these fears are exaggerated,
they're real.
These comparisons that say you're
more liable to slip and die in a bathtub
than be killed by a terrorist reassure
no one because the threat of terrorism
is not a statistical risk that you can somehow
treat as a number.
Terrorism means there are people out there who have the intent
to do harm to people in Paris, people in New York,
people in Atlanta.
Wherever you are, terrorism is a threat from enemies
and therefore is completely different than like a risk
of being in a car accident even.
People view it as a directed threat,
and they want someone to do something about it.
I would argue that the result of all of these things coming
together-- threats to culture, threats to economic progress,
concerns about terrorism--
have combined to create a global revolt against the elites
that people feel have let them down.
The cry is you haven't done enough to secure
my economic future, but you also haven't
done enough to protect the integrity
of our national culture and our national identity.
You haven't done enough to make me
feel safe from the terrorist threat
despite all the troops that were sent overseas
and the money that was spent.
So the foundation for this revolt
was laid by the failure of elites
to comprehend how these multiple threats were impacting people.
Dissident elites who also feel that the system was not
working for them, they have their enemies.
Their enemies are this open world, multiculturalism,
the lack of clear moral rules.
And their goal, and this is true in Turkey, in Russia, in China,
as well as in Europe and the US, is to recover national control.
People want control of their borders.
They want control of their culture.
They want greater security.
They want to win self-respect and recover honor
in a sense for their livelihoods, their work,
and their country.
Now I argue that this actually is best understood
as a revolutionary movement.
It's not just an argument about policy.
It's not just, well, you know, we'll cut taxes here,
we'll have job retraining here.
That doesn't resonate with people's emotional feeling
that their very identity and future is under threat.
And that's where we get into this notion of this
is a revolutionary moment.
There is actually a coherent ideology
behind all of these disparate movements.
If you look at what President Erdogan is promoting in Turkey,
what breaks it promised, what Trump promises,
there's a strong emphasis on nationalism against globalism.
We're going to make our country great.
And you know, our country is important.
Russians have pride in Russia's larger role in the Middle East,
even though pensions and salaries are being reduced.
Nationalism still matters.
We didn't ban nationalism somehow
at the end of World War II when we founded the United Nations.
Nativism becomes part of this.
People are concerned if their nation and their identity
is under threat, then foreigners are somehow to blame.
People want toughness.
They're tired of expert talk.
They're tired of prescriptions that
don't seem to lead anywhere.
They want a strong leader, someone
like Duterte in the Philippines who says,
I'm going to kill drug leaders.
I'm not going to have programs to rehabilitate them.
I'm going to shoot the bastards.
And that has a lot of appeal.
Anti-internationalism is part of this feeling,
that we have to solve our own problems
because the international system just
drains resources and undermines what we're doing.
But it's also oddly anti-government.
Why is that?
How can people want to have nationalism and toughness
and yet be anti-government?
Well, the answer is if you depict government
as a bunch of corrupt bureaucrats
who line their own pockets, spew out rules that interfere
with other people's lives, and have no interest in protecting
people's livelihoods, have no interest in protecting
the nation, that their allegiance is
to some kind of abstract global elite,
you want to get rid of them.
They're part of the problem, not the solution.
Now you may want a government that has strong defense ,
so you're going to put more money into the military.
And you may want a government that will be tough on crime,
so you'll put more money into police and border patrol.
But you want to get rid of the government
officials and programs that just seem
to be gumming up the economy.
And that's the kind of program that's
part of the ideology we have.
It's anti-government, anti-regulation, anti-taxation.
The irony, of course, as I said, we got into this mess
because resistance to taxation helped starve
the public goods that would have provided people
with more economic opportunities in the first place.
But the nature of a revolutionary reaction
against a dysfunctional government
is not that people calculate out,
well, what do I need to do to perhaps change
the situation that got us into this mess?
That's not what you see.
In revolutionary movements, you see emotional recruitment that
is based on people's anxiety.
And you promise a simple solution, because that's
what people are hungry for.
We obviously had 20 years of elite factionalism
and dysfunctional government that turned people off
to government.
And we now have mass mobilization by slogans,
where elites are depicted as criminals and traitors.
Now you've probably heard a number of people
have picked up on this.
They say, populists present themselves
as the voice of the people.
Only I can speak for and save the people.
And that is the kind of most common revolutionary trope
that we've seen through history.
We are seeing it now in the advanced democracies
of the West.
Revolutions also almost always come as a surprise.
People in France in 1789 did not say, oh,
we're overdue for a revolution.
People in Germany in the 1930s didn't say, well, of course,
you know, we needed a strong man to take over.
Countries get into situations where
people hope that institutions will work,
but then the institutions fail and let people down.
And that creates the opportunity for a strong man type leader
to emerge.
In hindsight, you can usually see it coming,
but when it happens, it's almost always a surprise.
So typical revolutionary processes,
this is kind of what this book was all about.
It all seems very familiar now.
Revolutionary movements appeal to those
who are angry about blocked mobility, excessive taxes,
government dysfunction, and what they
see as cultural inauthenticity.
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Jennifer Lawrence is getting married over the next few days to art dealer Cooke Maroney, and her wedding menu has been revealed. Hors d'oeuvres include Brussels sprouts with cured egg yolk and salt cod beignets. Yummy. (Green-face-emoji)
Mains will be wood roasted fish or five-week-aged beef. So – beef or salmon. Yummy. (Happy face emoji).
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Norwich model railway shop unveils Brexit-themed display window
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A Norwich railway model shop has built a Brexit-themed window display - with a message that everyone can agree with.
The window display at Great Eastern Models has a little train shunting endlessly back and forth over the White Cliffs of Dover between "IN" and "OUT" sides of the window.
"Brexit's on the news every single night," said proprietor Anne Martin, who runs the business on Plumstead Road with her brother Rob Hockey and her sister Helen Arnold. "It's depressing, and we just wanted to have a bit of fun."
The shop has long made seasonal displays for holidays like Christmas, Easter and Mothers' Day, but it was only when one of their earlier displays malfunctioned that they decided on something political.
Anne explained how the unusually warm spring weather had warped the track and had caused the display train to continually hit the buffers.
"A flippant comment made by one of our customers likened the model to the Brexit situation," she said. "And the idea was born."
Inspired, Anne's brother Rob got to work on the next display, crafting the tunnel and decorating the window with British and EU flags.
Anne doesn't want to reveal her opinion on Brexit, because of how divisive it could be with her customers, and she has already been informed by one person that it's "not a laughing matter".
"What we are clear on is we don't want to say our political views," she said. "But what nobody knows is, are we in or are we out?
"Of course it has caused some controversy but that was not our intention," she added. "We are just trying to be topical and trying to raise a smile amongst our customers and friends."
Great Eastern Models has been in business for 32 years, and was originally opened by Anne, Rob and Helen's father.
Now it is the only dedicated mini railway hobbyist shop in Norfolk and, Anne says, is something of a destination for their customers, who are often happy to sit down for a cup of tea and a chat.
Most people said they "really love" the display, said Anne, and over on the shop's Facebook page the comments have taken the whole project in good spirit regardless of their views on Brexit.
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CPU Definition
Meaning – CPU stands for "Central Processing Unit", and it also known as the "Processor" and "Brain" of computer system.
CPU is placed on its compatible CPU socket, which is embedded on the motherboard. CPU generates more heat while processing data, so it is connected with heat sink which helps to keep cool.
Importance of CPU
CPU plays vital role for performing great performance in computer system, and it helps in running all devices of system. CPU controls the all instructions, which are received from the system's hardware and software, process them, and finally produces the result through output devices likes as monitor and printer etc. So, we can consider that CPU (Processor) is more important part of computer system.
Types of CPU (Processor)
Here, we will discuss about different types of CPU, which are used in computers.
If you know how many types of CPU are there, then short answer is 3 types of CPU.
Single Core CPU
Single Core CPUs were used in the traditional type of computers. Those CPUs were able to perform one operation at once, so they were not comfortable to multi tasking system. These CPUs got degrade the entire performance of computer system while running multiple programs at same time duration.
In Single Core CPU, FIFO (First Come First Serve) model is used, it means that couple of operations goes to CPU for processing according to priority base, and left operations get wait until first operation completed.
Dual-Core CPU
Dual Core CPU contains two processors, and they are linked with each other like as single IC (Integrated circuit). Every processor consist its own local cache and controller, so they are able to perform different difficult operations in quickly than single core CPU.
There are some examples which are used as dual core processors such as Intel Core Duo, the AMD X2, and the dual-core PowerPC G5.
Quad-core CPU
Quad core processor is high power CPU, in which four different processors cores are combined into one processor. Every processor is capable to execute and process all instructions own level without taking support to other left processor cores. Quad core processors are able to execute massive instructions at a time without getting waiting pools. Quad core CPU help to enhance the processing power of computer system, but it performance depend on their using computing components.
List all types of Intel and AMD Processors
Intel Processors
Athlon XP
Athlon 64
Mobile Athlon 64
Athlon XP-M
Athlon 64 FX
Turion 64
Athlon 64 X2
Turion 64 X2
Phenom FX
Phenom X4
Phenom X3
Athlon 6-series
Athlon 4-series
Athlon X2
Phenom II
Athlon II
E2 series
A4 series
A6 series
A8 series
A10 series
AMD Processors
80286 (286)
80386 (386)
80486 (486)
Pentium w/ MMX
Pentium Pro
Pentium II
Pentium III
Pentium M
Celeron M
Pentium 4
Mobile Pentium 4-M
Pentium D
Pentium Extreme Edition
Core Duo
Core 2 Duo
Core i3
Core i5
Core i7
Core i9
List of CPU manufacture companies are
• Apple
• ARM Holdings
• ASRock
• Centaur Technology
• Integrated Device Technology (IDT)
• Qualcomm
• Gumstix
• Intel
• Microsemi
• Samsung
• Motorola
• Hewlett-Packard (hp)
• Dell
• Acer
Function and Uses of CPU
CPU is an input and output device because it receive data from memory unit for processing, and after manipulation move it to again memory unit for displaying result on the screen.
CPU obtains various instructions from input devices (mouse, keyboard, trackball), and processed them into four different phases then finally it produces the appropriate output.
Here, we will explain different four main functions of CPU (Processor). Describe below each one.
Uses of CPU (Processor) and its Function
Fetch Phase
In this phase, CPU fetches all instructions from the memory unit. All instructions are stored in the memory unit in own address location, and CPU gets the address number to fetch instructions with the help of program counter. When CPU fetch first instruction then program counter increases itself automatic, and then CPU takes next instruction in the consecutively.
Decode Phase
After completing fetching phase, CPU decides that what to perform next step of receiving data. In this phase, CPU decodes the fetched data with help of "Decoder Circuit". These data are converted into Assembly instructions, and further Assembly instructions are decoded in the form of binary language, CPU easily can understand to binary instructions such as 0 and 1.
Execute Phase
After completing fetching and decoding phase, next phase execute to be performed, but it totally depend upon the CPU architecture, it means execution is done may be serially or parallel fashion.
Execution phase is completed into three steps such as done calculation along with ALU (Arithmetically Logical Unit), and then transfer data from one memory place to other place finally switch to their allotted address location.
Store Phase
After completing above three phases, CPU releases the finally feedback, then produced output data is moved to memory units for storing. But these memories have slow speed and cheaper to registers.
Components of CPU
In this section, we will spread light on the all different CPU's internal hardware parts names. Describe below each one.
Major Components of CPU and their Functions
Memory Unit
Memory unit is the main components of CPU, because its main objective is to store all instructions, and pass them to other component of CPU (Control unit).
In the computer industries, computer memory is spited into two main categories such as primary and secondary memory. Entire performance, computing power, and execution speed of computer memory is totally depends upon its design layout and types like as (SRAM or DRAM).
After processing of all instructions by CPU, memory unit helps to store the generated output, and finally it is moved to output devices.
Control Unit
Main goal of control unit of CPU is to control entire operations of its units, and it helps to move all data or instructions in between the all units of system. Memory unit is received all instruction and data from control unit, interprets them, and finally transfer entire operations to different units.
Control unit is a communication medium between the all input and output devices to transfer or obtaining all instructions from memory units.
Arithmetic and Logic Unit
ALU is divided into two parts like as arithmetic and logic unit. It contains the digital circuit which is made with registers, and they help to solve the various arithmetic and logical operations. Arithmetic unit is designed to solve the different operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division etc.
Prime functions of logic unit is to perform various types of operations like as comparing, selecting, matching and merging of numerous data value.
Input/Output Unit
Input unit means all input devices, which are used for inserting instructions from user side such as keyboard, mouse, touchpad and more. Every input device consists own hardware controller which are linked to CPU and, and they provide the all instructions CPU that how to use them.
Output unit means all output devices, which are produced the result in the text or graphic form after processing the entire data that are given by user. Some output devices are monitor, printer, speaker etc. CPU grabs the binary code like as 0 or 1 and converts it into appropriate format which are needed by output's hardware.
Other CPU components lists are –
System Bus – Prime objective of system bus is to transmits all data and instructions, as well as it sends the address locations that aware the CPU where in the main memory all data and instructions are receiving from and where processed data should be saved.
External Bus – It is communication medium in between the main data bus and system board.
Internal Data Bus – This type of data bus makes the connection between the all internal components of processor and motherboard. The size of internal buses are depended that how much information processor can process concurrently.
Address Lines – Address lines are designed to identify the appropriate location in the memory unit where data is presented.
Registers – Register is also known as "Accumulator", and it works as temporary storage location where data is coming from main memory side for execution and move it for storing.
Flags – Flags are embedded into CPU, and they work as registers because they indicate the all currently running states of entire functions and other operations.
Cache – Cache is also integrated into chip, but it is fastest memory to primary memory, and it helps to increase the performance of processor.
Features of CPU
CPU's features are classified into various eight categories such as –
- Cache Memory
- Cores in CPU
- Speeds
- Bandwidth
- Hyper Threading
- Virtualization Help
- Architecture of CPU
- Embedded GPU
Characteristics of CPU and its Impact
Cache Memory
CPU takes more time for receiving data from the main memory of system, so CPU's registers reserve important data which are used in processing and further precede them to cache memory.
Cache memory is small piece of memory but it is fastest memory to main memory, which is built into CPU core. Cache memory is divided into three level s such as L1, L2, and L3. L1 is small in size to L2 but it is faster compare L2, and further L3 is much faster to L1 and L2.
Cores in CPU
Today, modern CPU are developed along with multi-cores such as dual core, quad core, core i5, core i7 and i8, and those cores help to process data in parallel nature for enhancing the entire performance of computer system, as well as to manage their workload and speed.
Each core has own cache memory, and they can make communication with its cache as needed. For example – AMD Phenom II processors are designed with level 3 cache, and GPU core is built into AMD's Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) for getting excellent performance in mathematically.
The performance of CPU is measured in different parameters such as GHz (Gegahertz) and MHz (Migahertz) but Hertz unit is used for measuring the frequency. CPU is capable to perform multiple tasks with using their frequency in few seconds. The frequency is measured into different parameter such as "how many times the internal clock of a processor ticks in cycles/sec". For example – 2.5 GHz CPU can tick 2.5 billion times in every second.
Every input/output devices and memory unit need internal circuit to make communication with CPU. PCI slots are designed for communicating with PCI cards, which are placed on the motherboard. USB controllers are used for usb devices likes as mouse, keyboard, printer etc, and memory controller for main memory. The level of speed of all controllers, on which they communicate, is called as "Bandwidth" but it varies CPU to CPU. For example – Multi-core processors contain more bandwidth to single core processors.
Hyper Threading
Hyper threading is also called the HTT because it has single CPU but it acts as double processor. It is not able to chase double speed, but entire performance is enhanced as dramatically. Intel Company provides the HTT technology to boost up the performance of processor.
Virtualization Help
Virtualization technologies help to run multiple operating system at once on the server or computer system, and can be increased the speed and abilities of those systems. Intel has released Intel VT, and AMD released AMD Virtualization.
Architecture of CPU
Operating system is designed with bit form like as 32 bit and 64 bit; it means some amount of data can be processed at once. So CPU architecture is also depend on the 32 bit and 64 bit, because if you use 32 bit O/S then your system can manage memory unit along with 32 bit architecture, CPU can access only 32 bit data buses.
Embedded GPU
GPU stands for "Graphical Processing Unit", and its main objective is to gather all information and move to screen for displaying the output. So it is integrated into CPU that is placed on the motherboard.


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ADATA to Launch Wireless DashDrive Air AE800 HDD
On Tuesday, ADATA announced that it will be launching the company's second foray into wireless storage with the release of the DashDrive AE800. The hard disk drive (HDD) will be designed specifically to work with smartphones and tablets incorporating wireless connectivity allowing the drive to serve data to multiple mobile devices, while also functioning as a power bank and a wireless hotspot.
The AE800 offers 500GB of storage and will be able to stream data directly to iOS and Android mobile devices via the free downloadable DashDrive Air Elite App (available on Apple App Store and Google Play). The AE800 will also compatible with wireless enabled desktop and notebooks and can transfer data without the need of transmission cable. Additionally, in wireless mode the device can stream 1080p to three devices simultaneously or stream 720p video to five devices simultaneously.
The AE800 also operates as a wireless hotspot with support for 802.11 b/g/n wireless networking. The device is able to share an existing internet connection with up to 8 devices. The AE800 also helps to curb power hungry mobile devices with its 5,200 mAh power bank, which can recharge mobile devices. Devices can easily be charged directly through any of the devices USB 2.0 or 3.0 ports.
ADATA has to announce a specific release date or price for the AE800, but the device should be available from major electronics retailers relatively soon.


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The , known as the Marine PFT, includes a grueling test of dead hang pullups, situps, and a three-mile run. Recently, , who typically trains using a mix of CrossFit and heavy lifting, took on the U.S. Marine Fitness Test on video, proving how challenging the trial can be.
In the test, pullups are to be completed until exhaustion, while the situps and run are both timed events. Each event is scored out of 100. To qualify for the Marines, a recruit or active member of the corps has to score at least 150 out of 300 overall. The test is meant to be exceedingly difficult, with a perfect score nearly impossible for even the most seasoned Marine.
So how will Vincent, who has not trained for the test in the slightest, fair when taking the Marine PFT? Before the test, hes not too confident in his own abilities, especially regarding the run.
The time cap is 29 minutes, Vincent says of the three-mile run. My quickest time has been 30 on the treadmill. If I can just do this in 28.5, Im going to be happy.
While Vincent may be strong and fast for a bodybuilder, running isnt necessarily part of his routine. But Vincent is able to dig deep and complete the run in 23 minutes and 57 seconds, shocking even him. That means the bodybuilder averaged under two minutes per lap for a score of 64 out of 100.
I was thinking, Go quicker. But my legs they just, they just wont come up, Vincent says after the run, adding that his legs felt like lead.
After the run, Vincent tries his hand at the pullups, completing 16 reps for a score of 80 out of 100. For the final test, the bodybuilder completes as many situps as he can in two minutes. Vincent barely completes 60 before time is called, resulting in a score of 60 out of 100.
Vincent received a total score of 204 out of a possible 300, which may sound low. But the is 150, meaning Vincent performed extremely well in the competition despite his doubts and struggles.
Vincent, however, wouldnt actually be able to join the Marines even with a passing score. As he mentions, he is technically overweight at 62 and almost 250 pounds. Vincent is almost 50 pounds too heavy for the . His score of 204 also wouldnt make him eligible for common exemptions from the Marine weight requirements.
Even though he doesnt have a future as a Marine, Vincent says completing the test may impact how he approaches his own training moving forward.
The good thing about [taking the test] is that Ive learned a lesson, Vincent says in the video. A., That Im better than I think I am, so I need to not almost talk myself down. And B., I need to train more like this. Even though its out of my comfort zone, that mental toughness is what I need.
But before hitting the gym with this new philosophy, Vincent could use a good dose of recovery.
It hurts, Vincent says at the end of the video. Im ready for a nap.
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People's Champion finalist 2018: H2O Hygiene
With a husband and wife team at its helm, this water hygiene specialist is achieving million-pound growth - the question is, does it have what it takes to be your People's Champion?
With a husband and wife team at its helm, this water hygiene specialist is achieving million-pound growth - the question is, does it have what it takes to be your People's Champion?
Could this virtual mortgage advisor that uses chatbots to find users the best deal win your vote for People's Champion?
Helen is a domestic goddess on the side, with gleaming ovens and pristine carpets to show for it. Will her hard work in people's homes translate into People's Champion votes?
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We also saw better results with Prevacid. Also Reglan help aids in faster digestion. BUT my reflux baby continued to spit up until he finally outgrew it at 18mo.
Hello all!!
My daughter is 4months old now. We have been working with her and her spitting up. The doctor put her on zantac which really doesnt seem to make any difference at all. We elevated her bed. We keep her up 30-45 min after a bottle. Which was all helping before when she was still not moving as much and pretty still. Now we cant keep her still and she is rolling and moving and grooving so much she spits up all the time again. I have added cerel to all her bottles to help thicken it up to help it stay down. (doesnt work) Like I said he increased the zantac doesnt make any difference. We put her in a bouncer or exersaucer and she is just moving all over the place nothing stays down. I give her tummy time everyday but then she really pukes all over but she loves to be on the floor rolling around and playing!!! WHAT DO I DO LOL!!! HELP!! I think I have tried everything I can think of but the stinker just loves to move. I dont want to take her tummy time away and I dont want to keep her straped into a chair or bouncer all day too just to keep the food down. I go back to the doc next week for her shots and I'll up date him. But I would much rather hear what you all have to say!! Thanks for your time!
H. and Summer
Let me tell you!!! I started her on spoon fed cerel and baby food and she rarely spits up now! It sure was hard at first getting her to eat off a spoon but now she loves it. SO far her favorite is bananas!!! I am just happy she is happy now. She seems to be less crabby and rarely cries now. I think her tummy is settling with the big girl food now. Thanks everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We also saw better results with Prevacid. Also Reglan help aids in faster digestion. BUT my reflux baby continued to spit up until he finally outgrew it at 18mo.
My son has acid reflux and he is six months old. He was on Zantac, but it didn't work. My son now is on prevacid two times a day and it is working very well. If anything ask he you can see a G.I. specialist because I took my son to Dr. Brady at St. John's and he is 110% better.
My son spit up so much that they hospitalized him! I don't know if you have tried Nutramigen formula but it is a pre digested formula that is on the market. Warning: it is outrageously expensive so if you can get WIC do so. Anyway, my son has been doing great on it. Hope that helps.
zantac did nothing for us, we went to previcid (15mg)and it made a world of difference, when he sits up too long(he is practicing to do it on his own!) or in the bumbo seat he does spit up but other than that we are doing great! you might mention it to your ped, i have 2 friends with reflux babies and the zantac did nothing for them either!
Hi I have had that same problem with my 6 month old and a friend of mine has also had that problem. For my friend, she found that changing her baby's formula helped. For me, in the beginning, we changed my daughter's formula to Lactose free and that helped until just here recently. So, you might try that. I hope you find a solution! :)
My daughter spit up until the age of one-all day, everyday. Her pediatrician told me it just a laundry problem. He said some babies are just spitters. If she is gaining weight and not being bothered by the spitting, I would just check with her doctor and see what he/she thinks before giving her unnecessary medication. Good luck, and I sympathize with you-I was doing laundry nonstop.
Drs think medicine. I say see about changing the milk.
We have a WIC program here that supplies milk to moms until the kids are in school and you get well baby check ups, this is done at the health department. It is more than likely the milk.
Enfamil is a good milk and if that doesn't work, try soy. check withe doctor about what I think . Let me know what you do
You may try using the Playtex bottles with the drop in liners because they prevent air from entering their stomach. My daughter used to spit up after every feeding. I changed her bottles and now the only time she spits up is when she doesn't burp well.
My daughter would spit up buckets after any feeding. When she was about 2 mos old, we switched her to a soy formula. She immediately stopped spitting up, and really didn't have any more problems. Her doctor said that about 20% of all babies are unable to digest milk protein. When she turned 1, we switched her to whole milk without any issues.
My son had a problem with acid reflux and was prescribed Zantec. His doctor said that the Zantec wouldn't make him spit up less, but it would help the pain of it and protect his esophageal lining. We only used it for about a month or so, because he never seemed to have any pain with it.
Hope this helps!
All three of mine are HUGE pukers too....large amounts. None of them eased up on it until about the time they started crawling unfortunately. We tried all of those things too. The docs didn't care too fix it much because all of my kids were still gaining weight. Your baby will most likely be ok, your carpet on the other hand...
My daughter did that too and so did my twin nephews. They put all of them on soy based milk. Which help my daughter, but the twins still had problems. They continued to examine the twins and they were losing a lot of weight. The twin did have to have surgery because the flap that was to open and close while you eat was not staying closed. After they had surgery it fixed it.
The next time u go to the doctor let them know the med isn't helping and see if they have any other suggestions for u.
my son is alomst 9 months old...and he still spits up at times...but when he was around that age...he was constantly spitting up...and sometimes alot...but his dr. just said that he was a happy spitter..and he wouldnt put him on any meds..he just said he would eventually grow out of it...which i think he finally might be..so maybe she just needs sometime...i know it is annoying at times...constanstly cleaning bibs and clothes and the floor and so on...but hopefully it will get better...i dont know if i was much help...but i was just letting you know..she isnt the only little spitter upper out there...lol...well hope it will ease your concern a little...A.
My nephew had a problem with spitting up, and they had him on Prevacid and changed his formula to one that was thickened with corn starch, and that helped until he eventually grew out of this stage.
Good luck,
Well do you burp her once when she's at least halfway through the bottle? That helps out a lot because you get whatever gas bubble is there out and it helps her from spitting up after she's through. But as to never spitting up, that's not going to stop, all babies will spit up no matter how hard you try to get them not to, but don't worry about her not getting enough nutrition bc only a little of the spit up is actually her milk, most of it is mucous. I know it's really messy though but just try keeping a bib on her once she's done eating and most of it should just soak into that. I hope I helped a little, good luck, S.
My daughter (who is now almost 4 yrs.) spit up all the time when she was an infant. We would move from burp clothes to towels some days. Her pediatrician never prescribed any medication for her and explained that there is a portion in her throat area that had not completely developed and that over time it would (I apologize, I don't know the technical terms). She spit up until she was heavy into solids (around 6 months). She would still occasionally spit up, but only when she had a lot to drink. Sometime between 6 and 7 months it just stopped and she never spit up again. She is now very healthy and loves to eat. I say wait it out, it sounds like their "conditions" are similar (especially if the zantac isn't working). It does stink, but as long as she is getting nourished and is healthy, i think it's something you may have to deal with.
I hope this helps.
I had the same problem with my son and he keep spitting up until he turned one!! Our doctor said that it is not a problem as long as he is gaining weight. So I wouldn't worry unless your little one starts losing weight. And it will eventually go away!!!!
Hi H.!
What your little girl is experiencing is pretty normal, I think. My youngest daughter was breast fed and spit up ALL the time from reflux. I was afraid that she wasn't getting enough nutrients, but her weight was always fine and her energy level was through the roof. When she was almost 6 months old and we put her on baby food, she would spit that up as well. So, under pediatric advice, we started giving her table food at 9 months, and the problem just vanished. I know it is hard to see your baby spitting up a lot, but she sounds to be very happy and healthy. Just keep tons of burp rags handy for now, and she'll grow out of it before you know it!
Best wishes!
It sounds like you have gotten some really good advice from the other moms. My 7 month old did exactly that until I had her tested using the PB Probe test done and they put her on Prilosec, they had to solidify it and add a little flavor to it. However it helped out a great deal. Have them do the test and please keep me posted on how things turn out. My e-mail address is [email protected]____.com what the Radiologists said anymore 98% of babies have acid reflux. I didn't have this problem with my oldest; however I definitely have it with my youngest.
Have you tried feeding her smaller quantities more frequently?
my 1 year old did the same thing. nothing worked, not the sitting up, she was a breat baby, none of the medicines worked. I didn't really worry as long as she was still gaining weight. We changed Drs whe she as 6 mos. our new dr did osteopathic manipulation and cranial osteopathy. it's similer to chiropractic (not the same but similer) that stoped her sipitting up. and if she started spitting again all i had to do was take her back in and get her another adjustment and it would stop. you may talk to you dr and see if there is a D.O. he recomends for the manipulation. it really works!
When my middle boy did this I had to switch formulas and stop drinking milk and eating eggs. I was nursing and giving him supplemental bottles because my production was low.
Have you tried a soy formula? Some babies are just lactose intolerant for the first few years. use rice cereal instead of oats or mixed cereal and don't get one with fruit in it.
Smaller meals might help, or limit activities to the half hour before a meal instead of an hour after.
If she's not holding up her head yet then skip tummy time for now. Her little tummy can't take the pressure right now.
Way back when my oldest was little I gave up on Similac cause he did the same thing. Soy wasn't an option back then I think. I just switched to whole milk after about 6 months of puke pefumed clothes. I would never recommend this action now.
Hi H., My 5 month old still spits up too. Zantac didn't work so my doc put him on Previcid. It really did't work for my son but my cousins baby was completely better on Previcid. I have been told to feed him less(even though I am breastfeeding) so that there is less in his tummy. Maybe you should talk to the doc about changing formula. I have heard they usually grow out of it by about 8 months. Hang in there, as long as ahe is gaining weight and not too uncomfortable, I wouldn't worry too much.
You might check the iron content. My son puked like crazy and the Zantac did nothing. Prevacid seemed to help some. He wouldn't take a bottle, so I was breastfeeding. At one point, my prescription for iron supplements (the ones they give while pregnant) ran out and I was off of them for a couple of days. It was like someone turned off his faucet! He was virtually "cured" and spit up still happened but more like a normal baby.
My niece was also a projectile vomitter on formula. When her mom switched her to one with less iron, she was much better. Something to try anyway. Good luck.
My son at about 2 months started spitting up massive amounts of formula and it was starting to affect his weight. His doctor put him on Zantac and it seemed to help for about 1 week, and it was all back going strong again. The doctor kept insisting it wasn't his formula because he didn't have classic signs of a "formula allergy", but my husband and I switched him to soy formula on our owns and he stopped spitting up so badly..more like a normal child at that point...as he got older we were finally able to transition him to Lactose-Free formula and now at the age of 1 is off all formula and drinking whole milk without any problems at all.


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The FHA will start backing mortgages for individual units and will have greater. It's unclear just how much the expansion could increase the U.S. homeownership rate, as prices have risen faster.
Fha Home Loan Interest Rates Today Conventional Loan Calculator Let Hard Numbers Guide Your FHA or. interest rates and mortgage insurance costs, finding the cheapest option can be a. According to Realty Today, seven of ten people surveyed claim that.
October 2, 2019, according to Bankrate's latest survey of the nation's largest mortgage lenders, the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate is 3.72 percent with an APR of 3.84 percent.
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Blend Console
Simultaneously pragmatic and poetical, the Blend console table is a play of contrasts which experiments between art and design: its rough cement pleasantly collides with the refined finish of the enamelled and brass-plated shiny spheres, while the slender interweave of its thin steel legs hold the heavy surface area, delivering a surprising overturn of strengths. It is exactly this "blend" of materials and their balance, light and volume, chromatic and material confluence – that give shape and function to the infinite imagination that lies within the culture of living.
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The Torrigiani Garden in Florence
Hidden in the heart of Florence is the garden Torrigiani whose nearly seven hectares is the largest private garden in Europe within the circle of the walls of a city.
The Torrigiani family gave the assignment to design the garden first to Luigi de Cambray Digny (author of the Cenotaph of Dante in Santa Croce Church) and later to Gaetano Baccani. Behind its gates lie 6 acres of rare beauty, ranging to compose an extraordinary private park, certainly one of the finest examples of romantic garden.
The current entrance on via del Campuccio introduces a large space marked by a large circular flowerbed with the quadripartite, the great classical group, designed by Pio Fedi, who represents Seneca with young Pietro Torrigiani. Among the many alleys, small hills and large lawns you can admire many original architectural structures of great interest like the Hermitage, the Gymnasium, the Aviary and the bed of the river Ladon in the adjoining bridge.
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A Meeting of the Suffolk Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation Board of Directors will be held on Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 10:00am at Suffolk OTB Headquarters, 425 Oser Ave., Suite 2, Hauppauge , NY 11788 in the conference room. The meeting will be open to the public.
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I hope we see a British team in the EuroChallenge soon, we certainly have a couple of teams capable of competing.
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Durham Wildcats have been dealt an early season blow with American centre Tom Knight deciding to leave the club to head to Finland with EuroChallenge side Kataja.
The 23-year-old Notre Dame graduate began his rookie season as a pro with an average of 16.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game in Durham's opening two games last weekend.
And Knight has now taken the opportunity to fight for a chance to play in the Finnish top flight with Kataja after being handed a 10-day trial.
The departure leaves Durham with a hole to fill, but while they search for a replacement Head Coach Lee Davie is refusing to panic.
"We are obviously disappointed to lose Tom," he told the club's website. "It was clear that he was going to make a big impact in the BBL but these things happen. He has an opportunity he simply feels that he cannot turn down.
"The timing is tough on us but the squad are continuing to develop as a group and I am confident that we will continue to progress. We will obviously be looking to bolster the squad again but we won't rush into anything that doesn't make sense – we have a group that we believe in and whilst we are all disappointed our focus is to build on what was a promising first weekend of the season."
Durham have started the season with a 1-1 record after bouncing back from a defeat to Sheffield with a crushing win against BBL newcomers Leeds Force. Next up, the small matter of hosting the Newcastle Eagles – a team they have failed to beat in 14 previous BBL meetings.
I hope we see a British team in the EuroChallenge soon, we certainly have a couple of teams capable of competing.
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Songs of Living
My inner self is very private
I protect it from my managing self
Often losing touch with it as I hide it
While my managing self battles for what I think is my survival
In a difficult outer world.
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Dec 9-13 Scheduled Road Resurfacing
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Osceola County, Florida – Please be advised that the following roads are tentatively scheduled for resurfacing.
Roadways include: Stroupe Road: Partin Settlement Road to end of pavement, Schooner Drive: Partin Settlement Road to end of pavement, Will Barber Road: Neptune Road to end of pavement, Greenwood Avenue: Will Barber Road to Woodlawn Terrace, and Woodlawn Terrace: Greenwood Avenue to end of pavement.
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Willie Nelson Coming to New York
And he's bring a whole bunch of friends with him.
It's called the Outlaw Music Festival with headliners Willie Nelson and Family and it's coming to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, near Albany on Saturday September 7th and Willie is bringing some heavy hitters with him, according to a press release.
It was just announced that Bonnie Raitt, Alison Krauss and Brothers Osborne are coming along, plus they have promised to announce more names as we get closer to the date of the show. This looks like the perfect way to close out the summer of 2019.
If you are interested in buying tickets for the show at SPAC, tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. and they have a bunch of different ticket packages to choose from with prices ranging from $35.00 for lawn seats and up to $129.50 for reserved seats in the pavilion.
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Flood water rising in Lanao del Sur towns due to heavy rainfall
COTABATO CITY -- Flood water has been rising in several towns in Lanao del Sur as the Tail-End of a Cold Front and Low Pressure Area continue to bring rains in the province and nearby areas.
Tong Pacasum of the Lanao del Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) reported that floods in the towns of Taraka and Bubong in Lanao del Sur have been rising, sending people to safer grounds.
According to the bulletin of Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) issued at 4 p.m., heavy rainfall is now affecting the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Camiguin, Bukidnon, Surigao del Sur, Surigao del Norte, Dinagat Island, Siargao Island, Agusan del Sur and Agusan del Norte.
"Flood is threatening in these areas," PAGASA said.
In Lanao del Sur, Pacasum said it has been raining the past two hours and all barangay and municipal disaster teams have been alerted.
The Office of Civil Defense in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (OCD-ARMM) is closely monitoring the water level with the help of military and police organizations using its communications and personnel.
After floods were reported in seven towns in Lanao del Sur Wednesday, Governor Soraya Alonto-Adiong and the Humanitarian Emergency Assistance and Response Team (HEART) of the ARMM said that the affected villages are those near rivers that overflowed due to huge volume of rainwater.
Provincial disaster workers have started distributing relief goods to displaced families now numbering about 8,960 as of 7 a.m. Thursday.
Also flooded towns were Ditsaan-Ramain, Taraka, Maguing, Kapai, Poona Bayabao and Balabagan towns.
At 4:30 p.m. today, PAGASA also issued "Code Orange" for Lanao del Sur which means "flooding is threatening in low lying areas and near river channels and landslides over mountainous areas." (PNA)
Source: Philippines News Agency