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Brizo 62636LF-PN Brilliance Polished Nickel Bar / Prep Faucet Double Handle Bridge with Metal Lever Handles from the Tresa Collection
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Tresa Low Lead Compliant Double Handle Bar/Prep Bridge Faucet with Metal Lever Handles
Traditional yet timeless styling bridges the past and present.
Faucet Features:
- Solid brass with one-piece cast brass waterway.
- 6 3/8" (162 mm) long, 11 15/16" (303 mm) high rigid spout.
- 1/4 turn handle stops.
- Hot and cold stems are interchangeable.
- Control mechanism shall be of the rotating cylinder type with 90º rotation, with replaceable non-metallic seats, operating in stainless steel lined sockets.
- Maximum flow rate 2.2 gpm @ 60 PSI.
- Ceramic disc valving.
Faucet Specifications:
- ADA Compliant: Yes
- Low Lead Compliant: Yes
- Overall Height: 11.9375"
- Width: 14.5"
- Spout Height: 8.6250"
- Spout Reach: 6.3750"
- Number Of Handles: 2
- Handle Style: Metal Lever
- Handles Included: Yes
- Product Weight: 8.500 lbs.
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- ADA Compliant: Some people, and some local codes, require fixtures that are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- Water Efficient Product meeting CALGreen standards:
- Kitchen Faucets: Flow Rate of 1.8 gpm or 1.5 gpm versus Industry Standard ASME.A112.18.1/CSA.B125.1 of 2.2 gpm.
- Lavatory Faucets: Flow Rate of 1.5 gpm versus Industry Standard ASME.A112.18.1/CSA.B125.1 of 2.5 gpm.
- Showerheads and Handshowers: Flow Rate of 1.5 or 2.0 gpm versus Industry Standard ASME.A112.18.1/CSA.B125.1 of 2.5 gpm.
- Brilliance Finishes: Brizo Brilliance Finishes are designed to not corrode, tarnish or discolor for a "like-new" look for life. Through a process known as Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) finish molecules are embedded deep in within the surface of the faucet, creating a bond that is virtually indestructible with an incredibly reflective shine.
- CA/VT Compliant: Product that meet California AB 1953 and Vermont S152 requirements.
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- Brilliance Polished Nickel
- Brushed Bronze
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- Stainless Steel
- Venetian Bronze
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Brizo is the leading manufacturer of luxury kitchen and bath faucets and accessories. Inspired by nature as well as technology; by art in addition to architecture; by the past as well as the future; Brizo truly is fashion for the home. However, they draw their greatest inspiration from the richest yet most elusive source of all : our dreams. This belief is evident in their huge selection of kitchen and bath collections that feature cutting edge innovations such as SmartTouch, MagneDock, and H2OKinetic Technologies; as well as their partnership with fashion designer Jason Wu. Brizo, where fashion forward meets forward thinking.
Brizo Tresa Collection
Tresa reunites us with the past by taking design elements from the earliest of European fountains. A simple bend in the neck and traditional styling provide the classic feel of these graceful structures. Tresa faucets are offered for both the kitchen and bath for those that want to have the complete traditional look throughout their homes.
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LIFETIME FAUCET AND FINISH LIMITED WARRANTY All parts and finishes of the Brizo® faucet are warranted to the original consumer purchaser to be free from defects in material and workmanship for as long as the original consumer purchaser owns their home. Delta Faucet Company recommends using a professional plumber for all installation and repair. Delta will replace, FREE OF CHARGE, during the warranty period, any part or finish that proves defective in material and/or workmanship under normal installation, use and service. Replacement parts may be obtained by calling 1-877-345-BRIZO (2749) or by writing: Delta Faucet Company Brizo Product Service 55 E. 111th Street PO BOX 40980 Indianapolis, IN 46280 BRIZO HELP LINE: 1?877?345?BRIZO (2749) E-MAIL: email@example.com This warranty is extensive in that it covers replacement of all defective parts and even finish, but these are the only two things that are covered. LABOR CHARGES AND/OR DAMAGE INCURRED IN INSTALLATION, REPAIR, OR REPLACEMENT, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER KIND OF LOSS OR DAMAGE ARE EXCLUDED. Proof of purchase (original sales receipt) from the original consumer purchaser must be made available to Delta for all warranty claims. THIS IS THE EXCLUSIVE WARRANTY BY DELTA FAUCET COMPANY, WHICH DOES NOT MAKE ANY OTHER WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY. This warranty excludes all industrial, commercial and business usage, of faucets whose purchasers are hereby extended a five-year limited warranty from the date of purchase, with all other terms of this warranty applying except the duration of the warranty. This warranty is applicable only to Brizo faucets manufactured after January 1, 1995. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. Any damages to this faucet as a result of misuse, abuse, or neglect or any use of other than genuine Delta replacement parts WILL VOID THE WARRANTY. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. It applies only to Delta faucets installed in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico.


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MORRISTOWN, N.J. -- As Winter Storm Nemo approaches New Jersey, this weekend's scheduled NEAC basketball games at the College of Saint Elizabeth have the potential to change. As of Thursday afternoon, the games will go on as plan.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (July 17, 2011) — The creation of the Player's Pick 5, a thrilling finish in the $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup and the largest Friday night crowd in more than 10 years were the highlights of the Spring/Summer meet at Hollywood Park. The 54-day season concluded Sunday.
A 50-cent minimum bet with a California low takeout rate of 14%, the Player's Pick 5 debuted April 21. Available on the first five races daily, the wager quickly grew popular. The average daily handle for the meet exceeded $200,000. A $70 investment for one player July 9 led to a record payout of $157,395.
Trainer Bob Baffert finished 1-2 in the Gold Cup – a Grade I seen by a national television audience via ESPN – with First Dude defeating Game On Dude by a nose with favorite Twirling Candy a neck back in third. It was the first time a trainer had taken the first two spots in Hollywood Park's signature race since Bobby Frankel with Aptitude and Skimming in 2001.
The win was the third in four starts for First Dude since joining Baffert's barn. The Gold Cup was a Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In'' Challenge event, so First Dude earned a fees-paid spot in the Breeders' Cup Classic Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs, plus a $10,000 travel allowance.
A crowd of 20,206 attended July 8, an evening the popular local reggae band Rebelution performed a post race concert at the North Park.
Blind Luck, the top older female in the country, rallied from last to win the Grade I Vanity Handicap June 18 and was honored as Horse of the Meet in the annual media poll.
Cambina and Nereid finished in a dead heat in the $250,000 American Oaks July 16, the first dead heat in a Grade I at Hollywood Park since the Richard Mandella trained pair of Beautiful Melody and Reluctant Guest finished on even terms in the 1990 Beverly Hills Handicap.
Along with First Dude, Courageous Cat and Irish Gypsy earned Breeders' Cup berths – in the TVG Breeders' Cup Mile and Filly and Mare Sprint, respectively – with wins in the Shoemaker Mile and the A Gleam Handicap. Courageous Cat outfinished Caracortado in the Shoemaker while Irish Gypsy edged Ultra Blend in the A Gleam.
La Canada Stables topped the owners' standings in both victories (16) and earnings ($389,142). This was the second consecutive year La Canada had the most wins.
Jockey Joel Rosario defended his crown with 64 winners, seven more than runner-up Rafael Bejarano. Rosario has won five of the last six meets at Hollywood Park. His lone miss was the 2010 Oak Tree season when he finished one winner (35-34) behind Bejarano.
Baffert won his first Spring/Summer title, finishing with 36 victories. The eighth trainer to win at least 500 races at Hollywood Park – he reached the milestone when Glamorista won July 4 – Baffert also was tops in stakes victories with eight.
The training championship was the fourth at Hollywood Park for the Hall of Famer. Baffert also led Oak Tree in 2010 and the Autumn meets in 1999 and 2001.
Complete statistical figures for the Spring/Summer meet are being compiled and will be released within a few days.
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Of all the relaxing things to do in Spain and Portugal, of which there is an almost countless number, spa time has to be near the top of the list. The Iberian appreciation for living life well coupled with the amazing menu of seaside spa retreats, mountain getaways, and island sanctuaries make it a fantastic destination for wellness holidays.
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Past world road champion Alessandro Ballan will need surgery to correct complications that have hindered his comeback from past medical procedures, BMC Racing Team Chief Medical Officer Dr. Max Testa announced Sunday.
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Ballan has raced only 15 times after missing the first six months of the season. "Alessandro hasn't had a break from bad luck after his injury," Dr. Testa said. "He's been having reoccurring issues with his health and we hope this surgery finally brings an end to it." Most recently, Ballan withdrew from the Tour de Wallonie last month, complaining of abdominal pain. "He spent two days in a hospital in Belgium undergoing observation and we eventually cleared him to return to racing," Dr. Testa said. "But further investigation has determined he will need surgery to release the adhesions on his abdomen developed after the previous surgeries." Dr. Testa said the BMC Racing Team's medical staff is consulting with specialists in Italy and the United States. The surgery will be performed in the next two or three weeks, he said.
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Ballan said the more-than-eight-month ordeal has been as challenging as any bicycle race in his 10-year professional career. "I was happy with my recovery after the crash in Denia, but then sad when I had more problems," he said. "But I am strong and I know after this last surgery I will be as healthy before. This experience has brought me closer to my family and friends and will make me stronger in life as well." BMC Racing Team President/General Manager Jim Ochowicz said the team has missed the presence of Ballan, who won two races last year: the final stage of the Eneco Tour of Benelux and the one-day Giro della Toscana. "We certainly missed Alessandro in the spring classics and we were hoping he would be healthy by this time," Ochowicz said. "We wish him a speedy recovery and know he is in the best of care." Dr. Testa said there is no timetable for Ballan to return to competition until after the surgery is performed.


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For decades, movies and sitcoms have presented a caricature of the sweaty-palmed, birds-and-bees conversation in which Dad stammers through a convoluted description of sex to a preadolescent child — who, it turns out, knows all of the details already. The humor arises from the tension most parents feel about discussing sex with their kids. ("What if we tell him too much?" "Will this rob him of his innocence?" "What if he starts asking about what we do?")
What isn't so funny is the reality that too many children learn about sex from everyone but their parents. Playground slang and obscenity, a distorted description of intercourse from the tough kid up the street, or worst of all, a look at some pornographic material on cable TV or the Internet often provides a child's first jarring glimpse of sex. What should be seen as the most beautiful, meaningful and private communication between a married couple becomes a freak-show curiosity. "Mom and Dad did that? More than once?!"
Efforts by public schools to correct misinformation from the street and lack of information from home often leave out a critical ingredient: the moral framework within which the facts about reproduction should be presented. Without an ethical context, sex education becomes little more than basic training in anatomy, physiology, infectious diseases and contraception.
Many churches have made laudable efforts to teach biblical principles of sexuality to their youth groups. But these important concepts are not always accompanied by accurate medical information or refusal skills. Furthermore, youth-group presentations usually begin late in the game (i.e., during the teen years) and rarely involve an on-going dialogue about this subject.
The best place for a child to learn about sexuality is at home from those who care most about him. Anyone can teach the basic facts about reproduction in an hour or two (or they can be read in any of several reference books), but you are in the best position to put this information in the proper context and give it the right perspective over a period of years. There are no cut-and-dried formulas for carrying out this assignment, but keep the following principles in mind:
Giving a child facts about reproduction, including details about intercourse, does not rob him of innocence. Innocence is a function of attitude, not information. A school-age child who understands the specifics of sex, while seeing it as an act that, in the proper context, both expresses love and begins new life, retains his innocence. But a child who knows very little about sex can already have a corrupt mind-set if he has been exposed to it in a degrading, mocking or abusive context.
If you feel squeamish or inhibited about broaching this subject with your child, reflect for a moment about your own attitudes. Do you harbor any feelings that sexual activity, even within the context of marriage, is somehow base or something that God really doesn't approve of? If you realize that this is an issue for you, some conversations with your pastor, a counselor or both may be in order. Hopefully these discussions, and perhaps a reading of the Song of Solomon and other Bible passages, will alleviate any uneasiness you might harbor regarding God's attitude toward sexuality. Books that are reliable, informative and honoring to sex, marriage and the Creator of both can also be very helpful. Two good examples are The Gift of Sex: A Guide to Sexual Fulfillment by Dr. Clifford and Joyce Penner and Intended for Pleasure by Dr. Ed and Gaye Wheat. But for many people uneasiness about sex may be rooted in life experiences, especially if they involve sexual abuse experienced during childhood, adolescence or even adulthood. It is never too late to address such issues with an individual who has training and experience in this area and can help you work toward healing.
Don't wait to tell your child everything you know about sex during a single, intense marathon session. Doing so risks either waiting until it's too late or dumping more in the child's lap than he can process. Instead, information should be released gradually during many conversations over a period of several years. (The same principle applies to any other area of life — faith, values, responsibilities, relationships, handling money and so on — in which you intend to offer guidance to your child. These subjects are too important to be confined to a single conversation.)
In many instances, you will be giving information on a need-to-know basis. Your five-year-old is probably going to want to know how the baby inside Aunt Susie is going to get out. But your child may not think to ask how the baby got there, and you don't need to broach the subject at that time. On the other hand, if you haven't yet had any discussions about reproduction with your ten-year-old, you will need to take the initiative to start some conversations. She has already heard all sorts of things on the playground and needs to hear from more reputable and mature sources.
What if your child asks you questions you can't answer? Be honest, and then do some research. You gain far more stature in your child's eyes by showing candor than by bluffing. You may not have a detailed knowledge of the intricacies of the menstrual cycle or the developmental stages of puberty, but you're never too old to learn.
Adapted from the Complete Guide to Baby & Child Care, a Focus on the Family book published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Copyright © 1999, Focus on the Family. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission.
You put her to bed as your precious baby; she awoke as a nearly fully developed adolescent, full of questions — questions you sense her stifling in deference to your obvious discomfort. Time flies when you're avoiding "the talk."
Do you remember how important the topic of sex was to you when you were a teenager — and how your parents skillfully evaded it? You promised yourself you'd do better as a parent.
Thinking back to your own teen years, you remember your obsession with boy-girl relationships. Still the question rattles around in the back of your mind: Why haven't I talked with my teens about relationships and sex?
After a little honest reflection many parents will realize that their own sexual history is the roadblock. It's nearly impossible to talk frankly with our children about sex until we have acknowledged the wounds from our past — and worked to heal them.
When we begin to process our sexual past, some of us must begin in childhood because that is where the pain began. As we lived through our childhood, some people loved us well — appropriately and unconditionally. Their love was not dependent on what we did or how we looked. Others experienced poor loving relationships. Some of us may have felt we had to earn love and approval with our appearance or through our achievements.
Poor loving relationships also may have been manifested in sexual abuse from family members or close family friends. Typically, children deal with such abuse by blaming themselves: I'm not pretty enough or handsome enough; I deserve this mistreatment. Or maybe they thought they were too pretty or too handsome: Older people cannot help themselves around me.
As we grew into adolescence these assumptions may have led to unhealthy behaviors, such as eating disorders, as we tried to make ourselves more attractive — or less so. They may even have led to suicidal thoughts or attempts. We may never have heard the truth: The abuse was NOT YOUR FAULT.
It is never appropriate for one person to sexually abuse another.
Some of us may still be tending wounds from what we believed, at the time, to have been appropriate teen behaviors. Some were a part of the "sexual revolution" generation. We spent our teen years in the "free love" 1960s and 70s. During those decades, sexual behaviors that had been taboo became common. "The pill" mitigated the consequences of sexual activity outside of marriage.
Parents, along with schools and churches, were caught off-guard by society's rapid changes in sexual mores. It took years for the educational system and processes to begin to catch up with the changes.
Many reaped the consequences of being impressionable teens during the sexual revolution. Some carry the scars of being sexually active outside of marriage. For others, emotional scars have persisted. We may have had trouble bonding or really being in love with our spouse because we emotionally bonded to several previous sexual partners. Many of us are haunted by mental scars. The images of past lovers may inhibit our efforts to be psychologically exclusive to our spouse. The physical scars of teen pregnancy, abortion, or sexually transmitted diseases may have taken a fierce toll on our health.
For others, pornography has insidiously captured their minds and souls.
As parents, what can you do to get healed so that you can talk about Scriptural truth?
You may feel like a hypocrite if you insist that your children avoid behaviors you engaged in. But, this is to avoid the teachable moment that constantly springs up for those watching for it. Assessing your child's age and maturity level, you can speak frankly with your child about the damage — initially and lasting — that resulted from such behaviors. You can also point them back to Scripture and God's warnings to His people to avoid the things that will hurt them and cause separation from Him and others.
In the King James Bible, God says,
These passages use the word fornication (sexual intercourse with someone with whom a person is not married) as an evil sin. We are to run from sexual immorality. God designed the gift of sex to be given to one another as husband and wife. Therefore, Scripture counsels us to marry so that we don't sin sexually.
Furthermore, Scripture uses the word fornication in the same context as other grievous sins, such as murder, adultery and thievery. And these are but a few Scripture passages that tell how we are to use our sexuality according to God's plan.
Many people — even some Christians — look at these passages as proof that God is angry and vengeful. Yet, if you have gone through the heartache of violating his precepts and principles, you know first hand that his boundaries were put in place to save us from a multitude of pain and sorrow. His Word will guide us to the best life we can live; a life full of His blessings and free from guilt and shame.
Whether we like it or not, parents are pressed into God's service to tell the good — and often difficult — news to our teens. Our past does not disqualify us from telling our children the truth. The good news is that your teens will hear God's Scriptural truth from the person who loves them most — you. The difficult part is that some parents will still be going through a painful healing process even as they talk with their kids.
Here are some suggestions to begin this process:
If you are still afraid of or unsure about your role as your child's spiritual and sexual teacher and role model, take some time to examine what the world and the culture is cramming into kids' minds every day. If you do not take the time to teach your child, the only teacher he or she will ever have is a world vehemently opposed to Jesus Christ and His truth.
As you ponder the process of communicating to your school-age child about sex, remember that the primary message you need to give him — more important in the long run than the specific facts and figures — is the importance of respect:
Think in terms of a gradual and relaxed release of information to your child: During the preschool years, begin with the basic naming of body parts and a general understanding of where babies come from, and before puberty begins, progress to full disclosure of the reproductive process.
Young children should know the correct names of their body parts (usually learned during bath time) and gain a basic sense of privacy and modesty for the "bathing suit" areas of the body. While understanding that their genitals are not "bad" or "dirty," they should also know that they are not intended for public display. Now that diaper days are over, your child should learn that the genital area should be touched only by the child himself, a doctor or nurse during an exam, or a parent for a specific reason. Tell your child that if someone else tries to touch those areas, he should protest noisily, get away and tell you as soon as possible. He must know that you will not be angry or upset with him if this should happen.
It is extremely likely that before age five, and possibly later as well, your child will engage in some form of genital show-and-tell with a sibling or another small child. If and when you discover this in progress, your response should not be overblown. Don't tell him that you are shocked and terribly ashamed of him, but instead clearly reinforce the privacy rule and remind him about respect for himself and the other child. The same should happen if your child streaks through the house or yard when others are present or exposes himself to someone else to get a reaction. More significant consequences should follow, of course, if you have talked to him about this behavior but he repeats it anyway. Here, however, the issue is obedience more than the specific act itself.
At some point he may barge into the bathroom when you're in the shower or even wander into the bedroom at a highly inopportune time. Again, don't overreact, but calmly ask him to leave. Later let him know that there is nothing bad about what he saw, but that it is meant to be private and that he should knock on the door first before coming into your room. Incidentally, once the toddler years have passed, grown-ups should abide by a dress code when the kids are at home: If you're not wearing enough to be seen by adult houseguests, you're not wearing enough to be seen by your children.
Along with learning the names and addresses of body parts, younger children will also be interested in the big picture of reproduction. Questions will undoubtedly come up if you are expecting a new baby in your family, and this event can provide a nice long window of opportunity to talk about the entire process of pregnancy and birth. With or without a nine-month object lesson at home, a straightforward explanation that a baby grows inside the mother and that at the right time he or she comes into the world through the mother's vagina will satisfy the need-to-know concerns for many children through the first or second grade.
Some will want to know more: How could the baby get through that small hole? Does it hurt to have a baby? Does Daddy help the baby come out? Matter-of-fact answers can alleviate a lot of concern: Yes, it is uncomfortable when the baby is born, but a doctor helps the baby come out and can give medicine to help the mother feel better. Moms who are going to have babies go to special classes, usually with the dads, so they'll be ready when the time comes.
Eventually, one way or another, the Big Question will come up: Why and how does a baby start to grow inside a mother? (Another common scenario: Once your child is old enough to appreciate a reading of the Christmas story, you may need to explain what a virgin is.) You should avoid mythology (storks) or pseudotheology ("God sends the baby to the mother") or misleading euphemisms ("The mother and father sleep together, and then the baby begins to grow inside the mother"). Some parents talk about mothers and fathers having a very special kind of hug, just for the two of them, which starts the baby growing, but even that explanation may be unclear. Indeed, all of these explanations suggest that pregnancy is a random or unpredictable event.
Only you can judge the readiness of your child, but in most cases when the question needs to be answered, offer a very simple but straightforward explanation. You can talk about how a mother makes a tiny egg inside her body every month, and if there is some sperm from the father to join with the egg at the right time, a baby will begin to grow. When you get more specific about the process that brings the man's sperm and the woman's egg together, remember to stress context: A man and woman who are married and love each other very much have a special time, just for the two of them, when they get very close to each other — in fact, so close that the man inserts his penis into the woman's vagina. After a while he releases his sperm inside her. Younger children will usually find this idea rather strange, and you can stress that when the man and woman love each other very much, they feel very good while this is going on.
You will need to supply a name for this activity: Having sex is probably the most direct without being vulgar; making love is a little vague; and sexual intercourse is rather clinical, although children should know that this is the term they'll be hearing later in life. Throughout, stress how good sex is — provided it occurs at the right time, with the right person and in the context of marriage.
Sooner or later, you will also need to talk about situations in which single adults are pregnant or raising children without a partner. You may be having these conversations with your children as a single parent. Children will need to know that some people have sex even though they are not married and that a baby may begin to grow inside a mother as a result. Or they may be married when the baby starts to grow but not married later on.
Whether you will want or need to delve more deeply into the complexities of adult life will depend upon your situation and the age of your child. A young child is going to be more concerned about basic information and his own security with you, whether married or single. A child approaching puberty will probably need more details: What happens when a single woman becomes pregnant? Do they all have their babies? Why do some mothers and fathers split up?
These may be emotional questions to tackle, especially if you have been involved in a divorce or are rearing one or more children on your own for whatever reason. But without condemning others or justifying irresponsibility, this can be an appropriate time to talk about the fact that sexual activity should not be taken lightly. You may want to mention that the Designer of human beings laid down some rules about sex for good reason — not to be a killjoy but to maximize our enjoyment of it and to prevent painful consequences. Sex experienced within those boundaries — between one man and one woman, maintained within a marriage relationship to which both are committed for the rest of their lives — is not only right but the safest and most pleasurable.
As your child approaches puberty, you are going to have to shift gears from talking about sex in general to more specific briefings on his or her own sexuality. Whether you make this a specific discussion or include it as part of a more extensive explanation of what lies ahead during the adolescent years, you will want your child to be ready for the physical changes that are about to take place.
Girls need to know about breast development, new hair growth and the reproductive cycle. The first menstrual period should be viewed in a positive light, as a passage into adulthood rather than a burden or a "curse of women." Some parents honor the occasion by taking their daughter to dinner at a nice restaurant or presenting her with a special gift. This event is usually the final stage of pubertal development. If you and your daughter stay in communication about the changes she is experiencing, you can usually anticipate and discuss what she can do if her first period begins when she's away from home.
Similarly, boys should be aware that changes are on the horizon, such as deepening of the voice, enlargement of the genitals and new hair growth. They should also know about the likelihood that they will have an unexpected emission of seminal fluid during the night (the "wet dream"), and that this is not a sign of disease or moral failure.
Parents will need to discuss with their child the increasing interest in the opposite sex. The boy or girl will also need to be prepared to deal with attention from the opposite sex if and when it occurs. This is an important time to review specific guidelines, and perhaps a little street wisdom, about relationships and physical contact. While reinforcing the importance of saving sex for marriage, what will you say about other kinds of affectionate touching?
Your preadolescent child will most likely wonder if you're going overboard in broaching this subject. "Dad, I'm not going to jump into bed with people, okay? What's the big deal?" But he or she must understand that we are all designed in such a way that physical contact, once started, naturally progresses to increasing intimacy. Indeed, sex is like a car that begins rolling down a hill. At first the hill is nearly fl at, but then it becomes progressively steeper. The farther you go, the harder it is to stop. That in itself isn't bad or wrong but simply the way we're made. Since the right time to have sex will be some years away, it will be important to make sure that the car doesn't roll very far before the wedding night. This means that your child will want to have a clear idea what his or her boundaries are, and how to maintain them effectively, well before the first socializing with the opposite sex begins.
At some point (probably more than once) during these years, you will need to deal with the subject of masturbation . As children approach adolescence, you will have to make a judgment call on what to say about the significance of self-stimulation after puberty arrives. It is extremely likely that masturbation leading to sexual climax will occur at some point, especially for a male. If he is racked with guilt about it and repeatedly vows never to let it happen again, he will probably expend a lot of energy feeling like a moral failure and worrying unnecessarily about his spiritual welfare.
But when masturbation becomes a routine and frequent habit, especially when accompanied by vivid sexual fantasies or, worse, the viewing of pornography, it can be damaging to sexual and emotional health. In essence, a young man may have hundreds of sexual experiences associated with unrealistic or overtly distorted imagery, reinforced with the extreme pleasure of sexual release. At the very least, when he marries, his real-life sexual partner may seem disappointing by comparison, and his physical and emotional bonding with her may be impaired. This problem will be more significant if there have been many actual sexual partners before the wedding night. At worst, he may come in contact with violent or degrading images and associate his own sexual release with them.
Your approach to this issue will need to be both tactful and realistic. A bottom line worth stressing is that masturbation should not play a major role in your child's life, either as a source of relentless guilt or as a frequent and persistent habit that displaces healthy sexual relations in the future. If it happens once in a while, it happens. But it should not be pursued as a form of recreation, especially while viewing sexually provocative material, and it should never be allowed to occur with other people.
Who should deliver these messages to your growing child? In many families, everyone will feel more comfortable if mothers talk with daughters and fathers with sons. It may be more fruitful in the long run, however, if both parents participate in many of the discussions of sexuality, where mother and father can each offer specific perspectives, and one can pick up the thread if the other draws a blank in a particular area. This also solidifies the notion that sex is a matter for couples who are committed to one another and provides your child with two sources of appropriate information rather than one. In single-parent families in which the child is of the opposite sex from the parent, a trusted friend, relative or youth pastor may need to fill in some gaps in sensitive areas.
While it may be useful to have both parents involved in discussions of sexuality, it will usually not be wise to talk to more than one child at once. This is especially important when you are dealing with your child's own sexuality rather than with less personal topics. A ten-year-old girl who is learning about very personal changes that will be taking place in her body should not have a wisecracking eight-year-old brother in the room. If necessary, take her to a place where you can ensure privacy before you bring up these subjects.
He was the last person she ever suspected, but the evidence against her new husband was undeniable.
The young mother of two little girls sobbed uncontrollably as her story unraveled. The man she thought was a loving husband and stepfather was now in jail – accused of repeatedly molesting one of her daughters.
As a police officer and major crimes detective, I have investigated numerous murders, suicides, accidental deaths, and brutal assaults. In my opinion, the physical, emotional, and sexual victimization of children is among the most despicable crimes.
The apostle Paul, in his letter to the Romans, describes the natural progression of a culture bent on satisfying fleshly desires – a culture much like ours today.
Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God he gave them over to a depraved mind to do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity.(Romans 1:28-29, NIV)
Parents who consider their children "safe" from sexual victimization live in false security and set a dangerous course for their families.
The U.S. Department of Justice reports that 67 percent of all sexual assault victims are children. Another study by the National Center for Victims of Crime (2000) shows that 33 percent of girls (1 out of 3) are sexually abused before the age of 18. Sixteen percent of boys (roughly 1 out of 6) are sexually abused before the age of 18. These alarming figures demonstrate why parents must work diligently to keep their children out of potential risky situations and teach them what to do if someone tries to exploit them sexually.
The person most likely to sexually abuse your child is a person your child knows – and trusts. The sex offender looks for a child who trusts him and can be convinced to stay quiet about inappropriate physical contact. It could be a family member, close relative, neighbor, or trusted youth worker.
Discussing sexuality and/or sexual abuse with your child can be uncomfortable, but in today's world responsible parents cannot afford to skirt the issue. Here are some practical suggestions to incorporate in your home:
It is possible that when you have this conversation with your child, he or she may reveal inappropriate contact someone has had with them in the past. Listen closely to what your child says, but avoid asking a lot of questions. Young children are sometimes quick to affirm information that may or may not be true. Instead, let your child know you believe them and love them. Report suspected sexual abuse to your local law enforcement agency, which will work to substantiate or rule out the information.
As parents, we will never completely eliminate the possibility that our child will be sexually abused - there are simply too many factors outside of our control. Nonetheless, parents empower their children through simple conversation and love. A conversation with your child could save them, and you, a lifetime of pain.
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The action adventure classic "Treasure Island" will open at the Norvell Theater next week with 15-year-old Austin Young playing the infamous Long John Silver.
"I read the book when I was very little and it was the first time I realized the bad guy was the coolest character in the entire story," he said. "Robert Louis Stevenson did a great job showing the duality of a human being in that they can be a very good person in some regards and absolutely immoral and corrupt in others, which really interests me."
Director Reid Leonard said everybody can enjoy Piedmont Players Theatre's youth production.
"It's very funny in places, but it's also really, really exciting," he said. "It's one of those great classic stories."
Young said the show has an occasional quip or theme that older audiences might appreciate.
"It can be enjoyed by everyone because at heart it's just a good swashbuckling story," he said. "It's old as time, nothing new under the sun, but it's still fantastic."
At heart, Young said "Treasure Island" is a coming of age story.
"Essentially, it's Jim Hawkins turning from a boy who doesn't know much into a man that has experienced things," he said. "Long John Silver acts as a father figure to him."
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It is always interesting to hear about those companies who have actually taken radical action to succeed, rather than just talking about it. Seeing changes in market demand and hearing how new tools can help, they jump in and address the challenges head-on. Making the changes creates for these companies something that in a real business sense, sets them apart from their peers.
Such a success story I found recently in Germany, where generally business is booming as compared to the rest of the world. Industry leaders in this leading country have embraced agility. Agility, or more precisely, the lack of it, is one of the key ways in which we can measure the abilities of a production company. For almost every manufacturing operation, the high mix of products and decreasing dependability of the sales forecast means that more and more frequent changes have to be made in the production operation. The old guard of manufacturing people will always tend to assume that higher mix and higher volatility are the enemy, as they expect it will always result in poor performance, such has been their experience.
This simply is not true anymore however. My colleague, Mark Laing, put together a webinar recently where we talked about "Extreme Planning". It talked about the optimisation of materials loading on machines at changeover between products running on SMT lines, and also about the optimisation of work-orders to meet customer demand. Both of these things are not new, they are done pretty much in every manufacturing environment by some system or other, even if they have to be done manually. One question that came up at the end of the webinar was, "What makes Mentor's Production Planning Extreme?" I had chosen the word "extreme" for the title of the webinar with the intent of setting the expectation of taking SMT planning to the next level, where perhaps it had been thought in the past unattainable in reality.
Planning for SMT processes has been a long term issue in the market, where there are many standard tools to choose from, and yet none of them can provide a satisfactory solution. It is a situation of chicken and egg, which represents the two things that make up true SMT planning. One is to group feeders of different products so as to reduce the time it takes to changeover from one product to the next. This is usually called grouping, with tools available with most SMT programming systems today including those from machine vendors. The issue though is selecting the right products to group, which not only is dictated by the commonality of the products, but also by the sequence of the work-orders to meet customer demand as effectively as possible. Unfortunately, this is the other element of SMT planning. The sequence of work-orders can easily be decided by many tools on the market, but, the decisions are based on machine throughput and changeover times. The situation then will go in one of two ways, whichever chicken or egg comes first. Either the operation will create the work-order sequence and then create the materials grouping according to the sequence, or, the material grouping is made first which in turn drives the work-order sequence. Either way, only a small fraction of possible optimization solutions are considered, many assumptions to whichever the second stage is, are inherited. This will almost never result in an effective operation. The "extreme" element then is to have a tool such as the Valor Production Planning which can do both of these optimisations simultaneously. Only in this way can every possible solution be explored without any artificial assumptions.
This is surely then a real high-value functionality for SMT production operations who have started to see sudden changes in demands and face the needs to continuously re-plan in order to meet demand and avoid making excess stock, especially when you can throw literally thousands of products in to the mix and it takes just a few minutes to crunch the numbers. Extreme? I would say so, extreme value!


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I have a 2011 shadowcat 1.5 cams set at 28"DL, 64 pounds, easton lightspeed 400's (325 grain) and i am chronoing the arrows at 302 fps can I get some more speed out of the bow and how do
I go about it
I have a 2011 shadowcat 1.5 cams set at 28"DL, 64 pounds, easton lightspeed 400's (325 grain) and i am chronoing the arrows at 302 fps can I get some more speed out of the bow and how do
I go about it
Bow is nice and fast for your DL but if you pump up the DW you will get a little more. But I too would want to know why?
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Seems about right to me, I really don't see you getting any more unless you up the limbs to 70 lbs.
Both mine have 60 lb limbs and are set to just under 300 fps, with a few pounds of adjustment spare, but I have a 30.5" DL.
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Unless you are trying to get omen speed out of your shadowcat (not likely) you are doing better than guys out there trying to get 300 pfs out of the dl and dw you have.
I'm not even getting 290 out of my firecat set at 65# and 29" dl.
You could take it to somebody who knows how to "supertune" a bow, maybe worth 5 or so fps but will set you back more than it's worth.
Go to a little lighter arrow if you really want more speed.
Get a speed bow if you have to have 350 fps.
If you are accurate and comfortable with your bow that's worth more than a few fps.
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With nearly two weeks of uninterrupted training accomplished without any injuries or illnesses, the BMC Racing Team deemed its training camp in Spain a success.
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The 26 riders on the roster enjoyed mild temperatures and mostly sunny weather for their four- to six-hour training rides on a variety of terrain. "We got in everything we wanted to accomplish from a training standpoint, and from an organizational standpoint we did even more than," General Manager Jim Ochowicz said. "In addition to being a good bonding opportunity, it was also a chance to help educate. One night, we even had Olivier Banuls (Operations and Project Manager of the UCI's Anti-Doping division) come in and talk about anti-doping. So it was a productive two weeks." By splitting the team into separate groups, training programs could be customized to specific groups of riders. "For example, the guys going to the Tour of Qatar and Oman were able to prepare to be racing soon while the stage racing group was doing different intensity workouts," BMC Racing Team Directeur Sportif John Lelangue said.
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DEARBORN / June 6, 2008---University of Michigan-Dearborn students Katherine Crunk (left) and Cynthia Currado (center) met with Rep. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (right) at the Michigan Undergraduate Research Forum (MURF) at the state capital in May. Crunk and Currado were among more than a dozen UM-Dearborn students who made presentations at the annual event that celebrates undergraduate research at the three U-M campuses as well as Wayne State and Michigan State universities. Crunk lives in Hopgoods district in Taylor. He was one of a number of legislators and state policymakers who met with students during the program.
Crunk and Currados project, which they worked on with School of Education Prof. Susan Everett, used models in inquiry-based lessons to address elementary school students misconceptions about magnetism.
We expanded on the current research by using participants from a fourth-grade class and adding assessment methods that utilized the science big idea of models, they wrote. In our pre-assessment we identified a number of misconceptions; for example, 73 percent of the students believed the size of a magnet determined its strength. After teaching the lessons they developed, 60 percent of the students correctly understood that size is not an indicator of strength in magnets.
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Yes, it is too bad.
So now what, JimmyJazz? Clearly I'm still right here.
The keyboard is mightier than the gun.
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To give my answer to the OP's question-
If she was a friend of mine, I'd help her with childcare so she could go to school at night. Nothing like developing self-reliance to help one appreciate the merits of self-reliance. If she was my friend, she'd know my views and be respectful of them, so down the road I'd have high hopes that she'd understand and become convinced.
If she wasn't a friend of mine, I'd leave her alone.
Oh that stuff. I thought you meant defining "libertarian" and "left of center". I have no idea how I didn't process that you were talking about "ad hominem".
Well in the low-content thread I just made a post about how I'm trying to figure out the difference between a liberal and a progressive.
@ Lady Saiga - HOW would you convince her of your views? I mean, how do you know she would not convince YOU of her views "down the road"? (Let's say her views are in favor of one of the two major parties).
Just so you know JimmyJazz, I made a response to your original post as well...
JimmyJazz:@ Lady Saiga - HOW would you convince her of your views? I mean, how do you know she would not convince YOU of her views "down the road"? (Let's say her views are in favor of one of the two major parties).
Pssst, Lady Saiga - JimmyJazz's intention is to try to prove that you necessarily won't be able to convince her of your views.
Lady Saiga, I respect your right to decide my intentions for yourself.
Oh please do tell me how I'm not respecting that.
Well, I know why I believe what I believe, and the whole experience of my life as it stands at this moment reinforces those beliefs. But if my friend introduces me to a new way of thinking and I decide she's right, then there's no downside to that process, is there? If I'm honest, and she's honest, we'll both listen to each other and actually think about it. If either of us is dishonest then the whole process falls apart, being useless.
My experience is most people are honest and, even if it takes them a long time, eventually admit that libertarianism makes sense to them. Whether they choose to act upon that understanding can be another story, though. Most people seem to think libertarianism is "impractical" if logical. But bringing someone even to that point can take a lot of familiarity and comfortable dialog over the course of a relationship. No other "conversion" method, in my opinion, works.
Thanks, Lady Saiga. I guess what I'm wondering with this thread is what happens if someone isn't interested in hearing about how libertarianism could possibly create the greatest good for society at large, if they are too focused on concrete material benefits that (they believe) are derived from voting for a particular major party or major party's candidate.
Should such people be written off, or can they potentially overcome their immediate self-interest in favor of a system which would benefit society at large and, in the long run, them as well?
Also, given that a "truly free market" is not likely to come about any time soon, would such a person be rational to abandon their short-term self-interest in favor of merely incremental movement in the direction of a more market-oriented society? Or would they be irrational to do so?
EDIT: If they would be irrational to do so, does that mean that libertarians are acting irrationally if they spend (waste) time trying to convert this person to embrace something other than her own rational self-interest?
JimmyJazz, you never responded to my post.
JimmyJazz:Should such people be written off, or can they potentially overcome their immediate self-interest in favor of a system which would benefit society at large and, in the long run, them as well?
Who's to say what their immediate self-interest necessarily is?
It's sounding more and more to me like the real purpose of this thread is to stealthily paint libertarians as either not caring about the poor or wanting to hurt the poor.
SkepticalMetal, I wouldn't expect him to - he's clearly cherry-picking with his responses, which implies an ulterior motive on his part.
@SkepticalMetal - sorry the thread has moved quickly. I read it, and I acknowledged it by including your warning against Soviet Russia and Maoist China in my post summarizing the suggestions of the first page of this thread.
I understand your points such as about the minimum wage. Duly noted.
By the way, I am going to be away from my computer for the rest of the evening. But, since I never intended this as any kind of debate thread, my responses aren't really necessary for the thread to continue. I am still curious what others have to say about how to convince this hypothetical person, or someone roughly like her, to become a libertarian. (Or, alternately, whether they would consider such a person not as good a target for converting to libertarianism as, say, a college-educated white male).
JimmyJazz, in light of you actually responding to SkepticalMetal, I'll reiterate my demand that you show just where I said I'd suggest to your hypothetical poor black single mother that she dig ditches.
But I don't, and I doubt many others here on this forum do, see libertarianism as a departure from that self-interest. If you're approaching it from a left-of-center perspective, perhaps you see the philosophy as solely concerned with the greatest good. That's not my impression, or my focus, at all. There's no conflict between self-interest and the interests of the society in libertarianism. Not even in the short term, as I see it.
@Autolykos -
I don't reply to "demands". You are being very hostile. I was considering apologizing for a possible mistatement on my part, but now that you've phrased it as a "demand" I will have to harden my stance. As your avatar would say: Good DAY, sir.
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I see. I think it would have been better if you would have left the hypothetical story out of this - I'm pretty sure this thread would have been much more...smoothe if you just would have asked "how would you go about convincing a poor person relying on the nanny state that he or she should convert to libertarianism?"
I was considering apologizing for a possible mistatement on my part, but now that you've phrased it as a "demand" I will have to harden my stance.
I was considering apologizing for a possible mistatement on my part, but now that you've phrased it as a "demand" I will have to harden my stance.
It was a definite misstatement. Nice try.
JimmyJazz:@Autolykos -
I don't reply to "demands".
I don't reply to "demands".
Oh, I think you do, no matter how long it may take.
JimmyJazz:You are being very hostile.
Tell me something I don't already know. I consider you to deserve hostility from me in spades.
JimmyJazz:I was considering apologizing for a possible mistatement on my part,
Suuuuure you were. Tell that to someone who might actually believe you.
JimmyJazz:but now that you've phrased it as a "demand" I will have to harden my stance.
I have no problem hardening mine at least as much in return. Do you understand?
JimmyJazz:As your avatar would say: Good DAY, sir.
I'm not going anywhere. Try again, buddy.
Autokylos, let's have a return to the Picard facepalm. Wonka is a little too...intimidating.
My caption for Wonka is, "Tell me more."
you start out by pointing out how the state has made her poorer, how before you could literally work a shitty a job at a factory and afford a house and send your kids to college, explain how the standard of living has gone down while keeping it on a personal level so she can relate, explain how what the government is doing is in fact just going to make her poorer
Yes, not many parents would want their children to live under fascism.
Yes, not many parents would want their children to live under fascism.
It doesn't even need to be fascism. Minimum wage laws, state "education", the war on drugs, the welfare culture etc. all harm the child's opportunities for gainful employment. The hypothetical woman in question also is disadvantaged in many ways by the state, and it is in large part why she's reliant on it.
Freedom of markets is positively correlated with the degree of evolution in any society...
Yeah. Leftists want the state to step in and help people...who have been hurt by the state.
Speaking of which, I always feel a little odd about saying "leftist," and I see a lot of libertarians getting called "right-wing" for their views.
It's literally a meaningless term.
Why do you say that?
I mean, normally a lot of people see the center-left as being the home of liberals/progressives, and the center-right being the home of conservatives and cultural nationalists. The far-left has communists and socialists, and the far-right has Nazis and Fascists.
But then, I've heard stuff about how Nazism should be on the far-left being that it's National Socialism, and many people state that Fascism should be far-left aswell, so...it just gets confusing as hell from there for me.
Where would you position libertarianism?
Where would you position libertarianism?
El Dorado, for obvious reasons.
Very funny, ha-ha.
Why do you say that?
Why do you say that?
Because it is so divorced from its origins that it's lost all real meaning. IIRC, It originally referred to which side of the French assembly its members arrayed themselves, with those on the left being for free trade and those on the right for protectionism. So that is basically the polar opposite of what the term now refers to. It's further confused by how it can allude to anything from Nazism to anarcho-capitalism. These two ideologies have nothing in common. Even the addition of "authoritarian" and "libertarian" poles doesn't change much because of the confused manner in which the terms "right" and "left" are used.
In many respects anarcho-capitalists and other market anarchists are "left-wing", more so than the supposed authoritarian "champions" of the left. I think the terms spawn a lot of confusion and waste people's time. It is more important to try come to grips with the fundamental implications of each ideology than where it sits on some ill-conceived political spectrum.
Wasn't classical liberalism historically the left-wing approach? Being that it advocates for individual liberty as opposed to a monarchy in which the country is one big support structure for the king?
It's funny to me because, socialism being an "all-is-state" kind of idea, seems to be the utter right wing in my way of thinking.
Yes, it was. The right wing has always characterised European style conservatism, and with all the permutations it has gone through, American conservatism. But it also subsumes fascism and could arguably integrate all forms of collectivist thinking. I don't think the terms help a lot. Framing things in terms of voluntaryism vs authoritarianism is a bit less murky, because ultimately those are the meaningful alternatives.
Yuck. I wouldn't speak to a poor person.
There's a few things that need be said in response:
The pattern of single mothers in government housing is aided by minimum wage laws and the drug war, which keeps people out of the employment circuit by imprisonment or involuntary unemployment. But also, there are more single mothers today because there is welfare available, meaning that if welfare weren't available she probably wouldn't have had the child in the first place. It's not fair to the rest of the populace to be held hostage by single-mothers who treat themselves and their promiscuous lifestyles to the public coffer.
Then there are all the standard answers which would help anyone who isn't a state-privileged corporation in the free market, not just a particular demographic: lower inflation, better banking services, more employment, cheaper healthcare, lower barrier to entry thus greater market competition, no more patent trolls, no more wasted tax dollars on killing people you don't know, no more wasted tax dollars on bureaucracies. Sure maybe that single mother isn't paying taxes, but with the investment spurred on by that money if it hadn't been spent on bureaucracy, the economy would be better, delivering cheaper goods and providing more employment.
I think the basest implication of your question however, is that poor people can't have ideals. You're saying that because this woman works hard and lives in government housing, it is impossible for her to think beyond her own immediate personal benefit. Who's the poor-hater now?
Libertarianism doesn't offer anything to blacks, mexicans, chinese, whites, single mothers, families, unioinists, corporations, conservatives, liberals, etc. It doesn't seek to dole out favors here and there according to lobbyists and loud voices. All it offers is peace, liberty and prosperity. If you want those things, then support Libertarianism.
The Anarch is to the Anarchist what the Monarch is to the Monarchist.
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JimmyJazz:So, what would you say to this person to convince her to become a libertarian?
How do you know she isn't a libertarian? Stereotype?
Anyway, assuming she is a moral person, the easiest way would be to demonstrate that she already possesses libertarian ethics and values. From there, it is up to her if she wishes to vote for governance that contradics her own values.
Tell her that things will be cheaper without the government.
"Since people are concerned that 'X' will not be provided, 'X' will naturally be provided by those who are concerned by its absence.""The sweetest of minds can harbor the harshest of men."
Why anarchy fails
AJ, it's sort of a seen vs unseen effect, tho. Welfare checks are obvious gains to their income. The claim that prices would be lower if only the market would be free can sound speculative and risky in comparison to that concrete check. If you have time to spare and have examples of government interference screwing with things directly related to their life, then it's probably very effective.
Basically, I agree that it's an effective argument, I'm just not sure if it's necessarily easy.


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