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Accenture Off 11%: Three Downgrades; Heightened Risk to IBM, Says Street
Shares of Accenture (ACN) are down $9.02, or 11%, at $71.20, after the company last night missed the consensus revenue estimate for its fiscal Q3, forecast this quarter's results lower as well, and cut its year outlook.
On a conference call following the report, chief financial officer Pamela Craig said the company's technology outsourcing business was "strong," with customers seeking ways to cut costs. However, consulting bookings in the quarter were 10% lower than the company expected. Part of that was the weak economy, some of it was about longer time frames to complete projects, but there was also a fall-off in work on traditional "Enterprise Resource Planning," or ERP, installations:
In management consulting, the macro environment continues to be challenging and volatile. Our clients held back on spending more than we expected, particularly in Europe and Brazil, and the environment is more competitive. Our bookings continue to reflect projects that are larger and longer in duration, and we booked fewer short-term projects. Although our pipeline is down slightly, we do see growth in demand for transformational projects in operations, CRM, and risk management. Technology consulting bookings reflected demand for infrastructure consulting projects that span data centers, networks and workplaces, as well as IT strategy projects. As mentioned on our last call, we are strengthening our leadership focus on the technology transformation agendas of our clients. System integration bookings on the one hand reflected rising demand for industry-specific software solutions where emerging technologies such as mobility, analytics and cloud are part of the mix. On the other hand, the bookings also reflected lower demand, and a more competitive environment for ERP systems work. The decrease in ERP work was most pronounced in some European countries, as clients are slowing down their investments in add-on work to existing solutions, and generally starting fewer large programs right now.
Accenture shares have received three downgrades today, cut to the equivalent of a Hold at UBS and Raymond James, and cut to a Sell at Societe Generale.
The report has been rough on competitor International Business Machines (IBM) this morning, as well, with that stock down $5.52, or 2.8%, at $190.13, and falling as low as $188.41 at one point. Interestingly, the Nasdaq Composite Index has rebounded from earlier losses at 3,402.74, despite the ongoing weakness in the Dow Industrials and the S&P 500.
Raymond James's Brian Gesuale, cutting his rating to Market Perform from Outperform, and stripping away his $83 price target, writes that the "red lights far exceeded the greens" in the results.
"ERP work is showing signs of commoditization and short-term projects remain on the shelf. For the first time in a while, there also seems to be isolated tightness in pricing."
Even the healthier area of outsourcing wasn't as healthy as he would have liked it:
Outsourcing sales grew 7% in constant currency to $3.331 billion, below our view, though book-to-bill was strong at 1.3x. BPO and health were robust but there seem to be attempts to rationalize some spend and new starts have been slow to ramp. Tough comps have played a role as outsourcing growth has been at least 10% since FY10. Further growth moderation seems inevitable, in our view.
Gesuale cut his estimate for next fiscal year to a profit of $4.52 from a prior $4.69 estimate.
UBS's Steve Milunovich, cutting the stock to Neutral from Buy, and cutting his price target to $77 from $85, writes "As Jerry Seinfeld said, 'That's not going to be good for anybody.'"
The shares are "not inexpensive," at a forward P/E of 16.2 times his 2014 estimate, which is now cut to $4.60 from $4.80.
There is now a broadening risk to tech serving enterprise following Oracle's miss last Thursday, writes Milunovich, and it's not certain IBM can sidestep it:
With Oracle and Accenture missing, enterprise demand appears to remain weak, which prob ably means a soft earnings season for large computer names. IBM has less consulting exposure and had blow-out orders last quarter, so perhaps it can still post services growth in the second half as guided, but the risk has increased.
RBC Capital's Amit Daryanani, reiterating a Sector Perform rating on IBM shares, and a $210 price target, writes the results "Are a net negative read-through for IBM's June-qtr and CY13 as ACN results highlighted a soft demand environment across the services portfolio."
"Although IBM generated very strong backlog in Q1:13, we believe cautious spending patterns may limit revenue growth and profitability upside in the near term."


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By: PCFSN Staff
When First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Let's Move! Active Schools program in late February, she challenged all teachers, parents and school administrators to help bring physical activity back into our children's schools. This call was not lost on Dr. Jayne Greenberg, member of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition.
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In 2008, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the first-ever Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (PAG), which describes the amount and types of physical activity Americans need for overall health and well-being. To mark the fifth anniversary of the PAG, the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition convened a subcommittee of experts to conduct a mid-term review of effective interventions that promote physical activity opportunities for youth ages 3-17.
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New school Head Lice Policy
Original post made by Christine, Downtown, on Feb 21, 2013
The fact that head lice is not an illness is of no concern to me. I am bothered by the expense and the time involved cleaning up the mess. I understand how easily its transmitted, I have 3 daughters. As a person, though, it is my duty to let others know if we've had this problem and remind parents to check their children's hair. Common courtesy. We're all human, no need to be embarrassed. It can happen to anyone.
Please, if you have children that have lice, or any other bothersome bug, let the rest of us know. Anonymously if you have to. If I hadn't received a phone call, I would never have thought to check my kids' hair. And then I would have continued to send them to school... with your child.
Comments (42)
a resident of Oak Hill
on Feb 21, 2013 at 2:34 pm
I'm not aware of any change in PUSD's policy of informing other class parents in the event that a student is found to have head lice. The student is kept anonymous, and the other parents are informed of the health concern, which is the way it should be. I find it hard to believe that there would be any change in this policy resulting in parents being kept in the dark.
If you have proof of this alleged new policy, then please provide it. If you don't have proof to back up your claims and are just relying on rumors, then you should really be calling your school to get the official facts.
a resident of Ironwood
on Feb 21, 2013 at 2:58 pm
Sam, link to announcement from Hearst. Stating kids continue to go to school with lice (under treatment); as for not notifying, I did not hear about that...
Web Link
a resident of Lydiksen Elementary School
on Feb 21, 2013 at 2:58 pm
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a resident of Ironwood
on Feb 21, 2013 at 3:08 pm
I will add, I will give a one-time incident a pass on my kids getting lice within a school year, but, if it is more than once, I will use this new policy, and have the district pay for having lice removed from my girls; it is not fun, it takes a lot of time; so second time, I will pay $300 get it removed professionally and send the bill to the school... Let's see then if they continue allowing kids to go back to school. By the way, how much money does the school get per day for kid's attending? I know they do not get paid for being out sick; and my bet is that it was the money that drove this decision, and hence, I do not feel guilty one bit about having the school pay.
a resident of Ironwood
on Feb 21, 2013 at 3:12 pm
Amy, you are funny, Heck, lice will always be around, in every city, as kids play together, and share their hats, jackets and everything else...and for that reason, they need to be "cleared" before coming back to school... (Comments partially removed by Pleasanton Weekly Online staff)
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Feb 21, 2013 at 3:26 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
This from the PUSD web site: Web Link
"Head lice are a common occurrence in schools. Pupils must be treated with insecticidal shampoo found in any drug store. Pupils found to have head lice may not return to school until all nits are removed from the hair. Pupils are required to have their hair checked and found free of nits by office staff prior to re-admittance to the classroom."
I couldn't find a specific policy or regulation on the district web site that covered this topic.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 21, 2013 at 3:46 pm
@amy anonymous
You should change your name to amy ignorant. Head lice is not a low income problem.
Web Link
Before spouting off maybe you should due your due diligence. It is not ever going to go away, so learn how to treat it and move on.
I have never heard a more rediculous statement in regards to NIMBY than yours.
a resident of Del Prado
on Feb 21, 2013 at 4:50 pm
It is true that the school no longer will be sending home notification of head lice in a particular classroom. Teachers were not informed of this new practice, until cases arose and we asked about the lack of communication. Students are allowed to return to school, and there has not been the required check for nits or remaining mites in the hair. Furthermore, most health clerks are not on duty full time; certainly not always at the site at the beginning of the day when the child returns to school.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 21, 2013 at 5:09 pm
This new policy was not communicated in any Pleasanton Unified e-connection that I am aware of. I have been told that the Pleasanton USD website that Kathleen R. kindly let us know about has not even been updated with the new so-called policy.
Again, this is just another example that the PUSD does poor communication and the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. I have heard that some schools have some sort of email regarding the new policy.
a resident of California Reflections
on Feb 21, 2013 at 6:21 pm
I personally believe it would be very difficult for my two sons to be the successful young entrepreneurs and irresistable lovers I expect them to be what with dirty little bugs scampering through their greasy hair. Rather than raising the perfect little Casanovas I expect them to be, they'd instead be monstrous little Frankensteins. How twisted would that be? Is it possible to be Casanova and Frankenstein at the same time? What would someone like that look like? And with head lice no less?
a resident of Bridle Creek
on Feb 21, 2013 at 8:37 pm
You are a complete fool. I grew up in Walnut Creek in the 70's and 80's, high income area. One of the wealthiest families in town introduced head lice to my classroom and I, as a middle class student, caught it.
Now that I think about it, my parents should have insisted that those richies pay for it. Or, they could have realized that it's just one of those things children are introduced to.
a resident of Ruby Hill
on Feb 21, 2013 at 9:24 pm
Reading these responses, I'm tempted to move out of the area. Amy is spot on. Lice doesn't just appear out of nowhere. It develops in uncleanly households. I don't care how rich you are, or perhaps others (nannies?) are bringing the lice in, but if you are uncleanly the lice will flourish. I think it's funny hearing all you lice-infested ones trying to argue that it isn't your fault. I've heard it all now!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 23, 2013 at 7:40 am
We keep our house very clean, and yet our child got lice in preschool. It was the first time we ever saw lice since neither me nor my spouse ever had them growing up.
The problem was that a child had a severe infestation of lice, the preschool knew about it but did not bother to notify the parents. We eventually found out who the child was, and we realized why our child got the lice: we had been to that kid's house, that kid had been to ours, playdates, field trips, the kid never missed a day of preschool or an event.
When we found out our child had lice, we: 1) kept him/her out of prewschool until all lice/nits were gone, 2) notified all our friends, preschool parents, everyone we had been in contact with in the previous 6 weeks (advice of pediatrician), 3) told the school their lice policy was unacceptable and withdrew our child, went to a different preschool with better lice polices.
Other parents did the same as we did, and as for the kid with lice: we did not blame him/her getting lice, what we were upset about was not being told so we could take precautions. So the kid was not welcoome into our home anymore and many parents rejectd the family as well since they too, had lice because of the close contact they had with the kid. The kid was excluded not because he/she ever had lice but because they did not tell anyone and insteaed infested with lice many other kids.
PUSD, if they indeed changed their lice policy, needs to reconsider this nonsense and require a nit-free head (inspected by the nurse) before the child with lice can return to school.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Feb 23, 2013 at 8:15 am
Concerned parent wrote: "PUSD, if they indeed changed their lice policy, needs to reconsider this nonsense and require a nit-free head (inspected by the nurse) before the child with lice can return to school."
I think that it's unfair of you to characterize PUSD's policy as "nonsense". Their policy was not just arbitrarily drawn up by uninformed bureaucrats. The policy is based on guidelines promoted by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), a nationally and internationally recognized and respected institution.
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 23, 2013 at 9:55 am
If you or your kids have head lice or nits (ewwww!) please stay away from me and my family. You can rest assured I'll stay away from you. It's unbelievable that a wealthy community can be so tolerant of uncleanly lifestyles.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 23, 2013 at 10:17 am
"If you or your kids have head lice or nits (ewwww!) please stay away from me and my family. You can rest assured I'll stay away from you. It's unbelievable that a wealthy community can be so tolerant of uncleanly lifestyles."
Well said, Amy. As a parent who had to deal with lice due to a family's unwillingness to take care of the problem correctly and notify others, I can tell you it is not fun. We had to bag stuffed animals, vacuum every corner of the house, wash everything (yes, even clean clothes), send items to the cleaners, isolate our child from all friends and activities, treat other children in the house out of precaution, it was not fun and a lot of work. We did not appreciate being infested by a family that refused to isolate their child and the preschool hiding the information from us. Many families were affected, and it seems to me that PUSD may have similar situations if indeed their lice policy is what is stated in this forum.
you are right that the CDC policy is what PUSD based its policy on. But I just read it, and I do not think it is right. The CDC is basically saying that it is OK for a child with lice to remain in school (ie, no need to be sent home early).. but do you know how many kids can get lice in that time? A lot, and as a parent who has dealt with lice due to the irresponsible parents in preschool, I do not think it is right. I did the right thing and informed everyone who was exposed to us, and kept my child out of school and activities until I was certain all lice and nits were gone. Why? Because that is the right thing to do. Just like when you have the flu, right? Common sense says: keep the kid at home to avoid spreading germs, especially if they are running a fever. Students do get sent home if sick, and lice infestations should not be any different.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 23, 2013 at 10:26 am
And btw Sam, while the CDC has a loose policy on how to deal with lice (ie, not following the zero nit policy, not sending students home, etc), they do say the following:
"Is infestation with head lice reportable to health departments?
Most health departments do not require reporting of head lice infestation. However, it may be beneficial for the sake of others to share information with school nurses, parents of classmates, and others about contact with head lice.
I don't like my school's "no-nit" policy; can CDC do something?
No. CDC is not a regulatory agency. School head lice policies often are determined by local school boards. Local health departments may have guidelines that address school head lice policies; check with your local and state health departments to see if they have such recommendations."
As you can see, Sam, PUSD could indeed create a lice policy that prevents spreading lice in schools, it is up to the board of trustees.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 23, 2013 at 10:27 am
I forgot in include the link, Sam:
Web Link
You can read about how it is up to the school district to draft the lice policy for their schools, and it is from the CDC
a resident of Oak Hill
on Feb 23, 2013 at 12:00 pm
Concerned Parent wrote: "You can read about how it is up to the school district to draft the lice policy for their schools, and it is from the CDC."
Yes, ultimately the decision is up to the individual school districts. But the decision should be guided by expert opinions from public health professionals. I don't like the idea of my daughter bringing home head lice, either, but the CDC page I linked suggests that a "no-nit" policy may be an overreaction for the reasons stated on the page.
By the way, our daughter goes to Lydiksen and we recently received a classroom letter stating that a case of head lice was found among one of the students in the class. We were a bit surprised and shocked and carefully looked through our daughter's hair that night. There was nothing. On reading the CDC pages concerning head lice, I now understand that the chances of finding head lice on our daughter simply because another class child had head lice was probably pretty low since the most likely transmission method is head-to-head contact. So, personally, I'm fine with an affected child remaining in class while getting appropriate treatment if that's the recommendation of the health experts. Based on what I've read about head lice, that doesn't seem to be an unreasonable approach, although I can understand if you feel differently.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 23, 2013 at 12:00 pm
Lice is an equal opportunity parasite. It knows no color, gender, economic social class, or age. They also can't be prevented with certain hair products (Fairytails Hair Care). I know because my children contracted lice 2 years ago while on this "lice prevention product". We have no idea how they contracted it since we didn't see the contamination occur.
Luckily, the infestation occurred within the prior 2 weeks. We hired a professional "nit-picker" who manually removed all the lice and nits from our children's hair, then counted them and was able to determine how long the infestation was in our home. I learned a lot about lice from this experience, and we will never again contract this pest:
1. Lice has become resistant to many of the pesticide shampoo's sold in drug stores and they won't die.
2. The pesticide shampoo does not kill the nits (eggs), therefore, the only way to completely rid your hair of the infestation is by manually picking out every single egg and bug.
3. Comb your children's wet hair in small sections with the "Lice Terminator Comb" it can be found at Amazon.com and Ulta carries the same comb under the "Fairy Tails Hair Care" label. It truly is the BEST comb on the market, don't rely on the combs that come in the shampoo boxes, they don't work.
4. Repeat the combing every 7 days.
This comb has been my family's saving grace for over 2 years and is my sure fire prevention for never having these parasites in my home again. My children have not been infested since and I continue to use this comb on their wet hair at least once a month for prevention purposes. Lice is very difficult to see and there are very little (or no) symptoms. You really have to know what you are looking for in order to diagnose your children.
The only way to rid your families of these pests is the old school way of picking every single egg out of the hair, if you miss one, you will become infested again.
I appreciate the letters that are sent home notifying us of a discovered case of lice, however, we aren't going to change the school districts decision on this. It's up to us parents to prevent and/or ensure proper removal of lice and nits.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Feb 23, 2013 at 12:46 pm
Good, informative post P-town. The only possible correction I have to offer is that based on my reading of Information from the CDC and other sites, removal of every single nit (I.e. egg casing) is not necessary. Lice need to lay their eggs on the hair shafts very close to the skin (about 1/4 inch or less) so that the eggs can get sufficient warmth to hatch. So if there is a nit further up the hair shaft than, say, 1/2 inch, then it's not viable - either it already hatched or it will never hatch.
CDC website (Web Link)
"-Many nits are more than ¼ inch from the scalp. Such nits are usually not viable and very unlikely to hatch to become crawling lice, or may in fact be empty shells, also known as casings."
a resident of Pleasanton Valley
on Feb 23, 2013 at 1:53 pm
Thank goodness PUSD changed its policy to reflect not only the CDC but the AAP standards.
Several years ago my children contracted lice as a result of Northstar ski school helmets.
I immediately informed the school and took them straight to a lice place, where I paid $100's of dollars to have the lice removed. I returned in two days to have them combed through again. And then a third time. Total cost? $800.
After the first time (which involved hours of combing) I returned to our elementary school, with a note from the professionals, the school nurse combed through my first grader's hair.
Imagine his motification when she found exactly one egg (no actual lice) and told my 6 year old he was not allowed at school and sent him home.
Despite the fact that we had a note from the lice professionals that eggs could not hatch that day. Despite a note explaining the AAP policy.
This caused extreme embarassment and distress for my child despite our getting appropriate treatment.
It is about time that PUSD joined the 21st century with regard to lice.
a resident of Pleasanton Valley
on Feb 23, 2013 at 1:55 pm
And Amy,
Lice thrive on clean heads. Not dirty ones. Come on out of the 19th century and join the rest of us who avail ourselves of accurate, readily available information.
a resident of Birdland
on Feb 23, 2013 at 10:50 pm
This is totally money driven. If children are out of school, the district doesn't get their money for that student for that day. It is just like the new absence policy...of which I never received communication until "it was too late". If a student is out of class 10 days - could be partial but it is counted as one day - you will get a letter stating that your student has excessive absences and must now have a note from a doctor to have the absence excused. I was never informed that if my student had been called out during 6th period for a doctor's appointment that proof must be brought back...so that counted as one day. So now if my kid is ill with a fever, but not severe enough to go to docs office, I must still go to the docs office to get it excused...money out of my pocket as a punishment I guess. More kids will go to school ill - not ill enough for a doctor's visit, but ill enough to pass the crap onto other kids.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 24, 2013 at 10:31 am
" We were a bit surprised and shocked and carefully looked through our daughter's hair that night. There was nothing. On reading the CDC pages concerning head lice, I now understand that the chances of finding head lice on our daughter simply because another class child had head lice was probably pretty low since the most likely transmission method is head-to-head contact."
We had a hard time finding these bugs too. Our child was scratching his/her head but we could not see anything. So we went to the pediatrician, who taught us what to look for, and yes, our child had the lice, but the lice are nearly impossible to see. What you will see is the nits, close to the scalp, and even those are hard to see for those who have never seen them (which was our case back then).
I disagree that the lice are difficult to catch. Read again, the CDC also states that you can get them by lying down/resting your head on a chair/sofa/carpet where an infested person has been. Many kids in that preschool caught lice this way - kids do sit on carpets, etc.
I do not know whether anyone else in our family could have caught them from our kid, since with the advice of our pediatrician, we all did the preventive treatment. But I do know that one of the teachers in the preschool also got the lice from the kid who infested the rest so it must not be that hard to catch them. Been there, Sam, and I hope your family does not have to go through it.
No amount of washing hair will get rid of lice, because they attach to the head very firmly, and once they lay their eggs and the nits are there..... yikes!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 24, 2013 at 10:42 am
"The only way to rid your families of these pests is the old school way of picking every single egg out of the hair, if you miss one, you will become infested again."
Yes, this is so true. This is why it was so much work for our family to go through this experience. The shampoo did kill the lice but we had to get rid of the nits manually. It was awful.
I do believe that it helped for all of us to use the over the counter permethrin product. And we washed everything in the house, even pillows and mattresses. Maybe we did more than we should have? I do not know, but we got rid of the bugs for good, and that is why I am so upset about PUSD's loose lice policy (if indeed it is as loose as they say in this forum).
Lice can survive without a host for 24 hours, so miss one pillo in the house and if someone puts their head on it, there you go again. While we did not hire a professional nit picker, we did hire several maids who worked nonstop to wash, vacuum, clean, take stuff to the cleaners, etc.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 24, 2013 at 10:55 am
"The only possible correction I have to offer is that based on my reading of Information from the CDC and other sites, removal of every single nit (I.e. egg casing) is not necessary. Lice need to lay their eggs on the hair shafts very close to the skin (about 1/4 inch or less) so that the eggs can get sufficient warmth to hatch. So if there is a nit further up the hair shaft than, say, 1/2 inch, then it's not viable - either it already hatched or it will never hatch. "
But a viable nit can hatch while the kid is in school. You do not know when these nits will hatch. And if the hatching happens at school, all those bugs can go on carpets, etc, or other heads if kids have close contact with their classmates (as it happens in pre-K through about 2nd grade)
And once a nit hatches, the louse can live outside a host for 24-48 hours. From the CDC website: " Adult lice can live up to 30 days on a person's head. To live, adult lice need to feed on blood several times daily. Without blood meals, the louse will die within 1 to 2 days off the host."
And a newly infected person may not know they have lice, and can go around not knowing and infesting others for about a month.
PUSD: please have a reasonable lice policy that protects others because staff too can become infested. That might change things: all it takes is a family with lice to visit the superintendent, have the infested person sit in the superintendent's chair. Maybe if the leadership has to deal with lice like some of us have, they will be less likely to push for a loose lice policy
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 24, 2013 at 11:04 am
"Despite the fact that we had a note from the lice professionals that eggs could not hatch that day. Despite a note explaining the AAP policy."
I am confused: how is that that you and the professionals knew eggs would not hatch that day? If you or the professionals saw the eggs/nits, why were the eggs/nit not removed right then and there? Your story does not add up.
And your child may have been embarassed, but that has more to do with you than anything else. You should have explained, ahead of time, the situation to your child (I did that with mine).
Infesting others is not right, and think: if your child gets others to be infested with lice, your can can get them again, and there you go again spending all that time and money.
PUSD needs a better lice policy, one that will stop people from spreading lice.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 24, 2013 at 11:13 am
" So now if my kid is ill with a fever, but not severe enough to go to docs office, I must still go to the docs office to get it excused...money out of my pocket as a punishment I guess. More kids will go to school ill - not ill enough for a doctor's visit, but ill enough to pass the crap onto other kids."
I heard about this since my friend got a letter too, stating she had to provide a doctor's note next time. And guess what? She is ignoring the letter because if her kids are not sick enough for the doctor, she is not about to disturb their needed rest, and she is also not going to send them to school. We will see how the administration handles it.
a resident of Pleasanton Valley
on Feb 24, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Concerned parent-
You don't know me and you don't know my child. How dare you presume.
The professionals missed one nit. It was not going to hatch in the couple of hours at school and suddenly become a full grown louse. Do your research. C'mon. Education isn't expensive and it's not complicated.
My child was educated but still embarrassed by the hysteria promoted by pusd and parents like yourself.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 25, 2013 at 11:46 am
"The professionals missed one nit. It was not going to hatch in the couple of hours at school and suddenly become a full grown louse. Do your research. C'mon. "
This was your statement above Jen:
"Despite the fact that we had a note from the lice professionals that eggs could not hatch that day. Despite a note explaining the AAP policy."
It does not make sense. So the professionals wrote a note saying eggs could not hatch that day? Come on, how can they know unless they sat there and analyzed that particular nit/egg? And how would they know that the egg would not hatch if they missed it (ie, did not even see it)? And if they did see it in order to form an opinion about whether it would hatch or not, why didn't they just remove it instead of writing a note about it?
You do not know if a louse would hatch at school or not, and it does not have to become an adult for it to spread. All it talkes is the head to touch another head or pillow or sofa or carpet and the louse can move to a different place. We learned about all this through our pediatrician and by going through the awful experience ourselves, thanks to people who, like you, think nothing of sending kids with lice or nits to school.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 25, 2013 at 12:26 pm
"Infesting others is not right, and think: if your child gets others to be infested with lice, your can can get them again, and there you go again spending all that time and money."
Concerned Parent:
Sound like you and I had similar experiences. Our family did take one more additional step when we discovered the infestation, we called all of the parents of our childrens friends who had contact with them of any sort to notify them of the exposure. About 1/2 of the children were also infected with varying degrees of infection. Some very severe and some very mild.
It's unclear (and really doesn't matter) who Patient Zero was, bottom line all of the children were treated properly ending the infestation.
Communication is critical, if PUSD isn't planning on continuing with the letters home, then it's our job (us parents) to do the right thing and, at least, notify the parents of children who might have been exposed.
a resident of Amador Valley High School
on Feb 25, 2013 at 12:53 pm
Concerned parent and others who have received the "note" requiring doctor's notes. I too received one, and went to talk to the attendance personal. The note is something PUSD is required by the STATE to do. It is not something that PUSD wants to do (costs money and time). The note is automatically generated (supposedly after a certain number of absences, which include partial for doctor appointments). I was told we can ignore it, but if one of the absences is to a doctor, it helps to get a doctor note.
a resident of Birdland
on Feb 25, 2013 at 4:07 pm
Beth: The PUSD hired a new company to monitor the absences. This has nothing to do with the state being involved. There is an official absence rule that is in the PUSD documentation that talks about absences and what is considered unexcused vs. excused and what happens if one acquires too many unexcused absences. Last year my son had more absences than this year, mainly because of several rounds of fevers and coughing that didn't necessitate a visit to the doctors and we NEVER received notes. I have friends in other school districts who are not getting these kinds of notices.
You can't ignore it however, because if you call your kid in sick and don't produce a doctor's note, then the absence is unexcused. Too many of those and they REALLY come down hard - like having to transfer to Village.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Feb 25, 2013 at 4:34 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
Here is the state rules on truancy: Web Link
"Effective January 1, 2011, EC Section 48263.6: Any pupil subject to compulsory full-time education or to compulsory continuation education who is absent from school without a valid excuse for ten percent or more of the school days in one school year, from the date of enrollment to the current date, is deemed a chronic truant, provided that the appropriate school district officer or employee has complied with EC sections 48260, 48260.5, 48261, 48262, 48263, and 48291."
There is quite a bit more on the link.
Here is PUSD's policy Web Link and regulation Web Link regarding absences. It's entirely possible they've been updated since 2003 and not changed on the web site.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 26, 2013 at 8:37 am
You forgot to include this, Kathleen:
"Effective January 1, 2013, the law was amended to authorize school administrators to excuse school absences due to the pupil's circumstances, even if the excuse is not one of the valid excuses listed in the California Education Code (EC) or the uniform standards established by the governing board of the district."
Web Link
So again PUSD is given flexibility, just like with the lice policy, and they are choosiing the wrong path.
No wonder this year every student seems sick. PUSD's new requirements of doctor's notice is actually backfiring, since more are going to school sick, then they get others sick and they in turn are absent. Talk about being penny wise and pound foolish!
P-town native:
You are so right. We did the same and notified everyone who had been in contact with us for the previous 6 weeks, including the preschool. We did so per advice of our pediatrician, and we refrained from social interactions and other activities until we were 100% sure we were lice and nit free. And our child was not embarrassed about it unlike Jen's above, because he/she knew it was not his/her fault and our primary concern was to get rid of the bugs and make sure others were aware that they too, could have been infested.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Feb 26, 2013 at 9:17 am
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
Concerned parent, The bottom line is really the bottom line. Schools are only funded for student seat time; even an excused absence is not funded (a change put in place years ago). Web Link
"Schools used to be paid for excused absences, which included sick days if students had a parent or doctor's note. But the law changed because the existing formula 'encourages schools to accept excuses and discourages them from investigating possibly fraudulent excuses,' according to an Assembly Committee on Education hearing in 1998, when the law was passed."
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 26, 2013 at 9:46 am
Yes Kathleen, but all the more reason to keep an ill student out of school, don't you think? The sick student may be absent for a few days, but if the student goes to school with a fever or something, others might get sick (true especially in the lower grades), and now you have many students out. More students out means a lot less money for PUSD. They need to be smart about what they are doing.
If we were to get lice from a child because of the new PUSD policy, you can be sure that our kids (all) will be kept from school as long as necessary, and we will provide doctor's notes to avoid truancy labels, and that Kathleen, will be very costly for PUSD. So they can choose to lose money for one child or money for many who got sick or caught lice due to irresponsible parents who are encouraged by the administration to send to school kids who should really be staying home.
And I am not the only parent who thinks this way Kathleen.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Feb 26, 2013 at 12:09 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
I agree with you that students who have contracted an illness should stay home until well. One of our grandchildren (another area) got hand, foot, and mouth--clearly from the daycare. Other parents knew, as did the preschool, but no one said anything and our little one was out for ten days. I was pointing to what another poster said, for the schools the decision is about the money as much as any other reason they point to. One nit should be one too many, and I doubt a teacher wants the nits in the classroom either.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 3, 2013 at 8:47 pm
simple solution!public schools have become a joke. They are not teaching our children good. They are not preparing our children for a future unless they want to be immoral, braindead idiots. Just one more straw in the camels pack. Pull your kids out and send them to private, charter or home school them. Public schools are a thing of the past and will not survive.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Mar 6, 2013 at 9:06 am
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
PUSD is planning a meeting for parents regarding new lice procedures.
Head Lice Information Meeting
Presentation by District Nurses
Head lice is an ongoing issue in school communities. The District has realigned its Head Lice procedure with the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) guidelines. Parents are invited to an informational meeting to hear from District nurses.
Parent Information Meeting
Monday, March 18, 2013
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Alisal Elementary, Multipurpose Room (1454 Santa Rita Road)
FAQs: Web Link
CDC (this may have been posted on this topic already): Web Link
Flier from PUSD Nurses: Web Link
Presentation: Web Link
Having looked at the materials, keeping children nit free and notifying parents in the classroom is not such an onerous task.
a resident of Lydiksen Elementary School
on Mar 7, 2013 at 9:22 pm
I have started a petition and I hope you will sign it and forward it on to other concerned parents. Oh and don't forget to have your spouse sign it as well. The petition also has a link to a piece that channel 2 did a week ago. See you on the 18th!!! THANKS!!!
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"I need my boyfriend to call me."
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"My father doesn't approve of my career."
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"Byron Katie is one of the most intriguing and endearing spiritual teachers I have encountered. The Work is a unique process of self-inquiry. It creates an opening for a person to discover for oneself the reality of any belief or issue." (John W. Parker, author of Dialogues with Emerging Spiritual Teachers)
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Byron Katie stands alone when it comes to self-help. For 30 years I have been reading what is available and many, many times the books explain the problem at great length but fall short in application. I was expecting the usual "Hmmm... another book, another way of saying the same stuff, maybe this one will have it" type of thinking when I originally approached this writer but, instead, I found myself lifted, inspired and injected with enthusiasm from her straight no nonsense approach.
It's ok to admit we have issues because we all do. All the books tell us what we shouldn't be thinking, suggesting that we stop the wrong habits of thought, but where do we send those thoughts, how can we just replace them with a new sentences that don't belong to us and yet are somehow expected to be the new success formulars for our circumstance. Do you know what,.....I have discovered that it is better to be found running towards something than running away from something. You see, if you were running for a bus/train and tripped, you would just get up, dust yourself off and keep going. Your mind would be on the destination because YOU WANT IT, you're running towards it.
But, if you were trying to run away from something, say bad thinking or another habit, and you slip up, you're more likely to beat up on yourself for slipping. We'd all look back then and see things like how little the distance we have made and feeling guilty and shameful & want to give up or whatever. There really is a big difference here.
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Video: People bringing assault rifles to Obama rallies now
posted at 7:51 pm on August 17, 2009 by Allahpundit
And maybe not just people on the anti-Obama side, either. CNN reports seeing at least two AR-15s at today's event in Arizona, one of which was carried by a guy standing among those waving "Reform Now" signs.
As I've said before, it's a security risk and a de facto provocation to the other side. And having the right to do it is no more of a justification than bringing porn to a meeting with the president would be. Exit question: Why?
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Academic BackgroundA.B., B.A. Boston College;
M.A., Ph.D. Harvard University
After receiving my Ph. D from Harvard University in 1972 and teaching in Harvard's English department, I began my career at Rhode Island College in 1973. During the last forty-two years, I have taught twenty-four different courses in the undergraduate and graduate programs in English and in General Education. I have also been the only instructor in ancient Greek and Latin courses ranging from the 101-102 level to graduate-level theses. Since my area of interest and expertise is the Renaissance/Early Modern period, my courses in classical languages and literatures are directly related to my published work in that period which saw the rediscovery of ancient knowledge and the beginning of the modern world.
I have published or contributed to nine books during my career and written articles and reviews that have appeared in journals around the world. In recent years, two books of mine—Humanist Comedies and Humanist Tragedies—were published by Harvard University Press as part of its I Tatti Renaissance Library series, a collection which presents newly edited Latin works from the Italian Renaissance and, in most cases, their very first translations into English. In 2015, an expanded version of my introduction to Humanist Tragedies will be published by Oxford University Press; an extended chapter on "Literarische Formen des philosophischen Humanismus" will also be published by Schwabe Verlag in volume 3 of Ueberweg's Grundriß der Geschichte der Philosophie: Renaissance und Humanismus.
Over the course of my career, I have tried to insure that my professional, research interests informed my teaching. Ideally, this should always be the case. I have always believed that by expanding my own competence in the library I could expand the horizons of my students in the classroom. Thus, as a final and somewhat unusual note, allow me to mention, first of all, my attempt to enfranchise myself with one quarter of the world's population by enrolling at Brown in courses in Mandarin Chinese; second, my début in the movies as the voice-over in Blind Date, a film about Keats's "Ode to a Nightingale," produced by two of my former students which was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Documentary in 1985; and, third, most recently, my teaching a group of Cistercian nuns New Testament Greek to enable them to read the Bible in the original. Maintaining a close relationship between my traditional scholarship and the practical, compelling demands of my more non-traditional students is at the heart of what I do.
Courses TaughtENGL 120 Studies in Literature and Identity
ENGL 201 Introductions to Literary Studies I
ENGL 205 Backgrounds Brit Lit to 1800
ENGL 230 Business Writing
ENGL 345 Shakespeare: Histories & Comedies
ENGL 346 Shakespeare: The Tragedies
ENGL 348 British Lit 1500-1603
ENGL 351 British Lit From 1603 To 1674
ENGL 356 British Drama To 1642, Except Shakespeare
ENGL 490 Directed Study
ENGL 591 Directed Reading
GREEK 101 Introduction to Attic Greek
LATN 101 Elementary Latin I
MLAN 150 Topics
MLAN 250 Topics
MLAN 450 Readings in Greek
MLAN 550 Topics
WRTG 100 Writing and Rhetoric
Selected PublicationsOxford Handbook of Neo-Latin, contracted chapter on "Neo-Latin Tragedy in Europe, 1400-1800," Oxford UP, forthcoming 2015.
"Literarische Formen des historischen Humanismus," Chapter 13 in Volume 3 of the Friedrich Ueberweg, Grundriß der Geschichte der Philosophie, Basle: Schwabe forthcoming 2015.
Humanist Tragedies, translator and editor, I Tatti Renaissance Library Series,
Volume 45, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2011, 407 pp.
Humanist Comedies, translator and editor, I Tatti Renaissance Library Series,
Volume 19, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2005, 460 pp.
[Reviewed: Renaissance Quarterly (RQ), 59, No. 3 (Fall, 2006): 836-39.
New England Classical Journal (NECJ), 33.3 (August, 2006).
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR), 2, No. 54 (2006).
The Classical Journal (CJ), 82 (2006): 313f.
Onomázein (Chile), 13 (2006): 211-14.
Euphrosyne (Portugal), 35 (2006): 535-36.
Romanistisches Jahrbuch (Germany), 57 (2006): 301-303.
Albertiana: Société internationale Leon Battista Alberti (Italy),
No. 9 (2006): 258-59.
New York Review of Books, 53, No. 15 (October 5, 2006).]
International Journal of the Classical Tradition, 15 (2008): 281-90,
"Roman and Humanist Comedy on the Renaissance Stage," by
Charles Fantazzi.]
The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne, ed. Gary A. Stringer, Indiana
University Press, editorial consultant and English translator [Robert Ellrodt,
L'inspiration personelle et l'esprit du temps chez les poètes métaphysiques anglais
(1960)], Volume 7, Part I, 2004; Part II, 2005.
Dictionary of Literary Biography, Second Series, vol. 281, British Rhetoricians and
Logicians, 1500-1660, ed. E. Malone, entry "John Hoskyns," Bruccoli Clark Layman,
A Centennial History of Pawtucket Country Club, privately printed, 2002.
Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol. 121, Seventeenth-Century Nondramatic Poets,
ed. M. Thomas Hester, entry "John Hoskyns," Bruccoli Clark Layman, 1992.
John Hoskyns, Elizabethan Rhetoric, and the Development of English Prose, New York:
Garland Press, 1987.
The Fortunate Fall and Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice," Studia Neophilologica
55 (1983): 153-65.
"The Queen's Two Bodies: Britomart and Spenser's Faerie Queene, Book III,"
Cahiers Élisabéthains 21 (1981):11-33.
"Rhetoric as Metaphor: Some Notes on Dramatic Method," Études Anglaises 33 (1980):
"Spenser and Elizabethan Political Theology," Albion (Journal of British Studies) 12
(1980): 424.
"Ben Jonson, John Hoskyns, and the Anti-Ciceronian Movement," Studies in English
Literature 54 (1977): 33-53.
"From Formulary to Fiction: The Epistle and the English Anti-Ciceronian Movement,"
Texas Studies in Language and Literature 17 (1975): 379-95.


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There are tons and tones of clones of other games, all the farms on facebook and mobile phones is the best example.
Every decent social games developer seem to have a farm game, some I've seen even have 2.
On the other hand clones of Tetris are being shut down because they use the same mechanics in their games.
Hasbro sent a cease and desist letter to the creator of a copy of the game Risk using the Google Maps API resulting in the game shutting down (couldn't find much information about it on Google).
And now EA sued Zynga for copying, and maybe even mocking The Sims Social.
While the last case is pretty obvious and I kind of hope EA wins, the other 2 examples aren't as obvious.
Sure they use the same game with the same rules, but should you be able to copyright game mechanics? Mino added new features to the game, and even though it looks and feels like Tetris, I wouldn't say it is Tetris. And Google Maps Risk takes the original Risk to a whole new level.
Should chessboard makers be able to sue other chessboard makers because they use black and white teams, on a black and white board, with the same rules of gameplay?
Where is the line drawn? Is every clone out there risking being sued and shut down?
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HEREFORD -- United Supermarkets is hosting a job fair, beginning July 7, to select staff for its first ground-up Amigos location and its adjacent new United Express convenience store in Hereford.
The store will open August 20 and bring as many as 150 new jobs to the Hereford community.
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A wet day around Derwent Water
This is somewhere I tend to start walking from qutie a lot. It's nice and handy for Keswick, Borrowdale, Newlands Valley, Skiddaw, Latrigg and even the Castlerigg Stone Circle area.
The parking is free and no matter at what time of year or time of day I've always managed to get a space here.
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My name is Jake and I recently convinced my father to begin beekeeping. He built a top down hive and purchased a an Italian Queen + workers and we put them in the hive Sunday. Everything seemed like all was going great until my father called me up and told me to come look that the sky was darkened by the bees and they just flew over the fence into the pasture behind our house... ... WHAT!
So we found the swarm on a branch in a tree and we were able to reach them and we recovered most of the bees. We put "her" and the others back into their beehive my father built for them and we plugged them in there so they could not escape. We put a bowl of sugar water in the hive and we coated the beeswax drop-down notches on the slates with a liberal brushing of honey. Additionally we moved her hive under a big pecan tree for the shade.
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Tripoli International Airport (IATA: TIP, ICAO: HLLT) serves Tripoli, Libya. It is operated by the Civil Aviation and Meteorology Bureau of Libya and is the nation's largest airport. Located in the town of Ben Ghashir 34km south of the city centre, Tripoli International is a hub for Libyan Airlines. The airport is also a hub for Afriqiyah Airways and Buraq Air.
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In a similar vein to the Last Exit to Nowhere tees that we featured a few months ago, Synopsis tees from 2KTShirts take a vague reference to a movie and print it on a shirt without actually revealing which film it's regarding.
In this case, 2K use the official one-line descriptions used to advertised films in TV guides, along with their star rating. Some of them are pretty easy to fathom. "A teen skater takes a crackpot's DeLorean back to 1955, where he fends off his lustful future mom (1984)" features on the McFly tee (£18) and is obviously in reference to Back To The Future.
"Two brothers seeking redemption set out to re-enlist former members of their defunct band for honest pay (1980)" is a little hard to work out, but it might might help if I tell you that this forms the print of the Elwood tee…
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Montecito Water Calls Special Meeting to Discuss Supplies
Use exceeeds supply and concerns rise
MONTECITO, Calif. - The Montecito Water District has called a special meeting to discuss its dwindling water supplies.
The meeting is set for February 11.
District officials have said water users need to conserve the supplies remaining during the on going drought and the water use in the district is showing no significant signs of going dow.n.
That message has been sent to all water district users, but it's not the first time they have heard it. For several years, water managers have said conservation is the most inexpensive way to save the water they have, and purchasing supplemental supplies will be costly.
Montecito is known for large properties with big homes and sprawling lawns. There are also two golf courses in the area.
The water level at Cachuma Lake has fallen to 39 percent of its capacity. The supply will dry up in less than two years if there's no significant rain.
The district has not discussed rate increases at this time related to the drought.


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Top: UTSA postdoctoral fellow Ashlesh Murthy (left) with Professor Bernard
Arulanandam. Bottom: Murthy in the lab.
(Photo by Jason Brown)
UTSA, UTHSCSA collaborate on vaccine research
By Kris Rodriguez
UTSA Public Affairs Specialist
and Will Sansom
UTHSCSA Director of News and Information
(Feb. 19, 2007)--Researchers at the new UTSA South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID) and the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) have partnered to discover a vaccine to prevent Chlamydia, the most common bacteria-related sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the United States.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), chlamydia is caused by the bacterium, chlamydia trachomatis, which can damage a woman's reproductive organs. In women, symptoms are usually mild or absent. Serious complications can cause irreversible damage including infertility before a woman recognizes a problem. In men, Chlamydia complications can cause discharge from the penis.
A CDC report indicates 930,000 cases of Chlamydia infection were reported in the United States in 2004. Annually, it is estimated that new cases have risen to more than 2.8 million.
After three years of research, Ashlesh Murthy, a UTSA post-doctoral researcher in cell and molecular biology, has found success in administering a Chlamydia prevention vaccine in mice. The next step will be to test the vaccine in larger animals, primarily guinea pigs. He will present his vaccine research findings this summer at an international conference in Japan.
"This is a very prevalent disease in women throughout the world, and the biggest problem is that most infected women never show any symptoms, so they never get treated," said Murthy. "When Chlamydia is left untreated, it can lead to severe complications including pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancies and infertility."
Murthy's research is guided by Bernard Arulanandam, UTSA associate professor of biology, who began studying Chlamydia six years ago.
"With the recent success of the human papillomavirus vaccine, developed to prevent cervical cancer in young women, I think the urgency to develop a Chlamydia prevention vaccine is on the horizon," said Arulanandam.
The UTSA researchers work with Guangming Zhong, UTHSCSA professor of microbiology, whose lab has identified antigens or proteins in Chlamydia as vaccine candidates and providing them to the UTSA researchers to analyze for their efficacy.Arulanandam and Murthy have worked together since 2003, when Murthy enrolled in the newly established UTSA cell and molecular biology doctoral program. In May 2006, Murthy was UTSA's first recipient of a doctorate in cell and molecular biology.
Arulanandam is one of 19 STCEID faculty members. Center research focuses on critical areas of human health including anthrax, tularemia, cholera, Lyme disease, desert valley fever and other parasitic and fungal diseases.


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Hokum meter still in the red.
For a possible correlation between levels in wax and levels in bees and honey etc. this might shed some light.
Hokum meter still in the red.
For a possible correlation between levels in wax and levels in bees and honey etc. this might shed some light.
"I'm coming to the conclusion based on this math that WLC is anywhere from 10 to 100% wrong at any given time, and the number may be closer to 1000% or even 10,000%."
Am I 'Rocking-the-Boat' again Sol?
If you had read through the scientific literature, you would have already had the information in hand.
In short, it's already in the scientific literature, and it's been there for years.
Both the Wu and Mullin paper are good places to start.
It's definitely sputterred wax on the plastic foundation. So I would drop it down an order of magnitude.
According to the Johnson paper, the level of cuomophos (Checkmite) in the bees is about 40 times lower than that of the wax.
DDT, more than ten times higher in honey than wax.
Fluvalinate (Apistan), 35 times higher in wax than in bees.
Permethrin (Gardstar), 52 times higher in the bee than wax.
Dichlorobenzene (Paramoth) 535 times higher in wax than honey.
I think we could develop some crude partitioning coefficients from these kinds of numbers.
First off, I apologize for my comment "when do you guys find time to have fun with beekeeping." or remarks similar. Un called for and un warranted. I go off my meds sometimes
At the risk of just stirring the pot, at what point are the larvae not exposed to the wax during pupation? They spin a silken barrier. How, or does that even enter into this over all equation?
"I think we could develop some crude partitioning coefficients from these kinds of numbers. "
Thanks for the link to that article, by the way.
I haven't gotten totally through it, but I think that the bees were exposed directly to the miticides, etc, so they wouldn't have specifically gotten their concentrations directly from the wax, so I don't think we could actually derive partitioning coefficients from that, at least not the ones I was referring to, which would allow us to determine how much of the chemical a bee would have access to only from wax foundation or wax coated foundation.
Someone probablyalready studied pesticides in royal jelly. I don't know if anyone has ever looked at the contamination level of silk cocoons.
Makes me wish I was back in grad school studying bees!!
Not so much the silk, if I read the post right, but more to the insulation of the silk from the wax, and there by the larvae. (if that makes sense?) (speculation)
I wish I could be in grad school studying bees, but no, gotta study something that will make money.
4g phone way better than drugs. Not that I have any first hand knowledge.
Bees bring contaminants into the hive all the time.
It could easily go from nectar or pollen into the wax, etc. .
Fellas, it's not a one way street.
So, where's the estimates?
I assumed you would have already determined that "from the literature".


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The Spy Kids series is back with a thrilling new story, brand-new spies and a new dimension. Spy Kids: All the Time in the World is being released in 4-D, which takes 3-D and adds an odorous element: Aroma-Scope. Movie-goers will receive a free Aroma-Scope card that has numbers on it with their ticket. When you see a number flash on the movie screen, that's when you rub the card and take a whiff.
This time, the movie centers on the family of Marissa Cortez Wilson (Jessica Alba), the aunt of the now-grown, original Spy Kids, Carmen (Alexa Vega) and Juni (Daryl Sabara). Marissa is a former secret agent of the Organization of Super Spies (OSS). She left the agency when she became a mom to a baby girl and twin stepkids, Rebecca (Rowan Blanchard) and Cecil (Mason Cook). The twins don't get along with their new stepmom. But that may change when Marissa is thrown back into action and needs the siblings' help in order to stop a new villain, the Timekeeper.
TFK chatted with the new Spy Kids, Rowan, 9, and Cecil, 11, about the movie, working with cool gadgets and thier favorite smells. (Click here, or read to the end, to watch a video on filmmaking tips for kids from Spy Kids director Robert Rodriguez.)
You play twins. What are your characters like?
My character's name is Rebecca Wilson. She's an incredibly competitive 10-year-old. She's a bit of a pranskter, but can also be very sensitive.
My character Cecil Wilson is the smart, responsible twin. He's really good at cracking codes, hacking into computers and solving anagrams, and he's also hearing impaired. But to him, that's not really much of a disability; he actually uses [his hearing aids] to his advantage.
How does it feel to be the next-generation Spy Kids?
Really surreal!
It's really cool because I personally grew up watching the Spy Kids movies. If [my brother and I] saw a really good movie, we would always plan out our reenactment in the car on the way home. We would reenact the whole movie in our room. I really hope the kids who go see this movie have that same reaction.
The original OSS Spy Kids return in this movie as Rebecca and Cecil's mentors. Did Alexa and Daryl give you any tips on set?
They did. They gave us a lot of advice on doing interviews and a lot of advice about the gadgets, so it was really awesome getting to know them and getting to work with them.
How are you similar to your characters?
Cecil's really smart, and I guess you could say that I'm smart . . . [and] we both stand up for what we believe in; we stand up for the people that we love.
I'd say I'm like my character because we are both kind of sneaky, but we are also both very down to earth and very sensitive.
What's your favorite subject in school?
My favorite subject is art because I love drawing. I'm a really good artist. But my favorite actual subject would probably be science because I love getting to do experiments.
One of my favorite subjects is math, and I love reading. I'm lucky enough to be on Honor Roll this year. I love reading because you can picture the [story] in your mind, and I love math because it really gets you to think.
What was your favorite scene to shoot in the movie?
My favorite scene to shoot was probably the luge scene because we were strapped into these rocket-like luges and we were spinning 360 degrees . . . it was crazy but awesome.
I think that was probably my favorite scene, too. There was so much action involved, and we had so much fun shooting it.
What was your favorite spy gadget?
My favorite gadget would probably be my hammer hands because they send electromagnetic pulses, and when you punch down, it creates a giant shockwave of destruction.
What was it like working with a spy dog in the movie?
It was really cool working with Argonaut—that's his name in the movie. In real life [the dog's] name is Elmo, but he was a really, really nice dog. He was very, very smart. He was trained well. And what's funny is that one of the things the trainers would do is, if they wanted him to sit down, they would go like, "Goooooooood." We would always imitate them and joke around with people, and we would go, "That's gooooood," because that's what they would always say on set.
The film is also being shown in a new dimension, Aroma-Scope. Do you have a favorite smell?
Well, I don't want to give away the smells. There are going to be some surprising and really cool smells.
My favorite smell would probably be No. 5 or No. 1 [on the Aroma-Scope card].
Mine was No. 4.
We'll have to see the movie to find out what smells those are! What's next for each of you?
I have two movies coming out. One is called Treasure Buddies [part of Disney's Buddies series] and that comes out January 2012. I have another movie called The First Ride of Wyatt Earp that comes out in 2012. That was like a western-type movie, and I had never done one like that, so it was really fun to shoot. I learned stuff that was very interesting that I didn't even learn in history class!
I have a new pilot [television show] coming out called Little in Common. It's going to be on Fox.
And Rowan, you are also working on music?
Yes, I am. I definitely want music to become a big part in my life. It's what I want to do along with acting.
Why should kids go see Spy Kids: All the Time in the World?
Because it brings a new dimension, 4-D, to the theaters. It's an action-packed adventure movie for all ages, and it also has a life lesson in there that you should always make time for your family and that family always comes first.
Kids will be really inspired by this movie. I think they'll really want to get up and pretend to be a spy from the OSS.
Filmmaking Tips from Spy Kids Director Robert Rodriguez
Click here to watch more Spy Kids featurettes on Spy Moms, Spy Dogs and Spy Gadgets!


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My name is Parker J. Pfister, and I am a wedding and portrait photographer based in Asheville, NC. While I do photograph in Asheville, I often travel worldwide for both weddings and portraits. Though, with Asheville having so many amazing wedding locations it's hard to find anything better in the world. The majestic Biltmore Estate is practically in my backyard and is one of my favorite local wedding venues. The house itself is a Châteauesque-styled mansion built by George Washington Vanderbilt II, between 1889 and 1895, and is the largest privately owned house in the United States at 178,926 square feet! You are not going to find a larger statement for your wedding in the States than the Biltmore Estate! It offers over 12 wedding venues to choose from, ranging from the opulent front lawn or outdoor Diana venue to a beautiful intimate space at the Conservatory or the Champagne Cellar in the Winery. Some of my other favorites on the Biltmore Estate are Deerpark, Lioncrest, and the Inn. I love having this place in my hometown, and I love to exploring the 4,400 acres to find new locations to take my Bride and Groom. After all, we should all get personalized, original photography and not what everyone else has! Right?


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On your visit to our Breakfast Deck, help yourself to all these favourites: British Pork Sausages, back bacon, free range eggs, hash browns, baked beans, plum tomatoes, fried bread, toast and jams.
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Come to The Old Red Lion in Dunstable during the week and tuck into your favourite roast dinner or pub-food dish for less.
Take your pick of three succulent, slow roasted and freshly carved joints. Then add a Yorkshire pud, stuffing, and as many servings of roast potatoes and freshly steamed veg as you want. Top it all off with hot gravy and sauces.
All these dishes come with unlimited sides, including chips, baked beans and mushy peas - plus your choice of tongue-tingling BBQ or piri-piri sauce for only 49p extra.
Whether you go for a roast or pub classic, you can pile your plate with whichever veg and sides you want. For only £1.50 extra, you can also go large by adding more meat, a pork sausage and a giant Yorkshire to your carvery. Or, add half a rack of BBQ coated pork ribs for just £2.50. Can't decide? – then have both for £3.79
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For fruits, chocolate, floating candles - use it as you please. The crystalline beauty of thousands of shimmering chatons is a sure eye-catcher. The fully faceted base lends it balance and elegance. Decoration object. Not a toy. Not suitable for children under 15.


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For a pretty famous cook, Nigel Slater is one of the most understated guys around, no buzz words or campaigns or attention-seeking for him. As he quietly says in the introduction to the second of his Kitchen Diaries: "I cook. Nothing flash or showstopping, just straightforward, everyday stuff ... something to be shared rather than looked at in wonder and awe. Sharing recipes. It is what I do."
His collection of notes, shopping lists and what he calls "small kitchen celebrations" makes for great summer reading. We've rounded up a couple of ideas - Nigel always stresses his recipes are merely the starting point - that can help you deal with some of the abundance of your January garden.
Brown rice, courgettes and mint: At a glance, this dish may have resembled a vegetable-speckled version of the classic risotto milanese. But no, my supper is something of a hybrid, with a texture that is nuttier, chewier and rather more interesting than the classic recipe. Utterly, fabulously delicious, cheap and extremely nourishing.
But not, absolutely not, a risotto. Serves two.
Cherry almond crumble: As a rule I don't mess with cherries, feeling they are probably best eaten from the bag. The action of stoning the fruit into a bowl turns out to be less of a chore than I expect, even mildly relaxing. It is not often I cook a cherry, but this summer crumble is a good reason to. Serves four.
The Kitchen Diaries II by Nigel Slater, photographs by Jonathan Lovekin (Fourth Estate London, distributed by Harper Collins, $59.99).


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Better to know a knot and not need it, than need a knot and not know it.
Carrick Bend
Boating Index Boating Usage
Alpine Butterfly Bend Alpine Butterfly Loop Anchor Hitch Ashley Stopper Knot Bowline Bowline on a Bight Bowline, Running Buntline Hitch Carrick Bend Chain Splice Cleat Hitch (Deck) Cleat Hitch (Halyard) Clove Hitch (End) Constrictor (Twisting) Double O'hand Stopper EStar Stopper Knot Eye Splice Figure 8 Icicle Hitch (Loop) Halyard Hitch Heaving Line Knot Lighterman's Hitch Midshipman's Hitch Pile Hitch Rat-Tail Stopper Rolling Hitch Round Turn & Hitches Soft Shackle Soft Shackle Edwards Trucker's Hitch Stevedore Stopper Zeppelin Bend
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Animation: Carrick Bend Tying
Carrick Bend TyingWith one rope (blue) form a loop with the tail under the standing end. Pass the other rope (red) under the blue loop and then over and then under as shown. Thread the tail (red) across the loop passing under itself. Then pull both standing ends to tighten the knot.
Carrick Bend Details
Uses: The Carrick Bend (ABOK # 1439, p 263) joins two ropes together. Ashley describes it as "the bend commonly tied in hawsers and cables." It is also makes the center of the very decorative Lanyard Knot.
Structure: The knot curls up under strain and the attractive, mat-like appearance vanishes. It is important that the tails lie diagonally opposite each other; if tied incorrectly, an intermittent pull will gradually work the knot towards the tails until it is undone!
Place: Because the Carrick Bend is reliable and has the enormous advantage of being easy to undo, it probably deserves to be used more often. However, it is slightly awkward to assemble and it is easy to make a mistake: you can have both tails on the same side of the knot; or one of the crossings may be incorrect. These other versions of this knot perform far less well.
Knots for Making a Net: Making a Cargo Net is tedious, time-consuming, and only to be undertaken out of necessity or by the enthusiast.
The image on the left shows the two knots that are most commonly used at each junction when making a net. The Carrick Bend has been used in the upper row and the Sheet Bend has been used in the lower row.
Suggested Scheme for Making a Climbing Net: In case you ignore this excellent advice, and proceed to make your own net, the image on the right shows a method using the the Carrick Bend.
Disclaimer: Any activity that involves ropes is potentially hazardous. Lives may be at risk - possibly your own. Considerable attention and effort have been made to ensure that these descriptions are accurate. However, many critical factors cannot be controlled, including: the choice of materials; the age, size, and condition of ropes; and the accuracy with which these descriptions have been followed. No responsibility is accepted for incidents arising from the use of this material.
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Semester 1, 2012 | Credit Points: 6
Coordinator: Colin Wight
This unit of study comprises part 2 of a 15000 word dissertation for the degree of Master of Public Policy. Students must seek the department's permission prior to enrolment. Candidates must have completed, or be concurrently enrolled in GOVT6139 Research Design. A full-time student will undertake GOVT6340 Dissertation 1 and GOVT6341 concurrently. A part-time student will have satisfactorily completed GOVT6340 in the previous semester.
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text: Hello everyone new here and wanted to get some opinions. I have an 08 regular cab 4x2 short bed the stock tires were removed and replaced with Tahoe wheels and tires 275/55-20 and man those things are heavy my truck has an open rear end with 3.23 gears and gets great mileage but acceleration is lacking I got a quote of 1200 dollars to change the rear gears from a local shop which seems awful high. I found a rear end on E-bay 3.73 gears and a limited slip with under 100 miles for 650 plus freight and wondered if I should just get another estimate or buy the rear end I know how to swap it out also is 3.73 to deep a gear I dont pull anything and the truck is just a toy. Thanks Robert


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Here we are at the end of the month and I have some interesting recipes for you.
If you love pizza and pasta, you will love the Breadstick Pizza, Pizza Bake and Pizza Burger recipes.
The fourth recipe is one I served at Easter dinner and it was a big hit. If you love chocolate, you will triple love this one.
Remember, if you have a recipe you would like to share, send it to me. Or if you have lost a recipe, let me know and I will search for you.
Also, remember to nominate someone as "One of Hardin County's Finest Cooks." I already have nominees for May and June, so send me someone you know is an outstanding cook and they can be July's honoree.
Nora Sweat, author of "Mama and Me," is a native of Hardin County and a retired home economics/family and consumer science teacher. She can be reached at norasweat@ thenewsenterprise.com or by mail at
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2 tubes (11 ounces each) refrigerated breadsticks
1/2 pound sliced fresh mushrooms
2 medium green peppers, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1-1/2 teaspoons Italian seasoning, divided
4 teaspoons olive oil, divided
1-1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese, divided
5 ounces Canadian bacon, chopped
1-1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
Marinara sauce
Unroll breadsticks into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Press breadsticks onto the bottom and up the sides of pan; pinch seams to seal. Bake at 350 degrees for 6-8 minutes or until set.
Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute the mushrooms, peppers, onion and 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning in 2 teaspoons oil until crisp-tender; drain.
Brush crust with remaining oil. Sprinkle with 3/4 cup cheddar cheese; top with vegetable mixture and Canadian bacon. Combine mozzarella cheese and remaining cheddar cheese; sprinkle over top. Sprinkle with remaining Italian seasoning.
Bake the pizza for 20-25 minutes or until cheese is melted and crust is golden brown. Serve with marinara sauce. Yield: 12 servings
Nora's Note: You may substitute thinly sliced ham for Canadian bacon and achieve a similar taste.
Source: Taste of Home "Simple and Delicious," April-May, 2012, pg. 29
1 package (16 ounces) spiral pasta
2 pounds ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 cans (15 ounces each) pizza sauce
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups 2% milk
1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
4 cups (16 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
1 package (3-1/2 ounces) sliced pepperoni
Preheat oven to 350°. Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, cook beef and onion over medium heat 8-10 minutes or until beef is no longer pink, breaking up beef into crumbles; drain. Sprinkle with seasonings. Stir in pizza sauce; remove from heat.
In a large bowl, mix eggs, milk and Parmesan cheese. Drain pasta; add to egg mixture and toss to combine. Transfer to a greased 3-qt.baking dish. Top with beef mixture, mozzarella cheese and pepperoni.
Cover the dish and bake for 20 minutes and then uncover and bake for 20-25 minutes longer until golden brown and heated through.
Nora's Note: One reviewer of this recipe said they mixed everything together and baked it, they liked it that way instead of all beef and cheese on top.
Source: Taste of Home, August/September, 2007, pg. 29
1 pound lean ground beef
Onion powder
Garlic powder
Dash of salt
1 pound mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 jar or can of pizza sauce
1 loaf of French or Italian bread, sliced ½" to 1" thick
In skillet on medium heat, sauté ground beef, stirring often to break up into crumbles. Add seasonings to taste. Continue to cook beef until no pink is shown and nicely browned. Drain well and cool for ½ hour.
When cool, add mozzarella cheese and pizza sauce. Mix well. Spread ground beef/cheese/ sauce mixture on slices of bread. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees until cheese melts.
1 chocolate fudge cake mix
2-3 oz. packages instant chocolate pudding
1 ½ c. water
½ c. oil
4 eggs
2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 can dark fudge chocolate frosting
Mix first five ingredients until moistened and then on medium speed of mixer for two minutes.
Stir in chocolate chips.
Bake in Bundt pan sprayed with cooking spray at 325 degrees for one hour to one hour and ten minutes.
Remove from oven and cool for 15 minutes.
Remove from pan and place on serving plate.
Heat frosting in microwave oven for 30 seconds. Stir and pour over cake in order to cascade down the sides.
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thanks sometimes pics are better to sew by
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
thanks sometimes pics are better to sew by
asking a quilter to mend is like asking picasso to paint your garage
I know I am reviving an old thread, sorry about that.
I finally made the bowtuck bag.... and wouldn't you know it, I get it done and am ready to put the last thing... the button...
and I got my button loop on the wrong side!! so my button will end up on the back... GRRR
Wish I knew an easy way to fix it, but at least it was nothing major, just the bag will have the button on the back.
Want to say thank you to the op for this wonderful thread, there were a few times I came back here because I got lost.
The pictures helped wonderfully! Thank you
My Etsy store, more will be added soon.
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I quilt, therefore I am.
Live, Laugh, Love
Thanks for this, I have had the pattern forever and someone wrote things down for me but this is great, I am a visual person and so great, will keep this and try one now for sure
Quilting With A Friend Will Keep You In Stitches
I am making the first of these bags and I'm wondering if you can get by with one layer of the Pellon? It seems to me that two layers is going to make it so puffy that it will be difficult to quilt with free-motion designs. And aren't the seams reallllllly thick and stiff with four layers of Pellon in them? Thanks for your thoughts on this!
You will lose stiffnes mostly. If you like a bag a little floppy, then that would be fine. But I would make sure I put the interfacing on the outside of the bag for wear and tear reasons. And make sure your lining is sturdy. You could put a thin fusible on the lining and that should be good.
Remember, patterns are like a chilli recipe, it is merely a guideline.
I quilt, therefore I am.
Live, Laugh, Love
I went ahead and followed the directions as far as using the pellon on both lining and the body - I'm almost at the assembly stage. The quilting is only done on one layer, so that turned out to be a non-issue. And once I started working with it, I realized that the fleece isn't nearly as thick or dense as I had previously thought. So far, so good.
Just finished the project. Tutorial was not very helpful. One needs to read and re-read the original instructions. I still wonder what is the problem with posting better pictures with complete steps.
I had difficultis with boxed corners. Using Pythagorean theorem I was able to create the correct size for the cornes. Fun, don't you think? Hopefully you will see the picture of my new bag. Love it!
Very lovely job...like your fabric choices. I never get tired seeing Bow Tuck Bags. I have made three..it may be time to make a couple more while I still remember how
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I started last spring with carniolans in nucs. It was a rainy summer and I fed my nucs pretty hard. I use one deep and two mediums as a basic hive and made sure each hive had the 2 mediums in good shape. This spring I find that none of them touched the top super and most of them didn't touch the one under that. In addition, many of them had a lot of honey in the remaining deep. If I'd had the nerve I could have wintered them in 1 deep. I'm going to love these Carnies.
What do you other folks in a cold climate leave for stores? Have others been surprised by this kind of wintering from Carnolians? I'm happy, I've already got next winters stores being stored.


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DJs wear bras for breast cancer awareness
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - It's been quite a sight around the Tri-Cities: grown men wearing pink bras, while standing on the side of the road.
They're a couple of guys from the radio station Electric 94.9, who are trying to bring awareness to breast cancer and raise money for breast cancer research.
All week, they've been popping up in different places during the station's morning show wearing pink bras.
One of the DJs lost his mother to breast cancer several years ago and wants to make sure everyone knows early detection is key. "Everybody sees a man in a pink bra and they're like, "what in the world?" But they understand that October is breast cancer awareness month and pink is the color for breast cancer. We're just out here to remind people and so they get the message and a little smile in the morning, as well," says Freddy Stylez, an Electric 94.9 DJ.
The guys will be in Johnson City Friday morning at Mountcastle Drive and Roan Street.
All the money they raise goes to Susan G. Komen.