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Original post made by Worried, Duveneck School, on Nov 3, 2006
There's also a lot of praise for Lisa Swagerty, a Palo Verde 3rd grade teacher who along with her husband were cited last Saturday by the police for contributing to the delinquency of minors. Clearly, she is well liked and by all accounts a respected teacher.
But just like Giordano, she is just another problem staff member on the PAUSD payroll. Being a teacher means you have to lead students by example, not only in the classroom but also in everyday life. Parents of the students who were invited to her home probably thought to themselves: "That is one safe place for my child to spend an evening." I don't know how many parents were shocked when they were called to pick up their drunken teen. At least no one got hurt, thanks to the police who arrived on the scene before anyone could commit DUI. So, Swagerty won't be arrested or sentenced to prison. And I doubt any parents will sue her for anything.
But there has to be some consequence for Swagerty. Life can't just go on as if nothing ever happened. What kind of message would that be? That it is ok for teens to go to a party and drink themselves in the presence of adult host? As long as nobody got hurt? What's the big deal?
With all the problems already faced by PAUSD, one has to wonder if the party is over for Palo Alto Schools. While other school districts are catching up, this one is slipping on all fronts. Pretty soon, people might use past tense to describe how great PAUSD was. "Which high school did you go to?" "Paly." "Used to be a good school. What happened?"
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a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Nov 3, 2006 at 12:13 pm
It's not the greatest school district. I often meet other paly alumni who feel they were swept to the side while ivy league bound kids were the main focus of the school's attention. On top of that, there are some sketchy teachers in the district like Giordano; always have been. The district also has it's problems with kids who put on a face of perfection, but behind the scenes they may be doing hard drugs, contemplating suicide, alcohol abuse, etc. There is a lot of presure from parents who are the world's top 1% in terms of wealth and power and kids who are simply born average.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Nov 3, 2006 at 1:36 pm
Worried, Your post seems more about villifying and piling on more shame. Haven't we seen anough of that, in this case?
I'm upset that this happened to, but you are making large generalizations about PAUSD, kids, PAlo Alto, etc. etc from this one example. What's up with that? That's not the kind of logic that we want to inform our community with; it makes matters worse.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 3, 2006 at 1:47 pm
Funny you should say that. Sitting the the board meeting last night, which was mostly a round table of all the elementary school principals telling the board about all their fantastic creative ideas for teaching, I couldn't help but wonder if they'd be patting themselves on the back quite so much if we were a community of less means and less connected to a wealthy, educated community. I wonder how much of the PAUSD test scores are driven by 'luck' (as in; parents who are willing and driven and have supplemental resources to make sure their kids excel are carrying this districts test scores).
I don't think you could prove we're a great school district by walking around our facilities (decrepit), looking at our tools (libaries, technology, art rooms, science labs, teachers aids), or watching our board and district level decision making processes, (a comedy of errors, slow and lacking in direction, particularly around chasing after every hair brained scheme to walk their way, no strategic priorities, an AMAZING level of denial with regard to the PIE benchmarking study last night...)
I wonder if folks are going to feel like digging into their pockets next year for MORE money to throw at this board and superintendent via PIE or via new bonds to fix our schools? I think that will only happen if the board gets its strategic priority thinking caps on, and starts getting back to business and showing some backbone.
They can start on January 9th, by just saying NO to diversionary, divisive, low priority programs, that shower more enrichment on the highest performing kids.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Nov 3, 2006 at 3:46 pm
I agree with parent on all counts.
a resident of Mountain View
on Nov 3, 2006 at 4:16 pm
If you asked me, not that you would but if you did, I'd tell you that PAUSD ain't what it used to be. The only thing that's keeping it afloat is the over-priced real estate which creates a lot of hype that extends to schools. There's the natural association between real estate and schools but in Palo Alto's case, the wheels are beginning to come off and sooner or later people will wake up to reality.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Nov 4, 2006 at 10:24 pm
First of all, this city IS, and will be for a LONG time, a city with a very demanding demographic. It's a built-in feature that accompanies the cost of housing here.
PAUSD does have some problems; so do many other districts. Many, many districts wish they had the problems that PAUSD has. There is a fantastically talented and diverse bunch of parents in this district who dedicate talents that most schools systems can only fream abut having.
Sure, it's true that if you plopped this demographic womwhere else, it woudl be an achievement-oriented group. So what? What's the point of saying that? It sounds like small potatoes to me, and/or sour grapes.
The FACT is that we have the demographic we have. The fact is that our city, and our school system have yet to get fully in gear since the bottom fell out of oour local economy 4-5 years ago. This is all going to take leadership, which will appear soon enough.
As for our comparative achievement stats with similar demographics, yes, we do need to work on that. One of the things that will help make that happen is NEW LEADERSHIP, and a BOE that begins listening, and listening hard, to the people on the ground, doing the hard work of teaching every day - and then taking the sage advice from the experts (the teachers) and ACTING on it.
If we replace the superintendent, it's not writtenn in stone that we even have to rehire a new one. There is NOTHING is the California State Education Code that requires a district to have a superintendent.
What we need is a transparent organization, and real BOE and municipal leadership to make this town and its schools fire on all cylinders. We need vision, and leadership. I see some of that beginning to appear in small pockets, and expect it will continue.
We ALL have to pitch in to make this city, and its schools work. We DO have something special in our midst - our citizenry, with all its talents and passion. Let's unlock that! What can we do to make ourselves great? That's the question we need to answer, and the goal we need to pursue.
a resident of Greater Miranda
on Nov 6, 2006 at 1:20 pm
So, I infer from your statement about "our citizenry, with all its talents and passion", that you support that energy which drive positive forces in the district... like the Mandarin immersion parent group.
They've worked within the system, processes, and have given all they got (including money). What an insult to use NIMBYism and other scare tactics to flush a program with true merit. Are the opponents as likely to contribute to a positive program with their negative passion?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 6, 2006 at 3:07 pm
Really, what are the merits of the Mandarin Immersion program for PAUSD? I haven't heard any yet. It doesn't address this district's top priorities, it doesn't offer language education programs that reach all students equitably, it feathers the cap of a few lucky lottery winners, as you so nimbly point out it comes to us courtesy of a few big money special interest spenders who wish to see PAUSD resources devoted to their own pet special interest project for the long term. It does nothing for PAUSD in the long run.
If that parent group were truly interested in the best interests of PAUSD they'd be looking for language strategies that could be offered district wide. Or they'd be looking for ways to help the district solve the achievment gap. In fact the opponents do have some important alternative ideas and offers of help, such as foreign language task force, strategic priority setting for the district, more focus on kinder and pre-k resources to reach achivement gap risk kids early, etc. And they have been spending just as much time, with much less resources and much less access to information, and much less access to the district officials. What they don't have is as much ~money~ as the wealthy proponents from PACE (so shame on them for not having money!)
This special interest group is really fond of saying they're working their wallets off to get their way. Sure they are, cause there's a big payoff in the end for them. They get free private school caliber language academy paid for (mostly) by public school funds. Don't be fooled by "Getting a Bigger Grip"'s righteous indignation. The best defense is a good offense when you have no ground to stand on.
By the way, look for Delaine Eastin's speech in November to tout the merits of language education. PACE has worked tirelessly to get sponsors for this speaking event, which they will parlay to LOOK like apparent support for PACE's Mandarin Immersion Proposal. In fact a few PTAs and League of Women's Voters are sponsoring the speech, but not supporting the controversial MI proposal. There's a big difference between a language academy that will cater to a few high achieving lottery winners, and a language program that offers equitable beneficial language enrichment for all kids. When you hear about that speech, notice that Mountain View School District and Mountain View Leauge of Women Voters in combination with PACE, are going to be a big visible sponsor of this speech in Palo Alto - to hopefully talk PAUSD into how to spend PAUSD resources. Perhaps Mt. View would like to sponsor the whole MI proposal, and that could be a big win win for every one!
And that is one more useful, constructive idea coming from the opposition to MI.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Nov 6, 2006 at 6:52 pm
I'm not opposed to language education; if anything, we need more of it. The problem comes with the FACT that MI, althuogh a wonderful idea - DOES stress the district in ways that DO NOT create universal benefit.
Again, what absolutely astounds me - no matter that we all agree that MI is a great idea in and of itself - is that more serious inputs weren't sought from staff and teachers, relative to how this program will further strain the PAUSD system.
MI shuold be re-thought, and deployed in a way that ENHANCES PAUSD AS A WHOLE. Currently, that isn't the case.
I don't want to push this too far, because it will confuse other issues, but it sould be said that this entire issue of MI, and the way it has been rolled out and deployed thus far is ANOTHER example of the absolute lack of leadership and appropriate levels of informed operational diligence that we should EXPECT from our sernior administrative group. INstead, what we have is a years-long mish-mash of parental hope, cajoling, push, pull, and then some half-baked deployment that DOES strain the system.
Why didn't Callan and Cook look into this more thoroughly. IN fact, this is one of the things that the MT is complaining about. THings are passed down from on high, willy-nilly, and dumped in site administrator's and teacher's laps, WITHOUT having properly consulted them FIRST.
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This was confirmed at the Ilulissat summit in Greenland in 2008 where all the Arctic coastal states -- including the US, not yet a party to the Law of the Sea Convention -- recognized the law of the sea as the starting point and a solid foundation for how regional and outside actors should act in the Arctic.
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n. Someone who'd otherwise be a four (of ten), but gets a six because they share your weird kinky fetish, i.e. just barely passing for fuck-able, counting all the extra credit.
Mary was a "fetish six," which is to say she'd be totally unfuckable if she didn't share Mark's penchant for Alf cosplay.
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They literally improving from a competition to the next one, I find it very hard to believe they have been paired less than 2 years ago. Call it a good match or what!
I think they will duel Bob/Sol very closely and if Bob/Sol will not start to get sharper and less sloppy, they will be passed.
I/K while lovely presentation, they have to get their sleeves up and get down to business in the tech dept. Long way to go there. But it is all right for their first season on the senior tour, they should be developing in the shadow of some more seasoned teams like Bob/Sol and Ria/Tka.The hype was a bit exagerated, they could be good, but not as fast as people were expecting.
I have to admit that I really like Jana and Fedor's FD. The music has been stuck in my head all day. They (well, Fedor..) ARE technically inferior to some of the other teams, though. I think they placed around where they should have, although I didn't watch Gorshkova and Butikov's whole FD (tired of it).


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I am thinking of building a top bar hive. What angle (floor to wall) prevents attachment of comb to the sides of the hive? And, while we are at it, what is the maximum practical depth of the hive?
I am thinking of building a top bar hive. What angle (floor to wall) prevents attachment of comb to the sides of the hive? And, while we are at it, what is the maximum practical depth of the hive?
I'm not sure that there is any such angle. I have a 60 degree angle, and while there is not a lot of attachment, there is some. That's why a long knife is a basic part of the Top Bar toolbox. The depth depends on the normal temperature, I think. Combs filled with honey are very heavy and will break from the weight. I had one break yesterday, but I caused it by trying to fix some slightly crossed comb. The angle of the walls helps with the weight, but my hive depth is about 9 1/2 inches. I live in a hot area, but I don't like to even touch the bars if the temp is over 90. I have seen recommendations of as little as 7 inches. You live in a pretty warm area so the shallower it is, the less problem you are likely to have with collapses and breaks. The depth of my hives is determined by the angle of the side and floor for a 1x12 board with the angle cut off one side of the 1x12 so it is flat on the bottom. Other hives in our area use 1x10 boards, so they are shallower, of course.
I would strongly recommend finding other KTBH Beeks in your area and finding out what they use. It is very useful to have a standard size so you can share comb and other hive parts.
This is a copy and paste from Sam Comforts web site, with his dimensions for a TBH, bonus is that you can use the top of Lang frames fir bars.....Guess what? I measured one of my top bar hives. Eveything is made from rough cut 1 by 10s. Remember that bees just need a hollow space and dimensions are not important, though this size has proven versatile. To generally keep combs straight on the top bars, they are cut at 1.25" width. This is just the general trend, and NOTHING IS ABSOLUTE WITH BEES.
INTERNAL DIMENSIONS (approximate with rough cut lumber)
Width of top (accommodates a langstroth top bar): 18.25"
Width of bottom: 8.25"
Angle of sides: 120 degrees, gap left at bottom of board makes the side 10.5"
Height: 9"
Top bars: 1.25" by 20" (accommodates 4 popsicle sticks)
A .25" by 20" strip separates the divider boards from the first and last top bars and maintain bee space.
I sit the side boards angled onto the bottom to create bottom entrances. See some pictures. Get creative.
The box is 3 feet long, for convenience. 4 feet would give them even more room.
Born to bee bad,
Top Bars:
I use fully Lang. compatible top bars in my KTBH hives, complete with a "bee gap" built into the bars so the bees can get on top of the bars. In my really hot, really humid area (Texas Coast), I use top entrances on these hives & it allows the bees to circulate air over the tops of the bars efficiently, thus aiding them in heat control (VERY important when it's 95F out and 85%+ humidity).
The sides of my hive are angled at 60* up from the bottom, as the standard dimension of an equilateral hexagon (i.e. bee cell), this helps dramatically in keeping the sun's rays from hitting the sides directly enough to cause damaging heating, but the bees will make side attachments no matter what you do, short of coating the walls with Slick50 (don't do it...would kill your bees most likley), so just be ready to cut a few attachments every now & then.
Comb Depth:
My hives end up with 9.5" vertical height from the bottoms of the top bars to the top of the bottom board. To date I've only had 1 comb collapse, and that one was 100% my fault; I'd cut the connection of the com for about 1/3 of the total length in order to straighten a curved comb, and the bees didn't get the cut parts reattached before the heat of the day kicked in...
One thing that hasn't been mentioned yet in this thread, but I believe is the #1 most important thing for a KTBH in a hot climate is the lids... For mine, I coat the top of the lid with 2 coats of a high-penetration, white "homestead paint"...followed (after fully dry) by a coat of aluminum roofing paint. The aluminum paint is HIGHLY reflective, and will dramatically reduce the amount of solar heating in your hive. In my opinion, if you don't use the aluminum paint, or some form of metal covering, on your lids, you're not going to be a very happy/successful TBH beekeeper in hot climates.
There's no angle that will prevent attachment of the comb to the sides of the hive, but most people
agree on the 60/120 degree angle to minimize comb attachments. Mine are around 64 degrees, because
that's what it came out to when I lined the boards up. My combs end up around 9" deep.
I use 1x12s for the body of my hives, with the sides of my hives set down 3/4" from the top
of the end boards. This matches the thickness of my top bars.
Yep, sounds like most people use the 60 degree (or 30 degree from vertical) for the side walls. That's how I built mine, and it works just fine. As stated above, you will always have some attached comb, but it's so random that I can't figure out when/why they decide to attach where they do. I just have a habit of always running my knife down both sides of the comb before even trying to move the bar, just in case there is a bridge that I can't see.
With all the talk of heat and collapsed comb it makes me wonder. What about a TBH that is considered extra wide, to compensate for being shallow. I build mine based on a set of plans that called for a 1x12 sidewall, resulting in 11" comb height. Then I just hacked of 2" to make the combs smaller. But what about making the bars say 24" wide by 8" deep? Has anyone ever tried this? It would give more surface area to attach comb to the bar, and still sufficient volume of comb per bar. I guess the folks that use a half barrel are close to this. I believe those barrels are 22" wide. The downside is that it would not be Lang compatitable, but if you don't intend to run Langs, then what's the worry?
Didn't mean to sidetrack. Back on topic!
After 20 months I'm over a 20 hives and growing. See my videos! http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8fVrmUsyYlRuASdX6UQk1g
I think the 22"-24" bars would prob. work...just would be concerned about making them much longer without increasing bar thickness to compensate so the wood doesn't bow/crack when holding up comb full of hone 1'+ from any support.
As far as Lang. compatibility, as long as your box was still deep enough, a Lang frame could simply be attached to the bottom of a 22"-24" top bar & inserted in the hive
I am curious why you would want less brace comb and not more? If it helps keep comb from collapsing in the hive? Forgive me for asking a ton of questions! I would think the longer bars with a steeper angle would be beneficial. Having less weight (distribution) on the longer bar both in and out of the hive plus the total attached surface area
Longer bars will help with keeping warm combs from collapsing ASSUMING that the lid is insulated well enough that the higher lid surface area doesn't cause increased heating, and that the bar itself is strong enough (and stiff enough) to support the weight of the comb. Also, the 30 degree angle of a KTBH is arguably the strongest angle for the comb itself, as it runs along a natural division line between cells (IMHO)I would think the longer bars with a steeper angle would be beneficial. Having less weight (distribution) on the longer bar both in and out of the hive plus the total attached surface area
definatly interesting stuff Rob....good thing I havent started making sawdust yet, had my motors turning at work earlier


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The Stompers 95, a 12U girls softball team in the San Ramon Valley Girls Athletic League, defeated the Pleasanton Phantoms to earn the championship title in the Nor-Cal Oakland Regional and National qualifier tournament.
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. - Pueblo County Undersheriff J.R. Hall says deputies have seen heroin cases escalate in the last two years.
Hall says legalizing marijuana will make it more difficult to tackle the epidemic. When voters legalized marijuana in November 2012, he said it made drugs, like heroin, more acceptable among young people.
"When society allows an illicit drug to be acceptable, accessible or affordable, then that isn't good for the young people in society," Hall said.
Additionally, Hall believes the Drug Enforcement Administration's crackdown on prescription drug abuse is fueling a much-larger opiate problem.
"There has been some effort to restrict opiate usage and opiate abuse by the medical community and as a result of that you're seeing people trying to get this opiate effect through whatever means possible and that's usually illegal," Hall said.
Last week, deputies confiscated a pound of heroin from a home in Pueblo valued at $100,000.
"That's not really even a lot compared to what we think is coming in," he said.
The death of actor Philip Seymour-Hoffman has garnered media attention on heroin abuse. Authorities believe Hoffman died from a heroin overdose. Hall says similar stories unfold in Pueblo County.
"In law enforcement, your local law enforcement, some parent's child has already died or even some child's parent has died and that's unacceptable as well," Hall said.
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Sitting together at one end of the table, Rigell and Himes now crane their necks to hear Lipinski. "The system," the Illinois Democrat says, "is set up against doing anything." Around the black, polished-wood table, every head nods. Lipinski complains that committee staff members are too powerful. "I've reached agreement with Republicans [in Congress] and have had their staffers veto" the deal, he says.
Most lawmakers want to change Congress, at least in the abstract, Cicilline says. But real reform on issues such as redistricting, filibusters, and campaign spending are harder won. Like an unwelcome guest, reality silences the table—until Cicilline jump-starts the conversation with the smallest measure of optimism. "By the way," he says, "just having a chat like this is monumental."…
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UTSA launches President's Distinguished Lecture April 14
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(April 9, 2008)--The University of Texas at San Antonio will host the recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D., as the inaugural speaker in the UTSA President's Distinguished Lecture Series at 6:30 p.m., Monday, April 14 in the Main Building Auditorium (0.104) on the 1604 Campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
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Capecchi's presentation, "Gene Targeting in the 21st Century: Mouse Models of Human Disease from Cancer to Psychiatric Disorders," will focus on his development of a gene-targeting technique, altering genes in embryonic stem cells, that revolutionized the study of human disease by creating animal models for hundreds of diseases including cancer, heart disease, arthritis and Parkinson's disease.
"Part of our journey toward becoming a top-100 public research university will be sharing with the community opportunities to learn from premier researchers," said UTSA President Ricardo Romo. "Dr. Mario Capecchi is a leader in his field, a mentor to one of our own faculty members and a stellar example of the caliber of speakers we hope to attract as the lecture series continues."
Before joining UTSA in 2005, Gary Gaufo, UTSA assistant professor of biology, studied under Capecchi as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Utah's Howard Hughes Medical Institute. "The idea is to make this an academic and intellectually rich series," said Gaufo. "What better way to start than to bring in a Nobel laureate."
Capecchi received a doctoral degree in biophysics from Harvard University and a bachelor of science degree in chemistry and physics from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. While pursuing his education, Capecchi completed his thesis work under the guidance of Nobel laureate James D. Watson, who, along with Francis Crick, determined the structure of DNA. Capecchi currently serves as a distinguished professor of human genetics and biology at the University of Utah and is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.
Born in 1937, Capecchi wandered the streets of Verona, Italy, for four years during World War II while his mother was imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp. After the war, they reunited and eventually moved to the United States.
Before leaving San Antonio, Capecchi also will lecture April 15 at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio.
For more information, contact Gary Gaufo at (210) 458-4471.
The UTSA President's Distinguished Lecture Series will feature internationally recognized scholars engaged in traditional research and activities, as well as those whose contributions are in the creative fields of architecture, fine arts and music. The bi-annual series will feature external scholars in the spring and selected members of the UTSA community in the fall.


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Breezy Point removes vacation rentals from a residential zoning
Vacation rentals will no longer be allowed in the R-3 residential zone of Breezy Point, which is recognized as primarily single-family homes.
City Administrator Joe Rudberg explained in a memo that the planning commission found vacation rentals to be disruptive to single-family home neighborhoods, which primarily make up the R-3 district.
The council made the decision Monday night, Feb. 4, during its regular council meeting.
Vacation rentals are defined as homes that are rented out more than four times a year. They're still allowed in other zones, including the R-4 residential district, which is multi-family homes, commercial, limited commercial, waterfront commercial and resort commercial.
The council requested the planning commission to look at the ordinance after hearing concerns from residents about vacation rentals at the Nov. 6, 2012, council meeting.
Council member Otto Schmid voted against the ordinance amendment, saying that enforcement would require a lot of resources.
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In January, Breezy Point Police Chief Kevin Merschman reported 197 calls for service, including 82 traffic stops, 29 agency assists, 11 medicals, five accidents and 64 miscellaneous.
In other business Monday, the council:
• Heard a presentation from Tim Bray, Crow Wing County Highway Department engineer. Bray is asking for public feedback via a survey on the county's website.
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" Brand: Tesco / Type: Baby Oil "
Johnson's baby oil never really agreed with my skin, I would still apply it though. My worst experience being on my pregnant bump which ended up with a bright red rash. I never really knew there were any alternatives for baby oil then the Johnsons make. However I do like to keep my skin hydrated and would use creams instead and with my children I had a similar experience of Baby oil not agreeing with their delicate skin. Although I would use it occasionally for their scalps.
While grocery shopping in Tescos I saw the big bottle of Tesco My Baby's Moisturising Oil on the shelf and I decided to give it a try. I noticed that it is not as moisturising as the typical Baby Oil range but it is more suitable for more sensitive skins. I use it on myself and have noticed I no longer feel the burning hot sensation I use to feel with Johnson's brand. I do not use it for my children's skin as they have their own prescription creams for their dry skin and I do not want to try anything new on them yet. But on occasions when my sons scalp is very dry I have applied it and it has worked well to sooth the dryness.
A 500ml costs £1.37 which is a bargain compared to Johnson's Baby Oil with is smaller sized and over £2.
A disadvantage to the Tesco range is that it does not smell as nice as Johnsons range and does not have different fragrances to choose from. However I do think the advantages outweigh this as it is hypoallergenic and this has helped me to be able to use a baby oil without feeling hot and itchy. It says it has been paediatrician approved which is good for babies and children, and if I had a baby without eczema I may have used it for baby massage.
Tesco 'My Baby' baby oil - 500ml for £1.56
I picked this up recently in one of 'whirlwind impulse shops', where the whole purpose is just to blast into a supermarket and buy things I don't really need but think 'oh, that's a good idea'. Inevitably you will buy loads of useless junk and the cost will be far in excess of what you would have spent on those 'essentials'. By the way, I class Stella Artois (discounted at 2x24 bottles of 284ml for £16 or 3 for £20) as essentials!
This is in the bathroom products/spot cream/tooth paste/shower gel - type aisle, and is located directly next to the Johnson's baby oil bottles (of various size). A cursory look shows one is more expensive than the other and it doesn't take a genius to work out which is which. Johnson's costs £2.65 for the same amount and this is over a pound cheaper. Apart from the packaging, the items were identical in my opinion.
This item is located in my shower next to the shower gels. I tend to use it after I shower to massage into the dry areas of my body that are consistent with well known dry skin conditions. I have really started to notice the difference in the softness and lack of dryness in my skin. There is a Johnson's Baby oil bottle in the bathroom and I had used this previously, but to be honest there is no difference and you are essentially paying a premium for their brand name. I am a firm believer in not practising brand name snobbery - i.e. not paying more for the sake of it - and will invariably now go for the supermarkets own brands instead of the more famous ones (obviously there are some exceptions....beer being one of them :D )
There are other well known usages for baby oil, most obviously when slathering it all over young sproglets. Well seeing as I am sans child, I can't really comment on that, but there are massages a plenty to be had with a big old bottle of this stuff too. My better half is well used to massaging the two compressed discs in my upper back/neck and this baby oil works very well in conjunction with olive oil or moisturising cream (although not at the same time!) in terms of a localised or full body massage.
The substance is oily (duh!), scent free and will run through your fingers if liberally applied. You will get a lot of applications out of it unless you practise the 'water fountain squeezy - bottle effect'. I will not bore you with the contents as we all know its petroleum based and if you are worried about it irritating you or your child you will examine the label with a careful eye when you are perusing your options in the Health and Beauty aisle.
One top tip with this is to put a smaller amount into a little plastic bottle if you go travelling (outwards bounds, hiking, etc). It very useful to put a small amount on your hands at the end of the day in your tent or whatever and massage it into skin that has been exposed to the elements. Obviously a large 500ml bottle has all sorts of implications such as leaking and taking up space, but a smaller bottle would be hardly noticeable by comparison.
I buy baby oil to use to massage my wife with. I use baby oil as its great at hyrdrating the skin and the hands guide well alcorss the skin with it.
I normaly buy the premium branded baby oils, but I came across this one, and for a few pence cheaper and a bigger bottle, I thought I would give it a go. Aftrall oil is oil right?
The first thing about this oil I notice is that it comes in a bigger bottle than the Johnson's oil I normally buy. When I came to use it, I was surprised by how runy this oil is. When I massage my wife, I normaly put a small amount in my hands and warm it up first, but with this stuff its far too runny and it just runs through your hands, so have to directly apply it to the skin, wic can be quite a shock as its cold!
Once on the skin, its very mositurising I must say, and seems to massage in well, although it does feel a little bit greasy. However, I found that this greasyness soon goes, and if you are using this oil for massaging, I've found you need to re-apply more, because the oil dries up rather too quickly.
Therefore, you do end up using quite a lot of oil, compared to other branded makes, where a bottle normaly lasts ages.
I also found that the lid on this bottle doesnt fit brilaintly, so it does tend to leak slightly, which is a big downsid, and would be disasterous if you are taking this on your travels!
As with this old credit crunch i have decided to give up my expensive johnsons baby oil in search for a cheaper alternative and decided to try tesco baby oil which cost £1.59. The bottle is plain a simple with a pink lid and a sticker on with pink writing a picture of a babys head. On the lable it is called:-
My Baby's Moisturising Oil
Suitable for Newborns
Locks in Moisture
Paediatrician Approved
I always use baby oil after i have had my shower to lock in the moisture, i have to say the smell is quite strong, definitely more prominent than johnsons, but it won't kill you. The oil went on smoothly and felt the same as johnsons but its oil i guess all oil feels the same. When the oil had dried i felt like it had done the job may have taken a little longer to sink into my skin perhaps i am being a bit pedantic. I found the only downfall with this oil was the hole at the top is a lot bigger so it tipped out a lot into my hand and when i put the bottle on the side some splashed out of the top. I am not sure if this is one of them shop ploys to make you use more to buy more. I am sure when i have used a quarter of the bottle i will have more control over how much comes out. I would buy this product again for myself but i would not use if on my son as i have always used Waitrose products on him.
When I was pregnant every time I did a Tesco shop on line I would check out the special offers in the baby department and for about two months there was a promotion on Tescos Baby Oil. I think it was buy one get one free so you can imagine the ammount of Baby Oil I still have as she is only just four months old, I don't think I'll ever need to buy any ever again. The first thing I noticed about Tescos baby oil was the price. At only 1.59 for 500mls compared to 3.39 for 500mls Johnsons Baby Oil there is a substantial difference. The bottle is shaped so there is grooves for your fingers which can be very handy as the bottle gets very slimy and slippery with oil. The labels are very plain and minimalist with only seven words on the front... Tesco Baby Oil for delicate skin hypoallergenic and a cute cartoon of a baby smiling. On the back label there is more information including directions, ingredients and the Tesco Quality Guarantee. I use Tesco Baby oil in my daughters bath water (and my own) and I wouldn't say it was as good as Johnsons as it is slightly more greasy and it definetly doesn't smell as good (love that baby smell!), but it works to keep my skin smooth and supple and my daughter hasn't had any noticeable problems with it.
And anywhere else you'd like to put it I guess! I'd never used baby oil until this weekend - not sure why but I'd heard of it as being a good moisturiser and useful for massage ;o) Baby oil is very versatile. It can be used on adults or babies, for moisturising, massage and it even shines up bedside tables! Uses for baby oil: * Rub on your baby after a bath to lock in moisture. Baby oil helps to prevent nappy rash * Use on yourself after a bath/shower to lock in moisture and maintain baby soft skin! * some bath baths contain baby oil * use it on your baby's scalp when they have cradle cap (massage the oil into the baby's scalp then comb flakes out) * use it on cotton wool to remove make up (although I got some on my face by accident & my face hates it!) * can be used as a lubricant if you are on the pill (though never in conjunction with condoms) * use it to clean your baby hedgehog ?!?! I got this from a site on baby hedgehogs – I didn't just make it up. * to help prevent stretch marks during pregnancy * add baby oil to eye shadow to use on your skin to give it a shimmer * polishing your bedside table! (I spilt some and wiped it off - it left it shinier than furniture polish does!) * mix the baby oil with water and apply in the shower - leaves skin less oily and makes the baby oil last longer * INEEL (Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory) researchers use baby oil and lasers to study airflow on wings Baby oil takes a while to soak in so pop on something you don't mind getting the oil on while it does that. Once it does you will be left with noticeably softer skin. I don't have a baby so I can only comment on its effectiveness for adults, but I do have sensitive skin. The bottle says this baby oil is for delicate skin and is hypoallergenic. It didn't cause any irritation on me and left my skin silky s
oft. The one disadvantage about Tesco baby oil is the smell (parfum in the ingredients). It smells somewhat like baby lotion. It can be a bit overpowering, but probably because we (yes, you read that right) used a lot. I used it after the bath to lock in moisture then decided to give my boyfriend a massage with it. Whatever you decide to use it for, enjoy! Donna
Hypoallergenic baby oil.


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If your laminate kitchen countertops are worn but still sound, give them a fresh, new look by resurfacing them. A variety of colors are available, and the process is no harder than painting.
Rust-Oleum's new Countertop Transformations coating system (available at home centers and some hardware stores) is a simple way to transform worn or damaged laminate countertops into a new countertop surface. The product is available in five colors ranging from light to very dark (for this project we chose Charcoal).
The big pluses of this system are it's not smelly or difficult, you don't have to remove your countertops (!), the instructions are clear, and the kit comes with everything you need (except basic painting tools), plus it includes a very detailed DVD. This product can be applied to any laminate or hardwood countertop in reasonable condition. Burns and scratches are fine, but fill deep dents and chips before you use it.
After using this product, we can report that it's surprisingly easy to apply. In terms of durability, the manufacturer compares it to laminate. We can't speak to its longterm durability, but when we tried to scratch the newly resurfaced countertop with car keys, it was surprisingly tough—no marks at all. And you can reapply the system to renew the surface later if you want.
Degloss the countertop with the diamond-embedded sanding pad in the kit so the base coat will stick to it. You'll know it's deglossed when there are tiny scratches everywhere.
The first step is to completely degloss the laminate surface using the sanding tools included in the kit (Photo 1). You can save on sanding time by using an orbital sander with 60- or 80-grit sandpaper on the flat areas (but you'll add cleaning time vacuuming up the dust). Use a light touch so you don't sand through any areas or create uneven surfaces. Vacuum up the dust and wipe all surfaces with a damp cloth until they're completely dust-free. Use painter's tape and plastic to mask off base cabinets, the sink, appliances, the walls above the backsplash and the floor. Cover the sink drains so nothing falls into them.
This coat is the background color and a sticky bed for the chips. One person brushes it on the backsplash; the other rolls on the rest. Work fast; you have 20 minutes to complete this and the next step.
This step is time-sensitive, so before you apply the base coat, have the decorative chips in the dispenser and ready to go. Once you've applied the base coat, you'll have a 20-minute window to apply the decorative chips before it dries. If you have a long countertop or several countertop areas, work in pairs (Photo 2) and complete one section (including the chip application) before moving on to the next.
Apply the base coat thickly using a brush on the backsplash and a microfiber roller (not included in the kit) on the flat surface and front edge. You really need to lay it on thickly and evenly, and maintain a wet edge on the entire surface for the best result. The kit includes a wetting agent you can spray on to keep the base coat moist and ready for the decorative chips.
The multicolored chips hide brush marks and give the countertop a textured, speckled appearance. Move quickly to cover every bit of base coat before it dries.
Moving quickly, use the dispenser to broadcast the decorative chips so they completely cover the backsplash, flat area and front edges of the counter. Don't skimp. The kit comes with a ton of chips, so use more than you need to cover every bit of the base coat. We found that it works best to get down on your knees and zing the chips hard by hand against the front edge for the best coverage (Photo 3). Inspect for any uncovered base coat, apply more chips and let dry undisturbed for a minimum of 12 hours, but no more than 24.
Sand hard on the flat surfaces but lightly along the front edge to avoid sanding completely through the chips and base coat. The goal is a smooth, lightly textured surface.
After the base coat is dry, vacuum up the loose chips. Then use the chip scraper to knock down the rough chip edges. Use a light touch so you don't gouge the surface at the corners and edges. Vacuum again.
Sand the rough chip surfaces smooth to prepare them for the topcoat. The kit includes a sample of how smooth the countertop should be. The challenge is to sand it smooth without sanding through the chips. Use the sanding block and a lighter touch on the backsplash and front edges since these areas are likely to have fewer chips on the surface (Photo 4). The sanding process will appear to lighten the chip surface, but the topcoat will darken it again. Make a very light last pass with 120-grit sandpaper for extra smoothness.
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I just thought I'd start a thread because Cohen should be putting in her first practice session today on Spokane ice. Anyone who has seen the live streaming or has updates, please feel free to post them! I am dying to know how it goes!
I just thought I'd start a thread because Cohen should be putting in her first practice session today on Spokane ice. Anyone who has seen the live streaming or has updates, please feel free to post them! I am dying to know how it goes!
Lol, my whole schedule is up in arms, everything blown because I'm sitting here watching www.icenetwork.com (of which I'm a paid member), and they are announcing Sasha's practice group, of which they will be showing. Our first glimpse at the superstar Sasha Cohen on ice!
Sasha is wearing black spandex pants with a bright red tank top, hair in a ponytail, she warmed up with a great step sequence, beautiful Biellmann spin, and then later on did two 1/2 axels, then one full 1Axel without problem.
Music just got over for one skater (she skated to "Time To Say Goodbye").
Another skater's SP music is on, to be followed by SASHA COHEN!
sashas triple jumps seems solid so far the fluts its not that obvious and her flip is good
sashas sp is comming up!!
Darn, I must've missed that! Too busy surfing & posting, lol. Just waiting for Sasha's SP music to come on, NOW!!!!!!!!!!11
Sasha was FAST.......sped down the ice into a perfect 3L/2T......then sped down the other side of the rink & fell on the 3F, but got right back up & proceeded into her other elements without problem. Gorgeous 2A, beautiful step sequence, another exquiste Biellmann spin, and the very best spiral sequence!
Very very good practice. Bodes well for Sasha in the SP.
She looks a little slow, but gooooorgeous! She could wear that leotard for her costume and it would be just fine.
sasha attempted a 3f-3t but it was way too short
Sasha just did a 3F/3T (2foot on the 3T).
She looks so tiny, like one of those ballerinas in a music box.
I've noticed Alexe Gilles keeps looking at her, both on the ice & at the boards.
Gorgeous headless spin!
I love the three turns she does......positive now she'll be doing that in the FS......like she did at the one show in Japan this past summer. The Moonlight Sonata Program over on www.youtube.com. That was my favorite part wherein she did three turns into a gorgeous 3S & came out of it with a Tano hand over head.
All the pieces are there - it's just whether she can put it together, and how her stamina is.
I have to agree to disagree, I don't think she looked slow at all when she did her SP. I was watching the boards & she flew! Heck, in comparison to Caroline Zhang, it looks like Sasha's flying out there. Truth!
I didn't see the SP - came in after that when she was just practicing elements and bits of the program.
Practice over.
Ooops, I forgot to mention that Sasha got the HUGEST applause when her SP ended!


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INTERSECTING SETS: A Poet Looks at Science. Alice Major. xvi + 276 pp. University of Alberta Press, 2011. $29.95 paper.
In Intersecting Sets, a collection of 11 graceful, wide-ranging essays, Alice Major explores questions about her work as a poet, refracting them through meditations on the sciences. In a time when physicists turn to dancers doing the Lindy Hop to express relationships in quantum mechanics, it's fitting that Major turns to quantum uncertainty for metaphor about a poem's meaning. She takes findings in this field as well as others—including chaos theory and nonlinear dynamical systems; embodied cognition; and evolution of emotion and language—to throw light on why poets write, how they achieve their effects, where language has come from, and the difference between poetry and prose. Her sources range from popular works to peer-reviewed research. This is no work deploring separate cultures, but a thoughtful exploration of ideas both poets and scientists will find illuminating, even if the questions it contemplates are most urgent to writers.
Major's knowledgeable delight with and insight into her own poetic practice (she is the author of nine books of poetry) will open the eyes of readers from the sciences. Her curiosity about how the world works—which, she writes, was galvanized by reading Martin Gardner's engaging account of Einstein's relativity theory at the age of 10—led her to explore the margins where ideas from the sciences might serve our everyday understanding of the origins, writing, understanding and enjoyment of poems. At heart, these are the same questions artist Paul Gauguin posed in the title of his 1897 painting Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
Major tells her readers at the outset that she is neither a scientist nor a science writer, nor a literary critic or philosopher in aesthetics. Rather, she is an asker of questions, a "magpie" interested in the shiny ideas and metaphors offered by the sciences. "I'm just a working poet, trying to understand what I'm doing and why," she writes. This is too modest—Major is an original thinker about poetics, curious and widely read, highly skilled in focusing her readers on one interesting idea after another, full of wonder and humor, and down-to-earth in her weaving of story and example. She wishes to situate poetry in the broader field of cognitive psychology rather than in postmodern philosophy. If the essays present a difficulty, it is in their brevity: Each topic leaves the reader eager for more extended discussion.
Major has a personal interest in the workings of the mind, both as poet and as a daughter watching her father, a house painter and poet, lose his memory to Alzheimer's disease. Her observations on the progression of his loss, woven through the chapters, are a moving addition to clinical understanding of what is preserved: Even at the end, with only formulaic language left, he could finish lines of his own earlier poems.
Chapter 1, "That Frost Feeling," begins with the question of where poems come from: Why do we write? Referencing work on empathy by neuroscientist Jean Decety and psychologist Claus Lamm, as well as anthropologist Ellen Dissanayake's thinking on the relation of art to parental bonds, Major links the impulse of yearning to the evolution of what makes us mammalian, human: the capacity for empathy and for representation, in our own bodies, of the feelings and actions of others. In chapter 2, "Metaphor at Play," Major locates the developmental origins of regarding one thing as another in the early symbolic play of children and, indeed, the pretend play of many young animals, including her cat Pushkin's tossing about of a toy mouse. Chapter 8, "Gather Ye Rosebuds," asks the poet's urgent question of what difference poetry can make in the world. She answers from the perspective of chaos—sensitive dependence on initial conditions, small nudges offered to the universe—and from the perspective of our emotional lives. Major also discusses the parallels between literary analysis of meaning and quantum uncertainty; the differences between poetry and prose; pattern making in poetry and geometry; fractal complexity in art; the role and emergence of language; and the constraints the political system places on art.
Chapter 11, "Brain Surgery," begins with Margaret Atwood, the acclaimed poet and author of speculative fiction. Atwood is said to have answered a brain surgeon who told her of his plans to take up writing in retirement: "And when I retire, I'm going to take up brain surgery." What skilled preparation does the writer bring to her craft? Major proposes a long apprenticeship in language learning, good memory for the sounds and rhythms of speech, massive mental connections between language and experience, and, additionally, frontal-lobe functioning—a capacity for complex thinking. Both scientists and poets, she argues, need "the ability to simultaneously maintain conviction and doubt." In the last section of the book, she debunks the idea that science is rational and art is emotional. "All these human activities seethe with emotion," she writes.
I have not done justice to the delight I felt in reading these essays—it was a joy to take in their looping, fractal structure. Major offers us the pleasure of watching another writer's mind in motion at every scale, from conversation with her cat to theories in cosmology, from the personal questions of why we write or practice science to the evolutionary questions of what makes us human and where language comes from. As a scientist, I wanted to research and debate one question after another. As a poet, I encountered the questions I ask myself, along with wise advice about writing.
Robin Chapman, Professor Emerita of Communicative Disorders at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is a poet and a researcher on children's language development and disorders. She is the author of seven books of poetry, including Images of a Complex World: The Art and Poetry of Chaos, with physicist J. C. Sprott (World Scientific, 2005), and the eelgrass meadow (Tebot Bach, 2011). She once helped cause a traffic ticket for speeding by heatedly discussing the difference between poetry and prose with a friend who was driving.
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