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Save Pleasanton Schools - campaigning with fiction?
Original post made by tax revolt 2, Country Fair, on May 11, 2009
This news clip made several claims about the Pleasanton real estate market. The reporter, Robert Lyles, spoke with a real estate agent, Farida Chapman of Keller Williams, and with a home buyer. The claims made about the real estate market being a 'hotbed of activity' with bids 20% over the asking price, have no basis in fact. The reporter then made the claim that this 'hotbed of activity' is due to high quality schools, and that schools in the South Bay are declining in quality prompting buyers to come to Pleasanton.
Are there any real estate firms or agents (including supporters of Measure G) who will vouch for the claims made in this news video?
If not, then why is Save Pleasanton Schools campaigning with fiction? What other dubious claims are being made by the Parcel Tax supporters to get Measure G passed?
After first playing the emotional card, then attacking No on G supporters, and now with PUSD receiving $6.7M in state/federal funds with more on the way, is resorting to fiction all that is left in the campaign strategy with three weeks to go?
Please, Save Pleasanton Schools, tell us again why we need to have this tax today? There is now a whole year for PUSD to negotiate new contracts, constrain expenses, develop new alternatives, have a *real* Budget (emphasis on the word 'budget') Advisory Committee, pull back from the emotional hype and develop a long-term sustainable plan.
Comments (65)
a resident of Walnut Hills
on May 11, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Save Pleasanton Schools just forwarded a story that was on the local news. If you think the piece didn't have journalistic integrity, contact the station that aired it.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on May 11, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Are you suggesting that SPS just forwards anything that comes their way without a lot of thought put into it?
a resident of Walnut Hills
on May 11, 2009 at 7:16 pm
LOL nice try, Stacey, but I won't take the bait. I think I was very clear in my previous post. No need to twist my words into something they weren't.
a resident of Country Fair
on May 11, 2009 at 7:17 pm
tax revolt 2 is a registered user.
Jennifer - KPIX has been contacted. There has been no reply to date.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on May 11, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
It is simple to make excuses for SPS. If SPS is forwarding something, the implication is that they're taking responsibility for the content, unless they're attaching a warning that says "we make no warranty as to the accuracy of this". Somehow I doubt they're giving warning.
a resident of Country Fair
on May 11, 2009 at 7:22 pm
tax revolt 2 is a registered user.
Maybe Save Pleasanton Schools can 'just forward' a link to PleasantonParcelTaxInfo.com (Web Link).
a resident of Country Fair
on May 11, 2009 at 7:25 pm
tax revolt 2 is a registered user.
It is also my understanding that Keller Williams knew about the interview / tv newscast as well.
a resident of Happy Valley
on May 11, 2009 at 7:27 pm
I have no idea why everyone keeps talking about measure G as I believe it is a dead bill and stands no chance of passing. What is the next step?
a resident of Walnut Hills
on May 11, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Again, Stacey, please do not fill in the blanks with statements I did not make. I did not make any "excuses" for SPS. I was simply suggesting that tax revolt contact the news station if said news station is running segments with false information. The "reasonable man" would expect a campaign to forward a news clip that substantiates the claims their side has been making about property values. The reasonable man would not expect a reputable news source to publish false information. The latter is the bigger offense in my humble opinion (if the story was giving misinformation, that is)
a resident of Country Fair
on May 11, 2009 at 8:13 pm
tax revolt 2 is a registered user.
Jennifer - Why would Joan and Tanya, the leaders of Save Pleasanton Schools, who have Doug Buenz, the Bay East Association of REALTORS, and other real estate professionals listed as supporters on their website, think that this news clip substantiates their claims?
Will any of those organizations, individuals or professionals verify the claims made in the news video clip?
What matters for the June 2 vote is whether Save Pleasanton Schools is campaigning with fiction.
a resident of Livermore
on May 11, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Me think there are to many woman talking about the measure G and using emotion not logic and seeing small picture rather than big picture.
a resident of Country Fair
on May 11, 2009 at 8:20 pm
As a reasonable man, I learned years ago that most of the time you cannot rely on what the news stations or the media tell you and or report. Where have you been? Obviously your head has been in the sand to make that statement. One must always verify before passing on what may be bogus material (as this was). Almost everything that gets aired is edited. The editing often will slant the story to fit a specific agenda. Save Pleasanton Schools erred when they posted the link. I am certain they knew what they were doing! Beware!! My understanding is that the interviewed realtor specifically had refered to houses in the $900,000.00 to $1,000,000.00 range. The reporter edited that part.
a resident of Walnut Hills
on May 11, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Ummm, I don't think I said anything remotely emotional or illogical, but thanks for the randomly inserted sexist comment, cholo.
Good night! :)
a resident of Livermore
on May 11, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Nighty night Jenny, now let's hear from the men and hear some rational thought......he he he he...........yesssssssss! :)
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 11, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Jennifer, I completely heard what you were trying to say, the posters here are simply waiting to get you fired up so they can claim the Yes on G people (not that you even stated your stance) are desperate and emotional. It is a fun game for them, they do it repeatedly on this site and then say they are just giving the facts. Many of us reading this know better and see through their bullying tactics. That's why more of us aren't posting. It is just a trap- wait and see the response to this!
a resident of Livermore
on May 11, 2009 at 8:55 pm
bully bully oh those big bad trap and wait people ta de da de da!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on May 11, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Many reading this also know better than to see everything as "bullying". Whenever someone says "bullying", I picture a little kid that always goes crying to mommy. I believe the phrase that's popular today is, "Man up."
Jennifer intended to merely suggest that tax revolt 2 contact the tv station if he thought there was something amiss with the report. She thinks she was clear. I thought her mention of SPS muddled her message, like somehow it isn't their fault. Pointing this out helps Jennifer clarify her message.
a resident of Country Fair
on May 11, 2009 at 9:03 pm
David - Measure G is not 'dead' until the voters vote 'NO'. The next step is to get as many informed voters to the polls on June 2.
a resident of Livermore
on May 11, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Jenny got mad and went beddy bye. :O)
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on May 11, 2009 at 9:50 pm
I posted this to another thread. It looks like housing prices here are holding up better than surrounding areas.
You can use Web Link
to check home prices normalized to square foot, and then look at the year over year change. It is far from perfect, if you take a running average of several consecutive months, you get a better picture. The results for the latest snapshot are below. First number is price decline (year over year per square foot). The second number is foreclosure rate. It is aggregated by zip code.
-8.6%, 3 per 1000 for 94588
-11.2%, 2 per 1000 for 94566
-18.7%, 11 per 1000 for 94568
-16.9%, 10 per 1000 for 94550
-22.6%, 20 per 1000 for 94551
Just for grins, here's Antioch
-50.7%, 64 per 1000 for 94509
-40.5%, 75 per 1000 for 94531
These are MDA DataQuick numbers. You can dig in to and do averages for consecutive months, and Pleasanton looks even better.
There are plenty of other sites out there with this kind of information.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 11, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Shouldn't you people be happy that our home prices are holding up better than others and that Ptown homes are selling like hot cakes? Our great schools are attracting a lot of home buyers to Ptown and the news coverage will only bring more potential buyers. Two of my new neighbors moved here from the South Bay because of our schools and our wonderful community. Need I say more?
Support our children, our schools, and our community.
Vote YES on G!
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on May 12, 2009 at 6:21 am
We will be supporting our schools with the federal tax dollars, $6.7 million (and the likelihood of more) coming already. This allows time to thoroughly assess the district's budget without the loss of programs like CSR. There is no need for the parcel tax this year, if ever.
a resident of Downtown
on May 12, 2009 at 6:34 am
C of C; although I want homes to be selling like hotcakes and values climbing back, I have seen no evidence that they are. This claim is based on a KPIX news report which seems to be disputed. Selling like hotcakes relative to the past 12 months? Perhaps. But let's see the numbers. The homes that I see every day have been on the market for many months and their prices have been reduced but still no sale.
Linking any current home sales activity to Measure G is also quite a stretch. Good schools attract buyers and help keep values up but G passing or failing is likely to have negligble impact.
Thanks to the 6.7MM federal aid money it is now an easy choice to vote NO on G.
a resident of Vineyard Hills
on May 12, 2009 at 6:54 am
Kathleen, the federal dollars of 6.7 is actually taxpayers dollars most of which is coming from the other states and is a bandaid. How long are we going to do this and live beyond our means before we start looking to cut costs? This is a losing cycle and how long are states with a surplus who have done the right thing (like Texas) are going to want to continue to support us?
We must start living within our means. The governor just announced that even if all of these taxes increases pass and they won't he is going to going and borrow another 20 billion just to pay expenses.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on May 12, 2009 at 7:42 am
Patricia, First, I understand the $6.7 million isn't free--we will all be paying this money back. I said I wanted the time this affords the community to get the district's budget back in line. I'm not a fan of big government at the state or federal level either (and no party seems capable of making it smaller so far).
I'm just a bit more cautious when talking about cutting costs. In the case of the district, it means letting the BAC do the job of going through the entire budget and recommending where to cut and making it very transparent and open to the community. I also think it means surveying the community, but you've likely read that already.
I saw the news about the state raiding city coffers; the governor has nothing to lose in doing it. Maybe that's the curse of term limits and the lame ducks they create.
Maybe we put control of negotiating with unions in the hands of people who will not benefit from the end result. Possibly COLAs are not awarded without some split that also builds the reserves up to a certain percent and keeps them there (7%? 10%?). We could also consider making those COLAs "off the schedule" until such time as the reserves hit a certain level.
Maybe parent/teacher organizations raise funds for resources specialists--that could, however, set up inequities across schools. Maybe PPIE raises funds specifically for certain valued positions (counselors at 400:1?). It can work, but it would be unknown if you could find and keep the best and brightest on a year to year basis if they can find a more stable position in another district.
There are many pros and cons that need to be sorted through to find the most effective way to get what we want for our children. It will take time to do that and educate the community, and I'll repeat this, IF saving what the community values requires additional sources of funding.
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on May 12, 2009 at 8:36 am
Kathleen and Patricia,
At the federal level, until last year the problem with spending was mainly confined to Medicare, Social Security, and other retirement programs. If we had those under control, we could easily balance the budget. Starting with last year, the "other" (read bailouts for financial services companies) is now the main problem. I hope that ends soon!
Web Link
I don't think the answer is to cut every kind of spending. Some kinds should increase. Basic scientific research funding at the federal level has been shrinking for years, as a portion of the federal budget at the same time other nations are increasing it. It is only about 1% of the entire federal budget at the same that "Social Security, Medicare, and other retirement" are 38%.
Web Link
I do think we need to sort out our priorities. Some programs should get increased funding while others get less.
I think there is a danger to want to cut everything when budgets are tight. I think that is a mistake. In the case of Pleasanton schools, I just don't want to tinker with a good thing. I'm willing to pay $18 million for measure G as insurance on that.
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on May 12, 2009 at 8:41 am
I don't understand the posts claiming that Realtors have a biased opinion regarding Measure G. What is the logic? If Measure G has a negligible impact on housing values, as opponents claim, what does a realtor have to gain by supporting it?
a resident of Vineyard Hills
on May 12, 2009 at 8:44 am
Kathleen and Russell,
I understand what you both are saying and yes we should be cautious but on the other than social security, medicare, healthcare, retirement programs, defense spending, social welfare programs, unemployment benefits, etc are all out of control and becoming more out of control each day. Yesterday the CBO announced that for every dollar we spend with these new programs in place we will be borrowing 50 cents to do it. This means we are broke and have no source of revenue. This is not a projection or a guess but fact. Knowing this in order to take care of ourselves going forward we need to sit back as a community and reflect on desired services versus revenue and cut where we can to protect what we need.
a resident of Country Fair
on May 12, 2009 at 8:57 am
It's a shame that controversy continues.... It only shows that we need to continue to better educate our children so they do not grow up ignorant and one sided about supporting their future children... no support for education at any juncture is just wrong... this town may be a hot ticket for the housing market, but oh what a dissappoint it is in integrity to itself....
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 12, 2009 at 9:05 am
I hate to state the obvious but Dr. Casey has already been running our district as efficiently as humanly possible. PUSD had never asked for a parcel tax until now. So for those of you who still argues that PUSD should live within their means, get a clue. PUSD has indeed been living within their means for many years. Our tax dollars are in good hands as long as PUSD continues to do what they have been doing.
The federal stimulus money is only a one-time funding and will not take us through this recession. We need a funding source that will continue to fund the essential programs for the next few years until the recession is over. Don't punish our children and our teachers!!!
Support our children, our schools, and our community.
Vote YES on G!
a resident of Downtown
on May 12, 2009 at 9:15 am
There is a good editorial in the Sacramento Bee today on the public employees who are making more than $100,000 per year in pensions. You can find it at: Web Link . They reference a website www.californiapensionreform.com where you can do a search by agency to see those making more than $100,000 in pensions. For Pleasanton, there are currently 22 retired Pleasanton personal making over $100,000 per year in pensions.
They are:
Search by First, Last or Full Name Search by Employer
Name Monthly Annual Employer Name
My guess is Roush will be near the top of this list once he retires, especially since the Council is voting to give him a raise JUST BEFORE RETIREMENT and MAKING IT RETROACTIVE so he can get an even higher pension. I think this would be a great article for the weekly. Hope they pick this up and be trule informative to our residents on our pensions. On top of this we also have a mostly unfunded liability on retiree medical to the tune of over $100 million! That is just Pleasanton. The Pleasanton School District has a completely unfunded liability of over $11 million in retiree medical. Now with the losses in the pension fund, the taxpayers are on the hook since these retirees have guaranteed income (defined benefit). The retiree medical will also eat us alive since insurance rates keep going up. While the city has a little control at the high end for payout in the end of the next contract, the school district has no cap, and we as taxpayers are on the hook for the medical insurance, no matter what the cost is.
a resident of Downtown
on May 12, 2009 at 9:34 am
There are very few news reporters left in this world. Since the age of political correctness and the fight for Nielsen ratings, true reporters have simply faded away. Today's TV personalities should be referred to as "news repeaters" because they generally lack the journalistic integrity to take the time required to find true news. Similarly, those who take a snippet of 'news' and indiscriminately forward it, regarless of which side they are on, are equally to blame for the general lack of interest and lack of trust our population has in the 'news'. My personal research and experiences have convinced me that all measures on the state and local ballots should be defeated. Businesses, jobs, and families have been driven from California by the poor leadership in Sacramento. Personal income in California decreased last year for the first time since 1938 and our legislators are surprised! They, of all people, should have seen this coming. New taxes is NOT the answer. VOTE NO AS MANY TIMES AS LEGAL IN THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS AND SEND A MESSAGE THAT WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH! The measures are not defeated until you get out on Tuesday and VOTE NO!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 12, 2009 at 9:34 am
Why doesn't Deborah McKeehan show up?
a resident of Downtown
on May 12, 2009 at 9:41 am
McKeehan does not show up because she worked the majority of her time I believe in Palo Alto or someplace like that so even though she gets big bucks we probably only pay a portion of it and the balance is paid by them.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 12, 2009 at 10:04 am
Actually PUSD has asked for a parcel tax before and been denied.
Please see PW article titled "Schools Ponder Shortfall Tactics" dated Feb 22, 2002
Following excerpted from the article:
Parcel tax possibility
Haugen has also floated the idea of a parcel tax to support school programs she believes could be threatened by operating Neal and by future state cutbacks. While she said she is neither for nor against such a tax at this point, she believes the idea is worth exploring to see if the community would support it.
A previous attempt at a parcel tax failed in 1995, but Haugen said that it was hastily put together and that organizers failed to get adequate input from the community. In contrast, the 1997 Measure B bond measure passed by more than 70 percent.
a resident of Parkside
on May 12, 2009 at 10:20 am
So many comments...and so many 'repeats'. I come to the site often and it appears that each day, a new Thread is started - and similar comments re-appear, links are re-listed....and tension (for some) seems to rise.
The video came from a news channel. If the video had said that there was no correlation of home buyers considering schools in their buying decision, there is no question in my mind that someone from the Anti G side would have posted it up and linked to that video every chance they could.
The Yes on G side saw a video that reported buyers had told them a school district, and it's scores, do have an impact.
I honestly can't understand all the 'noise'.
Those that are against G - Can you honestly tell me that you don't know ANYONE that used school district reputation as ONE PART of their buying decision? Perhaps those without children would not. But, I know many who have said it was ONE item they considered.
I don't know why that is so hard to understand? Maybe it was not in your top 5 reasons for buying here or where you live. But, it was a consideration for many.
Now, if you want to argue that there is no correlation to home 'values' as it relates to school scores - that is different. However, I believe that if people do use schools as ONE reason for buying in an area…and that district has a good reputation compared to other locations…then it is logical to me that home values may be higher, or at least help maintain their values better than other locations.
So, if you want to beat this into the ground further…go ahead. But, news video or not - many do consider school districts in their buying decision…and having schools with good reputations does matter to many. Schools are a valuable piece of the puzzle for many (including me) and I'm glad my children were educated here.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 12, 2009 at 11:41 am
Back in 2003, a year of "unprecedented level of budget deficit for the state," which Dr. Casey said could go on for 2 or 3 more years, PUSD realized the value of maintaining reserves to weather future financial storms.
But as former Business Services Director Sandra Lemmons noted - the reserves are like a savings account - once you spend it it's gone.
See the following Pleasanton Weekly article.
Publication Date: Friday, January 24, 2003
District wrestles with 'drastic' funding shortfall
State deficit hits Pleasanton schools
by Jeb Bing
Already nearly seven months into the school year, the Pleasanton school board Tuesday took the first steps toward covering an estimated $2.2 million shortfall in its current budget year and considered ways to handle a $3 million shortfall looming next year.
The shortfalls, which Superintendent John Casey called "drastic," result from state funding cutbacks for education as Gov. Davis and the Legislature deal with a $34.6 billion state budget deficit.
And there could be more financial problems ahead.
"This is an unprecedented level of budget deficit for the state," Casey said. "This thing could be going on for two or three more years after the current fiscal year."
In a special 2-1/2 hour workshop to discuss potential budget adjustments, the board heard proposals by Assistant Superintendent Sandra Lemmons and others that would cover the shortfalls, but possibly at a cost to programs, services and school district staff. Although no votes or actions were taken, there appeared to be consensus among board members to accept Lemmon's plan to tap into a reserve fund for $1 million to meet shortfalls in both the current budget year and again in 2003-04.
There was also agreement to consider using $600,000 set aside to pay for the planned Neal Elementary School startup, at least for the current year. School Board President Kris Weaver said she would object to using this budget set-aside next year, which could be needed if Neal is built and opened before 2005. The $10 million school, which is planned for property the school district owns in the Vineyard Corridor, would serve elementary age children from nearby Ruby Hill and other eastside neighborhoods.
Although the "L" word - for layoffs - wasn't used as part of Lemmon's initial adjustments, cutbacks in the school district's management, clerical and teaching staff have been the talk on school campuses for weeks. As part of the collective bargaining process, teachers must receive notification by March 15 if their jobs could be on the line for the next school year.
"To make these adjustments without paying attention to the March 15 deadline would be unrealistic," Casey said.
Pleasanton may be in better shape to meet one or two years of state cutbacks than other districts because the school district here has maintained a reserve fund of about 6 percent of its near-$100-million budget. The state mandates a 3 percent reserve for school districts.
"But these reserves are like your own savings account," she explained. "You can keep drawing it down, but if you can't replenish it, eventually it's gone."
Unlike other districts, including some that don't have even the 3 percent in their reserves, Pleasanton is fortunate to have kept its reserve level high at about 5.7 percent, Lemmons said.
Besides using Neal startup funds and tapping into the reserve, Lemmons said the district could realize $279,000 from a mandated school improvement fund that the state may allow districts to use, and another $150,000 in reductions in staff development hours.
Casey said that more than 100 e-mails, phone calls and letters from school district staff, teachers and the community have been submitted as suggestions for coping with budget shortfalls this year and next. They included proposals to stop approving new courses to save on textbooks and materials, reducing the number of counselors in the elementary and middle schools, a custodian hiring freeze and to review the need for reading specialists at elementary schools.
Lemmons said that the state's allocation of $300,000 for class size reductions also has been cut, but board members indicated they would vote to continue the program. Lemmons said that the state could help districts continue these programs by allowing more flexibility so that schools could exceed the 20.4 absolute limit set by the state on a temporary basis. The state now strips schools of state funding for any school that exceeds that limit, even for a day.
Arick Little, a mathematics teacher at Amador Valley High School, urged the board to keep Class Size Reduction (CSR) programs in the ninth grades.
"As a teacher of 13 years, the CSR program helps students overcome obstacles they are facing in math," he said. "Don't pull this program out from under the kids. They need it."
Other teachers, including Amador Valley's Vivian Straight and Kelly Ching, joined Little in urging that the board continue funding CSR programs.
"The high number of kids who are passing the high school exit exams in Pleasanton can be attributed to the emphasis we are giving these kids in smaller writing classes," said Ching, a teacher of freshman English. "We are seeing the difference that these 20-1 class sizes have on just the first essay that they write."
Alisal Elementary School reading specialist Candace Cease and PE specialist Laurence Cohn of Fairlands Elementary told the board that specialists are needed at the elementary levels.
"We read every day about our young people who are overweight and in dire risk to their health," Cohn said. "We're seeing juvenile diabetes at younger ages and other problems due to obesity. Pleasanton is five times above the current state level set for PE standards. We want to continue that."
Board members also asked staff help in looking at possible revenue generators that could help reduce program costs and add money for more. Suggestions included charging fees for staff development courses, which are now paid by the district, charging for summer school and raising fees for school lunches.
Board President Weaver said the district should also consider a parcel tax for Pleasanton.
"Many people I have talked to who have moved to Pleasanton from other districts have suggested that we should consider a parcel tax," she said. "We should consider it in time for a vote on the issue in November if it would make a difference."
Casey said he will have firm recommendations on covering the 2002-03 budget shortfall ready for the board's consideration and approval at its meeting this Tuesday at 7 p.m. At its Feb. 11 meeting, he will make similar recommendations for handling the anticipated budget shortfall for the 2003-04 school year.
a resident of Downtown
on May 12, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Okay. I'll cave and agree with the totally lucid argument presented by Rick from Parkside that quality of schools could be one of many reasons to buy a home in Pleasanton. I also believe that excessive taxation spent by incompetent administrators without improving school conditions is one of few reasons to NOT buy a home in Pleasanton. VOTE NO ON G. Those who want our tax money haven't shown the ability to manage it effectively. If you really want change, vote all of them out during the next election and give a new group a chance to demonstrate their abilities. Couldn't be any worse than what we have now.
a resident of Downtown
on May 12, 2009 at 2:24 pm
I am with Ken we need to sweep the house clean. We need to vote out every member of the city council and also our fine mayor do nothing and get some fresh blood in there who can get something done other than to go to Washington and have their pics taken. In addition, all the members of our school board need to be replaced and Casey should be FIRED with no golden parachute nor any type of rich retirement program.
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on May 12, 2009 at 5:05 pm
"improving school conditions "
School conditions here are good.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on May 12, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Russell: And maybe they could have been even better without the mismanagement of taxpayer funds. Or they will remain good for the many factors previously noted in other threads (parent involvement, parent education) and a parcel tax isn't needed (one of those reasons is the money the feds will send that will maintain CSR). Why are you unwilling to acknowledge we now have a year to put the fiscal house in order without damage to the schools?
a resident of Castlewood
on May 12, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Hey Cholo how are your property values in Livermore? Your schools suck. Why do you post on a Ptown discussion if you are from Ltown? Lame
a resident of Livermore
on May 12, 2009 at 8:14 pm
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a resident of Pleasanton Heights
on May 12, 2009 at 9:12 pm
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a resident of Pleasanton Heights
on May 12, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Vi ha mancato una scritte perche' PW si e' riferito a dizionario e ho scopeto che il verbo "vaffxxxxxx" e' una parola male.
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on May 12, 2009 at 10:34 pm
As I understand it, they have already made some cuts. I hope they can avoid cutting any programs that have an impact on education, or that prevents Pleasanton from retaining the best teachers.
I posted more of an answer on that other thread.
Growing up, I lived in a school district with involved parents and good demographics that went all to hell. There were plenty of MS, Phd, and MDs with their children in the schools. There was a demoralizing struggle for control in the school district there and good teachers started leaving and parents who could afford it starting pulling their kids out and sending them to private schools. This isn't something I read about in a book, I lived it.
I'm all for replacing the board members at the next if they haven't been doing their job managing money. I'll be watching a lot more closely.
Is there a graph somewhere that shows the reserve funds that PUSD kept vs. time as a percentage of overall funding?
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on May 12, 2009 at 10:45 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
I'm shocked Russell that you'd start pulling out the anecdotal evidence. Now everyone is going to start writing about how they've survived and done well in large classes. You've opened the box.
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on May 12, 2009 at 11:09 pm
It is a counter example, not evidence. I'm being asked to trust statistics (and I don't really think there are any good statistics that prove this) that the schools will automatically stay good regardless of funding levels, just because of the good demographics. I'm saying it isn't true. There is a counter example. I never said a person couldn't "do well" in large classes.
a resident of Del Prado
on May 12, 2009 at 11:21 pm
I'm wondering what Pete's purpose is for posting the actual names of people making more than $100k in pensions. What possible positive outcome can come of that?!?! Shall we find their addresses on Google Earth and harass them?
a resident of Vintage Hills
on May 12, 2009 at 11:28 pm
Russell, You don't say who the struggle was between nor what made it demoralizing. Hard to know if it was the PhDs causing the problem or whether the PhDs should have pushed for a new board and administration.
You don't give $18 million to people you think you may be voting out of office in a year. We have federal money that gives us time to wait on both those issues.
As to a graph, the Public Records Act allows you to get that kind of information from the district business office. I'll be interested to see what you find out.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on May 12, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Mindy, "Ignorant and one sided" . . . This issue has at least two sides. I think that means you have to be on "one side" as well. My integrity is intact; have you misplaced yours?
CoC, I think you were corrected elsewhere about there never being a tax. About doing all that is humanly possible and living within their means: Rosemarie and Russell: From 2005-08, the district gave 14% in raises that required future COLA increases and enrollment growth to sustain them. Getting $x in and spending the same $x dollars is not balancing a budget; it's spending all you get. The district didn't put aside money for unfunded liabilities; it didn't put money in the budget line item "designated for economic uncertainty"; it's spending twice as much on this election than it had to.
Parcel taxes are ONE TIME money, just longer by definition, in this case four years.
Rick: I believe many of the no posters believe schools have a ranking in why people buy here. I don't think it is a 1:1 and trumps location (proximity to work), affordability, and relative safety as many others are trying to argue.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 13, 2009 at 8:49 am
Got a visit from the pro-G teachers yesterday and I'm so glad to see they're walking the streets for our children. These teachers deserve a 200% of our support!
Let's vote yes on G!
a resident of Downtown
on May 13, 2009 at 9:11 am
Come on Pete,
The reason I mention it or show their names is that people need to know that some of these people only worked in Pleasanton for a few years, retired, and get over $150,000 per year plus cost of living increases, plus retirement, for the rest of their lives and guess what? A few of these folks no longer live here and some now live in Nevada or have at least established residency in Nevada because Nevada has no state income tax and they are continuing to work as consultants. We should not give out these lavish retirement programs to people who only work here for awhile and retire in their 50's when their life expectancy is about 80.
a resident of Val Vista
on May 13, 2009 at 11:56 am
Parent of Two is a registered user.
My wife and I moved to Pleasanton 12 years ago for several reasons; affordability, neighborhoods, the downtown area, school test scores, demographics, and accessibility were all considerations.
I want to point out that no teachers are taking those tests, it's our kids that are getting the test scores. The test scores are just as high in elementary school (when PARENTS are the greatest influence on aptitude and knowledge), as they are through high school. Test scores are more a reflection of parental emphasis than teacher/administrator skill.
Put it this way, you could put the entire PUSD teaching roster in East Oakland, and their test scores would not improve significantly. You could trade the PUSD administrative staffs with Livermore and neither district's scores would change. It's the kids that matter. And the parents made the kids what they are.
a resident of Birdland
on May 13, 2009 at 1:12 pm
@Parent of Two
So...I guess the only reason you don't Home school your kids is because the food is so great at school. And I'd hate to break the news to you, but your child's elementary teacher probably spends more time with your child than you do on a daily basis.
a resident of Val Vista
on May 13, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Parent of Two is a registered user.
Parent of Four,
Perhaps, but the behavior that my kids exhibit is learned at home. Both my kids could read BEFORE kindergarten, and that had NOTHING to do with the PUSD. Most of their world view was shaped at home, during family discussions.
And you're grossly mistaken about the time spent. Considering even the low end of 25/1 ratio of teacher/student, my kids get about 15 minutes of attention from the teacher, probably less because they're self-sufficient and (knock wood) not troublemakers.
I notice you didn't refute my assertion that Pleasanton teachers aren't markedly different from other districts. You instead tried to turn it into a sarcastic referendum on my parenting, and failed miserably. Hopefully, you use a more positive communication means with your kids.
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on May 13, 2009 at 9:22 pm
"Pleasanton teachers aren't markedly different from other districts"
Just from my personal experience, I'd say they are better, at least subjectively. Looking at teachers qualifications on the high school web sites, Pleasanton teachers appear to have better credentials compared to those from lower performing districts. We have teachers who are more able to teach advanced placement biology and calculus, because they understand it themselves.
You say one of the reasons that you moved to Pleasanton at least partially for the school test scores. Was that mainly because the students were likely to come from good families who valued education?
a resident of Livermore
on May 13, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Hard to believe the teachers are better in one city than another a few miles away and I suspect that it has more to do with the parents but who knows for sure. I just heard that the districts teacher of the year teaches catering or something like that.
a resident of Del Prado
on May 13, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Russell-you are a pip. Nothing can deter you from your appointed rounds of promoting the teachers and schools of Pleasanton. You say you're not a teacher, but nobody could be this rah-rah and not be connected to the school district in some way.
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on May 13, 2009 at 10:59 pm
My wife volunteers regularly in the classroom and I have done some after school activities, so yes, I'm connected in that way.
a resident of Country Fair
on May 14, 2009 at 4:33 am
Back to the original topic. Real estate professionals are not backing up the claims in the video. For good reason.....
The Bay East Association of REALTORS has published the April 09 real estate market statistics. See them here: Web Link
Not exactly a 'hotbed of activity' is it? All relevant indicators are down, including the sale to ask price ratio that the reporter was all ecstatic about.
Save Pleasanton Schools still has the misleading news clip on their website.
a resident of Del Prado
on May 14, 2009 at 8:26 am
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Roberta Gonzalez wotk at KPIX and doesn't she also live in Pleasanton. I thought I once saw her on TV raving about Main St. Anyway, connect the dots...it is not impossible.
a resident of Parkside
on May 14, 2009 at 8:47 am
Are PUSD teachers better than teachers in surrounding districts?
Not so, according to the NEA (National Education Association) and CTA (California Teachers Association), the largest education unions in the country, for those of us who are acronym averse!
You see, according to union orthodoxy, all "rank-and-file" workers are equal, thus, equally deserving of the exact same pay scale throughout their careers, depending on the district they work in.
a resident of Birdland
on May 14, 2009 at 11:29 am
Speaking of SPS campaigning with fiction..........
I just received a flyer from SPS with nice pictures of kids and two ladies drinking coffee at Tully's, (will Measure G pay for the soy lattes I've had to give up since I was laid off too?)and more than a few promises.
Boy are they sure about a lot of things.
One bulleted item has me stumped though. "Measure G will support the critical education programs our students need to compete in the global economy and keep our district ranked in the top ten in the state."
Here I'm thinking extra AP classes, International Baccalaureate program type stuff with that kind of assurance, but then I turn over the page to see what they are asking for.
Library support (the nice non-librarian who reads to the kids?)
Elementary music (singing and plastic song flutes?)
Counselors (after three kids I still can't figure out what they do besides fix scheduling problems-they have NEVER supported my children!)
"Maintian" Technology instruction (Three kids in and through PUSD and I've not seen much of this technology instruction happening)
CSR (which is nice but has never been proven to improve learning)
And finally, keeping schools clean and safe (huh? granted we need custodians and campus supervisors but purporting that it enhances my kids' ability to compete in the global marketplace is kind of silly I think)
Can someone explain how this global economy promise works?
Also, "Ranked in the top 10 in our state." Does this mean we are in the top 10 (there are 10 districts on this list) or top 10 % (there are many on this list?)? Big difference, not to mention identifying what the list is, top 10 cleanest schools, top 10 song flute students?
Joan, Tanya (on the flyer) fact or fiction?
a resident of Pleasanton Valley
on May 15, 2009 at 3:54 pm
I came across an interesting take on the video in question at www.680homes.com/blog. Pretty fair I think.
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Элегантная Студия в Латинском Квартале
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|Rue Daubenton, 75005 Paris, Франция
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This bright apartment features triple-glazed, full-length windows, and a flat-screen TV. The well equipped kitchenette includes a dishwasher and and oven, and a double bed is provided. Bed linen and towels are provided and laundry facilities are available.
The Pantheon Building and Jardin des Plantes Garden are both just a 15-minute walk from the apartment. Notre Dame Cathedral can be reached in a 20-minute walk. Censier - Daubento Metro Station is 100 meters from the apartment.
The surrounding neighbourhood offers a variety of cafés and boutiques. It has a rich history where students only spoke Latin to their professors until the French Revolution.
Правила ПроживанияThe studio is no smoking!
Deposit against damages by bank cheque or cash.
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|57075 руб.
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The apartment is very attractive and complete with modern amneties for eating. There was a problem the first night with an alarm in the apartment below us and Valerie reacted very quickily to resolve the problem. Thank you Valerie! The location in the middle of the Quartier Latin is excellent. It would be nice if the owmer of the building would improve the entrance and staircase. All in all a romantic apartment with old world charm and an attentive lamdlord.
The apartment is very lovely and in a perfect central location. There are nice shops and restaurants in the neighborhood. Valerie is a very kind host, especially her advice for restaurants and shopping :)
For the next visit in Paris this apartment will be our favourite.
Valerie is a charming host, and her apartment is equally lovely. It's a rather whimsical little place, with romantic decor, as the photos show. We had a comfortable stay. The location is very good - two steps from the famous Rue Mouffetard, in the heart of Paris' student area. There are plenty of restaurants and bars around. A couple of things to keep in mind - the apartment is quite small, as is typical in Paris. The photos make it look a bit bigger due to wide angle lens. Also, the staircase is quite a hassle, as the studio is located in a very old building (arguably, that could be part of the charm). Overall, I would recommend this place to a young couple looking for a memorable getaway in Paris.
Valarie gave us a lovely welcome. The studio was spotless and the studio full of antiques. Everything had been thought of. The Nespresso coffee machine was lovely. The area was full of excellent some excellent small restaurants and specialist cheese shops. The Metro station was very close by and took you into the centre of Paris.
ONE DRAWBACK was the very steep dangerous staircase leading up to the studio on the third floor. The treads need some attention as the tiles ( antique) look lovely but are loose and wobbly. In all a GREAT stay. Thank you.
The studio is lovely and situated on the most perfect spot in Paris. You have a view on one of the oldest streets in Paris, Rue Mouffetard in Quartier Latin. The bakery, supermarket, cafes and restaurants are around the corner. When the windows are closed, you practicly hear nothing. When open, you hear the music and streetnoise (no cars). The bus and metro are very near. In the Rue Mouffetard (no 104) is a very nice restaurant: TournBride. The interior and terras are nice, the owner is very kind and the food is delicious (www.cafetournbrideresto.com). For just drinking it's also a good place to be. Valerie is a very kind host, with al lot of information. The guidebook 100%Paris was very helpfull. It takes you to places you won't find in the other guides.
We had such a nice stay in Valerie's beautiful apartment. It is a nice and cosy place with all necessities. The surroundings is fantastic! We have been to Paris several times without knowing this area, and now we feel this is the best place to stay in the city.
Valerie waited for us with the keys when we arrived, and collected them at the appointed time when we left. She had a lot of useful information to give, and we really felt she wanted the best for our little holiday.
The studio was very well located. Nice boutiques, fromagerie and marker just around the corner. The metro and bus station is only 1 minute away. In addition, car parking is located 100m from the apartment. The studio was a clean, complete and well decorated. The owner, Valerie, was very friendly and helpful. It is a magnificent place! For sure we will come back.
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text: Reality Check: Get More Fit By Exercising Less By Karen Asp When it comes to weight and general health, there's no question that exercise plays a vital role in the equation. Yet here's the million-dollar question: How much exercise do you need to do to see results on the scale? Or even get fitter? The answer may surprise you. In a nutshell, while more is good, less may actually be better, depending on the situation, which could be good news for time-crunched individuals. Understanding Current Guidelines for Activity The debate about how much exercise is enough to move the scale—or at the very least, maintain weight loss—and get healthy has been raging for years. In 2008, though, the government helped answer that question, releasing the most comprehensive set of guidelines for physical activity requirements for Americans. For adults, the guidelines recommend logging 2.5 hours of moderate-intensity aerobic activity or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity each week. (At least two days of strength training is also prescribed.) If people want to achieve even more health benefits, they're encouraged to perform up to five hours of moderate-intensity aerobic activity or 2.5 hours of vigorous aerobic activity each week. Yet getting people to log even the minimum amounts of activity remains a challenge. The stats are alarming: Almost 80 percent of Americans aren't meeting recommended guidelines, according to new data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. Numerous obstacles keep people from exercising, but one of the most cited is lack of time. In a survey from Bodybuilding.com, 36 percent of respondents admitted that lack of time kept them from meeting their fitness goals. So what's the answer? Enter one of the most popular less-is-more solutions: High-intensity interval training (HIIT), which is characterized by periods of relatively intense effort alternated with active recovery. Get Intense to Get Lean Lest you think, though, that HIIT workouts offer a get-out-of-jail-free pass because they're shorter, know this: "HIIT is demanding, so demanding that you have to mentally gear up for it," says Martin Gibala, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of kinesiology at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. In Gibala's studies, the typical HIIT workout lasts between 15 and 20 minutes and often alternates between 30 seconds of all-out intensity—"it's the longest 30 seconds of your life," he says—and four minutes of recovery repeated four or five times. Although weight loss hasn't been the focus of Gibala's studies, especially because they're relatively short, lasting only six to eight weeks, participants usually do lose small amounts of weight and experience some change in body composition. Another bonus? "Evidence also shows that HIIT may be more effective at targeting abdominal fat than steady-state endurance workouts," he says. Doing HIIT can also get people fitter in just a matter of minutes. "After just a few weeks of doing HIIT, your heart is a stronger pump, your muscles are better at using the oxygen that's being delivered, and you're generally less fatigued doing physical activity," Gibala says. What's the magic behind HIIT? Two factors. For starters, even though the workout duration is relatively short, the effort level is high, which means people are burning a good number of calories during those high-intensity efforts. Then there's the post-workout calorie burn. "The after-burn of HIIT is comparable to more traditional cardio workouts," Gibala says. "That small but sustained elevation in calorie burning adds up over time." A study presented at the American College of Sports Medicine's annual conference in May, for instance, found that a Tabata routine (20-second bouts of high-intensity work followed by a 10-second break and repeated eight times during a four-minute period) burns 13.5 calories a minute and doubles a person's metabolic rate for 30 minutes after the workout. "The afterburn you get would require you to do 20 minutes of regular cardio—like speed-walking at 4.5 miles per hour, which is a super-fast walking speed—to burn the same [number of] calories," says lead study author Michele Olson, Ph.D., principal researcher at the Auburn University Montgomery Kinesiology Laboratory in Montgomery, Ala. Designing a HIIT Workout Although there's no magic formula for designing a HIIT workout, keep these guidelines from Gibala in mind when designing HIIT workouts for your clients or yourself: HIIT can be used with any cardio activity, but if you're working with people who have joint issues, veer toward low-impact activities like swimming or cycling versus running. General rule of thumb: The shorter the work period, the harder your clients will have to work. One of the easiest-to-configure HIIT workouts alternates between one minute of hard work followed by one minute of active recovery repeated 10 times. How many HIIT workouts your clients do will depend on their preferences and goals, but generally, more than two per week is pretty demanding. HIIT, though, isn't only effective for cardiovascular exercise. It can also be used with circuit strength training, as demonstrated by a seven-minute, high-intensity circuit-training (HICT) workout designed by researchers at the Human Performance Institute in Orlando, Fla. The workout, which is based on HIIT, consists of 12 aerobic and body-weight resistance exercises performed for 30 seconds followed by 10 seconds of rest. While the workout was originally designed for corporate executives who needed a quick but effective workout they could do in a hotel room, it could benefit anybody with limited time to exercise, and even offer a change of pace to committed fitness enthusiasts. "At the correct intensity, a single seven-minute circuit, performed regularly on three non-consecutive days a week can provide moderate aerobic and muscular fitness benefits," says Chris Jordan, M.S., C.S.C.S., co-designer of the seven-minute workout and director of exercise physiology at the Human Performance Institute in Orlando, Fla. "In fact, our research indicates that fitness benefits can be attained from HIIT in as little as four minutes." Putting Together a HICT Workout If you have clients interested in HICT workouts, especially if they travel and want a quick workout they can do on the road, follow these guidelines: Sequence resistance exercises to allow muscle groups to recover: "This will ensure that exercises are performed with quality and with minimal rest between exercises," Jordan says. For instance, do a lower-body exercise followed by an upper-body exercise and then a core exercise and repeat from the top. Or do a lower-body exercise, upper-body "push" exercise, upper-body "pull" exercise, a core exercise and then repeat the sequence. Add aerobic training to the sequence to increase cardiovascular training and total caloric output. Think jumping jacks, running in place or mountain climbers. Make rest periods between exercises as short as possible. Use a variety of exercises. "Variety is important for long-term fitness improvement," Jordan says. Don't forget the warm-up, which should focus on dynamic movements, and the cool-down. Ideally, Jordan recommends repeating this seven-minute circuit two or three times on three non-consecutive days a week. Do that, he notes, and you'll have accumulated almost 75 minutes of vigorous intensity exercise, which would be enough to meet guidelines for aerobic activity. The key, of course, remains intensity, as the shorter the workout, the greater the intensity needs to be. Yet, while anybody could do a HICT workout, "going at full-out intensity might be best for people who have achieved at least an intermediate fitness level," Jordan says. Playing With the Frequency Variable Let's say, though, you do have clients who can't—or won't—do vigorous-intensity exercise. What if you toyed instead with another variable and cut the number of days they exercised? That's what researchers set out to find when they recruited 72 older sedentary women, ages 60 to 74, and assigned them to one of three groups. In the first group, women lifted weights once a week and did an endurance workout like jogging or bike riding another day. The second group did the same workouts, but repeated each one twice a week for a total of four days a week. Meanwhile, the third group logged six days of workouts, splitting them evenly between resistance training and cardiovascular work. By the end of the four-month study, all of the exercise sessions lasted 40 minutes. Researchers had hypothesized that women doing the highest amount of exercise would become more depressed and fatigued from doing so much exercise, as other studies have indicated. "There's a natural tendency from what's considered an overstress syndrome for people to withdraw from exercise and be less active," explains Gary Hunter, Ph.D., lead study author and professor in the department of human studies and nutrition sciences at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Yet while all of the women improved strength, muscle mass and aerobic fitness, none of them showed signs of any stress. They also lost a small amount of weight, although Hunter notes that greater amounts of weight loss would require a change in diet, which these women weren't advised to do. However, one interesting change did occur in what's called non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT), which is the energy expended during activity logged outside of sleeping, eating or exercising. While the women doing four days of exercise each week increased their daily NEAT calories by an average of 200, women in the six-day-a-week exercise program decreased NEAT by about 150 calories. "Because we didn't see any overstress, we can only guess that these women felt like they didn't have sufficient time to do other things like walk the dog or garden," Hunter says. That decrease in daily activity could add up over time, possibly pushing the scale in the wrong direction. Bottom line? "If somebody's cutting quite a few calories, six days a week of exercise is probably a little extreme," Hunter says. Instead, four days a week, combined with changes in dietary habits, might be a more effective strategy, especially for time-pressed individuals. How These Workouts Fit Into Traditional Exercise Programs So does all of this mean there's no need anymore for more traditional cardio and strength workouts? Are more frequent exercise sessions unnecessary? Absolutely not, as all of them still hold merit, especially if you're working with endurance athletes, people interested in powerlifting or body building, or individuals who just enjoy exercising. After all, there's no cookie-cutter program for everybody, and if you have clients who have the time and desire, encourage them to do a combination of HIIT (which will keep them motivated, Gibala says), longer cardio workouts and strength training. "It's not HIIT versus traditional cardio, as they both hold merit," he says. "It just depends on what your goals are and how much time you have to devote to exercise." On the other hand, working harder for shorter amounts of time or decreasing workout frequency could be an effective strategy for individuals who want to lose or maintain weight, as well as get fit, but lack the time or motivation for longer workouts. Just keep in mind that, because HIIT and HICT workouts are designed to be intense, you'll have to tailor the intensity to each of your clients, especially if you're working with new exercisers. "They can still do HIIT, but it might be a matter of pushing them only slightly out of their comfort zone, versus doing incredibly vigorous activity," Gibala says. The upshot of all these new findings? It's all about working smarter and harder, not necessarily longer, which could help motivate people who want to control weight and get fit start—and stick with—exercise. Karen Asp is a journalist, ACE-certified Fitness Professional, contributing editor for Woman's Day and co-author of Understanding Your Food Allergies and Intolerances (St. Martin's, 2012). She also writes for numerous other publications, including Self, Glamour, Whole Living, O, Family Circle, Redbook, Real Simple, Prevention, Redbook and Men's Fitness. Follow her on Twitter (@karenaspwriter).


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While I dont see heavy infestation of mites, (I just do visual check of drone brood and bees), there is a very large mite on the thorax of one of my queens. I had treated with powdered sugar earlier, and have just installed Apistan for the first time last week. ´Disappointed´ with my bees for not attending to their queen better! Did not want to injure her by an attempt at removal.
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After struggling with the thought of how to make the GHG Pro-Grade Life Size Wood Duck Decoys better, Avery came up with a game plan. Knowing they had to make the best production decoys ever made, there would be little room for error. So they started with photos and video of the species to capture the personality, resting and feeding behavior of each species and then hired world champion carvers Dick Rhode and Rick Johannsen to sculpt the best looking production decoys ever created. Simply put, their anatomy, detail and life like color puts them n a class only the ducks can compete with. 60/40 Dura-Keel which is standard on every GHG floating decoy.
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Kailey Mucha leads area skiers at 1st Besh Cup
Kenai Central graduate Kailey Mucha finished 10th in Junior 1 and older sprint action on Saturday at Kincaid Park in Anchorage in the first Besh Cup action of the season.
Also from the Kenai Peninsula in that race, Soldotna High School's Bree Mucha was 20th and Homer graduate Erika Klaar was 32nd.
In the Junior 1 and older men's races, Soldotna graduate Brent Knight led the Peninsula by finishing 11th, while Cook Inlet Academy graduate Lars Arneson was 17th, Homer's Andre Lovett was 41st, Soldotna's Dillon Jensen was 57th, Soldotna's Lucas Michael was 64th and Skyview graduate Noah King was 65th.
In the Junior 2 girls sprint, Homer's Cassidy Soistman was 11th, SoHi's Sadie Fox was 13th and Kenai's Kirsten Nyquist was 21st.
In the Junior 2 boys sprint, area skier Levi Michael was 30th.
In the Junior 3 girls sprint, Homer's Mia Alexson was 12th.
The Junior 4 girls sprint was won by local skier Addison Gibson. In the Junior 4 boys sprint, local skier Jeremy Kupferschmid finished sixth.


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How To Pose Like a Pro for PROM
Camera, flash, selfie! Prom night will be full of photo-ops so don't miss out the chance to pose like a pro and turn these fun times into even more awesome memories! Between your parents, friends, and the school photographer you will be in at least 100 pictures by the end of the night so make sure all of these can be deemed Instagram worthy! How can you do this? Follow our suggestions to getting the right pose down for your body and your dress!
Showcasing your stunning figure and the gorgeous details in your dress will be your first priority, So, here are some of the poses we've seen on the celebrity red carpets that we think are the most flattering to the body and your dress:
1) The One-foot forward: this pose looks as though you are about to take a step; it's more of an in motion picture. It's very elegant and sophisticated.
2) The cross-legged pose: standing like this especially in heels can be tricky, make sure you have your balance and simply stand straight to the camera while crossing one foot in front of the other. This gives you a long lean line from head to toe!
3) Over the shoulder: this pose works really great if you have a one-shoulder dress or a gown with must-see back design. When striking this pose you almost have to turn away from the camera and only twist your face and one arm/shoulder back over to get the "over the shoulder" look!
4) Legs apart: this stance looks great in a short tight prom dress. Standing in a wide powerful stance and shifting weight to your hips looks hot! Play with your body's shapes and angles in this position and don't forget to smile to the camera!
Once you get these poses down by practicing in the mirror (which we definitely recommend!) These are the final Do's and Don'ts when posing as a starlet for the night!
1) Smile!
2) Keep your chin up
3) Watch your posture; stay tall
4) Have Confidence it's a must! This is the number one thing that will translate in all of your pictures, besides your beautiful face and killer dress of course!
5) Use your arms to create pretty angles and unique poses
6) Use the hip trick; stick out a hip lean back a bit… tall, slender, and beautiful!
7) Show that you're having fun
1) Show your profile, people want to see your face and sometimes your profile can be unflattering depending on the light and shadows that it casts.
2) Turn your body away from the camera. That is unless you are going for the over the shoulder pose!
3) Trip on your dress, this is never never good! Be sure your dress looks just as flawless as you will in these pics!
Follow our red-carpet approved poses and look amazing in all of your prom pictures!
Xo, Camille


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An investigation involving adding and subtracting sets of consecutive numbers. Lots to find out, lots to explore.
Place the 16 different combinations of cup/saucer in this 4 by 4 arrangement so that no row or column contains more than one cup or saucer of the same colour.
The letters of the word ABACUS have been arranged in the shape of a
triangle. How many different ways can you find to read the word
ABACUS from this triangular pattern?
If you are a teacher, click here for a version of the problem suitable for classroom use, together with supporting materials. Otherwise, read on...
Thirteen nations competed in a sports tournament. Unfortunately, we do not have the final medal table, but we have the following pieces of information:
1. Turkey and Mexico both finished above Italy and New Zealand.
2. Portugal finished above Venezuela, Mexico, Spain and Romania.
3. Romania finished below Algeria, Greece, Spain and Serbia.
4. Serbia finished above Turkey and Portugal, both of whom finished below Algeria and Russia.
5. Russia finished above France and Algeria.
6. Algeria finished below France but above Serbia and Spain.
7. Italy finished below Greece and Venezuela, but above New Zealand.
8. Venezuela finished above New Zealand but below Greece.
9. Greece finished below Turkey, who came below France.
10. Portugal finished below Greece and France.
11. France finished above Serbia, who came above Mexico.
12. Venezuela finished below Mexico, and New Zealand came above Spain.
Can you recreate the medal table from this information?
Can you describe an efficient strategy for solving problems like this?
The following year, twice as many teams entered the tournament. Can you use your strategy to sort out the medal table from these clues?
Perhaps you might like to try creating a similar problem of your own.
You will need to consider the following:
Although there are twelve statements above, there are more than twelve pieces of information, because some sentences compare more than one pair of teams.
What is the minimum number of pieces of information needed to order the teams?
Which information, if any, is redundant?


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We were driving back from Chuck E. Cheese when Mikko piped up from the back seat — again. As I've mentioned before, he loves to chatter, so he'd spent the drive regaling me with "Remember when…?" exclusively from Spongebob episodes. I figured this would be another Squarepantsian reminiscence and, after a long day and then a frenetic arcade experience, was nearly prepared to tune him out or shut him off.
But this time, he said, "Mama, who decided that numbers just keep going on and on?"
I said, "I have no idea who it was. It's just — whatever the biggest number you can think of, you can always add one to it, and then it's bigger."
"What about a gabillion? That's the biggest number there is."
"What about a gabillion and one?"
"No, Mama, gabillion is as big as it gets."
"You like things to be finite," I said.
"What does that mean?"
"You like things to have an end, to be contained. … You know, some people think that the universe is infinite, that we're whirling through a space that has no outside, that just keeps going into infinity."
"What's infinity?"
"It's going on and on."
"I don't like that," he said.
As established, I thought.
"I don't get what the big deal is about the end of the world," he then said, and I realized belatedly he mistook my musings on the universe's size with thoughts of the universe's timeline. "I mean, people will be gone, but there'll still be buildings and cars."
I wasn't sure how reassuring this was, or where he was going with it.
"And we'll just all be in heaven," he continued.
Interesting. This is not a teaching we've instilled in him, so how did he decide on this theology?
"We'll die, but just for a second, and then we'll all be in heaven, and we'll see everyone we know. And maybe buildings and cars will come, too. So it's no big deal."
There you have it: A 6-year-old's refusal to fear the end of the world, and his preferences for a finite universe. Since we were pulling in to our parking spot, I chose to leave it at that and not debate him with my own views of death. But, more than the circumstances of arriving at home, I preferred to leave him with his certain, comforting views — they beat mine, for sure.
And I have to say, I'm impressed with the spirit of his convictions that allows him to hold his own views in opposition to, or at least lack of encouragement from, both his parents. Despite my own mental meandering about an infinite and sometimes frightening universe, Mikko has found his resting place and feels secure.
What do your kids believe about life and universe and the other big questions? Do they ever believe things other than your leanings?


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So, without any further ado...let's move on to the colors:
Keeping up with Santa - a metallic red, this is very smooth and almost opaque in one coat. I painted two coats here to show off the full color intensity. The red is very classic, without any obvious cool or warm undertones. It is just a very neutral red which will suit all skintones in my opinion.
All is Glam, All is Bright - a silvery base gltter polish that contains darker blue-ish silver and red bits. Reminds me of an ETK or something. It is almost opaque in two coats, and quite smooth for a glittery polish. Love how the glitter bits catch the light even though the pictures are taken indoors.
Look at me, Look at me - another silvery base glitter polish, with pink, red, teal (?) --- multicolor glitter bits. Same consistency and formula as All is Glam All is Bright.
And lastly, Kardashing Through the Snow - cheeky name - and this is really made for the Christmas season. A clear base, densely packed with fine red and green glitter bits.
Layered Kardashing through the Snow with Keeping up with Santa - very party appropriate, and I trimmed my nails shorter to rock this combination. I prefer glittery bright on short short nails.
Formula on all four are impressive, and the two glitters provide enough coverage on their own. Wear time is about 4 days, still looking good, without any tip wear. (why I mention 4 days, because I seriously don't wear any color longer than that).
You can find Nicole by OPI nail polishes at selected Watsons, and they retail for $12.90 each.
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Team members from Chaotic Moon Labs have devoted a chunk of their office hours recently to roaming the streets of Austin on a longboard. They are currently skating around the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, likely turning heads as they do. Their board happens to be an electric one, using a Samsung tablet, phidgets, and Microsoft's Kinect to steer the motorized ride with gestures and voice commands.
The Board of Awesomeness — or "Project Sk8″ — can reach a top speed of 32 mph. After getting Kinect's attention with some initial gestures and establishing a connection with the device, the driver pushes his hands forward (speed up) or pulls them back (slow down) to switch between three speeds, or to stop the board completely. Commercial power boards, like those built by TAMI or E-Glide, require the rider to use a wireless or tethered hand control.


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With a triple row of satin-stitched embroidery, our crisp white boudoir pillow cover lends a perfectly tailored style to the bedroom.
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Griffining #2 is tops for me
This is incredibly embarrassing to talk about, but over an extended period of time, I developed a childlike relationship with a character I met at the mall. We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently by letters, and I grew to care deeply about him. To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating. It further pains me that the grief I felt and the sympathies expressed to me at the time of my grandmother's death in September were in any way deepened by what I believed to be another significant loss in my life. I am enormously grateful for the support of my family, friends and Notre Dame fans throughout this year. To think that I shared with them my happiness about my relationship and details that I thought to be true about Santa Claus just makes me sick. I hope that people can understand how trying and confusing this whole experience has been. In retrospect, I obviously should have been much more cautious. If anything good comes of this, I hope it is that others will be far more guarded when they engage with people at the mall than I was. Fortunately, I have many wonderful things in my life, and I'm looking forward to putting this painful experience behind me as I focus on preparing for the NFL Draft.
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Excerpt: "Maybe the Jets eventually will just bring back Mike Tannenbaum.
Something has to happen at some point, because Jets owner Woody Johnson is having a hard time finding a new General Manager. Per Jay Glazer of FOX, the team "can't give the position away."Glazer says the Jets are calling back candidates who already have turned them down, asking them to reconsider. Meanwhile, guys they wanted who had other options (like Dave Caldwell and Tom Telesco) opted to go elsewhere.
So where will they go from here?
Adam Schefter of ESPN reported earlier today that the Jets plan to have follow-up discussions this week with two of the candidates who haven't turn them down (yet), and that the name to watch is former Bears G.M. Jerry Angelo. Per Schefter, Jets assistant G.M. Scott Cohen also is expected to be part of the process." Read more...


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The Sweat Question
While this type of reaction is usually cholinergic urticaria, Ostro allows that two studies have implied – not proved – that there may be an allergy to one of the components of sweat in a rare group of individuals. Still, there is little to support an actual "allergy to sweat" in medical case studies.
"Though this mechanism may be operating in a few individuals, researchers who study CU attribute the majority of cases to an abnormal response of the nervous system called the cholinergic nervous system," he says.
Perspiration, however, can assist a breakout of contact dermatitis, by releasing allergens from clothing or towels or adding to dermatitis irritation. But to be clear: the sweat itself does not cause such hives.
Ostro stresses that cholinergic urticaria is "not a form of contact dermatitis." Contact dermatitis doesn't develop immediately, "but takes 48 hours after contact with the inciting substance before skin lesions develop." Those welts also take days to resolve, not minutes or an hour as is usually seen with CU.
The heat-triggered cholinergic urticaria is one of the physical urticarias, which also include reactions to cold, sun, even (in rare instances) water. It is also the only form of hives that can be sparked by emotions, such as anger.
Exercise-Induced Anaphylaxis
It's important to note a separate and dangerous form of exertion reaction: exercise-induced anaphylaxis or EIAn. This is a condition in which anaphylaxis, the most severe form of allergic reaction, results when a susceptible person exercises. It can also occur during strenuous chores, such as shoveling snow.
Unlike cholinergic urticaria, EIAn is only triggered by exercise, not heat stimuli. The reaction starts within minutes of exercise with flushing, itching and half-inch or larger hives (unlike cholinergic urticaria's tiny hives). If exercising continues, the reaction can progress to anaphylaxis with swelling (face, throat, fingers, toes), nausea, abdominal cramps, diarrhea and loss of blood pressure.
There's a sub-type of EIAn that only occurs when exercising within two to four hours after eating a specific food. The individual can exercise without symptoms, as long as the incriminated food is not consumed beforehand. Likewise, the person can eat that food with no reactions as long as no exertion follows for more than four hours after eating the food.
This condition, known as Food-Dependent EIAn, is challenging to diagnose. If you suspect symptoms of this, be sure to see an allergist for testing.
In fact, Ostro recommends that individuals who start to experience flushing, itching or hives during exercise immediately stop the activity, and consult an allergist before resuming a workout regime. When EIAn is diagnosed, the person will be prescribed an epinephrine auto-injector.
"Cholingeric urticaria is bothersome but non-life threatening, while EIAn is a potentially life-threatening condition," Ostro says. Fortunately, the former condition is the more prevalent.
So can the person with cholingeric urticaria hives stay fit and exercise? Yes, but it may involve finding a less heat-inducing sport such as swimming, or inclining to winter sports such as skiing.
Kavanagh, who lives in New Brunswick, Canada, enjoys both. But she doesn't limit herself to them. She races dirt bikes and rappels off mountains, too. She just ensures that she takes appropriate safeguards to avoid and minimize her body heat reactions.
Besides staying out of direct sunlight and taking medication, Kavanagh layers her clothing for temperature changes, and wears a "cold" shirt that wicks away sweat while maintaining her active lifestyle. "I refuse to let my allergy get the best of me."
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