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This is a great bottle brush as it has two ends - one for the bottle and one for the teat. What I like about this is that you don''t have to fish around in the water for the tiny teat brush because it is all in one. In terms of washing it does a pretty ordinary job and the wired stick it is on can bend and wear.
When I brought my tommee tippee steam steralised for my fourth child just over two years ago this bottle brush came free with the steralised so I wasn't expecting it to be very good or last through the twelve months of bottle washing.
It is a nice size with a large brush on one end for cleaning the inside of the bottles and a small brush on the other end for cleaning the teats of the bottles too. Both the brushes have quite hard bristles compared to others I have used which removes any residue really easily but doesn't scratch or Mark the plastic of the bottles so is fantastic.
I have used mine to clean the bottles for twelve months and as it was still In perfect condition after this didn't want to just throw it away so used it with the general washing up for pop bottles and glasses I struggled to reach the bottom of, it is still in my kitchen going strong today.
a few months ago I brought a new steralised for our new baby and sadly these no longer come with them but have to be brought separately so I am continuing to use my original one but these really are worth buying in my opinion, they are more expensive than others on the market but I have had the cheaper ones in the past and they just don't last like this one has so it really is worth the extra.
The none slip rubber handle makes it really comfortable to hold too whilst using it and I haven't seen this on other bottle brushes so is a very nice useful feature.
This design of bottle brush currently retails at around six pounds but is being phased out as they now have a new design of this brush on the market that I can only hope is going to be as good as this one has been.
I bought this bottle cleaner when I bought the bottles for my baby.
I use the tommee tippee bottles so it made sense to buy the brush to go with them. Some people had told me that these were a waste of money and that you can easily clean the bottles without one but I wanted to make sure they were thoroughly cleaned so thought it was worth investing in one.
My experience
I have found the brush very easy to use. I found the best way to use the brush was with hot soapy water in the sink and to give the bottles a really good wash with the brush.
The bristles on the brush are really good quality and no matter how hard you push the brush it does not damage them, they do not bend and none of them have fallen off.
The bristles are rounded on either end. On the top of the brush there is a big brush which I have found useful for cleaning the bottles themselves it is a perfect size. At the other end there are smaller bristles The small bristles can get into the small sections on the bottom near the top and I also use it to clean the teats, it works really well and can get right inside the top of the teat where sometimes milk gets caught and sticks. The handle on the brush is really easy to hold and get a grip on which helps when cleaning out the awkward areas.
I paid £4 for this brush from the internet and it has lasted me 5 months so far without any problems it still looks like new.
The brush is definitely good value for money and I feel that it does an excellent job; my bottles are definitely much cleaner than if I was using a cloth.
I would recommend this product for anyone using baby bottles.
I purchased the Tommee Tippee bottle and teat brush just after my baby was born because I'd already bought their branded bottles and felt this was the right choice to use with them. I forget the exact price I bought it for but it was from Tesco for around £2 mark - today it's on sale there for £2.35. It is also available from Amazon and other baby stores too.
The bottle brush comes in plastic and cardboard packaging, which I was glad about as I bought mine via Tesco's online grocery facility and was worried it might pick up dirt on it's way. The brush consists of a handle in the centre and two twisted metal rods that have bristles on. One has a big section of bristles (the brush for the bottles) and the other has a smaller section of bristles (the brush for the teats). The brush I have is slightly different to the picture, it looks the same but the blue parts on mine are yellow instead. I suppose that's a bit more neutral!
I'll be honest and admit I don't use the brush every single time I sterilise bottles because I find I don't have to, but it is handy whenever a bottle has stubborn milk stains on it and I do use it often to tackle those. The handle in the centre has a grip part on it which means it's very easy to hold to use. All I do is pop the bottle brush in and swirl it around at the same time as a bit of warm water. The bristles are effective at getting the stains off quickly. Very stubborn stains do take a bit longer as expected but it does remove those very well too. The bristles aren't soft to touch, they feel quite coarse to touch really but this must help with the milk stain removal. The teat brush is the better part in my view - it fits the Tommee Tippee wide neck bottle teats like a glove and is very useful in removing the specks of milk that build up in those. I find that it's the teats on our bottles that build up with milk more. I do have Boots own branded bottles too for days out but I've never attempted to use this brush in there, The bottle part of the brush though looks a little too wide for their standard neck bottles so this item may not be suitable for use with all types of bottle.
I do think that although it's a very good brush, it could be designed a little better. I'm really not keen on the metal rods that extend from the handle that the bristles are attached to. The rods extend slightly longer than the bristles and this means that they always catch when using. In particular the metal rod on the bottle part of the brush goes right through me when using. That sounds weird I know, but the scrape of the metal on the bottom of the bottle is awful - it resembles the same kind of thing as scratching nails down a chalkboard and I find it a bit uncomfortable to use as a result.
I would recommend this brush but not really for it's features, just because it is very handy to have to tackle milk stains. I own another bottle brush from Boots and they are similar to me. I think it's a very handy item to have if you also own the Tommee Tippee wide neck bottles but if not, I would definitely look at other brushes out there too as I don't feel that this offers any more than others available. I rate it 3 stars - the sratching while using has got to take off 2 stars.
Cleaning your baby's bottles is really important. Babies need their bottles to be cleaned properly so that they do not develop illnesses and before you sterilise the bottles it's important to wash them out properly first. I don't think you can wash out a bottle without using a brush.
We bought this bottle brush for £4 and it has two ends to it which make cleaning bottles really a lot more easy and properly efficient.
On one side there is a thicker brush and the opposite side is a much thinner, smaller one. It is more attractive than a basic bottle brush as it's got different coloured bristles on it. The bristles are quite thick so you get a good scrubbing action from them.
The wider side we use inside the bottles. It's slightly narrower at the end which makes getting into the rounded bottom of a bottle much easier. It is long enough to reach to the bottom of even the longest bottles. I find by just putting it into the bottle and turning it around a few times it cleans it well. It's comfortable to hold too as the handle is quite thick and shaped well for the hand. The little side I use for the smaller parts of the bottle- we have a bottle with various components so the neck of the bottle and the teat is cleaned with this side.
I think that it cleans the bottles well, I often put some fairy liquid onto it so that it lathers up and cleans best.
The brush over time does lose its shape and should be replaced. We clean the brush several times a week in a bowl full of hot, soapy water.
It is a very good quality brush, highly recommended.
I bought this brush a couple of weeks ago when I found it for £1.50 in my local Home Bargains store, I don't have any babies anymore so no bottles to clean but my elder daughter drinks from a sports bottle and I have found giving it a full clean difficult along with her school water bottle so thought this would be perfect.
You can buy the brush in supermarkets and chemists and of course there are many different types of bottle brush which pretty much all do the same job, the thing I liked with this one is that there is a thick end and a thin end for easy cleaning. Supermarkets generally sell this brush for between £2 and £2.50.
The brush is basically a plastic rod with soft wide bristles at one end and then much smaller bristles at the other end, it is white and blue in colour and is pretty sturdy and doesn't feel like it's going to snap while you are using it.
The bristles work really well and they keep their shape well, I have found that even though I push the bristles into a small opening to clean the sports bottle and then pull them back through the same small opening they still hold their original shape really well. The small end of the brush is really useful for cleaning the top of the sports bottles and is much better than using a cloth which really wasn't giving a complete clean.
The brush is certainly worth 5 stars as it is a decent price, durable and cleans the bottles out really well which was the whole point of buying it, I am very pleased with it.
Tommee Tippee bottle and teat brush
I'm sure anyone with a baby will know the importance of sterilising and cleaning everything to do with feeding within an inch of its life. So when we started using bottles and a breast pump I wanted to get a brush that could be popped into the steriliser along with everything else and used only for cleaning the baby's things. When I was in Asda I was just planning on purchasing a bog standard bottle brush until I noticed the Tommee Tippee bottle and teat brush for £2.
I did think that being the same brand as the bottles and breast pump that we are currently using would mean the Tommee Tippee brush would be more suited to the task at hand over some generic supermarket brush. However, if I am honest it really is just a standard generic bottle brush with a smaller teat cleaner with the branded Tommee Tippee label. It is ever so slightly shorter in length than some of the other bottle brushes I have owned in the past, but it doesn't do anything a non-branded brush wouldn't do.
The brush is very good, the bristles are quite soft and I have found it perfectly suited for the job at hand. It is easy to hold, easy to use and easy to clean. As I mentioned previously I only use the brush for cleaning my baby's bottles and when it is not in use it tends to stay in my 5 litre cold water steriliser, which it fits in perfectly. I am not sure there is much else to really say about the brush, it is a simple and straight forward piece of kit, definitely a must have but not something that requires a lot of explanation.
The Tommee Tippee bottle and teat brush is something that I would certainly recommend to anyone in need of something similar, as I have so far found it perfectly suited to the task at hand. I'm sure it would also serve really well to clean out animal bottles or even clean other household items such as champagne or wine glasses that can be a real pain to do with a normal washing up brush.
Overall, the Tommee Tippee bottle and teat brush gets the full five out of five stars from me. Yes it doesn't do anything special but it works well and it has so far not really shown any signs of wear and tear despite being used several times a day and constantly left in the cold water steriliser.
Considering the price, the durability and so far being perfectly suited to the task at hand I believe the Tommee Tippee bottle and teat brush deserves no less than five out of five stars. I have already bought a spare one of these and I'm sure in the future I will be buying more.
When my daughter was still using bottles, I had a set of bottle brushes which comprised a small, medium and large brush. But I was forever losing the small one, and I found them hard to store and keep clean and dry. So I was so pleased to find the Tommee Tippee Bottle and Teat Brush on offer in my local Tesco for only £2, that's a great price as I've seen it for £4 in John Lewis.
The Tommee Tippee Bottle and Teat Brush comprises of one large, splayed out brush end, a plastic and rubber handle, and a much smaller brush end. It is mainly white however a section of the handle and the end of each brush is accented in one of three colours - yellow, blue or pink, we went for pink being as she's a girl. The bottle brush is excellent to use - because of the way the bristles are splayed out it gets right into all the crevices and with a few twists the bottle is clean. The smaller end is great for lids and teats and even my breast pump which needs to be cleaned and sterilised too. The brush itself can be stored in a standard stand up wire basket type holder, no need to worry about losing tiny wire brushes. It is easily cleaned in hot soapy water.
It lasted me well for the 6 months I used it and though I have thrown it away now as I no longer need it I will be sure to replace my Tommee Tippee Bottle and Teat Brush with another if and when the time comes. Usually I try to go for a non brand named supermarket own baby product but for £2 the Tommee Tippee Bottle and Teat Brush is a real bargain, and it does the job brilliantly as well as looking nice.
I highly recommend it and if you've been using regular wire brushes to clean your feeding equipment I'd say give this a go, it's much much easier to use and when you have 10 bottles to clean then sterilise, that makes a difference!
5 out of 5 stars from me, the Tommee Tippee Bottle and Teat Brush is well worth buying.
The tommee tippiee bottle and teat brush is available to purchase from tesco, amazon and mothercare, it may also be available in other places, but these are the 3 that i know off.
I paid £2.39 for my brush, although this was reduced down from £3.79, I purchased mine from my local tesco.
The brush is double ended, One end has a smaller brush which is for cleaning the bottle teats and is mainly white, although it does have a spot of pink on it, The other end has a larger brush which is used for cleaning bottles and is white and pink.
The bristles on the brush are a good size and quite strong, they also bend so that if your using it to clean smaller and narrow bottles you won't have any problems.
Im quite pleased with this bottle brush and think i got a good bargain with it, Mine is now 3 months old and still going strong, I like the fact that the bristles are strong yet bend to reach into smaller/narrow bottles.
It reaches all parts of the bottle and the teat and cleans them well with no struggles at all, I will when I need to go out and buy a new one to replace the current one I have and will be happy to pay full price for this.
I also like the fact that it is available in white/blue and pink/white, The one thing that this doesn't have though unlike previous bottle brushes I have had is that it doesn't have a hook or anything to hang it, and I don't like to keep mine lying around by the sink next to my dish cloths and brushes, So I keep mine stored in a glass near the bottles.
For this reason I will award this brush 4 stars,
I bought this Tommee Tippee bottle brush from Asda for around £2, to clean my babies bottles. I did not think it would be any good to be honest as it was so cheap, but I am actually very happy with this bottle brush.
This bottle brush is white and blue, and has a thin brush on one end for cleaning your teats, this is really handy, and you can squeeze it right into the end of the teat to clean every part, and also this is great to clean the ring at the top where the tops screw on.
On the other end is a bigger brush which you use to clean the actually bottle. The bristles are nice and soft and haven't scratched my bottles, which are glass NUK bottles. I have also used this brush on my Tommee Tippee plastic bottles and it hasn't scratched these either. You definitely need a bottle brush to clean your bottles as it would be a bit hard trying to get your dishcloth or a sponge right down to the bottom of the bottles.
The bristles fold in when you push it into the bottle so will even fit into very narrow necked bottles. It has a nice long handle so you can get right down to the bottom of the bottle and clean all the milk left down there and any residue. The handle is nice and easy to grip, no slipping. It is also really lightweight, and easy to clean, I just soak mine in hot soapy water.
My brush is starting to look a bit tatty and worn out now, but it has lasted 4 months for £2 so I cannot complain! It is only the bristles which look like they need replacing, no problems at all with the handle part. I will definitely be replacing this with the same one, I can't find any faults with it, it does the job I need it for perfectly and leaves my bottles squeaky clean!
I have a (nearly) six month old daughter who is bottle fed. When she was newborn I seemed to washing and sterilising bottles constantly, now she's slowed down on the bottles as she is having a bit of food, my hands get a break from hot water! I bought a bottle brush as they are specially designed for washing bottles and for cleaning right inside the teat and round the curves of the bottle.
I have had about 4 of these now as I find the bristles get too 'flat' after a while. The most recent reason for replacing was my nan had come over to help and she must've thought the bottle brush was a washing up brush and cleaned the grill pan with it!!
-- Packaging and Price and Availability --
These are sold in a wide range of shops now, I think all supermarkets which sell baby milk will sell these alongside the sterilising equipment. I paid around £3 for this from Asda. This was simply packaged on a cardboard sheet with plastic covering the brush itself.
-- Ease of use --
These are very easy to use and obviously being designed for cleaning bottles the bristles are just the right shape to get into the curves of the bottle to ensure it is thoroughly cleaned. One end of the brush is the bigger end for the main bottle and then the smaller end is to clean inside the teat itself. I usually turn the teat inside out to give it a scrub and then turn it the right way and clean inside with the small end.
-- Overall Summary --
These are easy to use bottle brushes, which are available in a wide range of shops at an affordable price.
I work as a childminder/ nanny/ mother's help and babysitter when I'm not studying for my teaching course. I absolutely love the job and thoroughly enjoy spending time with all the children I look after.
In recent years I had more jobs that involve much younger children and babies. Currently I look after two babies (separate families) which I've been with since they were born about 4/5 months ago. As a result I find myself cleaning an awful lot of bottles and it is interesting to use the different brushes and see which I find easiest and most effective.
I've been using this particular Tommee Tippee brush for about 3 months now (not the same exact brush, but the same type...we do change them). It is a double ended brush designed for cleaning bottles and teats. One end there is a wide barrelled bristle brush which curves towards the end. The bristles are evenly spaced and distributed across the brush. This part of the brush is also two toned, there are a variety of colours but I've been using a pink one most recently.
The centre of the brush is a plastic and metal central handle. This has a rubber panel in it which is easy to grip and the shape of the middle is designed to fit your hand easily. Even when this gets wet it is still really easy to hold and doesn't become too slippery.
The other end has a much smaller bristle brush that is just in one colour. The bristles again are evenly spaced, though slightly tighter together. This end is perfect for cleaning smaller parts of the bottle including the teats. The shape makes it easy to get around these smaller parts of the bottle and make sure they are really clean before sterilising. I tend to use the wider end for inside the actual bottle part to get any remaining milk residue out.
These brushes cost you roughly £3, though it does vary depending on where you buy them from. They come in a variety of colours too, which is handy if you want one to match the colour scheme of your kitchen (or the sex of your baby I suppose?). I think the brush is well designed and easy to use. There are obviously cheaper brushes out there but for a brush that fits all bottles and is designed specifically for this type of cleaning it is good to go for one of this type.
A brush that is really easy to use and works well for cleaning bottles and teats.
A dual ended bottle cleaning brush from Tommee Tippee. One end has a standard size bottle brush and at the other end is a much smaller brush for cleaning the teats.
The design is good but you lose the hanging hook by having the teat brush at the end. Mine is yellow but I like the blue one better because the yellow has faded very quickly and it looks old now even though the brush has only been used for seven weeks.
I like this bottle and teat brush from Tommee Tippee but it is awkward to store because of there not being a hanging hook on it. Tommee Tippee bottles are wide but this brush can also be used for thin bottles because there is only a wire stem under the bristles instead of a thick plastic handle.
The bristles spring back when you've used the brush to clean your baby's bottles but they feel very soft so I don't know if I trust it completely to clean my daughters bottles as thoroughly as they need to be cleaned. I use very hot water and sometimes push a clean cloth into the bottle to make sure all the milk has been removed before sterilising the bottles.
The teat brush has got very stiff bristles and I am always confident that the rubber and silicone teats have been cleaned properly. If I have left milk in my daughters bottle for longer than I should have I always scrub them with a small amount of salt and then use the teat brush to get rid of all traces and make sure the teat is as clean as it can be.
This Tommee Tippee Bottle and Teat Brush feels strong and is comfortable to use because of the small rubber area, it has never slipped out of my hand while I'm washing my daughters bottles. It feels a bit top heavy when I'm using the teat brush end but not as much as I thought it would, when I clean the brush I just hold it under hot running water for a minute and leave it to dry on the drainer.
4 Dooyoo Stars.
Thankfully bottle feeding is now a thing of the past but when it was a fact of life for us this was a great £2.99 invested in this double ended cleaning brush. We went through two or three of these bottle brushes but at the low price that they retailed for and the good quality of the clean that they provided it was money well spent in my opinion.
The brush itself is double ended with a handle in the middle, the one end is very narrow or precise brushing, it has a small rubber nub at the end to really get into crevices and around the base of the bottle that you are cleaning. The thicket end has much wider bristles and is ideal for cleaning the main body of the bottle. I have used this brush on a variety of bottles and there have never been any issues with it, you are not restricted to only using it with the Tommee Tippee branded bottles, it works fine on other brands as well.
It is easy to grip and also nice and easy to clean after use, the brip is comfortable and easy to hold onto. It has a nice ergonomic design and the bristles are of a good quality, I never had any issues with bristles becomming detached and left behind in the bottle.
I would certainly recommend this brush to anyone looking for something to clean their babies bottles with, it is affordable and gets the job done.
I've had a variety of bottle brushes for washing up my daughters bottles, although they would have probably lasted longer than I used them, I liked to replace them every few months. The bottle brush we are using at the moment is this one from Tommee Tippee, it was the very first bottle brush I had owned so knew it would be perfect to replace my Boots brush a few months ago.
Although my daughter is two and a half, she still has half a bottle of milk at night. Some people may slate me for this but with the amount of trouble I have had with her sleeping, this works for us. I often worry about germs and bacteria and like to make sure the bottles are washed up properly so a bottle brush is essential.
The bottle brush is available to buy in a variety of places that sell baby products, I think I purchased this one from Boots for around £3.
The bottle brush from Tommee Tippee is pretty much the same as any other bottle brush. It has two different ends, one big end with a lot of bristles, and one small end with a bit of rubber made into a small point. The larger end is suitable for washing the main body of the bottles, we use Tommee Tippee bottles and it fits into these with ease. I also like to use the pointed small end around the bottom of the bottle just to get into the crevasses. The pointed end is then used to clean the bottle teats. The shape of this end means it's easy to get into the cracks around the teat without causing any damage to the teat itself.
The handle of the bottle brush is comfortable to hold, it's a little different to dooyoo's picture as it has a more curved design. It is found more towards the smaller end of the brush than the bigger end. This is perfect as you can get a good comfortable grip for scrubbing the main body of bottles, but then when you come to wash the teat, the handle is near to that end so it's easier to direct the brush to where you want it to go.
I'd definitely recommend this Tommee Tippee bottle brush, it cleans well and the two different ends serve their purpose well, the handle is comfortable to hold, definitely worth the £3.
A bottle brush is essential for cleaning your bottles thoroughly before you put them in your steriliser. This one is double-ended: good strong bristles reach right inside the bottles at one end, while the mini-bristles at the other are ideal to help you r


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1. Roll call – Chair Stephens called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m.**
Commissioners present: Blake, Dodsworth, Harr, Hunt, Shelton, Soto-Vigil, Townley, Webster (left 9:36 due to illness), StephensCommissioners absent: NoneStaff present: Barton, Brown, Kelekian, Law (in audience), Mueller
**The meeting start was delayed to allow time for Public Works's staff to resolve an electrical issue in Chambers.
Commissioners present: Blake, Dodsworth, Harr, Hunt, Shelton, Soto-Vigil, Townley, Webster (left 9:36 due to illness), StephensCommissioners absent: NoneStaff present: Barton, Brown, Kelekian, Law (in audience), Mueller
**The meeting start was delayed to allow time for Public Works's staff to resolve an electrical issue in Chambers.
2. Approval of Agenda M/S/C (Townley/ Dodsworth) APPROVE AGENDA WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES: MOVE OUTREACH COMMITTEE UPDATE ITEM UP ON THE AGENDA SO THAT COMMITTEE CHAIR WEBSTER CAN GIVE HER REPORT SOONER IN THE EVENT THAT SHE NEEDS TO LEAVE THE MEETING EARLY (DUE TO ILLNESS); AND MOVE ITEM 7.a.(7) FROM INFORMATION ITEMS TO ACTION ITEMS. Voice vote. Carried: 9-0-0-0.
3. Public Forum – this Item was heard after Item 5.a.(1). See below.
4. Approval of December 17, 2012 Regular Meeting Minutes M/S/C (Townley/Soto-Vigil) APPROVE MINUTES AS WRITTEN. Voice vote. Carried: 9-0-0-0.
5. Action Items
a. From Board Members, Executive Director and Committees
(1) Update, discussion and possible action regarding efforts to draft a proposed Smoke-Free Housing Ordinance in response to the January 31, 2012 City Council referral requesting the Community Health Commission and Rent Stabilization Board analyze a potential Smoke-Free Housing Ordinance in Berkeley. The Board will receive a report from City staff as well as an update from their Ad Hoc Committee on Smoke-Free Housing
The Board heard a presentation by Kate Clayton, Chief of the Health Promotion Section of the Public Health Division, City of Berkeley; Ms. Clayton gave an overview of the City staff's recommendations for the proposed Smoke-Free Housing Ordinance and answered questions from Commissioners. The Board also discussed the recommendation from the Ad Hoc Committee on Smoke-Free Housing and proposed friendly amendments offered by Commissioner Stephens. After much discussion, the Board took the following action:
M/S/C (Townley/Blake) APPROVE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON SMOKE-FREE HOUSING'S RECOMMENDATION, AS AMENDED BY CHAIR STEPHENS' MEMO, WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTION:
EXCLUDE item 3.b. (on Page 4 of Chair Stephens' memo) which reads: "Allow the new tenant to bring a private right of action against the landlord/property manager for violations of the smoking ordinance if they are affected by smoke from a unit that does not have a lease clause expressly prohibiting smoking."
ADD the following clause to the proposed ordinance: "Nothing in this Section may be used as grounds to terminate a tenancy."
Roll call vote. YES: Blake, Harr, Hunt, Shelton, Soto-Vigil, Townley, Webster, Stephens; NO: Dodsworth; ABSTAIN/ABSENT: None. Carried: 8-1-0-0.
At this point, Item 3. – Public Forum – was heard.
There were two speakers: Roxanne Lamb and Glenn Fuller, both of whom expressed their concerns regarding the implications of the proposed Smoke-Free Housing Ordinance.
(2) Discussion and possible action regarding Proposed BMC Chapter 13.79 – Automatically Renewing Leases (Executive Director)
M/S/C (Blake/Soto-Vigil) CONVEY TO CITY COUNCIL THE RENT BOARD'S SUPPORT FOR PROPOSED BMC CHAPTER 13.79 AS WRITTEN. Voice vote. Carried: 9-0-0-0.
(3) Proposal to approve staff recommendation on the following requests for waiver of late registration penalties (Executive Director)
Ministerial Waivers
Ministerial Waivers
Waiver No. Property Address4166 1201 Masonic Avenue4172 2339 Ward Street4177 1613 – 6th Street4181 1400 – 67th Street4183 1244 Ashby Avenue 4186 1639 – 63rd Street 4191 3051 Dohr Street4203 3151 Eton Avenue4205 1820 Virginia Street4210 2433 Warring Street4216 1124 Dwight Way4218 2803 Parker Street4224 2409 Edwards Street4226 1211/1213 Curtis Street
M/S/C (Harr/Blake) APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ALL MINISTERIAL WAIVERS. Voice vote. Carried: 9-0-0-0.
Item 7.a.(7) – moved from Information Items to Action Items by a prior vote, was heard next:
M/S/C (Harr/Stephens) DIRECT STAFF TO CONVEY TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE RENT BOARD'S SUPPORT FOR THIS APPEAL AND TO EXAMINE WHETHER THE ZONING ADJUSTMENT BOARD COMPLIED WITH § 23C.08 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AS IT RELATES TO THE EIGHT RENT-CONTROLLED UNITS AT 1922 AND 1930 WALNUT STREET. Roll call vote. YES: Dodsworth, Harr, Hunt, Soto-Vigil, Townley, Stephens; NO: None; ABSTAIN: Blake, Shelton; ABSENT: Webster. Carried:6-0-2-1.
6. Special Presentation by Rent Board Deputy Director Stephen Barton: Rent Stabilization and the Berkeley Rental Housing Market 15 Years After Vacancy Decontrol
a. Update, discussion and possible action on report titled, "Rent Stabilization and the Berkeley Rental Housing Market 15 Years After Vacancy Decontrol" (Executive Director)
The Board heard this presentation by Deputy Director Barton who answered questions from Commissioners and noted their requests for further information desired in a subsequent report. (No action was taken.)
7. Information and Announcements
a. Reports from Board Members/Staff
(1) Committee Assignments (Chair Stephens) Chair Stephens said that she has attempted to grant all Commissioners their desired Committee assignments but this is not always possible given all the factors she must take into consideration. She is still working on several requests and hopes to have this list finalized soon.
(2) Updated report titled, "Vacancy Decontrol and Reinvestment in Berkeley Rental Housing" (Executive Director) – Discussed earlier in Item 6.a.
(3) Summary of 2012 State Laws for Tenants in Foreclosures by Tenants Together (Commissioner Harr) – In packet and self-explanatory.
(4) January 22, 2013 The Registry article by Jon Peterson titled, "Equity Residential Plans Historic Rehab in Downtown Berkeley Community" (Executive Director) – In packet and self-explanatory.
(5) January 20, 2013 The Registry article by Sharon Simonson titled, "Brokerage: 2013 Pivotal Year for Bay Area Apartments" (Executive Director) – In packet and self-explanatory.
(6) Flyer for the January 10, 2013 presentation by the Berkeley Community Health Commission on "Bugs, Rats, Mold & Abandoned Vehicles – How to Get Help from the City of Berkeley" (Executive Director) – In packet and self-explanatory.
(7) Copy of January 22, 2013 Appeal of Zoning Adjustment Boards's Approval of Acheson Commons Project (Use Permit No. 10-10000078) (Executive Director) – THIS ITEM WAS MOVED TO ACTION BY A PRIOR VOTE ON APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. (See above).
(8) Flyer for the February 12, 2013 Summit Meeting on the Future of Housing in California (Executive Director) – In packet and self-explanatory.
b. Updates and Announcements regarding Committee/Board Meetings
(1) Budget and Personnel
(2) Outreach – Commissioner Dodsworth gave a brief update in Committee Chair Webster's absence, and noted the dates of upcoming Rent Board workshops (listed on the Rent Board's website).
a. December 21, 2012 agenda
b. January 18th agenda
(3) IRA/AGA and Habitability – Committee Chair Stephens gave a brief update on the Committee's recent work.
a. November 19, 2012 minutes
(4) Eviction/Section 8/Foreclosure – Committee Chair Harr said that, due to only having two members currently, this Committee did not meet in December or January. She said they plan to set a regular meeting time at their next meeting.
(5) Safe & Sustainable Housing – Committee Chair Townley said this Committee has not met recently but updated the Board on prior and pending items.
(6) Waivers Committee – Committee Chair Dodsworth and Commissioner Harr gave a joint update on the Committee's last meeting.
(7) Ad Hoc Committee on Smoke-Free Housing – Covered in the earlier discussion of Item 5.a.(1).
a. January 18th agenda
(8) 4 x 4 City Council/RSB Housing Committee – Chair Stephens said that this Committee has not met but that she plans to talk to the Mayor's office soon regarding scheduling their next meeting.
(9) Future Special Meetings
c. Discussion of items for possible placement on future agenda
8. Adjournment M/S/C (Dodsworth/Townley) ADJOURN MEETING AT 10:56 P.M. Voice vote. Carried: 7-0-0-2. ABSENT: Blake, Webster.

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Jimmy Fallon's Apple Orchard Away from Home
Late Night can-do kid Jimmy Fallon has found success on television, and with that comes lots of money. Lots of money to buy vacation houses! Vacation houses like this $5.7 million Sagaponack home/apple orchard that he is said to be closing on.
Fallon's new Hamptons home was built in the 1850s and the property, in addition to the orchard, comes with two smaller guest cottages and two barns. So Jimmy Fallon is either opening up a B&B or he's becoming a farmer. Sounds about right. [Curbed, Elliman]


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Topic: Madrid - insider tips? (plus Cheshire apparently)
Flying out on weekend of 28th June as everyone I seem to know is going to Glasto and I couldn't be fucked to be stuck at home, waiting for their 'best time of my life' stories
Seeing as this board is overflowing with the well travelled, erudite people of the world (see Book thread) I'm naively/stupidly reaching out for any decent tips from those that have been
Recommendations in terms of quality bars/restaurants/clubs much appreciated
Club wise nothing springs out on Resident Advisor unfortunately (Fabrik has Sven Vath next weekend but Axwell the weekend I'm there!)
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18-879K/96-841 Special Topics in Systems and Control: Adaptive Control and Signal Processing
This course will cover fundamentals of learning and adaption for control system design and signal processing. Both continuous and discrete time systems will be considered. Adaptive control topics include: Lyapunov stability theory, uniform boundedness, system identification techniques, direct and indirect adaptive control strategies, and adaptive inverse control. Adaptive signal processing topics include: learning algorithms for digital filters, self optimization, quadratic performance functions, speed of convergence, and applications.
Credit units: 12
Prerequisites: This course is intended for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. The prerequisites are ordinary differential equations and 18-470 – Fundamentals of Control. It is helpful, but not required, to have taken or to take concurrently: 18-771 - Linear Systems and 18-491 - Digital Signal Processing.


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Noonan inching closer to earning roster spot
By Chris Haft / MLB.com
MESA, Ariz. -- Nick Noonan strengthened his bid for the remaining utility infielder's spot on the Giants' Opening Day roster with a strong overall effort Monday.
Noonan started at third base in the Giants' 9-3 Cactus League victory over the Chicago Cubs and rescued Ryan Vogelsong from a bases-loaded, two-out jam in the fourth inning. Noonan ended the threat by spearing Alberto Gonzalez's sharp grounder, which appeared destined to be a two-run single, and throwing to first for the out.
"That was nice. That was a really good play," Vogelsong said. "It seems like he handles himself well. I'll play with whoever they put out there, to be honest with you. But it looks like he's having some good at-bats and playing some good defense, too."
Said Giants manager Bruce Bochy, "Defense is so important. As you know, we're [all about] pitching and defense. Hitting is nice, but we have to catch the ball. He's [originally] a shortstop. Those guys are usually more comfortable playing third and second. He's athletic."
Noonan also doubled twice in five at-bats and scored two runs. Optioned to Triple-A Fresno on March 15, the left-handed batter received a second chance to prove himself beginning last Thursday, when infielder Kensuke Tanaka was reassigned to Minor League camp.
"He's getting a lot thrown at him and I like the way he's handling it," Bochy said of Noonan, 23.
Sandoval's ailing elbow getting better
MESA, Ariz. -- Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Monday that Pablo Sandoval could resume playing light catch in "a couple of days" after the third baseman showed improvement with his injured right elbow.
Sandoval hasn't played since March 16, but the Giants are hopeful that he would need only a couple of games to regain his hitting stroke.
"Pablo's determined to make it by Opening Day, so it's a wait-and-see," Bochy said.
Sandoval has been bothered by an irritated nerve in his elbow that is complicated by a bone spur. On Sunday, he underwent X-rays and a CAT scan at a Scottsdale-area hospital.
Sandoval, the Most Valuable Player of last year's World Series, was batting .435 (10-for-23) before being sidelined.
Vogelsong accomplishes goal against Cubs
MESA, Ariz. -- Ryan Vogelsong arrived at HoHoKam Stadium intent on being in the same physical condition upon leaving it.
"Don't get hurt," Vogelsong said Monday, articulating his primary goal for the afternoon. "Don't take a line drive off of something."
With the Giants slated to open the regular season at Los Angeles next Monday, Vogelsong felt wary about the risks of participating in a meaningless Cactus League game. The right-hander survived, yielding three runs and six hits in six innings as the Giants thumped the Chicago Cubs, 9-3.
Vogelsong must endure one more test, since he'll probably pitch during this week's Bay Bridge Series against Oakland. He'll use that outing as an opportunity to sharpen his skills further.
"I'm not going to complain about having one more," Vogelsong said. "But if I didn't have one more, I'd be fine, too."
Worth noting
• Intensifying his preparation for the regular season, catcher Buster Posey played all nine innings in the Giants' 9-3 Cactus League victory Monday over the Chicago Cubs. Posey rapped three hits and is 5-for-10 in his last two games.
• Left-hander Javier Lopez, who surrendered seven runs in 3 1/3 innings spanning his first four outings, continued his recovery by making his third consecutive one-inning scoreless appearance.
• Former outfield prospect Todd Linden, the 41st overall selection in the 2001 First-Year Player Draft, was summoned from Minor League camp to start at first base. He contributed a third-inning sacrifice fly and went 1-for-4. Linden spent parts of the 2003-07 seasons with San Francisco before the Marlins claimed him off waivers in May 2007. He rejoined the Giants organization last year and hit .280 in 127 games at Triple-A Fresno.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Injuries Common Among Experienced Riders, Study Finds
- Jun 12, 2007
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Results of a retrospective study performed by doctors at an Alberta trauma center shed a new light on the incidence and type of injuries sustained by equestrians. Additionally, the doctors found that experienced riders were more likely to suffer severe injuries than previously reported.
The researchers advocated the use of protective helmets and vests, regardless of riding experience.
Doctors at Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, Alberta reviewed the records of patients admitted to the level 1 trauma center for patients over 16 years of age from 1995 to 2005. Of 7,941 trauma patients, 151 (2%) were injured while participating in an equestrian activity. Doctors gathered more information on the riders, their mounts, and accident, via a questionnaire mailed to available patients.
The most common injuries were sustained to the chest (54%) and head (48%), and 45% of the patients required surgery. The authors of the study noted that chest trauma has been underappreciated in past studies of equestrian injuries, and that the high experience level of the majority of the injured riders in this study might have had an impact on the type of injury sustained.
Overall, the study population could be characterized as experienced riders and was consistent with the equestrian population of the area. The average patient was male, 47-years-old, had 27 years of riding experience, and was riding Western. Almost half (47%) had previously been injured while working with horses. Most of the riders owned the horse on which they were injured, and were riding for work or recreational purposes. The average horse involved was a 7-year-old Quarter Horse, ridden on a daily (36%) or weekly (36%) basis.
"We are very surprised to see the experience of the badly injured riders and their mounts," said Robert Mulloy, MD, FRCSC. "Calgary has a lot of money and there are hundreds of expensive and rarely ridden horses. We expected that they would have been the cause of the injuries and they were not."
Most of the riders (60%) were thrown or fell off of a horse, 16% were crushed by a falling horse, and 8% were kicked. A horse stepped on 4% of patients, causing injury, and 13% were injured in other ways. Most of the respondents said the horse was spooked (35%). Other responses regarding the cause of the injury included a horse that was not trained for what the rider was asking for (27%), had a bad temperament (15%), or fell (12%). Equipment failure was cited for 6% of injuries. Rider inexperience accounted for 5%.
The doctors noted that the majority of riders did not wear helmets or protective equipment other than footwear. Given the common trends of injury to the head and chest, they advocated the use of both helmets and protective vests.
Following their accidents, 87% of patients said they had returned to riding, but 55% still had ongoing physical difficulties related to the injury. Nearly half (47%) of patients questioned said they altered their riding habits or demands on the animal as a result of the injury.
The study, "Equestrian injuries: incidence, injury patterns, and risk factors for 10 years of major traumatic injuries," was published in the May 2007 issue of The American Journal of Surgery. Researchers on the study included Mulloy, Chad G. Ball, MD, MSc, Jill E. Ball, BHScOT, and Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, MD, FRCSC, FACS.
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Erin Ryder is a former news editor of The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care.
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I have been writing about the revolving door between Wall Street and the government. Yesterday's Wall Street Journal has an article that sheds an interesting light on this process and how favorably it is viewed by Wall Street. It concerns primarily Jack Lew, president Obama's current Chief of Staff and nominee to be Treasury Secretary.
As for the Citi paycheck, the story is how Wall Street has become a get-rich-turnstile for Democratic political operatives. The terms of Mr. Lew's original employment contract with Citi included a bonus guarantee if he left the bank for a "high level position with the United States government or regulatory body." [My italics-MS]
Most companies include incentives for top employees not to leave, but in this case the contract was written to reward Mr. Lew for treating the bank like a revolving door. Citi says it likes to accommodate employees who do public service or work at nonprofits. But the Lew contract was specific about a senior job in the federal government. There would be no special payout if he left to run the Red Cross or the New York state budget office.
Citi has been an especially nice landing spot for big-shot Democrats. Former White House budget director Peter Orszag is now a Citigroup vice chairman and somehow finds time to write a column for Bloomberg News. And there was former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, who was paid more than $115 million while encouraging the risk-taking that would have destroyed Citi if not for a taxpayer rescue.
Mr. Rubin was Mr. Lew's patron at the bank. Mr. Lew's contract suggests that Citi knew from the start that Mr. Lew was headed back to a powerful job in Washington, and that it wanted him to remember the bank fondly when he left. We have nothing against people making a living, but when they show up a few years later to do more "public service," taxpayers have a right to know what their private employers were paying them to do.
So Citigroup actually pays its people to take up high-level positions in the federal government. I am pretty sure that they expect something in return.
Interestingly New York University, Lew's employer after he left the Clinton White House and prior to joining Citigroup, also gave him a generous severance when he left to join Citigroup. As the article says, "We wrote recently about the oddity of New York University paying severance to Mr. Lew in 2006 when he left there voluntarily to work at Citigroup. NYU hasn't explained why it would pay someone for quitting to take a job on Wall Street." Severance pay is usually given to people who are fired or to pressure them to leave, but Lew left NYU voluntarily, after arranging a sweetheart deal for Citigroup with NYU. Lew is also is an investor in the Cayman Islands tax haven and received bonus and corporate jet rides underwritten by taxpayers at a bailed-out bank.
We can confidently expect Lew to continue the practice of using the government as a subsidiary of Wall Street and of the Treasury Secretary being its faithful servant.


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Mayfield Mall developer could be bowing out
Original post made on Oct 29, 2008
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, October 17, 2008, 12:00 AM
a resident of another community
on Oct 29, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Let convert it back to JC Penney's for a change or even try world's largest FRY's Electronics store!!! Plenty of parking spaces better than Palo Alto location.
We missed Penneys since the store closed down Sunnyvale area already several years ago !!
a resident of Monta Loma
on Dec 1, 2008 at 11:18 pm
We need affordable housing to keep Mountain View rolling. Retail sale is slow in this economic situation. No retailer will rent this place now.
If Toll Brothers can't make it, find another builder.
a resident of Whisman Station
on Dec 3, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Perhaps Toll Brothers has knowledge of the High Speed Rail plans and possible impacts on properties along the CalTrain right of way? Would they need to disclose the HSR EIR to potential buyers? See the thread currently running on PA Online; Schools and Kids; talking about eminent domain.


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If the mouse driver is installed, but the mouse does not work, the problem may be due to one of the following:
- A software conflict
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Troubleshoot mouse problems as follows:
- To rule out a software conflict, boot from a "vanilla" MS-DOS (that is, no AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS files) and manually install the mouse driver from the Mouse Setup disk by typing "MOUSE".
- If you have a serial mouse, make sure that your serial ports are correctly configured.
- Verify that the mouse driver is installed on the correct device. Problems can occur if the mouse driver is installed on a device other than the mouse port; for example, a noisy bus can cause the driver to install for a bus mouse or a device such as a modem can cause the driver to think a serial mouse is being used.
If you suspect the driver is not installing on the correct port, use the mouse switches to direct the driver to the specific port.
For example, if your mouse is on COM2, load the mouse driver with the following command:
MOUSE /C2 <- install driver on COM2
- If you have a bus mouse, check the jumper settings for a possible interrupt conflict, an I/O address conflict, or expansion slot problems.
- If the problems continue, test the mouse on another machine to determine if you have a faulty mouse.
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In addition the article addresses concerns over young kids being able to deal with adult themes.
Librarians have stripped the books from shelves in some junior schools because they believe the content is too sexual and goes against religious beliefs.
They even have asked parents not to let kids bring their own copies of Stephenie Meyer's smash hit novels _ which explore the stormy love affair between a teenage girl and a vampire _ to school.
Read the rest here.
"There was a great level of concern from the teachers and we anticipated there would be concern from the parents," Ms Schutz said.
"We wanted to make sure they realise it's fictitious and ensure they don't have a wrong grasp on reality."
I'm a grown career woman, and I think that Twilight made me lose MY grasp on reality. Just kidding. I think...


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Stay connected to Derby through social media
Players will interact with fans from the field during event
By Mark Newman / MLB.com
While you are following the path of crushed baseballs, be sure you are following the right accounts.
MLB, MLB Advanced Media and the MLB Players Association announced the integration of Twitter and Facebook interaction into the Home Run Derby, which will be televised from Chase Field at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. Video and picture content shot by players during the event will be distributed across social media and posted to MLB.com, marking one of the most immersive social media events in MLB history.
The news comes on the heels of notable changes. League captains were instituted for the first time, with National League captain Prince Fielder choosing Matt Holliday, Matt Kemp and Rickie Weeks for his team, and American League captain David Ortiz choosing Jose Bautista, Robinson Cano and Adrian Gonzalez for his team. The winning league will be crowned as well as the individual winner. ESPN will show ball tracking and feature instant-distance for the first time, with John Kruk and Nomar Garciaparra aboard as new analysts.
Ortiz (@davidortiz), Bautista (@JoeyBats19) and Kemp (@TheRealMattKemp) will be tweeting on their accounts during the course of the event as participants, and so will other gathered All-Stars including Heath Bell (@HeathBell21), Gio Gonzalez (@GioGonzalez47), Hunter Pence (@HunterPence9), Brandon Phillips (@DatDudeBP), Gaby Sanchez (@GabySanchez15), Justin Upton (@RealJustinUpton), C.J. Wilson (@str8edgeracer), Howie Kendrick (@HKendrick47) and Joel Hanrahan (@hanrahan4457).
Wilson, the first MLB player on Twitter, said it best in a tweet earlier in the week to his roughly 68,000 followers: "Just got off the phone -- apparently I'll be shooting HD video and sick photos during the Home Run Derby! And tweet live about it!" Indeed, he will.
In addition to the aforementioned All-Stars who have already agreed to participate, look for a lot more interaction. The live updates will not be limited to players with existing accounts. Other All-Stars will have the opportunity to share their personalized live commentary, photos and video through MLB and MLBPA social media accounts, including @MLB and @MLB_PLAYERS on Twitter, as well as Facebook.com/MLB and Facebook.com/MLBPlayersAssoc.
MLB All-Stars will be able to tweet and post to their Facebook fan pages during the Home Run Derby using their personal handheld device. For players who don't have their device or don't have a Twitter account, they will be able to interact with fans from social media stations set up on the field. The tables will feature laptops, tablets, video cameras and MLB representatives to facilitate their use. All players as well as fans are encouraged to use the hashtag #HRDerby again this year in order to be part of the live conversation about the event. In addition, the video board at Chase Field will show tweets using the #HRDerby hashtag between batters -- as the D-backs did during their FanFest before the season.
Fans at Chase Field for the Home Run Derby also will be able to use the check-in functionality with the best-selling MLB.com At Bat 11 app, to further personalize their event experience on their iPhone and Android mobile phones, including the ability to post messages across Twitter and Facebook from within the app, see aggregated tweets from other fans at Chase Field and view the interactive ballpark maps and menus. A home run tracker and live video stream of the Home Run Derby will be available within MLB.com At Bat 11 as well as MLB.com.
ESPN will show the Twitter handles of the Derby participants and some of the All-Stars who are engaging in social media during the telecast. Fans can follow several ESPN commentators contributing to the Derby telecast including @JohnKruk_ESPN, @karlravechespn, @BLarkin_ESPN, @BobbyV_ESPN, @Buster_ESPN, @kurkjian_ESPN and @pedrogomezESPN.
The Home Run Derby also will be broadcast live on ESPN HD, ESPN 3D, ESPN Deportes, ESPN3.com, ESPN Mobile TV, and ESPN Radio in the U.S. as well as ESPN International.
The 82nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and Sportsnet HD and Le Reseau des Sports, and around the world by Major League Baseball International, with pregame ceremonies beginning at 8 p.m. ET. ESPN Radio will provide exclusive national radio coverage. MLB Network, MLB.com and Sirius XM also will provide comprehensive All-Star Game coverage.
Mark Newman is enterprise editor of MLB.com. You also can leave comments on his MLB.com community blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Watching the Finals matchup between OKC and MIA really got me thinking.. What if Melo was in the position of Durant? Would they still be in the Finals if Melo lead that team? And of course, where would we be if Durant represented the Orange & Blue of New York.
To me, their offensive playstyles are very similar. A high dose of mid range shots, decent post up, good passing ability. The difference between them, IMO, is their demeanor and discipline on the court. KD is more controlled and careful with his shot selection. While Melo tends to freestyle and do whatever he feels like doing.
Work ethic? Durant.
Defense? Even
Rebounding? Melo
So tell me what you think guys? Who's the better player? Discuss.


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CBS News wrote:Law enforcement sources tell CBS News senior correspondent John Miller that they are confident that a body in a burned cabin in Big Bear, California is believed to be that of Christopher Dorner, the fired former LAPD officer who is suspected of earlier killing three people, and was also the subject of an intense manhunt.
So they're confident that someone believes the cop killer is dead. Stop and parse that for a second. I'm confident that someone believes in little green men from Mars too!
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1361 Willow Road A, B, C, D, F Menlo Gateway INC, heater replacements and install new fans, $n/a
1357 Willow Road Menlo Gateway INC, remove and replace roof, $9,410
250 E. Creek Drive M. David & E.G. Trusts, chimney retrofit, $2,700
304 Constitution Drive Tyco Electronics Corp., re-roof, $898,000
61 Willow Road S. B. Kundich Trust, remove and replace window, $5,000
1361 Willow Road A, B, C, D, F Menlo Gateway INC, replace heaters and new bath fans, $n/a
352 Waverly St. F. & C. Marvin Trustees, replace sewer pipe to cleanout, $9,800
1202 Johnson St. Tommei, re-roof, $4,500
162 Linfield Drive Taylor Morrison of Cal LLC, new single residence, $207,608
1351 N. Lemon Ave. R. Mccolloch & S.K. Trusts, kitchen remodel, $40,000
152 Elliot Drive R. Castagnetti, bath remodel, $15,000
2365 Sharon Oaks Road L. Cassidy, deck repairs, $7,500
1075 Trinity Drive H. Golden Neville, remove and replace windows, $11,000
1330 University Drive H. O'Donnell Trust, interior alteration, $32, 900
401 Burgess Drive M. Phelan, demolish walls and create door opening, $n/a
1357 Willow Road A, B, C, D, E, F Menlo Gateway INC, replace heaters and new bath fans, $n/a
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636 Partridge Ave. R. Taylor, re-roof, $11,500
51 Hallmark Circle M. & M. Eaton, replace furnace, $2,300
1350 Willow Road Willow Park Holding Co. LLC, commercial tenant improvement, $59,400; new power for Pacific Biosciences, $8,000
241 University Drive F. Ludolph, replace water heater, $1,100
924 Siskiyou Drive P. Wineman, remodel bathroom, $2,500
241 E. Creek Drive J. Quren, replace two windows and patio door, $6,226
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140 Kellogg Ave. W. Harm, demo pool, $n/a
540 Bryant St. Thoits Bros., interior tenant improvements, $99,000
1048 Loma Verde Ave. A. Rueff, replace 12 windows and two sliding doors, $8,660
2424 Burnham Way P. Narayanan, convert closet to bathroom, $15,000
3400 El Camino Real L. Correno, Creekside Inn, install backflow prevention assembly, $n/a
279 Campesino Ave. S. Ching, new two-story residence with attached garage, $412,000
3825 Fabian Way Space Systems Loral, provide sound screen wall at two mechanical yards, $120,000
759 Middlefield Road H. Wachs, repair sewer pipe, $6,192
1040 Embarcadero Road V. Jain & R. Razdan, new family room, powder room, two new bedrooms and baths, $207,000
861 San Jude P. & J. Schmidt, remodel house, replace roof, $320,000
777 Christine Drive F. & J. Wang, addition including family room, bath, laundry, mud room, $108,401
1870 Embarcadero Road Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, tenant improvements, $351,540
3541 Emerson St. A. Hawkinson, replace windows, $5,000
3500 Deer Creek Road, Bldg. 24 Stanford Real Estate, demo non-bearing walls, add toilet core, fire door for Tesla Motors, $n/a; lobby closet, $5,500; install car lifts, battery chargers, compressed air lines, $110,000
3401 Hillview Ave. VMware, tenant improvement, $500,000
270 Chestnut Ave. R. Freeman, remodel bath, kitchen, $25,000
3040 Emerson St. E. Supplee, update kitchen, bathroom in one apartment, install tankless water heater, $13,000
3460 W. Bayshore Road Nicara Networks, demo nonstructural wall, $n/a
4119 El Camino Real K. Io, remodel cocktail bar, $38,000
3408 Hillview Ave. SAP Labs, interior tenant improvement, $275,000
100 Hamilton Ave. Suite 300 ECI Hamilton LLC, minor tenant improvement, $6,000
1565 Edgewood Drive D. & D. Lee, new two-story home with basement and attached garage, $1,088,447
4097 Park Blvd. A. Liou, replace studs, drywall and stucco damaged by car driving into house, $3,500
3960 Fabian Way B. Mainzer, tenant improvement for Earthbound Farms, $100,000
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If the villain of "Under the Dome," which premiered to an audience of 13.14 million viewers making it the most-watched summer drama on any network since 1992, seems familiar, it's because he's based on former Vice President Dick Cheney.
When Stephen King wrote his novel, which has been adapted into a CBS series, he was inspired by the politics of the 21st century's first decade. The liberal writer wanted "Under the Dome" to be a critique of President George W. Bush's administration.
The story is set in a small town called Chester Mills which is inexplicably cut off from the rest of the world by an invisible dome. The trapped residents struggle with food shortages, communication problems, and political squabbling. A shady, self-serving used car salesman, Big Jim Rennie (Dean Norris of "Breaking Bad"), becomes the de facto leader.
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When the dome appears, Big Jim immediately uses the chaotic aftermath to his advantage.
"He slowly starts to realize how he can take the reins and what that power can give him," Norris told USA Today. "This is the chance for him to be the boss. And everybody else who can have a power check on him is outside the dome."
Norris revealed, "Stephen King whispered in my ear, 'You're Dick Cheney. That's who you are.'"
Yep, Big Jim is Cheney in King's view.
"I enjoyed taking the Bush-Cheney dynamic and shrinking it to the small-town level," King told the New York Times Book Review. "The last administration interested me because of the aura of fundamentalist religion that surrounded it and the rather amazing incompetency of those top two guys. I thought there was something blackly humorous in it."
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Hopefully you've been following the debate over money market fund reform. If not, you need to be.
Money market fund protections are nuanced and a bit arcane for some investors, but they really matter. Because at stake is how to protect the roughly $2.4 trillion in investments that many investors consider as good as cash under the mattress.
I'll give you a personal example: When I "go to cash" in my brokerage account, I'm not actually in cash until I move my money out and back into my retail bank. Left to its own devices, my account automatically allocates the money into the BIF Tax-Exempt Fund, a money market fund that makes very low-risk investments in very short-term securities. One share in the fund is intended to have a net asset value of $1, and the fund delivers a minuscule distribution to you based on interest earned.
Sounds as good as cash, right? Better even due to the tiny interest payments. But it's not that simple.
You see, in the depths of the financial crisis, one of the largest money funds called Reserve Primary Fund suffered losses on debt it held in Lehman Brothers. Yeah, that Lehman. As a result, it could not maintain its $1 per share price.
In short, investors who thought they were safely in cash faced losses.
This phenomenon — known as "breaking the buck" — is a serious deal. After all, the ability to "go to cash" in a crisis is one of the few things retail investors can do to protect themselves. If even that money isn't safe until it's 100% out of your brokerage account, then risk-averse investors concerned with capital preservation have legitimate fears that another downturn could erode even their safest investments. They'll be left no option but to literally stuff money under their mattresses instead.
So, Securities & Exchange Commission Chairman Mary L. Schapiro has rightly pushed the issue of money market reform as a backstop for investors. But unsurprisingly, the big firms have fought tooth and nail against restrictions. After all, Fidelity Investments, Charles Schwab & Co. (NYSE:SCHW) and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) make a nice profit from the operations of their money market funds. Considering there's roughly $2.4 trillion in these kind of investment vehicles, a mere 0.05% in fees and expenses is $1.2 billion in revenue.
Sadly, however, three commissioners at the SEC — a majority — will not support a staff proposal to reform the structure of money market funds. This from a statement Schapiro made last week:
As we consider money market funds' susceptibility to runs, we must remember the lessons of the financial crisis and the history of money market funds. And, we must be cognizant that the tools that were used to stop the run on money market funds in 2008 no longer exist. That is, there is no "back-up plan" in place if we experience another run on money market funds because money market funds effectively are operating without a net.
In short: When you "go to cash" now, there's no guarantee that your cash is safe until it's out of your brokerage account and its money market funds. If a crisis hits, you could get less than 100 cents on the dollar.
This is appalling considering the doubt, fear and mistrust on Wall Street these days. Yes, the chance of another run on money market funds is highly unlikely — but as Schapiro writes: "One of the most critical lessons from the financial crisis is that, when regulators identify a potential systemic risk – or an industry or institution that potentially could require a taxpayer bailout – we must speak up."
The fact that such an event would be rare does not excuse officials who don't put needed safeguards in place to protect the investing public.
The fight isn't over, of course. The SEC and Schapiro may debate a new set of watered-down rules — and while blunted, they could wind up being much better than nothing.
And then there are much more creative options, such as the one floated by Wall Street Journal columnist David Weidner:
"Maybe she should consider something more radical such as an industry-funded reserve that would pay out in a crisis," Weidner writes. "It would turn the implicit bailout guarantee into a explicit one. Being honest about what's at stake is a good first step."
In the meantime, investors need to know what the dangers are here. One of the hardest lessons to learn is that "low risk doesn't mean no risk." The money market debate is proof of that.
Jeff Reeves is the editor of InvestorPlace.com and the author of "The Frugal Investor's Guide to Finding Great Stocks." Write him at email@example.com or follow him on Twitter via @JeffReevesIP. As of this writing, he did not own any of the stocks named here.


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This letter is in response to the front page article The Durango Herald ran Nov. 19. It talked about how rockets ripped into a residential area of Gaza City, killing civilians, including children and an elderly woman. Can we step back and take a look at who Israel is battling?
Hamas (an acronym for Islamist Resistance Movement) governs the Gaza Strip and has been recognized as a terrorist organization by the United States, the EU and others. This group is known to use playgrounds, mosques and residential homes as cover for its rockets and humans as shields including innocents such as children.
I was dismayed that is was barely mentioned in the article that was so slanted toward condemning Israels tactics. If the yellow-bellied Hamas would come out and fight like big boys, perhaps Israel wouldnt have to fire on residential areas that Hamas uses to harbor their most yellow-bellied of all. They also like to use fear on their own people by killing six men (right in a public square in front of people of all ages) who allegedly have helped Israel and dragging their dead bodies through the streets as a public example. This was international news Nov. 20.
On another note, I hope that the United States will continue to come alongside Israel in support of defending the land that God has promised to Israel. And he has promised to help Israel defend it. He (God) is sure to have the last say in all of this fighting.
God spoke to Abraham in the Bible, I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on Earth will be blessed through you. Genesis 12:2-3.
Gods promises never change. His people will endure. They have for thousands of years.
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Have a bunch of old vinyl records laying around that you just couldn't seem to throw away? Well it's a good thing you still have them, because now you can convert all of those old dusty vinyl records into MP3 form with the Ion Profile LP Turntable Conversion System.
The Ion Audio Profile LP USB Turntable is constructed with a familiar low profile look and with a sleek piano black paint finish. This turntable is designed to convert your old school vinyl records into an MP3, allowing your music to be conveniently transported from venue to venue or for listening at home. The great thing about this product is that when you're not converting your vinyl records, you can use this turntable as a standard record player. There is also a protective hinged dust cover to keep all your valuable vinyl's in good shape.
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Having Trouble With Tower Speakers!
So I have a 2007 Moomba Outback V. It has stock speakers and amps, all kicker. The interior boat speakers work fine (with a small amount of buzz, if you know why this is please tell ), they are hooked into a kicker ZX700.5. But the tower speakers are a different story. I got them working while the engine not on and is on land (lots of buzzing, but can still hear the music), but when the boat goes in the water and we are going all they will do is buzz.
The towers are hooked into a Kicker ZX250.2 amp.
Please help, I have been trying to fix this for a very long time and am getting frustrated.
you'll get better advice from the pro's on here, but start by checking your grounds, loose connections, etc.
Moved thread to the right place. These pros will definitely help you out.My Mom said I'm not allowed to get wet!
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There are many forms of noise on a boat that are inherent in every boat. The alternator, blower motor, and many other devices can introduce an AC ripple (whine or buzz) or transient snap or pop (voltage spike) into an otherwise DC electrical system. Normally this noise does not have a path into the audio system.
So to determine the type of noise, let's start with the most common alternator noise which is described as....Only present when the engine is running and not with the key on while the engine is not running. Changes pitch with an rpm change. Faster revs creates a higher pitch whine. Whine level is essentially the same at all volume levels. Noise will be somewhat masked by an increase in volume level and will be extremely obvious at lower volume levels. That's alternator whine. If that description doesn't match your noise, give a detailed description.
The number one cause of noise is a supply voltage differential or ground differential (basically the same condition) between any two items in the audio path. To remedy this ALL 12 volt supplies of ALL audio components must reference the same physical point....and....ALL grounds of ALL audio components must reference the same physical ground point.
The ground point is the ground terminal on one of the batteries. You may access this ground via a distribution block.
The 12 volt supply point should be off the 'C' output post of the dual battery switch (and not battery-direct unless you have an ACR/VSR scheme). You may access this 12 volt supply via a distribution block.
Both + & - distribution blocks need to be very near the amplifiers. ALL source electronics (HU, EQ, etc.) need to obtain power and ground from these two respective points. Sometimes this means that the source electronics need to come off the factory harness and be re-directed to the points mentioned above with a suitable heavy gauge (low resistance) wire (typically 14 to 16-gauge).
The other and second most common condition that multiplies noise is when the amplifier input gains are set wide open. There is virtually never a good reason for wide open gains.
Before you get going, check the voltage of BOTH batteries independently. Doesn't make much sense to start initiating changes with bad voltage or bad batteries.
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Ok, so it doesn't sound like the body speakers are being affected by the engine being on.
However, the only thing that can be heard from the tower speakers when the engine is running is noise, no music can be heard.
The power and ground wires both run through a fuse each, but other than that they are direct to the battery.
Does that help narrow the problem.
The speaker wire is very small, but it is the same as the body speakers, so would that matter...?
So you are saying that the tower speakers play music when the boat is off but have a great deal of noise, but absolutely no music when the boat is running, and the noise is then significantly higher. Is the key off or out when you have noise at rest? You must have all boat operations off and no key insertion/rotation. You may have to go straight to constant power and bypass the key if the audio system is dependent on key power. And you have to find a condition in which you have zero noise. That's the beginning. If you still have noise with all boat electrical operations shut off then the problem is independent of boat electrical system and within one of the stereo components or within the installation. To help you I need all the information requested from you in a concise manner.
I would also start testing gear piece by piece independent of the boat. Perhaps with a battery sitting on your garage floor. Start with just a tower speaker and a single speaker. You can use an ipod or iphone directly into the amplifier input. Start with the last component in the audio system and work upstream (backwards) until you obtain a change. Then you will have a defined area to focus on.
Also, try disconnecting both tower speakers and circumventing the tower harness entirely. Then hook up one speaker only with a new and temporary wire run directly to the speaker. All it takes is one tiny strand of one speaker wire to short out and you can have serious noise induced into the entire system.
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Ok, so I did the speaker tests without the key and still had some trouble, tried a direct line to the speaker and the same quality. So I took apart the entire system and rearranged a few wires (some of the RCA cables to the speakers were in outlets for subs.). In short, it sounds great now WITHOUT the key turned.
However, when I turn the key the sound instantly gets more grainy. I am thinking this is a grounding issue, what are your thoughts?
I would want to hear one tower speaker resting on the floor with a brand new run of wire and ALL else disconnected. That would exclude a speaker shorted to the tower via the speaker wire harness.
Then, use a relay to recreate the key interrupt function and connect the source unit power and ground to the same respective locations as the applied to the amplifier's primary power terminals. If the noise goes away you have a solution for the short term but the knowledge that something is wrong and will likely progress.
Beyond that I would question every single ground in the entire system including all audio equipment grounds, the battery to battery grounds, helm buss ground, and ground link from the engine block to battery.
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When you say that "ALL else disconnected" you mean with the speaker connected to the amp, which is connected to a battery and an RCA cable connected to an ipod right?
Also, thought I had it fixed last night so I took the boat out. Tested the sound before I went out, played perfect. Dropped it in and started the boat, tons of noise, and then half of the boats speakers shut off (literally, the drivers half). The other sides body speakers still worked but only very dimly. They didn't put out much.
The only speaker that was working was the tower speaker opposite the driver. This speaker put out fuzz too, but the interesting thing is that when I turn on a bilge, or rev the engine, or any other switch, I could hear it in the speaker!
I am continuing on the testing you have suggested.
Please help, I am extremely confused. I haven't charged the batteries in a bit, so could this be an issue with it.


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Nyong'o is People's Most Beautiful
Lupita Nyong'o has been named the World's Most Beautiful Woman by People magazine.
The Mexican-born Kenyan, who won a best supporting actress Oscar for her role in 12 Years A Slave, beat a host of stars to top the US magazine's list for 2014.
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Since installing zone alarm and remotely connecting to my office PC through gotomypc.com I can control all programs except zone alarm.
This causes a problem as the zone alarm screen appears and asks me if I want to add the computer I am using to the trusted zone, as I can't control zone alarm remotely this causes a problem as I can't accept or decline the options. I never use the same public computer to connect to my office so adding the computer I am connecting from to the trusted zone (even if I could) is not going to work.
I am assuming that I need to change a setting in Zone Alarm that will enable me to control my office computer remotely.
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I'm exactly the opposite. I love travelling. It's the only time I ever have when I'm peaceful for several straight hours with no pressing concerns or deadlines. I've been reading books on roadtrips since I was real little, and as a teenager I remember my dad practically screaming at me to look at the scenary for a change.
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