Thursday, December 9, 2021

Does giving a school money improve student performance?

 https://t.co/e8RcYqslVk

Paper finds parents winning the lottery does not improve the grades or cognitive ability of their children. This is consistent with past work showing that parental income, when separated from genes, has no impact on kid's intelligence or school performance.




Friday, August 20, 2021

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Restaurants

https://www.grandviewsanjose.com/

Mount Hamilton Grandview Restaurant

94 Mount Hamilton Rd, Mount Hamilton, CA 95140

Half Moon Bay Choices 


https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurants-g32469-zfp43-Half_Moon_Bay_California.html


If you decide to check out HMB, consider Mezza Luna Italian restaurant.


Pacifica 

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g32842-d2486182-Reviews-Moonraker-Pacifica_California.html


https://www.shadowbrook-capitola.com

Friday, February 19, 2021

Flea products and ingredients

Adams Flea and Tick Home Spray
Ingredients
    (S)-Methoprene 0.01%, 
pyrethroid     Etofenprox 0.50%, 
    Piperonyl Butoxide 2.00%,


Adams Plus Flea & Tick Mist
Ingredients
    Nylar .125%, 
    Pyrethrins .18% 
synergist N-Octyl Bicycloheptene Dicarboximide 1%

Flee (Insect Growth Regulator) Trigger Spray
Active Ingredients - Fipronil & Methoprene

Pet Armor Fast Act Plus Flea & Tick
Pyriproxyfen - 0.005%.
Pyrethrins - 0.100%.
Piperonyl Butoxide* - 0.200%.
synergist MGK 264 - 0.330%.

Hartz UltraGuard Plus
Pyriproxyfen - 0.015%.
pyrethroid Phenothrin - 0.400%
Piperonyl Butoxide* - 1.000%

Advantage Carpet and Upholstery Spot Spray (spray can)
Phenothrin (pyrethroid) 3-phenoxybenzyl-(1RS, 3RS, 1RS, 3SR)-2, 2-dimethyl-3-(2-methylprop-1-enyl) cyclopropanecarboxylate 0.40%
synergist N-Octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide 1.00%
neonicotinoid Imidacloprid 0.05%

Advantage Flea, Tick, Dust Mite and Bed Bug Spot and Crevice Spray (trigger spray)
Phenothrin (pyrethroid) 3-phenoxybenzyl-(1RS, 3RS, 1RS, 3SR)-2, 2-dimethyl-3-(2-methylprop-1-enyl) cyclopropanecarboxylate 0.40%
synergist N-Octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide 1.00%
neonicotinoid Imidacloprid 0.05%


Advantage Flea and Tick Treatment Spray for Cats
    Pyrethrins .18% 
2-[1-methyl-2-(4-phenoxyphenoxy) ethoxy]pyridine
synergist N-Octyl Bicycloheptene Dicarboximide 1%

flea product ingredients

Two classes of insect growth/development regulators have been registered for use as flea control products: juvenile hormone analogs (methoprene, pyriproxyfen) and chitin synthesis inhibitors (lufenuron).

Pyriproxyfen (nylar) is an insect growth regulator. It mimics natural insect hormones that stop young insects from maturing into adults. Pyriproxyfen can affect an insect if it is touched or eaten. However, pyriproxyfen is rarely toxic to adult insects. Instead, it disturbs egg-laying and egg-hatch and keeps young insects from growing into adult forms. This prevents target insects from multiplying.
2-[1-methyl-2-(4-phenoxyphenoxy) ethoxy]pyridine

Methoprene is a juvenile hormone (JH) analog which acts as a growth regulator when used as an insecticide. It is an amber-colored liquid with a faint fruity odor.

Imidacloprid primarily targets adult fleas.
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Phenothrin, also called sumithrin and d-phenothrin, is a synthetic pyrethroid that kills adult fleas and ticks. It has also been used to kill head lice in humans. d-Phenothrin is used as a component of aerosol insecticides for domestic use. It is often used with methoprene, an insect growth regulator that interrupts the insect's biological lifecycle by killing the eggs. Phenothrin is the active agent in the branded product Raid Fly and Wasp Killer.

A formulation containing 85.7% phenothrin has been approved for use on cats. Most cats tolerate phenothrin, but a small percentage of cats will develop signs similar to permethrin toxicosis after administration of the product per label directions. 

Etofenprox is a pyrethroid derivative which is used as an insecticide.
flumethrin and etofenprox appear to be well tolerated by most cats.

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Cypermethrin (CP) is a synthetic pyrethroid used as an insecticide in large-scale commercial agricultural applications as well as in consumer products for domestic purposes.
Cyfluthrin is a pyrethroid insecticide and common household pesticide.
Deltamethrin is a pyrethroid ester insecticide.
Resmethrin is a pyrethroid insecticide.Permethrin is a chemical categorized in the pyrethroid insecticide group.

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Fipronil is a broad-spectrum insecticide that belongs to the phenylpyrazole chemical family. Fipronil disrupts the insect central nervous system by blocking GABA-gated chloride channels and glutamate-gated chloride (GluCl) channels. This causes hyperexcitation of contaminated insects' nerves and muscles.

Fipronil is the main active ingredient of Frontline TopSpot, Fiproguard, Flevox, and PetArmor (used along with S-methoprene in the 'Plus' versions of these products); these treatments are used in fighting tick and flea infestations in dogs and cats.

Frontline Plus has active two ingredients, fipronil and S-methoprene, which work together to kill parasites and break the flea life cycle. Fipronil kills adult fleas and ticks, while S-methoprene is an insect growth regulator that prevents the development of immature flea stages (eggs, larvae, and pupae).



N-octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide (MGK 264)