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From: jbrindle@halcyon.com (Jennifer Brindle)
Subject: Re: Diaper question.
Keywords: Huggies, Ultratrim
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 21:28:38 GMT

In article <1i8q13INNdi3@gap.caltech.edu> prnott@cco.caltech.edu (Prabhu R. Nott) writes:
>Folks:
>	Has anybody experimented with the Ultratrim variety of Huggies
>or any other brand of diapers?  They are much more compact than the
>regular diapers, but I am wondering if that is at the expense of their
>absorbence.  Has any body tried it out?  Thanks,
>
>Prabhu
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Yes.  I use the ultratrim with my now-nearly 6-month-old.  NEVER had a problem.  NOT ONCE.  I even use them on my pott-trained 3YO at night.  NO PROBLEMS AT
ALL.  IT's nice to only have ONE bag of soiled diapers in the garbage every weel.

Jennifer
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr)
Subject: Re: A few Questions
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 02:37:14 GMT

In article <93009.101233LIBEMC@BYUVM.BITNET> <LIBEMC@BYUVM.BITNET> writes:
>Regarding changing clothes before bed.  Lisa asked if it is okay to leave
>the baby in the daytime clothing at night.  My baby was born the same day
>as Lisa's (8-14-92).  I change the clothing if she has spit up all over it
>or if it is damp from diapers, but otherwise if it looks okay and warm
>enough, I leave her in what she was wearing that day.  I wonder if there
>is much of a difference between sleepers and other one-piece things, or even
>when she is wearing fleece pants and shirt I leave her in those.  Why do
>twice the laundry?  Do others always change into night time clothing?
>Ellen

I'm not sure entirely how much this matters, but in the USA any infant
garment sold as sleepwear has to meet certain levels of
inflammability. If your kid is wearing those nice "sleep and play" one
piece outfits, they can do just that.  BTW, I always wondered what you
were supposed to do with the :typical" newborn who sleeps 6-8 times
per 24 hour cycle... keep waking them up to change them into pyjamas?

Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: reid@metis.tti.com (Reid Kneeland)
Subject: Re: Breastfeed, Go to Jail (Was: Protecting your family...)
Organization: Transaction Technology Inc.
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 16:29:23 GMT

In article <1ihfa6INN51i@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> vicki@mathcs.emory.edu (Vicki Powers) writes:
>In article <1993Jan6.232313.19989@newstand.syr.edu>, kgatling@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Keith E Gatling) writes:

>> What do I mean?  Very simple...in *one* place, *one* hairball public
>> official was stupid enough to charge a woman who was breastfeeding with
>> child abuse, and was then pigheaded enough to not back down once it
>> should've been obvious to all that it was all a mistake.  Does this have the
>> markings of a trend?

>Keith, I think you're missing the point.  That woman lost her child for a
>year!  Simply because she asked if it is normal to become aroused during
>breastfeeding (it is, by the way).  (Are we talking about the same story?)
>The point is that the "hairball public official" had the power to take her 
>child away and it took a year of legal battles for her to get the child back.  

And the same hairball has the power to do the same thing to THOUSANDS
of people, all of whom could have a very difficult time defending
themselves.  And do you (Keith) really think he's the only hairball in
the government?  Government seems to ATTRACT hairballs, or at least it
seems to attract people who enjoy imposing their (often pig-ignorant)
ideas on everyone else.

=====================================================================
Reid Kneeland
reid@tti.com  (that's MISTER reid@tti.com to you!)
Transaction Technology Inc., Santa Monica, CA, USA (310) 450-9111 x2499
The opinions expressed above do not necessarily etc etc...

Never trust a man who can count to 1,023 on his fingers.
From: rollo@xylogics.com (Dena Rollo)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: A few Questions
Date: 11 Jan 1993 13:07:42 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu


Lisa asks about changing clothes before bed.

We started changing Isabel into "pajamas" when
she started taking baths in the tub, rather than
the sink, at about 6 mos. old. (She only got
sink-baths 2-3 times per week, but tub baths
nightly). This was not so much because the clothes
she wore during the day were so different from
the pajamas, but because at that age (6 mos) we
wanted to get her into an evening routine.
It went (and still goes):
dinner
play
bath
bottle
book
bed

getting pajamas on after the bath is a signal
that bedtime's here.

This works really well for us. If your child is
already sleeping through the night, you might
want to consider pajamas as reinforcing the
idea of daytime/nighttime. For infants on
a more round-the-clock sort of schedule, I
don't think there's any reason to change them.

-Dena
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: clare@nynexst.com (Clare Chu)
Subject: Re: Water for babies
Organization: Nynex Science and Technology
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 15:21:45 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.211134.29675@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> jschwarz@lonestar.utsa.edu (Jan A. Schwarz) writes:
>I tried to post this earlier but I don't think it made it.  Excuse me
>if it did and I didn't see it.
>
>It seems as if water isn't given to babies like it used to be when I
>had mine (22 years ago!).
>
>What has changed over the years that babies don't require water?
>I used to give water to mine when it really wasn't time for them
>to eat.  It seemed to pacify they until feeding time.
>
>Jan
>

  This is confusing, as the books will say they don't need
  water, but every mother and mother-in-law will say to give
  them water.

  Apparently 22 years ago, the formula was more concentrated.
  Nowadays, if you read the label, the formulas are 86% water!

  If anyone knows of a better explanation, please tell us!

  Clare
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: shannah@netcom.com (Teri Miller)
Subject: Re: Circum.: When Parents Disagree : -(
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 00:26:57 GMT

In article <1992Dec28.150203.28794@exu.ericsson.se> exusag@exu.ericsson.se writes:
>In article 1844@netcom.com, shannah@netcom.com (Teri Miller) writes:
>> 
>> 1) If you are going to insist that our son be circumsized, I insist
>>    that you first watch another baby be circumsized.  If not, then I
>>    will not allow it.
>>  [remainder deleted]
>
>Teri,
>
>Sounds like the husband get a no win situation.  
>
>Shouldn't you also watch the circumcision?
>
>They way some people talk about circumcision you would think that huge bulky
>knives are used without any safeguards.
>
They use small knives for other types of surgery, but I don't think that
means the surgery should be performed without need.

However, I think you're right: in the situation above, I posed a set
of requirements that basically placed the onus of proof on the husband.

I honestly don't know, though, how I would prove that my son *didn't* 
need to be circumsized.  Statistics?  Anecdotes?  Pleas?  The reason I
was suggesting that the husband watch the procedure is to make sure he
knows what's involved.  Do you think that the wife would change her mind
if she saw a circumcision?  

What I was trying to get to was to have both parties get into a
situation where they were working with all the facts (not just preferences)
and willing to go to outside arbitration if they could not agree.
Personally, I find it scary that people who cannot agree on circumcision
are going to be having to decide on schools, discipline, religion,
and lots of other important stuff - if the only solution is to insist,
what are they going to do?

What Ray and I do is to educate ourselves.  If we cannot come to 
consensus on something, we assume that we don't have all the facts,
and keep researching.   I guess that means that if we disagreed on
circumcision, I should go watch the procedure.  Difficult as I would
find that, I would try to do so.  Maybe I would change my mind.  I
sincerely doubt it, though. 

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Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: M18611@MBVM.Mitre.Org (Kathy Wilk)
Subject: Re: looking for book
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford MA 01730
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 16:19:46 GMT

In article <1ia9lgINNmv5@shelley.u.washington.edu>
lcheap@cac.washington.edu (Laurel Cheap ) writes:
>|>
>|> This is 'Goodnight Moon'.  It's a terrific book!
>. . .
>I don't think 'Goodnight Moon' is the target book here.  GM isn't made up
>of photographs but drawings.  It's basically a little bunny saying goodnight
>to all of his bedroom objects (telephone, red balloon, mittens, kittens,
>bears, chairs, etc. including "a young mouse").  It alternates between a
>     ...
>Anyway, it's a great book.  And thank goodness since I read it every night
>as part of The Bedtime Ritual with Brendan.  :)
>
  If you liked 'Good Night, Moon', there is another book by Margaret Wise
Brown that is about a red Barn (It might be called 'The Red Barn';  I'll
have to look up the title).  It is also a bedtime book - it shows the
animals coming home from the fields to a red barn as night falls.  I like
the illustrations (a different illustrator) much better.  It can be read
as part of the bedtime ritual but doesn't have any gimmicks such as a
mouse on every page.  However, the colors do darken as night falls.
  I got this book from the library.  We get a few children's books from the
library every few weeks and I have been recording the titles and authors in
a small book for my daughter.  That way, if we can keep up the habit, she will
someday be able to find the forgotten title of a book from her childhood.  I
am still trying to find a book I read when I was a child of which I remember
only snippets (a verse, 'Go tell Aunt Rhody', and the girl in story wetting
newspaper strips and putting them on the floor - then picking them up - this
somehow cleaned the floor).  The story took place in the West or Midwest
on a farm (it is not the 'Little House on the Prairie' series).  The story
is just lost forever!
 
                        K. Wilk
                        M18611@MBVM.MITRE.ORG
 
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Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: hyler@ast.saic.com (Buffy Hyler)
Subject: Re: The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Reply-To: hyler@ast.saic.com
Organization: SAIC
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 19:18:13 GMT

In article 8C@ocsmd.ocs.com, mark@ocsmd.ocs.com (Mark Wilson) writes:
>I would also be interested in this information, as we loved the movie,
>too... I tried to email Toni, but her mail bounced (may be my 
>system's fault, I dunno), so could whoever has the info. please
>post it here!
>
Here's one source I mailed Cathryn, the original requestor.  This
was where we ordered the tape from and it came promptly and has
been watched over and over again by my 5 year old son:


  Music for Little People
  Box 1460
  Redway, California 95560

  1-800-346-4445

In their Summer 1992 catalog:

  The Mouse & the Motorcycle
  VIDEO # 898  $12.98 on sale for $10.98

There is also a further adventure of Ralph the mouse:

  Runaway Ralph
  VIDEO # 8161  $12.98

The shipping/handling is $3.75 for $30 or less.  Plus
sales tax for California residents.



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Newsgroups: misc.legal,talk.politics.misc,alt.president.clinton
From: tleylan@pegasus.com (Tom Leylan)
Subject: Re: Weinberger's Pardon
Organization: Pegasus,  Honolulu
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 93 11:39:02 GMT

mpolen@suntory.mti.sgi.com (Mike Polen) writes:

<when I wrote>

>|> Am I mistaken in recalling that the Kennedy administration admitted to
>|> planning an assassination attempt on Castro ?
>
>Ah.  You have discovered the whole point.  The Kennedy administration
>admitted it.

I just want to be sure I have this straight you wouldn't have any problem
if Bush said he planned to assassinate anybody right ?

tom
From: shaw@au-bon-pain.lcs.mit.edu (Andy Shaw)
Newsgroups: misc.legal
Subject: Name Change
Date: 4 Jan 93 22:26:55 GMT
Distribution: misc
Organization: MIT Lab for Computer Science, Cambridge, Mass.



Currently I do not have a middle name, and I would like to take my mother's
maiden name as my middle name legally.  What is the procedure for doing
this, and how much of a hassle and how expensive would it be?

E-mail preferred.

Thank you,

Andy Shaw
shaw@lcs.mit.edu
Newsgroups: misc.legal
From: "hilary miller" <hilary.miller@execnet.com>
Newsgroups: misc.legal
Subject: verbal contracts
Date: 10 Jan 93 13:56:27 EST
Reply-To: "hilary miller" <hilary.miller@execnet.com>
Distribution: misc
Organization: Executive Networks Information


Erik Bataller, in a message to All on 01-09-93 at 5:35pm, said:

EB>| Can verbal contracts be binding?  For instance,
   |if I own a store, told you I would hold something for you,
   |and sold it and you had witnesses would I be legally
   |accountable to supply you with the goods?
   |__________________________________________________________

EB>|Example #2:  If I was renting an apartment I owned, told
   |you that it was yours and the next I rented it to someone
   |else and you had witnesses would I be accountable?
   |_________________________________________________________

          Oral contracts are contracts and, in the vast majority of
          cases, are enforceable.  Indeed, an overwhelming amount of
          commerce in this country is conducted on the basis of oral
          agreements.

          Certain types of contracts must be in writing if they are to
          be enforced (note that failure to be in writing does not mean
          the contract is void, but a court may decline to enforce it). 
          These special contracts are generally those for the sale of
          land, agreements to answer for the debts of another, con-
          tracts for the sale of goods over $500, and, depending on the
          state, certain others.





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Newsgroups: misc.legal
From: mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin)
Subject: Re: George Bush pardons criminals
Originator: mnemonic@eff.org
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 22:22:06 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.210549.2213@newsgate.sps.mot.com> titmas@chdasic.sps.mot.com (Eric Titmas) writes:

>You see Mark, there are benign changes in testimony and there are malevolent 
>changes.  So take your remedial instruction and stuff it.

If there are changes that enhance the quality of testimony as well as
changes that diminish the quality of testimony, it follows that we cannot
conclude that the alteration of Robert McFarlane's testimony after North
testified made that testimony less reliable. It may have made it more
reliable.


--Mike



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From: a0cb@rigel.cs.pdx.edu (Chris Bertholf)
Newsgroups: misc.legal
Subject: Re: Pre-Sex Contract
Keywords: sex, agreement, legal, contract
Date: 7 Jan 93 21:46:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: pdxgate.6669

matt@smoke.brl.mil (Matthew Rosenblatt) writes:

>Funny thing, though:  Neglecting one's children, failing to support
>them -- that's also a crime.  Just ask those yo-yos out in Chicago
>who got locked up for leaving their kids alone for nine days.  Just
>ask all the fathers presently behind bars for having failed to pay
>support to their children.  If the "Fornication Contract" is unenforceable
>because it entails the commission of the crime of "Male Choice," the
>"Pre-Sex Contract" is equally unenforceable because it entails the crime
>of child neglect.  And that's as it should be.

The funny thing is that, on the one hand you seem to support a
womans right to choose, but on the other, you do not support a
mans right to choose.

Please, in understandable, non-emotional terms, explain why you believe
men should NOT have the right to choose, why our consent to sexual
relations implies a consent to childbearing, and why one person (the
man) should be held responsible for the other persons decisions, if
that decision was made after an agreement NOT TO BEAR CHILDREN was
executed.  Also, if you can, explain why it is you think that men should
be subjected to financial slavery, when they rarely get custody, are
easily subjected to 'legalized kidnapping' when the woman (with the
custody rights) choses to move to a locale that makes it difficult or
impossible for the man to get to, and why I should be in any way
responsible for a choice which I did not make, had no choice in making,
and have no legal recourse against (for now).

Generally, if an agreement was made not to have children, and the
woman changes her mind, how is this different than just lying in
the first place in order to be impregnated.  And why do you think
it is OK for women to engage in such dishonorable/dishonest behaviours
and then be able to make you responsible for their decision?

What rationale tells you that it is OK to lie, cheat, and take
advantage of someone to further your own agenda?

Somehow, I see the issues of CHOICE and RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CHOICES
ONE MAKES as intertwined.  If I am responsible enough to discuss it
before sexual relations and it is agreed that we will not have children,
then the only one responsible for the child should be the mother, if she 
chooses to have a child that is the product of my seed against my will,
and against OUR agreement.

Just my $2e-2 worth.
Newsgroups: misc.legal,talk.politics.misc,alt.president.clinton
From: jmk@cbnews.cb.att.com (joseph.m.knapp)
Subject: Re: Weinberger's Pardon
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:04:00 GMT

green@plains.NoDak.edu (Brad Green) writes:
>Or how about the Kennedy-Nixon election?  Most experts recognize that if Daley
>hadn't played his games in Illinois, Kennedy would have lost.

Since Kennedy won by a much larger electoral margin than the number of
votes Illinois had, I wonder what these folks are expert in. Not math!

This reality check brought to you by the Coalition Against Camelot Revisionism.

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Newsgroups: misc.legal,talk.politics.misc,alt.president.clinton
From: niepornt@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Marc Nieporent)
Subject: Re: Weinberger's Pardon
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 04:42:50 GMT

In article <markp.726102356@dragonfly.wri.com> markp@dragonfly.wri.com (Mark Pundurs) writes:
>In <1993Jan3.123939.18521@Princeton.EDU> niepornt@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Marc Nieporent) writes:

>>Congress hadn't forbidden this, unlike, say, sending
>>money to the contras 

>Wrong. The Boland Amendment exempted the NSC.

No, it didn't.  

You can say that it didn't apply to the NSC.  That would be a ridiculous
claim, too, but at least it has the possibility of being accurate.  This
claim does not, since nowhere did the amendment say "Oh, by the way,
the NSC can ignore this."

Actually, the NSC had no business doing *anything*, since it was purely
an advisory group, as it was conceived.

Secondly, this is a ridiculous stretch that only one of those lawyers
Dan Quayle was bashing would even attempt to come up with.  The Boland
amendment forbid all federal agencies and departments from aiding the
contras.  To claim that the NSC is not covered by this is absurd.

The fact that we don't call the NSC the "National Security Council Agency" is
no more relevant than the fact that we don't call the FCC the "Federal
Communications Commission Agency."

But even if it were true, that would be a loophole, not an exemption.

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