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Sunday, January 12, 2014
Beware: Conformity Starts Early!
We all know how vulnerable teenagers are to peer pressure, but did you know that preschoolers are too? I don't mean here the tendency for 3- and 4-year-olds to begin mimicking their playmates during play—one child imitating another child who has started to twirl around or act like a monkey. That's just fun and has no important implications. The conformity at issue here is more insidious and has to do with agreeing publicly with an opinion expressed by others when the truth is that one's own opinion is very different. In other words, hiding one's own beliefs because they clash with one's peers' beliefs.
It turns out that 4-year-olds are vulnerable to this kind of peer pressure. How did the researchers discover this truth? In a very clever way. They sat groups of 4 children in cubbies arranged so that they couldn't see each other but could hear each other answer questions posed by the "teacher." The questions referred to specially designed picture books the children were given. The left page of each 2-page spread in the book showed three drawings of an animal (say a tiger) that were identical except for size. One was big (the "daddy" tiger), one was middle-sized (the "mommy" tiger) and one was small (the "baby" tiger). The right page of each spread showed one of these three versions and the child's task was to tell the teacher which one it was, the daddy, mommy, or baby. The trick here was the fact that three of the children held copies of the same book while one child (who was always asked last) had a different book designed so the correct answer would clash with what the other children said. What they found was that the children—not always, but about a third of the time—would agree with what the other three kids had said even though they knew that answer to be wrong for their book.
Reading the results of this study brought back a real life example involving my son when he was about 3 ½ and had just started nursery school (see photo above). Up until that point his playmates of convenience happened to always be girls, a fact which bothered him not at all. Then, one day a month or into the school year, I noticed that he had colored every picture in a coloring book save one: a single girl swinging on a swing. "Kai, why didn't you color this one?" His answer: "Because boys don't play with girls." When I next observed the classroom, I saw that this was in fact true at school—the girls played with girls and the boys with boys. Interestingly, however, when he was at home and not where his male peers could see (and no doubt judge him), Kai continued to play very happily with the same girls he always had.
Why is this significant? It's bad enough when it's a gender issue, but substitute not playing with children of contrasting ethnicities and you can see how easily and at what young ages prejudices get started.
So, fellow parents, what I'm hoping is that "forewarned is forearmed" as the saying goes. In other words, knowing that even preschoolers are vulnerable to peer pressure can motivate you to begin even earlier to help your child understand the importance of thinking for oneself.
Happy signing (and don't forget to follow us on Facebook)!
Linda Acredolo, Ph.D.
Co-founder, the Baby Signs® Program
Professor Emeritus, UC Davis
Monday, January 6, 2014
Sign and Rhyme for Winter
Children of all ages love songs and rhymes that include "finger play." Why else would "Itsy Bitsy Spider" have maintained its popularity for generation after generation of children? The nice thing is that finger play rhymes have the added advantage of helping teach babies, toddlers, and preschoolers useful signs that can enable them to communicate well beyond the context of the rhyme. Here's a simple one that includes popular wintertime signs which, given the frigid temperatures so common this week, seems especially timely!
(To the tune of "Itsy Bitsy Spider")
Winter brings the SNOW
Falling from the SKY,
Covering the TREES
And even YOU and I.
Winter brings the COLD
That chills us through and through.
So, let's have tea and COOKIES
To warm up ME and YOU.
SNOW: Slowly wiggle fingers downward and to the side like falling, drifting snow.
SKY: With palm facing out, move right hand in an arc from left to right above the forehead.
TREE: Rest elbow on back of left had. Spread right fingers and rotate left several times.
COLD: "Shiver" both fists at shoulder level.
COOKIE: Place fingertips of right hand on left palm and twist as if cutting with a cookie cutter.
PRONOUNS: Point to relevant person
Happy Signing (and don't forget to follow us on Facebook)!
Linda Acredolo, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, the Baby Signs® Program
Professor Emeritus, UC Davis
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Make Older Sibs Part of the Signing Team
From time to time I write in this blog about the challenges parents face when they upset the family dynamics by adding another baby to the mix. In that regard, it doesn't come as a surprise that the displaced child is vulnerable to feelings of jealousy and resentment. This week's message is about how signing has helped ease the tensions of sibling rivalry for many families.
Teaching a baby to sign requires lots of enthusiasm and repetition. "Doggie! [SIGN] See the doggie? [SIGN] What a nice doggie! [SIGN]" The truth is that, especially at first, parents can feel a bit shy about waving their hands around as they ramp up the enthusiasm factor in their voices and faces. In contrast, preschool and school age kids often enjoy acting "silly" and, as a consequence, seldom have a problem providing the energy that makes modeling signs for babies most effective. Because babies love watching their older siblings, these pint-sized teachers do a great job. What's more. they take great pride in having successfully taught their baby brother or sister a sign. "Watch Mom! She can sign DOG now!"
The obvious benefit here is that the baby learns more signs. But the more subtle benefit is that the older sibling feels an allegiance with the parents as part of the signing "team"—making being older (and wiser) more attractive—and thereby helping offset feelings of jealousy.
So, if you have an older sib available to help teach signs, make it fun. Suggest he/she look for pictures of target objects (e.g., dogs when teaching the DOG sign) in magazines—or even draw them—to post around the house. Soon you'll see big sister dragging the little one over to the pictures and demonstrating the signs with great gusto. The more the merrier, we always say!
Happy Signing (and don't forget to follow us on Facebook)!
Linda Acredolo, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, the Baby Signs® Program
Professor Emeritus, UC Davis
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Christmas: A Great Time for Signing
We here at Baby Signs love holidays! One reason is that holidays seem inevitably to bring fun stories from parents about how their preverbal kids have used signs to share observations, memories, or requests with the big people around them. Here are two such stories about Christmas.
Elf on the Shelf. 3-year-old Natalie's parents had introduced her to the Christmas elf right after Thanksgiving but had assumed that Natalie's 15-month-old brother, Henry, was too young to care much about it. Just in case, though, they taught him the sign for "elf" (using thumb and forefinger to trace a pointed left ear). And it only took 4 mornings of rushing around the house with Natalie looking for the elf for Henry to get with the game. From then on, as soon as anyone walked into his bedroom to get him up in the morning, he would greet them excitedly with the sign combination WHERE + ELF and run to find Natalie to start the hunt. Thanks to the Baby Signs Program, Natalie and Henry's parents were treated to a glimpse of sibling cooperation in place of sibling rivalry!
Santa Claus. 15-month-old Maddy had been pretty leery of the bearded man in the bright red suit inviting her to sit on his lap in the department store and had cried until her mother sat with her. From then on, whenever she saw a picture of Santa Claus she would rapidly make the sign for "afraid" and then move her open hands up and down her chest (her sign for "clothes"). Why "clothes?" Maddy's mom quickly figured it out: "Clothes" was as close to "Claus" as Maddy could get!
These are just two of the many heartwarming signing stories in our archives. Beyond symbolizing the Yule Tide spirit, they also provide examples of the marvelous way that signs enable babies to share their worlds—whether it's excitement, fear, or fascination.
It's because we know how the signing experience can enrich parent child relationships that we are trying to raise funds to enable us to bring the magic of signing to low income, teen, and foster families, as well as families in the military. Please help us with a holiday gift of your own by visiting our Baby Signs Scholarship page. And if you can't help monetarily at this time, you can still help by telling your family and friends about this worthwhile project.
Happy Signing (and don't forget to follow us on Facebook)!
Linda Acredolo, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, the Baby Signs® Program
Professor Emeritus, UC Davis
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Signing: A Priceless Gift for One Little Girl
I remember once overhearing someone say, "Oh, signing---that's just parlor tricks for babies. You say a word and they produce the sign. How is that any different from a dog who rolls over when you say the words?" Whenever I hear comments like this, I know that that person has never been around a signing baby long enough to see signs in action. Anyone who has knows that the magic of signing is that it enables babies who have few or no words to tell us what's on their minds.
But how, in the moment, to make this point real to people who say such things? Simple! I tell them the following story:
Heather, a Baby Signs instructor in Iowa, had a baby daughter who started using signs at about 10 months and became quite the signer by 14 months. It was at this point that the baby began to have what looked like severe temper tantrums. She would flail her arms and legs and twist her head back and forth, often falling to the floor. When Heather sought help, she was simply told that it was probably just the terrible-twos starting early. But then Heather noticed that each time her daughter had one of these "spells," she would tap her index fingers together—the sign for HURT. That's when Heather knew something serious was wrong—and she was right. Heather insisted that she see a pediatric neurologist who discovered that her daughter had Childhood Epilepsy! Fortunately, because it was diagnosed extremely early, she escaped any long term neurological problems and has done so well that she was spared long term medication.
Certainly doesn't sound like "parlor tricks" to me! And it's because we know that the signing experience can make an important—and sometimes life-saving—contribution to a child's life that we are trying to raise funds to enable us to bring the magic of signing to low income, teen, and foster families, as well as families in the military. Please help us with a holiday gift of your own by visiting our Baby Signs Scholarship page. And if you can't help monetarily at this time, you can still help by telling your family and friends about this worthwhile project.
Happy Signing (and don't forget to follow us on Facebook)!
Linda Acredolo, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, the Baby Signs® Program
Professor Emeritus, UC Davis
Monday, December 9, 2013
Baby Signs and Early Head Start
One of the best gifts a professor can receive is when a student decides to follow in his or her footsteps. I was incredibly lucky in this way when a bright and energetic graduate student chose to focus her career on extending the signing work Dr. Susan Goodwyn and I had done at UC Davis. This student was Claire Vallotton—now Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Michigan State University.
One direction she took was to determine if signing would have benefits for low-income families as it had with middle-income families in our own work. To this end, she conducted a study with families from an Early Head Start Program in Northern California. The positive results were published last year in the journal, Early Childhood Research Quarterly (Vol. 27, 2012, pp.401-415). Here is a brief summary in her own words of what she found:
"Mothers in the ISI [Infant Sign Intervention] group were more attuned to changes in children' affect and more responsive to children's distress cues. Mothers in the intervention group also viewed their children more positively, reducing parenting-related stress. This study provides evidence that a simple infant sign intervention is an effective tool to promote bidirectional communication and positive interactions for preverbal children and their parents (p. 401)."
Claire's results provide a great backdrop for our current Baby Signs Scholarship Fund project. Through the website Rockethub, we are building a fund to provide financially-strapped groups like Early Head Start and teen and foster parent programs with Baby Signs® Program trainings and resources. We'd love to have your help! Please visit http://rkthb.co/43041 for details--and if you're unable to contribute monetarily at this time, you can still help by telling your family and friends about the Baby Signs® Program and this worthwhile initiative.
Happy Signing (and don't forget to follow us on Facebook)!
Linda Acredolo, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, the Baby Signs® Program
Professor Emeritus, UC Davis
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Teaching Gratitude
Thanksgiving is a wonderful time for us to focus on the many things for which we should be grateful—from obvious things like food to eat and a warm bed at night to the little, more subtle things like birds flocking to the bird feeder or a sunny day for a winter outing. The nice thing about Thanksgiving is that the specific focus on gratitude on this particular day makes it more likely that even very young children will "sit up and pay attention."
However, I think we all can agree that feeling grateful and expressing gratitude shouldn't be just a one-day-a-year thing. The more difficult challenge, therefore, is how to help children understand that these behaviors are important every day. It's an important goal because research shows that kids who feel and act grateful tend to be less materialistic, get better grades, set higher goals, complain of fewer headaches and stomach aches and feel more satisfied with their friends, families and schools than those who don't.
That's why I was so glad to see a list of tips for how to foster gratitude in children included in an article prepared under the banner of the child-advocacy organization, Zero to Three. Here's link: http://www.zerotothree.org/child-development/social-emotional-development/raising-a-thankful-child.html .
One thing that we here at Baby Signs can add to the list for the littlest ones is teaching the sign for "Thank You" (place fingertips on chin and make arching movement outward). It's amazing how early and easily signing toddlers pick up this important concept!
Happy Signing (and don't forget to follow us on Facebook)!
Linda Acredolo, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, the Baby Signs® Program
Professor Emeritus, UC Davis
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4th annual Community of Scholars event to bring 200 prospective students to campus
Posted by Christine Mahoney on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010
Event Date/Time: Friday, Feb. 5, 2010
End Date/Time: Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010
The University of Minnesota, Morris will welcome approximately 200 students and their families to campus on February 5-6, 2010, for the 4th Annual Community of Scholars event. The students invited have already been offered admission and will be competing for the Morris campus's most prestigious competitive scholarships, the Prairie Scholars Award and the Morris Scholars Award.
Students from Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Dakotas and Illinois, as well as those from Texas, Colorado, Maryland, Rhode Island, and Arizona have been invited to the event. In addition to vying for a top scholarship, the event will provide the candidates with opportunities to connect with other scholarship finalists, to interact with current students, to engage with faculty and staff, and to experience the University of Minnesota, Morris campus in-depth. Tours of the Morris community are also planned for students and their families.
The Prairie Scholars Award is awarded based on an exemplary academic and leadership record. The award is a full-tuition scholarship and is renewable for four years with a total value of more than $32,000.
The Morris Scholars Award is awarded based on an outstanding academic and leadership record. Recipients of the Morris Scholars Award will receive a $5,000 per year scholarship, renewable for four-years, for a total value of $20,000. In addition, the Morris Scholars Award carries a one-time $2,500 scholarly stipend that may be used during the second, third or fourth year at UMM to engage in an eligible scholarly experience (e.g., to study abroad, to participate in research or artistic projects or for travel to academic conferences).
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Clemens girls start district play on right foot with two wins
Published 5:13 pm, Monday, December 23, 2013
The Clemens Lady Buffaloes launched defense of their District 27-4A title by defeating the Kerrville Tivy Antlers, 48-35, Dec. 13, and moved to 2-0 with a Dec. 20 thumping of Seguin, 64-22.
Clemens pulled away from Tivy in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Lady Antlers 15-9 in the final stanza in the district opener for both teams played in Kerrville.
Three Clemens players combined to score 46 of the team's 48 points. Senior point guard Sabrina Catangal scored 19 points, sophomore post Kennedi Centers chipped in 14 points and senior guard Talisha Presley added 13.
The defending 27-4A champion Lady Buffaloes played stingy defense to hold Tivy to single digits in each of the four quarters. Clemens coach John Ince said the Lady Buffaloes (12-2) showed mental toughness in pulling out a tough game on the road.
"Kerrville (Tivy) is a team that never lets up and is very scrappy," Ince said. "We knew going out there it would be tough, and we were fortunate to come out with a victory against a very good Kerrville team."
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Presley, Catangal and Centers are the team's three returning starters. Catangal is the team's top scorer at 16 points per game with Presley not far behind at 15 per game.
The Lady Buffaloes two losses have come against Roosevelt, 48-34, at the Harlandale Tournament in November, and 63-47 to Round Rock Cedar Ridge in the New Braunfels Canyon Tournament earlier this month.
Clemens, ranked eighth in the San Antonio Express-News area poll, throttled Seguin on Dec. 20. The Buffs cruised to a 39-14 halftime lead behind Catangal, who led all scorers with 19. Presley added 14 and Centers 11 to run their 27-4A record to 2-0.
The Lady Buffaloes will compete in the Waco Midway Tournament, beginning today and running through Saturday.


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I liked the decor in the rooms. The size of the apartments was fantastic. The location and views of the bay was fabulous. The hotel staff were also fantastic & went out of their way to make our stay as pleasant as possible.
Everything! Great hotel,very relaxing and in a perfect position to access all aspects of San Francisco.
The hotel is stunning and exceeded all of our expectations. Lovely attentive staff, brand new, state of the art technology, beautiful furnishings. Highly recommended.
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Our stay at the Fairmont Heritage was extremely relaxing. The kitchen, laundry in the unit, and the overall decor were perfect for our needs. The hotel staff were friendly and always willing to help make our experience pleasant.
Clean, convenient, helpful staff 4:00pm check-in, noisy
Friendly staff, clean room. There wasn't shampoo in the shower, just body wash and conditioner which was odd.
I am very upset with this hotel. We booked this hotel for our mini honeymoon in San Francisco. We booked and were guaranteed a king bed. Upon arrival we were told that we had Queens. I showed them my reservation that clearly stated that we booked a king. The front desk clerks were very rude. They didn't seem to care that our reservation said king. They said they gave our room away. Thanks for ruining our honeymoon. After a while they offered us free parking which was nice... but it was after I threatened to leave. The hotel is gross and not like the photos. Our bathroom was filthy and the toilet paper was on the floor. The bed was actually decent- but NOT A KING. I will definitely be spreading the word that you should not waste your money on this hotel. Perhaps if they would have showed some sympathy to our situation I'd feel different.
On the fifth floor people can have a sneak peak of the Golden Gate Bridge if the sky is clear. Experienced bed bugs in the accessible hotel room.
Hotel was walking distance from a lot of locations we wanted to visit. Hotel was clean and bathroom was better than pictures shown. We had a problem with our booking. Hotel staff/manager did not seem like they wanted to fix issue that they created. We requested a specific room(golden gate view) weeks in advance and they denied our request stating they were out of rooms. After I called multiple times to confirm reservation. Later that night I go to the lobby and Over heard a convo between staff and another guest, saying they were going to upgrade him to another room (golden gate view). really?!?! That's not good customer service at all!
We stayed here for one night, it was perfectly located and the staff were all very friendly. I really loved that they had normal sized towels, not the typical little ones that great elsewhere. The breakfast was also well served, some bacon would have been nice but hardly problematic that is wasn't there. I think every hotel now days should have a USB charging hub but at the very minimum somewhere convenient to plug in your phone, Ipad and computer. This place only had one visible spare plug which was in the middle of a wall a nowhere near the desk. It also was very lose so that it was hard to get the plug to stay in the wall. Sadly though, this is more typical everywhere you stay.
The staff were extremely nice and helpful. We came in pretty late and they advised places that we could go and eat that were near by. They held our bags the next day while we explored San Francisco. Our flight didn't leave until 10pm. I would stay here again. The rooms had a musty smell. But I think it's just the building
Very clean & staff very friendly. Helped with navigating the city. Bus stop out the door was very convenient. Large basic room with desk. Nice looking pool & deck but rained so didn't get to use pool. Breakfast included with cereal, waffles, yogurt & pastries. Large room so would have liked a small couch or reading chair for more comfortable seating. Not the fastest elevator but only 5 floors so no big deal.
Big room, lots of space Because of the architecture of the building, in order to get to my 5th floor room, I had to go to the 4th floor, walk around the building, and take a different elevator to the 5th floor.
Sua localização, 5 min a pé do Fisherman´s ..... E o free parking que é extremamente importante em Sao Francisco. Manta da roupa de cama muito fina, exaustor do banheiro barulhento e esfria muito o banheiro, mas nada que a tarifa deste hotel o parking e sua localização faça que eu não o indique, simples, mas interessante.
Não gostamos do hotel. O site não informa que ele está classificado como motel. Era barulhento, sujo e as roupas de camas tinham rasgos e furos. Eles devem investir em melhorar a aparencia dos quartos e área externa assim como o elevador e também ter um cuidado maior com a roupa de cama.
Boa localização A equipe foi rude. Eles fizeram meu clamor esposa.
Location and price Poorly kept exterior and lobby. Lots of trash and debris outside door and in parking lot.
Convenient location Telephone did not work, safety on outside door was broken, don´t fall for the breakfast is included, it´s a joke, at most they could call it a snack.
Wonderful accommodations and friendly and helpful staff. I will definitely return again.
Clean, recently redone, decent value. Cheaper rate if you call the motel directly.
The location was awesome!! The room was confy :) I liked everything
3 mins walk to fishermans wharf Daily parking fee on the top of their daily hotel rate.
Location The family above us was walking around all night and the building is old and you can hear every little noise
Location is very convenient, 10 minutes walk from Pier 39, 5 minutes from tram stop. It is clean, safe neighbourhood. Hotel itself is also clean. Breakfast is actually not existing, althought description of the hotel says differently. Just don't count you get anything except coffee. Also the room is extremely small. The two beds are actually accupying the whole space available. No room left for sitting or even walking.
The bed was comfortable It was a motel and very overpriced.
It's a delightful, charming little inn, centrally located and a good bargain. The location was very near Fisherman's Wharf. The staff was extremely helpful and friendly. Overall, it was a very positive experience. There was no elevator but that wouldn't have been authentic with the original style of the hotel or aesthetically pleasing.
I loved everything about this place. Travelling alone I felt safe and secure here, it was close to where I had to go to meet the tour buses as well as within walking distance to the pier which had such a great atmosphere. The room was clean and comfortable and the rates were more than competitive. I would highly recommend to anyone looking for a place to stay while visiting the lovely San Francisco
The location was great as it was just a short walk to Fishermans Wharf. The free wi-fi internet was a really great feature. Staff were friendly enough, and although the room was not flash, it was comfortable so it was definitely value for money. There is a sign by reception that says "This area contains chemicals known to the state of California to cause Cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm."... this was slightly concerning. Also I couldn't work the air conditioning unit but that could just be me :-)


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Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Takes the Stand
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Testifying today in a trial to determine whether his wife has authority to sell the Clippers, Donald Sterling claimed he can eventually get up to $5 billion for the team he has owned since 1981 and that his ego plays no role in his desire not to sell the NBA franchise at this time.
Emotional at times, and repeatedly clashing with veteran attorney Bert Fields, the 80-year-old billionaire also predicted he could win up to $9 billion in his antitrust suit against the NBA.
"Watch and see what happens," Sterling told Fields, who is five years older than Sterling and has represented such clients as Tom Cruise, Michael Jackson and Warren Beatty.
Sterling repeatedly criticized Fields about his questions, saying many of them were improper or irrelevant. He bristled when Fields queried him about his bank loans.
"What do my bank loans have to do with this weird lawyer?," Sterling asked.
Sterling also said he mistrusted many media outlets, including CNN, NBC News and the New York Times. He said many in the media report what they want and that he could not verify even things that his lawyer, Maxwell Blecher, was quoted in the press as saying on his behalf.
He also attacked the two doctors who found him mentally incapacitated, saying they never told him that their findings could be used as justification for his wife to remove him from the family trust and sell the team. One of the doctors was "intoxicated" and the other sat so close to him in the dean of his home that "I couldn't even breathe," Sterling said.
Sterling testified another doctor found him to be "razor sharp" and that he runs five corporations, a task he said his wife is incapable of doing.
Sterling said he is hoping to get a lucrative television deal from Fox similar to the one the Lakers obtained from Time Warner. He also said he objects to any sale of the Clippers that would not leave his wife with some interest in the team, which he bought more than three decades ago for $12.5 million.
Sterling said his wife also has concerns about the NBA and its tactics.
"She's terrified and frightened the NBA will take everything away from her," he said.
Fields asked Judge Michael Levanas, who is hearing the non-jury trial, to strike much of Sterling's testimony, saying the defendant was not answering his questions. Levanas, however, let most of the testimony stand, with some mild admonishment to the Clippers owner to be more cooperative with Fields.
Fields had some of his own criticisms of Sterling, saying he was wrong to suggest Fields had offered to settle Shelly Sterling's case the day before.
Donald Sterling is fighting the proposed $2 billion sale of the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, contending Shelly Sterling was not authorized to sell the franchise. The Superior Court proceedings are focusing on whether he was induced into undergoing mental examinations by two doctors without being told the reason.
But there will be no rebuttal testimony from Donald Sterling's attorneys challenging the findings by two doctors that he was mentally incapacitated, which his wife maintains gave her authority to sell the team.
The trial also will deal with whether Donald Sterling's June 9 revocation of the family trust that held the Clippers had any impact on the proposed sale. Shelly Sterling's lawyers maintain the $2 billion offer from Ballmer was already accepted by their client and that her husband's actions were meaningless.
Donald Sterling tried unsuccessfully to have the case transferred to federal court, contending that his federal privacy rights were violated by the release of his medical records to his wife and the public.
The legal maneuver prompted a half-day delay in the start of the Los Angeles Superior Court trial on Monday while the judge and attorneys awaited a ruling from a U.S. District Court judge. By mid-afternoon, however, a federal judge had rejected the case, clearing the way for the state court trial.
In opening statements, another of Shelly Sterling's attorneys, Pierce O'Donnell, said his client's husband willingly agreed to undergo the neurological exams that found him to be incapacitated.
O'Donnell told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Levanas that his client complied with the terms of a family trust when she made the deal with Ballmer. He said no fraud occurred and Donald Sterling changed his mind after originally agreeing to the deal.
Donald Sterling's attorney, Gary Ruttenberg, countered that Shelly Sterling's attorneys are improperly using confidential medical information, which he called "fruit of the poisonous tree" that should be excluded from court consideration. He also said the NBA is complicit in Shelly Sterling's actions.
"The NBA wants to get rid of my client," he said. "They were colluding with Mrs. Sterling and her counsel to do this."
The trial's first witness, Dr. Meril Sue Platzer, testified she conducted two types of brain scans on Donald Sterling in May and then went to his home to perform cognitive testing. She said Shelly Sterling was present and one of Donald Sterling's attorneys was in another room.
Platzer said that after two hours of testing, she told him he had Alzheimer's disease, and he replied by saying, "I'm hungry, I want to eat."
His wife, however, was surprised, Platzer testified.
"She was taken aback, shocked," Platzer said. "She felt bad for her husband."
Platzer said she recommended that Shelly Sterling get a second opinion of her diagnosis to see if the second doctor backed up her findings. According to Shelly Sterling's attorneys, the second neurologist concluded Donald Sterling suffered from dementia.
Donald Sterling was banned from the NBA for life earlier this year following the public release of recorded conversations between him and frequent courtside companion V. Stiviano. Sterling is heard on the tape disparaging Stiviano for having her picture taken with black people and telling her not to bring them to Clippers games.
The league announced plans to take action against Sterling to force him to sell the team. But Sterling has since filed suit against the NBA, alleging violations of his civil rights. He contends that he was recorded illegally while making emotional remarks during a "lovers' quarrel" with Stiviano.


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Splitting Telstra into wholesale and retail arms, a multibillion-dollar infrastructure package and guaranteed parity of service and pricing for country and city residents are likely to be the National Party's conditions for the sale of the rest of Telstra.
The list of demands, still being finalised by senior members of the Queensland Nationals organisation ahead of the party's state conference in two weeks, will set down at least five core conditions, without which the sale will not go ahead.
Party sources said yesterday the "five pillars" plan - being pushed by Bruce Scott, a former Howard Government minister who is likely to be the next president of the Queensland branch - will demand the establishment of a trust from a substantial part of the sale proceeds, to guarantee funds for future upgrades in rural and regional areas. It is understood the plan does not name a figure but party sources spoke of $5 billion to $7 billion.
The second pillar would be setting up a separate body under the Australian Communications Authority, to report annually on service standards, possibly with a major review every three years, on the adequacy of telecommunications services in outer regional, remote and very remote Australia.
The third demand would be a legal requirement that Telstra retain a presence in these areas; the fourth, the maintenance of parity pricing; and the fifth, the maintenance of existing price parity for untimed local calls.
Yesterday the outgoing president of the Queensland Nationals, Terry Bolger, said the resolution was a composite of "six to 10 motions coming from various parts of the party".
He also advocated the separation of Telstra into two entities, one retail and one wholesale.
"To maintain competition we want to see Telstra wholesale split off from Telstra retail," he said.
Mr Bolger stressed that a commitment from the Federal Government to increased infrastructure spending, particularly on telecommunications, was vital to getting his party's support.
"I would like an infrastructure package for about $5 billion," he said. "I believe Telstra is an asset of the people; it's not an asset of the Government. And the debt the Government keeps talking about is not a debt of the people.
"I don't mind trading one asset for another - like selling Telstra and building infrastructure."
The Nationals senator from Queensland, Barnaby Joyce, said the resolution would make clear the party's determination to hold the line on the full sale of Telstra.
"It will start like this: 'The National Party continues its opposition to the sale of Telstra and will continue to do so until these criteria are met'," Mr Joyce said.
Senator Joyce said the party had to lock itself into principles that would last into the future, rather than concern itself with particular services or technologies, as it had sometimes done in the past.
"I'm always cautious about anything too specific," he said. "Never lock yourself into technologies. Talk about a philosophy, like parity of service, parity of price, into the future."
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Two weeks in power, BJP earns farmers' wrath
Vicky Nanjappa | June 10, 2008 21:57 IST
The Bharatiya Janata Party government, which formed the government in Karnataka two weeks back amidst much fanfare, is already in crisis.
While the BJP believes it is an issue that has been blown out of proportion and is completely politically-motivated, the opposition is gunning for chief minister B S Yeddyurappa's head.
Tuesday's incident, where a farmer was shot dead, was only an indication as to how serious the issue had transformed into in Karnataka.
Protests began in worst-hit Hubli-Dharwad region in northern Karnataka. Protesting farmers say the monsoon has set in and they have to manure the crop. Any further delay would only prove fatal to the yield.
Protests were expected to be intense in the northern part of Karnataka, as farmers in this area have not yet recovered from losses they incurred in the previous year due to the failure of the cotton crop.
Yeddyurappa, who maintains that the entire exercise is politically-motivated, acted quickly and as a damage control exercise, suspended the joint director of the state agriculture department.
He added that his government will look into the matter before announcing a grant of Rs 2 lakh to the kin of the farmer killed in police firing. The slain farmer was the sole bread winner of the family. Compensation of Rs 50,000 has also been announced for those injured.
While terming Tuesday's incident as unfortunate, former law minister H K Patil (Congress) said the government had handled the issue very badly. There is an immediate need to address the problem and police firing is not the solution.
"You cannot shut out a democratic voice," he said.
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Kris KI Persad crowned Chutney Soca Monarch…again
(Trinidad Express) Kris "KI" Persad created history as the youngest artiste to be crowned Chutney Soca Monarch in 2012.
And he has done it again.
Persad, 28, was named winner of the 2014 Chutney Soca Monarch at Skinner Park, San Fernando, on Saturday night.
Performing in 19th position the lead vocalist of JMC 3Veni band delivered what was described as a superb performance, telling the story of his wife who ran away while he was on tour.
Persad's song "Runaway" has been one of the most popular songs on local radio stations and at Carnival events.
He would received $2 million – double last year's first prize.
Samraj "Rikki Jai" Jaimungal and Ravi "Ravi B" Bissambhar tied for second position and would each receive $400,000, while Kenneth Supersad placed fourth. Nishard Mayhroo placed fifth.
Persad was elegantly dressed in a black suit as he disembarked from a makeshift aircraft on stage, followed by his dancers in flight attendant costumes.
He was a favourite from the beginning as the large crowed chanted his name and sang every word of his runaway hit.
And as if he was not getting enough of his fans, Persad mounted the barriers and climed on a plaform in the audience.
His voice was crisp and clear, as Persad sang, "Last year I went on tour and I didn't want to stay. But when I come back, my wife run away".
Rikki Jai, seven time champion, delivered a well choreographed performance. He was accompanied by Nigel Rojas of the band Orange Sky. He performed "Clap your hands".
He paid tribute to the icons of chutney music – Drupatee Ramgoonai and the late Sundar Popo. Jai said he has always performed original songs and warned that Bollywood melodies was not chutney music.
"You can't be a chutney singer if you take Bollywood melodies. You have to be original," he said.
Ravi B performed in first position and was a crowd's favourite with his song "Bread". Backed by dancers dressed as sliced bread, Ravi B commanded the audience to chant his name. His performance included a disappearing act by illusionist Kes.
Ravi B also paid tribute to mothers including his mother, Nargis Bissambhar, who was brought on stage. He kissed her feet and thanked his mother for her strength and love.
Kenneth Supersad provided comedy with his rendition of "Charging Bull". His song referred to a herd of bull getting loose in areas across the country. Supersad was dressed as a matador and was backed up by men wearing bull heads.
The winners were announced shortly before 4am today.
And as the masters of ceremony named the winners, it was clear the Persad had taken the first place. His supporters carried him onto the stage where he was hugged and kissed by his father Verindra Persad, leader of JMC 3Veni band.
Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism Dr Lincoln Douglas and San Fernando West MP Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan attended the event.
Southex Promotions, producers of the event, announced that this year was the biggest prize payout in the history of the competition. The event was allocated $4.5 million to be paid in prizes by the Ministry of Arts and Multiculturalism.
Last year's winner Raymond Ramnarine did not defend his title as he was not paid his full prize money. Ramnarine won first place with his song "I ain't marriding again" and was expected to receive $1 million. He was paid $800,000.
Minister Douglas said last week that Ramnarine and other winners from last year would received outstanding balances. But up to last evening the prize money was not paid.
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Former Georgia secretary of state Karen Handel conceded the race for the GOP gubernatorial nomination today, telling her supporters that they should back Nathan Deal in the competitive general election.
The decision followed a bitter three-week campaign for Tuesday's runoff election and a down-to-the-wire finish. Unofficial results show Deal, a former congressman, ahead by 2,487 votes.
Handel, who had the backing of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, said she will not seek a recount, despite a state law that allows her to do so.
"The best thing for our party is to rally around Congressman Deal as our nominee in the fight against Roy Barnes," Handel said in a statement, referring to the Democratic nominee, who held the job from job from 1999 until 2003. "Barnes would return Georgia to a past that is best kept in our rearview mirror. We must marshal all of our resources to defeat him."
Bringing the party together will be a challenge. The race became increasingly bitter as Deal attacked Handel for not having a college degree and Handel tried to paint Deal as a "corrupt" Washington insider. Handel won the state's July 20 primary, but did not receive enough votes to avoid the runoff.
The race also split GOP heavyweights. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich and 2008 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee had backed Deal. Palin and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney endorsed Handel.
The Republican Governors Association quickly praised Deal as a "a strong conservative voice."
The race leans Republican, according to USA TODAY. For updated news on the midterm elections, check out USA TODAY's interactive political map and for more results from Tuesday's primary, check out today's coverage in USA TODAY.
(Posted by John Fritze)
Catalina Camia leads the OnPolitics online community and has been at USA TODAY since 2005. She has been a reporter or editor covering politics and Congress for two decades, including stints at The Dallas Morning News and Congressional Quarterly. Follow her at @USATOnPolitics.
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I seem to see the word "liberal" tossed around a lot like it's an insult, and I never understood why, so I looked it up in the dictionary:
Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry.
Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of liberalism.
Liberal Of, designating, or characteristic of a political party founded on or associated with principles of social and political liberalism, especially in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States.
how is this a bad thing? being open minded, free from bigotry? It seems like "Conservative" should be an insult- close minded, bigots trying to force christianity on everyone.


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It all started with Thomas Edison. Edison, who was almost deaf, found
that a piece of tin-foil wrapped around a cylinder produced a sound. A
needle on the inside vibrated and made a groove. Then a needle on the
other side could play back what was recorded. It was sort of an "ah"
moment as Edison was actually trying to improve his telegraph
From then until the 1990s phonographs were the norm
for bringing recorded music into the home. Most of us who were into
music prior to the advent of tapes and CDs are very familiar with the
vinyl records used when we were kids. First the 78s, then the 33 1/3s
and 45s. Who didn't have a small record player to spin those 45s and
dream of the future?
Edison invented the first phonograph in 1877.
Those first recordings wore out quickly but later recordings were put
on cylinders. Even later they were put on discs. The old 78s, made
between 1889 and the late 1950s, played at a speed of about 78
revolutions per minute and were made using shellac.
During and after WWII shellac supplies were limited and manufacturers
turned to vinyl discs. Earlier recordings were made with the artist
singing into a horn which directed the voice to the recording stylus
cutting the wax for the master discs, described as acoustical.
Electrical recording started in 1925 when the first microphones and
amplifiers were used to cut the master record. After that more and more
sophisticated methods were used to produce the high fidelity and stereo
records we know, making them much more pleasurable to listen to.
hops using the old 45s were held weekly when I was in high school,
often with Bob Seivers and Jack Underwood as disc jockeys. They would
play the most popular 45s, one after another, for a night of dancing and
listening. Those old vinyls were susceptible to dust and scratches and
could get pretty worn if played very often. And such songs, like
"Running Bear" sung by Johnny Preston in 1959, or "El Paso" by Marty
Robbins of the same era were played. Then there was "Charlie Brown" by
the Coasters, or Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife" or "Dream Lover." Also
played were "Sixteen Candles," by the Crests, and "Lipstick On Your
Collar," and "Who's Sorry Now?" by Connie Francis. The list could go on
and on.
Record album clubs also became popular. You could purchase
one record per month at a discounted price. This was when stereos were
real pieces of furniture made with attractive wood cabinets and side as
well as detached speakers. My husband purchased a large stereo in 1959
with an attractive wood cabinet that played both 45s and 33 1/3 records,
compete with a radio. It was a major piece of furniture in our home for
many years. Record cabinets, which held the record collection, were
also attractive pieces of furniture made with wood.
Finally in
later years, due to space issues, it was put upstairs in storage. There,
our then teenage sons took out the speakers and put them in the trunk
of their cars to make boom boxes. After they left home the speakers
finally returned to their rightful place inside the stereo.
I was ready to get rid of the whole thing when we moved into our new
home, but suddenly it appeared in the basement and has been there ever
since, complete with a record collection that still seems to be growing.
Record cabinets still hold the 33 1/3s and each is carefully put back
into its sleeve after playing and dusted off prior to being put on the
player with its diamond needle. If you take care of them they seem to
last forever, although they are susceptible to scratching and breaking.
Fingerprints and dirt deaden the sound and cause skips in the music, or
make the needle get stuck on repeat, but keeping them clean and
fingerprint free is not that hard.
Nowadays we can go downstairs
and listen to the songs that were so popular during our youth and
remember those simpler times. With additional speakers the stereo
quality of the records makes it seem we have piped in music to every
room in the house. Even our grandchildren enjoy the music and ask for
specific records. Now they say vinyl records are making a comeback.
Vinyl collectors have argued that the groves on a record yield a better
sound and more depth over a CD's digital code. Many DJs prefer the vinyl
as well. So new vinyl records are still being released. I have yet to
see many in a store, but will be watching in case we find one to add to
our collection.
Edison never knew what an industry he started with his invention.
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daughter and now as a farmer's wife. She writes weekly for the Times
Bulletin and enjoys gardening, quilting, cooking, bird watching and
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« Thomas Friedman Pied by Eco-Commies | Main | Obama 101 »
April 24, 2008
Global Warming Update
What with catastrophic global warming proceeding at such an alarming rate, regular updates are required for people to stay up to date on our planet's sweltering doom. From Science Daily:
The Antarctic deep sea is getting colder, which might stimulate the circulation of the oceanic water masses. This is the first result of the Polarstern expedition of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association that has just ended in Punta Arenas/Chile. At the same time satellite images from the Antarctic summer have shown the largest sea-ice extent on record.
Ninety percent of the ice on this planet is in the Antarctic region. If ice is growing there, that means we can forget about the rising seas scenario Al Gore et al. have used to frighten money out of the gullible.
So far the only tangible symptom of the global warming crisis is rising food prices caused by the biofuels boondoggle — unless you count global warming having killed the Loch Ness Monster.
On a tip from Bill V.
Posted by Van Helsing at April 24, 2008 8:01 PM
Romans 1
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
Posted by: apostle53 at April 25, 2008 7:23 AM
Yeah, but all these bogus researchers can't take their "gooberment funded" expeditions (holiday's) if they can't use Global Warming as a reason on the grant proposal!!! Every libtard on earth is raking in free cash on the Global Warming Crusade.
Posted by: HoosierArmyMom at April 25, 2008 7:39 AM
To put it another way:
"What, frighted with false fire?" HAMLET, act 3 scene 2
Posted by: KHarn at April 25, 2008 1:55 PM
So it might be possible that cold water sinks pulling in warmer water above it until it is pulling warm water near the surface under the ice shelfs causing them to melt and leaving the impression that global warming is the cause of diminshing ice shelves.
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Mike Woods of MSNBC put out one of the best Heisman watches last season. He kicks off this year with Matt Leinart at the top of his group of contenders.
Only injury, or a lights-out year by teammate Reggie Bush, will prevent him from his appointed date with history. Or destiny, if you prefer.
As usual, Woods frames the debate properly. We don't think that Leinart is going to win because of Heismandment No. 9, but we do acknowledge that this particular rule could fall by the wayside if History (with a capital 'H') is the order of the day.


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text: Dear Colleagues, I am announcing that the CCB response, with regards to the latest Change Request for the Parameter section, is now posted at - http://www.linearcollider.org/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?cache=cache&media=bcd:ccb-com-bdsgg20060601.pdf The change request was submitted by A.Seryi on May 17, 2006. It relates to a likely scenario for the gamma-gamma upgrade of the BDS and IR to examine in the time-scale beyond RDR. The requester suggested Class 1 for this request, and after some discussion CCB agreed to tentatively treat it as Class 1. G.Blair and T.Markiewicz were assigned as the CCB reviewers. CCB gratefully acknowledges the comments offered by colleagues in the CF/S group and members of WWS on the technical issues and physics implications concerning this change request. After considerable discussion, however, CCB decided not to accept this change request, as is, into BCD. Here is an excerpt from the Conclusion section of the CCB response: 1. The CCB expresses its whole-hearted gratitude to the Leaders of the BDS Area Group, Andrei Seryi and his colleagues, for their attempt at examining the gamma-gamma implications to BDS and for offering possible scenarios for revising the BDS to accommodate gamma-gamma running. 2. However, CCB notes the fact that an outline description does not yet exist for the design studies of the gamma-gamma option within the present BCD. The text offered by the requesters is an important part of it, but, naturally, it does not discuss the full impact of maintaining the gamma-gamma option on the whole of the ILC project. Nor, as is recognized with the R&D to-do list, does it include adequate input from the relevant technical systems for even the BDS specific portion. 3. In this situation, the CCB cannot accept the proposal, as submitted, into the baseline. It is not appropriate that technical discussion which is part of a major system upgrade with significant changes to facility capability be made unilaterally when the full impact of the change on the rest of the project is not fully known. 4. Therefore, while again gratefully noting the submission, we hereby return it to the submitters while awaiting further developments on the topic, made in cooperation with the other Area, Global and Technical groups at the appropriate time. CCB suggests that such a taskgroup, under guidance of GDE Executive Committee, could be formed in the TDR time-scale. 5. CCB also recommends the WWS group to more systematically survey the gamma-gamma upgrade option, including detector integration, possible impact on the interaction region and other related issues, thereby providing GDE with inputs to consider from the physics and detector perspectives. It would be highly desirable if a rough timetable for addressing these issues is made available by the time when RDR becomes finalized. 6. CCB acknowledges the need for reorganizing its scheme for adequately classifying incoming Change Requests on Alternative Configurations or System Upgrade Scenarios. The full report is available at the URI in the beginning of this email. BCD web area is located at: http://www.linearcollider.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bcd:bcd_home http://www.linearcollider.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bcd:bcd_history With best regards, - Nobu Toge (KEK, Accelerator Lab) email: toge@xxxxxxxxxxxx voice: +81-29-864-5224 fax: +81-29-864-3182


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NASA on Thursday took another step toward human exploration of new destinations in the solar system. At the agency's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, engineers conducted the final test-firing of the J-2X powerpack assembly, an important component of America's next heavy-lift rocket.
The J-2X engine is the first human-rated liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen engine developed in the United States in decades. Designed and built by NASA and industry partner Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne of Canoga Park, Calif., the engine will power the upper stage of NASA's 143-ton (130-metric-ton) Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. The powerpack is a system of components on top of the engine that feeds propellants to the bell nozzle of the engine to produce thrust.
"The determination and focus by teams at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Stennis on designing and perfecting the J-2X engine helps show the great strides of progress made on the overall program," said SLS Program Manager Todd May.
"We are inspired to stay the course and pursue our goal of exploring deep space and traveling farther than ever before."
The powerpack was worked out separately from the engine to more thoroughly test its limits. It also can be operated under a wider range of conditions. The tests provide a trove of data to compare with analytical predictions of the performance of several parts in the turbopump and flexible ducts.
"These tests at Stennis are similar to doctor-ordered treadmill tests for a person's heart," said Tom Byrd, J-2X engine lead in the SLS Liquid Engines Office at Marshall in Huntsville, Ala.
"The engineers who designed and analyze the turbopumps inside the powerpack are like our doctors, using sensors installed in the assembly to monitor the run over a wide range of stressful conditions.
"We ran the assembly tests this year for far longer than the engine will run during a mission to space, and acquired a lot of valuable information that will help us improve the development of the J-2X engine."
The powerpack assembly burned millions of pounds of propellants during a series of 13 tests totaling more than an hour and a half in 2012. The testing team set several records for hot-firing duration at Stennis test stands during the summer.
NASA engineers will remove the assembly from the test stand to focus on tests of the fully integrated engine. Installation on a test stand at Stennis will begin in 2013.
The SLS will launch NASA's Orion spacecraft and other payloads from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, providing an entirely new capability for human exploration beyond low Earth orbit. The program is managed at Marshall.
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     Mitch is back! After a month of teaching people to solder at the UK Maker Faire and at hackerspaces all over the UK, he'll be at Noisebridge tonight to lead another edition of Circuit Hacking Monday, the weekly workshop where you can learn to play with electronics.

This will be the last CHM before Mitch hits the road again to give his workshop at hackerspaces and hacker conferences out East (Notacon, QuahogCon, Penguicon, Pumping Station: One, and elsewhere).

Mitch has taught thousands of people to solder and make cool things with microcontrollers at workshops and hacker spaces and hacker conferences and schools almost everywhere. He can teach you, too, if you like.

If you have ever had any curiosity about making something with electronics, then please join us for Circuit Hacking Mondays at Noisebridge. Anyone and everyone can learn to make cool things! And it's fun. And easy! You can learn to make something cool with electronics in one session, and take your cool project home with you.

 What: Mitch will be lead this session of Circuit Hacking Monday.
  You can easily learn all of the skills you need in one session.
  Make a project tonight, and take it home with you!
 If you have your own project (advanced or simple),
 bring it by, and if you would like help, you can get it!

 Where: Noisebridge 2169 Mission, San Francisco, 94110
  (less than two blocks from the 16th St. Mission BART Station).

 When: 7:00pm, Monday, 5-April
 (It is totally OK to come late.)
  Stay as little or as long as you like.
 Most projects take about 1 to 2 hours
 -- but someone will be there to help each person till they finish.

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 Trippy RGB Waves (interactive blinky lights!)
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 microcontroller programmers (program all your AVR family chips!)
 Arduino clones (make just about anything!)
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More info on most of most of these projects is available on Mitch's website:
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Better-For-You Buttermilk Pancakes Recipe
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The name is just one reason you should try these for dinner; sweet, fluffy goodness is the other. —Janet Schubert, Rib Lake, Wisconsin
Recommended: 30 Better-for-You Breakfasts
VERIFIED BY Taste of Home Test Kitchen
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 large egg whites
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- Fresh mixed berries, optional
- In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. Combine the egg whites, egg, buttermilk and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.
Pour batter by 1/4 cupfuls onto a hot griddle coated with cooking spray. Turn when bubbles just form on top; cook until second side is golden brown. Serve with berries if desired.
Freeze option: Freeze cooled pancakes between layers of waxed paper in a resealable plastic freezer bag. To use, place pancakes on an ungreased baking sheet, cover with foil and reheat in a preheated 375° oven 6-10 minutes. Or, place a stack of three pancakes on a microwave-safe plate and microwave on high for 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 minutes or until heated through. Yield: 16 pancakes.
Originally published as Better-For-You Buttermilk Pancakes in Healthy Cooking June/July 2012, p48
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North Stars go 3-1 at Deer Lodge tournament
Havre will host the Missoula Prospects on Tuesday instead of tonight
June 23, 2014
The Havre North Stars American Legion baseball club is in its busiest stretch of the season right now. And it's about to get even busier.
Havre returns home today to host doubleheaders against the Missoula Prospects and Great Falls Outlaws this week, and those four games come on the heels of four games over the weekend at the Deer Lodge Tournament.
The North Stars went 3-1 in pool play in Deer Lodge, and they ended the weekend with a bang. Sunday morning, Havre beat the Mission Valley Mariners (B) in a wild affair 12-8. Havre fell behind 6-1 after two innings against the Mariners but a six-run third and four more in the fourth helped the North Stars storm back for the win. Ryne Antley pitched four innings for the North Stars, while Dylan Carpenter came on in relief. Antley also went 2-for-2 at the dish with a double, while Jake Sedahl was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. David Denny also drove in three runs with a big hit, while Travis Roth was 2-for-4 with a double and Tyrell Pierce went 2-for-3 with two RBIs.
The North Stars started the weekend with a rousing 10-2 win over the Missoula Pioneers Friday morning. Havre belted out 11 hits and scored in all but two innings, with Pierce going the distance on the mound, scattering just six hits and two runs, while striking out eight. At the dish, Sedahl went 3-for-3 and shortstop Jeff Miller went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI. But the big blow came from veteran Chris Vukasin who blasted a homerun and drove in four runs on the afternoon. Denny, Chance Pitkanen and Michael Loftus also drove in runs in the victory.
Later Friday, Havre had a tougher outing with the Butte Muckers, but a masterpiece on the mound by Dylan Carpenter helped Havre secure a 3-0 victory. Carpenter went the distance in the shutout win, striking out eight, while allowing just two hits. Offensively, Havre managed just four hits against Butte, with Denny driving in two, including a big RBI double in the fifth inning. Spencer Ross also reached base for Havre three times in the win.
Havre's lone loss of the tourney came Saturday afternoon, as the North Stars suffered a heartbreaker at the hands of the host Deer Lodge Wranglers. In a wild scoring game, Havre fell 8-7, but played well on all ends of the diamond.
Now, Havre is back in the friendly confines of Legion Field. The North Stars (12-9) take on the Prospects Tuesday night. Havre was set to host the Prospects both today and Tuesday, but Missoula won't make the trip down until Tuesday. Havre is back at home to host the Outlaws Thursday night before taking the weekend off.


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On Sun, 2010-04-25 at 13:51 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> writes: > > On Sun, 2010-04-25 at 13:33 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > >> If you like I'll have a go at rewriting the comments for this patch, > >> because I am currently thinking that the problem is not so much with > >> the code as with the poor explanation of what it's doing. Sometimes > >> the author is too close to the code to understand why other people > >> have a hard time understanding it. > > > That would help me, thank you. > > OK. You said you were currently working some more on the patch, so > I'll wait for v3 and then work on it. v3 attached Changes: * Strange locking in KnownAssignedXidsAdd() moved to RecordKnown... * KnownAssignedXidsAdd() reordered, assert-ish code added * Tail movement during snapshots no longer possible * Tail movement during xid removal added to KnownAssignedXidsSearch() * Major comment hacking Little bit rough, definitely needs a re-read of all comments, so good time to send over. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com
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The worlds largest exhibition for modified motorcycles. In pure numbers it´s three days, three buildings, 300 exhibitors and especially over 800 radical modified motorcycles in all categories.
Amateurs or professionals, regardless of their country, they all come to the CUSTOMBIKE-SHOW in Bad Salzuflen on the first weekend of december, to compete, compare or just to show their latest creations to the competition and the over 30,000 visitors.
At the same time, the fair is the monitor for the modification trends of the colorful and vibrant customizing bike scene, but mainly the seasonal closure and opportunity for exhibitors, participants and visitors to find ideas for future or ongoing projects.
The CUSTOMBIKE-SHOW remains an absolute experience for motorcycle enthusiasts and lovers of customized bikes. The Intrest in this unique exhibition is constantly growing. There is nothing like the CUSTOMBIKE-SHOW.
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Raised in Paris, 41-year-old Nicolas Pigeyre relocated to the south of France while in school, where he took over a large metal construction company at the age of 25 years.
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Amateurs and professionals alike can apply for the contest. An invitation to compete is comparable to a knighthood since the own bike can be presented to over 30,000 visitors during the three days so attention is guaranteed.
The rating in each category is determined by the editors of our magazines BIKERS NEWS, CUSTOMBIKE, DREAM-MACHINES and ROADSTER. For the grand finale, the winners meet on our main stage on Sunday to receive the trophies infront of the crowd. Honor to whom honor. Anyone participating in the bikeshow and walking on stage will forget all hardships whom he endured patiently during the construction of his project.
Build da Fukker, the competition for private customizers was established through our CUSTOMBIKE magazine in cooperation with "Ride Free" and "Chopper Forum" in the year of 2012. The "People´s Biker Build-Off" will be held in 2016 for the fifth time.
The rules are simple and minimalistic, since the fun should be in the foreground. Whether a lone wolf, a customizing team or a whole squad, everybody from Germany, Austria or Switzerland can join in as long as it remains in private hands. Workshops or companies are denied to participate in "Build da Fukker"
and renowned Tattoomodels and ErotiCats
Do Custombikes and Tattoos match? If you look at the audience at the worlds largest Convention for customized motorcycles, then definetly. Thats why we are proud to announce another highlight for the visitors of the CUSTOMBIKE-SHOW 2016: TATTOO AREA.