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The latest food truck to join Chicago's growing street food scene doles out healthy salads courtesy of two recent Yale graduates who have already set up successful storefronts in New Haven, Conn.
The Little Salad Truck hit the streets of Chicago at the beginning of August, and all of the daily operations are run by Jerry Choinski, 23, and Etkin Tekin, 22.
The pair opened The Little Salad Shop near campus during their junior year after realizing the need for more healthy food options, and the positive response caused them to branch out to another major city upon graduating in May 2012. They co-founded the business along with Jerry's brother Szyman Choinski, 29, and Robert Klinger, 35, who operates their first New Haven storefront.
The duo decided to return to Choinski's home state (he's from Justice, Ill.), but rather than immediately take the plunge and open a brick-and-mortar restaurant, they decided to test the waters of Chicago's evolving food truck scene.
"We thought it was a good opportunity to market via the truck and get our brand out there," Tekin said.
They're driving a small refurbished school bus painted bright green and emblazoned with their logo.
"We had no truck at Yale, but we acquired one in Connecticut and drove it out here," Tekin said.
While they're currently looking for a permanent location -- possibly in the Loop, Lincoln Park or Streeterville -- the truck typically roams the Loop and University of Chicago campus during lunchtime Monday through Friday. They also hope to also serve Saturday and Sunday. Choinski and Tekin not only drive the truck and sell their salads, but they also prepare all of the food in a catering kitchen shared with Zullo's.
"We've gotten a very warm welcome," Tekin said. "All of the food trucks have been very supportive."
Salads range from $6.50 to $8. They're currently selling pre-packaged versions of their menu items, such as the Summertime Salad with strawberries, apples, dried cranberries, almonds and topped with raspberry vinaigrette. They eventually plan to offer online ordering in which customers can create their own salad from 45 ingredients and 17 dressings and pick it up on the truck the next day.
"Our salads are generously portioned, and they're very filling," Tekin said. "Our main point is to offer complete customization. People can make exactly what they want, and people do enjoy that they can have a different salad every day."
Another popular item is the Blue Buffalo Salad, which features grilled buffalo chicken, celery, carrots, tomatoes, blue cheese crumbles and blue cheese dressing.
The truck currently announces its locations on Twitter via @LilSaladTruck.
Renee Mailhiot is a RedEye special contributor.


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"Fifty Shades of Grey" novelist E.L. James announced Monday morning on Twitter that Dakota Johnson had won the coveted role as college graduate Anastasia Steele in the adaptation of her bestselling erotic novel.
The role of Anastasia is the biggest to date for Johnson, 23, who is the daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson and granddaughter of Tippi Hedren. The actress made her film debut playing her mother's on-screen daughter in 1999's "Crazy in Alabama," which stepfather Antonio Banderas directed. She became the first second-generation Miss Golden Globe in 2006.
Since graduating high school, Johnson has been steadily working her way up the acting ladder from small parts such as Justin Timberlake's bed mate in 2010's "The Social Network" and an obnoxious cop in 2012's "21 Jump Street" to more substantial roles as a restaurant worker who dates Jason Segal in 2012's "The Five-Year Engagement."
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Johnson starred in her first TV series, the short-lived 2012 Fox comedy series "Ben and Kate," as a neurotic but sweet single mom whose goofy older brother (Nat Faxon) moves in with her and her daughter.
She is currently filming a modern-day version of Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" with Ethan Hawke.
"Fifty Shades," to be directed by British artist and filmmaker Sam Taylor Johnson, chronicles the complicated relationship between Steele and young business tycoon Christian Grey. Kelly Marcel is adapting James' book for Universal Pictures and Focus Features; the romance is scheduled to be released on Aug. 1, 2014.
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Dragon Age 2 thrusts players into the role of Hawke, a penniless refugee who rises to power to become the single most important character in the world of Dragon Age. Known to be a survivor of the Blight and the Champion of Kirkwall, the legend around Hawke's rise to power is shrouded in myth and rumor. Featuring an all-new story spanning 10 years, players will help tell that tale by making tough moral choices, gathering the deadliest of allies, amassing fame and fortune, and sealing their place in history. The way you play will write the story of how the world is changed forever.Key Features:
- Embark upon an all-new adventure that takes place across an entire decade and shapes itself around every decision you make.
- Determine your rise to power from a destitute refugee to the revered champion of the land.
- Think like a general and fight like a Spartan with dynamic new combat mechanics that put you right in the heart of battle whether you are a mage, rogue, or warrior.
- Go deeper into the world of Dragon Age with an entirely new cinematic experience that grabs hold of you from the beginning and never lets go.
- Discover a whole realm rendered in stunning detail with updated graphics and a new visual style.
Gamestop customers who pre-order Dragon Age 2 before March 8, 2011 will receive free access to additional in-game content: The Fadeshear Sword The Lion of Orlais Shield, while Gamestop customers who pre-ordered the BioWare Signature Edition prior to January 12, 2011 will also receive this bonus content.
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I'm probably not going to do a full response to Monday's season premiere of Gossip Girl -- I have overly ambitious plans for 90210 and one or two things to say about Project Runway and The Hills before I can get to that. Short story: decent episode, where the f!@# was Kelly Rutherford, can't stand the Blair/Thin White Duke subplot, everyone's skin looked weird.
Enough about that. Here's the exciting news: Zap2it is reporting that Willa Holland will be appearing in at least three episodes of Gossip Girl, in a Little-J-centric storyline. I'm speechless. Willa Holland was a delight on The O.C.; I'm sure she's going to rock whatever it is she's doing on Gossip Girl.


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GAINESVILLE – To join the SEC, Texas A&M had to say goodbye to its natural rivals and look to make some new ones.
The Aggies have not wasted any time picking a fight in the heart of Gator Nation.
A billboard message stating Gainesville has been "annexed by the Aggie Nation" made waves in town on Tuesday and had the potential to create a rift between the SEC's newest members and one of the league's old guard.
Texas A&M officials said the school did not authorize the sign, but Florida fans might not be sticklers for details when a billboard on their home turf states another school boasts, "The Best Academics and Cleanest Program in the SEC."
And for emphasis the sentence ends with a Texas-sized, "WHOOP!," followed by the words "Real Football. Real Tradition."
The reaction of Gators players ranged from cautiousness to cluelessness about the billboard.
Senior guard James Wilson said he was "de-briefed" about it before meeting with members of the media on Tuesday.
"I have no idea," he said. "What does the billboard say?"
Meanwhile, junior linebacker Jelani Jenkins said he knew nothing about it – and did not seem to care.
Senior safety Josh Evans said he had seen the sign because friend had sent him a photo of it. But he laughed it off, saying he had more important things to focus on.
"I saw it, but my mind ain't on that," he said. "It's about winning this game."


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Kane is invading the Xbox 360, and he's bringing the ultimate console RTS experience with him! The follow up to last year's Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars*, Kane's Wrath has gone gold for the Xbox 360, and will be shipping on June 23, 2008 with an MSRP of $39.99. Gamers who pre-order Kane's Wrath from Gamestop.com will receive an exclusive talking Kane Bobblehead doll (available while supplies last).
Featuring the all-new CommandStick interface, a revolutionary control scheme built from the ground up and optimized for the Xbox 360, Kane's Wrath is packed full of content, including a full 13 mission story-driven campaign, the Xbox 360-exclusive Kane's Challenge mode, six new diverse sub-factions, game changing epic units and over 50 multiplayer maps for online play over Xbox Live with up to four players.
Kane's Wrath on the Xbox 360 will also come with 1000 achievement points spread across the game's four main game modes (Campaign, Kane's Challenge, Skirmish and Multiplayer) and support for the console's Vision Cam over Xbox Live.
For more information about Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath or the Command & Conquer series, please visit the franchise's official site at www.CommandAndConquer.com. And be sure to check out the latest news about Kane's Wrath, C&C Red Alert 3, and all things C&C on Command & Conquer's own dedicated online programming network, Command & Conquer TV.
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BEIRUT (AP) — An international human rights group said Tuesday that evidence "strongly suggests" Syrian government forces fired rockets with warheads containing a nerve agent — most likely sarin — into a Damascus suburb in August, killing hundreds of people.
The report by Human Rights Watch was released as the international community weighs how to respond to the attack on the Damascus suburb of Ghouta, which the U.S., France and others also have blamed on President Bashar Assad's forces. The regime blames the rebels.
President Barack Obama had been lobbying for targeted military strikes against regime positions, but a Russian proposal to put Assad's chemical weapons arsenal under international control has raised hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough instead.
The U.S. administration has insisted that there is very compelling evidence that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons against its own people, but it has not been presented to the public.
Human Rights Watch did not have direct access to the affected areas or the victims, but said its conclusions are based on witness accounts, the physical fragments of the weapons used and the symptoms exhibited by victims and documented by medical staff.
The New York-based group said it sought technical advice from an expert on the detection and effects of chemical warfare agents, and its experts studied documented medical symptoms of the victims and analyzed activist videos posted on the Internet after the attack.
"This evidence strongly suggests that Syrian government troops launched rockets carrying chemical warheads into the Damascus suburbs that terrible morning," said Peter Bouckaert, HRW's emergencies director.
Symptoms of the victims from the attack "provide telltale evidence about the weapon systems used," he added.
Three doctors who treated victims told HRW that the exhibited a range of symptoms, including convulsions, frothing at the mouth and dizziness — all of which are consistent with exposure to nerve agents such as sarin.
The most toxic of the chemical weapons, nerve agents affect the nervous system and are hazardous in their liquid and gas states. They can be delivered in missiles, bombs, rockets, artillery shells and other large munitions. The Syrian regime is believed to possess tabun, sarin and VX.
HRW added that evidence related to the type of rockets and launchers used in the attack "strongly suggests" that the weapon systems used are known and documented to be only in the possession of Syrian forces.
The Obama administration also has said that its intelligence indicate that sarin was used in the Aug. 21 attack, which it claims killed at least 1,429 people, including more than 400 children. Other estimates of the death toll are much lower.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said Tuesday that his government has accepted the proposal to place its chemical weapons under international control for dismantling in a bid to stave off U.S. military action, while France proposed a U.N. resolution that would enforce the plan militarily if the government failed to follow through.
Russia, Syria's most powerful ally, is now working with Damascus to prepare a detailed plan of action that will be presented soon, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. Russia will then be ready to finalize the plan with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Syria's main opposition bloc, the Syrian National Coalition, dismissed the proposal and urged the West to go ahead with a strike against Assad's regime. The SNC, which is the main political opposition umbrella group, has been cheering for international military action, hoping a blow would shift the bloody war of attrition between rebels and Assad's forces, with more than 100,000 dead in more than 2 ½ years of fighting.
In a statement Tuesday, the coalition said Moscow's proposal "aims to procrastinate and will lead to more death and destruction of the Syrian people."
"A violation of international law should lead to an international retaliation that is proportional in size," the group said. "Crimes against humanity cannot be dropped by giving political concessions or by handing over the weapons used in these crimes."


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Fifi and Niamh Call A Truce…
A very belated Happy New Years to ye all. 2011 is certainly going to be an interesting one. For us Wardrobe Wars girls things could not be changing more and in order to keep this little hobby of ours moving forward we will be needing your help.
In a few days Niamh will be heading to Ghana for six months! We imagined putting together archives of outfits posts but, unfortunately too many things got in our way. Now it looks like Wardrobe Wars will be going a new direction until July anyway.
Until then, we need some of ye friendy, stylish people to step in as quest bloggers. We've met so many great bloggers this year, whether Irish or those of you from around the world. Thank you for support, award nominations and continuosly coming back to us. If any of ye would be interested in working with us let us know and we will get planning.
Lets hope 2011 will be one for new experiences, styles and WARS of course!
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Proud colleagues heaped praise on Niagara County Legislature Chairman William L. Ross, C-Wheatfield, Tuesday in Lockport as the long-time government head gaveled his 200th meeting as presiding officer of the Legislature to order.
Ross, who has headed up the county's government for nine of the past 10 years, first served as chairman back in 1989, when then-County Clerk Ray Beiter appointed him to the post when the then-majority Democrats were unable to reach agreement on the election of a Legislature chairman. He served one year, and later left county government for much of the 1990s before returning following the departure of then-Legislator Art Kroening, R-Wheatfield.
Ross then returned to the dais at the front of the Legislative chamber in 2004, when a coalition government composed of members of the Republican, Independence and Conservative parties, as well as breakaway Democrats, took charge of the chamber after two years of Democrat control and asked Ross - popularly known as "Coach" to many of this friends and colleagues - to head the county government.
Majority Leader Rick Updegrove, R-Lockport, lauded Ross's leadership style, noting that he had made government more civil and more effective.
"Bill has had to be fair and open to both sides of the political aisle. He has had to give equal time to the Minority Caucus and the Majority. He has had to ensure that the Legislature, above all, is fair to all parties and viewpoints," he said.
"I think Bill Ross has done so with class, with decorum, with restraint at times," Updegrove continued. "It is a difficult position to be in - to have to protect the right of others to express viewpoints you often find yourself disagreeing with on very stark grounds. For 200 meetings, Chairman Bill Ross has done precisely that."
Updegrove also noted Ross has served a role as a peacemaker in county government, often helping bring both sides of the aisle together.
"On those occasions when compromise has proven the best course for this government, Bill has played a key role in fostering a climate that made such bipartisan agreements possible," Updegrove said. "I am proud to call you my friend as well as my colleague - and my chairman."
Two other lawmakers also complimented Ross on his leadership over the past decade during Tuesday's meeting.
Legislator Paul B. Wojtaszek noted Ross is often viewed as one of the hardest working people in the entire government - not just the County Legislature.
"Chairman Ross has, more than anything, dedicated himself to being the public face of this county. He is everywhere," Wojtaszek said. "Our chairman runs rings around men half his age. And, while he has a couple years on me, I only hope that, when I am his age, I can keep up."
Legislator John Syracuse concurred, and noted that Ross never rebuffs a colleague who seeks his counsel and years of experience and knowledge.
"I have called Bill Ross late at night, and early on Saturday mornings," Syracuse said. "With other lawmakers, I might hesitate, but with Bill I know there is a reasonable chance he's awake, looking at either the county budget or the budget of one of the entities whose boards he sits on, like NCCC."
Syracuse also pointed to Ross's cheery disposition as a key to his success chairman.
"He's never gruff, he's never unkind - even if he disagrees with you," he said. "He is a gentleman who lives up to that term in every way. I have been able to do my job, and hopefully do it well, this past decade because I have been able to turn to leaders - Chairman Ross, in particular - who consider it their responsibility to help me do my job."
Syracuse closed out his remarks with a sincere wish for Ross' health and longevity.
"As my colleagues have wisely noted, we are privileged to be able to say Bill Ross is our colleague. But we're darn lucky to say that he is our chairman. God willing, I'll be able to say the same on the occasion of your 300th meeting, Bill," Syracuse told Ross.


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FREEPORT — Durand has had a lot of success against Orangeville this season, but by no means did that make the Bulldogs volleyball coach overconfident about her team's chances of advancing past the Broncos in Monday's regional quarterfinal.
"I believe this is the fourth or fifth time we've played them and we've beat them every time, so I was just so afraid that we might lose to them because it is hard to beat a time so many times," Durand coach Molly Kinney said.
Durand (15-8) certainly didn't have an easy go of it but managed to move past Orangeville in two sets (25-22, 25-21) on the first night of the 1A Aquin Regional.
The Bulldogs needed five set points to finally put the Broncos away in a first set in which the teams combined to commit 21 unforced errors. The second set played a little cleaner for both teams, but Durand needed four separate runs of 7-1, 6-1, 5-0, and 4-1 to fend off the scrappy Broncos.
Bulldogs senior Danielle Ramsby had six of her team-high eight kills in the second set. Fellow senior Cassidy Derus had five kills, a block and two aces but made perhaps her biggest impact defensively.
"Our defense kind of fell behind but Cassidy Derus was killing it in the back row," Kinney said. "She was doing awesome, so I'm thankful that she showed up and that she could hit those key spots when she got to the front row. She's just a great player and I'm so glad that we had her tonight. We can thank her for the win."
Morgan Robb had five kills and a block, and Hannah Bollon added four kills and a block to lead the Broncos in their season-ending loss. The Bulldogs move on to face host Aquin, a team it took three sets, but lost to in a competitive conference battle last month.
"Aquin's a very good team but as we played with them at home, it could've went either way," Kinney said. "Either team could've won so I'm excited to play them again."
Pearl City 25-25, Christian Life 15-14
The Wolves played well in spurts, and that was enough for them to win easily over the Eagles in their quarterfinal matchup.
Pearl City closed the first set with a 9-2 run and a pulled away in the second with a 16-5 run in the two-set victory. Junior Madison Wright helped propel the Wolves with her team-high eight kills and three blocks.
"Madison this whole year has kind of been our go-to girl," Pearl City coach Merisa Amborn said "She's been very versatile and she wants to be there. She wants to put that ball away and she will find a hole on the court. She knows what to do with the ball."
With the victory, Pearl City faces the enormous challenge of trying to upset defending Class 1A state champ Keith in the semifinals.
"Like I told them, we're going to have to come ready to play and ready to put everything out on the court because Keith is a big team, so we can't just come here expecting to win a game. We have to play like it's our last game and put everything out on the court," Amborn said.
"Our defense has got to talk and work together, and I feel like, if we come and we're at our top, we do have a fighting chance."


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Well, according to experts, I was right. But don't expect to read about my Elizabeth skipping from fifth grade to Harvard Medical School. All babies, including yours, are born with that same astonishing capability to learn complex languages quickly. And now new research shows that this process begins earlier than experts thought. "Language learning begins in the womb," says Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D., a noted infant language researcher and coauthor of How Babies Talk: The Magic and Mystery of Language in the First Three Years of Life. "A baby is eavesdropping on each conversation her mother has once hearing is in place at seven months."
That's just the beginning. There have been several amazing recent discoveries. For one, newborns already comprehend speech patterns. At 4 ½ months, infants recognize the sound patterns of their own name and can distinguish it from other names with the same number of syllables and the same inflection. At 6 months, babies not only know the words "Mommy" and "Daddy" but can also relate them to their own parents. And 18-month-olds understand the basics of syntax, the structure of language.
This brings up an interesting question: How do experts know what babies too small to speak, point, or push a button are thinking? Researchers often rely on the infant sucking reflex for clues to language understanding. For instance, they'll play a recording of a woman reading a poem for an infant subject, who will stop sucking a nipple when he hears the strange voice. Then they'll play a recording of the baby's mother reading the same poem, and the baby's sucking will rapidly increase.
In a study published in September by the National Academy of Sciences, researchers measured blood flow to the brain in sleeping infants as they were played recordings of women reading -- first forward, then backward. Blood flow to the left hemisphere of the brain, which processes speech in adults, increased during the "forward" readings but not when the tapes were played backward or during silent periods, leading researchers to conclude that we are born "wired" to learn language.
And, in perhaps the most intriguing discovery of all, researchers have found that 8-month-olds use "statistics" to recognize words -- learning that "pretty baby" is two words, and not "pret," "tyba," and "by." To prove this, researchers invented languages that have similar statistics to English -- like the fact that with the word "pretty," "pre" is followed by "ty" 80 percent of the time, while "ty" is rarely followed by "ba." When the researchers flashed a light while playing an invented word or a nonword, the invented words kept the baby's attention and the nonwords didn't. "It takes them about two minutes to learn this stuff," says Jenny Saffran, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and a researcher on the project. "They just seem to have a drive to learn."
A Parent's RoleSo you've got this little linguistic miracle on your hands, listening to your every word and soaking up language like a sponge. Obviously, you're not going to test your baby's language skills with flashing lights and pacifiers, but what should you do to foster language development?
The good news is that the vast majority of parents are already doing what they need to do. Just spending time with your baby, chatting away as you go about your day, helps them grasp the pattern and meaning of language. "Don't think talking to your baby is a waste because she doesn't understand," says Golinkoff. "Narrate your daily activities."
And don't feel as if your baby's proper language development requires you to sound like the host of Masterpiece Theatre. Golinkoff's lab studies show that infants actually prefer that high-pitched, cooing baby talk to adult language. "It makes them pay attention," she says, particularly because parents usually get close to their child's face and use exaggerated facial expressions, allowing their baby to see and smell them. "That's a very appealing package."
Reading is another pleasant way to expose babies to language, and parents shouldn't think that any child is too young for storytime, says Henry Shapiro, M.D., medical director of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at All Children's Hospital, in St. Petersburg, Florida, and a recent chair of the section of developmental and behavioral pediatrics for the American Academy of Pediatrics. "Book language" is different from spoken language, says Dr. Shapiro, and reading prepares children for the literary language they'll encounter later in school. The bonus of storytime is that it combines language learning with bonding and fosters respect for books from the beginning.
The experts interviewed all stressed that parents don't need to invest in fancy, expensive toys or videos that claim to build language and intelligence. Instead, they should relax and enjoy their babies -- kids have been picking up language for millennia without flash cards, computers, or undue parental stress. In fact, Golinkoff has coauthored a new book on the topic, Einstein Never Used Flash Cards: How Our Children Really Learn and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less. She claims that the box a pricey learning toy comes in can be equally effective in developing language if the parent uses it in imaginative play with the baby.
"You don't need drill and practice; you need play," adds Dr. Shapiro, who says that with toddlers, parents should take the child's lead, commenting on what he's interested in at the moment. In other words, don't try to redirect his attention from a fascinating, noisy truck and show him a pretty bird -- go with the flow or you'll lose his interest.
Try using a method known as "joint attention" -- limiting your own talking and giving him a chance to respond, even if it's not with actual words but gestures and/or babbling -- says Diane Paul, Ph.D., director of clinical issues in speech-language pathology for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
Language experts warn that just plopping babies down in front of a TV is no substitute for joint attention (what the rest of us call playtime). Case in point: A new study from the University of Washington infant language lab showed that 9- and 10-month-olds were able to grasp some phonetics of Mandarin Chinese when exposed to live speakers, but not recordings.
And what about working parents, whose infants and toddlers are in daycare? They shouldn't feel they have to "do more" when they get home. "I worked when my kids were little too," says Golinkoff, whose children are grown. "Parents think they have to make up for it with intense quality time that turns into teaching. But the kids just need fun, warm, loving interaction." Dr. Shapiro stresses, however, that the quality of daycare is critical and that parents should visit the center and pay attention not only to the caregiver-to-child ratio but also to the time caregivers spend talking and reading to children.
Learning and GrowingSo what should you expect to see in terms of your child's language development over the first two years? The chart below lists general milestones, but don't panic if your child doesn't follow these exactly, or think, like I did, that hitting them early means you've got a prodigy on your hands. "What is critical to know is that there is a wide range of individual difference" in language learning, says Paul. The milestones represent what the majority of babies are doing at those ages.
Briefly, babies should progress from cooing, gurgling, and crying to babbling at 4 to 6 months -- that is, making those lovely "bababa, gagaga, dadada" sounds. Since "dadadada" is one of the earliest babbles, many doting dads, including my husband, are convinced that their babies are calling them. (Feel free to hide this article from them, as there is nothing cuter than an enraptured father who's bursting with pride and babbling "dadadada" back to his child.)
But while babbling gets more wordlike and complex starting around 7 months, a baby won't typically produce her first word until she's a year old, though research shows that she recognizes and understands certain words earlier. "In every piece of language learning, babies know way more than they can say," says Saffran.
This is the difference between "receptive language," which is what babies understand, and "expressive language," which is what they can produce, says Paul. Much of the gap has to do with the fact that your baby's amazing mental capacity for language (the way words are used and combined to communicate) has outstripped her motor skills required for speech (the production of sounds). This concept has given birth to a tidal wave of books, workshops, and websites for parents who want to teach babies not yet capable of speech to communicate using sign language. For example, a 1-year-old may say only "Mama" but can respond to simple commands, such as "Give me the book." Two-year-olds can generally say two-word sentences, and 3-year-olds can say three-word sentences, after which language just explodes. (And 11-year-olds, like my daughter, can usually say, "Get out of my room, Mom!" But that's another story.)
So if the guidelines are flexible, how are parents to know whether their child is just a "late talker" or might have a hearing problem or language delay? It's an important question, because ASHA figures show that one in ten Americans has some type of speech, language, or hearing disorder and research finds that early intervention is critical for kids with hearing and language problems.
It's difficult to determine a lot about speech in the first six months, as virtually all children -- even deaf ones -- babble. A silent child who makes no pleasure sounds and doesn't seem to attend to parents' voices should set off alarms, says Paul. Children with hearing problems and other language disorders often stop babbling rather than go on to more complex sounds between 6 and 12 months, says Dr. Shapiro.
Although parents hang on the "first word" milestone, experts are more concerned about receptive language. A 1-year-old may not have uttered that long-awaited first word, but if she's communicating by pointing, lifting her arms to be picked up, responding to simple commands, and using "proto-language" (her babble sounds like nonsense to you, but clearly she means something), she's obviously learning language and is probably just a late talker.
Early InterventionExperts are far more concerned about children who don't seem interested in communication, who don't point or imitate adult actions (such as cradling a doll), and who don't make eye contact. These behaviors could signal a developmental disorder or a language delay. Parents should also monitor whether their child is on track with other milestones, such as sitting and walking. An overall delay is more worrisome than a delay in just speech and language.
High risk children, such as those born prematurely or with a disability such as Down syndrome or those who have had meningitis, are more likely to experience hearing, speech, and language problems. As many as half of preterm babies -- those born at less than 34 weeks or less than three and a half pounds -- are at risk of developmental delays, including problems with speech, language, and hearing.
Early intervention for speech and language problems is available, free of cost, through several organizations. Concerned parents can contact these groups directly and should also visit their pediatrician or go directly to an audiologist. "One of the first things to do is to rule out hearing loss," says Paul. Although 42 states and the District of Columbia have universal hearing screenings at birth and 85 percent of newborns are screened, the tests are not foolproof and hearing loss can develop later. The good news is that infants as young as 3 months can now be fitted with hearing aids and begin language learning.
The medical community is debating the role of ear infections in language delay. Dr. Shapiro cites a recent study of 3,000 children that showed that children who had tympanostomy tubes inserted in their ears had no better language development at 4 years than other children with persistent middle-ear infections. "The link between ear infections and speech and language delay has been and continues to be controversial," says Paul. She advises parents to err on the side of caution and have children with frequent infections evaluated.
For the vast majority of kids, however, language learning is a blissfully natural process that should be enjoyed by both parent and child. "All you have to do is talk with your baby and read books with your child. You don't have to wake them up in the middle of the night to talk about death and taxes; they will learn language," reassures Golinkoff.
How true. While house hunting recently, we toured a real clinker, a 1950s rambler with what looked like filing cabinets in the kitchen and plenty of mildew everywhere. "Well, that house was...," I said, at a loss for words. "Execrable!" my 9-year-old son, James, chimed in happily. I have no idea where that came from, any more than I know why he said "duck" before "dog" or "ball." Later, we went out for Chinese food, so maybe his next words will be in Mandarin. At this point, nothing would surprise me.


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It's functional, but needs some more work.
(Also, hg-git is broken for Mercurial 1.9, so I cannot commit to the org until a patch is released.)
That's right, but I was still getting errors without the quotes... I'll look into it again.
Thanks for the tip about shlex!
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Thanks for the plugin, look great.
But I've an issue:The "SublimeHg: Hg" command from the Command Palette doesn't work for me.The "hg" command run but I go straight to the on_done() procedure with a value -1, without showing the quick_panel.log:
command: show_overlay {"overlay": "command_palette"}
command: hg
s = -1
OTOH, running the command view.run_command('hg') from the console work as expected.
Any idea ?A ST2 bug ?
startup, version: 2079 windows x64 channel: dev
Yep. I meant to mention that in the readme, but I forgot. You need to assign them keys (I use f10 and ctrl+f10). There are other bugs in Sublime Text related to widgets and input focus that will affect the plugin too.
And there is another bug due to shlex stripping \ from paths on Windows... That will be an issue from the command line box only, because I forgot to include "commit (this file)" and friends in the latest release...
Thanks for your answer, guillermooo.
Did you inform Jon about these bugs ?
Yep - input focus related issues will be fixed in the next dev build
Haha. I hadn't realized the irony. But I actually push to both, now that hg-git's sort fo working again with Mercurial 1.9.
The server should now always find the correct repository for the current file.
When I use this plugin, I can't work out how to get the hg command line to persist. Every time I enter a command, it disappears. Unfortunately this makes the plugin unusable for me; it's much more efficient to use an external command prompt.
For example, let's say I want to run hg status. This is what happens:
I type "status"
The command prompt panel disappears (Boo!) and is replaced by a results panel (which shows the response from hg)
Now I want to run hg commit, perhaps followed by hg push. For each command, I have to start all over again. And when I'm debugging, this cycle repeats a lot.
Am I just being dense, or is this something that could be improved? It would be fantastic to get a persistent hg command prompt -- one less window for me to manage.
Agreed, it's very annoying. It used to be possible to reopen input panels on_done in ST1, but last time I tried in ST2 it wouldn't work. I'll be switching to Mercurial's own python client for the command server soon, so I'll take a look at this too. I suppose you know, but simple actions can be performed from the Command Palette too (Ctrl+Shift+P).
This version will attempt to restore the cmdline when you focus the view where you started it first:
bitbucket.org/guillermooo/subli ... me-package
Make sure to ignore or overwrite SublimeHg to avoid conflicts.
It seems to work ok-ish here, but I've just whipped it up, so I dunno. If it holds together, I will apply the change in the next version.


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There is no question that the past few years have been challenging for many Americans. Americans have weathered 45 straight months of unemployment ranging from 7 to 10 percent. After four years of running trillion-dollar deficits, our national debt currently stands at $16.2 trillion. These figures are so large that it is sometimes easy to forget that they have real consequences, but our debt level means each American owes nearly $52,000.
Last year, Congress and the President reached a compromise to put a $2.4 trillion down payment on our debt. While a portion of the cuts were spelled out in the law, the rest were to be decided by Congress. If an agreement is not reached by the end of the year, across-the-board-cuts, also known as sequestration, will occur in January. This means cuts to our national defense, Hanford cleanup, and Impact Aid, while completely ignoring entitlement programs that make up 60 percent of the federal budget and continue to grow year after year without Congressional oversight.
In January, Americans also face a looming tax increase as current tax rates are scheduled to expire - resulting in a $2,200 tax increase on the average family of four and the potential loss of 700,000 jobs.
The combination of these looming across-the-board cuts and tax increases are a very real threat to our fragile economy as it is still struggling to recover.
Back in March, I supported a budget blueprint that passed the House of Representatives, which included a plan to replace sequestration with responsible reforms, and to streamline our tax code by eliminating loopholes and using the savings to lower tax rates - giving certainty to families and businesses.
I don't expect the Senate or President Obama to agree with everything in our proposal. However, neither the Senate, which hasn't produced a budget in more than three years, nor the President have provided any plan for how to avert sequestration and looming tax increases. This has made it very difficult to negotiate a solution.
This month's election results make it clear that the American people expect Congress and the President to work together to solve the serious challenges facing our nation, so that we ultimately leave a better world for our children and grandchildren.
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StrategyPage also claims that the Iraqi terrorists are learning that their beheading routine is counterproductive because it turns local Muslim populations against them. I agree that it is counterproductive — minimum carnage, maximum repulsion. Whether the terrorists view it this way remains to be seen.
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I am a girl who offers the five prayers regularly and fears Allah, but I fell into the pit of the secret habit. I regret what I have done and I have repented more than once, but of two occasions I swore that if I did it again that my dream of getting good grades in my exams – which is my life's dream – should not come true. This was so that I would stop what I was doing. But unfortunately I did it again. But now I have repented sincerely and my exams are in a few days' time, and I am afraid that what I prayed for may come true. I wanted to fast for three days but I did not have the strength to do that because of the exams and psychological pressure. But I have decided to fast after I finish the exams.
My question is: is it possible for what I prayed for to come true?
The secret habit is an abhorrent and haraam action on the part of both males and females. We have discussed the ruling on that and how to deal with it in the answers to questions no. 329 and 101539.
What you have done of praying against yourself and asking that you not be helped to succeed in obtaining high grades is something that was not appropriate, because it was praying for something bad for oneself. Falling behind in your studies is not a good thing; rather it would lead to serious negative consequences. The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) forbade the Muslim to pray against himself. It was narrated that Umm Salamah said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Do not pray against yourselves except for good things, for the angels says ameen to whatever you say."
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Muslim also narrated (3014) from Jaabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Do not pray against yourselves, do not pray against your children, and do not pray against your wealth, lest that coincide with an hour when Allah is asked for something and He responds to you."
If a person swears to do an act of disobedience then he does it, what he is required to do is offer expiation for the oath he swore. This expiation is not expiation for the sin he committed; rather it is expiation for the oath that he swore. As for the sin, what he has to do is repent sincerely from it. Part of his repentance is regretting what he did in the past and resolving not to do it again.
See the answer to question no. 103424
Thus, if a person swears against himself with the aim of encouraging himself to do something or preventing himself from doing something, as appears to be the case in your question, then it comes under the ruling on oaths, and if he broke it then he must offer expiation for it.
Shaykh Khaalid al-Mushayqih (may Allah preserve him) was asked:
What is the ruling on one who says, "Insha Allah I should die if I do such and such?" or he said "May such and such befall me if I do this thing?" when he knows that he wants to go back to it and he said that in a moment of anger? Is this regarded as being the same as an oath? May Allah reward you with good.
He replied:
Firstly, it is forbidden for a person to pray against himself…
Secondly, if a person prayed against himself in this manner, intending to encourage himself to do something or prevent himself from doing something, or to confirm something or to say that something was a lie, then the oath was broken, then he must offer expiation for breaking an oath (kafaarat yameen). For example, if he said, "If I do not go, may I fall ill or die," then he did not go. In that case he has to offer expiation for breaking an oath.
End quote from Fataawa ash-Shaykh, 2/145.
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Does this pertain in any way to writing? Yes. I will be presenting the court an outline of the facts involved in this action. Having no legal background, I cannot give a name to what I've written. Perhaps a brief? Under the circumstances, it matters little what name it's given. What matters is whether I have presented my case in a way that will impress the judge to see why my plea for drastically reducing the amount demanded by the plaintiff should be recognized and acted upon to my benefit. It will be a true test of my writing abilities.
The plaintiff - an unscroupulous purchaser of trust deeds - is asking for $27,000. They undoubtedly purchased the paper for less than five thousand but in a phone call to me, they yelled that they would put us on the street if we didn't pony up the bloated figure. For well-established reasons, I said I wouldn't pay a cent toward that amount so they filed legal papers preparatory to taking the home.
My feeling is that awarding the plaintiff $5000 will give him an equitable return on his investment. Should that figure be established, it will make my 1326 words worth $107
each. A fine figure.
Now, I'm not posting this to stir up a tempest in a teapot but that will probably happen; this post will bring one or two scat house lawyers into the thread with all kinds of learned charges against me. So, to those who want to exalt themselves by pretending to vast knowledge, I'll say here that your posturing will avail you nothing on my account.
I'm simply hoping for some prayers.
Best to all.........Roy


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Published January 13, 2015
Hisashi Iwakuma takes another crack at win No. 13 on Sunday when the Seattle Mariners conclude a four-game series with the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.
Iwakuma has been terrific for the Mariners this season, posting a 12-6 mark to go along with a 3.03 ERA. The Japanese right-hander, though, did not get a decision on Tuesday against Texas, as he allowed three runs and seven hits and struck out seven in six innings of a 4-3 loss.
"I thought they did a nice job, made him work," Seattle manager Eric Wedge said. "They were fouling some pitches off, he threw some pitches but he controlled damage though. What was even more impressive than that was the way he came back after that and got us deeper in the ballgame. Gave us six innings with those three runs."
Iwakuma is 2-1 in three starts against the Astros with a 1.89 ERA.
Houston, meanwhile, will hand the ball to right-handed rookie Brett Oberholtzer, who is 3-1 with a 3.43 ERA. Oberholtzer did not get a decision on Monday in Chicago, as the White Sox reached him for five runs (4 earned) and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings of his team's 10-8 win.
"I battled myself more so tonight than I ever have being up here in the big leagues. You know what, that's going to happen," Oberholtzer said. "I'm not going to have great outings all the time, great results. Tonight was a testament of myself battling and trying to make quality pitches, even though I didn't feel that great tonight."
Seattle's recent road prowess continued on Saturday, as Joe Saunders and three Mariners relievers continued to keep the light-hitting Astros off balance in a 3-1 victory.
Saunders (11-13) allowed just one unearned run on six hits over 5 1/3 innings, while Carter Capps, Yoervis Medina and Danny Farquhar kept the Astros off the board the rest of the way.
"We had opportunities offensively and misplayed some balls defensively, (but) in the end we won the ball game," said M's manager Eric Wedge.
Seattle has now won five in a row away from home, its best stretch since winning six in a row on the road from April 17-30, 2011.
Houston starter Dallas Keuchel (5-8) faced the minimum from the second through the seventh innings, but the only run of support he got came in the fourth when Brandon Barnes scored on a Nick Franklin error.
In fact, the Astros finished 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and have managed a mere eight runs during their five-game slide.
"We just can't seem to be able to get the big hit," Astros manager Bo Porter said.
Seattle has won 10 of 15 from the Astros this season and has won eight of the last nine matchups.


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"If You Were Here: a Novel of Suspense" (Harper), by Alafair Burke
Alafair Burke has written another puzzling and captivating tale with her latest novel, "If You Were Here."
McKenna Wright, a writer for New York City magazine, is investigating a corrupt judge when she hears of a woman rescuing a teen who had fallen onto subway tracks. After the woman pulled him to safety, she ran away. Cameras in the area malfunctioned, and the only video Wright sees is from a shaky cellphone.
Watching the blurry images, McKenna believes the woman is her friend Susan Hauptmann. However, that would be impossible, because Susan disappeared 10 years ago.
The more McKenna looks into what happened, the more she appears to be thwarted. The cellphone video vanishes, and the article she was writing about the judge blows up in her face. Her husband doesn't believe her. Neither do the police. With nowhere to go, McKenna decides the answers are 10 years in the past.
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Alafair Burke excels in writing compelling character-driven stories mixed with baffling mysteries. It's difficult at times to understand why Susan was McKenna's best friend and how their friendship endured under such bizarre circumstances, but that's a minor quibble. The questions raised - such as how the individual matters in the overall grand scheme of things and how one person can influence many lives - will have introspective readers looking in the mirror while they try to solve the mystery.
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Enhanced Box Score: Rockies 3, Cubs 7 – June 27, 2011
Save for the errors, it was a solid game all around. Matt Garza looked good (nasty, even, at times), and the bats showed up.
But, since the game was a makeup for an April rainout that followed back-t0-back losses to the Rockies, you can kind of say that the Cubs lost another series today. Watch out, Positivity Police!


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Since the debut of Sesame Street back in 1969, millions of children have learned their ABC's and 123's with the help of Elmo, Grover, and Big Bird. However, according to The Huffington Post, the fun songs from Sesame Street have most recently been used to mentally break detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
The English-language Arabic news network Al Jazeera shone a light on the torture tactics used in the U.S. detention camp, bringing it to the attention of Christopher Cerf, the award-winning composer of Sesame Street.
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"My first reaction was this just can't possibly be true," he told Al Jazeera. "...Of course I didn't really like the idea that I was helping break down prisoners, but it was much worse when I heard later that they were actually using the music in Guantanamo to actually do deep, long-term interrogations and obviously to inflict enough pain on prisoners so they would talk."
The monsters' melodies are being used on repeat, and sometimes in conjunction with heavy metal bands Metallica and AC/DC, rock & roll bands Aerosmith and Meat Loaf, pop singers Brittney Spears and Christina Aguilera, and even the "I Love You" song from Barney.
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Snow emergency declared in ManchesterBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
December 26. 2012 11:59AM
Manchester has declared a snow emergency for tonight in advance of the impending winter storm.
The city's public works director, Kevin Sheppard, said no parking will be allowed on any city streets from 10 p.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. on Thursday.
Any vehicle parked in violation of the snow emergency declaration will be towed and stored at the Derryfield Park lot off Bridge Street. Owners will be required to provide proof of ownership and pay a $110 fee. Vehicles not claimed within 24 hours are subject to further fees.
The city provides two locations for residents to park their vehicles during snow emergencies: the Victory parking garage at Chestnut and Amherst streets; and the Pearl Street parking lot.
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The first significant snowstorm of the season could dump 12 to 16 inches in some portions of New Hampshire, with the central part of the state getting the most snowfall, while the coast and southern New Hampshire could see a changeover to rain, the National Weather Service said.
A winter storm watch begins at 10 p.m. tonight and lasts until 4 a.m. Friday. Snow is expected to be heavy for most of the state, with somewhat smaller accumulations in Coos County, said Weather Service meteorologist Andy Pohl.
The more urban areas of the state - Manchester and Nashua - could see snow change over to mixed precipitation during the morning commute Thursday. Manchester expects 4 to 8 inches of snow before the changeover, said Manchester Public Works Director Kevin Sheppard, after consulting with the weather service the city uses.
Sleet, rain and freezing rain are all possible during the day, Sheppard said.
'(Thursday) will not be a fun day. This is one of those storms where we will have to prepare for the worst,' he said. Manchester and other cities have declared overnight parking bans.
Winds will be stronger at the coast - 25 to 35 mph, with 45 mph gusts. The slightly warmer temperatures at the coast will make for a wetter snow, he said. Wind and wet snow increase the likelihood of power failures, he warned.
Also, U.S. Airways announced Tuesday that it was waiving its $150 ticket change fee for travelers flying into or out of the Northeast and Midwest - including the Manchester and Portland airports - Wednesday and Thursday.
A midwestern snowstorm brought a white Christmas to areas such as Little Rock, Ark., and is advancing northward today, according to accuweather.com.
Bloomington, Ind., reported 11 1/2 inches of snow at 10:45 a.m. today. About the same time, freezing rain had converted to snow in Pittsburgh, Pa.; visibility there was less than a mile.
Pohl said the heaviest snowfall in New Hampshire could be in the foothills and southern mountains. The weather service said Laconia and Conway could receive 12 to 16 inches. Coos County could get between 8 and 12 inches.
Pohl said snow should start falling in southern New Hampshire between midnight and 4 a.m. Thursday. The heaviest snowfalls will be between 3 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday.
Unitil, which counts about 45,000 electricity customers in the New Hampshire Seacoast region, said it has secured third-party crews to provide help if needed.
'Wetter, stickier snow can have a greater impact on the system compared to the drier, fluffier stuff,' Unitil media relations manager Alec O'Meara said. 'We will be carefully watching the consistency of the snow, the changeover to rain and forecasted wind speeds overnight and into tomorrow, and we will be prepared to address outages, should they occur.'
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The King of Masks is an elderly street performer, a master of the Sichuan opera art of changing masks so fast that it seems to be magic. His only son died some time ago, and he is a lonely man who desires an heir not just for himself but for his art. It is in the tradition that the art must not be passed down to anyone but a direct heir and only to a boy, never a girl. The story takes place in Sichuan earlier this century during a time of great famine and social disruption. Many poor families are forced to sell their children to stay alive. The King of Masks discovers a cute and lively boy for sale, and takes him home. The boy nicknamed Doggie, is thrilled and offers the King of Masks an uncomplicated affection that the old loner has long craved. But then the King discovers that Doggie is in fact a girl. He tries to send her away, Doggie, who has no one else to care for her and nowhere else to go, begs to be allowed to stay, if only to cook and clean for him. He finally gives in, and trains her to do acrobatics, which she performs on the street. One day, Doggie discovers a young boy who has been kidnapped by gangsters. She doesn't realize that he's the son of a wealthy family. All she can think of is that at last, her "grandpa", the King of Masks can have a bonafide grandson and heir. She thinks he will be thrilled with her and indeed he is overjoyed. Despite Doggie's talent and loyalty is still pines for a male heir. This incident leads to huge trouble when the police find the boy on his houseboat. The police relieved to solve this difficult case are not troubled by the King of Masks protestation of innocence or the lack of evidence, they throw him in prison to await what will undoubtedly a harsh and unforgiving sentence. Doggie is frantic. She comes up with a plan to save him.
Director: Wu Tianming
Writer: Minglun Wei
Producer: Titus Ho and Mona Fong
Cast: Zhu Xu, Zhou Ren-Ying, Zhang Riuyang and Zhao Zhigang
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — John Danks hadn't pitched in a game since last May.
The 10 months that passed since felt like 10 years to the Chicago White Sox left-hander.
The last two hours before Danks started Chicago's spring game against the San Francisco Giants on Monday seemed like an eternity to him, too.
"I tell you what, the clock stopped at 11 (a.m.)," said Danks, who took the mound at 1:05 p.m. Arizona time for the first time since he faced the Cubs at Wrigley Field on May 19. "I felt like I kept looking at the clock, waiting for the game to start. Once I got on the field and started warming up, it felt a little more in my comfort zone."
Danks looked comfortable in his 35-pitch start, throwing 27 for strikes and allowing one run on two hits and no walks with two strikeouts. One of the hits was a home run to left field by Joaquin Arias, the second batter he faced. After that, Danks retired five batters in a row before allowing a leadoff single in the third to Kensuke Tanaka.
"I feel good right now," said Danks, who threw mostly fastballs and changeups. "The test will be tomorrow and the next day. So far, so good. As I was going back out there for the second and third innings, I didn't feel like I was losing anything. If anything, it was starting to come to me a little bit."
Danks made only nine starts last season and, after trying to rehab through his shoulder injury, had arthroscopic surgery in August to repair a capsular tear and minor debridement of the rotator cuff and biceps in the shoulder. He has been on a normal workload and routine this spring and has been saying he expects to be on the opening-day roster.
Monday's start was an important step in his recovery process.
"I'm glad it's over," he said. "I couldn't have really asked for more. I don't want to give up homers, but my main focus was throwing strikes and I was able to do that."
Ryan Vogelsong allowed three runs on four hits in his third spring start for the Giants. Vogelsong made his last appearance before he joins Team USA for the World Baseball Classic. He threw five scoreless innings over his first two starts.
"It's early," Vogelsong said. "My location has been pretty good, so that helps."
Matt Cain pitched three innings in relief, allowing two runs and five hits. Cain's spring ERA is 6.43.
White Sox outfielder Dewayne Wise hit an opposite-field, three-run homer near the left-field foul pole against Josh Osich, who inherited two of Vogelsong's baserunners. Jeff Keppinger, signed in the offseason to play third base for Chicago, singled three times in three at-bats and stole a base. Alexei Ramirez doubled in a run and Paul Konerko singled in a run.
NOTES: White Sox right-handed reliever Jesse Crain, who was scheduled to pitch for Canada in the World Baseball Classic, withdrew due to a strained right adductor. Crain said he hopes to return to his normal routine in a week. ... Vogelsong on the possibility of pitching to teammate Pablo Sandoval in the WBC: "I'll probably throw it right down the middle. Or one in his ear." ... The White Sox host Team USA in an exhibition on Tuesday. Gavin Floyd will make his first appearance of the spring for the Sox. ... Giants first baseman Brandon Belt (1 for 3) has 10 hits in his last 15 at-bats. ... White Sox first base prospect Keon Barnum, the 48th player chosen in the 2012 draft, had surgery Monday to remove the hamate bone in his right hand. ... Madison Bumgarner, who is working on a more compact delivery, starts Tuesday for the Giants against the Indians. Bumgarner has allowed one run in 3 2-3 innings over two outings