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Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 9:30 AM
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Redwood City girl killed while riding bike
Original post made on Nov 27, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 9:30 AM
Comments (14)
a resident of Professorville
on Nov 27, 2012 at 10:39 am
Sad for everyone, but too common.
Can the Weekly get the name of the driver?
a resident of another community
on Nov 27, 2012 at 10:41 am
Sad, sad, sad. What was surely a rich life, just gone. This is the kind of story that strikes terror in the heart of every parent whose kids go off on bikes each day. It doesn't really matter how or why it happened, b/c she isn't coming back. I hope her parents have a community around them that can help them to endure this heartbreak.
a resident of another community
on Nov 27, 2012 at 11:11 am
Please everyone, slow down out there, drive courteously and use your signals. Many, many accidents are avoidable with a dose of caution and respect for others on the road. At this point, it won't do this girl or her family any good, but if we all slow down just a bit, it might help save someone else.
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 27, 2012 at 12:34 pm
Keith is right -- "slow down out there, drive courteously and use your signals" -- but it takes more than that. It's teaching yourself and your kids to be aware of what's happening around you. I've had too many friends involved in bike-car accidents where the bike was going straight through an intersection and the car was turning right. Neither one was really aware of the other, despite the fact that they had a very long time and distance to see each other. The driver has to be aware of where the bike is when his car gets to the intersection, and the bicyclist has to be aware whether the car has its turn signal on, or is even just showing signs of turning, like slowing down and getting in position to turn. Courtesy is great but it doesn't make up for knowing what's going on.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Nov 27, 2012 at 1:05 pm
This is so very sad. The driver is cooperating....no need to focus on him. Its this young girls family and friends that are at loss and grieving because no matter what happens to the driver...it will not bring her back. My condolences to the family and friends.I didn't know her but I still feel sad to hear how many people lives will be affected.My children attended Palo Verde, now theyre adults. I drive through there everyday and have come very close to hitting a child on a bicycle. They don't follow the traffic as they should.The helmet may not always save a life. Bicylists NEED TO FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE ROAD TOO.!Please talk to your children if theyre riding a bike to school.
a resident of Green Acres
on Nov 27, 2012 at 1:12 pm
Mary, you seem to assume that cars follow "the rules of the road". THEY DON'T - no more than bicycles or any others who move around city streets! Following the rules doesn't guarantee safety anyway. I do agree with slowing down - but am not optimistic that people will change their habits anytime soon.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Nov 27, 2012 at 2:12 pm
There was heavy fog at 8.30 am yesterday morning. I feel sure that this may have had a part in the accident.
I wonder if the car was using lights? I wonder if the bike had lights?
We don't know whose fault this accident was, but we must learn from it.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Nov 27, 2012 at 3:45 pm
Most bikeriders do not use lights, if they have them, except at night. This is an awful tragedy, and it is hard to know how it could have been prevented in such poor visibility, aside from a parent taking her to school that day.
Locally, I see so many teens riding on the wrong side of the road, against traffic, on their way to school. They often ride four or more abreast on narrow, high traffic streets. Too many of them do not know the rules of bikeriding in traffic. I drive VERY slowly past kids on bikes.
a resident of another community
on Nov 27, 2012 at 6:32 pm
This tragedy could have been avoided. Jefferson and Alameda are both residential roads, lined with homes and schools. The victim was apparently bicycling to her school, which is located on Alameda.
Despite being residential roads, many car drivers treat them like high speed highways, which creates a huge safety issue for the people who live there. Redwood City has been looking for ways to make the traffic safer, but apparently they were too late for this young woman.
a resident of Los Altos
on Nov 27, 2012 at 8:47 pm
Okay, we have no idea of the cause of THIS accident. Many lives forever changed. I do want to say that many kids today have no clue how to be safe around cars. It starts with the crossing guards who hold traffic for the kids while they goof around and look at phones and do everything except acknowledge they are crossing a street! I'm not saying get rid of crossing guards, I am suggesting they might tell the kids to "look alive, get with the program, observe the cars!" It gives them a false sense of security. I grew up in NYC where you learned how to deal with cars and traffic defensively and not live in a bubble where you expected people to watch out for you.
I am not saying this is what happened here. I am saying that drivers could certainly drive better and more cautiously but it seems to me that teaching children more personal responsibility would go a long way. Every day I see teens take stupid chances and be utterly clueless about what is going on around them. I have one of them myself. I implore him to be more careful but he always says he can see the cars and he steers (on his bike) away from them. I don't think kids understand how invisible they can be to drivers - coming out from between parked cars, making a right turn against traffic, etc. until they start to drive. There is a reason that the highest cause of death for teens is accidents.
a resident of another community
on Nov 28, 2012 at 9:02 am
If the truck driver didn't see the victim, he would have hit her from behind. Hitting her when turning indicates that he was passing too closely. Drivers should never ever try to pass a bicyclist in a turn or in an intersection. Intersections and turns are always dangerous. Just wait until they clear the intersection, then pass them.
a resident of Los Altos
on Nov 28, 2012 at 1:53 pm
This is very sad.
As a bicycle activist and a car-free bicycle commuter, some of these comments makes me feel very frustrated. It frustrates me that some commenters who are motorists think this is a good opportunity to point out, yet again, that some bicyclists do not follow the rules of road. Yes, indeed, some don't. It frustrates me even more that I, as a cyclist who has never owned a car but has a driver's licence, understand better than some daily drivers what a driver's licence implies.
Let me state clearly what a driver's license does not imply. It does not imply that a driver is licensed to drive on a road free of anything but other licensed drivers, for such roads do not exist.
Rather, a driver's license implies that a driver has properly trained for, and agrees to do his or her utmost best to drive safely in, an evironment full of pedestrians, cyclists, roller bladers, kids playing ball, kids bicycling to school, disabled people in wheelchairs, blind people, deaf people, deer, squirrels, birds, recreational cyclists, careless pedestrians, careless cyclists, potholes, sunlight glare, debris, construction, rain, fog, wind, horns honking, sirens whaling, and so many other things. Does this sound comfortable? Smooth? Easy? No. It was never supposed to be. A driver is maneuvering a mass at least 20 times greater than his own, at speeds 5 times greater than he can sprint, with fewer senses deployed, through a complicated and unpredictable environment separated from the rest of the world by the barest of barriers.
This is why we don't let kids under 16 drive. They are physically capable, but we suppose they are not mentally capable of handling the responsibility. But they bicycle on roads for the simple reason that *there is no alternative*, as is true of every cyclist.
I bicycle because I like our world a lot and don't want to ruin it. I bicycle because I'd like to think we can live in a way that's commensurate with being breathing flesh and not grinding machines. I bicycle because I want to participate in the world at the same level of vulnerability as an animal. If you decide you want to drive a car, then you had better accept the responsibility that implies.
That's why it frustrates me when a driver says that some bicyclists don't follow the rules of the road. No kidding. Lots don't. But it simply is not relevant. It's part of what you signed up for when you got a driver's license.
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Nov 28, 2012 at 2:02 pm
"That's why it frustrates me when a driver says that some bicyclists don't follow the rules of the road. No kidding. Lots don't. But it simply is not relevant. It's part of what you signed up for when you got a driver's license."
Whatever. That means more cyclists will die. That's what you sig up for when you cycle on busy roads.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Nov 30, 2012 at 11:27 am
Let's take a breath and see what the police report says, shall we? Finger point then.
If you haven't been there, the Jeff/AdlP intersection has stop lights, turn lanes and a bicycle lane on the AdlP after the intersection running towards Woodside HS.
Plenty of potential for accidents no matter your vehicle of choice.
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By Todd Zolecki / MLB.com
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Okay, so now, in order to comfortably assimilate Icke into our world view we have to estblish that Kris Kristofferson is a naga (I wonder why he picks on Kris Kristofferson and puts him into the same league as the Queen and George Bush? Would paranoid ideation be a valid explanation? Doesn't do much for Ickes credibility if his theory is basically based in paranoid delusion). So now all you have to do is prove to me that Kris Kristofferson is a shape shifting extraterrestrial reptile (or posibly even a Naga) and I will be convinced of the validity of Ickes theory.gad rgyangs wrote:while it can seem so innocuously "comparative mythology" in these terms, things get more interesting when you consider that, for example, when Namkhai Norbu speaks about Nagas, he is clearly not talking about mythology: as far as he is concerned, they are real entities. If that is the case, then what else might be going on out there, what might Nagas be up to beyond the traditional understanding of them in Tibetan culture?
You keep forgetting one very important point, nobody here is Tibetan and nobody here is exclusively influenced by (or supportive of) Tibetan world views.This is the question. Surely one would not seriously consider that the Tibetan typology of spirits is exhaustive and complete, that there is no possibility of entities outside their cultural understanding. Therefore it may not be wise to dismiss out of hand claims about various entities and their activities, even if it cannot be fitted into one's Tibetan box of understanding. I would expect instead that those familiar with the Tibetan cultural views of entities would perhaps be the most open to at least considering that "there is more in heaven and earth than is dreamt of in Tibet philosophy."


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Photographed near Madrid 18th April.
This has the scalloping on the hind wing and the forewing costa is very rounded. Why should this not be identified as Gonepteryx farinosa (Powdered Brimstone) other than the geographic location? My guide shows that the forewing costas of farinosa and rhami having concave sections in the forewing costa and the difference being the rounding near the root of the wing, farinosa being generously rounded as in this specimen. Rhami does not have scalloping. So is this really possible?
Geographic location is very important. This specimen was found way out of G. farinosa's natural range, so by this alone I would guess it's not that species. It also looks more like the Brimstone illustrated in my book than a Powdered Brimstone: underwing green rather than yellow, well developed 'tail' on hindwing. I think it's G. rhamni.
Thank you for your reply.
I worry about the geographic argument as species are often spread out of their natural range by inadvertent human actions so I am more interested in objective arguments based on the appearance of the specimen.
I am interested in your argument based on colour. I have Collins and the drawings in that book of farinosa are very definitely yellow. But I also have Haahtela et. al. which has no drawings and only photographs. The photographs in that book show a very slightly yellow green and in all other resepcts look like the photograph I uploaded. I don't know if you have access to that book - it was purchased in the NHM bookshop! Does this mean the authors may have incorrectly identified those photographs? I'm beginning to think they may. Their description of rhamni includes the forewing "apical hook well developed" while for farinosa "a weak apical hook" but in the photographs (on facing pages!) they look identical.
I strongly suspect that my specimen is rhamni as it doesn't even have a slight yellow tinge but if you have an opportunity to look at Haatela I'd be most interested in your observations on their photos.
Thanks for your reply. I will try to find the book next week. I will also ask for help one of our butterfly experts.
I await your further research. While on this subject, and just to add more grist to the mill, I revisited an old enquiry of mine and I was reminded of another feature of farinosa - the antennal club is described as "white or pink above" (in Haatela et al though not in Collins). Looking closely at the image I uploaded you can see that the club closest to the camera (the one on the right) does have a light coloured tip, much as in the photo in Haahtela. (The far antenna is at the wrong angle to see clearly but there is a suggestion of a light tip.) I can see no mention of a light coloured tip in rhamni.
On tenterhooks,
Hi Florin,
Just wondering if you managed to take a look at Haatela et al, or if your butterfly expert had anything to add.
Hi Florin,
I've done a little work to assist you in this question.
First, I re-processed my original photo because the scalloping on the hind wing was somewhat obscured by shadow so I've tried to get a more balanced photo. Second, I've photographed the relevant pages (fortunately consecutive) in Haahtela. Both photos are attached so you get them in full resolution.
What I notice are:
1) My specimen has scalloping as shown in the Haahtela photo.
2) My specimen has an antenna (the one on the right which I think is the one closest to the camera) that resembles the photo in Haahtela.
3) My specimen has a slight concavity where V1 meets the costa on the forewing. I can't make up my mind if there is a concavity in the Haahtela photo but if there is it is less than in my specimen.
4) The Haahtela photo is a slightly yellow green, nothing like the yellow shown in Collins, but more yellow than my specimen. On the othe hand, my specimen is more yellow than the Haahtela photo of rahmni.
It's quite confusing. My specimen is more like farinosa on two counts and more like rahmni on one count and indeterminate on the fourth. I seriously wonder if the Haahtela photo is correct. On the other hand, if my specimen is rahmni then the scalloping can no longer be considered a defining characteristic of farinosa.
I have a photo guide Butterflies of Europe by Trstan Lafranchis which shows pictures of your butterfly. The farinosa has definite white tips on the upper surface of the antennae which it says is a defining character compared with brown tips on rahmni.
This might help but I am not surprised that the identification is difficult.
Difficult! It's driving me mad! If you've looked at the extract from my book which I attached to my last post you can see clearly that the author lists 4 defining characteristics for farinosa:
1) Fw costa rounded. (Not how I would describe the example in his photo - in fact checking it out enlarged there is a definite albeit small concavity at V1)
2) Hw margin scalloped (pretty similar to my photo and to a photo posted some time ago which was said to be rahmni because of the concave forewing costa)
3) A weak apical hook! (I've compared his photos of rahmni and farinosa and I just don't get this as I can't see what the difference is supposed to be)
4) Antennal club white or pink above.
This last is probably the most important but most difficult to establish. When I look at the butterfly I photographed the antenna nearest the camera appears light pink on top with a dark ring and a yellow tip while the one further away looks white - but I'm convinced that latter is mainly due to reflected sunlight. How much of the closer antenna's pink top is due to reflected sunlight who can tell? In the photo from the book, the antenna furthest from the camera appears white on top while the one closest appears pink, with a black ring and a pink tip. The photo of the male rahmi seems to have a slightly pale upper surface (where the light catches it, no doubt) but it does not have a light tip. The photo of the female rahmi antennae is not clear but one may have a white tip.
Anyway, I'm not clear, when you say "shows pictures of your butterfly" do you think your LaFranchis book would classify my butterfly as farinosa or rahmni?
I'm also hoping Florin will return to this discussion at some point.
Sorry to reply so late, and thanks for posting the images in the Haahtela book. I don't have it here in the AMC, but I do have the Lafranchis book. As far as I understand, the best character is the anterior margin of the forewing. In rhamni the forewing costa are slightly concave, while in farinosa they are regularly rounded. So that line is usually straight or rounded in farinosa, and bent inwards in rhamni. The photos in the Haahtela book seem to show this pattern.
The other character is the antennal club, supposedly white(ish?) in farinosa. If you google images of farinosa, you will find some with clear white antennal clubs. One of the photos in the Lafranchis book (page 60) looks like this, but I noticed that rhamni seems to have light-coloured antennal tips depending on how the light reflects on them.
I have asked a Museum butterfly expert for help, and he has found another expert who will take a look at your photo, but he's not in for a couple of weeks and he will reply when he returns.
Best wishes,
PS: compare photos on these pages as well - they may help a bit:
G. rhamni http://www.eurobutterflies.com/species_pages/rhamni.htm
G. farinosa http://www.eurobutterflies.com/species_pages/farinosa.htm
Hi Florin,
Thanks for replying.
The forewing costa is an interesting issue. Re farinosa I've checked the line on the image in Haahtela and it has a very slight concavity at V1. Admittedly, it is far less than in the image I took.
The only similar image in the link you supplied for farinosa in your second message (the top image) also has a slight concavity and there is a comment underneath stating,
"A correspondent has correctly identified this as G. rhamni, not farinosa. Note the concave costa - this should be straight or convex in farinosa."
Which takes me back to one of my original questions - did Haahtela accidentally include an image of rahmni and pass it off as farinosa? If that is the case no wonder it is so difficult to tell these apart.
Then again, let's look at some others.
The specimen on the right of these two has a small concavity at V1. It may be incorrectly identified but it is a photo of a mounted specimen rather than a fleeting glimpse of a butterfly in the wild so I presume the chances of misidentification are lower. There is another:
And how about this one which seems to have white upper antennae but a slight concave costa:
I guess the issue for me is to understand what are the real defining characteristics that differentiate between these two species. I am a scientist by training so I consider it essential that there must be one or more characteristic that will differentiate between two species otherwise this is all smoke and mirrors. With digital photos it is easy to see if a line is straight, convex or concave. It is more difficult to see if antennae are white/pink because reflected sunlight can alter the appearance of the colour. Scalloping, I suspect, cannot be used to differentiate. I've measured the 'degree of scalloping' shown in the 2nd specimen photographed at Vaud, Switzerland, (http://www.eurobutterflies.com/species_pages/rhamni.htm) and compared it with the bottom image of the NHM specimen of farinosa included (http://www.eurobutterflies.com/species_pages/farinosa.htm). They are identical within the limits of my ability to measure on the small images.
I will await the comments of your expert whose attention I hope you will direct to the links I've supplied above.
Hello again,
I have a reply from one of our experts. Here it is:
"Dear Florin
I have the following comments on this discussion.
I would have to say that this is G. rhamni, based on the concave forewing costa. The character of the scalloped margin to the hindwing assumes that the wing is flat and is viewed at 90 degrees; in the photo the wings are clearly at an angle, i.e. so any distortion to the wing might produce this scalloped effect. I am doubtful of the value of the apical hook character, but its use would also depend on the wings being flat. I would also suggest that Interpretation of wing colour and the possible pale tips to the antennae from a single photo is not wholly reliable. The geographical aspect is significant, given the known range of G. farinosa; if the presence of this species in Spain was suspected, it would require confirmation by examination of specimens.
I hope this helps.
Thanks for following this up.
I am happy to accept that this is rahmni. But the wider question seems to me to be still open - what are teh characteristics that determine if a specimen is farinosa? I am intrigued by the commen of your expert about distortion of the wing producing a scalloped effect. I would have imagined that two wings together would naturally lie flat and that viewing off the perpndicular could then only reduce the scalloped appearance. It seems we are left with the white on the antennae being the only reliable method of identification in the field, provided it can be clearly seen not to be an effect of reflected light.


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Take the chill out with Creamy Tomato Basil Soup
Fall is slowly settling in. As I write, the sky is charcoal gray with ribbons of white bleeding into the darkness. The sun poked through a break in the clouds for a few minutes, trees bare of leaves casting shadows on the dormant grass. The outdoor thermometer reads 38 degrees.
I can see the last blooms of my perennial flowers outside, adding contrasting color of deep yellow beside the lavender-colored mums flowering right beside them. Brown pine needles and dry leaves are scattered over the grass. It's definitely fall.
The plumber working to unplug the drain in my kitchen sink made a run out to his truck and came back in with an announcement. "It's snowing. Well, more like a fine sleet."
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Carrots and onions still remaining from a market basket I purchased a few weeks ago and a rib of celery from my refrigerator got chopped up into small bits. I wanted the vegetables to cook quickly in tomatoes and broth after being sautéed until tender. A clove of garlic, pulled from a bulb fresh out of a local garden, was minced under the sharp blade of my chef's knife. When the onion, carrot and celery were tender, the minced garlic was added to the pot and sautéed for just a couple of minutes. Minced garlic is likely to burn if it is put into the pot at the same time as the other vegetables. Overcooked garlic turns bitter and will ruin your pot of soup.
I was tempted to use some of the fresh tomatoes from my garden that I puréed and put into the freezer a few weeks ago. But I decided to save them for a frigid day in the middle of winter when I would appreciate the garden-fresh flavor of summer. Instead, I took a can of diced tomatoes from my pantry. The sweet, tender vegetables simmered in the tomatoes with their juice and some vegetable broth.
While the soup simmered, I pulled out some of my favorite vintage restaurant china I've collected over time. I toasted some 7-sprouted grains English muffins. A slather of butter melted into the warm muffins as I sliced my preferred cheddar cheese to veil over the toasted halves.
The soup was transferred into the blender and pureed until smooth and creamy. It went back into the pot to get additional flavor from a dash of lemon salt, a grinding of black pepper, a glug of rich half-and-half and a handful of fresh basil, the last of the green, fragrant leaves from a local garden.
Cheese-gilded, buttery toasted English muffins spent seconds under the broiler. As the soup heated on the stove, the cheese melted and bubbled in the oven. It's a grilled sandwich of sorts, open-faced, crunchy and cheesy.
Quickly, I grabbed a spoon, sat down and ate the pureed thick, creamy soup spiked with basil. Immediately, I felt the reminiscent comfort of tomato soup. It brought color to my gray day.
The recipe for Creamy Tomato Basil Soup makes four servings for hungry, soup-loving people. If you are cooking for two, the remaining soup can be used as a sauce for a baked pasta dish. Layer cooked tortellini or ravioli (both can be purchased in the refrigerator case at the grocery store) into a shallow casserole dish. Top with Creamy Tomato Basil Soup and sprinkle generously with mozzarella cheese. Bake in a 350-degree oven until heated through and cheese is melted.
Cook once. Create two meals. Bring color and comfort to fall days.
Creamy Tomato Basil Soup
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 yellow onion, chopped small
1 rib of celery, chopped small
1 carrot, chopped small
1 chubby clove garlic, minced
1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes
3/4 cup vegetable or chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon lemon salt
2 tablespoons half-and-half
Handful of fresh basil leaves, chopped small
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Heat olive oil in a 3-quart pot. When the oil is hot, add chopped onion, celery and carrot. Sauté until the vegetables are softened and very fragrant. Add garlic. Sauté for 2 minutes. Add can of diced tomatoes, including the juice, and the broth. Bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer. Cover pot and simmer until carrots are tender, 20 to 30 minutes.
Use a ladle to transfer soup to a blender. Blend until mixture is sooth and creamy. Return soup to pot. Stir in sugar and lemon salt. Add half-and-half and chopped basil. Stir to blend. Taste and season with freshly ground black pepper according to taste. Serve hot. Makes 4 to 6 servings.
Tips from the cook
--Make lemon salt by whirling a tablespoon of fine sea salt with the grated zest of 1 lemon in a coffee grinder reserved for herbs and spices. A blender will do a fine job, too. Keep the lemon salt in a jar in the refrigerator. It will keep its wonderful fragrance of lemon for one week. In the book, "Salad as a Meal," author Patricia Wells claims she uses this salt on virtually everything.
--Be cautious when puréeing hot soup in a blender. Hold a kitchen towel over the top to prevent hot splashes from hitting you when you turn on the blender.


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Strawberry Shortcake Cookies Recipe
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- Dash salt
- 2/3 cup cold butter
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup fresh strawberries, sliced
- 2 tablespoons 2% milk
- 5 cups confectioners' sugar
- Additional sliced fresh strawberries, optional
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Combine water and vanilla; stir into crumb mixture just until moistened. Cover and refrigerate for 1-2 hours or until firm.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out to 1/4-in. thickness; cut with a floured 3-in. round cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets.
- Bake at 325° for 15-18 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter, strawberries and milk until combined. Gradually add confectioners' sugar; beat until blended. Spread over cookies; garnish with additional sliced strawberries if desired. Yield: 2 dozen.
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"These don't have real shortbread flavor like I was looking for. The frosting does make a lot for the amount of cookies this recipe makes."
"not as real shoirtbread cookie, but good and as previously stated, the strawberries weep if placed on cookies before serving."
"Love strawberry shortcake and when I saw this recipe, I looked in the pantry and had everything to make them. The dough was too dry to work with needed to add more water but the cookies turned out okay. The amount of frosting the directions says to make is way too much for the number of cookies! I have enough frosting left to cover a two layer cake. Will not make again."
"Cookies are basic sugar cookies. After frosting, do not put fresh strawberries on cookie until you are ready to serve. Strawberries will weep on top of the suger frosting. Otherwise good."
"The frosting was great but the cookies did not take much like shortcake to me. My husband and I agreed that the icing was a 4.5 or 5 and the cookies were just a 3."


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Guest | January 13, 2013
By Guest • Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 14:21
by Nikki Skuce, Senior Energy Campaigner, ForestEthics Advocacy
Every time I read the comments section related to a story on First Nations activism, I am saddened by the depth and popularity of racism in Canada. This has been evident from the First Nations activism against Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline and tanker project, and from the current Idle No More national movement demanding the government respect this country's original peoples.
From some of my fellow Canadians, you would think that First Nations are free-loading, tax exempt Indians who can be bought as long as the money's right, and should just pick up and move if the housing ain't right. If they're too Indian, they should join us in the 21st Century; if they ride pick-ups and snowmobiles, they shouldn't be allowed to voice any opposition to fossil fuel projects.
This mostly comes from those with avatars who leave nasty comments at the bottom of articles (an ignorance built upon gross inadequacies in our education system). When 130 First Nations came out in solidarity against the Enbridge pipeline a year ago, 10 out of 20 of the high scoring comments on the Globe and Mail article were all withheld having "violated our Terms and Conditions". Others that remained included: "[Natives] are high class wh*res, like in this case"; and "a bunch of money in front of them and eventually opposition will disappear! not that difficult!".
As a Canadian mother, I've never had to worry that my daughter is going to be taken away from me and rid of her Spanish language and Latina roots, as many First Nations have through residential school policies. I've never had to endure generations of racism and abuse because I'm thought of as inferior to the dominant class. I am attributed stereotypes, but none that weigh heavily on my self-esteem. While maybe I should count myself fortunate, more of us should listen to our neighbours who have suffered this discrimination and hear their stories. If we are to be a truly multicultural country that supports equality, we need to both listen and speak up when others are not so generous.
And these people have a right to support this project, whatever their logic. But that logic need not be racist or demeaning.
Many First Nations communities, in particular those in British Columbia with unceded territories, are regularly treated as an annoying hurdle to have to jump over. After having their rights and title repeatedly recognized, rarely have governments and corporations sat down to ensure adequate and respectful consultation and accommodation, and free, prior and informed consent.
Before due process, the Harper government had already come out as a cheerleader for Enbridge's project.
Trying to ignore Aboriginal rights and title and bulldoze projects through is a colonial attitude that embeds racism in our institutions. Genuine consultation takes time, and there will be times when no is the result.
While the Idle No More movement maintains momentum across Canada, it's the perfect opportunity for those not involved to listen, inquire and engage in dialogue. Take the time to learn something about this country, its first peoples, what's being said and why. Dig deeper than the mainstream news headlines.
Canada is a country that has embraced multiculturalism. While we're far from perfect on that front, why can't our multicultural society embrace our First Nations too (who are many cultures within)? Like with all of our neighbours, this doesn't mean we always have to agree. But the very least we can do is be respectful. Racism carries high costs. Respect costs nothing. And it pays back generously.
This piece was originally published on http://rabble.ca
stone1343 replied on Permalink
Absolutely right
Thanks for this, and reminding me I need to subscribe to rabble.ca
Tim Anthony replied on Permalink
Up to government
Yes there's a lot of racism against Canada's aboriginals in Canada. I see it in the newspapers, especially the Winnipeg Free Press comment sections, which are often shut down due to excessive racist commentary.
But I respectfully submit that the Government of Canada is more responsible than anyone, because it is their job to fight this sort of thing. Only governments have the power to take on grand tasks like changing the collective mind of a nation. There is a terrible amount of misinformation, although I miight suggest disinformation is a better term. I don't believe this job can be done from the ground up by grass roots organizations, sorry.
Petition the government directly is my best suggestion.
David B. Benson replied on Permalink
In the USA
respect for the Amerindians came aster they managed to graduate some lawyers who could pass the bar exam. The lawyers then preceeded to sue and win.
That gained respect.
But shouldn't have had to be that way…
Tim Anthony replied on Permalink
In Canada
Things are a bit different in Canada. I think there is more integration with whites than in the US, and there is correspondingly more tension at street level. It results in racist attitudes - also at street level, but higher up, too. It's the filtering-up effect.
My thoughts...
I think that this article highlights that Harper bit off more than he can chew.
Not that I support him, but he would have had better results in trying to ramrod Northern Gateway through, rather than just stepping all over the First Nations people and environmental law as a matter of course.
In fact Harper has pretty much alienated everyone in an attempt to make that project go ahead. He started by declaring all opposition to be a bunch of environmental extremists. But looking at the bottom line, you don't have to be an extremist to oppose that pipeline. (Heck some fisherment waited 20 years to get paid out for the Exxon Valdez spill. Sign me up for that!)
Appearently the opposition is more conservative than Harper. They are first and foremost, Land owners.


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Management can be defined as getting things done through others. To be a manager you must be an expert at persuading and influencing others to work in a common direction. This is why all excellent managers are also excellent low-pressure salespeople. They do not order people to do things; instead, they persuade them to accept certain responsibilities, with specific deadlines and agreed-upon standards of performance. When a person has been persuaded that he or she has a vested interest in doing a job well, he or she accepts ownership of the job and the result. Once a person accepts ownership and responsibility, the manager can step aside confidently, knowing the job will be done on schedule.
In every part of your life, you have a choice of either doing it yourself or delegating it to others. Your ability to get someone else to take on the job with the same enthusiasm that you would have is an exercise in personal persuasion. It may seem to take a little longer at the beginning, but it saves you an enormous amount of time in the completion of the task.
A key form of leverage that you must develop for success is other peoples knowledge. You must be able to tap into the brain power of many other people if you want to accomplish worthwhile goals. Successful people are not those who know everything needed to accomplish a particular task, but more often than not, they are people who know how to find the knowledge they need.
What is the knowledge that you need to achieve your most important goals? Of the knowledge required, what knowledge must you have personally in order to control your situation, and what knowledge can you borrow, buy, or rent from others?
It has been said that, in our information-based society, you are never more than one book or two phone calls away from any piece of knowledge in the country. With on-line computer services that access huge data bases all over the country, you can usually get the precise information you require in a few minutes by using a personal computer. Whenever you need information and expertise from another person in order to achieve your goals, the very best way to persuade them to help you is to ask them for their assistance.
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It would be nice if we were all well-schooled in psychology and could avoid people problems by simply not hiring or associating with people that have the potential of causing problems. But that is unrealistic in many ways other than the obvious. You simply never know who might or might not be a problem individual under stress. No amount of psychological training is going to equip the small business owner to make such a determination and be 100 percent accurate.
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The Kansas City Chiefs announced Tuesday, July 22, that the National Football League has placed free-agent LB Aden Durde on the team's roster as an international developmental player for 2008.
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NFLEurope.com reports the Cincinnati Bengals have placed LB Aden Durde on their practice squad. The third year of NFL International Development Practice Squad program will see teams in the NFC East and AFC North divisions each carry an NFLEL national player on their practice squad roster for the duration of the upcoming campaign. Durde spent last season with the Carolina Panthers as part of the program.
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Pat Yasinskas, of the Charlotte Observer, reports Carolina Panthers practice squad LB Aden Durde has left the team after testing positive for a banned steroid, according to a team announcement. Durde, who is from England and was assigned to the Panthers as part of an international development program, issued a public apology. "In England I bought and ingested a supplement that, without my knowledge, contained the banned substance," Durde said. "I apologize to the NFL and to the Carolina Panthers for this mistake because in no way did I intend for this to happen."
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A memorable season for Vancouver Whitecaps FC sadly came to an end this evening, as the 'Caps fell 2-1 to LA Galaxy at The Home Depot Center.
But the future is bright and we're already thinking about building on this breakthrough campaign to go at least one step further in 2013.
Of course, to get that far, we will once again need the loyal and passionate support of our fans.
Without you cheering for us through the good times and the bad - be it at the stadium, on the road, at a bar or in your living room - it would have been extremely difficult for us to go from last place in 2011 to becoming the first Canadian team to reach the MLS Cup playoffs.
We gave it our all on the pitch this evening, but sometimes things don't go your way.
That said, we have accomplished so much in 2012.
Aside from making the postseason, we broke through to win our first game on the road (we would go on to win two more); we beat the MLS Supporters' Shield-winning San Jose Earthquakes twice - the only team to do so this year - and our 43 points was the biggest-ever haul by a Canadian team in MLS.
You also helped us turn BC Place into a fortress for visiting teams, as we finished with a solid 8W-3L-6D that paved the way for the staggering 15-point improvement on our 2011 record.
In only our second season in MLS, we have the set the foundation for our club to be stronger and better going forward.
Our campaign may have come to a close tonight, but we hope you enjoyed the ride.
And remember:
This isn't the end, it's only the beginning.
Thank you Whitecaps FC nation and we will see you all in 2013!


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Do you use substances or engage in compulsive activities to regulate your mood? Do you reach for something sweet, a couple of drinks, or a pack of cigarettes after a difficult day because you can't unwind without them? Do you race to the stores to spend away the day's frustrations or run around in circles taking more time to get less done? If these self-defeating habits sound familiar, Emotional Sobriety will shed light on why and how these coping mechanisms threaten your health and impact resilience. When we manage the stresses of the day by turning to outside 'mood managers' such as food, sex, work, shopping, gambling, drugs, and alcohol rather than healthier forms of 'self-soothing,' it is because we lack emotional sobriety - the state of processing our thoughts efficiently to bring our emotions into balance, says best-selling author and renowned addictions psychologist Tian Dayton, Ph.D. In her latest book, Emotional Sobriety, Dr. Dayton shares compelling, honest tales of her life experiences and case studies of those she has counseled. Illustrating that emotional sobriety is a mind/body phenomenon, Dr. Dayton includes ideas on how to attain emotional literacy - the skill of translating feelings into words so that we can use our thought processes to understand and bring our emotions into balance - and how to calm the limbic system so that we can actually experience what we're feeling. The limbic system processes our emotions and governs our mood, appetite, and sleep cycles. Repeated painful experiences, in childhood or adulthood, over which we have no ability or sense of control or escape can over sensitize us to stress and deregulate our limbic system. Dr. Dayton shows you through concrete examples how to bring your emotions and thoughts into balance and learn healthy ways of 'self-soothing' to relieve symptoms of depression, anxiety, rage, and the desire to self-medicate.
©2007 Tian Dayton (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
"Tian's books are essential for ACA recovery!!!"
I am a huge fan of Tian Dayton's work. Her books have provided so much understanding of the problems associated with being an Adult Child and at the same time they truly convey a sense of hope for healing and recovery. I strongly recommend both this book, as well as The ACOA Trauma Syndrome.
"Fast, monotone, psychobabble."
I have enjoyed many books on audible, I specially like to listen to parenting and self help.
This is neither helpful in a practical sense or engaging and is like having a encyclopedia read in a monotone voice. It is read extremely fast for the complicated content and the content just bounces from one theory to another...very very quickly.
Neither well written or well read in my opinion.
I own 20 books, this is the first that grated on the ears.
Parenting, Defining, Frustrating.
Good performance. Steady and even.
Definitely not...needed time in between to process.
I was really hoping that we would eventually get to the "solution" for emotional sobriety. Instead, the book delved into the parenting aspects and the childhood trauma that creates emotional sobriety.
"Great Book for those from Dysfunction"
If you had completely abismal parents with severe mental illness or addiction this book is for you. I can't praise this book enough for those who had completely incompetent people as parents. Now if you had slightly selfish parents who were meaningfully employed but were too controlling or manipulative, then Toxic Parents would be a better book for you. It depends on your situation. I like both books but this one was more applicable to me.
I am so happy this book is in print. This book represents a well-articulated map of the recovery journey - from relational trauma to resilience and balance. This is a valuable resource for anyone making their way back to wholeness or helping someone to do so.
"This is THE book !!"
If you've any pain in your past...parents, spouses, anyone that made you feel bad... then you MUST read this! Regardless of the catalyst, pain is pain. Don't allow it to hold you back !
This book gave me the insight into my 'woes' and inspiration to become a balanced happier person.
The tools she uncovered were within me all along.
I'm 58 now, twice married (if I knew then...) at least my second husband will not have to bare the burden of my unresolved childhood issues.
I'd love to have the opportunity to thank you in person someday but for now... I hope you can my gratitude.
For me to answer that question I would need to listen to the audio again. That is not going to happen, so I will decline from answering other than to say that a professional narrator would have helped a little.
It was repetitive and only touched the surface of the issue.
She talked too much about her personal experience. The first analogy she gave was long, and boring, especially for someone who has no interest in cats. Also, her narration style was boring.
I would have cut out everything repetitive which would have resulted in the book being about half of its size.
The best thing I got from the book was a clear, solid definition of emotional sobriety.
"Not for me...slow "
Not for me...too much storytelling..not what I was looking for. I was looking for positive motivation..
"A Nugget of this life saving program: Honesty Open Mindedness & Willingness"
All questions answered; thank you for sharing this life saving tool of EXPERIENCE, STRENGTH &,☕HOPE.
"I will listen to this book over, and over again ."
Very informative, and easy to understand the complex life of many, many people who want help understanding .
I love my audiobook I go to sleep listening to it. It is the best purchase I ever made. I wish all my books had that option.
"just what you would expect"
It was entirely useless.
It was well read.
I would've changed everything about the book.
This kind of book is exactly what you would expect from an atheistic thinking culture in the West. Darwinism, and eastern mysticism, breathing techniques, meditations, blah blah blah. Lots of vacuous spiritualist terms that don't mean anything. Sad, and useless.
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Nicely made and heavy. The mid and high range sound was adequate but not crystal clear. The separate volume control worked but didn't improve the clarity. The bass is clear and strong at low volume. At mid to high volume the bass hits hard, clean and impressive.
Pros: Bass hits hard and solid at mid to upper volume level. Speaker handled all music types at top volume levels without distortion.
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Although the board of directors of Citizens Property Insurance delayed until Feb. 4, 2012, a decision regarding a new limit for wind coverage for coastal condominium complexes, Key condo owners remain concerned they may face much higher premiums in the future.
In a Dec. 10 memo sent to every Florida legislator representing Sarasota County, the Siesta Key Condominium Association stated the proposed change in wind coverage could lead to an increase between 400% and 500% in insurance premiums for condo owners in complexes in which more than 25% of the units are rented.
Noting the association represents 105 condos on the Key, the memo asks the legislators for their help.
The association included with the memo a copy of a summary of the situation written by Michael Clarkson, president of All Lines Insurance of Clearwater. That summary states, "Buildings identified as having short-term rentals (25% or more units on the rental market) will no longer be eligible for full wind limits through Citizens' Commercial-Residential Program."
Instead, the summary adds, the condominium complexes will be allowed to purchase maximum wind-damage coverage of $1 million per building.
Material prepared for the Dec. 14 Citizens board meeting (www.citizensfla.com) states the change would reduce the company's exposure in coastal areas by $17 billion.
Citizens' argument, the summary states, is that during the past three years, the Florida Hurricane CAT Fund stipulated it would reimburse the company for full losses only if fewer than 25% of the units in a condominium complex in a coastal area were rented annually.
The summary states it would be difficult to identify all of the complexes that fall into the category of 25% or more rentals, because many association boards are unsure of the number of their rental units.
The summary also asks, "Can our beaches handle premium increases up to 450% during a recession?"
"If the rates go up 400%, that's such a major increase that many places are going to have to have a special assessment," said Helen Clifford of the Siesta Key Condominium Association Board of Directors.
A number of condo owners buy their units as beach houses, Clifford said.
"During season, they're trying to make money" by renting the units Clifford said. "If the wind-insurance premium goes up dramatically, (many owners may decide they) can't handle this anymore.
"I think it's going to be a major hit throughout Siesta Key," she said.
Walt Olson, vice president of the Condo Association, said his complex, the Excelsior, has seven buildings with a total value of about $7 million. If Citizens limited its total wind coverage to $1 million, he said, that would be a significant increase for owners to handle.
"If there's enough upheaval (among owners), perhaps we could get (Citizens' proposal) overturned," he said.
The association has sent letters to all the complexes on the Key, he added, asking the boards of directors to send letters to their legislators.
In response last week to an email from Clifford, Sarasota County Commission Chairwoman Nora Patterson informed her fellow commissioners about the issue. She agreed with Clarkson's memo to the association.
"I don't know exactly how (Citizens is) going to measure (the number of rental units in a complex)," she said.
Patterson added that for a number of years in the city of Sarasota, homeowners had been forced to use Citizens for wind coverage because private companies are not allowed to write those policies.
"I have to say, Citizens' (policy costs are) going to go up anyway," she said, even if the new wind coverage proposal fails to win approval.
One email Patterson received about the matter came from a Gulf & Bay Club condo owner who was worried about their insurance coverage going up to $2,000 a year.
"But I can tell you, single-family homeowners pay more than that for comparable-value properties," she said.
Still, Patterson said: "It's going to be a problem, and hopefully these (condo owners) won't have … a humongous increase visited upon them, because you're going to have problems with the value of all Siesta Key condos, for sure, because they're all heavily used for rental."
Commissioner Jon Thaxton responded: "The need for Citizens to become actuarially sound is clearly very important. We can't lose sight of a very obvious and necessary goal.
"I could see, with a hazard insurance policy, changing a premium for a non-owner-occupied unit, (but) I don't see how wind pays any difference to whether or not it's a leased property or owner-occupied property," he said.
Commissioner Christine Robinson said she understood the initiative came from Gov. Rick Scott's office, which was determined to see Citizens reduce its costs. In reading the proposed change in policy writing, she added, "I'm not really sure this will trigger as much (change in expense) as we think it will trigger for folks."
"I have conflicting feelings about (the proposal)," Patterson said. If the state suffered major hurricane damage, she said, and Citizens was under-funded, the expense of covering the losses "would be made up by huge increases on everybody, anyway."
The Pelican Press was unsuccessful in seeking comments from state Sen. Nancy Detert, of Venice, and Rep. Doug Holder, of District 70, which includes Siesta Key.
Although the board of directors of Citizens Property Insurance delayed until Feb. 4, 2012, a decision regarding a new limit for wind coverage for coastal condominium complexes, Key condo owners remain concerned they may face much higher premiums in the future.


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Here are some of the notable quotes from around Major League Baseball this week:
"I don't care. I'm going to give up about 40 more."
-- Billy Wagner commenting on allowing his first hit of the season Sunday after throwing 9 2/3 hitless innings of relief to start the season. (Newsday)
"I couldn't care less about the numbers. If I didn't know, I'd think he's hitting .270, .280. The loud outs and loud base hits stick in your mind much more than the quiet ones. Rickie's hitting all these bullets and hitting the ball hard at people. I feel like he's swinging the bat fine, he just has nothing to show for it."
--Milwaukee manager Ned Yost on second baseman Rickie Weeks, who is hitting below .200 right now despite hitting the ball hard in many of his at-bats. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
"In my opinion, he made three unhittable pitches. He just did a great job. He came in and really threw three very nasty pitches, and there's not a whole lot you can do when he's throwing the ball that way."
-- Lance Berkman on Arizona pitcher and former Astros teammate Chad Qualls, who struck Berkman out in the eighth inning on Monday night. Berkman represented the tying run. (Houston Chronicle)
"I had no idea. I had no idea why [Diamondbacks general manager Josh Byrnes] traded me here, but it was good for me and good for the Diamondbacks."
-- Jose Valverde on being traded by the Diamondbacks to the Astros in the offseason for Chad Qualls and Chris Burke. The Astros and Diamondbacks faced each other Monday for the first time since the trade occurred. (Arizona Republic)
"I hit a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh. We were winning by two. All I did was add another run. I didn't think that was the right moment. It wasn't a walk-off home run, it wasn't a tiebreaking home run -- it was a home run in April."
-- Carlos Delgado explaining why he didn't come out of the dugout for a requested curtain call by New York fans Sunday. (Newsday)
"Obviously, what he did for this team last year is huge. We haven't had the Jorge Posada that everybody knows so far this year."
-- Johnny Damon commenting on Jorge Posada, who was placed on the disabled list with a sore right shoulder. (Newsday)
"Didn't look effortless to me. When he was down in the tunnel looking like he needed some oxygen, it didn't look effortless there either. We were laughing quite a bit."
-- Skip Schumaker, after Cardinals teammate Troy Glaus circled the bases in the second inning on Tuesday night on a double followed by a throwing error. (MLB.com)
"If I play the rest of the season healthy -- 100 percent -- I can steal 30 bases. I feel more comfortable in my quad. My speed is there."
-- Alfonso Soriano, who returned to the Cubs' lineup on Thursday, on what he envisions for himself for the rest of the season. (Chicago Sun-Times)
"Maybe it's a lot of people who aren't on the cover saying it's a jinx, but it's me playing, so I'll do my best not to follow in those footsteps."
-- Kosuke Fukudome, who is on the cover of this week's Sports Illustrated, on whether or not the "SI Jinx" really exists. (Chicago Sun-Times)
"That's more or less me. Early on in my career, I didn't say much. Geez, 'Early on in my career,' like I've been here forever, but -- my rookie year I didn't say much because that was my role. Eventually I was like, whatever, I might as well be myself."
-- Mark Teahen, responding to a question about his recent tendency to mix in some stand-up comedy with his interview answers. (Kansas City Star)
"I'm going to keep working at it, and God will put me in the right path."
-- Chicago White Sox infielder Alexei Ramirez, who is still learning how to play second base at the big league level. (Chicago Tribune)
"It's been a long time for me to come into a situation like that. You never want to come into a situation like that, but that's what our job requires at times. I'm just grateful that I've been healthy and strong enough to make the pitches that I need to make."
-- Tom Gordon, after getting two ground-ball outs with the bases loaded in the Phillies win over San Diego on Tuesday night, helping to preserve the victory. (Philadelphia Daily News)
"I'm wondering if I'm ever going to win a game."
-- Tom Glavine who has given up two earned runs or fewer in three of his four starts for the Braves this year but has yet to break into the win column. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
"It's just one of those cities where they boo everybody. That was probably a one out of a scale of 10 compared to what it's going to be in Philly."
-- Wes Helms on his return to Milwaukee, where he played three seasons. (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
"I hate to send anybody down that's performing at that level, so that'll be a difficult decision when we get there. Right now, he's been a very important part of our winning. I just look forward to him catching his next game."
--Nationals general manager Jim Bowden on how the return of starting catcher Paul Lo Duca will affect backup Wil Nieves, who has made a big impact on pitcher John Lannan. (Washington Post)
"Some unexpected things happen. Several unexpected things happened this year in a short amount of time."
--Dodgers third baseman Blake DeWitt, who did not expect to make the Opening Day roster, on being recalled less than 48 hours after he was sent to Triple-A to take the place of the injured Nomar Garciaparra. (Los Angeles Times)
"I just call him 'Web Gem'. He's a heck of a shortstop."
--Angels third baseman Brandon Wood, a converted shortstop, on catches made by Erick Aybar. (Los Angeles Times)
"That was priceless. I don't think I saw him beat one out in 2006, much less triple. He told me a couple of days ago, 'I can run now,' and I said, 'Really? After 15 years, all of a sudden you can run now?' It's impressive."
-- Chad Gaudin after current and former A's teammate Frank Thomas hit his first triple in six years. (San Francisco Chronicle)
"He crouched down like a catcher and told me to close my eyes and throw him the ball. I told him, 'What, are you crazy? I just walked five guys in an inning.' But he said, 'Just do it.'"
-- Miguel Batista describing work with Mario Brito that's designed to help with his command. (Seattle Times)
"You try to harness [any extra emotion], but I'm not going to lie -- I was a little pumped up to go out there. I know a lot of those guys over there, and a lot of them are my friends. But it is a game, and I've got to get them out, and they've got to try and get a hit off me. It felt good."
--Arizona reliever Chad Qualls on facing his former team, the Houston Astros, on Monday night. Qualls entered the game in the eighth inning and retired the only batter he faced to help the Diamondbacks get out of a jam and go on to win 5-3. (East Valley Tribune)
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Derby has roots in weekly 1960s TV show
By Bernie Pleskoff / MLB.com
I remember watching the competition week after week as if it happened yesterday. But 54 years have passed since announcer Mark Scott hosted the original Home Run Derby, a home run-hitting competition filmed in black and white and shown on television beginning in April 1960.
Home Run Derby participants
|American League
|Jose Bautista, TOR (Captain)
|Josh Donaldson, OAK
|Brian Dozier, MIN
|Adam Jones, BAL
|Yoenis Cespedes, OAK*
|National League
|Troy Tulowitzki, COL (Captain)
|Todd Frazier, CIN
|Justin Morneau, COL
|Yasiel Puig, LAD
|Giancarlo Stanton, MIA
Home Run Derby was a weekly competition between the game's greatest sluggers at the time. Twenty-six contests were completed in the series, all produced within a three-week period beginning in January 1960 at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles. Two episodes were filmed each day. A National League player faced an American League player each week, and every Major League club was represented on the show with the exception of the Chicago White Sox, who did not have a player with the benchmark 25 home runs during the previous season, 1959.
|Winner, score
|Loser, score
|Mickey Mantle, 9
|Willie Mays, 8
|Mickey Mantle, 5
|Ernie Banks, 3
|Mickey Mantle, 9
|Jackie Jensen, 2
|Harmon Killebrew, 9
|Mickey Mantle, 8
|Harmon Killebrew, 6
|Rocky Colavito, 5
|Ken Boyer, 3
|Harmon Killebrew, 2
|Hank Aaron, 9
|Ken Boyer, 6
|Hank Aaron, 6
|Jim Lemon, 4
|Hank Aaron, 4
|Eddie Matthews, 3
|Hank Aaron, 5
|Al Kaline, 1
|Hank Aaron, 3
|Dick Stuart, 1
|Hank Aaron, 3
|Bob Allison, 2
|Wally Post, 7
|Hank Aaron, 4
|Dick Stuart, 11
|Wally Post, 9
|Dick Stuart, 7
|Gus Triandos, 1
|Frank Robinson, 6
|Dick Stuart, 3
|Bob Cerv, 8
|Frank Robinson, 7
|Bob Allison, 4
|Bob Cerv, 3
|Willie Mays, 11
|Bob Allison, 3
|Willie Mays, 7
|Harmon Killebrew, 6
|Willie Mays, 6
|Jim Lemon, 3
|Gil Hodges, 6
|Willie Mays, 3
|Ernie Banks, 11
|Gil Hodges, 7
|Jackie Jensen, 14
|Ernie Banks, 11
|Jackie Jensen, 3
|Rocky Colavito, 2
|Mickey Mantle, 13
|Jackie Jensen, 10
A total of 20 sluggers met the Derby standard. Four of the qualified players never appeared. They included Joe Adcock, Orlando Cepeda, Woodie Held and Charlie Maxwell.
The prize money was considerable at the time. The winner received $2,000, the loser $1,000. A $500 bonus was offered to a player who hit three consecutive home runs without making an out.
Nine of the participants became Hall of Famers. They included Henry Aaron, Ernie Banks, Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew, Mickey Mantle, Eddie Mathews, Willie Mays, Frank Robinson and Duke Snider. What a list.
The original Derby counted a pitch taken in the strike zone as an out. Each hitter was given three outs an inning for nine innings. The player with the most home runs advanced to the following week.
The all-time leader of the competition was Aaron, who won six times.
Halfway through the airing of the series, Scott, the host, died of a heart attack at 45 years old. A second season was never produced.
Fast-forward to 2014. Fans still love to watch the competition between players and seeing the top sluggers hit majestic home runs.
In this year's Gillette Home Run Derby, to be held on Monday night at Minnesota's Target Field at 8 ET on ESPN and in Canada on Sportsnet, fans will have the opportunity to watch an AL team of Yoenis Cespedes, Adam Jones, Brian Dozier, Josh Donaldson and captain Jose Bautista take on the NL sluggers, including Yasiel Puig, Giancarlo Stanton, Todd Frazier, Justin Morneau and captain Troy Tulowitzki. One of them will emerge the overall winner.
Taking their best power swings to the Home Run Derby, these modern-day sluggers are selective swinging at pitches, knowing that a foul ball, a swing and miss or anything struck other than a home run is an out. Unlike the original Home Run Derby, there is no penalty for taking a called strike.
Should a player advance beyond the initial round, the modern version of the Derby, featuring a bracket format for the first time, consists of several rounds of players swinging for the fences. Swing after swing is "all or nothing." It saps energy. It requires fitness and stamina. It isn't as simple as just swinging at a pitch. It's swinging over and over with the purpose of hitting the ball over the fence.
All five players from each league will bat in the opening round, each given seven outs. The player who hits the most homers in each league will receive a bye to the third round (semifinals). The next two players from each league with the most homers will square off against one another in a head-to-head matchup in the second round. The winners of these matchups will advance to the third round to compete against the league's top seed. The final round will feature the winners of the AL and NL semifinals going head to head to determine the winner of the event.
Any player in the competition can get into a rhythm and win the Derby. Any player can repeat his home run swing over and over and get on a roll. That's what makes the Derby so intriguing. Anyone entered can win.
We won't quite be seeing the 1960 version of Home Run Derby, but all of the excitement and competition among sluggers will be on display in Minneapolis. It's a great event and one not to be missed.
Bernie Pleskoff has served as a professional scout for the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners. Follow @BerniePleskoff on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Is Praising Children Good Parenting?
Author Says Praise Is Bad For Kids. Parenting Experts Say He's Wrong
We're happy to present this article from our partner site Yahoo! Shine:
A new book on finding one's true self has rekindled an age-old discussion with a chapter saying that praise is harmful to kids. But parenting experts tell Yahoo! Shine that praise itself isn't the problem — the issue is that parents have been doing it wrong for years.
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In "The Examined Life," Stephen Grosz pulls together insights gleaned from 25 years worth of work as a psychoanalyst. He became a father at age 50, and his experiences helping troubled, unhappy adults led him to agree with an old idea — that empty praise does children more harm than good.
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"Admiring our children may temporarily lift our sense of self-esteem but it isn't doing much for a child's sense of self," he told the British newspaper The Sunday Times. "Empty praise is as bad as thoughtless criticism — it expresses indifference to the child's feelings and thoughts."
But parenting experts agree that avoiding praise altogether isn't the answer.
Find out more after the break.
"I don't think anybody can live without praise," Betsy Brown Braun, author of "Just Tell Me What to Say," told Yahoo! Shine. "I think the problem is we need to cultivate intrinsic praise instead of making praise-addicted kids who are dependent upon the verbal doggie biscuit thrown out by someone else."
The worst "verbal doggie biscuits" out there? "Good job!" and "Good thinking!" And in her second book, "You're Not the Boss of Me: Brat-Proofing Your 4- to 12-Year-Old Child," Braun offers 100 alternatives to those platitudes, like:
- You're on the right track now!
- You're working so hard!
- You figured that out fast!
- That's quite an improvement!
- You're so kind!
- You're so thoughtful!
- You're so helpful!
- Great answers!
- Keep on trying!
- You really make being a parent fun!
"We all like to feel good about what we've done. We like to feel accomplished and satisfied," Braun told Yahoo! Shine. "But the key is to judge yourself, to be your own giver of praise, so that you intrinsically know you've done well."
The problem is that, instead of doling out praise when it's well deserved, "good job" has become something many parents say automatically.
"I think it has become like a reflex," mother of two Denise Schipani, author of "Mean Moms Rule: Why Doing the Hard Stuff Now Creates Good Kids Later," told Yahoo! Shine. "I do it myself — you hear it constantly. 'Great job!' 'Good job!' And what did he do? He carried a cup from the table to the sink."
Instead of praising without thinking, parents should focus on the child's actions and efforts. It's an idea that was first floated in the 1970s by Carol Dweck of Stanford University, whose studies showed that kids who were praised for something they couldn't control — their intelligence levels — were stressed out and unhappy on future tests, while kids praised for something they could control — their efforts — were engaged, confident, and more willing to work hard.
And don't worry — you won't damage a kid's self esteem by telling them that they need to try a little harder at something. True self esteem, most experts agree, comes from accomplishment, not praise.
"What gives true self esteem is competency," Richard Bromfield, author of "Unspoil your Child Fast" told Yahoo! Shine. "All resilience really is is just competency in life."
"When we praise kids too much, we steal away their naturally occurring internal incentives to grow," he added. "Rather than praise, what you really need to do is confirm their experience."
It's the old idea of positive reinforcement — and it's so tried-and-true that some schools are doing it as well. At the League School in Brooklyn, a day school and treatment program for kids with psychological and behavioral problems, teachers are using a technique called Teacher-Child Interaction Training (TCIT), a modified version of the Parent-Child Interaction Training used as behavior-modification therapy for years.
But positive reinforcement requires parents to be a little more present. "What you're really asking the parent to do is to really see the child, to really see what they're struggling with, what they have to deal with," Bromfield points out. "It's a form of praise, but it's really validation of caring, effort, and investment."
The payoff is that kids start feeling better about themselves because they know exactly what they did right — and they know they can do it over and over again.
"If you're dependent upon praise, then you can't go forward unless someone is telling you 'Good job'," Braun pointed out. "The idea of praise is to encourage or to motivate."
There is one form of praise that has tremendous power, as long as parents use it honestly and sparingly, she added.
"It's saying 'I'm really proud of you'," Braun said. "Children really do want their parents to be proud of them."
— Lylah M. Alphonse
Copyright © 2012 Yahoo Inc.
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Are Parents Setting Kids Up for Failure by Pushing Too Hard for Success?
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Reception for high school visual, performing artists to take place March 24
Reception for high school visual, performing artists to take place March 24
A reception for high school artists of the Alle-Kiski Arts Consortium is slated for Monday, March 24, at Penn State New Kensington. The young artists will discuss their works from 5 to 7 p.m. in the campus Art Gallery. The event is free to the public.
"Arts Alive" is the theme of the annual student art exhibit that runs through March 30 in the gallery. The show is sponsored by the consortium, a group of local educators dedicated to bringing performing and visual arts to area students. Prissy Pakulski, visual arts educator at Valley High School in the New Kensington-Arnold School District, is the coordinator of the event.
"The gallery at Penn State New Kensington produces an ambiance of professionalism, and students get a real gallery exhibition experience," said Pakulski, a visual artist who previously has shown her work at the campus. "
Artwork by high school students from five local high schools -- Deer Lakes, Highlands, Kiski Area, Valley and St. Joseph's -- is featured in the show. More than 500 two- and three-dimensional pieces, including paintings, drawings, sculpture and jewelry will be hung salon style, a European technique that dates back to the 17th century. Salon style features a single exhibition room with artwork covering all the walls in a collage-like pattern.
"The salon style furthers the uniqueness of the young emerging artists," said Pakulski, who works in stained glass. "In addition, easels and pedestals will further showcase the creations."
The gallery is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and noon to 5 p.m. on the weekends. For more information, contact Pakulski at 724-337-4536 ext. 2010 or email@example.com
For photos of the exhibit, visit http://psnk.smugmug.com/.
Bill Woodard
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Atletico de Madrid
Though Lionel Messi set a very impressive career mark on Sunday, it would be hard to argue anyone on the planet had as good of a weekend as Atletico Madrid's Radamel Falcao who scored five goals in Atleti's 6-0 home win over Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday.
Teammate Diego Costa put Atletico ahead 1-0 in the 23rd minute before Flacao unleashed a fury of goals in the 28th, 42nd, 64th, 68th and 71st minutes as the club eased to victory over the La Liga bottom dwellers.
The goal fest moved Falcao past Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo and into second on the La Liga goal charts with 16, sitting behind only Barcelona's Messi who has 23 goals in the current campaign.
Atletico will shift focus to Copa del Rey play when they welcome Getafe to the Calderon for the first leg of their series on Wednesday.
Sitting six points behind Barcelona at second place in the La Liga table, the club will hope to cut into the lead when they travel to the Nou Camp for a top of the table clash on Sunday.
See all the goals from Sunday below...
Besiktas Istanbul
In Turkish Super League play on Friday, Besiktas ran out to a 2-0 lead over Eskisehirspor through Slovakian striker Filip Holosko (sixth minute) and Portuguese forward Hugo Almeida (66th minute).
They often say that in soccer 2-0 is the most dangerous lead though and that proved true as Eskisehirspor pulled two late goals back through a Necate Antes penalty in the 82nd minute before Austrian substitute Atdhe Nuhiu equalized in the 90th.
With the 2-2 draw, Besiktas sit third on 26 points in the Super League heading into Wednesday's Turkish Cup match at Antalyaspor. They return to league play Saturday when they visit ninth place Genclebirligi.
Raja Casablanca
Raja Casablanca remained first in the Moroccan Botola Pro League, earning four points in two matches last week.
The Green Eagles downed Moghreb Tetouan 3-1 at home last Wednesday before playing to a 0-0 draw at Maghreb Fez on Sunday.
With 23 points, the side sits one point above second place Wydad Casablanca with a game in hand, heading into their top of the table clash this Friday.


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Lynn Milam, 32, was arrested in a stolen vehicle from Pope County by the Kimble County Sheriff's Office. Milam also has warrants for his arrest out of Conway County for larceny and absconding parole.
Milam is currently being held in the Kimble County Jail. Once released from his charges in Texas, he will be extradited to either Pope or Conway County to face local charges.
Junction is about 140 miles west of Austin, and 440 miles from El Paso on Interstate 10, that runs through the city.
A release from Kimble County Sheriff Hilario Cantu was pending as of Thursday evening.


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New Golden Boy emerging
Updated 11:51 pm, Friday, April 19, 2013
His promoter wanted him to fight someone else. So, not surprisingly, when Saul "Canelo" Alvarez was shown a list of suggested opponents, Austin Trout's name was nowhere to be found.
Weary of the criticism over his opponents, the red-haired prince of Mexican boxing became red-faced and put his foot down.
But Alvarez says there's another reason he wanted to take on Trout.
"I wanted the challenge," he said.
Sometimes, it pays to be careful what you wish for.
Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KOs), perhaps the biggest star in boxing not named Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao, puts his WBC light middleweight title on the line against Trout (26-0, 14 KOs), the WBA's super welterweight king, in a 12-round, 154-pound unification title bout Saturday at the Alamodome.
It's a battle of two undefeated champions, a rarity in boxing.
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A sellout crowd of 38,000 is expected for the nine-bout card, making it the biggest fight in San Antonio since the legendary Julio Cesar Chavez-Pernell Whitaker title match drew 60,000 spectators at the dome 20 years ago.
Comparisons to that historic event are just one of the storylines surrounding the bout.
Like Chavez-Whitaker, this fight pits champion against champion, at the Alamodome, featuring a slugging Mexican hero against a slick, African-American southpaw.
But this fight mostly is about Alvarez and whether the 22-year-old brawler can live up to the immense hype that has been showered on him since he signed with Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions three years ago.
Alvarez, whose red hair and light, freckle-faced complexion has earned him the nickname "Canelo," Spanish for cinnamon, enjoys a profile worthy of a rock star in Mexico, where he's arguably the biggest attraction since the legendary Chavez.
"You explain it by, well, just taking a look at him," said De La Hoya, boxing's last matinee idol. "He's a redhead, he has freckles, he's a good-looking kid. And he can fight. People just love him."
They would love him even more — idolize him, in fact — if he can beat Trout, considered the best opponent Alvarez will have fought.
It's a risky fight for the Mexican star, despite what the oddsmakers say. Alvarez is better than a 2-1 favorite.
But many believe Trout, a Las Cruces, N.M., resident, has the style and size to pull the upset.
Trout is among them.
"I think I'm the bigger guy, and I plan to prove that Saturday," he said.
Trout is coming off a dominating win over a faded but still competitive Miguel Cotto in December, which earned him his shot against Alvarez.
Alvarez's camp favored Cotto as the opponent, even after his loss to Trout. But Alvarez changed their minds.
The fight was scheduled to be the co-main event on the Mayweather-Robert Guerrero card May 4 in Las Vegas, but Alvarez didn't want to share top billing with the sport's pound-for-pound king.
Alvarez hopes to earn a showdown with Mayweather if he wins Saturday.
De La Hoya commended his fighter for demanding the fight.
"It speaks volumes about the young man," he said. "At the age of 22 and already wanting to fight the very best. Austin Trout is a very dangerous opponent."
Against Trout, Alvarez said the key for him will be patience. It's not necessarily going to be slugger vs. boxer, he said. He's going to have to box, too.
"The more intelligent fighter is going to win," he said in Spanish through an interpreter. "It's going to be a complicated fight. But I like to think inside the ring.
"The key for me is not to get desperate, not get wild. Take round per round, win round per round, see what comes up and counter that during the fight."
There is a rematch clause, but only if Trout wins.


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Hello Everyone,
Recently I bought the Eikon digital fingerprint scanner. The scanner alows you to use it to login to your pc, open specific programs, and fill in your login information for websites that require your credentials. I noticed that with forcefield enabled when I swipe my finger it won't allow the fingerprint software "protector suite" to fill in my username and password. However when I disable Force Field in Zonealarm Extreme Security then the fingerprint reader software will fill in my passwords. So for some reason forcefield is blocking in the input of this information (though firefox password manager works the same way except you use a master password rather than a fingerprint and firefox's password manager works fine). It would be great if Zone Alarm could fix this compatability issue so I can use my fingerprint software and Force Field together.


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All three of the Swedish "The Girl Who.." series movies are now available on DVD (and streaming Netflix!)..
Watch them in order, and as in the books - the middle one is a transition between the first and third.. so it's a bit slow (and puzzling in spots.)
I saw The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire in the movies - loved the first, was somewhat disappointed in the 2nd (transition one.)
Then I saw The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest on DVD and it all came together. Just like the books
I dread the US remake(s).. I think I'll just not see them.
Good stuff - shame that Stieg Larsson isn't with us to offer us more great reading.


text: SyFy will be airing the entirety of the V saga over three days, beginning Sunday. On Sunday, beginning at 1pm EST, SyFy will be airing the V miniseries and V: The Final Battle back to back. And on Monday and Tuesday the V tv show will be shown. I've never seen any V before, though I've always wanted to. Now I get a chance! So, if anyone wants to see some original V, watch/set DVRs for SyFy on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.