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The entry-level sedan joins the RX450h crossover and GS450h and LS600h sedans in the hybrid fraternity to give Lexus a full-range of vehicles as fuel-economy laws tighten.
HS stands for "harmonious sedan" in bringing together gas and electricity. The 250 stands for engine displacement, though it's powered by a 2.4-liter 4-cylinder, not a 2.5-liter. You'd think the HS240 name would be more in harmony. The h, of course, denotes hybrid.
Lexus insists it's not a glorified Prius, the industry's mileage champ with its 50 mpg city rating from a 1.8-liter, 4-cylinder with battery pack. Rather it's a luxury sedan about 5 inches shorter than a Camry and about 9 inches longer than a Prius that gets a "mere" 35 mpg in the city while swathing five people in amenities for 700 miles before the need to refill the tank.
Sounds good until you consider the shortcomings that need be addressed at mid-cycle freshening, such as the vanilla design -- no sprinkles -- and the coupe-sloped profile that will tattoo the noggin if not careful.
Front- and rear-seat room is decent, but seat bottoms are too short for ample thigh support and side bolsters too slim to keep you wrapped tightly in corners.
Housing the battery pack within the rear seat sacrifices cabin room but mostly trunk space. You can fit luggage or the clubs, but that's all. Rear seatbacks don't lower to add cargo space, and there's no ski passthrough into the cabin.
The instrument stack in the center of the dash looks like an avalanche over what little there is of the center console, which holds the systems control handle, or maybe you say computer mouse. Jiggle the handle to call up the energy monitor on the large screen at the top of the dash to see when in battery or gas mode or both. There's push-button start, but reaching the button, near the top of the instrument stack, is a stretch.
There are three operating modes: EV for a little over a mile of travel in battery only; ECO, which limits the throttle to keep speed down and mileage up; and POWER, or lead-foot mode.
Unless in power mode, there's not much pop away from the light, obviously why Lexus avoided a 4-cylinder before this. Of course, 35 mpg in stop-and-go city driving while carrying five is more appealing to some than sprinting from the light.
Nice touches in the $3,900 technology package are heated/cooled seats, a finger-size shift lever in the instrument stack for the continuously variable automatic and a head-up display that provides a continuous speed reading in the lower windshield. The readout moves up or down but not sideways, so it's not always in the center of your vision. Another item for the "to do" list.
The tech package adds a system that beeps if you wander from your lane and helps steer you back there while cruise control is engaged.
Push a button and the dash-top screen splits to show what's on either side up-front--vehicles, people, pets or kids--when parking. But it takes time for eyes to adjust and brain to translate the activity on two screens.
In addition to the energy monitor, a smaller info center in the instrument panel shows when in gas or battery mode or both. The HS250h is offered in regular ($34,200) and premium ($36,970) trim, the version tested. It adds such upgrades as power tilt and telescoping wheel, heated and cooled leather seats, 18-inch radials (17-inch on regular) and rain-sensing wipers to a list that includes all the power goodies -- seats, windows, mirrors and locks -- climate control, Bluetooth and USB/iPod connectivity.
With popular options such as audio and navi systems plus technology package, the HS250h sticker was north of $45,000, a hefty price for simply higher mileage and longer driving range.
Lexus expects to sell about 25,000 units in the first full year. Gas prices, no doubt, will dictate how close it comes to that.
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Wheelbase: 106.3 inches
Length: 184.8 inches
Engine: 2.4-liter 4-cylinder gas engine and nickel-metal-hydride battery pack combine for 187 hp
Transmission: CVT
MPG: 35 city/34 highway
Price as tested: $45,671
(Add $875 for freight)
The sticker
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(+) $2,124 Navigation system with destination assist and traffic, weather and sports/stocks updates
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(+) First 4-cylinder engine for Lexus
(+) Good mileage in five-passenger sedan
(+) Big dash screen that shows when in battery mode
(+) Ready for stricter mileage laws
(-) How much demand for $40,000, 4-cylinder hybrid?
(-) Limited trunk space and seat comfort
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I wouldn't dare try to code up a massive test bench like the ones I use for my CPU designs using this method
I had a recent project where I was building lots of little Verilog "building block" modules. I found that writing good test benches for these small modules was almost as time consuming as creating the modules themselves. I set out to do something about it.
If there is one thing I dread, it is writing user interface code. Since this was just a tool, I decided I wanted to side step as much user interface development as possible. I was looking at the output of Verilog waveform dump, and it occurred to me that it could almost be a spreadsheet with the signals in rows and each column representing a clock cycle.
Of course, you'd get cross-eyed looking at all the binary digits and you also wouldn't want to fill all of them in. After an afternoon of turning it over in my head, I realized I could fix a lot of these problems with spreadsheet formulae. I also remembered seeing a TrueType font made to represent waveforms a few years ago.
It took a little experimenting, but I would finally end up with a pretty generic spreadsheet that could represent both my test inputs and expected outputs for a device (see the figure below).
The first row is an informational header. Some of the columns are just there to tell you what to put in the spreadsheet, but a few have actual meaning to the software I'll show you shortly. In particular, cell E1 names the top level Verilog module you want to test. H1 and J1 set the timescale used by the test bench. Cell O1 determines the sampling offset, which I'll explain in a bit.
All the other rows contain your signals, preferably in the order they appear in the module definition. If the first column is blank, the software will ignore that row. This lets you put in comments or — in this case — the scope trace formula that uses the special font to draw the data below it. Of course, you could easily modify the formula to draw the data above it, or group all the numeric data in one block and put the scope traces together under that. Since the software ignores the rows with a blank first column, you can do anything you want. You can even omit the scope traces, if you prefer.
If the first column isn't blank, it is the name of a signal. The second column, then, tells the system (I call it benchscope, by the way) what kind of signal it is. If that second column is the word "clk", then the system ignores the rest of the row and generates a default one-cycle clock.
Another legal keyword for the second column is "input", which means the signal comes from your Verilog module you are testing and, therefore, is an input to the test bench.
Anything else in the second column marks the signal as an output and the test bench will drive the value to the contents of the second column when it starts. That's often a 0 or a 1, although it could be any value appropriate for the signal (like 8'b0, for example).
All the columns starting with D represent a time "tick" in the test bench (which the simulator will interpret based on the timescale you set in the first row). For outputs, you only need to set a value in the time slot you want a change. For inputs, any non-blank value will generate a test. The test bench won't test that value at other times. You can also put an X in a cell to indicate you don't want a test (same a blank cell). This is mostly useful to force the scope trace to show an indeterminate trace.
My user interface turned out to be nothing more than a TrueType font and some fancy spreadsheet formulae. The second tab of the spreadsheet has some help text and a few special cells that help the first tab. The third tab contains example rows you can copy and paste. You can also delete the third tab, although I suggest you keep it in the master template.
I've used the spreadsheet in both Excel and Libre Office. There's no reason any spreadsheet couldn't handle it, although I've noticed jumping between the two sometimes loses a little cosmetic formatting. What you really want is the output of the first tab in a CSV (comma separated value) format. That's the input benchscope is looking for.
The figure above shows the spreadsheet for a simple counter. The top-level module has a counter that goes from zero to five and also outputs parity (long story, but I needed that feature as a building block). The code for the counter is straightforward:
module counter5(input clk, input reset, output reg [3:0] count); always @(posedge clk) begin if (reset) count<=4'b0; else if (count==4'h5) count=0; else count<=count+1; end endmodule // counter5
The top-level module is even simpler:
module pcounter5(input clk, input reset, output [3:0] count, output parbit); assign parbit=^count; counter5 ctr(clk,reset,count); endmodule // pcounter5
If there is a shorter way to compute the parity, I don't know what it is.
I'll spare you the CSV output file, although you can download it with the online listings along with all the other files. You'll need to run the CSV file through the benchscope backend to create the test bench. As usual, for something quick and dirty I turned to awk as being reasonably portable and fast to develop a file transformation like this. Here's the command line I used to generate the test bench:
awk -f benchscope.awk pcounter5.csv >pcounter5-tb.v
The resulting test bench is reasonably easy to modify if you need to tweak it. Here's an excerpt:
`timescale 1ns/1ps `default_nettype none module test; task tbassert(input a, input reg [512:0] s); begin // TODO: If you want some other logging behavior, put it here if (a==0) $display("%-s",s); end endtask // Outputs to DUT (DUT inputs) reg clk=0; reg reset=0; // Inputs from DUT (DUT outputs) wire [3:0] count; wire parity; // Device under test // TODO: You may need to reorder the ports if they were not in order in the input pcounter5 dut(clk,reset,count,parity); // clock generation always #1 clk=~clk; initial begin $dumpfile("pcounter5.vcd"); // TODO: Change dumpvars if desired $dumpvars; #1.1 reset=1; #2.1 tbassert(count==0, "Mismatch of signal count at time slot 3.1\n"); #0 tbassert(parity==0, "Mismatch of signal parity at time slot 3.1\n"); #0.9 reset=0; . . . #2.1 tbassert(count==1, "Mismatch of signal count at time slot 17.1\n"); #0 tbassert(parity==1, "Mismatch of signal parity at time slot 17.1\n"); #1 $finish; end endmodule
The test bench sets up outputs and delays using the tbassert task to log any unexpected inputs. You can easily change that task if you prefer to record results in another format (although the test bench also creates a dump file for display).
There are two things noteworthy about the delays used. In general, you may want to test outputs just after a clock edge. That's what the sampling offset is for in the first row of the spreadsheet. In this case, I picked a 0.1 clock offset and the test bench automatically adjusts the times so that everything occurs as expected.
The other thing you'll see is some zero delays (#0). These ensure that outputs get set before the test bench samples inputs. Other than that, the test bench is similar to the ones I hand rolled last time. In addition to the files, I also put the test bench and both Verilog modules (appended into one "file") on EDA Playground so you can run them live in a browser. Here's the resulting waveform:
If you like, try changing one of the tbassert lines to force an error. You should see the error noted in the console window near the bottom of the screen (or, if you are using your own tools, wherever your $display output shows up).
I wouldn't dare try to code up a massive test bench like the ones I use for my CPU designs using this method. It would be like trying to build a large design using schematic entry. But it is worthwhile for simple designs. It is also could be a useful tool in a classroom where you want the student to focus (at first) on the design and also to think about the expected inputs and outputs.

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Zabljak is one of the small tourist centres in Montenegro's North. The steep roofs of its houses reveal that winters are harsh. The few socialist-era hotels are in bad shape, and most of the socialist-era ski lifts lie in disrepair. The changes witnessed in the South and the capital, Podgorica, are slow to make their way up to Zabljak.
About a third of the total population of Montenegro – slightly less than 200,000 people – live in the North. However, the North contributes only 18 percent to Montenegrin GDP (down from 25.5 percent in 1990). In May 2007 a newspaper found that the budget of the coastal 16,000-strong municipality of Budva (EUR 44 million) was higher than the budgets of all 11 Northern municipalities combined (EUR 42.5 million).
The North of Montenegro has been particularly isolated over the centuries. Ottoman forces, which conquered the medieval Balkan states in the 14th and 15th centuries, made little effort to enforce their rule in this poor and sparsely populated region, leaving the population to run its own internal affairs. Society was organised in tribes (pleme), each controlling a certain territory. Beneath the tribe were smaller units, which traced their descent to a common ancestor (clan or bratstvo). A clan could number as many as 250 members, and was usually headed by its oldest member. Every tribe had its chief and an assembly of elders.
It was not until the mid-19th century that the Montenegrin rulers in Cetinje managed to bring the tribes in the North under direct control. However, the northern parts of Montenegro remained remote and inaccessible well into the 20th century. They saw bitter fighting in the Second World War.
Though Zabljak is itself still one of Montenegro's poorest municipalities, the North as a whole – with its mountains, canyons and traditional villages – is beginning to make a name for itself as a tourist destination. Residents of Podgorica like to take refuge from the summer heat of the capital in the mountains, and enjoy the tranquillity of village life. Foreign tourists have also started to discover the region's forests, idyllic lakes and mountain paths. The more adventurous enjoy rafting trips in the Tara Canyon. At 82 kilometres, it is one of the longest canyons in the world and has been proclaimed a world heritage site by UNESCO. It is part of the Durmitor national park.
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On Saturday, Jan. 26, faculty, staff, and parents will gather to celebrate our teachers and staff with the Annual Teacher Appreciation Dinner & Dance plus the Home & School Association will hold their annual Electronics Raffle drawing. Tickets to this event as well as raffle tickets for over 20 prizes ranging from a $2000 Visa gift card to multiple HD TVs and many other electronic items can be purchased at the school office.
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Dimensions: Overall: 9 7/8 x 15 in. ( 25.1 x 38.1 cm )
Description: Landscape details
Credit Line: Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
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ABB Robotics, a supplier of industrial robots, will begin hosting certified technical training classes March 21, 2011 at Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) in Appleton, Wisconsin. FVTC will become ABB's third regional U.S. training facility and continues its strategic plan to establish certified training campuses throughout North America where robotic technicians have more proximate access to comprehensive training and certification. Classes are available to current ABB robot end users and all others interested in becoming more adept at programming and operating industrial robots. Class sizes are limited to offer a two to one ratio of students to robots.
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"We are very pleased to add Fox Valley Technical College as one of our regional training affiliates," said Joe Campbell, vice president of the ABB Robot Products Group in the US. "They understand the major role robotic automation plays in advanced manufacturing, and the value in educating both students and incumbent workers in building a highly-skilled and competitive workforce."
FVTC offers a two-year associate degree in Automated Manufacturing & Robotics, and a series of robotic training courses in its Workforce Development program. ABB is providing comprehensive training for FVTC instructors at their flagship robotic training facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
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'Joni and Friends' Celebrates Three Decades of Radio Ministry
The month of May marked the 30th anniversary of Joni Eareckson Tada's award-winning radio program, "Joni and Friends Radio," which has inspired listeners around the world and educated them about people with disabilities.
The five-minute long radio program has aired over 7,800 times during the last three decades, but at one time it didn't even seem like a possibility. Tada laughed when she was first approached by the Ambassador Advertising Agency about hosting the program in 1982, because at the time she was bedridden.
"My life was confined to those four walls in that bedroom. And here they were, telling me that what God had taught me in my wheelchair, and what I had been sharing in books and speaking from various platforms...would be very valuable to listeners across the country," Tada told The Christian Post on Thursday.
In 1967, at the age of 17, Tada became a quadriplegic after she was injured in a diving accident, but shortly after she made it her mission to help others who are affected by disabilities. Her radio program has addressed a wide-variety of topics from a biblical worldview over the years, though the topic of disability awareness is particularly close to her heart.
Tada says her radio program is like her daily journal, where she can share her personal insights and experiences with the rest of the world. Like a journal, the program is also honest and authentic, and she isn't afraid to confess her shortcomings on the air.
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Although she has hosted thousands of broadcasts, Tada says there was one in particular that was very special to her. In the late 1980s she interviewed her own mother, who was generally shy in front of a microphone but who broke out in song during the interview and sang the hymn, "Some Day He'll Make It Plain." Tada says hearing her mother sing the song brought her to tears.
Earlier this year Tada was inducted into the National Religious Broadcasters Hall of Fame, an honor also given to well-respected Christian communicators like Billy Graham and Chuck Colson. She jokingly said the award makes her feel old, but says she is honored to be "put in their class."
In 1979, Tada founded the Joni and Friends International Disability Center in her home as a way to share her faith and help others who struggle with their own disabilities. Today, the California-based organization serves as the hub for a number of ministries that serve the disabled and their families and train others to do the same.
One such ministry, the Christian Institute on Disability, is currently working with Christian colleges and universities throughout world to help them develop disability ministry courses. A team from the institute is currently working with a small evangelical seminary in China, and Tada says she is excited to help the younger generations realize the need for ministries geared toward the disabled.
To illustrate why disability awareness is so important, Tada read an email she received from her friend, who is a missionary in Tanzania. The friend said in the email that "being born with a disability is a death sentence" in the African nation.
She then went on to explain how a disabled girl, Mary, was left by her parents on the side of the road, where she was sexually abused by a group of men. Fortunately some missionaries eventually rescued her, but Tada says Mary is just one out of millions of disabled people on the African continent who need help.
"When I wake up in the morning I think of stories like this, and I want to squeeze every ounce of effort out of my quadriplegic body that I possibly can on behalf of the millions of Mary's...I've been blessed so much, I want to help listeners see that there's a hurting world out there," she said.
Tada says American churches also have a lot to learn, but they can make strides toward helping the disabled by making their facilities more accessible, by receiving some training and by trying to actively minister to the disabled and their families.


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AccuScore uses past player performance statistics to describe how players perform under different environmental, match-up, and game situation conditions. Using projected starting lineups AccuScore simulates each game of the 2009 Season one at-bat at a time. By repeating the simulation 10,000 to 20,000 times per game AccuScore calculates the precise probability each team has of winning each game, winning their division, making the playoffs, advancing in the playoffs and winning the World Series.
Red Sox 95 67 32.2% 46.5% 28.0% 19.5% 13.1%
Rays 93 69 28.1% 42.6% 24.7% 16.5% 10.6%
Yankees 91 71 25.4% 40.8% 21.9% 14.5% 9.1%
Blue Jays 80 82 11.5% 22.4% 9.6% 5.3% 2.4%
Orioles 68 94 2.8% 6.5% 1.8% 0.5% 0.1%
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AL EastRed Sox: Too many physical questions to merit a full endorsement, but the depth of the pitching staff should ensure at least a wild card.
Red Sox (WC)
Blue Jays
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Angels
ALDS: Rays over Twins / Red Sox over Angels
ALCS: Rays over Red Sox
NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Dodgers
NL WC: Mets
NLDS: Phillies over Dodgers / Cubs over Mets
NLCS: Phillies over Cubs
World Series: Rays over Phillies in 6
Yankees: As with the Red Sox, plenty of potential for age- and injury-related issues — and that's assuming A-Rod returns at 100 percent.
Rays: A lot went right last season, but not everything. The offense should be better, the defense remains outstanding and the pitching is deep and strong. For virtually every problem that may arise, the Rays have an answer.


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TCBES Weekly Seminar- Restoration of Koa Forest Understory
Location: Wentworth Hall, Room 9
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Title: Multi-trophic drivers of understory regeneration in restored koa forest
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There were fourteen arrests today community supporters of the Sensata workers marched on the facility to demand a meeting with the manager of the plant. Arrested include Rev. Jesse Jackson, Bishop Tavis Grant, Rockford Alderman Victory Bell-Rockford, local community members, and three Sensata workers. Labor union representatives from Illinois were also arrested.
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Today at Freeport's Sensata Technologies plant, civil rights leader, Reverend Jesse Jackson returned to rally with with soon-to-be out of work employees.
Jackson spent most of the afternoon in "Bainport", the make-shift campsite that's been home to Sensata employees and their supporters for the last 40 days. Things took a turn around 4:00 p.m. when Jackson and about a dozen workers decided to march onto company property, before being arrested by police.
… "When these workers lose their jobs, they lose their homes, they lose their cars. Their kids cannot stay in school, they lose their hope. We are fighting for the integrity of the American worker, we're fighting for an even playing field," said Jackson.
Earlier today Sensata workers filed a complaint with the NLRB over retaliation threats by the company. The company threatened to immediately close the plant if workers didn't stop protesting and organizing. The NLRB complaint was filed because threats like this are illegal.
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Over the past several weeks, Park Hill has been the target of local copper thieves who have already done hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage to this historic building by gutting the heating system and water lines. The former nursing home went into foreclosure over a year ago and is now owned by a bank who have done little to protect and secure its contents. You can read about some of its history here.
Whether it was the Strawberry Moon or the Venus transition, people have behaved badly on Grove Street lately. Last night about 1:00am I woke to the sounds of slurred cursing. I went outside to find a man so intoxicated he was laying on the sidewalk in front of the Former Park Hill adult home. Then I discovered someone stole my full trash can put curbside for pick up today! Two women walking by last night after the police arrived stated they saw two teenaged men, one white, one black wheeling a trash can full of copper pipes down Forbes Street. Their description of the can led me to believe it was mine. Apparently they ditched the trash bags inside and used it to haul away copper from the Park Hill Adult Home.
This morning during a visit from my brother and sister-in-law, a car did a three-point turn in front of my house and started driving the wrong way down the one way street, pulling into the driveway next to Park Hill. Armed with my iPhone, I decided enough was enough and confronted these would be burglars as they pulled out of the driveway with copper pipes in their vehicle. I stopped the vehicle and ordered them to return the pipes. As they complied, I photographed them, the vehicle plate number and then called the Amsterdam Police who arrived about 15 minutes later.
The building was thoroughly searched both last night and again this morning and secured by the responding Police Officers.
The photos of the alleged perpetrators is being withheld due to pending litigation. With my statement and the photos, the APD were able to name the individuals responsible and now have some evidence to work with to help curtail the theft of copper on Grove Street… or so we thought.
Just a few hours after this mornings incident, I was checking the property of the adjacent Goddess of Mercy Temple with Jennie Wong when we discovered the side door of Park Hill propped open with a bucket. Once again I notified the APD and this time the response was immediate and large! The APD covered all the entrances and exits, once again doing a systematic search. I did not see anyone taken into custody.
As the night falls I notice the APD making frequents rounds of the area. Hopefully, Venus is finished transitioning and I can get a full nights sleep!
Update: Reported in the Amsterdam Recorder 06/12/2012
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The legal battle over whether Shelly Sterling has authority under a family trust to sell the Los Angeles Clippers took a short detour to federal court Monday, with Donald Sterling contending his federal privacy rights were violated by the disclosure of his medical records to his wife and the public.
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The federal court filing prompted a delay in a non-jury trial in Los Angeles Superior Court, where a probate judge was scheduled to determine if Shelly Sterling acted within her authority when she negotiated a $2 billion deal to sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Donald Sterling's court papers, filed Thursday, asked that the case be transferred instead to federal court.
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An attorney for Shelly Sterling told NBC4 "there's nothing here in this case that this judge in probate court can't decide."
U.S. District Judge George Wu rejected Sterling's case, clearing the way for Superior Court Judge Michael Levanas to begin hearing testimony. When court reconvened, Shelly Sterling's attorneys called Donald Sterling as their first witness – but he was not in court, causing another delay.
Testimony began Monday afternoon when a neurologist testified that she examined Donald Sterling, and concluded he has had Alzheimer's for three to five years.
"We think it's a tragedy to have our clients medical records essentially put out for public display and that's something we're gonna focus when we get our turn," Donald Sterling's attorney Bobby Samini said Monday afternoon.
Sterling's attorney objected to every single question about his medical record, but the judge let the questions be asked.
"This is the desperation of a desperate man who will do anything, anything he can with his money, and his lawyers, to block this incredibly wonderful sale for #2 billion to Mr. Ballmer," Shelly Sterling's attorney Pierce O'Donnell said.
Donald Sterling is expected to take the stand Tuesday. His lawyer told NBC4 that Tuesday would be an interesting day, adding that there would be "a lot to write about."
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Shelly Sterling struck the deal to sell the Clippers to Ballmer after Donald Sterling's racist remarks to a girlfriend were publicized and the NBA moved to oust him as team owner. In order to do so, she had two doctors examine her 80-year-old husband and they declared him mentally incapacitated and unable to act as an administrator of The Sterling Family Trust, which owns the Clippers.
Attorneys on both sides agreed last week that the Superior Court proceedings will focus on whether Donald Sterling was induced into undergoing mental examinations by two doctors without being told the reason.
But there will be no rebuttal testimony from Donald Sterling's attorneys challenging the findings by the two physicians that he was mentally incapacitated, which his wife maintains gave her authority to sell the team.
The terms of the trust say incapacitation can be determined by two licensed doctors without ties to the family who are specialists in their field. A trustee must cooperate with such exams.
The judge must find that Shelly Sterling acted in accordance with the trust and that the deal still applies — even though the trust has since been revoked by Donald Sterling — for the sale to proceed.
Donald Sterling's attorneys say that his wife "blindsided" him and he submitted to examinations under false pretenses. They allege there was undue influence in the doctors' findings, and that the exams and letters regarding his mental capacity were defective and incomplete.
They say that if he'd been properly informed, he would have participated at a more convenient time instead of being pulled out of legal meetings.
"He would have also eaten properly and have been well rested for the examinations and focused on taking the exam with the full and complete understanding what it was for and the serious nature of the exam," they wrote in filings.
But Shelly Sterling's attorney, Pierce O'Donnell, said that Donald Sterling voluntarily went to take scans of his brain and there was no requirement to remind Donald Sterling, who is an attorney, or his legal team of the trust's conditions.
The trial will also focus on the question of what happens to a deal that hasn't been closed once a trust is revoked. Donald Sterling revoked the trust on June 9 — weeks after Shelly Sterling negotiated the deal with Ballmer.
Shelly Sterling's attorneys also contend that finishing the deal is part of "winding down" the trust's affairs and that she has an obligation to close or Ballmer will sue.
Donald Sterling's attorneys argue that the probate court now lacks jurisdiction and that winding down affairs refers to passive actions, not a sale that markedly changes the assets in the trust and its value.
Donald Sterling's attorneys made a late move last week to shift the case to federal court so their allegations of medical privacy violations in the probate case can be heard.
Attorneys for both Shelly Sterling and Ballmer called the filing a "desperate" tactic that they would seek to block.
It was not immediately clear when a federal judge would rule on the filing or how it would affect the probate proceedings, but the trial remained on schedule to start Monday morning.
Whatever happens, timing is tight. NBA owners must approve what would be a record-breaking deal and are scheduled to meet July 15 to vote.
That's the same day Ballmer's offer is set to expire — and there is no deal without the judge's approval of the sale.
If the sale isn't completed by Sept. 15, the league said it could seize the team and put it up for auction.
NBC4's Kim Baldonado and Samia Khan contributed to this report.


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The Carline Thistle is a spiny biennial plant that can be found on dry, chalk grassland. Its distinctive brown and golden flower heads look like a daisy that is dying or a thistle that's gone to seed, but they are, in fact, in full flower. They can be seen from July to September, although the dead heads persist for much longer, often into the following spring.
How to identify
The Carline Thistle has clusters of flower heads that look like dead or dying daisies. They are actually composite flower heads consisting of brown florets (tiny flowers) surrounded by a fringe of golden bracts (leaf-like structures). In the bright sunshine, they glisten silver and gold. Carline Thistles have oblong leaves with wavy margins and spiny lobes that hug their stems
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Scattered across the UK, but predominantly grows in England and Wales.
When to find it
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Areas of rare and unique wildlife, chalk grasslands have been likened to rainforest for the diversity of species they hold. But they are being lost at an alarming rate due to changes in land use causing the decline of grazing: it's estimated that we've lost 80% of our chalk grassland over the last 60 years. The Wildlife Trusts manage many grassland nature reserves for the benefit of the rare wildlife they hold by using traditional management methods such as autumn grazing and scrub clearance. You can help too: volunteer for your local Wildlife Trust and you could be involved in everything from flower surveys to stockwatching.