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Norman Sperling
2625 Alcatraz Avenue #235
Berkeley, CA 94705-2702

cellphone 650 - 200 - 9211
eMail normsperling [at] gmail.com

Norm Sperling’s Great Science Trek: 2013

FEBRUARY and MARCH 2013:
Settling into trailer life, keeping warm

San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara
Mojave Desert
Cactus League Spring Training
Yuma
Tucson
El Paso
Brownsville
~ March 22: San Antonio
March 23-25: offline
~ March 26: Houston

APRIL 2013:
Gulf Coast
up the Eastern seaboard

MAY 2013:
near I-40 westbound
near US-101 northbound
May 17: TriValley Stargazers, Livermore
May 18-19: Maker Faire, San Mateo
May 24-27: BayCon, Santa Clara

JUNE 2013:
June 1: NCHALADA near San Francisco
near I-70 eastbound
Denver
~June 14: St. Louis
June 15-22: offline
~June 23: Minneapolis
June 28-30: RASC Thunder Bay

JULY 2013:
Great Lakes region
Upper Peninsula
July 27-28: Maker Faire, Detroit

AUGUST 2013:
August 6-9: Nebraska Star Party
~ August 13: Glacier
August 14-17: offline
August 22-on: UC Berkeley

Speaking engagements welcome!
2014 and 2015 itineraries will probably cross several times.

DNA Fingers Human, Not Yeti, Source of Finger

Norman Sperling, December 29, 2011

Physical evidence, scientifically analyzed, reveals reality far better than anecdotes, story-telling, and wishful thinking.

Proponents of the "Yeti" (Himalayan "abominable snowman") touted a finger taken from a "Yeti" hand displayed at the Pangboche Temple’s monastery in Nepal in 1958. If the Yeti is a real species, that wouldn't contradict Science, but it would add a fascinating complication to the complex story of humanity's heritage.

The finger's DNA has now been analyzed. It's human.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16264752

The news report pointedly doesn't state *which* finger it is, but I have my suspicions.

The Journal of Irreproducible Results
This Book Warps Space and Time
What Your Astronomy Textbook Won't Tell You

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