Ataxophobia: Fear of untidiness/disorder
Athazagoraphobia: Being forgotten/alone
Aulophobia: Fear of flutes Read the rest of this entry »
NSC Day at the Races
Aug 8
Join the Nisei Ski Club in the 2nd annual day at the horse races. Watch the races in the style of the Kings. Sit in a comfortable sheltered environment with panoramic views or watch the race on your monitor at your table. Place a bet on a horse and win. Read the rest of this entry »
Join Nisei Ski Club on this easy paced, mostly flat ride along the San Francisco Bay trail to Pt. Richmond (http://www.baytrail.org/Maps/East_Bay.pdf). Meet at Emeryville City Marina at 9:30 am, rolling out at 10:00 am. We’ll ride along the San Francisco Bay trail, winding our way to Point Richmond. Enjoy the view of the bay and its natural surroundings. 32 mile round trip. Lunch and beverages will be provided by Taste Soo Good Catering. Read the rest of this entry »
Curling Update
Aug 8
To date, 4 people voiced interest in such an event, and while waiting for more, the available dates in
June were all taken. I will continue to monitor the bayareacurling.com website for new dates and post
them on our website. The latest times seem to be at Oakland Ice vs. Fremont.or San Jose Sharks Read the rest of this entry »
Six die-hard hikers (including 3 all the way from Sacramento) met at the Palace of Fine Arts for a rather cool hike around the Mansions and gardens of the upper Broadway area. Just as I assured everyone that the sun would soon come out, I thought “famous last words”, and we saw the sun for Read the rest of this entry »
August Puzzles
Aug 8
Answers to last month’s puzzle:
The calendar with cube faces that show the day of the month: 1—31. Die A: 0, 1, 2, 6 (turned upside down also works for a 9), 7, 8. Die B: 0, 1, 2. 3, 4, 5. Read the rest of this entry »
Ankylophobia: Fear of immobility of a joint
Antlophobia: Fear of floods
Anuptaphobia: Fear of staying single
Aphenphosmphobia: Fear of being touched
Apotemnophobia: Fear of amputees
Arachibutyrophobia: Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of their mouth.
Asthenophobia: Fear of fainting/weakness
Astrophobia: Fear of stars or celestial space
This year will be a transition period for the NSC newsletter. The only reason we used to have monthly board meetings was to determine the content of the monthly newsletter. There is a whole process and schedule for getting an event and budget approved. I’m streamlining this and I want events to be posted on the website as soon as they are approved by the board. Read the rest of this entry »
President’s July Message
Jul 1
Hi. I’m Morgan Hua, the newly elected 2010-2011 NSC President. I’ve been a member since 1989 and from 1998 I’ve served on the NSC board in various positions including 2001 President. I’d like to thank Joel Hayashida for serving as President for the last two years.
Joel has made a number of changes and I plan on continuing his improvements. Board meetings used to take five hours and I used to call them Bored Meetings. Joel was able to cut down the board meetings to less than two hours. This year, I’ve decided to eliminate the monthly board meetings and use electronic communication as a method for club business. We have already passed the 2010-2011 budget, voted in Karen Soo as a Board Member, and approved Karen’s Oakland Pixar event. (Actually, Karen Soo did get write-in votes, but the Board certified the election before she accepted the position, so the Board had to vote her in separately). Read the rest of this entry »
Nisei Ski Club Tours The Oakland Museum of California “PIXAR – 25 Years of Animation” Exhibition
Jul 1
Join Nisei Ski Club at this upcoming FREE event at the museum. The Oakland Museum of California presenting PIXAR: 25 Years of Animation, a major exhibition of over 500 works by the artists at Pixar Animation Studios, including drawings, paintings, and sculptures that illustrate the creative process and craftsmanship behind Pixar’s wildly successful computer-animated films. This will be a significantly enhanced presentation of the exhibition, which is returning home to Oakland after a successful worldwide tour that began at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2005. A number of significant works will be on public display for the first time, including art from Ratatouille, WALL•E, Up, and Pixar’s latest feature film, Toy Story 3. PIXAR will also include an updated, awe-inspiring version of the Pixar Artscape, a widescreen media installation. The exhibition will be accompanied by screenings of Pixar’s feature and short films; a special program of lectures, talks and workshops with Pixar artists; and a new and expanded exhibition catalogue. Read the rest of this entry »
NSC Elections
Jul 1
Thanks to Alice and all the election committee for twisting all those arms and convincing people that it really will be rewarding and fun to be on the board for next year. We look forward to another great NSC year with lots of well-run ski trips and other fun activities. See New List of New Officers. By the way, if you know about an interesting activity the club might enjoy and would like to introduce us to it, let Alice Horio know at vicepresident@niseiskiclub.org. If you can’t organize the event yourself, Alice may find someone on the board to lead it. I actually led my first SF stairs hike for the club before I joined and this has turned into one of the most enjoyable periods of my life.
To date, only 4 people voiced interest in such an event, and while waiting for more, the available dates in June were all taken. I will continue to monitor the bayareacurling.com website for new dates and post them on our website. The latest times seem to be at Oakland Ice vs. Fremont.or San Jose Sharks Ice. Now that the Olympics are over, interest in this sport is dying down and there should be more available dates. Let me know at newsletter@niseiskiclub.org if interested. I believe we can run this event with a low number if we combine with another group.
Puzzles
Jul 1
Answers to last month’s puzzle: Remove FIVE LETTERS and what remains is a word you can find in any English dictionary. What’s the word? AFPIOVELLOEGTI(T)ERESS or APOLOGIES. My puzzle book left out a second “T” in the string (in parentheses)—Sorry.
For this month, remember those calendars with 2 cubes that are positioned adjacent each other so that the sides facing you show the day of the month: 1—31? Without looking at one, what are the digits on each of the 6 sides that are required to show 1 through 31?
Algophobia: Pain
alliumphobia: Garlic
allodoxaphobia: Opinions
amathophobia: Dust
amaxophobia:Riding in cars/vehicle
amychophobia: being scratched
anablephobia: looking up
anemophobia: air drafts or wind
We sold 989 bowls of chicken salad and 198 bottles of water at the event for a net profit of $2336. Thanks to all the volunteers, the Mtn. View Buddhist Church, Tanimura & Antle for the lettuce and green onions and the committee of David Tim, Hoyt Nelson and Hi Fujii led by Alice Horio. A full report of financials will follow.
Uvas Canyon Hike, May 8
May 1
(pictures by David Tom)
Mother Nature blessed 17 of us with nearly perfect weather for this hike along quiet forest trails to 6 lacy waterfalls which were about at their peak for the year. Brian Lee led us along sometimes steep trails with sometimes Read the rest of this entry »
This is a repeat of a popular hike that hasn’t been done since July ’07. It includes parts of the Marina, Cow Hollow and Pacific Heights districts with lots of grand views and magnificent architecture. We will meet at the beautiful Palace of Fine Arts at the corner of Marina and Lyon (parking in the Exploratorium lot just W of the Exploratorium – NOT at the 4 hour limit lot right next to the building) at 10AM with the usual layered clothing, camera, snacks and liquids and a little money for shopping and lunch. “Facilities” are at the Palace and along some of the shopping streets plus a few blue port-a-potties. Time is expected to be less than 4 hours, but we may spend time around the Palace grounds (if renovation fences are down by then) and taking in scenery here and there. We will pass many stately homes and descend the fabulous Lyon St. stairs – surely the grandest in San Francisco (pictured below).
Signups are limited to 20 people. For more info or to sign up, contact Hoyt Nelson at stairs4@niseiskiclub.org. More detailed info will be sent a week before the hike (approach to the parking lot can be tricky).
Ever wanted to try curling? This is your chance! Throughout the year, the San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club and Sharks Ice offer many low-cost curling clinics, usually at the start of each season. Curling Clinics are a comprehensive introduction to the Olympic sport of curling. You will learn Read the rest of this entry »
Puzzles
May 1
Answers to last month’s puzzle:
Find the digits to make the additions correct: (Thanks again to Greg Wong for the solutions.)
For this month, consider the following sequence of letters. Remove FIVE LETTERS and what remains is a word you can find in any English dictionary. What’s the word? AFPIOVELLOEGTIERESS
Achluophobia: darkness
Aeroacrophobia: Open high places
Agliophobia: pain
Agraphobia: sexual abuse
Agyrophobia: streets or crossing the street
Aichmophobia: needles or pointed objects
Ailurophobia: cats
Albuminurophobia: kidney disease
Alektorophobia: chickenss
This year we will have a nice relaxing post season event. Enjoy a fun day at the park with your NSC friends! Price includes a BBQ lunch and associated libations.. The park facilities include: bocce ball courts, a horseshoe area, tennis courts, & volleyball courts. The event includes a brief NSC Spring General Meeting where the outgoing and incoming Board will be introduced.
Cuesta Park
601 Cuesta Drive
Mountain View, CA 94040
June 27, 2010 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Member & Non-member Price: $10.00
At-The-Door Price: $15
I’ve been in the San Francisco area for over two years. I learned to snowboard at Keystone in Colorado and rode many of the ski resorts around Washington DC where I worked at the time. One of my favorite resorts was Snowshoe is West Virginia. It is small but nice and the resort is at the top of the mountain where the lifts bring you back to the resort. Since moving to San Francisco I wanted to return to the slopes but none of my friends skied. Sure, they wanted to go and we kept saying we’d go some weekend but it never came together. I didn’t know any of the area resorts or the best way to get there. Then finally a friend mentioned the NISEI SKI CLUB’s trips and their discount for new members. It looked great! I signed up for trips 3 and 4. Read the rest of this entry »
Storks: A mustering of storks
Swans: A lamentation or wedge of swans
Swine: A sounder or swift of swine
Toads: A knot of toads
Trout;: A hover of trout
Turkeys: A rafter of turkeys
Turtledoves: A pitying or dule of turtledoves
Turtles: A bale of turtles
Woodpeckers A descent of woodpeckers
Puzzles
Apr 1
Answers to last month’s puzzles:
An easy answer for last month’s puzzle of 4 x abcd =dcba is 0000 (I lost the harder one).
For the 5 digit number, 4 X 21978 = 87912. Congrats to Greg Wong for solutions.
For this month:
Each of the letters in the addition problems below stands for a unique digit. Find the digits to make the additions correct:
