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The Best Inkjet Printers of 2018
Inkjet printers can produce outstanding photos, crisp multi-page office documents, and everything in between. Find your ideal inkjet with these handy shopping tips and our top-rated reviews.
Know Your Inkjets
Is an inkjet in your future? You can find the technology in a huge variety of single-function printers and all-in-ones designed to fill a wide variety of roles at home or at the office. Here, we'll explore the different types of inkjets, and highlight some key features to look for when shopping for one.
With so many models to choose from, it's helpful to determine just what you want to do with the printer before you start shopping.
Some inkjets are meant for home use, a few are aimed at offices, and others are good for dual use in a home and home office. Several models are made to output nothing but photos, and are ideal for printing out snapshots on the spot, while others print text and graphics as well, and also excel at producing gallery-worthy prints.
The so-called near-dedicated photo printers are widely used by professional photographers, artists looking to output high-end work, and amateur photo enthusiasts alike. There are even inkjets designed for mobile printing, complete with batteries. Most home inkjets are meant for personal printing or, at most, shared models for outputting a few pages per day. They tend to be compact, and the vast majority of them are small enough to share a desk with.
Graphics and Text Quality
You can count on almost any inkjet to print graphics good enough for both internal business use (like printing PowerPoint handouts) and home tasks (like producing party invitations). If you choose carefully, you can have output quality that would please a graphic artist.
The Achilles' heel for inkjets is text quality. Ink tends to bleed into plain paper, which makes it difficult to print text with the fully professional look you'd want for documents like a résumé or a business proposal. Not surprisingly, inkjets meant for the office generally do better on this score than home-oriented models, but we have yet to see an inkjet that prints text with the crisp, clean edges and smear-proof ink you'd get from any laser printer. Worse, most inks will smear if you spill something on them or try using a highlighter.
That said, most inkjets at least can print text at a quality that's perfectly fine for most everyday output. And although it may not be easy to find an inkjet with stellar text quality, there are a few of them out there.
Photo Printing
Nearly any current inkjet can print photos that at least match the quality you'd expect from your local drugstore. The few exceptions are primarily among printers aimed at offices, but most office inkjets do a decent job. You can even find a few all-purpose inkjets whose output rivals photo printers meant for professional photographers.
If you're looking for a home printer to output mainly photos, but also be capable of printing a range of other document types, you will definitely want an inkjet. Printers meant for home use fall into two categories: inexpensive models that typically cost far less than $100 for single-function printers and $150 or less for MFPs; and highly photo-centric printers, with prices of $150 or more for single-function models and $300 or more for MFPs.
The inkjets in the first category often include limited photo-centric features, like the ability to print directly from memory cards and PictBridge-enabled cameras. Inkjets in the more expensive category are photo-centric to the point where you can effectively use the single-purpose printers as simple photo kiosks and the all-in-ones as standalone photo labs. They typically come with relatively large LCDs for previewing photos, and often have touch screens for giving commands. MFPs in this price range add the ability to scan 35mm film and print high-quality photos directly from slides, negatives, prints, memory cards, and cameras. Less common features include a built-in optical drive to let you store images to or print from discs, and the ability to print labels directly onto optical discs.
At the high end of the photo-centric models are near-dedicated photo printers. They are single-function machines that—although they can print text and graphics—excel at printing high-quality photos. The more expensive prosumer and professional models are capable of outputting gallery-quality prints. They have multiple ink tanks (we've reviewed models with as many as 12), with each tank holding a different color. Adding extra colors can improve the vividness of prints. For example, some models include more than one type of black ink and several shades of gray, making them particularly adept at printing monochrome images. Generally, the higher-priced models have lower ink costs per volume (milliliter) of ink. They are large machines, and many can print at up to super-tabloid (13-by-19-inch) size. Some, especially the professional models, can print from both sheets and paper rolls.
Although some dedicated, small-format photo printers, which print nothing but 4-by-6-inch, 5-by-7-inch, and/or other small-size photo prints, use thermal-dye technology, many are inkjets. In buying one, there are several things to consider. For instance, if you plan to print at events where you may not have easy access to an electrical outlet, you'll want to get a model with a rechargeable battery (either standard or as an option). For those who don't want to connect their camera to the printer, multiple ports, such as media card slots and USB ports that take flash drives, are must-have features. Lastly, print size should be taken into account, as some dedicated photo printers don't produce output in the traditional 4-by-6 or 5-by-7 variety that you can get at drugstores, and few, if any, dedicated photo printers can go any larger.
Inkjets offer a wide range of connection choices. A few budget models offer only USB, often coupled with a low paper capacity, and are a good choice if you're in the market for a light-duty personal printer, either in an office or at home. Many inkjets for both home and businesses add Ethernet ports.
If you're interested in printing wirelessly, the good news is that nearly all inkjets today come with 802.11 Wi-Fi standard. The ability to support wireless printing from mobile devices is of growing importance to both businesses and consumers. Many manufacturers offer free printing apps that are compatible with their wireless printers.
Some models support Wi-Fi Direct (or its equivalent) and/or near-field communication (NFC), both of which allow for direct peer-to-peer connection between the printer and a compatible device without the need of a network. In the case of NFC, the connection is made simply by touching the device to a certain spot on, or even bringing it into close proximity to, the printer. For the best picks, check out our favorite Wi-Fi printers.
Duty Cycles and Paper Capacity
While the majority of inkjet printers can be found mainly in a home or a home office, inkjet technology is showing up in more and more business-oriented models meant for heavier-duty printing, including high-end ones that can rival laser printers in speed. They tend to do this by using print heads that run the full width of a page. Although their maximum monthly duty cycles still fall short of heavy-duty lasers, higher-end inkjets are still capable of handling the printing needs (and, in the case of MFPs, copying, scanning, and faxing as well) of many workgroups and small offices.
Still, many inkjets don't even have a published duty cycle, and for those that do, the ratings are generally laughably low compared with lasers, often measured in a few thousand pages over the lifetime of the printer. The maximum paper capacity in inkjets is often as low as 100 sheets, and rarely more than 300, except in the case of higher-end office models. If your printing needs are strictly light-duty, a budget model with a low paper capacity should suffice.
Inkjets for the Office
Office-oriented inkjets include the few single-function printers and MFPs designed for relatively heavy-duty printing, as well as those that have office-centric features. For instance, they can work as standalone fax machines; fax directly from your PC's hard drive; and scan to email easily, using your PC's email program and automatically adding the scan as an attachment.
Office MFPs add an automatic document feeder (ADF) for easy scanning, faxing, and copying of multipage documents. Some ADFs can scan both sides of a page. Of those, duplexing scanners, which scan both sides of a page at once, are much faster than models with duplexing or reversing ADFs (two names for the same thing), which scan one side, flip the page over, and then scan the other.
Office MFPs generally offer paper capacities of 200 sheets or more. Should you want to print two-sided documents, you'll want a model with an auto-duplexer. Get a model with two paper trays if you want the ability to print with two types or size of paper without having to remove and replace the paper each time you make a switch. A few office inkjets support printing at up to tabloid size, letting you get all those spreadsheet columns onto a single page.
Specialty Inkjet Printers
Inkjets are the only kind of printer with models for mobile use (other than a few thermal-dye printers that need special thermal paper) and with all-in-one models meant specifically for the dual role of home and home office. If you're looking to print documents while on the road, you'll definitely want a mobile inkjet. Mobile printers typically have low paper capacities, but make few other compromises. They tend to cost more than comparable non-mobile inkjets, however, with prices averaging about $250.
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Dual-purpose MFPs combine office-centric and photo-centric features. To help keep prices down despite all the features, some, but not all, cut corners on paper handling and speed. These are a good fit if you need a single printer for your home and home office, with extra functions like faxing, but don't usually print many pages.
To help you get started finding the right printer, we list 10 of our most recent, highest-rated inkjets below. For more buying advice and reviews, check out our top printer picks overall, our favorite laser printers, and the best printers for Macs.
Brother MFC-J6935DW Review
Bottom Line: The Brother MFC-J6935DW can print, copy, scan, and fax at up to tabloid (11-by-17) size, and has very low running costs compared with most of its peers.
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Bottom Line: The Canon Maxify iB4120 Wireless Small Office Inkjet Printer is inexpensive, but provides generous paper capacity, competitive running costs, solid speed, and excellent output quality.
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Bottom Line: It may be a little pricey, but the Canon Pixma TR8520 all-in-one printer produces terrific text, graphics and photos, and it has a strong feature set.
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Bottom Line: The Epson SureColor P400 is moderately priced for a near-dedicated photo printer, it produces magnificent photo prints at a good speed, and it can print from paper rolls.
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-4740 Review
Bottom Line: The WF-4740 prints well and fast, and it supports just about every midrange business-centric inkjet feature available, including Wi-Fi Direct, NFC, and two-sided scanning.
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Behind-the-scenes negotiations between Zimbabwe's ruling party and the main opposition party of Morgan Tsvangirai are under way in the wake of Saturday's elections, according to several sources familiar with the discussions.
Under a proposed deal, President Robert Mugabe would step down, allowing his ruling ZANU-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to share power in a government of national unity, a senior MDC official confirmed Tuesday evening.
The official said that military chiefs, who are allied to Mr. Mugabe and recently said they would not salute Mr. Tsvangirai if he was elected president, had approached the opposition with the proposal of a national unity government.
"Such overtures have been made, but they are still in their infancy. Our leader [Tsvangirai] is skeptical about Mugabe's overtures because the old man is a skimmer and is cunning," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.
A US State Department official said the talks followed projections showing Tsvangirai would beat Mugabe in the election but fall short of the 51 percent of votes needed to avoid a runoff, according to Reuters.
Both Mugabe's government and Tsvangirai, however, denied Tuesday night that such talks are taking place.
If, in fact, Mugabe is negotiating his way out of office, it will be a sign of how far both the 84-year-old liberation leader and his once-powerful party have fallen.
A slow, decade-long collapse of the economy – under the weight of Western sanctions and self-destructive economic policies at home – has turned Mugabe into a deeply unpopular leader. Even Mugabe's staunchest supporters, the military and security agencies, seem to have lost the will to rig elections in his favor or to enforce his will on the streets, observers say.
"My sense is that they were unable to rig these elections, in part because of a lack of capacity and motivation by ZANU-PF officials and the security agencies," says Chris Maroleng, a Zimbabwe expert at the Institute for Security Studies in Tshwane as Pretoria, South Africa, is now called.
Key reforms prevented vote rigging
Electoral reforms, negotiated under the leadership of the South African delegation to the Southern African Development Community, forced electoral officials to count votes at polling stations and to announce the results at the polling stations, Mr. Maroleng adds.
This prevented ZANU-PF officials from stuffing ballots later on at the central counting offices in Harare. Once the votes were counted, Mugabe's downfall was literally written on the wall.
In a press conference on Tuesday night, Tsvangirai declared victory of more than 50 percent of the vote and said that the tallies announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission jibed with MDC's own figures from the polling stations. Tsvangirai joined other MDC spokesmen in denying any negotiations were taking place with ZANU-PF, adding that any such negotiations could only take place once ZEC had announced the final results.
'A new Zimbabwe'?
"The vote on Saturday was a vote for change, for jobs, and to build a new Zimbabwe," said Tsvangirai, the former union leader, at a press conference in Harare. "There is no way the MDC can enter discussions with ZANU-PF until ZEC announces the results."
Even so, diplomats in Harare confirmed that negotiations were in fact going on. An African diplomat, who refused to be named, said the deal had been brokered by South Africa, but added that it was unlikely that the MDC would agree, considering Mugabe's political history of reneging on agreements.
"Remember in 1987, Mugabe lured [the rival militia movement] ZAPU to form a government of national unity but went on to 'swallow' the party," says the diplomat. "Tsvangirai is old enough to remember that."
Experts say it would be naive to assume that Mugabe or the ZANU-PF will simply hand over the keys to the government after losing an election. These negotiations, if they are occurring, will be part of a longer process of ensuring that ZANU-PF continues to play a role in Zimbabwe's government, even if the MDC takes power.
"I think that Robert Mugabe has lost the election, but he has not lost completely the House of Assembly," says Gordon Moyo, director of Bulawayo Agenda, a coalition of civil society groups in Bulawayo. "So in these negotiations, he may be telling MDC: 'You will not be able to pass any major constitutional changes through Parliament. We are going to block you.' It would be better to have a peaceful transition."
• A journalist who could not be named for security reasons contributed from Harare.

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|*May 20 - 26
|The Christian's Guide
Read for This Week's Study:
|Luke 2:25-30, John 14:26, John 15:26, 16:12-14, Rom. 8:4, 1 Cor. 12:10.
Memory Text:
| "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide
you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he
shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come"
The death of Jesus for the sins of the world is the most important of all truths. In contrast, what else really matters? And because it is so important, God hasn't left it up to us to try to figure it out on our own. Instead, we have been given the promise of the Holy Spirit, which will guide us in our understanding of this truth. For this reason, in the end, no one will have an excuse in the day of judgment.
Indeed, the Spirit is a gift from God to us as fallen beings. Without the death of Jesus, there would have been no salvation for anyone; at the same time, without the Spirit to guide, regenerate, and empower us, there would be no personal salvation. Jesus and the Spirit are knit into One in order to bring humanity, lost in the wilderness of transgression, back into the presence of the Father. It is the Father's plan to restore, through Jesus and the Spirit, the peace and harmony that reigned between God and humanity before the entrance of sin.
This week we'll look a little more at the crucial operation of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, May 27.
|May 21
The Spirit, a Guide
"The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you" (John 14:26).
As an ambassador speaks in the name of his home government to a foreign government, so the Spirit will speak to men and women in Jesus' name and with His authority. Jesus has perpetuated His earthly teaching ministry through the Spirit. "The Lord Jesus acts through the Holy Spirit."Ellen G. White, Sons and Daughters of God, p. 282.
In addition to teaching, what else will the Spirit do? John 14:26.
"It was not until after Christ's ascension to His Father, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the believers, that the disciples fully appreciated the Saviour's character and mission. After they had received the baptism of the Spirit, they began to realize that they had been in the very presence of the Lord of glory. As the sayings of Christ were brought to their remembrance, their minds were opened to comprehend the prophecies, and to understand the miracles which He had wrought. . . . His lessons, which they had but dimly understood, now came to them as a fresh revelation. The Scriptures became to them a new book."Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 507.
What other promises does Jesus give us regarding the Holy Spirit? John 14:17, John 15:26, 16:12-14.
The Spirit is a living, personal Teacher. Every time we open the Bible, it is possible to have the Spirit unveil to us the true meaning of what we read. The key to this is daily to surrender ourselves to the Lord, asking Him to open our hearts and minds to truth, whatever it is, wherever it may lead us. In such circumstances the Holy Spirit can surely guide.
|Ask yourself how open you are to the teachings of the Holy Spirit. Do you listen to Him, or do you make excuses in order to do your own thing?
|May 22
Flesh and Spirit
Read Romans 8:4. Write in your own words what you believe Paul is saying. Focus specifically on what walking "after the Spirit" means. See also Rom. 13:14, Gal. 5:22-24.
The Christian chooses not to follow his or her own impulses and gratify his or her own inclinations but to follow, instead, the biddings of the Spirit. The dedicated follower of Jesus will never do anything without seeking the advice and guidance of God. "Lord, what do You want me to do?" is the question the Christian continually asks.
Neither is the Christian to dwell in the realm of mere belief or theoretical faith. Our faith will be experimental rather than theoretical. Under the guidance of the Spirit, the heavenly mind-set of belief will be poured into the earthly mold of action and behavior.
Yet, however much the working of the Holy Spirit in our lives is a miracle of faith, it doesn't just happen automatically. Few of those who have given their hearts to Christ and have been baptized in the Holy Spirit suddenly find themselves living pure, sanctified lives without diligent effort on their own part. Here is where people make a mistake: Not to rely on your own works for salvation, or even not to rely on your strength in the battle against sin, isn't the same as not having a daily struggle with self and the flesh. The battle is there, and real, and it will require suffering on our part in order to be victorious. The good news, however, is that we have been promised victory through the indwelling Spirit.
Read 1 Peter 4:1, 2. What is the message there for us regarding the battle against the flesh?
|Is there some specific sin that you struggle with that causes you a great deal of suffering in the flesh as you seek to overcome in Christ's name? What practical things can you do, on a daily basis, that could make you more open to the power of the Spirit in order for Him to give you the victory that is yours for the asking?
|May 23
The Spirit and the Word
"Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God" (Eph. 6:17).
The Word of God is here called the sword of the Spirit. It was the Spirit that inspired the written revelation, since "holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost" (2 Pet. 1:21). This is an important point that all Christians must always keep before them. God promises us His Holy Spirit, but we are also given warnings.
Read 1 Corinthians 12:10, 1 Timothy 4:1, and 1 John 3:24-4:1. What's the message here for us?
The fact of the matter is, there are lots of various spirits out there teaching all sorts of doctrines. Even in the Christian church, strange beliefs, not to mention strange practices, are promoted by those who claim to have been inspired by the Holy Spirit. Though, in some cases, the deceptions and counterfeits are so obvious it's amazing anyone can fall for them; in others, the deceptions can be quite subtle, promoted by people who might be kind, loving, gentle, even sincere. How, then, can someone ultimately test the spirits, whether they be of God or not?
What do these texts teach us about the ultimate test of whether or not teachings are inspired by the Holy Spirit? Ps. 119:105, Isa. 8:20, Luke 10:26, 16:29-31, Acts 17:11, 2 Tim. 3:15-17.
John Calvin admonishes: "We ought zealously to apply ourselves both to read and to hearken to Scripture if indeed we want to receive any gain and benefit from the Spirit of God. . . . But lest under his sign the Spirit of Satan should creep in, he would have us recognize him in his own image, which he has stamped upon the Scriptures. He is the Author of the Scriptures: he cannot vary and differ from himself. Hence he must ever remain just as he once revealed himself there."John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion I, 9:2 (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1960).
|What kinds of spiritual deceptions have you encountered? How did the Word of God protect you? Be prepared to share your answer with the class.
|May 24
The Work of the Spirit
Read John 16:14. What does Jesus say the Holy Spirit will do?
The work and purpose of the Spirit are centered on Jesus. He does not call attention to Himself, but He directs the attention to Jesus. The litmus test of any alleged workings of the Spirit in believers or organizations is the place they accord Jesus. If they call attention to and glorify self or humanity, and even magnify humanity's spiritual experience, they lack the insignia of the Spirit.
The Spirit was not to present His own ideas or notions but only what Jesus taught. Jesus said, "He shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you" (John 16:14).
Being the Spirit of truth, He will especially bear witness to Jesus, who is the Truth (see John 14:6). And it is only through the Spirit's speaking directly to our hearts that we ever come to a true and living knowledge of Jesus Christ and bear fruit for His glory.
What are other ways the Holy Spirit can glorify our Lord? John 15:8, Gal. 5:22-25, Eph. 5:9.
As believers, one of the greatest ways to bring glory to God, both before people and angels (1 Cor. 4:9), is by the lives we live, the characters we form, and the way we treat others. These actions and attitudes come through the work of the Holy Spirit in us; to the degree that we cooperate, to the degree that we are willing to die to self and to surrender to God's will, to that degree the Lord can work in us "both to will and to do of his good pleasure" (Phil. 2:13). How crucial for all who profess the name of Jesus to live daily in an attitude of faith, thanksgiving, and surrender to His Spirit.
|Look at your own life in the past 24 hours. What things did you do that brought glory to God? What things brought shame? What changes do you need to make?
|May 25
An Example of the Spirit's Guidance
Read Luke 2:25-30 and then answer the following questions:
How did Simeon know when to go to the temple in order to find "the Lord's
in these texts reveals why Simeon was so open to the
promptings of the Holy Spirit? What's the important message for us in
was the significance of Simeon's prayer; that is, what
was he doing through it? See
Why is this point the key in understanding the work of the Holy
too, the words of Simeon, under the inspiration of the
Spirit, to Mary. What gift of the Spirit was being manifest here? See
Cor 12:10,
Simeon, obviously, enjoyed such an intimate relationship with God that the Spirit told him to go to the temple on the day the child Jesus was being dedicated. From among the several boys who were being dedicated to God that day, he was led to choose Jesus, who, from all outward appearances, surely didn't look any different from any other baby. Meanwhile, the officiating priest did not recognize Jesus as the promised Messiah; apparently, unlike Simeon, he was not susceptible to the promptings of the Spirit. But Simeon recognized Him because God showed him who was "the Lord's Christ." Some of the other boys whom Simeon bypassed might also have been born in Bethlehem as the firstborn child to mothers who were of the tribe of Judah. But only Simeon's intimate acquaintance and communion with God through the Spirit enabled him to interpret the factual prophetic pieces of information and recognize in Jesus the Promised One of God.
|May 26
Further Study:
|Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5,
pp. 703-705; The Great Controversy,
pp. vii, viii,
610; The Desire of Ages, pp.
52-55; Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students,
pp. 357-361.
"Even the work of the Holy Spirit upon the heart is to be tested by the Word of God. The Spirit which inspired the Scriptures, always leads to the Scriptures." Ellen G. White, Selected Messages, book 1, p. 43.
Concerning the statement in John 16:14 that reads "He [the Spirit] shall glorify me," Ellen G. White says: "In these words Christ declares the crowning work of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit glorifies Christ by making Him the object of supreme regard, and the Saviour becomes the delight, the rejoicing, of the human agent in whose heart is wrought this transformation."My Life Today, p. 49.
Discussion Questions:
| As a class, go over your answer to Tuesday's final question.
What are some of the spiritual deceptions people have faced? What things
have you learned that could be helpful to others?
Take two people: One has very good theology but is mean, nasty, vindictive, and judgmental; the other, though theologically suspect, is kind, loving, forgiving, and generous. Which one do you think is revealing more of the Holy Spirit in his or her life? Be prepared to defend your answer.
How should the church respond to someone who, acting rather strange, claims to be moving under the guidance of the Holy Spirit?
What can you do, as a class, that would bring glory to God? Does it take something fancy, some loud production, in order to do this, or can you, as a group, in a quiet and simple way glorify your Lord? If so, how so?
|I N S I D E Story
|"Show Me How"
Jere Wallack
"I was confused," Matt Castner said as we talked. "I felt God's call to be a minister, but I wondered how God could use me in the ministry. But after a week at blind camp, I knew."
Matt was born blind-both physically and spiritually. "I was deep in sin," Matt testifies. "Then Jesus got hold of my heart. I wouldn't be alive today if Jesus hadn't grabbed me with His love!"
Matt had joined a group of young adults for a week at the National Winter Camp for the Blind in Colorado. For one week they enjoyed skiing, snowmobile riding, snow tubing, basketball, roller skating, and other sports normally reserved for those with sight. The week was filled with laughter and pure joy.
Over dinner one night Matt shared his testimony with me. Then he added, "My greatest desire is to give a public invitation to these campers to give their heart to Jesus."
I was serving as camp chaplain and invited Matt to do just that on Friday evening. Matt responded with "Hallelujah! God does answer prayer!"
For days Matt prayed about what to say. I prayed; we prayed together. On Friday evening I shared stories, experiences, and Bible texts. Then I invited Matt to stand beside me. I took his hand to guide his steps, and God took his heart to guide Matt's words. Matt began speaking; powerful words flowed from his heart. Then came his invitation: "Some of you have never given your heart to Jesus. This is the time. Some of you, like me, have given your heart to Jesus, but you've dabbled again with sin. Jesus is calling me tonight. I am giving my heart to Him again. Will you join me?"
The silence was broken by the sound of sniffles and shuffling of chairs as one then another camper stood to their feet. Campers stood; staff members stood.
Matt prayed, and I prayed. Until the wee hours of the morning Matt prayed and shared the love of Jesus with individual campers. And that night God confirmed Matt's call into the ministry.
Later Matt told me, "I was praying, 'God, this is Your show, don't let me get in the way! Just move, God. Move on my friends' hearts.' God answered my prayer. God used me for His glory! God confirmed His call to me," Matt said. "I must be a minister."
Jere Wallack is the director of the North American Division Church Resource Center, whose mission is to create relevant resources for growing healthy congrerations. He lives in Columbia, Maryland.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are looking for a compromise to keep the U.S. economy from sailing over the fiscal cliff. It's just not clear that the politicians in Washington are ready to deliver one.
With $600 billion in tax increases and automatic spending cuts due to take effect in January, investors say they would welcome an agreement that delays most changes until Congress can hammer out a long-term deficit reduction deal in early 2013.
"At the very least, I would like to see some kind of conciliatory rhetoric on both sides of the aisle to give investors assurance that a grand deal is coming," said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Harris Private Bank.
Without that, things could get ugly in markets. U.S. stocks accelerated a recent losing streak in the days following this week's election, in which voters returned President Barack Obama to the White House but left Republicans in command of the House of Representatives and Democrats controlling the Senate. That same combination dragged out long negotiations over raising the debt ceiling in August 2011.
In President Obama's first public statement since the election on Friday, he reiterated his demand to raise taxes on high earners. Earlier in the day, Republican House Speaker John Boehner restated his opposition to such a move.
"What that means is that fiscal cliff negotiations are picking up exactly where they left off," said Ward McCarthy, chief financial economist at Jefferies & Co. "Fasten your seat belt, it will be a bumpy end of the year in Washington."
A majority of economists polled by Reuters said consumer and business confidence would wilt and the economy suffer if talks to head off the budget crisis collapse.
The Congressional Budget Office has warned that sailing over the cliff would trigger "a significant recession" and the loss of about 2 million jobs.
Worries about the danger the fiscal crisis poses for the U.S. economy put global stocks on track for their worst week since June.
The main sticking point is taxes: Obama wants to raise rates on households earning more than $250,000 while Republicans want to focus on spending cuts, saying tax hikes would hurt growth.
On Friday, it did not seem either side was ready to give in. Obama said he was "open to compromise" but said a majority of voters agreed with having the wealthiest Americans pay more.
Boehner restated his opposition to raising taxes on the rich, saying it would depress hiring and growth.
In 2011, a similarly divided government's failure to agree on deficit reduction set up the fiscal cliff showdown the economy now faces.
It also provoked Standard & Poor's to strip the United States of its coveted AAA credit rating and pushed the CBOE Volatility Index, Wall Street's gauge of investor anxiety, to levels associated with panic.
As Congress has punted on the hard decisions, the numbers have hardly changed: Federal red ink is expected to be more than $1 trillion in 2012 for the fourth straight year.
James Dailey, portfolio manager at TEAM Asset Strategy Fund in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, worries that investors who were complacent about the risks before the election may rush for the exit if it seems the economy is going to fall over the cliff.
"When the market starts to sell, it feeds upon fear and accelerates the sell-off," he said.
The issue is of such concern to investors because the U.S. economy has outperformed other developed economies and has shown signs of improving further. Recent U.S. economic data, including a survey showing consumer confidence hit a five-year high this month, has been encouraging.
"There's a lot at stake, and there's a lot of momentum that could be lost if lawmakers don't get their act together," said Joe Manimbo, analyst at Western Union Business Solutions.
Some are hopeful a deal can still be reached.
The CBO said this week that letting income tax rates rise for households earning more than $250,000 - a staple of Obama's re-election campaign - would have little impact on the economy. Not all investors disagree, as some interviewed in recent weeks said they would be willing to pay more taxes if it helped balance the country's budget.
Some, like Vassili Serebriakov, a currency strategist at BNP Paribas, also said a deal could prove easier to reach now that Obama is no longer running for re-election.
"Of course, we need to see evidence that the negotiating positions have changed," he said.
Serebriakov also said investors may be fooling themselves if they think the market will rally strongly between now and year end, regardless of what happens with the fiscal cliff.
"It's the end of the year, equities have been under pressure on the back of earnings, and there's just a lot of caution in the market," he said. "It really seems like markets will wait until early 2013 before committing to any particular view."
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South African rugby head coach Heyneke Meyer said that overall he was pleased with Springbok's performance in their 47-13 win over a World XV at Newlands on Saturday.
The Springboks scored six tries and gained a lot of momentum in the second half of the match, going into the second 40 minutes leading 18-13 which bodes well for next week's test match against Wales.
Meyer warned that the test match in Durban will be another big step-up for his team, as Wales are a settled team after playing together during the Six Nations.
"Wales will be well prepared," said Meyer.
"They are a quality side with big backs which will give them go forward ball. They also played together in the Six Nations, while we are just starting out."
The coach was happy with a number of aspects of his team's play and feels they will be much better prepared with another week of training.
"This match was important to us, because we have to play together as a team to become better. I believe we are a very dangerous team when we play with quick ball and that was something that I was unhappy about at the break. I had some harsh words for the players about the penalties conceded in the first half.
"In the second half we applied ourselves better at the breakdown and we scored some very good tries. To score six, seven tries against a side with the quality of this World XV is very pleasing."
The Springboks depart for Durban on Sunday with no immediate injury concerns.
"There are no injuries, and that is great news for us," said the coach. "We also scored some great tries with a number of them coming from the training fields, so I am happy. We knew it was going to be tough and we came though well."
Springbok captain, Victor Matfield, who returned to team for the first time since 2011, said the side improved nicely as the game progressed.
"In the beginning we did not execute well, but once we managed to get into their half, we played well," said Matfield.
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Could dinosaurs climb?
Could dinosaurs climb trees? What types of dinosaurs may have "climbed" trees? Did climbing lead to flying?
Could dinosaurs climb trees? How should we define "climbing"? What types of dinosaurs may have "climbed" trees? How did they climb them? What proof do we have? Did climbing lead to flying?
Many animals such as goats can get into trees yet are not considered climbers.
Likewise many dinosaurs could probably also get into trees, particularly those that were small enough and needed to, say, get away from predators in a hurry.
But it's not until an animal starts going into a tree in order to forage for food that specialisations associated with climbing emerge.
"Among dinosaurs, the group most likely to include specialist tree climbers is Deinonychosauria ('fearsome claw lizards')," says Dr Steve Salisbury, a palaeontologist from The University of Queensland.
Fossils of deinonychosaurians are known from all over the world including Australia, which during the reign of dinosaurs was part of the southern supercontinent of Gondwana.
Deinonychosaurians are maniraptoran ('seizing hands') theropods ('meat-eating') that include troodontids, and dromaoesaurids such as the well-known Velociraptor as seen in the movie series Jurassic Park, explains Salisbury.
Deinonychosaurians and birds most likely shared a common ancestor that lived in the Late Jurassic, 160-150 million years ago.
Getting into trees is one thing
"Some recently discovered deinonychosaurians from China dating back to the Early Cretaceous 130-125 million years ago show characteristics that indicate they were quite capable of getting up into and moving around in trees," says Salisbury.
"They were small, bipedal and had long curved claws on both hands and feet. A lot of them were also feathered and — barring their long bony tails and sharp teeth — looked a lot like birds today."
One example was the four-winged, canary-sized Microraptor, boasting iridescent black feathers similar to those of a satin bowerbird.
Like other near-bird maniraptoran dinosaurs, Microraptor had a fused semi-lunate (crescent-shaped) carpal bone in the wrist, explains Salisbury.
"This allowed them to swivel the wrist and fold the forearm (or wing) like modern birds. It also may have permitted a movement ideal for going into trees. By hugging the trunk, these dinosaurs may have been able to pull themselves up."
Having a long, stiff tail also probably helped, he says. "This could be used as a strut for bracing the body while moving upwards, much like a woodpecker uses its tail on a vertical tree truck while foraging."
Climbing trees is quite another
Such specialisations on their own, though, don't necessarily mean these dinosaurs could climb per se, says Salisbury. The important thing was whether they could actually hold on to vertical surfaces using their claws.
"Among living birds, the curvature and length of the claw closely correlates with climbing ability. While many birds can perch and hop around in trees, only a few can use their claws to cling to and climb up them."
In one study, anatomists at The University of Queensland found that claw curvature and length in the majority of deinonychosaurians resembled that seen in ground-foraging birds such as pigeons and cockatoos.
"The latter can perch and hop around in trees but they can't cling to or climb them. Therefore the same was probably true for their dinosaurian forebears," says Salisbury.
Up, up and away
There is another way to get up into a tree, however, that is significant in terms of the origin flight, he says.
"Recent research suggests that many ground dwelling birds including quail and partridges engage in what is referred to as 'wing-assisted incline running', explains Salisbury.
"By flapping their wings, these animals are able to produce enough forward directed thrust to enhance traction on vertical surfaces such that they can literally run up tree trunks.
"There are many examples of feathered deinonychosaurians. Yet only a few possessed the asymmetrically veined wing feathers that enable powered flight," he says.
"The majority had either quite rudimentary wings and/or wings with symmetrical or non-veined feathers. While flapping such 'wings' might not have lifted them off the ground, they may have been sufficient for wing-assisted incline running."
Once these dinosaurs could get into trees, jumping and gliding between branches became possible as wings can be used for different things, says Salisbury.
"In many respects, climbing is just a stepping stone to flying in the transition from ground-dwelling dinosaurs to birds."
Dr Steve Salisbury from The University of Queensland was interviewed by Kathy Graham.
Published 18 April 2012


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# 2011-10-15 21:07
I have the gospel library in my android, before July I was able to read the scriptures in spanish, but it seems that they are not available in other languages anymore, is this correct?
# 2011-12-06 16:28
I apologize for the delayed response. The app still allows different languages. You will need to refresh content in order to see all languages available again. We will also be releasing an update within the next couple of weeks that will include many enhancements including being able to sync your highlighting and notes with LDS.org.
# 2011-11-21 10:48
You mentioned Gospel Library app for Android 3.0. What about Android 2.3, will it possibly downward compatible? I have a Coby Kyros 8125-4G.
# 2011-12-06 16:37
Gospel Library is backward compatible with Android versions back to 1.5. We are also beginning to look at how we can utilize the features in Android 4.0
# 2012-06-30 21:01
I just got a coby kyros 7042-4 it has an android 4.0 is that the reason I cannot get the gospel library to work it says it is incompatible does it not work with any 4.0 system? if not is it going to work in the near future?
# 2012-12-03 19:14
From what I have seen and or tried, the Google App store does not recognize the device. In turn we are not able to download the Gospel Library. I have tried other Android application stores to get the Library.
A simple downloadable version would be suffice instead of using the Google app store.
# 2011-12-23 13:52
Were you able to download it? I have a Coby Kyros 7022 and have been trying to figure out how to download it, it says it isn't compatible with my device. Any ideas?
# 2011-12-15 14:47
I have the Gospel Library app on my iPod, and recently ran into a bug where all the letters on each line run together into the first character of the line, so I can't read anything. This is happening across different sections--scriptures, music, etc. Has anyone else reported this bug? I can send a screen shot if needed, but I can't figure out how to fix it. Thanks!
# 2011-12-15 14:48
I have the Gospel Library app on my iPod, and recently ran into a bug where all the letters on each line run together into the first character of the line, so I can't read anything. This is happening across different sections--scriptures, music, etc. Has anyone else reported this bug? I can send a screen shot if needed, but I can't figure out how to fix it. Thanks! (sandyswhite AT gmail DOT com)
# 2012-06-08 07:00
I have been using LDS Gospel library on iPod and recently bought an Android tablet. Is there a way to access the study notebook from the LDS Gospel library android app?
# 2012-07-12 06:56
I am having trouble with the Sync feature, and I'm not sure where to address it. Recent changes I've made in my Study Notebook are NOT appearing in my Android app. I've uninstalled and reinstalled, but it hasn't solved the problem. Not sure what else to try.
I am running app version 126.96.36.199 (build 20120613-1612) on Android OS 2.3.6 (Gingerbread). The device is a Samsung Galaxy SII (Model number SGH-T989).
Contact me at my Gmail address: the username in the address (before @gmail.com) is markojarvis.
# 2012-12-28 22:21
I use gospel library on an ipad as well as on an android phone. The last time (about a year ago) I tried to sync my library on both the phone and the ipad, the links, marks, and notes got jumbled up. Some references were marked twice, some notes were duplicated, etc. Do you know if this issue has this issue been resolved? I would like to sync my phone again, but am afraid to lose information on my ipad.
Thank you for all the work you put into this great app.
# 2012-12-28 22:26
One more question... I tried to categorize all of my notations on lds.org. Once I did this, the document titles showed up in my ipad notebook, but the actual references aren't there—just several carots under each heading that I created on lds.org. Am I doing something wrong, or is the app not yet able to list the references under the categories?
Thanks again
# 2012-12-30 09:05
Does anyone know if there is a way to get the LDS Gospel Library app on the Colby Kyros? It runs on Android 4.0, but the device is not recognized by the Tootle Play store and the app is not available in Colby's GetJar app store. Any assistance or help greatly appreciated.
# 2013-01-09 21:17
You must first download and install the Amazon AppStore app from amazon.com, then you can install these LDS apps from the Amazon Appstore. Google Play isn't compatible with some versions of Coby Kyros.
# 2013-01-11 20:40
How can I download the amazon appstore?I guess it is not present in the getjar? Please help ...Tnx so much...
# 2013-01-11 20:38
Oorchard we have the same problem , Had you figured it out? Please inform me if you already get the remedy of this problem. Tnx so much....
# 2013-03-19 19:57
Jerrimie -Don't know if you figured it out, but I was able to by following the link provided by Greg Turner (see his most recent post below) to the Amazon app store. I installed the Amazon app store and was able to install LDS Gospel Library, LDS Tools, and other apps. They installed and worked fine. Just click on the link and follow the instructions. Good luck!
# 2013-01-09 17:02
I adore Gospel Library but have a problem. I just got an Samsung Note 2 and downloaded Gospel Library. When I launch the app I get an error stating that it cannot synch. Then if I try to manually synch, I get the Same error message. None of the annotations + Made previously on my tablet show up either but they are there Online and on my Motorola Xoom tablet. How do I get my Samsung Note 2 to synch without error "messages ?
Thanks for all you do!
Linda Allington
ssgnowl@hotmail .com
# 2013-01-11 20:34
Please Brethren help me , I just bought a coby kyros tablet with Android 4.0 for the purpose of having the Gospel Library but i got disappointed because I cannot download
it. What should I do Brethren and Sisters?
# 2013-01-21 21:08
To install Amazon AppStore, open your Android web browser to the following:
then, simply follow the instructions.
Good luck!


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Q. What just might be some of the strangest sounds elephants make in the wild? Or in a zoo, for that matter. –M. Perkins
A. When elephant communication researcher Joyce Poole was told of an odd noise by orphaned African elephant Mlaika, she recorded a low-pitched sound that continued for hours after sunset, says Science News. Playing it back, Poole was struck by its similarity to the low sound of trucks on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway three kilometers away. Often the two were indistinguishable. She later heard of a 23-year-old African elephant that made unusual chirpy sounds, typical for Asian elephants with whom he had lived for 18 years in a Swiss zoo. Statistical analyses confirmed the two sounds were indeed imitations!
Then there was the old Asian elephant that could angle up her trunk and blow through it to whistle. "A younger one watched, touched the outstretched trunk, and picked up the knack," says Poole. It just might be, say the researchers, that for complex social animals such as elephants, bats, birds, etc., mimicry and vocal learning are critical to their lifestyle.
Q. Major league baseball player reports chronic back pain throughout his career stemming from one leg being longer than the other. How common is this? Can it ever be an advantage in some sports? –J. Post
A. Leg length discrepancy (LLD) of less than 1 cm (.4 inch) is not uncommon and is not a problem, says Cornell orthopaedic surgeon S. Robert Rozbruch, director of the Institute for Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction. More than that can cause lower back curvature and pain, or a tilted pelvis and hip pain. LLD can be corrected with either a shoe lift or surgery to alleviate pain and prevent arthritis.
"If there is an associated deformity, this is corrected at the same time," says Rozbruch. Not surprisingly, patients undergoing total joint replacement of the hip or knee may end up with one shorter limb, because of the difficulty of positioning the implant, says Penn State kinesiologist and orthopaedic researcher Neil A. Sharkey.
As for athletic advantage, for a high jumper it might be good for the takeoff leg (usually the left) to be longer, permitting higher body positioning and a longer push-off, says Indiana University kinesiologist Jesus Dapena. Drawbacks include more difficulty gaining speed in the run- up and possible injury over the long term.
Limb-lengthening has become a hot science, with the bone cut and tugged and new bone growing in the gap, says Rozbruch. While this can be abused by guys 5'6" wishing to be 5'9, most of these surgeries have been done responsibly.
Q. "Women are more like each other than men," said Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773). What proof did he offer? –R. Richards
A. What he really demonstrated is our very human tendency to see people in a group (or grouped together by others) as being more uniform than they are, says David G. Myers in Social Psychology. If you think of an assemblage of people as being all athletes, or truck drivers, or teachers... this exaggerates the similarities within those groups and the differences between them. "They" seem "all alike" and different from "us," and because we naturally like those who are like us, an "ingroup bias" results.
Many non-Europeans see the Swiss as homogeneous, who see themselves as encompassing a diversity of French-, German-, and Italian-speaking groups, says Myers. Many Anglo-Americans lump "Latinos" together, while Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans, and Puerto Ricans see important differences.
So Lord Chesterfield may well have believed his statement about women, but it's doubtful Lady Chesterfield was consulted on the matter!
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The runs: Aerobic exercise can cause GI woes
Pathetic– a good term to describe my my aerobic endurance. I can't tell you the number of times I've vomited or almost vomited from intense workouts. Once while playing tennis I lobbed the ball really high to allow myself time to vomit by the fence and then continue the rally. (Then I won the point!)
I can't run in the morning because I always vomit. It has taken me three years to be able to run three miles without stopping because I run like a geisha. Konnichiwa!
Can aerobic exercise be a blow to the gut?
Athletes are vulnerable to gastrointestinal (GI) issues such as diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Approximately 80 percent of endurance competitors (i.e. long distance runners, triathletes) experience GI problems during or immediately after a competition.
A high school friend of mine who was a cross-country runner told me he carried toilet paper in his running shorts. I thought that was rather strange and asked him if he was going to TP the golf course as he ran around. He responded he usually had to take a dump during his run. (I wonder if he pooped in the sand trap like a cat in kitty litter?)
"Runner's trots" is diarrhea or the urge to have a bowel movement while running, so my friend wasn't a weirdo after all. In runners who run long distances, 14-38 percent experience diarrhea issues, 24-54 percent have an urge to poop, and maybe even 4 percent will experience fecal incontinence.
Nausea and vomiting occur in 6-26 percent of runners– probably because the stomach clears out slowly. So eating fatty, high-caloric meals within three hours of running is a bad idea. (Though I do better with a little food in my tummy.) In general, avoiding such meals is recommended for all the GI problems with high-endurance sports because the GI system doesn't work as well during aerobic activities.
A stitch in time saves nine, but the "stitch" in aerobic activities is exercise-related transient abdominal pain (ETAP). Every athlete from swimmers to equestrians can experience an ache, cramp, or sharp pain– often in the right upper part of the abdomen. It might be due to lack of blood flow to the diaphragm. So bending forward while tightening the abdominal muscles can relieve the pain, or taking deep breaths and exhaling with pursed lips can help.
GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease) doesn't occur more often in aerobic folks, but it can be a painful issue while exercising. Acid reflux can mimic angina due to the chest pain (and vice versa), so a trip to the doctor is warranted for athletes who experience such pain.
Even worse is an ulcer or gastritis from long-distance running. In 8-28 percent of marathon runners, the stools test positive for trace amount of blood that's invisible to the naked eye. This is a sign of a GI bleed, likely from the stomach.
Hi-Yaw! Karate chops have been shown to break open red blood cells and cause anemia. Some runners can have the same thing happen when their heel strikes hard ground, so they should also be checked for anemia.
Women are more at risk than men to have exercise-induced GI problems. Younger folks as well are more vulnerable. Dehydration is definitely a risk factor for GI problems, as well as kidney failure, muscle breakdown, and heat exhaustion. Losing 4 percent of body weight after a workout means way too much dehydration.
I don't think I'll ever run a marathon– or even a 10K! It's ok. I don't want a photo of me puking at the finish line.
Dr. Hook cracks a joke or two, but he's a respected physician with an interesting website, drjohnhong.com. Email him with your questions!


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Wednesday, April 30 is the final day of priority seat selection for current season ticket holders. Starting on May 1, the general public will have its first crack at picking their seats at the club's new venue.
If you have a question or want to become an Earthquakes season ticket holder to make sure you get your desired seats before the deadline, call us at 408-556-7700.
The Earthquakes' 18,000-seat stadium is currently under construction on Coleman Ave adjacent to the San Jose International Airport. The European-inspired building features a canopy roof and the steepest-raked seating in Major League Soccer to provide the best possible fan experience. Additionally, the stadium boasts the largest outdoor bar in North America, a two-acre fan zone and a double-sided video display. The suites and club seats are located at field level, giving fans a premium experience unlike any other in professional sports.
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by Philip Moeller
Personal growth and helping others are more likely to promote happiness than money and status
Americans have been on a decades-long march toward greater material rewards, social and professional status, and physical appearance. And there are signs that we have become much less happy as a result.
People pursue life goals that reflect different mixes of what social scientists call intrinsic and extrinsic motivations. "The intrinsic factors are about personal growth and self-knowledge, connections and social intimacy with other people, and wanting to help the human community for altruistic reasons," says Kennon Sheldon, professor of psychology at the University of Missouri. Extrinsic goals, he says, are about "money, luxury, appearance, attractiveness, status, popularity, looks, and power."
People don't always consciously choose their personal motivators or even set out with a clear idea of what they want. Surveys show that people believe intrinsic goals are the most meaningful. But in practice, people in nearly all nations actually pursue extrinsic goals in their life choices. And Americans are at the top of the list in being motivated by extrinsic factors. "Back in the 1960s, many college students felt that developing a life philosophy was the most important thing they could do, and material prosperity was not important," Sheldon says. "Today, those two things have been flipped."
There have been countless social-science studies of how values are linked to personal well-being and happiness. And there are many nuances in the findings. But for the most part, it seems that people driven by intrinsic goals are significantly happier than those motivated by extrinsic goals.
"When people really focus on those extrinsic values, they end up having a worse psychological satisfaction of their needs, and they are less happy as a result," says Tim Kasser, professor of psychology at Knox College Galesburg, Ill. In studies throughout the world of people in all income groups and demographics, he says, "it's a fairly robust finding in that it seems to turn up over and over again."
Beyond the perception of greater dissatisfaction and unhappiness, there are physical effects. "We've found that people who are more focused on extrinsic values have more headaches and stomach aches, and that children [in extrinsic-focused societies] experience these things as well, and also have more sleep problems."
Jean Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University, has studied detailed records of the shifting well-being and cultural values of more than nine million U.S. high school seniors and college freshman over many decades. What she found was a steady increase in stress, mental health problems, and related signs of unhappiness. Young people are becoming increasingly unhappy, and there is a direct correlation between this sustained shift and an equally pronounced trend in the United States toward greater adoption of extrinsic life goals.
"Younger generations are shaped the most by the culture," notes Twenge, who is also the author of the book Generation Me. Today's prevailing cultural norms are the only ones that younger people have experienced, and thus have a big impact. Older people, by contrast, are changed less by current cultural changes because their impact is blended into past experiences.
"Extrinsic values tend to be correlated with narcissism and a high sense of self," she says, leading to emphasis on self-absorbed material pursuits. At the same time, people are convinced they have no choice. "They say, 'We have to be this way because the world is so competitive,'" Twenge says. "They have become convinced that the way to succeed is to become very self-focused, and to get money, fame, and image. However, narcissistic people don't do better," she concludes. "That's a myth."
The pursuit of money and materialism play a central role, especially in America. Kasser says our consumption-driven economy bombards Americans with commercial messages about the desirability of material consumption. Our form of capitalism, he says, is actually hostile to intrinsic values because greater adoption of those values would lead to lower consumer spending.
Extrinsic goals may not promote optimal happiness and well-being, but that's not to say money isn't associated with substantial amounts of life satisfaction. Money buys things we need and value. How much money we make compared to other people -- our relative income -- is strongly related to satisfaction and happiness. "Money buys happiness for a person, and quite a lot of it," says British economist Andrew Oswald. "The evidence suggests that people care intensely about their relative income. This shows up in brain-scan evidence and in happiness equations."
If having money makes us happy, spending lots of it, by contrast, does not seem to do so. When we buy an expensive item, it turns out, our joy in having it fades over time. This trait, given the name "hedonic adaptation" by social scientists, helps explain why having lots of possessions may provide us some sense of satisfaction but not lasting happiness. In recent years, the rising field of behavioral economics has uncovered additional insights about differences between the perceptions that motivate us and the actual results of our efforts. As it turns out, people are often very out of touch with what they really want. Nowhere is this truer than when it comes to money.
Psychologist and Nobel prize winner Daniel Kahneman breaks the idea of subjective well-being and happiness into two components: the emotional well-being shaped by everyday experiences, and a person's cumulative life evaluation. Many researchers find that life evaluation does not benefit from money, beyond having enough to meet basic needs. Kahneman disagrees, and finds that higher income improves a person's life evaluation even among people who are already wealthy.
However, he found in research that there is a ceiling of about $75,000 a year in how much people need to achieve their maximum amount of emotional well-being. People making more than this amount of money did not feel they gained additional happiness, the research found. "More money does not necessarily buy more happiness," he said. "But less money is associated with emotional pain." Oswald, by contrast, thinks Kahneman's findings warrant more research.
If the things we think are important (intrinsic goals) are not reflected in how we actually behave (extrinsic goals), what should we do? Kasser and others point to a small but growing effort, mostly in Europe, to stop associating our well-being solely with economic growth. The notion of Gross Domestic Product, he says, should be expanded or replaced with a measure that includes physical and mental health plus other measures of well-being and happiness.
It could also help for people to spend more time thinking about their goals, how well they are meeting them, and whether they are happy with their choices. Kasser has developed an Aspiration Index that uses 40-odd questions to help people understand where they are on the intrinsic-external value scale.
A simple exercise developed nearly 50 years ago called the Cantril ladder is still widely used as an accurate self-evaluation to help people think about their life goals and measure their well-being. It asks people to assume that there's a ladder with steps numbering from zero at the bottom to 10 at the top. The best possible life would be a 10 and the worst life a zero. Which rung are you standing on right now? Which rung do you think you will be standing on in five years?


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2019 Japanese reissue
One of the last great Horace Silver albums for Blue Note, Serenade to a Soul Sister is also one of the pianist's most infectiously cheerful, good-humored outings. It was recorded at two separate early-1968 sessions with two mostly different quintets, both featuring trumpeter Charles Tolliver and alternating tenor saxophonists Stanley Turrentine and Bennie Maupin, bassists Bob Cranshaw and John Williams, and drummers Mickey Roker and Billy Cobham. (Williams and Cobham were making some of their first recorded appearances since exiting the military.)
Silver's economical, rhythmic piano style had often been described as funky, but the fantastic opener "Psychedelic Sally" makes that connection more explicit and contemporary, featuring a jubilant horn theme and a funky bass riff that both smack of Memphis soul. (In fact, it's kind of a shame he didn't pursue this idea more.) Keeping the album's playful spirit going, "Rain Dance" is a campy American Indian-style theme, and "Jungle Juice" has a mysterious sort of exotic, tribal flavor.
"Kindred Spirits" has a different, more ethereal sort of mystery, and "Serenade to a Soul Sister" is a warm, loose-swinging tribute. You'd never know this album was recorded in one of the most tumultuous years in American history, but as Silver says in the liner notes' indirect jab at the avant-garde, he simply didn't believe in allowing "politics, hatred, or anger" into his music. Whether you agree with that philosophy or not, it's hard to argue with musical results as joyous and tightly performed as Serenade to a Soul Sister.
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Report from Tales of the Cocktail: On Mixology for Everyone
I've often thought that the most important outcomes of the modern craft cocktail movement aren't at the frontier. It isn't the 16th amaro on the shelf, or the puffs of smoke and centrifuges, or the ever-more obscure cocktail ingredients stirred into your bourbon drink.
No, it's in the filtering-down of this knowledge to the rest of America's bars. How almost any self-respecting new restaurant these days will put some thought into their cocktails, just as they do their food and wine. How it's no longer surprising to find a well-made drink at a burger bar or pizzeria, even if that drink is a simple Aperol spritz. Order a daiquiri or a margarita somewhere, and you're much more likely than you were a few years back to get a real cocktail, no umbrella in sight.
Tales of the Cocktail can seem like a bit of a contradiction, in that its two huge constituencies—big-deal liquor brands and hard-core cocktail geeks—aren't always a seamless match. It's not uncommon to see hotshot bartenders pouring brands they wouldn't carry behind their own bars, and it's not really a surprise, either; it's no secret who has the money in those relationships. If you see the cutting edge and the commonplace as somehow opposed, it's going to seem unnatural.
But this year, more than last, I noticed discussion of—and enthusiasm for—cocktail culture in all its guises. Seminars on the so-called "Dark Ages" of mixology, the '70s and '80s, because there's nothing inherently wrong with a Harvey Wallbanger. On airport bars, because why shouldn't we drink well pre-flight? On big brands themselves, and whether bartenders can find reasons to embrace them. (Sponsored by several Big Brands, granted, so make of that what you will.)
And perhaps most interesting to me, a seminar that dealt frankly with the numbers of running a bar, and how to maximize profit off a cocktail list. "The cutting-edge mixology bars aren't usually going to rake in that much of a profit," said speaker Ryan Magarian. "With high cost of goods, high cost of labor, and a low seat count, you're really not going to bring in that much money." Instead, he looked at real revenue. How do you create cocktails that sell? That make a customer want to knock back four in two hours, not ponder and sip as a single drink?
Cynics might call these speakers sell-outs, but put differently, they're bringing decent cocktails to far more people than a tucked-away New York bar ever could.
There's a more than slightly self-congratulatory circle in bartending (and, of course, in countless other professions) that has its own notions of purity, who views its craft as a rarefied thing—which, sure. It's those at the cutting edge who push things forward. But 99% of bars out there, even cocktail bars, are still catering to a crowd who don't know their Aveze from their Averna.
And the interests of these different groups aren't mutually exclusive. While some will geek out about ice surface area and angularity, for others there's a much simpler question: How can we get better ice behind our bars? There's a crowd that will school themselves in 19th-century cocktail orthodoxy and painstakingly replicate historic drinks—while others might simply take away a new appreciation of lower-alcohol drinks. Brown-spirit scholars want every detail of a seminar on evolving American whiskey, while others just taste a bit beyond Jack and Jim.
The fact is that most bars are not Death + Co. or The Violet Hour—just as most restaurants are not Per Se or Alinea. And there's room for every corner of the industry to keep upping the cocktail game. I don't exactly frequent Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, for instance. (Nor, truth be told, can I ever remember the name). But if I'm there, you better believe I'd appreciate a Bulleit mint julep, and just the fact that there's Bulleit behind the bar.
Simply put, there is no sharp line between craft cocktails and the rest of the drinking world. And a good deal of what I saw at Tales this year moved away from straight cocktail geekdom—and closer to the reality of bars as a business.


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|Jorge Olave and a tangle of figures to be placed in La Plaza del Chorro.
The rooftop figures were created during the 1990s, each modeled after somebody who lived in or near La Candelaria. (The single exception is the fisherwoman outside his studio on Carrera 3 between 14th and 15th Sts. Below it is his daughter Laura's graffiti T-shirt shop.)
|A damaged figure, now at rest in the studio.
The new figures are to include a graffiti artist, a woman reading, a businessman and La Loca Margarita, a legendary crazy woman who once roamed La Candelaria.
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|Olave shows off his plan for La Plaza del Chorro.
|The fisherwoman's legs hang in the studio's window.
|Laura's graffiti t-shirt shop.
|Cell phone man.
|That's a spray paint can he's tossing!
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Commission considers gas tax increase
Commission to submit report to state legislature
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin leaders are looking at new ways to pull in money for road projects, which could translate to a price hike at the pump.
The Transportation Policy and Finance Commission, created in the 2011 state budget, is considering whether there will be enough money to build roads in the future.
"Moving forward, the money we get in this state is from the gas tax and registration fees, and they don't adjust with inflation the way sales and income tax does so they remain stagnant," said Craig Thompson, executive director of the Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin and a member of the 10-member commission.
The commission estimates that in 10 years the state could be $6 billion short on money for major projects, so it's considering where new money could come from, including raising the gas tax for the first time in six years.
"It's probably the best way to make sure we're getting money from everyone who is driving in Wisconsin from out of state, and it has a low administrative cost," Thompson said.
"It's a hot-button issue for people, and nobody wants to pay more for anything; no one wants to pay higher taxes or fees," said Mark Gottleib, secretary of the Department of Transportation.17395604
Gottlieb said the problem lies not only in a flat gas tax but vehicles being more fuel-efficient and drivers simply hitting the road less. The commission is also looking at raising registration fees or creating a mileage fee, which would work by drivers paying a cent and a half per mile driven on state roads in order to find revenue elsewhere. While nothing is final, it's clear the commission and DOT secretary think more money has to come from somewhere.
"Certainly, if we're going to keep the same purchasing power in the transportation fund as vehicles become more efficient and they pay less tax per mile driven, if we're going to continue to make the investments we need to make, something is going to have to fill that gap," Gottlieb said.
The commission's report is due to the governor and the legislature in January with the goal of having enough time for it to be considered for the next state budget.
As it stands, the DOT submitted budget recommendations to the governor that included no fee or tax increases at Gov. Scott Walker's request, but that doesn't mean the governor couldn't opt for a different decision after seeing the commission report in the new year.


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Boy, 9, killed in big-rig collision on Northwest Freeway
A 9-year-old boy was killed and his younger sister injured on Friday when a big rig struck their car on the Northwest Freeway, officials said.
The tractor-trailer's driver was distracted by either a cell phone or radio, said Department of Public Safety Trooper Richard Standifer. When the driver looked up, traffic had slowed and his truck struck the rear driver's side of a Kia Optima, the trooper said.
They collided about 5:40 p.m. on eastbound U.S. 290 near Mason.
The crash injured the boy's 8-year-old sister and their mother, who was driving the car. The girl was taken to the hospital with a skull fracture. She was in surgery late Friday.
The impact was so hard that the rear driver's side of the Kia was touching the front driver's seat, the trooper said.
The impact also pushed the Kia forward, hitting a Toyota Camry and a Ford F-150. The big rig was pulling a Bobcat-type tractor, and Standifer said skid marks were several hundred feet long.
The driver of the Camry was taken to a hospital. Her condition was not available late Friday. The driver of a Ford was taken to the hospital with leg pain.
Authorities performed a blood test on the truck, the trooper said.
All lanes of 290 in both directions were closed early Saturday, according to TranStar.


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I Want My A-J-E! (Update)
After getting a major shot of publicity in the United States as a result of its coverage of the unrest in Egypt, Al Jazeera English is embarking on a huge marketing push. The network took out this full-page ad in this morning's Los Angeles Times:


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MIAMI (AP) — The last time Dwyane Wade played in an NBA Finals game, he needed fluid drained from his left knee and eight hours of intense game-day therapy just to get into uniform.
The Miami Heat guard later described it in a single word.
"Hell," Wade said.
It was also worth it, after he scored 23 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and hoisted his third Larry O'Brien Trophy.
Now, unlike last year, Wade is not dealing with any injuries heading into the Miami's finals rematch against the San Antonio Spurs. At 32 years old and with 866 NBA games already on his playing odometer, Wade still deals with plenty of aches and pains, good days and bad days, and basically has a standing appointment in the Heat training room.
But compared to last season's NBA Finals, his knees are good as new.
"He's a big-time, huge piece to our puzzle," four-time NBA MVP and Heat star LeBron James said. "To have him out there in the groove that he's in right now, it's going to help us."
The Heat are looking to win their third straight title and Wade is on the cusp of joining a list of all-time NBA greats.
There are just seven players with four championships and at least one NBA Finals MVP award on their resumes: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, John Havlicek, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan and the Spurs' Tim Duncan.
Wade could be the eighth person in that club.
"We just want to continue to add to what we're accomplishing," Wade said.
Almost forgotten amid all the memories of Wade limping about during last year's playoffs — he whacked what was his "good" knee at this time last year, the surgically repaired left one, in a collision with the Spurs' Manu Ginobili during Game 6 of the finals — is he had big games when Miami needed him.
Through his first 14 games of the 2013 playoffs, Wade was averaging 13.6 points.
In the final eight games of that postseason run, starting with Game 7 against Indiana, he averaged 19.8 points.
And in the last four games of the finals, he averaged 23.5 points against the Spurs to close the series. As his knees got worse, Wade seemed to get better.
"He still found a way last year," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "He really did. He had some of his biggest games not only in the finals, but Game 7, we didn't think necessarily he was going to even play that game in the Eastern Conference finals."
This year, the Heat tried to leave nothing to chance with Wade's health.
The so-called maintenance plan for Wade — limiting his minutes to save his knees — kicked in on the second night of the regular season. He wound up missing 28 games in all, mostly because of that rest-and-rehab scheme, to ensure that he would be good to go in the playoffs.
The results can't be argued. Wade is averaging 18.7 points on 52 percent shooting, Miami is 12-3 in the playoffs and when getting more than three days rest — like the Heat will have before Game 1 in San Antonio on Thursday night — the perennial All-Star has had games of 23, 14, 27 and 23 points on a combined 60 percent shooting.
"Dwyane is playing great," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said Tuesday. "He looks a lot more spry and ready to go then he did last year in the finals."
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In the mid 20th century, 1930 to maybe 1970, life along Oil Creek was caught in a quirky time warp. I treasure the stories of the grandsons and granddaughters, my generation and those a few years older than me, who hold bits of that world in their memories. It's hard to imagine today. The March 24, '06 article on William & Vada Riffles' Family is the first entry that focuses on life on OIl Creek.
Edith and Oras Stutler raised their five kids, including my mom, in a house on Oil Creek that I never saw. By the time I came along in 1947 Edith and Oras had moved into a veritable gaslit palace (albeit with a handpump and outhouse, and very possibly resident ghosts) that had been the Dolan Hotel in Orlando's heyday. But that wasn't where they lived out the bulk of their life together. The Oil Creek place wouldn't have been a city house, by any means, but fellow genealogist and a friend of the family Carolyn (Hintzman) Ramsay assures me the house wasn't as primitive as the Donaldsons' on the WPA photo essay. (See Feb 27 entry "Photo Essay" and http://newdeal.feri.org/library/l54.htm and http://newdeal.feri.org/library/l55.htm)
That isn't to say that there were not houses like the Donelsons'. I visited some in the 1950s and early '60s.
Carolyn wrote the following about the my grandparents' Oil Creek home. "The front porch went across the entire front of the house with steps in the middle. I remember the train tracks went right in front of the house next to the river & in the middle of the night the train's headlight would make scary shadows on the ceiling, or so it seemed to a 6 year old!
"I remember the living room had a large buffet/bureau with a mirror on the back of the top. The furniture was HUGE overstuffed couch & the matching rocker had wide wooden arms. I don't really know what they were made of, but it looked like leather. [I think I know that furniture. The couch and chair were stuffed with horse hair and, believe it or not, the couch opened up into a bed.]
"I THINK the light was from oil lamps & I don't know about heat, because I was only there in summers. "
I really don't remember the kitchen, but the upstairs bedroom where I slept with Jane [my mother's youngest sister], was in (as I remember it) a rather unfinished attic room." -Carolyn
I still have lots of questions about the house itself. How many rooms were there? I would suppose there was a separate kitchen, with an ice box? wood stove? Also, I suppose Grandma & Grandpa's bed was in the main room, because even at the Orlando house (the former Dolan Hotel with lots of rooms) they had their bed in the living room.
The photo was taken, I'm told, on the front porch of the Oil Creek house. Oras (grandpa) is in the middle on the bottom step, his sister Mary in on the left and his dad, O.M. Stutler, is on the right. Edith (grandma) is in the center behind. If that is my sister Jackie in her arms, the photo was taken about 1942.
Saturday, April 08, 2006
Oras and Edith Stutler's Family on Oil Creek
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Be absolutely sure that you are properly diagnosed as actually having a
If you do decide to have an operation after a decisive diagnosis, opt for the Shouldice technique if you are under 50. Only agree to a mesh repair if you are over 50 or even 60. Don't agree to keyhole surgery until there is more evidence that it can be performed safely.Not all hernias need an operation. Canada performs twice as many hernia operations as the UK, largely because your run-of-the-mill medic can get reimbursed for them, indicating that finances, not need, often are the deciding factor. If a surgeon decides not to operate, he can either do nothing or give the patient a truss, a supportive garment which pushes the hernia back into the abdomen by applying steady pressure. Some patients given a truss (particularly elderly ones) don't understand how to fit it properly and aren't given instructions. If you do get one, make sure it is fitted when you are standing.
Don't be afraid to grill the surgeon on his track record. How senior is he? How many Shouldice operations has he done? What is his recurrence/complications rate? If his answers don't satisfy you, get yourself another doctor. Remember: if your operation needs to be redone, the risks of complications multiply.
Think twice about surgery if you are elderly, frail, you've got a direct hernia or you've had a small groin hernia for many years and not realized it or not had any problems. (For many femoral hernias, which carry a much higher risk of strangulation, an operation may be more justified.)
If you decide against surgery, to combat ulcers or heartburn, eat numerous small meals every day rather than a few large ones. Don't lie down after you've eaten and wait a couple of hours before lifting weights and bending. If you really need to lift, bend at the knees, not from the waist.
Don't eat spicy foods and avoid fried foods which delay digestion and prolong the stomach's emptying time (allergenic foods often magnify the symptoms and prolong the healing process). Avoid coffee, tea, alcohol, colas and smoking. Don't wear tight belts or girdles. Avoid constipation and straining during a bowel movement. Strengthen the stomach muscles by lying on your back, knees bent, lifting your buttocks and lower back off the floor, 10 times a day.