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ConFurence 4
|ConFurence 0 (1989)
|ConFurence 1 (1990)
|ConFurence 2 (1991)
|ConFurence 3 (1992)
|ConFurence 4 (1993)
|ConFurence 5 (1994)
|ConFurence 6 (1995)
|ConFurence 7 (1996)
|ConFurence 8 (1997)
|ConFurence 9 (1998)
|ConFurence 10 (1999)
|ConFurence 11 (2000)
|ConFurence 12 (2001)
|ConFurence 2002 (13)
|ConFurence 2003 (14)
|ConFurence staff
|ConFurence guests of honor
ConFurence 4 was the furry convention in the ConFurence series held over January 22-24, 1993 at the Red Lion Inn in Costa Mesa, California.[1] Adjacent to the Orange County Airport, this was the same hotel which had declined to host ConFurence 0 several years earlier.
The theme for 1993 was "In Search of Ancient Furries", and "Dedicated to the memory of Deal Whitley"[1]. Three-day membership was $20 in advance, with a special $17 rate for previous members.
The funds from the Cabaret Fur Le Dance event were to go to the Deal Whitley fund at the duCret School of Art. Other events included the "Fur Rave" dance, and a Pizza Feast (replacing the Spaghetti Dinner). The Sci-Fi Channel did a cable TV report on the convention.[2]
"Flying Purple Parking Meter", lyrics by Bruce Lane, won the Filk Contest.[3]
Guests of Honor[edit]
The guests of honor were
|* Larry Dixon and Mercedes Lackey (Fantasy Artist/Author team)
- Two oil paintings by Steve Gallacci in the art auction collectively sold for over $1000. At the time, furry art fetching that high a price was unheard of.
- The hotel was being used at the same time by an Amway convention.
- The security manager of the hotel took a great dislike to Confurence, and when a maid found a cartoon-style fake plastic bomb on Scott Malcomson's bed, the police were summoned. For the remainder of the convention, all CF4 attendees had to show their con badges whenever they entered the hotel. The convention had no desire to use the Red Lion Inn again.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://www.confurence.com/CF4/index.html Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ↑ Furry Fandom: 1993 SyFy Report - Spottacus/Prancing Skiltaire
- ↑ ConFurence Filk Contest on kayshapero.net. Retrieved May 3, 2008.
External links[edit]
- http://www.confurence.com/CF4/
- Photos, videos, reports: ConFurence 4 (1993) resources

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Sonosite Introduces Technology for Early Risk Assessment of Cardiovascular DiseaseSoftware Detects Thickened Arterial Walls and Enables Doctors to Treat Patients at the Point of Care With More ConfidenceNEW ORLEANS, November 9, 2004 - Sonosite, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONO), the world leader in hand-carried ultrasound, today introduced SonoCalc IMT software, which allows physicians to effectively measure the intima-media thickness (IMT) of the carotid arteries and assess a patient's risk of cardiovascular disease early. The company made the announcement at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2004 in New Orleans, at which there are a number of clinical presentations addressing the benefits of IMT measurement for cardiovascular disease.Twenty years of clinical research has shown that the arterial wall lining or IMT of the carotid arteries becomes thickened years before plaque develops within the vessel. This increased wall thickness is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of mortality and disability in the United States today."What I have found is that patients with intermediate or limited risk factors, such as moderately elevated cholesterol, who would normally go untreated, may truly be at high risk for a cardiovascular event," said Regina Drueding, M.D., internal medicine physician in Bountiful, Utah and a user of the software. "An IMT scan, using ultrasound at the point of care, provides us the right information to help prevent and better manage the disease. Currently, the most effective way of measuring a patient's IMT is with ultrasound to easily and non-invasively capture images of the carotid artery wall for analysis."Used in conjunction with the TITAN system - Sonosite's high-resolution, hand-carried ultrasound - the SonoCalc patented, automated edge-detection technology provides physicians the ability to analyze the IMT of the patient's carotid artery and compare it against published population data to generate an individual cardiovascular health profile report for the patient. Equally as important, it enables doctors to visualize disease progression to the patient by showing the patient the IMT scan. Sonosite will be offering IMT screenings in booth 2452 during the AHA Scientific Sessions from November 7-10.According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., affecting an estimated 64 million people. Until recently, measuring cholesterol levels or looking for the presence of C-Reactive proteins (acute phase proteins whose levels increase when there's inflammation of blood vessels) have been among the few options in evaluating the risk of cardiovascular disease. However, recent studies have shown a correlation of 95 percent between the disease present in the carotid arteries and the disease present in the coronary arteries. This makes IMT an important tool for diagnosing patients at risk for cardiovascular disease."By expanding our hand-carried ultrasound technology into preventive cardiology we believe that we offer physicians a cost-effective and significant tool to help reduce the intractable increase in cardiovascular disease," said Kevin Goodwin, president and CEO of Sonosite. "Our technology is already positively impacting patient care and outcomes in many diagnostic areas. With the introduction of SonoCalc software we're enabling physicians to make an IMT exam a part of the physical exam and providing the opportunity to impact the early stages of cardiovascular disease when treatment is most effective." SonoCalc's features include:
- Fully automated, single click IMT measurement
- Semi-automated, user-guided IMT measurement for difficult images
- Statistical analysis of multiple IMT measurements
- IMT measurements stored with corresponding patient information
- Professional report generation summarizing one or more IMT measurements for a particular patient
About SonositeSonosite, Inc. (www.sonosite.com) is the innovator and world leader in hand-carried ultrasound, with an installed base of more than 20,000 systems. The Company, headquartered near Seattle, Washington is represented by eight subsidiaries and a global distribution netwok in over 75 countries. Sonosite's small, lightweight systems are expanding the use of ultrasound across the clinical spectrum by cost-effectively bringing high performance ultrasound to the point of patient care. The Company employs approximately 450 people worldwide.


text: Back Injectable Corticosteroids Corticosteroids are potent drugs used to reduce inflammation in the body's tissues. They are different from anabolic steroids, which some athletes use illegally to increase muscle tone. Corticosteroids can come in several forms: pills, liquids, creams, ointments, medications sprayed into the nose, and injectable medications. Corticosteroid injections can treat a variety of skeletal, muscular, and spinal conditions. Some of these injections can be done by your health care provider during a routine clinic visit; others require a referral to a pain specialist. Here are some of their most common uses: Osteoarthritis. People with osteoarthritis often develop pain and inflammation in their joints. An injection of corticosteroids into the affected joint can provide temporary pain relief for several weeks or months. After the treatment, you'll need to rest the joint for at least 24 hours for the best results. Low back pain. Lower back pain from muscle strains, ruptured disks, spinal stenosis, and other conditions may be treated with injectable corticosteroids to provide some relief. Lumbar radiculopathy is pain in the buttocks, hips, or legs that comes from a pinched nerve in the lower back. This type of pain can often be treated with corticosteroid injections near the pinched nerve. In cases of extreme pain, the drugs may be sent to the spinal cord area through a catheter. Sometimes other drugs like local anesthetics or narcotics are given in conjunction with the corticosteroid. Cervical radiculopathy. This is neck pain that radiates to the shoulder and arm. It happens when the vertebrae in the spine move closer together, pinching a nerve in the neck. Injecting corticosteroids near the pinched nerve may reduce swelling and relieve pain, giving the nerve some time to heal. Bursitis and tendonitis. Bursitis is a common condition that occurs when the fluid sac that normally cushions your joint spaces becomes inflamed and painful. Tendonitis is a common condition in which the tendons around muscles and bones become inflamed. The areas most often affected are the elbow, knee, shoulder, wrist, and hip. Injected corticosteroids can calm down the inflammation. But you must be careful because steroid use can cause the tendon to weaken or even rupture. Carpal tunnel syndrome. This condition occurs when a nerve in the wrist becomes compressed or pinched, causing pain and weakness in the hand. Injecting a corticosteroid into the wrist can provide immediate, though temporary, relief. An anesthetic like lidocaine may also be given in conjunction with the steroid. Cautions about corticosteroids Corticosteroids can have a number of side effects, including high blood sugar levels. For this reason, people with diabetes are advised to tell their doctors about their condition before taking any steroid medications. Using injectable corticosteroids for a long period of time is not advisable because of additional undesirable side effects that can occur. These include osteoporosis, cataracts, delayed growth, stomach ulcers, and high blood pressure. You may experience short-term side effects such as local pain or infection at the injection site. Your provider will usually limit your total number of corticosteroid injections to three to four a year. If you are considering taking corticosteroids to treat a muscular or skeletal condition, be sure to talk with your doctor about all the benefits and risks.


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It's a fiercely debated question amongst palaeontologists: was the giant 'terror bird', which lived in Europe between 55 to 40 million years ago, really a terrifying predator or just a gentle herbivore?
New research presented at the Goldschmidt conference in Florence today (Thursday 29th August) may finally provide an answer. A team of German researchers has studied fossilised remains of terror birds from a former open-cast brown coal mine in the Geiseltal (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany) and their findings indicate the creature was most likely not a meat eater.
The terror bird -- also known as Gastornis -- was a flightless bird up to two metres in height with an enormous, ferocious beak. Based upon its size and ominous appearance, scientists have long assumed that it was a ruthless carnivore.
"The terror bird was thought to have used its huge beak to grab and break the neck of its prey, which is supported by biomechanical modelling of its bite force," says Dr Thomas Tütken, from the University of Bonn. "It lived after the dinosaurs became extinct and at a time when mammals were at an early stage of evolution and relatively small; thus, the terror bird was though to have been a top predator at that time on land."
Recent research has cast some doubt on its diet, however. Palaeontologists in the United States found footprints believed to belong to the American cousin of Gastornis, and these do not show the imprints of sharp claws, used to grapple prey, that might be expected of a raptor. Also, the bird's sheer size and inability to move fast has made some believe it couldn't have predated on early mammals -- though others claim it might have ambushed them. But, without conclusive findings either way, the dietary inclinations of Gastornis remain a mystery.
Dr Tütken and his colleagues Dr Meinolf Hellmund, Dr Stephen Galer and Petra Held have taken a new geochemical approach to determine the diet of Gastornis. By analysing the calcium isotope composition in fossilised bones, they have been able to identify what proportion of a creature's diet was plant or animal and, on that basis, their position in the food chain of the local ecosystem. This depends on the calcium isotopic composition becoming "lighter" as it passes through the food chain. They tested the method first with herbivorous and carnivorous dinosaurs -- including top predator T-Rex -- as well as mammals living today, before applying it to terror bird bones held in the Geiseltal collection at Martin-Luther University in Halle.
Their results show that the calcium isotope compositions of terror bird bones are similar to those of herbivorous mammals and dinosaurs and not carnivorous ones. Before the debate is finally closed, however, the researchers want to cross check their data using other fossil assemblages to be completely sure.
"Tooth enamel preserves original geochemical signatures much better than bone, but since Gastornis didn't have any teeth, we've had to work with their bones to do our calcium isotope assay," explains Dr Tütken. "Because calcium is a major proportion of bone -- around 40% by weight -- its composition is unlikely to have been affected much by fossilisation. However, we want to be absolutely confident in our findings by analysing known herbivores and carnivores using fossilised bone from the same site and the same time period. This will give us an appropriate reference frame for the terror bird values."
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ATTLEBORO, Mass. July 25, 2013 — -- Accused killer Aaron Hernandez was captured on his own home surveillance cameras holding a large caliber firearm in the minutes after his friend was shot dead, according to court documents released today.
Prosecutors added that they found a spent .45 caliber shell casing in a car rented by the former New England Patriots star that matched the five bullets found in the body of murder victim Odin Lloyd.
The documents were released by Massachusetts investigators today.
"Interior surveillance footage shows Aaron Hernandez pass through the living room area of the residence while holding an item, identified by investigators being consistent with a firearm," according to a search warrant affidavit released by the Attleboro District Court today.
"Aaron Hernandez is observed on the surveillance video moving the item believed to be a firearm between his hands as he passes through the living room,'' the affidavit stated.
The photographs were taken inside his home and recovered from the 14 surveillance cameras Hernandez had throughout his $1.2 million mansion in North Attleboro, Mass. Hernandez, prosecutors said, had tampered with the cameras but investigators were able to retrieve photographs.
The pictures helped police build a timeline allegedly leading to the murder of Lloyd, 27, a semi-pro football player whose body was found less than a mile from Hernandez's home. He was shot five times with a .45 caliber handgun.
Hours before the June 16 slaying, Hernandez sent a text message to Lloyd that read: "I'm coming to grab that tonight. U gon b around I need dat and we could step for a little again."
Hernandez's surveillance cameras showed him leaving his home at 1:12 a.m. with two other men, who police and prosecutors identified as Ernest Wallace, 41, and Carlos Ortiz, 27. Wallace has been charged in connection with Lloyd's murder and Ortiz was arrested on firearms charges.
Hernandez and Wallace have denied the charges. It's not clear if Ortiz has entered a plea.
At 2:09 a.m., a security camera at a Blue Hill Avenue gas station in Boston showed Hernandez purchasing a cigar and Bubble Yum Cotton Candy flavored gum after filling the tank of a silver sedan, according to court documents.
Roughly 20 minutes later the men pick up Lloyd at his home, according to video recovered from Boston Police cameras.
At 3:20 a.m., the silver sedan was captured driving into an industrial park, near the Hernandez home, where Lloyd was killed, according to a search warrant affidavit.
"This vehicle entered the crime scene at 3:23 a.m. on Monday June 17, 2013," the affidavit states. "The time of this activity is consistent with the reports of employees at an adjacent business who heard gunshots."
The surveillance photos of Hernandez back in his home and holding what appears to be a pistol were taken at 3:33 a.m., the police document states.
Hernandez was arrested on murder and weapons charges June 26 and has been held in a solitary confinement cell at Bristol County Correctional Center in Dartmouth since. He was in court for a probable cause hearing Wednesday, but the hearing was delayed until Aug. 22.
After that court appearance Hernandez's cousin, Tanya Singleton, was served with search warrants for her Bristol, Conn., home and her cell phone was seized, ABC News reported.


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No. 10 Kansas State controls second half, dumps Baylor
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- A pair of double-doubles and four players scoring in double digits made for a good night at Kansas State.
Angel Rodriguez had 22 points and 10 assists and Shane Southwell added 18 points on six 3-pointers to lead the No. 10 Wildcats to an 81-61 win over Baylor on Saturday night.
Jordan Henriquez added 10 points and 10 rebounds and Rodney McGruder also scored 10 for Kansas State, which tied a season low with only six turnovers and a season high with 11 3s. Southwell finished 6 of 9 from beyond the arc.
The game remained fairly close in the first half, but the Wildcats (20-5, 9-3 Big 12) took control in the second, outscoring the Bears 43-32 after the break.
"It was obviously a good win against a very good team," Kansas State coach Bruce Weber said. "We talk a lot about 40 minutes, and against them it's something that you have to play because ... they have a lot of weapons."
The Wildcats neutralized the Bears by forcing 19 turnovers.
"We talked about making them accountable on defense, and we did that," Weber said. "We made them turn it over."
A.J. Walton led Baylor (16-9, 7-5) with 14 points and Isaiah Austin added 13.
Bears coach Scott Drew called a timeout less than two minutes into the second half after the Wildcats bolted out of the break with three straight baskets. Henriquez drew a foul and converted on a free throw, Rodriguez finished a fast break layup, and Henriquez scored in the paint.
Baylor's Brady Heslip turned the ball over right after the timeout, but he quickly redeemed himself with a pair of 3s. After Rico Gathers scored and Pierre Jackson hit a 3 of his own, Baylor trailed 43-41 with 12:51 remaining.
Before the Bears could creep any closer, Rodriguez drilled a 3, his third of the game from beyond the arc. After Walton scored, Southwell hit a 3 that ignited a 13-2 run by the Wildcats.
Martavious Irving sank a 3, and after another 3 from Southwell, the big men got going. Henriquez dunked and followed it up with a block on the other end, and Thomas Gipson converted in the paint the next time down.
The Bears had handled the Wildcats down low early in the game, but it was Kansas State and Henriquez who ultimately took care of business in the paint.
"I try to take advantage of the guys my size," Henriquez said. "You've just got to take advantage of the mismatches you have or the rebounding opportunities you're able to gather, too."
With 7:48 to go, the Wildcats again had a double-digit lead, 59-45, leading Drew to call another timeout.
"It's hard when you punch somebody and then they punch you back," Rodriguez said. "It kind of brings you down, so I guess we brought them down and they weren't able to make another run on us."
Baylor clawed within 59-49 on a pair of Jackson free throws and a bucket by Taurean Prince.
Omari Lawrence converted a three-point play, Henriquez scored down low, and after Austin sank a pair of free throws, Rodriguez hit McGruder for an alley-oop.
A 3 by Austin brought the Bears within 12, but a three-point play by Rodriguez and a second-chance bucket by McGruder opened the gap to 71-54 with 4:03 to play.
Baylor did not get within single the rest of the game.
Early in the first half, Baylor dominated the paint, and Kansas State lived in 3-point range.
McGruder sparked the Wildcats by scoring their first two baskets after Baylor forward Cory Jefferson and Austin both made shots in the paint.
Rodriguez sank a 3, giving the Wildcats a 7-4 lead. After Jefferson again scored down low, Southwell drained his first 3, giving Kansas State a 10-6 lead four minutes into the game.
The Bears went on an 8-2 spurt powered by their big men. Jefferson, Austin and Gathers each took trips to the free throw line, where they went a combined 4-for-5, and then Gathers threw down a dunk. After Jackson scored his first points of the game, Baylor led 16-12 with 10:20 to go in the first half.
Kansas State responded with a 15-3 run that began with three straight 3s. Rodriguez played an integral part in the scoring frenzy by swishing a 3, assisting on back-to-back 3s by Southwell and then converting a basket in the paint to give the Wildcats a 23-16 advantage with 6:33 remaining until halftime.
The deficit narrowed when Baylor's guards got involved. Heslip scored his first basket of the game, and after buckets by Spradling and Southwell, both Jackson and Walton scored, pulling the Bears to 27-24 with 3:41 left in the half.
Again, just when Baylor began to close the gap, the Kansas State offense hit its stride. A 3 by Spradling began a 10-0 run that also included free throws by McGruder, another 3 by Spradling and another layup by Rodriguez.
Walton scored the last two buckets of the first half for Baylor, which went to the locker room down 38-29.
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UC Berkeley Press Release
Whales evolved biosonar to chase squid into the deep
BERKELEY – Behind the sailor's lore of fearsome battles between sperm whale and giant squid lies a deep question of evolution: How did these leviathans develop the underwater sonar needed to chase and catch squid in the inky depths?
Now, two evolutionary biologists at the University of California, Berkeley, claim that, just as bats developed sonar to chase flying insects through the darkness, dolphins and other toothed whales also developed sonar to chase schools of squid swimming at night at the surface.
(CT scan courtesy of T. W. Cranford & M. F. McKenna/San Diego State University. Simocetus courtesy of Nick Pyenson/UC Berkeley. Bottlenose dolphin courtesy of Wikipedia.)
Because squid migrate to deeper, darker waters during the day, however, toothed whales eventually perfected an exquisite echolocation system that allows them to follow the squid down to that "refrigerator in the deep, where food is available day or night, 24/7," said evolutionary biologist David Lindberg, UC Berkeley professor of integrative biology and coauthor of a new paper on the evolution of echolocation in toothed whales published online July 23 in advance of its publication in the European journal Lethaia.
"When the early toothed whales began to cross the open ocean, they found this incredibly rich source of food surfacing around them every night, bumping into them," said Lindberg, former director and now a curator in UC Berkeley's Museum of Paleontology. "This set the stage for the evolution of the more sophisticated biosonar system that their descendents use today to hunt squids at depth."
Lindberg and coauthor Nick Pyenson, a graduate student in the UC Berkeley Department of Integrative Biology and at the Museum of Paleontology, reconstructed this scenario after looking at both whale evolution and the evolution of cephalopods like squid and nautiloids - relatives of today's chambered nautilus - and relating this to the biology of living whales and cephalopods.
All toothed whales, or odontocetes, echolocate. The baleen whales, which sieve krill from the ocean and have no teeth, do not. The largest of the toothed whales, the sperm whale, grows up to 60 feet long and dives to 3,000 meters - nearly two miles - in search of squid. Though poorly known because they live entirely in the deep ocean, the many species of the beaked whale dive nearly as deep. Belugas and narwhals descend beyond 1,000 meters, while members of the dolphin family - porpoises, killer whales and pilot whales, for example - all can dive below the 200-meter mark where sunlight is reduced to darkness.
According to Pyenson, who focuses on the evolution of whales, the first whales entered the ocean from land about 45 million years ago, and apparently did not echolocate. Their fossil skeletons do not have the scooped forehead of today's echolocating whales, which cups a fatty melon-shaped ball that is thought to act as a lens to focus clicking noises.
Skulls with the first hints of a concave forehead and potential sound-generating bone structures arose about 32 million years ago, Pyenson said, by which time whales presumably had spread throughout the oceans. Whales had developed underwater hearing by about 40 million years ago.
According to Lindberg, whale biologists had various theories about echolocation, including that whales developed this biosonar soon after entering the water as a way to find food in turbid rivers and estuaries. The evolution of toothed whales, however, indicates otherwise. Whales first occupied the ocean, and only later invaded rivers. Other experts have proposed that development of echolocation coincided with global cooling around 33.5 million years ago, though a mechanism was not specified.
The most convincing explanation, that echolocation allowed whales to more efficiently find food in the darkness of the deep ocean, ignores the question of evolution.
(Data from Roper & Young [Smithson. Contr. Zool. 209: 1975], Nesis & Nikitina [Russ. J. Aquat. Ecol. 4: 1995] and Moiseev [Bull. Mar. Sci. 49: 1991])
"How did the whales know there was a large supply of food down in the dark?" asked Lindberg, noting that cephalopods are the most abundant and high-energy resource in the ocean, eaten by 90 percent of all toothed whales. "What were the intermediate evolutionary steps that got whales down there?"
Lindberg, a specialist in the evolution of marine mollusks, noted that cephalopods have migrated up and down on a daily "diel" cycle for at least 150 million years. At the time whales developed biosonar, nautiloids dominated the oceans. Lindberg and Pyenson propose that whales first found it possible to track these hard-shelled creatures in surface waters at night by bouncing sounds off of them, an advantage over whales that relied only on moonlight or starlight. This would have enabled whales to follow the cephalopods as they migrated downwards into the darkness during the day. Today, the largest number of squid hang out during the day at about 500 meters below the surface, though some go twice as deep. During the night, however, nearly half the squid are within 150 meters of the surface.
Over the millennia, cephalopod species in general - and especially shelled cephalopod species - fell as the number of whale species boomed, possibly because of predation by whales. Then, about 10 million years ago, the whales seem to have driven the nautiloids out of the open ocean into protected reefs. Lindberg said that the decline in nautiloid diversity would have forced whales to perfect their sonar to hunt soft-bodied, migrating squid, such as the Teuthida, which in the open ocean are typically two feet long or bigger and range up to the 40-foot-long giant squid.
"Whales didn't need to have a very sophisticated sonar system to follow the nautiloids, they could just home in on the hard part," Lindberg said. Only later , he added, did they "develop a complex system with finer resolution to detect and capture soft-bodied squid."
(David Lindberg/UC Berkeley)
"Whales, like bats, developed a sensory system for seeing with sound, and every single toothed whale echolocates in a different way, just like how different bat species echolocate in different ways," Pyenson said. Whales also partition the water column, specializing in harvesting squid at specific depths, just as bats partition the tree canopy and preferentially hunt insects at specific heights.
Lindberg noted that whales and bats are strong examples of convergent evolution to take advantage of unexploited food resources: nocturnal insects, in the case of non-migrating insectivorous bats, and nocturnal cephalopods, in the case of whales. And just as predominately migrating fruit bats do not echolocate, so filter-feeding baleen whales that depend on dense seasonal resources lack biosonar.
Lindberg and Pyenson used existing data on whales and cephalopods to reach their conclusions, drawing upon aspects of tectonics, paleontology, physiology, ecology, anatomy and biophysics. In the same way, "thinking from an evolutionary perspective about existing data from biology, paleontology and ecology could answer questions about the origin of echolocation in bats, shrews and other animals," Lindberg said.
The work was supported in part by the Remington Kellogg Fund and the Doris O. and Samuel P. Welles Research Fund of the UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology and by a graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation.


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My life is broken into two halves. They're not equal halves, but sometimes they feel that way. The first half is spent trying to figure out how reality works, if time is real, and what it means to be alive; the other half is spent scheduling my life around sporting events I am compelled to watch, even though I don't care who wins and won't remember anything significant about the game in two weeks' time. It makes no sense: All winter long, I'm constantly trying to catch random mid-major college basketball games between second-tier teams going nowhere, all while realizing I can't remember who played in the Final Four just three years ago. It's a (very minor) paradox. But a less minor paradox is why the achievement of my second goal is so consistently unsatisfying, even though technology has made it remarkably simple.
This is where the two halves of my life intersect.
If that statement makes no sense, let me rephrase it as a straightforward question: Why is watching a prerecorded sporting event less pleasurable than watching the same game live?
This phenomenon is inescapable (I'm sure some might disagree, but not any sports fan I've ever met). It's going to be the principal issue TV audiences have with coverage of the Summer Olympics since live events in London will almost never match up with the prime-time window when NBC will want to show them. For most North Americans with normal jobs, the 2012 Olympics will not be experienced as living history; they will be experienced as recent history. And that will create the same intangible loss.
It doesn't matter how much I sequester myself or how thrilling the event is — if I know the game has finished, it's difficult to sustain authentic interest in what I've recorded. I inevitably fast-forward to the last two or three minutes (even when I have no vested interest in the outcome). Since I'm watching the game purely for entertainment, it shouldn't be any different from the real thing. It should, in fact, be better, just as it's more enjoyable to watch self-recorded episodes of Frontline or Storage Wars or any other traditional show that lives inside my DVR. In theory, I should be able to enjoy every single game I want to see, on my own schedule — all I need to do is avoid the Internet for a few hours and not glance at the ESPN ticker on public TV screens. But it never works: I get home, I start watching the recent past, and I find myself rushing toward the present.
So why is this?
I believe there are five reasons this happens. I've broken them down into two categories — the rational explanations (which play a minor role) and the irrational explanations (which matter way more).
The Rational
1. The removal of commercials erodes drama: If I record a sporting event, there's no way I'm sitting through the commercials. That would be like volunteering for a DUI. One of the central pleasures of self-recorded TV is eliminating our forced exposure to advertising. Yet this is probably an error, at least when consuming sports. It's during those moments when nothing is happening that the drama of a game becomes most palpable; this is why static sports like baseball and golf generally feel more gut-wrenching than fluid sports like soccer and hockey. By purposefully skipping all the game breaks, I'm inadvertently skipping the gaps that manufacture tension. I should probably just sit through every commercial and let the tension build. But I'll never do that, because that would make me an idiot.
2. By watching a game after the fact, I am consciously distancing myself from the actual experience: Do you remember the controversy following Ricky Gervais' hosting of the Golden Globe Awards? In all likelihood, it's the only thing you remember about the Golden Globes, if you remember them at all: Gervais made a handful of funny, mean-spirited jokes about The Tourist and Charlie Sheen and Scientologists, and it probably changed the trajectory of his entire career. But here's the twist — the reaction to those jokes varied wildly, depending on how and when you saw them. If you watched those clips on the Internet a day later, they didn't seem remotely problematic (if anything, they came across as a bit obvious). But people watching the show live on TV were more polarized, and people who attended the event in person were actively disturbed (even if they weren't necessarily targeted or offended).
This, I suppose, is a nonstoned way to describe the (completely unscientific) concept of "levels of reality." The celebrities and media members in the same room with Gervais were experiencing a "hard reality" — they were sharing the same space in real time, and they were tangibly connected to what was happening. If someone in the room was humiliated, they could feel that humiliation; they could look over at Robert Downey Jr. and watch him pretend not to care. For people watching live on television, it was a "soft reality" — they were sharing time, but they weren't sharing space. TV audiences were surprised by what Gervais was saying, but it still looked and felt like television (the participants seemed less like actual people and more like actors playing themselves). For those of us who watched those same clips 24 hours later, there was pretty much no emotive response whatsoever; if you liked (or didn't like) the jokes, it was for personal or aesthetic reasons. The entire affair was now a construction (i.e., the softest reality possible).
The same thing happens with sports. If you watch a game in person, you're forced to connect with it emotionally (even if you don't want to be there). If you watch it live on television, the network airing the game tries to compensate for your physical distance by maximizing the pertinent details — they shoot the game from the best possible vantage point, they show replays from different perspectives, and they hire announcers to contextualize what you're already seeing. But here's what the networks can't do: They can't make you forget what time it is. They can't trick you into believing that this game is still happening. They can't make you forget that the outcome of the game has been established and that what you're now seeing has been scripted by the rotation of the earth. You know this, and you can't unlearn it.
As a result, a 7:05 p.m. Yankees-Red Sox game viewed at midnight becomes the equivalent of watching the 2011 Golden Globes in 2012 — a distant event in which nothing is at stake (even if you want it to be).
3. Recording gives me too much control: This seems backwards, but it's probably common sense. The most reassuring thing about television is that it's a passive experience — it's one-way entertainment. You sit motionless and watch what's happening, and it's totally acceptable to surrender your agency. But if you're watching a game that's already happened, you're constantly forced to decide whether or not it's worth the investment of your time. You suddenly have too much agency. You know you could just walk over to your computer and learn everything important in seconds (i.e., who won, what the highlights were, what the takeaway is), so the play-by-play action needs to be more entertaining than every other life option you have at that moment. As soon as one team takes command, it feels wasteful to wait and see if the trailing opponent makes a comeback. When I watch a bad football game live, I tend to unconsciously place the blame on the players and coaches; this is a misguided and childish reaction, but it's a natural reaction. However, if I watch a bad football game three hours after it has finished, I can only blame myself.
The Irrational
1. "Perhaps my personal involvement with this game will impact the outcome": This, certainly, is a crazy thing for anyone to believe. But whenever I discuss this topic with other people, they inevitably allude to the notion of being involved with what they're seeing. There is a massive sector of the populace who think they are partially responsible for what happens in the games they're watching on television; they believe their psychic energy plays a role in what happens to other people in other cities. These consumers tend to fall into one or more of the following categories:
- a. People who get mad at total strangers for not standing up and cheering at live events.
- b. People who swear at inanimate objects.
- c. People who refer to teams composed of people they've never met as "We."
- d. People who think God has a vested interest in certain teams' succeeding.1
- e. People who applaud at the conclusion of movies, just in case the director happens to be sitting in the theater.
- f. People who worry about Susan Miller.2
- g. People who refuse to accept that even "live" TV events are on a seven-second delay.
- h. People who set their watch five minutes ahead to fool themselves into being on time.
- i. People who are eventually arrested for failed assassination attempts.
Now, is this compulsion bad? I suppose it isn't. It's egocentric and baseless, but it increases the degree to which people enjoy sporting events (and since sports are ultimately entertainment, this is good for everyone involved). Yet this perverse, illogical dream is killed by the prerecorded event: If you think your mind and heart play a role in the game you're watching, a DVR'd game is like trying to hug a dead body. Your hopes and desires immediately become irrelevant. Which, of course, they always were — but now you can't even pretend.
2. "If this game has already ended and I don't know anything about what happened, it was probably just a game": This sentence is so obvious that it's almost nonsensical, but I suspect it's the one point that matters most. It's the central premise behind the entire concept of "liveness," which is what this whole problem comes down to.
A little more than five years ago, Kobe Bryant scored 81 points against the Toronto Raptors. That game wasn't on TV (it might have been on NBA TV, but I didn't have that network at the time). I had no chance to watch or record it. Yet someone sent me a text around midnight informing me that Kobe had 53 points at the end of three quarters. If Bryant had eventually scored 101 points, I suspect I would have received 18 texts, three phone calls, and a fax.3 Seven years ago, the Pistons and Pacers were involved in a brawl that spilled into the stands, ultimately resulting in 146 game suspensions (86 for Ron Artest alone). When the fight happened, I was in a tiny bar in Brooklyn with no TV, listening to "Buffalo Stance" at a semi-intimate birthday party. Twitter did not yet exist, and — even if it did — my 2004 phone didn't have Internet access. Yet I knew everything about this fight long before I got home; late-arriving party guests told us what had transpired the moment they walked into the bar. It was the first thing they said, even before "Happy birthday." It was like they had to tell us, even if they themselves did not particularly care.
What I've come to accept (and this is both good and bad, but mostly bad) is that — for the rest of my life — I will never not instantaneously know about any marginally insane event. There's just no way to avoid the information. The world is too mediated and interpersonal relationships are too connected. Because most adult relationships are now predominantly based around new technologies, it's almost as if there's a built-in responsibility to immediately distribute whatever interesting information we acquire. People constantly complain about Facebook, but that doesn't mean it hasn't changed them; they're complaining because it has changed them. And they know it. They can feel it. There's still a difference between somebody's online profile and who they actually are, but that difference is decreasing and — in 10 years — will likely become negligible. Everyone has become a special-interest newspaper. Everyone wants to break news.
If I record Thursday's Mavs-Heat game and wait until Friday morning to watch it, will I be able to avoid discovering that Miami won in overtime? Probably. I could probably avoid hearing the score or knowing that it was an especially thrilling game. But could I avoid hearing that LeBron James scored 85 points? Could I avoid hearing that Dirk had 51 at halftime? Could I keep from learning that the roof of American Airlines Center tragically collapsed? What if Miami never missed a single field goal for the entire second half? What if Mark Cuban grabbed the PA microphone seconds before tip-off and publicly announced he was gay? What if a bear broke into the stadium and started attacking players on the court, forcing Shawn Marion to tackle the bear and break its neck? Is there any chance I could avoid hearing that news before pressing "play" on the DVR remote? No. No way. There's no possible way I could avoid hearing about any of those situations. And — sure — those scenarios are preposterous and implausible. But so was the possibility of an earthquake happening during a World Series game. So was the likelihood of an NBA title game being interrupted by the LAPD slowly chasing a Hall of Fame tailback down the freeway to arrest him for double homicide. So was Monica Seles getting stabbed
at the French Open in Germany, Reggie Miller scoring eight points in less than nine seconds, and the conclusion of the 1982 Cal-Stanford game. It's difficult to project fictional scenarios that are more oblique and unexpected than the craziest moments from reality. We all understand this. And that understanding is at the core of the human attraction to liveness. We don't crave live sporting events because we need immediacy; we crave them because they represent those (increasingly rare) circumstances in which the entire spectrum of possibility is in play. They're the last scraps of mass society that are totally unfixed.
When you watch an event in real time, anything is possible. Someone could die. Something that has never before happened could spontaneously happen twice. When there are three seconds on the clock, not one person in the world can precisely predict how those seconds will unspool. But if something happens within those three seconds that is authentically astonishing and truly transcendent — well, I'm sure I'll find out about three minutes after it happens. I'm sure someone will tell me, possibly by accident. You can avoid the news, but you can't avoid The News. Living in a cave isn't enough. We've beaten the caves. The caves have Wi-Fi.
And that, ultimately, is why a prerecorded game can never feel the same: If I don't know anything about the event I'm about to watch, I can be certain that nothing except a good game is going to transpire. I know I'm merely going to see a slightly different version of something I've seen a thousand times before. And even though I think that's all I want, it doesn't come close to what I need.
Chuck Klosterman is the author of six books. His novel The Visible Man will be released in October.


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We are so excited to be around such great food and cafes now since moving FFDG to the Lower Haight. Favorites are quickly amounting, but Cafe Du Soleil at Fillmore and Waller has such kick ass coffee and food... try the open-faced chicken sandwich & amazing ham and cheese croissant (just the right amount of ham).
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And, of course, Cafe International, a neighborhood staple (here since I moved here in '93), is friendly as ever serving up a perfect toasted tune fish sandwich. Wifey LOVES the mediterranean plate, outdoor seating, and don't forget Sunday evening live jazz which is a iteration of the Sunday night jazz at The Gathering Cafe in North Beach (long since closed) featuring BJ Papa and Bishop. A couple of beers listening to live Jazz is a great way to wrap up the weekend. Relaxing.


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Injuries to Lee, Ruiz may affect Deadline deals
MILWAUKEE -- Ruben Amaro Jr. said something fairly obvious Thursday morning at Miller Park when asked about the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline.
"If you have guys who are hurt, they don't move anywhere," Amaro said. "If guys aren't performing, they don't move. We have some guys who are performing, so we'll see how much interest there is in guys."
One of the injured is left-hander Cliff Lee, who has been on the disabled list since May with a strained left elbow. He made his second rehab start Wednesday with Class A Advanced Clearwater, and he is expected to make a third on Monday.
"I talked to him afterward," Amaro said. "He said he felt fine."
Lee could rejoin the Phillies shortly after the All-Star break, which could give him three starts before the Deadline.
Carlos Ruiz has been on the DL since June 27 with a concussion. He has been cleared to begin baseball activities. He will be with the team this weekend in Philadelphia before heading to Clearwater, Fla., to continue his rehab.
"He may start catching in some games, but we don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves," Amaro said. "He's doing good. His exams have been good."
Catcher Wil Nieves, who has been on the DL since June 19 with a strained right quadriceps, is still feeling some soreness and tightness. He has not caught nine innings in a game yet, which will be a requirement before he is activated.


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Your computers, your cell phone, Internet services, Web hosting—your business depends on technology to run, so at tax time it's natural to want to deduct all your tech expenditures.
And accountants agree—but only up to a point.
If you do your own taxes, even good tax-prep software (desktop or Web-based) can't make all the decisions for you (although it should save you from serious math errors). We talked to some accountants about key issues to consider when filling out this year's forms, as well as when planning for next year.
Deduct Now or Later?
Computers, printers, and other expensive tech hardware are considered assets that retain value over several years, but the IRS gives you a choice on how to deduct their costs. You can either depreciate them, meaning that you spread the deduction over the number of years the IRS considers to be the useful life of the item (this may not agree with your opinion), or you can write the entire cost off in one fell swoop as a Section 179 deduction.
How you choose to proceed depends a lot on what you expect your income and other expenses to look like going forward. Did you have a big year, and do you want to lower your profits to minimize the tax bite? Go ahead and take those full Section 179 deductions. But remember, if you write everything off immediately, you will have less to deduct next year and the year after.
Section 179 Is Being Downsized
Most self-employed people won't run into it, but there is a limit on dollar totals for Section 179 deductions, and it will be plunging in the next few years—something that Los Angeles-based CPA Jim Sharvin says could definitely impact larger small businesses.
For the 2009 tax year (the one we're doing returns for now), the limit is at its high of $250,000; for 2010 it drops to $134,000, and in 2011 it plummets to $25,000.
Again, that shouldn't be too much of a problem for self-employed individuals, but if you're running an office with a dozen or so employees, you might not want to postpone computer upgrades to next year if you're planning on taking Section 179 deductions.
Be careful, by the way, when doing state returns. Most states aren't as generous with their equivalent of Section 179 limits, so you may not be able to write off everything you deduct on your state return. Of course, you can still depreciate the purchase over several years, but you'll need to calculate these deductions differently.
Personal Versus Business Expenses
It's tempting, especially for self-employed individuals who work at home, to write off all computer and phone expenses, but the IRS won't look kindly on you if you do. Dan Morris, a Silicon Valley-based CPA, says that in general, the smaller the business, the more the IRS is likely to question attempts to write off 100 percent of the costs of computers, cell phones, and other hardware that most people use for personal purposes at least part of the time.
For example, if you own just one phone, the IRS won't believe that you use it only for business—most people do make and/or receive personal calls from time to time.
The solution is to demonstrate that you are spending at least some money on a phone for personal use. For example, If you have a cell phone and a landline, you might be able to write off all of the cell phone and part of the landline. Similarly, if you have four computers in your home and also have a spouse and kids, the IRS is not going to believe that all of those computers are exclusively used for business. Better to designate at least one or two for family use and not try to deduct them as business assets.
Deducting Tech Toys
A variation of this issue arises when you seek to deduct the costs of expensive gadgets that the IRS might view as perks or toys as opposed to necessary business tools ( an iPad might be an example of this). Again, Morris says, "recognize that if you're buying cutting-edge technology, superfast tech items, the smaller the business, the closer you are to having a personal benefit—and the more likely the IRS is to challenge the expense."
Morris says to ask yourself if the item meets the IRS's standards for a legitimate deduction, which are that it should be a usual, necessary, customary, and reasonable expense for your type of business. A computer consultant, for example, might reasonably write off more high-end computer and smartphone purchases than, say, a machinist.
Morris also recommends that small businesses consider creating a technology-purchase policy document. Written guidelines are useful if the IRS is questioning whether, for example, you replace laptops every year for business reasons or as a perk.
What About Software?
Although you might use software for longer than a year, accountants generally prefer that you list it as an office expense (unless it's a huge elaborate system that has been specially developed for your firm). Most off-the-shelf software, such as antivirus programs, actually are based on annual subscriptions anyway.
If you have a lot of hardware expenses anyway, you might run into the Section 179 limit, so you may want to treat more items as office expenses, which are deducted completely in the year that you purchase them.
This goes for small hardware items like low-end cameras—some accountants will treat anything that costs less than $500 as an expense rather than an asset. ( Intuit TurboTax, by the way, will recommend that you treat any purchase of under $100 as an expense, regardless of how long you intend to use it.)
Selling a Section 179 Asset
If (like me) you tend to sell tech products on sites such as eBay after a year or so in order to finance the purchase of newer models, be aware that you should report whatever you get from the sale to the IRS, which will then "recapture" that part of the Section 179 deduction.
In other words, you can't deduct the full cost of something and then get part of that money back. However, if you just let old equipment fall into disuse, you don't have to refund any of the Section 179 deduction.
Internet Access and Web Hosting
The IRS doesn't much care how you categorize business expenses, so you can list Internet access as either an office expense or a utility (like a telephone). But again, if you work at home—especially if you have a spouse or kids who go online—you can't expect to get away with deducting the full cost of your DSL or cable service as a business expense.
As for Web hosting, you can certainly deduct the cost of a business site, either as advertising or an office expense or a miscellaneous expense. You should also deduct the cost of your mobile data plan, especially if you have landline Internet access.
Employee Tech Expenses
If you are a salaried employee with no income that isn't reported on a W-2, but you incur unreimbursed work-related technology expenses—for example, a laptop on which you work from home, and some portion of your Internet access—you can itemize them (on form 2106) as employee business expenses.
But because you can deduct only such expenses that exceed 2 percent of your household's adjusted gross income, you're much better off getting your employer to reimburse you for those expenses. The 2 percent you have to exceed just to start writing off your first dollar is money you'll never recoup.


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Volunteers In Brazil Thank Us For Enormous Clothing Donation
By Geek Lady On January 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Our Three Day Rehabilitation Center In Brazil just received new clothing and other much needed supplies. Thanks to your generous contributions, we were able to send over new clothing and accessories for children and adults of all sizes.
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In 2006, UNICEF estimated that 9,100,000 children in Brazil are living in poverty
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Some painters die penniless, their work unappreciated. So it seems only fair after her artwork attracted global attention that Cecilia Giménez make some money – even if she did make Jesus look like a very hairy monkey.
The 80-year-old Spanish parishioner became a worldwide laughing stock earlier this year after her botched restoration of a 19-century fresco of Christ with a crown of thorns became an internet sensation. Millions were reduced to tears of laughter, even as some hailed it as a masterpiece in its own right.
Crowds have since swarmed to Giménez's handiwork, paying the Sanctuary of Mercy Church in Borja, near Zaragoza, €4 (£3) each to marvel or mock. And now Giménez wants a slice of the action.
"She just wants the church to conform to the law," said Enrique Trebolle, the lawyer hired by Giménez. "If this means economic compensation she wants it to be for charitable purposes."
Trebolle said that Giménez wanted her cut of the profits to help Muscular atrophy charities because her son suffers from the condition.
Ecce Homo, or Behold the Man, by Spanish artist Elias Garcia Martinez had suffered years of deterioration due to moisture when Giménez decided to take her brush to it.
The resulting image has variously been dubbed "the worst restoration in history", "beast Jesus", and "a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic".
As the image's popularity grew, helped by an online petition in support of Giménez's work, paying visitors have poured thousands of euros into church coffers.
Budget airline Ryanair even got in on the act, laying on a special flight to Zaragoza airport.
Giménez was said to be acting "spontaneously and with good intentions" when she attempted the restoration but soon realised "that things had got out of hand".
The original artist's family have called for the image to be restored to its former glory and have threatened possible legal action against Giménez for "destroying" the work.


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Family History, We Are Doing It
By Hilary Watkins Lemon
August 30, 2013
When it comes to family history, adults and youth in the Church can research their families, submit names for proxy ordinances, attend the temple, and assist with indexing projects.
What can children do?
It's not too early to help kids understand how they can seek out their ancestors. As a young girl, my parents and grandparents told me countless stories from our family history. They showed me pictures and took to me to places that were significant to our family's legacy. By the time I reached adulthood, I was already familiar with my ancestral lines and felt prepared to continue the work these older generations passed on to me.
Family history work may be daunting, so start simply. Here are some ideas. Soon your children will feel their hearts turning to their fathers, and so will you!
- Have your kids call their grandparents or other living relatives and conduct basic interviews.
- Gather family pictures and organize them in a way that will be useful to future generations.
- Help your kids record in journals a few significant moments from their own lives in journals.
- Ask your ward clerk to provide you with the information you need to log on to familysearch.org and explore the site as a family.
Editor's note: There are some great family history resources for young people on this "Youth and Family History" site.
Making Grown-up Content Child-friendly
By Marissa Widdison
August 23, 2013
Although the Friend is the Church's magazine specifically for children, all of the Church magazines have great material that can be adapted to teach children with a little creativity and planning.
For example, a monthly feature in the Ensign called "What We Believe" explains gospel doctrines in a simple way. In September, the topic is the priesthood. To convert these Ensign pages into a family home evening lesson for children, you could use slips of paper to cover the descriptions under each illustration. As a family, talk about what the priesthood holder is doing in each picture. Then remove the slips of paper and read the description together, making sure to explain any words that are unfamiliar. If you have teens at home, the short article on the first page might be a perfect dose of age-appropriate doctrine.
Transition Helps for Primary Teachers
By Bryce and Laurie Fifield
August 16, 2013
Transitions can be challenging for children with disabilities. For example, children with some kinds of learning challenges have difficulty changing from a hands-on activity, such as coloring, to a quiet listening activity. Even transitions between rooms or locations can trigger anxiety, acting out, crying, or other behaviors. Teachers can use some simple strategies to help children make transitions:
- Be Prepared. Having your classroom set up, having materials ready, and being in the room before children arrive can minimize confusion and noise as class starts. This can be hard to do if you are coming from sacrament meeting or sharing time. You might want to talk to your bishop about having a helper assigned to your class.
- Prepare the Child. You can prepare a child for transitions during Primary by letting him or her know what is going to happen. For example, you can use a series of pictures illustrating the activities of the lesson (story, song, craft, closing prayer, leave for sharing time) to show what is going to happen.
- Get Help. Work with the child's parents, your disability specialist, and your Primary leaders to coordinate the best solutions to help children make smooth transitions.
You can find many other good ideas at disability.ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
Manners Matter
By Jessica Larsen
August 9, 2013
I'm always impressed when the children of my friends know how to behave. As President Wilford Woodruff once said, "Kind words and good manners will cost you nothing and will add greatly to the happiness of those around you." Manners matter, and you can make learning them fun! Plan a special family dinner to teach manners or have a manners tip of the week. Here are a few articles to get you started.
- "How Are Your E-Manners?" from the June 2010 Friend is especially appropriate for older children. This article includes a quiz to test how polite they are when using technology and offers tips for improvement.
- "Primary Manners" from the December 2009 Friend tells how we should act in Primary. If your Primary class has a bad case of the wiggles, this story is for you!
- "Good Manners Still Make Sense" from the August 2011 New Era includes helpful tips about dinner table etiquette, meeting people, and thank-you notes.
Using the Scriptures to Teach Children
By Larraine Rowberry, Primary general board
August 2, 2013
Reading from the scriptures in our homes and classes is powerful. I have found that by slowly reading and discussing each scripture, we are taught lessons that might have been overlooked when quickly retelling the story in our own words.
Lesson 12 of Teaching, No Greater Call reminds us that we "can bless the lives of children by helping them become comfortable with the language of the scriptures." Here are some ideas from the lesson for helping children become more familiar with the scriptures:
- Use the songs "The Books in the Old Testament" (114), "The Books in the New Testament" (116), and "The Books in the Book of Mormon" (119) from the Children's Songbook to help children become familiar with the names and order of the books in the scriptures.
- When you read scriptures together, explain the meaning of important words. Help children pronounce difficult words and names when they read aloud.
- Have children listen for certain words, phrases, or ideas as you read.
- Practice finding specific scripture passages using page numbers as well as references.
The gift of feeling "at home" in the scriptures is a wonderful gift to pass on to any child!


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Free Software Foundation attacks DRM in HTML video
In cooperation with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and others, the free-software organization calls on the W3C to keep DRM out of Web standards.
The Free Software Foundation, never a friend to digital rights management, has taken issue with its arrival in the Web standards world.
In a letter from the FSF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Creative Commons, and other allied groups yesterday, the group called on the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to keep DRM out of the standards it defines.
"We write to implore the World Wide Web Consortium and its member organizations to reject the Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) proposal," the groups said. "DRM restricts the public's freedom, even beyond what overzealous copyright law requires, to the perceived benefit of this privileged, powerful few."
It's not clear how much effect the letter and an accompanying anti-DRM petition will have, since the technology is already in use though not formally standardized. And even if the W3C balks at standardization -- after it opened up to entertainment-industry involvement in 2011 -- DRM would likely live on through other channels.
A key HTML standardization figure and outspoken DRM opponent, Ian Hickson, sees the DRM-blocking effort as unlikely to succeed in practice. In a Google+ comment, he said:
The reality is that whether the W3C publishes this or not will have no effect. If the W3C doesn't publish it, the browser vendors will just work on the spec elsewhere. Asking the W3C to do it or not is pointless. The W3C knows this, and as far as I can tell, they figure that if it's gonna happen anyway, they might as well be the venue where it happens, since that way they get to claim new members.
FSF founder Richard Stallman has long called DRM "digital restrictions management," because it limits what people can do with their computers and the data on them. Despite any number of successful circumventions of DRM, though, it remains popular in the entertainment industry as a way to try to keep people from copying TV shows, movies, books, and sometimes music.
Adobe Systems' Flash Player long has been used to encrypt streaming video, but with its fading into the sunset, allies including Microsoft, Google, and Neflix have been working on DRM-friendly Web standards.
The technology in question, called Encrypted Media Extensions, doesn't actually supply DRM but instead lets Web sites and Web browsers coordinate to call upon separate DRM software. EME is what Netflix uses for Web-based video streaming.
It's conceivable that the letter and petition could sway some people involved in the standards process. It's a contentious issue that's by no means settled in the Web standards community, which often shows an aversion to locked-down, proprietary, patented technologies.
The pointed humor of the W3C Memes Tumblr blog has poked fun at the DRM issue repeatedly of late.
Hickson has long spoken out against DRM, and he has a lot of clout in the Web standards world. He was for years the sole HTML editor, though those duties are now shared with others in a peculiar split with the W3C and a separate organization, the Web Hypertext Applications Technology Working Group (WHATWG).
But a standards group only can influence Web standards so much, because browser makers hold effective veto power. If they build support for a particular technology, Web programmers can use it, and if they don't, the programmers can't.
Google and Microsoft together account for over half of desktop browser usage.
Updated at 11:25 a.m. PT with comment from Ian Hickson.
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Manage WiFi,Airplane,Profile,Bluetooth, Connection – save battery life
New update, as requested by users: improved User Interface and usability, added new event types (more to come!)
Please update your rating on Google Play!
The new version was completely rewritten and allows you to set individual control over Wifi, Bluetooth, Phone, Data Connection, Ring Profile. You can have as many events as you like – and they can repeat on each day you want.
Power Schedule is a lightweight app, designed for Android. It allows you to set an On/Off schedule for Airplane Mode (Telephony), WiFi, Bluetooth and Data connection. Ring Profile can be automatically switched between Silent and Normal
For example, you may want to set WiFi to off when you leave for work in the morning. Then back to on when you're home again and in range of your personal wireless network.
You can set a different schedule for the Phone or Bluetooth. For example, set your phone to off while you sleep at night, so you're not bothered by any unwanted calls.
Setting the phone to off will not completely power off your Android device, so you'll still have your alarms active.
Please don't leave a negative comment if it's not working for you – let me know what I can do to improve it first.
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Welcome to Baseball Prospectus' Tuesday February 26, 2013 2:00 PM ET chat session with Daniel Rathman.
BP author and editor Daniel Rathman stops by to discuss the news from spring training.
Daniel Rathman: Hey, everyone!
Hope y'all are having a better day than Jordan Lyles: http://tinyurl.com/b38xade.
Let's get this thing started...
Spirou (Montreal): Your take on Zack Wheeler's debut ? I thouhgt he was very good although command was a bit off.Fasball looks faster than the radar gun readings.
Daniel Rathman: Thanks for kicking us off, Spirou.
I wouldn't put too much stock into an early-spring outing, but to the very small extent that results matter, it's tough to argue with two shutout innings. Minor command problems in late February are not a concern. The thing to watch with Wheeler will be the polish of his changeup; once he gets that third pitch in order, he'll be ready to succeed in the majors.
JR (New Hampshire): Why is PECOTA so down on Gio Gonzalez? It doesn't seem to give him credit for any improvements in his underlying numbers last year or his move to the NL?
Daniel Rathman: It's difficult to pinpoint PECOTA's exact concerns, JR, but someone like Colin Wyers might be able to offer a better explanation. From a quick glance at his projections, it seems that PECOTA just isn't buying the breakout (though it does still like him as a 2.3 WARP contributor), which came on the heels of two rather similar seasons. If Gio can prove PECOTA wrong and sustain the improved control, I think you'll see a much rosier projection for 2014.
grandslam28 (Chicago): Any chance Brett Jackson opens the season with the Cubs & who would be pushed out of the lineup if he does?
Daniel Rathman: It's possible, grandslam28, but the key for Jackson is finding a way to reduce his strikeout rate, which surged to 41.5 percent when he was promoted to the majors last year. There have been some reports from Arizona about Jackson retooling his swing, and the Cubs may feel that he's better off honing that in Triple-A than in the majors. If Epstein and Sveum decide to challenge him in the bigs, he'll either compete for time with Nate Schierholtz or put the wheels in motion on a trade involving Alfonso Soriano.
Chandrathan (Margaritaville Cincinnati): What is your opinion/projection for the Reds' OF Yorman Rodriquez?
Daniel Rathman: Jason Parks and the prospect team are much more qualified to answer this, and the Reds top 10 list is coming soon - it's fourth in line. For a bit of perspective, Kevin Goldstein called Rodriguez a lottery ticket in his rankings last year (http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=15854), and he had an OK showing for Low-A Dayton, so I'd imagine there's a good deal of optimism remaining, even if the risk remains high.
Adrian (Washington D.C.): What happed to the BP book tour? I really enjoyed seeing the crew at politics and prose in DC.
Daniel Rathman: We're focusing on ballpark events this year, Adrian, as our publisher has nixed the book tour for the time being. We'd love to see you join us at a game sometime this summer!
Al (Boston): M.Pineda - worth a stash in fantasy? Any hope he comes on to pitch mid-year 2013?
Daniel Rathman: In a redraft league, I'd consider Pineda as a late-round flier that you could stash on your DL and hope for the best. We recently heard that he's ahead of schedule and actually threw a 25-pitch (all-fastball) session the other day, so there is upside here. On the other hand, recovery from a labrum tear is difficult to project, so if you're inclined to gamble on a pitcher coming back from injury, someone like Danny Duffy or Cory Luebke (both Tommy John surgery victims) might be a better bet.
grandslam28 (Chicago): What do you think of this trade?
12 team NL Only keeper league 4X4
Kris Medlen $1 2014
Edwin Jackson $3 2014
Freddie Freeman $10 option year
Lucas Duda $1 option year
Daniel Rathman: I like the general idea of trying to sell high on Medlen, but Freeman - whom I like as a breakout candidate - is the only player in that return package that really piques my interest. If you're going to move on from Medlen, I'd try to find a better secondary piece.
The old professor (NYC): What do you make of the Marlins announcement that they will not extend Stanton's contract this year?
Daniel Rathman: I covered this in the Roundup today, but essentially, I think that the Marlins are hoping that the tensions that flared after their deal with the Blue Jays will eventually simmer down. Only time will tell whether Stanton will ever come around to the idea of staying in Miami long-term, but even though he's only a year away from arbitration, this isn't an ideal time to have those discussions.
Jimmy (Cali): CJ Cron - can/will he make an impact in 2014? Not much room for him now, but what does the future hold? Big power, and I'm wondering why he's fallen off seemingly most radars.
Daniel Rathman: I wouldn't say that Cron has falled off the radar, Jimmy, as Jason Parks put him third in the Angels system in his rankings earlier this winter (http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19590). The trouble with Cron is that he has no defensive value, and with the pressure entirely on his bat, he needs to refine his hitting ability and breaking-pitch recognition. He could be a viable DH option for the Angels sometime next year, but power notwithstanding, he's not a sure thing.
JC (Chevy Chase, MD): What are your thoughts on Campana? Do you think he has a chance to break spring with ARI? I saw it as a bad sign that the young and rebuilding Cubs let him go so easily after the Hairston siging.
Daniel Rathman: Campana's just a pinch-runner with nice range in the outfield, but little other value. He's a 25th man for a team that values those two skills, and the Diamondbacks might, given that Jason Kubel isn't particularly nimble. However, I don't see a spot for Campana on Kirk Gibson's Opening Day roster; there are just far too many outfielders battling for spots, and even Willie Bloomquist is seemingly on the bubble: http://www.mlbdepthcharts.com/2012/10/arizona-diamondbacks-2012-13-offseason.html#.US0Lilo4Xzs.
GBSimons (Angers, Frances - at the moment): Daniel,"inverted W" is just a fancy way to say "M," right? Why is the former term used? It seems silly and a bit pretentious.
Daniel Rathman: Someone with scouting experience might have a better answer for this, but I believe that "inverted W" is used because it conveys the shape of the throwing arm more precisely. If you look at "inverted W" pitchers, in addition to being in the M-position, the arm is twisted around (such as in this photo of Brandon McCarthy: http://www.texasleaguers.com/storage/thumbnails/2927009-2374240-thumbnail.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1232084931852). Simply calling it an "M" leaves out a potentially critical component of the injury risk, if you believe that "inverted W" mechanics are problematic.
High Life Man (Avon, CT): When you think of The Face of MLB...what five ballplayers first come to mind?
Daniel Rathman: From a baseball business standpoint, that's an interesting question. The first five that jumped to mind were Derek Jeter, Albert Pujols, Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera, and Mike Trout.
Alex (Anaheim): I've heard losing Granderson is a devastating blow to the Yankees. I've also heard that it will be 30-odd games and that they will be fine. Which side do you believe?
Daniel Rathman: I don't think it's the end of the world, Alex, unless the injury somehow hinders Granderson's power-hitting for the rest of the season. PECOTA projects Granderson for 2.4 WARP, so shaving a month off his playing time only costs the Yankees about half a win, if they can find an adequate replacement. The biggest concern, for me, is whether they can find a left fielder with the ability to handle right-handed pitching, because Matt Diaz and Juan Rivera cannot. A short-term platoon partner might be the most sensible addition, if they choose to look outside of the organization; there's no need to press the panic button and deal for Soriano.
Kev (charlotte): are the braves a threat to the nationals or do you think washngiton will cruise to the east?
Daniel Rathman: The Braves are absolutely a threat, Kev, especially if Kris Medlen and Mike Minor can sustain their second-half performance. I think the Nationals are a few wins better at this point, with a rough projection of 96-66 for WSH and 93-69 for ATL, but one injury could tilt the balance the other way.
cal guy (cal): In your opinion, looking way down the road, which of the BP 101 prospect hitters and pitchers end up having the best careers?
Daniel Rathman: I'll go with Oscar Taveras and, taking a gamble on his recovery from elbow surgery, Lucas Giolito.
Charlie (Bethesda): So are you guys coming to Nats Park this year?
Daniel Rathman: I believe that's one of the events for which we are still sorting out the details. Assuming that it comes together, you'll be able to find the details via this page soon: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19546.
OBC2 (Covington, KY): My wife preordered the BP Annual last month on amazon, will it arrive on/before my birthday tomorrow?
Daniel Rathman: I believe that preorders started shipping late last week, so I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!
Jake (Chicago): Kyle Zimmer or Kevin Gausman in a dynasty league?
Daniel Rathman: I prefer Kevin Gausman, echoing our prospect team's opinion from the top 101 list, where Gausman ranked 13th and Zimmer 41st.
Theo Backer (Chi-town): Staying on the Cubs - is Junior Lake in any way, shape, or form an option for them at 3rd base? I've heard he's been working there, and with the Stewart injury and overall uselessness I say, why not - you say?
Daniel Rathman: I don't see Lake as a long-term regular, but injuries and other circumstances might conspire to give him a chance at some point this year. He didn't exactly dominate Double-A last year, though, so I'd temper short-term expectations.
Cole B. (Brooklyn): Which teams do you feel had the best and worst offseason?
Daniel Rathman: I'll take the Nationals for the best and the Diamondbacks for the worst - and it really boils down to Mike Rizzo continuing to operate under the plan of short-term, high-upside deals (like Dan Haren), while Kevin Towers didn't seem to have a coherent strategy. All of us who are baffled by Arizona's revamped outfield might be proven wrong, but it's difficult to see how the D'backs are a better team now than they were in October.
grandslam28 (Chicago): Leonys Martin, thought?
Daniel Rathman: I think he's got a shot to be a nice everyday center fielder. Guessing he'll push Craig Gentry for considerable playing time in short order, and is a big reason why the Rangers never became serious players for Michael Bourn.
cal guy (stuck in cal): If Myers absolutely tears it up this spring do you think he still gets sent down due to cost saving considerations?
Daniel Rathman: I think it would take a combination of an enormous spring and a couple of injuries for Wil Myers to make the Rays on Opening Day, both because of the Super Two and free-agent clock elements, and because Andrew Friedman indicated last week that he thinks Myers still has adjustments to make in the upper minors.
Matt Joyce should be able to hold down the fort in left field, especially with a slew of platoon options available to Joe Maddon.
Matt (Cleveland): I've read conflicting reports about where Bauer will start the year. Will a strong spring put him in the Tribe's rotation?
Daniel Rathman: He seems to have a legitimate chance, with Carlos Carrasco and Scott Kazmir representing the biggest obstacles. If he can improve his command, he certainly has the talent to win that competition.
Kai (Slo): What is the probability the nats keep Nate karns as a starter? Or is he destined for the bullpen even though he was their minor league pitcher of the year?
Daniel Rathman: Keep an eye out for the Nationals top prospect list in the next couple of weeks, where Jason Parks should be able to provide a more informed answer to this. That being said, the Nats are low on upper-minors starters, so I'd expect Karns to get every opportunity to remain a rotation option.
Jay (Madison): Do you think J. Gyorko starts at 2b for the Pads on opening day? Are you a believer in his bat and ability to stick at 2b?
Daniel Rathman: I'm a bigger believer in his bat than in his glove at 2B, but with 3B occupied by Chase Headley, the Padres will give him a shot to prove that he can handle the keystone. I'll tentatively say that Logan Forsythe is the favorite for Opening Day, but that could change in the coming weeks. Keep an eye on Jason Martinez's daily Minor League Update for the latest on that battle.
Joe Maddon (TB): Taylor Guerrieri stand a chance of becoming a frontline starter for me?
Daniel Rathman: A few years down the road, sure. If Matt Moore (who is locked up through 2019, if the club options in his extension are exercised) breaks out as expected and sticks around, he and Guerrieri could form one of the league's best 1-2 tandems come 2016-2017.
Alek (New York): What is the Mets outfield going to look like on opening day?
Daniel Rathman: Essentially as it looks right now, as frightening a thought as that might seem. It seems that Alderson is content with his current outfield, after whiffing on Michael Bourn and Justin Upton, and it makes little sense to ship out a prospect for short-term help in a rebuilding year.
grandslam28 (Chicago): Any chance Nolan Arenado wins the third base job?
Daniel Rathman: I'll give him about a 25% chance to emerge with the gig on Opening Day, and possibly better than that if he improves his day-to-day effort level, something that he was dinged for last year. Arenado certainly has the talent to be an everyday option at third base, and Chris Nelson won't stand in the way for long.
TGisriel (Baltimore): I got an e-mail from Amazon that my book shipped today!
Daniel Rathman: Excellent news - to a speedy arrival and happy reading!
Daniel Rathman: And with that, I've gotta run. This was a fun hour, and I'll be back again later this spring. Thanks for all the questions!
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Latest Market Glitch Shows 'Trading Out of Control'
Published: Wednesday, 1 Aug 2012 | 3:52 PM ET
By: Jeff Cox CNBC.com Senior Writer
Wednesday morning's stock snafu had a familiar ring to it — mysterious volume in trades that simply could not have been made by a human comes surging out of nowhere, causing brief but acute market mayhem.
By now, many players on trading floors have gotten used to the disruptions that can come from the highly automated new world of high-frequency trading.
But that doesn't mean they like it.
"This algorithmic trading is kind of out of control," Phil Silverman, managing partner at Kingsview Capital, said as officials at the New York Stock Exchange tried to make sense of what happened. "It seriously hurts investor confidence."
By mid-afternoon, no one still quite knew exactly why about 150 stocks experienced a blinding surge in market volume, causing momentary disruptions in the prices of nine Dow components and a slew of others across various categories.
The NYSE said in the afternoon that it would cancel trades in six different stocks affected by the glitch, including Wizzard Software, China Cord Blood, E-House Holdings, American Reprographics and Quicksilver Resources. Trades executed at 30 percent higher or lower than the opening price will be canceled, the NYSE said.
Nearly 40 issues spiked more than 10 percent between the lows and highs, although prices of most of these issues stabilized in afternoon trading. Following are the 10 issues that gyrated the most in terms of percentage change between the day's low and the day's high price — Wizzard Software, China Cord Blood, E House, American Reprographics, Rare Element, Navidea Biopharm, Almaden Minerals, Quicksilver, Radioshack and Nordic American Tanker. Some of these shares trade on NYSE MKT, formerly NYSE Amex.
Authorities involved in reviewing the matter said Knight Capital, a trading outfit that employs algorithms used in high-frequency trading, said it experienced "technology issues" with its market-making procedures.
Ultimately, the broader market reacted little to the disruption, which was limited by circuit breakers and mechanisms at the NYSE to help contain the damage of HFT mistakes.
Traders, though, have grown weary of the problems and say the high-speed environment has changed the market in a bad way.
"When markets would have a big move, when things were really crazy, I would go out into the street and talk to people and they knew. Now, you get these big moves and people just don't care anymore," Silverman says. "They don't want to be a part of it, the high-frequency thing. The algorithmic situation needs to be looked at. We need to understand it better."
Firms create algorithms to buy and sell stocks according to formulas and market conditions. The high-speed robots trade with each other, seeking in transactions that can take microseconds to capitalize sometimes on fractions of a penny in stock moves.
While proponents say the rapid trading helps create liquidity and price discovery, regular investors have been fleeing the market, in part due to macro worries and in part because they don't feel they can compete in the automated trading world.
Dave Lutz, the managing director of U.S. trading at Stifel Nicolaus in Baltimore, cautions investors not to over-react to events like the Knight mistake.
"A lot of people seem to think it was human error. At the end of the day it wasn't necessarily a failure of systems," he said. "It's not a reason for people to lose confidence in the markets."
Still, had a human presence been involved somebody at least could have flagged the Knight trades as improper and perhaps stopped them before they hit the market.
But Lutz counters that the mistake was nowhere on par with the May 6, 2010 Flash Crash, where an error caused the Dow to lose nearly 1,000 points in a few minutes, or any of the other recent trading fiascoes.
"On the surface, it doesn't seem like it's any of that," he said. "It seems like it was simple human errors, and that's been happening since they've been trading underneath the maple tree."
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