Data from: Which frugivory‐related traits facilitated historical long‐distance dispersal in the custard apple family (Annonaceae)?
This file contains all of the data recorded in the PROTEUS database to produce the NEXUS trait matrix, including: PrimaryCharacters; PrimaryCharacterstates; References; PrimaryDataMatrix; Matrix for analysis; Updated taxonomy; GenBank sequences.
We reconstructed and dated the Annonaceae phylogenetic tree in BEAST 1.8.2. We used the uncorrelated lognormal clock model and a Yule birth prior. Substitution rates of markers were linked, and we used the GTR + gamma + invariant sites substitution rate model. To date the Annonaceae, we used the fossils Endressinia (most-recent common ancestor of Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae; 113 Ma) for the split between Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae, and Futabanthus (89 Ma) for the Annonaceae crown node (for more details, see Appendix S2). Please note that some of the taxonomic names have been changed (can be found in Appendix S1 [= Dryad file "Functional trait data and GenBank sequences in Annonaceae"]) and should be updated in future use of this datafile. In case you need 100 trees from the posterior distribution, please write to Renske Onstein (onsteinre@gmail.com).
We sampled 234 Annonaceae species (c. 10% of total) representing 105 (c. 97% of total) genera and all four subfamilies, and seven outgroup taxa from related families. For these species, we generated a molecular supermatrix of eight plastid markers as assembled by Chatrou et al. (2012) supplemented with 157 additional sequences for 37 species. For details on the methods, see Chatrou et al. (2012), GenBank numbers for the new sequences are provided in Appendix S1 (= Dryad file "Functional trait data and GenBank sequences in Annonaceae"). Please note that in the meantime some of the taxonomic names have changed (can also be found in Appendix S1) and should be updated in future use of this datafile.
Aim Long-distance dispersal has contributed to the disjunct biogeographical distribution of rain forest plants – something that has fascinated biogeographers since Humboldt's time. However, the dispersal 'agent' for these tropical plant lineages remains puzzling. Here, we investigate which frugivory-related traits may have facilitated past intercontinental long-distance dispersal in the custard apple family (Annonaceae), a major vertebrate-dispersed tropical plant family. We hypothesize that long-distance dispersal was associated with the evolution of traits related to dispersal by large-bodied mammals (e.g. large, dull-coloured, 'megafaunal' fruits) and strong-flying, ocean-crossing birds and bats (e.g. dehiscent, moniliform or cauliflorous fruits). Location Global Taxon Annonaceae Methods We used a fossil-calibrated phylogenetic framework to infer the biogeographic history of 234 Annonaceae species (10%, covering nearly all genera) in relation to the evolution of 15 frugivory-related traits, using maximum likelihood and Bayesian inferences. Furthermore, we used linear and generalized linear models and phylogenetic simulations to test whether ancestral fruit traits during intercontinental dispersal were different from those of other lineages not involved in long-distance dispersal. Results We inferred the ancestral Annonaceae fruits to be small with a single or few small seeds and a small number of fruitlets. These fruits were most probably apocarpous, indehiscent and/or moniliform (i.e. long beads of fruitlets). Furthermore, most of the long-distance dispersal events in Annonaceae occurred via the expanded tropical forests in the Early Cenozoic ('geodispersal'), and were significantly associated with large (c. 3 cm long), dull-coloured fruits, and short stipes. Additionally, long-distance dispersal was also facilitated by dehiscent, moniliform and non-cauliflorous fruits. Main conclusions We suggest that the evolution of frugivory-related traits associated with dispersal by frugivores that frequently move across large distances and/or barriers, such as large-bodied mammals and strong-flying birds, has contributed to the disjunct tropical biogeographical distribution of Annonaceae, and probably of tropical rain forest plants more generally.


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Mike and Marla Boone Honored with Spirit of Generations Award
Haynes and Boone, LLP Co-Founder Mike Boone and his wife, Marla, received the Spirit of Generations Award from the Senior Source at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas on November 30. The Spirit of Generations Award is presented annually to an individual or group of individuals who have contributed significantly in "thoughts, words and deeds" to all generations of the Dallas community - past, present, and future.
Since 1961, the Senior Source has served greater Dallas as the go-to nonprofit for aging services that assist and connect older adults to resources, opportunities, and independence.
"We are so pleased to be honoring Marla and Mike Boone with this year's Spirit of Generations Award," said Caren Kline, chair of the Spirit of Generations Awards Luncheon. "In addition to Mike's achievements at Haynes and Boone, the law firm he co-founded, Marla and Mike have positively impacted the Dallas community through their dedication to numerous causes —most notable in the fields of public education, human services and historical preservation. The Boones are most deserving."
Maryjane Bonfield and Michael Boone, Mike and Marla's children, spoke at the event about their parents' commitment to serving their community.
Boone has more than 40 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, securities transactions, and board of director representations. In 2010, Texas Lawyer Magazine recognized Boone as one of the 25 greatest Texas lawyers of the past quarter-century and the "Go-To-Lawyer" in Texas in the field of corporate/business law. He also has been featured in D CEO Magazine's Dallas 500, as one of the "most influential leaders in North Texas" from 2016-2019.
The Highland Park Independent School District (HPISD) recently announced plans to name the district's new elementary school after Mike, in recognition of his years of civic leadership.
Haynes and Boone, LLP is an international corporate law firm with offices in Texas, New York, California, Charlotte, Chicago, Denver, Washington, D.C., London, Mexico City and Shanghai, providing a full spectrum of legal services in energy, technology, financial services and private equity. With more than 575 lawyers, Haynes and Boone is ranked among the largest U.S.-based firms by The National Law Journal, The American Lawyer and The Lawyer. It also ranks among the nation's most recommended law firms by general counsel, according to BTI Consulting Group's "Most Recommended Law Firms 2019" report.
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" NJ Paper Finally Covers Charges of Christie 'Illegalities,' 'Bullying' of Chief Public Defender	"
NJ Paper Finally Covers Charges of Christie 'Illegalities,' 'Bullying' of Chief Public Defender
Disturbing dearth of coverage following BRAD BLOG's exclusive report two days ago...
By Brad Friedman on 2/24/2011, 3:42pm PT
A full two days after The BRAD BLOG exclusively broke the story of allegations by Yvonne Smith Segars, the chief of the New Jersey Public Defender's office, charging Gov. Chris Christie with "bullying tactics" and violations of state law, as well as both the NJ and U.S. Constitutions, in trying to muscle her out of office and inappropriately attempting to take over hiring there, a NJ newspaper has finally covered the story as well. It is the only one to do so, so far, to our knowledge.
Here's NJ Star-Ledger columnist Bob Braun finally ringing in with smart coverage: "N.J. public defender says Christie is trying to force her to resign," in which he notes:
[T]he issue isn't Segars. The issue isn't jobs Christie can't fill because Democrats won't confirm his nominations. The issue is the independence and integrity of an office that stands between the power of the state and the powerlessness of the poor.
Other than Braun's report today, and our own from Tuesday, there appears to be virtually no coverage of this story anywhere else, even as it seems to be a very important one --- particularly given the seriousness of the charges leveled by Segars in the letter she sent to the Governor on Monday (linked in our original report); the fact that her attorney has gone on record calling the matter a "power grab," comparing Christie to a "king" who has "tampered with the independence of the judiciary and...the Public Defender" meriting impeachment by the state legislature; and especially as it involves allegations of strong-arming and potential law-breaking by a quickly-rising GOP superstar said to be a future Presidential contender.
But, then again, he's a Republican. So, there ya go. Nothing to see here? Knock, knock, New York Times! Anybody still covering actual news in your NJ Bureau next door?
UPDATE: It seems the Philadelphia Inquirer also picked up the story today in it's South Jersey News section (though it did not appear in our Google News search, for some reason). Unlike the Inquirer or the Star-Ledger, the online NJ politics outlet PolitickerNJ had the courtesy of crediting us for the scoop in their coverage yesterday by editor Darryl R. Isherwood.
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"NJ Paper Finally Covers Charges of Christie 'Illegalities,' 'Bullying' of Chief Public Defender"
... ctwatcher	said on 2/24/2011 @ 4:46 pm PT...
OK, here is a link to the list of MSM newspapers in New Jersey, just to give an idea who is NOT talking about this issue:
http://www.world-newspapers.com/jersey.html
Then, just try using Google to come up with stories on the subject --- blogs and electronic media, amost all of the stories that come up.
At some point people are going to have to start tracking the extent to which --and frequency with which --- these newspapers are either asleep on the job or else carrying water for particular elected officials or parties.
There's the issue of risking access when you, er, tell the truth.
So, New Jersey MSM, you're on notice: we're WAI-ting.... (drums fingers) and watching you not do your job, of course.
... WingnutSteve	said on 2/24/2011 @ 6:48 pm PT...
Perhaps there's nothing there to report. Her term expired, she's just been hanging on until her replacement is confirmed.
BUT.... based on the "unbiased" views of two left wing bloggers, and the word of the lady who's being replaced, there must be a conspiracy! He's WHITE! She's BLACK! Brad should stick to election stuff.
... Bamboo Harvester	said on 2/24/2011 @ 7:53 pm PT...
Fuck Chrisopotamus !
... Brad Friedman said on 2/24/2011 @ 8:43 pm PT...
WingnutSteve -
Please do yourself --- and the rest of your nation --- a favor. Please consider moving beyond the Right/Left, Con/Lib, Repub/Dem bullshit paradigm you've been scammed into buying into.
If you find the charges of the 9-year Chief Public Defender, in charge of 1300 serving in the department, to be unworthy of complaint, feel free to let us know why. (Sounds like you either didn't read Braun's column and/or Segars' letter and/or you don't give a damn about the Constitution and the rule of law --- I'll hope it's not the latter.)
But you're bullshit about "left wing bloggers" is ignorant, inaccurate, obnoxious and serves mostly to just help you look like a jackass.
Read Braun's article, start giving a shit about your country, stop falling for Fox "News" mind fucks and let me know why the hell I wasn't a "Left wing blogger" while I was writing article after article in support of Joe Miller --- you dope.
You weren't writing article after article in support of Joe Miller. You were writing article after article about election integrity which I have the utmost respect for Brad, as I've said many times before.
I don't see anything in Brauns column which supports the contention that the Governor broke the law, except to refer to Segars' letter to the Governor making that claim. And of course the hint of racism. She says he did something, he says he didn't. Good enough for Brad to jump all over.
And I'll make the same point again; maybe the media didn't pick it up because there's nothing there. You sure can't find anything online about it, at least I couldn't. Let you know why it's unworthy? Hell, let me know why it is?
You live for the Right/Left, Con/Lib, Repub/Dem bullshit paradigm... it defines your website, and quite literally EVERY story you write
... Ernest A. Canning said on 2/25/2011 @ 7:23 am PT...
WingnutSteve wrote:
You weren't writing article after article in support of Joe Miller. You were writing article after article about election integrity...
Unlike those who buy into the "Right/Left, Con/Lib, Repub/Dem bullshit paradigm," Brad Friedman is about integrity, democracy, freedom and, most of all, truth, no matter whose ox is being gored.
Unfortunately, one can't say the same thing about you, WingnutSteve, especially as it relates to this article, which has nothing to do with Left/Right and everything to do with a governor who is attempting to politicize the office of public defender, whose role is strictly a legal one entailing the protection of the constitutional rights of the least fortunate in society.
It wasn't Brad, or Brauns, or Segars who attempted to place this within a Left/Right paradigm. It was you!
One suspects that if Christie had a (D) at the end of his name instead of an (R), we would not have heard one word from WingnutSteve.
... Brad Friedman said on 2/25/2011 @ 11:28 am PT...
I think your comments here say much more about you, frankly, and the prism in which you see the world, than they do about me. If I was the "biased" "left wing blogger" as you contend, why would I write anything in support of Miller? Or in support of other such Republicans, or against so many Dems?
Where I rail against Republicans here (and Dems), it's because they are corrupt. Not because because they are Republicans (or Dems). We support the impeachment and/or imprisonment of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney because they were Constitution violating war criminals, not because they were Republicans.
It just so happens that your party has been long ago hijacked by the most extreme, most corrupt, most anti-American, most hypocritical bunch of corporatist elitists and scam artists ever allowed to grab that much power in this nation. So, yes, we call them out a lot. Where Democrats are similarly elitist, corporate scammers who put power and politics over people and the planet we similarly call them out for it, even if their behavior seems to be based more on cowardice than pure selfishness and evil, as displayed by the GOP.
These are not Right/Left paradigms, but Right/Wrong paradigms. And that you don't see that, understand that, or appreciate that, as I mentioned, says much more about the shamefully warped way in which your brain has been twisted by very bad people who are very very happy for you to see the world exactly as they have suckered you into seeing it.
You are smart enough to rise above that, I suspect, or you wouldn't be spending as much time here as you do. I hope you'll, someday, overcome the scam that's been played on you which is still keeping you from seeing the world as it is, rather than the way those very bad guys would like for you to see it.
I still say there's nothing to support the claim that he's "politicizing" the office as Ernie likes to say. Because he has an (R) next to his name is all that's needed to claim he's acting illegally, or that he's a bully. Not one sentence in either of the stories offers any shred of proof whatsoever to support the claim, except the letter from a woman who's losing her job.
One suspects that if Christie had a (D) at the end of his name instead of an (R), we would not have heard one word from Brad, or Ernie.


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Mobile virtual network operator market has been gaining extensive recognition in recent times, in sync with the evolving business models in a hyper connected digital realm. The progressive pathway carved by MVNO market is vividly evident from the recorded share of USD 55 billion in 2017. Even nearly half a decade back, MVNOs were mostly associated with B2C (business-to consumer) services, and the marketplace has experienced many ups and downs with economic forces and consumer preferences. Now, close to the termination of three decades since its onset in 1990's, with the influx of huge data in IT infrastructure, the industry is observing lucrative opportunities from the B2B space. As per estimates, business transactions on internet (both B2B and B2C services) by the end of 2020 would be more than 400 billion per day. As enterprises seek to add extra value to their business models with consumers expecting more seamless and customized real time connectivity, MVNO industry is certain to chart a profitable roadmap in the years ahead.
Lately, as it has been observed, mobile virtual network operator market is remnant of encouraging initiatives by renowned biggies who have been constantly collaborating with vendors to extend the service network. In this regard, it is important to take note that product and price differentiation are the major parameters where the MVNO market players are focusing on to win a competitive edge. Mentioned below is a gist of some of the latest contributions by companies making an impact on the mobile virtual network operator industry landscape.
Globally acclaimed mobile operator Three has recently teamed up with health & beauty retailer Superdrug to launch a new MVNO service- Superdrug Mobile. The deal reportedly comes as a part of Three's multi-brand strategy to target the increasing opportunities of this segment beyond its own brand. If reports are to be relied on, Superdrug Mobile is claimed to be the fourth provider to Three Network, after its patent MVNO, leading communications provider Gamma, and SMARTY.
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Aerosol propellants market share is forecast to hit 13.73 million tons at an annual growth rate of 4.7% from year 2015 to 2022, according to a new study based market report by Global Market Insights. The report features segment, region and application based analysis with insights on market trends, restraints, challenges, opportunities and drivers expected to impact the market size.
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Employee Stock Options (ESOPs) is a powerful tool available to startups to attract as well as retain talent. However, often I have seen it being undervalued or under-utilised by startups.
ESOPs are shares that are given to employees so that they can enjoy significant monetary benefits if the startup is successful. Since the monetary value of selling equity of a successful startup can be several times higher than the salary, ESOPs alter the risk-reward equation and makes it attractive for potential employees to consider joining a startups, which otherwise at just salary levels may not be such a lucrative option.
ESOPs are especially useful when startups or early-growth stage companies have to hire senior talent with experience, and they don't have monies to pay full market salaries.
In fact, investors too encourage founders to carve out an ESOPs pool – often between 5 – 20% of the equity depending on how well balanced the existing founding team is. If the team has gaps that need to be filled in, it is important to carve out a higher percentage of equity, as that will allow you to hire the right resources to complete the team.
As an entrepreneur, it is important for you to communicate the 'value' that your enterprise is likely to create and thus explain to potential employees the potential value of the stock they are getting under the ESOP. If the company is successful, the stock can provide a significant upside to employees.
Not just in hiring, but ESOPs can also be a very useful retention tool. That is because a well-structured ESOPs plan ensures that the equity is vested over a period of time (i.e. it is given to the individual in instalments spread over a period of time), and if the startup is successful, the individual is incentivized to stay on even if there is a matching salary offer from another company.
How is "proof of concept" different from "minimum viable product"?
'Proof of concept' and 'Minimum Viable Product' are two very different things.
When testing the proof of concept, you could be testing not just the product itself but also a few other assumptions about the business around that product. I.e. Product testing is just one of the aspects that could be tested during a proof of concept test phase. Within this, a MVP is an early version of the product, finished enough to get a few early customers to try the product and give you some useful feedback which can be incorporated into the final product.
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I spent this weekend (15th and 16th of March 2014) at the first conference organized for creative entrepreneurs by The Coalition. Great initiative, awesome experience. Check out www.thecoalition.in.
Here's a para from their website about what this initiative is about. The Coalition is a new platform to support creative entrepreneurs in India. Whether it's music, film, design, fashion, arts, creative technology or something completely radical, The Coalition gets young creative thinkers together with the people, skills and money that can turn their passion into successful businesses – and connects them to the resources that can help their business grow.


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In 1993, Joe Castleman (Jonathan Pryce) is told he is going to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in honor of his career. His devoted wife, Joan (Glenn Close), accompanies him to Stockholm for the award ceremony, where she meets a journalist, Nathaniel (Christian Slater). Nathaniel, hoping to write a biography on Joe, presses Joan for details of his life and information about when the two first met.
In the late 1950s, Joe was a creative writing professor and Joan was his student. The two began a passionate affair that would lead to a 40-year marriage in which Joan sacrificed her own writing talent to support that of her husband.
Back in 1993, Joan begins to question her life choices leading up to this point, particularly excusing his infidelities and abandoning her own dreams and ambitions for the sake of his. Soon her support for his Nobel Prize sours as she sees it to be the epitome of every sacrifice she has ever made in order for Joe to succeed.
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Well, yeah, for sure. But I think reverting to just not doing anything about because that would be hypocritical is kinda silly. MLB is absolutely being reactionary, but no time like the present. And any pitcher copping out to that just sounds dumb. Just be clear about what's allowed, what isn't, and give pitchers enough runway/lead-time to adjust accordingly and the rosin provided at the mound should be enough, chemically synthesized materials and anything else that makes it sound like your clapping when the ball comes out of your hand should not.
And I go back to F Me's point that you probably wouldn't get injured if you're not trying to throw as hard you can while trying to make the ball dance like a wiffleball eephus.
No sunscreen for "night" games? 730 starts, right?
The sun is still pretty bright -- pitchers are gonna bitch about that, saying that MLB is giving them skin cancer, I imagine? Or, will they just throw it to a teammate who has sunscreen on? Have them rub it up and then they can grab the rosin bag behind the mound?
Gerrit Cole's 103rd and 104th pitch last night were a 101 FB and a 95 changeup. I don't think much is going to change unless a bunch of UCLs start going, which would also be horrible for the game.
I am not saying do nothing, at all. Every player on that union call (or whoever it was) that has been highlighted, batters included, have no problem with sunscreen/rosin, from what I read. The balls are clearly different than they were 20 years ago, and tampering with them have been going on since the beginning of the game. Rosin clearly isn't enough anymore and the game changes. I think there should be some agreed upon substance, something like rosin/sunscreen or something pinetar related that everyone has on the mound.
There will be guys who throw hard....it just isn't likely to be 80% of the guys who can go 95+ or whatever crazy number it is now.
Or, the mascots better be wary like in Bull Durham.
Right..and they are out there earlier getting ready. Once all this dies down, not sure how you regulate sunscreen, which is basically my point as to why a blanket ban is dumb. A 10 day vacation with pay or you possibly get hurt/lose money. Pretty sure pitchers are going to go back to taking the risk.
And that's why you're going to see some big names get the hammer dropped on them - fairly or unfairly.
This. It's like in the steroid era for hitters. The great hitters were still great, but then you had complete bullshit like Brady Anderson hitting 50 homers. Average pitchers have been pitching above average and great pitchers have been unhittable. I mean, there were already 5 no-hitters in May. I doubt we'll see another one this season and struggling offenses start to come alive.
MLB has not handled much of anything well over the last 20 years. Players, coaches and management are all in on these scandals because it's about the $$$. They just lost out on a ton of revenue last year so they're itching to get people back in the stands. That usually means the pitchers suffer so people get their boom boom happy kicks with the long balls flying. Much like hitters want to jack the ball, pitchers want to hurl a fireball. Control pitchers are tough to find these days.
Side note, Bull Durham does not get enough love in the sports movie HOF
But what is the hammer? Cole and Glasnow basically admitted this is the first time they haven't used anything, and it doesn't seem like they're very ashamed to do so. The punishment is a missed start with full pay.
I thought I read they're going to end up suspending with pay. I'm assuming right now it's with full pay for now, intially, as part of that ease-in. I have to think it goes up from there, and the only way anyone will follow suit if it ends up being big name players and not some AAAA guy.
Sticky stuff does not make you throw faster. It makes your rotation higher and makes the ball dance more on a curve or stay higher longer on a fastball.
I assume they're avoiding an all out war on this topic with the CBA coming up and they'll go from there
But how much is your head gonna explode when it's Cole?
At the end of the day, Cole is going to be one of the better pitchers in baseball whether it's a 2 something ERA or a 3 something. He didn't have as many strikeouts last night, but he was throwing 101 on the corner in the 8th, so not too concerned.
The pitchers are saying sticky stuff is needed to allow for better grip and control. Cora was equating better control allowing pitchers to throw as hard as they can rather than focus on throwing as hard as they can with proper control.
No, I'm saying when he's made the example and suspended x amount of games.
It's spin rate. Everything mentioned is about spin rate. The day after the story came out about Cole they measured his spin rate which went down.
It helps with control, yes but it's the spin that messes up the batters.
I get it. I don't think it's really going to happen. He's clearly the face of it because of the non-answer, but I think they'll align on a solution as part of the CBA
Good article out:
https://theathletic.com/2656598/2021/06/16/ghiroli-mlbs-plan-to-crack-down-on-pitchers-foreign-substance-use-has-created-an-even-messier-debate/#
I don't subscribe...
I disagree that this is all about spin rate. Yes, that is one of the key focuses but there is talk about the control, overall.
Not only the Alex Cora article but also heard Rob Dibble talking about it and how long guys have been messing with the ball just to try and get a better grip, so that you have better control.
Spin Rate is the thing that caused Bauer to slam MLB a few years back and keep referencing. (Up until he started cheating with the stuff himself, to prove his point, it is suspected.) Certainly Spin Rate is a big way to measure and has been an analytics focus for teams to the point of obsession. This goop has allowed that to jump, as many articles pointed out and that ding dong from the Twins pointed out about Cole.
Ghiroli: MLB's plan to crack down on pitchers' foreign substance use has created an even messier debate
By Brittany Ghiroli Jun 16, 2021 73
Did anyone think Tuesday's long-awaited memo detailing Major League Baseball's plans to crack down on pitchers' use of foreign substances would truly be the end of the debate?
No sooner had MLB vice president Michael Hill's email to all players and teams hit inboxes — and, moments later, MLB's official press release to the media — before an already messy, embarrassing saga got messier and more embarrassing. It took minutes for players to give their (mostly dissenting) opinions on social media and mere hours for Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow to drive home a terrifying theory: that going without sunscreen and rosin had, at least in part, contributed to the UCL tear in his elbow.
Whether Glasnow's assessment is accurate is not the question. There is a faction of pitchers, veterans and rookies alike, who are terrified to throw with absolutely zero substances. There's a league — actively working with an outside company to create an approved substance that doesn't skyrocket spin rates — that knows using nothing is not the long-term answer. And yet even if MLB decided tomorrow to change its memo and allow sunscreen mixed with rosin — a popular rallying cry among some players — it wouldn't solve the problem.
Yes, sunscreen is fairly benign on a scale of bare hands to Spider Tack. Yes, the players held a Zoom meeting on June 8 attended by more than 40 people (mostly team union reps) and the vast majority of hitters and pitchers didn't have a problem with sunscreen-rosin use. But in the right hands with the right amount, MLB found an RPM increase up to 200 (other independent studies have shown it to be slightly lower). It's not crazy to think within days clubs that are employing chemists and mixing their own sticky stuff will have something that looks like sunscreen and smells like sunscreen and definitely isn't sunscreen.
The same logic applies to having a universal rag on the mound by the rosin bag. You give an inch, and "people will reverse engineer their own substance that's a lot tackier and a lot stickier (than the rag)," said one league executive involved in the process. "The enforcement process is tricky and does require bright lines as we sit here today."
The lines are exactly the problem. No one can agree: What gray area wouldn't be taken advantage of? How do you judge a pitcher's intent? Where is the line between common sense and chaos?
There are pitchers who are scared to go cold turkey, who genuinely worry about grabbing a slick ball in a dry Arizona stadium and hitting guys in the face. "It's the stuff of my nightmares," said one pitcher. Many scoff at the oversimplified notion that pitchers "should take a little off" or "command better." A 10-year veteran who has made his living as a power pitcher, who has gotten paid to strike out hitters, doesn't just wake up and become a finesse guy overnight. Just like hitters who get paid to hit home runs don't decide they want to instead lead the league in hits. You do what gets you paid and fixing approaches — on both sides — takes years and fundamental changes in player development and the free agency system. Guys will tinker with grips and muscle the ball, like Glasnow said he did, before they go out there and get pummeled. It's perhaps better to be hurt than bad.
MLB, late to the party in enforcing the rule by all accounts, has bungled player punishment before. Imagine if they weren't tough this time around, when players are still referring to the immunity of Astros players. Perhaps the league knew it couldn't be seen as soft on this and maybe public outrage was reason enough to draw such a hard line. Allowing sunscreen and rosin and looking the other way on pine tar is how things like Spider Tack got off Strongman Atlas stones and into baseball vernacular. You give an inch, some teams and players will take a mile. Now no one can be trusted, as evidenced by the sport's recent, troubling past.
https://twitter.com/ZHBuchanan/status/1405312401180819456
If there were more trust, at least between the players and the league, perhaps a more nuanced approach would work, like random ball collection and retroactive punishment. But that's an easy way for conspiracy theories to abound and the league to be questioned about what balls it took and who was punished. The umpires are seen as the safe space, the easiest way to police the game between the lines.
And umpires don't want to be bogged down with the gray area of the game. They want something easy and enforceable. It's not their responsibility in a shifting game where the calls for robots to do their jobs get louder and louder to now be tasked with becoming an expert chemist for every guy who enters every game.
So, we're stuck here. At least for now, because MLB drew a hard line and presented it to the MLB Players Association, which did not offer any input. A league source said the Players Association was given multiple chances to give input over a several-week span. Perhaps the Players Association could have been more proactive in trying. Maybe it wouldn't haven't mattered. Still, some players are frustrated and see this as a quick in-season decision on something that should have taken months or perhaps years to implement. But as spin rates are reported in real-time on Twitter — and players started complaining in the media — did MLB have the benefit of waiting any longer?
Still, wouldn't it have behooved everyone to solicit more input from pitchers and teams? Hill's memo said they spoke to current and former pitchers in the process. Some hitters and pitchers, who complained to the league and wanted this fixed, are satisfied. But because this is an existing rule, MLB had the ultimate say. Teams (which won't be allowed to replace suspended players) and pitchers will adapt on the fly. But wouldn't it have been smarter or savvier somehow to try to present a unified front among the league, its teams and all its players? Couldn't the players union and MLB, who have a well-publicized distrustful relationship, have put aside their issues for this instead of watching it play out in the media?
Players do not get a say in the baseball that's used. But when MLB presented tacky balls in spring training a few years back, the experiment was short-lived because pitchers' feedback was that the balls were not good enough.
"Everyone agrees grip is important. That's why rosin is legal," said Tony Clark, executive director of the Players Association. "The question becomes whether rosin is sufficient or we should consider approved alternatives. This question has become more important given the changes and lack of consistency in the baseball in recent years."
Tack, as it turns out, is a highly personal thing. Some guys like a thin layer of stuff, others want it thicker. Some put it on a few fingertips, others are more liberal. There are pine tar guys and sunscreen guys and most of them would agree that Spider Tack has no place in the game. Some players believe the easiest solution is to "get a tacky baseball and enforce the shit out of everything else." But using a tackier ball with no substance would make your entire hand tacky. It would also cause a constant need for new balls to be put in play because that's when they would be at their most effective. Even a universal substance rag would require significant feedback and tinkering during a period like spring training because every pitcher is a little different.
There is a legitimate fear, among some players and managers, that an in-season decision to go to nothing will cause injuries, though there's no data to support that yet (and MLB's memo did say it would monitor player health).
Dr. Mike Sonne, who has worked with teams on fatigue and injury prevention, said fatigue could be up 30 percent if players have to grip the ball harder.
https://twitter.com/DrMikeSonne/status/1405247028196749321
It's not as simple as telling pitchers who use any substance — estimated at more than 2/3 of the league — to throw bullpens with nothing. Many already do. There is no comparing a between-starts 'pen to game speed. Just like there's no comparison to the way it was 20-30 years ago when hit-by-pitches were considerably lower, spin rates weren't tracked and strikeouts weren't the only thing getting pitchers contracts. (It's a lot easier to be a command guy when you're getting the strike zone of a Greg Maddux, for example.)
Changes take time and, most importantly, they take collaboration and maybe that's the craziest, most difficult solution of all: the players and league working together.
Why was there not a conversation about how to rewrite the rules and look at foreign substances and their threshold in a smart way? There are already monitors in every ballpark, months of data collected by the league. Why not determine what is enough grip for safety, the first, second or third fingertip? The knuckles? The palm? Ban the hard stuff — an 80-game suspension for Spider Tack and homemade concoctions — and let the players have a say, as part of a committee, in where the rest of the line is drawn?
Trying to level the playing field is a difficult, commendable thing. No solution is perfect. But if the best way to do that alienates a significant percentage of players who contribute to your on-field product, it's fair to question the consequences, intended or not.
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This was good. Trevor raised some great points.
I get your point in if they have better grip they can whip it faster. Completely understand that.
Koufax took a little off his pitches and became a master. Most pitchers nowadays just blow heat. There is no more finesse. The days of Nolan Ryan are here and days of Maddux are gone.
He gets a lot of flack for being a jagass but he is clearly a very smart guy.
(Hurts for me to type that about a Bruin as I am a Trojan, lol)


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Threatening to take away children: Last week, the Federal Trade Commission shut down a Texas-based debt collector, Goldman Schwartz, for using deceptive and abusive scare tactics to force people to pay their payday loan debts. Among the alleged offenses:collectors called consumers incessantly, saying "we can take you to jail" or "we'll send the sheriff's department to your job and take care of this the hard way," even though they had no legal basis to do so.
Before federal oversight of these agencies by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) began on January 2, 2013, civil suits brought by consumers, and the odd administrative enforcement of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, were the sole checks on collection agencies' actions. The CFPB will have oversight over agencies "that have annual receipts of more than $10 million, [or] roughly 175 companies. They account for about 63 percent, or $7.7 billion, of the industry's $12.2 billion in annual collections."


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Don't freak out, but the universe may be a hologram
Danielle Wiener-Bronner
Everything you know to be true may be an illusion, specifically, an optical illusion, according to scientists who suggest our universe is a hologram. This is not the first time the possibility has been raised, but it is the most convincing.
New research from scientists at the Vienna University of Technology concludes that the holographic principle is possible in the context of a mostly flat space-time continuum. Let's back up.
The holographic principle was first proposed by theoretical physicists Gerard't Hooft and Leonard Susskind back in 1993. PBS's Kate Becker explains:
"The holographic principle, simply put, is the idea that our three-dimensional reality is a projection of information stored on a distant, two-dimensional surface. Like the emblem on your credit card, the two-dimensional surface holds all the information you need to describe a three-dimensional object — in this case, our universe."
The principle serves as a way to solve the black hole information paradox — according to quantum physics, all information is lost within a black hole, but according to the general theory of relativity, information can never be fully destroyed. Again, Becker explains why the holographic principle resolves the quandary:
"All the information in our three (spatial) dimensional universe can be "stored" on a two-dimensional surface. In the context of the black hole information paradox, this suggested that information about the stuff in the black hole could somehow be encoded on the surface of the event horizon."
Voila, paradox solved.
What a black hole looks like, maybe. Artist's rendition via NASA.
But the holographic principle has been thought to only be possible in a very extreme space-time configuration, far from how we believe our universe to be constructed. Back to our scientists from Vienna, who wanted to find out if the holographic principle is plausible in a space-time continuum that resembles our own. Report co-author Arjun Bagchi explained to Fusion in an email:
"The evidence so far has been confined to gravity theories in peculiarly curved spaces called Anti de Sitter (AdS) spaces… Our work is an attempt to make the Holographic Principle work for space times which are more 'usual' than AdS, specifically flat space times."
Lead author Daniel Grumiller further explained that the study is the first to find identical results in 2D as in 3D. That result means the holographic principle holds — we can glean the same information in two dimensions as we could in three. Per Grumiller:
"We calculate [a specific physical observable] for the first time in a specific 2-dimensional quantum field theory (without gravity), and independently in a specific 3-dimensional gravitational theory that describes flat spacetimes. We found that both results agree with each other."
Bagchi added: "This provides evidence that our previous construction was correct and there is a notion of Holography in flat space times."
Evidence of a possible holographic universe, however, is not proof of one. And we are a long way from proof, said Grumiller:
"A fully fledged mathematical proof of the holographic principle may be too much to ask, though it may be possible to achieve such a proof under simplified circumstances (for instance, in lower dimensions or in highly symmetric toy model theories). I would say that the best procedure is to collect as many independent hints and checks as possible."
If the universe really is a holographic universe, then we are all holograms. Chew on that.
Danielle Wiener-Bronner is a news reporter.


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Yesterday, Steam set a new record for concurrent users as there were 17,686,886 Steam users online at the same time. The previous 15 million milestone we reported was back in September (obviously we missed the 16 million record). Moreover, it appears that Steam is nearing the 18 million milestone.
According to Steam's graphs, PlayersUnknown: Battlegrounds was the game with the most concurrent players. Bluehole's battle royale game was almost able to hit 3 million concurrent players. The second game with the most concurrent players was DOTA 2 which did not hit the one million goal. For what it's worth, DOTA 2's lifetime concurrent players peak was 1,291,328.
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It will be interesting to see whether Steam will manage to surpass 18 million concurrent users in 2017. Let's not forget that December will undoubtedly boost its numbers with all the new deals and offers. Furthermore, we are almost certain that PlayersUnknown: Battlegrounds will surpass 3 million concurrent players in December. After all, Bluehole will fully release the game next month.
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