lunes, 31 de diciembre de 2018

NASA to usher in New Year with flyby video of farthest cosmic body

Date created : 31/12/2018 – 12:04Latest update : 31/12/2018 – 12:06 A NASA spaceship is

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Adaptogenic Cocoa Mixes : cosmic cocoa

Moon Juice’s Limited-Edition ‘Cosmic Cocoa’ Features Reishi & Ashwagandha Moon Juice’s ‘Cosmic Cocoa’ is a

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Volkswagen Previews Mobile Charging Station for Electric Cars

Volkswagen envisions a future in which cities are peppered with power bank-like mobile charging stations

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The solomonic decision of a court in China to separate two brothers and leave one with the family of the murderer of his father

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grants of up to 1,200 euros and more places in early childhood education

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this is how the cinema of 2018

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Barça recognizes the interest in Rabiot but denies having been disloyal with PSG

New episode in the 'soap opera' Rabiot. FC Barcelona has issued a statement in which

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2019 comes with pension increases, minimum salary and retirement age

The coming year will bring with it several increases in salaries and pensions as well

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Greg Burke and the Spanish Paloma García Ovejero

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Brent crude rises over $1, but set for first yearly drop since 2015

LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices rose more than 2 percent on the final day of

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Brent crude rises over $1, but set for first yearly drop since 2015

LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices rose more than 2 percent on the final day of

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Graham says Trump committed to smart Syria withdrawal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said President Donald Trump reassured him about

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NFL notebook: Koetter, Bowles fired following losses

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced the dismissal of coach Dirk Koetter after Sunday’s season-ending loss

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Russia detains American in Moscow over suspected spying

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s domestic security service (FSB) said on Monday it had detained an

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Philadelphia judge grants new appeal to cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal

HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A Philadelphia judge has allowed convicted police-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal to launch

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Vatican spokesman, deputy resign suddenly

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis poses with Vatican spokesman Greg Burke (R) and deputy Vatican spokesperson

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Bangladesh PM wins despite vote-rigging claims

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s alliance won Bangladesh’s election with a thumping majority, the country’s Election

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INSIGHT: Putin dons skates in ice hockey match

Russian President Vladimir Putin took to the ice on Saturday on Red Square in Moscow

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VERBATIM: 'Feeling better' about Syria withdrawal

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said President Donald Trump reassured him about his plan to withdraw

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Deep learning AI helping experts monitor rogue nuclear activity

81-feet below the ground, in an ultra-clean environment in eastern Washington state, some of the

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Trump receptive to shutdown deal idea: Sen. Graham

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday that he was optimistic that Republicans, Democrats and

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Bangladesh PM wins despite vote-rigging claims

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s alliance won Bangladesh’s election with a thumping majority, the country’s Election

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Doctor with a big heart is 2018 CNN Hero of the Year

As a doctor undergoing his medical training in Lima, Peru, Pun-Chong treated many children who

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Inclusiveness: How the US ranks in treating women and minority groups

What’s more, inclusiveness differs significantly from state to state. To develop its inclusiveness index, the

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Improving #KDE in ease of use and productivity (part 51)

The KDE community is improving basic aspects of different parts of the desktop and applications to polish errors and improve applications. This is a weekly review of some of those tasks.

As you could already read in another blog article part of the KDE community is immersed in the arduous and extensive task of polishing and improving certain aspects of the Plasma desktop and KDE applications.

You can read all the articles that I have translated in this link:

Usability and productivity in KDE

One more week Nate Graham brings to our blog the news of week 52 in terms of improvements, corrections of small and large errors and new options:

https://pointieststick.com / 2018/12/30 / this-week-in-usability-productivity-part-51 /

In this article I translate, once again, the article by Nate Graham to spread what KDE will bring us. We started …

Bug fixes

When using the KDE file dialog from a GTK application using the XDG portal, the "automatically select extension" option will no longer add strange text to the end of the file name (Jan Grulich, KDE Plasma 5.14.5)
KWin will no longer fail when the composition is disabled often when a video game is launched (Vlad Zagorodniy, KDE Plasma 5.15.0) [19659014] The lists of items that can not be clicked with the mouse in the Discover task view will no longer have the inappropriate appearance that can be clicked on (Aleix Pol Gonzalez, KDE Plasma 5.15.0)
Changed the order in which the "Most Downloaded" dialog of "Get new material" is presented which produces more relevant results because it takes into account current events. (Björn Feber, KDE Frameworks 5.54)
Solved one of the ways that Dolphin failed when a folder was renamed (Jaime Torres Amate, KDE Applications 19.04.0)
When using the option of Konsole "Enable the scrolling of the buffer in an alternative screen" to allow using the scroll wheel or the two fingers of the TouchPad in programs like less now the behavior keeps working even after using the command reset (Ahmad Samir, KDE Applications 18.12.1)

Polishing the interface and improvements

When choosing a new wallpaper using the "Add image" button, it is now possible add multiple images at once (Nate Graham, KDE Plasma 5.15.0)
Python files bytecode now have their own icons (Rafael Brandmaier, KDE Frameworks 5.54):

The Konsole tabs now only display icons on the tabs when using a profile that has a custom icon (Nate Graham, KDE Applications 19.04.0):

Kate now has an entry in the menu to enable or disable the line setting of static words so it can be activated or not in each open document without having to change the global setting (Loh Tar, KDE Applications 19.04.0):

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Louis CK mocks Parkland shooting survivors

Comedian Louis CK was heard mocking survivors of the Parkland school shooting for advocating gun

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China’s manufacturing activity falls for the first time since 2016

The country’s huge factory sector contracted in December for the first time in two and

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Trump’s wall pledge may not get expected results

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three confidants of President Donald Trump, including his departing chief of staff,

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Der Spiegel: Volkswagen is planning to write off over $300M it invested in Gett, as the Israeli startup struggles to compete with Uber, Lyft, Didi, and others (Globes Online)

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2019 New Year phrases to send your loved ones

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We are about to finish 2018 and we will welcome a new year that will be the same or better than the previous one; We can not always be together with loved ones to give them our best wishes, so it is best to send them a message of wishing them a happy year 2019 . Everyone has a smartphone so one way to congratulate them is to send them a congratulatory message to their cell phone, so, you will find some sentences from …

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How much screen time is too much? New research shows just how bad screens can be for kids' brains

SALT LAKE CITY — The physical formation of kids' brains is being altered by smartphone, tablet and video game use, according to a new study from the National Institutes of Health.

Preliminary data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, released earlier this month, show that children who reported more than two hours a day of screen time got lower scores on thinking and language tests.

In addition, MRI scans found significant physical differences in the brains of children who spent more than seven hours a day looking at screens. Most notably, those kids had prematurely thinning cortexes, the outermost layer of the brain responsible for processing sensory information like vision, hearing and touch, said study director Gaya Dowling, Ph.D., on CBS' "60 Minutes."

"We don't know yet if it's a bad thing," Dowling said in the CBS interview earlier this month. The cortex typically thins as a child gets older, but the process is occuring sooner for kids who spend more time with phones and video games, Dowling said.

As parents become increasingly concerned about the time kids spend on devices and researchers debate whether social media is addictive, multiple studies, such as a 2017 study in the journal Clinical Psychological Science, have identified ties between screen time and poor mental health. But the ABCD study is the first to track the effect of screens on brain development throughout a person's entire adolescence.

In order to better understand how a child's experiences and biology interact to affect brain development — and ultimately, social, behavioral and health outcomes — researchers recruited more than 11,000 9- and 10-year-olds at 21 locations throughout the United States and plan to follow them into early adulthood. Recruitment of research subjects, including 2,100 young people who are twins or triplets, began in 2016 and ended earlier this year, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Researchers are using advanced neuroimaging to observe brain development in children throughout adolescence, while also tracking other factors like mental illness and substance use, the institute reported.

Data from the first 4,500 children enrolled in the $300 million study was released earlier this month. While early findings provide a glimpse into the short-term impact of screens on the brain, the long-term effects won't be known for many years, Dowling told CBS. In 2019, anonymized data from the entire participant cohort will be made available to any researcher around the world, the group announced.

“(These kids) spend more time online and less time with their friends in person. They also spend less time sleeping.”

Jean Twenge, psychology professor at San Diego State University

"We'll be able to see not only how much time are they spending, how they perceive it impacting them, but also what are some of the outcomes," said Dowling. "And that will get at the question of whether there's addiction or not."

Jean Twenge, psychology professor at San Diego State University and author of "iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy — and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood," said kids born after 1995 are the first to spend their whole adolescence in the "smartphone era."

"(These kids) spend more time online and less time with their friends in person. They also spend less time sleeping," Twenge told the Deseret News. She is happy to see more discussion in recent years about how to manage use of electronic devices.

Facebook and Instagram have introduced settings that allow users to monitor app use. For example, Instagram now shows users the average time spent on the app per day and lets people set a daily time limit and reminder that notifies them when they've reached their goal.

Apple also recently released a new suite of screen time tools. The features, part of iOS 12, appear under "Settings" on the iPhone and are designed to help users limit time spent on certain apps. The "Downtime" tool lets iPhone owners schedule times when only phone calls and certain apps are available for use.

Teens can take initiative and use these tools themselves, or parents can intervene with automated weekly reports and the ability to remotely schedule "downtime," essentially locking kids out of certain apps during meals or at bedtime.

These "digital wellness" features are part of a greater push by tech companies to mitigate the ways personal devices have been engineered to be addictive. Android's own screen time tools are currently in development, Wired reported.

“It's clear that there is an interplay between media and child development, but I don’t think it’s realistic to take away all electronic devices.”

Ellen Selkie, adolescent medicine physician at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital

"A lot of parents, probably the majority I talk to, don't even realize those tools are available. And I wish they happened five years ago instead of now. But better late than never," Twenge said on "60 Minutes."

The new NIH study adds to a growing body of research on screen time and the brain. Other studies have linked excessive screen time with negative health outcomes, such as increasing obesity. Another recent study found teens who use electronic media at night are more likely to experience sleep disturbances and symptoms of depression.

Cutting back on screen time may reverse some of these negative effects. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that when college students limited their social media use to less than 30 minutes a day, they reported feeling less lonely and depressed after just three weeks.

But the news about screens isn't all bad.

According to a new national survey by the Pew Research Center, 81 percent of teens feel more connected to their friends when they use social media, and 69 percent feel social media helps them interact with a more diverse group of people.

Ellen Selkie, adolescent medicine physician at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, warns against thinking that "electronic devices are melting everyone's brains."

"It's clear that there is an interplay between media and child development," Selkie told Healthline, "but I don't think it's realistic to take away all electronic devices."

Parents can also refer to the the American Academy of Pediatrics media guidelines, quoted here:

Avoid digital media use (except video-chatting) in children younger than 18 to 24 months.
For children ages 18 to 24 months, if you want to introduce digital media, choose high-quality programming and use media together with your child. Avoid solo media use in this age group.
For children ages 2 to 5, limit screen use to 1 hour per day of high-quality programming, coview with your children, help children understand what they are seeing, and help them apply what they learn to the world around them.
No screens 1 hour before bedtime, and remove devices from bedrooms before bed.

"Just as parents limit how late their kids can stay up and how much sugary food they eat, they should limit the amount of time children and teens spend with screens," Twenge told the Deseret News.

"Consider putting off getting your child a smartphone until they are ready for it — for most kids, not until 14 or later," she said. "And then use a parental control app to limit time on certain apps, and most importantly, shut the phone off at bedtime."

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George and Olive's legacy: Osmonds still standing on principles

SALT LAKE CITY — I never met George and Olive Osmond. But I met their kids, which I have a pretty good idea amounts to the same thing.

Looking back on the stories I wrote in 2018, a highlight for me was the series about the Osmonds. It dates back to early last summer when I read a news item about the long-running Las Vegas show of Donny & Marie. That got me to thinking, I wonder what the rest of the Osmonds are up to?

I went to the source of all knowledge, Wikipedia, and learned that two of the original Osmond Brothers, Alan and Wayne, aren't performing anymore because of health issues, Alan with multiple sclerosis and Wayne with deafness the result of brain cancer surgery. I hadn't known that. What else didn't I know about Utah's first family of music? I decided to try and find out.

Jay Osmond

One more time: the original Osmond Brothers, from left, Alan, Jay, Merrill and Wayne perform Oct. 13 at Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu.

Tracking down famous or used-to-be-famous people isn't as easy as you'd think. Years of the public clamoring for your attention builds up self-defense barriers that take some effort to break. But eventually I talked to someone who knew someone who knew how to reach Jay Osmond, at 63 the youngest of the original Osmond Brothers.

Once he deduced I wasn't trying to sell him anything, we had a pleasant conversation.

So began a journey that extended to personally meeting each of the singing Osmonds, with the exception of Wayne, who because of his hearing problem preferred to talk on the phone.

I met Jay and Merrill, the two originals who are still performing, at a homemade recording studio in Provo where they were cutting a Christmas album (in July). I met Alan at his home in Orem. I met Donny and Marie backstage at the showroom in the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas that bears their name. I met little brother Jimmy at Riverside Country Club in Provo.

I chronicled what they told me in the 6,000 words that appeared in the Deseret News over the Christmas holidays, and at that I feel like it hardly scratched the surface. Some stories can deservedly be accused of overplay and hype, but in my opinion not this one: how kids from a penniless family in Utah with zero connections started singing to buy hearing aids for their two older brothers who were born deaf and wound up selling 100 million records while turning their surname into a household word around the world.

Mike Foley

Inspired by a Samoan Seventh-day Adventist men's choir that sang in the Unity Through Music interfaith devotional, (Left-right) David Osmond (Alan's son); Jay, Merrill, Alan and Marie Osmond sang an impromptu Samoan song the oldest brothers learned at the beginning of their musical careers. Marie later told the audience how much she and her parents, who served as senior missionaries at the Laie Hawaii Temple Visitors Center in the 1980s, love Hawaii.

And that's only part of the story. The part that intrigued me, the part that goes largely untold because it's so boring, is how fame and fortune failed to unmoor the Osmonds from their roots.

To be sure, the rocky ship of life has not bypassed the Osmonds; on top of popular acclaim, they've seen their fair share of divorce, financial setbacks, illnesses, family dysfunction, you name it. But no one dwelled on any of that. The common theme that ran through every interview I conducted was family loyalty and solidarity. No one has turned their back on where they came from. I asked Jay if everyone is still the same church-going kid they were raised to be. "Well, yeah, I think so," he said.

My impression is that it wasn't easy becoming — or being — an Osmond. His children describe George Osmond as both a loving father and a demanding taskmaster who ran a very tight ship, something of a benevolent tyrant — a Captain von Trapp.

Mike Foley

Marie Osmond, three of her brothers and nephew along with Alex Boyé and other participants in the Unity Through Music interfaith devotional at historic Kawaiaha'o Church in Honolulu on Oct. 12, 2018, sing "I Am a Child of God" for the finalé.

As for their mother, they describe Olive Osmond as a Maria von Trapp — the consummate caretaker, saintlike in her nurturing. But beyond that, one who was absolutely unyielding when it came to her offspring living G-rated standards — a demanding taskmaster in her own right.

Try juggling a show business career around that.

The hardest interview to get was with Jimmy, the youngest and most independent of the siblings. Why? Because he didn't want to take any credit or acclaim away from his big brothers. He agreed to talk only on the condition that I'd make it clear he owed everything to the brothers and Marie paving the way.

When I interviewed Marie, she talked about a concert she was doing with Alan, Wayne, Merrill and Jay — the original Osmond Brothers, all now in their 60s — in Hawaii. I couldn't understand why Marie would want Alan, dealing with his MS, and Wayne, dealing with his deafness, to come out of retirement. Then her manager clued me in: She was doing it so her brothers, not exactly in the lap of luxury these days like she is, could have a nice payday just before Christmas.

Hollywood isn't likely to film a biopic about it, but 60 years since they sang their first song, the Osmonds are still standing on their principles.

They're still George and Olive's kids.

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George and Olive's legacy: Osmonds still standing on principles

SALT LAKE CITY — I never met George and Olive Osmond. But I met their kids, which I have a pretty good idea amounts to the same thing.

Jay Osmond

One more time: the original Osmond Brothers, from left, Alan, Jay, Merrill and Wayne perform Oct. 13 at Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu.

Once he deduced I wasn't trying to sell him anything, we had a pleasant conversation.

So began a journey that extended to personally meeting each of the singing Osmonds, with the exception of Wayne, who because of his hearing problem preferred to talk on the phone.

Mike Foley

And that's only part of the story. The part that intrigued me, the part that goes largely untold because it's so boring, is how fame and fortune failed to unmoor the Osmonds from their roots.

Mike Foley

Try juggling a show business career around that.

Hollywood isn't likely to film a biopic about it, but 60 years since they sang their first song, the Osmonds are still standing on their principles.

They're still George and Olive's kids.

from Deseret News http://bit.ly/2SoL6U1

How much screen time is too much? New research shows just how bad screens can be for kids' brains

SALT LAKE CITY — The physical formation of kids' brains is being altered by smartphone, tablet and video game use, according to a new study from the National Institutes of Health.

“(These kids) spend more time online and less time with their friends in person. They also spend less time sleeping.”

Jean Twenge, psychology professor at San Diego State University

“It's clear that there is an interplay between media and child development, but I don’t think it’s realistic to take away all electronic devices.”

Ellen Selkie, adolescent medicine physician at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital

But the news about screens isn't all bad.

Ellen Selkie, adolescent medicine physician at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, warns against thinking that "electronic devices are melting everyone's brains."

"It's clear that there is an interplay between media and child development," Selkie told Healthline, "but I don't think it's realistic to take away all electronic devices."

Parents can also refer to the the American Academy of Pediatrics media guidelines, quoted here:

Avoid digital media use (except video-chatting) in children younger than 18 to 24 months.
For children ages 18 to 24 months, if you want to introduce digital media, choose high-quality programming and use media together with your child. Avoid solo media use in this age group.
For children ages 2 to 5, limit screen use to 1 hour per day of high-quality programming, coview with your children, help children understand what they are seeing, and help them apply what they learn to the world around them.
No screens 1 hour before bedtime, and remove devices from bedrooms before bed.

"Just as parents limit how late their kids can stay up and how much sugary food they eat, they should limit the amount of time children and teens spend with screens," Twenge told the Deseret News.

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How much screen time is too much? New research shows just how bad screens can be for kids' brains

SALT LAKE CITY — The physical formation of kids' brains is being altered by smartphone, tablet and video game use, according to a new study from the National Institutes of Health.

“(These kids) spend more time online and less time with their friends in person. They also spend less time sleeping.”

Jean Twenge, psychology professor at San Diego State University

“It's clear that there is an interplay between media and child development, but I don’t think it’s realistic to take away all electronic devices.”

Ellen Selkie, adolescent medicine physician at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital

But the news about screens isn't all bad.

Ellen Selkie, adolescent medicine physician at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, warns against thinking that "electronic devices are melting everyone's brains."

"It's clear that there is an interplay between media and child development," Selkie told Healthline, "but I don't think it's realistic to take away all electronic devices."

Parents can also refer to the the American Academy of Pediatrics media guidelines, quoted here:

Avoid digital media use (except video-chatting) in children younger than 18 to 24 months.
For children ages 18 to 24 months, if you want to introduce digital media, choose high-quality programming and use media together with your child. Avoid solo media use in this age group.
For children ages 2 to 5, limit screen use to 1 hour per day of high-quality programming, coview with your children, help children understand what they are seeing, and help them apply what they learn to the world around them.
No screens 1 hour before bedtime, and remove devices from bedrooms before bed.

"Just as parents limit how late their kids can stay up and how much sugary food they eat, they should limit the amount of time children and teens spend with screens," Twenge told the Deseret News.

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George and Olive's legacy: Osmonds still standing on principles

SALT LAKE CITY — I never met George and Olive Osmond. But I met their kids, which I have a pretty good idea amounts to the same thing.

Jay Osmond

One more time: the original Osmond Brothers, from left, Alan, Jay, Merrill and Wayne perform Oct. 13 at Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu.

Once he deduced I wasn't trying to sell him anything, we had a pleasant conversation.

So began a journey that extended to personally meeting each of the singing Osmonds, with the exception of Wayne, who because of his hearing problem preferred to talk on the phone.

Mike Foley

And that's only part of the story. The part that intrigued me, the part that goes largely untold because it's so boring, is how fame and fortune failed to unmoor the Osmonds from their roots.

Mike Foley

Try juggling a show business career around that.

Hollywood isn't likely to film a biopic about it, but 60 years since they sang their first song, the Osmonds are still standing on their principles.

They're still George and Olive's kids.

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George and Olive's legacy: Osmonds still standing on principles

SALT LAKE CITY — I never met George and Olive Osmond. But I met their kids, which I have a pretty good idea amounts to the same thing.

Jay Osmond

One more time: the original Osmond Brothers, from left, Alan, Jay, Merrill and Wayne perform Oct. 13 at Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu.

Once he deduced I wasn't trying to sell him anything, we had a pleasant conversation.

So began a journey that extended to personally meeting each of the singing Osmonds, with the exception of Wayne, who because of his hearing problem preferred to talk on the phone.

Mike Foley

And that's only part of the story. The part that intrigued me, the part that goes largely untold because it's so boring, is how fame and fortune failed to unmoor the Osmonds from their roots.

Mike Foley

Try juggling a show business career around that.

Hollywood isn't likely to film a biopic about it, but 60 years since they sang their first song, the Osmonds are still standing on their principles.

They're still George and Olive's kids.

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How much screen time is too much? New research shows just how bad screens can be for kids' brains

SALT LAKE CITY — The physical formation of kids' brains is being altered by smartphone, tablet and video game use, according to a new study from the National Institutes of Health.

“(These kids) spend more time online and less time with their friends in person. They also spend less time sleeping.”

Jean Twenge, psychology professor at San Diego State University

“It's clear that there is an interplay between media and child development, but I don’t think it’s realistic to take away all electronic devices.”

Ellen Selkie, adolescent medicine physician at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital

But the news about screens isn't all bad.

Ellen Selkie, adolescent medicine physician at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, warns against thinking that "electronic devices are melting everyone's brains."

"It's clear that there is an interplay between media and child development," Selkie told Healthline, "but I don't think it's realistic to take away all electronic devices."

Parents can also refer to the the American Academy of Pediatrics media guidelines, quoted here:

Avoid digital media use (except video-chatting) in children younger than 18 to 24 months.
For children ages 18 to 24 months, if you want to introduce digital media, choose high-quality programming and use media together with your child. Avoid solo media use in this age group.
For children ages 2 to 5, limit screen use to 1 hour per day of high-quality programming, coview with your children, help children understand what they are seeing, and help them apply what they learn to the world around them.
No screens 1 hour before bedtime, and remove devices from bedrooms before bed.

"Just as parents limit how late their kids can stay up and how much sugary food they eat, they should limit the amount of time children and teens spend with screens," Twenge told the Deseret News.

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Police respond to auto-pedestrian accident near airport in West Jordan

WEST JORDAN — A pedestrian was hit and killed near the South Valley Regional Airport Sunday night.

The crash happened after 9 p.m. near 6200 South and 4500 West. Unified Police Sgt. Melody Gray said a man believed to be in his 30s was crossing 6200 South in a dark area with no crosswalk, when he was hit and killed by a westbound car.

The name of the victim was not immediate released.

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Meet the 26 players with Utah ties on this year's NFL playoff rosters

There will be plenty of local angles to watch in the NFL playoffs, as there are 26 players with Utah ties on this year's postseason rosters.

That is five more players than the 21 with Utah ties who were on NFL postseason rosters last season. It's also the most over the past five seasons, eclipsing the 25 local ties in the 2016 NFL postseason.

Sixteen are on active rosters, with five more on practice squads and five on injured reserve. BYU leads all local schools with eight representatives, followed by Utah with seven. Utah State also has five former players in the playoffs, along with one each for Weber State and Snow College.

Seven Utah high schools are also represented in this year's playoffs, including one player each from American Fork High, Bingham, Highland, Hunter, Layton, Timpview and Weber.

The 26 locals who reached this year's postseason represent 38.8 percent of the 67 local players currently on league rosters.

Here's a look at each of the local ties on NFL playoff rosters, by team, beginning with the AFC.

Ed Zurga, FR34145 AP

Kansas City Chiefs defensive back Daniel Sorensen (49) scores a touchdown on an interception of a throw intended for Oakland Raiders tight end Jared Cook, unseen, during the first half of an NFL football game in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

AFC No. 1 seed: Kansas City Chiefs

Marcus Kemp, WR, Layton High: Kemp has played in every game this season, primarily as a special-teamer, and added a 7-yard reception in a Week 3 win over San Francisco in his second pro season. He has six special-teams tackles on the year.
Daniel Sorensen, S, BYU: Sorensen missed the first nine weeks of the season with a tibial plateau fracture in his left knee. In seven games and three starts since his return, he has 26 tackles and two pass deflections, as well as a pick-six in the Chiefs' Week 17 win.
Tejan Koroma, C, BYU: Koroma went on injured reserve with an apparent leg injury early in training camp, ending his rookie season after signing with the Chiefs this offseason as an undrafted free agent.
Jordan Devey, OL, Snow College and American Fork High: Devey played in seven games and had two starts at guard and center before a torn pectoral landed him on injured reserve on Oct. 23. He's in his third season with the Chiefs.

Charles Krupa, AP

New England Patriots linebacker Kyle Van Noy runs for a touchdown after recovering a fumble by New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

AFC No. 2 seed: New England Patriots

Kyle Van Noy, LB, BYU: Van Noy is back in the playoffs for the third straight year with the Patriots, as he leads the team in tackles with 92 and also has 3.5 sacks, a forced fumble, an interception and his first two career touchdowns (on a fumble recovery and a blocked punt).
Eric Rowe, CB, Utah: Rowe, in his third season with the Patriots, played in four games and started twice, logging 10 tackles and one pass deflection before landing on injured reserve with a groin injury on Oct. 31.

AFC No. 3 seed: Houston Texans

No locals on roster

Nick Wass, FR67404 AP

Baltimore Ravens free safety Eric Weddle walks onto the field before an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

AFC No. 4 seed: Baltimore Ravens

Eric Weddle, FS, Utah: Weddle was a Pro Bowler for the third straight year and sixth time overall in 2018, as the 12-year veteran had 68 tackles, a sack and three pass deflections while starting every game for Baltimore. He's making his first appearance in the playoffs since 2013 with the Chargers.
Robertson Daniel, CB, BYU: Daniel has spent the better part of the past three seasons with the Ravens, primarily on the team's practice squad this year. He played on special teams in Baltimore's Week 3 win over Denver.

Kelvin Kuo, FR170752 AP

Los Angeles Chargers cornerback Michael Davis breaks up a pass intended for Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Michael Crabtree during the first half in an NFL football game Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Kelvin Kuo)

AFC No. 5 seed: Los Angeles Chargers

Michael Davis, CB, BYU: Davis has started the past nine games for the Chargers in his second pro season and has 50 tackles, eight pass deflections and a forced fumble as a regular in the Los Angeles secondary.
Sam Tevi, OT, Utah: Tevi started 15 regular-season games this season, taking over at right tackle in Week 2. This will be his first postseason experience in his second year in the league.
Tre'Von Johnson, LB, Weber State and Hunter High: Johnson spent a month on the Chargers' active roster from Weeks 11 to 14, playing in four games and logging three tackles in a win over Arizona, before re-signing to the team's practice squad in mid-December.

AFC No. 6 seed: Indianapolis Colts

De'Ondre Wesley, OT, BYU: A fourth-year pro, Wesley is on his second stint on the Colts' practice squad this season, re-signing in early December. He started the year on Buffalo's practice squad.

Mark LoMoglio, FR171457 AP

New Orleans Saints free safety Marcus Williams (43) stops Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Adam Humphries (10) during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark LoMoglio)

NFC No. 1 seed: New Orleans Saints

Taysom Hill, QB, BYU: Hill emerged as a do-everything type player for the Saints in his second NFL season, lining up at a variety of positions on offense while also contributing heavily on special teams. He ran for two touchdowns and also had a key blocked punt to help New Orleans rally past Tampa Bay in Week 14.
Marcus Williams, FS, Utah: Williams has been an everyday starter in his second pro season with the Saints, finishing the regular season with 60 tackles, two interceptions and a forced fumble to go with three pass deflections and a sack.
Tomasi Laulile, DE, BYU: Laulile originally signed with Indianapolis as an undrafted rookie in May before being released, then joined the Saints' practice squad in late September.

NFC No. 2 seed: Los Angeles Rams

JoJo Natson, WR/Ret., Utah State: Natson has been the Rams' primary punt returner in his first season with the team, averaging 10.7 yards per return with a long of 60 yards.
Dominique Hatfield, CB, Utah: Hatfield's second NFL season was cut short when he went on injured reserve with an ankle injury in Week 14. He had one tackle in 10 games played, mainly as a special teams contributor, prior to the injury.
J.J. Dielman, OL, Utah: Dielman, in his second pro season, is on his third NFL team in 2018 after signing to the Rams' practice squad on Nov. 7.

Nam Y. Huh, AP

Chicago Bears long snapper Patrick Scales (48) walks off the field after an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

NFC No. 3 seed: Chicago Bears

Kylie Fitts, OLB, Utah: Fitts, a sixth-round selection by the Bears in the 2018 NFL draft, played in six games for Chicago this year and did not record any statistics.
Patrick Scales, LS, Utah State and Weber High: Scales has served as the Bears' starting long snapper all year in his fourth season with the team, one year after he missed the 2017 season with a torn ACL.

AJ Mast, FR123854 AP

Dallas Cowboys tight end Dalton Schultz (86) is tackled by Indianapolis Colts outside linebacker Darius Leonard (53) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

NFC No. 4 seed: Dallas Cowboys

Dalton Schultz, TE, Bingham High: Schultz, a fourth-round draft pick, has started seven games as a rookie for the Cowboys and has 12 receptions for 116 yards while emerging as the team's top tight end in the back half of the year.
Xavier Su'a-Filo, OG, Timpview High: Su'a-Filo has started the past eight games for the Cowboys at right guard — Dallas is 7-1 in the eight games he's started — though he left Sunday's game with an ankle injury.

NFC No. 5 seed: Seattle Seahawks

Maurice Alexander, SS, Utah State: Alexander has served primarily as a special-teamer for the Seahawks in his first year with the team, and the fifth-year pro has 10 tackles on the year.
Bobby Wagner, MLB, Utah State: Wagner earned his fifth straight Pro Bowl selections in one of his top pro seasons, leading the Seahawks with 138 tackles, 11 pass deflections, two forced fumbles, a sack and a 98-yard interception return for a touchdown. This will be Wagner's sixth playoff appearance in seven pro seasons.
Ricky Ali'ifua, DE, Utah State: Ali'ifua went on injured reserve with a concussion the week before the regular season began, one month after joining the Seahawks.

Matt Rourke, AP

Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Haloti Ngata takes the field before an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

NFC No. 6 seed: Philadelphia Eagles

Haloti Ngata, DT, Highland High: Ngata has been a consistent contributor for the defending Super Bowl champions in his first season with the Eagles, starting nine games with 17 tackles and a sack. The 13-year veteran last played in the postseason with the Lions in 2016 and earned a Super Bowl ring with Baltimore.

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