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Sunday, March 31, 2013
Wow of the week: 3-D scanner maps ear canal to improve hearing ...
In a move to disrupt the hearing industry, a medical device company has launched a a hand held 3-D scanner to map the inner ear to improve the quality of hearing aids. It?s also offering the platform to any hearing aid maker that wants it. The medical device company received a green light for its [...]
Pat Riley to Danny Ainge: Shut up
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? Miami Heat President Pat Riley has added another chapter to his rivalry with the Boston Celtics.
After LeBron James complained about calls and Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge chided him for it, Riley lashed back Friday night.
Riley's response: "Danny Ainge needs to shut the (expletive) up and manage his own team."
This saga started Wednesday after Miami's 27-game winning streak ended in Chicago. James told reporters that night that he does not believe some of the hard fouls he takes are "basketball plays." A day later, Ainge told Boston radio station WEEI that "it's almost embarrassing that LeBron would complain about officiating."
Riley was clearly irked, calling Ainge "the biggest whiner going when he was a player."
The Heat and Celtics play April 12 in Miami.
Miami beat New Orleans 108-89 on Friday night, with James leading the way with 36 points. When informed afterward of the statement, James said he appreciated Riley having his back.
"That's who we are," James said. "We ride together, all of us, from the top to the bottom. We all protect each other on and off the floor and it was big-time to see that."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pat-riley-danny-ainge-shut-010424469--spt.html
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
Confederate flag coming down in North Carolina. Why?
Confederate flag coming down in Raleigh, N.C. where it hangs in the state capitol. The Confederate battle flag is coming down this weekend, according to one state official.
A Confederate flag is seen on display at the old Capitol, which houses the governor?s office and still hosts numerous government events in Raleigh, N.C. State Historic Sites Director Keith Hardison says the flag raised last week inside the House chamber is part of a historical display replicating how the antebellum building appeared in 1863.
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Ringgold, Tenn., denies petition to make April 'Confederacy Month.'The decision was announced Friday evening, hours after the Associated Press published a story about the flag, which officials said was part of an historical display intended to replicate how the antebellum building appeared in 1863. The flag had been planned to hang in the House chamber until April 2015, the 150th anniversary of the arrival of federal troops in Raleigh.
"This is a temporary exhibit in an historic site, but I've learned the governor's administration is going to use the old House chamber as working space," Cultural Resources Secretary Susan Kluttz said Friday night. "Given that information, this display will end this weekend rather than April of 2015."
Kim Genardo, the spokeswoman for Gov. Pat McCrory, said the exhibit that includes the Confederate battle flag will be relocated, possibly across the street to the N.C. Museum of History.
The decision was a quick about-face for the McCrory administration, which initially defended the display. Many people see the flag as a potent reminder of racial discrimination and bigotry.
State Historic Sites Director Keith Hardison had said Thursday the flag should be viewed in what he called the proper historical context.
"Our goal is not to create issues," said Hardison, a Civil War re-enactor and history buff. "Our goal is to help people understand issues of the past. ... If you refuse to put something that someone might object to or have a concern with in the exhibit, then you are basically censoring history."
North Carolina NAACP president Rev. William Barber was shocked Friday when he was shown a photo of the flag by the AP.
"He is right that it has a historical context," Barber said. "But what is that history? The history of racism. The history of lynchings. The history of death. The history of slavery. If you say that shouldn't be offensive, then either you don't know the history, or you are denying the history."
Sessions of the General Assembly moved to a newer building a half-century ago, but the old Capitol building is still routinely used as a venue for official state government events. McCrory's office is on the first floor, as are the offices of his chief of staff and communications staff.
The Republican governor was in the House chamber where the Confederate flag hangs as recently as Thursday, when he presided over the swearing-in ceremony of his new Highway Patrol commander.
The presentation of the Confederate battle flag at state government buildings has long been an issue of debate throughout the South. For more than a decade, the NAACP has urged its members to boycott South Carolina because of that state's display of the flag on the State House grounds.
Prior to taking his current job in North Carolina in 2006, Hardison worked as director at the Mississippi home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, which is operated as a museum and library owned by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. The group has led the fight in the South for the proud display of the Confederate flag, which it contends is a symbol of heritage, not hate.
Hardison said the battle flag was displayed with other flags described in the diary of a North Carolina woman who visited the Capitol in 1863. A large U.S. flag displayed in the Senate chamber is reminiscent of a trophy of war captured from Union troops at the Battle of Plymouth.
"I thought, wouldn't it be wonderful to recreate this?" Hardison said. "I think we were all thinking along the same vein. ... The Capitol is both a working seat of government, in that the governor and his staff has his office there. But it is also a museum."
Hardison pointed out that the national flag used by the Confederate government, with its circle of white stars and red and white stripes, is still flown over the State Capitol dome each year on Confederate Memorial Day. The more familiar blood-red battle flag, featuring a blue "X'' studded with white stars, was used by the rebel military.
David Goldfield, a history professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and author of the book "Still Fighting the Civil War," said the battle flag can hold starkly different meanings depending on a person's social perspective.
"The history of the Confederate battle flag, how it was designed and formulated, how it has been used through the years, clearly states that it is a flag of white supremacy," Goldfield said. "I know current Sons of Confederate Veterans would dispute that, saying 'Hey, I'm not a racist.' But the fact remains that the battle flag was used by a country that had as its foundation the protection and extension of human bondage."
The NAACP's Barber said the McCrory administration eventually made the right call, but questioned how the decision to hang the flag was made in the first place.
"A flag should represent a banner of unity, not division," Barber said. "A substantive symbol and sign of our best history, not our worse. We cannot deny history but neither can we attempt to revision it in a way that glorifies the shameful and attempts to make noble that which is ignoble."
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15th Annual Spartan Golf Outing and Dinner Auction - in Brookfield ...
The Westmoor Country Club is one of the most premier country clubs, featuring a golf course designed by expert golf architects. The club offers an olympic-sized swimming pool, tennis courts and a banquet and dining area. The executive chef and staff design delicious and creative cuisine that will make every occasion a special one.? Westmoor Country club is located across from the Brookfield Square mall, just off the I-94 interchange.
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Friday, March 29, 2013
Americans back preparation for extreme weather and sea-level rise
Mar. 28, 2013 ? Images told the story: lower Manhattan in darkness, coastal communities washed away, cars floating in muck. Superstorm Sandy, a harbinger of future extreme weather intensified by climate change, caught the country off guard in October.
Unprepared for the flooding and high winds that ensued, the East Coast suffered more than $70 billion in property damage and more than 100 deaths.
Will Americans prepare and invest now to minimize the impact of disasters such as Sandy, or deal with storms and rising sea levels after they occur?
A new survey commissioned by the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and the Center for Ocean Solutions finds that an overwhelming majority of Americans want to prepare in order to minimize the damage likely to be caused by global warming-induced sea-level rise and storms.
A majority also wants people whose properties and businesses are located in hazard areas to foot the bill for this preparation, not the government. Eighty-two percent of the Americans surveyed said that people and organizations should prepare for the damage likely to be caused by sea-level rise and storms, rather than simply deal with the damage after it happens.
Among the most popular policy solutions identified in the survey are stronger building codes for new structures along the coast to minimize damage (favored by 62 percent) and preventing new buildings from being built near the coast (supported by 51 percent).
"People support preventive action," said survey director Jon Krosnick, a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and professor of communication, "and few people believe these preparations will harm the economy or eliminate jobs. In fact, more people believe that preparation efforts will help the economy and create jobs around the U.S., in their state and in their town than think these efforts will harm the economy and result in fewer jobs in those areas. But people want coastal homeowners and businesses that locate in high-risk areas to pay for these measures."
The challenges posed by rising sea levels and increasingly severe storms will only intensify as more Americans build along the coasts. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report released March 25 predicts that already crowded U.S. coastlines will become home to an additional 11 million people by 2020.
Survey questions were formulated to assess participants' beliefs about climate change and gather opinions about the impact of climate change, sea-level rise and storms on communities, the economy and jobs.
The survey also gauged public support for specific coastal adaptation strategies and how to pay for them. "People are least supportive of policies that try to hold back Mother Nature," Krosnick said. "They think it makes more sense to recognize risk and reduce exposure."
Among the survey's respondents, 48 percent favor sand dune restoration and 33 percent favor efforts to maintain beaches with sand replenishment, while 37 percent support relocating structures away from the coast and 33 percent support constructing sea walls.
Eighty-two percent of the survey's respondents believe that Earth's temperature has been rising over the last 100 years. However, even a majority of those who doubt the existence of climate change favor adaptation measures (60 percent).
"The question is, how does public support for preparation translate to action?" asked Meg Caldwell, executive director of the Center for Ocean Solutions. "Our impulse is to try to move quickly to put communities back together the way they were after devastation. But that impulse often leads to doubling down on high-risk investments, such as rebuilding in areas likely to experience severe impacts. To move toward long-term resiliency for coastal communities, we need to seize opportunities to apply new thinking, new standards and long-term solutions."
Krosnick presented the survey results this morning at a policy briefing hosted by the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
The survey was conducted via the Internet with a nationally representative probability sample of 1,174 American adults, 18 and older, conducted by GfK Custom Research March 3-18, 2013. The survey was administrated in both English and Spanish. The survey has a margin of error of +/-4.9 percent at the 95 percent confidence level.
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Action Launcher Pro version 1.5 puts Android widgets just a swipe away (video)
Android launchers cross our desks every so often but only a handful catch our eye. Action Launcher Pro is the latest to strike our fancy thanks to its quick and compact widget solution dubbed Shutters. With the freshly added feature, users can open up widgets by simply giving app icons a vertical swipe. Version 1.5 also packs a number of improvements, including support for 10-inch tablets and increased stability. Devices running Android 4.0.3 or newer will be able to take the launcher for a spin, but Shutters is a Jelly Bean-only affair thanks to API limitations. Head past the break to catch the software in action, or click the second source link to pick it up for $3.99.
Source: Action Launcher Pro (1, Google+), (2, Google Play), Action Launcher Release Notes, Chris Lacy (YouTube)
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/28/action-launcher-pro-version-1-5-shutters-widgets/
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
Scientists find new gene markers for cancer risk
NEW YORK (AP) ? A huge international effort involving more than 100 institutions and genetic tests on 200,000 people has uncovered dozens of signposts in DNA that can help reveal further a person's risk for breast, ovarian or prostate cancer, scientists reported Wednesday.
It's the latest mega-collaboration to learn more about the intricate mechanisms that lead to cancer. And while the headway seems significant in many ways, the potential payoff for ordinary people is mostly this: Someday there may be genetic tests that help identify women with the most to gain from mammograms, and men who could benefit most from PSA tests and prostate biopsies.
And perhaps farther in the future these genetic clues might lead to new treatments.
"This adds another piece to the puzzle," said Harpal Kumar, chief executive of Cancer Research U.K., the charity which funded much of the research.
One analysis suggests that among men whose family history gives them roughly a 20 percent lifetime risk for prostate cancer, such genetic markers could identify those whose real risk is 60 percent.
The markers also could make a difference for women with BRCA gene mutations, which puts them at high risk for breast cancer. Researchers may be able to separate those whose lifetime risk exceeds 80 percent from women whose risk is about 20 to 50 percent. One doctor said that might mean some women would choose to monitor for cancer rather than taking the drastic step of having healthy breasts removed.
Scientists have found risk markers for the three diseases before, but the new trove doubles the known list, said one author, Douglas Easton of Cambridge University. The discoveries also reveal clues about the biological underpinnings of these cancers, which may pay off someday in better therapies, he said.
Experts not connected with the work said it was encouraging but that more research is needed to see how useful it would be for guiding patient care. One suggested that using a gene test along with PSA testing and other factors might help determine which men have enough risk of a life-threatening prostate cancer that they should get a biopsy. Many prostate cancers found early are slow-growing and won't be fatal, but there is no way to differentiate and many men have surgery they may not need.
Easton said the prospects for a genetic test are greater for prostate and breast cancer than ovarian cancer.
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women worldwide, with more than 1 million new cases a year. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men after lung cancer, with about 900,000 new cases every year. Ovarian cancer accounts for about 4 percent of all cancers diagnosed in women, causing about 225,000 cases worldwide.
The new results were released in 13 reports in Nature Genetics, PLOS Genetics and other journals. They come from a collaboration involving more than 130 institutions in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere. The research was mainly paid for by Cancer Research U.K., the European Union and the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
Scientists used scans of DNA from more than 200,000 people to seek the markers, tiny variations in the 3 billion "letters" of the DNA code that are associated with disease risk.
The scientists found 49 new risk markers for breast cancer plus a couple of others that modify breast cancer risk from rare mutated genes, 26 for prostate cancer and eight for ovarian cancer. Individually, each marker has only a slight impact on risk estimation, too small to be useful on its own, Easton said. They would be combined and added to previously known markers to help reveal a person's risk, he said.
A genetic test could be useful in identifying people who should get mammography or PSA testing, said Hilary Burton, director of the PHG Foundation, a genomics think-tank in Cambridge, England. A mathematical analysis done by her group found that under certain assumptions, a gene test using all known markers could reduce the number of mammograms and PSA tests by around 20 percent, with only a small cost in cancer cases missed.
Among the new findings:
? For breast cancer, researchers calculated that by using all known markers, including the new ones, they could identify 5 percent of the female population with twice the average risk of disease, and 1 percent with a three-fold risk. The average lifetime risk of getting breast cancer is about 12 percent in developed countries. It's lower in the developing world where other diseases are a bigger problem.
? For prostate cancer, using all the known markers could identify 1 percent of men with nearly five times the average risk, the researchers computed. In developed countries, a man's average lifetime risk for the disease is about 14 to 16 percent, lower in developing nations.
?Markers can also make a difference in estimates of breast cancer risk for women with the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations. Such women are rare, but their lifetime risk can run as high as 85 percent. Researchers said that with the new biomarkers, it might be possible to identify the small group of these women with a risk of 28 percent or less.
For patients like Vicki Gilbert of England, who carries a variation of the BRCA1 gene, having such details about her cancer risk would have made decision-making easier.
Gilbert, 50, found out about her genetic risk after being diagnosed with the disease in 2009. Though doctors said the gene wouldn't change the kind of chemotherapy she got, they suggested removing her ovaries to avoid ovarian cancer, which is also made more likely by a mutated BRCA1.
"They didn't want to express a definite opinion on whether I should have my ovaries removed so I had to weigh up my options for myself," said Gilbert, a veterinary receptionist in Wiltshire. "...I decided to have my ovaries removed because that takes away the fear it could happen. It certainly would have been nice to have more information to know that was the right choice."
Gilbert said knowing more about the genetic risks of cancer should be reassuring for most patients. "There are so many decisions made for you when you go through cancer treatment that being able to decide something yourself is very important," she said.
Dr. Charis Eng, chair of the Genomic Medicine Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, who didn't participate in the new work, called the breast cancer research exciting but not ready for routine use.
Most women who carry a BRCA gene choose intensive surveillance with both mammograms and MRI and some choose to have their breasts removed to prevent the disease, she said. Even the lower risk described by the new research is worrisomely high, and might not persuade a woman to avoid such precautions completely, Eng said.
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AP Medical Writer Maria Cheng contributed to this report from London.
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Online:
Nature Genetics: http://www.nature.com/ng
PLOS Genetics: http://www.plosgenetics.org
Breakthrough Breast Cancer: http://www.breakthrough.org.uk/
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-gene-markers-cancer-risk-162853893.html
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Samsung Galaxy S 4 hits the FCC in MetroPCS and Sprint forms
Get ready for a small deluge of Galaxy S 4 filings at the FCC in the near future. Just a couple of weeks after Samsung's flagship hit the US agency in its international guise, we're now seeing the first US editions of the smartphone receive approval, starting with both MetroPCS (SCH-R970) and Sprint (SPH-L720) examples. Either has CDMA, EV-DO and LTE, although there's variances you'll want to watch for if you're free to choose between carriers: the Sprint version has HSPA 3G for world roaming, while the MetroPCS model drops HSPA but has a broad four bands of LTE meant mostly to support other mid-size American networks, like US Cellular. We still have AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon to go among the bigger US providers supporting the GS4, although it's just a matter of time before their models make FCC appearances.
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/27/samsung-galaxy-s-4-hits-the-fcc-in-metropcs-and-sprint-forms/
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Porsha Williams Thanks Fans for Support, Turns to God
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Letters: Creating a Brain
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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/science/creating-a-brain.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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Dialogue with the civil society Part I - Morocco World News
By Hamza Mounhi
Morocco World News
Ahmedabad, India, March 25, 2013
A few days ago, government officials announced the start of the National dialogue with the civil society. As members of the media sphere, we decided to start our own dialogue with our own means. The objective is to meet rising NGOs, understand their mission and try to grasp the main innovation they are bringing to the ground to solve social issues.
Today, we are introducing to you Teach4Morocco; ?a start-up NGO? with a holistic approach to improve the state of education in Morocco. Maha Laziri, the founder and the current president will explain to us the objectives and visions of Teach4Morocco.
MWN: Tell us a little bit more about Teach4Morocco?
Maha Laziri:Teach4Morocco is an NGO which has the mission to help making the Moroccan educational system better. As a start, we are focusing mainly on rural areas. We are a group of university students that are willing to make an impact on the ground as we firmly believe that education is the way forward.
MWN: What?s your track record so far, any achievements to date?
Maha Laziri: We decided to start our projects by targeting remote areas which suffer from insufficient schooling infrastructure. Our first project consisted of reconstructing a school and in the village of Ichbaken (the central Moroccan high atlas).
It was indeed a humbling experience as we went through tough days with intensive work but smoothened by the spirit of cooperation and team work between our volunteers, villagers and teachers. We noticed that at the end, there was a shift in the perception of ?school? from as a ?foreign? institution in the village to a more inclusive perception. The School of Ichbaken is more perceived now as a ?community? institution that the children, the young men and women and even the elders have participated in innovating. That is our biggest achievement.
MWN: That?s indeed a big achievement. Do you have any objectives for this year to keep up on this track?
Maha Laziri: We are a start-up NGO. As we go to the field, we discover new needs and try to expand our structure accordingly. This year, the village of Ait Hamza suggested working with us on a project to build new classrooms and sanitary infrastructure. We also have a French partner, Interface IEP, which accepted to participate with us on the project.
Last year, some volunteers organized pedagogical activities for the children. The children loved it. This year, we are going back to Ichbaken to organize the first full-time ?discovery camp.? The idea is to develop games that will trigger kids? curiosity in science, arts and sports. The organization of the discovery camp is in line with our philosophy of enabling access to equal opportunities and the expansion of choices for Moroccan kids. By making the learning experience friendly and enjoyable, we want to help these children discover their potential and better understand their future academic choices.
MWN: What?s the main issue you faced during the preparation of your summer camps and once on the ground?
Maha Laziri: Our projects are very small yet they require a lot of efforts from our side. It was not easy to prepare for Ichbaken as the toughest challenge was to transport construction materials to the village. The transport infrastructure is relatively hostile in the region and it is hard for any type of transportations to carry heavy cement bags all at once. It took a long time to transport all the construction material we needed.
We were however very happy of people?s engagement to our cause. To be honest with you, there are some people who helped us a lot and without them we would have never done it. I would like to warmly thank two teachers from the school of Ichbaken who stayed with us while they were on vacation and helped carrying heavy cement bags, stones, etc. We owe them so much and respect them for all they did.
MWN: You are a non-profit organization delivering free of charge services, I can assume that for all your activities you rely on donations, are Moroccan people generous when it comes to supporting education?
Maha Laziri: It is hard for us to judge based on our fundraising efforts for the first project. We were still new and had no significant track record. We didn?t apply for any aid or donations.We were lucky to find a like-minded partner Interface IEP, we cooperated together in the planning and financing of the project. The fundraising was done by Interface. This year, we are hoping to get in kind support from cement and paint companies.
MWN: As far as I understand, now you are focusing all your efforts on rebuilding the physical infrastructure. I assume that it is financially-intensive and time consuming yet essential. Could you tell us quickly about your long term vision?? Will there be any shift in the future?
Maha Laziri: There will be no shift but?rather an expansion. We are currently adding new?programs: ?Discovery camp? in the summer and ?my passport to school? for the younger kids joining school for the first time and who had no access to kindergarten. To sum it up, we aim at targeting the issues of: school infrastructure, pre-school education and interactive education. We are also working on adding an e-learning program, which will be launched soon, to address the urban population as well.
MWN: Your NGO is working with rural people in the very remote areas of Morocco; tell us more about their perception of education
Maha Laziri: It is hard however to give a simple one layer answer to your question as rural people don?t all have the same ideology and economic status. Yet, we noticed in the case of Ichbaken that no girl has ever had made it to junior high school in Toundout. Education is an investment and the parents are asking if it is worth the effort.
One day, we asked some kids about their future professional ambitions and were surprised to see that most of them want to become? Transit?/ van driver. With all the due respect to this profession, but we sensed that day the importance of social conditioning: for these kids, the example of the richest and most important person in the village is the young man with no education but a driving license. Therefore education is at some instances, perceived as a worthless investment.
MWN: Starting from your field experience, what?s the key issue that is stopping the development of rural education?
Maha Laziri: I am not sure. I have neither the authority nor the experience to answer this question from a large scale perspective. But given the fact that the whole system is on crisis, rural schools share the same challenges as urban public schools. In rural remote areas, these challenges are however transcended by the lack of adequate infrastructure, the issue of acceptance of the teachers among local communities and difficulties of pursuing education after primary school. Coming back to the example of Ichbaken, the school there is lucky because it has a team of very motivated teachers and the villagers trust them.
Teachers are easily accepted as members of the community, which might not be the case elsewhere. However, when kids make it to the 6th grade, only some of the rich go to junior high school. Our projects are still in infancy, I hope that as we grow up, our understanding of these matters will get more accurate as I believe it is the first step toward finding long lasting solutions for these complex issues.
MWN: You are absolutely right. Well Maha, on behalf of Morocco World News, I would like to thank you for your time and wish you all the best for your next projects
Maha Laziri: thank you.
To follow the updates of Teach4Morocco
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Monday, March 25, 2013
Personal monitor system could change healthcare
Mar. 25, 2013 ? A wireless personal health monitoring system using smartphones to upload data via the Internet will revolutionize the U.S. healthcare industry, its pioneering creators say.
mHealth research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville is lead by Dr. Emil Jovanov, associate dean for graduate education and research in the College of Engineering, and Dr. Aleksandar Milenkovic, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. They have recently received funding from the National Science Foundation to develop mHealth infrastructure at UAHuntsville.
mHealth capitalizes on what Dr. Jovanov calls "major revolutions" in computer informatics, smartphones, and energy-efficient and miniaturized electronics and sensors. It can provide health information to the patient directly, to the physician via the Internet, and to researchers as aggregated databases. View the mHealth website at http://portal.mhealth.uah.edu/public/index.php.
In 2000, Dr. Jovanov was the first to propose Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN) for health monitoring as a sensor system to integrate sensors on or in bodies and communicate through the Internet. (E. Jovanov, J. Price, D. Raskovic, K. Kavi, T. Martin, R. Adhami, "Wireless Personal Area Networks in Telemedical Environment," Third IEEE EMBS Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine -- Workshop of the International Telemedical Information Society ITAB ITIS 2000, Arlington, Va., November 2000, pp. 22-27).
"When WBAN is used to monitor diabetes patients using an implanted blood glucose sensor and insulin pump, the system can determine how much insulin should be released, not only based on the blood glucose level, but based on the level of activity and condition of the whole organism," said Dr. Jovanov. "This is a fundamentally different approach made possible by the advances in technology, and we are proud that the first paper on it came from UAH."
Dr. Jovanov said the idea sprang from the Personal Area Network used in wireless computing. "We proposed creating a personal health monitoring network within 2-3 feet from your body integrating a number of sensors to monitor your vital signs and physical activity." Individual sensors are controlled by a smartphone that collects information from sensors and communicates with the rest of the system.
In collaboration with the Mayo Clinic, the researchers developed the first successful prototypes. "We were the first to demonstrate that you can create a system that is a very powerful, energy efficient and comfortable that you can wear a long time," said Dr. Jovanov.
Since then, size and weight have shrunk and sensor and communication technologies have advanced. "It is ubiquitous wireless communication anytime, anywhere that has brought tremendous change and will improve our lifestyles tremendously in the future," Dr. Jovanov said, citing two examples where mHealth could help.
"The more you exercise, the better you recover after a stroke, but you also can overdo it," he said. "The smartphone-based application can motivate users to exercise more, or warn them if they are straining themselves.
"Now in heart attack, the recovery rate also depends on exercise, but often people are worried about that because they have been through this traumatic event and they don't want to get too far away from the phone or help or they are afraid to be active again," he continued. The mHealth system alleviates fears by its ability to detect trouble and summon help. It also can advise the heart patient when he or she is at the optimal exercise level.
Patents Pending
Through UAHuntsville, the researchers filed two recent patent applications. "Both applications are dealing with the use of a smartphone with the sensors already embedded in the phone," Dr. Jovanov said. (Mladen Milosevic, Emil Jovanov, Aleksandar Milenkovic, "Quantifying Timed-Up-and-Go Test: A Smartphone Implementation," Body Sensor Networks Conference, May 6-9, 2013, Boston, Mass.; Aleksandar Milenkovic, Mladen Milosevic, Emil Jovanov, "Smartphones for Smart Wheelchairs," Body Sensor Networks Conference, May 6-9, 2013, Boston, Mass.)
First is a cardiac health monitor that records the change of heart activity every time a user stands up. A sensor in the smartphone detects when the patient gets up and a wireless heart sensor detects heart activity.
In the second, a UAHuntsville-developed program monitors activity of wheelchair users using sensors embedded in the smartphone. A magnet on the wheel allows the smartphone to detect and record the number of wheel rotations so distance, speed and duration of activity can be calculated. Moreover, the system can detect if the user propels the wheelchair or if the chair has been pushed.
"Most wheelchair users do not exercise enough," Dr. Milenkovic said. "Statistics show that they are at high risk for all physical inactivity related diseases, such as coronary disease and diabetes. We can quantify what they do and send that information to the physician."
Nursing Stress
In 2002, Dr. Jovanov worked with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory to monitor stress levels of pilots training in Pensacola, Fla. Today at UAHuntsville, the researchers use mHealth to study the stress levels of nursing students.
"It is extremely hard to monitor stress," said Dr. Jovanov. That's why the UAHuntsville College of Nursing study is advantageous. The nursing lab has a patient simulator, a humanlike automated dummy that can reproduce the physiological effects of acute medical events, like heart attacks. As student nurses have stressful encounters with the simulator, the mHealth system monitors their physiology and activity.
"For us this is very interesting, because we know exactly when these crises will happen and we can control the outcome of the event through the simulator," Dr. Jovanov said. Once the stress monitoring is developed, managers could use such a system in hospitals to observe nursing stress and recommend personal relaxation techniques or short break times. As a result, the number of mistakes arising from stress will be reduced.
Growing Need
"We are desperately in need of changes to the whole health system. Currently, the emphasis is on reactive health care," Dr. Jovanov said. In that environment, opportunities for mHealth are increasing. As part of the Affordable Care Act, in 2012 Medicare tightened its hospital readmission rule to decrease payments to acute care hospitals with excessive readmissions. "That has created overnight a multi-billion dollar market for home monitoring and an early intervention system," Dr. Jovanov said. "Now we are devising more uses for it."
What is ultimately needed is a proactive system, said Dr. Jovanov. "You can make small changes and affect your health in a major way over time." Dr. Milenkovic calls it "a guardian angel "that could be used to improve a patient's wellbeing.
As health status deteriorates, long term records and information in the electronic health record can help in diagnosis. "Having this information will decrease the amount of needless testing done," said Dr. Jovanov. It also opens the possibility for rehabilitation use, Dr. Milenkovic said. "There is quantifiable information there that is stored and can be analyzed."
High costs have prevented this level of personalized medicine. Hospital-grade monitors typically cost from $5,000 to $15,000 each. Dr. Jovanov and Dr. Milenkovic are expecting to see an emergence of the mHealth monitors in the $50 to $500 price range.
Research Roles
Once mHealth monitors are widespread and generating big data streams, data mining will allow researchers access to information not identified by user, resulting in super-sized studies on topics ranging from heart disease to cancer outcomes.
"We believe that once we have widespread mHealth devices, we will create huge database of records capable of completely changing healthcare," said Dr. Jovanov. "Once you gather enough data, it will tell you how well you are doing for your genetic profile and your age and health, and what to do to improve your health status."
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LaToya Ruby Frazier Photographs: 'A Haunted Capital' Captures Family Life In A Forgotten Industrial Town (PHOTOS)
LaToya Ruby Frazier has fierce ties to her roots. The artist grew up in Braddock, Pennsylvania -- the site of one of America's first steel mills.
In a new show at the Brooklyn Museum, "A Haunted Capital," Frazier's photographs of Braddock display a town left in the dust after the advent of the digital age. The black-and-white images, which were actually taken within the last 10 year, look as if they are decades old. Yet the striking photographs breathe life back into the abandoned town, bringing a spotlight to the real faces and homes of the contemporary town.
You might remember Frazier's work from 2010, when she and Liz Magic Laser -- the artist who designed subversive branding for the Armory Show this year -- protested a Levi's ad campaign that described Braddock as "the new frontier" by furiously rubbing their bodies on the sidewalk in front of a Levi's pop-up shop while wearing jeans.
Scroll through the slideshow below to see some of Frazier's photographs of Braddock, and tell us what you think of the haunting images in the comments.
"A Haunted Capital" runs from March 22 - August 11 at the Brooklyn Museum.
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New Addition to the Family | Marryl All Write
My Mama is home from Michigan for a very short visit because of my brother?s condition. On a lighter note, it meant some new craft supplies for me. In my part of the world, we don?t have Michael?s, Jo-Ann?s, AC Moore or Hobby Lobby. Yes, it?s so sad that?s why I wish I will have my own craft store here in Cebu someday?I dream big 
My loot came in this pretty bag from Jo-Ann?s. I liked the tape measure-like handle. Sorry for the instagrammed pictures. Still too tired and lazy to take out the heavy dslr.
After what seemed like forever, my cuttlebug is finally home. I love, love love my Cuttlebug! I?ll keep you guys posted and maybe show you a video what this little toy can do.
What I usually do for craft supplies and products that aren?t found here in the Philippines, I? ask my Mama or brother buy it for me or purchase it online and ship it there in our place in Michigan and they send it to me or send it through balikbayan box (which takes forever!). I get mails regularly from Craft stores like Jo-ann?s or Michael?s and I use their coupons. These embossing folders and dies were on clearance at just $1.97 at Jo-Ann?s and the Cuttlebug was I think 50% off using the coupon at Michael?s. But I think you can use Michael?s coupon at Jo-Ann?s too.
These unassuming little containers are my newest prized possession I will make magic with them pretty soon. Come back and I?ll keep you posted what these are.
That?s why I enjoy DIY & Crafts so much. I get excited what I can do with stuff. If you?re not into crafting, you should definitely try it. If you?re in other parts of the world like the US, Singapore, UK where you have Craft stores all over, you have no excuse not to be doing DIY & Crafts.
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Oklahoma, McFarland stop Central Michigan 78-73
Oklahoma's Sharane Campbell, left, and Joanna McFarland celebrate during the second half of a first-round game against Central Michigan in the women's NCAA college basketball tournament Saturday, March 23, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio. Oklahoma beat Central Michigan 78-73. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Oklahoma's Sharane Campbell, left, and Joanna McFarland celebrate during the second half of a first-round game against Central Michigan in the women's NCAA college basketball tournament Saturday, March 23, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio. Oklahoma beat Central Michigan 78-73. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Central Michigan's Crystal Bradford, right, drives to the basket against Oklahoma's Sharane Campbell during the first half of a first-round game in the women's NCAA college basketball tournament Saturday, March 23, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Oklahoma's Joanna McFarland, right, tries to dribble past Central Michigan's Crystal Bradford during the second half of a first-round game in the women's NCAA college basketball tournament Saturday, March 23, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio. Oklahoma beat Central Michigan 78-73. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Oklahoma's Aaryn Ellenberg takes a shot against Central Michigan during the second half of a first-round game in the women's NCAA college basketball tournament Saturday, March 23, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio. Oklahoma beat Central Michigan 78-73. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Oklahoma's Morgan Hook, right, drives to the basket against Central Michigan's Crystal Bradford during the second half of a first-round game in the women's NCAA college basketball tournament Saturday, March 23, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio. Oklahoma beat Central Michigan 78-73. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? Joanna McFarland stepped in when no one else would for Oklahoma, then Aaryn Ellenberg waited until the right moment to take over.
McFarland had 18 points and a career-high 17 rebounds and Ellenberg scored 18 of her 22 points in the second half Saturday to lead the Sooners to a 78-73 victory over Central Michigan in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
They made for quite a lethal tandem.
"She's just a beast," CMU coach Sue Guevara said of 6-foot-3 McFarland.
Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale said of Ellenberg, her 3-point specialist: "That's how she plays. The points come in fits and starts. She calmed down, let the game come to her and found her spots."
Sixth-seeded Oklahoma (23-10) advances to Monday night's second-round game against the winner of Stetson and UCLA at Ohio State's St. John Arena.
It was clear who the Sooners wanted to play.
"We'd definitely like to see UCLA advance," McFarland said.
The Bruins came to Norman, Okla., on Nov. 14 and thoroughly outplayed the home team in an 86-80 victory. The Sooners have not forgotten.
As if that weren't enough motivation, the Sooners know that if the survive the two rounds in Columbus, they would return to nearby Oklahoma City to play in the regional next week.
Despite 24 turnovers, the Sooners had just enough to hold off the Chippewas (21-12), who were making their third trip to the NCAA and first since 1984. Crystal Bradford had a sensational game for CMU with a career-high 36 points (on 14 of 31 shooting from the field) plus 14 rebounds and seven steals.
"I was playing with everything I've got," said the sophomore, who averaged 15.5 points during the season. "It hurt more to give it all and come up short."
Ellenberg, who held Oklahoma's season (103) and career (272) records for 3-pointers made, hit 4 of 5 in the second half to rally her team, which was struggling to hold onto the lead. She hit three in a row during one span for the Sooners. With 3:11 left and late in the shot clock, she hit another to extend the lead to 71-60.
"When they got close, we knew we had to gather ourselves," Ellenberg said. "We were not going to give up the lead."
Every time CMU would draw close, it seemed, the Sooners would get a key bucket from either McFarland or Ellenberg. The lead waffled between nine points but as few as two for most of the second half, with the teams trading runs.
Ellenberg's three 3s in the middle of the second half allowed Oklahoma to hold off CMU, which had drawn to 49-47 on a three-point play by Bradford. When her third 3 caught nothing but net, it gave the Sooners a 58-49 lead.
Still, the Chippewas fought back to 73-68 with just over a minute left on a floater by Brandie Baker, who had 12 points, but they could get no closer.
"We kept coming back," Guevara said. "We had wide-open shots, but they just didn't go."
Amazingly, Central Michigan had 31 more shots from the field (84-53) but made only 31 percent to the Sooners' 47 percent.
Oklahoma put the game away on two foul shots apiece by Morgan Hook and Sharane Campbell and one by Ellenberg in the final 25 seconds.
Oklahoma, making its 16th trip to the NCAA and 14th in a row, has won its first-round games eight years in a row. The Sooners suffered a blow that might have crippled many teams when they lost their top player, senior guard Whitney Hand, to a knee injury on Dec. 6.
"Central Michigan gave us all we could handle and then some," Coale said. "Crystal Bradford was unbelievable all day long. But our kids took their best shot and weathered it. We just find a way to win. That's been the identity of this squad all season long and we did it again today."
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Saturday, March 23, 2013
Obama lays stone from MLK memorial on grave of Israeli PM slain for trying to make peace
President Obama is headed to Jordan and Bethlehem today to wrap up his trip to the Middle East that also included visits with Israeli and Palestinian officials. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
By Ian Johnston, Staff Writer, NBC News
Barack Obama on Friday laid a stone from the grounds of the Washington memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. on the grave of Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli prime minister assassinated by a Jewish extremist enraged by his efforts to make peace with Palestinians.
"Sometimes it is harder to embark on peace then to embark on war," Rabin's daughter Dalia quoted Obama as telling the family at the grave site on Mount Herzl, Israel?s national cemetery, Reuters reported.
In a televised speech Thursday, Obama appealed to ordinary Israelis to put pressure on their leaders to make a peace deal with the Palestinians. He urged Israelis to put themselves in Palestinians' shoes and recognize their right to "self-determination, their right to justice."
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President Barack Obama places a stone taken from the grounds of the Martin Luther King memorial in Washington D.C. on the grave of Yitzhak and Keah Rabin.
On Friday, the president also visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.
He spoke of the ?wrenching power? of the memorial to the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis in World War II, calling it a ?sacred place.?
"The state of Israel does not exist because of the Holocaust, but with the survival of a strong Jewish state of Israel, such a Holocaust will never happen again," Obama said.
At the national cemetery, Obama laid another stone -- as is customary at Jewish cemeteries -- on the grave of the man after which it was named, Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism who died in 1904 before realizing his dream of a Jewish homeland.
"It is humbling and inspiring to visit and remember the visionary who began the remarkable establishment of the State of Israel," Obama wrote in the Mt. Herzl guestbook, according to The Associated Press. "May our two countries possess the same vision and will to secure peace and prosperity for future generations."
'Won Israeli hearts'
Obama was due to leave Israel for Jordan Friday after he toured the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
In the church, Obama was greeted by Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III, Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Franciscan Custodian of the Holy Land, and Armenian Orthodox Archbishop Sevan Gharibian.
In Amman, he will have talks and dinner with Jordan?s King Abdullah, an important ally of the U.S. in the region.
An editorial Israel?s Haaretz newspaper said ?Obama?s goal in coming to Israel has been achieved.?
President Barack Obama on Thursday urged the Israeli people to put themselves in the shoes of Palestinians and recognize their "right to self-determination, their right to justice." NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
?He won Israeli hearts and gave Israelis a sense of security, in the hope that now they will take charge and push the leadership toward a peace agreement with the Palestinians,? it added.
The Jerusalem Post said primarily leftist commentators had ?lamented? that Obama?s visit had not focused mainly on the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians.
?Americans understand that it is not their country?s support for Israel that triggers the rabid hatred of America felt by so many citizens of Muslim states. Rather, it is what America stands for ? freedom, liberty, tolerance, democracy ? that is viewed by popular movements such as the Muslim Brotherhood, with its reactionary worldview of restoring the caliphate and Sharia [law], as the real threat to the region and to Muslim sensibilities,? it wrote.
?Washington?s Herculean attempts in recent years to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict emanate from a desire to see both Israelis and Palestinians flourish in free, democratic states of their own. The vast majority of Israelis share that dream. Unfortunately, the majority of Palestinians still do not,? it added. ?A majority of Americans and their president are increasingly recognizing this sad fact. Others have yet to do so.?
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
President Obama receives applause from a crowd in Jerusalem Thursday by challenging groups that reject Israel.
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Obama: 'Still time' for diplomatic solution to Iran nuke dispute
This story was originally published on Fri Mar 22, 2013 6:42 AM EDT
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Friday, March 22, 2013
IBM turns metal oxides into non-volatile chips through liquid currents
IBM is worried that we're reaching the end of the road for CMOS technology -- that we need new materials beyond silicon to keep the power draw down in chips as their performance goes up. It may keep future circuitry extra-lean through a new technique that puts a metal oxide in silicon's place and allows for non-volatile processors and memory. By running ionized liquid electrolytes in currents through the oxide, the company can switch that oxide from an insulator to a conductor (and vice versa) that can reliably maintain its state, even when there's no power. The trick would let a logic gate or switch kick into action only when there's an event, rather than needing constant jolts of electricity -- and without the pressure or temperature changes that had ruled out metal oxides for chips in the past. We're still far from replacing silicon with more efficient oxides given the early state of IBM's work, but having a consistent method is an important first step.
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HP DesignJet T120 ePrinter
The HP DesignJet T120 ePrinter is a wide-format color printer that can print diagrams and photos at up to D size (24 inches wide), and supports printing from rolls or cut sheets. The printer can either sit on a table, or you can get it with an optional stand, which is how we tested it. According to HP, the printer is geared to AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) students and free-lance professionals, and although it does a decent job in printing photos, my testing bore out the notion that it's best as a plotter for printing graphics and diagrams.
The DesignJet T120 measures 11.2 by 38.9 by 20.9 inches, and weighs 56 pounds. We tested it with an optional stand ($249 direct), an accessory you'll definitely want to get if you're printing from paper rolls, as it has a cloth basket to catch the cut paper.
Unlike most of the wider-format near-dedicated color printers (the others largely geared to photo printing) that we've reviewed, the DesignJet T120 "only" has a normal complement of four ink tanks: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. The Canon Pixma PRO-1 sports a dozen ink tanks, including five of various shades of black and gray, while the Epson Stylus Pro 3880 employs nine ink tanks.
The T120 can connect via USB, Ethernet, and Wi-Fi, and with the HP Designjet ePrint & Share utility it can print from Apple or Android phones and tablets.
Stand Assembly
I assembled the stand in maybe 20 minutes, using the simple instructions and tool (long-shafted Phillips screwdriver) that were provided. It was easy enough to build, except for one small detail. Per the instruction sheets that came with the stand, once the stand is assembled, two people need to lift the printer on top of it and screw it into place.
The printer itself was packed upside-down in a second box, with its own instruction book underneath it. It took two of us to lift the printer out of the box, flipped it over, fitted it into two triangular guides on top of the stand. Then I went underneath and screwed the bolts into place. I then looked at the printer's instruction book, which gave the simpler procedure of flipping the completed stand over while the upside-down printer was still in the box and bolting the stand to the printer then. But there's no way that I would have known to do that, as the instruction book was buried underneath the printer.
Once completed, the printer sits on the wheeled stand, which can be moved or the wheels locked into place. From a distance, the all-black printer on its stand sort of resembles a rock band's keyboard. Below the printer is the cloth basket that folds out to catch the cut sheets as they come off the roll.
Taking the T120 for a Roll
In photo testing, I printed our standard test suite and also did some ad-hoc printing on different size paper, including printing from a 24-inch-wide plain-paper roll. Setting up the roll for printing was easy enough; there's a dowel that holds the roll, and you place caps on each end. Then you insert the dowel into slots to either side, and advance the paper until it catches. The printer will then automatically align and trim the paper.
For the ad-hoc testing I adjusted the printer driver for 22-inch-wide paper and did the rest of the setup in Photoshop. Then I'd initiate the print command, it would print from the roll, and when done it would cut the sheet, which would fall into the basket.
Photo Printing Speed
Printing speed for a near-dedicated graphic arts printer is a minor consideration, as print quality is paramount, but we time photo speed nonetheless. Using QualityLogic's hardware and software for testing, I timed the HP DesignJet T120 at an average of 1 minute per 4-by-6 print and 1 minute 39 seconds per 8-by-10. This is a bit faster than the Epson 3880 (1:17 seconds per 4-by-6 and 2:21 per 8-by 10) and notably faster than the Canon PRO-1 (2:14 and 3:53, respectively).
Output Quality
Although the T120 can print text and other standard office documents, using it to do so would be a bit like using a Rolls-Royce to go grocery shopping. Although I eschewed our business printing tests, I did test for text and graphics quality, as well as photo quality.
Overall output quality was above par for an inkjet, with average text, above-average graphics, and slightly above-par photos. Text quality was good enough for most any business use except for those requiring very small fonts. In addition to our normal graphics testing, I also output some plots and diagrams more in line with the printer's intended use. Graphics quality was above par, with the main flaw being some minor banding in the form of regular, very faint striations. The colors seemed off in some illustrations, as well.
Photo quality was good, but not without flaws. Colors were bright and well saturated, sometimes almost to the point of punchiness (as some people prefer them). Our monochrome test image showed traces of spurious color?it's one place where the T120 could have used some of the Canon PRO-1's multiple black and grayscale cartridges. (That printer excelled at printing black backgrounds.) If you don't plan to do much monochrome printing, it may not be an issue.
Many prints showed a bit of dithering (graininess), which could be distracting in photos of faces, for example. Some prints with darker backgrounds showed traces of banding.
That said, when I printed some of my own photos out at poster size on plain paper from a roll, the images still looked impressive. Although the T120 is not geared to fine-arts printing, it does a credible job in outputting poster-sized photos for more mundane use. It doesn't have the photo-printing chops of the Epson Stylus Pro 3880 or the Canon Pixma PRO-1, but it can print on larger paper. The HP DesignJet T120 ePrinter prints quality graphics at up to D size, and is an economical yet quite capable choice for anyone who needs to print out wide-format material, whether architects, engineers, graphic designers, or students; as such, as it's easy to recommend.
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