SIAM announces class of 2013 fellows

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Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Philadelphia, PA The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is pleased to announce the 2013 Class of SIAM Fellows. These distinguished members were nominated for their exemplary research as well as outstanding service to the community. Through their contributions, SIAM Fellows help advance the fields of applied mathematics and computational science.

SIAM would like to congratulate these 33 members of the community listed below in alphabetical order:

Randolph E. Bank, University of California, San Diego
Kaushik Bhattacharya, California Institute of Technology
Jerry L. Bona, University of Illinois at Chicago
Oscar Bruno, California Institute of Technology
John A. Burns, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Raymond Honfu Chan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Andrew R. Conn, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
Benoit Couet, Schlumberger-Doll Research Center
Timothy A. Davis, University of Florida
Qiang Du, Penn State University
Michael C. Ferris, University of WisconsinMadison
Christodoulos A. Floudas, Princeton University
Michel X. Goemans, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Andrew V. Goldberg, Microsoft Research
Alan Hastings, University of California, Davis
Sze-Bi Hsu, National Tsing Hua University
Shi Jin, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and University of WisconsinMadison
David Kinderlehrer, Carnegie Mellon University
Edgar Knobloch, University of California, Berkeley
C. David Levermore, University of Maryland, College Park
Marc Mangel, University of California, Santa Cruz
Hans G. Othmer, University of Minnesota
Haesun Park, Georgia Institute of Technology
Robert J. Plemmons, Wake Forest University
John Rinzel, New York University
Bjrn Sandstede, Brown University
Guillermo Sapiro, Duke University
Michael A. Saunders, Stanford University
Larry L. Schumaker, Vanderbilt University
Horst D. Simon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peter R. Turner, Clarkson University
Pauline van den Driessche, University of Victoria
James A. Yorke, University of Maryland, College Park

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You can read further details about individual Fellows' accomplishments and citations at the link below:

http://connect.siam.org/announcing-the-2013-class-of-siam-fellows/

A full list of the 2013 Class of Fellows can also be found on the SIAM Fellows page here:

http://fellows.siam.org/index.php?sort=year&value=2013

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Public release date: 29-Mar-2013
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Contact: Karthika Muthukumaraswamy
karthika@siam.org
267-350-6383
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Philadelphia, PA The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is pleased to announce the 2013 Class of SIAM Fellows. These distinguished members were nominated for their exemplary research as well as outstanding service to the community. Through their contributions, SIAM Fellows help advance the fields of applied mathematics and computational science.

SIAM would like to congratulate these 33 members of the community listed below in alphabetical order:

Randolph E. Bank, University of California, San Diego
Kaushik Bhattacharya, California Institute of Technology
Jerry L. Bona, University of Illinois at Chicago
Oscar Bruno, California Institute of Technology
John A. Burns, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Raymond Honfu Chan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Andrew R. Conn, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
Benoit Couet, Schlumberger-Doll Research Center
Timothy A. Davis, University of Florida
Qiang Du, Penn State University
Michael C. Ferris, University of WisconsinMadison
Christodoulos A. Floudas, Princeton University
Michel X. Goemans, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Andrew V. Goldberg, Microsoft Research
Alan Hastings, University of California, Davis
Sze-Bi Hsu, National Tsing Hua University
Shi Jin, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and University of WisconsinMadison
David Kinderlehrer, Carnegie Mellon University
Edgar Knobloch, University of California, Berkeley
C. David Levermore, University of Maryland, College Park
Marc Mangel, University of California, Santa Cruz
Hans G. Othmer, University of Minnesota
Haesun Park, Georgia Institute of Technology
Robert J. Plemmons, Wake Forest University
John Rinzel, New York University
Bjrn Sandstede, Brown University
Guillermo Sapiro, Duke University
Michael A. Saunders, Stanford University
Larry L. Schumaker, Vanderbilt University
Horst D. Simon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peter R. Turner, Clarkson University
Pauline van den Driessche, University of Victoria
James A. Yorke, University of Maryland, College Park

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You can read further details about individual Fellows' accomplishments and citations at the link below:

http://connect.siam.org/announcing-the-2013-class-of-siam-fellows/

A full list of the 2013 Class of Fellows can also be found on the SIAM Fellows page here:

http://fellows.siam.org/index.php?sort=year&value=2013

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Iran, NKorea, Syria block UN arms trade treaty

UNITED NATIONS (AP) ? Iran, North Korea and Syria blocked adoption of a U.N. treaty that would regulate the multibillion-dollar international arms trade for the first time, saying it fails to ban sales to terrorists, but other countries refused to let the treaty die.

The treaty's adoption required agreement by all 193 U.N. member states, but some countries said Thursday they would ask Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to bring the final draft before the General Assembly for adoption by vote as soon as possible. Observers said that could be as soon as Tuesday.

"This is not failure," British Ambassador Jo Adamson said. "Today is success deferred, and deferred by not very long."

For more than a decade, activists and some governments have been pushing for international rules to regulate the estimated $60 billion global arms trade and try to keep illicit weapons out of the hands of terrorists, insurgent fighters and organized crime.

After two weeks of intensive negotiations, many delegates had been optimistic that consensus ? which doesn't require a vote ? by all states was within reach, but Iran, North Korea and Syria announced they could not support the treaty.

Both Iran and North Korea are under U.N. arms embargoes over their nuclear programs, while Syria is in the third year of a conflict that has escalated to civil war. Amnesty International said all three countries "have abysmal human rights records ? having even used arms against their own citizens."

This was the second attempt in eight months to get countries with very different interests behind an Arms Trade Treaty.

Hopes of reaching agreement were dashed in July when the U.S. said it needed more time to consider the proposed accord ? a move quickly backed by Russia and China. In December, the U.N. General Assembly decided to hold a final conference and set Thursday as the deadline.

U.S. deputy representative Dan Mahley said Thursday that the United States supported the proposed treaty as "fair and balanced" and looked forward to its quick adoption by the General Assembly.

The United States, along with Britain, Argentina, Australia, Costa Rica, Finland, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria and Norway, backed Kenya, which announced that because "the will of the overwhelming majority is clear" it was sending a letter to the secretary-general immediately asking him to bring the treaty before the General Assembly for adoption.

The secretary-general did not immediately address the request but expressed deep disappointment at the failure to agree on a treaty text.

"He is confident that the Arms Trade Treaty will come to pass and is encouraged by the shared determination to make this happen as soon as possible," U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said.

The Control Arms Coalition, representing about 100 organizations which have campaigned for a strong treaty, said the earliest the General Assembly could vote is Tuesday, when the chair of the negotiations, Australian Ambassador Peter Woolcott, will present his report to the full world body.

The United States used the consensus requirement ? which gives any country a veto ? to block adoption of the treaty in July, but Anna Macdonald, head of arms control at Oxfam, said "now it's come back to bite them, because the U.S. now wants this treaty agreed but have found themselves blocked by Iran, North Korea and Syria."

She added, "There's no doubt that if the treaty was put to a vote there would have been a huge majority in favor of it ? and I think there will be next week when the General Assembly votes."

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Tom Countryman said the United States would like to see many countries ratify the treaty, because that's what will make it effective.

The draft treaty would not control the domestic use of weapons in any country, but it would require all countries to establish national regulations to control the transfer of conventional arms, parts and components and to regulate arms brokers. It would prohibit states that ratify the treaty from transferring conventional weapons if they violate arms embargoes or if they promote acts of genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes.

The final draft made the human rights provision even stronger, adding that the export of conventional arms should be prohibited if they could be used in attacks on civilians or civilian buildings such as schools and hospitals.

In considering whether to authorize the export of arms, the draft says a country must evaluate whether the weapon would be used to violate international human rights or humanitarian laws or be used by terrorists or organized crime. The final draft would allow countries to determine whether the weapons transfer would contribute to or undermine peace and security.

The draft would also require parties to the treaty to take measures to prevent the diversion of conventional weapons to the illicit market.

Iran's U.N. Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee said the draft treaty has "many legal flaws and loopholes," is "hugely susceptible to politicization and discrimination" and ignores the "legitimate demand" to prohibit the transfer of arms to those who commit aggression.

"How can we reduce human suffering by turning a blind eye to aggression that costs the lives of hundreds of thousands of people?" he asked.

North Korea's deputy U.N. ambassador Ri Tong-il called the text "a risky draft which can be politically abused by major arms exporters," citing arms embargoes and human rights as criteria to prohibit arms exports. "Under this, major exporters are entitled to privileges while imposing self-proclaimed restrictions on arms trade to importers, whereas many countries have the right to legitimate self-defense and right to legitimate arms trade."

Syria's U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari said his country is perhaps the best example of the results of the illegal arms trade. He cited seven objections, including the treaty's failure to include an embargo on delivering weapons "to terrorist armed groups and to non-state actors."

India's Ambassador Sujata Mehta said the text was skewed against countries like itself that import arms, and noted that it would strive ensure that the final treaty not threaten India's defense cooperation agreements and contracts with other countries. She said it also won't have any real impact on illicit arms trafficking and the use of arms by terrorists.

Countryman, the U.S. delegation chief, said the treaty should make it harder for "serial human rights abusers" to obtain weapons, but he said "India is not one of these countries."

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Associated Press writer Maria Sanminiatelli contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/iran-nkorea-syria-block-un-arms-trade-treaty-001444987.html

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Google Translate app updated with offline support

An update to the Google Translate app for Android is going out today, adding support for offline translations for fifty languages. It's a big upgrade for Google Translate, which until now has required an internet connection. (We all know how expensive international roaming can be.)

The new version supports Android 2.3 Gingerbread and above, and languages can be downloaded from the new "Offline languages" menu. A word of warning -- downloading an entire language to your phone takes just as much space as you'd imagine. With only English and German installed, we'd already taken up a hefty 280MB of internal storage.

There are also some limitations to offline mode -- it's currently text-only, so voice translation and image translation don't work offline.

If you've already got Google Translate installed, hit the Play Store to get the latest update. If not, you can use the handy Google Play link above.

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MLB: Interleague intrigue, all the time

By BEN WALKER

AP Baseball Writer

Associated Press Sports

updated 4:50 a.m. ET March 28, 2013

On a windy morning at spring training, a trio of Philadelphia Phillies catchers met behind the batting cage for a chat.

The topic? Interleague matchups, right from the opening night of Major League Baseball.

"We were just talking about that in batting practice that it's a little weird to face the American League so early," All-Star Carlos Ruiz said. "But it's a different schedule this year."

It sure is.

Josh Hamilton and the Los Angeles Angels visit the Cincinnati Reds in an opener that's hardly traditional. Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera and the Detroit Tigers finish the season against the Marlins in Miami, where they can't play a designated hitter, an AL-only allowance.

Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees cross over to the National League each month, then host World Series champion San Francisco in late September.

Add up the scattered AL vs. NL matchups, it's like a mini-World Series most every day.

Blame the Houston Astros. Their shift from the NL Central division to the AL West left 15 teams in each league, creating all this havoc.

Opening day is on Sunday in Houston where Texas comes to town.

That's followed by Angels-Reds on Monday. A few days later, the NL's Philadelphia plays its home opener against the AL's Kansas City Royals.

"It is very strange," Cincinnati manager Dusty Baker said. "This (interleague play) usually doesn't happen until June or July.

"What it does is it increases your workload on scouting, advance reports and things like that. You don't have a lot of familiarity on those teams."

Meanwhile, a lot of big names are settling into new settings.

Hamilton left Texas for the Angels, teaming with Albert Pujols and Mike Trout in a most fearsome lineup. Zack Greinke got $147 million to pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Brothers Justin and B.J Upton wound up together in Atlanta's outfield.

The Toronto Blue Jays, out of the postseason since winning their second straight World Series in 1993, made the boldest moves. They traded for reigning Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey, Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson and Mark Buehrle and signed Melky Cabrera.

"Talent alone doesn't win," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons cautioned.

Especially if those stars are sidelined.

New Mets captain David Wright, Hanley Ramirez and Mark Teixeira were hurt at the World Baseball Classic. Curtis Granderson and Chase Headley are out, Johan Santana and Jeter might go on the disabled list and Alex Rodriguez's future is in doubt.

Several top players are on the mend, though.

All-time saves leader Mariano Rivera begins his farewell tour after missing most of last year with a knee injury. John Lackey and Victor Martinez were absent for the entire season and Jose Bautista, Troy Tulowitzki and Carl Crawford finished on the disabled list.

Stephen Strasburg wasn't active at the end, either. The Washington Nationals shut down their rookie ace so he wouldn't pitch too many innings, and fizzled in their first playoff appearance.

There'll be no limits on Strasburg or the Nationals this year.

"We're all really excited to see him all year," 20-year-old Washington star Bryce Harper said.

In the meantime, teams are trying to figure out how to prepare for this unique season. Previously, Astros manager Bo Porter said, it was easy to plan for blocks of interleague games.

"A lot of times, a National League team would call up a DH-type guy during that segment of their schedule," he said. "Now, that's hard to do because you're going to have interleague taking place the entire course of the season. It definitely changes roster construction."

Porter already has his pitchers in the cage, working on their bunting. But it's too soon for Justin Verlander and the Detroit pitchers to pick up a bat.

"We'll have to hit some, but it's a catch-22 because I don't want Verlander breaking his finger," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said.

As for his AL Central champions closing on the road against the Marlins, "whatever is good for baseball," the 68-year-old Leyland said.

"We have a designated hitter in the All-Star game, instant replay. Things change and if it is good for the game, I am all for it," he said.

The Tigers, Boston, Toronto and Seattle each play at NL parks in September, leaving them a hitter short.

"It's definitely an advantage for the National League," Leyland said. "I think eventually they'll go uniform."

Interleague play started in 1997, and it was a novelty in the first few seasons. But with more matchups this year, the schedule appears unbalanced.

Reds manager Baker is hoping for an early edge when Pujols arrives.

"In the case of us playing the Angels, does Albert not play? Does he DH? I wouldn't mind if Albert just spectated," he said. "He'd be a mean pinch hitter. He's probably greasing his glove right now."

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Yoga And Mental Health | Better Innovations Blog

Yoga tones the body and improves flexibility. Those results aren?t a (wait for it?) stretch, when you?re tucking your legs behind your head and balancing on one foot for minutes on end. But did you know that yoga also benefits mental health and has lasting positive effects on brain chemistry and emotional balance? Read on to find out how every ?Ohm? brings you closer to clarity.

One of the tenets of yoga (including hatha, vinyasa, and any type in between) is focused breathing. Yoga practitioners believe that controlled breathing can calm the mind and prepare the body to explore its capabilities. The rhythm of inhale and exhale creates a meter by which your body can regulate itself, and a constant to focus on as you strain to reach difficult poses. The simple act of breathing can slow down a racing brain and bring you into the present moment. Placing yourself in that quiet place of non-stress on a regular basis promotes mental health on and off the mat.

The constant flow of movement involved in yoga promotes circulation, bringing more oxygen to the brain and increasing the production of endorphins. This has very positive minimizing effects on symptoms of depression and anxiety. Not only that ? short-term memory, mental acuity, multi-tasking, and concentration all show an upswing thanks to downward-facing dog.

Sleep quality will also improve as well with regular yoga practice. As we all know, a good night?s sleep is one of our most potent weapons in fighting stress, health issues, aging, and even weight loss. Studies have shown marked benefits to length and quality of sleep thanks to yoga, and as a result, better alertness during the day.

Even more serious mental health issues can be addressed in yoga. Many studies, particularly a recent one at Harvard, have proven that amateur yogis have a decreased overall response to stress and are less prone to stress-based symptoms and illnesses. Soldiers experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), are likely to find relief from yoga; by encouraging reflection, control, and healing in a non-stigmatized environment, they can find coping mechanisms for their trauma and become better equipped to deal with stimuli in the outside world.

Additionally, it has been found that adults suffering from schizophrenia were able to better handle their illness with yoga skills. The meditative aspect helps to decrease aggressive tendencies, promote willingness to take medication, and supply sufferers with the focus to manage their various symptoms. Binge-eating and other self-destructive eating behaviors also decrease when paired with yoga, a probable side effect of strengthening the healthy body and finding more mental peace.

Best of all, clearing the mind has positive secondary effects on the body as well. Twisting your body requires muscle relaxation and focus, which can lower your blood pressure and improve your heart health. Your improved posture and breathing will have lasting good effects on your bone health. And finding that special ?me? time, an oasis of quiet in your busy life helps to center you and help define personal goals ? even beyond clearing your body and mind.

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'The Shot' is still hot topic 26 years later

Sacramento Kings coach Keith Smart gestures from the sideline during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors Wednesday, March 27, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Sacramento Kings coach Keith Smart gestures from the sideline during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors Wednesday, March 27, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim watches during practice for a regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament, Wednesday, March 27, 2013, in Washington. Syracuse plays Indiana on Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

FILE - In this file photo taken March 30, 1987, Indiana's Keith Smart (23) fires a shot past Syracuse's Howard Triche for a basket, putting Indiana ahead by one point in the final seconds of the NCAA Championship game in New Orleans. Known by Hoosiers fans to this day as ``The Shot,'' and known in much less complimentary terms by Syracuse faithful, that 16-foot jumper from the left side with 5 seconds to play is a film clip staple throughout March. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? No list of great NCAA championship game moments is complete unless Keith Smart's jumper for Indiana in 1987 is on it.

Known by Hoosiers fans to this day as "The Shot," and known in much less complimentary terms by Syracuse faithful, that 16-foot jumper from the left side with 5 seconds to play is a film clip staple throughout March.

The memory of "The Shot," which gave Indiana a 74-73 victory, is still with Smart, now the coach of the Sacramento Kings, while Jim Boeheim, still the coach at Syracuse, revisited it every day for 16 years.

"It's pretty much every day," Smart said Wednesday when asked how often he thinks about the jumper that made him a hero in Bloomington and a villain in Syracuse. "Probably every other day something happens. I'll go somewhere to eat, or when we travel, I check into the hotel and somebody sees the name tag on the bag and they'll mention something about 'The Shot' then. Very seldom does a week go by without something that happens."

Boeheim knew exactly how long it took for him to stop thinking about Smart's play on a regular basis.

"We played very well in the game. When you lose a game like that, you really almost never get over it. I got over it in 2003," Boeheim said, referring to the Orange's first national championship, played in the same building ? the New Orleans Super Dome. "I probably thought about it for those 16 years most of the time.

"I never think about it anymore. Coach (Bob) Knight was good after the game. He told me we would get back and win it, he just didn't tell me it would take 16 years. He's smart, just not that smart."

"The Shot" has been summoned from the archives even more than usual this week because Indiana and Syracuse will meet in the East Regional semifinal Thursday night, their fourth meeting since the national championship game, but the first in the NCAA tournament.

"Probably this year more than anything, you had more people talk about its significance," Smart said. "Even when I saw the brackets, I said, 'The possibility of them coming together is pretty high.' And lo and behold it came into play. You hear a little bit more conversation because of that now, because it happened against Syracuse."

A great championship game came down to the final minute. With 38 seconds left, Syracuse's Howard Triche ? the uncle of current Orange guard Brandan Triche ? made the first of two free throws for a 73-70 lead. Six seconds later Smart scored to cut the lead to one. Four seconds later, Syracuse freshman Derrick Coleman, who finished with 19 rebounds, missed the front end of a 1-and-1. Boeheim had taken his players off the lane, conceding the rebound. Smart got the rebound. The play was supposed to go to Steve Alford, the current coach at New Mexico, who had already made six 3-pointers in the first NCAA tournament played with a 3-point line.

"It was designated for Steve, of course, but we moved the ball around," Indiana's Daryl Thomas said that Monday night. "It came to me and I kicked it out to Keith and he hit the basket."

Smart, one of the first junior college transfers to play for Knight, summed up the play at the postgame news conference.

"Tonight was my turn. ... I thank Daryl for not taking the last shot and passing out to me. ... It was a wise decision on his part."

Twenty-six years later Smart is still talking about "The Shot" because people keep asking him about it.

"I understand it. Every person, boy, girl, man or child, they want to talk about the moment or what they were doing when it happened," he said. "I don't know this person and this person comes up with all this excitement, what am I supposed to do? 'Nah, nah, I don't want to talk to you?' Nah. That's your moment and if you want to talk about, let's talk. It's going to be brief anyway. I won't rain on their parade or anything like that."

Smart is quick to recall the first time he spoke with Boeheim about it.

"When we were getting ready for the draft, kind of doing some background on different players, I called Jim Boeheim because I was looking at Dion Waiters. I called to get some information on Dion," Smart said, referring to the Syracuse guard who went on to be the No. 4 overall pick by Cleveland last June. "I called him. I said, 'Coach, this is a name from the past.' He answers the phone and says, 'A name from the past?' I said, 'This is Keith Smart. Coach Smart.' He said, 'Keith Smart, Keith Smart, Keith Smart. Let me tell you: it took me a long time to get over that.' I said, 'Coach, I would not have called you if you hadn't won one. I'd have had somebody else give you a call.' We had a good conversation after that."

Brandan Triche said he and his uncle haven't spent much time talking about the game.

"I have seen him play, but I haven't seen the actual whole game," said Triche, who said he gets called Howard on occasion. "I think watching, it was like a missed assignment. I haven't directly talked to him about it."

As with all plays that decide a championship there are the two sides and their reaction.

"It's always difficult when you lose in the championship game, the last game of the year and the last shot," Boeheim said. "That's always a difficult thing."

Smart said his current players and family are proving his college coach correct.

"They replay it all the time, every year," Smart said of his players. "They all went to college and when Indiana gets beat somewhere, they're always like, 'Oh, Indiana lost or this or that.' But I'll always have the last laugh. I played at Indiana and I won.

"That's what Coach Knight said to us after the game, 'You guys have no idea what you've done. Sure, you've won a championship. But it won't really sink in until it's 25 or 30 years from now, when your kids see it. That came to fruition about 15 years ago, my son was probably around 10. We were waiting for the tournament to come on, and they showed 'The Shot.' My son goes, 'Dad, look at you!' I was like, 'Wow, cool.' Just like Coach said after the game that night. It came true."

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AP Sports Writer Antonio Gonzalez in Sacramento, Calif., contributed to this report.

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America: Time to shake the salt habit?

Mar. 27, 2013 ? The love affair between U.S. residents and salt is making us sick: high sodium intake increases blood pressure, and leads to higher rates of heart attack and strokes. Nonetheless, Americans continue to ingest far higher amounts of sodium than those recommended by physicians and national guidelines.

A balanced review of the relevant literature has been published in the March 27, 2013 edition of The New England Journal of Medicine. Theodore A. Kotchen, MD, professor of medicine (endocrinology), and associate dean for clinical research at the Medical College of Wisconsin, is the lead author of the article.

Dr. Kotchen cites correlations between blood pressure and salt intake in a number of different studies; typically, the causation between lowering salt intake and decreased levels of blood pressure occur in individuals who have been diagnosed with hypertension. Although not as pronounced, there is also a link between salt intake and blood pressure in non-hypertensive individuals. Additionally, recent studies have demonstrated that a reduced salt intake is associated with decreased cardiovascular disease and decreased mortality.

In national studies in Finland and Great Britain, instituting a national salt-reduction program led to decreased sodium intake. In Finland, the resulting decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressures corresponded to a 75 -- 80 percent decrease in death due to stroke and coronary heart disease.

Nevertheless, not all investigators concur with population-based recommendations to lower salt intake, and the reasons for this position are reviewed.

"Salt is essential for life, but it has been difficult to distinguish salt need from salt preference," said Dr. Kotchen. "Given the medical evidence, it seems that recommendations for reducing levels of salt consumption in the general population would be justifiable at this time." However, in terms of safety, the lower limit of salt consumption has not been clearly identified. In certain patient groups, less rigorous targets for salt reduction may be appropriate.

Co-authors are Allen W. Cowley, Jr., PhD, James J. Smith and Catherine Welsh Smith Professor in Physiology, and Harry and Gertrude Hack Term Professor and chairman of Physiology, the Medical College of Wisconsin; Edward D. Frohlich, MD, Alton Ocshner Distinguished Scientist at the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans, La.

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Cancer biologists find DNA-damaging toxins in common plant-based foods

Mar. 27, 2013 ? In a laboratory study pairing food chemistry and cancer biology, scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center tested the potentially harmful effect of foods and flavorings on the DNA of cells. They found that liquid smoke flavoring, black and green teas and coffee activated the highest levels of a well-known, cancer-linked gene called p53.

The p53 gene becomes activated when DNA is damaged. Its gene product makes repair proteins that mend DNA. The higher the level of DNA damage, the more p53 becomes activated.

"We don't know much about the foods we eat and how they affect cells in our bodies," says Scott Kern, M.D., the Kovler Professor of Oncology and Pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. "But it's clear that plants contain many compounds that are meant to deter humans and animals from eating them, like cellulose in stems and bitter-tasting tannins in leaves and beans we use to make teas and coffees, and their impact needs to be assessed."

Kern cautioned that his studies do not suggest people should stop using tea, coffee or flavorings, but do suggest the need for further research.

The Johns Hopkins study began a year ago when graduate student Samuel Gilbert, working in Kern's laboratory, noted that a test Kern had developed to detect p53 activity had never been used to identify DNA-damaging substances in food.

For the study, published online February 8 in Food and Chemical Toxicology, Kern and his team sought advice from scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture about food products and flavorings. "To do this study well, we had to think like food chemists to extract chemicals from food and dilute food products to levels that occur in a normal diet," he says.

Using Kern's test for p53 activity, which makes a fluorescent compound that "glows" when p53 is activated, the scientists mixed dilutions of the food products and flavorings with human cells and grew them in laboratory dishes for 18 hours.

Measuring and comparing p53 activity with baseline levels, the scientists found that liquid smoke flavoring, black and green teas and coffee showed up to nearly 30-fold increases in p53 activity, which was on par with their tests of p53 activity caused by a chemotherapy drug called etoposide.

Previous studies have shown that liquid smoke flavoring damages DNA in animal models, so Kern's team analyzed p53 activity triggered by the chemicals found in liquid smoke. Postdoctoral fellow Zulfiquer Hossain tracked down the chemicals responsible for the p53 activity. The strongest p53 activity was found in two chemicals: pyrogallol and gallic acid. Pyrogallol, commonly found in smoked foods, is also found in cigarette smoke, hair dye, tea, coffee, bread crust, roasted malt and cocoa powder, according to Kern. Gallic acid, a variant of pyrogallol, is found in teas and coffees.

Kern says that more studies are needed to examine the type of DNA damage caused by pyrogallol and gallic acid, but there could be ways to remove the two chemicals from foods and flavorings.

"We found that Scotch whiskey, which has a smoky flavor and could be a substitute for liquid smoke, had minimal effect on p53 activity in our tests," says Kern.

Liquid smoke, produced from the distilled condensation of natural smoke, is often used to add smoky flavor to sausages, other meats and vegan meat substitutes. It gained popularity when sausage manufacturers switched from natural casings to smoke-blocking artificial casings.

Other flavorings like fish and oyster sauces, tabasco and soy sauces, and black bean sauces showed minimal p53 effects in Kern's tests, as did soybean paste, kim chee, wasabi powder, hickory smoke powders and smoked paprika.

Funding for the study was provided by the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute (CA62924) and the Everett and Marjorie Kovler Professorship in Pancreas Cancer Research.

In addition to Kern, Gilbert and Hossain, other scientists involved in the research include Kalpesh Patel, Soma Ghosh, and Anil Bhunia from Johns Hopkins.

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Search On Smartphones Up 26 Percent, On Tablets - DeonDesigns.ca

Search continues to shift away from the desktop toward mobile devices.

That?s one of the conclusions of the just-released Neustar Localeze/15miles/comScore Local Search Study, which is now in its sixth year. This year?s study involves a sample of more than 3,000 U.S. adults that say they use the Internet to search for local businesses. Results aren?t available online yet, but we?ll add a link here when they are.

The total number of U.S. searchers using mobile phones grew 26 percent between March 2012 and December 2012, from 90.1 million to 113.1 million searchers. Search on tablets was up 19 percent between April 2012 and December 2012. (Tablets are commonly counted as ?mobile,? though I?d argue that?s often a misnomer; think of the consumer sitting in front of a TV using his/her iPad ? not very mobile.)

Desktop searches, meanwhile, were down six percent between November 2011 and November 2012.

According to the study, mobile phone searchers are more likely to cite maps, driving directions and distance as key information. Searchers using tablets are more content-focused ? they?re more likely to find consumer reviews and online promotions most helpful.

Local search activity also dropped on desktops. The study says there was an 18 percent decline from 2011 to 2012. The study doesn?t specifically cite a corresponding increase in local searches on mobile devices, but it seems logical that that would be the case.

In fact, the Internet continued to slowly displace print yellow pages as a source of local business information. The study shows that just 19 percent of U.S. adults rely on yellow pages, a number that?s down from 21 percent last year and 30 percent as recently as 2008.

On the other hand, Internet yellow pages websites gained two percentage points with 17 percent now saying that?s their primary source of local business information.

In the chart above, Portal Sites include Google.com, Bing.com, Yahoo.com and others; IYP Sites include SuperPages.com, Yellowpages.com, DexKnows.com and others; and Local Search Sites include Google Local/Maps, Bing Local, Citysearch, Yelp, MapQuest and others.

According to the study, the average searcher uses 2.5 different types of sources when looking for local business information. Portal sites (Google, Bing, Yahoo) are listed as a first or secondary choice by 69 percent of U.S. adults surveyed ? far ahead of IYP Sites and Local Search Sites (2nd and 3rd, respectively).

The survey was conducted between December 4th and 14th, 2012.

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Quality preschool benefits poor and affluent kids, study finds

By Linda Carroll

Quality prekindergarten programs can boost children?s school skills whether the kids come from poor or well-off homes, a new study shows.

While most previous studies had focused only on kids from underprivileged backgrounds, in the new study Harvard researchers found that regardless of family income children who got a year of quality prekindergarten did better in reading and math than kids who spent the year in daycare, with relatives, or in some other kind of preschool, according to the report which was published in Child Development.?

As a further benefit, the kids who spent a year in preschool developed better ?executive functioning.?

That means is that they had developed the skills needed to take advantage of what is being taught in school, said the report?s lead author Christina Weiland, a researcher at Harvard when the study was done and currently an incoming assistant professor at the University of Michigan.

?For example, they?ve learned that they need to raise their hands before yelling out an answer,? she explained. ?They?ve gotten better at keeping numbers in their heads when doing a math problem and remembering the teacher?s instructions. They?ve gotten better at shifting their attention from a distracting peer to what the teacher is saying.?

Those kinds of self-regulatory behaviors are highly predictive of how well you do later in life, Weiland said.?

There were some kids who benefited more than others from prekindergarten: Latino children, and to a lesser extent, Asian and African American children.

Weiland was able to study the impact of preschool in a sort of ?natural? experiment. In Boston, kids qualify for a free, full-day preschool program during the school year?if they turn 4? by Sept. 1.

Children born after that date must wait a year before they are eligible.

For the study, Weiland tested 969 kids who'd finished?a full?school year of preschool in?2008-2009 and compared them 1,049 kids?who?weren't quite old enough to have made the previous year's?cutoff and so were just starting preschool.?(Many of them had spent that?year in daycare and being cared for by relatives or in other preschool programs.)

Experts unaffiliated with the new research welcomed the new report.

?I think this is a very important study since the effects weren?t just in children at a lower economic level,? said Patrick Tolan, a professor in the Curry School of Education and director of the Youth-Nex Center at the University of Virginia. ?Just as important, though, is the implication that the boost in skills may very much depend on having high quality staff and using programs that have been empirically tested.?

Matia Finn-Stevenson, a research scientist and associate director of the Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy and director of the School of the 21st Century at Yale University, agreed that the quality of the program is all important.

?In this study the children were in a high-quality educational environment with teachers with masters degrees, teachers receiving coaching, etc.,? she said. ?I know parents who are not satisfied with their PreK and they have told me they simply have to look the other way and not make waves because they have no alternatives.?

How can parents figure out whether their PreK program is good?

Finn-Stevenson suggests that ?parents should look for a place that allows parents to come in at any time to see the PreK in action. Look for staff continuity ? how long have they been at the school/program? How often and in what ways do they interact with the children? What is the overall atmosphere? How are the children interacting??

One thing that?s unclear at this point is whether the gains in PreK will carry over into later years. That?s a topic that still needs to be researched, Tolan said.

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Nuclear-capable stealth bombers sent to South Korea amid Kim Jong Un's threats

Two B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, drop inert munitions during a "long-duration, round-trip" training missing from Missouri.

By Jason Cumming and Matthew DeLuca, NBC News

Two American B-2 Spirit stealth bombers practiced an attack on the Korean Peninsula Thursday as part of a military exercise that has sparked angry threats from North Korea.

The U.S. military said the planes involved in the firing drill left Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri on a "long-duration, round-trip training mission."

Inert munitions were dropped on a range facility on the Jikdo islands off the western coast of South Korea before the jets returned to the continental U.S. in a single continuous flight.

B-2 Spirit bombers are capable of carrying either conventional or nuclear weapons.

In a statement, the United States Forces Korea?said the mission "demonstrates the United States? ability to conduct long-range, precision strikes quickly and at will."

Dubbed "Foal Eagle," the training exercise involves about?200,000 South Korean troops and 10,000 U.S. forces and is due to continue until the end of April.

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A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber (left) flies over Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Thursday.

The Korean Central News Agency, the official state news agency, did not immediately have a response to the stealth bomber mission on Thursday. Previously, KCNA hit out at flights made by U.S. B-52 bombers.

The mission comes at a time of raised tensions between North Korea, its neighbors and the U.S.

A propaganda video posted on the country?s Uriminzokkiri website in February showed New York City under attack from North Korean rockets ? a scenario thought to be far outside the reach of the poverty-stricken nation.

The video, which was set to a version of the song "We Are the World," was widely lampooned in the U.S.

Another video posted in March showed an image of the U.S. Capitol building being hit by an explosion.

The U.S. military announced on March 15 that it was bolstering missile defenses in response to threats from the North, including a threat to conduct a "preemptive nuclear strike."

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on March 20 that he would order military forces to attack American military installations in the Pacific and South Korea?if its "enemies ? make even the slightest move,? according to KCNA.

?When the drills turn into a battle, the enemies will be made to drink a bitter cup, unable to raise their heads, in the face of retaliatory blows of the strong revolutionary Paektusan army, he [Kim] said,? the same KCNA article stated in language characteristic of the state?s military-first government.

Tensions rose on the Korean Peninsula in December when the North launched a rocket test, and then again in February with the test of a nuclear bomb. The United Nations Security Council moved to impose further sanctions on the already isolated nation by a unanimous vote early in March.

On Wednesday,?North Korea said it was cutting the last channel of communications with the South because war could break out at "any moment."

Reuters contributed to this report.

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China's Premier Li meets the press ? but no unscripted questions, thank you

China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang addressed the foreign and domestic press for the first time today in an event carried live on national TV.

By Peter Ford,?Staff Writer / March 17, 2013

Chinese premier Li Keqiang gives a press conference on Sunday.

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That rule of thumb proved valid again Sunday as new Prime Minister Li Keqiang met the press for the first time. He seemed confident and relaxed, but like his predecessors, he answered only questions that journalists had submitted in advance, and that his press office had approved.

At Chinese press conferences you learn which topics the government thinks are important and what message it wants to transmit to the citizenry from the questions that the authorities allow. But you don?t get much fresh information from the answers.

Mr. Li?s responses were, for the most part, pretty bland. We did not learn much that we had not already known before we filed into the elaborately decorated ballroom in the Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square for the premier?s annual press conference carried live on national TV.

But a softball question from People's Daily, the official organ of the ruling Communist party, ("What are the government?s goals and the top priorities on its agenda?") allowed Li to stress his intention of raising incomes and strengthening the social security net ? a major worry for many Chinese ? and of making China a fairer country.

That will have gone down well with the hundreds of millions of citizens who have learned from experience that you don?t get far in this country without the right connections.

The Chinese state radio correspondent tossed him a question about the government?s plans to combat official corruption, another huge gripe among ordinary Chinese, which gave the new prime minister a chance to pledge his ?unshakeable resolve? to root out dishonesty in government.

Overseas reporters had a chance to put their questions, too ? an American was permitted a carefully worded query about US-China relations, including a reference to US allegations that the Chinese government is behind a lot of cyber-espionage; a Frenchman was allowed to ask about the foul air we have been breathing in Beijing for the past 10 weeks; a Russian asked about the future of Sino-Russian relations.

None of them elicited anything that could be mistaken for news, however. He batted away the question of hacking with the standard line that China too is a victim of hackers, and complained ? with a smile ? that he detected ?a presumption of guilt? in the reporter?s question that he did not accept.

The authorities were especially nervous on Sunday about what foreign reporters might ask because the press conference was being broadcast live on television, and they did not want any embarrassments.

Having attended six of these annual charades, and knowing how they work, it still astonishes me that the leader of a country such as China, which aspires to a serious place at the top table of world affairs, does not dare to take unscripted questions from journalists. Li talked a lot about reform this morning; he could do worse than start with the way the government relates to the local and foreign press.?

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Google Launches TV White Spaces Trial In South Africa

Google's first trial to use the unused channels in the broadcast TV spectrum to provide wireless broadband access launched in 2010 in Logan, Ohio. Since then, Google has shown a lot of interest in this topic and today it is launching its second trial. This time it is in Cape Town, South Africa, where Google partnered with a number of local organizations to connect 10 schools to the new wireless broadband network. The idea behind the trial, Google says, is "to show that broadband can be offered over white spaces without interfering with licensed spectrum holders."

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Kristen Stewart, One Direction win Kids' Choice

By Jill Serjeant, Reuters

LOS ANGELES -- Green slime spewed furiously at the Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday, where "Twilight Saga" star Kristen Stewart and British boy band One Direction won two awards apiece.

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Stewart, 22, escaped the slime but plunged her hands into the green goo, saying she "felt like I have finally found my kindergartner self," as she accepted trophies for movie actress and favorite female butt kicker.

Organizers said more than 350 million votes were cast online in more than 20 categories, spanning film, television, books, music and sport for the stunt-filled annual award show on youth channel Nickelodeon.

Hosted by "Transformers" actor Josh Duhamel, who is married to singer Fergie, the show in Los Angeles featured performances by Pitbull and Christina Aguilera, as well as Ke$ha.

Johnny Depp and Katy Perry accepted orange blimp-shaped trophies for favorite female singer and movie actor respectively and both stars had words of wisdom for the audience of kids and young teens.

"This is such a cool award ... stay safe, stay in school, don't do drugs," Perry told them. Depp said he was "truly honored and humbled. Thank you for what you are, which is the future."

Selena Gomez, 20, the ex-girlfriend of pop star Justin Bieber, took the female TV actress award for her Disney Channel series "Wizards of Waverly Place," even though the show came to an end more than a year ago.

Bieber, who is on tour in Europe, was voted favorite male singer and was among several stars who did not make it to accept their award in person

No-shows included One Direction, who are also on tour and who won for favorite music group and song for "What Makes You Beautiful," "X Factor" judge Simon Cowell (favorite villain), and Ross Lynch, 17, who was named favorite TV actor for Disney Channel's pop star series "Austin & Ally."

Sandra Bullock, Neil Patrick Harris, Duhamel, Pitbull, Nick Cannon, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and dozens of audience members got covered in slime gushing out from water cannons, presenter's podiums, ceilings, and even the tail of a fake gymnastic horse.

Other awards went to Nickelodeon's "Victorious" for top TV show, "The Hunger Games" for favorite movie, "Wreck-It Ralph" for top animated movie, and race car driver Danica Patrick and basketball player LeBron James for top athletes.

The Kids Choice Awards will be broadcast around the world in more than 25 languages, Nickelodeon said.

2013 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice winners, via E! Online:

Television:

Favorite TV Show: "Victorious"
Favorite Reality Show: "Wipeout"
Favorite Cartoon: "SpongeBob SquarePants"
Favorite TV Actor: Ross Lynch ("Austin & Ally")
Favorite TV Actress: Selena Gomez ("Wizards of Waverly Place")

Film:

Favorite Movie: "The Hunger Games"
Favorite Movie Actor: Johnny Depp ("Dark Shadows")
Favorite Movie Actress: Kristen Stewart ("The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2")
Favorite Animated Movie: "Wreck-It Ralph"
Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie: Adam Sandler ("Hotel Transylvania")
Favorite Male Buttkicker: Dwayne Johnson ("Journey 2: The Mysterious Island")
Favorite Female Buttkicker: Kristen Stewart ("Snow White and the Huntsman")

Music:

Favorite Music Group: One Direction
Favorite Male Singer: Justin Bieber
Favorite Female Singer: Katy Perry
Favorite Song: "What Makes You Beautiful" (One Direction)

Sports:

Favorite Male Athlete: LeBron James
Favorite Female Athlete: Danica Patrick

Other Categories:

Favorite Villain: Simon Cowell ("The X Factor")
Favorite Book: "The Hunger Games" series
Favorite Video Game: "Just Dance 4"
Favorite App: "Temple Run"

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Prosecutors move to take Amanda Knox to court again

>>> overturn her acquittal for the murder of her roommate. michelle kosinski is in rome. what can you tell us?

>> reporter: hi matt, it has been six years since this case began. seattle student amanda knox spent four years in jail, was convicted of the murder then acquitted. now the prosecution wants the court to overturn that acquittal and try amanda knox again. and the case continues again. amanda knox and her then boy safely raphael sollecito, both were acquitted, do not have to appear in court for the latest twist. amanda since released from prison in 202011 --

>> thank you for being there for me.

>> reporter: has picked up her schooling, life and a book to be published. prosecutors want to set aside her appeal and try this case all over again.

>> the only way the evidence could be characterized was absent, non-existent, inconclusive, and unreliable, and revealed that a monumental wrongful conviction had occurred.

>> reporter: what little dna evidence there was, the prosecutors said could tie amanda and raphaele to the murder was likely the result of contamination. prosecutors are saying the judges who acquitted the pair made a mistake

>> they will argue the evidence presented was overwhelmingly in favor of a conviction.

>> reporter: that is a tall order, not expected to make it past this hearing. if it did, though, amanda 's attorney says she and her family will comply with the law.

>> amanda and her parents have acted with unquestioned patience, with dignity and continue to remain hopeful.

>> reporter: the court should decide today whether or not it sides with the prosecution but might not announce it today. remember, amanda was also convicted of slander saying police mistreated her during the investigation. she's considered to have already served her time for that but the court may choose to overturn that conviction. matt?

>> michelle kosinski in italy, thank you very much.

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How Jurassic Park's VFX Wizards Brought One of the Largest Dinos of All Time To Life

In shots where they were seen walking, Jurassic Park's resident brachiosaurs were realized with ground-breaking computer animation. But for shots when the film's human characters interacted with them high in the trees, the brachiosaurs were brought to life with complicated animatronics created by Stan Winston Studios. More »

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