Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Farming Nemo: How Aquaculture Will Feed 9 Billion Hungry People

Shrimp fountains don't grow on trees, you know—nor do Ahi Tuna steaks, Fish McBites, or fried calamari. But that hasn't stopped an increasingly affluent human population from annually demanding more and more seafood. As a result, an estimated 85 percent of the ocean's fish stocks are now either fully exploited or overfished. But an ancient form of aquatic farming, and current $60 billion-a-year industry, may hold the key to both protecting wild fish populations and your local sushi shop. More »


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Facebook Launches Partner Categories, 500+ Profiles To Target Ads Better,Using Data From Datalogix, Epsilon and Axciom

Facebook Retargeting DoneFacebook today is taking another step ahead in its ad targeting strategy, which serves users advertising based on their location and online purchasing and browsing histories. The social network is launching partner categories: some 500 "unique groups", with more to come, which are descriptors (one example: "buyers of children's cereals") that match up with relevant people among Facebook's 1 billion+ users. Facebook says that advertisers can "futher refine" the categories by using other targeting options it already offers.

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Stretchy material alters function

A tent that blocks light on a sunny day and becomes transparent and waterproof on a dim, rainy one could be an outcome of work by US scientists.

The new material can change between two states when stretched, altering both its transparency and its roughness.

The team from Harvard's Wyss Institute have published their results in the journal Nature Materials.

The work was inspired by tears, which, when grouped together, form a coating over our eyes with multiple functions.

Joanna Aizenberg and her colleagues produced an elastic thin film material with nano-sized pores. This material is then coated and infused with liquid.

At rest, the material is smooth, clear and flat; droplets of water or oil on its surface flow freely off it.

But when it is stretched, the liquid coating the film recedes into the expanded pores, exposing their edges and reducing lubrication, causing it to become rougher. This rough surface also makes the material more opaque.

The researchers were able to make every droplet of oil or water placed on the material to run or stop in its tracks (a response which the team describes as "pinning"), simply by flexing the material or letting it relax.

A video demonstration can be seen here.

Flexible friend

"The new material is a liquid-infused elastic porous surface, which is what allows for the fine control over so many adaptive responses above and beyond its ability to repel a wide range of substances," Prof Aizenberg explained.

"A whole range of surface properties can now be tuned, or switched on and off on demand."

In addition to the tent idea, the researchers say another possible application of the research could be highly precise, self-adjusting contact lenses that also clean themselves.

Another might be pipelines that can optimise the rate of flow depending on the volume of fluid coming through them and the environmental conditions outside.

The new material was inspired by tears, which perform many functions in the eye.

Individual tears join up to form a dynamic liquid film that helps maintain optical clarity, while keeping the eye moist, protecting it against dust and bacteria, and helping to transport waste away.

The latest work builds on a system developed by the team called Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surfaces, or Slips. This is a coating that repels liquids such as oil, water and blood.

However, Slips was rigid, whereas the new elastic surface allows for fine control over its function.

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New 'transient electronics' disappear when no longer needed

Apr. 8, 2013 ? Scientists have described key advances toward practical uses of a new genre of tiny, biocompatible electronic devices that could be implanted into the body to relieve pain or battle infection for a specific period of time, and then dissolve harmlessly.

These "transient electronics," described in New Orleans on April 8 at the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society, could have other uses, including consumer electronics products with a pre-engineered service life.

John Rogers, Ph.D., who led the research, explained that it arises from a view of electronics fundamentally different from the mindset that has prevailed since the era of electronic "chips," integrated circuits and microprocessors, which dawned almost 50 years ago.

"The goal of the electronics industry has always been to build durable devices that last forever with stable performance," Rogers explained. "But many new opportunities open up once you start thinking about electronics that could disappear in a controlled and programmable way."

Those opportunities, he added, include cell phones and other mobile devices that stop working on a timetable corresponding to the time for upgrading to a new model. Instead of adding to the $50 million of so-called e-waste generated every year, the devices would simply break down. Medical implants that are only needed for a few weeks could just disappear, without requiring an extra surgery to remove them from the body. And no one would have to retrieve dozens of transient water-quality sensors from a river undergoing water quality monitoring. They would dissolve without a trace and without harm to the environment.

Although other researchers have developed so-called bioresorbable medical devices that disappear over time in the body, Rogers' team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is the first to produce such broadly applicable technology, which has many more potential uses than other devices. The scientists have designed transient electronics as temperature sensors, solar cells and miniature digital cameras, for instance. Moreover, previous bioresorbable devices were made of different materials that only partially dissolved, leaving behind residues, and they did not perform as well as Rogers' current devices.

The electronics are enclosed in material that dissolves completely after a certain period of time when exposed to water or body fluids, somewhat like dissolvable sutures. By altering the number of layers of the wrapping, scientists can define everything about how the device will dissolve in the body or in the environment, including its overall lifetime, said Rogers. The devices perform just as well as conventional electronics and function normally until the encapsulating layer disappears. Once that happens, it takes about 30 minutes for the electronic connections to dissolve away, and the device stops working. Current versions of the devices remain operable for a few weeks. Rogers' team is researching ways to make devices that last a few years.

In his ACS report, Rogers described key advances in the technology. One advance established for the first time that transient electronic devices, implanted into laboratory mice, actually work in battling infections and do, indeed, dissolve when done. Rogers' team previously only thought that would happen. The devices produced localized heat, which prevented bacterial growth and surgery-related infections from developing in the mice. The findings add to the confidence that similar devices can be designed to reduce pain by stimulating certain nerves or facilitate bone growth or wound healing.

The scientists also reported progress in making the devices with conventional manufacturing processes instead of meticulously building the electronics one-by-one by hand in a laboratory. "It's a step toward producing these devices with the kind of manufacturing processes that are already in wide use for traditional electronics like silicon-based microprocessors and memory technology," said Rogers.

Another advance involved the materials for making and powering the devices without an external electricity source. Rogers said, for instance, that the latest transient electronic devices incorporate zinc oxide, which is "piezoelectric." It means that thin, flexible devices made with zinc oxide could produce electricity when bent or twisted -- perhaps by movement of muscles in the body, pulsation of blood vessels or beating of the heart.

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Flat Frequency Response - Techtalk Speaker Building, Audio, Video ...

  1. Default Flat Frequency Response

    Hello,
    This semester I am in an academic research writing class in which I am basing my paper on the importance of flat frequency response in a typical home environment. Now, defining your typical home environment or at least the typical homes I know to have rooms with stereos and home theaters ranging from 10'x12' to 20'x20' with ceilings between 8' and 10', I would like to have good evidence in both Directions for, and against why flat frequency response is either a must, or bust.

    John K. Site discusses radiation patterns and power response quite nicely, and possibly shows how flat response should not be a single goal. http://www.musicanddesign.com/Power.html

    I am looking for information and sources such as this. I will use the LDC, Speakerbuilding 101, D'Appolito's book on measuring and Tool's book on loudspeakers in rooms.

    Opinions do not really count (Well I will take some from the big guns such as Jeff B., DLR, John K, Curt C....) As designer we have many measurements and a host of data that has to be considered and we all choose our methods and weigh what is most important a little differently. I am looking for some data, and analysis of that data. Quality and validity count, i know there are many sound minded individuals here who have found many good references out there around this topic. Any help is appreciated in advance.


  2. Default Re: Flat Frequency Response

    You're looking for proof on a subjective topic, IMO -- which apparently isn't worth much.

    In a studio, flat is the goal. In a home, there's no right answer. It's just preference. The scores of not-flat playback equipment should be adequate proof that "importance of flat response" is in the ear of the beholder.


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    You're looking for proof on a subjective topic, IMO -- which apparently isn't worth much.

    In a studio, flat is the goal. In a home, there's no right answer. It's just preference. The scores of not-flat playback equipment should be adequate proof that "importance of flat response" is in the ear of the beholder.

    Not proof over a subjective subject, but some reasonably proposed data and well grounded explanations such as the example I gave.


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    Human hearing is not flat.. http://www.webervst.com/fm.htm so a source with ultra linear frequency response will not sound pleasing to most people and this could be considered a detractor to your theory.

    Paul O


  5. Default Re: Flat Frequency Response

    Human hearing is not flat.. http://www.webervst.com/fm.htm so a source with ultra linear frequency response will not sound pleasing to most people and this could be considered a detractor to your theory. That doesn't jive with all the testing data performed over the years by Harmon.

    Our hearing may not be "flat" but that doesn't mean the reproduction equipment shouldn't be. A violin in the room produces a spectrum that if reproduced by a non-flat system, will not sound like the violin. Harmon's research shows that when given a choice between a number of systems, trained and non-trained listeners alike tend to prefer the systems with the flattest overall response.



  6. Default Re: Flat Frequency Response

    Human hearing is not flat.. http://www.webervst.com/fm.htm so a source with ultra linear frequency response will not sound pleasing to most people and this could be considered a detractor to your theory. I so much wish that would quit being stated. Equal loudness curves have nothing to do with whether a speaker should have flat response or not. Those curves represent the way we hear EVERYTHING not just the sound from our speakers.


  7. Default Re: Flat Frequency Response

    I think I get what Jeff and Pete are saying. Because our ears don't hear frequencies in a flat line, then NOTHING we hear is perfectly flat. For instance, if we were to play an orchestra from 20-20KHz, note by note, or even the sine wave, how our ears perceive that is not perfectly flat. BUT, in order for our speakers to DUPLICATE the sound as we hear it, it MUST be flat, because if it wasn't flat, then a G wouldn't sound like a G, it would be altered since our ears AREN'T flat. Is that right?
    HAGD,
    Marc

    Even though I try to tell everyone upfront, understand that I am still a Newb. I wish the status of Seasoned Veteran/Senior Member, etc. was earned with time not posts...

    TMWW thread


  8. Default Re: Flat Frequency Response

    I think I get what Jeff and Pete are saying. Because our ears don't hear frequencies in a flat line, then NOTHING we hear is perfectly flat. For instance, if we were to play an orchestra from 20-20KHz, note by note, or even the sine wave, how our ears perceive that is not perfectly flat. BUT, in order for our speakers to DUPLICATE the sound as we hear it, it MUST be flat, because if it wasn't flat, then a G wouldn't sound like a G, it would be altered since our ears AREN'T flat. Is that right?

    The G would still sound like a G, just not necessarily at the same amplitude.

    Using the violin example, if it's playing a 440Hz fundamental, there's also 880, 1320, 1760, 2200, etc. Same thing for a trumpet playing the same note. It's the relative levels of each of those harmonics that gives the characteristic and recognizable sound that allows our brains to differentiate the single trumpet from among the dozens of violins playing the same note. If the playback system didn't allow those harmonics to maintain the original relative levels, the trumpet might sound like a french horn or trombone instead of a trumpet.


  9. Default Re: Flat Frequency Response

    Additive synthesis takes advantage of this to emulate the sound of real-world sources without having to sample audio data. See: MIDI from the 90s.

    I hear a lot about studies that say "people prefer flat speakers", and then I hear "people prefer about +3 to +6dB of bass", and then I also hear "people prefer a slightly downward-angled slope". I wonder if those are the same people.


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    SPL was what I meant. When I said the G is altered, I meant because the amplitude is lower or higher (I just couldn't think of the right words), the sound is altered overall. This is because we loose the proper level of harmonics that are correct to our ears as we perceive them normally, when speakers are not designed to be flat, because other nearby harmonics are either louder, or lower and therefore distort what we hear. I think I am saying that right for what I mean. Ugh I need to go to bed... LOL
    HAGD,
    Marc

    Even though I try to tell everyone upfront, understand that I am still a Newb. I wish the status of Seasoned Veteran/Senior Member, etc. was earned with time not posts...

    TMWW thread



  11. Default Re: Flat Frequency Response

    Additive synthesis takes advantage of this to emulate the sound of real-world sources without having to sample audio data. See: MIDI from the 90s.

    I hear a lot about studies that say "people prefer flat speakers", and then I hear "people prefer about +3 to +6dB of bass", and then I also hear "people prefer a slightly downward-angled slope". I wonder if those are the same people.

    When the sighted/confirmation bias is removed, all kinds of dearly held preferences and dogma go bye-bye. One of the more interesting publicly published round of testing Harmon did was when they built a garbage speaker into a high end looking cabinet and had the listeners compare it to a good speaker in a garbage looking cabinet. They they blinded the listeners. I believe it can be dug out of Sean Olive's blog somewhere, but the results strongly resembled the "brownie tastes better served on fine china" effect...

    Similarly, you can fool wine experts by swapping price-tags around. Any bar owner will tell you the advantages of having a high priced beer and a low priced beer on the menu when you want to sell a ton of the middle priced beer. What does it all mean? I don't know - but the evidence about our ability to verify our stated preferences is slim to none and slim just saddled up and is headed out of town.


  12. Default Re: Flat Frequency Response

    When the sighted/confirmation bias is removed, all kinds of dearly held preferences and dogma go bye-bye. One of the more interesting publicly published round of testing Harmon did was when they built a garbage speaker into a high end looking cabinet and had the listeners compare it to a good speaker in a garbage looking cabinet. They they blinded the listeners. I believe it can be dug out of Sean Olive's blog somewhere, but the results strongly resembled the "brownie tastes better served on fine china" effect...

    Similarly, you can fool wine experts by swapping price-tags around. Any bar owner will tell you the advantages of having a high priced beer and a low priced beer on the menu when you want to sell a ton of the middle priced beer. What does it all mean? I don't know - but the evidence about our ability to verify our stated preferences is slim to none and slim just saddled up and is headed out of town.

    The difference in the Harmon studies was that the audience didn't know what they were listening to. The speakers were not visible, only audible. And the statistical result showed a significant preference for flat response.

    Now, do we like to turn up the bass knob? Sure, when the recording is thin. And because we don't control the mastering process, we are given tone controls to adjust to preference.

    Personally, I need to crank the bass quite a bit listening to old Rush albums, heck, MOST of the vintage classic rock. The engineers in the booth at the time must have mixed it thinking that the end user would have the bass knob cranked all the way up, so they purposely cut the bass to be able to raise the average recording level, a type of compression.

    Anymore though, I find myself listening to music for the pure enjoyment of a good recording. A good artist that has come across the server lately is Fink, someone I'd never heard of until DoubleTap saw his name as a credit on Walking Dead. No need for any tone controls as the overall balance from low to high is superb. That and the music is fantastic!!!


  13. Default Re: Flat Frequency Response

    The difference in the Harmon studies was that the audience didn't know what they were listening to. The speakers were not visible, only audible. And the statistical result showed a significant preference for flat response.

    Now, do we like to turn up the bass knob? Sure, when the recording is thin. And because we don't control the mastering process, we are given tone controls to adjust to preference.

    Personally, I need to crank the bass quite a bit listening to old Rush albums, heck, MOST of the vintage classic rock. The engineers in the booth at the time must have mixed it thinking that the end user would have the bass knob cranked all the way up, so they purposely cut the bass to be able to raise the average recording level, a type of compression.

    Anymore though, I find myself listening to music for the pure enjoyment of a good recording. A good artist that has come across the server lately is Fink, someone I'd never heard of until DoubleTap saw his name as a credit on Walking Dead. No need for any tone controls as the overall balance from low to high is superb. That and the music is fantastic!!!

    +1
    HAGD,
    Marc

    Even though I try to tell everyone upfront, understand that I am still a Newb. I wish the status of Seasoned Veteran/Senior Member, etc. was earned with time not posts...

    TMWW thread



  14. Default Re: Flat Frequency Response

    Adding a Behringer DEQ to my system was one of the best improvements I've ever made to my system. You can readily hear changes in the test noise signal as it auto-EQs with the mic in the listening position and the improvement in SQ was not subtle. The other thing the DEQ does is lets you visualize the recording with it's RTA. I've seen rock recordings with nothing below 200hz and on the other end it's no surprise that some of the music we like to use to demo bass often has a boosted low end. Are the vocals buried in the mix or up front - you can see it with the RTA. I also find that the recordings that sound good to me look flat on the RTA. You can also see where exactly you need to boost the response of those old recordings and toss a little parametric EQ at it.

    Ron


  15. Default Re: Flat Frequency Response

    I love the brownie on a china plate story. That and many many more studies about perception effecting sense of taste and other things can be found in the book Mindless Eating which I thoroughly enjoyed. I think it tells us as much about speakers and cars and sporting goods equipment as it does about food.

    To the topic in general:
    Having said that when you strum a guitar and it makes, whatever sound it makes, you're hearing that based on the equal loudness curve of human hearing. This is assuming your standing next to said guitar. Now when something records that guitar do you want it to record it exactly as it sounds or do you want it to record it and then apply the equal loudness curves to what it records. Then when you play back that recording do you want the speaker to have it's frequency response mapped to equal loudness curves? Or do you want it to play back the recorded guitar strum as it came out of the guitar, as you'd hear it when you were standing next to it exactly without changing anything?

    I don't understand at all any of the "speakers response should conform to equal loudness curve" talk. It makes no sense at all? Is ruler flat best? Who knows, probably subjective, but flattish is definitely going to be way desirable. It's like saying "The human eye is most sensitive to green, so cameras should be most sensitive to green, then the green pixles on your monitor should be brighter than the red and blue pixels, because it matches the our visual preceptory profile." No, then everything would just be super green. As far as I see it speakers, monitors, cameras and whatever else exist purely to take something in, and then spit it back out as close as possible as to how it went in. That's the way it will most resemble the way it would have looked/sounded if you were there. Obviously there are room interactions and psychoacoustics to deal with, but that's a whole other critter.

    Edit: Afterthought, if you wanted something to sound flat it'd have to be totally inverse to the equal loudness curves, and that might sound really bad.
    or maybe not... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley_face_curve

    When the sighted/confirmation bias is removed, all kinds of dearly held preferences and dogma go bye-bye. One of the more interesting publicly published round of testing Harmon did was when they built a garbage speaker into a high end looking cabinet and had the listeners compare it to a good speaker in a garbage looking cabinet. They they blinded the listeners. I believe it can be dug out of Sean Olive's blog somewhere, but the results strongly resembled the "brownie tastes better served on fine china" effect...

    Similarly, you can fool wine experts by swapping price-tags around. Any bar owner will tell you the advantages of having a high priced beer and a low priced beer on the menu when you want to sell a ton of the middle priced beer. What does it all mean? I don't know - but the evidence about our ability to verify our stated preferences is slim to none and slim just saddled up and is headed out of town.


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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Japan increasingly nervous about North Korea nukes

FILE - In this Sunday, April 15, 2012 file photo, a North Korean vehicle carrying a missile passes by during a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung. North Korea has moved a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin said Thursday, April 4, 2013 but he added that there are no signs that Pyongyang is preparing for a full-scale conflict. The report came hours after North Korea's military warned that it has been authorized to attack the U.S. using "smaller, lighter and diversified" nuclear weapons. It was the North's latest war cry against America in recent weeks, with the added suggestion that it had improved its nuclear technology. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

FILE - In this Sunday, April 15, 2012 file photo, a North Korean vehicle carrying a missile passes by during a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung. North Korea has moved a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin said Thursday, April 4, 2013 but he added that there are no signs that Pyongyang is preparing for a full-scale conflict. The report came hours after North Korea's military warned that it has been authorized to attack the U.S. using "smaller, lighter and diversified" nuclear weapons. It was the North's latest war cry against America in recent weeks, with the added suggestion that it had improved its nuclear technology. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2012 file photo released by Korean Central News Agency, North Korea's Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the Sohae launch pad in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. Though it remains a highly unlikely scenario, Japanese officials have long feared that if North Korea ever decides to play its nuclear card it has not only the means but several potential motives for launching an attack on Tokyo or major U.S. military installations on Japan's main island. And while a conventional missile attack is far more likely, Tokyo is taking North Korea's nuclear rhetoric seriously. (AP Photo/KCNA, File)

Japan's chief Cabinet spokesman Yoshihide Suga speaks about North Korea during a regular press conference at the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo Monday, April 8, 2013. On Monday, amid reports North Korea is preparing a missile launch or another nuclear test, Japanese officials said they have stepped up measures to ensure the nation's safety. "We are doing all we can to protect the safety of our nation," said Suga, though he and defense ministry officials refused to confirm the reports about the naval alert, saying they do not want to "show their cards" to North Korea. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE

(AP) ? It's easy to write off North Korea's threats to strike the United States with a nuclear-tipped missile as bluster: it has never demonstrated the capability to deploy a missile that could reach the Pacific island of Guam, let alone the mainland U.S.

But what about Japan?

Though it remains a highly unlikely scenario, Japanese officials have long feared that if North Korea ever decides to play its nuclear card it has not only the means but several potential motives for launching an attack on Tokyo or major U.S. military installations on Japan's main island. And while a conventional missile attack is far more likely, Tokyo is taking North Korea's nuclear rhetoric seriously.

On Monday, amid reports North Korea is preparing a missile launch or another nuclear test, Japanese officials said they have stepped up measures to ensure the nation's safety. Japanese media reported over the weekend that the defense minister has put destroyers with missile interception systems on alert to shoot down any missile or missile debris that appears to be headed for Japanese territory.

"We are doing all we can to protect the safety of our nation," said chief Cabinet spokesman Yoshihide Suga, though he and Ministry of Defense officials refused to confirm the reports about the naval alert, saying they do not want to "show their cards" to North Korea.

North Korea, meanwhile, issued a new threat against Japan.

"We once again warn Japan against blindly toeing the U.S. policy," said an editorial Monday in the Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of its ruling party. "It will have to pay a dear price for its imprudent behavior."

Following North Korea's third nuclear test in February, Japanese experts have increasingly voiced concerns that North Korea may already be able to hit ? or at least target ? U.S. bases and major population centers with nuclear warheads loaded onto its medium-range Rodong missiles.

"The threat level has jumped" following the nuclear test, said Narushige Michishita, a former Ministry of Defense official and director of the Security and International Studies Program at Tokyo's National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.

Unlike North Korea's still-under-construction intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, program, its arsenal of about 300 deployed Rodong missiles has been flight tested and is thought to have a range of about 1,300 kilometers (800 miles).

That is good enough to reach Tokyo and key U.S. military bases ? including Yokota Air Base, which is the headquarters of the U.S. 5th Air Force; Yokosuka Naval Base, where the USS George Washington aircraft carrier and its battle group are home-based; and Misawa Air Base, a key launching point for U.S. F-16 fighters.

Michishita, in an analysis published late last year, said a Rodong missile launched from North Korea would reach Japan within five to 10 minutes and, if aimed at the center of Tokyo, would have a 50-percent probability of falling somewhere within the perimeter of Tokyo's main subway system.

He said Japan would be a particularly tempting target because it is close enough to feasibly reach with a conventionally or nuclear-armed missile, and the persistent animosity and distrust dating back to Japan's colonization of the Korean Peninsula in 1910 provides an ideological motive.

Also, a threat against Japan could be used to drive a wedge between Tokyo and Washington. North Korea could, for example, fire one or more Rodong missiles toward Tokyo but have them fall short to frighten Japan's leaders into making concessions, stay out of a conflict on the peninsula or oppose moves by the U.S. forces in Japan to assist the South Koreans, lest Tokyo suffer a real attack.

"Given North Korea's past adventurism, this scenario is within the range of its rational choices," Michishita wrote.

Officials stress that simply having the ability to launch an attack does not mean it would be a success. They also say North Korea is not known to have actually deployed any nuclear-tipped missiles.

Tokyo and Washington have invested billions of dollars in what is probably the world's most sophisticated ballistic missile defense shield since North Korea sent a long-range Taepodong missile over Japan's main island in 1998. Japan now has its own land- and sea-based interceptors and began launching spy satellites after the "Taepodong shock" to keep its own tabs on military activities inside North Korea.

For the time being, most experts believe, North Korea cannot attack the United States with a nuclear warhead because it can't yet fashion one light enough to mount atop a long-range ICBM. But Japanese analysts are not alone in believing North Korea has cleared the "miniaturization" problem for its medium-range weapons.

In April 2005, Lowell Jacoby, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that North Korea had the capability to arm a missile with a nuclear device. In 2011, the same intelligence agency said North Korea "may now have" plutonium-based nuclear warheads that it can deliver by ballistic missiles, aircraft or "unconventional means."

The Pentagon has since backtracked, saying it isn't clear how small a nuclear warhead the North can produce.

But David Albright, a physicist at the Institute for Science and International Security think tank, said in an email he believes the North can arm Rodong missiles with nuclear warheads weighing as much as several hundred kilograms (pounds) and packing a yield in the low kilotons.

That is far smaller than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima or Nagasaki but big enough to cause significant casualties in an urban area.

Japan also is a better target than traditional enemy South Korea because striking so close to home with a nuclear weapon would blanket a good part of its own population with the fallout.

Regardless of whom North Korea strikes ? with a nuclear or conventional weapon ? it can be assured of one thing: a counterattack by the United States.

Associated Press

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Do cells in the blood, heart and lungs smell the food we eat?

Apr. 7, 2013 ? In a discovery suggesting that odors may have a far more important role in life than previously believed, scientists have found that heart, blood, lung and other cells in the body have the same receptors for sensing odors that exist in the nose. It opens the door to questions about whether the heart, for instance, "smells" that fresh-brewed cup of coffee or cinnamon bun, according to the research leader, who spoke in New Orleans on April 7 at the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society.

Peter Schieberle, Ph.D., an international authority on food chemistry and technology, explained that scientists thought that the nose had a monopoly on olfactory receptors. Located on special cells in the mucus-covered olfactory epithelium in the back of the nose, olfactory receptors are docking ports for the airborne chemical compounds responsible for the smell of food and other substances. Those molecules connect with the receptors, triggering a chain of biochemical events that register in the brain as specific odors. But discovery of olfactory receptors on other, non-olfactory cells came as a surprise.

"Our team recently discovered that blood cells -- not only cells in the nose -- have odorant receptors," said Schieberle. "In the nose, these so-called receptors sense substances called odorants and translate them into an aroma that we interpret as pleasing or not pleasing in the brain. But surprisingly, there is growing evidence that also the heart, the lungs and many other non-olfactory organs have these receptors. And once a food is eaten, its components move from the stomach into the bloodstream. But does this mean that, for instance, the heart 'smells' the steak you just ate? We don't know the answer to that question."

His team recently found that primary blood cells isolated from human blood samples are attracted to the odorant molecules responsible for producing a certain aroma. Schieberle described one experiment in which scientists put an attractant odorant compound on one side of a partitioned multi-well chamber, and blood cells on the other side. The blood cells moved toward the odor.

"Once odor components are inside the body, however, it is unclear whether they are functioning in the same way as they do in the nose," he stated. "But we would like to find out."

Schieberle's group and colleagues at the Technical University of Munich work in a field termed "sensomics," which focuses on understanding exactly how the mouth and the nose sense key aroma, taste and texture compounds in foods, especially comfort foods like chocolate and roasted coffee.

For example, baked beans and beans in foods like chili provide a "full," rich mouth-feel. Adding the component of beans responsible for this texture to another food could give it the same sensation in the mouth, he explained. Natural components also can interact with substances in foods to create new sensations.

The researchers use sensomics to better understand why foods taste, feel and smell appetizing or unappetizing. They use laboratory instruments to pick apart the chemical components. They then put those components together in different combinations and give these versions to human taste-testers who evaluate the foods. In this way, they discovered that although coffee contains 1,000 potential odor components, only 25 actually interact with an odor receptor in the nose and are smelled.

"Receptors help us sense flavors and aromas in the mouth and nose," said Schieberle. "These receptors are called G-protein-coupled receptors, and they were the topic of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2012. They translate these sensations into a perception in the brain telling us about the qualities of a food." Odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system also were the topic of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Medicine.

Of the total of around 1,000 receptors in the human body, about 800 of these are G-protein-coupled receptors, he said. Half of these G-protein-coupled receptors sense and translate aromas. But only 27 taste receptors exist. And although much research in the food industry has gone into identifying food components, little effort has focused on the tying those components to flavor perceptions until now, he said.

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Monday, April 8, 2013

Registerd Nurse career at Devereux Florida in Melbourne

Devereux Florida is currently interviewing Registerd Nurse on Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:23:38 GMT. Shift Available: PT, 3rd shift (11 p.m.-7 a.m.). Weekends and holidays required All Registered Nurses are expected to implement our Philosophy of Care which is to provide: Individual Services Effective and Accountable Services Utilize Positive Approaches Registered Nurse Responsibilities include: Provide initial client assessments on new clients Provide an assessment following a client...

Location: Melbourne, Florida

Description: Devereux Florida is currently interviewing Registerd Nurse right now, this career will be reside in Florida. More complete informations about this career opportunity please read the description below. Shift Available: PT, 3rd shift (11 p.m.-7 a.m.). Weekends and holidays required

All Registered Nurses are expected to implement our Philosophy of Care which is to provide:

Indivi! dual Services

Effective and Accountable Services

Utilize Positive Approaches

Registered Nurse Responsibilities include:
Provide initial client assessments on new clients

Provide an assessment following a client restraint

Provide medication administration training for all staff

Communicate w/ treating psychiatrist about client needs

Provide basic nursing care to clients

Complete restraint documentation and treatment team documentation

Assist in other administrative duties of the therapeutic group home as

Work with a team to provide in home residential instruction for our 12 adolescent male clients in the areas of: daily living skills, communication skills, social skills and community living skills

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Must be able to complete a two week new hire orientation class; hours are approximately 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day

Graduate of an accre! dited school of nursing

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Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Florida required

One year nursing experience required

Previous experience working with children and adolescent in residential setting and/or psychiatric nursing preferred

This position will require flexibility in schedule and must be available to work weekends

Valid Florida Driver's license required

Company Profile

Devereux is a leading nonprofit behavioral health organization that supports many of the most underserved and vulnerable members of our communities. Founded in 1912 by Helena Devereux, we operate a comprehensive national network of clinical, therapeutic, educational, and employment programs and services that positively impact the lives of tens of thousands of individuals and families every year. We help empower children and adults with intellectual, emotional, developmental, and behavioral challenges to lead fulfilling and rewarding lives.! Our Philosophy of Care operates under the core principles of Individualized Services; Effective and Accountable Services; and Positive, Behavioral Approaches.

The Devereux Foundation, founded in 1912 in Pennsylvania, planted roots in Florida in 1987 to create Devereux Florida. The organization has grown by leaps and bounds to meet the needs of children in Florida. Today, Devereux Florida operates almost 50 programs in 38 counties statewide, touching the lives of over 13,000 children on an annual basis. It is Devereux's Philosophy of Care to provide these services on an individualized basis, in the least restrictive environment possible. Devereux Florida is unique in that we offer the full continuum of behavioral health, child welfare and developmental disabilities services to individuals in settings ranging from abuse/neglect prevention programs, community outreach programs, counseling centers, mobile response team, early learning programs, child welfare case mana! gement, family support and visitation center, a variety of foster care ! programs, shelter program. Group homes, residential treatment centers, statewide inpatient psychiatric programs, children's psychiatric hospital, and a dual diagnosis center for children and adolescents with symptoms of both mental illness and intellectual/developmental disabilities.

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Be a part of creating meaningful, independent and productive lives for children and adolescents who receive services from our 133 bed residential treatment center in Viera, FL. We have a current opening for a part time RN. The RN position will allow you to find purpose and give you room to grow in the largest not-for-profit provider of services to children and families in Florida.

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The primary purpose of Devereux is to provide quality service to those entrusted to our

care by their families, guardians, agencies, and other designated parties. The most critical resource we have to accomplish this task is our employee! s. No intervention can be implemented without the assistance of competent employees who are physically and mentally prepared to carry out this tremendous responsibility.

For this reason, in addition to a competitive salary, Devereux provides a comprehensive health and welfare benefits program to eligible full-time employees, family members, and domestic partners. Health and welfare programs include medical, dental, prescription drug, preventative care, mental health services, and an Employee Assistance / Work Life Balance Program, as well as generous time-off policies, and a 403 B retirement plan. Additionally, voluntary, employee paid, Vision and Supplemental Life Insurance are available to FT employees.

Devereux offers Voluntary Medical and / or Dental Coverage - available to eligible PT

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Two children trapped at NC construction site

By Daniel Arkin, Andrew Rafferty and John Newland, NBC News

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Authorities have recovered the bodies of two children who became trapped underneath dirt at a residential construction site near Charlotte, N.C., The Associated Press reported.

The children ? a 6-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy ? were reportedly playing around an excavated basement Sunday under construction near their grandparents? home when a wall collapsed, trapping them below ground, according to NBC affiliate WCNC.

Charlotte firefighters, police, a structural engineer and rescuers from surrounding counties all aided in the initial effort to rescue the children.

The names of the children have not yet been released.

WCNC reported that their father was with them and made the initial call to 911 around 6 p.m. Sunday.

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China's Xi offers to reduce friction over hotspots

China's President Xi Jinping, right, listens during a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, unseen, in Boao town, Hainan province, China, Sunday, April 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Tyrone Siu, Pool)

China's President Xi Jinping, right, listens during a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, unseen, in Boao town, Hainan province, China, Sunday, April 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Tyrone Siu, Pool)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard during their meeting in Boao town, Hainan province, Sunday, April 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Tyrone Siu, Pool)

China's President Xi Jinping speaks at the opening ceremony of the annual Boao Forum in Boao, in southern China's Hainan province, Sunday, April 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, Pool)

(AP) ? With pressure growing on Beijing to get North Korea to step back from its war-like footing, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that no one country should be allowed to upset world peace and added China would work to reduce tensions over regional hotspots.

In a speech to a regional business forum with political leaders from Australia to Zambia present, Xi did not offer any concrete plans for how to deal with China's neighbor, North Korea, which has elevated regional tensions through war-like rhetoric and missile deployments in recent weeks. Nor did Xi offer concessions to other neighbors locked in fraught disputes with Beijing over outlying islands: Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam.

It isn't clear whether Xi was taking a swipe at North Korea or at the United States, a frequent target of Chinese criticism, when he criticized unilateral acts that threaten stability.

"The international community should advocate the vision of comprehensive security and cooperative security, so as to turn the global village into a big stage for common development rather than an arena where gladiators fight each other. And no one should be allowed to throw the region, or even the whole world, into chaos for selfish gains," Xi said Sunday at the Boao Forum for Asia, a China-sponsored talk shop for the global elite.

Ambiguity aside, Xi's speech stands in contrast to more strident remarks he has made in recent months and marks an effort to strike an active, cooperative posture to calm regional tensions. This year's Boao meeting ? an annual event billed as Asia's version of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland ? is being watched for signs of whether Xi, installed in power five months ago, is ready to stake out new directions in a foreign policy that has been bullying toward some neighbors and passive on many international security issues.

The new Xi government is being especially challenged over North Korea. Pyongyang's ratcheting up of tensions in recent months ? from tests of a long-range missile and a nuclear device to threats of nuclear strikes ? have concerned South Korea and the United States, important economic partners for China which have looked to Beijing to rein in its longtime, if estranged communist ally.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard of Australia, whose economy has been booming due to Chinese demand, appealed to Beijing to use its leverage to get Pyongyang to climb down.

"All countries in the region share a deep interest in strategic stability. But the consequences of conflict are even more severe for us all. This is nowhere more clear than on the Korean Peninsula. There, any aggression is a threat to the interest of every country in the region. For this reason, I do welcome the growing cooperation of all regional governments to prevent conflict on the Korean Peninsula and to counter North Korean aggression," Gillard told the forum.

Outside of North Korea, expectations of any change in Chinese policy have been focused on Japan. Months of friction over East China Sea islands led to frosty political ties, tense cat-and-mouse games between their maritime forces and flagging trade between the world's second and third largest economies.

Xi didn't address any dispute by name but he promised a constructive approach to regional tensions.

"China will continue to properly handle differences and frictions with the relevant countries," Xi said in his speech. "On international and regional hotspot issues, China will continue to play a constructive role, adhere to peace and facilitating talks and make unremitting efforts to properly handle relevant issues through dialogue and negotiations."

Still, Xi did not present any compromise. He insisted that China would safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity, language that makes it harder for Beijing to back away from territorial claims.

Xi also reminded countries that China represents a good business opportunity for neighbors and the world, saying over the next five years China's imports will reach $10 trillion while its companies plan to invest $500 billion overseas. "The more China develops, the more opportunities for development it brings the world and Asia," Xi said.

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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Francis honors John Paul II before installation

ROME (AP) ? Pope Francis was formally installed as bishop of Rome on Sunday in a ceremony characterized by more simplicity than the usual rituals and pomp enjoyed by papal predecessors taking up their pastoral duties.

In yet another sign that Francis sees his mission as pontiff as one of humble service, he used his arrival at St. John in Lateran Basilica to honor a past pope who remains wildly popular in Rome. Francis arrived a half-hour early to bless a plaque renaming a corner of the piazza outside the church after Pope John Paul II, who died in 2005.

Francis applauded, then gave his blessing after Rome's mayor unveiled the simple white stone plaque marking "Giovanni Paul II Square" in a section of the vast piazza, which often hosts free rock concerts and political and union rallies.

The pope, who has stressed the importance of simplicity, arrived for the unveiling wearing a plain white cassock, a more modest wardrobe choice than that of the Italian cardinal who welcomed him wearing a red cape.

The early evening installation ceremony was a significant one for the church, since a pope is pontiff because he is the bishop of Rome, and not vice versa. Right after his election on March 13 as the church's first pope from Latin America, Francis made clear he would relish his pastoral role as the city's bishop.

Francis' insistence on his bishop's role "speaks to his sensibility in truly being the pastor of a church through concrete ways," Cardinal Agostino Vallini told Vatican Radio ahead of the installation ceremony. Vallini, who is the pope's vicar to the Rome diocese, is the prelate who greeted Francis and who, along with city hall, decided a part of St. John in Lateran Square should be named after John Paul II.

The basilica is the city's most ancient, with foundations dating back to the early 4th century. The installation ceremony held there is steeped in centuries of ritual that modern popes have updated to the times.

But while many ornately dressed pontiffs in centuries past arrived in a fancy horse-drawn carriage, Francis rolled into a side entrance of the basilica complex in an open-topped white jeep. Before going indoors, the vehicle stopped again and again so his security team, walking briskly alongside, could pass babies to him so he could kiss them, to the delight of thousands of people gathered in the area. When wind started whipping up, Francis took off his skull cap, letting the breeze tussle his hair.

Francis later donned the tall, peaked bishop's hat, and wearing simply adorned cream-colored vestments, gently sat back in the mosaic-studded basilica chair, known as the "Cathedra Romana," that symbolizes the post of Rome bishop.

He was handed the pastoral staff, symbolizing a bishop's care for his flock. Barely a few minutes later, Francis was up on his feet, shaking hands with priests, nuns, and then with the parents and children in a Rome family, chatting amiably with them.

"It is with joy that I am celebrating the Eucharist for the first time in this Lateran Basilica, the Cathedral of the Bishop of Rome. I greet all of you with great affection," Francis said in his homily.

Francis urged people to cultivate patience and love, saying that "those who love are able to understand, to hope, to inspire confidence; they do not give up, they do not burn bridges, they are able to forgive."

In applauding the plaque honoring John Paul, Francis also paid tribute to a pontiff who enthusiastically embraced his role as bishop of Rome. The late pontiff would visit Rome parishes, hundreds of them, and often in poor neighborhoods on the city's outskirts, on Sunday mornings.

Vallini said Francis would make his first parish visit in May and then go to others in the city after Romans return from summer vacation.

While Francis instantly proved to be a crowd pleaser ? about 100,000 people turned out in St. Peter's Square on Sunday and a nearby street for his noon blessing ? the mention of the widely beloved John Paul still prompts affectionate cheers.

When Francis noted that John Paul "closed his eyes to this world" exactly eight years ago this month, the new pope drew so much applause that he couldn't finish his sentence.

Francis might be the pope who decides whether another miracle has been attributed to John Paul's intercession, which would enable the late, Polish-born pontiff to enjoy the church's highest honor, sainthood.

The church process to certify a first miracle needed for John Paul's beatification went exceptionally fast. The six years it took from his death until Pope Benedict XVI beatified him in 2011 was the shortest time in modern history. Beatification is the last formal step before sainthood.

Pope Francis seemed to be adding a new twist to the role of public squares in everyday life. At his Vatican appearance Sunday, he encouraged faithful to "go into the piazzas and announce Christ our savior" to the people. "Bring the Good News with sweetness and respect," he added. The "Good News" refers to the Gospels.

John Paul, then Benedict, and now Francis have all made shoring up flagging faith on the traditionally Christian European continent as well as in other affluent areas of the world a priority of their leadership.

The Vatican is also keen on preserving Catholic loyalty in places such as South America, where dynamic evangelical sects have been attracting baptized Catholics away from their faith, as well as encourage growing communities of Catholics in Africa and Asia.

The new pope is expected to lead Catholic youth in pep rallies this summer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during a pilgrimage that would take the world's first pope to be born in South America back to his home continent.

When Francis spoke of the installation ceremony Sunday evening, he urged the crowd to pray with him so that together, "bishop and people, walk in faith and charity."

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Saturday, April 6, 2013

'Home': Facebook quiere adue?arse de los Android (FOTOS)

Facebook ha presentado "Home", una "familia" de aplicaciones que se adue?a de la pantalla de los dispositivos Android, ya que se convierte en su men? de inicio y permite que el usuario tenga acceso directo a las actualizaciones y conversaciones con sus contactos.

"Home" es una capa visual construida encima del sistema operativo m?vil de Google que muestra las novedades de Facebook en cuanto usuario enciende su tel?fono inteligente, sin necesidad de acceder a una aplicaci?n. La red social ser?, pues, la puerta de entrada al dispositivo.

"No hemos creado un tel?fono, ni un sistema operativo", ha aclarado el fundador de la red social Mark Zuckerberg en la presentaci?n en Menlo Park, California. Ha a?adido que la intenci?n de "Home" es convertir cualquier Android en un "tel?fono de Facebook" dando el protagonismo a la pantalla, que el usuario puede llegar a mirar cien veces diarias. Seg?n Zuckerberg, los usuarios pasan tres veces m?s tiempo en Facebook que en cualquier otra aplicaci?n m?vil y dedican el 20 % de los minutos junto a su "smartphone" a consultarla.

La responsable de marketing de producto de Facebook, Amy Bora, ha definido a Efe "Home" como un software, una "familia" de aplicaciones que a?na y hace trabajar juntas a la de Facebook, a la de mensajer?a Messenger y a la propia Home para que acceder al contenido de la red social sea sencillo en cualquier momento. El criterio para seleccionar los contenidos que se muestran es el mismo que en la web: que sean de los contactos m?s relevantes o importantes por su impacto.

NO ERA UN TERMINAL

A pesar de los rumores, la red social no ha apostado finalmente por el desarrollo de un terminal con su sello: Zuckerberg ha alegado que, en el mejor de los casos, un tel?fono propio vender?a 10 ? 20 millones de copias, y ?l quiere que Facebook sea "la mejor experiencia" para toda la comunidad (mil millones).

El consejero delegado ha insistido en que la apertura del sistema operativo de Google ha permitido las funcionalidades de Home y ha negado que, con esta herramienta Facebook est? destripando a Android. Adem?s, se ha mostrado muy cr?tico con que los tel?fonos se dise?en "en torno a las aplicaciones" y no a las personas, un comentario que ha sonado a reproche a Apple.

Facebook Home estar? disponible para su descarga a partir del 12 de abril en Google Play en Estados Unidos y s?lo para determinados tel?fonos de gama alta: HTC One X, HTC One X+ y los Samsung Galaxy S3 y Galaxy Note 2. En un corto plazo de tiempo ser? compatible con HTC One y Galaxy S4 y se abrir? a otros territorios. En la presentaci?n tambi?n se ha desvelado el primer "smartphone" con Home integrado: el HTC First, que costar? 99,99 d?lares en Estados Unidos, donde saldr? a la venta el d?a 12 de este mes. Tambi?n llegar? a Europa y otros pa?ses m?s adelante.

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Friday Feature: MIAC Strike Out Prostate Cancer partners with MNPCC

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- When the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's (MIAC) 11 baseball teams banded together to try to "Strike Out Prostate Cancer" in 2010, it was with the hopes that the initiative would grow and develop into something special in the coming years.
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It has.
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Now in its third season, MIAC Strike Out Prostate Cancer has evolved into a week-long effort to raise funds and awareness for the serious men's health condition. The 2013 edition of MIAC Strike Out Prostate Cancer Week will run from Monday, April 15, to Sunday, April 21, and each MIAC baseball game that week (and a few other select games throughout the season) will serve as an extension of the mission.
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There is a new excitement around the event in 2013, as the only Division III conference completely contained by Minnesota's borders has entered what should be a beneficial partnership with an organization leading the same fight throughout the state - the Minnesota Prostate Cancer Coalition (MNPCC).

| MIAC Strike?Out Prostate Cancer Home Page |
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Saint Mary's University Assistant Baseball Coach Pat Jacobsen is the creator and driving force behind the MIAC's worthy cause. He's been pleased with the progress of the event since its inception, and thinks the third year - especially now that the MNPCC is on board - will be another step in the right direction.
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"I think it's gone very well," Jacobsen said. "We haven't placed our expectations too high, but we've exceeded my expectations. It's continued to grow every single year. The coaches and everyone in the MIAC have done a great job to promote it to our universities and to the general public throughout the state.
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"It's a serious disease and it needs to be brought to light."
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Over the first two years, the initiative has raised more than $3,000 to benefit prostate cancer foundation. Last year, the conference fell just shy of its $2,000 goal, and Jacobsen thinks the league can reach that mark in 2013. "We fell a little short last year," he said, "so my hope is to continue to build so we can reach that $2,000. It's a real possible goal this time around."
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Funds raised over the first two seasons were donated to the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF). However, that organization had some staffing issues and was no longer able to partner with the MIAC. That sent Jacobsen on a search to find a new teammate in the MIAC's fundraising and awareness campaign and, to his pleasant surprise, he was able to find one right in the conference's backyard.
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SMU's Pat Jacobsen wears a blue jersey and wristband during 2012 MIAC Strike Out Prostate Cancer Week. (Photo by Chris Ebert, Saint Mary's University)

"It was a positive that stemmed from a negative," Jacobsen said. "When the PCF was no longer able to participate, I just kind of stumbled across the MNPCC's Web site. I took a look at it, saw they were an up-and-coming organization in the state, and figured this was a great opportunity."
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MNPCC President Steve Rocklein didn't just thank his lucky stars when Jacobsen called ... he also thanked Google.
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"When you Google 'Minnesota' and 'prostate cancer' we're one of the first things that comes up," he said. "Anyway, [Jacobsen] Googled us and saw what we were doing locally and that's how we got connected. He decided that given our mission and what we're trying to do in Minnesota that [the MIAC] could localize their efforts. Now, we're Minnesota teammates."
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The mission Rocklein mentioned is to, "enlighten, inform, educate and support men and their caregivers as they face the prospects of diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer." The MNPCC president and five of the six board members are all prostate cancer survivors, so to call the cause near and dear to their hearts would be an understatement.
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Rocklein was quick to point to some extremely harrowing stats regarding the affliction. Prostate cancer is the second-most diagnosed form of cancer in the U.S., behind only melanoma (skin cancer). During a man's lifetime, one in six will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 238,600 new cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed in 2012. Though the fundraising piece is important, spreading those facts and a general awareness of the disease, and exposing it to men of all ages, is equally critical.
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"This is a man's disease," Rocklein said. "It's really interesting to talk to men about this. Only men have a prostate gland. Excuse the baseball metaphor, but men really need to step up to the plate and take responsibility for the health of their prostate ... become educated, talk to a doctor."
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Generally during events like this, the focus becomes the fundraising piece and an eventual dollar amount, but MIAC Strike Out Prostate Cancer has always been equally about information and awareness. With the MNPCC on board as the financial recipient and an expert partner, that should only improve in 2013. Jacobsen said - especially at Twin Cities-area games - the conference plans to use that expertise to its advantage.
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"We're ecstatic to have the MNPCC as the main sponsor of the event," Jacobsen said. "All the money raised will go directly to their foundation and will help them build into a well-known organization that helps with information and prevention.
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"They've donated 100 percent of the information that will be available at the sites. Our hope is to have them recognized at pre-game festivities at some of the Twin Cities-area games. With teams that are willing to have one of the MNPCC reps there, they'll have an information table and talk about the coalition and basically be a resource beyond what's on a piece of paper."
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"We're hoping to - myself and some of the board members - appear at various games," Rocklein added. "We have a bunch of PR materials to hand out, and we may be involved more visually, either throwing out a ceremonial first pitch or addressing the crowd through the PA system. People can drop by and talk to us as well."
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The official logo and T-shirt for 2013 MIAC Strike Out Prostate Cancer.

There are a number of visual cues that are intended to spark public interest - or questions - as well. For the third-straight year, all MIAC baseball players will wear light blue wristband during games that week. There is also a new logo incorporating the MIAC logo, MNPCC logo and light blue prostate cancer ribbon. Jacobsen's Saint Mary's team will again wear special blue jerseys in honor of the cause, and many schools will incorporate T-shirts this year.
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Those visuals are in place for a very strategic purpose. Seeing both competing teams wearing the same wristbands, or special jerseys or t-shirts has proven to spark curiosity throughout the stands, and that curiosity leads to questions and information, which helps accomplish one of the main missions of MIAC Strike Out Prostate Cancer Week.
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"The graphics people here at Saint Mary's did a great job designing the logo," Jacobsen said. "The idea with the T-shirts is they're more for the college demographic. Everyone likes getting T-shirts, and it's a way to get people talking about it. It's a way to get young men, and young women as well, thinking about the event and ways they can get involved.
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"Our blue wristbands and blue jerseys bring curiosities to people ... they see the materials and want to know why. It gets something in their mind, and it results with them finding answers, and then we accomplish our goal, which is exposing people to prostate cancer and the risks."
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Across the MIAC, each team hosting a game that week will follow the uniform plan of the week - the blue wristbands, collecting donations, providing information - but each has the freedom to put their own stamp on the event as well. Many have had prostate cancer survivors throw out a ceremonial first pitch or receive recognition, others have incorporated the T-shirts, and some have incorporate raffles and other giveaways, or other on-campus events throughout the week. Specifics will be available on the MIAC Web site throughout that week.
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"The schools have done a great job," Jacobsen said. "Bethel, Concordia and Augsburg have done a really great job promoting it and getting involved. I have great confidence in how the MIAC schools will approach it this year."
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Part of the 2013 imitative is an updated Web site dedicated to the event. The site not only explains the mission of MIAC Strike Out Prostate Cancer Week, but visitors can also donate to the cause directly on the site, view the game schedule, browse photo galleries or leave a comment in the guest book. The addition of online donations was an asset in 2012, and Jacobsen hopes fans visit the site and consider donating anytime during the month of April, even if they can't attend one of the games.
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Between those online efforts, the new partnership with the MNPCC and the work of all 11 MIAC teams at their home events during the week, the conference is certainly ready to play ball against prostate cancer for the third-straight season. Just having the message reach all the MIAC baseball student-athletes would be a home run in the fight against prostate cancer, with all additional fundraising and awareness serving as curtain call for the conference's efforts.
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"This will bring awareness to a younger population of males in Minnesota," Jacobsen said. "It's important to get it in the minds of college students so they're aware? before it's too late."
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Source: http://miac-online.org/news/2013/4/5/FEATURE_0405133203.aspx

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