First female SKorean president faces NKorea crisis

South Korea's new President Park Geun-hye delivers a speech during her inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Park took office as South Korea's first female president Monday, returning to the presidential mansion where she served as her dictator father's first lady three decades ago. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea's new President Park Geun-hye delivers a speech during her inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Park took office as South Korea's first female president Monday, returning to the presidential mansion where she served as her dictator father's first lady three decades ago. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea's new President Park Geun-hye takes an oath during her inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Park became South Korea's first female president Monday, returning to the presidential mansion where she grew up with her dictator father. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korean rapper PSY performs before President Park Geun-hye's presidential inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Park became South Korea's first female president Monday, returning to the presidential mansion where she grew up with her dictator father. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korean honor guards hold flags during a rehearsal of the 18th presidential inauguration ceremony inside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. South Korean President-elect Park Geun-hye's inauguration will be held on Feb. 25. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea's new President Park Geun-hye waves to supporters while leaving her private residence for her inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. Park has become South Korea's first female president and returned to the presidential mansion where she grew up with her dictator father. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Shin Jun-hee) KOREA OUT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? Park Geun-hye took office as South Korea's first female president Monday, returning to the presidential mansion she had known as the daughter of a dictator, and where she will respond to volatile North Korea, which tested a nuclear device two weeks ago.

Elected in December, Park also must answer victims of her father's 18-year dictatorship and address worries about a lack of jobs, a growing gap between rich and poor and a stagnant economy. There's pressure for her to live up to her campaign suggestion that she can return the country to the strong economic growth her father oversaw, the so-called Miracle on the Han River.

North Korea's underground atomic detonation tests her vow to soften Seoul's current hard-line approach to its northern rival. Park called the Feb. 12 test, the North's third since 2006, "a challenge to the survival and future of the Korean people" and said Pyongyang should abandon its nuclear ambitions and work for peace.

"There should be no mistake that the biggest victim will be none other than North Korea itself," Park said in her first speech as president during a ceremony where troops in formal uniforms shouted "loyalty" and fired cannons in salute.

At her inauguration, a band played a military march before a crowd of tens of thousands, including U.S. National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso. Before Park took her oath of office, South Korean superstar PSY performed his global hit "Gangnam Style." Children and the elderly alike joined him in the contagious horse-riding dance he made famous in the song's video.

As Park was sworn in as president, North Korea's state media continued their typical rhetoric against South Korea and the U.S. over annual military drills that Pyongyang says are an invasion rehearsal.

"The U.S. warmongers should think what consequence will be brought out for getting on the nerves of the DPRK, a dignified nuclear power," the North's main Rodong Sinmun newspaper said in a commentary carried by the official Korean Central News Agency. DPRK refers to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the North's official name. It warned the allies would "die in flames" if they start a northward invasion.

Pyongyang, Washington, Beijing and Tokyo are all watching to see if Park pursues an ambitious engagement policy meant to ease five years of animosity on the divided peninsula, or if she sticks with the tough stance of her fellow conservative predecessor, Lee Myung-bak.

Park's decision will likely set the tone of the larger diplomatic approach that Washington and others take in stalled efforts to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons ambitions.

"If Park Geun-hye wants to contain, the U.S. will support that," said Victor Cha, a former senior Asia adviser to President George W. Bush. "But if Park Geun-hye, months down the road, wants to engage, then the U.S. will go along with that too."

Park's first weeks in office will be complicated by North Korea's warning of unspecified "second and third measures of greater intensity," a threat that comes as Washington and others push for tightened U.N. sanctions as punishment for the nuclear test.

That test is seen as another step toward North Korea's goal of building a bomb small enough to be mounted on a missile that can hit the United States. The explosion, which Pyongyang called a response to U.S. hostility, triggered global outrage.

Park has said she won't yet change her policy, which was built with the high probability of provocations from Pyongyang in mind. But some aren't sure if engagement can work, given North Korea's choice of "bombs over electricity," as American scientist Siegfried Hecker puts it.

The economic aid and other benefits that North Korea would have received by "choosing electricity over bombs ... will be made much more difficult, if not impossible, for at least the next five years," Hecker, a regular visitor to North Korea, said in a posting on the website of Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation.

As she takes office, however, Park will be mindful that many South Koreans are frustrated at the state of inter-Korean relations after the Lee government's five-year rule, which saw the North conduct two nuclear tests and three long-range rocket launches. In addition, attacks blamed on North Korea that killed 50 South Koreans in 2010.

Park's policy calls for strong defense but also for efforts to build trust through aid shipments, reconciliation talks and the resumption of some large-scale economic initiatives as progress occurs on the nuclear issue. Park has also held out the possibility of a summit with new North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Park's last stint in the presidential Blue House was bookended by tragedy: At 22, she cut short her studies in Paris to return to Seoul and act as President Park Chung-hee's first lady after an assassin targeting her father instead killed her mother; she left five years later, in 1979, after her father was shot and killed by his spy chief during a drinking party.

Park's transition to power has been rocky, reflecting deep rifts in South Korea that many trace back to her father's dictatorship.

She began her first day as president with lawmakers deadlocked over her government restructuring plans, which include newly created or revamped ministries. Some of the people she has nominated for ministry posts have been accused of tax evasion, real estate speculation and ethical lapses.

Many of Park's nominations for top posts came as surprises, and she was criticized for relying only on a handful of close associates, and for being secretive.

Much has also been made of Park's role as a trailblazer for women in South Korea, which is still a largely male-dominated society. The income gap between men and women is the widest among the world's most developed countries. But Park gave only two of 18 Cabinet posts to women. Late liberal former President Roh Moo-hyun, Lee's predecessor, named four women to his Cabinet when he took over in 2003.

Park also has handed top jobs to people with ties with her late father, reviving claims in the campaign that she doesn't fully understand her father's complicated legacy. Park Chung-hee is both reviled as a dictator and human-rights abuser, and revered for leading South Korea from the economic rubble of the Korean War.

Critics have said Park Geun-hye's North Korea policy lacks specifics. They also question how far she can go given her conservative base's strong anti-Pyongyang sentiments.

But Park has previously confounded ideological expectations. She travelled to Pyongyang in 2002 and held private talks with the late Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor. During the often contentious presidential campaign, she responded to liberal criticism by reaching out to the families of victims of her father's dictatorship.

"I don't think this latest spike in the cycle of provocation and response undermines her whole platform of seeking to somehow re-engage the North," said John Delury, an analyst at Seoul's Yonsei University, noting that North Korea wants a return of large-scale aid and investment from South Korea.

Associated Press

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HBT: King Felix gets clean bill of health from M's

Remember all that talk about a right elbow issue potentially derailing the Mariners? new seven-year, $175 million contract?extension?with staff ace Felix Hernandez? Don?t feel too bad if not because it?s a distant memory for the two main parties involved.

According to Greg Johns of MLB.com, Mariners general manager?Jack Zduriencik told reporters on Wednesday that Felix got a ?clean bill of health? from Mariners doctors during his pre-signing physical. ?Our doctors were very satisfied,? said Jack Z.

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Verbatim: President Obama?s plan for early education

Statement as issued Thursday by the White House:

?In states that make it a priority to educate our youngest children ? studies show students grow up more likely to read and do math at grade level, graduate high school, hold a job, form more stable families of their own. We know this works. So let?s do what works and make sure none of our children start the race of life already behind.?

President Barack Obama

State of the Union, February 12, 2013

The beginning years of a child?s life are critical for building the early foundation needed for success later in school and in life. Leading economists agree that high-quality early learning programs can help level the playing field for children from lower-income families on vocabulary, social and emotional development, while helping students to stay on track and stay engaged in the early elementary grades. Children who attend these programs are more likely to do well in school, find good jobs, and succeed in their careers than those who don?t. And research has shown that taxpayers receive a high average return on investments in high-quality early childhood education, with savings in areas like improved educational outcomes, increased labor productivity, and a reduction in crime.

In his State of the Union address, President Obama called on Congress to expand access to high-quality preschool to every child in America. As part of that effort, the President will propose a series of new investments that will establish a continuum of high-quality early learning for a child ? beginning at birth and continuing to age 5. By doing so, the President would invest critical resources where we know the return on our dollar is the highest: in our youngest children.

? Providing High-Quality Preschool for Every Child: The President is proposing a new federal-state partnership to provide all low- and moderate-income four-year old children with high-quality preschool, while also expanding these programs to reach additional children from middle class families and incentivizing full-day kindergarten policies. This investment ? financed through a cost-sharing model with states ? will help close America?s school readiness gap and ensure that children have the chance to enter kindergarten ready for success.

? Growing the Supply of Effective Early Learning Opportunities for Young Children: To expand high-quality early learning opportunities in the years before preschool, the President will call for a significant investment in a new Early Head Start-Child Care partnership. Competitive grants will support communities that expand the availability of Early Head Start and child care providers that can meet the highest standards of quality for infants and toddlers, serving children from birth through age 3.

? Extending and Expanding Evidence-Based, Voluntary Home Visiting: Voluntary home visiting programs enable nurses, social workers, and other professionals to connect families to services and educational support that will improve a child?s health, development, and ability to learn. President Obama has already committed $1.5 billion to expand home visitation to hundreds of thousands of America?s most vulnerable children and families across all 50 states. The President will pursue substantial investments to expand these important programs to reach additional families in need.

The President?s Commitment to Early Education

A zip code should never predetermine the quality of any child?s educational opportunities. Yet studies show that children from low-income families are less likely to have access to high-quality early education, and less likely to enter school prepared for success. By third grade, children from low-income families who are not reading at grade level are six times less likely to graduate from high school than students who are proficient. Often, the high costs of private preschool and lack of public programs also narrow options for middle-class families.

High-quality early childhood education provides the foundation for all children?s success in school and helps to reduce achievement gaps. Despite the individual and economic benefits of early education, our nation has lagged in its commitment to ensuring the provision of high quality public preschool in our children?s earliest years. The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) estimates that the United States ranks 28th out of 38 countries for the share of four-year olds enrolled in early childhood education. And fewer than 3 in 10 four-year olds are enrolled in high-quality programs.

Preschool for All

? The President?s proposal will improve quality and expand access to preschool, through a cost sharing partnership with all 50 states, to extend federal funds to expand high-quality public preschool to reach all low- and moderate-income four-year olds from families at or below 200% of poverty. The U.S. Department of Education will allocate dollars to states based their share of four-year olds from low- and moderate-income families and funds would be distributed to local school districts and other partner providers to implement the program. The proposal would include an incentive for states to broaden participation in their public preschool program for additional middle-class families, which states may choose to reach and serve in a variety of ways, such as a sliding-scale arrangement.

? Funds will support states as they ensure that children are enrolled in high-quality programs. In order to access federal funding, states would be required to meet quality benchmarks that are linked to better outcomes for children, which include:

• State-level standards for early learning;
• Qualified teachers for all preschool classrooms; and
• A plan to implement comprehensive data and assessment systems.

Preschool programs across the states would meet common and consistent standards for quality across all programs, including:

• Well-trained teachers, who are paid comparably to K-12 staff;
• Small class sizes and low adult to child ratios;
• A rigorous curriculum;
• Comprehensive health and related services; and
• Effective evaluation and review of programs.

? The proposal also encourages states to expand the availability of full-day kindergarten. Only 6 out of 10 of America?s kindergarten students have access to a full day of learning. In order to ensure that our kindergartners spend the time they need in school to reach rigorous benchmarks and standards, funds under this program may also be used to expand full-day kindergarten once states have provided preschool education to low- and moderate-income four year-olds.

? Under the President?s proposal, investment in the federal Head Start program will continue to grow. The President?s plan will maintain and build on current Head Start investments, to support a greater share of infants, toddlers, and three-year olds in America?s Head Start centers, while state preschool settings will serve a greater share of four-year olds.

Quality Early Learning for Our Youngest Children

? The President will also launch a new Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership program, to support states and communities that expand the availability of Early Head Start and child care providers that can meet the highest standards of quality for infants and toddlers, serving children from birth through age 3. Funds will be awarded through Early Head Start on a competitive basis to enhance and support early learning settings; provide new, full-day, comprehensive services that meet the needs of working families; and prepare children for the transition into preschool. This strategy ? combined with an expansion of publicly funded preschool education for four-year olds ? will ensure a cohesive and well-aligned system of early learning for children from birth to age five.

? The President is proposing to expand the Administration?s evidence-based home visiting initiative, through which states are implementing voluntary programs that provide nurses, social workers, and other professionals to meet with at-risk families in their homes and connect them to assistance that impacts a child?s health, development, and ability to learn. These programs have been critical in improving maternal and child health outcomes in the early years, leaving long-lasting, positive impacts on parenting skills; children?s cognitive, language, and social-emotional development; and school readiness. This will help ensure that our most vulnerable Americans are on track from birth, and that later educational investments rest upon a strong foundation.

Building on Success

President Obama has committed to a comprehensive early learning agenda for America?s children that begins at birth and provides the support and services needed to set them on a path of success in school and in life:

? Race to the Top ? Early Learning Challenge: The Early Learning Challenge has rewarded 14 states that have agreed to raise the bar on the quality of their early childhood education programs, establish higher standards across programs and provide critical links with health, nutrition, mental health, and family support for our neediest children.

? Head Start and Early Head Start: President Obama has made historic investments in the Head Start and Early Head Start programs to reach an additional 61,000 children. Under the President?s leadership, enrollment in Early Head Start in particular has nearly doubled. The Obama Administration has also implemented needed reform in the Head Start program by identifying lower-performing grantees and ensuring that those failing to meet new, rigorous benchmarks face new competition for continued federal funding.

? Supporting our Federal Child Care System: The President has proposed new investments to expand access and quality in the Child Care and Development Block Grant.

Source: http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20130214/BLOGS01/130219749

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Cellular renewal process may underlie benefits of omega fatty acids

Feb. 13, 2013 ? A search for genes that change their levels of expression in response to nutrient deprivation has uncovered potential clues to the mechanism underlying the health benefits of omega fatty acids. In the Feb. 15 issue of Genes & Development, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers describe finding that feeding omega-6 fatty acids to C. elegans roundworms or adding them to cultured human cells activates a cellular renewal process called autophagy, which may be deficient in several important diseases of aging. A process by which defective or worn-out cellular components and molecules are broken down for removal or recycling, autophagy is also activated in metabolically stressful situations, allowing cells to survive by self-digesting nonessential components.

"Enhanced autophagy implies improved clearance of old or damaged cellular components and a more efficient immune response," says Eyleen O'Rourke, PhD, of MGH Molecular Biology, lead author of the report. "It has been suggested that autophagy can extend lifespan by maintaining cellular function, and in humans a breakdown in autophagic function may involved in diseases including inflammatory bowel disease, Parkinson's disease, and in a more complex way in cancer and metabolic syndrome."

O'Rourke is a research fellow in the laboratory of MGH investigator Gary Ruvkun, PhD, whose team investigates the development, longevity and metabolism of C.elegans. Ruvkun and other researchers have discovered that simple mutations in genetic pathways conserved throughout evolution can double or triple the lifespan of C. elegans and that similar mutations in the corresponding mammalian pathways also regulate lifespan. Many of these mutations also make animals resistant to starvation, suggesting that common molecular mechanisms may underlie both response to nutrient deprivation and the regulation of lifespan.

To find these mechanisms O'Rourke searched genomic databases covering many types of animals for shared genes that respond to fasting by changing their expression. She found that expression of the C. elegans gene lipl-4 increases up to seven times in worms not given access to nutrients. A transgenic strain that constantly expresses elevated levels of lipl-4, even when given full access to food, was found to have increased levels of arachidonic acid (AA), an omega-6, and eicosapentanoic acid (EPA), an omega-3 fatty acid and to resist the effects of starvation.

Following the implication that omega fatty acids stimulate a process leading to starvation resistance, the researchers found that feeding AA and another omega-6 fatty acid, but not EPA, activated autophagy in non-transgenic C. elegans with full access to nutrients. Since activation of autophagy has been shown to increase lifespan in several genetic models, the authors tested the effect of omega-6 fatty acids on C. elegans lifespan and found that roundworms consuming a full normal diet supplemented with omega-6 fatty acids lived 20 to 25 percent longer than usual.

Since dietary supplementation with both omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids has been shown to prevent or improve several human health conditions, the researchers tested the response of cultured human cells to omega fatty acid supplementation. As in C. elegans, the human cells responded to supplementation with the omega-6 acids, but not to EPA, by activation of autophagy, measured by levels of marker proteins. That result suggests that omega-6 acids induce autophagy across the full range of multicellular animal species. The researchers then showed that the lifespan-increasing properties of omega-6 fatty acids in C. elegans depend on the presence of genes required for autophagy.

"Almost all the mechanisms of lifespan extension studied until now -- sterility, insulin insensitivity, and caloric restriction -- have been shown to depend on activation of autophagy," says O'Rourke. "Our finding that omega-6 supplementation activated roundworms' cellular response to fasting -- namely autophagy -- even though the worms were eating normally suggests that consumption of omega-6 fatty acids may provide the benefits of caloric restriction without the need to limit food consumption. It also suggests that the reported benefits of omega-6 acids could depend in part on activation of an evolutionarily ancient program for surviving food deprivation."

O'Rourke and her co-authors note that many investigators and clinicians believe that omega-6 fatty acids -- commonly found in meats, poultry and vegetable oils -- may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, despite epidemiologic evidence that omega-6 consumption actually reduces cardiovascular risks. "We hope that our findings -- made by investigating the cellular responses of a 1-millimeter roundworm -- will lead the scientific and medical community to look back at all the epidemiologic, basic and clinical research data and to study the effects of omega-6 fatty acids on multiple types of human cells and live animals in order to gain better knowledge on how balanced intake of these nutrients benefits human health," she says.

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Magic F Turkoglu banned 20 games for steroids

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ? Orlando Magic forward Hedo Turkoglu was suspended 20 games by the NBA on Wednesday after testing positive for steroids.

The NBA said Turkoglu tested positive for methenolone, an anabolic steroid. He began serving the suspension Wednesday night as the Magic hosted the Atlanta Hawks.

Turkoglu took full responsibility for the positive test and apologized to the Magic organization, his fans and fellow teammates. He said he took medication from a trainer in Turkey this past summer to help him recover from a shoulder injury and mistakenly neglected to check it against the NBA's banned list.

"As a player this is the worst situation that you want to be in," Turkoglu said. "I'm just sorry to put the organization in this situation. ... I should have double-checked and researched and shouldn't be in this situation."

He is the eighth player suspended for performance-enhancing drugs under the NBA's drug testing policy. He is the second Magic player to be suspended for PED's under the policy in four years. Former Magic forward Rashard Lewis was suspended for 10 games in 2009 after testing positive for an elevated testosterone level.

Turkoglu said he was tested by the league in December and learned of the suspension Tuesday night. General manager Rob Hennigan said Turkoglu informed the team of the positive test a week ago.

Turkoglu sat out the Magic's past three games for what the team said were flu-like symptoms and a sore back. Hennigan said those ailments were legitimate and unrelated to the positive test.

It is the latest in a string of bad news for Turkoglu during the past year.

He missed 10 games at the end of last year's regular season for a fractured bone above his eye and then missed 28 straight games at the start of this season after breaking a bone in his hand. He's appeared in just 11 games in 2012-13, with only one start.

Turkoglu is in the third year of his second stint with the Magic. He is averaging 2.9 points, 2.1 assists and 2.4 rebounds, all down from his career numbers over the previous 12 seasons.

"It's been really nightmare," Turkoglu said. "It wasn't a really good year for me. Now I'm facing this. As a player, you face a lot of injuries. It just comes and goes. But this kind of situation, you don't want to put yourself in. This is the worst one I'm dealing with now."

Hennigan said he doesn't believe that there are any issues with the NBA's drug testing policy or the culture of the team in light of Lewis' previous test.

"Clearly we need to educate our players on what's safe to take and what not to take," he said. "We'll move forward. We don't support the decision he made, but we support Hedo."

After seeing his rotation disrupted throughout the season because of injuries, Magic coach Jacque Vaughn said there is no choice but to move on.

"There's a great thing called reality and you have to accept it," Vaughn said. "Today was an unfortunate reality and you accept it and move forward."

Turkoglu is making about $11.8 million this season. He has one more year remaining on his current deal, but it is only partially guaranteed. He was picked as the NBA's most improved player in 2008 while with Orlando.

Orlando went into the game with a 15-36 record in its first season of rebuilding following the departure of All-Star center Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers this past offseason.

Asked about Turkoglu's future, Hennigan said it is yet to be determined.

"I think we're going to get through this step. We'll worry about the summer when the summer comes," Hennigan said. "Contracts are what they are. We have to make decisions about a lot of different things in the summer and certainly the Hedo situation will be one of them. But we're not able to comment now on what the decision will be."

Turkoglu said he is focused on serving his suspension.

"I've had my best years in Orlando and I've tried to play as much as I can here. Certain situations are out of my hands," he said. "So like Rob said, we'll wait for the summer to come and we'll see what happens. Right now I want to deal with this and get it over as quick as I can."

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/magic-f-turkoglu-banned-20-games-steroids-212021449--spt.html

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Brad Feld buys KC house with Google Fiber, opens contest to live in it

The Kansas City Startup Village has a new homeowner in its Google Fiber-equipped neighborhood, and it's a venture capitalist with a penchant for startup communities.

On Monday, serial entrepreneur, investor and author Brad Feld?(left) closed on a home, and today he's launching a competition that will put five entrepreneurs in the house with access to Google's 1-gigabit internet and free rent.

The three-bedroom house, located in the Kansas City, Kan. neighborhood of Hanover Heights ? the first with Google Fiber ? will host entrepreneurs interested in taking advantage of the ultra-fast internet. Entrepreneurs will be selected for the "innovative potential of their startups and their companies' ability to leverage Google Fiber," according to a Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation?press release today.

Though Feld himself won't be living in the house, he promises to "take a personal interest" in the selected startups, offering to provide feedback and advice.

Feld said in a written statement Tuesday that with this purchase he's putting the thesis of his recent book, "Startup Communities," into action by "directly supporting a startup community that sees endless opportunities ahead." Feld's book presents the "Boulder Thesis," a four-point outline of the startup community that he helped establish in Boulder, Colo.

"The winners will have access to Google Fiber and a neighborhood and city brimming with startup activity," Feld said. "They can take advantage of the many entrepreneurial programs and events offered by the Kauffman Foundation."

The Kansas City Startup Village is a grassroots group ran by startup founders?who moved into the Hanover Heights neighborhood in October. Today,?more than a dozen startups?have offices in the neighborhood.

Feld's purchase of a home for entrepreneurs interested in Google Fiber follows the act of Kansas City resident Ben Barreth?(right)?last year, who cashed in his retirement account in order to do the same. Barreth shared his project, "Home for Hackers,"?on Feld's "Startup Revolution" site in October, to which Feld replied: "I?love this idea. Ben - I'm totally game to get involved and figure out how to help."

Though we can't report Barreth's post eventually set in motion the series of events that led to Feld's decision to purchase the house, we've reached out to Feld to learn more of the backstory and we'll provide updates as we get them.

For a shot at living and working in Feld's "Fiberhouse," apply at?kcfeldhouse2013.istart.org?by March 22. Applicants must be at least 18 years old. Along with Feld, Scott Case of Startup America Partnership, David Cohen of TechStars and Lesa Mitchell of the Kauffman Foundation will judge the applicants.

For more on the KC Startup Village, see our story: "Grassroots KC Startup Village fuels high hopes amid uncertain outcomes".

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Credits:?Brad Feld photo courtesy of Feld. Ben?Barreth photo from linkedin.com.

Source: http://www.siliconprairienews.com/2013/02/brad-feld-buys-kc-house-with-google-fiber-opens-contest-to-live-in-it

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Community health workers help type 2 diabetes care

Feb. 11, 2013 ? Researchers who conducted a clinical trial in American Samoa to test whether community health workers could help adults with type 2 diabetes found that the patients who received the intervention were twice as likely to make a clinically meaningful improvement as those who remained with care only in the clinic. The results appear in the journal Diabetes Care.

Newly published results from a randomized controlled clinical trial in the Pacific U.S. territory of American Samoa add clear evidence for the emerging idea that community health workers can meaningfully improve type 2 diabetes care in medically underserved communities.

In the U.S. territory, 21.5 percent of adults have type 2 diabetes. Meanwhile, 58 percent of families are below the U.S. poverty level. The research team, led by public health researchers from Brown and The Miriam Hospital, wanted to test whether four trained local community health workers led by a nurse case-manager could extend the reach of the territory's limited medical staff.

For their study, published online in the journal Diabetes Care, the team recruited 268 Samoans with type 2 diabetes and randomly assigned them, according to their villages, into two groups: One panel received a personal, culturally tailored intervention from community health workers, and one group continued with only their usual primary care.

After a year, members of the group that received the intervention were twice as likely as those in the usual care group to have made a clinically significant improvement in blood glucose levels, the researchers found.

"This approach of using community health workers and home visits can work to help individuals better manage their diabetes," said Stephen McGarvey, professor of epidemiology (research) at Brown University, a co-author and principal investigator of the study. "This adds to the small list of randomized trials designed to look at the efficacy of community health workers to help underserved patients."

Cultural context

For the intervention group, the community health workers trained by the researchers and led by the nurse would visit each patient's home or workplace either weekly, monthly or quarterly depending on the patient's level of health risk from the disease. The workers would test and explain blood glucose readings, remind patients to keep up with medicines and doctors' clinic visits, and lead educational discussions about diet and exercise based on educational materials developed by the research team. If patients were having problems caring for themselves, the workers were trained to help them solve the problems.

Patients could choose from a menu of eight topics for their educational discussions.

The basic model for the intervention came from the successful "Project Sugar 2" trial in Baltimore, but study lead author Judith DePue of The Miriam and Brown said she and her team made many cultural adaptations after conducting extensive ethnographic research, including focus groups with patients.

The educational materials were in both English and Samoan. The foods and activities represented in the text and visuals were familiar and accessible in the territory's culture. All the community health workers were local residents, and the community health worker visits were free of charge (DePue's research found that even small co-pays were deterring some of the territory's residents from seeking primary care).

"We really needed to make it work in this setting," DePue said. "The adaptation that we did, we think, was part of why it was successful."

The study's main measure of that success was a blood glucose level called HbA1c. At the beginning of the study the average level in the intervention group was 9.6 percent and in the traditional care group was 10 percent. After a year, the intervention group members brought levels down to 9.3 percent on average, while among the traditional care group the average level remained at 10 percent.

Meanwhile, more than 42 percent of patients in the intervention group were able to reduce their HbA1c level by more than half a percentage point, a reduction that diabetes researchers consider clinically significant.

The researchers acknowledge that 9.3 percent is still much higher than the goal recommended by the American Diabetes Association of less than 7 percent. Still, the greatest improvements in the study occurred among the highest-risk patients who received the most frequent community health worker interactions. Future work in this resource-poor setting, DePue said, may need more sustained support or a more comprehensive approach.

But McGarvey and DePue said the overall results should encourage health officials to consider community health worker models for diabetes 2 care in areas, from Baltimore to American Samoa, where physician's office care has not proven to be enough.

"We believe the findings here may also be generalizable to other diabetes patients in resource-poor and high-risk populations," they wrote in Diabetes Care. "This study adds to the growing body of evidence showing community health workers ability to improve diabetes outcomes and related behaviors."

In addition to McGarvey and DePue, other authors on the study are Shira Dunsiger and Rochelle Rosen of Brown and The Miriam Hospital; Andrew Seiden of Brown; Jeffrey Blume of Vanderbilt University; Michael Goldstein of the VHA National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; and Oferia Nu'solia, and John Tuitele of the Tafuna Clinic of the American Samoa Department of Health.

The National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disorders funded the study with grant R18-DK075371.

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What?s on Your CEO?s Mind? Dr. John Lechleiter To Deliver Xavier University Keynote Address

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Xavier University, Cincinnati

Just across the river from my home state of Kentucky, Cincinnati boasts every manner of?well-respected icons of?academia, all framed against the Ohio River. Xavier University is one of the nation?s finest, and today?s guest post highlights Dr. Marla Phillips, Ph.D., Director of Health Initiatives at Xavier University, talking through their plans for an important conference early next month. If you haven?t made St. Patrick?s Day plans yet and you?re interested in biopharmaceutical innovation, consider putting Cincinnati?s PharmaLink on your list?

"In the 7 years I worked for Merck, I saw our CEO three times. ?Each time was so memorable as it framed where our company was going based on global economic factors, pipeline strategy, and maximizing our strengths internally.? This high level strategy helped make sense of the decisions we were making on a daily basis.? It showed us the picture of the completed puzzle and how we as pieces all fit in.? So I challenge you: how well do you know where your CEO is headed and what is on the forefront of his or her mind?? It might help you make sense of your job!

We?re excited to host one of the most influential thought leaders in the biopharmaceutical industry here at Xavier in just over a month, as Eli Lilly CEO and Xavier alum Dr. John Lechleiter joins us on campus to deliver the keynote address on ?Painting the Future of Innovation?.? The 4^th annual FDA co-sponsored Xavier University PharmaLink Conference will highlight what?s necessary for the United States to maintain its status as a leader in innovation ? and why that leadership is critical to patients.

When I left Merck, I was very passionate about the dysfunction I saw between biopharmaceutical companies and their suppliers and contract manufacturers ? basically, ?I?m right, and you need to do it my way.? ??I find that the neutral ground of the university has led to unbelievably collaborative conversations?our speakers have literally said ?this is how I contribute to the problem?, instead of ?everyone else is wrong and they need to change?.? PharmaLink is one of the only conferences in the world where the agenda is so intensely designed and our hand-selected speakers orchestrate content that will make a difference.

Dr. Lechleiter will be joined by colleagues from around the world taking a deeper dive on topics that influence the biopharmaceutical industry, including

• Hussain Mooraj:? Accenture, presents on the Future of Pharma
• Steve Solomon:? FDA Office of the Commissioner, presents ?Beyond our Borders? and will join ?The FDA Safety and Innovation Act Workshop?
• Global Regulators:? MHRA, Swissmedic, and Fimea will present inspection findings and trends, new EU directives, and future expectations.
• Pfizer, Amgen, and Eli Lilly:? speakers will dive deep on topics to share working models for implementation

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Cincinnati is a great destination ? come join us! Register today with the following link:? www.XavierPharmaLink.com."

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Gun violence prevention experts call for more physician involvement

Feb. 11, 2013 ? A new commentary in the Annals of Internal Medicine from researchers with The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research and University of California, Davis, calls for more physician engagement in the current gun policy dialogue.

"Physicians are an important source of information for the public and a valued constituency for policymakers," said lead author Shannon Frattaroli, a faculty member with the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. "They are uniquely poised to be at the forefront of gun violence prevention efforts."

Frattaroli, along with co-author Garen Wintemute, an emergency medicine physician at UC Davis Medical Center and the Baker-Teret Chair in Violence Prevention at UC Davis, outline five strategies for physician engagement on the issue:

• Physician as Clinician: The majority of gun violence victims die as a result of suicide. Physicians can work to ensure mental health treatment is available and support policies that restrict or limit new gun purchases among those at risk.
• Physicians' Role in Managing Fear: As fear figures prominently in decisions people make about guns and in policy debates, there's an opportunity for physicians, who are used to helping patients manage fears, to bring those skills to the current conversation on guns.

• Physician as Researcher: On Jan. 16, President Obama directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct research into the causes and consequences of gun violence, reversing the agency's 17-year silence on gun violence prevention research. Physicians can help assure that money is appropriated, and contribute to the future research agenda.
• Physician as Policy Advocate: As advocates and leaders, physicians can use their collective "raised voices" to influence Congress to consider new policies to prevent deaths from gun violence.
• Physician as Leader: Physicians can talk and write about their interactions with patients and colleagues, and lead by example in statehouses and halls of Congress.

"Most people who die from gunshot wounds do so at the shooting site and never make it to the hospital. More or better treatment is unlikely to yield the greatest reductions in gun deaths," Wintemute said. "Gun violence is a public-health problem requiring a greater emphasis on prevention. Physicians, on behalf of their patients and their communities, can add much to the current policy discussions."

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Black Keys, Fun., Gotye and Skrillex big winners as Mumford & Sons take Album of the Year.
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Fundraising for Sports Field Hits Home Stretch

WHEELING - Mayor Andy McKenzie is certain the J.B. Chambers Recreation Park planned for East Wheeling will open sometime this summer, although he said the city still needs to raise more than a half-million dollars to fully fund the estimated $3 million project.

"I want the field done by summer, so we need to raise the money quickly. ... It will be open this summer," McKenzie said.

Although he's confident the city's final fundraising push will be successful, he did not rule out using taxpayer money to meet that self-imposed deadline and reimbursing city coffers as additional private donations are collected.

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Between $500,000 and $600,000 is still needed to complete fundraising for the future J.B. Chambers Recreation Park in East Wheeling, according to Mayor Andy McKenzie.

City Council took a similar approach with the project's early phases, spending about $1.2 million for design, the purchase of properties on the city block bounded by 15th, 16th, Wood and McColloch streets and demolition of the buildings on them.

It remains McKenzie's goal to pay for the park - which will include an artificial turf field suitable for multiple sports, two basketball courts and brand new playground equipment - entirely with private contributions.

Though the mayor said the city has received multiple large donations and pledges in writing - all of which he noted are $50,000 or larger - a $750,000 gift from the J.B. Chambers Foundation has been the only publicly announced donation toward the project to date.

According to McKenzie, no donor thus far has asked to remain anonymous. And while he's not prepared to release their identities just yet, he stressed he wants to eventually recognize those who have contributed to the project.

He offered one example, a donor he said contributed about $500,000 toward the project. When adding that donation to the Chambers donation, the city will have needed to raise an additional $1.25 million to be $500,000 from its goal.

"I want to make a big deal of that support, because we couldn't have done it without this person," McKenzie said.

The mayor said there hasn't been much discussion about the timing of such announcements, noting his priorities are finishing the fundraising effort and keeping the city as a whole financially sound.

"We may announce them individually, we may announce them collectively. ... It could be the day we break ground that we'll announce them, it could be tomorrow," McKenzie said of the donors.

He said every contribution pledged thus far has come from individuals, businesses and foundations.

"No churches, though," McKenzie said. "Of course, we've not asked any churches, either."

One of the issues surrounding the project has been allegations the field is being built primarily for the benefit of Wheeling Central Catholic High School, operated by the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. After months of rumors, the accusation was raised in open court when three property owners attempted to block the city's use of eminent domain powers to secure their homes.

However, now-retired Circuit Judge Arthur Recht dismissed those claims based on lack of evidence, calling them "naked allegations" based on "gossip and innuendo" during a hearing last January.

He ultimately affirmed the city's right of entry to the properties and ruled the city could proceed with the project.

Last month, Wheeling Central football coach Mike Young announced a partnership with Wheeling Jesuit University that is likely to result in the Maroon Knights playing their home games at the university's James LaRosa Field, possibly by this fall, and indicated the school is involved in helping the university raise money toward an estimated $2 million in planned renovations to that facility.

Before construction on the East Wheeling sports field can proceed, American Electric Power still must relocate some of the utility lines that lead to its substation near the project site. Once that's done, demolition contractor Edgco Inc., the city's demolition contractor, can return to the site, fill in the foundations of the razed buildings and level the site in preparation for the field to be built.

In addition to what McKenzie said will be the only artificial turf field in the Ohio Valley open for the public's general use, the park will feature two basketball courts and a brand new, centrally located playground to replace the equipment at the former Elks Playground that was removed during demolition.

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NERF Rebelle hands-on: foam arrows and AR for secretly vicious little girls

Look, we loved what Hasbro did with Lazer Tag last year. But, let's be honest, that thing was pure testosterone. We're not saying the ladies couldn't get down, but the alien-blasting AR solo games weren't exactly designed with little girls in mind. Rebelle ditches the lasers for NERF arrows and slaps a supposedly female-friendly coat of purple and pink paint on the whole thing. While the blasters still operate without the optional Mission Central App cradle ($15), it's once you get the whole kit together that things really start to fall into place. The attachment lets you drop in an iPhone (4, 4S or 5) and fire up the free companion app. (And don't worry Google fans, an Android version of the app along with a universal mount are also in the works.) Rather than focus on solo games and individual competition, the Rebelle Mission Central app encourages kids to form squads and compete not just for supremacy over their friends but also for in-game perks, like accessories for their avatars. Those virtual personas can be completely customized, allowing girls to fully embrace their secret agent fantasies.Of course, you can also document your foam-arrow battles and share them.

The blasters themselves are pretty standard NERF fare and all some basic variation on a crossbow design. The rotating barrel Crossbow ($25) has a pump-action and a rail for installing the cradle, a feature that's not on some of the smaller models like the pocketable, single-shot Sneak Attackers. The other model currently slated for cradle compatibility is the Heartbreaker Bow ($20), which sticks with a more traditional bow and arrow design and has a dash more wickedness to the design than some of the other blasters. The whole Rebelle line is expected to hit shelves in the fall -- so little brothers beware.

Gallery: NERF Rebelle hands-on

Edgar Alvarez contributed to this report.

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America's Most (And Least) Literate Cities: 24/7 Wall St.

24/7 Wall St.:

For the third year in a row, Washington, D.C., was rated the most literate city in the United States, with Seattle and Minneapolis close behind. That is according to a study conducted by Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) of the literacy of the nation?s largest cities.

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Water Views At The Riviera Condominium In Port Jefferson Long ...

Nestled in Port Jefferson?Long Island, in The Town of Brookhaven,?The Riviera?is a private Condo?community on the North Shore of Eastern Long Island.

The Riviera?can be?reached by the Long Island Expressway to the Nicolls?Road Exit and North to Route 25A?to Oakwood Road.? Opened in the 1970?s?and continued through the 1980?s, the Condos at The Riviera?were designed?with a contemporary?design.

There are attached Ranch floor?plans, and 2 story townhouse?units.?This community is unique because?it was built with no Condo?backing up on another. This?creates more privacy for?each homeowner, and the complex has?a private community pool and deck for the enjoyment of the homeowners too.?

Each unit at this established community of?The Riviera in Port Jefferson?has a 1 or 2 car garage, and some residences have a basement.? The common ground area landscaping is maintained by the?community and snow is removed up to your door.? The homeowner?s are responsible for their own landscaping around their unit for individual plantings?that is set among?pretty?mature landscaping.

Port Jefferson Long Island is a popular day-trip destination.? It?s home to American?s earliest shipbuilders and the Village boasts a deep water harbor, historic homes and a vibrant downtown area. For more information and all there is to offer, call the?Chamber of Commerce at?631-473-1414.?

The Riviera Condo?is?positioned?within easy access into New York City from the Port Jefferson Long Island Railroad Station located at?Route 112, Main Street and Oakland Avenue.? It is?approximately 59 miles?from Mid-Town Manhattan. There are monthly common charges and also Local and Village taxes for homeownership.

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U.N. chief condemns attack on Iran dissidents in Iraq

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned a deadly attack on an Iranian dissident camp in the Iraqi capital early on Saturday and demanded an investigation by Iraqi authorities.

"(Ban) strongly condemns the mortar attack today on Camp Liberty, the temporary transit facility near Baghdad for former residents of Camp Ashraf," his press office said in a statement.

At least five people were killed and more than 25 wounded in the rocket attack, police sources said.

"The Secretary-General calls on the Government of Iraq, which is responsible for the safety and security of residents of both Camp Liberty and Camp Ashraf, to promptly and fully investigate the incident and bring perpetrators to justice," it said.

The Iranian dissident group Mujahadin-e-Khalq (MEK) said six people including a woman died after its camp was hit by mortars and missiles, while the U.N. mission in Iraq said it was aware of a number of deaths.

The MEK calls for the overthrow of Iran's clerical leaders and fought alongside the forces of former Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein in the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.

It is now seeking to recast itself as an Iranian opposition force but is no longer welcome in Iraq under the Shi'ite Muslim-led government that came to power after U.S.-led forces invaded and toppled Saddam in 2003.

The MEK has long criticized Ban's envoy in Iraq, Martin Kobler, accusing him of playing down problems with the group's facilities at their new temporary location at Camp Liberty. The United Nations has dismissed the criticism.

The statement said Ban "reiterates the United Nations' strong commitment to continue its longstanding efforts to facilitate a peaceful and durable solution for the residents of both Camp Liberty and Camp Ashraf."

In April 2011, 34 people were killed at Camp Ashraf, located in Diyala province, after Iraqi security forces moved against them, according to a U.N. investigation.

(Reporting By Louis Charbonneau; Editing by Doina Chiacu)

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