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Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:28:50 -0700 Universal speech translator app ready for Olympics http://opiolose.posterous.com/universal-speech-translator-app-ready-for-oly http://opiolose.posterous.com/universal-speech-translator-app-ready-for-oly

Jacob Aron, technology reporter

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In one month's time, millions of tourists from across the world will descend on London for the 2012 Olympics, creating the perfect test bed for a new speech translation iPhone app.

The app, dubbed VoiceTra4U-M, is a bit of a mouthful to say, but lets people converse with foreigners in their own language. It was developed by the Universal Speech Translation Advanced Research Consortium (U-STAR), which is made up of researchers from 23 different countries, and supports full voice translation for 13 different languages, with text translation for a further 10.

Users can share a single iPhone to speak face-to-face or make phone calls to anyone else using the app. In both cases the translation takes place on remote servers, introducing a slight delay to the conversation.

Google launched a similar speech translation app last year, but U-STAR's version has a few differences. The app runs on a completely open platform, meaning that any country can run its own server to provide translations for its local language, and up to five people can converse at once, each in their own language - theoretically the system supports any number of people, but U-STAR has capped the app to reduce server load.

U-STAR has also initially focused on translating words and phrase related to tourism, making it 80 to 90 per cent accurate versus Google's 40 to 60 per cent accuracy - though of course, this falls if you want to discuss a topic not covered by the app.

The app will soon be available for free from the App Store and U-STAR hopes that tourists visiting the UK will use it during the Olympics, allowing the researchers to gather experimental data and improve the service.

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Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:33:26 -0700 ZapDUDE! ? Blog Archive ? Learning From ESPN Horse Racing http://opiolose.posterous.com/zapdude-blog-archive-learning-from-espn-horse http://opiolose.posterous.com/zapdude-blog-archive-learning-from-espn-horse

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Horse racing is one of the biggest spectator sports in existence today. Some people may define Horse racing as gambling, but in fact, it has always been a sport for the competitors.

When you take a look at history, you will find out that the people who first raced horses did not do so for money, people used to race horses because of pride. They wanted to prove that they are superior to their opponents. Do you want proof that horse racing is indeed a sport? Then you should take a look at the ESPN horse racing index.

Many people are surprised when they learn that ESPN even has a horse racing index. This just goes to show you that not many people think that horse racing is still a sport. The ESPN horse racing index, however, is proof to the fact that horse racing does have a place in the world of sports.

Just what can you learn from the ESPN horse racing index?

Of course, you can find news about horse racing in the ESPN horse racing index. These bits of news tell what goes on in the track and what you need to watch out for. This news can also help a gambler determine his pick. This is because of the fact that the news on ESPN horse racing index tells of the latest events which could significantly affect various races.

In the ESPN horse racing index, you can also find news regarding rising stars of the track. Through the ESPN horse racing index, you can keep an eye on these horses and try to see how they could affect you horse racing experience. The news in the ESPN horse racing index also shows recent events which could affect you. They show the condition of various horses. They report any injury which could affect race results drastically.

In the ESPN horse racing index, you can also find the results of various races. This makes knowing results very convenient for you. There are people who like betting on horse racing but they may not have time to go out to the track and watch the race. Some just go to the track to bet and wait for the results to be announced later. Through the ESPN horse racing index, you can know if you should go down to the track to collect your cash or if you should just stay at home and try to forget that you even betted.

Several links can also be found in the ESPN horse racing index. These links could link you to horse trainers who can help condition your horses for a race, or they could link you to a track and allow you to bet through the internet. There are also links which may lead to information concerning horse races which you might not find in the ESPN horse racing index.

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Mon, 25 Jun 2012 04:33:32 -0700 iOS users are savvy. Android Users Don't Know Enough to Matter http://opiolose.posterous.com/ios-users-are-savvy-android-users-dont-know-e http://opiolose.posterous.com/ios-users-are-savvy-android-users-dont-know-e "If you put all these studies together, it suggests that Android users:
Are not tech savvy
Never use wifi
Never do Web browsing
Never update their operating system"

How could you read that and then decide that it is a good piece to support your argument that Android is terrible?

That's probably the stupidest thing I've seen written by an Apple fan regarding Android and I've read all your posts.

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Sun, 24 Jun 2012 09:34:14 -0700 University financing an anti-white ad http://opiolose.posterous.com/university-financing-an-anti-white-ad http://opiolose.posterous.com/university-financing-an-anti-white-ad This transcript is automatically generated

As we -- segment tonight here is the Fox News anchor and radio talk show host you know it's insane when I bring you one.

To give some -- stability.

I'm not I got an honest about -- we are it's really that big it's.

Hard to book did a lot of eyes on audible desktop but I -- now -- rely on you for sanity.

A -- one by one.

One by one okay Nancy Pelosi saying it's not about the Terry family and the death of the agent it's about voter suppression.

-- Probably okay that's all you need to say but you have to add that remember it was not the attorney general who said it and it was not the president of the United States Hussein it was Nancy Pelosi who -- the next speaker of the -- thought.

But you you are or forever now -- just for the record -- For -- probably insane.

OK number two a stretch.

Number two I like probably in saying that happen.

Race car.

Issue is -- relevant.

-- anything wrong they're after him because he's black insane.

It is hard to avoid the optics -- and you know you what -- fixed the optics of -- the first black attorney general noise in congress when they say that's good Catholic -- in its first black attorney general the united -- that optics being questioned by 22 white guys and one southern woman 43 people.

And there are deciding hey today and they are cited for contempt of congress for the first -- and answer this I I think it is optics it is bad PR that's what.

That's a Dutch.

Is there any validity.

-- in your -- asked me that all right he's yeah he's been a little slimy lawyer Barack why Islam is there any validity.

To the charge that trying to get information for the Terry family.

Is race driven.

No thank you know -- thank you were all -- Okay there would get you got it down -- our race card being played -- I'm used to it and it's like you you have to get more used to -- I'm not gonna get more have a situation here with the incumbent president the first African American president.

Leads among.

Asian American and we know we know what TI we and I demographic so proud American Airlines and -- was natural and governor Mitt Romney leads.

Among our white Americans tune of one white -- also get used to the -- let let me break to see politics in America is now going to be -- increasingly about race Lamotte reports and let -- great to see John F.

Kennedy led among.

Catholics and Irish Americans it's natural.

All right but when it bleeds over into legitimate issues like finding out what happens of the Terry -- knows -- their son died.

Then we have to draw the line.

Okay I think that's it that's that's where I'm gonna go on that with you now university of Minnesota don't you want to conclude what's your concluding statement.

My concluding statement is.

Holder should turn over the documents so the Terry Finley knows what happened to their son you don't disagree that I don't this -- I think anyone disagrees thank you.

How are all right are are out.

University of -- prosecutor in the -- that I am the university of Minnesota financing.

-- and this -- it's so hot humid in New York go.

What do you mean we're lucky he went.

It's not -- this privilege where countless people -- God's will not a color.

Privilege that we don't get -- and we will be delivering -- that we don't get unless security let me go shopping -- Olbermann weren't around me her --

So yeah.

-- for this season and our side.

Privilege and that some things.

Parts wise university Minnesota.

Running anything about white privilege.

Well I think that they make maybe the PSA makes a point that is a valid point.

In the same way that the Berkeley students who had bake sales and they -- white students twice as much as black students to make the point.

That affirmative action was wrong and inherently unfair but I think they both have dug up point to make -- well unfortunately the point as you see it.

All of this video at the university of Minnesota what is the what is the point you know I I -- I'm the head of diversity to coach here diversity of my kids school and I said to them.

When they were talking about white privilege that when I'm with Bill O'Reilly and -- gonna mention white privilege his that's gonna blow up.

Because white privilege.

You know which exists I mean people you know -- I did not being stopped and frisked at nearly the raid and all the rest of the problems that come with being black in America of being brown and America those are realities what is unfortunate -- I'm -- the -- example and this university of Minnesota at -- example is they are exacerbating.

A situation with no real benefit why.

Who is gonna watch this PSA and suddenly say aha I never thought -- that white people you know have a leg up on black people in this country.

I think all it does is aggravate -- situation.

It's not very helpful -- the cake -- bake sale very helpful I think that people who.

Kind of rub salt in what is really.

The most pressing domestic issue I still believe that I mean economy is certainly the didn't -- social logically.

Race is still very very big deal of.

And and it's a very very -- good analysis and I've always said and written in my books that is much more difficult to be a black person in America.

And Asian and Hispanic -- and his wife I think that is -- But as you said to try to Foster hatred or resentment.

He is wrong and anti American now I gotta go so you can see they -- Mets yankees.

And thank god.

That's -- that's okay well grave right now two out of 30 all right around the block you need to trim -- yeah I was -- his city law which we Unionists studio.

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Sun, 24 Jun 2012 07:38:00 -0700 Alan Turing's breakthrough machine gets a loving Lego tribute (video) http://opiolose.posterous.com/alan-turings-breakthrough-machine-gets-a-lovi http://opiolose.posterous.com/alan-turings-breakthrough-machine-gets-a-lovi

Alan Turing's breakthrough machine gets a loving Lego tribute

In the world of technology, having one of your inventions rendered in Lego form is the equivalent of a musician being parodied by Weird Al -- it's a sign you've truly made it and tribute to your influence. So, we're more than a little surprised to see that it's taken this long for the Turing Machine to be lovingly built from plastic bricks. The heart of this simple logic device is a Lego Mindstorms NXT set, but the soul is in Alan Turing's genius -- a man who was before his time and unjustly persecuted for failing to properly fit into society's molds. Dutch researchers Jeroen van den Bosand and Davy Landman built the device as a tribute to Turing, who would have celebrated his 100th birthday this Saturday. If you're in Amsterdam you can see the machine yourself at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica's Turings Erfenis exhibit. Or, you can watch the short explanatory video after the break.

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Sat, 23 Jun 2012 15:45:22 -0700 Common blood pressure drug linked to severe GI problems http://opiolose.posterous.com/common-blood-pressure-drug-linked-to-severe-g http://opiolose.posterous.com/common-blood-pressure-drug-linked-to-severe-g Thursday, June 21, 2012

Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered an association between a commonly prescribed blood pressure drug, Olmesartan, and severe gastrointestinal issues such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weight loss and electrolyte abnormalities -- symptoms common among those who have celiac disease. The findings are published online today in the medical journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

From 2008-11, Mayo Clinic physicians treated 22 patients with symptoms similar to celiac disease, including intestinal inflammation and abnormalities. Patients came from 17 states, and some had been diagnosed with celiac disease. They had chronic diarrhea and weight loss; the median weight loss was 39 pounds, and one patient lost 125 pounds. Fourteen of the 22 were hospitalized because of the severity of their symptoms. When given a blood test, however, these patients didn't come back with results typical of celiac disease. They also didn't respond to treatments such as gluten-free diets.

After examining their medications, Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist Joseph Murray, M.D., pulled several of the patients off Olmesartan. Their symptoms dramatically improved. Eventually, all 22 were taken off the drug, and all showed improvement. Eighteen of the 22 patients had intestinal biopsies after stopping the medication and showed improvement.

"We thought these cases were celiac disease initially because their biopsies showed features very like celiac disease, such as inflammation," says Dr. Murray, the lead author. "What made them different was they didn't have the antibodies in their blood that are typical for celiac disease."

Olmesartan -- prescribed for the treatment of hypertension, or high blood pressure -- works by blocking substances that tighten blood vessels, allowing blood to flow more smoothly and the heart to pump more efficiently, according to the U.S. National Library on Medicine.

"It's really an awareness issue. We want doctors to be aware of this issue, so if they see a patient who is having this type of syndrome -- they think about medications as a possible association," Dr. Murray says. "We've reported an association. What needs to be known next is the science to understand why there is such an association."

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Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:45:13 -0700 For Miami Heat fans, promise fulfilled http://opiolose.posterous.com/for-miami-heat-fans-promise-fulfilled http://opiolose.posterous.com/for-miami-heat-fans-promise-fulfilled

Miami Heat fans celebrate the Heat win against Oklahoma City Thunder in the Little Havana area of Miami, Friday, June after Game 5 of the NBA finals basketball series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Friday, June 22, 2012, The Heat won 121-106 to become the 2012 NBA Champions. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Miami Heat fans celebrate the Heat win against Oklahoma City Thunder in the Little Havana area of Miami, Friday, June after Game 5 of the NBA finals basketball series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Friday, June 22, 2012, The Heat won 121-106 to become the 2012 NBA Champions. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Fans crowd outside AmericanAirlines Arena after the Miami Heat won Game 5 of the NBA finals basketball series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Thursday, June 21, 2012, in Miami. The Heat won 121-106 to become the 2012 NBA Champions. (AP Photo/CX Matiash)

Miami Heat fan George Gonzalez shows his support before Game 5 of the NBA finals basketball series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Thursday, June 21, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Miami Heat fan Nelson Gomez carries his homemade the Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy before Game 5 of the NBA finals basketball series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Thursday, June 21, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Miami Heat fan Rick Ramirez cheers the team before Game 5 of the NBA finals basketball series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Thursday, June 21, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

(AP) ? As the Miami Heat's lead skyrocketed Thursday night from 5 just after halftime to an insurmountable 24 by the end of the third quarter, their fans outside the AmericanAirlines Arena decided it was time to celebrate the team's second NBA championship in six years.

The thousands gathered in bars, restaurants and a park near the arena screamed in joy late Thursday as the Heat dropped one 3-pointer after another. Fans used the fourth quarter to get an early start on their party as they watched their team coast to a 121-106 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Heat won the series in five games.

The promise made to South Florida fans 23 months earlier when LeBron James and Chris Bosh added their talents to Dwyane Wade's had arrived.

"We're bringing the championship home to Miami. LeBron promised us a ring and he got us our ring," said Ivine Mulkey, 32.

Orlando Hernandez, 33, noted it had been a team effort, with major Game 5 contributions coming from supporting players Mike Miller, Mario Chalmers and Shane Battier.

"This is the best game they've ever had ? the best final. It's unbelievable how they stepped up. It's not just one person. It's everybody," Hernandez said.

As the game ended, the fans from the neighborhood bars pushed happily toward the arena, meeting those leaving the game to jump, whoop and holler. They banged pots and pans and blew whistles. Championship shirts were sold, and special editions of The Miami Herald were handed out. Traffic on Biscayne Boulevard outside the arena was gridlocked.

The only negativity came when the Thunder's team bus left the arena ? some fans sprayed it with liquid and made obscene gestures toward the players as it crawled away. Still, Miami police reported no serious problems after the game.

James, the regular season and Finals MVP, may be hated in Cleveland and elsewhere for leaving his native state's Cavaliers, but his adopted hometown showered him with love after the game. Fans waved posters of their hero and defended him against critics, who branded him a choker who would never win a championship.

"Silence the haters ? LeBron did it," said Matthew Gonzalez, 21.

Fans were already making plans for next season. After all, James promised not just one championship. Or just two, three, four, five, six or seven.

"We're going to win next year too. This is just the beginning," fan Samantha Stevens said.

Associated Press

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Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:30:11 -0700 Russia's Putin vows reforms, warns on protests http://opiolose.posterous.com/russias-putin-vows-reforms-warns-on-protests http://opiolose.posterous.com/russias-putin-vows-reforms-warns-on-protests

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Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:29:46 -0700 US sues to force return of dinosaur to Mongolia http://opiolose.posterous.com/us-sues-to-force-return-of-dinosaur-to-mongol http://opiolose.posterous.com/us-sues-to-force-return-of-dinosaur-to-mongol

(AP) ? The fossil of a dinosaur that roamed the earth 70 million years ago should be turned over to the United States by an auction house so that it can be returned to its home in Mongolia, a lawsuit brought by the U.S. government demanded Monday.

The nearly complete Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton was imported from Great Britain to Gainesville, Fla., in March 2010 with erroneous claims that it originated in Great Britain and was worth only $15,000, according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

It sold at auction on May 20 for more than $1 million even though Mongolia's president had obtained a temporary restraining order from Texas State Civil District Judge Carlos R. Cortez prohibiting its auction, the suit said. The completion of the sale was made contingent upon the outcome of any court proceedings. The suit did not identify the buyer.

James T. Hayes Jr., head of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations in New York, said criminal smugglers misrepresented the fossil to customs officials when they illegally imported it into the United States.

Jim Halperin, cofounder of the The Heritage Auctions, a defendant in the lawsuit, said: "We auctioned the Tyrannosaurus bataar conditionally, subject to future court rulings, so this matter is now in the hands of lawyers and politicians."

He added: "We believe our consignor purchased fossils in good faith, then spent a year of his life and considerable expense identifying, restoring, mounting and preparing what had previously been a much less valuable matrix of unassembled, underlying bones. We sincerely hope there will be a just and fair outcome for all parties."

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a news release that the skeletal remains are "of tremendous cultural and historic significance to the people of Mongolia, and provide a connection to the country's prehistoric past. When the skeleton was allegedly looted, a piece of the country's natural history was stolen with it, and we look forward to returning it to its rightful place."

The release included a quote from Tsakhia Elbegdorj, Mongolia's president, saying he was thankful for the legal action to recover the skeleton, calling it "an important piece of the cultural heritage of the Mongolian people."

He added: "Cultural looting and profiteering cannot be tolerated anywhere and this cooperation between our governments is a large step forward to stopping it."

The lawsuit said the dinosaur's remains were believed to have been discovered in the Gobi Desert between 1995 and 2005. An auction house catalog listing of the skeleton said it measures 24-feet long and 8-feet tall, the suit said.

A June 5 examination by at least five experts specializing in bataars resulted in unanimous agreement that the skeleton was a Tyrannosaurus bataar and almost certainly originated in the Nemegt Basin in Mongolia.

One expert, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar, head of Paleontological Laboratory and Museum in Mongolia, said in a document filed with the lawsuit that it appeared some part of the skeleton's skull and postcranium were destroyed by poachers who lacked professional knowledge about proper excavation techniques.

U.S. authorities said Tyrannosaurus bataars were first discovered in 1946 during a joint Soviet-Mongolian expedition to the Gobi Desert in the Mongolian Omnogovi Province. Since 1924, Mongolia has enacted laws declaring fossils to be the property of the government of Mongolia and criminalizing their export from the country.

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Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:52:58 -0700 Scientists dispel myths, provide new insight into human impact on pre-Columbian Amazon River Basin http://opiolose.posterous.com/scientists-dispel-myths-provide-new-insight-i http://opiolose.posterous.com/scientists-dispel-myths-provide-new-insight-i

Scientists dispel myths, provide new insight into human impact on pre-Columbian Amazon River Basin

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A paper published this week in Scienceprovides the most nuanced view to date of the small, shifting human populations in much of the Amazon before the arrival of Europeans. The research, which includes the first landscape-scale sampling of central and western Amazonia, finds that early inhabitants were concentrated near rivers and lakes but actually had little long-term impact on the outlying forests, as if they merely tiptoed around the land far from natural sources of water. In doing so, the new study overturns the currently popular idea that the Amazon was a cultural parkland in pre-Columbian times.

The Amazon Basin is one of Earth's areas of highest biodiversity. Therefore, understanding how Amazonia was modified by humans in the past is important for conservation and understanding the ecological processes of tropical rainforests.

Researchers, at Florida Institute of Technology, the Smithsonian Institution, Wake Forest University and the University of Florida looked at how widespread human impacts were in Amazonia before the Europeans arrived. If the Pre-Columbian Amazon was a highly altered landscape, then most of the Amazon's current biodiversity could have come from human effects.

The research team, led by Florida Tech's Crystal McMichael and Mark Bush, retrieved 247 soil cores from 55 locations throughout the central and western Amazon, sampling sites that were likely disturbed by humans, like river banks and areas known from archeological evidence to have been occupied by people. They also collected cores farther away from rivers, where human impacts were unknown and used markers in the cores to track the histories of fire, vegetation and human alterations of the soil. The eastern Amazon has already been studied in detail.

McMichael, Bush, and their colleagues conclude that people in the central and western Amazon generally lived in small groups, with larger populations on some rivers.

"There is strong evidence of large settlements in eastern Amazonia, but our data point to different cultural adaptations in the central and western Amazon, which left vast areas with very little human imprint," said Bush.

They did not live in large settlements throughout the basin as was previously thought. Even sites of supposedly large settlements did not show evidence of high population densities and large-scale agriculture. All the signs point to smaller, mobile populations before Europeans arrived. The impacts of these small populations were largely limited to river banks.

"The amazing biodiversity of the Amazon is not a byproduct of past human disturbance," said McMichael. "We also can't assume that these forests will be resilient to disturbance, because many have never been disturbed, or have only been lightly disturbed in the past."

Certainly there is no parallel in western Amazonia for the scale of modern disturbance that accompanies industrial agriculture, road construction, and the synergies of those disturbances with climate change."

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Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:38:40 -0700 Knowledge of fractions and long division predicts long-term math success http://opiolose.posterous.com/knowledge-of-fractions-and-long-division-pred http://opiolose.posterous.com/knowledge-of-fractions-and-long-division-pred

ScienceDaily (June 15, 2012) ? From factory workers to Wall Street bankers, a reasonable proficiency in math is a crucial requirement for most well-paying jobs in a modern economy. Yet, over the past 30 years, mathematics achievement of U.S. high school students has remained stagnant -- and significantly behind many other countries, including China, Japan, Finland, the Netherlands and Canada.

A research team led by Carnegie Mellon University's Robert Siegler has identified a major source of the gap -- U. S. students' inadequate knowledge of fractions and division. Although fractions and division are taught in elementary school, even many college students have poor knowledge of them. The research team found that fifth graders' understanding of fractions and division predicted high school students' knowledge of algebra and overall math achievement, even after statistically controlling for parents' education and income and for the children's own age, gender, I.Q., reading comprehension, working memory, and knowledge of whole number addition, subtraction and multiplication. Published in Psychological Science, the findings demonstrate an immediate need to improve teaching and learning of fractions and division.

"We suspected that early knowledge in these areas was absolutely crucial to later learning of more advanced mathematics, but did not have any evidence until now," said Siegler, the Teresa Heinz Professor of Cognitive Psychology at Carnegie Mellon. "The clear message is that we need to improve instruction in long division and fractions, which will require helping teachers to gain a deeper understanding of the concepts that underlie these mathematical operations. At present, many teachers lack this understanding. Because mastery of fractions, ratios and proportions is necessary in a high percentage of contemporary occupations, we need to start making these improvements now."

The research, supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences and by the National Science Foundation's Developmental and Learning Science Group at the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Directorate, was conducted by a team of eight investigators: Siegler; U.C. Irvine's Greg J. Duncan; the University of Michigan's Pamela E. Davis-Kean, Maria Ines Susperreguy and Meichu Chen; the University of London's Kathryn Duckworth; the University of Chicago's Amy Claessens; and Vanderbilt University's Mimi Engel.

For the study, the team examined two nationally representative data sets, one from the U.S. and one from the United Kingdom. The U.S. set included 599 children who were tested in 1997 as 10-12 year-olds and again in 2002 as 15-17-year-olds. The set from the U.K. included 3,677 children who were tested in 1980 as 10-year-olds and in 1986 as 16-year-olds. The importance of fractions and division for long-term mathematics learning was evident in both data sets, despite the data being collected in two different countries almost 20 years apart.

"This research is a good demonstration of what collaborations between psychologists, economists, public policy analysts and education scientists can create," said Davis-Kean, associate professor of psychology at Michigan. "Instead of relying on results from a single study, this study replicates findings across two national data sets in two different countries, which strengthens our confidence in the results."

Rob Ochsendorf, program officer for special education research at the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences added, "This study is critical for providing empirical and general confirmation of the crucial role of division and fractions proficiency for long-term success in mathematics for all students. The results provide important cues to educators and researchers regarding the skills that are ripe for intervention in order to improve overall mathematics achievement in the U.S."

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  1. R. S. Siegler, G. J. Duncan, P. E. Davis-Kean, K. Duckworth, A. Claessens, M. Engel, M. I. Susperreguy, M. Chen. Early Predictors of High School Mathematics Achievement. Psychological Science, 2012; DOI: 10.1177/0956797612440101

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Realistically, you can't. Science is hard and learning about it doesn't pay off in the obvious or self-gratuitous ways that matter to most people. So, the motivation will always be low, lower still if you have to work a job that does not require you to know any science, as most jobs today are.

It is a lost fight, especially in a world in which the future looks increasingly likely to be much bleaker than the past, for everybody.

Actually no, science is easy, we start using it long before we learn to talk as we build up a mental model of the rules governing our universe. Several studies have shown that infants and children attempting to understand a new phenomena generally experiment in a fashion very near the statistically optimal pattern for exploring a new problem-space, it's only later in life that we start expecting things to behave in neat, well behaved patterns and get stymied by counter-intuitive behaviors.

The problem is science classes generally make no attempt to teach science, just scientific knowledge, and much of that *is* complicated. And without an understanding of science itself, the knowledge is just so much trivia that you're being asked to take on faith. Teach real science, do experiments where the answer *isn't* completely known beforehand, and ideally where the answer actually matters, or at least is interesting, and you can start getting students to appreciate that unlike almost every other subject (except math) science is a living, breathing, cutthroat combative subject where theories don't get widespread acceptance without considerable evidence. Once they *really* understand the rules of the game then it becomes clear that science, while still flawed, is far more authoritative than any other field on the planet.

Heck, ideally I'd say hold a class-wide experiment once a month or so to figure something out - students work in small "research groups" attacking the problem from different angles, but by the end of the "research window" (days?, weeks?) everyone needs to reach a consensus on what the "real" answer is, with some sort of prize (pizza party? movie break?) if they're correct within a certain margin of error so that they actually care. Then, once everyone has agreed, bring in a professional who can provide a conclusive answer in an understandable manner to verify the results. Not only would that provide a taste of real science, but it would also provide a periodic reminder of the fact that in the face of an implacable universe the best speakers and most inspiring/popular/attractive students generally aren't the ones you want to be listening to if you want to get it right.

Because, at the end of the day, all you really care about in most pre-university science classes is
(A) giving everyone a general background knowledge of how the world works (they'll soon forget most the details anyway, so the big picture is the important part)
(B) inspiring those so inclined to pursue careers in research or technology (and nothing like an occasional project were you're one of the respected "inner circle" to inspire a lonely nerd)
(C) instill a certain level of respect for scientists in the form of an understanding that, unlike in virtually all other fields of life, when it comes to questions of how the world works within their area of expertise, their opinion really is worth a heck of a lot more than yours.

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FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, a man wipes ash from his face after terrorists flew two airplanes into the World Trade Center towers, causing them to collapse. A federal health official is expected to announce in early June, 2012, whether people with cancer will be covered by an aid program for New Yorkers sickened by World Trade Center dust. An advisory committee recommended in March that the government open up the $4.3 billion program to people who developed cancers after being exposed to the toxic soot that fell on Manhattan when the towers collapsed. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, a man wipes ash from his face after terrorists flew two airplanes into the World Trade Center towers, causing them to collapse. A federal health official is expected to announce in early June, 2012, whether people with cancer will be covered by an aid program for New Yorkers sickened by World Trade Center dust. An advisory committee recommended in March that the government open up the $4.3 billion program to people who developed cancers after being exposed to the toxic soot that fell on Manhattan when the towers collapsed. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2001 file photo, firefighters make their way over the ruins of the World Trade Center through clouds of smoke at ground zero in New York. A federal health official is expected to announce in early June, 2012, whether people with cancer will be covered by an aid program for New Yorkers sickened by World Trade Center dust. An advisory committee recommended in March that the government open up the $4.3 billion program to people who developed cancers after being exposed to the toxic soot that fell on Manhattan when the towers collapsed. (AP Photo/Stan Honda, Pool)

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, a shell of what was once part of the facade of one of the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center rises above the rubble that remains after both towers were destroyed in the terrorist attacks. A federal health official is expected to announce in early June, 2012, whether people with cancer will be covered by an aid program for New Yorkers sickened by World Trade Center dust. An advisory committee recommended in March that the government open up the $4.3 billion program to people who developed cancers after being exposed to the toxic soot that fell on Manhattan when the towers collapsed. (AP Photo/Shawn Baldwin, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2011 file photo, Touze Martes stirs up dust and ash as he sweeps near the site of the World Trade Center wreckage in New York. A federal health official is expected to announce in early June, 2012, whether people with cancer will be covered by an aid program for New Yorkers sickened by World Trade Center dust. An advisory committee recommended in March that the government open up the $4.3 billion program to people who developed cancers after being exposed to the toxic soot that fell on Manhattan when the towers collapsed. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

(AP) ? A federal health official is expected to decide within days whether to expand an aid program for anyone sickened by World Trade Center dust to cover cancer, a move that would be cheered by many former ground zero workers, but could also prove costly and come at the expense of people with ailments more conclusively linked to 9/11's toxic fallout.

An advisory committee recommended in March that the government open up the $4.3 billion program to people with cancers in 14 different broad categories, including nearly all of the most common forms of the disease.

To date, there is little hard evidence of unusual cancer rates among people exposed to the soot that fell on lower Manhattan after the attacks. But the panel, made up of occupational health specialists, toxicologists, union officials and health advocates, said there were enough carcinogens present at the site to create a plausible risk.

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health director Dr. John Howard is scheduled to make a determination by Saturday, though his decision might not be announced until Monday.

Adding cancer to the list of covered conditions would make hundreds, or even thousands, of residents and rescue and recovery workers eligible for government-financed medical treatments and sizeable payments for lost wages and diminished quality of life.

But it might also put a severe financial strain on the program.

If Howard accepts the panel's recommendations in their entirety, there would likely be a surge of costly claims in a system now primarily helping people with conditions that aren't life-threatening, like asthma, chronic sinus irritation, sleep apnea or acid reflux disease.

The total number of people exposed to the dust is unknown, but 60,000 people have already enrolled in 9/11 health programs for people who lived or worked within the disaster zone, which covers most of Manhattan south of Canal Street.

Congress capped funding for the program at $1.55 billion for treatment, and $2.78 billion for compensation payments.

The special master overseeing applications for compensation, Sheila Birnbaum, said that unless Congress increases those amounts, she may have to prorate payments based on the number of people who apply and the severity of their illness.

"The addition of cancers, of course, complicates the issue," she said. Compensation awards for people with cancer ? especially fatal cases ? are likely to be significantly larger than claims being submitted now for other illnesses, she said. Any prorating based on a funding shortage would mean less money for people with other types of health problems.

That prospect has alarmed some advocates for the workers like Noah Kushlefsky, an attorney with the firm Kreindler & Kreindler, who represents about 3,800 people who intend to file claims.

"The budget should have no bearing on whether these people get help," he said. "Either we believe that illnesses were caused by the toxins that were down there ? in which case, people should be cared for ? or we don't."

It is unclear whether program administrators would make any attempt to distinguish between people who got cancer because of exposure to World Trade Center ash, and others who got it through smoking, sun exposure, bad genes or some other reason. Generally, it is very difficult, if not impossible, to determine why a person got cancer.

Under the committee's recommendation, almost all of the most common types of the disease would be added, including leukemia, non-Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, melanoma and cancers of the breast, lung, colon, kidneys, bladder and thyroid.

Combined, those illnesses strike nearly 1 million Americans each year, killing about 333,000, according to federal health statistics. The panel also recommended adding non-melanoma skin cancer, which afflicts another 2 million Americans annually.

Those statistics assure that, even if it turns out that trade center dust has little or no impact on a person's risk of getting cancer, thousands of exposed people will get some form of the disease anyway as they age.

Elizabeth Ward, the head of intramural research at the American Cancer Society, and the chairwoman of the advisory panel, said it didn't consider cost concerns, or the fairness of the compensation system, when making its recommendation.

"Many of these people were working in conditions that, in a normal workplace, people would walk out," she said of the army of men and women who cleared ground zero of a mountain of rubble while breathing in particles that blackened their spit, irritated their eyes and throats, and made every breath uncomfortable.

"I think there is a very serious concern that these exposures were unique," she said.

Howard has already reviewed the issue once before. Last year, he decided not to include cancer patients in the program, saying science had yet to show a link between trade center dust and any type of the disease.

This year, he could again defer a decision while more scientific research is conducted, or add some types of cancer to the coverage list, but exclude others. He also has the power to set up rules governing which cancer patients might be eligible, based on factors that might include the severity of their exposure to the dust.

Associated Press

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