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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Kevin Smith Visits Occupy Wall Street To 'Talk To Some Cats'
Kevin Smith has never been one to hide his views and opinions, especially on hot-button topics, so it couldn't come as a surprise that after the "Red State" director stopped by MTV News, he planned to head downtown to check out the Occupy Wall Street protests and perhaps finally get a straight answer about what [...]
Mary Meeker?s 2011 Presentation On Internet Trends [Slides]
Kleiner Perkins partner and former Morgan Stanley analyst Mary Meeker has taken the stage here at Web 2.0 Summit to present on Internet trends, as does every year. I'll be writing this up live, so keep refreshing. For now, you can flip through the slides above and take a gander at her 11 trend topics below.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/g3k-1NgnifM/
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A 'devastating' setback for Obama's health law? (The Week)
New York ? A key benefit in President Obama's health-care reform package proves unaffordable, and bites the dust. Is the rest of the law in danger?
The Obama administration has dropped a major part of the president's health-care reform plan ? a long-term care insurance program that had been championed by the late senator Ted Kennedy. The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program was supposed to account for $86 billion of the $210 billion in deficit savings promised under Obama's reforms, because premiums were supposed to exceed benefit payments. But a review showed CLASS would have lost money, so, according to a provision in the law, it had to be scrapped. Is this development going to prove "devastating" for Obama's signature legislative achievement?
Yes, ObamaCare is unraveling: This "perfectly illustrates the recklessness that produced the Affordable Care Act," says The Wall Street Journal in an editorial. The Obama administration was cooking the books when it said ObamaCare would save us money, and now, by admitting the truth, it has vindicated its Republican critics. If the same "truth in advertising" provision were applied to the rest of the law, "ObamaCare would collapse in a heartbeat."
"ObamaCare Starts to unravel"
Actually, this vindicates the Affordable Care Act's backers: CLASS indeed had "a potentially fatal design flaw," says Jonathan Cohn at The New Republic. It was voluntary, so "old and sick people" would probably have been the only ones to enroll, without premiums from younger, healthier people to keep it afloat. So, if anything, the collapse of CLASS "strengthens the case" for the provision in the health-care reform law "that conservatives claim to hate most: The individual mandate."
"A setback for Obamacare? Or vindication? How about both"
This is nothing for anyone to celebrate: "With CLASS dead, we are left with an utterly failed system," says Howard Gleckman at Forbes. Half of Americans have less than $55,000 in financial assets, which barely covers nine months in a nursing home. Once a long-term care patient's money runs out, it's up to the already cash-strapped Medicaid to step in. So instead of mourning CLASS, or dancing on its grave, everybody "must sit down and work out a consensus plan."
"CLASS is killed: But how will we pay for long-term care services?"
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BOSTON Sports-related knee injuries in children and adolescents seem to be increasing at an alarming rate. Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia noted a more than 400 percent increase in these injuries at their institution over the last decade, according to new research presented on Sunday, Oct. 16, at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in Boston.
In "Knee Injuries In Children and Adolescents: Has There Been An Increase In ACL and Meniscus Tears In Recent Years?" researchers reviewed billing records of patients under age 18 treated for tibial spine fractures, ACL and meniscal tears, at a large academic children's hospital from 1999 through 2011. Over that time period, ACL tears increased by 11.35 injuries per year and meniscus tears increased by 13.95 injuries per year. However, tibial spine fractures, which are though to be caused by a similar mechanism as ACL tears, only jumped by 1.07 injuries per year.
While the exact cause of this growth in sports-related knee injuries is unclear, increased diagnosis, earlier referral and more aggressive treatment may contribute to these rising numbers, according to the study abstract.
In addition, "the high-level, year-round, young-age specialized (sports) competition has been cited as one cause for the increase," said lead study author J. Todd Lawrence, MD, PhD.
"The implications of ACL tears and meniscus tears in children and adolescents are significantly greater than the same injuries in adults," said Dr. Lawrence.
Not only are reconstruction procedures complex, requiring a lengthy recovery, they can potentially impair growth. Many young athletes also return to high-level sports, placing them at high risk of re-injury.
"While we are never going to prevent all injuries, there is good evidence, particularly for some sports like soccer, that sports injury prevention programs can go a long way towards reducing them," said Dr. Lawrence.
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American Academy of Pediatrics
BOSTON Sports-related knee injuries in children and adolescents seem to be increasing at an alarming rate. Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia noted a more than 400 percent increase in these injuries at their institution over the last decade, according to new research presented on Sunday, Oct. 16, at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in Boston.
In "Knee Injuries In Children and Adolescents: Has There Been An Increase In ACL and Meniscus Tears In Recent Years?" researchers reviewed billing records of patients under age 18 treated for tibial spine fractures, ACL and meniscal tears, at a large academic children's hospital from 1999 through 2011. Over that time period, ACL tears increased by 11.35 injuries per year and meniscus tears increased by 13.95 injuries per year. However, tibial spine fractures, which are though to be caused by a similar mechanism as ACL tears, only jumped by 1.07 injuries per year.
While the exact cause of this growth in sports-related knee injuries is unclear, increased diagnosis, earlier referral and more aggressive treatment may contribute to these rising numbers, according to the study abstract.
In addition, "the high-level, year-round, young-age specialized (sports) competition has been cited as one cause for the increase," said lead study author J. Todd Lawrence, MD, PhD.
"The implications of ACL tears and meniscus tears in children and adolescents are significantly greater than the same injuries in adults," said Dr. Lawrence.
Not only are reconstruction procedures complex, requiring a lengthy recovery, they can potentially impair growth. Many young athletes also return to high-level sports, placing them at high risk of re-injury.
"While we are never going to prevent all injuries, there is good evidence, particularly for some sports like soccer, that sports injury prevention programs can go a long way towards reducing them," said Dr. Lawrence.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 60,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. For more information, visit www.aap.org.
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Monday, October 17, 2011
Fight in Matamoros prison leaves 20 inmates dead
MEXICO CITY (AP) ? A bloody, hours-long fight in a prison in the Mexican border city of Matamoros on Saturday left 20 inmates dead and 12 injured, state officials said.
The fight apparently started with a dispute between two inmates and other prisoners joined in, creating a melee that lasted until authorities retook control of the facility in Matamoros, which sits across the border from Brownsville, Texas.
A statement from state public security department in Tamaulipas, where Matamoros is located, said officials were notifying the families of those killed and injured. It said there would be an investigation.
The violence lasted from about 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. local time before soldiers and marines took control, according to a state official who was not authorized to comment.
The violence comes as Mexican prison conditions have been under increased scrutiny because of violence and escapes.
On Thursday, a fight between gang members at a prison outside Monterrey left seven inmates dead. In July, a riot in a prison in the border city of Juarez killed 17 inmates.
Gangs and drug cartels often dispute for control of prisons in Mexico, which also suffer a high level of corruption.
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Big bucks: Romney, Perry top GOP fundraising race (AP)
WASHINGTON ? Republicans Mitt Romney and Rick Perry are neck and neck in filling their presidential campaign coffers after a summer of strong fundraising amid voter anger over jobs and the economy. They're pulling in big bucks ? $30 million combined ? though not nearly as big as the man they hope to replace in the White House.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Romney on Friday reported roughly $14 million in contributions during the July-September period and had nearly $15 million on hand. Texas Gov. Perry, who briefly surged to the top of the Republican presidential field this summer, has roughly the same in the bank, having raised about $17 million during the first few weeks of his campaign.
Still, the GOP candidates' fundraising efforts lag behind the man whose job they want: President Barack Obama raised more than $70 million for his re-election and the Democratic Party ? $42.8 million for his own campaign and $27.3 million for the Democratic National Committee.
Not counting major support from GOP-leaning super PACs, the virtual tie between Romney and Perry for cash on hand means the two have similar amounts to spend on ads and travel just months before heading into key primary states. Obama can save most of his $70 million for next year because he does not face a primary opponent.
Filings released late Friday show a broad base of support for Romney, with major contributions from Oregon to New York. The donations include big checks from GOP stalwarts, such as $5,000 from the New Republican Majority Fund, a political action committee affiliated with former Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott.
The candidates' reports, all due Saturday, are offering the first broad look at the financial health of the GOP field. They are the first official tallies of donations and expenses for contenders Perry, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman and businessman Herman Cain.
The reports won't capture the tens of millions raised by new, outside groups known as super political action committees, which can collect unlimited amounts of money to influence elections. Leading contenders Perry and Romney have at least one super PAC each working to boost their candidacies, and another group is backing Obama's re-election bid.
Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said in an email to supporters that more than 600,000 people donated to the campaign this recent quarter, more than the previous three months. He said nearly 1 million supporters have given money to the campaign and 98 percent of the donors this summer gave $250 or less, with an average donation of $56.
"Getting to a million grassroots donors isn't just a huge accomplishment this early in the campaign," Messina said. "It's our answer to our opponents, the press, and anyone who wants to know whether the president's supporters have his back."
Romney, coming out of strong showings at recent GOP debates, showed similar support from small-dollar donors, drawing most of his contributions from checks less than $250. Romney, a former venture capitalist, had raised $18 million during the April-June period.Yet Romney also drew big dollars from several contribution bundlers, records show, including former financial lobbyist T. Martin Fiorentino and Judi Rhines of The Rath Group, the namesake firm of former George W. Bush campaign adviser Tom Rath.
For its part, the Obama campaign released its latest list of elite fundraisers who act as bundlers, well-connected donors who raise campaign cash from friends and business associates. The list included 351 individuals or couples who collectively have raised at least $55.5 million since April.
The list included two figures connected to Solyndra LLC, the California solar company that received a $528 million federal loan and then later declared bankruptcy, prompting a federal investigation. Steve Spinner, an Energy Department adviser, raised at least $500,000 for the president, while Steve Westly, a venture capitalist who was an unpaid adviser to the department, raised between $200,000 and $500,000.
Other candidates, meanwhile, are saddled with hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.
Huntsman owes about $890,000, even after giving his campaign more than $2 million of his own money. Huntsman's campaign on Friday was set to report fundraising totals that showed he had $327,000 in the bank, showing difficulty for Huntsman's fundraising and suggesting why he shut down his national headquarters in Orlando, Fla., last month.
"Gov. Huntsman has the best record and boldest vision for leading this country," spokesman Tim Miller said, "and our campaign will have the resources necessary to ensure he will win New Hampshire and go on to the nomination."
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who dropped out of the race in August, is still deep in debt. A fundraising report covering July through September shows he owes $453,000 for the campaign. All told, Pawlenty raised about $5.4 million but had to give some of the money back because he could tap it only if he had won his party's nomination.
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Associated Press writers Ken Thomas in Washington, Philip Elliott in Breezewood, Pa., and Brian Bakst in St. Paul, Minn., contributed to this story.
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Configure iCloud for Multiple Apple IDs [Icloud]
MacWorld magazine reports that Apple approves of using multiple Apple ID accounts for this purpose and also recommends configuring iMessage to use your new unique Apple ID created for iCloud.
This way you, your spouse, and your teen can all share the same account for purchasing music and apps yet you each have a free 5GB iCloud account for your personal data. As long as you specify which application should use the proper Apple ID there should be no sharing of iCloud data between family users.
How to Configure iCloud if you share an Apple ID | MacWorld
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