U.S. is working to ease wiretaps on the Internet and consequently, losing capabilities to track criminal suspects.
The article refers to this as "going dark." Congress wants the government to have access to any communication that goes on over the Internet.
The Obama administration is for it, but this raises privacy issues. and the U.S. feels they need to set a good example for the rest of the world.
This would make the Internet function the same way telephones used to function. This is my paraphrasing a quotation that I thought summed up the article very well.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Times Reading Log for Friday, September 24, 2010
Obama Presses China to Let Currency Rise - Obama is trying to change Beijing's economic or political calculus? I don't know whether I have issues in reading comprehension- I hope not! But I do not think the nut graph of this article is clear enough. Beijing lowered their currency artificially by 20 - 25%. Obama, according to his aides is threating with tariffs and new trade actions at the WTO to gain leverage over the Chinese. I have to on now to something a little less intellectual...hate to say it.
In both the United States and Europe, Avandia, the controversial diabetes medication, will no longer be widely available, according to the NY Times. It will be suspended completely in Europe, while people in the U.S. may take it with their doctor's approval if no other drug is effective. The FDA's decision shows that that Obama administration is taking a harder line on drug safety issues, according to the article. I'm really happy to read this, for the past few years, I have been really disappointed with many of the moves and decisions of the FDA.
The pull out quote used for the story on A15 was, "A study estimates 47,000 patients suffered from heart attacks over ten years." !!! It's scary that is has been on the market for this long! This amongst other things, makes me extremely skeptical in trusting the FDA, however, I guess this is a step in the right direction.
Before I work on other homework, I just want to point out quickly, an article on A14, Drugs in Medicine Cabinet Set Off a Wave of Crime. It talks about prescription drug abuse, and people hoarding their old pills, like Oxycodone or Vicodin, and how this is causing break ins and robberies. This is all very interesting, but the reason I feel that I need to bring it up in my blog is that it is focused out of New England, which makes it pretty local. And? You might be wondering. As a studunt at UNH, I feel this may also be a problem here, less so with pain pills, like those previously mentioned, but with drugs like Aderall or Ritalin.
In both the United States and Europe, Avandia, the controversial diabetes medication, will no longer be widely available, according to the NY Times. It will be suspended completely in Europe, while people in the U.S. may take it with their doctor's approval if no other drug is effective. The FDA's decision shows that that Obama administration is taking a harder line on drug safety issues, according to the article. I'm really happy to read this, for the past few years, I have been really disappointed with many of the moves and decisions of the FDA.
The pull out quote used for the story on A15 was, "A study estimates 47,000 patients suffered from heart attacks over ten years." !!! It's scary that is has been on the market for this long! This amongst other things, makes me extremely skeptical in trusting the FDA, however, I guess this is a step in the right direction.
Before I work on other homework, I just want to point out quickly, an article on A14, Drugs in Medicine Cabinet Set Off a Wave of Crime. It talks about prescription drug abuse, and people hoarding their old pills, like Oxycodone or Vicodin, and how this is causing break ins and robberies. This is all very interesting, but the reason I feel that I need to bring it up in my blog is that it is focused out of New England, which makes it pretty local. And? You might be wondering. As a studunt at UNH, I feel this may also be a problem here, less so with pain pills, like those previously mentioned, but with drugs like Aderall or Ritalin.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Times Reading Log for Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Aside from an aspiring journalist, I also would consider myself a foodie-and a bit of a health freak. That's why An Apple a Day? Just Make it Organic, from the dining section caught my eye. Initially, I had not, planned on reading on, until an attribution to a highly respected obgyn caught my eye.
Currently, the whole "organic" movement has been really done up-to the point where I'm no longer interested in reading, I thought it had all been done, but leave it to the times to bring the obgyn into it.
Katrina Heron, the author of this article said, "If there was ever a time when doctors need to be as handy with a peeling knife as they are with a scapel, this may be it."
I thought this quote both witty and honest.
Having finished the article, I'm disapointed. Heron hooked me, and left me hanging. She started fresh and ended stale. I was really hoping she would take the article into a discussion about organic, healthy eating and reproductive health/fertility issues.
Currently, the whole "organic" movement has been really done up-to the point where I'm no longer interested in reading, I thought it had all been done, but leave it to the times to bring the obgyn into it.
Katrina Heron, the author of this article said, "If there was ever a time when doctors need to be as handy with a peeling knife as they are with a scapel, this may be it."
I thought this quote both witty and honest.
Having finished the article, I'm disapointed. Heron hooked me, and left me hanging. She started fresh and ended stale. I was really hoping she would take the article into a discussion about organic, healthy eating and reproductive health/fertility issues.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Over One-Hundred Local Swimmers Stung by Jellyfish
Over one-hundred swimmers reported being stung by a jellyfish yesterday in the sixy-three degree water at Wallace Sands State Beach in Rye, N.H.
At 2 p.m. emergency crews responded to the incident. Five children were taken to Portsmouth Regional Hospital by ambulance. Hospital officials reported no serious injuries.
Robert Royer, an aquarist at the Seacoast Science Center said it was likely a Lion's Mane Jellyfish, a common creature in New England waters that can sting even after it has been killed and broken up.
Victims were treated in the beach bathhouse for stings that felt like bee stings, according to rescue officials.
Park Manager, Ken Loughlin,v who has worked at the beach for thirty years said medical responders feared severe allegic reactions.
The beach was immediately closed after lifeguards spotted this large jellyfish in the water.
"It was as big as a turkey platter. The thing was probably fifty pounds."
Lifeguards removed the dead jellyfish with a pitchfork just before fifty children ran to shore screaming and complaining of stings on their legs.
"I've never seen such a thing," Loughlin said.
Hampstead resident, Alysia Bennet took her three children to the beach Wednesday. Before she new it, all three of her children came running from the water crying.
"They were terrified," Bennet said.
According to Royer, it was the largest jellyfish in the area. He had never heard of them reaching fifty pounds in the past. The Lion's Mane Jellyfish have barbed tentacles up to one-hundred feet long.
Towns that responded to the emergency include Stratham, Porsmouth, Greenland, New Hampton, Newington, and Rye.
The beach reopened today.
At 2 p.m. emergency crews responded to the incident. Five children were taken to Portsmouth Regional Hospital by ambulance. Hospital officials reported no serious injuries.
Robert Royer, an aquarist at the Seacoast Science Center said it was likely a Lion's Mane Jellyfish, a common creature in New England waters that can sting even after it has been killed and broken up.
Victims were treated in the beach bathhouse for stings that felt like bee stings, according to rescue officials.
Park Manager, Ken Loughlin,v who has worked at the beach for thirty years said medical responders feared severe allegic reactions.
The beach was immediately closed after lifeguards spotted this large jellyfish in the water.
"It was as big as a turkey platter. The thing was probably fifty pounds."
Lifeguards removed the dead jellyfish with a pitchfork just before fifty children ran to shore screaming and complaining of stings on their legs.
"I've never seen such a thing," Loughlin said.
Hampstead resident, Alysia Bennet took her three children to the beach Wednesday. Before she new it, all three of her children came running from the water crying.
"They were terrified," Bennet said.
According to Royer, it was the largest jellyfish in the area. He had never heard of them reaching fifty pounds in the past. The Lion's Mane Jellyfish have barbed tentacles up to one-hundred feet long.
Towns that responded to the emergency include Stratham, Porsmouth, Greenland, New Hampton, Newington, and Rye.
The beach reopened today.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Times Reading Log for Sunday, September 19, 2010
Before I say anything else, let me just say that I smile everytime I see the top left corner of the times that says " All the News That's Fit to Print".
I'm gonna skip the hard news front pager stuff real quick and come back to it so I can read an article in Business.
F.D.A Panel Urges Denial of Diet Drug, i guess denying diet drugs is a setback in the efforts to develop treatments for the nation's obesity epidemic. I have to say, we shouldn't have diet pills at all, they're a dangerous money making tool.
Basically the FDA is saying that the risks of this new drug, lorcaserin, outweigh it's benefits...duh. If the FDA thinks aspertame is safe, then this drug is probably really backwards.
Had it passed, it would have been the first new weight loss drug in more than a decade. They shot down even more effective drugs in July for safety reasons, a doctor from the FDA said lorcaserin just wasn't "efficacious". They just split 8 and 8 on a drug that's already been removed from the market in Europe...cool. (sense my sarcasm).
They aren't holding the first drug for the sake of the people, but more the sake of the market. Enough said, front page news pahlease!
RECESSION raises U.S. poverty rate to a 15-year high! ...and it's going to get worse! The country is in it's worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, 44 million Americans in counting are living in poverty.
Americans are getting by by sharing homes with siblings, relatives, and even nonrelatives.
Unemployment remains at 10%. 1/7 US adults are on food stamps.
I'm gonna skip the hard news front pager stuff real quick and come back to it so I can read an article in Business.
F.D.A Panel Urges Denial of Diet Drug, i guess denying diet drugs is a setback in the efforts to develop treatments for the nation's obesity epidemic. I have to say, we shouldn't have diet pills at all, they're a dangerous money making tool.
Basically the FDA is saying that the risks of this new drug, lorcaserin, outweigh it's benefits...duh. If the FDA thinks aspertame is safe, then this drug is probably really backwards.
Had it passed, it would have been the first new weight loss drug in more than a decade. They shot down even more effective drugs in July for safety reasons, a doctor from the FDA said lorcaserin just wasn't "efficacious". They just split 8 and 8 on a drug that's already been removed from the market in Europe...cool. (sense my sarcasm).
They aren't holding the first drug for the sake of the people, but more the sake of the market. Enough said, front page news pahlease!
RECESSION raises U.S. poverty rate to a 15-year high! ...and it's going to get worse! The country is in it's worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, 44 million Americans in counting are living in poverty.
Americans are getting by by sharing homes with siblings, relatives, and even nonrelatives.
Unemployment remains at 10%. 1/7 US adults are on food stamps.
Times Reading Log For Monday, September 13, 2010
So I'm a hard news kind of girl. I read the newspaper in the same way the paper sets it up. Basically, I spend the most time on the cover stories, because I trust they are the best, and then continue on as time allows.
According to the cover of Monday's paper, the G.O.P. leader says he's compromise on tax-cut bill! Democrats might pass a measure but lose a campaign issue. Obama and democrats insist on ending tax cuts for welathier Americans (thank you!) and maintain lower rates for families earning less than $250,000 (thanks again!). But here's the kicker, so does the House Republican Leaer, Mr. Boehner. So how will the Democrats continue to paint Republicans as obstructionists favoring the rich over the middle class?
My eye is drawn to an ad for an article on page A19, Little Money For Gulf Research. I'm a sucker for environmental articles.
Scientists say lack of cash is hindering research on environmental impact! Oh no! Before I read any further let me just say, if BP has the time and money to ruin the gulf, they sure as hell have the time and money to fix it...and then some!
Scientists are doing research on the gulf and don't have anywhere to turn. Not only is this important to the health of the gulf now, but for the sake of the oceans in the future. HELLO oil companies, get out your wallets!
The Natural Science and Environmental Science foundations don't have enough money to support this, they don't reap the kind of profit oil does, and that's a fact!
This work is urgent, aka, it must be done now, and BP is helping but they're deciding where to spend money...um..who died and made them environmentalists! (Lots of fish and sea life, apparently).
According to the cover of Monday's paper, the G.O.P. leader says he's compromise on tax-cut bill! Democrats might pass a measure but lose a campaign issue. Obama and democrats insist on ending tax cuts for welathier Americans (thank you!) and maintain lower rates for families earning less than $250,000 (thanks again!). But here's the kicker, so does the House Republican Leaer, Mr. Boehner. So how will the Democrats continue to paint Republicans as obstructionists favoring the rich over the middle class?
My eye is drawn to an ad for an article on page A19, Little Money For Gulf Research. I'm a sucker for environmental articles.
Scientists say lack of cash is hindering research on environmental impact! Oh no! Before I read any further let me just say, if BP has the time and money to ruin the gulf, they sure as hell have the time and money to fix it...and then some!
Scientists are doing research on the gulf and don't have anywhere to turn. Not only is this important to the health of the gulf now, but for the sake of the oceans in the future. HELLO oil companies, get out your wallets!
The Natural Science and Environmental Science foundations don't have enough money to support this, they don't reap the kind of profit oil does, and that's a fact!
This work is urgent, aka, it must be done now, and BP is helping but they're deciding where to spend money...um..who died and made them environmentalists! (Lots of fish and sea life, apparently).
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