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Sunday, July 22, 2012

Indonesia's weakening rupiah raises concerns

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The NRA-- A Cancer On The Soul Of American Politics

Darcy Burner & Henry-- why she'll never sell out to the NRA thugs

I've had a lot more respect and admiration for former Senator Russ Feingold than for almost anyone elected to the U.S. Senate in my lifetime. I remember when the NRA endorsed the extreme right sociopath running against him in 2010, Ron Johnson-- unquestionably one of the most destructive and least qualified men to have won a Senate seat in my lifetime. At the time I wrote about my biggest disappointment in Feingold-- his adherence to a pro-gun agenda:

No politician is ever perfect-- and that includes even someone as good as Feingold. I don't even begrudge him his support for a bunch of Wisconsin yahoos running around the woods shooting deer with AK47s if that's what most people up there want. But in Washington, DC, the only thing that gets hunted walks upright on two legs and when Feingold favored overturning local ordinances controlling guns-- and was willing to deny Washington residents congressional representation over the issue... well it reinforced my overall feeling about people who chose politics as a career. And it didn't save him from a strange non-endorsement.
Now, keep in mind that the NRA has a practice, "what it calls 'an incumbent-friendly' policy, which holds that if two candidates are equally supportive of gun rights, the incumbent gets the nod." And, in fact, the NRA announced endorsements for 58 Democratic incumbents.

So even though the NRA helped Johnson defeat Feingold, the organization was unable to help dozens of conservative, pro-gun Democrats who it did endorse, stave off defeat. Among those swept away in the Great Blue Dog Apocalypse of 2010 were NRA endorsees Glenn Nye (Blue Dog-VA), Frank Kratovil (Blue Dog-MD), Zack Space (Blue Dog-OH), Travis Childers (Blue Dog-MS), Bobby Bright (Blue Dog-AL), Chris Carney (Blue Dog-PA), Ike Skelton (MO), and John Salazar (Blue Dog-CO).

When considering which candidates to endorse, Blue America doesn't take gun policies into consideration. That's gnawed at my innards for years and made me feel partially responsible for the sick political malaise that infects this country in regard to the question. There was never a question in my mind Friday that the real murderers in Aurora were out political elites too cowardly and craven to take on the NRA-- even when their own constituents tell them they want more rational gun control policies.

On Twitter Friday, starting in the morning and never ending, we were treated to a parade of hypocrites from both parties offering their prayers for the victims and their families. President Obama's statement sounded like he was commemorating the deaths of people who died in a natural disaster rather than at the hands of a demented gunman. Maybe it was what he "had to say" but it made me sick, like the rest of the responses from our political elite, although moderate Democrat, Ed Perlmutter, who represents Aurora, did pledge to work to renew the ban on assault rifles. CNN, ever the fount of conventional wisdom, immediately reported that gun politics are bad politics for Democrats.

After the 1999 Columbine shooting, Democratic Vice President Al Gore played a central role in trying to pass ill-fated gun control legislation. On the campaign trail during his 2000 presidential run, he argued for "common-sense gun safety measures."
Democratic strategists said they believe Gore and other Democrats lost critical votes in rural America by pushing for stricter gun laws.
So, Democratic Party leaders began to recruit candidates who could win those largely red districts and states, candidates who ran on support for gun rights.
Jim Manley worked in the Senate for more than 20 years as a top aide to Democrats Sen. Ted Kennedy and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He witnessed the change up close.
"Democrats finally figured out that this was an issue that they were getting walloped on in many Western, Southern states and many swing states," Manley said. "So they began a subtle shift to try to coordinate and/or get more pro-gun Democrats to run."
"For many Democrats, it's smart politics not to get into the gun control debate," he said.
So, even though President Bill Clinton signed an assault weapons ban in 1994 with fanfare, it lapsed in 2004 without much of a fight.

Somehow CNN forgot to mention that almost all those pro-gun conservative Democrats Rahm Emanuel and the DCCC recruited subsequently lost their seats because disappointed, betrayed grassroots Democrats and left-leaning independents refused to come out to the polls to vote for them. Early Friday-- at least on twitter-- I saw only two political leaders standing right up and calling for the kinds of more reasonable gun control laws that puts you on the NRA enemies list: NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Washington state congressional candidate Darcy Burner. Darcy-- a Blue America endorsed candidate with a tough primary against a gaggle of more conservative Democrats next month-- followed up with an e-mail to her supports. I'd like to share it.

Earlier today, a gunman walked into a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, where people were watching the midnight showing of the new Batman movie. He fired gas canisters into the crowd, and then opened fire. At least 12 people are dead and 59 people are injured. My heart and prayers go out to all of them.
On the day Gabby Giffords was shot, I was picking up my son Henry from a lesson when I got the text message saying there had been a shooting. I?d campaigned with Gabby in 2006. Henry didn?t understand why I?d stopped getting into the car and started crying.
Walking back from a haircut the other day, I passed Caf? Racer, where on May 30th a gunman walked in and killed four people.
It's time we had an adult conversation in this country about guns.
On January 17, 1989, a gunman in Stockton, California walked onto a playground and opened fire, killing 5 children and injuring 30 more.
On July 1, 1993, a gunman in San Francisco walked into a law office and opened fire, killing 8 and injuring 6.
On April 20, 1999, two gunmen in Columbine, Colorado walked into their high school and opened fire, killing 13 people and injuring 21 others.
On January 16, 2002, a gunman in Virginia walked into a law school and opened fire, killing 3 and injuring 3.
On July 8, 2003, a gunman in Mississippi walked into a factory and opened fire, killing 6 and injuring 8.
On March 21, 2005, a gunman in Minnesota walked into a high school and opened fire, killing 7 and injuring 5.
On November 20, 2005, a gunman in Tacoma walked into the mall and opened fire, injuring 6.
On March 25, 2006, a gunman in Seattle walked into a party and opened fire, killing 6 and injuring 2.
On February 12, 2007, a gunman in Utah walked into a mall and opened fire, killing 5 and injuring 4.
On April 16, 2007, a gunman in Virginia walked onto the Virginia Tech campus and opened fire, killing 32 people and wounding 17 others.
On December 5, 2007, a gunman in Nebraska walked into a mall and opened fire, killing 8 and injuring 4.
On December 9, 2007, a gunman in Colorado Springs walked onto a church parking lot and opened fire, killing 2 and wounding 3.
On February 7, 2008, a gunman in Missouri walked into a city council meeting and opened fire, killing 5 and wounding 2.
On February 14, 2008, a gunman in Illinois walked onto a college campus and opened fire, killing 5 and injuring 17.
On June 25, 2008, a gunman in Kentucky walked into a factory and opened fire, killing 5 and injuring 1.
On January 24, 2009, a gunman in Portland walked up to a nightclub and opened fire, killing 2 and injuring 7.
On March 29, 2009, a gunman in North Carolina walked into a retirement home and opened fire, killing 8 and injuring 2.
On August 4, 2009, a gunman in a suburb of Pittsburgh walked into a fitness club and opened fire, killing 3 and injuring 9.
On November 5, 2009, a gunman at Fort Hood in Texas walked into a medical center and opened fire, killing 13 and injuring 29.
On November 29, 2009, a gunman in Lakewood, Washington walked into a coffee shop and killed 4 police officers.
On January 7, 2010, a gunman in St Louis walked into a power plant and opened fire, killing 3 and injuring 6.
On January 12, 2010, a gunman in Georgia walked into a truck rental place and opened fire, killing 3 and injuring 2.
On February 12, 2010, a gunwoman in Alabama stood up in a college faculty meeting and opened fire, killing 3 and injuring 3.
On August 3, 2010, a gunman in Connecticut walked into a warehouse and opened fire, killing 8 and injuring 2.
On August 7, 2011, a gunman in Ohio broke into his girlfriend?s house and opened fire, killing 7 and injuring 1.
On September 6, 2011, a gunman in Nevada walked into a pancake restaurant and opened fire, killing 4 and injuring 7.
On October 5, 2011, a gunman in Cupertino, California walked into a quarry where people were working and opened fire, killing 3 and injuring 7.
Sadly, I could go on.
But the numbers don?t tell the stories. These were people. Rachel Scott was a 17-year-old aspiring writer and actress who wanted to change the world through small acts of kindness. Dave Sanders was a 47-year-old teacher and girls basketball coach who was shot and killed while trying to evacuate students. Cassie Bernall was hiding under a table praying. Jack Berman was a lawyer who founded a program to help homeless people find housing. John Scully died while shielding his newlywed wife with his own body. Drew Keriakedes and Joe Albanese were musicians with wicked senses of humor. Every one of the hundreds of people shot in the incidents I list above had dreams and aspirations, laughed and cried, had friends and neighbors and parents.
As a country, though, we have not had a real conversation about guns in many, many years. The National Rifle Association (NRA) threatens the career of any politician who so much as opens the conversation. As a consequence, our country has not discussed assault weapons-- which have no use except killing large numbers of people in massacres like the ones I?ve listed. We have not discussed the fact that anyone can buy a gun at a gun show without any background check, even if they have a history of criminal violence. We have not discussed the expiration of the ban on large clips, which allow shooters to kill more people in a shorter time because they don?t have to reload. We have not discussed what a sensible, rational approach to regulating guns in our country might be.
Enough.
It?s time we took steps to stop the mass killings.
It?s time we had an adult conversation about guns in this country. The NRA can go to hell.
In deepest sympathy,
- Darcy

Time to break the NRA stranglehold on American politics? Help Blue America put someone into Congress who isn't afraid to stand up for what we believe in. Please consder making a contribution to Darcy's campaign today.

Labels: Darcy Burner, Ed Perlmutter, gun control, NRA, Russ Feingold

Source: http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-nra-cancer-on-soul-of-american.html

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Friday, July 20, 2012

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Dickey wins 13th as Mets end skid

Associated Press Sports

updated 2:52 p.m. ET July 19, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) - David Wright homered twice and had five RBIs and R.A. Dickey won his league-leading 13th game and the New York Mets broke a six-game losing streak with a 9-5 win over the Washington Nationals on Thursday.

Dickey (13-1) pitched 7 1-3 innings to break a streak of rare ineffectiveness this season. After throwing consecutive one-hitters last month, Dickey had won just one of four starts - getting no-decisions in three of them. In his past two, he gave up five runs in each game.

Against Washington, he gave up four runs - three earned - and 10 hits. He walked one and struck out five. Dickey has won 11 straight decisions.

The Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman hit a first-inning home run, his 11th, and by the time Washington scored again, the Mets had an eight-run lead.

Wright hit a two-run shot in the first - his 13th off Gio Gonzalez (12-5), who was rocked for six runs in 3 1-3 innings - his shortest start of the season.

Wright's second home run, his 14th, a three-run blast, came in the fourth off Craig Stammen. He also homered in his last at-bat in Wednesday night's game.

Ike Davis homered in the second and had an RBI single in the third and Ruben Tejada had two hits and an RBI for the Mets.

Gonzalez allowed six runs and six hits in his second attempt to win his 13th.

The Nationals are still 3 1/2 games ahead of Atlanta in the NL East. The Braves won on Thursday afternoon and will begin a four-game series in Washington on Friday night.

Michael Morse had two RBIs for the Nationals.

NOTES: Washington activated RHP Drew Storen from the disabled list. He hadn't pitched this season due to April surgery to remove bone chips from his right elbow. Storen pitched a scoreless ninth. ... OF Rick Ankiel was designated for assignment. C Jhonatan Solano was placed on the disabled list with a strained oblique muscle and C Sandy Leon was recalled from Double-A Harrisburg. Leon had his first major league hit in the seventh. ... The Nationals are temporarily carrying 13 pitchers and just four extra position players. ... Dickey committed a throwing error in the fifth. New York had gone 11 games without an error. ... Mets OF Mike Baxter, who's on the 15-day DL with injuries to his collarbone and ribs, is playing at St. Lucie, but hasn't played in the field yet. Manager Terry Collins says Baxter isn't yet close to returning. ... New York plays Los Angeles on Friday. LHP Johan Santana (6-6, 3.59) faces RHP Aaron Harang.

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Nats will shut down Strasburg

HBT: Mike Rizzo has decided when he?s going to shut Stephen Strasburg down for a few starts. And it is him doing the deciding. But when?

Source: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/48247984/ns/sports-baseball/

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Saban: Tax Penn State athletics to benefit kids

Alabama Coach Nick Saban speaks to the media at the Southeastern Conference NCAA college football media days in Hoover, Ala. on Thursday, July 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) ? Nick Saban said one option to address the Penn State tragedy might be a ticket tax on athletic events and giving the proceeds to child abuse funds.

The Alabama coach said the priority should be the same as in disciplining a player: Try to produce some good from a negative situation.

Longtime Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted last month of sexually abusing 10 boys, sometimes on campus.

"This is a very, very criminal situation that probably reflects poorly on a lot of folks," Saban told a small group of reporters before speaking at Southeastern Conference media days. "It's probably too almost raw to really have a feeling that I can express. I think that what we all should probably be thinking a little bit more about is what do we want to be the outcome of this? Something that's a win-win type thing, for kids in the future, the people that are there now, the players that are there now.

"Maybe they ought to tax all the tickets that they sell on athletics and give the proceeds to some child abuse organization. Or something like that, rather than worrying about some punishment that is really going to have no positive affect on anything."

The Alabama coach didn't go into details of how a tax would be implemented. He stressed his comments had to do more with philosophy than a real recommendation.

"I probably shouldn't have said that. I'm just a regular old coach," Saban said. "I worry about what they do on third down. A lot of times we do the same thing with players. Everybody's always worried about what's the punishment? The way I try to always look at it is, what's the outcome? What outcome do we want? Sometimes I even say that to the player, what outcome do you want? Do you want to graduate from school? Do you want to play in the NFL some day? If that's the outcome that you want, this behavior is not becoming of that. So what do we need to do to make it better?"

A report said university officials, including former football coach Joe Paterno, concealed child sex abuse allegations against Sandusky more than a decade ago to avoid bad publicity.

Saban, who has led the Crimson Tide to two national titles in the past three seasons, also said any perception that football coaches wield too much power doesn't apply at Alabama. Saban, however, has been described as the most powerful man in sports.

He also said he has faith that Alabama tries "to promote the moral obligation that we all have to protect other folks."

"I can't speak for everybody, but I can speak for the University of Alabama," he said. "I think if we had any kind of issue it would not be my decision as to what we did. It would be a bigger decision than me, and I would want it to be that way. I have total faith, trust and confidence in (university system Chancellor Robert) Witt, that we would make the decisions with the utmost honesty and integrity and sort of moral ethics as we possibly could.

"Everybody has a responsibility and obligation to represent their institution that way, and I believe in that."

Associated Press

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Uncertainties Surrounding Cloud Gamers | CloudTweaks.com ...

Uncertainties Surrounding Cloud Gamers

Cloud gaming has been embraced as a liberator for gamers who had been entangled in the thorns of conventional gaming. Contrarily, if one looks at the potentially darker side of the cloud, a thought-provoking viewpoint can be perceived which, to some extent, may amaze readers.

First off, in?cloud gaming?everything is done through the cloud. Even though this clause is seen as an advantage by most analysts, the downside is that users unknowingly become cloud dependent. The menace of potential outages is also included in this drawback. So, if an Xbox network outage occurs, this will not just mean that there will be no online gaming for a consumer; it will mean no gaming at all. If the network goes down, players will not be able to do anything.

Resale value of games is another issue cited by prominent analysts. The fact that in conventional gaming players can buy a game, play it, and then sell it at a reasonable price is respectable. On the other hand, in cloud gaming, games are believed to stay at the same hyped prices, even though distribution costs are eliminated. Also, some customers wait for a game to mature so that it?s price might fall and they can buy it at reduced cost; this will not be possible with cloud gaming. From a business perspective, gaming companies will be in favor of fixed-price gaming, but from a user perspective this is a major drawback.

Another shortcoming of cloud gaming originates from a ?what if? scenario ? what if big gaming companies teamed up and hiked up all the prices. Painting a wider imaginative picture, it can also be alleged that maybe these gaming giants are just waiting for consumers to migrate to the cloud so that once the majority of consumers are on the cloud, these companies could increase the prices and no one will be able to do anything about it. A worthy analogy can be made by looking at the cellphone industry. Consumers do not really control the services they get, and switching to other networks is surely not the best option for them.

At the moment, cloud gaming is a mouth wateringly great option for gamers to assemble on a particular platform. Moreover, the drawbacks of cloud gaming circle around hypothetical consequences and one can never be sure as to what will happen in the?future. Only time will tell if cloud gaming really is the best option for gamers or not.

By Haris Smith

Source: http://www.cloudtweaks.com/2012/07/uncertainties-surrounding-cloud-gamers-2/

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Understanding medical news - "Between the Lines"

First, a confession?I?m a mathphobe, traumatized by growing up in a family skewed with an overabundance of math genes for whom math skills came as naturally as breathing.? I always got confused, and thought it was ?sadistics,? not ?statistics.? So it was with a bit of hesitation that I tentatively began Between the Lines (BTL), doing so because I thought it would be good for me, like eating broccoli.

My hesitation was misplaced. Between the Lines is a very readable, informative book, that I highly recommend to others.

Early on, my major education in statistics was Darryl Huff?s ?How to Lie with Statistics,? a humorous and understandable introduction. We were taught no statistics in med school or subsequent training, nor how to critically evaluate medical literature. We had to study calculus and physics, which amount to wasted pre-medical education since most physicians never subsequently use them in their practices, but not statistics, which would have been invaluable.

Several years ago, I had tried Studying a Study and Testing a Test. This home study course seemed thorough but proved too daunting to me for light, after work recreation. Perhaps I?ll try again now that I have a better basic understanding from BTL.

I advanced to Gary Schwitzer?s?Covering Medical Research at the Association of Healthcare Journalist?s conference last year, via a great presentation by him and Ivan Oransky.

BTL has already paid off?it helped me understand the implications of the sensitivity and specificity data on Orasure?s new HIV test, OraQuick, which I discussed in my last post.

The text is broken down into bite-size, more readily digestible chapters, which also makes it easy to turn back to as a reference. I found the studies cited to be helpful in illustrating each point. There were only a couple of places where I stumbled, but was able to recoup and move on.

I particularly appreciated Dr. Zilberberg?s understanding and explicit acknowledgement that our patients are individuals, ?It is one thing for a clinician to ignore evidence willfully; it is entirely another to be a conscientious objector to what is known but not applicable to the individual in the office?Doctors need time, intellectual curiosity, and skills to conduct these individual-patient (also known as ?n of 1?) trials in their offices.? I was comforted by ?When someone brings an evidence-based guideline to you and insists that, unless you comply 95% of the time, you are providing less than great quality of care and you say, ?This guideline does not represent my patients,? you are actually not crazy.? After caring for patients for more than 30 years, I am well aware that not everyone patient follows the textbooks or responds to ?standard? treatments.

Zilberberg?s section on the limited thinking that has been instilled in us by false dichotomies is valuable, too. Our thinking and insight would be far richer if we focused on the possibility of their being more than a ?right? or a ?wrong? answer, a spectrum of possibilities.

For patients?excuse me, ?consumers? in the current favored jargon of administrators?there is a valuable section on context and a list of questions that should be considered before jumping into testing and invasive treatments. These questions are often glossed over by physicians, especially surgeons, in their discussions with patients.

Just as businesses can profit by consumers being hopelessly ?illiterate? at math,? we can become better consumers of medical care by increasing our literacy in that area.? In the area of financial literacy, fortunately we have Michelle Singletary, Jane Bryant Quinn and Elizabeth Warren to help us. (Wow! They?re all women. I wonder what the correlation is between gender and writing clearly about numbers?) Lately, I?ve been particularly impressed by Elizabeth Warren?s plain-speaking way of explaining the financial fiascos to mere mortals. Zilberberg?s Between the Lines does for statistics what Warren does for money.

And as those women?s lucid offerings help us to understand our finances, BTL provides a number of useful tools to help make statistics and understanding newspaper and journal articles accessible to lay and medical people alike. You don?t have to be a rocket scientist to gain from this book. Zilberberg?s approach is conversational, accessible, and quite humorous at times. Pick up a copy, and sharpen your understanding of medical news and consumer skills.
Credits:

Between the Lines cover courtesy Marya Zilberberg, MD, MPH
Between the Lines bookmarked copy cover courtesy Elaine Schattner, MD
How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff, 31st printing, published by W.W. Norton & Company Inc, New York. Scan by Andrew Alder of the cover of the copy in my own collection. (same edition I grew up on!) via Wikipedia
?Molecules to Medicine? banner ? Michelle Banks

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