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- Back-page coverage of this thing of oursYesterday
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Our thanks to our friends at the New York Post for making our small community famous today! Their television section very graciously picked up on my Mad Men blog—in which I came out as a continuity error nitpicking basketcase, and I've heard from a lot of people today who didn't see it the first time.
We are also able to break a story on this blog last night: Based on a hunch I had early in the week (channeling my inner aviation geek) that the FAA would shut down the airspace over Kingston/Rhinebeck, NY. And on Wednesday night, they did -- and with the help of the superb Jay Blackman of our DC bureau, we managed to enrich the world by getting that tidbit of aviation/nuptial news out there.
All in all, a busy week for our humble blog and your humble blogger!
Back to the news: We hope you can join us tonight.
- July 29, 2010Yesterday
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Editor's note: Here's a look at what we're following and talking about this morning. Chime in on what you're talking about in the comments below, or on our blog or Facebook page.
What we're following:
- U.S. scrutinizes the WikiLeaks reports for risks to Afghans.
- Searching for oil in the Gulf of Mexico
- Rep. Rangel faces ethics panel
And did you see...
- 100 million Facebook users' details published online
- Americans cutting back on doctor visits
- Ante Up: Congress considering lifting ban on Internet gambling
- BriTunes is back! Brian sits down with the man behind Gnarls Barkley and Broken Bells.
- It's Official: Rhinebeck, New York Is Designated A No-fly Zone.July 28
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Amid all the rumors about the Clinton wedding this coming weekend, here's another strong bit of evidence: the FAA has posted a TFR (Temporary Flight Restriction) for the airspace overhead -- due to "VIP's" on the ground. Perhaps including a former President, the current Secretary of State and a wedding party understandably anxious to avoid aerial photography.
- CPR, without the mouth-to-mouthJuly 28
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For years, there has been a debate about the proper way to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on someone whose heart has stopped. Current recommendations from the American Red Cross and the American Heart Association say for adults, perform 30 chest compressions then apply two breaths.
Here's a good illustration of the procedure: http://depts.washington.edu/learncpr/quickcpr.html
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There has also been a debate for years about whether the breaths are necessary. There are two reasons for the debate: One is that animal studies have shown that in the time it takes to perform the procedure, critical blood flow to the brain is interrupted. The second is that many people are reluctant to put their mouths on a stranger.
Two studies just out in the New England Journal of Medicine find that compression-only CPR is as good or better than using the breaths. One study used EMS workers throughout the United States, and the other used the 911-like service in Sweden.
Neither the Red Cross nor the Heart Association has changed its recommenda
- Anybody want to sit and read?July 28
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I'm a big fan of sitting. Take last night, for example: I had a great (seated) dinner with all of our summer interns at a Manhattan restaurant, after which I walked home and promptly sat down. For hours. It was great. Well, so much for that. Read this. This is confirmation that everything that feels good is bad.
And for my fellow reading fans, I'm excited to offer this list. While there will be disagreements—and discussion—someone has worked awfully hard and read a ton—so that we will have the benefit of all this wisdom and good reading. But whatever you do, don't sit down to read any of it.
Big debut tonight on my music website. If you don't know his work already, this is an artist you should know.
Careening back into the day's news: we are closely covering the Arizona decision, and we hope you can join us for tonight's broadcast.