( CNN) - - Since its debut in late June, Google+ has captured much of the tech world' s online conversation. The chatter is generally positive, with tech bloggers cheering Google' s new social network as a cleaner and more robust alternative to Facebook.
But there have been some bumps on the road. Over the weekend, some Google+ users with notification e- mails - - the messages the company sends out if another user adds you to their & quot; circles& quot; of contacts on the site or comments on one of your posts. Instead of sending those notes out only once, as intended, Google+ sent them & quot; over and over again, & quot; writes Google' s Vic Gundotra in a post on his Google+ page. & quot; Thank you for helping us during this field trial, and once again, we are very sorry for the spam, & quot; the Google vice president wrote Saturday.
Most Google+ users seemed quick to forgive the slip- up. & quot; No worries Vic.
Keep up the good work!
Looking forward to more improvements! & quot; one user wrote in a reply to the apology. & quot; It' s alright, man! : D You rocks! & quot; said another.
Gundotra chalked the spam up to growing pains. & quot; For about 80 minutes we ran out of disk space on the service that keeps track of notifications. Hence our system continued to try sending notifications. Over, and over again. Yikes, & quot; he wrote. & quot; We didn' t expect to hit these high thresholds so quickly, but we should have. & quot; It' s unclear exactly how many people have joined Google+ , and the service undoubtedly has far, far fewer users than Facebook, which leads the field with . The fact that the Google+ community is still relatively small is no surprise for two reasons: First, the site is so new; and second, it still isn' t public, meaning you have to get a personal invitation in order to sign up - - at least for now.
But it' s clear that the new, non- Facebook social network has attracted enough attention that it' s growing rather quickly, setting it apart from Google' s other attempts to start a social network. Google+ already has more than 4. 5 million users, , Paul Allen, who used census data about surnames to make his calculation. One problem with this rapid growth, as the Google spam shows, is technical.
It' s hard to make a new network work perfectly if it' s expanding too quickly. Google has used this logic repeatedly to justify its limited- invite approach, instead of letting anyone on the Internet join the network.
Another issue, however, is social. At first, a limited network like Google+ feels intimate - - just as Facebook did before nonuniversity users could join it. But with growth comes change, and that could leave some Google+ users feeling that their cozy private party has been transformed into the county fair. Finally, Google+ users have been pointing out features of other social networks that either don' t exist on Google+ or aren' t easy to use.
One is the idea of & quot; institution pages, & quot; which, on Facebook and Twitter, let companies put out info about new products, news stories and such. There' s no such feature to date on Google' s new social network, although . Another is celebrity verification.
On Twitter, for example, if you go to Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber' s profile page, there' s a little next to the name, which is a signal to visitors that it' s actually the account of a celebrity. On Google+ , it' s unclear if accounts are real or fake. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg' s Google+ page stirred up news on the blogosphere because it' s interesting that the leader of a competing social network would join this new service, and because it was unclear if his page was real. Blogger Robert Scoble cleared this up in a text message conversation with Zuckerberg, who .
Similar authenticity issues have popped up with the Google+ pages of Kanye West, Nancy Pelosi and Michael Dell, among others. The & quot; While it' s understandable that a verification system was not at the forefront of Google' s mind when preparing to launch the network, it looks like one is desperately needed now. We want to be able to tell the real stars from the fakes, so we' re not wasting our time.
Or even better - - maybe there should be a way for the fakes to never exist in the first place. & quot; For its part, Google continues to say additional updates are coming. And, in comments to those pleas for patience, users generally seem to believe that the benefits of the service will be worth the wait.
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( CNN) - - After the birth of octuplets this week, some doctors are questioning the ethics and medical practice that contribute to extreme multiple births. Multiples have higher health risks because of their likelihood to be born premature. Many premature babies, such as the new California octuplets, are much smaller and face greater dangers than full- term. These risks include bleeding in the brain, intestinal problems, developmental delays and learning disabilities that could last throughout their lives. But not all preemies have medical or developmental problems.
Doctors who are caring for the octuplets at Kaiser Permanente hospital in Bellflower, California, caution that it is too soon to tell whether any of the eight premature babies have neurological or medical conditions, such as cerebral palsy or anemia.
Dr. Mandhir Gupta, director of neonatology at the hospital, said Tuesday, & quot; There are no indications so far, but again, it is very, very early.
They are not 24 hours old yet. & quot; The six boys and two girls were born Monday through Caesarean section.
Several are getting oxygen assistance but are reported to be & quot; doing very well& quot; after nearly 31 weeks in the womb. Ten years ago, Nkem Chukwu of Houston, Texas, gave birth to the United States' first surviving octuplets. The eighth baby, a girl named Odera, weighed only 10.
3 ounces and died after suffering heart and lung failure a week after birth. In total, the eight premature babies weighed about 10 pounds. Septuplets born to Bobbi and Kenny Mc.
Caughey of Des Moines, Iowa, in November 1997 all survived, and two of them have cerebral palsy. The mother of the California octuplets wants to remain anonymous, and the hospital has not answered questions about whether she was using fertility treatments. But medical experts who are not connected with the births say it would be nearly impossible for a woman to naturally conceive eight babies at once.
Dr. Mary Hinckley, a California- based reproductive endocrinologist, said, & quot; most commonly, this happens via fertility- assisted conception. & quot; A mother with a multiple birth could have used hormones to grow and ovulate multiple eggs at the same time.
A patient may have not followed the doctor' s recommendations, or the doctor may not have understood the consequences, allowing the patient to produce too many eggs, which were then fertilized, resulting in a multiple birth. & quot; It' s considered fairly reckless for reproductive endocrinology in the United States, & quot; Hinckley said. & quot; Through guidelines, we' ve really altered this so [ large multiple births] are incredibly uncommon here in the U. It' s usually if the doctor is not doing what he was trained to do or the patient is not following the doctor' s advice. & quot; The more premature the babies are born, the greater risks they have of dying or facing significant lifelong problems, said Dr. Norbert Gleicher, medical director at the Center for Human Reproduction in New York. & quot; The media should not make this into heroic case, & quot; Gleicher said. & quot; This is anything but a heroic case.
This is very bad medicine. & quot; Twins carry low risk of premature birth. Triplets have higher risk than twins, quadruplets have even higher risks, and so on, he said.
As a result, & quot; octuplets are crazy with tremendous risk, & quot; Gleicher said. & quot; Our function as physicians is to help our patients to have babies, but it is our principle that patients have healthy babies. So we have an absolute responsibility to prevent high or multiple births. & quot; Experts aren' t sure why multiple births tend to occur prematurely. Some suggest that the uterus can' t handle such a large mass, causing the woman to go into early labor.
During the , the fetuses are cramped inside the uterus and compete for the same resources, and some may be weaker or smaller than others. The eight children born this week weighed from 3.
4 pounds to 1. 8 pounds. & quot; There was a wide range of weights, & quot; said Dr. Leonard E. Weisman, director of the Perinatal Center at Texas Children' s Hospital. & quot; Some of that might be due to human variation, or some of it might be due to the fact they might have been compressed and not getting enough support from the placenta. & quot; Weisman, who helped deliver the first set of octuplets 10 years ago, said there are health risks to the mother as well. & quot; There' s a potential that the babies would outstrip the needs of the mother, & quot; Weisman said. & quot; It' s rather remarkable mother could stay with eight fetuses for 31 weeks.
That' s unusual. & quot; Two of the California octuplets were on ventilators, or breathing tubes, in the hours after their birth, but those tubes were removed Monday night, Gupta said. While some of the babies are receiving oxygen through their noses, most are breathing by themselves, he said. & quot; The lungs are still immature, but they really are doing very well, & quot; Gupta said. & quot; The hearts are working very good.
We have very good blood pressure. & quot; Gupta refused to comment on the babies' chances of survival, since & quot; we' ve never had eight babies born at 30 weeks. & quot; Single babies born at 30 weeks face & quot; very, very good& quot; odds, he said. With multiples, even twins, he said, & quot; we expect them to do a lot worse than these babies are doing. & quot; Gupta said Monday that the first three to seven days will be critical for the octuplets, saying they could be in incubators for six to eight weeks and hospitalized for 10. The babies have not been named.
The parents of the first octuplets offered their advice for the newest family. & quot; There' s definitely been some challenges, of course. It initially was overwhelming. But now we' re getting used to it, & quot; Nkem Chukwu told CNN Radio. & quot; They are now 10 years old, and it' s like we' ve forgotten what it was like during the initial stage. & quot; Her husband, Iyke Louis Udobi, said the new parents will need community support, & quot; a lot of diapers and milk. And they need to take it easy. & quot; CNN' s Shahreen Abedin and Shelby Erdman contributed to this report.
Editor' s note: CNN has asked its journalists across the country to offer their thoughts on how the economic crisis is affecting their cities. In this installment, All Platform Journalist Jim Spellman reports from Denver, Colorado. DENVER, Colorado ( CNN) - - The conventional wisdom here in the Mile High City is that Denver entered the recession early and is pulling out of it ahead of the rest of the country. Time and again I have heard politicians, journalists and business people tell me that it isn' t so bad here, that Denver is poised to lead the nation in an economic recovery. Maybe, but the signs on the ground are a little harder to read.
Down on Broadway I stop by a UPS store a couple of times a week. The owner' s name is Hari Dallakoti. Dallakoti always has a smile on his face and seems to know all his customers by name - - he was calling out to me by the second time I entered the shop.
People drop by to ship out packages, make copies and pick up deliveries. There is always a crowd when I have been in, but Dallakoti tells me business is down 25 percent this month versus the same time last year. & quot; Finally it' s hitting in this area, and I believe that people are afraid of spending money, & quot; he says. & quot; It' s like a ripple effect, and I think I am feeling it now. & quot; Dallakoti says customers who once sent birthday presents across the country are now only sending cards. Also, e. Bay- related shipping is down, and he has seen a falloff in people sending mortgage- related documents.
He has five employees and says he hasn' t had to let anyone go, but he has had to cut back their hours.
He agrees that business is better in than in other parts of the country and is confident he will weather the economic storm, but it may be a while before things get better for him. & quot; In my opinion it' s going to get worse for the next couple, three months, and I' m hoping it will turn around after June, & quot; he says.
A block up Broadway is a little guitar store called Music Gear Guys. I play guitar, and this was one of the first businesses I stopped by when I moved to Denver in January. I have been in the shop four or five times and have been surprised that every time I drop by, the place is packed. & quot; The recession affected us a little last year but overall - - knock on wood - - it hasn' t really affected me too much, & quot; says owner Gregory Decker, who thinks the recession may actually be helping his business. & quot; I have a feeling that people are looking for hobbies or different forms of entertainment that aren' t too expensive, & quot; Decker explains. His store is crowded with new and used guitars, amplifiers and accessories. He says guitars based on designs from the 1960s are the hot items in the store.
Like Dallakoti, the UPS store owner, Decker seems to know all of his customers by name.
He says that in this economy you have to focus on customer service to stand a chance. He doesn' t advertise, instead relying on word of mouth, and keeps overhead low: He is the sole employee. & quot; Relationships are what make my business thrive. Without them I wouldn' t be as successful, & quot; he says.
But even here in a relatively successful small business there are signs of the hard times other people have been experiencing. Beginning last year more customers started coming in to sell Decker their guitars in hopes of making ends meet. & quot; A lot of people are selling their gear due to job layoffs and needed the money, & quot; he says. The recession started with free- falling housing values and, in this respect, the signs are harder to read. Over the weekend I took my dog for a walk through my neighborhood near Sloans Lake in Northwest Denver and decided to count how many houses were for sale. In a six- block walk, I counted two houses for rent and 13 for sale, including the house next door to me.
These homes sit like ghosts in the neighborhood. There are open houses on Sundays, but few people come by. The houses are all well- maintained, though most of them appear to be empty. My neighbors hope these places don' t fall into foreclosure; they are worried the neighborhood will fall apart if they do.
I' ll be keeping my eye on the house next door, and keeping my fingers crossed that my new hometown will be back on track soon.
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( CNN Student News) - - August 19, 2009 Quick Guide - Help students visualize some complex issues surrounding health insurance. - Learn about security concerns tied into Afghanistan' s presidential election. - Celebrate the centennial birthday of Abraham Lincoln' s monetary debut. Transcript THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Penny for your thoughts, or thoughts on the penny? We' ve got one of those in today' s CNN Student News.
From the CNN Center, I' m Carl Azuz. AZUZ: First up, recess! That' s what Congress is in right now. It' s not in session, but that doesn' t mean the lawmakers are on vacation.
Many of them are holding town hall meetings in their home districts, where voters are encouraged to raise questions or concerns about what' s going on in Washington. Now recently, these town halls have been dominated by health care. As we' ve talked about this week, one of the biggest issues in the debate is the so- called public option: a government- run health insurance program.
President Obama supports it; some lawmakers strongly oppose it. Earlier this week, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the public option is & quot; not the essential element of health care reform. & quot; Some people took that as a sign that the president might be giving up on the idea. Yesterday, Secretary Sebelius said that' s not the case. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY KATHLEEN SEBELIUS: Absolutely nothing has changed.
We continue to support the public option that will help lower costs, give American consumers more choice and keep private insurers honest. If people have other ideas about how to accomplish these goals, we will look at those too. But the public option is a very good way to do this. AZUZ: Some senators are proposing another idea: health care cooperatives, or co- ops. Just like the public option, these are plans that some people are for, and you guessed it, others are strongly against.
If all this talk about health care reform has you a little confused, don' t worry about it. You are not alone. This iss an incredibly complex issue, one that Tom Foreman helps us visualize right now. TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: If you want to understand what' s really happening with this whole health reform debate, think of the insurance business as a big shopping mall where there are a bunch of private stores that sell insurance. The supporters of the reform say they don' t really compete a whole lot with each other, so they let the prices get higher and higher.
And there are people like this who really don' t go anywhere and they don' t fit into insurance reform. So the goal of reformers, many of them, is to say, & quot; Let' s have a government insurance office in the middle of this mall. & quot; They will be heavily funded; they' ll give a place for these people to go so they will have some kind of place where they can have insurance. And because they are offering a lower- cost alternative, because they' re not out to make a profit, they will force the other places to lower their prices and effectively have a sale that will benefit everyone.
Now, critics of this program say that' s not what' s going to happen.
They say that instead of having a sale, what you' re actually going to have is people that are driven out of business.
There will simply be not enough business once all these people start being more attracted to the more cost. . . less expensive government insurance. So the bottom line is, this is the fear of those who say this is a bad idea. So if this does not happen, then what do you look for?
Well, another option is an insurance cooperative system. What is that? Well, an insurance cooperative basically will take people from across the country who can' t afford insurance, no matter where they are, and it will connect all these people to each other. By connecting them, it will make it possible for these people to share the cost of their medical expenses with each other.
They would essentially form a small, private insurance company that they would run with their own board of directors.
It' s a non- profit, so it would also create competition for existing insurance companies, but possibly push the prices down, at least that' s the theory. But this is also very much up in the air as to exactly how it would work, who would be involved and what it would really cost and what the benefits might or might not be. Vaccine Trials AZUZ: Textbooks, pencils, hand sanitizer? It might be a common sight in the classroom this year, as schools prepare to fight the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu.
The federal government is getting ready too, stocking up on doses of an H1N1 vaccine.
Officials say 45 million doses will be ready in October.
That' s a lot less than anticipated, but they' re going to add 20 million more doses each week. Health experts say there are some simple steps you can take to help prevent the spread of the virus yourself, like washing your hands and covering your mouth when you cough or sneeze.
Fast Facts GEORGE RAMSAY, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Time for some Fast Facts! Afghanistan is scheduled to hold a presidential election this Thursday.
It' ll be just the second one since its former Taliban rulers were thrown out of power in 2001. According to the Afghan constitution, candidates must be Muslim, must be Afghan citizens with Afghan parents, and must not have been convicted of any crimes. More than 30 men and women are running for the office, but the leading candidates are current President Hamid Karzai, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani. In order to win, a candidate has to get more than 50 percent of the vote; otherwise, a run- off election will be held.
AZUZ: Officials are deploying about 300, 000 troops to give security for Afghan voters tomorrow. The Taliban have said it plans to disrupt the election, and they' ve threatened to kill Afghans who show up at the polls.
The country has been struck by a wave of violence leading up to this week' s presidential election, including two attacks yesterday in the capital city of Kabul. Seven people were killed and more than 50 others injured in a suicide bombing aimed at a military convoy. And earlier, two rockets were fired at the presidential palace. Blog Update AZUZ: Alright. We love to hear your voices in our show too, and one way we do that is through our blog at CNNStudent.
News. com. We asked you recently about NFL Quarterback Michael Vick: Will you be cheering, booing or just not caring when he takes the field for the Philadelphia Eagles? Kerri wrote, & quot; I think it' s really cruel that Vick did the whole dogfighting thing, so he doesn' t really get my respect. & quot; But Eric says, & quot; Vick was a top- notch quarterback. Since he' ll be an impact player on his team, I think that fans would support him since fans want to be entertained. & quot; Tarence notes, & quot; Vick served his time in prison, so I think people should give him another chance. & quot; But Elijah says, & quot; Vick couldn' t act appropriate for a man of his wealth and fame and should not get another chance. & quot; And Toray writes, & quot; People focus too much on the extra drama instead of enjoying the game.
Sure I' d watch him play. It' s not about what mistakes he made; it' s about how good of a football player he is. & quot; Great stuff!
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We can only use your first names. And please be sure to stay on the subject of the blog you' re talking about. Is this Legit? TOMEKA JONES, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Is this legit? The American penny has always featured the face of Abraham Lincoln.
Not legit! So when did the former president' s face first show up on the coin?
You' re about to find out.
AZUZ: This is a tale of heads: Abraham Lincoln' s, to be specific.
For in the year of his 200th birthday, there' s something else to celebrate about the popular president: his bronzed bust! You' ve got it in your pocket.
Lincoln has headed up the penny for 100 years, to the month. Never one to be a conformist, number 16 does something no other president does on a U. S. coin: face right. Don' t give a cent for any conspiracy theories though; it' s only because Lincoln happened to be facing that direction in the image the designer picked.
And if you' ve happened to pick up a 1909 Lincoln head penny, it could be worth a lot more than your thoughts.
An e. Bay search revealed that some of these vintage coins command more than $ 1, 000 each. Now that' s change we can believe in!
And it certainly goes further than a modern penny. In 2006, it actually started costing more to make a penny than the coin was worth. That was because the price of the metals used was on the rise.
But that didn' t stop the U. S. mint from minting a tribute to Lincoln five score after he got set on a cent. The & quot; obverse& quot; of the penny - - in other words, heads - - will look the same.
But the & quot; reverse, & quot; tails, will tell four different tales, with four new designs showing scenes from Lincoln' s life. AZUZ: So while the value of the penny might have changed over the past century, you could see why the design still makes sense. Promo AZUZ: Okay, of you' re curious about what' s coming up tomorrow on CNN Student News, then you want to sign up for our daily e- mail! This free newsletter gives you a sneak preview of some of the stories we' re covering on the show, and it includes links to our blog and downloadable maps. Head to CNNStudent.
News. com and sign up today! Before We Go AZUZ: Before we go, we' ve got a couple tickets to the gun show! Shirley Coen may not look like a typical weight lifter, but don' t underestimate this 85- year- old powerhouse.
She just set a bench press world record!
55 pounds, the first woman ever in her age group to pump that much iron. She' s only been lifting for two months, and Coen' s already boasting that she plans to break the record she just set. Goodbye AZUZ: She did it once, so I guess the weight' s already off her shoulders. We won' t press our luck with any more puns, even though you said you wanted then. Have a great day.
