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Peripheral neuropathy refers to damage to the peripheral nerves – nerves that carry information between the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) and the rest of the body. Peripheral neuropathy occurs in about 2% to 8% of people and is more common as we age.
Peripheral neuropathy may be caused by a number of different medical conditions, such as diabetes, cancer, and nutritional deficiencies. Peripheral neuropathy can also be caused by medications and chemicals. It can interfere with the senses, with movement, or with the function of internal organs.
Damage to one nerve is called mononeuropathy, while damage to many nerves all at once is called polyneuropathy.
Mononeuropathies are usually caused by pressure on a nerve that is just under the skin and near the knee, elbow, shoulder, or wrist. Mononeuropathies may also be caused by trapped or injured nerves.
Some nerves close to the surface of the body, such as the median nerve in the wrist, the ulnar nerve in the elbow, the radial nerve in the upper arm, and the peroneal nerve in the calf, are more easily injured than other nerves. The injuries result in the following mononeuropathies: carpal tunnel syndrome, ulnar nerve palsy, radial nerve palsy, and peroneal nerve palsy.
For example, repetitive wrist movements can put pressure on the median nerve in the wrist, causing carpal tunnel syndrome. There are several conditions (e.g., infections, sarcoidosis, connective tissue disorders) that can cause mononeuropathies in several places at a time – these are called multiple mononeuropathies.
Polyneuropathy has many causes, including alcoholism; diseases such as diabetes, cancer, and end-stage kidney failure; and exposure to poisonous toxic chemicals, heavy metals such as lead or mercury, and chemotherapeutic agents such as vincristine.
Hypothyroidism, a hormonal condition in which the thyroid gland doesn't work normally, can also cause neuropathy. Some neuropathies are due to inherited medical conditions that get worse with time, and others can be caused by certain medications (e.g., zalcitabine, didanosine, metronidazole, isoniazid, vincristine, amiodarone). Vitamin deficiencies (e.g., B12, folic acid) can also cause polyneuropathy.
Guillain-Barré syndrome is a very serious form of polyneuropathy. Sometimes people with the disease become paralyzed. It is probably caused by an autoimmune reaction. The body's immune system attacks the nerve's myelin sheath, a coating that helps carry a signal along the nerve. Guillain-Barré syndrome can develop suddenly between 5 days and 3 weeks after a person has had a respiratory infection or a gastroenteritis, a vaccine (the chance is less than 1 per 1,000,000 people vaccinated), or a surgery.
The symptoms of neuropathy depend on the location and seriousness of the nerve damage. The first symptom of neuropathy is often mild tingling, which gets worse over time until the area becomes numb. People with diabetes often have neuropathy of the feet. This is a serious condition because they could get an infection or injure a foot and not be able to feel it.
Along with the tingling and numbness, people with chronic polyneuropathy may feel burning or shooting pain. Since they can't sense changes in temperature or feel pain caused by injuries, they often burn themselves or develop open sores from injuries they don't realize they have. They may also have trouble walking and standing because they can't tell what position their joints are in. Neuropathy can also cause muscle weakness.
Sometimes the nerves controlling automatic functions of the body such as bowel and bladder contraction or blood pressure control are affected by neuropathy. When this happens, a person can have constipation, diarrhea, erectile difficulties, bladder dysfunction, and high or low blood pressure.
The main symptom of Guillain-Barré syndrome is weakness that gets progressively worse over 2 to 3 weeks. The weakness starts in the legs and moves to the arms. The breathing and swallowing muscles can also become weak. Between 5% and 10% of people with the disease have to breathe using a respirator, and 1 in 10 can't swallow. Hearts of people with a serious case of the disease may beat with an abnormal rhythm, and their blood pressure may go up and down in an irregular and unpredictable way.
Your doctor can usually diagnose neuropathy from the pattern of symptoms and the neurological examination.
Electromyography (EMG), a technique that measures electrical activity in the muscles, may provide more information about the neuropathy. In this technique, small needles are put into the muscle. Every time the muscle contracts, it creates electricity. The electrical signals are recorded as spikes on a screen and are also played back as sound. People with neuropathy have abnormal electrical activity in their muscles because of the damaged nerves that control those muscles. Nerve conduction studies can also be used. They measure how quickly electrical signals travel through the nerves that control movement (motor nerves) or sensation (sensory nerves).
It's also important for the doctor to find out what is causing the neuropathy. Blood tests can sometimes tell if it's due to metal poisoning, diabetes, a vitamin deficiency, kidney failure, or a genetic disease. Urine tests may diagnose heavy metal poisoning or cancer.
Unfortunately, none of these tests can diagnose Guillain-Barré syndrome. In suspected Guillain-Barré syndrome patients, lab tests are done mainly to rule out other possible causes. Sometimes a small amount of spinal fluid is removed through a very fine needle (lumbar puncture) to look for increased amounts of protein or abnormal cells.
Avoiding repetitive movements that could put pressure on the nerves can prevent mononeuropathy. For example, if you use a computer all day, make sure to adjust the angle of the keyboard so you don't hyperextend your wrists.
You need to release the pressure on the damaged nerve in order to relieve mononeuropathy. You can do this either with physiotherapy, by avoiding the cause of the pressure, with the use of splints (especially when sleeping), or with surgery. Anti-inflammatory medications (e.g., ibuprofen*, naproxen) may also be helpful. Corticosteroid injections may be help with carpal tunnel syndrome.
The treatment of polyneuropathy depends on what caused it. Polyneuropathy related to diabetes requires that the blood sugar levels be carefully controlled. It's also important to treat cancer that's causing neuropathy. If a specific treatment isn't available, the pain associated with the neuropathy can usually be helped with medications. Several medications such as amitriptyline, carbamazepine, gabapentin, duloxetine, lamotrigine, pregabalin, and topiramate as well as cannabis and its derivatives have been used to relieve the pain of neuropathy. Topical medications such as lidocaine patches are useful when applied over the painful area. Capsaicin cream can also be helpful, but many people do not tolerate the initial burning sensation associated with it. Neuropathic pain that does not respond to usual treatment may require treatment with opioid pain medications (e.g., oxycodone, morphine).
Since it can get worse very quickly, people with suspected Guillain-Barré syndrome should be rushed to the hospital. Their breathing will be monitored, and they will need physiotherapy to loosen tight muscles. Once the doctors are sure it is Guillain-Barré syndrome, the person may receive treatment with plasmapharesis (to remove antibodies from the blood) and immunoglobulins. If someone with Guillain-Barré syndrome is treated early, they can get better in a matter of days or weeks. Otherwise, it may takes a few months, but most people do recover.
*All medications have both common (generic) and brand names. The brand name is what a specific manufacturer calls the product (e.g., Tylenol®). The common name is the medical name for the medication (e.g., acetaminophen). A medication may have many brand names, but only one common name. This article lists medications by their common names. For information on a given medication, check our Drug Information database. For more information on brand names, speak with your doctor or pharmacist.
All material copyright MediResource Inc. 1996 – 2019. Terms and conditions of use. The contents herein are for informational purposes only. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Source: www.medbroadcast.com/condition/getcondition/Neuropathy


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According to sources, Mirabelli is close to accepting a one-year deal from the team that will pay him in the range of a guaranteed $550,000 to serve as backup to Jason Varitek. The guaranteed portion of the deal is down from the $750,000 Mirabelli earned last season, but incentives allow the catcher to reach an approximate $1 million ceiling that he had last year. ...That's for damn sure.
With Varitek entering the final year of his contract, the Sox have serious long-term catching concerns beyond this season.
It's a fact: back-up catchers cannot hit. In the last two seasons, Mirabelli, 37, has had OPS+s of 51 and 63 -- which is actually pretty much middle of the pack. By comparison, last year's two MFY back-ups were Jose Molina (61 OPS+, career 64 OPS+) and Wil Nieves (10 OPS+). Still, I was hoping we'd seen the last of the Stud Who Formerly Hit Bombs.
A SoSH exchange:
DJnVa: Maybe he'll get lucky and the balls will find gaps this year.
HighHeat: Well, a ball needs to be put in play before it can find a gap, but I like your optimism.

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Opera Review: Heart of a Soldier
September 29, 2011
As part of my new high class (living in San Francisco) lifestyle, I went to the San Francisco Opera. I've never been to the opera before and really didn't have any desire to go (it just didn't seem like my thing), but my girlfriend has season tickets and wanted to take me along for a show. This year there was a new Opera, just commissioned, called Heart of a Soldier and with me being a bit of a military buff, she thought I'd enjoy it. To make a long story short, no one seemed to much enjoy it, let alone me. Note: It's an opera about September 11th. I'm not even going to bother saying "Spoiler warning"


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Decongestants or nasal sprays may help relieve a stuffy
Decongestants shrink swollen tissues in the space behind the
eardrum (middle ear). This may relieve pressure and pain. They
can be taken by mouth (oral) or in nose drops or sprays. Oral decongestants are
probably more effective and provide longer relief than drops or sprays, but
they cause more side effects.
Sprays and drops provide rapid but
temporary relief. Sprays and drops are less likely to interact with other
medicines, which can be a problem with oral decongestants.
For more information about medicine safety, see the topics Over-the-Counter Medicine Precautions and Quick Tips: Giving Over-the-Counter Medicines to Children.
You also can make a saline solution nasal spray or use a humidifier to help thick or dried mucus to drain. These will not cause
rebound symptoms.
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July 9, 2012
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Yahoo!'s historically less-than-stellar track record of protecting user privacy is made much, much worse by this news: Yahoo! turned over a user's identity information to the Chinese government, and now journalist Shi Tao has been sentenced to ten years for "e-mailing a government's plan to restrict media coverage around the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre". [SJ Merc 10/2 editorial; see also Xeni Jardin in the LAT 10/9; and Open Letter to Jerry Yang, Yahoo!, from Liu Xiaobo, 2005 Oct. 7. ] The Merc thinks it's "hard to blame Yahoo!" for this but wants them to more aggressively lobby on behalf of human rights. Me, I don't find it hard to "blame" Yahoo! for what they did. The individuals at Yahoo! who made the decision to hand over accurate information made a choice: company profits and business model over the freedom of a journalist. I guess they were just doing what they were told. [link from ping]
The Bush Admin. has never really had a sense of humor about parodies. The latest brouhaha is about The Onion's use of the presidential seal. [cnn 10/26] White House spokesperson Trent Duffy:
"When any official sign or seal is being used inappropriately the party is notified. … You cannot pick and choose where to enforce that rule. It's important that the seal or any White House insignia not be used inappropriately."
The Onion editor-in-chief, Scott Dikkers:
"I've been seeing the presidential seal used in comedy programs most of my life and to my knowledge none of them have been asked not to use it by the White House. … I would advise them to look for that other guy Osama … rather than comedians. I don't think we pose much of a threat."
Mr. SuluGeorge Takei is gay! His new role in "Equus" apparently "inspire[d] him" to come out. I have to say, I am deeply gratified to finally have some queer representation on Star Trek. Although looking at this picture, it seems like the official coming out was, well, redundant. [Jason Schultz has a nice photo for Sulu fans, and SFGate 11/10 has a lot more details.]
Between Mr.
SuluTakei and WNBA triple-MVP winner Sheryl Swoopes, National Coming Out Day came out a little late, but strong. [Women's Hoops blog links to lots of Swoopes coverage.]
Research about five years ago showed that even as women athletes were setting records and breaking into new fields, sports photographers were increasingly minimizing and downplaying women's athleticism. (Also at Women's eNews. See also Womens Sports Foundation. That was in 2000, and a flurry of scholarship around that time evaluated that phenomena. A year or so later, the Smithsonian launched a traveling tour of sports photography of female athletes, Game Face (which I caught in DC at the time). Women's ascendance in sports in the last five years has continued apace, and I wonder if there have been follow-up studies….
Chinese women bloggers are doing the sex blog thing. (This is at least the second or third such similar article on Asian women bloggers and sexuality that I've seen in the last year or so. News coverage about the Chinese government frowning or cracking down on this or that is fairly routine, I know. But I can't help but wonder how much of the coverage is due to the starting! shocking! news that Asian women bloggers are blogging about sex, and how much of it is because white Western journalists are surprised to see such goings-on. Hey, I'm told that even in Boston, beans do it.)
Speaking of blogging, the NYT is trying to get "hip" to this newfangled "blogging" thing, and you can really see the results. In one article recently, the Times "jazzed up" their content with "hyperlinks": the article included one link on the name of a state to NYT coverage about that state. And yesterday & today the coverage of the Scooter Libby resignation made me snigger with this bullet point: "Reactions: Bush. Cheney. Bloggers." But I shouldn't make fun, because the NYT also gave me a happy moment with its briefly-posted blurb for the Scooter Libby thing, which went something like this: "Scooter Libby indicted; steps down; Bush-Cheney no comment; Karl Rove not indicted." The mere fact that Karl Rove's non-indictment is news sends a warm glow all the way down to my toes, and I thank the NYT for that little moment of joy.
National science standards groups are registering their disapproval of Kansas' new "science plus! religion" standards. Unfortunately, they're using copyright to do so. [nyt 10/28]
The Washington Post trashes the E-Rate, the telecomm. tax-funded grant to schools & libraries for Internet access. [WPost 10/27]


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You might be surprised to learn that, until now, there has been no film footage in the public domain to prove conclusively what scientists have long been saying: that peregrines hunt at night in towns and cities.
The BBC have just enhanced our film clip, and sharpened its focus. You can view it in their news article here.


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Welcome to Align Orthodontics in Erie, CO
Thanks for visiting the website of Align Orthodontics and Dr. Laurence J. Colletti… creating beautiful smiles for over twenty-five years!
Welcome to Align Orthodontics, a family orthodontic practice. We proudly serve patients of all ages and are centrally located in Louisville, Colorado. We have intentionally kept our practice small to ensure maximum patient-doctor time together. This results in the optimal personal care and treatment for our patients. Dr. Laurence Colletti and his team of skilled professionals use the latest treatment solutions available today to help our patients achieve and maintain a beautiful, healthy smile.
At our office, you are more than just a patient… you are family!
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Visiting the orthodontist is very different than it has been in the past. There are now many treatment options (the process by which teeth are moved) available today. Some of these options include state of the art metal, ceramic, gold braces, low friction Damon braces as well as, Invisalign, which are removable clear aligners; for patients who are self-conscious about wearing braces. In some circumstances, custom designed treatment options are required and at Align Orthodontics we have the ability to design and fabricate these appliances in our in-house lab.
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After receiving a lease termination notice from Sunset Marina LLC, Chelan Seaplanes is ending its service on Lake Chelan indefinitely after 30 plus years on the property.
The seaplane service received a notice of the termination in September, said Scott McKellar of Sunset Marina, adding that it was "unfortunate news."
The new marina is set to break ground this winter, and with condominiums planned for the property the seaplane service lost its space.
Chelan Seaplanes has been in operation since 2009 on Lake Chelan after taking over service from Chelan Airways, which brought chartered passengers on Lake Chelan starting in 1945.
Chelan Seaplanes started a petition to submit to the city of Chelan and the Port of Chelan County to help the service find a permanent home for future operations on Lake Chelan.
The petition aims to have 1,000 signatures, with 590 so far since it opened on Dec. 1. The petition can be found at here.


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Jean Claude Van Damme, the 1980s tough guy who proved that Belgians can be bad dudes, is denying a report he suffered a minor heart attack on the set of his latest film.
"Hours ago, I read a rumor online about me suffering a heart attack," Van Damme, 50, said on his Facebook page.
"Please do not believe all what you read from rumors on any unofficial JCVD sites. Jean-Claude Van Damme is 100 percent healthy, training well for taking the fight and sending his fans and friends much love," the post added.
U.S. & World
Van Damme was filming "Weapon" in New Orleans when the report that he was stricken came out. He was briefly admitted to a hospital then released. He is expected to make a full recovery.
Shooting for the film was previously took place in Romania before the cast and crew came to the Big Easy for three days of filming.
"Weapon," set for release next year, is about rival assassins who team up to take down a DEA-backed drug cartel.
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Word of the Day, Web Site of the Day and Number to Know.
Word of the Day
Pantheon PAN-thee-ahn (noun) A temple dedicated to all the gods; the gods of a people; a group of illustrious people -- www.merriam-webster.com
Web Site of the Day
Windows on Earth
Explore an interactive, virtual view of Earth from space with this online museum exhibit and exploration tool. Developed by an educational nonprofit group, the program simulates the view of Earth as seen from a window aboard the International Space Station.
Number to Know
4,800: Approximate number of people killed on this date in 1980 when a series of earthquakes hits southern Italy.


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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As congressional Republicans continued Monday to stoke the flames over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's accusation that the CIA lied to her about waterboarding, House Democrats appeared to be standing behind their leader.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she was misled about the use of harsh interrogation methods.
One of Pelosi's closest allies in the House, Connecticut Democrat John Larson, acknowledged to CNN that the speaker's news conference last week could have been better, but insisted there hasn't been any fallout among Democrats.
"Perhaps it wasn't one of her best press conferences. But certainly everyone in this caucus stands behind her to be the lead in our caucus. I don't know if it could have been done better or not, but our caucus is entirely behind her, " Larson said.
Several Democratic sources told CNN that privately, some congressional Democrats are baffled by Pelosi's decision to escalate the controversy last week by going after the CIA.
But Larson, who chairs the House Democratic caucus, also said that he's spoken to members over the weekend and that they are "solidly behind the speaker." Watch more from Larson and others »
Another Connecticut Democrat, Chris Murphy, said there's a "total disconnect" between what pundits and talk show hosts are talking about and what he hears from his constituents. Murphy said there might be some impact on the speaker's ability to continue leading if the issue were something people were talking about in his district, but it's not.
Murphy said at "another political moment, this issue might dominate" representatives' minds, but he said lawmakers are so focused on pushing through major policy changes on health care and energy that "there's not a lot of tolerance for distractions."
Conservative Indiana Democrat Baron Hill said that people who are zeroing in on the speaker are trying to move away from the broader issue of who authorized the harsh interrogation methods.
"I think a lot of people have lost focus on the people who put those torture policies in place in the first place," Hill said. "Nancy didn't do anything wrong, in terms of the legalities, that I'm aware of. I don't know what she was told. I'm not here to cast judgment on her at all."
Hill said he made a half a dozen visits in his Indiana district over the weekend, and no one raised the issue of Pelosi with him.
Rep. Gene Green, D-Texas, also downplayed any impact the story is having on the focus of getting major legislation passed in the House. "Health care, and now climate change, is now overriding any personal or political issue," Green said.
But Pelosi's office is reaching out to Democrats to tell them about the speaker's record on the issue. CNN obtained a copy of "talking points" that Pelosi's office distributed last week. The document lists a timeline of the issue and includes the point that the speaker repeatedly made at her news conference last week: "The only mention of waterboarding at that briefing was that it was not being employed."
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FINALLY!!! After a long wait Vol. I of "Intro to Polyrhythms: Contracting and Expanding Time within Form" is out and available.
I am really excited about this DVD/Book on metric moduation that I co-authored with drummer Ari Hoenig for Mel Bay Publications. Click on the book link to purchase it.
Vol.II is in the works and should come out later this year.
Come back often for upcoming gigs and new releases . My first recording as a leader is in the planning stages, more on that later.


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This year's track layout(s) are going to end up looking a bit different. Doctor's orders are NO jumping. So, Casey will be focusing on sprinting this year. He will be running the 100m, 200m, 400m, and two of the relays. The kid is FAST....so it is probably a good thing he is focusing on sprinting this year. He made it to state as a freshman last year in two sprinting events I think....hopefully this year he will make state in all his events!!
Do you want to know what I have gotten done scrapping wise the past two evenings? Nada...nothing...zilch. We got a Wii on Monday night, and played until it was time to go to bed. And then last night we watched a couple episodes of Dexter on demand. Maybe I will get something done tonight? We will see!
Can you believe it is April already?
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- AnonymousApril 2, 2008 at 3:54 PM
Fantastic Lo out your bro Casey...Well done to him...way to go:)ReplyDelete
and thanks for visiting my blog so much appreciated...Have a great Evening:)x
Well, that layout rocks my socks off. You are such a supportive big sister too. That's very cool.ReplyDelete
I love your scrapbook page! Your bro is lucky to have a sister that can immortalize those amazing moments. Thanks for stopping by my blog, Lea.
Another amazing layout, Lea! I'm glad that Casey is allowed to be back in the game again. :-) Does he know how blessed he is to have a sister who chronicles him so lovingly?ReplyDelete
Always love your style, Lea!!!ReplyDelete
Yeah, the Wii will do it to ya!! It is so fun, isn't it? What is your fave so far??
This lo rocks Lea, love all the photos on it! So gald the cast is off and he's ready for track. Happy scrappin. :0)ReplyDelete
What a FAB layout, Lea! I love the series of action shots--really shows off your little broski's talent and joy for the sport! Looks like he's already on the road to stardom! Careful, that Wii can get addictive, hehe! thanks for the stop by my blog--I love yours and I've been missing out on some major inspiration here! No more!ReplyDelete
That is fantastic for your brother!You are a great sister.ReplyDelete
Well the Wii entered your home...nothing but trouble! I just finished playing guitar hero when I should have been packaging orders...
omgosh - your layout is GORGEOUS! I love that track star! :)ReplyDelete
Hi Lea! I just love ya to pieces. Thank you SO much for your sweet comment about my Glitz book!!! YES we did get a new baby...I posted him on my blog, you gotta go see him!!
HEY MOVE to Texas!! I would LOVE to hang out with you!!!! :)
HUGS sweet girl!
Great LO I love the way you've done the title and the "Track Star" is the perfect title! :O)ReplyDelete
love the track star, Lea!ReplyDelete
I'm getting weak.
Might have to 'invest'
in a Wii . . . !!
Glad Casey is doing well...does your arm hurt from playing tennis on the Wii? My fave game is the Mii matching game on Wii Play.ReplyDelete
Glad to hear Casey is going good!ReplyDelete
Love your LO!
I can't believe it April either.
I can't wait until we get a Wii.
Great layout, Lea! Love the design. Have fun with you Wii!ReplyDelete


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Ticino, the sunny south of Switzerland is the only Swiss region entirely located south of the Alps with Italian as official language. It boasts Mediterranean lifestyle and Swiss quality in a romantic setting of scenic mountains, gleaming lakes, charming stone-house villages, waterfalls, emerald green rivers and palm trees. In Ticino you'll find an immense world enclosed in a small region rich of contrasts: trends and traditions, gourmet restaurants and grotti, cultural sights and architectural monuments, relaxation and entertainment.
Lugano > Morcote
From Zurich (2h30 trip), visit Lugano, Switzerland's third financial centre, with its car-free historic district, Mediterranean-style squares, arcades, splendid buildings, Piazza Riforma and the renowned shopping street Via Nassa. Afterwards, take a cruise on Lake Lugano to discover Ticino's traditional fishing villages: Gandria and Morcote. Hop-off in Morcote and have lunch on the veranda of a restaurant overlooking the lake. Then, visit the romantic village and its church. On your way back to Lugano, stop at Melide to visit Swissminiatur or, when back in Lugano, take the Mt. Brè funicular to the top for a breathtaking view overlooking the entire region. For a shopping treat, take the train from Lugano to Mendrisio (20 min trip) where you will discover the 160 stores and 250 international brands of FoxTown which is the biggest factory-store in southern Europe. Discounts vary between 30-70% year-round and visitors can get a tax refund.
Lugano > Bellinzona > Locarno > Ascona
Take a 22 minutes trip by train from Lugano to visit the quaint historic centre of Bellinzona, capital of Ticino, and its medieval castles (UNESCO sites). From there, take the train (19 minutes) to Locarno, Switzerland's sunniest city, have lunch on the Piazza Grande, home of the Festival del film and visit the surrounding old town with its little handicrafts shops and historical buildings. Transfer by bus or boat from Locarno (13 minutes) to the village of Ascona, pearl of Lake Maggiore, stroll in the narrow streets of the Borgo and discover its ancient town-houses which alternates with boutiques, restaurants and art galleries. Rest on the lakefront and enjoy a local polenta with view on the Brissago Islands.
If you have more time to spare in Locarno, take the bus to Verzasca dam. It was the setting for the opening scene of the 1995 James Bond Film GoldenEye starring Pierce Brosnan. The dam offers the third highest bungee jumping in the world! From Locarno you can also take a funicular ride to Orselina (5min) before taking the cable car to Cardada, which is found 1,340 m above sea level. It's a little oasis of peace with an unforgettable 360° panorama over Lake Maggiore and the surrounding valleys.
Our tip: You can take a lake cruise on Lake Maggiore from Locarno to the Brissago Islands. The largest island hosts a botanical garden featuring exotic plants and subtropical flowers.
Lugano > Mt. Tamaro > Giornico > Airolo
On the third day reach Mt. Tamaro from Lugano (15min trip). When you are there, take the cable car to the top of Mt. Tamaro, 1,530 metres above sea level. Visit the Santa Maria degli Angeli chapel, designed by the renowned architect Mario Botta and enjoy the stunning view over the entire Region. Furthermore, Mt. Tamaro offers great hiking opportunities, an Adventure Park, an Alpine bob coaster and Switzerland's longest Flying Fox. Afterwards, take the train and a bus to the village of Giornico (1h trip) for a hearty homemade meal at a Grotto, a tavern typical of Ticino where natives gather to enjoy local dishes. Visit the town and its Romanesque cultural heritage. For a mere 950 inhabitants it counts seven churches! In the afternoon, go further north to Airolo (45 min trip). Step in the Gotthard cheese dairy, its museum and learn how to make cheese in a workshop. Before getting back to Lugano (1h30 trip), don't miss to taste a local speciality at the dairy restaurant.
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Inspiration, ideas and information to help women build public speaking content, confidence and credibility. Denise Graveline is a Washington, DC-based speaker coach who has coached nearly 200 TEDMED and TEDx speakers--including one of 2016's most popular TED talks. She also has prepared speakers for presentations, testimony, and keynotes. She offers 1:1 coaching and group workshops in public speaking, presentation and media interview skills to both men and women.
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The President's Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge is to advance "interfaith cooperation and community service in higher education". On March 17, 2011, President Obama issued a challenge to college campuses, hoping to bring religious groups together to work on community projects. His reasoning is that many social issues are addressed by religious groups already – feeding the hungry, providing low-cost daycare, sheltering the homeless – and that combining efforts can only bring positive change. To his credit, President Obama used all-inclusive language, not leaving out the non-believers in our midst. The press release of the Interfaith Challenge, including video, can be found here, and the details of the challenge, including guidelines and program requirements, can be found here (.pdf).
At the end of April, the Student Activities and Leadership Programs (SALP) adviser for the religious, international, and language clubs on campus was given a packet of information about this challenge – about three weeks before the proposal was due. In that time, she teamed up with the Campus Minister and assembled a small group of members from the campus religious organizations, and they decided that they would like to proceed with the challenge; they prepared a plan and submitted it.
The PSU plan's focus is on sustainability – economic, environmental, and social. With that in mind, the SALP leadership is hoping to piggyback on efforts by the Student Leaders for Service (SLS), who organize community service projects on campus – Viking Days, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Earth Day are all days that SLS plans activities for, and these are activities which the Interfaith organizers are hoping to join.
We can debate the merits and drawbacks of the President choosing to call upon faith-based organizations to do the work that the government arguably should be doing; however, my focus is on the formation and execution of the plan here on campus, as well as concerns I have about this initiative as it relates to PSU.
I got involved in this merely by chance. One morning early in Summer Term, I bumped into the Director of SALP in Smith near Starbucks. She gave me a heads-up that there was an interfaith group thing going on, and wanted to make sure that the non-religious didn't get overlooked. A few emails later, and Ben and I were in her office learning more.
There was a pretty good cross-section of religious (and other miscellaneous) organization representatives in the first meeting. There were members from SLS; the Muslim Student Association; the Jewish Student Association; the UAE Student Group; the Society for Classical Languages, Literature and Culture; and an unaffiliated Buddhist student who has been involved with the running of the Quiet Meditation and Prayer Lounge. Two off-campus advisers for the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, the Campus Minister from the Spiritual Life Center, a representative from St. James Lutheran Church on the Park Blocks, and another representative from local churches were all in attendance – interestingly, no students from Christian groups were there at all.
Overall, while I would hesitate to say that the meeting was a waste of time, I am honestly not sure precisely what we accomplished. We are going to seek out no more than three individuals from each faith/tradition/whatever to be on the "board"; that is, organizing the Interfaith thingy — (temporarily) officially, "Interfaith Service Committee". However, we want to cap the total at 20 individuals for these positions — I'm not sure how many faiths are represented on campus, but to gather up to three individuals from all of them seems like it would mean more than 20 representatives. From here, we're going to work on marketing, work on social media, and work on getting the word out.
When Ben and I sat in the advisers office, getting a feel for what it was she was trying to do, we had a bit of a discussion about the word "spiritual" and how it theoretically applies to nonbelievers. I think she was hoping to get our tacit approval that the word is all-encompassing and doesn't exclude us. While I don't remember the conversation word-for-word, I think Ben and I were in agreement that it was a word that necessarily excludes us, because it's relying on belief in the intangible that many of us just don't have. While we were not willing to speak for all atheists, agnostics, freethinkers, humanists, skeptics, etc., I think it's fair to say that a good portion of non-spiritual people would laugh at the contradiction. And I can't help but reflect on this post by Ophelia Benson, back when this challenge was first laid out:
Well, just for one thing, it can't be. An Interfaith Challenge offered by an Interfaith Office can't be fully open to and inclusive of atheists. It rejects atheists in the very language it uses. We shouldn't be pretending it doesn't. We shouldn't be pretending there is nothing exclusive or particularist or antisecular about faith-based offices and faith-based challenges in and from a branch of government. I don't feel included in Obama's challenge. On the contrary; I feel very pointedly and explicitly not included.
I highly recommend reading the full post – she's far more eloquent than I am. In any case, I rather felt like that at the meeting: everyone was so careful to say "people of faith and no faith", as explicitly and pointedly as they could. There was no outright hostility, but there was a definite feeling that I was an inconvenience. Especially since I kept bringing up issues they were hoping to gloss over, such as the idea of holding meetings in different places of worship being bandied about. Having had a fair deal of experience with churches, temples, and synagogues, I expressed my concern that there may be issues with etiquette, and I know for myself I would be uncomfortable meeting in these places to address on-campus programs. They'll continue to be held in the Spiritual Life Center for now. Make of that what you will.
So! If you have any feedback, concerns you'd like me to bring up, or would like to get involved, let us know!


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Coroner: Bibb Firefighter Committed Suicide at Wife's Workplace | News
Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones says a 42-year-old Macon-Bibb firefighter shot and killed himself in the parking lot of the business where his wife works.
Jack Scarborough was pronounced dead at the Medical Center of a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, Jones said.
This January, Scarborough began serving on the City Council in Danville, a small community that straddles the Twiggs-Wilkinson County line.
Fellow councilman William Deason, Jr., says he had known Scarborough since they met through school friends when he was 10 or 11 years old.
"I've been thinking about this all day, ever since it happened," Deason says. "I didn't see this coming. This blindsided me."
He said Scarborough was a man with good standards who "stood on his own two feet" and enjoyed serving the community of Danville. Though already a Macon-Bibb Fireman, he was also a volunteer firefighter for Danville and could be counted on to lend a hand with things like a community clean up day.
This town of fewer than 400 people has been shaken by this sudden loss.
"It's a small community," Deason says. "Everybody really knows everybody so this has had a real hard impact."
The suicide happened around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Macon Behavioral Medicine at 3500 Riverside Drive, Jones said. He was uncertain whether Scarborough's wife witnessed it.
Macon police spokeswoman Jami Gaudet said she had no information to provide on the death.
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Chris Medina brought Jennifer Lopez to tears when he was cut from "American Idol's" Season 10 before the live rounds began, but the young man just revealed he won't be attending the show's finale next week.
"Just found out I will not be at the finale for #AmericanIdol sad and disappointed," Chris Tweeted on Tuesday.
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The singer's audition and dedication to his fiancée Juliana, whose story of being left with traumatic brain injuries following a car accident, may have impacted thousands, but when asked why he wasn't going to the two-night finale by a fan on the social networking site, Chris admitted he was not invited.
"not asked. Then I asked for tickets and I [was] told they can't. No harsh feelings," he wrote.
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Late Tuesday night, Chris followed up his earlier Tweets, again noting he wasn't angry over the lack of tickets.
"Just want to let everyone know including #americanidol that I truly do not have bad feelings toward the show. They have helped me more… than anyone will ever know," he wrote. "They created the opportunity to do what I love to help the person I love. I was simply… disappointed. I never felt nor will I feel cheated. Love everyone."
After his earlier Tweets were picked up by the media, Chris further attempted to explain that he didn't feel snubbed by "Idol."
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"my tweet about being disappointed made headlines on yahoo.com and I don't want Idol or anyone to get the wrong impression," he wrote. "they quoted me perfectly. It's just reading back … I wanted to be extra clear and not leave any room for interpretation!"
FOX had no comment when contacted by Access Hollywood on why Chris wasn't invited to the finale Wednesday.
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The final three remaining "Idol" contestants – Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina and Haley Reinhart — perform on Wednesday night, with the final two announced on Thursday. Next week, "American Idol" will wrap up its Season 10 with a two-night finale on FOX.
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Superman/Batman #82
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by ChrisCross
Is ChrisCross's art always this gorgeous? I sure don't remember it being this good. This was a fun issue as we see Superman in a future world where magic has essentially taken over the earth because of "the final spell." Meanwhile Batman is back in time doing occult detective work with Detective Chimp and Doctor Occult. I can never get enough Detective Chimp. And then Klarion the Witch Boy shows up! This is going to be a wild ride.
Superman/Batman #83
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by ChrisCross
Another fun occult flavored issue finds Batman teaming up with the entire Shadowpact and fighting an evil cult. I loved it. Although I don't know that I care too much about the Superman in the post-apocalyptic future part. It just has been done so many times before. ChrisCross's art is beautiful!
Superman/Batman #84
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by ChrisCross
This issue concludes the Sorcerer Kings arc and it was well and good. The art was fantastic and there were some great character moments but I can't say I was blown away by it. I never really enjoy alternate timeline stories all that much.
Superman/Batman #85
Written by Joshua Hale Fialkov
Art by Adriana Melo
This was a cool start to this new storyline. A man washes up dead in Metropolis. It turns out this man was working for the Gotham Gazette and was about to expose who Batman really was. Clark is sent to Gotham to cover the story and also wants to help Batman clear his name for the murder. It turns out the reporter figured it out because he found a gadget that Batman had forgot to take the Patton number off of that belonged to Waynetech. It shows that even Batman can make a mistake. The art fit the story well. Melo is a great artist for a Batman story.
Superman/Batman #86
Written by Joshua Hale Fialkov
Art by Tomas Giorello
A different artist draws Part 2 of this story. Tomas Girorello is just as good. He draws a beautiful Gotham City. Clark continues his investigation and interviews Lucius Fox who basically says Batman stole the tech. This whole scene is clearly inspired by the Nolan movies. In the comics, does Lucius know that Bruce is Batman? I can't remember. I am pretty sure that the Nolan movies came up with the idea that Lucius works on his gadgets and that is what he is show to be doing here but I wonder if they also brought into the comics Lucius knowing his secret identity. Anyways, this was a great issue as we see Superman and Batman doing their best detective work independently with a shocking ending I didn't see coming. I mean I knew Mayne probably had something to do with it but the Joker came out of nowhere!
Superman/Batman #87
Written by Joshua Hale Fialkov
Art by Tomas Giorello
This is the final issue of Superman/Batman's long run. It has been a hit and miss book over the years but this issue was a definite hit. The gorgeous art by Giorello and the wonderfully plotted story made it a hit in my book. They never mention it but I bet the Joker chose to kill the reporter because he did not want the Batman's secret getting out cause it would ruin his fun. I always like the idea that the Joker does not really want Batman dead or unmasked.


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I was at a panel earlier this week, when a question was asked from the audience. "Are we in a seed bubble?"
Well, between the rise of super angels, the proliferation in micro-cap funds, and a shift in some LP interest towards the seed stage or emerging managers with small funds, it does not take a lot before we see significant changes in the available capital for seed. Combine that with how capital efficient companies are, and you get seed stage activity at a level that did not exist before. Admittedly, the fact that these companies can achieve material traction with much less money is a driver for the phenomenon. But divide more dollars in the asset class by fewer dollars required per company and the output is many more companies.
What happens to those seed companies? Typically, if a company does a good job executing on their seed round, by being capital efficient, they can quickly raise a Series A round of capital. Some don't need it, but generally in an era of easy "me-too", expanding to all markets in parallel or staffing up quickly to feature differentiate usually necessitates venture capital. The problem is that the venture industry at a macro level is in a not so healthy state. LPs are having their own macro difficulties, and investments in the asset class are coming down materially. Many funds from the prior climate are actively reducing fund sizes, by choice or otherwise. And we in venture believe this actually is a good trend (at least those of us performing!).
What does this all mean? Combine the increasing number of seed companies with decreasing venture capital dollars, and you potentially have a tough situation. Not every seed company that does "well" will have the opportunity to be fully capitalized. There are only so many times a seed investor can tell a VC "no, no, THIS is really a hot deal". And so the bar will go up dramatically. This is a good thing in that much better companies will get funded beyond the seed. And in many respects the bar for a Series A deal these days will start to resemble a Series B deal. But it also means lots of failure.
For entrepreneurs, a few things to think about. First, think about the composition of your seed round. Take the time to build the best network around you for information flow. Create a good mix. Make sure you have a strong group that can be your advocate and can give you credible advice about how to navigate the market. Second, work actively with your seed investors to define real value creating metrics and what 'clears the bar'. It used to be 100K uniques was interesting, then it was 500K, six months from now it might be much higher. Having institutional money as part of that syndicate can be helpful as we are actively in the transaction flow of real companies graduating from the seed to A and beyond. Third, make sure you have the capital to achieve those objectives. Don't just take $1MM because that's what is "typical". Map your capital to milestones in a disciplined manner. This is not for investors, it's to make sure you can grow your company seamlessly, keeping fundraising tasks to a minimum, and emerge owning a huge chunk of your business!


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The Anthony Weiner scandal is becoming old news, at least where Jon Stewart is concerned.
On last night's "Daily Show," Stewart addressed the audience with hands folded and voice low, an intimate sit-down not unlike his post-9/11 address.
"The real challenge for a news program such as ours," (here the audience laughs. Jon raises a hand to shush them] "is not how best to indulge our most base and callow instincts, but rather how best to chose which important yet overlooked story of importance to do first."
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"Simple," Stewart said as he pointed to the camera. "A little editorial authority."
Stewart then reached under his desk and pulled out a wheel chocked full of important yet overlooked stories that the show hasn't covered since the Weiner scandal broke—"Syria," "Our 3 Wars," "Debt Ceiling," "Jon's Tony Picks," and "Moon Nazis," to name a few—that were possible picks, selected by a toy befitting of the Weiner scandal.
But seriously, Jon, we'd love to get your take on why "The Book of Mormon" deserves the Tony for Best Musical.


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Alan who hosts Sepia Saturday, and the various contributors, are celebrating the 100th Sepia Saturday post today – Hurray! We're all looking forward to the next 100 too 🙂
Trying to keep with the theme of "100", I rummaged in my family tree to see how many of my ancestors lived to that ripe old age. Disappointingly, only one – my 3 x Great Grandfather, John Stewart, was born in 1796 and died in 1897 in Ayrshire aged 101. He was a farmer at Overmuir Farm, and was also Tree-Climbing Granny's great grandfather.
My newly discovered relative in Canada had a visit from other relations on Monday so I emailed some pictures over, and they very kindly emailed me some back this week. I haven't seen this photo of Granny's parents before, so I'm terribly excited to have a copy.
Thanks to Janet and Douglas for sharing this (and other photos) with me. Isn't Chris's hat spectacular? Her skirt seems to have some kind of decoration (probably not gravy, like if it had been me) and the sleeves of her jacket are very ornate. A very smart couple indeed!
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I really don't understand why the Martin machine got behind Carolyn Parrish in her nomination battle against Pat Mahoney. Didn't they know she was a loose cannon? She's sort of our version of Cheryl Gallant…or Ted White…or Rob Merrifield …or, well, you get the picture.
First of all, to use one of Paul's favourite lines – let me be perfectly clear: Carolyn Parrish is right. Getting involved in Missile Defense is idiotic. Anyone who believes it will work is an idiot. I mean, the system is as unproven as it is idiotic and I have not seen one article anywhere which even hints that anyone out there, be they idiot or not, has even kind sorta implied it might work. Never mind that it won't stop idiots from hijacking airlines or sailing ships into ports. And the amount of money it will cost is idiotically high.
But, why or why, did she have to come out and say it? Because now she is the voice of the Liberal caucus speaking out against star wars. And she is the last person who should be speaking on behalf of the many in this country who realize it's a deeply flawed plan. There are so many arguments that make sense she could use against missile defense and instead we get name-calling. It cheapens the whole argument to have someone like her as the lead spokesperson for it.


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Are Media Getting Tougher on George W. Bush?
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(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) HOWARD KURTZ, HOST (voice-over): In this corner, the Bush bashers, calling the president a liar, a phony and worse. And blaming him for the continued carnage in Iraq. In this corner, the Clinton bashers, calling the former president a liar and a sleaze, and continuing to blame him on terrorism, and, in case anyone forgot her, morality. How did journalism get so personal, so filled with hatred? And are White House correspondents getting tougher on George Bush? Plus, low road. The supermarket tabloid that outed Kobe Bryant's accuser. (END VIDEOTAPE) KURTZ: Welcome to RELIABLE SOURCES, where today we turn our critical lens on the increasingly hostile coverage of this president and the last one. I'm Howard Kurtz. Ahead, "The Nation's" David Corn and "National Review's" Rich Lowry will join the fray. But first, when things are going well for the commander-in-chief, he has an easier time with the Fourth Estate. During the run-up to the Iraq War, critics found most White House correspondents rather timid. But today -- a very different story. Let's take a trip through the spin cycle. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) KURTZ (voice-over): In the wake of more deadly bomb attacks in Baghdad, including one that narrowly missed Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, the questioning at Tuesday's news conference was particularly aggressive. NORAH O'DONNELL, NBC NEWS: At that time, you declared major combat operations were over. But since that time there have been over 1,000 wounded, many of them amputees who are recovering at Walter Reed, 217 killed in action since that date. Will you acknowledge now that you were premature in making those remarks? BILL PLANTE, CBS NEWS: There are people out there who don't believe that the administration is leveling with them about the difficulty and scope of the problem in Iraq. ELIZABETH BUMILLER, NEW YORK TIMES: And the second question, can you promise a year from now that you will have reduced the number of troops in Iraq? GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The second question is a trick question. So I won't answer it. KURTZ: But the Rose Garden grilling was nothing compared to the vitriol that some liberal commentators are heaping on Bush. Lots of books say he doesn't tell the truth, including David Corn's "The Lies of George W. Bush." Columns calling him an illegitimate president, a fake cowboy and a moron, all of which led to Jonathan Chait's "New Republic" cover story on Bush hatred. JONATHAN CHAIT, NEW REPUBLIC: Personally, I don't like him, I don't respect him. But I say, the main thing here is his policies, and but you can hate him on both. And I do. There's plenty of hatred to go around. LAURA INGRAHAM, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: I think it makes complete sense that the Democrats hate George Bush, because what they really hate is the ideas that he stands for. But just like conservatives, it wasn't about hating Bill Clinton, it was about what he stood for. It was about the '60s and the 1970s and all the values that that brought forward. KURTZ: Of course, there's still a cottage industry of conservatives calling Bill Clinton a liar, a cheater and a lousy president. Books like Rich Lowry's "Legacy," featured in "National Review," with a less than flattering caricature. (END VIDEOTAPE) KURTZ: The more those on the left bash Bush, it seems, the more those on the right want to blame today's problems on Clinton's eight years in office. Well, joining me now, Rich Lowry, the editor of "National Review," and the author of "Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years." And David Corn, Washington bureau chief for "The Nation," and the author of "The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception." Welcome. Rich Lowry, let's start with that press conference. Were the reporters unusually aggressive, because Iraq seems to be a mess, and they perhaps want to blame it on this president? RICH LOWRY, EDITOR, "NATIONAL REVIEW": Yes. Well, the media works off just a couple of very shop-worn templates, always. One's the scandal story. They work off of Watergate. When it's any story having to do with a conflict overseas, it's automatically Vietnam. So the media emphasizes the negative. They assume American power is going to go wrong and the war is going to be a disaster. And I think that's underlying a lot of the hostile questioning of Bush on the conflict now. KURTZ: On the other hand, the president seemed rather testy with some of the reporters, refusing even to answer Elizabeth Bumiller's "trick question," as he put it. DAVID CORN, THE NATION: Well, yes. I thought his tone there was a little off the mark. I mean, I think reporters -- I think the public has reasons to be worried about the president's credibility. You look at what he said leading up to the war about weapons of mass destruction, and his refusal to engage in the debate or discussion of how much the war would cost and how many troops it would take afterwards. You know, gave people the impression that we might not have this mess. And now the hard questions are coming down the pike. And believe it or not, I don't think they're hard enough. KURTZ: Do you buy Rich Lowry's assertion that reporters are suddenly in Vietnam mode and are making everything seem like a quagmire, because that's one of the only ... CORN: Well, I don't disagree with that ... KURTZ: ... historical references they have? CORN: I think the press tends to swerve too much in one direction, too much in the other direction. And they're like generals. They're always fighting the last war. That does happen. But having said that, I think there are hard questions that should be asked. Now, that has nothing to do with Vietnam. And even in the press conference -- a good example was -- he was asked about the fact that the donor's conference, they got $13 billion out of other countries. The nations of the world -- the U.S. is kicking in $20 billion. That's $33 billion. They say the total figure they need is $56 billion. He was asked, how do you make up the shortfall? He said, oil revenues. But Paul Bremer has said many a time that those revenues aren't coming... LOWRY: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) look, there were obviously, ... CORN: ... (UNINTELLIGIBLE) focus on those details. LOWRY: ... there are obviously -- obviously fair questions and tough questions to ask about this. But there are a couple of media myths that are grown up now, and they're basically unmovable. One that Bush said the threat from Iraq was imminent, which no Bush official said. The other thing that he said, it was going to be easy. He never said that either. But, you know, as a background to a lot of these stories and oftentimes explicitly stated in these stories, is that Bush officials said those things. He didn't. CORN: Well, wait a second, he didn't say the word "imminent." But he did say "immediate" and "direct." And he said there was a high likelihood -- the White House did -- that there'd be a surprise attack from Saddam Hussein. LOWRY: Right. CORN: Using weapons of mass destruction ... LOWRY: Well, ... CORN: ... If that's not imminent ... LOWRY: ... the premise ... CORN: ... I don't know what imminent is. KURTZ: All right, all right, all right. LOWRY: ... the premise of the statements, though, is that you can't wait for the threat to grow up, and you never know when it's going to happen. KURTZ: Before we re-fight the Iraq war, I want to turn to the subject while you're here -- and before we get into some Bush bashing, let's take a brief look at the Bush being bashed. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BUSH: There's an old poster out West, as I recall, that said, "Wanted -- Dead or Alive." There are some who feel like that, you know, the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is, bring 'em on. (END VIDEO CLIP) KURTZ: What do you make, Rich Lowry, of all of these books -- David Corn's included -- and some of them calling Bush a liar, a deceiver, a really bad guy? LOWRY: Well, I mean, Bush hatred is very real. And when "National Review" read a story about this four or five weeks ago, the debate was, does Bush hatred really exist? Now we know it exists. We had a writer on the "New Republic" actually saying he hates Bush personally, not just his policies, but him personally. And they're driven crazy by this guy. And I think there's a real elitism behind it. They think he's stupid and dumb. And I think that's been a lot -- behind a lot of the media coverage of Bush. And, you know, you can argue those policies are mistaken, he's made mistakes. But I don't think the public is going to buy the idea that he's a liar. His poll numbers on honesty are quite high. And his poll numbers on leadership are quite high. So they're not going to buy the personal attacks on him. KURTZ: You're dying to jump in. CORN: To me it's not a matter of poll numbers. Clinton's poll numbers were very high through impeachment, and that didn't prevent people on the right, like Rich and others, from attacking him and wanting to be outraged. And there's a lot of Clinton hatred, too. To me it's not the issue of hatred. Listen. The premise of my book ... KURTZ: You don't hate George W. Bush? CORN: No. I don't hate George W. Bush. KURTZ: But when you (UNINTELLIGIBLE) ... (CROSSTALK) KURTZ: Before we get to the premise, when you catalogue Bush's lies, ... CORN: Right. KURTZ: ... you're saying in part, you don't like his conservative policies. CORN: What I'm saying is, he's not presenting them honestly. And if you go down the list and if you -- I argue in my book that on the war, on tax cuts and Social Security and global warming, Medicare -- you name it -- stem cell research, energy policy -- that he has not argued his case honestly. And if that is indeed true, if the premise is true, then shouldn't people be angry about it? Now, you could argue the facts (UNINTELLIGIBLE) ... KURTZ: Don't you undermine -- don't you undermine your own argument when you say the president lies about everything -- every issue you just ticked off. CORN: And I -- well, I (UNINTELLIGIBLE) ... KURTZ: There's nothing on which he's honest about? CORN: ... well, I know. I have not ... KURTZ: He's just a full-time deceiver? CORN: ... I have not said that he's not honest about everything. I mean, he said he -- during the campaign -- that he would stick with his tax cut plan, even though it didn't poll well. Indeed, he stuck with it. He said he would confront Saddam Hussein during the campaign. There are sometimes when the president does tell the truth. He said that Iraq is a dangerous ... KURTZ: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) your book ... CORN: ... (UNINTELLIGIBLE). Well, I mentioned this in my book, Howard. KURTZ: OK, ... LOWRY: David ... CORN: But most of it -- most of it is not -- listen, I'll be fair. Most of what I'm saying is, on the big policy issues, he has not argued his case honestly. LOWRY: Well, David throws the kitchen sink in there. And if Bush sneezes, he calls it a lie. The fact is, David just has some policy disagreements with Bush, and then characterizes those as lies in order to play to this animus that Bush is fundamentally evil. That's out there and very real. KURTZ: What is it about George W. Bush that seems to drive some liberals crazy? LOWRY: I think it's a cultural thing. You know, it's the way he walks. It's the way he talks. He's, you know, ... KURTZ: The cowboy approach? LOWRY: He's got the cowboy image. Whenever he says something like bring 'em on, it's not just the words that drive people crazy, it's the way he says them. He drops a syllable, and that really -- if you're a Manhattan liberal who's going to buy David's book, ... CORN: Wait, wait, ... LOWRY: ... (UNINTELLIGIBLE) ... CORN: I love Texas. I love it. I have Texas cowboy boots. I have nothing -- there's nothing -- I like, you know, cowboy music. It's not a cultural (UNINTELLIGIBLE) in me. But when he says things like, his tax cuts, the vast majority of my tax cuts go to the bottom end of the spectrum. That is demonstrably untrue. You can argue in favor of trickle-down economics. You can argue in favor of the people who ... LOWRY: Right. CORN: ... the rich (UNINTELLIGIBLE) ... LOWRY: Is John Kerry a liar, by the way? CORN: ... no, wait a minute. LOWRY: Was John Kerry a liar when he said that middle class families are getting these tax cuts, so it's a mistake to repeal them? Is he lying? CORN: That's -- that's a different statement than to say the vast majority of these cuts go to the bottom end of the spectrum. LOWRY: Depends on how you ... (CROSSTALK) KURTZ: Let me come back to the press coverage. Is hatred -- as some people are using the "H" word -- is that an appropriate and logical response to the policies of a president that you disagree with? CORN: Well, it depends who you're talking about. From the public at large, if you think the president is running the country into the ground and fighting unfair wars, I think hatred is fine. If you think the president ... KURTZ: Personal hatred? CORN: From a citizen towards the president? Yes. I mean, not personal in the sense that you know someone. I think if you feel that Clinton, you know, despoiled the Oval Office, you can feel hatred or intense emotion against him. There's nothing wrong with that. KURTZ: And is that ... CORN: But I think when journalists -- you've got to be analytical about it and stick to the facts, which is what I do in my book. KURTZ: In fact, a lot of your conservative friends, including your colleague ... LOWRY: That's right. KURTZ: ... Jonah Goldberg, say they hated Clinton, couldn't stand the guy, ... CORN: Right. KURTZ: ... couldn't stand the sight of him. So aren't we really just seeing, if not payback, just another form of ideological warfare that has now spilled over into incredible, emotional, personal animus? LOWRY: Right. Well, I think it's ideological and cultural warfare. And these guys are -- Clinton and Bush are sort of archetypes for each side in this conflict. And that drives a lot of the energy and the anger. But I think the hatred of Clinton was based on the idea that he was a moral reprobate, which was clearly proven in office. He demonstrated to everyone in the most flagrant fashion possible. So, that to me seemed to be a very solid case ... KURTZ: So, in your view, that's justified, this isn't, OK. LOWRY: Well, that's -- well, I wouldn't hate him. KURTZ: Why are all these Bush-bashing books coming out now? Could you have written this book a year ago? CORN: Well, it's interesting. In the spring of 2002, I talked to my agent about doing a book like this. She sniffed around the publishing houses, and at that point there was no interest. Bush was riding too high in the polls, and I think the publishing houses didn't think there was enough of a readership for this type of book. KURTZ: They were perhaps intimidated by the president's popularity? CORN: No, I think they're trying to judge what the marketplace will bear. And then, you know, in October 2002, my agent tried again and got six houses within a day to say, yes, we want to do it. And at that time -- I didn't know it, but Al Franken was selling a book, Joe Conason was selling a book. Molly Ivins (ph) was. So the publishing houses all gathered that there was somewhat of a shift. KURTZ: And the one thing that changed in that period is that suddenly the president was leading toward a war with Iraq. LOWRY: Right, right. KURTZ: How much of this liberal animus, in your view, has been galvanized by what happened in Iraq? LOWRY: Oh, that's a huge part of it. You saw this hatred developing early on with the idea that he had stolen Florida and was somehow an illegitimate president. And then the war just added fuel to the fire. So, if I would have been a publishing house, I would have eagerly taken David's book, knowing -- you can come to me next time, David -- knowing that there was this feeling on the left. And look. A lot of things in our politics and our book buying is driven by anger and fear. KURTZ: We finally have agreement on something. Maybe it's a good place to stop. When we come back, bashing Bill. Clinton criticism still all the rage among conservatives. Talk about that next. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) KURTZ: Welcome back to RELIABLE SOURCES. Still with us are authors David Corn and Rich Lowry. Both are FOX News contributors. Turning now to Bill Clinton, let's take a look at the former president, both when he was in the Oval Office and afterwards. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIPS) BILL CLINTON, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: It depends upon what the meaning of the word is is. Most scandalous of all, this last tax cut is proposed to be paid for by kicking 500,000 poor children out of their after-school program. Oh, it's regrettable, but I've got to have this tax cut, man. That dividend cut, I need that really bad. (END VIDEO CLIPS) KURTZ: David Corn, Bill Clinton, whatever his record, has been out of office for three years. Why are conservative pundits still kicking him around? CORN: Oh, I think two reasons. One is that it sells. Two reasons. One is that it sells, the other is that (UNINTELLIGIBLE) ... KURTZ: That's the only reason you need. CORN: ... there you go. And, you know, I think the anger, you know, is there. It still resonates. And that there is still a feeling that, with Bush in the White House, that you have to blame somebody for some of the problems we have. The war -- you know, being struck on 9/11 and such. And it's very convenient to go back and look at him, rather than going back to looking at the Reagan-Bush years when they, you know, made mistakes, too, on terrorism. So, in any event, I think, you know, all these things give a conservative a good reason to go after Clinton, even though he's out. And the fourth reason is, he refuses to leave the stage. So he's a good, convenient target. KURTZ: Even some Democrats wish he would give them a little more daylight. CORN: Yes. KURTZ: In your book you criticized Bill Clinton seemingly on everything. Did Clinton not do one good thing during his eight years in office? LOWRY: No, he did some good things. He signed a tax cut for the rich in 1997, which was great. Right, David? He passed NAFTA. He expanded NATO. But let me tell you why I wrote this book. It goes to one of David's reasons and to your intro, in fact, at the beginning, which I would take issue with. I started this book a year-and-a-half ago when Bush was riding high. It was in no way an attempt to save him from his critics, because his critics were on the defensive at the moment. The reason I wrote it was, there have been a lot of anti-Clinton books, you know, on various scandals and whatnot. But there's not been a real, substantive, factual, intellectual, intellectually serious critique of his entire administration. And that's what I sought to do in this book. KURTZ: Your book is definitely substantive. But you won't even give Clinton credit for the booming economy of the '90s. You say -- now, let's make it clear. Presidents always get more credit and more blame than they deserve, ... LOWRY: Right, right. KURTZ: ... as the economy bounces up and down. But it seems rather grudging on your part that you won't even give Clinton a nod in this direction. LOWRY: No, I think if people read my whole economy chapter -- and I did spend a lot of time on it, because it's important -- I say he's not responsible for the recovery in the early 1990s, which happened before he was in office. The recession officially ended in early 1991. When he was touring the country in '92, saying this was the worst economy since the Great Depression, the economy was growing at 3 percent a year. Now, later in the decade, we had a great boom. And what I give him credit for is playing ball with congressional Republicans and having mildly conservative economic policies on trade, on taxes, on regulation. All those things are good. And if he would talk about those things, I would, you know, hold hands with him and sing "Kumbaya." But he never does. KURTZ: I don't think I'd do that. CORN: I remember that when he passed his budget plan in 1993, I was not a big fan of it, but I didn't think it was so bad. You had the Republicans and the conservatives literally saying that this economy will be destroyed, will be, you know, just smashed to bits within three years of this plan being passed. And no Republican voted, and that's continued ... (CROSSTALK) KURTZ: (UNINTELLIGIBLE). Hold up. I want to come back to the coverage and not just debate Clinton's record. We now know that Clinton did lie, about Monica Lewinsky at the very least. CORN: Sure. He lied about other things, too. KURTZ: But you didn't write a book called "The Lies of ... CORN: No, no ... KURTZ: ... William Jefferson Clinton." CORN: But -- that's right. I didn't write that book about that. But I wrote many a piece in which I challenged what he was saying. I remember several pieces I wrote about -- well, the genocide in Rwanda, when he came out and said, I never knew the situation was so bad. He went back and apologized. That was just clearly B.S. He did know at the time. KURTZ: But you don't think that ... CORN: So I'm an equal opportunity accuser here. KURTZ: Do you think liberals have been harder on Clinton than Rich's friends have been occasionally holding Bush's feet to the fire? CORN: I'd like to see -- and, Rich, give me an example of anyone who's written for the "National Review," who has called Bush a liar or taken a risk ... LOWRY: That's because he's not a liar, David. That's a ridiculous canard. Clinton said all the same things about weapons of mass destruction than Bush did. CORN: Has Bush never told a lie? LOWRY: Not in the true sense of deliberately telling ... CORN: Whoa! LOWRY: ... something's that untrue. You call ... CORN: When he said ... (CROSSTALK) LOWRY: David, let me respond. CORN: That's not lying? KURTZ: Let's get (UNINTELLIGIBLE) ... LOWRY: Can I respond. You call Bush a liar for saying that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction, and saying the exact same things about Iraq ... CORN: No, no, no. LOWRY: ... that Clinton did. Those aren't lies. CORN: Well, ... LOWRY: Those may have been mistakes. Those may have been intelligence failures. CORN: ... I (UNINTELLIGIBLE) I say ... LOWRY: They weren't lies. (CROSSTALK) CORN: Don't put words in my mouth. In my book I say that Bush says that intelligence leaves no doubt that Saddam Hussein has significant weapons of mass destruction, OK. (CROSSTALK) KURTZ: Hold on, hold on. (CROSSTALK) KURTZ: OK, I'm going to ask you guys to hold it. LOWRY: Everyone agreed on the intelligence, whether you like it or not. CORN: No, no, (UNINTELLIGIBLE). KURTZ: All right. Now, you call Bill Clinton in your book a monstrous, world-shaking failure. But, despite that view -- and you're entitled to it, ... LOWRY: Thank you, Howard. KURTZ: ... he remained pretty popular with the American people, ... LOWRY: He did. KURTZ: ... even after being impeached. LOWRY: Let me explain that. The monstrous, world-shaking failure was leaving the country vulnerable to 9/11. Now, he stayed popular by ignoring the difficult and tough issues. You're very popular if you go into shopping malls and ask people, what do you want to hear the president say? And then you have the president say to them -- V-chips, school uniforms, teenage curfews. All that was a very shrewd political formula. And I say this in legacy, to keep his poll numbers up. And the poll numbers stayed up. But that shouldn't be the standard for judging presidential leadership. KURTZ: We've got 30 seconds. Half the country seems to like George W. Bush, despite your indictment about all the lies. CORN: Well, and half don't. And, you know, we live in a 50-50 country. You could say the same thing about Bill Clinton. Actually, Bill Clinton had higher numbers and there was less of a division, despite, you know, the accusations of lying there, which were merited. I think we're going to continue to fight this, based on people's partisan desires, rather than looking for the truth and having a hard standard. And I judge Bush by his own words. He said he'd be different from other politicians. And I don't think he's restored honesty ... LOWRY: (UNINTELLIGIBLE), David? KURTZ: You two, ... CORN: No, it's not partisan. KURTZ: You two will have to take this outside. David Corn and Rich Lowry, thanks very much for joining us. Coming up, the new man on top at FOX News Sunday. Plus, Rosie O'Donnell in a high stakes court fight against her former publisher. That and more ahead in our "Media Minute." (COMMERCIAL BREAK) KURTZ: Welcome back. Time now to check the latest in the world of media news. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) KURTZ (voice-over): Veteran journalist Chris Wallace is leaving ABC to become the new host of "Fox News Sunday," replacing Tony Snow. The Emmy-award winning son of Mike Wallace tells me that Fox's reputation as a right leaning network is a bum rap. And that "if Roger Ailes and his network wanted a conservative fire breather, they wouldn't have hired me." Most of the media have respected the anonymity of Kobe Bryant's accuser, until now. "The Globe" has flashed a sexy picture of the 19- year-old on its cover, along with her name. Is this how Bonnie Fuller, the new editorial chief hired from "US Weekly" plans to sell magazines? This is the same supermarket tabloid that outed Patricia Bowman (ph) in the William Kennedy Smith trial a dozen years ago. Then NBC and "The New York Times" followed "The Globe's" lead. This time let's hope the media don't go down that sleazy road. Is she the queen of nice or a profane loud mouth who ditched her self-titled magazine and sent dozens of employees to the unemployment line? Rosie O'Donnell is in a courtroom this week as a judge seeks an answer to that question. The one-time magazine editor is being sued by publisher Gruener & Yarr (ph) for allegedly violating her contract when she quit last year. O'Donnell's lawyer says she's no Mother Teresa. But Rosie says she doesn't understand why the matter has gotten this far. ROSIE O'DONNELL: It is funny to me that I'm going to court for this, and where are the Enron guys? I'm just -- it's hysterical to me. KURTZ: And CNBC has a new and funny prime-time face. Comedian Dennis Miller. Miller, who had been a Fox News commentator, will launch a nightly program early next year. (END VIDEOTAPE) KURTZ: Hope it works out better for Dennis than "Monday Night Football." Just ahead, your viewer e-mail. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) KURTZ: Turning now to our viewer e-mail, a lot of you wrote to us after our interview last week with actor George Clooney. Some just wanted a date, but others talked about the role of the press and the paparazzi. George in California writes: "If George Clooney doesn't like having his picture taken and people writing about him, he checked the wrong box when he said he wanted to be a movie star." But Laurie in New York City says: "I'll never quite understand people who feel they have a right to see photos of celebrities in private moments. No offense, Mr. Clooney, but I couldn't care less where you eat dinner or with whom. It's your business and no one else's." Well, that's it for this edition of RELIABLE SOURCES. I'm Howard Kurtz. Join us again next Sunday morning at 11:30 Eastern, for another critical look at the media. "LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER" begins right now. 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Our brains: predictably irrational
The 3 pounds of jelly in our skulls allow us to reflect on our own consciousness — and to make counterintuitive, irrational decisions. These talks explore why.
Michael Shermer Why people believe weird things
Why do people see the Virgin Mary on a cheese sandwich or hear demonic lyrics in "Stairway to Heaven"? Using video and music, skeptic Michael Shermer shows how we convince ourselves to believe — and overlook the facts.
Dan Ariely Beware conflicts of interest
In this short talk, psychologist Dan Ariely tells two personal stories that explore scientific conflict of interest: How the pursuit of knowledge and insight can be affected, consciously or not, by shortsighted personal goals. When we're thinking about the big questions, he reminds us, let's be aware of our all-too-human brains.
Tali Sharot The optimism bias
Are we born to be optimistic, rather than realistic? Tali Sharot shares new research that suggests our brains are wired to look on the bright side — and how that can be both dangerous and beneficial.
Barry Schwartz The paradox of choice
Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.
Dan Dennett The illusion of consciousness
Philosopher Dan Dennett makes a compelling argument that not only don't we understand our own consciousness, but that half the time our brains are actively fooling us.
Dan Ariely Are we in control of our own decisions?
Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show how we're not as rational as we think when we make decisions.
Sheena Iyengar The art of choosing
Sheena Iyengar studies how we make choices — and how we feel about the choices we make. At TEDGlobal, she talks about both trivial choices (Coke v. Pepsi) and profound ones, and shares her groundbreaking research that has uncovered some surprising attitudes about our decisions.
Daniel Kahneman The riddle of experience vs. memory
Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman reveals how our "experiencing selves" and our "remembering selves" perceive happiness differently. This new insight has profound implications for economics, public policy — and our own self-awareness.
Peter Donnelly How juries are fooled by statistics
Oxford mathematician Peter Donnelly reveals the common mistakes humans make in interpreting statistics — and the devastating impact these errors can have on the outcome of criminal trials.
James Randi Homeopathy, quackery and fraud
Legendary skeptic James Randi takes a fatal dose of homeopathic sleeping pills onstage, kicking off a searing 18-minute indictment of irrational beliefs. He throws out a challenge to the world's psychics: Prove what you do is real, and I'll give you a million dollars. (No takers yet.)
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain
Why do teenagers seem so much more impulsive, so much less self-aware than grown-ups? Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore compares the prefrontal cortex in adolescents to that of adults, to show us how typically "teenage" behavior is caused by the growing and developing brain.
Dan Gilbert The psychology of your future self
"Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they're finished." Dan Gilbert shares recent research on a phenomenon he calls the "end of history illusion," where we somehow imagine that the person we are right now is the person we'll be for the rest of time. Hint: that's not the case.


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What is a watershed and why are they important? A watershed is an area of land that drains all of its water to a specific lake or river. As rainwater and melting snow run downhill, they carry sediment and other materials into our streams, lakes, wetlands and groundwater.
The boundary of a watershed is defined by the watershed divide, which is the ridge of highest elevation surrounding a given stream or network of streams. A drop of rainwater falling outside of this boundary will enter a different watershed and will flow to a different body of water.
No matter where you live, work or play you are within a watershed!
Our streams and rivers may flow through many different types of land use in their paths to the ocean. In the illustration to the left from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, water flows from agricultural lands to residential areas to industrial zones as it moves downstream. Each land use presents unique impacts and challenges on water quality.
Why is your watershed important? We all live in a watershed. Watersheds are the places we call home, where we work and where we play. Everyone relies on water and other natural resources to exist. What you and others do on the land impacts the quality and quantity of water and our other natural resources.
Healthy watersheds are vital for a healthy environment and economy. Our watersheds provide water for drinking, irrigation and industry. Many people also enjoy lakes and streams for their beauty and for boating, fishing and swimming. Wildlife also need healthy watersheds for food and shelter.
Managing the water and other natural resources is an effective and efficient way to sustain the local economy and environmental health.
Scientists and leaders now recognize the best way to protect the vital natural resources is to understand and manage them on a watershed basis. Everything that is done in a watershed affects the watershed's system.
Pollutants and Water Quality In the past, most water quality problems were traced to the most obvious cause point source pollution. This means the problem can be traced to a specific location such as a pipe or disposal site.
Technical and regulatory methods have been used to detect and control these problems. Much progress has been made in preventing further water quality problems from point sources.
However, water quality problems from nonpoint- source pollution are more difficult to isolate and control. These sources are often hard to identify and difficult to measure. This type of pollution results from a wide variety of activities over a wide area.
Nonpoint-source pollutants are in the water that runs off crop or forest land. Others include failing septic systems, parking lots, construction sites, irrigation systems and drainage systems. It can even result from automobile exhaust getting in the atmosphere and falling back to earth in the rain.
A partnership among all who live, work or play in the watershed can help identify concerns, educate those involved and encourage them to take action. Watershed management plans focus on prevention of pollution. This is easier and cheaper than trying to cleanup a watershed after the fact.
Understanding your watershed is the first step in protecting the water and other natural resources.


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Schools are ranked on league tables within each local education authority by the average points score per student at secondary school.
A-level grade A* scores 300 points, A = 270, B = 240, C = 210, D = 180, E = 150.
Schools are also ranked by the average points score per entry. Again, one examination graded A* scores 300 points and so on.
For the first time this year, the tables also the number of students who gain good grades – at least two As and a B – in so-called "facilitating subjects". These are subjects that are commonly seen as a route into leading Russell Group universities.
The measure reflects achievement in maths and further maths, English literature, physics, biology, chemistry, geography, history and modern and classical languages.


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History of World War Two Told Through Letters
Book List (In no particular order)
*This is just an initial list, it will continue to grow.
NYC and American History
Rosenzweig, Roy. Eight Hours for What We Will: Workers and Leisure in an Industrial City, 1870-1921.
Zinn, Howard. A People's History of the United States.
Wallace, Mike and Edwin Burrows. Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898.
Caro, Robert. The Power Broker; Robert Moses and the Fall of New York.
Freeman, Joshua. Working Class New York.
Freeman, Lance. There Goes the 'Hood; Views of Gentrification from the Ground Up.
Jackson, Kenneth T. Crabgrass Fontier: The Suburbanization of the United States.
Cromley, Elizabeth. Alone Together: A History of New York's Early Apartments.
Blackmar, Elizabeth. Manhattan for Rent.
Jacobs, Jane. The Death and Life of American Cities.
Kayden, Jerold S. Privately Owned Public Space: The New York Experience
Wiebe, Robert. The Search for Order: 1877-1920.
Tyler May, Elaine. Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
Women at home and in the workplace
Kessler-Harris, Alice. Out To Work.
Stone, Pamela. Opting Out; The Real Reason Women Quit Careers and Head Home.
Auster, Paul. Brooklyn Follies.
Smith, Betty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
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Miley Cyrus, who was seen smoking what she claimed to be the legal herb salvia out of a bong in a video last year, proclaims herself a stoner in a newly released video.
The video, obtained by The Daily, was allegedly shot at the former Hannah Montana star's private 19th birthday party in Los Angeles. In the video, Cyrus is presented a cake featuring Bob Marley by Kelly Osbourne. "You know you're a stoner when friends make you a Bob Marley cake," Cyrus is seen saying. "You know you smoke way too much f------ weed."
Osbourne, 27, then jokes, "I thought salvia was your problem, Miley?"
Billy Ray Cyrus "so sad" over video of Miley hitting a bong
"Let me make something very clear. After Miley's salvia incident we started calling her Bob Miley as a joke! The cake was also a joke! It makes me sick that Miley's so-called 'friends' would sell her out and lead people to believe she is someone that she is not," Osbourne tweeted early Sunday shortly after the video appeared online. "You guys, if Miley is not recording/filming/touring she works everyday. How could she possibly do all that if she was a stoner! #think"
TMZ obtained a video of Cyrus smoking out of a bong last December, just a month before the end of her popular Disney Channel series.
"Sorry, guys. I had no idea. Just saw this stuff for the first time myself," her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, wrote at the time. "I'm so sad. There is much beyond my control right now." At the time, Cyrus' parents were in the middle of a divorce, which was subsequently called off last March.


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A Florida casino honored "Fat Tuesday" this week by doling out doughnuts and paying patrons 10 cents for each pound they weighed.
Gulfstream casino called the promotion a "parody" since its closest competitor is named Mardi Gras Casino, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.
"We wanted something people could have fun with," Michael Goldin, Gulfstream's director of marketing, told the paper.
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He downplayed that the casino was encouraging its patrons to fatten up for freebies.
"If you gain 10 pounds, you get a buck in free play," he said. "We don't care if they have lead in their shoes, or bring their purse up with them -- and we round up."
This was the second year the casino paid patrons by the pound for Fat Tuesday.


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