Common Memory Problems Solved | Improve Your Memory

So you keep misplacing your keys and walking into the living room without remembering why. That doesn?t mean you?ve got early Alzheimer?s: ?Normal memory problems?like being a little forgetful?start as early as age 27,? said Dr. Majid Fotuhi, chairman of the Neurology Institute for Brain Health and Fitness in Baltimore and author of The Memory Cure.

Luckily, your memory is like a muscle, Fotuhi says?you can exercise it and improve it at any age. Here are some smart moves to help you do just that.

Problem #1: Stress
The lowdown: ?In our fast-paced, wired world, many of us live our lives in chronic stress,? said Dr. Gary Small, director of the UCLA Longevity Center and author of The Alzheimer?s Prevention Program. That means we?re perpetually bathing our brains in stress hormones like cortisol. The result? Studies done in mice show that chronically elevated stress hormone levels shrink the hippocampus, so you?re less likely to form new memories.

You get a similar result if you?re struggling with depression. ?Some studies suggest that depressed individuals have fewer hippocampal neurons,? said Dr. Gary Kennedy, director of the division of geriatric psychiatry at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City. Other research has found that depressed people have lower levels of brain-derived neutrophic factor (BDNF), a protein that promotes the health of brain neurons, and thus boosts memory function.

The Rx: Unfortunately, there?s no way to get rid of stress entirely. But you can at least try to keep your anxiety levels at a minimum. Small?s number-one tactic? Meditation. One recent Harvard study found that participants who meditated for about 30 minutes a day over eight weeks increased their hippocampus size.?

?Meditation also fires up the frontal areas of the brain that are associated with attention,? Small said. That means you?ll be less likely to focus on feeling stressed or down, and more able to concentrate on the tasks at hand, so you can actually remember what?s going on.

Here?s a super easy way to start: Get comfortable and begin breathing slowly and deeply. Expand your rib cage as you inhale; feel your abdomen rise with each intake of breath. Stay relaxed and focus on each breath in and out. Start with three minutes and work up to 30.

If you suspect you?re depressed?say, you?re having persistent sad, anxious, or ?empty? feelings that last more than a couple of weeks, and other symptoms such as fatigue, irritability, and loss of interest in hobbies?get a referral for a good psychologist or psychiatrist, who can provide counseling and possibly medication.

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Problem #2: Estrogen in Flux
The lowdown: In addition to its many other bodily functions, estrogen may help keep women?s brains sharp, Small said. The hormone increases the concentration of an enzyme needed to synthesize the memory-boosting brain chemical acetylcholine and enhances communication between neurons in your hippocampus.

So it?s no surprise that we often experience brain fog during a time of life when estrogen levels wax and wane: A study published in the journal Neurology found that 60 percent of women going through perimenopause, when estrogen levels are sputtering out, reported decreased memory. And a study from the UK found that expectant moms?who experience wild surges of estrogen?performed worse on certain types of memory tests, and that those changes were still present three months after the women gave birth.

The Rx: If you?re going through menopause, talk to your doctor about going on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for a year or two, Small suggested. The Neurology study found that women who start HRT in perimenopause (before menopause, when periods stop completely) have better memory and cognitive function than those who go on it post-menopause. Even if you opt against HRT, there?s good news: Your cognitive function should rebound after menopause, once your body has had a chance to adjust to its newly stabilized hormone levels.

Problem #3: Weight and sleep troubles
The lowdown: Memory problems are often attributable to (changeable!) lifestyle factors. Take weight: A 2010 study found that for every one-point increase in a woman?s BMI (body mass index), her memory score dropped by one point.

If you?re thin and a couch potato, you?re still at risk. ?There?s a link between physical fitness, which improves blood flow, and brain volume,? Fotuhi said. ?Exercise can actually increase the size of the hippocampus.?

Lack of sleep impairs your memory, too. ?When you?re sleep deprived, your stress-hormone levels increase, which is toxic to your neurons,? Fotuhi explained.

The Rx: If you?re overweight, losing weight should help: A 2011 Kent State University study, for example, found that people who underwent bariatric surgery improved their memory loss 12 weeks post-procedure. And especially if you?re feeling less than sharp, make a good night?s sleep a priority.

Article source: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/06/26/common-memory-problems-solved/

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10 tons of pot dumped at sea near US-Mexico border

SAN DIEGO ? The U.S. Navy says an aircraft carrier group recovered nearly 10 tons of marijuana dumped from small boats in the Pacific Ocean near California?s border with Mexico.

The Navy said Tuesday that two single-engine boats ? each about 25 feet long ? were spotted about 15 hours apart on Saturday. People aboard the boats began dumping plastic bags, and the boats escaped before authorities arrived.

Lt. Aaron Kakiel says no one was captured. The seizures occurred in international waters about 85 miles (137 kilometers) off the Mexican coast.

Authorities recovered about four tons of marijuana from the first boat and nearly six tons from the second. The carrier USS Nimitz and cruiser USS Princeton were assisted by the U.S. Coast Guard and Mexican navy.

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Autopsy conducted as Calif. police probe Rodney King drowning

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police and medical examiners pressed their investigation on Monday into the drowning of Rodney King, an avid swimmer in the years since his videotaped beating made him a symbol of police brutality and led to racially charged riots in Los Angeles.

King, 47, was found submerged at the deep end of a swimming pool at about 5 a.m. local time on Sunday in the back yard of his home in Rialto, a suburb about 50 miles east of Los Angeles.

Police called to King's home by his fianc?e pulled his lifeless body from the pool and tried in vain to revive him. Resuscitation efforts by paramedics on the scene also failed, and King was pronounced dead at a hospital about an hour later.

Rialto police said on Sunday they had found no initial evidence of foul play and were investigating King's death as an accidental drowning.

"Rodney King struggled through adversity and had his own personal demons, but he was a peacemaker," his family said in a statement.

The death came two months after the 20th anniversary of Los Angeles riots triggered by the acquittal of four white police officers prosecuted for the beating of King, who was black, in a confrontation a year earlier caught on videotape and widely replayed.

During the unrest, which left over 50 people dead and caused more than $1 billion in property damage, King famously appealed for calm in a televised appearance in which he asked rhetorically, "Can we all get along?"

The case helped bring new attention to the issue of racial profiling by law enforcement and was a catalyst for far-reaching reforms in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).

King, who long struggled with drug and alcohol abuse, financial difficulties and legal problems, had seemed to be moving on with his life and recently published a memoir entitled "The Riot Within: My Journey from Rebellion to Redemption."

But questions persisted about how King, who enjoyed swimming and felt comfortable in the water, ended up drowning.

"At the time the detectives arrived on scene and responding officers arrived, there was nothing out of the ordinary, and nothing to indicate to us that alcohol or drug use had been a factor," Rialto police spokesman David Shepherd said on Monday.

KNOWN TO SWIM AT ALL HOURS

Asked if there was any immediate sign that the drowning might have been suicide, Shepherd said, "Not right now, but again, investigators will be looking at all the different angles to try to make a determination of exactly what happened."

He added that King's fianc?e, Cynthia Kelly, a juror in the civil suit he brought against Los Angeles, "didn't give any indication he was unhappy or that there was an issue." He said King was known to swim frequently and at all hours.

Shepherd said Kelly told investigators that, shortly before the drowning, she had been inside the house talking with King off and on through a sliding glass door that leads to a patio beside the pool.

At some point, she told them, she heard a splash, prompting her to run outside to find him at the bottom of the deep end. Unable to swim well herself, she called emergency 911 for help.

The Los Angeles Times, in an online account on Monday, cited a next-door neighbor, Sandra Gardea, 31, as saying she heard the sound of a man sobbing from King's back yard in the two hours before police say he was found in the pool.

The Times also reported that Gardea heard King's fianc?e trying to coax him back into the house.

"It wasn't like an argument," she told the newspaper. "She was just saying, 'Get in the house. Get in the house.'" Gardea said she heard a splash a few minutes later.

Roughly 70 people attended a peaceful vigil for King on Monday evening in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, the cultural heart of the city's African American community.

"He took a severe beating that night that most people would have died from, but he never laid a hand on anyone," King's attorney, Milton Grimes, told Reuters at the vigil.

"He had a lot of demons, but he only hurt himself," Grimes said, calling King a "mild-mannered teddy bear of a man."

A spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County Coroner's Office, Jodi Miller, said an autopsy was performed on King's body on Monday, but no results would be publicly released until medical examiners obtained results of a toxicology test and tissue studies, which she said would likely take several weeks.

King's notorious March 1991 beating occurred when he was pulled over for speeding by Los Angeles police, who pursued him for several miles before he stopped and got out of his car.

Grainy video footage of King being kicked and struck repeatedly with batons by several LAPD officers while he lay on the ground provoked a national uproar and charges of racially motivated police brutality.

Two of the four white officers acquitted of state charges by a jury the following year were later convicted of federal charges and sentenced to 30-month prison terms. A civil jury later awarded King $3.8 million in damages.

(Writing by Steve Gorman and Mary Slosson; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Philip Barbara)

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Growth in land use to generate renewable energy (news)

Growing concern about climate change and energy security has sparked the country-wide development of renewable energy facilities and commercial interest from landowners and developers, says RICS.

RICS surveyors in rural areas are seeing a substantial increase in demand for due diligence reports from banks who are seeking advice on the viability of using a given site to develop wind or solar power.

Most commonly prompted by developers, banks are increasingly asking surveyors to advise on the suitability of sites to build wind farms. Most importantly, they are seeking advice on the performance of wind turbines, construction and planning issues, and if the site is windy enough to generate sufficiently high energy levels.

The additional revenue and income stream that can be generated for landowners and developers by selling the renewable energy generated ? mainly electricity?? into the grid has become an increasingly attractive prospect. The UK Government has taken a number of steps, including the Feed in Tariff (FiT) to encourage growth in the renewable energy market as it comes under increasing pressure to meet UK and international carbon reduction targets.

James Kavanagh, RICS Director of Land, said:

?Interest in the financial benefits of generating renewable energy is certainly growing. Landowners and developers in rural communities can create an income stream by selling the energy from renewable energy installations, like wind turbines to the national grid ? powering homes with electricity across the country.

?As this market continues to become more sophisticated, surveyors are increasingly being asked to perform more complex assessments, needed by all parties, but especially the lending community who need that extra assurance before handing over finance.?

This document is for general guidance and research purposes only, and does not purport to give professional advice. Please check the date at the top of the article; the Workplace Law Network retains historic articles for general research.

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The economic signals coming from Europe are leading some to predict a big drop in startup investments up ahead, but that's not the message coming from one of the region's biggest VC firms. Index Ventures has just announced a new fund of ?350 million ($442 million), which it intends to use for early-stage investments in the tech sector covering seed, Series A and Series B investments that will ultimately split between?30 venture startups and 40 seed companies in Europe or looking to do more in Europe as well as internationally. A primary reason for the fund is that despite the millions in European tech funding to date, it's still only a patch on what could be invested. "There is still a huge opportunity for investing in Europe, but there aren't that many VCs here that focus on early stage," Index partner Danny Rimer said in an interview with TechCrunch.

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Greek leaders close to coalition, aim to ease bailout

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's conservatives are close to forming a new coalition government following a narrow election victory, a party official said on Monday, after their leader promised to soften the country's punishing austerity program despite German opposition.

A relief rally on financial markets after Sunday's vote quickly fizzled out as it became clear that the New Democracy party of Antonis Samaras had failed to win a strong mandate to implement the big spending cuts and tax increases demanded by the European Union and the IMF under a bailout deal.

Radical left-wing bloc SYRIZA and smaller parties opposed to the conditions attached to the 130 billion euro ($164 billion) bailout won around half the vote, though they took fewer seats in parliament because the electoral system rewards the first placed party disproportionately.

Samaras received a mandate from the president to form a coalition, and a New Democracy source said the party expected to clinch a deal on Tuesday after Samaras met the third-placed PASOK Socialists and the small Democratic Left group.

Samaras said Greece would meet its commitments under the bailout which aims to save the country from bankruptcy and an exit from the euro zone. But he added:

"We will simultaneously have to make some necessary amendments to the bailout agreement, in order to relieve the people of crippling unemployment and huge hardships."

A senior New Democracy official expected agreement soon on a new cabinet. "We are going to clinch a deal tomorrow, we will form a government," said the official, who declined to be named.

It would aim to accelerate and broaden a privatization program to top up state coffers, but also ask its creditors to spread 11.7 billion euros of further austerity cuts over four years instead of two.

PASOK would also hold cabinet posts, meaning the two parties which have dominated Greece for decades and led it into crisis would stay in power despite SYRIZA's strong showing. The official also expressed hope that the Democratic Left, a small, moderate leftist party, would also take part.

"STICK TO COMMITMENTS"

There were mixed signals from Europe over the extent of any possible changes to the bailout deal. Euro zone paymaster Germany, already irritated at what it sees as the slow pace of Greek reform, ruled out more than minor delays to some targets in the rescue package - Greece's second since 2010.

Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a meeting of G20 leaders in Mexico that any loosening of Greece's agreed reform promises would be unacceptable. "The new government will and must stick to the commitments, which the country has agreed on," she said.

With an emboldened SYRIZA bloc led by charismatic former communist Alexis Tsipras, 37, at the head of a powerful opposition, the new government could face protests soon after taking office unless it can calm social tensions.

Samaras, who voted against the first bailout because it was too harsh, also met Tsipras, who ruled out joining the government. SYRIZA almost doubled its share of the vote since a previous election on May 6, which produced stalemate and propelled Tsipras from fringe obscurity.

SYRIZA supporters celebrated Sunday's result, saying it was a matter of time before the leftists came to power.

With Greece in its fifth year of recession, protests have regularly choked central Athens, some hospitals are running short of medicines, thousands of businesses have closed and beggars and rough sleepers are multiplying.

PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos, who has seen his once-mighty party's standing collapse due to voters' anger with the ruling elite, said negotiations "must be wrapped up" on Tuesday.

The New Democracy source told Reuters that PASOK would join the government, rather than just vote with it in parliament. "They will participate actively, more than symbolically, and for a long time," said the official.

Democratic Left leader Fotis Kouvelis said he was ready to support Samaras, depending "on the content of what is agreed". Kouvelis has also called for the bailout terms to be eased.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said the substance of the bailout agreement was "not negotiable", but that creditors might be willing to offer some flexibility on timing for some of the targets, given the time lost in campaigning.

"We're ready to talk about the time frame as we can't ignore the lost weeks, and we don't want people to suffer because of that," he told German radio on Monday.

BUYING TIME

The head of the Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers, Jean-Claude Juncker, said they may agree to some concessions on the austerity measures but they would not be substantially altered. "It would send the wrong signal if we made concessions without good reason," he told German ZDF television.

Inspectors from the "Troika" which represents Greece's lenders - the IMF, European Commission and European Central Bank - are expected to visit Athens once a new government is formed.

A coalition that won only 40 percent of the vote is likely to struggle to push through reforms as the Greek public resents the repeated tax hikes on top of pay and pension cuts.

New Democracy won 29.7 percent of the vote, ahead of SYRIZA on 27 percent and PASOK on 12.3 percent. With New Democracy's 50-seat bonus for coming first, a New Democracy-PASOK alliance would have 162 seats in the 300-seat parliament. Adding the Democratic Left would give it 179 seats.

Analysts were pessimistic. "The crisis has been postponed, not necessarily averted," said Theodore Couloumbis of the Athens-based think-tank ELIAMEP. "For this government to last it has to show results. You can't continue with 50 percent youth unemployment and a fifth straight year of recession."

Markets were also skeptical. The FTSEurofirst 300 index rose 1.1 percent at the open but shed all those gains before two hours were up, as the underlying problems in the euro zone brought investors back to earth. The euro's rise also evaporated.

More worryingly, Italian and Spanish borrowing costs rose strongly with yields on Spain's 10-year bonds at dangerously high levels of over 7 percent and equivalent Italian debt over 6 percent, showing that the euro zone crisis was intensifying.

"The new government must deliver a positive development soon - an easing of the bailout terms or a positive sign in the economy - or people will lose trust in a week," a senior New Democracy official said on condition of anonymity. ($1 = 0.7921 euros)

(Additional reporting by George Georgiopolous, Dina Kyriakidou, Karolina Tagaris, Greg Roumeliotis, Harry Papachristou and Deepa Babington in Athens, Gernot Heller in Los Cabos, Mexico, Annika Breidthardt in Berlin, writing by Matt Robinson; editing by David Stamp)

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Mitt Romney refuses to say he'll overturn Obama order allowing some illegal immigrants to stay

BRUNSWICK, Ohio - Mitt Romney in an interview aired Sunday repeatedly refused to say that he would overturn President Barack Obama's new policy allowing some young illegal immigrants to stay in the United States. He claimed Obama's decision was political, while senior White House adviser David Plouffe said the move wasn't motivated by politics.

The Republican presidential candidate was asked three times in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation" whether he would overturn the executive order issued Friday if he's elected in the fall. He refused to directly answer.

"It would be overtaken by events," Romney said when pressed for the second time by moderator Bob Schieffer during the interview taped Saturday while the former Massachusetts governor's bus tour stopped in Pennsylvania.

He explained the order would become irrelevant "by virtue of my putting in place a long-term solution, with legislation which creates law that relates to these individuals such that they know what their setting is going to be, not just for the term of a president but on a permanent basis."

Romney's Rust Belt tour swept through Ohio on Sunday. He attended a Father's Day pancake breakfast with two of his sons and five of his 18 grandchildren. He told a rain-soaked crowd that the weather was a metaphor for the country and that "three and half years of dark clouds are about to part." At a second event in Newark, near Columbus, Romney told a cheering crowd that the president's slogan had changed.

"Last time when he was running for president his campaign theme was hope and change. This time he's hoping to change the subject because the American people are not happy," Romney said, speaking for about nine minutes as Occupy Wall Street protesters yelled from a nearby sidewalk.

He planned a third in the state Sunday, where he was set to campaign with House Speaker John Boehner.

In the TV interview, Romney suggested that Obama's decision on immigration was motivated by politics. "If he felt seriously about this he should have taken action when he had a Democrat House and Senate, but he didn't. He saves these sort of things until four and a half months before the general election," he said.

Plouffe, the Obama adviser, sent by the White House to four of the talk shows, contended that Obama's action, which appeals to Hispanic voters who are critical to the president's re-election effort, was not "a political move."

Still, Plouffe acknowledged that Obama's team expects an extraordinarily close election. "It's going to come down to a few votes per precinct in a few states," Plouffe said in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press. His comment underscores the reality that a small number of extra votes from Hispanics could make the difference in some key states like Nevada and Colorado.

Obama's order has put Romney in the difficult position, forcing him to decide between possibly alienating Hispanic voters with tough talk or stoking anger within a conservative GOP base that was slow to warm to him during the primary process.

Romney's comments represent a further softening of his rhetoric on immigration since the GOP primary campaign ended.

For example, before the Iowa caucuses in January, when he faced the challenge of winning over the right-wing base of the GOP, he pledged to veto legislation backed by Democrats that would have created a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. Instead of emphasizing the plight of illegal immigrants, Romney focused on the consequences illegal immigration has for U.S. jobs.

Obama's immigration announcement disrupted the start of Romney's five-day bus tour through small cities and towns in six important states.

The tour, now on its third day, scheduled three stops, including two in Ohio towns just outside the metropolitan areas of Cleveland and Columbus. Romney spent the first two days in New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, where he assailed Obama and insisted that he's the candidate who will give middle-class Americans "a fair shot."

The Obama administration said the policy change announced Friday will affect as many as 800,000 immigrants who have lived in fear of deportation. Obama's move bypasses Congress and partially achieves the goals of the Democrats' long-stalled legislation aimed at young illegal immigrants who went to college or served in the military.

Under the administration plan, illegal immigrants will be able to avoid deportation if they can prove they were brought to the United States before they turned 16 and are younger than 30, have been in the country for at least five continuous years, have no criminal history, graduated from a U.S. high school or earned a GED diploma or certificate, or served in the military. They also can apply for a work permit that will be good for two years with no limits on how many times it can be renewed.

Romney's CBS interview was his first in more than a year with a Sunday talk show on a network other than Fox. It covered a range of topics, including health care, Romney's political future and the European financial crisis.

Romney said that the American banking sector "is able to weather the storm" in Europe. He said European countries are capable of dealing with their mess "if they choose to do so" and the U.S. doesn't want to get into the business of bailing out foreign banks. Romney also does not favour another round of economic stimulus by the Federal Reserve, saying a previous one didn't have the desired effect.

Romney also taped an interview with CSPAN, aired Sunday, and emphasized he wouldn't implement an austerity plan in the U.S. if elected. "What we would never do would be to dramatically slash spending by a trillion or $2 trillion as I came into the White House," he said. Instead, Romney said he will cut programs that would have otherwise grown more expensive over time.

In the CBS interview, the former Massachusetts governor ? whose healthcare plan for the state served as the model for the national health reform law ? outlined steps he'd take if the Supreme Court strikes it down.

On Iran, Romney said he would be willing to "take military action if necessary" to prevent the country from becoming a nuclear power.

Romney also insisted that he isn't worried about his own political future. "I don't have a political career," Romney said. "I spent my life in the private sector.I don't care about re-elections." Moderator Bob Schieffer asked, "So you're not saying you just intend to serve one term?"

Romney replied that for him "this is not about politics. This is not about did I win this or did they win this. This is about what can we do to get America right."

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Sunday Sound: Heard on 'This Week'

Below are some of the notable comments made Sunday on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." Guests included White House senior adviser David Plouffe , ABC News' George Will, Romney national campaign co-chair and former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty, political strategist and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, former Obama economic adviser and ABC News consultant Austan Goolsbee and editor and publisher of The Nation Katrina vanden Heuvel.

David Plouffe

Responding to Romney's Immigration Criticism

1) PLOUFFE: It's ironic coming from Governor Romney, who said he would veto the DREAM Act, whose immigration policy during the primary seemed to consist of just sending 11 million people home, asking them to self-deport.

Mentioning Congress Republicans' Aim to Help Romney

2) PLOUFFE: There was a remarkable story this week where members of Congress in the Republican caucus were openly talking about doing nothing on the economy over the next five months because it would help Mitt Romney. And so whether it's failing to move forward on the DREAM Act, failing to move forward on putting teachers back to work, failing to do all the things we could do right now to help the economy and middle class, this Congress is just saying no.

Reacting to Hubbard's German Op-Ed

3) PLOUFFE: T he president said very clearly, this is the Europeans' responsibility to solve this, and it's within their power to do so. I think there can be some lessons learned for how we dealt with our crisis. I mentioned that you see Republicans in Congress here saying they don't want to do anything on the economy over the next few months so it helps Governor Romney. His chief economic adviser, Glenn Hubbard, wrote an op-ed article in Germany, that basically went against what our government is trying to do, to encourage the Europeans to take action. It was a remarkable thing to see and really unprecedented.

4) PLOUFFE: Europe doing the right things here to stabilize their situation is important to our small businesses, our workers, the middle class here, and overall economy. And to inject yourself in this for some short-sighted partisan gain, perhaps, is really unbelievable.

The Roundtable

George Will

WILL: Romney said something very funny the other day, and I think there's a gem - gem in there of a real campaign theme. He said suppose the government were in charge of cellphones. The government, first of all, wouldn't have given us a preclearance for it. When it finally did, it would award one single contract to an Obama contributor, and the result would be a phone the size of a shoe and powered by a solar panel.

WILL: The White House must be petrified that the most important man in their life in some sense is a guy named Mario Draghi, who no one knows. He's the head of the European Central Bank. And he can have a vast effect on our election here.

Matthew Dowd

DOWD: If he's going to get re-elected president of the United States, he has to disqualify Mitt Romney in this race. It's the only way he can win. And I think that's the mistake they've made over the last month-and-a-half, is they've spent too much time talking about how great their policies are and how what they've done - when the country just does not believe it.

DOWD: I think the Republicans disagree with the way it was done, but what was done was the right thing to do. Of course it was great politics, in the midst of an election cycle, where the Latino vote could ultimately decide this election. And anybody that's on the opposite side of Glenn Beck is going to look rational. So I think all of those things, I think Romney is put in a - not a very good defensible position on this, because he has to argue it should have been done differently, but the president did the right thing in most people's minds, and it is a great political move

DOWD: The president I think is most concerned about his re-elections, because the unknown events that are likely to happen, whether it's Greece or other things in Europe, are out of his control. And they're most likely to be negative. The events that are most likely to happen over the next five months are likely to be negative. That would tilt this race to Mitt Romney.

Tim Pawlenty

PAWLENTY: The president's message, it could be worse and it's somebody else's fault four years into his presidency, that's not a basis to re-elect somebody. We don't give out participation ribbons for being president of the United States. You actually have to do something. His signature accomplishment, Obamacare, is unconstitutional.

PAWLENTY: There is only one position, there is only one person who can be the nation's vision-caster, who can be the person who leads and takes the hit to get things done. And if you study history, that is almost always the president. And you have in Barack Obama somebody who's never had an executive position prior to becoming president. He promised this, you know, willingness to be bipartisan. He quickly turned away from that and turned into one of the most partisan presidents in history.

Austan Goolsbee

GOOLSBEE: I think that the argument that the president promised comprehensive immigration reform and didn't get it done to be said by the Republicans is like the legislatively version of the "Why are you punching yourself?" game as a kid, in which they're preventing it from happening and then saying, "Well, see, he didn't do it. See, he didn't"

GOOLSBEE: The president should have a mea culpa, that we have gotten into a place that was very different from what the campaign wanted it to be from 2008, one in which - and, look, I think you could blame more the Republicans, but I'm sure the Republicans would say more you blame the president.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

VANDEN HEUVEL: The Latino movement that is erupting in this country isn't going to support a party whose champion is talking about self-deportation.

The president should have a mea culpa, that we have gotten into a place that was very different from what the campaign wanted it to be from 2008, one in which - and, look, I think you could blame more the Republicans, but I'm sure the Republicans would say more you blame the president.

VANDEN HEUVEL: The idea that President Obama is an arsonist sounds a little like Newt Gingrich going to the country the other day or to a fundraiser and saying that if he didn't vote - that a vote for President Obama would be unpatriotic. To me, that is language this country doesn't need in times of economic pain. It sounds awful Palin-esque.

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How to Gamble with Lesser Risks ? Online Gaming

There is absolutely no strategy that can assure you of victory when it comes to online gambling. It is gambling after all, which means you put up something at risk of losing for a chance to double the amount of what you are willing to lose. The sad thing about gambling is though people sometimes go home with a smile plastered on their faces and their pockets filled with cash, there are those who get addicted to gambling, and they lose everything they have worked hard for.

Gambling can be very addictive, which brings us to the conclusion that there is no real risk-free solution unless someone stays out of it completely. But there are ways a person can play without being addicted or getting drastically affected.

High-risk gambling doesn?t always mean that you spend large amounts of money.

Online gambling, on the other hand, can be thought of as a form of entertainment. As with other things, there are ways you can do to entertain yourself. Sometimes you get to win money, and sometimes you get to lose. It makes watching a form of playing, except that you participate in it actively. That is the reason why low-risk gambling typically avoids that mindset of losses, unless you didn?t think you lost then you probably didn?t.

It is an attitude to have, this low risk gambling concept. It is not a drug that you can take, not a psychologist you can consult. You can easily avoid the risks of gambling by thinking like a low-risk player.

For one, a low-risk gambler knows that as time passes by, most people lose. The only side that wins is the company that operates the casino. A low-risk gambler never expects to win back what he has lost or invested because it can trick your mind to play until you realize that you do not have any money left to gamble with.

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Safety Brian Dawkins, who retired earlier this year after 16 seasons of pro football, played most of his career before the NFL became sensitive to the long-term consequences of concussions.

With a lifetime of hits to the head in his rear-view mirror, Dawkins says he?s not worried about what may come.

?Concerns? ?I have some concerns, but worry? ?No,? Dawkins said on the Cover Two podcast with Steve Wyche and Jason Smith. ??I don?t worry about that. ?Down the road at some point, later on in life, if I do have to deal with some things at that time, then I have to deal with them. ?As of right now, I?m going to continue to enjoy life, continue to have a great time with my family and help those who I can help, ministry-wise, along the way.?

Even if health problems arise, Dawkins seems to acknowledge that it goes with the 100-by-53-yard territory he patrolled with reckless abandon and heartfelt zeal.

?I played this game a certain way,? Dawkins said. ??I played it with a passion, with fervor. ?I played with an aggression. ?I would not change those things. ?The only thing I would change is the helmet I wore. ?Technology is better.?

Current players would be wise to heed Dawkins on that point. ?For reasons ranging from weight to look to a stubborn resistance to anything different, guys fail to embrace new and improved ways to protect the contents of their craniums. ?That?s a significant part of the culture that the NFL must change.

And while Dawkins didn?t quit the game in order to protect himself from further harm, he seems to be relieved by the fact that he won?t have to think about where and how he?s hitting offensive players.

?I?m not going to say it?s one of the reasons, but . . . to be stepping away from the game now, not having to deal with that stuff, is a good thing,? Dawkins said. ?Guys today [are] trying to play that way and trying to understand that you still have to be able to control these territories but you know you?re probably going to get fined or get a flag because refs are told to err on the side of throwing the flag. ?You?re asking guys to play in the gray.?

White, black, gray, or any other shade, men like Dawkins will continue to find their way to the gridiron. ?And they?ll play hard. ?And they?ll accept the risks, of injury or fines or suspensions. ?And they?ll recognize that, once their careers end, any problems they may encounter later in life are part of the price they paid for their moments in the sun.

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Bam Margera Hospitalized After 100-Foot Kayak Jump

'Jackass' alum tweets a picture of himself from a hospital bed after hernia operation.
By Terri Schwartz

Bam Margera
Photo: Frazer Harrison/ Getty Images

Bam Margera is a daredevil on and offscreen.

The "Jackass" alum took a 100-foot tandem kayak jump off a waterfall in Oregon with pro kayaker Steve Fisher Wednesday and lived to tell the tale. However, he did have to undergo a hernia operation Thursday as a result.

Margera tweeted a picture from his hospital bed showing him a bit out of it and hooked up to medical machines but still giving a thumbs-up to show that he's all right. Though he was originally supposed to appear at an art show in Pennsylvania on Friday night (June 1), the 32-year-old had to cancel his plans, tweeting, "Can't make it to the show tonight, in hospital still. Phil, Ape & Boof will be there. Stop by if your in WC."

It's unclear if Fisher was also injured in the fall, but we would guess that Margera would reference it if that was the case. Fisher also has a Twitter but hasn't used it in years.

This isn't the first time Margera's stunts have gotten him in trouble. Back in February, he was arrested after jumping into a pool fully clothed during Mardi Gras in New Orleans and refusing to get out. He ended up not getting a ticket because, according to him, the police didn't know what to charge him with.

"I was just swimming in a pool with all my clothes on, and I refused to get out," he told E! Online. "No ticket. They just wanted to f--- with me, drunk Mardi Gras nonsense."

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SINGER-SONGWRITER 101 WORKSHOP Event - Trend Grail

SINGER-SONGWRITER 101 WORKSHOP
Event Date & Time: 2012-06-02 10:00:00

SINGER-SONGWRITER 101

AEON SYNDICATE

Production

Aeon Publishing & Entertainment and Hit Syndicate have come together to create the Aeon Syndicate Music Group. Collectively, the two music companies have over 20 years of experience developing, & managing numerous performance acts & songwriters.

Mastering the art of music, building a repretoire of 120+ songs, and creating successful businesses, Aeon Syndicate is sharing experiences, lessons, industry secrets, and must-haves for independent artists and songwriters

With years of experience in the music industry, (both front stage and backs stage), Aeon Syndicate is here to assist you with creating and marketing your brand, your business, your music.

Early Registration provides you the opportunity to submit your music & packages and receive a thorough critique of your submissions by our esteemed panel.

Sumbit your one (1) minute song samples to our offices:

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Featured Speaker, Singer-Songwriter, Farah-Lissa, will be sharing her experiences and journey. Discover how she wrote and arranged her successful debut single

"Infinity"

That has caught the attention of many Major Labels and opened the door for her budding songwriting career.

Featured Speaker, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Songwriter/Producer, Kerry Harwell, will be sharing his experiences and expertise with the fortuante group of aspiring writers and artists.

Working with Blaque,Jagged Edge, Kandi, Wu-Tang Clan, Raven Symone, and Sole just to name a few, he has the uncanny ability to discover amazing talent, and mold it into a marketable commodity. His enthusiasm for musical expression, production experience, and artist development skills, identifies him as a leader in the music industry.

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WORKSHOPS:

• (10:00am)SONGWRITER- A discussion of the process and components of creating a Hit Record, getting it placed, & solidifying publishing!

• (12:00pm) ARTIST- An overview of Artist Development, from the studio, to the shoots, to the stage. Tips to help you perfect your Package.

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