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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Daryle Ward is becoming a bit philosophical as his at-bats get better.
Ward tied the game with a two-run homer, then singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates past the San Francisco Giants 4-2 on Friday night.Ward was reassigned to the minors in spring training and initially said he wouldn't report, but later changed his mind. He was called up last week when Pittsburgh placed Raul Mondesi on the restricted list.On Thursday at Coors Field, Ward hit his first homer since 2002."It's like being born again, and that's a good thing," he said. "Getting sent down was a wake-up call for me. ... Hopefully, I'm proving some people right."Pittsburgh, which played a doubleheader at Colorado on Thursday, improved to 4-10 in San Francisco since its new ballpark opened in 2000.Ward connected for his second homer in two days in the seventh following a triple to right by Jack Wilson. In the eighth, Ward lined a single to left off Felix Rodriguez (1-3), scoring Abraham Nunez."That's what I've been asked to do: Pick up my game and my energy," Ward said.Rob Mackowiak homered for the Pirates leading off the ninth.Brian Boehringer (1-1) pitched the seventh for the win, and Jose Mesa worked the ninth for his 10th save in 10 chances.Deivi Cruz and Marquis Grissom each drove in a run for San Francisco, which played without Barry Bonds after the slugger was removed from the lineup because of back spasms.Bonds, who missed nearly a week with back spasms during spring training, hurt his back during batting practice."We worked on it for a while but it didn't make any difference," trainer Stan Conte said. "He left for home in the first inning. I hope it will go away as quick as it did in spring training. I think it's going to be more than a day or two."The Giants were looking for their 1,000th victory against the Pirates since 1900.San Francisco starter Dustin Hermanson pitched 6 2-3 strong innings, but ran into trouble in the seventh."I made one mistake tonight -- left a changeup up -- otherwise I felt great. My mechanics were great," Hermanson said. "I'm just not getting away with many mistakes these days."After allowing a leadoff single to Jason Kendall in the first, Hermanson retired his next 14 batters, including five straight on groundouts during one stretch.Pirates starter Ryan Vogelsong hasn't won since beating the Phillies in his first outing of the year April 8. He's lost his last three decisions, but manager Lloyd McClendon is encouraged by the right-hander's progress."He's gotten progressively better the last four outings," said McClendon, who watched the game on TV while serving a one-game suspension. "Tonight was pretty good. He finished strong."McClendon was suspended for "inappropriate conduct" during the 10th inning of Sunday's game against Los Angeles, according to Bob Watson, baseball's vice president in charge of discipline.McClendon, suspended for the first time in his career, was ejected by plate umpire Larry Young for arguing balls and strikes after Bobby Hill appeared to check his swing on a pitch in the dirt.After this three-game series, Pittsburgh comes back to the Bay Area in a month for three interleague games at Oakland.The Giants hit into two more double plays, giving them a major league-worst 45."We had our shots," manager Felipe Alou said. "We're going to start the runners on first and second base with no outs. That's a cardinal sin in baseball. The guy can hit a line into a triple play. That would cut down on our double plays, a triple play."Game notes
Bonds was replaced in LF by Mohr. ... Hermanson has allowed three or fewer runs in nine of 11 starts for the Giants, including eight outings in which he gave up two or fewer. ... Edgardo Alfonzo is 4-for-10 during the homestand. He started the season 7-for-43 (.163). ... The Pirates are 11-4 when they don't allow a home run. ... Hermanson has seven wins against the Pirates, his most against any team. ... Ward went 123 at-bats without a homer before connecting Thursday.
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Scoring Summary
3rd | M Grissom doubled to center, M Tucker scored. | 0 | 1 | |
4th | D Cruz singled to center, E Alfonzo scored. | 0 | 2 | |
7th | D Ward homered to right, J Wilson scored. | 2 | 2 | |
8th | D Ward singled to left, A Nunez scored. | 3 | 2 | |
9th | R Mackowiak homered to right. | 4 | 2 | |
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Stadium | AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA |
Attendance | 39,955 (95.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
Game Time | 2:37 |
Weather | 58 degrees, clear |
Wind | 22 mph |
Umpires | Home Plate - Tim Timmons, First Base - Bruce Froemming, Second Base - Mike Winters, Third Base - Hunter Wendelstedt |


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5 Just Classicdelboy75 | 12/07/2012 | See all delboy75's reviews (37)Great film, guy peirce is excellent makes the film funny as well as full action surprise hit in my books, reminds me abit of escape from new york. worht while watch
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Yukio takes Rin to the only Exorcist shop, the Amahara Garden, to stock up on supplies. There, Rin meets a young gardener, Shiemi, who can't use her legs to walk. It was later discovered that there was a demon dwelling in the garden that caused her affliction. To save her, Rin and Yukio must confront and defeat the demon.
Shiemi listens to Grandma's words about the Amahara garden, God's garden that contains all the world's flowers and plants. Grandma tells Shiemi to look for the garden since she wants Shiemi to be free and live the life to fullest. Grandma tells Shiemi that she cannot leave her precious garden. At Rin's dorm, he is reading manga and crying. Yukio takes away the manga since Rin is wetting it. Rin thinks Yukio treats him like a moron, and he says that he is not the desk type. Despite Rin's rant, Yukio tells him that he needs to study. As Yukio heads off to complete a request, Rin wants to go. Even though Yukio tells Rin that he cannot go with him due to being a page, Rin tells him that he is going to "observe." Interesting, Yukio allows Rin to tag along as long he promises to "observe." Yukio reveals a supply key that only a few qualified exorcists are given. After Yukio opens the door, it opens to a high bridge. Yukio explains that Mephisto sets up barriers and labyrinths around the school to prevent demons from entering.
As Yukio and Rin walk to the supply room, Yukio tells Rin to stay put since certain exorcists are permitted in the supply room. Yukio meets Shiemi's mother while Rin goes to look at the garden. As Rin's eyes lay on Shiemi, he touches to door which shocks him and fall. Shiemi, who sees him, calls him a demon and tries to crawl away. Rin walks and notices something wrong with Shiemi's legs. (Shiemi's legs has deep, bulging veins). Back at the supply room, Shiemi's mother explains that there is something wrong with Shiemi's legs which doctors cannot explain. Yukio thinks it could be demon-related. At the garden, Rin helps Shiemi dig a deep hole where Shiemi pours fertilizer (cow manure). Shiemi offers her hand to Rin for a handshake. As she introduces herself, Rin realizes her hand has manure on it. Shiemi explains that her grandmother died last winter, and she thinks her grandma went off to the Garden of Amahara. Shiemi explains that the garden may be a fairy tale, but she wants to visit it. With her words touching his heart, Rin smiles.
Yukio yells at Rin for leaving; Shiemi calls Yukio, Yuki chan. Yukio explains to Shiemi that Rin is his older brother "formally." Once Shiemi's mother have Yukio look at Shiemi's leg, Yukio suspects it is caused by a "root." A root is a low level demon that reach Shiemi's soul through this soil. Yukio asks when did Shiemi talk to this demon. Shiemi's mother wants Shiemi to get out of the garden, so she can live. Shiemi protests and tells her mom that she hates her. Suddenly, Shiemi collapses. In Shiemi's flashback, she remembers her grandma instructing her to plant flowers. When Grandma asks Shiemi if she loves gardening, she replies that she will help her grandma tend to the garden forever. Yukio asks Shiemi's mother more info about the situation. He learns that the grandmother has not allowed Shiemi to go to school, and that the mother is busy with the shop. Back to Shiemi's flashback, she wants to leave the garden to visit the Garden of Amahara. Despite that grandma needs help with the grapes, she tells Shiemi to look for the Garden of Amahara nearby since they have little money. On the following day, Shiemi finds her grandma dead. She feels regrets about abandoning her grandma. Out of nowhere, Shiemi hears a voice from a "fairy" which is a purple flower. She promise the flower to protect the garden forever.
Shiemi wakes up to water the flowers. Rin finds and tells her that her mother is worried about her. He destroys the flower pots to shake Shiemi's resolve. Shiemi recalls seeing grandma's dead body under the grape vine rack. Once Rin realizes Shiemi is lonely like him, he grabs her by her collar and tells her that grandma wants her to live life to the fullest by leaving the garden. Shiemi cries and says she cannot move due to her legs. Yet, Rin tells her he will chop off the root. Suddenly, Yukio barges in Rin and Shiemi's "moment." (He says it) Rin let goes of Shiemi, and Yukio explains that he will exorcise the demon. The demon gets angry when Shiemi breaks her promise, and it sprouts from her legs. Yukio asks Rin for help since the demon is using Shiemi as a hostage. Rin asks Yukio to repeat that. He reveals his sword and blue flames, and Rin starts to attack the flower. Yet, Rin cannot cut it since the flower keeps moving Shiemi. Yukio tells the demon that he will shoot Shiemi. He shoots Shiemi which the flower tosses her out. Rin finishes off the demon. Rin hits Shiemi to go apologize to her mother. Shiemi and her mom hug each other until they are crying. Yukio explains that he uses a nutrition supplement as a trick. Rin feels that Shiemi saves him instead of him saving Shiemi.
At the end of the credits, Shiemi enters Rin's class to become an Exorcist. She thanks Rin for his help, yet she truly wants to see Yukio as a teacher.
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Bon Iver's Justin Vernon has released a shoe. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts offers a furrow-browed appraisal.
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Logan Moore hates everyone. The father who abandoned him. The stepfather who wants to control him. Kids who get in his face. Everyone. Except Jack. A mangy mutt that nobody wants. Except Logan. He doesn't care that Jack has already bitten three workers at the animal shelter or that she's ugly. She's the only one who doesn't want anything from him and that's enough for Logan.
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Sarkozy has threatened Fillon and Copé to publicly say that both are unfit for running a major political party if they fail to end the gridlock by Tuesday, Agence France-Presse reported Friday, citing anonymous sources within the UMP.
With the stalemate still in place, the UMP looks set to suffer politically, at least in the short term.
Benoist Apparu, a UMP lawmaker in the French National Assembly and a junior minister during Sarkozy's tenure, says the future looks grim for the UMP, although it doesn't mean a right-wing candidate couldn't win the next presidential election in 2017.
"Does it jeopardize 2017? I think it's going to be very complicated but I wouldn't go that far," Mr. Apparu says. But "we will have a hard time getting back on our feet before 2014," when the next local elections occur, he adds.
Polls show the UMP infighting has had a devastating impact on the image of both Copé and Fillon among the public.
A Nov. 23 survey by the polling group BVA Opinion found the popularity of Copé had plunged by 22 percentage points since early November while Fillon's decreased by 11 percentage points. BVA Opinion found Copé was popular among 26 percent of those surveyed, down from 48 percent in early November, while Fillon was popular among 52 percent of those surveyed, down from 63 percent.
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This isn't Fox news this is a Left Wing source, of course we all know who is going to get the blame (Bush Of Course) Hard Times Generation: Families living in cars - CBS News
That is an excellent reason as to why we should increase the taxes on the rich... Here is a factoid for you, HB, the bible says that we should take care of the poor over 2000 times.. never does it say to take care of the rich.
Factoid the higher taxes on the rich will be a drop in the bucket and a way to distract the gullible who are numerically challenged. http://www.policymic.com/articles/6739/obama-buffett-rule-won-t-solve-america-s-budget-problems So the Obama plan will raise (being generous) about $5B per year. The problem even if thisng go as Obama project (and we know how bad those projections have been) the deficits are going to be ~1,200B/year. of Budgets going over $5,000B/year. SO the tax on the rich that will save us all is .001 of the budget. The sad part is that thee are morons who think this is a solution.
What do you do with the money you get from the Rich create More Welfare Programs. These people living in cars need JOBS, they don't want the Stinking F-cking Government wiping their ass, they want to work and live the Free American Dream, they want to BUILD that little business that the Clown Obama says they didn't build. iT HAS BECOME VERY CLEAR THAT OBAMA IS A LEFT WING SOCIALIST WHO IS DOING GREAT HARM TO AMERICA AND HE IS DOING IT ON PURPOSE HIS ATTACK ON THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT UP THEIR BUSINESS AND PROVIDED FOOD AND SHELTER FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES WAS F-CKING SON OF A B!TCHING DISGUSTING AND VILE, THE SOONER THE PEOPLE SEND HIM BACK TO THAT HELL HOLE CHICAGO THE BETTER, i SH!T IN HIS GENERAL DIRECTION.
And we should take care of them...but 50% of Americans should never be supporting the other 50%....but that's what we have now in this great country of ours. We should not be taking care of those that are not poor...but we are, aren't we?
Calm down Harry bro you seem upset. I'm very impressed by your ability to spit his fascistcommunistsocialist America hating endgame. What else is in store for us? I think he'll target childhood next


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Our Old House
1200 Square foot house with 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, central air. Garage with electricity. Fully equipped kitchen, washer & dryer, all linens provided, satellite TV. Free Wi-Fi, Stocked fishing pond, fishing guide service available Campfire ring, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, BBQ grills, swimming pool, electric boat parking. Pets allowed. Open all year.
CITY: Shelbyville
Paco's Sol Bistro
Mouth watering entrees hand-made from scratch bursting with flavor. Relaxed casual atmosphere complete with bar. Choose from American, Asian fusion, barbeque, burgers, Mexican, pizza, sandwiches, seafood, Southern and Tex-Mex selections!
CITY: Decatur
Past & Present Antiques
Antiques and collectibles, fine china, glassware, primitives, toys, lamps, furniture, pictures, quilts, vintage and more.
CITY: Mattoon
Paul's Confectionery
Casual atmosphere, old-fashioned diner. No delivery service. Take-out available.
CITY: Decatur
Pauly's BBQ
Pulled Pork, Ribs, Chicken and Smoked Sausage. Udder Blasts, Ice Cream. Catering available.
CITY: Arthur
Peterson House
The historic Peterson House is a part of Peterson Park in Mattoon, and houses the Mattoon Chamber of Commerce. This beautiful building is rich in architectural history and is an key part of Mattoon's cultural story.
CITY: Mattoon
Pla-Mor Lanes
40 lanes, automatic scoring, ABC approved fluorescent lighting, seating for 200, free parking, restaurant and lounge.
CITY: Decatur
Pop's Place
For a great bar, games, and delicious food, Pop's Place in Decatur is the place to visit. We guarantee you only quality and dependable services because you deserve nothing less. Let us satisfy your cravings, fill your rumbling tummies, and have fun at Pop's Place.
CITY: Decatur
Project Playground II
No trip to Scovill Zoo would be complete without a visit to Project Playground II, a community-built, ADA-accessible playground in Scovill Park. This exciting play place includes a rock wall with fossils, hands-on music station, lots of slides, and a smooth rubber surface so kids of all ability levels can swing, slide, climb and play.
CITY: Decatur
Quality Inn and Suites Conference Center
The Quality Inn & Suites Conference Center provides guests with countless features, great service and a convenient location. Lake Land College is less than a mile away from this Mattoon, IL hotel and local points of interest like Illinois Amish Country, Eastern Illinois University and Lincoln Log Cabin are nearby. Outdoor enthusiasts can enjoy the multitude of recreation areas offered in the surrounding area. The Douglas Hart Nature Center, Peterson Park, Meadowview Golf Course and Lake Mattoon are in the vicinity. Several specialty stores, shopping malls, retailers and restaurants are close to the hotel.
CITY: Mattoon
Ramada, Ltd. - Decatur
61 rooms, restaurants and shopping nearby, small meeting rooms, indoor pool, sauna-whirlpool, non-smokingrooms, free breakfast.
CITY: Decatur
Raspberry Room
A cozy country tea room known for their daily quiche specials and chicken salad sandwich. Located next door to the Elwin Antique Mall.
CITY: Elwin
Red Tail Run Golf Club by Raymond Floyd
Designed by legendary hall of fame player, Raymond Floyd, this signature course features large, undulating greens, wide rolling fairways and native grasses. Located on Decatur's south side, the Park District's newest course is designed for players of all skill levels. From five tee locations and multiple angels, this signature Floyd course is truly designed for the championship to the novice golfer. Red Tail provides multiple tee locations from Championship to Junior, driving range with double tees, golf academy programming, and first tee learning center.
CITY: Decatur
Great get-a-way after work or for a delicious lunch. Grill classics and sushi menu.
CITY: Decatur
Robin Hood Woods Resort & Campground
This resort and campground has 5 Cabins and over 200 campsites located in a wooded area with water, electricity, and sewers. There is an Inground outdoor pool, 2 bathhouses, pavilion, gameroom, playground, and a store on the property. The Rental cottages and log cabins come with air, kitchens, and bath. The Nine cabins also have satellite TV. The resort is 2.5 miles from Lake Shelbyville. Open April 1st - October 31st each year. Wi-Fi Access.
CITY: Shelbyville
Rock Springs Center for Environmental Discovery
Rock Springs Center is the largest park in the Macon County Conservation District properties with a total of 1,343 acres in the southwest area of Decatur, IL. The Sangamon River runs through Rock Springs and several small ponds dot the landscape. A wide range of terrain including forest, wetland, grassland, and restored Illinois prairie make Rock Springs a destination for nature lovers. Rock Springs is also home to a large nature center, a museum, a restored farmhouse, nearly nine miles of hiking trails, and a paved bike trail. Rock Springs is a favorite for families all year round. Rooms and pavilions are available for rent for meetings and events.
CITY: Decatur
Rock Springs Nature Center
Home to a large visitor center, a museum, a restored farmhouse, nearly nine miles of hiking trails, and a paved bike trail.
CITY: Decatur
Rock Springs/ Fairview Bikeway
The bikeway connects three area parks with a 3.2-mile, 10-foot wide, handicapped accessible trail for enjoyment by hikers and bikers alike. Tote along your favorite fixings to enjoy on the trail or designated picnic areas.
CITY: Decatur
Rosamond Grove Cemetery
Located on a high mound overlooking the prairie, this cemetery is home of the famous Lincoln the Orator statue by artist J. Mulligan and the Lincoln-commissioned cannon called Mary Lincoln.
CITY: Pana
Rotary Park
Play ball! Softball and baseball diamonds appeal to the slugger in everyone.
CITY: Decatur
Route 16 Cafe
Great food, great service, great prices. Home-cooked meals and daily specials.
CITY: Tower Hill
Rustic Barn
Consignment and antique store with new items arriving daily. Sullivan is located in beautiful Amish Country.
CITY: Sullivan
Sand Creek Conservation Area
Sand Creek is a 755-acre open space site located just south of Decatur off South Franklin Street. Hike the trails to the bluff overlooking Sand Creek for panoramic view of the countryside. Over 7.5 total miles with varying difficulty. Open to hikers & horseback riders.
CITY: Decatur
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Scarecrow Daze Festival
During the Annual Scarecrow Daze Festival, the entire city of Shelbyville is decorated with scarecrows. With a different theme every year, entrants decorate their homes and businesses to the theme. There is also a large parade on Saturday, kids' games, a beer tent, music, a quilt show, and plenty of food and crafts, in downtown Shelbyville. Held in conjunction with Touchstone Energy Balloon Fest.
CITY: Shelbyville
Schaub Floral Display Center
Bursting with seasonal exhibits, our brightest newcomer nurtures flowering trees and scrubs such as weeping Japanese cherry, mock orange, forsythia, fragrant bulbs, and delightfully colored pansies. A perennial garden joins the array this summer, and the spring exhibit opens mid-March.
CITY: Decatur
Scovill Golf Club
Sometimes called the "shot-maker's" course, Scovill Golf Club is hilly and tree-lined. Golfers will enjoy the manicured fairways surrounded by natural plantings on Decatur's only Audubon sanctioned course. Scovill was designed by Tom Bendelow and redesigned by Dick Nugent. Scovill was named on one of the top 100 women-friendly course in the United States by Golf for Women. It is also the course most frequented by out-of-town golfers.
CITY: Decatur
Scovill House & Oriental Gardens
Serenity envelopes this intimate area, where visitors are welcomed by a Chinese Fu dog and flowering dogwoods, star magnolia, Japanese lilac, and rhododendron -- foliage native to the Orient. Originally commissioned by Guy and Rose Scovill in the 1920's and reconstructed in the 1980's, the gardens' soothing nature encompasses a small reflective point, sod bridge, and oriental sculptures, and surrounds a small cottage, which is available for gatherings and retreats.
CITY: Decatur
Scovill Zoo
This zoo overlooking Lake Decatur is home to animals from around the world, the Z.O.&O. Express train, the Endangered Species Carousel and the Zootique Gift Shop. Family events and activities are offered regularly.
CITY: Decatur
Shady Crest Farm Market
Come visit this working Amish farm and apple orchard. They have a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables for sale, plus fresh honey, apple butter and maple syrup. A Deli filled with 15 different Country-Cured Meats & 24 different Cheeses is also available Monday - Saturday. While you're there, enjoy a hand-dipped ice cream cone. You can also find Fresh Baked Goods every Thursday - Saturday. Open year round.
CITY: Arthur
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Shelby County 4H & Jr. Fair
One of only a few fairs that still highlight their 4H and Juniors. The fair includes dog care and obedience, judging in livestock, poultry, rabbits, lambs, produce, flowers, plants, and many other subjects. The Food Shack serves plenty of great food each day of the fair manned by the various 4H Clubs in Shelby County. The fair wraps up with the popular livestock auction and team penning.
CITY: Shelbyville
Shelby County Historical and Genealogical Society
Historical items are displayed throughout this former jail and previous sheriff's residence. Tour the basement where the old jails cells are located, or trace your family tree.
CITY: Shelbyville
Dec 26
Shelbyville Festival of Lights
Come to Shelbyville and take a drive through Forest Park as it is lit up for the Holiday season. These lights are put in place each year by volunteers and new lights and themed areas are added yearly. Candy Cane lane is to honor loved ones. Come enjoy the Victorian Village, Santa's Shop, the North Pole, Bethlehem, and others.
CITY: Shelbyville
Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area
A 6,400-acre wildlife area on the north end of Lake Shelbyville. Hunting for waterfowl, forest and upland game is popular. Boat access is provided to accommodate anglers and hunters.
CITY: Bethany
Sleep Inn - Decatur
69 rooms, small meeting rooms, non-smoking rooms, indoor pool, free breakfast, fitness center.
CITY: Decatur
Sloan's Calzones
Looking for the best tasting pizza in the Decatur area? Sloan's Calzones has it for you. We only offer great and delicious dishes to make you hunger for more. Your choices include appetizers, pizza, calzones, pasta, subs and more!
CITY: Decatur
Spillway Motel
"The Best Motel by a Dam Site" located across from the Lake Shelbyville Dam, on the Kaskaskia River. Twenty-One 2-3 bed units with Wi-Fi, microwave, refrigerator, TV, hair dryer, Jacuzzi suite available. All rooms are ground floor. Free electric hook-ups for over 30 boats. Excellent location for fisherman, boaters, water skiers, sunbathers, picnickers and passers by. Bait Shop.
CITY: Shelbyville
Spitler Woods State Natural Area
Two-thirds of the area is a dedicated nature preserve containing one of the few remaining stands of old-growth timber in Illinois. Two trails wind through the nature preserve, allowing the hiker to enjoy the unspoiled beauty of the forest.
CITY: Mount Zion
Sports Zone Bar/ Decatur Conference Center & Hotel
The Sports Zone Bar and Grill is ideal for cocktails and dinner in a cheerful and relaxing atmosphere, whether it's to watch the big game, or just to hang out with friends. Click here to find out what's happening at the sports zone this month. Wednesdays are comedy night, $5 cover.
CITY: Decatur
Starship Billiards
14 tables, ample parking, arcades, dart games, restaurant, lounge, pro shop.
CITY: Decatur
Starship Billiards - Decatur
Billiards galore! Live music on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
CITY: Decatur
Stone Coal Log Cabin Village
Original log buildings in this educational village are from Illinois' early prairie years.
CITY: Pana
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Strawberry Jam Festival
A festival of strawberry-related activities and events. This includes special sales promotions throughout the Arthur area. A strawberry social is held in conjunction at the Otto Center south of town. Strawberries are available for purchase and there will be limited giveaways during the festival. Lots of entertainment and activities, including the bands Battle Creek, Gunny Sack Revue and Deep Water.
CITY: Arthur
Sullivan Marina
Located on a serene wooded hilltop, gently slopes into a full-service marina and restaurant situated on Lake Shelbyville.
CITY: Sullivan
Super 8 - Mattoon
This 61 room facility is located just off I-57 and Illinois Route 16, and has a variety of restaurants within walking distance. Attractions nearby include the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site and the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum. Free Wi-Fi, business center, free breakfast bonanza, and pet-friendly. Kids 17 and under stay free with an adult.
CITY: Mattoon
Tailwinds Steakhouse
This Steakhouse sits in Downtown Findlay, "the Heart of Lake Shelbyville". Serving American style foods from chicken, steaks, and fish to homestyle lunch specials.
CITY: Findlay
Tasty's Chicago Grille
A wide variety of delicious mouthwatering hotdogs, built any way you like them! Authentic Chicago style is our most famous!
CITY: Decatur
The 200 Acres
Located in the heart of Illinois' Amish country, The 200 Acres is a working farm that features beautiful gardens, including a spectacular collection of more than 5,000 mums, and offers its heirloom seeds for sale. The 200 Acres is especially known for its more than 300 varieties of rare pumpkins, squash and gourds from around the globe that are grown right on the farm and displayed in its Great Pumpkin Patch from mid-September through October 31 every year. The on-site Homestead Bakery sells made-from-scratch goodies such as pies and angel food cake during spring, summer and fall.
CITY: Arthur
The African-American Cultural & Geneological Society of Illinois Museum (AACGS)
AACGS promotes and provides resources and education on the history of the African American. Embracing all cultures, it offers genealogy workshops, museum displays, storytelling, essay and poetry contests, and the promotion of Cultural Arts.
CITY: Decatur
The Beach House
Enjoy a view of Lake Decatur while you dine on specialties prepared by Chef John Redden.
CITY: Decatur
The Boutique
Spa based Boutique carries those spa necessities and splurges to bring a "little spa" into your life. Also have accessories, handbags, jewelry, apparel, tonics, Paul Mitchell, Pevonia Botanica skin care and many gift items. Boutique is located by Lakeview Spa at Oak Terrace Resort.
CITY: Pana
The Briarwood
Candles, enamelware, pottery, lighting and accessories, furniture, linens, primitive, colonial and cottage.
CITY: Sullivan
The Decanter
The Decanter Fine Wine & Spirits is a retail shop located in downtown Decatur offering over 500 wines as well as craft beers, spirits and gift accessories.
CITY: Decatur
The Farmhouse Family Restaurant
The Farmhouse seats 92 people and has a reputation in the area for "down-home" cooking. There are lunch buffets daily and Friday and Saturday breakfast and dinner buffets.
CITY: Shelbyville
The Flower Pot
Beautiful gift shop with fresh and silk flowers, gifts and accessories.
CITY: Sullivan
The Gathering Place
Located within Haines & Essicks downtown, browse our specialty foods and wines to stock your cabinets. We also offer cooking classes to stimulate your imagination and tempt your palate so come cook up a culinary delight!
CITY: Decatur
The Homestead Bakery
We are very pleased to continue bringing all our valued customers the freshest, made-from-scratch delights such as caramel-iced cinnamon rolls, dinner rolls, honey white and wheat breads, sweet and specialty breads, a variety of cookies, iced cut-out cookies and classic angel food cakes of various flavors. And we feature specialty pumpkin items in the fall. Load up on baked goodies, as well as all the other scrumptious items that we stock on our shelves. These include a substantial assortment of mustard's, pickled vegetables, relishes, salsas, jams, jellies, butter spreads, noodles and a generous selection of fine candies and fudge.
CITY: Arthur
The Inn at Oak Terrace
New rooms, each with 2 queen size beds. The Inn is adjacent to the pro shop & 18-hole golf course and a restaurant/ lounge. Conference and reception facilities available.
CITY: Pana
The Iron Keg
Recently opened after doing extensive construction and renovation in the historic downtown Shelbyville, The Iron Keg is a friendly spot to relax and enjoy a frosty beverage Check out the daily specials and try Butch's Pizza and Burgers.
CITY: Shelbyville
The Lil Cottage
Located between Arthur and Arcola in the small group of houses called Chesterville. This is a one bedroom house, with living room, full kitchen and bathroom. The bedroom has a queen size bed and the living room has a queen size sofa bed. It also has air conditioning and a washer & dryer, it is newly remodeled.
CITY: Arthur
The Little Theatre On The Square
A Professional Actor Equity Association-affiliated theatre performing Broadway musicals and comedy. Produces five mainstage shows from mid-June to mid-August. Three theatres for young audiences, shows, in addition to a fall, Christmas, & spring show.
CITY: Sullivan
The Longbranch Grill
Located in Historic Downtown Shelbyville, this family-owned restaurant has unique clockwork decor, original tile ceiling and exposed brickwork walls. The Longbranch Grill pride itself on its homemade food and casual atmosphere.
CITY: Shelbyville
The Lumber Yard Grill & Pizza
Opened up in an old lumber yard. This unique dining experience serves grill specialties and pizza in downtown Findlay.
CITY: Findlay
The National at Eagle Creek
This 18-hole pro golf course has been refurbished with new sand traps, and water features and has great views of Lake Shelbyville. There is a driving range and paved cart paths.
CITY: Findlay
The National at Eagle Creek Golf Course
The National Golf Course at Eagle Creek is a premier public golf course located in Eagle Creek State Park in Findlay, Illinois. Nestled in the heart of over 34,000 acres of woods and prairie on the banks of Lake Shelbyville, The National is a challenging yet fair test for the golfer of any ability. Now with five sets of tees!
CITY: Findlay
The Pewter Spoon
Many gift ideas, from miniatures to decorative and functional items. Mementos of the Arthur area, in pewter and brass.
CITY: Arthur
The Pizza Factory
Get your pizza here, folks! Great menu offering taste-tempting pizza combinations for eat-in or delivery.
CITY: Decatur
The Pour House
Nightlife bar with welcoming atmosphere for all and good quality food for lunch and dinner - try us!
CITY: Decatur
The Shaker Loft Bed & Breakfast
Contemporary B&B. Shaker loft with king-size bed, Amish room with queen bed, quilt room with full bed. Wooded lakeside serenity, 18-hole golf course, driving range, boating and fishing available, reservations required.
CITY: Pana
The Shelby Inn
Charming lodging with Victorian and modern-styled rooms. Registration and office in a turn-of-the-century, restored National Registry Home. Standard, Deluxe, and King accommodations. 45 rooms; Free Wi-Fi, expanded boat parking with electricity; 24 hour voice mail; flat screen TVs w/cable; comfortable and charming setting; convenient to golf, boat ramps, recreational areas, attractions & events. AAA rated. Open all year.
CITY: Shelbyville
The Tower of Baa-Goat
The one and only goat tower in the U.S. It is modeled after a tower that Dave and Marcia Johnson saw in a wine magazine from S. Africa. The original goat tower was in Portugal. The Johnston's tower is 31 foot tall and has 5,000 bricks with 276 spiral steps that encompass the tower.
CITY: Windsor
The Welcome Hotel & Suites
The Welcome Hotel & Suites in Decatur, Illinois is located just minutes from downtown, and just 9 miles from Lake Decatur, Scovill Zoo and the Children's Museum of Illinois. With its close proximity to Millikin University, Spitler Woods State Park, Macon Speedway and Rotary Park, this hotel offers guests a convenient place to stay at an affordable price. It is located just 15 minutes from the Decatur, Illinois Airport. The hotel offers guests a complimentary hot breakfast buffet each morning, free wireless Internet, indoor pool and hot tub, fitness room, business center, and meeting space for small to medium sized groups. A welcome reception is hosted every M-Th from 5-7 PM.
CITY: Decatur
The Wharf - Decatur
American cuisine. A great place to meet after work, a movie or game.
CITY: Decatur
The Winery
Fun atmosphere bar and grill located near Millikin University, serving the tastiest hamburgers in town along with adult beverages of your choice.
CITY: Decatur
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Container City: Shipping containers, indispensable tool of the globalized consumer economy, reflect the skyline in Singapore, one of the world's busiest ports.
Topics: Mind Reader, PBS, Science, Life News
It's 10 on a Saturday night and on my local PBS station a diminutive middle-aged doctor with a toothy smile and televangelical delivery is facing a rapt studio audience. "I will show you how to make your brain great, including how to prevent Alzheimer's disease," he declares. "And I'm not kidding."
Before the neurologist in me can voice an objection, the doctor, Daniel Amen, is being interviewed by on-air station (KQED) host Greg Sherwood. Sherwood is wildly enthusiastic. After reading Amen's book, "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life," Sherwood says, "The first thing I wanted to do was to get a brain scan." He turns to Amen. "You could start taking care 10 years in advance of ever having a symptom and prevent Alzheimer's disease," he says. "Yes, prevent Alzheimer's disease," Amen chimes in.
Wait a minute. Prevent Alzheimer's disease? Is he kidding? But Sherwood is already holding up Amen's package of DVDs on learning your risk factors for A.D., as well as his book with a section titled "Preventing Alzheimer's." Then, as though offering a landmark insight into a tragic disease — and encouraging viewers to pledge money to the station — Sherwood beams and says, "This is the kind of program that you've come to expect from PBS."
If so, that's a shame. One of the messages of Amen's PBS special and his book on Alzheimer's is that early detection of A.D. can lead to methods that both slow the progression of the disease and prevent it. But this opinion isn't shared by the vast majority of the medical community. Despite decades of studies, there are at present no definitive long-term treatments for A.D. or its prevention, as Amen would have viewers and readers believe.
At the core of Amen's crusade — both in print and on TV — is a type of functional brain imaging known as SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography), a radioisotope-enhanced CAT scan that measures blood flow in certain regions of the brain. Amen relies heavily on SPECT to make an early diagnosis of Alzheimer's so that it can be prevented. But medical science does not support his view.
"SPECT scans are not sufficiently sensitive or specific to be useful in the diagnosis of A.D.," neurologist Michael Greicius , who runs the Stanford University memory clinic, and has a special interest in the use of functional brain imaging in the diagnosis of A.D., tells me. "The PBS airing of Amen's program provides a stamp of scientific validity to work which has no scientific validity."
Throughout March and April this year, "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life" aired nearly 1,300 times on PBS stations across the country, reaching more than 75 percent of U.S. television households. As I was to learn after several frustrating phone calls and e-mails with PBS spokespersons, the nation's public broadcasting system did not vet "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life" for scientific validity. As a result, it broadcast what amounts to an unregulated infomercial for Amen's unproven treatments.
When I come across a controversial medical opinion, I try to look at how it might have arisen. Amen, who appears as a medical expert on TV news and talk shows, including CNN and Fox News, the "Today" show and "Oprah," has not followed a traditional scientific path. He received a biology degree from Southern California College, a Pentecostal school, now Vanguard University ("We believe The Bible to be the inspired and only infallible and authoritative Word of God"), and earned his medical degree from Oral Roberts University School of Medicine, defunct as of 1989.
"One of the sustaining factors in my work has been my own personal faith," he declared in his 2002 book, "Healing the Hardware of the Soul: How Making the Brain-Soul Connection Can Optimize Your Life, Love, and Spiritual Growth." "From the first month that I started to order these (SPECT) scans, I felt that they had a special place in science and that I was led by God to pursue this work."
It's hard to dismiss the religious undertones of Amen's work. On his Web site in 2003, he stated, "How your brain and soul work together determines how happy you feel, how successful you become, and how well you connect with others. The brain-soul connection is vastly more powerful than your conscious will. Will power falters when the physical functioning of the brain and the health of your soul fail to support your desires, as seen by illogical behaviors like overeating, smoking, drug and alcohol abuse, and compulsive spending."
And yet Amen's sense of calling hasn't led him to undertake the high-quality clinical investigations that would lend scientific credence to his claims. He is a board-certified psychiatrist and assistant clinical professor at University of California at Irvine School of Medicine, as his current Web site claims. But as U.C. Irvine assistant director of health sciences communications Tom Vasich explains, the title "assistant clinical professor" is the name for an untenured volunteer faculty member, of which the U.C. Irvine School of Medicine has more than 1,000. Amen is not affiliated with the university's Brain Imaging Center; all of his studies on SPECT scanning have been privately performed at his proprietary Amen Clinics.
To understand my concerns regarding Amen's claims, we first need to take a quick look at A.D. and why unsubstantiated promises of prevention and treatment raise real ethical and health considerations. A.D. affects about 5 million Americans; the number will rise as our population ages. Although the disease isn't sufficiently well-understood to assign specific causes, it's clear that there are multiple risk factors, ranging from age to genetics, coexisting heart disease to prior serious brain injury. So far, addressing such risk factors either isn't possible (we can't change our genes or stop getting older), hasn't been prospectively demonstrated to prevent A.D., or is simply part of any common-sense medical practice.
The problem remains: We have abundant information about the underlying abnormalities in A.D., but don't know exactly how the pathology creates the illness. The brain of a patient with A.D. will show clumps of protein fragments (plaques) as well as disruption of the normal architecture of the neurons — neurofibrillary tangles. From a biochemical standpoint, there is a diminution of function of various neurotransmitters, especially acetylcholine.
To date, the mainstay of symptomatic treatment has been a class of drugs that prevents the breakdown of acetylcholine — cholinesterase inhibitors. Although they do not slow or alter the course of the disease, they can provide modest but temporary improvement in cognition and behavior, usually on the order of months to a couple years. Importantly, the American Academy of Neurology states that available medications "do not reverse or change the progression of the disease." The NIH National Institute on Aging also warns: "It is important to understand that none of these medications stops the disease itself."
Amen, however, claims that he can arrest the progression of the disease. In his 2004 co-authored book, "Preventing Alzheimer's," he writes: "Contrary to popular belief, with current medical and scientific knowledge, the onset of Alzheimer's Disease can be delayed by six years." He makes a more expansive claim: "Through prevention strategies, you may be able to delay the onset of Alzheimer's long enough so that you will never have symptoms."
Faced with the prospect of overlooking a preventable disaster, the public is a sitting duck for Amen's medical sales pitch. And what exactly is he offering that the rest of the medical community has overlooked? He reiterates the usual common-sense recommendations: mental and physical exercise, good nutrition, avoidance of excess alcohol, not smoking and stress reduction. All of these are modestly helpful in preventing general cognitive decline. But none of them has a specific anti-Alzheimer's effect.
The rest of his recommendations, including those gathered from his Web site and other published writings, aren't specific evidence-based treatments for A.D., but rather a potpourri of unproven treatments, such as antioxidants and proprietary nutraceuticals.
For example, on his Web site, Amen touts NeuroMemory, a non-FDA-approved combination of folic acid and various plant extracts, including Huperzine A, a moss extract that has some anti-cholinesterase properties. The Alzheimer's Foundation warns that such drugs are "unregulated and manufactured with no uniform standards." Even the manufacturer issues (in small print) the following warning: "These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any diseases." With NeuroMemory, you will be paying out-of-pocket for a non-regulated product that, at best, might turn out to have a similar temporary effect as the more rigorously controlled cholinesterase inhibitors already on the market, and routinely covered by most health insurance policies.
Other proprietary nutraceuticals for sale on his Web site also suffer from lack of good control studies. For example, Amen refers to omega-3 essential fatty acids (found in high concentrations in certain fish oils) as "brain food." He writes that you can purchase NeuroGuppies — "ideal for children to support healthy brain development and vision" — and NeurOmega. In "Preventing Alzheimer's," Amen's lead supporting evidence for the efficacy of nutraceuticals like NeuroGuppies is a 2002 British Medical Journal study in which "French researchers reported that there is a significantly lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease among older people who eat fish at least once a week."
But the whole study from the British Medical Journal in 2002 reads quite differently. The lowered incidence of A.D. in those study participants who ate fish or seafood at least once a week was described as having "borderline significance." Borderline means possibly significant, not significant, especially when you factor in that fish or seafood consumption was higher in those participants with higher education. Higher levels of education have been shown to be associated with a lower statistical risk of A.D. When the authors added the level of education to their risk model, the results "indicated that the 'protective' effect of weekly fish or seafood consumption was partially explained by higher education of regular consumers." The study's conclusion — fish consumption provided a borderline significant effect partially explained by other factors — is a far cry from proof that fish oils can help prevent A.D.
Amen makes other medically questionable recommendations, such as the use of estrogen replacement in post-menopausal women. The role of estrogen in the prevention of A.D. remains hypothetically possible but as yet unproven; clinical trials are in progress, but to date there is no definitive evidence that taking estrogen will reduce the chances of getting A.D.
In "Preventing Alzheimer's," Amen states that post-menopausal women "should avoid Premarin and other forms of estrogen that are not made by the human ovary. However, a severe reduction in female estrogen hormones is equally harmful and should be treated." Amen suggests that taking the smallest amount of human estrogen that will keep estrogen (estradiol) levels from falling too low "is reasonably safe." But how can we know that estrogen replacement, no matter how small a dose, is safe, when safety standards for estrogen replacement haven't been established in clinical trials, and so remain controversial? Also, note Amen's use of vague language: "smallest amount" (unspecified), "falling too low" (unspecified), "reasonably safe" (unsupported by evidence).
By cleverly wording his claims and cherry-picking his evidence, Amen has created the false impression that an earlier diagnosis of A.D. can ultimately slow down or prevent its devastating effects. The implications and potential risks of such unsubstantiated claims are very real.
If Amen were correct, consider how negligent the rest of the medical community must be in withholding such treatments. And imagine how you'd feel if you were the spouse or child of a patient devastated by A.D., and you were told by an "expert" that an earlier diagnosis might have delayed or prevented your family member's catastrophic condition.
Even the well-standardized genetic testing for risk factors for A.D. isn't used to diagnose A.D. in the absence of symptoms. The markers only serve as information for calculating the odds, not for making the diagnosis. Yet Amen believes that with SPECT, he can accurately identify persons with "early stage Alzheimer's Disease up to four years before the first symptoms appear."
However, a multi-institutional task force of neurologists and neuro-radiologists — the Neuroimaging Work Group of the Alzheimer's Association — disagrees. Based upon their evidence-based literature review, they have concluded: "Current clinical neuro-imaging techniques are poor at predicting which non-demented individuals will develop AD or other dementias." They also concur that the practical value of such determinations is limited in the absence of preventive therapies for A.D.
Amen's published response is that he doesn't rely solely upon a SPECT scan to make the diagnosis of A.D.; he also relies on clinical judgment, including memory testing. This somewhat circular argument raises the serious question of the value of a screening test that can't stand on its own predictive merits. How are we to interpret an abnormal scan in an asymptomatic patient? At least with genetic testing, we can tell the patient the likelihood of eventually getting A.D. without resorting to subjective clinical judgment.
Amen states that he has read more than 40,000 SPECT scans and holds himself up as a world expert. But a brief quote from his TV special quickly reveals a very peculiar method of determining what constitutes a normal SPECT scan. "You know, it took us almost 3,000 people screening to find about 90 healthy brains." He then added, "So, if your brain is struggling, welcome to normal. Normal is not healthy."
If, by normal, Amen is referring to the idealized brain and mind, none of us is normal. We all have quirks and asymmetries; no two brains are identical, not even those of identical twins. But if we are to use normal in the conventional medical sense of meaning biological values shared by a major percentage of a population, we have a serious problem. Using Amen's figures from his TV program, only 3 percent of those he has studied have been interpreted by himself and his staff as being normal. Put another way, 97 percent of patients who attend Amen's clinic can expect to be told that their SPECT brain scan is abnormal.
Compounding the problems generated by his idiosyncratic definition of normal is his failure to adequately address several major ethical concerns. Amen skirts the well-recognized potential for profound psychological consequences of a healthy asymptomatic patient learning that he or she will develop a devastating illness, particularly in the absence of definitive treatments. A second serious oversight is the potentially devastating consequence of falsely receiving the diagnosis of A.D. Every attempt should be made to minimize any false-positive diagnoses; any test used to predict the likelihood of A.D. should first have undergone strict peer-reviewed scrutiny, including reproduction of the data by independent scientific studies.
As might be anticipated, Amen is not a stranger to controversy. In 2005, on Quackwatch.org, a nonprofit that investigates health-related frauds, myths, fads and fallacies, Dr. Harriet Hall, a retired family physician, outlined concerns regarding Amen's practices. In addition to those I've mentioned, Hall was critical of Amen's unsupported claims that SPECT scanning provides "guidance in the application of specific medications or other treatments such as supplements, neurofeedback, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy."
In a recent phone call, Hall tells me, "Amen's recommendations defy science, common sense and logic. I feel much worse about him now than I did when I wrote the piece because I went back and looked at his Web site again, and I'm just appalled by some of the things that are on it now. He's selling vitamin supplements and he's selling his own line of products. He's turned into big business." According to its Web site, Amen Clinics charges $3,250 for a "comprehensive evaluation," which includes the patient's history, two SPECT scans, a physician consultation, and a 30-minute treatment follow-up appointment. Follow-up scans after treatment are $795 each.
In trying to divine PBS' role and obligations in airing such an obviously controversial figure as Amen, I got the proverbial runaround. I first e-mailed my local PBS station, KQED. The station's executive director of communications, Scott Walton, responded that "KQED only aired the program and was not involved in any decision concerning content." He pointed out that KQED isn't staffed to review 60,000 hours of programming per year and relied upon other PBS stations that offer shows to do proper vetting. KQED, Walton added, took into consideration "a copy of the press kit, which … contains profiles and articles about Dr. Amen from Newsweek, Men's Health and other well-known publications as well as information about his appearances on Oprah, CNN and more."
Did a local PBS station, or PBS headquarters, do proper vetting? Michael Getler, the PBS ombudsman, didn't have an answer for me and forwarded my message to "the top people." I then got a note from Joseph Campbell, PBS vice president of fundraising programming, who said, "PBS is not responsible for the content of those programs obtained from outside sources (other than PBS); it is up to each individual station to decide on the merits of such non-PBS produced programs."
In fact, "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life" was neither produced nor distributed by PBS headquarters. It was co-produced by Amen and High Five Entertainment, a production company in Nashville, Tenn., which has produced live award shows and videos for, among others, Wynonna Judd. It was distributed by Executive Program Services, a regional PBS distributor, which places programs on the PBS satellite, where local PBS affiliates can find and select them for their stations. Alan Foster, co-principal of Executive Program Services, explains that's how stations acquired "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life." He stresses that Executive Program Services "programming is unrelated to the programming that comes from PBS programming, and vice versa."
Foster, who says he consulted with Amen to make the program "better suited for public television," is not troubled by its content. "I look at it in the sense of, 'Are there any problems with this?' I can't verify or say in a medical sense whether the information is accurate. PBS doesn't do that either. But if I felt there was any reason for alarm, then we wouldn't be involved with it. But I didn't find that."
In a recent Slate article, critical of the Los Angeles Times for publishing an Op-Ed by Amen, in which Amen argued that all presidential candidates should be given brain scans, Daniel Engber wrote, "Perhaps the paper's editors assumed Amen was credible because of all his appearances in other publications. In that case, they've only exacerbated the problem, further padding his resume as an 'expert' on the brain."
The same criticism surely applies to those PBS stations that aired "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life" without internal review or audience notification that no program review had been performed. At the least, the stations should simultaneously display a disclaimer indicating that the program's contents haven't been specifically vetted by PBS. Without such a disclaimer, anyone watching a PBS-aired program must assume a caveat emptor default position.
According to the PBS mission statement, "as a non-commercial enterprise, we can maintain our commitment to delivering quality, innovative and distinctive media content as our utmost priority. By guaranteeing our programs treat complex social issues with journalistic integrity and compassion, our audiences know they can rely on us to provide accurate, impartial information." In the case of Amen, that is simply not true.
Reporting assistance by Erin Renzas
(Daniel Amen responds here.)
Robert Burton, M.D., is the former chief of neurology at Mount Zion-UCSF Hospital and the author of "On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not." His column, "Mind Reader," appears regularly in Salon.
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Man Covering His Mouth: A shepherd by the Yellow River cannot stand the smell, Inner Mongolia, China
Angry Crowd: People jostle for food relief distribution following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti
"Black Friday" Shoppers: Aggressive bargain hunters push through the front doors of the Boise Towne Square mall as they are opened at 1 a.m. Friday, Nov. 24, 2007, Boise, Idaho, USA
Suburban Sprawl: aerial view of landscape outside Miami, Florida, shows 13 golf courses amongst track homes on the edge of the Everglades.
Toxic Landscape: Aerial view of the tar sands region, where mining operations and tailings ponds are so vast they can be seen from outer space; Alberta, Canada
Ice Waterfall: In both the Arctic and Antarctic regions, ice is retreating. Melting water on icecap, North East Land, Svalbard, Norway
Satellite Dishes: The rooftops of Aleppo, Syria, one of the world's oldest cities, are covered with satellite dishes, linking residents to a globalized consumer culture.
Child Brides: Tahani, 8, is seen with her husband Majed, 27, and her former classmate Ghada, 8, and her husband in Hajjah, Yemen, July 26, 2010.
Megalopolis: Shanghai, China, a sprawling megacity of 24 Million
Big Hole: The Mir Mine in Russia is the world's largest diamond mine.
Clear-cut: Industrial forestry degrading public lands, Willamette National Forest, Oregon
Computer Dump: Massive quantities of waste from obsolete computers and other electronics are typically shipped to the developing world for sorting and/or disposal. Photo from Accra, Ghana.
Oil Spill Fire: Aerial view of an oil fire following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, Gulf of Mexico
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Fire: More frequent and more intense wildfires (such as this one in Colorado, USA) are another consequence of a warming planet.
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Dennis was different.
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Charming, surprising and hilarious - David Walliams's beautiful first novel will touch the hearts (and funny bones) of children and adults alike.
Now David teams up with Matt Lucas to produce an audiobook with a difference. Read by two of the brightest stars in sketch comedy, this lavish production brings the hilarious voices behind Little Britain to your nearest earphones. And it tells a fantastic story too...
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Funny, read well, good story and a lovely message of tolerance behind it.
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Really enjoyed it. Was really funny and a great listen. I would recommend this to others as well. I guarantee you'll enjoy it.
Never heard my son laugh so much when listening to a book! He absolutely loved reading this book.
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The Indianapolis Colts on the face of it look good to retain the AFC South title, but with all three of the other teams in the division set to improve and with some holes in their own squad they will face a stern challenge.
Houston are pinned as the big yo-yo team this season, looking primed for a big run last year they bombed and dropped to the very bottom of the league but used their No 1 pick on the freakish talented Jadeveon Clowney.
If the Tennessee Titans can keep quarterback Jake Locker fit and healthy then they should be able to eclipse last season's meagre efforts as well, although they've got very few other stars on the team.
In what should be wholesale improvement throughout the division, even the Jacksonville Jaguars will be better this year, with veteran additions in defence and rookie QB Blake Bortles looking great in pre-season - although they insist he won't be rushed into the starting line-up.
Indianapolis Colts
You can't say enough good things about Andrew Luck, he's been tasked with carrying this team from day one and his third season promises to be more of the same. He threw 23 TDs last season with an injury-hit receiving corps - having veteran Reggie Wayne back fit will help, TY Hilton looked great last year and Hakeem Nicks will help. Tight ends Coby Fleener and Dwayne Allen complete a healthy set of options for Luck.
But he'll need them, as plodding running back Trent Richardson has done nothing to suggest he was worth the big trade price they paid for him. Ahmed Bradshaw, fresh from neck surgery, is next on a wafer-thin depth chart that suggests, along with their struggling offensive line, that running the ball will be a problem. With a decent defence again once Robert Mathis returns from suspension, any sort of ground game will help Luck out, although you suspect Indy may be riding his golden arm once again.
Key man: That man Luck again, Richardson could be key for him having a bit more time, but like we've seen before in Indy the Colts will go as far as their quarterback takes them.
Houston Texans
The bounce-back champions of 2014? Well the only way is up after finishing bottom of the pile and that No 1 netted them Jadeveon Clowney, and insanely talented pass rusher who'll play alongside JJ Watt, the most dominant defensive player in the league. Yes, the secondary is suspect, but with these two monsters causing mayhem QBs and offensive lines throughout the league will not be relishing games against the Texans.
QB is the one spot that Houston will have to wait another year to settle on. Ryan Fitzpatrick is a serviceable stop-gap, but not a long-term franchise man. Hand the ball off to Arian Foster, get it to Andre Johnson and DeAndre Hopkins when possible and don't turn the ball over - if he can do that then the Texans can challenge the Colts, but that's a sizeable 'If'.
Key man: JJ Watt will relish having Clowney on the field to give offensive lines something else to worry about, if the rookie can live up to his reputation it could be a huge year for the terrible twosome.
Tennessee Titans
The Titans don't have the talent that Houston have, but the Texans would love to have a QB like Jake Locker under centre. He was having a great year until injury struck last year, and he's in a make-or-break year after the team did not pick up the option year on his rookie deal. Having Ken Wh isenhunt as head coach is a bonus but this is the year Locker needs to produce the goods.
If Justin Hunter can build on his pre-season promise out wide then he and Kendall Wright will offer a good receiving duo, while rookie running back Bishop Sankey looks a decent prospect. Signing versatile receiver/running back Dexter McCluster is an interesting one, and he&'ll offer some versatility. Early signs for the new defence under Ray Horton has not been great in pre-season.
Key man: It&'s all about Jake Locker. Can he stay fit is a major concern, and if he does can he put a solid, productive season together, because if he doesn&'t the team will most likely move on from him at QB.
Jacksonville Jaguars
Most people agree the Jags are heading in the right direction with coach Gus Bradley and GM Dave Caldwell, the question is the speed of that about-turn. It takes time to totally revamp an ailing franchise, but they brought in solid free agents on both sides of the ball and look to have drafted a future starting QB in Blake Bortles.
Chad Henne will start the season at QB but it&'s almost a given that Bortles will replace him at some stage. Bringing in Seattle&'s Red Bryant and Chris Clemons will bolster an already sneakily-good defence, while RB Toby Gerhart arrives after spending a few years backing-up Adrian Peterson in Minnesota. With experience on defence and a few exciting offensive prospects, the Jags could just upset a few people.
Key man: Bortles could be key once he starts, and although not key to their success but an interesting one to watch is Denard Robinson. The dynamic playmaker actually looks like a settled RB during pre-season, and if they can stay in the game one or two of his bursts could be enough to break a game wide open.