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"N8KDV" wrote in message
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"Mark S. Holden" wrote:

Drudge is reporting Air America was pulled off the air in Chicago
and Los Angeles today because their payment for air time bounced.

Hard to imagine they'd start up without enough cash to get through
the first month.

Right on the front page:

http://www.drudgereport.com/


I don't get this. I figured the one thing these folks had was deep
pockets. Maybe Franken should step up to the plate and write a check
with some of his profits from the "Stuart" movie.



- ALSO on the drudge report.. (takin the fun outa havin fun...)


http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/...30002804536&dt
=20040414134300&w=RTR&coview=

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Dieter Meyerhoff of UCSF and colleagues examined 46 chronic, heavy drinkers and
52 light drinkers recruited

using newspaper ads and flyers.


They used magnetic resonance imaging to look at physical brain structures and
also measured various brain

chemicals associated with healthy brain function.


Standard tests of verbal intelligence, processing speed, balance, working
memory, spatial function,

executive function, and learning and memory were given to the volunteers.


"Our heavy drinkers sample was significantly impaired on measures of working
memory, processing speed,

attention, executive function, and balance," the researchers wrote.


Measures of brain chemicals and structures showed some of the same damage seen
in alcoholics who are in the

hospital or treatment centers, they said.


The study is unusual in that most studies of brain damage from alcohol are done
in people who have undergone

treatment.


"What our findings indicate is that brain damage is detectable in heavy
drinkers who are not in treatment

and function relatively well in the community," Meyerhoff said in a statement.


Meyerhoff said the study showed evidence of brain impairment, even if the
drinkers cannot see it themselves.


"Our message is: Drink in moderation. Heavy drinking damages your brain ever so
slightly, reducing your

cognitive functioning in ways that may not be readily noticeable. To be safe,
don't overdo it."