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...taking the summer off because I'm having brain surgery. In Cleveland. But it's true. The operation is called deep-brain stimulation (DBS). They stick a couple of wires into your head, run them around your ears and into batteries that are implanted in your chest. Then current from the batteries zaps some bad signals in your brain so that good signals can be heard by the rest of your body. When it works, as it generally does, it greatly reduces the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. I wrote in Time 41/2 years ago about having PD and adopting...
...unexpected side effects. It's the danger that people will look at you differently. We are all brain snobs, and we are all-those of us over 20 or so-losing brain cells. But if you're walking around with wires in your head and batteries flanking your chest, every senior moment when you can't remember the term for, you know, when they drill holes in your skull-right, brain surgery-is ... is ... is ... well, it's going to seem significant to others...
...omit details of a $460,000 loan to the party from his application form. The police have indicated that they may quiz Blair in the course of their investigation. "This mess was inevitable," says Labour M.P. and former Europe Minister Denis MacShane. "The Tories had a deeper war chest and we needed money to fight them mano a mano. The only solution is state funding for parties...
...refrain from printing victims’ names.After witnesses yelled for Thomas to stop, he let go and the victim fell to the floor.As he turned to walk away, according to witnesses mentioned in the police report, “he suddenly lifted her and drove his knee into her chest.”The witnesses then took the victim to an adjoining room, locked the door and called HUPD. Thomas was again passed out at the desk in the victim’s room when police arrived. Officers found the victim “in an apparent state of panic...
...since 2004 she has played a role in a project that will be seen far beyond Harvard’s gates: the popular “Pirates of the Caribbean” films. Gary worked as an art department assistant on “Dead Man’s Chest,” the recently released second movie in the series, and has begun working on the anticipated third installment. Gary began working in film departments in high school and has held jobs and internships involving movies such as “Jurassic Park III?...