According to my American friend Elizabeth who now lives in the U.K….a noticeable difference between the level of care in the U.S. and British systems is the hospital ward. Here in the U.S. we’re used to having “semi-private” rooms wherein two strangers are housed in adjacent beds in the same hospital room with curtains for privacy. In England, multiple patients are housed in an open ward with curtains for privacy.

Yesterday, as part of its “ Accountability for Torture ” project (to which I contributed here ), the ACLU launched a new campaigning video, “ Tortured Logic ,” in which ten people (including Oliver Stone, Philip Glass and a relative of one of the 9/11 victims) read out passages from the notorious torture memos , issued by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), which were released by the Obama administration in May. The purpose of the video, as ACLU Executive Director Anthony D.

In the post, “ Read Up On Jenna Lyons from J.Crew ” I linked to a post about Jenna Lyons over at the Huffington Post. In it, Jenna reveals her top five summer essentials: sandals, fun earrings, a dress, great jeans and a fun top. See them all below. Studded gladiator sandals, $118.00, Item 16150 Jeweled garland earrings, $79.50, Item 18015 Garden dress, $68.00, Item 15685 Ankle

Huffington Post: Police officers were called to calm down an unruly crowd outside a health care reform town hall meeting in downtown Tampa, Florida on Thursday evening, according to local news reports. Angry protesters screamed, yelled and banged on windows as officers hurried to guard the entrances to the facility, where U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor was trying to discuss the various health care reform proposals being debated in Congress. One photojournalist said that a fistfight broke out inside the building, reports WTSP.