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In the more than 20 years that have passed since the release of The Last Emperor (1987), like its title character perceptions about the film have been altered by changing events around the world: the increased openness of China, for instance, which is no longer has quite the "Oriental mystique" it once had, and in the way westerners watch movies.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:21:06 GMT - (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray) (DVD Talk)
'It's A Work In Progress' : Supervisors Reflect On Past Year
The beginning of 2008 saw the excitement from an altered Board of Supervisors, elected in November 2007, as supervisors headed to the dais of the county board room with plans of stopping overdevelopment and creating a better working environment within Loudoun's government.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:20:52 GMT - (Leesburg Today)
Slain Harvey family story remembered
At SLANTblog, a story set in January, three years ago: Mother, father and two daughters found brutally slain in their home on New Year?s Day. The parents were well known in the local arts/music community. Three years ago at this time of the year, my sense of what a blog could be was altered by the [...]
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:21:11 GMT - (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Cape Coral dog park hours altered
The Waggin' Tails Dog Park at Rotary Park will be closed on Saturday until 1 p.m. and all day Sunday for the annual Tour De Cape bike ride.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:25:30 GMT - (The News-Press)
Carolina's loss gives top teams a confidence boost
In all sports, there are moments that capture the attention of every participant, that change the nature of the competition.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:17:07 GMT - (The Sporting News via Yahoo! News)
Altered circadian rhythms regulate growth vigour in hybrids and allopolyploids
Segregating hybrids and stable allopolyploids display morphological vigour, and Arabidopsis allotetraploids are larger than the parents Arabidopsis thaliana and Arabidopsis arenosa|[mdash]|the mechanisms for this are unknown. Circadian clocks mediate metabolic pathways and increase fitness in animals and plants. Here we report that epigenetic modifications of the circadian clock genes CIRCADIAN ...
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:48:04 GMT - (Nature)
THE PERILS OF PROGRESSIVE POWER PLAYS
LIKE pebbles tossed into ponds, important Supreme Court rulings radiate ripples of consequences. Consider a 1971 Supreme Court decision that supposedly applied but actually altered the 1964 Civil Rights Act. During debate on the act, prescient...
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:21:44 GMT - (New York Post)
Scientists find a gene that makes cancer spread
A single gene appears to play a crucial role in deadly breast cancers, increasing the chances the cancer will spread and making it resistant to chemotherapy, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:33:31 GMT - (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Pfizer Wins New Lipitor Patent Expiring in June 2011
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Pfizer Inc. won new protection on the cholesterol pill Lipitor, the world?s best-selling drug, after the U.S. agreed to reissue a patent that had been invalidated by an appeals court.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:20:14 GMT - (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Fed to Begin Buying Mortgage-Backed Securities
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Monday that it had begun purchasing mortgage-backed securities in an effort to bolster the battered housing market.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:17:50 GMT - (New York Times)