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'Darko' Director Richard Kelly Explains the Long Wait for 'Southland T
Director Richard Kelly gives Wired the scoop on his long-awaited and latest film, Southland Tales. The Costumer's Manifesto (Costumes.org)
Find links to the history of costume and fashion, online theater classes, designers, Halloween costumes, military uniforms, movie costumes, sewing patterns, vintage clothing, supplies, and much more. Maintained by a costume designer and theater professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Implications For The Archaeology Of Warfare In The Andes
Using pre-Columbia Andean South American as a case study, Elizabeth Arkush and Charles Stanish of UCLA further the archaeological debate on the significance of warfare in societal development by re-examining current interpretations of the evidence of ritualized and defensive conflict in the ancient Andes. Evidence For Sun-climate Link Reported By UMaine Scientists
A team led by University of Maine scientists has reported finding a potential link between changes in solar activity and the Earth's climate. In a paper due to be published in an upcoming volume of the Annals of Glaciology, Paul Mayewski, director of UMaine's Climate Change Institute, and 11 colleagues from China, Australia and UMaine describe evidence from ice cores pointing to an association between the waxing and waning of zonal wind strength around Antarctica and a chemical signal of changes in the sun's output. Researchers Search For Aging, Osteoporosis Genes
Researchers have examined close to 100,000 genetic markers for low bone mass and aging to help determine which genes are responsible for the development of osteoporosis and longevity. New Bird, Bat Species Revealed By Extensive DNA Barcode Studies
At unprecedented levels of difficulty involving highly biodiverse and continent-sized landscapes, scientists have successfully tested their ability to identify and DNA "barcode"entire assemblages of species -- the prelude to a genetic portrait of all animal life on Earth. University Of Oregon Chemists Discover New Way To Fix Nitrogen
For the first time, hydrogen has been used as the source of electrons in the laboratory fixation of nitrogen, according to David Tyler, a University of Oregon chemistry professor. Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) for Rights, Development, and Peace:
Bibliographies, statistics, and other resources on international women's issues. Some of the topics covered include women and leadership, women's human rights, violence against women, and technology for women's empowerment. Provides a list of "local, national, regional and international women's organizations in the Global South, especially in the Middle East and North Africa."From the Women's Learning Partnership, a group "dedicated to women's leadership and empowerment." Abnormal Proteins Linked To Schizophrenia Found In Body Tissue
A new study suggests biochemical changes associated with schizophrenia aren't limited to the central nervous system and that the disease could have more encompassing effects throughout the body than previously thought. The findings, scheduled for publication in the January 2007 issue of the American Chemical Society's Journal of Proteome Research, could lead to better diagnostic testing for the disease and help explain why those afflicted with it are more prone to other chronic health problems. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him.
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