The journal Nature Medicine reports that scientists have discovered a faulty gene which causes migraine headaches in some patients. Previous studies have only been able to identify parts of DNA in the general population which increase the risk for migraines. This is the first time a gene directly responsible for migraines has been identified. The [...]
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland is marking what would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday with a weekend celebration next month. From October 8th through 10th, the Hall of Fame will present a series of events in honor of the former Beatles member, song writer, and solo musical artist. Events include a [...]
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Last month, on the lawn next to the Malaga Cove Library, families gathered for a Mary Poppins sing-along. Library staff members and volunteers got things underway with skits and a contest for the best costumes. Then the movie on the big screen, with everyone invited to sing along to such favorites as “A Spoonful of Sugar,” [...]
Monday, September 13, 2010
Film director Claude Chabrol, one of the founders of the New Wave movement, died yesterday at 80. Chabrol made more than 70 films in a movie and television career beginning in 1958. Called the “French Hitchcock,” his films often revealed violence and hypocrisy lurking below the façade of respectable middle-class lives. Chabrol’s films were often [...]
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
The short list for the Man Booker Prize, a literary award for books published in Great Britain, Ireland, and other countries of the former British Commonwealth, was announced yesterday. Two-time Booker Prize winner Australian Peter Carey will have a third chance with his Parrot and Olivier in America, an account of a French aristocrat and [...]
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Former Los Angeles Times political cartoonist (and Rancho Palos Verdes resident) Paul Conrad died today at the age of 86. In a 50+ year career, Conrad won three Pulitzer Prizes and incurred the wrath of such figures as Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. Working for the Denver Post and the Times, Conrad took on presidents from [...]
Monday, September 27, 2010
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