| Batavia teen performing at Grammy Awards
On Feb. 10, Pearson -- a violinist since he was 2 years old -- will perform with the Foo Fighters at the Grammy Awards, along with 14 other musicians from across the country. The musicians each earned a spot in the Foo Fighters' orchestra through the My Grammy Moment 2008 contest, aimed at discovering and nurturing music makers. "I seriously can't believe half of this stuff," Pearson said from his Batavia home. He throws his hands into the air as he relives the moment he read the e-mail congratulating him on his win earlier this week. "I was like, could it be? Yes!" Pearson shouts. Soon after receiving the e-mail the public relations people began calling, discussing interviews with the media and his travel itinerary. "It's all paid for," Pearson gushes.
Settling the argument over fascism
For the pinheads arguing over what is a fascist, a perfect example is the Berkeley City Council trying to run the Marines out of town ("Berkeley council says Marine recruiting center is not welcome," Feb. 1). That, my friends, is fascist. The great irony is this is the city where the Free Speech Movement, led by an assistant professor named Mario Savio, began. The irony, of course, is free speech turned upside down. I lived in San Francisco and Oakland in the early '60s. I watched these juvenile, narcissistic collegiates give birth to the modern socialist/liberal movement, which is why I became a conservative. The actions of the left were subversive then and were determined to overthrow American values. .
Memory Loss And Other Cognitive Impairment Becoming Less Common In ...
But the researchers say this may actually result from a protective effect of better education on a person's "cognitive reserve" -- their ability to sustain more insults to their brain before significant thinking problems arise. The study is published February 20 online in the journal Alzheimer's and Dementia by a team led by two University of Michigan Medical School physicians and their colleagues. The study is based on data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a national survey of older Americans funded by the National Institute on Aging and based at the U-M Institute for Social Research (ISR). Lead author Kenneth Langa, M.D., Ph.D., calls the findings good news for today's seniors, noting that the new data support recent theories of how brains can be protected and preserved.
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