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...might expect, "Prop 8 - The Musical" is Shaiman's attempt to pick apart the anti-gay marriage lobby's logic. Lending support to the cause are Jack Black, John C. Reilly, Maya Rudolph, Craig Robinson, Neil Patrick Harris and Allison Janney (who, in a cheeky nod to Mormons' support of the ballot initiative, is listed in the title credits as "Prop 8 Leader's #1 Wife"). Despite the collection of comedic chops on stage, the spoof isn't trying to be funny. Well, OK, it is - but the larger point it intends to hammer home is that not all Biblical...
...point they'll leave," says Steve Andrews, president and CEO of the Bank of Alameda. The San Francisco Bay Area bank has been forced to keep rates artificially high, Andrews says, as one flailing competitor after another - IndyMac, Washington Mutual, Downey Savings & Loan - has pushed up rates in an attempt to attract deposits and stave off insolvency. "It's frustrating riding into work and hearing about [deposit rates] at 4%," says Andrews. "That's prime rate - there is no margin...
...lead to one. Housman missed a lay-up on the next possession, but freshman forward Keith Wright got the rebound and eventually got the ball to Housman, who was fouled with 18 seconds left. The senior nailed both shots, and the Raiders missed a three-point attempt in the final seconds to come up three points short—with Kenyi’s shot the difference. “It’s a fun situation to be in, in a college game, to hit that shot,” Housman said. “He?...
...site,” Oberdoerffer said. While the protein is fixing the damaged cells, the genes in the protein’s normal site go unregulated. More problematically, when a cell is permanently damaged, the protein is permanently engaged at the place of the damage in a futile attempt to fix the problem. As a result, the protein never returns to its normal site. Without the protein to regulate the genes, those that should not be expressed are activated and others that should be expressed are not. “All genes have the same material but only parts...
...introduces new sounds, like steel drums, saxophone breaks, and disco orchestration. There are even a cappella background vocals in “This Is Your Life.” Producer Stuart Price—whose résumé includes work with Madonna and Seal—attempts to mix this hodgepodge of new sound into something resembling genius. Yet Price, coveted for his work in electronica remixing and producing, is only somewhat successful in this task. Certain songs on this album, such as “Joy Ride” and “The World We Live...