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Each time a migraine occurs, Welch and others have found, the periaqueductal gray matter fills with oxygen, which triggers chemical reactions that deposit iron in that section of the brain. As the iron builds up, the brain's ability to block out pain decreases. That may explain why many migraineurs become more sensitive to pain with each episode...
...high-level leadership experience in the military, in contrast to predecessors like Ehud Barak and Yitzhak Rabin, who had both served in Halutz’s position before entering elected politics. According to a report in Monday’s Jerusalem Post, Halutz had Harvard University Police Department officers block Israeli reporters who were seeking to interview him. HUPD did not respond to requests for comment, though the Post quoted an unnamed police spokesman saying Halutz was “not interested in talking to the media.” Halutz did not respond to e-mailed requests for comment...
...corporate Germany, a departing CEO often becomes chairman of the supervisory board. In the case of Siemens, Von Pierer simply moved across the hall to a new office in the executive suite, sharing his old secretary and staff and even the executive washroom with Kleinfeld. Von Pierer began to block Kleinfeld from taking more radical restructuring steps, say these insiders. In the end, Von Pierer had to fall on his sword, but one tantalizing theory is that Von Pierer made sure he took Kleinfeld down with him. "With Von Pierer, one of the last great representatives of the old Germany...
...Beers said. “You can see more of the field than other people.”Size has its advantages in other sports as well. In crew and water polo, longer arms mean a longer stroke and an increased ability to block shots, respectively. For baseball, pitchers can release the ball closer to home plate than their shorter counterparts. And for other sports, the advantages are more obvious, such as a closeness to the hoop in basketball and an heightened ability to spike in volleyball The overall intimidation factor does not hurt either.This “gift?...
...Atomic,” a work based on the life of Robert Oppenheimer. “I love to probe the essence of the American psyche,” Adams says of his operas. “We’re the Rome, the big guy on the block and we have a complex about our power.”In 2003, Adams won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his work, “On The Transmigration of Souls,” a piece commissioned by the New York Philharmonic honoring the victims of September...