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...begin with. But Zipitis says children who had rickets, a bone disorder caused by extreme vitamin D deficiency, "were at a much higher risk of developing type 1 diabetes - I think about three times higher than the rest of the population, which would suggest that the higher the level of vitamin D in your body, the less likely you are to develop type 1 diabetes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vitamin D Lowers Diabetes Risk | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...central bank's target, and whether economic growth is above or below its "full employment" potential. If inflation is at target and the economy is operating at full employment, then the Taylor Rule says that the central bank should set the overnight interest rate at a fixed "neutral" level, which Taylor estimated was 4% for the U.S. with inflation running at a targeted rate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fed Fights Back | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

Jorma Elo’s “In On Blue,” on the other hand, was remarkable. Even on a titular level, it challenged the audience. The music was by Bernard Hermann, a composer who created numerous scores for Alfred Hitchcock films, and the lighting and costumes were overwhelmingly blue. The dancers jerked their arms and legs robotically. One ballerina even twitched perceptibly as she was laid on the stage floor...

Author: By Ama R. Francis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ballet Evolves in 'New' Show | 3/12/2008 | See Source »

...only beneficiaries of this folly are, of course, American farmers, who win both from high market prices and from subsidies dished out by a Congress desperate to look like it has some kind of solution to rising oil prices. But ethanol represents, on a broader level, the tendency to rush into high profile, fix-all “solutions” before we have fully analyzed the interdependency of all the elements involved. Instead of pursuing those modest, non-fanciful solutions that we have reason to believe might work (like forest management to increase carbon uptake and a carbon...

Author: By Juliet S. Samuel | Title: Hello, Ethanol. Goodbye, Bacon. | 3/12/2008 | See Source »

...that would keep students from participating,” says Hugo van der Velden, a professor of HAA, who plans to take his fifth graduate trip this year. Unfortunately, though, opportunities have traditionally been limited for Harvard HAA undergraduate concentrators, unless they were willing to enroll in a graduate-level course, like Schlozman. But currently, thanks to a private donation, a new initiative targeted at undergraduates is in the works. From now on, HAA concentrators will be encouraged to study abroad. Sophomore concentrators will also have the opportunity to take a new course—HAA 100r—that...

Author: By Sarah B. Schechter, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Up Close & Educational | 3/12/2008 | See Source »

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