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Documentation Guidelines
This short article will help you better understand our documentation process and the proper guidelines and format for submitting your documentation.
Types of documentation
There are generally three main types of documentation that you can submit:
- Developer/tester/user documentation
- How to setup a build environment
- How to setup a QEMU testing environment
- How to setup a VMware testing environment
- API Documentation
- Architectural and Utility Documentation
- Kernel Architecture of NT/ReactOS
- Security, Subsystem, Win32 Architecture of NT/ReactOS
- Help files for applications such as notepad, calc
- Reference guides for applications such as cmd
- Generic OS help files (for Help & Support)
Developer/tester/user documentation
For this kind of documentation, feel free to simply use the Wiki and add your own tips/scripts/help on the appropriate pages. Many of them are currently under construction, and WaxDragon would surely appreciate your help!
API Documentation
This means documentation for API functions, similar as to the one you would find on MSDN, OSR, etc. This should go directly in the source code, following the current doxygen-recognizable format that we use:
* @name CsrApiRequestThread
* @implemented
* The CsrApiRequestThread routine handles incoming messages or connection
* requests on the CSR API LPC Port.
* @param Parameter
* System-default user-defined parameter. Unused.
* @return The thread exit code, if the thread is terminated.
* @remarks Before listening on the port, the routine will first attempt
* to connect to the user subsystem.
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Note that there are many kinds of similar headers used throughout the source code. These are WRONG and simply reflect the lack of a standardized header. If you'd like a helpful janitorial task, creating proper headers for every public function in the module would be very helpful. Eventually, all public and private functions in ReactOS modules should have a header like that. From there, Doxygen can create the documentation, so you don't have to worry about any additional formatting.
Architectural and Utility Documentation
By far the lengthiest and most arduous type, it's also possibly the most useful. Examples of such documentation include the internals of DPC Queuing, the LSA algorithms, and the commands that the NT cmd.exe supports. Although architectural documentation exists in books such as Inside Windows 2000, Windows NT Internals, Win32 Programmer's Cookbook, etc. (and some doesn't exist at all), none of it is freely available under a Free documentation license such as the GNU FDL or Creative Commons. Applications such as calc, notepad, and others, also need relevant information in a .hlp or .chm help file, so that users can read about them (we can't just copy/paste the proprietary .hlp/.chm files)
The submission types are as follows:
- For architectural documents: a high-quality proof-read technical document clearly explaining the technical topic that you are discussing. Preferably in .pdf format or OpenDocument, or .doc as long as it doesn't contain any features which would make it unreadable by OpenOffice.org or Abiword. You should post this to the ros-dev mailing list for review.
- For application documentation, including command-line reference guides and OS Help & Support: a compiled .hlp and .chm file designed and structured in a similar way to the official documentation (so that users will be familiar with it). You must NOT simply copy/paste the official documentation and call it your own. For both .hlp and .chm, make sure that you still have the original source files (e.g. HTML) as well. Please post those to the ros-dev mailing list for review. If you do not have a .hlp/.chm compiler, we can do it for you, but we would appreciate it if you made sure that they will show up fine in the help viewer. (There are several guides online on how to create good help files, and use the Windows ones for guidance).

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"n-Space is down, but definitely not out," says the studio's CEO, Dan O'Leary, addressing rumors that the developer of Call of Duty: Black Ops' DS version has closed its doors.
O'Leary says the independent shop had supported 70 to 90 employees "for several months without funding," making mass layoffs on Friday "unavoidable." That said, O'Leary is optimistic that deals n-Space is currently negotiating can be firmed up this week in time to hire them back. "If all goes as planned we'll be calling people back before the end of the week," he wrote.
O'Leary laments the current state of the games industry, calling it "frankly, a mess," thanks largely to a sour economy. "People that used to buy many games every year now buy a few AAA titles, supplementing their need with games that are free or cost less than a pack of gum," O'Leary writes. "Anything in the middle is struggling. The Wii and DS markets have nearly collapsed and 3DS is a brave new world the publishers are excited about but also very cautious to enter."
The complaint notwithstanding, n-Space has still had a very busy year. It is working on Nintendo DS versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops, GoldenEye and James Bond 007 Bloodstone, as well as Tron: Evolution - Battle Grids for the Wii. n-Space released Toy Story 3 for the DS earlier this year. O'Leary said, in all seven titles will ship this year, five of them approved in September. One is an iPhone game the studio will announce next week.
n-Space Rumor Control [N-Space Blog, thanks Alberto]


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Egg Free Recipes
Pumpkin Marshmallow Butterscotch Oatmeal Bars
These sinfully scrumptious pumpkin marshmallow butterscotch oatmeal bars may be beautiful to look at and a bit messy to eat, but they were a huge hit at our house. First, I prepared a chewy oatmeal-brown sugar crust for both the base and the topping. For the filling, I selected Thanksgiving-related items such as pumpkin purée, oozy marshmallows, decadent butterscotch chips and chocolate chips.
This sweet treat is definitely going to be part of our Thanksgiving menu. When I asked for the family's feedback, all I heard was "more". You might also want to prepare a batch for the morning following Thanksgiving; these winning bars would be a perfect brunch contribution as well.
Full Recipe...
Chocolate Pear Blackberry Crumble Recipe
Yesterday evening, Aria and I had a wonderful play date with Ella at my friend Thi-My's. For dessert, Thi-My prepared an apple pear chocolate crumble. The recipe I'm sharing today is a bit different, using home-grown pears, blackberry and chocolate.
Thi-My and I have been friends since we were 15. We reminisced about the good old days and stared at our little girls playing with their scooters in the park next door to her apartment. Ella is two-and-a-half years old and she's such a sweetheart. She kept saying "l'autre trottinette est pour ma copine Aria" ("The other scooter is for my bestie Aria"). We melted! And we melted a second time after eating Thi-my's delicious crumble!
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Lunar New Year: Taro Cake Recipe
Remember I shared my crab cake recipe as a party food idea for the Super Bowl? Well, I developed a vegetarian version for my husband Lulu as well. I mixed shredded taro roots and rice and added green peas for extra color. Visually, they looked pretty similar to crab cakes, and their texture resembled the "real thing" too. The only difference, which you probably already guessed is the taste. But Lulu doesn't like crab, so that's a good thing!
Check back this entire week for my vegetarian dishes in preparation of Tết, the Asian New Year celebration.
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Chocolate Ganache Tart (Halloween Ghost Dessert)
The girls have reached the end of the first quarter, so their school gave them a day off. With Halloween just around the corner, I thought it would be fun for all of us to work on ideas for spooky desserts that they'll be able to share with their friends. It didn't take a lot of arm twisting to convince them!
I decided that we should make a simple chocolate tart and decorate it with ghosts. The tart shell is a shortbread crust that I topped with a semi-sweet chocolate ganache. To enhance the flavor of the chocolate, I added a little coffee. I let the girls pipe the top with vanilla buttercream frosting and create faces using chocolate sprinkles. As an added bonus, this dessert is egg and nut-free. We'll make smaller versions at the end of the month for when they share them with friends.
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Potato Cutlet Recipe (Indian Snack)
Aloo cutlets are pancake-shaped snacks made of potato (aloo means "potato" in Urdu). Indian cooking rarely uses eggs as a binder so to make sure the patties don't break, soaked bread is added to the potato mixture. It's an easy vegetarian snack that satisfies my family's cravings. To make the cutlets a more complete meal, I added protein-packed chana dal (garbanzo lentils). I flavored these appetizers with a little ginger, turmeric and amchur (mango powder) to balance the flavor of the cutlets.
We often make a huge batch of cutlets on Saturday mornings with the girls. They've gotten so good that they pretty much do it on their own. Once they're done cooking, we usually just serve them with a bowl of sour cream. Yum!
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Fritz McDonald writes with the following observation, which has been receiving some deserved attention lately:
As far as I can tell, the only relevant service provided by the APA is to organize conferences, and given that these conferences are just general philosophy conferences with no central focus and some curious choices of topical focus, the only raison d'être of the Eastern APA meeting is the job market. Nobody would willingly choose to spend the time between Christmas and New Years working without the job market at the Eastern and the related conference. In light of this, the most important resource on the APA website is Jobs for Philosophers. Given the desperate state of most graduate students in philosophy, who are generally underpaid and tend to have to live in expensive areas, the JFP information should be freely available right on the front of the website. After all, as far as I can tell, the only real reason we need a print listing of job ads such as JFP is so all searches are publicly available, for affirmative action purposes. I have not heard any other justification for JFP. Yet the APA almost goes out of its way to hide the JFP. You cannot even see the link to the JFP if you are not logged in as a member. You have to first click on the option of "Resources" and then select "Member Resources," an option that can only be seen if you are logged in as a member. Needless to say, this has the effect of making the job search process significantly more difficult for people who cannot afford the APA dues and quite a bit more difficult for people who are not tech savvy. To some degree, making the JFP a hidden resource like this itself leads to some kind of discrimination against the poor and/or the tech un-savvy. So why not put the JFP right on the front of the page and make it available to everyone everywhere, just like the listings on the Chronicle of Higher Education website? Better yet, why don't we all agree that if we are hiring, we will also post our ads to phylo.info/jobs?
It seems to me that the APA uses the JFP to force vulnerable members of the profession to become members. Until recently, I was taking advantage of the fact that although the JFP was in the members-only section of the website, you could easily access it if you knew the URL. And I think it is no coincidence that the one part of the new website that works really quite well is the paywall in front of the JFP. (And I will tell you that when at various times in the past I have been a member of the APA it has been solely to gain access to their various bits of job-market infrastructure.)
And the more I think of it, the more perverse I think this is. The JFP is a list of ads that you have to pay for if you want to see. This abrogates the entire point of advertising. The point of e.g. newspaper and magazine advertising is to defray the production costs of the newspaper or magazine--that is, the costs associated with equipment, rent, paying people to write the articles, etc.--so that it is affordable to the consumer. The JFP cannot possibly involve much in the way of such expenses, so it's hard to imagine that the paywall is driven by a financial necessity. The JFP is more like a third-rate craigslist with a print edition, or those books of car- or real estate ads they have next to the door at the supermarket, than a newspaper. Those things charge the advertisers, not the advertisees. And it's not in the interests of the advertisers to have the JFP behind a paywall, for it is in their interests that their advertisements be disseminated as widely as possible.
So what of it? Why doesn't the APA make the JFP freely available to everyone? (By which I mean to encourage the APA to do this. I guess I think I know why they won't.)
And search committees: please, please, please post your ads to the Phylo Jobs site. Pretty please.
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Update 1: Funding goal reached and stretch goals released!
Update 2: Mac support reached, new reward tier perk added, and more stretch goals revealed!
Update 3: New reward tiers unveiled, SLICKPAK, Linux support, and new reward tier perk unlocked!
Update 4: One million and beyond!
Update 5: SEERPAK unveiled + $1.25 million!
Update 6: $1.5 million!? New reward perk!
Update 7: $1.75 million + about a week to go!
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Homestuck is an illustrated, semi-animated story on the internet. It is not a comic that just happens to be hosted on the internet - it was specifically designed to exist there, to explore the potential of the medium, and evolve through reader participation. I began working on it about three years ago. The end of the story is now on the horizon. When it's complete, I'll work with an independent game developer to create a game involving a new story based within the Homestuck universe--assuming this project is funded, of course. The readers, through their participation, have helped make Homestuck what it has become. They may continue to participate in Homestuck's evolution by helping to fund this project!
If you are unfamiliar with Homestuck (or the site it lives on, MS Paint Adventures), it will help to know a little about the nature of the story and how it was made. Read below to find out more, or if you're already familiar with it, feel free to skip to the next section where I talk about the project.
Please tell me about Homestuck.
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I have been told about Homestuck. Please tell me about this game.
Homestuck, like all other stories on MS Paint Adventures, was built on extensive parody of video games, most notably classic adventure games. The "mock adventure game" format has driven the creation of every page in the story, often with readers supplying commands for what the characters should do next. So for the project after Homestuck, I think it would not only be fitting, but quite exciting to present the story in the form of an actual adventure game.
I've worked with others to make small playable games as single pages of Homestuck before, creating them very quickly on small-to-nonexistent budgets. (Like this, or this, with RPG-like gameplay.) And some games I worked on alone. (Like this, and this, with Myst-like gameplay.) These were pretty casual projects, each made in a week or two, and slotted into a much larger, regularly updated story. But a more serious independent game project, with higher production values, many puzzles and challenges, and a fully developed, self-contained story, that is something that requires BIG BUCKS! The $700,000 goal will be enough to fund this project, but is really just about the bare minimum needed to make the game I have in mind. Games are expensive!
They also take a lot of time. The plan is this. I'll finish Homestuck some time in 2013. In the meantime, there will be a high-level planning phase for the game project. The decisions reached will largely depend on the budget we have to work with: how much money is raised here. When Homestuck is done, that's when our full attention will be on actual development. The game will be scheduled for release in 2014. I'm often asked what I will work on once Homestuck is done. If the project is funded, then this is it! As for what will happen with MSPA after that, I haven't really decided yet. I might continue making some sort of content for it, but I'll have to see what sort of time investment the game will require first.
We've talked to some independent game developers about this project already, companies that have already released great games. One in particular we have spoken with quite extensively about this project, and likely will be a good fit. Until things are finalized, that's all the information we'll release! Announcements like this will most likely follow after the Kickstarter is over.
So, what will the game be like?
It'll be based on Homestuck, of course. But this doesn't mean it'll be anything close to a direct adaptation. That would be impossible! Homestuck is a pretty huge story.
It'll be a little more like a spinoff than an adaptation. Something that draws from the elements already established in the vast Homestuck universe, applied more selectively to a shorter, self-contained story. Homestuck's structure is very open, which suits a highly exploratory piece of freeform media with a huge cast and many silly tangents. This game would be a more formal exercise in interactive storytelling. I'll use elements from Homestuck that I think will be interesting to expand upon in something new, likely with minimal relevance to Homestuck comic canon. Beyond that, things are pretty up in the air as far as plot and characters go. I have some ideas, but the concept will be a work in progress for a good while.
And when I say it will be a "formal exercise," I don't mean I won't try to do anything creative or novel with the medium. I'll definitely be looking for ways to have some fun with the adventure game format, maybe do a few things that haven't been done before with the genre. But I mainly mean that my primary goal will be to make a well-produced and highly-accessible game by any standard, something that everyone can enjoy even if they've never heard of Homestuck before.
What's all this money being spent on? What happens if the goal is exceeded?
We've talked pretty extensively with the developers about how much money will be needed to reach certain milestones on the development cycle. If we just barely clear the funding goal for this project, that'll be enough to produce a game for Windows as a digital download (through Steam, for instance), as well as physical copies of the game. With a higher budget, other platforms become an option.
If the goal is exceeded, then every extra dollar only helps make the game that much better and more widely accessible. More platforms would be available, such as Mac OSX or mobile systems. There are certain increments in funding (stretch goals we'll reveal later) which allow for different platforms to be added, usually in the ballpark of $100K each. To simplify the situation, look at it this way. Every dollar raised up to a million would be covering the basics of development on a wider range of platforms beyond just Windows. Every dollar after that would be going toward increasing the production values of the game. Reaching such figures may be a lofty goal, but you never know! It doesn't hurt to keep in mind that all pledges beyond $700K will be going toward making a better end product. Every single pledge will have a real impact on making a great game.
But those are just a few things to consider if we happen to surpass the mark. I am not taking it for granted that this project will be funded at all. Quite the contrary! I truly do not know what kind of response to expect from this. But to give the project at least a fighting chance, we've set up a lot of great rewards that will hopefully get you thinking about making a contribution if you weren't already.
Every reward tier gets you a digital download of the game, to be sent to you when the game is done. $15 is the minimum pledge that gets you the game, and if this is all you can spare to help the project out, it is highly appreciated! But if you wish to be even more generous, there are a lot of great rewards which higher pledges get you. And unlike the game itself, which will of course take some time to make, all of the other products will ship not too long after the Kickstarter ends. If you live in the continental U.S. it is likely the rewards will arrive in time for the holiday season.
Obviously some of these reward bundles are not quite "priced to move," but the margin has to be fairly high to help us reach the goal for a very expensive project (not to mention pay for those products we're sending you!) Even so, the reward bundles here are so nice, that they actually still represent a pretty good value for the pledge. I think the scalemate plushes came out especially great. They are of almost impossibly high quality for something produced in bulk. This item is in very limited supply--note the finite number available for that tier. There are a couple more hidden bundles to be revealed later, but once they're gone, that's it! That's all we have. But if the response to the scalemates turns out to be strong, we're going to look into making more sometime next year.
*GAMEPAK2 and FUNPAK tiers now include an extra sticker sheet and keychain
*GAMEPAK2 tiers now include 2 randomly selected embroidered patches. "This pairing is your officially designated OTP." - signed, officially, Andrew Hussie.
*BROPAK tier now includes an extra sticker sheet and keychain
Previews of all the tarot cards: Preview 1 - Preview 2 - Preview 3
*BROPAK PRO and SNOUTPAK tiers now include an extra sticker sheet and keychain
*These tiers now include an extra sticker sheet and keychain
Reward Tier Perks Unlocked:
At $10,000, you become a God Tier backer. Since Kickstarter only allows pledges up to $10,000, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com if you are interested in these special tiers.
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Kickstarter video: edited by Jan Van Den Hemel. Song: Dance of Thorns, by Joren de Bruin. Kickstarter graphic by Skeptic Archer.
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These Legs Were Made for Biking and Walking
The greenest alternative to vehicle use is to walk or ride a bicycle to your destination, which gives you both health benefits and green-living points. Even if your destination is out of range for your legs and bike, walking or cycling to a nearby train or bus stop is still much healthier than driving — for you and the planet.
Cycling is becoming an increasingly popular mode of transport, largely as a result of many cities and towns investing in good, safe, and direct cycling paths that don't compete with road traffic. In some cases, using a bicycle is quicker than dealing with traffic congestion.
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J.R. Slaten considers his 1978 GMC motorhome a classic.
"It's like a 26-foot street rod with plumbing," said the Louisville, Ky. resident.
The motorhomes are ablaze in color and style reminiscent of the mid-1970s. These harvest gold, avocado green and dark brown and tan 23- and 26-foot coaches came styled for the times with thick shag carpet, plaid furniture, and burnt orange decor.
And about 130 of these classics rolled into Dothan, Ala., late last week for the GMC Motorhomes International spring rally, a week-long event at the National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds, according to the Dothan Eagle.
Pulling small Isuzus and Geo Trackers into the campgrounds, many of the coaches have been restored, some to their original grandeur, while others have been upscaled with stainless steel appliances and yacht decking.
John Nicholls of Cantonment, Fla., talked about his home Sunday (March 22), saying he is still in the interior restoration phase. The retired civil engineer purchased a 1973 GMC in 2000 and hits the road to rally with his wife whenever they can. "It's like any other classic car cult," he says of the mystique. "You get involved in it and meet a nice bunch of people."
License plates reveal the motorcoach owners' home bases. They come from as far away as California and Nova Scotia, Texas and Michigan, New York and Ohio. They come to swap ideas and repair and renovation tips, but mostly they meet for the camaraderie.
"I love it. We meet new friends," said Luther McConnell, a former machinist in St. Louis.
"We always explore the communities where we attend rallies," his wife, Wanda, said.
The motorhomes are not only classic, but they are limited editions. GMC manufactured 12,921 of them between 1973 and 1978, just prior to the explosion of the customized van market. Enthusiasts estimate up to 9,000 of these coaches still travel the highways of America, Canada, Europe and beyond.
Built during an era of cheap gasoline, the front-wheel-drive motorhomes were originally manufactured with the same engine as the Oldsmobile Toronado – a 455-cubic-inch V8. They have rear air suspension and low ride height.
Slaten's eyes widen and his hands move about as he talks about the advanced styling and the aerodynamics of these traveling homes – the only motorhomes ever designed and built by a major automobile manufacturer.
Slaten says he and his wife, Jeanne, have logged more than 300,000 miles. "We spend about 10 months of the year on the road," he said.
The McConnells, of Bridgeton, Mo., purchased a 1977 model on e-Bay for $13,500. The coaches have maintained, even sometimes doubled in value. Roger Black of Burns, Tenn., said a fixer-upper could possibly be found for $5,000. A restored and upgraded coach could sell from $25,000 up to $100,000.
The purchase price new would have been about $29,000, Luther estimates.
But as much as the machine, it is the lifestyle which attracts most owners.
"The motorhome is pretty. It is small enough that it is easier to manipulate and for those of us who like to turn wrenches, we can still do it on these," Nicholls said.


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For some reason the governments of the world think their constituents want to see images of political leaders and royalty. And while famous presidents like Abraham Lincoln certainly deserve recognition, New Zealand has decided to honor a couple of heros that are probably a lot closer to all of our hearts: Optimus Prime and Megatron.
Sure, Megatron might seem like an odd choice to put on a coin, given the endless destruction he caused to our planet. But without Megatron, Optimus Prime would have had no one to battle, and then what would we have all done after school and before dinner, our homework? The New Zealand Mint is also not oblivious to the fact that they have a guaranteed hit on their hands, so this set of two coins with a combined face value of just four bucks will actually cost you about $235. And even if they both weren't minted from almost 100 percent pure silver, the mint probably wouldn't have much difficulty convincing fanboys to snatch up the limited edition run of 5,000 sets.
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The 139th running of the Kentucky Derby will surely make history, and a lot of money, too.
Start with the horses and owners. Right now, the favorite is named Orb. Owners Stuart Janney and Dinny Phipps, first cousins whose families both have a long and distinguished history in horse racing, bought him for just $50,000. Orb has already won close to a million dollars. A Derby win would more than double that, and most likely, bring an annuity of riches in terms of breeding. Repole's horse is Overanalyze and at 15-1, he has a chance to do just that.


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The Quest for Biomarkers Takes Many Pathways
A biomarker is a physical, biochemical, or functional measure used as an indicator of a physiological change or disease process. Biomarkers—sometimes referred to as surrogate markers or clinical endpoints—can be used to define, diagnose, or predict disease and enable rational treatment and monitoring of disease. Basic mechanistic studies of specific disorders can identify molecules in biological fluids, tissues, or even breath with which disease-related changes could be identified as disease biomarkers. Biomarker imaging tools such as positron emission tomography (PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy scans can reveal detailed alterations in tissue due to disease processes and permit non-invasive longitudinal tracking of disease progression. Other biomarkers help determine cognitive declines through standardized neuropsychological test batteries or the effect of environmental triggers or social stress factors on aging and health outcomes. Some biomarkers can also predict susceptibility to disease or serve as measures of drug toxicity.
There is a critical lack of specific, reliable, quantifiable, and easily measured biomarkers that correlate well with early disease progression. Public and private organizations have invested heavily in identifying candidate disease biomarkers using technologies such as imaging, genomics, proteomics, and high-throughput approaches. NIA-supported initiatives help to refine technologies for biomarker discovery and apply them to specific diseases. The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, for example, seeks to identify whether longitudinal and concurrent brain imaging and biochemical measurements can be used to monitor disease progression. Improved brain imaging promises to provide researchers with the ability to monitor how drugs affect the accumulation of harmful proteins as disease progresses. Biological samples from well-characterized patients enrolled in this and similar studies are made available for other investigations.
NIA is working to improve the precision and validity of biomarkers for monitoring the progression of other diseases such as osteoarthritis or assessing an individual's risk of cardiovascular disease or diabetes. Advanced biomarker technology also promises to streamline clinical trials by identifying clinical subtypes to establish more homogeneous study populations and applying biomarker testing to monitor and assess the effects of trial interventions.


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Woman Spends $30,000 to Look Like Kim Kardashian [PHOTOS]by Michelle McGahan | PopCrush
Claire Leeson will stop at nothing to look like Kim Kardashian.
The 24-year-old from Essex, England, has gone into debt spending $30,000 to look like the reality star, getting breast implants, purchasing hair extensions, clothing, makeup, spray tans and getting her teeth whitened in order to resemble Kardashian as much as she can.
"I really thought that she was just so beautiful and I really wanted to be like her," the soft-spoken Leeson revealed to the hosts of UK morning show 'This Morning' yesterday, June 14. "So I really started working on myself to make the look more prominent." (Check out a clip from her appearance here.)
On the show, Leeson revealed that she was bullied when she was younger, and her transformation into a Kim Kardashian lookalike has given her confidence since she first became obsessed after watching 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' in 2009. Leeson may have developed more self-confidence thanks to Kardashian, but her lookalike maintenance has also wreaked havoc on her personal life, including being "in debt up [to] her eyeballs" according to the Huffington Post, and losing a relationship, according to ITV.
And while Leeson manages to find work as a Kardashian lookalike (which is more than we can say for the man who spent $100K to look like Justin Bieber), it's not enough to pay the bills.
"I work, my job doesn't pay enough … I've used credit cards to pay for everything," she said (quotes via the Huffington Post). "I'm in major debt. I say that I'm going to pay them but as soon as money comes in I just think about getting my Kimmy on."
And "getting her Kimmy on" is something that she refuses to stop — because it gives her so much confidence.
"When I get my Kimmy on I feel like I'm unstoppable and untouchable and I feel like no one can stop me and I can make something of myself. I feel strong … and I feel that I have built enough confidence to love myself a little bit more."
Check out more pictures of Claire Leeson below and tell us: Do you think she looks like Kim Kardashian?
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Pick and Choose Windows 8 Files, Folders, and Accounts to Transfer
No matter what route you choose to transfer your files to Windows 8, you'll eventually face the window similar to the one shown here, along with the program's stern demand: Choose What to Transfer.
This window appears on your old PC if you're transferring by portable drive; the window appears on your new PC if you're transferring by cable or network.
To transfer everything from all your old PC's user accounts to accounts on your new PC, simply click the Transfer button. If your new PC has enough space, the program copies everything from your old PC to your new PC. You can always delete unwanted items later from your new PC if you want.
But if your new PC doesn't have enough storage space or you don't want everything copied, here's how to choose which items to transfer:
User accounts: Here's your chance to weed out user accounts you don't want to transfer: Windows Easy Transfer puts a check mark next to each user account it will transfer. Click to remove the check mark from the user accounts you don't want transferred.
Advanced Options: Haven't set up accounts for everybody on your new PC? The Advanced Options area, just above the Transfer button, lets you create new accounts on your new PC and then fill them with the appropriate incoming files. This area also comes in handy for old PCs with two or more drives, as it lets you map which drive's contents go to which drive on your new PC.
Customize: Sometimes you don't need it all. To pick and choose which categories of items should be transferred from each account, click the Customize link under each account's name.
A window pops up, letting you exclude certain categories. Remove the check mark from My Videos, for example, to grab everything but your videos from your old PC. After customizing your transfer, click the little red X in the pop-up window's top-right corner to return to the Choose What to Transfer window.
Advanced: The Advanced link, shown at the bottom of the pop-up list, is meant for techies who enjoy micromanaging. If you click it, you arrive at a tree of folder and filenames. This area lets you pick and choose individual files and folders to copy. It's overkill for most people, but it's an option, nevertheless. When you're done, click the Save button to return to the Choose What to Transfer window.
When you're through fine-tuning the process, click the Transfer button to begin copying your carefully selected files and settings to your new Windows 8 PC.
For more information about Windows 8 and its features, explore Windows 8 For Dummies, available online.


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Rain brings relief to Indiana, but drought continues
August 16, 2012
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - While a major weather pattern change that brought much-needed rain and cooler temperatures to the parched eastern Corn Belt is welcome relief, Purdue University climatologists warn against thinking the drought is almost over.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Drought Monitor (http://www.droughtmonitor.unl.edu) update on Thursday (Aug. 16) shows a shrinking area of exceptional drought - the worst drought rating available - that has gripped southwest and west-central Indiana. The southern half of the state is still largely encompassed by extreme to exceptional drought, but the northern half of the state mostly ranges from the lesser categories of moderate to severe.
The hot dome of high pressure that had been parked over Indiana and the Midwest much of the summer has shifted to the southwestern states, taking the excessive heat west with it, said Ken Scheeringa, associate state climatologist for the Indiana State Climate Office at Purdue.
"This shift has allowed the jet stream, which was stuck far north of Indiana earlier this summer, to sink farther south, putting much of the state right into the storm track," Scheeringa said. "This change has given us better opportunities for more frequent and heavier rainfall with greater area coverage."
A few weeks ago, climatologists were expecting more of the same - a warmer-than-normal August with little rain. But recent shifts in the storm track driven by the jet stream and large-scale movement of the high-pressure system have changed that thinking.
"We will continue to evaluate our outlook for August," Scheeringa said. "In particular, if this pattern continues, it would be possible for August to end up with normal to cooler temperatures and about normal rainfall. As of today, August is near normal in temperature and above normal in rainfall. We will see what happens in the next two weeks."
While all of this certainly helps reduce drought conditions, Indiana State Climatologist Dev Niyogi cautions against thinking that Indiana's drought is over.
"When folks see that the grass has greened up, the tendency is to think the drought is nearly over," he said. "But drought is more than lack of rainfall. It is a delicate balance between supply and demand. We need to consider the water status of deep wells, reservoirs and streams, many of which are depleted and will take a while to recover.
"The fact is there is still a large unmet demand and many regions with rainfall deficit. The Drought Monitor likely will continue to show drought for a while, but should continue to show slow improvement."
Purdue Extension has compiled a series of drought resources at http://www.purdue.edu/drought
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Members, September 2009
Editor's Note: The purpose of this column, which is published in Perspectives on History as space permits, is to recognize and honor the accomplishments of AHA members. Submissions are welcome; entries will be published in alphabetical order. To submit an entry, write to David Darlington, Associate Editor, AHA, 400 A Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003-3889.
James L. Coll (Nassau Comm. Coll./Suffolk Comm. Coll., NY) is an adjunct history professor and detective with the New York City Police Department. He was one of four detectives in the NYPD Emergency Services Unit that was honored by Mayor Michael Bloomberg for bravery when U.S. Airways Flight 1549 landed in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009. Detective Coll was a first responder to the event, and he went into the freezing water and inside the plane to escort passengers to safety.
Drew Gilpin Faust (president, Harvard Univ.) received the New-York Historical Society's fourth annual American History Book Prize for This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Alfred A. Knopf, 2008). Faust received a $50,000 cash award, an engraved medal, and the title of American Historian Laureate at a ceremony on April 3, 2009. The purpose of the society's prize is to encourage the general public to read works on American history. The prize is awarded to a non-fiction book on American history or biography that is distinguished by its scholarship, its literary style, and its appeal to both a general and an academic audience. This Republic of Suffering was selected from a field of 175 submissions by a prize committee comprised of historians and New-York Historical Society leadership. In its citation, the five-member stated, "This Republic of Suffering is an important work of history, one that illuminates brilliantly a difficult topic of universal interest. Faust, a highly-respected scholar, has brought a myriad of disparate facts and isolated quotations together into a coherent, beautiful, and finally moving narrative that presents a fresh perspective on a deeply serious topic, one that is as accessible to the general reader as it is to the professional historian."
Mari A. Firkatian (Univ. of Hartford) published Diplomats and Dreamers: The Stancioff Family in Bulgarian History, with University Press of America in 2008. She is on a yearlong sabbatical working on revising the book and looking forward to the publication of its Bulgarian edition in 2009.
Rachel Fuchs (Arizona State Univ.) was awarded the Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize by the Western Association of Women Historians on May 2, 2009, for her book, Contested Paternity: Constructing Families in Modern France. The book examines paternity and fatherhood in modern France through the lens of contested paternity. Fuchs's research draws from archival judicial records on paternity suits, paternity denials, deprivation of paternity and adoption, from the end of the 18th century through the 20th century. Fuchs reveals how paternity was defined and how it functioned in the culture and experiences of individual men and women. The prize recognizes "the best monograph in the field of history published by a member" of the Western Association of Women Historians.
Annette Gordon-Reed (Rutgers Univ.-Newark and New York Law Sch.) has won the Pulitzer Prize for History for her book, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family. The book recounts the history of four generations of the Hemings family up to the 1826 death of Thomas Jefferson. The Pulitzer judges said The Hemingses of Monticello is a "painstaking exploration of a sprawling multi-generation slave family that casts provocative new light on the relationship between Sally Hemings and her master, Thomas Jefferson." The book previously won the 2008 National Book Award for Nonfiction. The other finalists for the Pulitzer were This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust and The Liberal Hour: Washington and the Politics of Change in the 1960s by G. Calvin Mackenzie and member Robert Weisbrot (Colby Coll.).
James J. Lorence (Univ. of Wisconsin–Marathon County) has published The Unemployed People's Movement: Leftists, Liberals, and Labor in Georgia, 1929–41 (Univ. of Georgia Press, 2009).
Wm. Roger Louis (Univ. of Texas at Austin), 2001 AHA president, was named University of Texas Professor of the Year by the Senate of College Councils, the student governance organization. The award recognizes faculty members at the university who have demonstrated outstanding teaching ability and a dedication to students that extends above and beyond the call of duty. See the related article on page 43 of the April 2009 Perspectives on History.
Margaret Lynch-Brennan (independent scholar) has published The Irish Bridget: Irish Immigrant Women in Domestic Service in America, 1840–1930, with a forward by Maureen O'Rourke Murphy (Syracuse Univ. Press, 2009).
Charles O'Brien (Western Illinois Univ., emeritus) published Deadly Quarrel (Severn House, July 2009), a historical mystery novel set in Britain, October 1789, against a background of West Country smuggling, women's property rights, and spa life in Bath.
Bette W. Oliver, an independent scholar specializing in late 18th-century France, is the author of Orphans on the Earth: Girondin Fugitives from the Terror, 1793–94 (Lexington Books, 2009). Drawing on the memoirs of Francois Buzot, Jerome Petion, Charles Barbaroux, and Jean-Baptiste Louvet, as well as the correspondence between Buzot and Madame Roland, this is the first book to examine the lives of the Girondin fugitives after their expulsion from the National Convention in the spring of 1793. By the summer of 1794, only Louvet had managed to survive the Terror. Oliver is also the author of From Royal to National: The Louvre Museum and the Bibliotheque Nationale (Lexington Books, 2007), as well as eight volumes of poetry.
Elizabeth Schmidt (Loyola Coll., Maryland) won the 2008 Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award for history for her 2005 book, Mobilizing the Masses: Gender, Ethnicity, and Class in the Nationalist Movement in Guinea, 1939–58. The competition included books published from 2005 to 2007 by faculty from 29 Jesuit colleges and universities. Her 2007 book, Cold War and Decolonization in Guinea, 1946–58, won the 2008 Best Book Award of the African Politics Conference Group, an affiliate of the African Studies Association, American Political Science Association, and International Studies Association.
Ingo Trauschweizer (Ohio Univ.) received the Society for Military History's 2009 Distinguished Book (American) prize for his 2008 monograph The Cold War U.S. Army: Building Deterrence for Limited War (University of Kansas Press).
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) announced its fellowship recipients for 2009 in July. Among the winners were a number of AHA members. Congratulations to: Zayde Antrim (Trinity Coll., Conn.); Edward James Balleisen (Duke Univ.); Robin B. Barnes (Davidson Coll.); Jelena Batinic (Stanford Univ.); Jakub Benes (Univ. of California at Davis); Palmira Brummett (Univ. of Tennessee at Knoxville); Angus Burgin (Harvard Univ.); Matthew P. Canepa (Coll. of Charleston); Alex S. Cummings (Columbia Univ.); Ahmed El Shamsy (Harvard Univ.); Jared Farmer (SUNY-Stony Brook); Estelle B. Freedman (Stanford Univ.); Niklas E. Frykman (Univ. of Pittsburgh); Pablo F. Gomez (Vanderbilt Univ.); Karen B. Graubart (Univ. of Notre Dame); Monica H. Green (Arizona State Univ.); Paula Pears Hastings (Duke Univ.); Benjamin Carter Hett (CUNY, Hunter Coll.); Andrew Robert Highsmith (Univ. of Michigan at Ann Arbor); Faith C. Hillis (Yale Univ.); David Bruce Igler (Univ. of California at Irvine); Sun Joo Kim (Harvard Univ.); Phoebe S. Kropp (Univ. of Pennsylvania); Ari Daniel Levine (Univ. of Georgia); James B. Loeffler (Univ. of Virginia); Valeria Manzano (Indiana Univ.); Kathryn Merkel-Hess (Univ. of California at Irvine); Stephen A. Mihm (Univ. of Georgia); Karl Hagstrom Miller (Univ. of Texas at Austin); Elizabeth More (Harvard Univ.); Kenneth B. Moss (Johns Hopkins Univ.); Susan Naquin (Princeton Univ.); Tara E. Nummedal (Brown Univ.); Devin O. Pendas (Boston Coll.); Elizabeth J. Pillsbury (Columbia Univ.); Daniel G. Prior (Miami Univ. of Ohio); Sophia W. Quinn-Judge (Temple Univ.); Laura Robson (Yale Univ.); Karen Routledge (Rutgers Univ. at New Brunswick); Linda M. Rupert (Univ. of North Carolina at Greensboro); Marina A. Rustow (Emory Univ.); Caroline Emily Shaw (Univ. of California at Berkeley); Jonathan Sheehan (Univ. of California at Berkeley); Theresa Marie Ventura (Columbia Univ.); Hannah Weiss Muller (Princeton Univ.); and Ann Marie Wilson (Harvard Univ.).
In February 2009, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History announced the recipients of its 2009 fellowships. The 29 new fellows come from institutions across the United States and six foreign countries. The institute awards short-term fellowships to doctoral candidates, postdoctoral scholars, and independent scholars to conduct work in archives in New York City, and has funded a total of 550 fellowships since 1994. Several AHA members were among those awarded: Neil Cogan (Whittier Law Sch.), Caroline Cox (Univ. of the Pacific), Charles R. Foy (Eastern Illinois Univ.), John B. Hench (independent scholar), Rhonda Jones (North Carolina Central Univ.), and Yael A. Sternhell (Tel-Aviv Univ.) were named senior scholars; Christopher Cameron (Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Theodore Cohen (Univ. of Maryland at College Park), Hidetaka Hirota (Boston Coll.), Stephanie A.T. Jacobe (American Univ.), Jessica Marie Johnson (Univ. of Maryland at College Park), Lorraine C. McConaghy (Museum of History & Industry), Michael Todd Landis (George Washington Univ.), Kathryn Shively Meier (Univ. of Virginia), Jonathan Nash (Univ. at Albany, SUNY), Jessica Parr (Univ. of New Hampshire), Jared Peatman (Texas A&M Univ.), and Katherine Sedgwick (Univ. of Pennsylvania) were awarded as doctoral candidates.
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ContestAround the time of the release of the NES and Game Boy versions of the game, Bullet-Proof Software advertised a contest in various video game magazines. The contest involved arranging pieces of a puzzle on a grid. The puzzles pieces themselves were drawings of pipes similar to what can be found in the actual game. The puzzle had a scoring guide and there were three prize levels for the entrants with the highest scores. 75 3rd prizes were BPS T-shirts, 25 2nd prizes were a free BPS game of the winner's choice and the above mentioned T-shirt, and 3 grand prize winners who would receive a free trip to Nintendo of America's headquarters in Seattle for 4 days and 3 nights. There was also a $1000 bonus drawing for contestants that answered two bonus questions. The questions revolved around knowing the scores on the back of the game boxes of both the NES and Game Boy versions of the game.
Macintosh versionThe Mac version actually included two game programs. One was a full-on application while the other was a Desk Accessory which could be installed and run from the Apple menu over whatever regular application you were running. Pretty handy for slacking off on projects if you were working with an older version of the OS that didn't support Multi-tasking.
PortsThis is one of the most-ported games of its day, with versions for more than a dozen system in existence. Notably it was one of the few titles from a major company for the SAM Coupé, an intended successor to the ZX Spectrum (from a different company) which never succeeded due to compatibility issues and not being as powerful as the rival ST and Amiga, which both already had a vast library of available games.
- ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)
- February 1991 (issue #41) - Included in the list Greatest Games of all Time, section Puzzle Games (editorial staff choice)
- Amiga Joker
- Issue 01/1991 – #3 Best Strategy Game in 1990
- Amiga Power
- May 1991 (issue #00) - #80 in the "All Time Top 100 Amiga Games"
- Commodore Format
- July 1993 (Issue 34) - Modern Classics: Oddities
- ST Format
- Issue 01/1991 – #4 Best Puzzle Game in 1990
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[Verse 1: Kool A.D.]
No Boho, catch me up in SoHo
Dressed like a hobo, get fo' hoes and close to no clothes
Rococo fo'sho' though. "Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo,"
Kool A. Deezy like Yeezy, no photo
Kool-aid dizzy like Drizzy, man, like
"He ain't coppin' that, is he, man?" No, no
No, he isn't, though record companies hoard the guap (damn)
Kid's up in magazines and can't even afford to cop
Can't even afford to shop. So, I can't afford to stop
Until I can afford a Ford or even a Rav4 for pops
No, a Volvo; I should probably do better than that
Hope to get a Gordon Gartrell sweater off cheddars from raps
I shoplifted Tao Lin's Shoplifting from American Apparel,
But I didn't get caught like Perry Farrell. Hot Strawberry, Darryl
Hanna-Barbera Burberry cologne on, looking for a skull to get my bone on
Phone on, phone is ringing. "Oh my god me no answer no private call
Me no think me canno scribe at all. need a heineken a line and a tylenol
And another line again, and another heineken."
All of the mendicants scam to sell the women cool water
Cool, I'll just bring 'em me. All up in the vatican, yo
[Verse 2: Heems]
Is it parody, comedy, novelty, or scholarly?
A little bit of column A, a little bit of column B
A little Common Projects, a little bit of Wallabees
Probably. You can always find me where the challah be
Yeah, that's bread, that's cheese, that's big meats
Read Iceberg Slim, hear raps about Big Meech
Catch me on the Big Beach with a girl that dig me
Olive skin, short hair, she stay quotin' biggie
And listening to Grizzly, stay hatin Drizzy
We be gettin busy, she tell me that she miss' me
Some girls want to kiss me and others want to diss me
Call me mister "Damn, he ain't tweetin that is he?"
Boots true Ecco, too. His loose noogz, cuckoo
All these other rappers be rapping like poo-poo
Pee-pee, caca. Heem a Don Dada
You can try to comprehend it, dog, why bother?
Taliban Chic, I'm a Taliban Freak
Mister tally man told me I'm bananas last week
Went from broke to makin', like, a stack a day
Kobe beef burger is sushi to Japanese
Went from public school cafeteria food melees
To fresh prosciutto shipped in to-day from San Daniele
A Young Pelé. You rock jeans from Pepe
Big microphone hippie. Hit New Dilly, really
Me mind 'pon me melanin, melanin 'pon me mind
Grustle Crowe flow, that's hustle plus grind
"Don Dada" is a phrase that is used to describe a man who has great prowess with women. But on an equally-related note, for Das Racist, it also means that they are "dons", or leaders, of the Dada art form.


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Father, I will rev'rent beAnd in thy house walk quietly;Fold my arms and bow my headAnd close my eyes when prayers are said;Listen to the words I hear,For in thy house I feel thee near.May my thoughts more perfect be,That I may speak more rev'rently.Father, I will rev'rent beAnd in thy house walk quietly.
Words and music: Mildred Tanner Pettit, 1895-1977. (c) 1969 IRI
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Dusty Springfield
Pop diva, soul songstress, camp icon, R&B enchantress. Dusty Springfield's career spans and transcends time and genre.
Her husky voice had an emotional urgency and vulnerability unlike anything audiences had ever heard. She could break your heart in the span of a Top 40 single.
One of the finest pop-soul vocalists ever.
Dusty Springfield was blessed with a powerful, smoky voice that ran the emotional gamut from cool sophistication to simmering passion. Over the course of a long, episodic career, she tackled adult pop, Memphis R&B and Motown-style soul, traditional folk and country and contemporary dance music. She has been called "one of the five mighty pop divas of the Sixties"—the others being Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross and Martha Reeves—and no less an authority than Berry Gordy credits her for helping the Motown sound take root in the U.K. Moreover, Springfield forcefully asserted herself as an artist and personality at a time when women were generally not given much leeway in the music industry. In 1964 she became Britain's most popular female vocalist, and her popularity proved durable, as she enjoyed hits in four successive decades.
Dusty Springfield was born Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien in London. As children she and her brother Tom would sing along with songs on the radio. When she was 12, she recorded a version of the Irving Berlin song "When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam'" at a local record store. In 1958 she joined a group called the Lana Sisters. She made her first professional recordings with that group. Then in 1960 she and her brother formed a group called the Springfields with Tim Field. It was at that point that she took the professional name Dusty Springfield. A folk-oriented trio, the Springfields were Britain's top-selling group in 1961, scoring hits with "Island of Dreams" and "Say I Won't Be There." In 1962 they enjoyed an American hit, "Silver Threads and Golden Needles," fifteen months before the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" ignited the British Invasion.
Drawn to rhythm & blues, Dusty left the Springfields in 1963 to launch a solo career. What she achieved was nothing less than a reinvention of British soul music. Her approach had little to do with guitar-driven rock and roll. She gravitated toward Motown's orchestrated pop-soul, albeit filtered through the cool, poised vocal approach that reflected her British background. Smitten by the soulful sounds coming out of Detroit, Springfield actually introduced the British public to Motown's caravan of stars as the host of a 1965 TV special.
Springfield immediately connected as a solo artist with 1964's "I Only Want to Be with You." The song made it into the British Top 10 and hit Number Twelve in the U.S., making her the second British act after the Beatles to score a stateside pop hit. She became known as a British interpreter of American songwriters such as Randy Newman, Jerry Ragavoy and the duos Gerry Goffin and Carole King and Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Several of her most memorable hits, including "Wishin' and Hopin'" and "The Look of Love," were written by the latter duo. Her biggest U.S. hit came in 1966 with the heavily orchestrated "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me," originally an Italian song called "Io Che Non Vivo (Senzate)" that was rewritten with English lyrics by Simon Napier-Bell and Vicki Wickham. That song hit Number One in Britain and Number Four in the U.S. Springfield toured the world extensively and appeared on numerous television shows, including the Ed Sullivan Show.
In 1968 Springfield switched American labels from Phillips to Atlantic. Working with producers Jerry Wexler, Arif Mardin and Tom Dowd, she recorded the masterful Dusty in Memphis (1969), which played more to her R&B leanings than any previous album. The Atlantic producers matched the British vocalist with some of the South's finest session musicians. Springfield tackled a wide range of material by some of her favorite songwriters, including four songs by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The album included such soulful tracks as "Son of a Preacher Man," which returned Springfield to the Top 10, and "Breakfast in Bed." While the album only reached Number Ninety-Nine, it has grown in stature over the years and was re-issued in a deluxe, expanded edition by Rhino in 1999.
In another adventurous move, Atlantic paired Springfield with the rising Philly-soul production-songwriting team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff on 1970's A Brand New Me. The album included the songs "Land of Make Believe," "Silly Silly Fool" and the title track. By 1970, Springfield had scored seventeen British hit singles and ten U.S. hits.
Thereafter, the Seventies were generally quiet years for Springfield. She moved from London to Los Angeles and recorded only sporadically. In 1973, however, she recorded the theme song for the television series The Six Million Dollar Man. In 1978 Springfield recorded two new albums, It Begins Again (1977), which was produced by Roy Thomas Baker, and Living without Your Love (1979), which was produced by David Wolfert. The following year, she played a series of club dates in New York City. In 1982 she released the album White Heat, which was heavily influenced by New Wave music.
Five years later, Britain's Pet Shop Boys enlisted her to sing on "What Have I Done to Deserve This," a dance-floor favorite that reached Number Two in the U.S. The song brought Springfield back into the public eye. The following year, Springfield moved back to the U.K., and in 1990 the Pet Shop Boys produced her album Reputation. "Son of a Preacher Man" saw a revival of popularity with its inclusion on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack, which was released in 1994 and sold 3 million copies. Springfield's last studio album, A Very Fine Love (1995), returned her to the folk and country genres where she had begun thirty-five years earlier with the Springfields. A career-spanning three-CD retrospective, The Dusty Springfield Anthology, was released in 1997.
In mid-1994, Springfield was diagnosed with breast cancer. On March 2, 1999, she died six weeks before her sixtieth birthday.
Since her death, Dusty Springfield has received numerous honors and awards. She received a Grammy Hall of Fame award in 2001, and in 2006 she was inducted into the U.K. Music Hall of Fame. In 2008 Rolling Stone magazine ranked her at number thirty-five in its list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.
Inductee: Dusty Springfield (vocals; born April 16, 1939, died March 2, 1999)