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Eusèbe Jaojoby.
Eusèbe Jaojoby (born 29 July 1955) is a composer and singer of salegy, a musical style of northwestern Madagascar. As one of the originators of salegy and its variants malessa and baoenjy, he is credited with transforming the genre from an obscure regional musical tradition into one of national and international popularity. In 1972 Jaojoby started performing with bands that were experimentally blending American soul and funk with northwestern Malagasy musical traditions. He produced four singles with The Players before the band broke up in 1979. He rose to national prominence with his 1988 hit “Samy Mandeha Samy Mitady”, recorded his first full-length album in 1992, and went on to release eight more full-length albums and tour extensively along with his wife and adult children. He was Madagascar’s Artist of the Year in 1998 and 1999 and the UN Population Fund’s Goodwill Ambassador in 1999.

Source: Wikipedia article of the day for July 29, 2015, Eusèbe Jaojoby.

New Computer Model Could Explain how Simple Molecules Took First Step Toward Life

Two Brookhaven researchers developed theoretical model to explain the origins of self-replicating molecules.

To understand their work, let’s consider the most famous organic polymer, and the carrier of life’s genetic code: DNA. This polymer is composed of long chains of specific monomers called nucleotides, of which the four kinds are adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine (A, T, G, C). In a DNA double helix, each specific nucleotide pairs with another: A with T, and G with C. Because of this complementary pairing, it would be possible to put a complete piece of DNA back together even if just one of the two strands was intact. 

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The Faces of Health Care: Susan F.

What has health reform meant to this country? That’s a question that millions of Americans answer every day. Susan is one of them. Read more of their stories here.

“Everyone should be free to study their passions and pursue goals, chronic illness or not.”

Susan F. from Grover Beach, California, wrote the President last November to tell him how she’s benefited from the Affordable Care Act.

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