They contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen and usually sulfur, occasionally phosphorus. Proteins form a large and essential part of the body mass, comprising especially cell membranes, connective tissue, muscles, enzymes, hormones, blood proteins. To maintain this mass the diet must contain a high proportion of protein, especially in growing animals and those recovering from debilitating diseases.
Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev wrote Peter and the Wolf in 1936 after returning to Moscow following a 19-year, self-imposed exile. It is a children's musical story that teaches about the orchestra by introducing various characters portrayed by seven themes played on either solo instruments or groups of instruments.
Michael Blake, the writer whose novel Dances With Wolves became a major hit movie and earned him an Academy Award for the screenplay, has died. Blake, 69, died Saturday in Tucson, Arizona, after a long battle with cancer, his business partner, Daniel Ostroff, said. Blake, who wrote several novels, is best known for Dances With Wolves, which he wrote while broke at the urging of his longtime friend, the actor Kevin Costner. Michael Blake pictured accepting the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for Dances With Wolves at the 63rd Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles in 1991.