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Happy Music Monday! In just ten days, it'll be the most dreaded of all days … Valentine's Day. Next week, we'll have a more romantic playlist, but this week? We want to offer equal time to those who need something a little less romantic. So, today, Scott's assembled five Anti-Love songs. What's an anti-love song, you might ask? A fine question! Here's the answer!
Wham - Everything She Wants
There's a good chance that every one of us has been in a relationship where we can say the words "I'll tell you that I'm happy if you want me to." This pop song about a decaying relationship tells the story of a couple who are ready to move on, but can't quite figure out how. She wants more, he wants something else, everyone's unhappy … bah! Who needs it, right? Better to just order a pizza and surf the net.
Four more anti-love songs, the Spotify playlist, and your chance to contribute right after the jump.
As always, please remember our Spotify playlist features a great selection from last week's Music Monday comments. The theme of the mix this time is Sample Fodder and you might just learn where your favorite loops came from! But before you start reminiscing, check out our current Music Monday.
Betty Davis - Anti-Love Song
The woman so funky she blew Miles Davis' mind! Betty Davis is a well-kept secret in the music world, loved by those who know her and ignored by those she influenced. Before Madonna was scandalizing, Betty Davis was doing stuff like this, the story of a whole, disastrous relationship that will never be, but boy, wouldn't it have been one Hell of a ride…
Lloyd Cole - Chelsea Hotel NSFW due to poetic imagery
In under four minutes we go from from "I remember you well" to "I don't think of you that often" when talking to the person we allegedly no longer love. This Leonard Cohen cover makes the tempo a little bit more cheerful, but that only helps provide a little counterpoint. Our narrator might have left the hotel behind, but it's clear a part of him is still going to be there forever.
Ke$ha - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Yeah, okay, it surprised me too. But let's compare 'em, shall we? Bob Dylan's original sounds like a guy who just found out his girlfriend won't be coming over any more. Sucks to be him, sure, but he's gonna be taking someone home from the coffee shop tonight so whatever. Your loss, babe, don't think twice. Outta my life. Ke$ha's version, however, sounds like someone has literally taken out her heart and thrown it in a tub of acid. She's not going to get out of bed for like a month. It's an amazing over, and it's a shame she can't make songs this powerful all the time.
"Weird Al" Yankovic - One More Minute
Doo wop? Comedy? Sure, it's both! But underneath the clever references is an honest and sincere statement of heartbreak that every nerd can identify with. Al's smart enough to explain his feelings eloquently, but they're still the feelings of a man done wrong. Tears of a clown, people. Tears of a clown.
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HAH! WE HAVE WEIRD AL UP IN THIS PLACE!! That was always one of my faves of his.
Ex-Miss by Blink 182 is a great Holiday Anti-love song. "I spent too much... Time and money on you."
I used to have a playlist of them, but I'll have to go hunt it down.
Here we go -
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/d/dave+matthews+band/halloween_20036491.html <- Dave Matthews Band: Halloween
I have an acoustic/unstripped version of this where he HOWLS "F%$#!NG LOVE" and "LOVE IS HELL" on one of my CD's.
I think these were on my "Get Over ALL of Them!" CD -
Linkin Park - In the End
"All Downhill From Here" by All American Rejects
"U + Ur Hand" - P!NK
And this one should have been, but it hadn't been written yet:
"We Are Never Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift
Adam Sandler - Somebody Kill Me [NSFW]
November Rain by Guns N'Roses
"I'm stranded all alone at the gas station of love/and I have to use the self-service pump."
Always a class act, that Weird Al.
"I'll Never Fall In Love Again", from the musical "Promises Promises" and released as a single by Dionne Warwick
Flowers of Romance, PIL
chicken0102 wrote:"I'll Never Fall In Love Again", from the musical "Promises Promises" and released as a single by Dionne Warwick
Ooh, I have deeply mixed feelings about Burt Bacharach, but that is one fantastic song.
Oh, and what's more anti-love than wanting to have sex with someone else's boyfriend? 3x3, Lydia Lunch from 13.13, her finest/only good album.
I like to think it's about George Scott III, bass player for the Contortions. But it's probably about everyone in New York in the early '80's.
Love Stinks - J. Geils Band
I'm surprised this one isn't listed yet ... Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know". (and even though the word is blurred out, I'll caution this one as NSFW anyway")
Kaiser Chiefs -- Every Day I Love You Less and Less
"Love Hurts", written by Boudleaux Bryant, and recorded by many artists. The Everly Brothers had the first recording, but the version that seared my mind was by Nazareth. If this doesn't convince you to steer clear of love, I don't know what will.
Don't forget...this one.
The Monkees have a few songs that fall into this category. This one is just a nice way of saying "I just want to be friends."
"I Wanna Be Free" by The Monkees.
You hate me, don't you? :p
Some of these may not quite fit, but maybe enough.
Fishbone - Lyin' Ass Monday - YouTube [NSFW]
Alice Donut - Wire Mother - YouTube "Clutching desperately to a wire mother" Damn that Tomas Antona knows just how to reach right in there.
Bad Company - Good Lovin Gone Bad - YouTube
Coffin Break - Lies - YouTube [NSFW]
Dead horse - Like Asrielle. - YouTube Ooo dat double kick drum...
Excel - Affection Blends With Resentment - YouTube
The God Machine-It's All Over - YouTube Also from that album the 16 minute epic Seven.
The Hanson Brothers - Lovesick - YouTube
Billy and the Boingers - U Stink But I ♥ U - YouTube AKA Mucky Pup
One of These Days - OPERATION IVY - YouTube AKA These Boots Are Made For Walking
Steppenwolf - Who Needs Ya? - YouTube
Ween - Piss up a Rope - YouTube [NSFW]
Can't believe I forgot, "She Hates Me" by Puddle of Mudd. [NSFW]
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Ziegler, Joanna E. 60
She was born Joanna Edith Ziegler. To the
thousands of college
students she would later inspire, encourage, and motivate, she was Professor Ziegler. But throughout her life and exemplary academic career – to family, colleagues, and friends alike, including many she met during her years in Jamestown – she was, simply and affectionately, Jody.
She lost her valiant struggle with pancreatic cancer on Nov. 4, 2010. In her final days, she was lovingly attended by family members and close friends at the Rose Monahan Hospice Home in Worcester, Mass., where she had been visited by former students, associates, and others, many of whom shared Jody's love for art, literature, music, theater, gardening, antiques, and entertaining.
The daughter of musician and restaurateur Joseph Ziegler, and concert pianist Catherine (Warren) Ziegler, Jody spent her childhood in northern New Jersey, then lived, worked, and studied theater and dance in New York City for several years, before enrolling at Brown University in Providence, R.I. There she earned BA and MA degrees in the arts, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1978. A doctorate in the History of Art and Architecture followed, in 1984. She also traveled and studied in Europe, where she gained the special interest in medieval art and architecture that would illuminate her teaching and writing throughout her career.
While completing her PhD, Jody began teaching at the College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester. In addition to the many innovative courses she created and taught over the next 28 years, she served several terms as chair of the Department of Visual Arts, held positions on numerous curricular and administrative boards and committees, both on campus and in the community, and on the boards of a number of national academic organizations, including Collegium, and the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society. Over the years, Jody received numerous grants and awards, and in 1994, was recognized as the Holy Cross "Distinguished Teacher of the Year."
Jody also wrote or co-authored several books, as well as more than 100 articles, papers, and reviews, and was invited to lecture at colleges and museums, and to address various arts and academic conferences throughout the country, and abroad. In 2001, she served as an advisor to the PBS documentary film, "The Face: 2000 Years of Jesus in Art." For those seeking more detailed information, Jody's complete curriculum vitae can be found on-line at: holycross.edu.
While a resident of the island, Jody became an active member of the congregation at Saint Matthew's Episcopal Church, where she sang in the choir, assisted with the annual summer auctions, and served for two years as a member of the Vestry. Jody also was involved with the Jamestown Historical Society, including arranging for summer interns from Holy Cross. She also founded and for several years operated the "Pas de Chat" gift shop, at the Cathryn Jamison salon.
Jody moved to Jamestown in 2002 with her husband at the time, Joe Vecchione; the two divorced in 2009 but continued a close and mutually supportive relationship. Jody is also survived by Lisa (Vecchione) Kerr, her husband Jeff, and their children Caellum and Emma, all residents of Jamestown; her sister, Diana (Ziegler) Yeomans; her brother Joel Ziegler, and his wife Susan; and her brother David and his wife Suzanne, of New Jersey; three nieces, four nephews, and six grand nieces and nephews. And, of course, Jody is survived as well by the many, many young people whose minds and hearts she engaged, challenged, and enriched – in college classrooms and in life itself. A memorial celebration is being planned for a future date.


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Mark Dearden chooses his words with extreme precision. And not just with the deliberateness of a 36-year-old with a BA from Brigham Young, an MA in public health from Tulane and an MD from George Washington University. Dearden is also an active-duty lieutenant commander in the Navy who joined in 1997 and is still considering the possibility of a lifetime military career. "So this was a very difficult decision for me to come to," he says in a quiet, thoughtful voice. "I don't take this decision lightly."
Nor should he. Just a few weeks ago Dearden took the dramatic step of signing a petition to Congress–what's being called by its organizers an Appeal for Redress–opposing the war in Iraq and calling for the withdrawal of US troops. When the Appeal is delivered to Capitol Hill in mid-January, all the names of its almost 1,000 uniformed endorsers will be seen by members of Congress, if they care to look. But with his Nation interview, Dearden is now going public. And while the military cannot take reprisals against those who have supported the Appeal, many of the signers agree that there are an infinite number of ways they can be punished, including internal evaluations, denial of promotions and harsh assignments or postings. "I'm expressing a right of people in the military to contact their elected representatives, and I have done nothing illegal or disrespectful," says Dearden, now an anesthesiology resident at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego. After two tours in Iraq attached to a Marine battalion, including participation in the initial 2003 invasion, Dearden says that signing the Appeal gave him "closure" on what he describes as very tough deployments. "It gave me peace," he says.
Dearden has indeed joined the most significant movement of organized and dissident GIs seen in America since 1969, when 1,366 active-duty service members signed a full-page ad in the New York Times calling for an end to the Vietnam War. The Appeal for Redress, surfacing only in late October, has taken anti-Iraq War sentiment that's been simmering within the ranks and surfaced it as a mainstream plea backed by the enormous moral authority of active-duty personnel. It's an undeniable barometer of rising military dissent and provides a strong argument that the best way to support the troops is to recognize their demand to be withdrawn from Iraq. While clearly inspired by the GI movement of the Vietnam era, it takes a much different tack. Instead of attacking or confronting the military, as the resistance movement of the 1960s often did, the Appeal works within the military's legal framework.
The Appeal was posted as a simple three-sentence statement on a website managed by a Navy seaman:
As a patriotic American proud to serve the nation in uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to support the prompt withdrawal of all American military forces and bases from Iraq. Staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the price. It is time for U.S. troops to come home.


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'Tis the season to be busting your ass trying to get your house ready for Thanksgiving. That means making sure your mother-in-law is sufficiently impressed with your food and home décor choices not to offer a passive-aggressive suggestion on how you can do better next year. (Side note: I'm not being sexist. Men and women both hate passive-aggressive in-laws.)
Enter Birchbox, which announced Thursday that it will now be offering a special edition box for cooking, design, and entertaining. Each box contains party accessories, home décor products, kitchen tools, and food items. The boxes feature items from top lifestyle and home designers like Jonathan Adler, Dean and Deluca, and Paperless Post.
Birchbox Home differs from Birchbox's other offerings in a couple of key ways. For starters, it's on the high end of the pricing spectrum at $58. But it's not a subscription offering, so users aren't committing to spending $58 a month. Instead, Birchbox customers buy individual boxes—and they can take their pick of a Limited Edition Home box with sugar (featuring gourmet sugar from Chambre du Sucre), or a Home box with playing cards—which presumably includes playing cards.
So instead of spending $10 a month for trial sized beauty products, you're spending $58 for a box of full-sized home and kitchen products.
In addition to the new Home box, Birchbox is also launching a new limited edition Home store on the Birchbox site. Categories include Bar & Entertaining, Décor, Food, Home Fragrance, Kitchen, and Tabletop, and products range from fancy pants items like black truffle oil from Sabatino & Co. ($26 for 3.2 ounces), to red velvet whoopie pie mix for $9. Each box is worth some $140, and Birchbox is offering free shipping (score!) on all orders over $25 until December 31.
It's an interesting departure for Birchbox, which has hitherto focused on the subscription angle. In fact, I can't say I've seen this particular version of the box-o-stuff retail model elsewhere, since it doesn't contain samples and it doesn't come with the option of returning what you don't want.
Other retailers who offer non-subscription discovery box options—particularly those in apparel and accessories—will give consumers the option of sending back what they don't want, so shoppers get the best of both worlds: discovery and control. Think Trunk Club for men or CakeStyle for women. But how do you do that with whoopie pie mix?
The new vertical comes just in time for the holiday season. Walmart launched its own subscription shopping offering this week with Goodies Co., a product of @WalmartLabs. Unlike Birchbox Home, Goodies Co. focuses exclusively on food, with each box containing samples of unique treats for $7 a month.
Birchbox has made a name for itself in high end beauty products, and in April it branched out to men's hygiene with the launch of Birchbox Man. The company acquired French counterpart JolieBox in September.


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Hey Bug! Natalie K. from Illinois wants to know: What makes a bouncy ball bounce?
When you drop a ball, the ball pushes down on the floor and the floor pushes back up on the ball. (Weird!) In slow motion you would see that the side of the ball squishes or dents when it hits the floor. According to physics professor Lou Bloomfield, the energy of the falling ball is now stored in the dented ball. The ball then uses that energy to push back on the floor. It undents—and bounces.
The ball doesn't bounce back as high as it fell because it cannot store all the energy it had when it hit the ground. Some of that energy is lost to heat. That's why a basketball warms up when you dribble it. Bounciness depends upon what a ball is made of and how it's put together. In a "Bounciness Olympics," superballs would take the gold. Made from a special hard rubber, superballs return to their original shape when dented without losing too much energy. Most hard surfaces store and release energy better than soft ones. That's why beanbags don't bounce very well and why rubber balls bounce higher on cement than on carpet. Now, when you're told the living room is a bad place to play ball, you'll know why.
- Does a ball gain or lose speed as it bounces? Why? Explain your answer in a sentence or two.
[anno: A ball loses speed as it bounces because some of the energy is lost each time it bounces. Some of the energy is lost because the ball dents. Some of the energy is lost as the floor absorbs energy.]
- If you wanted to speed up the motion of a ball after it has bounced, what might you do?
[anno: Answers may vary but could include hitting the ball again.]
- Think of a tennis game or a ping pong match. Describe how the motion of the ball changes after someone serves the ball. How does the motion change after someone hits the ball back to the server? Is the ball being pushed or pulled? What role does friction play? Describe the motion of the ball in a few sentences.
[anno: When a person serves the ball, the person applies a force to the ball that pushes it towards the other player or other side of the court. The ball hits the other side of the court and loses some energy to the court surface and to friction. Then the other player hits the ball and applies a force to the ball that pushes it back to the server.]


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ACC/Big Ten Challenge: In Defense of the Big TenDecember 6, 2008
There have been many college basketball types complaining that the ACC/Big Ten Challenge is lopsided and pointless.
Some say that the Big Ten will never be able to play to the level of ACC and that the ACC will never lose. So why play?
And if you were to quickly glance at only a couple of games, you could easily find evidence to back up that claim.
I understand that North Carolina ran over Michigan State at Ford Field—a somewhat "neutral" site. Duke finally left Durham to play a road game in West Lafayette, IN and even though is was on the Boilermakers home court, Purdue didn't even show up to play.
But many of the games were hard-fought and close in the final minutes. There were many showcased teams that focused on the team concept versus teams with a lot of individual talent. It paired four highly ranked teams against each other and featured at least six others who will hear their names on Selection Sunday.
While the ACC has never lost the challenge, to say that the Challenge is pointless is a little ridiculous.
A couple of weeks ago, I made a comment that I thought the Big Ten could win or at least earn a draw in this season's ACC/Big Ten Challenge. I was almost right.
Even though they did not win, the Big Ten performed better than it has the last few years of this early season basketball extravaganza. (Now that is a great word.)
The difference this season was the scheduling committee decided to have teams face each other that will end up in the same relative position in their respective conferences. So the matchups were more even in nearly every game.
Since 2003 the ACC has won the challenge; 7-2, 7-2, 6-5, and 8-3 in both 2006 and 2007. This season the challenge ended up 6-5 in the ACC's favor.
Each conference has had teams that were head and shoulders above the rest of the opposing conference in years past. Yet this season, the play of the teams in the middle of the pack in each conference has been fairly level and is what ultimately made this year's challenge entertaining.
The matchup of Boston College and Iowa came down to a missed free throw in the final seconds. Maryland came back to beat Michigan. Northwestern took over the game with their style of play against Florida State. And Georgia Tech had a last-second heave at the buzzer to steal the game from Penn State, but could not.
In 2007, the three closest games were VT over Penn state by five, Clemson over Purdue by three, and Indiana over GT by four. The total was a combined point difference of 12.
In 2008 the three closest games were Wisconsin over VT by two, Clemson over Illinois by two, and Boston College over Iowa by two. The point difference of those three games was six. There were also four other games with a total point difference of 16.
As the Big Ten is reasserting itself as a power conference , I would like for the schools to consistently play each other. Have UNC host Michigan State next year. Next season Purdue goes to Cameron to face off with Duke. Send Minnesota to Virginia to continue with the Ralph Sampson story line.
Establishing rivalries would add another layer of significance to the games and prove that each individual game is as important to win as part of the rivalry, not just a part of the challenge. There are very few non-conference or non-border-sharing rivalries in college basketball and we could use some more.
Every season the ACC is involved in the same old debate about which conference is the best. The Big Ten has recently fallen very far from an "honorable mention" in that conversation. And I can not totally disagree.
Yet since the ACC/Big Ten started in 1999, each conference has had a total of eight teams in the ten Final Fours that have taken place in the same amount of time. With the ACC winning three national championships and the Big Ten only one.
Below is the break down for each season with the champions in bold...
1999 - Duke, Michigan State and Ohio State (because of violations they have forfeited this appearance) - UConn
2000 - Wisconsin, MSU and UNC, 2001 - Duke and MSU, 2002 - Indiana and Maryland
2003 - none - Syracuse
2004 - Duke and Georgia Tech - UConn, 2005 - UNC and MSU, 2006 - none - Florida
2007 - Ohio State - Florida
2008 - UNC - Kansas
So to claim that the ACC is a more dominant conference is false. They are definitely the most hyped conference and the choice favorites of some ESPN "experts."
But here is the reality: there are always going to be conferences who have more high exposure players, more future NBA draft picks, more Hall of Fame coaches. Yet, that does not guarantee a championship, let alone a trip the Final Four.
We have also seen that players who were not draft-worthy when they were freshmen are now projected as a top-ten pick as a junior. We have seen juniors who were guaranteed first round picks come back to take one more shot at finally winning the last game of the season.
Now more than ever in college basketball, "the playing field is level," and every team is a twist of fate away from making a run deep into March or losing in the first round to a mid-major.
Case in point: UNC is a Ty Lawson or Tyler Hansbrough twisted ankle away from booking flights to Detroit in the spring—even though Detroit will still have snow.
So to the the decision makers of the Big-Ten and ACC: You have a good product, it just needs a little tweaking to get the most out of it. Just get rid of the East Coast bias, promote rivalries when possible, and continue to make fair match-ups.
Even if the ACC continues to win, it will at least be entertaining.


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Have a cookie. Not any old cookie mind you, A Deep Fried Oreo Cookie! That's right folks, today we are celebrating the Oreo Cookie's Birthday!!! For it was on March 6, 1912 that the Oreo Cookie made its debut. One hundred years young as the folks at Nabisco like to say. As for us, we'll be celebrating with some tasty Oreo Cookie recipes that have been so generously served up by Oreo Cookie lovers' themselves; YOU! Enjoy!
I had today's Oreo Birthday post all planned when it occurred to me that there are a batch of bakers out there who enjoy concocting all kinds of things with Oreo cookies. (Yes, they like to dunk them in milk too, seriously, who doesn't:)
Take this video for example. I for one would never imagine making Caviar with Oreos & Hot Sauce. Would you???
So, I tossed my original post for today and made a rather impromptu request for Oreo Cookie recipes late Sunday night via Twitter. I must admit, Twitter was indispensable in gathering links and permission from these contributors. Thank YOU everyone!!! (I've arranged it so you can click the images or the link to be taken to the recipes)
Gloria, hostess of the delicious Canela Kitchen, didn't have an Oreo Cookie recipe on hand so she took a quick trip over to the Kraft Kitchens and found us this recipe for Philly Oreo Cheesecake. Thank you sweet Gloria:) (And yes Gloria we will be playing the Picnic Game once again this year; I can't wait:)
Here's one more from the folks at Kraft:
I did a quick search in my Hospitality Search Engine and found a few more recipe links for you to explore. Just think, this is the one and only time in our lives that we will be able to celebrate 100 years of Oreo Cookies. It seems to me, we should make the best of it. Don't you agree???
Oreo Cookies Made from Scratch Stef @cupcakeproject
Itty Bitty Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies Jenny @PickyPalate
Cookies n' Cream Scones Nicole @bakingbites
Oreo Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Truffles Kerstin @CakeBatterBowl
Oreo Cookies & Cream Cheesecakes Grace @GracesSweetLife
Chocolate Oreo Cookie Trifle
Thank you again to everyone. Just in case you're curious about Oreo Cookie History, like where the name Oreo came from, this link will take you to a previous post I did for Oreo's Birthday a while back. Also, if you know of an Oreo Cookie recipe link we may have missed, feel free to include it in the comment section below. Enjoy! Louise


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Boris Johnson has warned that overblown government "rhetoric" about bankers could frighten off investment into London.
"The rhetoric is important," he told the BBC. "You need to send out of a powerful signal to the world that we are open for business. I do worry a bit about the mood music."
Overblown rhetoric eh? Of course Boris would never be guilty of such a thing:
"Up to 9,000 bankers could leave London in protest at the controversial and 'ill thought out' tax raid on their bonuses, the Mayor Boris Johnson warned yesterday...
He has had 'numerous' conversations with UK and foreign banks who are 'quite seriously reconsidering their earlier decisions to locate, grow or remain in London."
Quite seriously eh? So what happened to that exodus you spent so much time warning us about Boris?
"We have heard an awful lot about the stampede to Zurich, or wherever, but if you look at the numbers it hasn't happened"
Right. Which of course hasn't stopped you continuing to lobby for those same bankers to get even bigger tax breaks in the future, whilst raising fares and charges on the rest of us.
And of course your dedication to the cause has nothing to do with the fact that your campaign to be Mayor was mostly funded by the financial sector.
As you say, such "mood music" can be very important.
Happy New Year all.
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Artists: Matthew Hockaday
Dixie Tattoo Co.
5324 Dixie Highway
Waterford, MI 48329
What year did you start tattooing?
I started my apprenticeship in 1999 and started that same year.
How did you get into tattooing?
When I got out of art school after a year, I continued with classes to gain credits and worked some odd jobs, like well drilling and delivering pizza. I realized I needed to get into a field that involved art. I had a neighbor that owned a shop in my hometown, so I stopped by his shop with my artwork and he agreed to apprentice me.
Where did you apprentice?
American Graffiti in Brighton, MI, under Chris Page.
Do you have any special training?
As far as art goes, I had a couple years in high school and an awesome art teacher, Grant Fischer—he is my true mentor! I was blessed to have a teacher notice my talent and push me to draw and paint and pursue a career in art. Beyond that, just a year at college for creative studies in Detroit. I learned a lot there and have stayed driven ever since.
What conventions have you worked at? Have you won any awards?
I have worked a few conventions, including the Motor City Expo, St. Louis Old School, Tampa Bay Tattoo
Fest, Hell City Killumbus. In addition, I'll be doing the Tattoo La Palooza Miami, and Ink and Iron Long Beach for 2011. Yes, I've won some awards, and it feels great to get recognition. But I love gaining knowledge and just being around all the creative energy at these shows. I always come back home more humble and more driven!
How do you describe your style?
As far as tattooing goes I have kind of a differentoutlook on that. Tattooing makes you explore many different styles. For a while you do what the customer wants, and then you learn what you want to do. And if you are lucky, people come to you because they trust you and just love your work. So now I have customers that
trust me and my opinion—and I get to do what I want. With that said, I love to do portraits in either black-and-gray or color. I feel that there's not as much planning and creativity—it's all technique. But that's kind of nice sometimes. Over the last few years I have really been trying to learn more about traditional tattooing and doing some neo-traditional stuff. I think that helps in my realistic work too. I really just love it all!
What inspires you as an artist?
Wow, I guess I would have to say, What doesn't? I really just get inspiration from everything around me. I'm always taking mental notes, studying the way light plays off of objects, or I'll find myself staring at people and then sketch them later. I like watching my daughter draw and the simplicity of a child's art. I'll jump online and
check out some forums to pick up techniques or ideas, and like I said earlier, conventions are always a huge source of inspiration!
What other media do you work with?
My favorite medium would have to be oil painting. But I also like acrylic ink on paper, or liquid acrylic on wood or canvas or linen. I like to sculpt on occasion; it's cool to work in three dimensions and then draw your sculpture. I also like to do some stuff in metal. I guess that comes from years of tattoo machine building.
It's nice to grind on some metal and get a little dirty! I try to put aside most of my spare art time to painting, though.
What tattoo artist do you most admire?
It's a long list, so I'll list the ones that have inspired me the most. Aaron Cain, Guy Aitchison, Jime Litwalk, Joshua Carlton, Nick Baxter, Craig Driscoll, Chris Trevino, Uncle Allan, Bob Tyrrell, Ron Meyers, Nikko Hurtado, Mike DeVries, Paul Booth, Shige, Jeff Ensminger, Jesse Smith … and on and on.
What kind of tattoos do you look forward to doing?
I'm really looking forward to some of the sleeves and back pieces I have scheduled and in progress. Also some of the stylized semirealistic/traditional one to two sitting
pieces I have coming up. I love when customers have challenging, crazy concepts!
Is there a tattoo that you haven't done yet that you are dying to do?
I would really love to do a Hunter S. Thompson portrait—Fear and Loathing Depp? Or where the buffalo
roam, Bill Murray.


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Mobile World Congress has seen a truck load of new smartphones spring on to the market from Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG, HTC, Viewsonic, and plenty more.
"That's great", we hear you cry, but which network in the UK is selling the phone that you want? Well luckily we've got you covered on that one.
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Ron Paul predicts political revolution that will include Republicans, Democrats
SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) ' Presidential hopeful Ron Paul is predicting the political revolution he is pushing won't be limited to the Republicans he hopes nominate him and is urging his supporters of all stripes to rally behind his struggling White House bid.
Paul was heading toward twin defeats Tuesday in Arizona's and Michigan's GOP primaries but didn't linger on rivals Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum or Newt Gingrich. Instead, he is pitching his anti-war and anti-Washington themes that motivate a small but fevered segment of the electorate. Paul is telling voters in Virginia that government is too big and is encroaching on Americans' freedoms.
Paul also says the country needs a new foreign policy that focuses on diplomacy over armed conflict. He says the current approach will yield an America-versus-the world scenario that isn't sustainable.


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Spending your own money, would you plump for the Vaypors you recently tested?
If you're thinking of buying this product using a cashback deal why not use the road.cc Top Cashback page and get some top cashback while helping to support your favourite independent cycling website
The Prisma 2.0 is the new top-end shoe in the DMT range and, although it doesn't look as action-packed as some, there are plenty of tech features to ensure a comfortable, efficient performance.
The sole is made from Toray MR60 carbon fibre, which also goes under the alias of 40 ton high modulus carbon. There are nine layers of carbon woven in there and it's virtually impossible to bend in any direction. Up-down, side-to-side and torsionally, it's very stiff – we seem to say that a lot when testing high-end shoes. Looks like manufacturers have got sole rigidity sorted these days; we review quite a lot of models where movement is negligible even when the weight is very low.
The sole doesn't extend up around the sides of your foot like it does with Lake and Bont shoes we've tested, so your feet can move a little more than with those. Whether that's a good thing or not depends on your preferences. What one rider sees as stability, another rider might see as restrictive.
You get heel and toe guards that, although they look plasticky, keep the actual sole off the ground as you walk and so avoid damage. I found that they'd slip on damp roads a bit more than rubber guards but, on the plus side, the rear one is replaceable should you eventually wear it right down.
The uppers are mostly made from micro-fibre. It's lightweight and very supple so the shoes conform easily to your foot shape. It's very comfortable too: no worries at all on that front. Plus, the micro-fibre is incredibly easy to clean; a quick wipe or brush will have it looking as good as new. There's no grain for dirt to get lodged in like you find with some leathers.
Huge areas of mesh let fresh air in and the moist air out. I've been riding in these over winter so sweaty feet haven't been much of a problem, but I know that plenty of air can get in because when I've been out without overshoes on my toes have told me so.
The external heel counter isn't the most rigid in the world – in fact, it's fairly flexible – but I didn't have any problems with heel lift when riding. Even when purposely pulling up on the pedals during sprinting, my feet stayed firmly in place. The inner section around your heel is a slippery material too so I had expected my foot to slide about. It didn't happen, though, so no arguments there.
Closure is handled by an ATOP cable and dial system that works a treat. If you've ever used Boa, it's a lot like that: you turn the dial and it draws in the cable. When you want to slacken the fit, you just turn the dial in the opposite direction. It just takes one hand so it's easy to use on the fly, and it's not a problem if you have wet fingers or are wearing full-finger gloves.
Systems like this tighten the shoe evenly from the bottom of the laced section to the top. I could have done with more tightness at the bottom because the shoe was loser in that section, but that's not an option here. That's the only real downside.
The tongue is generously padded so I felt no particular pressure over the top of my foot and the insoles are heat-mouldable. That's really easy to do. You put them in the oven for a few minutes at 82°C, sling them in your shoes, put your feet in and do them up. Then you just allow the insoles to cool.
You can do each insole twice although there's no reason why you wouldn't get it right first time. The insoles are pretty comfortable to start with, but moulding them does make a difference, shaping them more precisely to your feet to keep the pressure even and move the comfort up another notch.
The fit is fairly generous – which is unusual for anything coming out of Italy (DMT are based in Verona). I found these wider across the toe box than many other bike shoes. I had to tighten the laces right in to get them to fit correctly at the front and could possibly have gone for a size smaller than normal. That's why we always advise you to try before you buy when it comes to shoes; the best shoes in the world are no good if they don't fit your particular foot shape.
Overall, I've got on well with the Prismas though. As I said, the outsoles are mega-stiff, the insoles and uppers are comfortable, and the Atop closure is very good. At 670g the pair (size 46), they're a little heavier than most other shoes we've tested at this price, but we're talking about 38g heavier that Shimano R315 and 74g heavier that Bont Vaypor – not loads.
The Prisma is also comes in a white, black and red version, and in fluoro green and black. A Speedplay-specific sole is available too.
Comfortable top-end road shoe with a mega-stiff sole for efficient power transfer.
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Make and model: DMT Prisma 2.0 Road Shoe
Size tested: White/Silver/Black, Size 46
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
DMT – which is short for Diament, if you like a bit of trivia – say, "A perfect match between technology and design. This is the new top road model DMT. Upper in microfiber extremely light combined with a mesh that give a high breathability, an anatomic external counter, the new ATOP closure, the fiber carbon New Carbon sole and the new 'entirely Italian' design. Prisma 2.0 with all these features, is the right shoe for people who want the best in comfort and technology and, at the same time, don't renounce a young and captivating look."
I like a young and captivating look, me. It's a performance shoe.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
DMT are proud of the new carbon sole - covered in the review.
The construction quality is very good. I've come to expect more rigid heel counters than you get here but I didn't notice any particular heel instability or lift.
The Toray MR60 carbon sole is solid while the uppers combine comfort and breathability.
The microfibre is very lightweight but it's also tough. The Atop closure seems strong enough. If you do have any issues, you can get a replacement from UK distributor Paligap for just £3.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
The shoe does what it promises, combining a very stiff sole with a comfortable upper and insole.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
The fact that the sole is ultra-stiff.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
I could have done with the ability to draw the closure a touch tighter at the bottom – but that's a fit thing and will vary from person to person.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes
Would you consider buying the product? I'd consider it, yes, but there are a lot of excellent shoes to choose from at this price
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes
Anything further to say about the product in conclusion?
Pay this kind of money and you get to pick from loads of excellent shoes that put in a top-level performance. I'd try on a whole bunch and go for the pair that felt best in terms of fit: the best shoe for one person might not be the best for someone else.
About the tester
Age: 41 Height: 190cm Weight: 75kg
I usually ride: My best bike is:
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Expert
I regularly do the following types of riding: time trialling, commuting, club rides, sportives, general fitness riding,
Mat has worked for loads of bike magazines over 20+ years, and been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. He's been road.cc technical editor for eight years, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. We send him off around the world to get all the news from launches and shows too. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a past winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer.


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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting German troops deployed to operate Patriot missile batteries in Turkey.
The Patriots were sent to Turkey, a NATO member, to protect it from spillover from Syria's civil war.
Merkel's two-day visit comes as Turkey grows increasingly frustrated over the slow progress in its bid for European Union membership. Before arriving Sunday, Merkel said she backs opening a new chapter in those stalled talks, despite being skeptical about Turkey's accession.
The chancellor's first stop was Kahramanmaras, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the Syrian border, where some 300 German troops are manning two out of six NATO-deployed anti-missile batteries.
Merkel will hold talks with Turkish leaders on Monday. She is accompanied by a delegation of businessmen.


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Seeing many of the statements from the Islanders Hall of Fame Alumni and long-time fans upset at the situation lacks a certain perspective, but it also carries a certain weight of memories, history, and the character of what this franchise has been for so many on Long Island for so long, through the good times and the bad.
"The more I think about this, the more it makes me sad," Denis Potvin told the Hockey News. Bob Bourne, Clark Gillies, and Jiggs McDonald also had quotes reported that made them sound less than thrilled. Potvin and other players won four Stanley Cups at the Nassau Coliseum, with McDonald calling all the action. Thousands of Long Islanders watched them do so first hand at the Coliseum.
The news hit home for everyone today and it hit hard. Maybe it hit you when a text from the old friend who you used to go to games with and since moved away or maybe it was from someone in your life who has never followed hockey, but with all the extra attention this was certainly the biggest day in Islander county in decades. For me, it was when dad texted to say he was excited about the new arena but there were "a lot of memories at the Coliseum as a dad and for us [at NVMC]."
There are many memories and nostalgia that are important to this team and its fanbase and none of it should be forgotten. The history and memories should be preserved, remembered and celebrated as they have been for 40 years.
Now, we can be sure that they will be celebrated for another 25 years – in Brooklyn.
Without the Barclays Center, we could easily be lamenting the outright destruction of this team and it's rich history being packaged and shipped off to Quebec, Kansas or elsewhere.
Once upon a time, the Seattle Supersonics were owned by the CEO of a local coffee empire. The CEO eventually sold the team to Oklahoma Oil Barons and the Sonics, well, the Sonics are now just history. The Islanders could have easily suffered the same fate. Cashing out this team would have been easy. The Islanders could be the NHL's version of the Super Sonics. Instead fans will be able to watch the same team, the same prospects, the same logo, the same colors, for years to come rather than watching from afar as another fanbase finds out what comes next in this new chapter of the New York Islanders history.
For current and future generations of fans to relive their team's rich history – and hopefully create new history – the Islanders needed to leave Nassau County once and for all.
There was no 'plan b' that would work in the final months or years of the team's Nassau lease. There was no savior developer or County Executive whose master plan could reverse decades of mismanagement, political footballing, and selfish interests that handcuffed the team not only on the ice but also in their seemingly never ending quest for a new arena.
Here's how long this sad arena saga went on: In 1998, owners Howard Milstein and Stephen Gluckstern – who rode in on horses of listening at fan forums and painted big arena dreams – slashed player payroll, tried to have the Coliseum condemned and attempted to have the team start the season on the road until their demands were met.
Wrote the New York Times 14 long years ago:
The immediate issue, unfolding over the summer and now threatening to hang over the 1998-99 season, has been the safety of the Coliseum. The Islanders say the arena is a hazard; the county says it is not. But it is hard to avoid the suspicion that the Islanders' safety concerns are somehow related to their expressed desire for a renegotiation of their current lease and a new arena that could be built and ready for action in three years.You could have written those words any time in the past two decades, changed a few names, and no one would know the difference.
''All we want is to be able to compete on the same footing as the other teams around the country,'' said David Seldin, the president of New York Sports Ventures, which bought the Islanders in February for $195 million. ''To survive we've got to attract more fans, and that means not only better players, but a state-of-the-art arena.''
Mr. Seldin said the franchise was currently losing $11 million a year.
We're now 14 years past that point in time. The cold, hard truth is that there was no end in Nassau County. Not the Lighthouse Project -- Kate Murray murdered that -- not a public referendum as NIMBYs wouldn't let that pass, and not a last-minute salvo with all options exhausted.
Since 1991 when then-owner John O. Pickett Jr. tried to unload the team to anyone with a checking account – as former owner and crook John Spano showed, that's about all you needed – the Islanders have been a tumultuous ship in the waters of Nassau, save for a few odd bits of good news and good play on the ice.
From the New York Times in '91:
"If you take the expansion criteria, we wouldn't qualify right now for expansion," Torrey said of his team's less-than-lucrative and outmoded venue. "But I can't visualize someone moving the team from a New York market to a smaller market."It reads again like a time capsule from any year since; 'the venue isn't any good and we can't make due with it'. What may be most amazing is that the venue was cited as out-dated in 1991, 21-years ago, at the very beginnings of the modern arena and stadium building boom of the 1990s.
This was a situation that left the Islanders with no plan, no future, no way to preserve the history, no viable way to move forward and create a new history. The team, right along with the Coliseum, has rotted and was dying a slow death. Whether you blame a current owner who wouldn't spend, free agents who wouldn't sign, horrendous General Managers, corrupt and self-interested politicians, NIMBY voters, or someone else entirely, the last two decades have been a viscous cycle that has fed on itself with no end in sight.
In one day, there's stability to what has been a very rocky ship.
Brooklyn is a way out, a way to start anew without abandoning the rich history and tradition; placing it a 45-minute train ride away.
There's no guarantee that the Islanders will become a perennial winner in Brooklyn. They're not going to all of a sudden be able to afford every free agent on the market. But it's going to be a lot better. There's a shiny new arena in a major metro area with over 100 suites, the key to unlocking arena revenue in the 21st century. Finally, at long last, there will be no more articles about the Islanders trying to escape a decrepit Coliseum.
There's new hope and most importantly these are still your Islanders, that you've followed your whole life. These are still your parent's Islanders, who they took you to see when you could barely walk. These are still your friends Islanders, who you watched with your buddies growing up.
Maybe they moved further away but for too long everyone involved suffered. It's not going to be easy for the people that spent incalculable amounts of time, money, and effort on this team in Nassau County. But these are still your Islanders and they will still be here – just on the other side of town.


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Print version ISSN 1516-3180On-line version ISSN 1806-9460
Sao Paulo Med. J. vol.122 no.4 São Paulo 2004
Pan-cytokeratin immunoexpression in Wilms' tumors: a simple approach for understanding tumor epithelial differentiation
Imunoexpressão de pan citoqueratinas em tumores de Wilms: uma abordagem simples para a compreensão da diferenciação epitelial da neoplasia
Simone Treiger Sredni; José Ivanildo Neves; Beatriz de Camargo; Otávia Luiza Damas de Caballero; Fernando Augusto Soares
Department of Pathology, Hospital do Câncer, São Paulo, Brazil
Wilms' tumor is one of the most common solid tumors in children and is an interesting model for understanding the pathogenesis of embryonal tumors. Cytokeratins are intracellular fibrous proteins present in tissue of epithelial origin. The immunoexpression of the pan-cytokeratin AE1AE3 was studied in paraffin-embedded tissue sections from 24 Wilms' tumors (12 with nephrogenic rests) and also tissue samples from 15 corresponding normal kidneys, to evaluate epithelial differentiation in the genesis of Wilms' tumor. We observed that the intensity of the expression of AE1AE3 in the epithelial component of Wilms' tumors directly correlated with the degree of maturity of the epithelial structures correspondent to the collecting ducts.
Key words: Wilms' tumor. Immunohistochemistry. Cytokeratin. Kidney. Kidney neoplasms.
Os tumores de Wilms são alguns dos mais freqüentes tumores sólidos da infância e reconhecidamente um modelo para a compreensão da patogênese dos tumores embrionários. As citoqueratinas são proteínas intracelulares presentes em tecidos de origem epitelial. Estudamos a imunoexpressão da pan-citoqueratina AE1AE3 em 24 tumores de Wilms, dentre ao quais 15 continham também tecidos renais não-neoplásicos e 12 apresentavam restos nefrogênicos em blocos de parafina, para avaliar a diferenciação epitelial no desenvolvimento dos tumores de Wilms. Observamos aumento na intensidade de expressão de AE1AE3 no componente epitelial dos tumores de Wilms diretamente relacionado ao grau de maturação das estruturas epiteliais correspondentes aos ductos coletores.
Palavras-chave: Tumor de Wilms. Imunohistoquímica. Citoqueratinas. Rim. Neoplasias renais.
Because of the resemblance of childhood embryonic tumors to the corresponding fetal tissue, such tumors are good indicators of the relationship between cancer and the fetal developmental process. Wilms' tumor is an embryonic renal neoplasm and, despite its low frequency, it has proven to be a good model for understanding the pathogenesis of human neoplasia. It is presumed that Wilms' tumor originates from abnormalities in renal histogenesis, and study of its histology gives evidence that its pathogenesis is closely related to the developmental biology of the kidneys. It is often associated with additional developmental abnormalities in the genitourinary system. The most common of these abnormalities is the persistence of the nephrogenic rests. The generic term "nephrogenic rest" is applied to the persistent embryonic remnants in the kidney that are apparent precursors of Wilms' tumor. They can occasionally be found in normal neonatal kidneys but usually regress during the first year of life.1
It is believed that Wilms' tumor arises from malignant transformation of renal stem cells. The classic three-phase Wilms' tumor contains variable quantities of blastemal, epithelial and stromal elements, which are believed to be differentiated products from a common clone of the primitive renal stem cell.2
Cytokeratins are members of the intermediate filament protein family. They consist of more than 20 different subclasses grouped according to their molecular weights or pattern of expression through simple or complex epithelium. They can be mapped using a battery of monoclonal antibodies, via immunohistochemical methods. For scanning purposes, several of these antibodies can be combined in the form of "cocktails". AE1AE3 is one of these cocktails that recognize basic and acidic cytokeratins. It is widely used to distinguish epithelial from non-epithelial tumors.
Successful diagnostic use of the expression of certain antigens by embryonic tumor cells depends on the evolution of antigen expression during tumor differentiation. Increasing levels of cytokeratin expression accompany epithelial differentiation in tumors. The diagnostic use of an antibody must be related to the clinical data and morphological aspects of the tumor, because tumor cells may increase the expression during the differentiation process.
24 cases of Wilms' tumor and 15 tissue samples from the corresponding normal kidneys were retrieved from the archives of the Pathology Department of Hospital do Câncer (São Paulo, Brazil). All samples were studied by optical microscopy and immunohistochemistry.
The reactivity to pan-cytokeratin was detected via specific monoclonal antibodies (AE1AE3, Dako) that had previously been optimized at a dilution of 1:200, using standard immunohistochemical methods on paraffin 5-mm formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections. Epitope retrieval was performed by placing slides in a Coplin jar containing 0.01 M citrate buffer (pH 6.0) and microwaving for 15 min on the high setting in a 900-watt microwave oven. The sections were stained for AE1AE3 using an automated stainer (i6000TM Consolidated Staining System, Instrument Model 1.0, with i6000TM Consolidated Staining System software version 1.1, BioGenex Laboratories, Inc). The primary antibody binding to tissue sections was viewed using the avidin-biotin-peroxidase method. Sections were counterstained using hematoxylin. Appropriate positive and negative controls were utilized.
Histological examination of the slides showed a range of morphological features. Among the 24 Wilms' tumor specimens, there were 18 three-phase tumors with blastemal, stromal and epithelial components and 6 tumors without epithelial differentiation, consisting of various proportions of blastemal and stromal components. Among the cases with epithelial differentiation, 17/18 showed immature structures like abortive tubules, rosettes and microcysts, 16/18 showed more mature structures like tubules and glomeruli and 15/18 had both immature and mature structures. Nephrogenic rests were seen in 12 cases. All the nephrogenic rests expressed a mature pattern of AE1AE3 immunostaining in the tubular structures but not within glomeruloid structures (Figure 1A). The same features observed within the nephrogenic rests were observed within the 15 corresponding normal kidneys analyzed: tubules were positive and glomeruli were negative for AE1AE3 (Figure 1B).
The epithelial differentiation in the tumors was accompanied by distribution of the immunoreactivity to the individual elements. All of the mature duct structures (16/16) showed immunoreactivity for AE1AE3 involving the epithelial cells lining these structures. The more immature the epithelial structure was, the more irregular the staining pattern became (Figures 1C, 1D and 1E).
Only three out of the 18 tumors that had epithelial differentiation did not express cytokeratins in the epithelial component. All of these had immature epithelial structures alone.
During normal nephrogenesis, some cells from the metanephric mesenchyme begin to show epithelial characteristics and organize to form the epithelial renal vesicle. The vesicle elongates and twists to form the functioning nephron. The mature kidney consists of epithelial nephrons and collecting ducts.3,4
Looi and Cheah (1993)5 demonstrated, in nine Wilms' tumors, that the epithelial cells of maturing tubular structures showed epithelial membrane antigen positivity; immature tubular structures were epithelial membrane antigen-negative; and primitive glomeruloid structures were epithelial membrane antigen-negative and vimentin-positive. It is usually recognized that epithelial membrane antigen and cytokeratins 8 and 18 detected by CAM 5.2 show positive staining of tubular structures.5
According to Gilbert,6 the kidney is thought to originate through a complex set of interactions between epithelial and mesenchymal components of the intermediate mesoderm. The two intermediate mesodermal tissues (the ureteric bud and the metanephrogenic mesenchyme) interact and reciprocally induce each other to form the kidney. The ureteric buds, which are epithelial branches, induce the metanephrogenic mesenchyme to aggregate and cavitate to form the renal tubules and glomeruli, while the ureteric buds become the collecting ducts.
In the present study, the immature epithelial structures like rosettes, microcysts and abortive tubules showed an irregular immunostaining pattern. The more developed the structure was, the more intense and well defined the AE1AE3 immunostaining pattern became. The glomeruloid bodies were always negative.
Among the nephrogenic rests, it was observed that the tubules were positive and the glomeruli were negative for this antibody, as was found among the normal corresponding kidneys analyzed.
Epithelial differentiation towards collecting ducts within the tumors was accompanied by increasing expression of cytokeratin AE1AE3. The negativity for cytokeratin AE1AE3 within the glomeruli seems to be due to its different embryonic origin, since they are derived from the metanephrogenic mesenchyme.
We believe that the next step in this study will be to test the different cytokeratins separately, so as to have better correlation between morphology, kidney structure development and Wilms' tumor oncogenesis.
We found increased immunoexpression of AE1AE3 in the duct structures of the epithelial component of Wilms' tumors that was directly correlated with their morphological maturity and embryonic origin. This experiment seems to be a simple approach towards studying abnormal nephrogenesis and a key for further understanding of the genesis of Wilms' tumor.
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4. McCrory WW. Normal organogenesis of the human kidney. Prog Clin Biol Res. 1983;140:259-80. [ Links ]
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Simone Treiger Sredni
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Sources of funding: Acknowledgment of grant support: Antonio Prudente Cancer Care Center (APCC CEPID) and FAPESP (Grant No. 01/13312-3)
Conflict of interest: Not declared
Date of first submission: February 27, 2003
Last received: December 9, 2003
Accepted: March 12, 2004
Simone Treiger Sredni MD, PhD. Department of Pathology, Hospital do Câncer, São Paulo; Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, São Paulo, Brazil.
José Ivanildo Neves. Biologist, immunohistochemistry technician. Department of Pathology, Hospital do Câncer, São Paulo, Brazil.
Beatriz de Camargo MD, PhD. Department of Pediatrics, Hospital do Câncer, São Paulo, Brazil
Otávia Luiza Damas de Caballero MD, PhD. Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, São Paulo, Brazil.
Fernando Augusto Soares MD, PhD. Department of Pathology, Hospital do Câncer, São Paulo, Brazil.
The results were presented at the 23rd Brazilian Congress of Pathology (Florianópolis, Brazil, April 2003) and at the 35th SIOP Congress (Cairo, Egypt, October 2003).


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A federal appeals court's decision to toss the conviction of Osama bin Laden's former driver could have implications for future prosecutions of terrorism suspects.
The driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, was detained by U.S. troops in Afghanistan in November 2001 and sent to Guantanamo. In the first U.S. military war crimes trial since World War II, a jury of six military officers found Hamdan guilty in 2008 of providing material support to terrorism and sentenced him to five and a half years in prison.
But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday threw out that conviction, stating in a 3-0 decision that material support for terrorism was not proscribed as an international war crime until Congress passed the Military Commissions Act in 2006. Since Hamdan worked for bin Laden from 1996 to 2001, he cannot be punished retroactively, the court concluded.
"Indeed the Executive Branch acknowledges that the international law of war did not – and still does not – identify material support for terrorism as a war crime," wrote Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
"If the government wanted to charge Hamdan with aiding and abetting terrorism or some other war crime that was sufficiently rooted in the international law of war at the time of Hamdan's conduct, it should have done so," Kavanaugh wrote.
Hamdan's legal vindication is the latest challenge to the controversial war courts set up by President George W. Bush's administration after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The Yemeni driver also was at the center of a landmark 2006 Supreme Court case that struck down the war courts as unconstitutional, forcing the Bush administration to revise the system and try again.
Tuesday's decision dealt another blow to the war courts by upending material support for terror as an offense triable by military commission.
Hamdan's attorney, Joe McMillan, a lawyer with Seattle-based Perkins Coie, said he regards the ruling as a victory for the American justice system.
"We see it as an important statement that the U.S. must conform to the rule of law as it goes forward, even in times of perceived national emergency," McMillan said.
Although the ruling will help clear his client's name, it's probably more important to the American legal tradition than to Hamdan, he said. "It's long been deemed unjust to hold a person criminally liable for conduct that was not recognized as criminal at the time it occurred," he said.
The decision is likely to be reviewed by the Supreme Court, even though the nation's highest court has been reluctant to review Guantanamo detainee cases in recent years, said Eugene R. Fidell, who teaches military justice at Yale Law School.
"Above all, the decision shows how important it is to have civilian courts review decisions of the military commission and the Court of Military Commission Review," Fidell said. "The fact that the decision overturns a commission case demonstrates that the regular federal courts can be a bulwark against government overreaching."
The decision also is significant in its rejection of Congress's claim that material support for terrorism was an offense under the law of nations even before the Military Commissions Act of 2006, he said.
"If and when the Supreme Court considers the case we will know more about the interplay between the legislative and judicial branches in determining what is and what is not forbidden by the law of nations," Fidell said.
The material support of terrorism charge is the lynchpin of many cases against people accused of acting as lower-level operatives for al Qaida and other terrorist organizations. One alternative is to charge them with Aiding the Enemy. Alternatively, prosecutors could attempt to charge them with conspiracy, which is harder to prove because it requires evidence of knowledge and consent. The military jury acquitted Hamdan of conspiracy in 2008.
Hamdan was born in Khoreiba, Yemen, in 1968. Osama bin Laden hired him as a personal driver in Afghanistan in 1996, according to an affidavit Hamdan submitted about his work history.
After his capture in Afghanistan, Hamdan arrived in Guantanamo in 2002.
He was first charged in July 2004, but a federal judge in Washington halted the trial. In June 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld that the war courts set up the Bush administration were unconstitutional and violated the Geneva Conventions as well as military law.
The original charges against Hamdan were dropped, but the government filed new ones in May 2007 after Congress passed the Military Commission Act. Bush signed the act into law in 2006.
On Aug. 6, 2008, a military panel at Guantanamo convicted Hamdan of providing material support for terror. At trial, there was no evidence that Hamdan knew in advance of the 9/11 attacks, but that he had heard bin Laden discuss them afterward.
Hamdan was given credit for time served and transferred to Yemen to complete his sentence. He was released in January 2009. A father of four, he now works as a taxi driver.
Hamdan continued to battle his U.S. war crimes conviction, which was upheld by the newly created Court of Military Commission Review last year.
"He asked us to pursue the appeal even though he was out of confinement because the rule and the principle applies to so many others similarly situated as he was," said Harry Schneider, one of his attorneys.
Contacted in Yemen on Tuesday, Hamdan declined to comment, citing legal advice.
Hamdan is one of seven detainees convicted in the military commission system at Guantanamo. Five of them pleaded guilty.
The only case other than Hamdan's that went to trial was that of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al-Bahlul, an al Qaida propagandist who was accused of making a video celebrating the bombing of the USS Cole. Al-Bahlul was prosecuted but refused to mount a defense. A military jury convicted him of conspiracy, solicitation to commit murder and providing material support for terrorism in October 2008.
Al-Bahlul's appeal is awaiting a hearing date before the D.C. circuit court that tossed Hamdan's conviction.
The conspiracy charge could be subject to the same vulnerability as the materials charge in that it did not exist as an international war crime prior to 2006, legal experts say.
"Conspiracy will likely be the next domino that falls," said Wells Dixon, senior attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York. "So for the Obama administration to persist with military commissions – specifically to persist with charges like conspiracy – is essentially a gamble."
More people have died at Guantanamo than have been convicted by military commission, Dixon said.
"I think that the Hamdan decision is an omen of things to come in the commission system," he said. "I think you will see challenges to whether other offenses are law of war offenses, including conspiracy, murder, and violation of the laws of war and so forth. . . . How that will play out in the long run is very uncertain."
Carol Rosenberg of the Miami Herald reported from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Adam Baron contributed to this report from Yemen.


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Every so often a simple Google search reveals a hint at a new Google initiative.
In recent months we've seen various different types of ad extension formats and it seems that selling leads rather than clicks could be the next big push in Google's continuing search for revenue streams away from the simple click.
Peter Bell from Fuse Lead Marketing (@fuselead) recently alerted me to an interesting discovery which seems to have appeared over the last few weeks in the UK.
If you are signed into one of Google's services (LeadPoint uses Google for email) you might stumble across a new type of ad extension in the top ranked ads – namely a way for the advertiser to capture your contact information and permission to contact you without clicking through.
A search for "voucher codes" presents a paid ad for a well known UK voucher code company and below the ad the consumer is presented with a pre-filled email data capture field with an accompanying "Get Offers" button.
Yes, that's right the email field is pre-filled so no extra heavy lifting for the casual browser that can't quite manage to find the energy to click through onto the site to look for any specific offers!
Once you hit the "Get offers" button you then see a simple confirmation appear in the same place on the ad.
For anybody that might be concerned about privacy and how your data might be used by an advertiser or Google themselves then don't worry because Google of course has this covered off with a handy "privacy link" in the ad.
When clicked a pop up box appears helpfully informing the cautious form filler that "When you submit this form, your email address will be sent to the advertiser". Phew, thanks Google!
If this is something that is going to be rolled out across the UK it raises some very interesting questions.
Is Google really planning to charge per lead for these enquiries? If so, is it really sacrificing clicks for leads? How much are leads likely to cost? Will more data fields be captured in the future? How do these site extensions affect click through rates? Is the consumer contact opt-in for the advertiser only or for Google as well?
There are also more prosaic lead gen specific questions such as is there any validation on the leads? Do lead buyers pay for all leads or just valid ones? Are the leads time-stamped and sent to the advertiser in real-time (as recommended by IAB best practice) or are they batched up and sent sporadically?
Whatever the answers to these questions, it seems like yet more evidence that Google are getting very serious about online lead generation. As they increasingly go head-to-head with Facebook for precious advertising dollars, moving down the funnel from clicks to leads might help to consolidate their place as the real online advertising super power.
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Thanks Justin, as a kind of update - I am still waiting for my email from the sign-up on the Google search pages. I even signed up with my gmail account!
There are many aspects of lead generation that us in the industry take for granted so it will be interesting to see how a Google Lead Gen. product will translate to our space.
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It would be interesting to see were the data is going to. But I guess they are already selling leads via Beat that quote/finance leads online.
Conflict of interest?
Hi- Can someone tell me how I can set this sort of campaign up on my Google Adwords account?
Very good article. I am facing a few of these issues as well.
When is this going to be available in the UK?


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O.J. Mayo led a balanced attack for Dallas, scoring 20 points as the Mavericks continued their dominance over the Phoenix Suns with a 109-99 victory on Friday.
Darren Collison poured in 19 points, Shawn Marion tallied 14 points to go with 11 rebounds and Vince Carter added 17 points off the bench for the Mavericks, who have captured 11 of the past 12 matchups with Phoenix, including the first three of this season.
Dallas prevailed despite missing Dirk Nowitzki for the second consecutive contest with a strained right adductor. Jae Crowder and Brandan Wright scored 13 and 11 points, respectively, in the win.
"I thought we really enforced our will," said Mayo. "Raised our level of competitiveness and toughness, mentally and physically to go out there and get that win."
Goran Dragic fell just shy of a triple-double, registering 19 points, nine assists and eight rebounds for Phoenix, which was coming off a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday.
"That is a tough defensive team," said Suns coach Lindsey Hunter. "It is a lesson well learned. I think we are still a work in progress and we are going to keep pushing the envelope to be what we want to be."
Shannon Brown scored 20 off the bench, Luis Scola followed with 18 points and eight boards, and Marcin Gortat tallied 16 points in the setback.
After finishing the third quarter well, the Mavericks took a slim 76-75 lead on Wright's short jumper to begin the fourth.
Several minutes later, Carter broke a tie game with a 3-pointer and Crowder then added one of his own to cap an 11-4 push for the Mavericks, staking them to a 92-85 edge.
The Suns were able to come within five points several times in the final six minutes, but second chance opportunities for Dallas kept them from coming any closer.
Dragic's floater pulled Phoenix within 96-91, but the Mavericks got six shot attempts on two possessions before Mayo buried a jumper to push the advantage back up to seven.
Scola answered with a pair of free throws at the other end, but after a Carter missed jumper, Marion got the offensive rebound and banked in a short jumper before scoring a layup off a Phoenix turnover to put Dallas ahead, 102-93, all but ending any hope for the Suns.
Phoenix held a 10-point lead in the third following an 11-0 run, which featured a triple from Jared Dudley before Gortat scored consecutive baskets to put the Suns on top, 71-61.
However, Dallas reduced its deficit to one by quarter's end, as Wright and Mike James combined for 10 of the Mavs' points during an 11-3 run to close out the period.
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The Mavericks outscored the Suns, 35-24, in the fourth quarter ... Dallas improved to 4-7 on the second night of a back-to-back and 8-18 on the road this season ... The Suns fell to 3-3 under Hunter's guidance ... The contest featured 12 lead changes and eight ties.


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No filming at gigs, Bush urges fans
Kate Bush has asked fans not to film her comeback gigs when they begin next week.
The Wuthering Heights star said it would "mean a great deal to me" if people did not use their phones or computers during the concerts.
Mobile phone technology and home computing were in their infancy when she last performed live in 1979.
Kate Bush has asked fans not to film her return to the stage after 35 years
The London gigs mark her return to the stage more than three decades later and at the same venue, the Hammersmith Apollo, where she effectively retired from live performances after six weeks on the road.
She was just 20 when she completed The Tour Of Life with three dates at what was then called the Hammersmith Odeon, after topping the charts with Wuthering Heights the previous year, becoming the first woman to go to number one singing one of her own songs.
Writing on her website, she said she was "very excited" about the shows and " working very hard in preparation".
She said: " I have a request for all of you who are coming to the shows.
"We have purposefully chosen an intimate theatre setting rather than a large venue or stadium. It would mean a great deal to me if you would please refrain from taking photos or filming during the shows.
"I very much want to have contact with you as an audience, not with iPhones, iPads or cameras. I know it's a lot to ask but it would allow us to all share in the experience together."
Bush is not the first musician to criticise gig-goers who spend their time engrossed in using their mobile devices rather than actually watching the show.
The Who frontman Roger Daltrey recently said it was "weird" that people did not have their mind on the show when they had gone to a performance and were concentrating on staring at the screen rather than the artist on stage.
He said: "I feel sorry for them, I really feel sorry for them. Looking at life through a screen and not being in the moment totally - if you're doing that, you're 50% there, right? It's weird. I find it weird."
Performance artist Marin Abramovic recently barred visitors to her exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in London from bringing in their devices in order for them to focus on the art she was creating.
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There has always been something about the way Queen's songs have touched us in so many different parts of our lives.
Competition? "We are the Champions." Relationship issues? "Another One Bites the Dust." Stressed at work? "Under Pressure." In love? "Crazy Little Thing Called Love."
You get the picture.
But the best part about Queen's music is that it will indeed live on and nothing makes that more apparent then "We Will Rock You" the musical, by Queen and Ben Elton, playing through April 20 at the Providence Performing Arts Center.
The musical first premiered at the Dominion Theater in London in May of 2002 — and is still going, recently beginning its North American tour last September, featuring 24 of Queen's best loved songs.
The idea for the musical dates back to 1996 and the most unlikely of conversations. Actor Robert De Niro, at a Venus Film Festival, approached Queen's Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor about creating a musical based on Queen's songs, which totaled a body of work including 18 No. 1 albums and concerts that still hold the record for the biggest paying audience ever — 350,000.
Scripted by Ben Elton, who worked with Taylor and May to orchestrate the musical (neither were initially fans of the musical genre) and produced by De Niro's Tribeca Theatrical Productions, "We Will Rock You" has now played in over 20 countries and sold more than 15 million tickets worldwide.
Imagine a world without rock and roll; without guitars and drums; without individuality. This is the world of iPlanet, set 300 years in the future on a planet once known as Earth. This is "We Will Rock You."
Those living on iPlanet get their music from a computer and rock music and musical instruments are not welcome or even known about, except in legend. Caught in something similar to a Twilight Zone episode, everyone in this globalized Earth wears and watches the same things, even thinking the same thoughts. But a group of rebels, known as, of course, the Bohemians — led by their leader Galileo — want to be different and create their own music.
"What is a yellow submarine?"
"Where is Hotel California?"
"What is Rock and Roll?" they ask.
And the answer, appropriately so, is rock and roll is a "pair of jeans, a leather jacket or anything you want it to be."
With a cast of 24 as well as 10 musicians, "We Will Rock You" makes you appreciate the world we live in and understand the struggles that come with being different.
Though far ahead of its time in scripting the musical in 2000, "We Will Rock You" has continued to be updated to keep up with the times and technology, including adding in "You're My Best Friend" into the production recently. One poignant scene, featuring the song "No-One but you (only the Good Die Young)," pays homage to all the rock and rollers that have died before their time, not just those like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison, but also Whitney Houston, Kurt Cobain and Michael Jackson, as well as Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen, who died in 1991, with a dedicated statue dubbed "Mercury" set up in their "Hard Rock Café" hangout.
Like the Bohemians, who would not stop until rock and roll lived again, Queen never took the easy path in rock and roll, creating a sound that was as unique as any band before or since, music that has stood the test of time many decades later.
Complimented by multiple singing talents made to bring new life into Queen songs and stages as unique as the songs they sing, "We Will Rock You" will make you remember the days when rock and roll was a huge part of your life, and why, deep down, it's never truly left you.