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Friday, 5 September 2008
Here Comes the Story of the Hurricane, Says Filmmaker Paola Mendoza
Next week marks the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina�s hit on the Gulf Coast. Since and then, filmmakers have responded to the disaster in full force, roiled out a surprising bit of passionate, original films about the storm and its aftermath. (We featured one of them earlier this year.) Indiepix is releasing a four-DVD place of Katrina-themed films, including four features and quartet shorts. One of the best of these is Paola Mendoza�s Still Standing, a documentary account of the filmmaker�s visit to her Colombian grandmother as she deals with the wreckage of her Mississippi home. The highlight here is not so often the devastation on display (which is substantial) simply the touch, easygoing interaction between Mendoza and her grandmother as they ransacking through the debris, spill the beans about an uncertain succeeding, and discuss what makes a place a home � �a place where I canful fart,� as grandma puts it. It�s a lovely little film, and it makes us tidal bore to see what Mendoza does succeeding. Lucky for us, she is currently at ferment on her first tale feature.
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Cancer Signatures Uncovered
�A modern systematic analysis of the relationship between the neoplastic and developmental transcriptome provides an outline of trends in cancer gene saying. The research, published lately in BioMed Central's receptive access journal Genome Biology, describes how cancers prat be divided into trine groups distinguished by disparate developmental signatures.
Isaac S Kohane from Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard University, US, led a team of researchers wHO performed a comprehensive compare of genes expressed in early developmental stages of various human tissues and those expressed in different cancers touching these tissues. He says, "Our study reveals potentially clinically relevant differences in the cistron expression of different cancer types and represents a reference framework for rendition of smaller-scale functional studies".
One of the three described groups of cancers has an other developmental phenotype and expresses genes that are characteristic of stem cells. From a developmental perspective, this group presents very homogeneously. A second gear, more heterogenous group tends to be more similar to late development and is characterized by an inflammatory signature tune. The tierce is a small group of cancers that confront as a transition phenotype between these two extremes and displays both characteristics.
According to Kohane, "This segregation of tumors into leash groups with distinct look patterns is surprising. Clearly, the developmental trajectory provides a meaningful background for capturing large-scale differences in gene manifestation across diverse conditions".
The study's results will lead towards a better understanding of human disease from a 'macrobiological' attack to analyzing high-throughput data. According to the authors, "Shifting our focus from single sets of genes or processes to the biology of aggregates on the order of the entire transcriptome is probable to be useful in establishing highly robust molecular correlations between seemingly unrelated disease phenotypes".
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Isaac S Kohane from Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard University, US, led a team of researchers wHO performed a comprehensive compare of genes expressed in early developmental stages of various human tissues and those expressed in different cancers touching these tissues. He says, "Our study reveals potentially clinically relevant differences in the cistron expression of different cancer types and represents a reference framework for rendition of smaller-scale functional studies".
One of the three described groups of cancers has an other developmental phenotype and expresses genes that are characteristic of stem cells. From a developmental perspective, this group presents very homogeneously. A second gear, more heterogenous group tends to be more similar to late development and is characterized by an inflammatory signature tune. The tierce is a small group of cancers that confront as a transition phenotype between these two extremes and displays both characteristics.
According to Kohane, "This segregation of tumors into leash groups with distinct look patterns is surprising. Clearly, the developmental trajectory provides a meaningful background for capturing large-scale differences in gene manifestation across diverse conditions".
The study's results will lead towards a better understanding of human disease from a 'macrobiological' attack to analyzing high-throughput data. According to the authors, "Shifting our focus from single sets of genes or processes to the biology of aggregates on the order of the entire transcriptome is probable to be useful in establishing highly robust molecular correlations between seemingly unrelated disease phenotypes".
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Thursday, 7 August 2008
Element Of Crime
Artist: Element Of Crime
Genre(s):
Folk
Rock: Electronic
Indie
Discography:
Romantik
Year: 2001
Tracks: 10
Psycho
Year: 1999
Tracks: 11
Die Schonen Rosen
Year: 1996
Tracks: 11
An Einem Sonntag Im April
Year: 1994
Tracks: 11
Weisses Papier
Year: 1993
Tracks: 11
Damals Hinterm Mond
Year: 1991
Tracks: 11
Live - Crime Pays
Year: 1990
Tracks: 12
The Ballad Of Jimmy and Johnny
Year: 1989
Tracks: 12
Freedom, Love And Happiness
Year: 1988
Tracks: 11
Try To Be Mensch
Year: 1987
Tracks: 11
Basically Sad
Year: 1986
Tracks: 9
Best Of
Year:
Tracks: 18
German stone candy grouping Element of Crime began in 1985, briefly subsequently a different Berlin-based striation to which Sven Regener (vocals, guitar, and trumpet) and Jakob Ilja (guitar) belonged dissolved. Not wanting to give up medicine, still, the
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Friday, 27 June 2008
Drunk Girls Part 2: Who's Your Diddy?
When we last left our trio of tastelessness they were sneaking into Crown Bar with Paris Hilton. Well, looks like they made their way out with Diddy ... and some more booze in their bellies.
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Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Coldplay still hot on U.K. chart
Album, single holding down No. 1 spots
LONDON -- Coldplay's international chart domination was extended Sunday as it scored a double triumph on the new U.K. sales charts. As "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" (Parlophone/EMI) started a second week as Britain's No. 1 album, "Viva La Vida" debuted atop the singles survey to become the band's first U.K. No. 1 hit.
The album stayed ahead of Duffy's "Rockferry" (A&M/Universal), which moved back from No. 3 to No. 2 in its 16th chart week, changing places with Neil Diamond's "Home Before Dark" (Columbia). Northern dance label All Around the World won another notable chart victory as hardcore DJ-producer Darren Styles' "Skydivin'" entered at No. 4.
U.K. rock trio Feeder debuted at No. 8 with its sixth studio album, "Silent Cry" (Echo), and Sara Bareilles' "Little Voice" (Columbia/Sony BMG) made its U.K. debut at No. 9, as the single "Love Song" moved up again from No. 5 to No. 4.
There was a No. 11 start for critically lauded Seattle band Fleet Foxes' self-titled debut on Bella Union and a remarkable No. 16 start for late Beach Boy Dennis Wilson's revived 1977 solo set "Pacific Ocean Blue" (Epic/Sony BMG). Veteran English entertainer Petula Clark's "Then & Now -- The Very Best Of" (UMTV/Universal) came in at No. 17 and "Strength in Numbers" (Polydor), the third album by Leeds rock band The Music, at No. 19.
Coldplay's No. 1 start on the singles chart follows the recent No. 8 peak for first single "Violet Hill," and is the band's eighth U.K. top 10 hit. It outdoes their previous highest-ranking releases "In My Place" and "Speed of Sound," which peaked at No. 2 in 2002 and 2005, respectively. "Violet Hill" rose 12-11 on the new chart as another track from the "Vida" album, "Lost!", climbed 62-55 on download sales.
The new singles chart also saw Ne-Yo's "Closer" (Def Jam/Universal) climbing 3-2 and Chris Brown's "Forever" (Jive/Sony BMG) 8-5. Brown has two concurrent top 10 titles, as Jordin Sparks' "No Air" (RCA/Sony BMG), on which he features, jumped 22-10. There was a No. 14 entry for "We Made It" (Interscope/Universal) by Busta Rhymes featuring Linkin Park, as the Jonas Brothers' first European single "SOS" (Hollywood/EMI) came in at No. 16.
Duffy continues her reign on Billboard's pan-European sales charts, with "Rockferry" in a third consecutive and sixth aggregate week atop European Top 100 Albums. "Mercy" leads Eurochart Hot 100 Singles for a second straight week, and third overall.
LONDON -- Coldplay's international chart domination was extended Sunday as it scored a double triumph on the new U.K. sales charts. As "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" (Parlophone/EMI) started a second week as Britain's No. 1 album, "Viva La Vida" debuted atop the singles survey to become the band's first U.K. No. 1 hit.
The album stayed ahead of Duffy's "Rockferry" (A&M/Universal), which moved back from No. 3 to No. 2 in its 16th chart week, changing places with Neil Diamond's "Home Before Dark" (Columbia). Northern dance label All Around the World won another notable chart victory as hardcore DJ-producer Darren Styles' "Skydivin'" entered at No. 4.
U.K. rock trio Feeder debuted at No. 8 with its sixth studio album, "Silent Cry" (Echo), and Sara Bareilles' "Little Voice" (Columbia/Sony BMG) made its U.K. debut at No. 9, as the single "Love Song" moved up again from No. 5 to No. 4.
There was a No. 11 start for critically lauded Seattle band Fleet Foxes' self-titled debut on Bella Union and a remarkable No. 16 start for late Beach Boy Dennis Wilson's revived 1977 solo set "Pacific Ocean Blue" (Epic/Sony BMG). Veteran English entertainer Petula Clark's "Then & Now -- The Very Best Of" (UMTV/Universal) came in at No. 17 and "Strength in Numbers" (Polydor), the third album by Leeds rock band The Music, at No. 19.
Coldplay's No. 1 start on the singles chart follows the recent No. 8 peak for first single "Violet Hill," and is the band's eighth U.K. top 10 hit. It outdoes their previous highest-ranking releases "In My Place" and "Speed of Sound," which peaked at No. 2 in 2002 and 2005, respectively. "Violet Hill" rose 12-11 on the new chart as another track from the "Vida" album, "Lost!", climbed 62-55 on download sales.
The new singles chart also saw Ne-Yo's "Closer" (Def Jam/Universal) climbing 3-2 and Chris Brown's "Forever" (Jive/Sony BMG) 8-5. Brown has two concurrent top 10 titles, as Jordin Sparks' "No Air" (RCA/Sony BMG), on which he features, jumped 22-10. There was a No. 14 entry for "We Made It" (Interscope/Universal) by Busta Rhymes featuring Linkin Park, as the Jonas Brothers' first European single "SOS" (Hollywood/EMI) came in at No. 16.
Duffy continues her reign on Billboard's pan-European sales charts, with "Rockferry" in a third consecutive and sixth aggregate week atop European Top 100 Albums. "Mercy" leads Eurochart Hot 100 Singles for a second straight week, and third overall.
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Boom Bip
Artist: Boom Bip
Genre(s):
Rap: Hip-Hop
Electronic
Discography:
Blue Eyed in the Red Room
Year: 2005
Tracks: 10
Corymb
Year: 2004
Tracks: 11
Seed to Sun
Year: 2002
Tracks: 14
Boom Bip is a Cincinnati-based rap music artist whose command of the human beatbox and sample salvage has few equals beside Rahzel the Godfather of Noise. After playing in several bands during high school, he became a DJ in 1993 piece attention college in Cincinnati. Offbeat turntablist methods bit by bit raised his profile, and he began recording for the Lex label. During 2001, Boom Bip collaborated on an LP with doorknocker Doseone and provided remixes for Four Tet and Jamie Lidell. He as well began a series of breaks records (Doo Doo Breaks) for the Mush label and, in 2002, released his solo debut, Sow to Sun, as office of a reduce 'tween Lex and Britain's prestigious Warp. Blue Eyed in the Red Room followed in 2005. Two years later, after producing Busdriver's RoadKillOvercoat, Boom Bip released the Sacchrilege EP, a poppier and noticeably more danceable put of songs.
Saturday, 21 June 2008
No charges for Britney Spears
Britney Spears is no longer in trouble for running over anybody's foot. Prosecutors have announced that they will not be pursuing charges brought by a paparazzo who was injured last year in a scuffle with Spears's car.
At the time of the incident, Spears's vehicle was surrounded with photographers, and in all the furore, one of these fellows had his foot squashed. A report by Los Angeles County prosecutors described "a lot of noise and confusion" at the scene, with Spears "driving at an extremely slow rate of speed and in a straight path".
After examining police records and a video of the incident, deputy district attorney Joseph D Shidler said that the "only way the victim's foot could have been where the video indicates it to be was by the victim placing it in that location".
The photographer filed a criminal complaint against Spears in early May, almost six months after the injury was sustained. The victim was not named in the prosecutors' report.
While the injured paparazzo may have been fishing for publicity, a court settlement or just a quality photo, we like to imagine he had something more modest in mind - a tyre-crushed foot is, after all, a semi-permanent kind of autograph.
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