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by Alan Kurtz
Saxophone by Suzanne Cerny
The tenor is the manliest saxophone and possibly the most masculine of all musical instruments—except, of course, for the rarely sighted contrabass sax, which is so large it must be trundled from place to place like a float in Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, and requires its player to perch precariously atop a stepladder. (Wooden stepladders are preferred. The metal ones jangle like tambourines from the contrabass blast.)
Admittedly, the first of Sax's children to achieve apotheosis in jazz was the alto, thanks to bebopper Charlie Parker. The baritone has likewise been blessed with amazing players.
Yet overall nothing tops the tenor. Titanic technicians from Coleman Hawkins to John Coltrane transformed an ungainly marching-band contraption into an aerodynamic steamroller, achieving supersonic speeds without sacrificing the tenor's brute force.
On ballads, though, the tenor bares its soul. Or, rather, its player's soul. Not that balladry requires a different type of player. Hawkins and Coltrane are as prominent among balladeers as among flying fortresses. It's just that the ballad elicits from paragons of assertiveness a thoughtful sensitivity that's all the more effective for being so surprising.
Paradoxically, the manliest saxophone is most masculine when bluster yields to bliss, and the beastly turns beautiful.
Count Basie: Blue and Sentimental
Blue and Sentimental
Count Basie Orchestra
Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie (Verve 314 549 090-2)
14-piece band featuring Buck Clayton (trumpet), Herschel Evans (tenor sax), Lester Young (clarinet), Count Basie (piano).
Composed by Count Basie, Mack David & Jerry Livingston. Arranged by Eddie Durham.
Recorded: New York, June 6, 1938
Rating: 93/100 (learn more)
A year before his untimely death from heart disease at age 29, "tough Texas" tenorman Herschel Evans revealed his gentle side with Count Basie, whose band was not renowned for ballads. Herschel Evans changed that. Stepping closer to the mike than customary, Evans wraps his big, warm tone around a listener the way an affable uncle dispenses hugs, convincing each little niece or nephew that she or he is Uncle's special favorite. "Blue and Sentimental" leaves us forever grateful for the too-short visit of Uncle Herschel.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Coleman Hawkins: Body and Soul
Body and Soul
Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax)
Body and Soul (Bluebird 5717-2-RB)
Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax),
Tommy Lindsay & Joe Guy (trumpets), Earl Hardy (trombone), Jackie Fields & Eustis Moore (alto saxes), Gene Rodgers (piano), William Oscar Smith (bass), Arthur Herbert (drums).
Composed by Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman & Robert Sour.
Recorded: New York, October 11, 1939
Rating: 99/100 (learn more)
Historian Ted Gioia calls this "the most celebrated saxophone solo in the history of jazz" and "a landmark, breakthrough performance" that's been "studied by generations of musicians and is loved by countless jazz fans." Of course, not every listener will care to analyze pedagogically a musician's chordal navigation. Moreover, what Gioia describes as Hawkins's "ponderous tone" and "baroque arpeggios" assembled in "rigidly logical" construction may strike today's ears as mechanistic and old-fashioned. Even so, "Body and Soul" deserves its due. No trailblazer in tenor sax balladry cut a wider swath than Coleman Hawkins.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Lester Young: I Cover the Waterfront (1946, take two)
I Cover the Waterfront (take 2)
Lester Young (tenor sax)
Lester Young Trio (Verve 314 521 650-2)
Lester Young (tenor sax), Nat 'King' Cole (piano), Buddy Rich (drums).
Composed by Johnny Green & Edward Heyman.
Recorded: Los Angeles, March or April 1946
Rating: 96/100 (learn more)
Musically, Lester Young was Coleman Hawkins in a funhouse mirror. The stolid muscleman, taking a break from harmonic weightlifting to admire his brawny reflection, sees instead a lithe minimalist doing tai chi. More conceptualist than technician, Pres liked to "tell a little story" instrumentally. "Lester sings with his horn," remarked his pal Billie Holiday. "You listen to him and can almost hear the words." Here he waits alone at the edge of the sea, scanning the horizon for his intended's return. That much is in the song. The melancholy wisdom that hoping will not make it so is in Lester's horn.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Dexter Gordon: Autumn in New York
Autumn in New York
Dexter Gordon (tenor sax)
Daddy Plays the Horn (Bethlehem 20-30132)
Dexter Gordon (tenor sax), Kenny Drew (piano), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Larance Marable (drums).
Composed by Vernon Duke.
Recorded: Los Angeles, September 18, 1955
Rating: 95/100 (learn more)
During the 1950s, Dexter Gordon spent most of his time behind bars, and not the kind where drinks are served. Busted for heroin possession, Gordon appeared with other actual inmates in a Hollywood prison flick, Unchained (1955). Adding insult to injury, his sax was dubbed on the soundtrack by an anonymous studio musician. Upon his release, as if in revenge, Dexter recorded one of his most relaxed, self-assured sessions. And nobody dubbed his sinewy but sensuous sax. "If I had the wings of an angel," jailbirds have forever daydreamed, "over these prison walls I would fly." Dexter had wings.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Benny Golson: You're Mine, You
You're Mine, You
Benny Golson (tenor sax)
Benny Golson's New York Scene (Contemporary OJCCD-164-2)
Benny Golson (tenor sax), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Charlie Persip (drums).
Composed by Johnny Green & Edward Heyman.
Recorded: New York, October 14, 1957
Rating: 94/100 (learn more)
Benny Golson's passionate but never blustery tenor styling was overshadowed in the mid-1950s by his compositional flair. That changed during stints with Art Blakey (1958) and The Jazztet (1959-1962), each of which gave Golson wider exposure as a player. Yet even in The Jazztet, Benny usually left the ballads to trumpeter and co-leader Art Farmer. Sometimes a musician just has too much talent to fit it all in. In any case, "You're Mine, You" proves that Benny as balladeer took a backseat to no one. A tender, touching tenor treat.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Ben Webster: In the Wee Small Hours
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
Ben Webster (tenor sax) and Oscar Peterson (piano)
Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (Verve 314 521 448-2)
Ben Webster (tenor sax), Oscar Peterson (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Ed Thigpen (drums).
Composed by Bob Hilliard & David Mann.
Recorded: Hollywood, November 6, 1959
Rating: 97/100 (learn more)
Nobody's balladry differed more from his up-tempo style than Ben Webster's. On jump tunes, Big Ben growled and snarled like a ravenous rottweiler mistaking your leg for lunch. On ballads, he turned as breathy and fluttery as a butterfly's sigh. (They don't?) Anyhow, this pensive late-night plaint introduced in 1955 by Frank Sinatra is best heard as you lie awake alone with an antique clock quietly ticking in the background while the rest of the world is fast asleep. "When your lonely heart has learned its lesson," goes the lyric, "that's the time you miss her most of all."
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Gerry Mulligan (featuring Zoot Sims): Come Rain or Come Shine
Come Rain or Come Shine
Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band
Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band on Tour / Guest Soloist: Zoot Sims (Verve)
14-piece band led by Gerry Mulligan and featuring Zoot Sims (tenor sax).
Recorded: Santa Monica, CA. October 1, 1960
Rating: 97/100 (learn more)
Tenor sax ballads typically feature the lineup most conducive to intimacy, a single horn with rhythm section. Yet here the inveterate swinger Zoot Sims simmers down for a big band ballad as exposed and personal as any quartet. Gerry Mulligan's arrangement reminds us how even the finest gems are enhanced by an exquisite setting. And make no mistake, this is among the finest gems of Zoot's 45-year career. True to the song's title, Sims is alternately cloudy and clear, downcast and uplifting, delicate and robust. Whether it rained or shined, Zoot Sims invariably did the latter.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Stanley Turrentine: Someone to Watch Over Me
Someone to Watch Over Me
Stanley Turrentine (tenor sax)
Ballads (Blue Note CDP 0777 7 95581 2 4)
Stanley Turrentine (tenor sax), Horace Parlan (piano), George Tucker (bass), Al Harewood (drums).
Composed by George & Ira Gershwin.
Recorded: Englewood Cliffs, NJ. January 20, 1961
Rating: 94/100 (learn more)
Nowhere is nonpareil audio engineer Rudy Van Gelder's renowned "Blue Note sound" more distinctive than on ballads. Besides its fundamental tone, every musical pitch resonates higher sounds called overtones. When you hear the aura of overtones crisply radiating around Stanley Turrentine's tenor, you understand what made Van Gelder unique. No non-musician played a greater role in birthing so many stellar jazz recordings. That said, Turrentine's tenor is still the star. It's just that Stanley's star shone brightest among Van Gelder's galaxy in far, far away New Jersey.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Hank Mobley: I Should Care
I Should Care
Hank Mobley (tenor sax)
Another Workout (Blue Note 0946 3 62646 2 2)
Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums).
Composed by Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl & Paul Weston.
Recorded: Englewood Cliffs, NJ. December 5, 1961
Rating: 94/100 (learn more)
Hank Mobley
Artwork by Michael Symonds
Hard bop and ballads were strange bedfellows. Many hard-bop drummers didn't own wire brushes for their snares, preferring sticks the size of Hank Aaron's bat. Another Hank, surnamed Mobley, was one hard-bop stalwart with a soft spot for pretty tunes. Moreover, at the time of this recording, Hank and his cohorts were either current or former sidemen of Miles Davis—a preeminent balladeer. Even when resorting to the jazzman's time-honored recourse of double-timing over a slow tempo, as he does here, Mobley's slightly overcast tone was mobilized in the service of lyricism. And, yes, Philly Joe uses brushes. Another knockout.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Sonny Rollins: Where Are You?
Where Are You?
Sonny Rollins (tenor sax)
The Bridge (RCA Victor 09026-68518-2)
Sonny Rollins (tenor sax), Jim Hall (guitar), Bob Cranshaw (bass), Ben Riley (drums).
Composed by Harold Adamson & Jimmy McHugh.
Recorded: New York, February 13, 1962
Rating: 97/100 (learn more)
In 1962, returning from one of his periodic sabbaticals, Sonny Rollins met a mixed reception. For some, jazz's increasing experimentalism had rendered Rollins passé. One young jazzman dismissed the elder's comeback album as outmoded, scoffing, "We all knew Sonny could play pretty." This was like declining free samples from Fort Knox by saying, "We all knew they had gold there." In five golden minutes, Sonny reminds us that ballads aren't about navigating tricky chord changes. They're about rafting the far trickier currents of the human heart. Sonny Rollins was a raftsman par excellence.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
John Coltrane: I Wish I Knew
I Wish I Knew
John Coltrane (tenor sax)
Ballads (Impulse GRD 156)
John Coltrane (tenor sax), McCoy Tyner (piano), Jimmy Garrison (bass), Elvin Jones (drums).
Composed by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon.
Recorded: Englewood Cliffs, NJ. November 13, 1962
Rating: 98/100 (learn more)
There are precious few recordings where a musician's opening notes bypass our eardrums and strike directly at the soul. This is one of those tracks. After Tyner's intro, Coltrane's entrance doesn't merely tingle the spine, it galvanizes the central nervous system. People long remember exactly where they were upon learning of some signal event (usually a national tragedy). Other, more personal experiences are momentous in a different way. They make us forget where we are. Like the instant when we realize that someone we love, loves us, too. John Coltrane's "I Wish I Knew" is such an epiphany.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Stan Getz: A Time for Love
A Time for Love
Stan Getz (tenor sax)
The Dolphin (Concord Jazz CCD-4158)
Stan Getz (tenor sax), Lou Levy (piano), Monty Budwig (bass), Victor Lewis (drums).
Composed by Johnny Mandel & Paul Webster.
Recorded: San Francisco, May 1981
Rating: 98/100 (learn more)
Early in his career, Stan Getz was dubbed The Sound, just as Sinatra was The Voice. Small wonder. Getz's tenor tone was among Western Civilization's crowning glories, right up there with Shakespeare's quill, Rembrandt's brush and Edison's lab. Thirty-one years after Getz recorded Johnny Mandel's "Hershey Bar," the rematch of musician and composer was still sweet. "A Time for Love," written for the forgettable movie An American Dream (1966), is unforgettable Getz. Instead of the customary ballad order of sax, piano, and sax again to close, Getz and Levy render one gorgeous 40-bar chorus apiece, giving us a 6˝-minute preview of Heaven.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz


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Winner of the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion, this idiosyncratic and playful reinvention of Goethe's classic play marks the return of Aleksandr Sokurov (Russian Ark; Alexandra). Sokurov's Faust immediately overthrows Goethe by adopting a broadly comic treatment grounded in scatological touches, slapstick, and a nonstop barrage of dialogue. Mephistopheles (referred to here as the Moneylender and played by Anton Adasinsky) is depicted as a clumsy and grotesque figure, while Faust is largely stripped of dignity and rendered absurd in Johannes Zeiler's tour de force performance. Reversing and subverting the original in a number of other respects, Sokurov positions Faust's craving of knowledge and power as the source of 20th-century evils. Distinguished by its elaborate camera movement, intricate production design, and rich location work, this Faust is a feast for the eyes. – Film Society of Lincoln Center


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The suspension was triggered, reporter Matt Gelb of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes, because Ruiz tested positive a second time:
Under MLB's program, Ruiz was subject to six unannounced follow-up tests over the 12 months after the initial violation, in addition to the standard random testing. A first positive test for a stimulant, unlike steroids, does not result in suspension. Instead, the increased testing is implemented. Ruiz would be suspended for 80 games should a third positive test emerge.
Say it ain't so, Chooch! Ruiz, the catcher on the Phillies' '08 World Series champion, is probably the most popular player on the roster. Or, to be more precise, he's the player on the Phillies that most of their tough-loving fans have the fewest issues with. They'll probably be madder at Ruiz for being dumb enough to get caught as much as for breaking the rules.
Ruiz issued a statement through MLB, via Twitter, apologizing. It sounds like a lawyer wrote it:
"I am sincerely regretful for my mistake in taking a prohibited stimulant." - Carlos Ruiz
— MLB (@MLB) November 27, 2012
" ... for a second time," he failed to add. Oh, Chooch. A late bloomer, Ruiz has become one of the better catchers in the majors over the past five seasons. He turns 34 in January and will be a free agent after the 2013 season, so this incident might complicate how the Phillies address his future. It also complicates, as Gelb says, how they plan to improve the club during the offseason. And they need a lot of improving, having gone 81-81 in '12 and missing the playoffs for the first time since 2006.
Erik Kratz would appear to be the starting catcher in Ruiz's absence, but this goes beyond a team subbing for a typical starting catcher. Ruiz was — by far — the best hitter in Philly's lineup in 2012 (even if it was a so-called "career year.") Ruiz, in many ways the most dependable Phillies player, has made GM Ruben Amaro's job much tougher.
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Kathy Duncan greets every customer with a warm welcome and uses laughter to keep patrons from getting angry at rising gas prices.
"They'll come in and say, 'well gas has gone up again,' and we'll say, 'yeah, its really gone high.' Then they'll say, 'what are we gonna do,' and we say, 'sit back and laugh about it.' It gets them out of their mad mood and they're laughing by the time they leave," Duncan said.
She said its not that often her customers get angry at her about the fluctuating costs, but they do express their feelings.
"They're just saying they're wishing they could go back to where people could afford it," Duncan explained.
Duncan said over the past few weeks gas prices have jumped from $2.71 to its current price of $2.97.
She said some customers quiz her about why prices are so high and if station employees are getting a break on gas.
"We've had people to come up and ask us do we get discounts because we work here. No, we have to pay just like everyone else does," Duncan said.
While she can sympathize, Duncan wishes customers would realize it's not her who sets the prices.
"I always worry about it because we have no control over it, but we get the worst of it," Duncan said.
Since the gas prices are expected to climb through the summer, she said motorists will just have to get used to it.
"Even though gas is going high, without the gas you're not gonna be able to drive your cars. So in order for them to go anywhere they're gonna have to buy the high-priced gas," Duncan said.
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From the Center for Transfusion and Critical Care Research, Ottawa Health Research Institute, the University of Ottawa, and the Canadian Blood Service, Ottawa, Ontario, Cananda.
Note: Presented in part at the fellows' competition of the 10th Toronto Critical Care Medicine Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 26-28 October 2005.
Acknowledgments: The authors thank the following study authors for providing additional data or for clarifying the methods of their trial: Drs. Burns, Tugrul, and Masaoka. They also thank Dr. Sandra Froeschl for her translation of German-language studies; Dr. Behrooz M. Yagchi, Jean Burelle, and Üstün B. Reinart for their translation of the Turkish-language study; Dr. Yoko Schreiber and Satoshi Kaj for their translation of the Japanese-language study, as well as Steve Doucette for producing the figures and Leslie Webb, Louise Roy, and Nancy Cleary for their administrative support.
Grant Support: By the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Dr Turgeon is a recipient of a research fellowship grant from the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec. Dr. Fergusson holds a Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator Award and an Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Career Scientist Award. Dr Tinmouth holds a Canadian Blood Services/Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator Award. Dr. Hébert holds a Chair in Transfusion and Critical Care Research, Ottawa Health Research Institute and the University of Ottawa.
Potential Financial Conflicts of Interest: Honoraria: A.A. Tinmouth (Bayer).
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Current Author Addresses: Drs. Turgeon, Fergusson, McIntyre, Tinmouth, Cameron, and Hébert and Mr. Hutton: Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Ottawa Health Research Institute, 501 Smyth Road, Box 201, Ottawa K1H-8L6, Ontario, Canada.
Author Contributions: Conception and design: A.F. Turgeon, B. Hutton, D.A. Fergusson.
Analysis and interpretation of the data: A.F. Turgeon, B. Hutton, D.A. Fergusson, L. McIntyre, P.C. Hébert.
Drafting of the article: A.F. Turgeon, B. Hutton, D.A. Fergusson.
Critical revision of the article for important intellectual content: A.F. Turgeon, B. Hutton, D.A. Fergusson, L. McIntyre, A.A. Tinmouth, D.W. Cameron, P.C. Hébert.
Final approval of the article: A.F. Turgeon, B. Hutton, D.A. Fergusson, L. McIntyre, A.A. Tinmouth, D.W. Cameron, P.C. Hébert.
Statistical expertise: B. Hutton, D.A. Fergusson.
Obtaining of funding: D.A. Fergusson.
Collection and assembly of data: A.F. Turgeon, B. Hutton.
Background: Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy has been proposed as an adjuvant treatment for sepsis. Yet, its benefit remains unclear, and its use is not currently recommended.
Purpose: To evaluate the effect of polyclonal intravenous immunoglobulin therapy on death in critically ill adult patients with sepsis.
Data Sources: MEDLINE (1966 to May 2006) and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (May 2006 edition).
Study Selection: All randomized, controlled trials of critically ill adult patients with sepsis, severe sepsis, or septic shock who received polyclonal intravenous immunoglobulin therapy or placebo or no intervention were selected. No restrictions were made for study language or type of publication.
Data extraction: Data were independently extracted by 2 investigators using a standardized form.
Data Synthesis: The literature search identified 4096 articles, of which 33 were deemed to be potentially eligible. Twenty trials (n = 2621) met eligibility criteria and were included in the analysis. Polyclonal intravenous immunoglobulin therapy was associated with an overall survival benefit (risk ratio, 0.74 [95% CI, 0.62 to 0.89]) compared with placebo or no intervention. In sensitivity analyses, documented survival improved when the analysis was limited to published, peer-reviewed trials (risk ratio, 0.72 [CI, 0.58 to 0.89]) (17 trials [n = 1865]) and blinded trials (risk ratio, 0.61 [CI, 0.40 to 0.93) (7 trials [n = 896]). Severe sepsis or septic shock (risk ratio, 0.64 [CI, 0.52 to 0.79]) (11 trials [n = 689]), receiving a total dose regimen of 1 gram or more per kilogram of body weight (risk ratio, 0.61 [CI, 0.40 to 0.94]) (7 trials [n = 560]), and receiving therapy for longer than 2 days (risk ratio, 0.66 [CI, 0.53 to 0.82]) (17 trials [n = 1847]) were strongly associated with this survival benefit.
Limitations: Most trials were published before new developments modifying the care and outcome of critically ill patients with sepsis including early goal-directed therapy and activated protein C treatment, were introduced.
Conclusions: A survival benefit was observed for patients with sepsis who received polyclonal intravenous immunoglobulin therapy compared with those who received placebo or no intervention. A large, randomized, controlled trial of polyclonal intravenous immunoglobulin therapy should be performed on the basis of the methodological limitations of the current literature, the potential benefit from this therapy in more severely ill patients, and the potential effect of dosage and duration of this therapy.
IVIG = intravenous immunoglobulin.
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The meta-analysis by Alexis Turgeon on the use of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in adults with sepsis suggests that larger trials should be performed incorporating modern sepsis management techniques. However, there was no mention of the side effects of using IVIG in sepsis in their meta-analysis.
All immunologists recognise that immunoglobulin replacement therapy must be withheld in patients with infections, as severe reactions commonly develop [1]. An audit of adverse reactions in antibody deficient patients showed that an intercurrent infection was the major cause of reactions to replacement IVIG therapy [2]. This multi-centre prospective study of 459 patients reported that the reaction rate would have been halved if infusions were not administered to patients who had an inter-current infection. 28 of 111 adverse reactions were attributed to underlying infections. Prophylaxis with antibiotics and delaying IVIG infusion in patients with inter-current infection is now the standard of care.
In view of this, it is important that future trials using IVIG in sepsis not only consider reporting adverse events but also consider effective antibiotics before considering treatment with IVIG. This may well prove to be crucial, as the study by Rodriguez et al on IVIG in sepsis from abdominal infections had concluded that the initial choice of antibiotics had a dramatic impact on outcome [3].
A novel mechanism of action of IVIG can profoundly affect the outcome in sepsis. Naturally occurring anti-Siglec-9 autoantibodies in IVIG can cause accelerated apoptosis of neutrophils and may then lead to neutropenia [4]. This effect is enhanced by high levels of IFN-g and ROS, present in sepsis.
Manufacturers are at present unable to provide a constant supply for the ever increasing demand for IVIG and this has resulted in escalating costs of the product [5]. This particularly affects countries that rely on foreign sources of plasma, such as the United Kingdom. Off-label use must therefore be avoided, especially when alternatives are available. We therefore recommend extreme caution in designing future trials of IVIG in patients with sepsis, paying close attention to adverse reactions. Trial designers must remember that the IVIG supply is limited and reduction in availability for licensed use will have tremendous impact on quality-of- life of patients with primary immunodeficiency disorders who have an absolute requirement for this drug.
1. Orange JS, et al. Use of intravenous immunoglobulin in human disease: a review of evidence by members of the primary immunodeficiency committee of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology 2006; 117: S525-553
2. Brennan VM, Salome-Bentley NJ, Chapel HM; Immunology Nurses Study. Prospective audit of adverse reactions occurring in 459 primary antibody- deficient patients receiving intravenous immunoglobulin. Clin Exp Immunol. 2003; 133(2): 247-51.
3. Rodriguez A, Rello J, Neira J, Maskin B, Ceraso D, Vasta L, Palizas F. Effects of high-dose of intravenous immunoglobulin and antibiotics on survival for severe sepsis undergoing surgery. Shock. 2005; 23(4): 298-304.
4. von Gunten S, Schaub A, Vogel M, Stadler BM, Miescher S, Simon HU. Immunologic and functional evidence for anti-Siglec-9 autoantibodies in intravenous immunoglobulin preparations. Blood. 2006; 108(13): 4255-9.
5. McGinnity E. Eye on IVIG: A series of unfortunate supply chain events. Healthcare Purchasing News. 2007; 31(3): 70-71.
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We would like to thank Drs Khan and Sewell for their interest and relevant comments regarding our study. As pointed out in their letter, adverse reactions following the administration of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) use have been observed in patients with severe infections. However, these severe adverse effects were described in patients with hypogammaglobulinemia receiving their usual replacement treatment of IVIG during an intercurrent infection, which differs from the broad population of patients with sepsis of our study (1). Moreover, in the same obervational study of more than 13,500 IVIG infusions, the incidence of adverse events was 0.8% and none of these reactions were reported as severe (2). In our meta-analysis, adverse reactions were reported in only 6 studies. Interestingly, most of these adverse effects were considered mild to moderate and when severe (dyspnea, shock), they were thought to be secondary to the primary disease rather than to the treatment regimen (1). Neutropenia was also not reported as a consequence of IVIG use. However, ensuring the safety of participants with independent data safety, monitoring committees and diligent reporting of adverse events within clinical trials is very important in general, as well as for future prospective trials evaluating use of IVIG.
Costs and potential supply problems associated with the use of IVIG in a broad population of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock are crucial if considering recommending the use of IVIG. Albeit, important costs and supply should not supercede overall benefits such as improvements in survival and quality of life; a clear survival benefit in any population should be given priority over other indications with lower evidence of a clinical benefit (3,4). On the other hand, the estimated cost of IVIG (1 g/kg) is currently about half the cost of activated protein-C used in the same population. We agree that a good management of IVIG supply should be prioritized by basing the use of IVIG on current evidence of clinical benefit. For these reasons and considering the potential benefit of the therapy, we believe that is important that IVIG should be further evaluated in adult patients with severe sepsis and septic shock receiving current standard of care therapy.
1. Turgeon AF, Hutton B, Fergusson DA, McIntyre L, Tinmouth AA, Cameron DW et al. Meta-analysis: intravenous immunoglobulin in critically ill adult patients with sepsis. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Feb 6;146(3):193-203.
3. Chen C, Danekas LH, Ratko TA, Vlasses PH, Matuszewski KA. A multicenter drug use surveillance of intravenous immunoglobulin utilization in US academic health centers. Ann Pharmacother 2000; 34: 295-9.
4. Pendergrast JM, Sher GD, Callum JL. Changes in intravenous immunoglobulin prescribing patterns during a period of severe product shortages, 1995-2000. Vox Sang. 2005 Oct;89(3):150-60.
While the IVIG for sepsis meta-analysis by Turgeon et al was conducted carefully, we would like to inform the authors of an error arising from unrecognized duplicate publication (1). The authors included the final results of a trial including 206 patients reported by Hentrich et al (2) as well as the interim results of the first 52 patients reported by Behre and colleagues (3). As compared to albumin control, the mortality reduction associated with IVIG in the first 52 patients was much greater [10/22 (45%) albumin vs. 9/30 (30%) IVIG] as compared to patients enrolled after interim analysis [19/81 (24%) albumin vs. 18/73 (25%) IVIG].
This raises two important points. First, by including the initial 52 patients twice, their reported overall summary relative risk for effect is somewhat overestimating the true summarized treatment effect (4). Second, this error highlights the need for authors and journals to explicitly state when patients have been included in previously published reports. While it is evident based on overlapping enrollment periods and centers that these 52 patients were included twice in these reports (and confirmed by correspondence with the authors), an explicit statement to this effect in the second publication would have avoided this error.
1. Turgeon AF, Hutton B, Fergusson DA, et al. Meta-analysis: intravenous immunoglobulin in critically ill adult patients with sepsis. Ann Intern Med. 2007;146(3):193-203.
2. Hentrich M, Fehnle K, Ostermann H, et al. IgMA-enriched immunoglobulin in neutropenic patients with sepsis syndrome and septic shock: a randomized, controlled, multiple-center trial. Crit Care Med. 2006;34(5):1319-25.
3. Behre G, Ostermann H, Schedel I, et al. Endotoxin concentrations and therapy with polyclonal IgM-enriched immunoglobulins in neutropenic cancer patients with sepsis syndrome: pilot study and interim analysis of a randomized trial. Anti-infective Drugs Chemother. 1995;13(2):129-134.
4. Tramer MR, Reynolds DJ, Moore RA, McQuay HJ. Impact of covert duplicate publication on meta-analysis: a case study. Bmj. 1997;315(7109):635-40.
Despite important efforts made to minimize the incidence of duplicate publications in systematic reviews and meta-analyses, such situations still occur. In our meta-analysis (1), we contacted authors of the primary studies when we were unclear on any item of data abstraction or study eligibility. We did not receive a reply from the corresponding author of the study by Hentrich et al. (2) concerning potential duplicate publication (3). Because the prior publication was not cited in the manuscript, we considered the results independent. The removal of the patients in the Hentrich study did not change the direction or magnitude of the benefit. The revised relative risk estimate remains 0.74 as does the 95% confidence intervals (0.62""0.89). We agree with Dr Laupland that authors have a responsibility to be explicit about prior publications of study results.
2. Hentrich M, Fehnle K, Ostermann H, et al. IgMA-enriched immunoglobulin in neutropenic patients with sepsis syndrome and septic shock: a randomized, controlled, multiple-center trial. Crit Care Med. 2006;34(5): 1319-25.
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Limoges and Laboral split home games during the 1995-96 Saporta Cup quarterfinal stage. Laboral went on to win that title. They had not met in any competition before nor have they since.
Ali Traore has been a teammate of Laboral guard Fabien Causeur on the French national team. They played together at both the 2010 World Championships and the 2012 Olympic Games.
Zerbo Frejus was a teammate of Causeur at French club Le Havre during the former's first two seasons as a professional between 2007 and 2009.
Heiko Schaffartzik has made at least 1 three-pointer in five straight and 11 of his last 12 Euroleague appearances.
Schaffartzik has made 10 consecutive free throws in Euroleague action.
Nobel Boungou-Colo has made 11 consecutive free throws in Euroleague action.
Ioannis Bourousis was named Round 2 MVP last week after leading his team to an overtime win over Olympiacos with 28 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, and 4 steals for a performance index rating of 44.
Bourousis leads the Euroleague this season in average performance index rating with 29.5 per game.
Bourousis is ranked fourth in competition history with 154 career blocked shots. He needs 6 more rejections to catch Stephane Lasme for third place.
Fabien Causeur has made at least 1 three-pointer in each of his last eight Euroleague games.
Causuer has had a performance index rating of at least 10 in each of his last 11 Euroleague appearances.
Causuer has recorded at least 1 steal in five consecutive Euroleague games.
Darius Adams has made at least 1 three-pointer in each of his last five Euroleague games.
Kim Tillie was a teammate of Limoges guard Leo Westermann for two seasons at ASVEL Basket between 2010 and 2012.
Laboral Kutxa Vitoria never trailed, hit 13 three-pointers, dished 28 assists and forced 21 turnovers en route to a resounding 71-107 road win over Limoges CSP on Thursday night for its second consecutive victory. Laboral improved to 2-1 record and grabbed a share of first place in Group B, while Limoges dropped to 1-2 with its second home loss. Laboral had six different scorers and a 14-point lead after 10 minutes and the margin only grew in the second as Alberto Corbacho and Mike James joined the show. Laboral built a 34-60 halftime lead and the margin reached 34 points early in the third as there was no coming back for the hosts. Laboral had 11 players score at least 3 points in the game; Darius Adams led the way with 18 points and 9 assists. Fabien Causeur netted 16, Corbacho had 14, and James 12 points in victory. Randy Culpepper scored 13 for Limoges, Ali Traore had 11, while Leo Westermann and Nobel Boungou-Colo each had 10 in the losing effort.
Kim Tillie hit a baseline jumper to start the scoring, and Heiko Schaffartzik answered with a jumper for Limoges. Causeur nailed a wide-open three-pointer and Adams hit from downtown for a 2-8 start. Will Daniels answered with a three for the hosts, and after Causeur's jumper just inside the arc, Boungou-Colo made a tough baseline jumper for the hosts to get within 7-10. But Laboral kept playing defense and using mistakes by Limoges. Darko Planinic made free throws, and after Tillie nailed a catch-and-shoot jumper, Planinic's put-back made it 7-16. Another long jumper from Tillie extended the margin to 10 points, before Westermann fed Traore for an easy layup. But Planinic scored inside again, followed by an easy basket from Ioannis Bourousis for a 10-24 cushion. Mark Payne answered from mid-range for the hosts, but a Bourousis put-back made it 12-26 after 10 minutes.
Tillie opened the quarter with a three-point play for a 17-point margin. Traore knocked down a mid-range jumper and Culpepper added a driving layup to cut into the deficit. After Jaka Blazic scored an easy fastbreak, Boungou-Colo hit a triple for the hosts. Blazic drove for an easy two and Bourousis made a turnaround jumper to make it 19-36. After Frejus Zerbo scored inside, Culpepper converted a three-point play. Corbacho nailed a corner three for Laboral, but after a timeout, Payne drove for a basket-plus-foul to keep Limoges within range midway through the quarter. Bourousis scored another basket inside, but Corbacho hit again from the same right corner and followed it on the next possession with a long jumper from the left corner, helping extend the margin to 29-48. Matt Gatens answered with a corner three for the hosts, but Causeur and Ilimane Diop connected on an alley-oop dunk and James picked up a loose ball and raced for a dunk over Boungou-Colo that made it 32-54. Zerbo answered with an easy slam for Limoges, but Causeur nailed a triple and James beat the halftime buzzer, shaking off a defender and hitting a step-back three for a 34-60 halftime lead.
Hanga opened the second half with an alley-oop dunk and a fastbreak basket from Adams broke the 30-point barrier. Boungou-Colo had an easy dunk for the hosts and Traore had a put-back, but a pair of fastbreak baskets from Hanga – a layup and a one-handed dunk – helped extend the lead to 38-72. Westermann had a three-point play, before Boungou-Colo, Traore and Wetermann added close-range baskets in a 9-0 run. After Causueur and Westerman traded threes, Westermann added a fastbreak layup to the hosts' tally, and Gatens hit a triple in transition to cut the deficit to 55-75. However, James finished the quarter with a triple, snapping a 17-3 run and making it 55-78 after three quarters.
Culpepper and James traded baskets to start the quarter. Gatens and Culpepper cut it to 61-80, but Corbacho nailed another Laboral triple. Daniels had a big baseline dunk for Limoges, but more threes from Corbacho and Causeur and more baskets from Adams off Limoges turnovers pushed the margin to 64-93. Traore made a jumper, but Adams hit from way downtown for a 40-point difference. Ilimane Diop had a put-back and Adams scored on another fastbreak as Limoges turnovers piled up. The scoreboard showed 66-100 with 90 seconds to go. In the remaining time, Culpepper had a sweet reverse layup and Mamadou Diop hit from behind arc for Laboral.


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Ron Carter, Mulgrew Miller and Russell Malone in DC
Michael J. West, a regular contributor to jazz.com, reports below on the performance by an all-star trio at Bohemian Caverns. Ron Carter came without a drummer, but hardly needed one with pianist Mulgrew Miller and guitarist Russell Malone on hand. T.G.
Washington, D.C.'s Bohemian Caverns is a rare breed: a jazz club that's operated out of the same location—a U Street basement whose speakeasy origins are obvious—for nearly 90 years, making it a truly historic venue. "The last time I was here, it was with Miles Davis in 1964," Ron Carter told club owner Omrao Brown, making a sweeping gesture at the club's fake rock walls. But Friday evening, the legendary bassist returned, this time as a leader. His all-star Golden Striker trio (featuring pianist Mulgrew Miller and guitarist Russell Malone) did a sterling performance of jazz standards that they kept low-key, but also infused with an overpowering but sublime sense of the blues.
For Friday's 10:30 set, Carter, Miller, and Malone, dressed identically down to the green-and-blue striped ties, took the stage without a word—climbing over the tables crowding its front to compensate for the packed house—and opened on a mellow rendition of Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields' "Don't Blame Me." The pianist took the lead very early, carrying the written melody and the first solo. Hank Jones has called Mulgrew Miller "one of the greatest living pianists," and in concert it's easy to see why; he belongs to the same lineage as Jones, caught between early and modern traditions. Miller played a stride line on his left hand and light bebop figures on his right that were built on sly blue notes, groaning under his breath with the right-hand phrases.
Malone was even softer. Much more restrained from the showmanship he exudes as a leader, the guitarist focused instead on his tone, clear and so naturalistic that the click-click attack of his guitar pick was audible through his Roland amp. On the band's second tune, a super-fast "Oleo," it was often the only audible sound in his amp; Malone played accompanying chords, but so softly it was as if he was stroking the strings with a brush. One had to listen intently for the notes. He also turned the guitar into a percussion instrument, ceasing his comp shortly into Miller's solo to begin patting the surface of his Sadowsky archtop like a bongo drum. Malone's solo was pointed but very precise, with amazing speed that brought to mind Louis Armstrong's onstage "Tiger Rag" shtick about how the tiger was fast, but the band could outrun him.
As for Carter, he did what he always does: make the most convoluted, difficult runs of bass notes sound lyrical and look easy. He was subtle and economical on "Don't Blame Me," but turned around and blew the crowd away on "Oleo." Throughout Miller and Malone's solos he was incredibly stable and solid, even at the tune's crazy tempo, and maintained that nimble rhythm in his own solo…but his harmonic progression was in another realm, as though he were playing the changes on an adjacent but completely separate song. It was the next segment, though, that had real majesty. Malone delicately chorded a dark little structure, with Miller playing broken time against him; Carter equaled them for delicacy, although his confidence shone through every note.
Then, on a dime, piano and guitar fell away and Carter took off on an odyssey. His fingers floating all over the neck and even strumming there at several points, he zoomed through double stops, note bends, slides, harmonics, blues fragments, and quotes from "Willow Weep for Me" and "All Blues." (When he briefly quoted from "The Mickey Mouse Club," a shout came from the back of the room: "That's what I'm talking about!") Despite his grimaces and the sharp barbs he played, Carter made the whole musical trek a thing of fragile grace; it looked as though any one of us in the club could have gotten up and replicated his every move without a second thought.
It was at the conclusion of that magnificent showpiece that Carter finally introduced the band. "They have the same taste in ties that I do," he joked, "And they accept postdated checks." He then called "Autumn Leaves"—a song the trio had first performed on The Golden Striker, the 2003 album that gave them their name—such a common standard that musicians tend to know if reflexively, but in this case the arrangement had Miller and Malone carefully reading charts. But they nonetheless made it a triumph, Miller with a gospel-ballad tack and Malone following with a slightly sharper course that echoed Miles' "Walkin'."
Finally, though Carter had announced "Autumn Leaves" as their closing number, they threw in one more: Fletcher Henderson's "Soft Winds." This piece was so bluesy that it was actually deceptive: This writer was convinced it was a standard 12-bar until counting the measures and finding 32 of them to a chorus. Yet it was stocked with blue notes and blues changes, and the hard-bop flavor was so strong that Miller took an extended quote from Nat Adderley's "Work Song." Carter and Malone added to the blues atmosphere, while simultaneously playing endlessly melodic chords around and behind Miller before drawing to a close with a subdued reading of the melody.
It was a bit of a curveball from Ron Carter; the dexterous bassist certainly exercises tasteful restraint, but the delicacy and subtlety of the Golden Striker trio was a horse of a different color—blue. It did, however, make for an extraordinary night of music.
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College Hockey:Top-Ranked Sioux Claim Honors, Load Up WCHA All-Star Squads
MINNEAPOLIS — Members of the North Dakota Fighting Sioux, the WCHA regular-season champions and the nation's No. 1 team, took home three major individual awards, and the Sioux placed six players on the first two all-WCHA teams in awards announced Thursday.
UND senior Jason Blake, who led the conference in scoring with 20 goals and 49 points, was named Player of the Year, and head coach Dean Blais was recognized as Coach of the Year. Senior blueliner Brad Williamson was also honored, as the league's Defensive Player of the Year.
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A saddle for my horse when I was 12.
The love of my life-my wife
My son's safe return home from Iraq!
My engagement ring :)
A Schwinn bike with a banana seat and tassles hanging off the handle bars!
My favorite obscure piece of artwork framed and signed and hanging on my bedroom wall ^_^
The birth of my daughter.
The keys to our home.
A trip home to see my family the first year I lived on the other side of the country.
My son.He was born on Dec. 21st and I brought him home on Christmas Eve.
Thanks for the giveaway:)
As corny as it sounds, one year the guy I was dating gave me a star, and when it got dark he told me to go outside and he had set up a telescope to look at my star! It was wonderful
A scrapbook from my best friend. ;]
Tickets to the Beatles Love show in Las Vegas from the man of my dreams!
A pearl ring I admired for a long time from my fiance.
Homemade cookies from my grandma!
Earrings my husband made me.
A plane ticket home.
a giant globe. It inspired wonder and the travel bug as a child, and it still does today.
lingerie from my boyfriend after getting electronics / techie stuff for years!
The best gift I have ever received is a custom made photo book of my youngest son my husband took the photographs for and created.
one last christmas dinner with my grandfather
The best holiday present I have ever received is a $100 sephora gift card because I am a sucker for beauty products.
a furby
way back in the 90's
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A pair of roller skates when I was 5 years old. I had no idea how Santa knew since I never wrote a letter or told anyone. It definitely made me a believer.
The best gift I ever got was my drumset. It set my path for life.
The best gift I received was a new car last xmas
the besst present I ever received was a big screen TV
This may sound stodgy, but the best gift I ever received was an automatic bread machine. I have used it once or twice a week ever since I got it years ago. Not many holiday gifts are that useful and appreciated. I love homemade bread! Thanks for the chance to win something nice for my husband (who gave me the ABM).
The best gift I've received was an unexpected flight home to see my family half way across the country.
I would have to say a strawberry shortcake bike that had a basket on it and streamers.
A homemade dress from my sister.
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I would have to say that my lovely goldendoodle left me the most wonderful "present" under the christmas tree! I had given him a meaty bone for christmas eve and he was so very happy that he chewed it all night and he decides that he needs to go to the bathroom. He attempts to wake my fiancee and I up but unfortunately he was unsuccessfull. Much to our surprise Christmas morning, my puppy dog found the closest thing to the outdoors as he could get and leaves his "present" or should i say "presents" all around our christmas tree!
My dad got me a motorized disco ball for Christmas one year when I was 13 or so. His work sponsored a vendor fair in the lobby of the building, and Dad picked out a mirrored disco ball for me. I remember being ecstatic when opening the present--not so much because it was a disco ball, which is super cool to begin with--but because it was the first year that my dad every really bought and wrapped me a gift; he didn't just sign his name to the cards of presents Mom bought.
Getting engaged.
diamond stud earrings!
Health and happiness
an unexpected surprise when a long lost friend showed up on xmas morning...with roses and candy
My husband planned and booked a trip to Mexico.
The Best gift I ever got was getting married on Christmas Day!
an iphone
Best gift i ever received was a cookie jar that my kids saved up their own money to buy when they were in elementary school
A handcrafted jewelry box made by my husband.
I'm a classic gent
My best gift was my son! He was conceived on Christmas :)
a plane ticket across the country to be with friends!
My cat from my mom decades ago when I was about 21
Several years ago when DH and I were dating, for our first xmas, he took a book that I was writing at the time and had it published thru lulu. I love to read and I though he just got me a book for xmas, but when I realized that it was MY book, I cried for like 20 minutes... I still tear up when I think about it.
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i would say my crossbows and catapaults game as a kid i used it every day for a few years, i loved it
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The best holiday gift that I have ever received was spending one on one time with my husband and taking a break from watching our three wonderful boys.
a vacation with my hubby was the best holiday gift i have received.
An adorable kitten!
My most treasured christmas gift was the Trinket box my uncle made for us from the old tree we use to play in when we were kids.
My boyfriend adopted a 4-year-old German Shepherd/Pit Bull from the shelter for my birthday!
A new Les Paul guitar, it was amazing!
My first Guess purse last year. I normally can't afford such nice things, but my mom surpised me!
A soft velvety blanket from my son
A toy barn and animals when I was about 5
A kitchenaid stand mixer :)
A 10 speed bicycle that was hot pink...
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My favorite was a ski trip to Colorado
The best holiday gift I ever received was my engagement ring my future husband gave me.
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The Cabbage Patch Kid I so desperately wanted as a child.
a laptop
Easy Bake Oven. :)
A lovely LV handbag from the hubby.
the best Christmas present I ever got was a guitar from my husband!
The best Christmas gift I ever received was my little guy made me (when he was 3 1/2) a picture of him & I with "Bestist Daddy eber" written on it.
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Houston Early Music wishes to call your attention to an upcoming musical event in the Houston community:
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Saturday, December 15, 2007 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Houston Early Music wishes to call your attention to an upcoming musical event in the Houston community:
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Saturday, December 15, 2007 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm
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Ars Lyrica Houston, at the Museum of Fine Arts
You are cordially invited to Ars Lyrica's free performances at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston this coming Sunday. Matthew Dirst and Zachary Carrettin will be playing some delightful pieces by Bach, Scarlatti, and Vivaldi.
Of all the holidays in our western culture, Christmas, more than any other, transcends its religious origins and implications. It has become for almost all of us a time to celebrate; an opportunity to rejoice. Thus it is not surprising that Christmas is the inspiration for an unequalled wealth of musical composition, both vocal and instrumental, secular and non-secular. This body of literature spans all periods of musical history, from the Middle Ages to the present. The "spirit" of Christmas has become such a part of our lives, that the month of December sees easily twice as many concerts as any other month of the year, for the inherent festive quality of music-making has become synonymous with celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. It is in this "spirit" that we offer "IN DULCI JUBILO", a concert of vocal and instrumental works from the 16th to 18th-centuries, some with obvious references to the Holiday, others with less direct connections, and one work (Concerto in D major) by Vivaldi , that has nothing at all to do with Christmas and with which we open our program.
AULOS ENSEMBLE, with JULIANE BAIRD, SOPRANO
7:30 pm, Tues., Dec.. 11, 2007
Christ Church Cathedral
1117 Texas Avenue
Concerto in D major, RV 94 Antonio Vivaldi Allegro-Largo-Allegro Traditional Carols "In Dulci Jubilo" "Coventry Carol" "Shepherds Shake off your drousy Sleep" Continue reading
Christopher Krueger, flauto traverso
Marc Schachman, baroque oboe
Linda Quan, baroque violin
Myron Lutzke, baroque cello
Arthur Haas, harpsichord
Julianne Baird, soprano
Houston Early Music's holiday offering, In Dulci Jubilo, features a return visit by New York's Aulos Ensemble with soprano Julianne Baird at 7:30 pm, Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at Christ Church Cathedral, 1117 Texas Avenue. Ms. Baird and the ensemble (baroque violin, cello, harpsichord, baroque flute and oboe) will perform vocal and instrumental works from the 16th to 18th centuries. In addition to traditional carols, the program includes arias by J.S. Bach, French noëls and a concerto by Vivaldi.
I have a violin labeled by Johann Christian Fiker mid 1700's made in Neukirchen. If by chance you have any information on this man or his violi it would be very helpful. Thank you for your time and trouble.
Donald Standhardt
Formed in 1973 by five Juilliard graduates, THE AULOS ENSEMBLE was at the forefront of a movement that was to capture the imagination of the American listening public. In 1978 with the release of their recording, "Masterpieces of the High Baroque", AULOS' reputation for exhilarating performances informed with scholarly insight was firmly established. In those groundbreaking years, the group's innovative programming featured a blend of flute, oboe, violin, cello, and harpsichord, later adding a viola da gamba. With its conservatory based training, Aulos brought an uncompromising standard of excellence in performance that resulted in invitations from virtually all of this country's major chamber music presenters. This exposure helped create a new audience awareness for the rich rewards of this repertoire performed on "period instruments" and comments such as "scintillating", "virtuosic", and "authentic baroque performance at its best" from America's most respected music critics.
Julianne Baird, soprano, has been hailed as "one of the most extraordinary voices in the service of early music that this generation has produced. She possesses a natural musicianship which engenders singing of supreme expressive beauty." She maintains a busy concert schedule of solo recitals and performances of baroque opera and


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Farmland is a non-renewable resource - when it's gone it's gone forever. With the current rate of development in Hunterdon County, farmland is vanishing before our eyes.
The question to ask is: "Why preserve farmland?" The population in Hunterdon County has increased by nearly 40% since 1980. More people means more development. Unfortunately, the land that is best for development is typically prime farmland. With the farmland preservation program, the quality and location of farms can be targeted to preserve and prevent them from being permanently lost to development.
Agriculture offers a special quality of life that most residents in Hunterdon County enjoy. It stabilizes property taxes because farms require less governmental services than residential development. It also maintains clean air by generating little traffic, provides fresh local produce, and offers attractive vistas.
The majority of residents in Hunterdon County depend on ground water for their drinking water supply. Farmland provides groundwater recharge areas. These are areas that allow rain water to filter back into the ground. In turn, by preserving farmland, we are contributing to the conservation of water.
Through various public forums and opinion surveys, Hunterdon County residents have clearly stated their desire to preserve the County's rural character. The Hunterdon County Farmland Preservation Program and newly adopted Open Space Trust Fund are aggressively seeking to achieve this goal.
In November 1998, statewide funding for farmland preservation dramatically increased with the establishment of a dedicated funding source. The Garden State preservation trust, on average, will allocate $60 million dollars per year for ten years to farmland preservation efforts. With this substantial increase in funding, the Hunterdon County Farmland Preservation Program has an opportunity to preserve farms unlike ever before. To date, Hunterdon County has nearly 7,000 acres of preserved farmland. The County's Farmland Preservation Program will continue to be active in helping maintain an economically viable agricultural industry.Latest Webpage Update
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The key to having a good life is employment; having a good, well paying job. It is the job of the government, whether it is your state government or the federal government, to create and provide the jobs needed to earn higher pay. However, how can a person obtain a good, high, well paying job once they are created? Having and obtaining a good education is the important factor. Correlations, equations, and statistics have shown the more education you have the more money you'll make. Thus, the creation of jobs by the government that pay substantially well, allowing persons to have an opportunity to a high standard of living, along with possessing the education needed to perform the duties required of these jobs, are the two factors that will lead to economic prosperity and someone living a successful life.
Trade and productivity are the basis to job creation. People desire, need, and want different things. In order to obtain these goods, the market including people must create these goods or products out of the supply of labor, capital goods or resources, and natural resources. This is called work or employment. Employment is important because people need and want to live well and they need certain goods and services to do so. Making money is the byproduct of employment and allows a person to buy the things they desire, need, and want. In addition, money is the compensation a person receives for creating a good or product for someone else. The more money a person has, the higher their standard of living is and the ability to buy the goods they desire, need, and want increases.
Jobs come from or are created by either the public sector, government oriented jobs like police, military, public education, and health care, or the private sector, also referred to as the business sector, which includes the jobs not originating from the government but by private investors and entrepreneurs. The voluntary sector is another job sector consisting of charitable organizations. The private sector contains most of the jobs, comprising of almost 80 percent of the total jobs in the market. However, education still plays an important factor in the types of jobs and pay you'll receive in both sectors.
Jobs are being created requiring varying degrees of education. Jobs that require just a high school education do not pay as much as jobs requiring a college degree because they typically do not require as much skill to perform. Skill level requirements are usually lower. Typically, jobs that require a great deal of education require more out of their workers, higher skill sets in various ways and degrees, allowing for an increase in the amount of pay.
Statistics show between 1979 and 2012, states having a higher percentage of adults with college degrees experienced greater increases in productivity, measured as a gross state product per hour worked. As a person's education increases, their skill and productivity level increases. This signals to employers they are hard workers, able to get the job done, completing a variety of different tasks when asked to do so, which equate to responsibility. Productivity is directly linked to increases in income. Thus, these states also experienced large increases in median worker compensation. As a result, the ability to complete a variety of different tasks when ask to do so, can lead someone to a good paying job that requires that certain skill set for success. Hence, there is a link, correlation, between increases in education, a high standard of living, and increases in income. States can play a role in increasing productivity, wage earnings, and standard of living for all of its citizens by investing in education. Investments in education may include states giving people incentives on attending college by keeping tuition low and increasing financial aid availability and eligibility. Also, states can promote the value of obtaining high levels of education through various programs and info sessions.
In addition, a well educated workforce does not only show gains for the individual, but states benefit economically as well. Statistics describe states with highly educated workers having substantially higher median wages than those states with less educated workforces. The best way to measure the economic prowess of a state is to measure the income levels of its citizens. The more money a person makes, the more money they'll be able to spend. The connection between education and income, and economic potential is strong.
An increase supply of educated workers actually help creates its own demand. A higher-skilled labor force attracts employers with more skilled jobs. Labor supply increase labor demands by at least two-thirds the supply increase. States will do well by investing in education and helping its citizens obtain a good education. Education investments are good for the state budget in the long run because normally students graduating from state schools remain in the state, pay more taxes due to higher wages, are better employed and better trained, and have better jobs. There are many benefits for the individual and the state by investing in education. A person can obtain a good life if their state and government are creating the high paying jobs needed to sustain that life, and if the person is willing to invest in the education needed to perform the duties of the high wage paying job.
http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm - U.S. Dept of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employment projections and earnings and unemployment rates by educational attainment
http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/moneymatters/a/edandearnings.htm - Link to website About.com on article discussing income earnings increasing with a college degree
http://www.epi.org/ - Link to the Economic Policy Institute
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/bmag/sbsm1201/spence_jobs.html - "Where will new U.S. jobs come from, Stanford Graduate School of Business


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Sublingual Immunotherapty (SLIT)
February 28, 2008
Over 35 million Americans suffer from springtime allergies and over half often choose to be miserable. The reason? They don't want to face the pain and inconvenience of getting an allergy shot 2 or 3 times a week. But now there's a more tasteful way to treat allergies. UT Health Center's Dr. Mom has more.
35 to 50 million Americans are affected by allergies. If medications are not effective the next step is usually allergy shots. When antigens are injected under the skin, the patient produces antibodies that will give them protection against the antigens in their in environment. Given 2 to 3 times a week, allergy shots can be unpleasant, painful (who enjoys getting a shots?), and can cause serious reactions. Now there is an alternative to having to "roll up your sleeve".
With Sublingual Immunotherapy (SLIT), the antigen is administered under the tongue rather than injected under the skin. It has been shown to be very similar in efficacy to the conventional method of allergy shots.
After the initial visit and treatment at your allergist's office, the allergy drops can be self-administered at home, resulting in fewer visits to the doctor's office. An advantage of SLIT is that after the initial visit and treatment at your allergist's office, allergy drops can be administered at home rather than at the doctor's office. Allergy drops are easy to use, can be taken with you while traveling, and are a lot less painful.For more information:


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The Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) offers a ground-breaking graduate degree co-delivered by some of the nation's premiere community and learning institutions. AIP students take courses at an AIP Master Institution while sharing ideas and developing projects with fellow students and faculty nationwide via web-based learning communities. AIP Master's candidates use inquiry not only as a tool for integrated learning, but as a powerful agent for student achievement, public engagement, and ecological stewardship. AIP students make a difference locally and through an unprecedented national partnership, with AIP Master Institutions located in Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, New York, Phoenix, San Diego, and Seattle. Learn more...
The Global Field Program (GFP) brings master's degree candidates, scientists, educators, community leaders, and others together at key conservation field sites in Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas for firsthand experience with inquiry-driven education, environmental stewardship, and global understanding. GFP candidates join a growing network of leaders who work collaboratively to affect change in local and global contexts. This program builds on the graduate courses and environmental partnerships of Earth Expeditions. Because the GFP combines summer field courses worldwide with web learning communities, this Master's degree can be completed part-time from anywhere in the U.S. or abroad. Learn more...
Applicants to the Advanced Inquiry Program or the Global Field Program elect to enroll in either a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree in the Biological Sciences or a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Biology (see program details). MA and MAT candidates go through the Master's program together.
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According to a Jan. 4 report from MMA Junkie, hard-hitting welterweight contender Tarec Saffiedine (15-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) ravaged Hyun Gyu Lim (12-4-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) with leg kicks in the main event of UFC Fight Night 34.
The damage caused by Saffiedine was so bad that Lim almost quit on the stool following the fourth round.
Saffiedine ended up winning via unanimous decision, but Lim was basically fighting on one leg by the time the fifth round started.
"At the end of the fourth round, there was some conversation to that effect," Lim told MMAjunkie through a translator at the post-event news conference for UFC Fight Night 34, referring to the possibility of calling it a day after Round Four.
UFC Fight Night 34 went down at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore, and it was the promotion's first trip to the country.
By all accounts, it was a massive success and Lim is grateful for the opportunity.
"This was an absolute golden opportunity for me to be featured in a main event," Lim said. "As part of the main event, I wanted to put on the best possible performance. That was my No. 1 goal, and probably the only goal I had. I feel I accomplished that goal."
Saffiedine and Lim were both awarded $50,000 bonuses for "Fight of the Night" following their five-round epic battle.
Lim admits Saffiedine remained cool, calm and composed throughout the bout, which possibly led to the fight going down as it did.
"I think during the fight, maybe I might have gotten too excited and Saffiedine was actually very calm and was able to carry out the fight much better than I was," Lim said. "My corner gave me the confidence that I could keep going. I was pushing as though this was the last moment. I really wanted to continue and finish it.
Here's a look at the full UFC Fight Night 34 results:
- Kyung Ho Kang def. Shunichi Shimizu via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 3, 3:53
- Tarec Saffiedine def. Hyun Gyu Lim via unanimous decision -- (49-46, 48-47x2)
- Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Sean Soriano via technical submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 0:50
- Kiichi Kunimoto def. Luiz Dutra via disqualification (illegal elbows) – Round 1, 2:57
- Max Holloway def. Will Chope via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 2:27
- Katsunori Kikuno def. Quinn Mulhern via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Royston Wee def. David Galera via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
- Mairbek Taisumov def. Tae Hyun Bang via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Dustin Kimura def. Jon Delos Reyes via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 2:13
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"Dear Jon, I am an international student in the UK. I will leave the UK next week with 3k debts divided between Santander master card and Barclaycard and Vodafone contract. I am just worried and wondering would these creditors chase me in my home country (in Africa)? And also, does the university where i have been studying in the UK ... Read More »
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HEAVEN And The DEAD CITY Volume 1
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There is nothing alive anymore in the Dead City – or is there? Two cities: one dead… …the other, vibrant and alive. But for Palus, the supposedly enlightened city of Zivvon was dead in a different way. Their intolerance of earth magick in favor of the intangible church-sanctioned magic of heaven weighed heavily on him. After all, Palus had been born a witch. Two cities: one beautiful and flourishing… …the other, not quite as dead as it would seem. Yaira knows this as well as anyone. It wasn't safe to linger within the walls of Tac. Her mother had made that mistake and paid the price for it. Her father had warned her – Get in, get what we need and get out! But Yaira had inherited her mother's curiosity. And now something in the Dead City was growing curious of her.
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