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Prince William wants two children
PRINCE William wants to have two children with the Duchess of Cambridge.
The royal, the second in line to the British throne, and his wife landed in Singapore, the first stop of their Asian tour, on Tuesday (11.09.12) where William revealed his family plans.
The prince was taking part in a walkabout at the Gardens by the Bay attraction when he was asked by a young boy how big a family he would like.
He immediately answered: "Two".
The royal couple were greeted by over 3,000 excited people who had come out to greet them, waving flags and banners.
Jaz Heber Percy, 13, asked the pair what powers they would have if they could be a superhero.
William - the Duke of Cambridge - replied: "That's a hard question - I'm not sure. I'll have to think about it. I think invisibility."
Jaz also asked Duchess Catherine - who before her marriage was known as Kate Middleton - the same question, later telling the Daily Mail newspaper: "Kate said she had to be invisible if Prince William was, otherwise he would be able to sneak up on her."
Jaz's friend, Charlotte Phillipson, 13, said: "She found it really tricky to answer."
The royal couple are in Asia to represent Queen Elizabeth during her 60th year Jubilee and strengthen diplomatic relations. After Singapore William and Catherine will head to Malaysia, the Solomon Islands, and the pacific island of Tuvalu.


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U.S. companies should pay U.S. taxesJune 24, 2014: 1:04 PM ET
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul R. La Monica. Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney, Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie, La Monica does not own positions in any individual stocks.
Dear AbbVie CEO Richard Gonzalez,
I am a shareholder of your company. I am pretty happy with how the stock has done since it was spun-off from Abbott Laboratories (ABT) last year. (I own that too.) But please don't overpay for rival drug company Shire (SHPG) -- especially if one of the main reasons you want to do the deal is so that you can lower AbbVie's corporate tax bill.
Shire has its headquarters in Ireland. (Although I must confess I first thought it was in Middle Earth. Is a hostile takeover bid from Mordor next?) As I understand it, AbbVie (ABBV) may want to purchase the company in order to move its domicile to the United Kingdom for tax purposes (Shire is listed on the stock exchange in London).
Yes, tax reform for individuals and businesses is sorely needed in the United States. But I'm not sure if using a little loophole in the IRS laws known as an inversion is the right way to go.
Sure, there's nothing illegal with buying a foreign company and moving your domicile abroad to take advantage of the lower taxes overseas. It's all the rage right now, especially in health care.
Equipment company Medtronic (MDT) just announced it was buying Covidien (COV), which is headquartered in Dublin. A lower tax rate was one of the selling points.
There is rampant speculation that drug store giant Walgreens (WAG) may buy the remaining 55% it doesn't already own of Switzerland-based retail chain Alliance Boots for tax reasons.
And Pfizer (PFE) really wanted to scoop up AstraZeneca (AZN) so that it could move its corporate headquarters to London. AstraZeneca fought off Pfizer, just like Shire is trying to do now with AbbVie.
Related: Has the U.K. become a tax haven?
But just because this is a trend doesn't make it right. Mr. Gonzalez, didn't your mother warn you to not jump off a bridge even if all your friends were doing so? Et tu, AbbVie?
AbbVie is based in North Chicago, Illinois. Even if a Shire purchase won't lead to job cuts or moving people overseas, that's not the point. Moving the tax domicile means you would be cheating the IRS and American citizens out of corporate taxes that are partly based on profits your company made by doing business in America.
It makes me uncomfortable to think that a company I own is considering a deal that would allow it to avoid (I won't use the term dodge ... oh wait, I just did) paying as much in taxes to the U.S. as it should.
I'd even consider selling the stock if this happened ... although I own it jointly with my wife. So it's not my decision alone. (Not to be confused with "The Decision 2: Electric Boogaloo" that LeBron is about to make. Do you root for the Bulls, Mr. Gonzalez? Think King James might choose the Windy City this time? But I digress.)
Now I realize that a potential deal for Shire would not be done solely to lower the tax rate.
Shire has some interesting drugs and it would be nice for AbbVie to diversify beyond Humira -- the rheumatoid arthritis medication that accounts for nearly 60% of AbbVie's overall sales.
I appreciate that you don't want all your eggs (or in this case injection pens and syringes) in one basket. But can't you find another takeover target that isn't as expensive ... and preferably based in America so you don't risk the wrath of politicians in a mid-term election year?
Related: Firms warned to not leave U.S. for lower taxes
Shire's stock is up nearly 60% in 2014. The offer that Shire rejected on Friday valued it at $46 billion. Mr. Gonzalez, how much more are you willing to spend just to engage in some empire building? Don't the risks associated with such a pricey acquisition outweigh the potential benefit of a lower tax rate and an increased pipeline?
I called your media contacts twice before finally getting a "no comment" e-mailed to me. But I would still love to hear (and would happily print) your response.
Because this is what really irks me: AbbVie is doing just fine despite having to pay supposedly onerous taxes.
I looked at the company's recent results. AbbVie's net income tax bill in the first quarter was just $306 million. That's less than 7% of overall sales.
Look at the bite it took from earnings, you say? Okay. I did. For all of 2013, the tax rate on profits was 22.6%. That's not absurdly high.
And as I mentioned in the opening of this letter, I am ecstatic with how well the stock has done since the Abbott split. You should be too. Just look at how much better it's done than the S&P 500 over the past year-and-a-half.
There's no need to get greedy here and boost profits even further at the expense of U.S. taxpayers.
In fact, need I remind you that AbbVie just raised its full year earnings outlook on Monday? Your company is not being weighed down by burdensome payments to Uncle Sam.
Yeah. I get it. Nobody likes paying taxes. One of my favorite songs by The Beatles is about that very topic. Are you a Revolver fan, Mr. Gonzalez?
Still, this is a rare instance where I actually agree with some self-aggrandizing lawmakers. (I also think that the World Cup has me in a more patriotic -- and dare I say jingoistic -- mood than usual.)
But if the inversion loophole isn't closed, more companies are going to flee to places like the U.K. and Ireland so they can escape higher taxes in America. That's not right.
The solution, of course, is tax reform.
I'm not holding my breath waiting for that to happen though ... unless AbbVie is willing to develop a special drug to revive me after I pass out from turning blue in the face.
So do a deal if you must, Mr. Gonzalez. But please keep in mind that there are many biotechs and pharma companies worth well less than $46 billion that could be attractive ... and that are also based in America.
Paul R. La Monica


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My main research interest lies in the functional anatomy of the urogenital system particularly in the human. We are using numerous histochemical and immunocytochemical methods to establish the normal pattern and type of autonomic nerve which supply selected regions of the urogenital system including the urinary bladder, ureter and prostate. This data forms the basis of comparison with the results obtained using the same experimental techniques on postoperative samples of refluxing ureters and prostate hypertrophy. Recently we have begun a detailed study on the morphology of the urethral sphincter mechanism particularly in relation to its functional significance in female urinary continence.
We have also begun a study on the structure and autonomic innervation of the detrusor in cases of bladder extrophy. Our objective is to correlate morphology with detrusor function following surgical correction of this clinical condition. This investigation is intended to identify prior to surgery those cases which are most likely to benefit from subsequent operative treatment.
Successful initial surgical management of bladder exstrophy does not always lead to continence. We evaluated the ultrastructure of the exstrophic bladder using electron microscopy (EM) at various stages of reconstruction to determine whether morphology could correlate with the potential for continence.Bladder specimens obtained from 32 patients undergoing various stages of exstrophy reconstruction were evaluated by EM. Specimens were obtained at primary newborn closure (group 1-10), reclosure following failure (group 2-2), bladder neck reconstruction (group 3-9) and augmentation cystoplasty (group 4-11). Evaluation was performed by a single anatomist with experience with EM. Biopsies were separated into those with good, intermediate or poor ultrastructural parameters and then correlated clinically.In group 1, 4 children had good and 2 had intermediate parameters. All showed increased bladder volumes at followup. Four patients had poor parameters and poor bladder growth. The 2 group 2 children had poor parameters and bladder growth. In group 3, 7 of 9 patients had good and 1 had intermediate parameters. Eight of the 9 patients are doing well. Only 3 of the 11 group 4 children had good parameters and an additional 2 had intermediate parameters.Ultrastructural evaluation can identify changes in the bladder that may portend a poor prognosis for eventual continence. Although the correlation was good at bladder closure, some patients with good parameters still had failed reconstruction. Since this is a small study, we continue to recommend reconstruction in all patients who have an adequate bladder template.
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There is increasing evidence that the progressive dysfunction induced by partial outlet obstruction is mediated by ischemia-reperfusion, and bladder decompensation results from ischemia-reperfusion induced damage to the cellular and subcellular organelle membranes of nerve and smooth muscle, mitochondria and sarcoplasmic reticulum. Tadenan, an extract of Pygeum africanum, is a therapeutic prescribed in Europe to relieve symptoms of obstructive bladder dysfunction secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia. There is excellent experimental evidence that Tadenan treatment of obstructed rabbits reduces and reverses the progression of bladder decompensation. We determined whether Tadenan therapy can reverse the morphological damage associated with obstructive dysfunction.A total of 36 male New Zealand White rabbits were separated into 6 groups of 6 each. Rabbits in groups 1 and 2 underwent sham operation. For 3 weeks beginning 2 weeks after sham operation group 1 was treated with vehicle and group 2 was treated with 30 mg./kg. Tadenan daily. Rabbits in groups 3 to 6 underwent partial outlet obstruction surgery. Two weeks after obstruction each rabbit was treated for 3 weeks with vehicle in group 3, and with 1, 10 and 30 mg./kg. Tadenan in groups 4, 5 and 6, respectively. After the completion of treatment cystometry was performed on each rabbit and isolated bladder strips were evaluated for contractile responses to field stimulation, adenosine triphosphate, carbachol and KCl. Separate strips were fixed for electron microscopy to determine the location and severity of cellular and subcellular membrane damage.Partial outlet obstruction resulted in reduced compliance, decreased responses of bladder strips to all forms of stimulation tested, and significant and extensive damage to cellular and subcellular organelle membranes consistent with an ischemia-reperfusion etiology. Daily 1 and 10 mg./kg. Tadenan treatments had little effect on the obstruction induced increase in bladder weight or the deleterious changes in bladder function and structure. However, treating obstructed rabbits with 30 mg./kg. Tadenan daily resulted in reduced bladder hypertrophy, improved compliance, improved contractile responses to nearly normal levels of isolated bladder strips to all stimuli tested and reversal of obstruction induced structural damage to cellular and subcellular organelle membranes.Tadenan treatment of obstructed rabbits resulted in a dose dependent improvement in bladder ultrastructure in parallel with improved bladder compliance and contractile responses of isolated strips to stimulation, providing support for the hypothesis that damage to cellular and subcellular organelle membranes mediates the contractile dysfunction induced by partial outlet obstruction.
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To understand the relationship between contractile and structural changes in the obstructed bladder, rabbit bladder was partially obstructed for up to 70 days and alterations in tension response to field stimulation and carbachol were compared with alterations in ultrastructure and innervation of detrusor smooth muscle (SM). The effect of partial outlet obstruction on the physiological responses to field stimulation (FS) (nerve mediated contraction) and carbachol (receptor mediated contraction) were correlated with the structure and innervation of the detrusor smooth muscle (SM) of the same animal during a 70 day period.28 rabbits were subjected to 1 to 70 days of mild partial outlet obstruction. Sham operated rabbits were euthanized at 7, 14, 28, and 70 days post-obstruction. At each time period, isolated strips of bladder body were mounted in individual baths and the contractile response to FS and carbachol determined. Three additional strips from each bladder were fixed for electron microscopy.Bladder mass increased rapidly during the first 7 days after obstruction, was constant for the next 7 days, and then continued to increase gradually. Dysfunction of the contractile response to FS was noted as early as 3 days and progressively increased over the 70-day study period. The decrease in the response to FS increased at a significantly faster rate than the decrease in the contractile response to carbachol. In ultrastructure studies, at 3 and 7 days post-obstruction the majority of SM cells displayed the characteristics of hypertrophy. At 28 days some SM cells displayed loosely packed myofilaments and an irregular distribution of sarcoplasmic dense bodies. At 70 days swollen mitochondria were present in all cell types of the bladder wall. Evidence of axonal degeneration was first observed at 7 days post-obstruction and became more extensive thereafter. No evidence of mitotic figures, nerve growth cones or regenerating SM cells was observed.Prolonged partial bladder outflow obstruction is accompanied by a progressive decrease in contractility of SM. The present study describes the structural damage that occurs in the bladder wall in response to partial outlet obstruction and correlates these observations with the contractile dysfunction with which it is associated. Furthermore, mitochondrial damage in vessels and fibroblasts is suggestive of bladder wall ischemia.
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Because doubt still remains concerning the distribution of nerves that are unequivocally cholinergic in the human genitourinary organs, we have used a specific marker, namely, an antibody to vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT), to immunolabel cholinergic axons and cell bodies in specimens of urinary bladder, seminal vesicle, vas deferens, and prostate gland obtained from neonates and children post mortem. In addition some sections were double-immunolabeled with VAChT and either neuropeptide Y (NPY) or nitric oxide synthase (NOS). The results demonstrated a rich cholinergic innervation to the muscle coat of the bladder body with a much less prominent, but nonetheless significant, cholinergic innervation to the smooth muscle components of the seminal vesicle, vas deferens, and prostate. Small ganglia were scattered throughout the detrusor muscle of the urinary bladder, approximately 75% of the intramural neurons being VAChT immunoreactive, whereas approximately 95% contained NPY and approximately 40% contained NOS. VAChT immunoreactivity was observed in 40% of neurons in ganglia scattered throughout the pelvic plexus. Almost all these cholinergic neurons contained NPY and approximately 65% contained NOS. Almost all the cholinergic nerve fibers throughout the genitourinary organs also contained NPY. Although NOS was sparse in the cholinergic nerves of the bladder body, it occurred in the majority of cholinergic nerves at the bladder neck and was also present in a proportion of the cholinergic nerves in the other organs examined. VAChT-immunoreactive nerves were also observed in a sub-epithelial location in all the organs examined, the majority containing NPY, whereas a small proportion contained NOS. Although doubt remains about the function of sub-epithelial cholinergic nerves in the urinary bladder, the majority of similar nerves in the seminal vesicle, vas deferens, and prostate gland are considered to be secretomotor. Collectively these findings demonstrate that the cholinergic innervation of the male genitourinary system is well established in the neonate and child. Neurourol. Urodynam. 19:185-194, 2000.
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Autonomic ganglia of the human pelvic plexus contain sympathetic and parasympathetic neurons which innervate the internal reproductive organs and the lower urinary tract while the urinary bladder also receives innervation from small intramural ganglia embedded in the detrusor muscle. Previous studies have used the immunocytochemical demonstration of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), either alone or in combination with dopamine beta-hydroxylase, to identify noradrenergic neurons in these ganglia. However until recently a reliable marker for cholinergic neurons in the human autonomic nervous system was not available since antibodies to choline acetyltransferase do not react in this tissue. The present immunohistochemical study has used an antibody to human vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) to identify cholinergic neurons in the pelvic plexus and intramural bladder ganglia in a series of specimens from human male neonates and children. Immunostaining for TH was also carried out on the same sections and the results showed that while the vast majority of pelvic ganglion neurons were either cholinergic or noradrenergic (as seen by the presence of VAChT or TH respectively), approximately 50% of the neurons in the intramural ganglia were labeled with both immunomarkers. The presence of TH in cholinergic neurons may be due to the immaturity of the tissues examined since previous data on intramural bladder ganglia in the adult have shown that a much smaller proportion of the neurons contain TH than was observed in the present study. It is concluded that the presence of TH alone cannot be regarded as a specific marker for noradrenergic neurons in the genitourinary system of the human neonate and child.
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The purpose of this presentation is to describe the distribution of noradrenergic nerves in the human genitourinary system. The techniques which have been employed include formaldehyde-induced fluorescence and immunocytochemical methods to demonstrate dopamine beta-hydroxylase and tyrosine hydroxylase. These methods have been applied to human fetal, neonatal, infant, child and adult tissues removed either at post mortem examination or by surgical excision. The innervation of the fetal urinary bladder is well established by 13 weeks and, as in older specimens, the detrusor receives a sparse noradrenergic nerve supply. In contrast the smooth muscle of the terminal ureter is well supplied by this type of autonomic nerve. An additional incomplete muscle layer has been identified as a nomal component of the terminal ureter which is richly innervated by noradrenergic nerves. In some cases this muscle forms a complete collar which may be responsible for ureteric obstruction. By comparison with the detrusor, bladder neck smooth muscle receives a dense noradrenergic nerve supply particularly in the male. Unlike the detrusor, the structure and innervation of the vas deferens, seminal vesicle and prostate are poorly differentiated in the fetus. In the infant and child, the structure of the intramural smooth muscle of these organs remains immature although a rich noradrenergic nerve supply resembing the adult has been established in the fetus by 30 weeks. In the fetus, autonomic ganglia occur in association with noradrenaline rich paraganglia and surprisingly, with sensory nerve endings resembling pacinian corpuscles. Shortly after birth paraganglia are no longer associated with the autonomic ganglia of the genitourinary system. On the basis of size at least two types of autonomic neuron populate these autonomic ganglia. One type is relatively large and devoid of catecholamines but is closely associated with pericellular noradrenergic nerve fibres. The second type of neuron is small, contains noradrenaline and is arranged in clusters closely related to the capsule of the prostate gland. The significance of these observations will be considered with respect to the neurological control of the genitourinary system.
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The objective of this study was to examine the distribution of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and the catecholamine-synthesizing enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) in nerve fibers supplying the human neonatal male genitourinary organs.An indirect double label immunofluorescence technique was employed on specimens obtained from infants and children at postmortem examination.Many nerve fibers immunoreactive for both NOS and TH were observed in the muscle coat of the vas deferens and the seminal vesicle, within the fibromuscular stroma of the prostate gland and at the bladder neck, and also formed perivascular plexuses in each of these organs. Double-labeled nerves occurred less frequently in the intramural ureters and superficial trigone while similar nerves in the bladder body were relatively sparse. Numerous nerves immunoreactive for NOS but not TH were observed at the base of the epithelium of each organ examined. Four types of autonomic ganglion cell were observed in nearby pelvic ganglia: those which contained NOS and TH, those which contained NOS alone, those which contained TH alone and those which contained neither NOS nor TH.The results indicate that many of the noradrenergic nerves as well as non-noradrenergic nerves supplying the male genitourinary organs have the capacity to synthesize nitric oxide (NO) and that NO may play a significant role in the autonomic control of both the urinary and genital organs in the postnatal human male.
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To use immunohistochemical methods to study the developing autonomic innervation of the human fetal vas deferens and seminal vesicle.Thirteen pre-natal specimens ranging in gestational age from 13 to 30 weeks were acquired following abortion or miscarriage. The overall innervation of each specimen was visualized using protein gene product 9.5 (PGP), a general nerve marker, while the onset and development of specific neuropeptide-containing sub-populations were investigated using antisera to neuropeptide Y (NPY), vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), substance P (SP), calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP), bombesin (BOM), somatostatin (SOM), and met-enkephalin (ENK). In addition the occurrence and distribution of presumptive noradrenergic nerves was studied using antisera to dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (D beta H) and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH).At 13 weeks numerous PGP, D beta H, TH, NPY and ENK immunoreactive (-IR) nerve trunks were present in the adventitia of the vas deferens and seminal vesicle but at this stage nerve fibres were not present in the smooth muscle coat of either organ. By 17 weeks, fine PGP-, D beta H, and TH-IR nerve fibres had penetrated the outer aspect of the muscle coat of the seminal vesicle but not the vas deferens. At 20 weeks a branching network of PGP-, D beta H- and TH-IR nerve fibres occurred throughout the full thickness of the muscle coat of the seminal vesicle while similar nerves were present only in the outer half of the muscle coat of the vas deferens. At 23 weeks the full thickness of the muscle coat of the vas deferens was richly innervated by a branching plexus of PGP-IR nerves. Many of these adventitial and intramuscular nerves were immunoreactive for D beta H or TH while some were immunoreactive for either NPY or ENK. Occasional adventitial nerves were immunoreactive for SP or CGRP, these being first observed at 20 weeks. VIP-IR nerves were extremely rare in the muscle coat of either organ, being first observed at 17 weeks in the seminal vesicle and at 20 weeks in the vas deferens where they mainly formed perivascular plexuses. PGP-IR nerves were first observed in the submucosa of the seminal vesicle at 20 weeks and in the vas deferens at 21 weeks. Some of these nerves were perivascular in location while other formed a subepithelial plexus which increased in density with increasing gestational age. At 22 weeks of gestation some of the submucosal nerves were immunoreactive for SP or NPY, while at 30 weeks NPY-IR nerves formed the majority of subepithelial nerves. Occasional VIP-IR subepithelial nerves were first observed at 26 weeks but were extremely rare even at 30 weeks. Submucosal nerves immunoreactive for CGRP, D beta H, TH or ENK did not occur in any of the specimens examined.(i) From 13 weeks gestation autonomic nerves develop in the muscle coat of the fetal seminal vesicle and vas deferens, being denser in the seminal vesicle than the vas deferens up to 23 weeks gestation. (ii) The majority of the intramuscular nerves in either organ contain D beta H, TH, NPY and ENK and are presumably noradrenergic in type. (iii) A subepithelial nerve plexus develops around 20 weeks gestation and contains NPY but not VIP, unlike the adult organs. (iv) Scattered neuroendocrine cells immunoreactive for SOM are present in the mucosa of the seminal vesicle from 23 weeks of gestation.
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To use immunohistochemical techniques to determine the spatial and temporal distribution of a variety of neuropeptides in the human fetal and neonatal urinary bladder.Thirteen pre-natal specimens ranging in gestational age from 17 to 35 weeks were acquired following abortion or miscarriage. In addition two post-natal specimens aged 8 and 12 weeks were obtained at post-mortem and were included in this study. The overall innervation of each specimen was visualized using the general nerve marker protein gene product 9.5 (PGP). Localization of dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH) and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) revealed putative noradrenergic nerves. The neuropeptides studied included neuropeptide Y (NPY), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), substance P (SP), and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP).At 17 weeks a rich plexus of PGP and NPY-containing nerves was present throughout the detrusor muscle coat. As gestational age increased, VIP, SP and CGRP-containing nerves were observed with increasing frequency although SP and CGRP were mainly confined to perivascular nerve plexuses. TH- and DBH-containing nerves were first observed in the intramural ureters at 30 weeks and the detrusor muscle at 35 weeks and were relatively numerous in the intramural ureters and muscle of the superficial trigone in the two post-natal specimens. PGP-containing nerves were first observed beneath the bladder epithelium at 23 weeks and gradually became more numerous with increasing age. Occasional NPY, VIP, SP and CGRP-containing nerves were observed in the submucosa but TH- and DBH-immunostained nerves were especially numerous in the mucosa of the trigone in the two post-natal specimens, many such nerves being unrelated to the vascular supply.The bladder detrusor possesses a rich autonomic innervation by 17 weeks of gestation and this presumptive cholinergic innervation is associated with NPY immunoreactivity. Presumptive noradrenergic nerves appear relatively late in pre-natal development and mainly supply the intramural ureters and superficial trigone. A submucosal plexus of nerves has been demonstrated, the functional significance of which remains uncertain.
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A quantitative histological study was performed on specimens of 33 ureters obtained from 14 male and 19 female patients 5 days to 14 years old (mean age 1.2 years). A high resolution color image video analysis system was used to quantify and compare collagen and smooth muscle components of the muscularis layers to normal control ureters from patients of similar ages. In comparing ureters with ectopia (7), ureters with ectopic ureteroceles (20) and control ureters (4) there was not a statistically different collagen-to-smooth muscle ratio among the groups. In the patients with posterior urethral valves the amount of collagen and smooth muscle was not statistically different from controls (p > 0.01), although the collagen-to-smooth muscle ratio was increased. The 4 patients with the prune belly syndrome had a collagen-to-smooth muscle ratio that was markedly elevated (1.21 versus 0.39) compared with controls. When this group was analyzed as 2 separate groups (obstructed versus refluxing ureters) the difference was more apparent (p < 0.004). Ureters with ectopia or ectopic ureteroceles and ureters associated with posterior urethral valves had similar quantitative amounts of smooth muscle (60%, 56% and 52%, respectively). In patients with the prune belly syndrome obstructed ureters had 65% muscle and refluxing ureters had 38% muscle on evaluation. The percentage of collagen was 33% in ureters with ectopia, 37% in those with ureteroceles and 48% in those associated with posterior urethral valves compared with 23% in controls. In the group with the prune belly syndrome there was 30% collagen in obstructed ureters and 62% collagen in refluxing ureters. Our findings demonstrate that while these dilated ureters had different etiologies the overall quantitative composition of collagen-to-smooth muscle ratios was similar except in refluxing ureters associated with the prune belly syndrome. Our study provides further insight into the pathological nature of such ureters and considerations for surgical repair.
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A quantitative histological study of the dilated ureter of childhood was performed on 26 ureters. The specimens were from 15 male and 11 female patients 10 days to 12 years old (mean age 2.0 years). A color image analysis system was used to examine and compare collagen and smooth muscle components of the muscularis layers to normal control ureters of similar age. In comparing primary obstructed (12) to primary refluxing (14) megaureters and control ureters (6), there was a statistically different collagen-to-smooth muscle ratio (p < 0.001) between the primary obstructed and primary refluxing megaureter groups. For patients with primary refluxing megaureter there was a 2-fold increase in the tissue matrix ratio of collagen-to-smooth muscle when compared to patients with primary obstructed megaureter. In the primary obstructed megaureters the amount of collagen and smooth muscle was not statistically different from controls (p > 0.01). The increased tissue matrix ratio of 2.0 +/- 0.35 (collagen-to-smooth muscle) in the refluxing megaureter group compared to 0.78 +/- 0.22 in the obstructed megaureter group and 0.52 +/- 0.12 in controls was found to be due not only to a marked increase in collagen but also a significant decrease in the smooth muscle component of the tissue. Primary obstructed and normal control ureters had similar quantitative amounts of smooth muscle with 60 +/- 5% and 61 +/- 6%, respectively, while refluxing megaureters had only 40 +/- 5% smooth muscle. The percentage collagen was 36 +/- 5 in the obstructed megaureter group and 30 +/- 5 in controls, with refluxing megaureters having 58 +/- 5% collagen on analysis. Our findings emphasize the significant differences in the structural components (collagen and smooth muscle) of the dilated ureter of childhood, and provide us with further insight into the pathological nature of these dilated ureters and their surgical repair.
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Temporal and distributive properties of ureteral peristaltic contractions in the anesthetized pig have been examined. Interperistaltic time intervals have been recorded, and their frequency during different urine flow rates has been compared. The results show that ureteral peristalsis is increased at high urine flow rates to a maximum of approximately 0.06 Hz. It is further shown from the interperistaltic histograms that ureteral contractions are not clustered into a discreet multimodal spectrum. This represents the first evidence that the multicalyceal kidney has a system of pacemakers of differing fundamental frequencies, tending toward synchronism as urine flow increases.
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Beat the Streak Report: Thursday, September 30
Thursday's picks
? Buster Posey: .556 AVG (5-for-9) lifetime vs. Diamondbacks starter Barry Enright
? Vladimir Guerrero: .500 AVG (8-for-16) lifetime vs. Angels starter Scott Kazmir
? Adrian Gonzalez: .462 AVG (6-for-13) lifetime vs. Cubs starter Tom Gorzelanny
Feeling kinda spicy?
? Jose Lopez: .444 AVG (8-for-18) lifetime vs. Athletics starter Gio Gonzalez
You'll thank me later…
? Ian Kinsler: .143 AVG (4-for-28) lifetime vs. Angels starter Scott Kazmir
? Evan Longoria: .154 AVG (2-for-13) lifetime vs. Royals starter Zack Greinke
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HR futility against opposing pitchers *AO – against opponent
Player——- HRs AO in ABs AO
Jose Batista 0 in 5 abs against Francisco Liriano
Price Fielder Never seen Dillon Gee
Carlos Gonzalez 0 in 6 abs against Chris Carpenter
Vladimir Guerrero 1 in 16 abs against Scott Kazmir
Cory Hart Never seen Dillon Gee
Paul Konerko 0 in 10 abs against Jon Lester
Hideki Matsui 0 in 20 abs against Cliff Lee
Albert Pujols Never seen Jason Hammel
Jim Thome Never seen Shawn Hill
Troy Tulowitzki 0 in 3 abs against Chris Carpenter
Dan Uggla 0 in 12 abs against Zach Duke
Joey Votto 0 in 8 abs against Brett Myers
TOTAL 1 home run in 80 combined at bats!
I'm changing to Vladimir Guerrero from Dan Uggla. Kazmir has had a rough year and has allowed 25 homers in 144 innings and Guerrero is 8 for 16 off him overall although just 1 homer.
Miguel Cabrera and Hanley Ramirez are out for the year and Josh Hamilton will return tomorrow.
What I dreaded a few blogs ago maybe dreadfully happening. http://beatthestreak.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/09/beat_the_streak_report_thursda_64.html#comment-5878761
How depressing if it does happen, it would make 2010 one of the worst seasons and add an extra month without games until next April. I should have quit survivor too.
Survivor: Padres – If they lose today there season is over.
What are you referencing there yanks?
Did you see something that confirms there are no postseason contests?
I would be very upset if that happened, but would probably continue diligently doing them on my own anyway.
What confirms NO is NO banners, or posts are up saying that postseason beat the streak and postseason survivor are coming soon like there was last year. It's Thursday of the last week of the regular season if they were happening they'd have been up by last Sunday at the latest. I'm very disappointed too, I thought they were annual contests.
I thought with Dave making daily posts etc that MLB was turning the corner and embracing BTS players. If Dave could post a yes or no as to whether there will be post season games, we would be appreciated the info. I was thinking that Captain Morgan would fund a modest prize for post season play. Let's wait and see.
San Diego's season is over they just gave up a run in the 9th and lost 1-0 to the Cubs to end my glorious winning streak of 2. I knew I needed to practice survivor for the postseason game that I THOUGHT was going to be held. Me among many are MAD as HeLL about mlb.com bailing this year and having no postseason beat the streak and survivor games.
My final 3 picks of the year are below and then on Sunday I'll update my final survivor record and total number of successful home run picks.
Home run: Alex Rodriguez
Survivor: Yankees
Home run: Nick Swisher
Survivor: Dodgers
Home run: Prince Fielder
Survivor: White Sox
With San Francisco needing 1 win to clinch the NL West and Atlanta 2 up on the Padres who lost 3 of 4 to the Cubs at home, there won't be any tiebreaks on Monday after I thought there would be.
Of course I SWITCH again from Jose Batista because of Francisco Liriano only having given up 6 home runs and he gives up 3 tonight, 2 to Batista. Vladimir Guerrero fails to homer at all.
I'm taking the Giants on survivor on Friday, not the Yankees.
Who won the 10,000 dollars? There was a tie at the top…


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You can't go wrong with Cheech and Chong
I was tempted to us the word bong in my rhyming title, but decided against it.
Damn head cold, I could feel it coming. It's like having your head in a vice.
I don't get sick very often, I probably got this crap on my trip to Chicago.
Strange new germs out there (and I drank the water).
My wife and I usually do something cool together for our X-mas presents to each other.
This years present is so cool, I'm afraid with my head cold and the news of this, I could spontaneously combust. It's just too much.
C'mon you know you do.
Before they did all of those funny movies, they were a stand-up comedy team touring the US and Canada.
These two dudes pumped out a bunch of comedy records. Back in the day, everybody who was anybody had at least one.
Below is my personal Cheech and Chong collection. There may be a few more records out there, but not many.
The Cheech and Chong heads have removable skulls. For storage I guess?
Notice the Big Bambu still has the original rolling paper.
Hey we all age, so now they look like this, and have been touring the country with their stand-up comedy act. Tommy Chong's wife Shelby is the opening act.
I was hoping that they would make a "Hitstop"
in Denver.
No special tickets or anything, I was just happy they added the third show.
It's Sunday night Dec 21..An early X-mas present.
Their records are imbedded in my brain, as they were extremely popular when I was a teen in Canada.
There you have it, another thing knocked off of my "List of things to do before I croak".
Led Zepplin, what's up fellas? Not a "Whole lotta love".
If The Who can do it, so can you.
I'll probably do a special blog after the Cheech and Chong show dedicated to them.
Seeing this show is all I want for X-mas.
I don't want to outright spoil what I got for my kids (they don't read this blog in the offseason), but just in case, it rhymes with sockhand.
I think it will be a cool gift to play with the whole family. I'm already a Rockstar, have you seen my music video?? Check it out.
Please don't slam us. There's a reason why this short little video clip is the only one us in existance. But hey, I've got a music video…Do you?
I'm starting to feel the spirit. Just need to kick this head cold. I cant see Cheech and Chong with a foggy head now can I?…
Oh yea, my special announcement. Robert Harmon, If you read this or Zack's Hamples blog (listed on my side bar), you know of him.
(This Picture is from Zack Hamples blog).
Long time Coors field snagger, Barry Bonds fake ball, good dude.
Well Robert has decided to join forces with the Ranter, and he along with my buddies Jack (cheeser), and Andy (snagged two balls at a Rockies BP earlier this season) will be the crew for the Mobile Blogging Unit.
What a freggin visual. It's all about baseball baby.
Robert knows his way around the Tucson area well, it will be fun and an asset "?" :), to have him along. Thanks brotha.
Robert normally heads down to Tucson in his VW bus. But the bus is presently out of commission.
She's having some transaxle issues. If anyone knows where he can get an early 70's transaxle at a good price. Send me a note.
Robert sure would appreciate it.
A few blog entries back I had put the question out there, "What makes you happy".
Kylie of Out of the "Field" Box fame, (located on my sidebar), sent in a few words and a picture of what makes her happy.
Here's what she wrote:
Hey, man! It's Kylie. Here's what makes me happy.
My first snow since 2004. It has been snowing for about two hours now and it's dying down, but I snagged a picture of it on my shirt to remember it. Plus there's a real live snowball in my freezer made from snow collecting on our table. It all melted when it hit the ground but it was still supercool…Kylie
Thanks for sharing, the best part of what makes her happy is, snow is free. You can see the tiny little flakes on her red shirt, very cool. Enjoy your winter wonderland 🙂 just kidding. Thanks for the picture Kylie.
Everyone, thanks for your click, you made a choice and I'm glad you ended up here…D


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"Since playing her first CBC radio gig at the age of 20, Alison Melville's career as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player has taken her across Canada from Whitehorse to St. John's and to the US, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand and Europe. Her extraordinary breadth of experience as a performer comprises solo and chamber music recitals; music for dance, theatre, film and television; orchestral playing with modern and period instrument orchestras; music from the 12th to 21st centuries, composed, arranged and improvised; and music from Celtic and Scandinavian traditions." ...
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"Hailed as one of the finest flute players of our time, Chris Norman proves over and over again that the simple wooden flute is the original- and still unsurpassed- woodwind of expression, passion, joy and subtlety. His influential work as a performer, composer, recording artist and teacher has brought the simple wooden flute to the forefront as an alternative voice to the modern orchestral instrument.
Born in Halifax Nova Scotia, he began his musical studies at the age of ten. His interest in the traditional music of Maritime Canada; Scottish, Irish and French Canadian Styles, drew him from his early path studying classical flute. Chris embarked upon a quest to learn the music from the tradition bearers, travelling across North America and Europe. His subsequent work has redefined the boundaries of both traditional and classical styles, forging a synthesis that has been embraced by audiences, scholars, and critics of both schools. .."
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Early Flute ensemble.
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" Philippe Emmanuel Haas was born in Basel, Switzerland, in 1962.
Studies of Pan-pipes in ancient and classical music in Berne and at the Hilversum Conservatory, in the Netherlands.
Participation in masterclasses for the interpretation of ancient and classical music on copies of historical instruments at the "Centre International de Formation Musicale" in Nice, France, with Jean-Loup Grégoire and Simion Stanciu "Syrinx"; at the "Gesellschaft für Alte Musik" in Rastatt, Germany, with Hans-Martin Linde; as well as at the "Académie de Musique de Sion", within the "Festival Tibor Varga" in Sion, Switzerland, under the direction of Jordi Savall.
Concerts as a soloist, accompanied by the organ, the harpsichord, the harp or the lute, and as a member of ensembles of ancient music, during international music festivals in Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Spain and Switzerland.
Artistic director of the international Festival "Festliche Musik in der Kirche Rötteln / Lörrach", Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, dedicated to the ancient music.
Guest lecturer at the "Académie Musique et Danse Florigammes" at Sartène-Propriano, Corsica. Teacher of Pan-pipes at music schools in Switzerland.
CD recordings, for the labels AUROPHON CLASSICS and VDE-GALLO, of music of the Renaissance and the Baroque periods, accompanied by the harpsichord, the violoncello and the organ. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Les haulz et les bas plays music of the alta capella, the 'loud' wind ensemble of the middle ages and Renaissance. The rediscovery and reconstruction of the music of the mediaeval civic and court wind bands has been one of the great musical detective stories of our times. The results of the ensemble's work has acheived international acclaim: they have won prizes at several international competitions and they are regularly present in Europe's most prestigious Early Music Festivals. They regularly give lectures and workshops and have been guests of the Universities of Oxford, London and Manchester, the Royal Conservatory, The Hague and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. The ensemble has produced a series of highly-acclaimed CDs.
Les haulz et les bas guarantees its audience an extraordinary and unforgettable experience. The ensemble offers a huge range of programmes from the 'classic' trio formation up to big-scale productions for larger venues and outdoor events. ..."
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"Founded in 1988 TROMPETEN CONSORT FRIEDEMANN ALWAYS maintains the trumpet ensemble music of the Baroque era. It consists of eight musicians, all specialists in the field of early music. More detailed information can be found under "TCFI" and "musicians" the current composition of the consort. ... " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"The instrumental ensemble La Caravaggia was created in 2004 by the cornettist Lluis Coll. The group specialises in the performance of Renaissance and Baroque music according to historical criteria. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Philippe Allain-Dupré studied baroque flute with Barthold Kuijken au Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles where he obtained his "Diplôme supérieur" in 1987.
He plays on instruments he has constructed from designs copies of various museums: la flûte de Rafi, la flûte de Van Eyck, la flûte de Hotteterre, la flûte Quantz that was played by Frédéric II of Prusse and la flûte Tortochot de l'époque de Devienne. .."
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"Inspired by the meeting of Martine Fleith, Isabelle Sainte-marie, Rachel Mathis and Alan Cowderoy during the "Journées de la Flûte Traversière de Stuttgart" in 2005, the creation of the ensemble stems from the common desire to rediscover the original structure of the consort of Renaissance flutes. .."Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Born in Cagliari, he graduated as flutist at the Conservatory "G. P. da Palestrina" in Cagliari under the direction of Maestro G. Pellegrini. For more than year he has carried on an intense concert activity, mainly in the field of chamber music. He took part to the seminar of flute interpretation by Maestro C. Klemm. He has played with Orchestra dellíEnte Lirico "G. P. daPalestrina" of Cagliari, with Orchestra "S. Cecilia" of Milano, the Chamber Orchestra "New Art Ensemble" of Novara and with the Orchestra "G. Donizetti" of Sesto S. Giovanni (Milano) as solo player. He has played in several chamber formations at the International Festival "Kammermusik" in Bellagio, at the International Festival "Alfonso Reyes" in Monterrey (Mex), at "Magno Festival Palafoxiano" in Puebla (Mex), at the " Saint Hill European Art Festival" in Sussex (GB) and he took part to seven editions of the "Sui Sentieri della Fantasia" at Montisola (Brescia). Tours of concert have taken him to Egypt, Portugal, Mexico, Lebanon. He has recorded two pieces of the composer S. G. Masoni on the CD "The Clear Project" and in July 1999 is available his last CD "TIME BANDITS :Time's deception" recorded with Pier Paderni.
Since February 1995 he ha been studyng baroque flute and after winning a CEE scholarship he attended the VI edition of courses in baroque music at Porto (Portugal) specializing under the direction of E. Di Felice. At present he studing under the direction of M. Castellani at the Conservatory of Verona. (Italy) "
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Claudio Santambrogio has been active as a flutist both in the field of early as well as contemporary music, specializing on period instruments. He is a member of the ensemble 'de vinea', specialized in Medieval Music, and of The Modena Consort, a quartet of Renaissance transverse flutes.
He has conducted extensive research on iconographical and textual references of the transverse flute in the Middle Ages, and has explored the repertoire of what he believes being a forgotten golden age the transverse flute, the late 14th century culminating in the so-called Ars subtilior.
With Boaz Berney he worked on the reconstruction of an instrument for this repertoire, based on a very unusual instrument from the Musikinstrumentemeuseum in Berlin. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Gabriele Cassone received his conservatory diploma in Trumpet following studies with Mario Catena, and in Composition studying with Luciano Chailly.
He is world renowned not only as a historical artist performing on original instruments (Baroque natural trumpet, Classical keyed trumpet, rotary valve trumpet and piston cornet), but enjoys an equal fame as a contemporary musician.
Luciano Berio selected Gabriele Cassone to premiere his works for solo trumpet: Sequenza X for solo trumpet, and Kol-Od, performed with L'Ensemble Intercontemporain under the direction of Pierre Boulez.
He has also shared the stage with celebrated trombonist Christian Lindberg in performances of Berio's opera Cronaca del Luogo, commissioned by the Salzburg Festival.
Famous international conductors have requested Gabriele Cassone for performances of the most demanding trumpet repertoire; Sir John Eliot Gardiner named him principal trumpet in the English Baroque Soloists for the entire cycle of J.S. Bach's Cantatas, and for the Second Brandenburg Concerto, and Ton Koopman, director of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, requested him as principal trumpet for the ensemble's recording of Cantata BWV 51 by J.S. Bach. .."
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"Recorder and traverso player Lorenzo Cavasanti began studying music as a child; still a student of oboe at the Conservatory of Music in Genova, he soon took up recorder, attending the International Early Music Courses in Urbino. Specialising in the recorder with F.Brüggen, K.Boeke and M.Miessen, Lorenzo received his Diploma at the Scuola Civica di Musica in Milano, with P. Memelsdorff and E.M.Recondo. He also studied baroque flute with B. Kuijken. " Visit webiste for more information. (ed.)
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"Stefano Bet was born in Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy) in 1960. Since many years he has devoted his career to the study of original early instruments and the historical performance of the repertory for flute (Renaissance, Baroque, Classic). He is self-taught relative to historic instruments, studied with Barthold Kuijken at the Academie Internationale of Antwerp, Sigiswald Kuijken at Centro di Musica Antica of Rome, Nikolaus Harnoncourt at the Salzburg Mozarteum. Finalist at the Utrecht International Early Music Competition, today he is one of the most famous italian early flute player. His concert work includes many International Festivals: debut in 1983 at the Festival Vivaldi of Venezia (Fondazione Cini) and after....Teatro alla Scala Milano, Musica e Poesia a San Maurizio Milano, Società del Quartetto-Settimane Bach Milano, .. ." Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Since its formation the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet has explored the boundaries of the recorder consort. Its musical adventure started in 1978 when studying at the Sweelinck conservatory in Amsterdam and discovering the quartet as a new phenomenon. The ensemble's reputation grew quickly when they emerged as the winner of the 1981 Musica Antigua Competition in Bruges despite testing the competition rules by performing an unusual arrangement of a Stevie Wonder song.
What followed was the recognition as a serious ensemble of unparalleled virtuosity, a recording contract with Decca and the start of an international career. Both their playing style and choice of repertoire, something unheard of at the time, made them appear at many festivals and they toured throughout Europe the United States, South America and Japan. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Jed Wentz began his flute studies with Walter Mayhall in Youngstown, Ohio, and continued studying with James Walker in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He studied modern and historical flutes at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music with Robert Willoughby and Michael Lynn, and received a Soloist's Diploma from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague after three years with Barthold Kuijken. He has performed and recorded with groups such as Musica Antiqua Koln, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Capriccio Stravagante Paris and the Gabrielli Consort. In 1992 he founded Musica ad Rhenum, with whom he has recorded more than 20 CDs both as flutist and conductor. His recording of the complete flute sonatas of Locatelli was awarded the prize for the Best Recording of Italian Music 1995 by the Fondazione Cini Venetia. Mr. Wentz teaches at the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music, and lectures regularly on performance practice at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He has published articles in Early Music, Concerto, and Tijdschrijft voor Oude Muziek. He is pursuing his doctorate through Leiden University, with his research centering on the relationship between 18th-century staging and tempo in the tragedie en musique. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Study of baroque, classisal and romantic flutes with Marten Root at the Utrecht Conservatory and Sweelinck Conservatory Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Private studies of modern flute.
Masterclasses by Barthold Kuijken, Wilbert Hazelzet, Nancy Hadden, Richard Egarr and Michael Rosenberg.
Flutist with the baroque orchestras l'arco, Hannover and Les Perruques, Amsterdam.
Free lance work with different period instrument orchestras in Germany.
Chamber music work with different enembles, a.o. ensemble le petit bruitand Ensemble Phoebus Amsterdam".
Performances and recordings made with
the Orchestra of the Nederlandse Bachvereniging, under Gustav Leonhardt, René Jacobs, Ivan Fischer and Jos van Veldhoven,
the orchestra Anima Eterna under Jos van Immerseel,
Ensemble Musica ad Rhenum under Jed Wentz,
the European Union Baroque Orchestra under Roy Goodman and Mark Minkowsky.
Teaching at the Early Dance and Music Center, Groningen and privately."
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"Raymond Honing studied at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and chamber music with flute and Baroque flute at Harrie Starreveld Marten Root. He also attended masterclasses with the French flutist Patrick Gallois. His repertoire ranges from 18th-century, Early Romantic music on period instruments to contemporary and world music on the modern flute. The Amsterdam Quintet was a prizewinner at the International Wettbewerb für Junge Kultur in Düsseldorf and the Musical Ensemble L'Esprit won a prize at the International Competition of Wassenaer 2000. Raymond is artistic director of the Baroque ensemble La Barca Leyden. In addition to performing as a chamber music partner, Raymond also occurs as a regular soloist. He was the soloist for the world premieres of the flute concert by Robin Raaff (NL) and Uzong Choe (Korea) and also in Bach and Vivaldi concerts. He has made CD recordings of works by De Raaff, Ruynemann and Feldman and played eg in the Nieuw Ensemble, the Asko Ensemble, the Ives Ensemble, the Dutch Bach Society and the Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra. Besides numerous concerts in the Netherlands, he has also made appearances on concert stages and festivals in Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic and Scandinavia. In addition to his flute playing, Raymond is also active as a conductor."
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" Hans Olav Gorset is Associate Professor of music at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, teaching recorder, baroque flute and performance practice. He was educated in Oslo, New York, Basel, and Amsterdam and is a veteran of the early music movement in Norway. He pursues a career as a soloist and as a member of various ensembles, but also finds time to make historical instruments and host early music programs for the Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK). He directs Pro Musica Antiqua, Oslo, an ensemble noted for its lively performances of medieval and renaissance music. With this ensemble he has recorded CDs with Scandinavian medieval and renaissance music and performed in many European countries.
As a member of the Nordic Baroque Quartet he has toured Scandinavia and recorded a program of little-known 18th century music. His solo recording of the flute suites by Pierre Philidor (with Rolf Lislevand and Paolo Pandolfo) he has won international acclaim. Gorset is also accomplished in improvised music in many styles and genres. He has recorded music for film and theatre, and performed as a soloist with several orchestras, both with modern and baroque instruments. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"The membership of the Society is made up of people who are interested in the music of the bagpipes, the playing of the instruments and also a growing number of instrument makers who produce a wide range of instruments.
Membership of the Society is open to anyone with an interest in the bagpipes and offers:
- Four Newsletters a year which include information on technical issues, recording reviews, notated music suitable for the bagpipes, band profiles, details of festivals and events where bagpipes will be present, an area for members to advertise instruments for sale and a Society shop selling society goods.
- The opportunity to attend the Society's "Blowout" weekend. This is a now annual event held at the end of May and includes workshops, concerts, dances and competitions amongst other "bagpipey" happenings.
- Periodical publications of the details of bagpipe makers and teachers, a discography and a bibliography."
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"The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, based in London, are now celebrating their 15th year. All the members are leading specialists on early brass instruments with a shared aim to take the performance of repertoire for Cornetts and Sackbuts to the highest level.
Since it's formation, ECSE have played at many major music festivals in the UK and abroad including the Bath International Festival, Spitalfields, Warwick & Leamington and the York Early Music Festival including being finalists in the Early Music Network International Young Artists Competition. Sell out appearances have also been given at London's Wigmore Hall, St. John's Smith Square and the Purcell Room. ECSE have toured in France, Canada and Israel (twice with the assistance of the British Council). In April 2008, ECSE returned to Canada following there successful tour back in 2001 with performances in Toronto and Ottawa of their new programme "FLOWER OF CITIES ALL" plus world premiere performances of a new commission for ECSE by Canadian composer Andrew Ager. A live performance for Canada's new radio station, Classical 96.3FM was also given. ECSE have also performed on BBC Radio 3, 4 and BBC Scotland and their recordings are often heard on Radio 3 and Classic FM. .." Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Georgia Browne is a freelance historical flute player. She specialises in repertoire from the Baroque to the early Romantic era, performing on original and replica flutes as both a chamber and orchestral musician. She is principal flute and soloist with The New Dutch Academy and has performed with numerous other period instrument ensembles in Europe and Australia.
Georgia has been a guest teacher at musical institutions in Iceland, Indonesia and Australia and teaches historical flute privately in London where she is currently based. "
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"Jeremy West is one of the few people alive today making a living from the 17th Century cornett (cornetto, Zink). His working life encompasses performance with His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts; teaching at The Royal College of Music and Trinity College of Music, London as well as privately; instrument manufacture with Christopher Monk Instruments; and most recently with the publication of interesting, newly researched repertoire for the instrument and its various ensemble possibilities.
The cornett was the most popular wind instrument of its day, coming closer in sound, according to contemporary reports, to the human voice than any other. Curiously and sadly its popularity waned during the second half of the 17th century and eventually it died out altogether. The cornett is, however, making a serious comeback and Jeremy West is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of this revival. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Lesley Schatzberger has been at the forefront of historical instrument performance whilst also remaining active in a broad range of music making. After studying at the junior department of the Royal Manchester College of Music, she went on to the University of York, and then for postgraduate studies to the Royal Academy of Music. She was appointed as principal clarinet with Roger Norrington's London Classical Players, John Eliot Gardiner's English Baroque Soloists and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. She has toured many times in Europe, the United States, and Japan, including performances with Stockhausen's chamber ensemble and with the Academy of Ancient Music.
Lesley teaches at the Royal Northern College of Music and also runs Jessie's Fund, a charity helping seriously ill children through music, which was established in memory of her daughter. In 2006 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of York. "
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"Nancy Hadden's reputation is established world wide for her expressive playing, engaging programmes and communicative and inspiring teaching. She was born in Columbus, Ohio, earned a BMus in performance at Ohio Wesleyan University, an MA in music history at Penn State and studied for a PhD at Washington University in St. Louis before moving to London in 1978. She has performed all over the world as a soloist and with harpsichordist Lucy Carolan and viol player Erin Headley, with Andrew Lawrence King and the Harp Consort, and with her own ensembles Circa 1500 and Zephyrus. Reviving the repertoire and playing techniques of the renaissance flute has been a major achievement, and led to her ground-breaking first recording in 1988 for Hyperion, Flute Music of the 16th and 17th Centuries. She has made some 35 solo and chamber music CDs, several winning Gramophone 'record of the year' nominations and 'critic's choice' awards, including discs of CPE Bach, Michel de la Barre, Hasse, Mozart Flute Quartets, 18th c. English Solos and Scots Tunes, and six Renaissance CDs with Circa 1500. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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In 1910, the Cleveland Amateur Baseball Association was formed to help organize amateur baseball in the area. While professional baseball was available in Cleveland, amateur games regularly attracted thousands of fans to city parks. Games were played at Washington, Gordon and Edgewater Parks, but Brookside Park could hold the largest crowds.
On October 10, 1915, an estimated 100,000+ fans crowded into Brookside Stadium to watch the National Amateur Baseball Championship game. The stadium was located below the bluffs at Fulton Road and Denison Avenue and built into the bowl shaped natural amphitheatre. Fans spread out in the grass to watch Cleveland's White Motors team defeat Omaha's Luxus team 11-6. The crowd at this game may have been the largest ever recorded at a baseball game.
Brookside Park is still a popular location for baseball and softball games. While the natural amphitheatre is still there, it no longer hosts thousands of sports fans. Other ball diamonds have been built at the park through the years and are maintained by the City of Cleveland. If you visit on a summer evening you are still likely to catch a game at Brookside Park just like Clevelanders did 100 years ago.


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Welcome to the ONLY IN AMERICA Website.
A little more than 350 years ago, in September,1654, twenty-three impoverished Jews arrived by ship in New Amsterdam after having been expelled from Recife,Brazil. Adding insult to injury, Governor Peter Stuyvesant tried to expel them when they arrived. He failed. ONLY IN AMERICA is a series of six radio programs that will show the progress of American Jews from this trickle of poor immigrants to today's thriving community of six million.
From Asher Levy, who fought for Jewish civil rights in colonial times, to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who climbed from working class roots in Brooklyn to a seat on the Supreme court, ONLY IN AMERICA is full of stories and personalities of Jewish women and men, from the present and the past, who have achieved success in America.
You can listen to these programs or purchase CDs, by clicking on the appropriate link to the left. And be sure to use the Comment link to send us your email address so we can notify you of new programs in the series, and to send us your reactions.
NOW AVAILABLE! What Is Judaism?
What is Judaism? is an exploration of the essential nature of Judaism, its beliefs, history, rituals and culture. The programs take the form of a conversation between Host Larry Josephson, a secular Jew with little knowledge of the religion of his grandparents, and Rabbi Ismar Schorsch, Chancellor Emeritus of the Jewish Theological Seminary. These CDs include:
Shabbat: Conserving The World
Passover: Why This Night?
Hanukkah: A Great Miracle Happened There High Holy Days: Remember Us Unto Life
Charleton and Susan Buckley
Edwin A. Goodman
Harvey & Thelma Reisman
The John L. Loeb, Jr. Foundation
The Law Firm of Fross, Zelnick, Lehrman & Zissu
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LinuxCon 2010 Interview: Dawn Foster, MeeGo Community Manager
Trevan McGee talks with Dawn Foster, MeeGo Community Manager about the project's progress, how to get involved, and the upcoming MeeGo Conference in Dublin.
Trevan McGee talks to MeeGo Community Manager Dawn Foster about the growth of MeeGo, getting involved, and the upcoming MeeGo Conference in Dublin.
Issue 241/2020
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Pop!_OS 20.10 Now Supports DEB822 Format
The Linux distribution from System 76 has converted over to the friendlier apt format.
Ubuntu 20.10 Now Supports Raspberry Pi
Ubuntu 20.10 is the first release from Canonical to support the Raspberry Pi single board computer.
A New Linux Distribution has been Released
Emperor-OS is a new Linux distribution focused on programming, developing, and data science.
Ubuntu Groovy Gorilla Beta Available
The beta version for Ubuntu's latest release is now available for testing.
Microsoft is Finally Set to Release Edge Browser for Linux
Chromium-based MS Edge browser will soon be available for testing on Linux.
Lenovo Now Offering Ubuntu 20.04 as an Option
Lenovo is making good on its promise to support Linux as a pre-install option.
Linux Deepin 20 Released
One of the most beautiful Linux distributions on the market has been refreshed.
A New Version of Zorin OS is Now Available
Fan-favorite, Zorin OS 15.3 is officially available.
Lenovo Now Offering Fedora Linux as an Option
Lenovo is making good on their Linux promise by adding Fedora into the mix.
System76 Launches New High-End Laptop
System76 has unleashed a beast of a mobile workstation.


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9 Large-Format Drinks to Make for Holiday Parties
All the recipes you need for cocktails, juice blends, milkshakes and more.
One of our top tips for holiday entertaining is this: do not make drinks one by one. Do not shake drinks for each of your cocktail party guests. Do not act as bartender all night long, unless you want your friends to start calling you 'Grinchy' by the end. Instead of making drinks to order, it's much more fun to whip up a big batch of punch or some other large-format cocktail so that it's easy for guests to serve themselves.
Here are 9 of our favorite tried-and-true large format drink recipes to get you started.
Rich and Frothy Holiday Eggnog
If you've only ever had the grocery store stuff, you might be surprised how much you like homemade eggnog. The traditional method can be a bit of an arm workout (hey! get started on that New Year's resolution early!) but lucky for you, Kenji developed an easier version that uses an electric mixer.
Want to have a little fun with eggnog? Here are a dozen ways to upgrade the classic, with good stuff like gingersnaps, coffee, Nutella, and more.
Charleston Light Dragoon's Punch
As Roderick Hale Weaver, the bartender at Husk restaurant, tells it, the members of Charleston's 19th-century Light Dragoon militia were more socialites than soldiers. "They would ride around and get hammered," he says. Their drink of choice: this punch, made with tea and lemon, California brandy and rum, plus a little peach brandy to sweeten.
Manhattan Cocktails for a Crowd
Just because you're not going to stand there with a shaker doesn't mean you can't serve classic cocktails at your holiday soirée. The key, though, is batching up a bottle in advance. You'll be adding in a little water, too, then chilling the whole thing down, so the drink is properly diluted, even without shaking. Keep the bottle on ice, then invite your friends to pour their own Manhattans.
Scotch Regency Punch
Everyone feels like drinking Scotch when it's cold outside, but this spiced punch will also appeal to those who prefer mixed drinks. It's made with blended Scotch, fresh lemon, soda water, and an easy cardamom-spiced syrup that you can make up to five days before the party.
Rompope is an eggnog-like combination of milk, egg, spice, and rum, served during the holidays in Mexico, and flavored with blanched almonds (or pine nuts). It's served chilled, often over ice, but you'll sometimes see a warm version served in Nicaragua.
Aperol Gin Punch
If you're into Negronis but looking for a lighter variation to serve at a party, this is the punch for you. It's made with gin and bittersweet Aperol, and sweetened with herbal Yellow Chartreuse and cut with citrus (orange, grapefruit, and lime.) A bottle of sparkling wine (no need to use anything fancy) adds a pleasant fizz.
London Fog Milk Punch
English milk punch is kind of miraculous. No, it's not the creamy stuff you see in New Orleans. This drink dates back to the 1700s, and the process is a bit bizarre. Essentially, you make a rum, sugar, and citrus juice mixture. Then, hot milk and spices are added and allowed to infuse until the milk curdles. (Curdles? Yeah. Keep reading.) The curdled mixture is strained through a fine mesh strainer and several layers of cheesecloth—so the final result isn't gross-looking at all. The end product is delicious—lightly sweet, silky, and totally translucent.
Poinsettia Punch
A bright pink, gin-based punch might sound like a light, fruity drink, but it's anything but. In this drink, floral Nolet's gin takes on warm winter spice through allspice dram and a simple cinnamon syrup, while lemon juice and a touch of grenadine bring in citrus and sweetness. Garnish with lemon wheels spiked with cloves.
Anejo Rum Punch
Ginger beer is a great addition to punch, adding spicy flavor without upping the proof. Here, it's mixed with tart lime and sweet orange curaçao, plus aged rum. Don't skip the Angostura bitters; they're a big part of what makes the drink complex and interesting.
Looking for hot drink ideas? Right this way...
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Learn how to model the infamous drive-by shooter, the Mac 10, in MAXON Cinema 4D. Whether you're new to MAXON's popular 3D modeling application or are just looking to get better acquainted with Cinema 4D and its various features and functions, you're sure to enjoy this free video software tutorial. For more information, including complete instructions, watch this 3D modeler's guide.
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Ink and Toner Costs: Getting a Handle on the Numbers
The money you pay for any printer doesn't stop with the hardware purchase; you also have to consider the ongoing costs for replacing the ink or toner supplies. For many inkjet printers, in particular, the cost of replacement cartridges can quickly outstrip the initial cost of the printer. Don't be tempted by a printer's features without also checking on its cost of consumables. Here's how we calculate the cost for our printer reviews.
1) A little shopping: We get the current price of each cartridge from the printer vendor's own Website. If the vendor doesn't sell the cartridges directly, we average the prices collected from three or more major online retailers.
2) A little research: All inkjet printer vendors publish yield data for their ink cartridges--how many pages a cartridge can print before it runs dry. Most vendors' yields are based on an industry-standard measuring tool, a specific suite of documents printed at specific settings so that the results are comparable among different models. Finding the yields can sometimes require a bit of digging; feel free to explore, and don't hesitate to bug the vendor for guidance if you can't find what you're looking for easily.
3) A little math: For each color, we divide the price of the cartridge by the page yield to get the cost per color per page. If a printer offers high-yield cartridges as well as standard-size ones, we gather the prices for both kinds of cartridges.
The resulting costs per color per page will give you an idea of how much the printer will cost you in ink or toner. It's important to note that your mileage may vary depending on what you actually print on a day-to-day basis, and how much you print.
One more tip: Check the printer's "what's in the box" information to see whether you're getting full-size ink or toner cartridges, or lower-capacity, starter-size supplies. It isn't unusual for lower-end laser or LED printers to come with starter cartridges; some snapshot printers give you just a few shots' worth of ink, forcing you to buy a full set right away. Avoiding this trick is getting harder, but at least you'll be aware of it.


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Sabayon 11: Press Release
This is the place where you can find all the Sabayon Linux Press Releases
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Sabayon 11: Press Release
We're here once again to announce the immediate availability of Sabayon 11 in all of its tier-1 flavours. If you really enjoyed Sabayon 10, this is a release you cannot miss!
There you have it, a shiny distro for your home computer, your laptop and your servers, virtualized or not.
Linux Kernel 3.7 with BFQ iosched, GNOME 3.6.2, KDE 4.9.5 (upgraded to 4.10.1 as soon as it is available), Xfce 4.10, LibreOffice 3.6.3 are just some of the things you will find inside the box.
Complete EFI/UEFI and UEFI SecureBoot support, greatly improved NVIDIA Optimus support through Bumblebee, MATE 1.4 for those missing GNOME 2.x, a selection of MySQL flavors, including Google MySQL and MariaDB, up to 14000 packages now available in the repositories per architecture, and much, much more.
Reliably Rolling
As many of you know, Sabayon is a rolling distribution with some tweaks to the model to make the experience less painful and more predictable. This also mean that our official releases (or snapshots) are becoming stale very quickly, which is a reason why we have "daily" live media images available as well. Now, we want to take it further and, in the near future, offer semi-automatic monthly (or bi-monthly) releases. During this release cycle and the upcoming one, the focus has been and will be on distribution-wide continuous integration and testing. This also means that your contribution in terms of feedback, bug reporting and donations is going to be even more important for us!
EFI, UEFI and UEFI SecureBoot
Starting from Sabayon 11, all the x86_64 live images can boot and install on {U,}EFI only systems through GRUB bootloader. While we debate the way SecureBoot is implemented and its key management governed, we decided to make Sabayon bootable on systems where SecureBoot is enabled, through shim-signed, by Matthew Garrett. The process is simple: at the first live boot, you will be asked to enroll the Sabayon SecureBoot key, which is available in the "/SecureBoot" directory on the live media. However, in order to give you full control of your system, during the installation a new and personal SecureBoot keypair will be generated (and put into /BOOT/EFI/sabayon/enroll-this.cer). This means two things: you must also enroll this new key at the first boot after install and you will be able to sign your own binaries without depending on any third-parties (including us).
To learn more about SecureBoot in Sabayon, also read this blog post.
NVIDIA Optimus and Bumblebee support
Sabayon 11 gained out of the box support for NVIDIA Optimus through Bumblebee (and bbswitch). Optimus systems are automatically detected and configured on your behalf if a NVIDIA GPU, an Intel GPU and NVIDIA proprietary drivers are installed.
Tons of updates and new packages
As always, the amount of software updates is huge, and you can search for your favorite software through our web interface. Here are some worth a mention: all our Linux kernels (server, desktop, hardened, ec2, arm) at the time of this writing, have been updated to 3.7.4, GNOME has been updated to 3.6.2, KDE to 4.9.5 (and 4.10.1 is in the works), LibreOffice to 188.8.131.52 (and 4.0 will arrive soon), MATE saw its 1.4 release and XBMC 12 is finally here. Last but not least is Steam! Yes, we now have it in our repositories as well.
The Sabayon repositories have now reached almost 14000 packages available for each of the main architectures currently supported (i686, x86_64). This has been made possible by our new internal continuous building tools (Matter and Cosmos), and your donations of course.
Rigo improvements, Equo rewrite
Rigo, the Google-style graphical application browser, received a tremendous set of small but important speed and usability improvements thanks to your feedback. For example, a whole new set of keyboard accelerators has been implemented: CTRL+F for switching to the search bar, CTRL+M to load the preferences menu and CTRL+P to move the focus to the results list area.
For those of you who love Equo more, it may be interesting to know that the whole Equo codebase has been rewritten from scratch and the old stinky code that was around since 2007 has been eventually thrown away. While the command interface is still the same, you will be able to realize that some new features have appeared here and there, and most importantly, that now every equo sub-command has built-in support for bash completion and man pages. Fore more details about the new Equo, have a look at this blog post.
Free all the MySQLs!
Three MySQL flavors are now available in our repositories, and I personally feel quite proud of this: Google MySQL 5.1, Oracle MySQL 5.5 and MariaDB 5.5. We expect to migrate to MariaDB as the default MySQL implementation once version 10.0 is released as stable.
What is the right Sabayon for you?
As Sabayon 11 comes in many different flavors, which one are you supposed to pick? Good question! First of all, it depends on your computer architecture, whether it's 64bit or 32bit. Usually, any modern computer has 64bit support and we encourage you to only consider the live images containing the "amd64" identifier. As you may have now realized, "amd64" stands for 64bit while "x86" stands for 32bit. Now, if you don't know anything else about a Linux distribution and its different Desktop Environments and you have a decent computer, just pick the one ending with _G.iso. "G" stands for GNOME. However, if you think that GNOME 3.x sucks, don't worry, you are not alone! In this case, we suggest you to consider the KDE version of Sabayon, marked with a "_K.iso" suffix. If you then realize that your system is really slow with either one of them, well, you have no choice other than picking the MATE and/or Xfce ones, respectively marked with a "_MATE.iso" and "_Xfce.iso" suffix. If you don't know how to install Sabayon or you are afraid to make a mistake, just click on the "Get Live Help" icon you can find on the Desktop or simply go to our WebChat or our forums.
How about CoreCDX, HardenedServer, ServerBase and SpinBase?
CoreCDX is a minimal install for those wishing to configure the system more to their liking, and uses the Fluxbox Window Manager. HardenedServer is an Xfce powered image that comes with a Gentoo Hardened kernel (the base system is compiled with hardened flags on all the Sabayon releases). ServerBase and SpinBase instead, are respectively base images for creating server oriented and desktop oriented Sabayon distributions.
What you can do for Sabayon
There are several things you can do, depending on your free time or your financial resources.
Donations are for sure the easiest way to help Sabayon growth. You can make them by going to http://www.sabayon.org/donate. If money is a problem for you, but you still have some free time, you may want to join us, as external contributor or core team member, by subscribing to the devel mailing list and joining us on freenode in #sabayon-dev.
If time and money are a no-go for you, just use Sabayon and spread the word! If you will ever meet one of the developers, just offer them a beer.
During 2012, we have been able to improve the speed and reliability of our infrastructure thanks to your support and we hope to be able to raise the same funds in 2013 as well! In particular, four SSD drives (2x256Gb Samsung 830 and 2x480Gb OCZ Vertex 3), a bunch of new hard drives and a completely new tinderbox server have been purchased.
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Home Warranty in Clinton, Iowa
Why Having a Home Appliance Warranty is Essential?
Home appliance warranty coverage in Clinton adds a layer of protection for all your home appliances in order to lessen any unforeseen costs associated with having to fix or replace major home appliances.
Household appliances often require fixing or replacing and having home appliance warranty coverage in Clinton provides a peace of mind knowing you won't have to break the bank to fix any home appliance.
By purchasing home warranty coverage in Clinton, all your major home systems and home appliances will be covered under a warranty insurance plan. The home appliance warranty provides added incentives of affordable repair and replacement options instead of using major expenses to fix home systems and appliances.
Owning your own home comes with numerous perks but constantly maintaining the home can also lead to many headaches. However, purchasing a homeowner warranty in Clinton can help alleviate unforeseen expenses and irritations.
With a homeowner warranty plan, you can avoid paying for expensive breakdowns that occur while trying to maintain a home. With a homeowner warranty in Clinton, any funds needed to fix appliances or major home systems can instead be used on other efforts.
A homeowner warranty in Clinton can also save you time by giving you access to reliable technicians ready to fix any unforeseen development within your home.
Purchasing a homeowner warranty also provides you with instant customer support at any time, protection from improper installs, as well as the ability to cover major home system issues such as roof leaks, air conditioner fixes, or septic tank problems.
- Instant Support: Receive 24/7 online support in Clinton, Iowa to help start the fixing or repairing process on major items as soon as they break down. You also won't have to waste time trying to compare prices or read reviews of contractors.
- Mistake-Free Fixes: Even if your home systems or appliances weren't installed properly or haven't been maintained correctly, warranties can still cover the cost of fixing or replacing the items.
- Wide Coverage: Covering major home repair expenses in Clinton, Iowa such as roof leaks, air conditioner replacements, or septic tank issues is another additional coverage customers can receive to help negate unwanted and major fixes.
Home Appliance Warranty Costs in Clinton, Iowa
The annual costs of your home warranty plan can vary depending on the size, location and when your property was built.
An average home appliance warranty costs around $200 annually and is typically paid in a lump sum during the closing of a home sale. A service fee is also collected when a claim is filed for a home warranty plan.
Despite the added costs of a homeowner warranty in Clinton, Iowa, the peace of mind you'll have knowing all your home appliances and major systems are under warranty provides the optimal comfort of foregoing a warranty plan can't offer.
Whether looking to protect the property while being sold to prospective buyers, or having protections for renters, anyone involved with renting, buying, or selling a property in Clinton has various reasons to utilize home warranty insurance.
How to Choose Which Home Warranty Coverage to Buy in Clinton
Before purchasing any home warranty coverage in Clinton, you need to find out what type of coverage home warranty companies offer to ensure their protections are covering your needs.
Warranty aspects to contemplate before deciding on home warranty companies in Clinton include the availability of coverage in your area, the age and wear and tear on appliances and the home systems, as well as options and additions the home warranty coverage permits.
Moreover, talking with home warranty agents on special deals, seasonal promotions and discounts can also help alleviate costs.
Protecting Home Systems and Home Appliances
After purchasing home warranties in Clinton, Iowa, you'll instantly receive protection for nearly every home system and appliance.
Home systems typically covered include cooling, heating, plumbing, electrical, roof, water heater, ductwork, and septic tanks systems.
Most home appliances covered under home warranties include washers, dryers, garbage disposals, refrigerators, stove and ovens, built-in microwaves, dishwashers, humidifiers, garage door openers, and ceiling fans.
Home Warranty Claim Process
If you are forced to use your home warranty coverage in Clinton, there are procedures that need to be followed for you to receive a claim.
Before the claim process begins, reviewing the insurance contract to gauge whether your plan will cover the item or system that needs to be fixed or replaced will help avoid any discrepancies.
Once the claim is filed and received by the home warranty company in Clinton, Iowa, they will review your policy and then send a contractor to your home to determine the issue.
After determining whether the appliances or home systems need to be fixed or replaced, the necessary repairs and replacements can commence. Once completed, you will pay the home warranty company a service fee which ends the claim process.
Home Warranties Bring Comfort and Security
Whether you stay on top of routine maintenance for your home or neglect the property, unpredictable circumstances will occur and paying out of pocket for replacements can be expensive.
Having a home warranty plan in Clinton offers optimal protection and a peace of mind only home warranty coverage can provide.


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$2.5 Billion - None for Us
Mayor Daley announced plans today to privatize Midway Airport in return for $2.521 billion from investors.
The private consortium that would take over includes Midway Investment and Development Co. LLC, Citi Infrastructure Investors, John Hancock Life Insurance Co. and YVR Airport Services Ltd., Daley said at a news conference.
The lease term would be 99 years, and, under state law, the city must use 99 percent of the lease's net proceeds for infracture [sic] projects around the city, Daley said.
Prediction: Inside of 25 years, Chicago surpasses Detroit in squalor.
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Jane Pratt Launches Beauty Site xoVain
New blog features (very) personal stories, shoppable posts
This morning, at the Waterworks showroom in New York's Flatiron district, Jane Pratt presided over the launch party for her new beauty site, xoVain, wearing a bathrobe. It's not an outfit you'd expect to find Pratt wearing in public, but the founder of the legendary Sassy magazine isn't known for being coy: Her current project, Say Media-owned blog xoJane, is an over-sharer's dream. (Recent posts include "Tales from an Ornery Vag: Tips for Curing Persistent Lady Infections, Yo!" and "Getting Pregnant With Michelle Tea: Medication, Feelings and Chocolate Benders.")
Despite these attention-grabbing headlines, it was xoJane's beauty content that proved the most popular with readers since its launch almost two years ago. The new spinoff, xoVain, will cater to its sister site's most beauty-obsessed readers with reviews, how-tos, and stories written in xoJane's trademark open-book style. The site features some writers new to the xoJane family, as well as existing xoJane scribes that will work on both sites. (According to Pratt, xoJane will continue to run its own brand of "edgy" beauty stories.) One of the hallmarks of xoJane, said Pratt, is that its readers "become really connected with our writers. … They care if [the writer] was up late the night before and has a big meeting in the morning."
Pratt highlighted xoVain's personal nature at its launch event, where each of its writers—who wore actual clothing, unlike the bathrobe-clad Pratt and her army of cute-guy waiters—had been asked to create a display mirroring her own bathroom counter (that is, if she happens to own a similar $4,000 Waterworks vanity), complete with a jumble of favorite beauty and skin-care products. Pratt's own beauty routine was described as "all or nothing"—"I either take two minutes in the morning, or I sit down and take hours to do a full face of makeup and then wear it for four days," she said.
Attendees were asked to tweet about the event with the hashtag #NoBeautySecrets, which also happens to be the site's tagline. And the site's first stories—like "I Don't Shoot Up; I Just Have Eczema" and "My Glamorous Beauty Mark Has a Very Unglamorous Hair Growing Out Of It"— reflect the same "nothing-off-limits" ethos.
XoVain also includes a heavy focus on e-commerce—something that Say Media president Kim Kelleher was especially excited to talk about during the event. At the end of each xoVain story, readers will find a list of "shoppables"—items mentioned in the article—which they can click on to purchase from a third-party retailer. (It's especially helpful for tracking down niche products that aren't readily available at drugstores or department stores.) In addition to getting a cut of the proceeds from its shoppable items, xoVain will rely on advertising and branded sponsorships, like that of its launch sponsor, Maybelline.