�Covidien (NYSE: COV, BSX: COV), a world leader in advanced energy-based surgical systems, today announced the global release of the Evident� microwave ablation organisation. Physicians now have a powerful new tool with industry-leading engineering to ablate soft tissue.
The Evident� microwave ablation system received 510(k) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in soft tissue, and is now the first microwave ablation system available globally.
The Evident� microwave ablation system is intended for coagulation of soft tissue during transdermic, laparoscopic and open surgical procedures. Microwave energy emanates from the feed point of the radiating section of the antenna, causation coagulation of the tissue. The system then creates heat by generating rubbing through the vibration of water molecules. With microwave ablation, in that respect is no current flow through the patient, eliminating the motivation for grounding pads.
"We are extremely excited to offer the Evident� microwave ablation organization to physicians throughout the world," said Christopher Carlton, Vice President and General Manager, Interventional Oncology, Covidien. "As the only company to offer both microwave and radiofrequency ablation systems, we check the Evident� system as a significant new tool in a doctor's arsenal, which can positively lend to better patient outcomes."
With today's launch, physicians will today have approach to a unique system for tissue paper ablation. Microwave technology has shown bright results in ablating soft tissue in patients world Health Organization are non candidates for surgical resection and have few leftover treatment options.
"Microwave engineering has allowed me to treat patients with bigger ablations and more promptly compared to radiofrequency," aforementioned Anton Bilchik, M.D., Medical Director of the California Oncology Research Institute and Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA School of Medicine. "This system provides physicians with efficient and fast ablation."
This major technological advance allows surgical oncologists, interventional radiologists, hepatobiliary surgeons and other medical specialists to perform percutaneous, laparoscopic or open operative soft tissue ablation, and in less time than other forms of excision - the Evident� microwave ablation system can take 10 minutes or less. The speed and efficiency of the Evident� microwave ablation system may miserly less time in the operating or radiology suite and less time that patients will spend under anesthesia.
Robert Martin, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology at the University of Louisville James Graham Brown Cancer Center added, "Compared to former ablative systems, this microwave system has a more efficient heat mechanism. This leads to faster, more efficient ablations that potty be performed simultaneously, and thus leads to less time under anesthesia for the affected role."
About Covidien
Covidien is a leading global healthcare products company that creates innovative medical solutions for better patient outcomes and delivers value through clinical leadership and excellence. Covidien manufactures, distributes and services a diverse range of industry-leading product lines in four segments: Medical Devices, Imaging Solutions, Pharmaceutical Products and Medical Supplies. With 2007 tax income of intimately $9 gazillion, Covidien has more than 42,000 employees planetary in 57 countries, and its products are sold in over 130 countries.
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Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Saturday, 30 August 2008
Download Witchery mp3
 Artist: Witchery: mp3 download Genre(s): Metal: Thrash Metal: Heavy Discography:  Don't Fear The Reaper Year: 2006 Tracks: 14  Symphony For The Devil Year: 2001 Tracks: 12  Witchburner Year: 1999 Tracks: 7  Dead Hot and Ready Year: 1999 Tracks: 10  Restless and Dead Year: Tracks: 1 Sweden's Witchery was natural in 1997 after Satanic Slaughter tumble Ztephan Dark distinct to fire his band, which then consisted of guitarists Patrik Jenson (of Seance and the Haunted) and Richard Corpse, vocalizer Toxine, and drummer Mique. The quaternary of them recruited bassist Sharlee D' Angelo of Mercyful Fate and directly released Witchery's low album Restless and Dead. Witchery's riff-heavy vogue, hailing back to the musical alloy of the '80s, was well-received by both critics and fans. The combination of Patrik Jenson, known in the principal for his work with the Haunted, and Mercyful Fate bassist Sharlee D' Angelo constituted Witchery as a black/death metallic element supergroup. Their second button was the 1999 EP Witchburner, made up of four covers and threesome originals. Covering songs by Wasp, Judas Priest, Accept, and Black Sabbath, Witchery paid protection to the groups that suffer influenced their legal. Dead, Hot, and Ready followed shortly thenceforth, comme il faut their third base slop in less than a year's clip. Satanic Slaughter Years appeared a year later. |
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Opera review: Love and Other Demons, Glyndebourne
When it comes to presenting new works, Glyndebourne is not renowned for adventurousness, so it is a amount of how Peter E�v�s's status as an opera composer has climbed that he should be the first non-British composer to have a stage process premiered by the company. Love and Other Demons is E�v�s's fifth all-out opera, and if structurally it is his to the highest degree conventional so far, it is too well made and musically rewarding.
The composer has admitted that he localize out to write a bel canto work for Glyndebourne, and that Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez's 1994 novelette of spiritual intolerance, demonic possession and illicit love seemed to contain all the operatic ingredients he needed. The English-language libretto by Kornel Hamvai fillets the already slender tarradiddle expertly enough, but leaves the slice curiously deracinated. By removing its 18th-century Latin American context almost entirely, the power of M�rquez's thaumaturgy realism is neutralised, going just an unsavoury fib not far removed from Ken Russell's The Devils, with an ending that seems incautiously inconclusive.
E�v�s's confident score, though, is full of authentically magical things. His orchestral imagination is keen and he has simplified his musical spoken communication without always making it simplistic. There are ravishing sounds here, combined with equally convincing vocal writing often spun over diaphanous textures, tied though sometimes the drama needs more of a musical push.
It helps that the Glyndebourne carrying into action is so accomplished. Conductor Vladimir Jurowski makes the music shimmer and glow, and provides the singers with upper limit support. Allison Bell takes on with gusto the demanding coloratura of the central character, Sierva Maria, the lester Willis Young girl world Health Organization is incarcerated in a convent after apparently catching rabies; Nathan Gunn is the hunky priest sent to exorcize her demons but world Health Organization falls in love with her or else. There are wonderfully ascertained character roles from Jean Rigby as Sierva Maria's fellow inmate and Felicity Palmer as the abbess, and from John Graham-Hall as a doctor (the only age of Reason figure in this god-obsessed society), Robert Brubaker as the girl's father and Mats Almgren as the local bishop.
Only Silviu Purcarete's production disappoints for its failure to evoke whatever real horse sense of place, despite the lavish use of television projections total of wiggly bodies, insects and reptiles; someone power have pointed out to him that there are no chameleons in South America.
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Sunday, 10 August 2008
Australian country musician Reg Lindsay dies
Popularized local acts in '50s, '60s with syndicated shows
MELBOURNE, Australia -- One of the founding fathers of Australian country medicine, Reg Lindsay, died Tuesday in Newcastle, in New South Wales, after a long sickness. He was 79.
Lindsay had been hospitalized since 2003 after a heart attack and a series of strokes. Following his transcription debut in 1951 on the Rodeo label, Lindsay recorded more than 65 albums and 250 singles on a number of labels, scoring several hits on the Festival judge in the 1970s.
His best-known hits included "Silence on the Line," "Empty Arms Hotel" and his versions of 2 songs by Californian singer-songwriter John Stewart, "Armstrong" and "July, You're a Woman Now."
Through the 1950s and '60s, Lindsay popularized local country acts through his nationally syndicated television shows "The Reg Lindsay Country Hour" and "Reg Lindsay Country Homestead."
He was one of the first to be inducted into the Australian Country Music Hands of Fame in 1977 and was elevated to Australian country music's highest honor, the Roll of Renown, in January 1984. He standard the Order of Australia in 1989 from Queen Elizabeth II for services to music.
Lindsay toured the U.S. a number of times and was the first Australian to receive a plaque on Nashville's Walkway of Stars.
He is cited as an influence by a younger generation of country singers. "His classic hits sound as beautiful today as they did when Reg recorded them," aforesaid multiplatinum singer Lee Kernaghan, who calls him "a master interpreter of song."
Bob Kirchner, chief Executive of the Tamworth-based Australian Country Music Foundation added: "Reg was a behemoth of Australian country music. He was one of those people with true star quality, real natural endowment, presence and charisma."
On Monday, Sydney-based Destra Music released a four-disc boxed set covering his 45-year career entitled "No Dress Rehearsal -- The Highlights." The label had been compilation the fructify for the past 12 months with Lindsay's wife and managing director Roslyn, Destra CEO Ken Outch aforementioned.
MELBOURNE, Australia -- One of the founding fathers of Australian country medicine, Reg Lindsay, died Tuesday in Newcastle, in New South Wales, after a long sickness. He was 79.
Lindsay had been hospitalized since 2003 after a heart attack and a series of strokes. Following his transcription debut in 1951 on the Rodeo label, Lindsay recorded more than 65 albums and 250 singles on a number of labels, scoring several hits on the Festival judge in the 1970s.
His best-known hits included "Silence on the Line," "Empty Arms Hotel" and his versions of 2 songs by Californian singer-songwriter John Stewart, "Armstrong" and "July, You're a Woman Now."
Through the 1950s and '60s, Lindsay popularized local country acts through his nationally syndicated television shows "The Reg Lindsay Country Hour" and "Reg Lindsay Country Homestead."
He was one of the first to be inducted into the Australian Country Music Hands of Fame in 1977 and was elevated to Australian country music's highest honor, the Roll of Renown, in January 1984. He standard the Order of Australia in 1989 from Queen Elizabeth II for services to music.
Lindsay toured the U.S. a number of times and was the first Australian to receive a plaque on Nashville's Walkway of Stars.
He is cited as an influence by a younger generation of country singers. "His classic hits sound as beautiful today as they did when Reg recorded them," aforesaid multiplatinum singer Lee Kernaghan, who calls him "a master interpreter of song."
Bob Kirchner, chief Executive of the Tamworth-based Australian Country Music Foundation added: "Reg was a behemoth of Australian country music. He was one of those people with true star quality, real natural endowment, presence and charisma."
On Monday, Sydney-based Destra Music released a four-disc boxed set covering his 45-year career entitled "No Dress Rehearsal -- The Highlights." The label had been compilation the fructify for the past 12 months with Lindsay's wife and managing director Roslyn, Destra CEO Ken Outch aforementioned.
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
Jerry O'Connell Needs a Sports Bra
Former fatty turned current hottie Jerry O'Connell kept it modest by covering up his man-titties while out for a topless run on Monday.
Unlike may starlets today, Mr. Rebecca Romijn is classy -- he won't show his breasteses to just anybody!
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Sunday, 22 June 2008
Archetribe
Artist: Archetribe
Genre(s):
Ambient
Discography:
Earthtones
Year: 2001
Tracks: 14
Jessica Alba - Report - Alba Gives Birth To Baby Girl
Sunday, 15 June 2008
DJ Simmonds
Artist: DJ Simmonds
Genre(s):
Trance
Discography:
Sets
Year:
Tracks: 6
Operator Please set for free gig
Tuesday, 10 June 2008
Baba Muktananda
Artist: Baba Muktananda
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Hymns to Shiva
Year: 2005
Tracks: 8
Om Namah Shivaya
Year:
Tracks: 1
Guru Gita
Year:
Tracks: 1
Global Communication
Ratatat announce limited live dates
Ratatat have announced a short run of shows, kicking off July 7 in Seattle, WA.
The Brooklyn-band will support the release of their forthcoming album �??LP3�??, out July 8 via XL.
The band will play four shows on the west coast in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles before returning home to New York for a performance at the Music Hall Of Williamsburg in Brooklyn on July 15.
The dates are:
Seattle, WA Chop Suey (July 7)
Portland, OR Holocene (8)
San Francisco, CA Slim's (10)
Los Angeles, CA Echoplex (12)
Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg (15)
[b]--By our New York staff.
Find out more about NME.
The Brooklyn-band will support the release of their forthcoming album �??LP3�??, out July 8 via XL.
The band will play four shows on the west coast in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles before returning home to New York for a performance at the Music Hall Of Williamsburg in Brooklyn on July 15.
The dates are:
Seattle, WA Chop Suey (July 7)
Portland, OR Holocene (8)
San Francisco, CA Slim's (10)
Los Angeles, CA Echoplex (12)
Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg (15)
[b]--By our New York staff.
Find out more about NME.
Lily Allen - Fascinating Fact 5327
British pop star LILY ALLEN has a HOMER SIMPSON tattoo on her right wrist.
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Clint Eastwood - Eastwood Encourages Clinton
Veteran actor CLINT EASTWOOD has urged presidential hopeful HILLARY CLINTON to keep fighting in the ongoing race leading up to the next U.S. election.
The Dirty Harry star, a supporter of Republican presidential candidate John MCCain, has told the New York senator and former First Lady not to give up - despite the fact her rival Barack Obama currently has the majority of pledged delegates for the Democratic nomination.
He says, "Everybody's trying to talk her into folding, but it doesn't seem like the spirit of America.
"I watch Clinton and feel sorry for her and wonder, 'What are all these people telling her to run away for?'
"She's showing her strength by hanging in there. Put yourself in her place. You've gone out there and made a thousand speeches, shaken a million hands and been out there working your ass off. Then somebody comes up and says, 'Why don't you just drop out of it?'"
Obama has now claimed a 1,961 delegates compared to Clinton's 1,779, according to Fox News. The winner will go on to fight Republican candidate MCCain to become U.S. President in the nationwide vote later this year (08).
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Dennis Rodman: One Down, Eleven Steps To Go
For the first time since Dennis Rodman went to rehab after being charged with domestic abuse -- he was out with something that didn't look like booze.
His overworked publicist -- if he even has one anymore -- may have finally gotten through to him.
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His overworked publicist -- if he even has one anymore -- may have finally gotten through to him.
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Universal Love
Artist: Universal Love
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Ritmo Da Rua (Brian Tappert Remixes)
Year: 2004
Tracks: 3
Bee Gees - Gibbs Sadness Over Fatherhood
BEE GEES star ROBIN GIBB has compared his lack of involvement in his children's lives to a bereavement.
The singer was banned from seeing his two children following the breakdown of his first marriage in Molly Hullis in 1980.
And the star - who is teaming up with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to launch Parent Know How, a campaign for absent fathers - compared his lack of access to a bereavement.
He says, "I felt as if I was on the verge of madness.
"It was distressing and very traumatic because I had no contact whatsoever. There was no response to my calls, no acknowledgement of my gifts, no letters. I felt dejected, rejected, worthless. Nobody was telling me anything about my kids.
"You can achieve great things in life professionally, but if your children are being kept away from you, you feel empty. Emotionally, mentally and spiritually I felt abandoned.
"I had some of my blackest moments during those lost years when my children became strangers to me. I think the bleakness I felt was matched only when my twin brother Maurice died.'
Maurice Gibb died from complications caused by a burst intestine in 2003.
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Concert review | Bobby McFerrin performs, conducts, jams at intimate anniversary show
Concert Review |
Seeing Bobby McFerrin perform at Kirkland Performance Center is like having this invincible Pied Piper of song all to yourself. And a few hundred friends.
McFerrin can fill the Paramount Theatre or Benaroya Hall with fans of his unique vocalizing. But the Kirkland Performance Center, a valued Eastside cultural hub offering shows by local and national artists throughout the year, is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
And what could be more festive than an intimate evening with the man of a thousand voices singing perfectly loud? And soft?
Pinning back his mop of graying dreadlocks, and pouring his heart and slender frame into every tune, McFerrin on Friday night regaled his rapt audience with a cappella renditions of beloved songs (Charlie Chaplin's "Smile," the Beatles' "From Me to You"), classical airs (a Bach partita overlaid with "Ave Maria"), and improvised numbers in Brazilian, bluesy and African modes.
McFerrin is still his own combo. Using chest-slaps or mouth clicks for percussion, he somehow keeps a bass line, a tenor melody and baritone embellishments going all at once, with masterful use of his microphone and seamless octave leaping.
But the joy of a McFerrin concert is also in becoming part of his global chorus. With a little instruction, and a few hand gestures, he weaves every willing voice into his sonic tapestry.
And he always delights in getting fans onstage to jam with him. Friday night at KPC, an excited teen dancer improvised to his music. And a brave young singer swung through "Fly Me to the Moon," to accompanied by McFerrin's vocals and patrons' fingersnaps.
McFerrin performs again Saturday at KPC. On Sunday the center extends the party with a day of free performances (see box for details).
Misha Berson: mberson@seattletimes.com
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