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From the early 60's till his death, and anywhere.

Would anyone have a good idea just how many there are? I have managed to come up with 17 of them, but my list stands at about 35. I am starting from 1960 through 1989.

The World's No.1 Science & Technology News Service Semen acts as an anti-depressant 19:00 26 June 02 Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition. Subscribe and get 4 free issues. Semen makes you happy. That's the remarkable conclusion of a study comparing women whose partners wear condoms with those whose partners don't. (Photo: Getty Images) The study, which is bound to provoke controversy, showed that the women who were directly exposed to semen were less depressed. The researchers think this is because mood-altering hormones in semen are absorbed through the vagina. They say they have ruled out other explanations. "I want to make it clear that we are not advocating that people abstain from using condoms," says Gordon Gallup, the psychologist at the State University of New York who led the team. "Clearly an unwanted pregnancy or a sexually transmitted disease would more than offset any advantageous psychological effects of semen." Suicide attempts His team divided 293 female students into groups depending on how often their partners wore condoms, and assessed their happiness using the Beck Depression Inventory, a standard questionnaire for assessing mood. People who score over 17 are considered moderately depressed. The team found that women whose partners never used condoms scored 8 on average, those who sometimes used them scored 10.5, those who usually used them scored 15 and those who always used them scored 11.3. Women who weren't having sex at all scored 13.5. What's more, the longer the interval since they last had sex, the more depressed the women who never or sometimes used condoms got. But the time since the last sexual encounter made no difference to the mood of women who usually or always used condoms. The team also found that depressive symptoms and suicide attempts were more common among women who used condoms regularly compared with those who didn't. The results will appear in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior. And Gallup told New Scientist that his team already has unpublished data from a larger group of 700 women confirming these findings. In this study, the always-use-condoms group were more depressed than the usually-use-condoms group, suggesting the discrepancy in the smaller study was a sampling error, he says. Alternative explanations But is it really the semen that affects women's mood? The researchers say they looked at alternative explanations such as whether women who seldom use condoms took oral contraceptives, how often they had sex, the strength of relationships, and the possibility that having a certain type of personality influenced the decision to use condoms. But none of these factors can explain their findings, they say. Subscribe to New Scientist for more news and features Related Stories Depression genes differ in men and women 28 March 2002 Brain scans reveal placebo effect in depressed patients 2 January 2002 Brain "pacemaker" has long-term effects on depression For more related stories search the print edition Archive Weblinks Gordon Gallup, State University of New York Archives of Sexual Behavior Indiana University of Pennsylvania In fact, the results aren't a complete surprise because semen does contain several mood-altering hormones, including testosterone, oestrogen, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinising hormone, prolactin and several different prostaglandins. Some of these have been detected in a women's blood within hours of exposure to semen. The question many people will ask is whether oral sex could have the same mood-enhancing effects. "Since the steroids in birth control pills survive the digestion process, I would assume that the same holds true for at least some of the chemicals in semen," Gallup says. "I understand that among some gay males who have anal intercourse, it is not uncommon to attempt to retain the semen for extended periods of time," he adds. "Suggesting, of course, that there may be psychological effects." But further research will be needed to confirm whether exposure to semen through oral or anal sex really does affect mood in heterosexual or homosexual partners. But why should semen have such an effect? "It makes no sense to me for this phenomenon to have evolved," says Satoshi Kanazawa, an evolutionary psychologist at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. But Gallup counters that men whose semen promotes long-term mood enhancement might have more chances to indulge in sexual activity. Raj Persaud

The World's No.1 Science & Technology News Service Masturbating may protect against prostate cancer 19:00 16 July 03 Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition. Subscribe and get 4 free issues. It will make you go blind. It will make your palms grow hairy. Such myths about masturbation are largely a thing of the past. But the latest research has even better news for young men: frequent self-pleasuring could protect against the most common kind of cancer. A team in Australia led by Graham Giles of The Cancer Council Victoria in Melbourne asked 1079 men with prostate cancer to fill in a questionnaire detailing their sexual habits, and compared their responses with those of 1259 healthy men of the same age. The team concludes that the more men ejaculate between the ages of 20 and 50, the less likely they are to develop prostate cancer. The protective effect is greatest while men are in their twenties: those who had ejaculated more than five times per week in their twenties, for instance, were one-third less likely to develop aggressive prostate cancer later in life (BJU International, vol 92, p 211). The results contradict those of previous studies, which have suggested that having had many sexual partners, or a high frequency of sexual activity, increases the risk of prostate cancer by up to 40 per cent. The key difference is that these earlier studies defined sexual activity as sexual intercourse, whereas the latest study focused on the number of ejaculations, whether or not intercourse was involved. The prostate produces part of the fluid that makes up semen The team speculates that infections caused by intercourse may increase the risk of prostate cancer. "Had we been able to remove ejaculations associated with sexual intercourse, there should have been an even stronger protective effect of other ejaculations," they suggest. "Men have many ways of using their prostate which do not involve women or other men," Giles adds. Macho exaggeration Giles accepts the possibility that the men who completed the questionnaires could have lied about their habits. But he doubts this skewed the results, since questions about masturbation are unlikely to evoke the same macho exaggeration as questions about, say, number of sexual partners. But why should ejaculating more often cut the risk of prostate cancer? The team speculates that ejaculation prevents carcinogens building up in the gland. The prostate, together with the seminal vesicles, secretes the bulk of the fluid in semen, which is rich in substances such as potassium, zinc, fructose and citric acid. Generating the fluid involves concentrating these components from the bloodstream up to 600-fold - and this could be where the trouble starts. Studies in dogs show that carcinogens such as 3-methylcholanthrene, found in cigarette smoke, are also concentrated in prostate fluid. "It's a prostatic stagnation hypothesis," says Giles. "The more you flush the ducts out, the less there is to hang around and damage the cells that line them." Sexual repertoire Subscribe to New Scientist for more news and features Related Stories Tissue engineers grow penis - with feeling 29 April 2003 Bigger is better when it comes to the G spot 3 July 2002 Prostate cancer "over-diagnosed" by screening 3 July 2002 For more related stories search the print edition Archive Weblinks Cancer Council Victoria Cancer of the prostate, Cancer Bacup UK Masturbation, University of Iowa Health Care BJU International His findings suggest an intriguing parallel between prostate cancer and breast cancer, as recent studies indicate that lactating reduces a woman's risk of breast cancer, perhaps because this also flushes out carcinogens. Alternatively, ejaculation might induce prostate cells to mature fully, making them less susceptible to carcinogens. "All these mechanisms are totally speculative," cautions breast cancer expert Loren Lipworth of the International Epidemiology Institute in Rockville, Maryland. But if the finding is confirmed, future health advice from doctors may no longer be restricted to diet and exercise. "Masturbation is part of people's sexual repertoire," says Anthony Smith, deputy director of the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University in Melbourne. "If these findings hold up, then it's perfectly reasonable that men should be encouraged to masturbate," he says. Douglas Fox, Adelaide story

My hearts go out to the families of the innocent adults and children killed. By MIKE ECKEL, Associated Press Writer BESLAN, Russia - Commandos stormed a school Friday in southern Russia and battled separatist rebels holding 1,200 hostages, as crying children, some naked and covered in blood, fled through explosions and gunfire. An official said the death toll could be significantly higher than 150. Commandos Battle Militants At Besieged School (AP Video) Hours after the midday assault, three of the separatist rebels were reportedly still blockaded in a school basement, trading fire with security forces. A Federal Security Service official said militants were still holding hostages — children among them. The school was largely secured late Friday afternoon, but a large explosion erupted from inside toward nightfall, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. A member of an elite security unit died saving two young girls, the agency reported. Valery Andreyev, the top Federal Security Service official in the region, said 20 militants were killed, including 10 Arabs. The Arab presence among the attackers would support President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites)'s contention that al-Qaida terrorists were involved in the Chechen conflict, where Muslim fighters have been fighting Russian forces in a brutal a war of independence for most of the past decade. A hostage who escaped told Associated Press Television News that the militants numbered 28, including women wearing camouflage uniforms. The hostage, who identified himself only as Teimuraz, said the militants began wiring the school with explosives as soon as they took control. The chaotic climax to the hostage standoff began when explosions collapsed part of the school roof and gunfire erupted from inside the building where the militants, some with explosives strapped to their bodies, stormed the school Wednesday morning. The militants — demanding independence for nearby Chechnya (news - web sites) — kept the hostages, mostly women and children, in the sweltering gymnasium, refusing to let in food or water. "They didn't let me go to the toilet for three days, not once. They never let me drink or go to the toilet," Teimuraz, the escaped hostage told APTN. After the hostage-takers fled, more than 100 bodies were found in the gymnasium, some apparently killed when part of the school's roof collapsed in the explosion that prompted the Russian security forces to move in. A Putin aide said the total death toll could be significantly more than 150 people. An estimated 520 people were wounded, health officials said. The regional health minister earlier reported that at least 218 children were wounded. Aslanbek Aslakhanov, Putin's top aide on Chechnya, said security forces did not plan to storm the building, but were prompted to move when the hostage-takers set off explosions early Friday afternoon. Witnesses said the militants opened fire on fleeing hostages and then began to escape themselves. Gunfire rang out for hours as security forces chased hostage-takers, who split into small groups as they fled. Interfax and the ITAR-Tass news agency reported the three militants holed up in the basement may include the head of the group. Another group took refuge in a nearby house where tanks moved in. Huge columns of smoke rose from the school. Windows were shattered, part of roof was gone and another part was charred. Commandos, residents and journalists scurried around the building and soldiers climbed inside through a lower floor window, all the glass missing. People ran through the streets, and the wounded were carried off on stretchers. An Associated Press reporter saw ambulances speeding by, the windows streaked with blood. Four armed men in civilian clothes ran by, shouting, "A militant ran this way." Soldiers and men in civilian clothes carried children — some naked, some clad only in underpants, some covered in blood — to a temporary hospital set up behind an armored personnel carrier. One child had a bandage on her head, others had bandaged limbs. Some women, newly freed from the school, fainted. The children drank eagerly from bottles of water given to them once they reached safety. Many of the children were naked or only partly clothed because of the stifling heat in the gymnasium. "I am helping you," a man dressed in camouflage told a crying girl. Women gathered around, trying to soothe her, saying "It's all right. It's all right." A cameraman for the British network ITN reported seeing around 100 bodies in the gym. The correspondent for Russia's Interfax news agency reported that there were dozens of bodies in the school, including about 100 in the gym, and that some were killed when the building's roof collapsed from an explosion before the main assault began. Sixty of the bodies in the gymnasium have been identified, said Andreyev, the chief of the Federal Security Service in North Ossetia said. A nurse spread clean sheets on stretchers, and told AP that Russian officials expected "very many" wounded. The White House branded the hostage-taking "barbaric" and "despicable" and said responsibility for dozens of lost lives rests with the terrorists. "The United States stands side-by-side with Russia in our global fight against terrorism," spokesman Scott McClellan said. President Bush (news - web sites) was briefed on developments in Russia Friday morning before a re-election rally in Pennsylvania. He did not talk about the Russian terrorism during his speech. The chaos erupted on the third day of the hostage standoff in Beslan, a town of 30,000 in North Ossetia, a republic near the wartorn region of Chechnya. North Ossetia's president, Alexander Dzasokhov, said Friday the militants had demanded independence for Chechnya — the first official word connecting the hostage-taking to the conflict that has fueled Russia's worst terror attacks. The violence began after militants had agreed to let Russia retrieve the bodies of people killed early in the raid. Explosions went off as the emergency personnel went to get the bodies at around 1 p.m., collapsing part of the roof of the building, and hostages took the noise as a signal to flee, officials said. Militants opened fire on fleeing hostages and security forces returned fire. Once the hostage-takers sought to escape, Russian officials apparently made the decision to storm the building. The militants had reportedly threatened to blow up the building if authorities tried to storm it, but all indications suggested the explosions began before the assault. Russian officials repeatedly said they were not planning to invade and had earlier won the release of 26 hostages through negotiations. The hostage-takers' identities were murky. Lev Dzugayev, a North Ossetian official, said the attackers might be from Chechnya or Ingushetia. Law enforcement sources in North Ossetia and Ingushetia, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the attackers were believed to include Chechens, Ingush, Russians and a North Ossetian suspected of participating in the Ingushetia violence. Insurgents fought an earlier war for Chechen independence, a conflict that ended in stalemate. In the years since, the rebels and their sympathizers have increasingly taken to assaults and attacks outside the tiny republic. Negotiators said the hostage-takers had repeatedly refused offers of food and water throughout the standoff. "They are very cruel people, we are facing a ruthless enemy," said Leonid Roshal, a pediatrician involved in the negotiations. "I talked with them many times on my cell phone, but every time I ask to give food, water and medicine to the hostages they refuse my request." The school seizure came a day after a suspected Chechen suicide bomber blew herself up outside a Moscow subway station, killing nine people, and just over a week after 90 people died in two plane crashes that are suspected to have been blown up by bombers also linked to Chechnya. In a 2002 theater raid in Moscow, Chechen rebels took about 800 hostages during a performance, a standoff that ended after a knockout gas was pumped into the building, debilitating the captors but causing almost all of the 129 hostage deaths. On Thursday, the militants had freed about 26 hostages, all women and children.

By JOCHEN WIESIGEL, Associated Press Writer WEIMAR, Germany - Thousands of irreplaceable books were feared lost or damaged in a fire at one of Germany's most precious libraries, though some 6,000 historical works — including a 1534 Martin Luther Bible — were saved by a chain of people who spirited them away from the flames, officials said Friday. Officials were surveying the damage caused by the Thursday night fire in Weimar's Duchess Anna Amalia Library, housed in a 16th-century rococo-style palace. The fire broke out in a top floor and raged for two hours before firefighters put it out. The cause is under investigation. During the fire, workers managed to pass 6,000 books, including the Luther Bible and travel papers by naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt, hand-to-hand to safety before having to abandon their rescue attempts when the ceiling threatened to collapse, said Hellmut Seeman, president of the Weimar Classics Foundation. The area directly affected by the fire housed 12,000 to 13,000 historical books, according to Library director Michael Knoche. Officials were also worried about water and smoke damage to the rest of the collection. The library holds about 1 million volumes at several places in Weimar, though the palace is the main location. Its collection centers on German literature from 1750 to 1850. During that time, Germany's most revered writer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, lived in Weimar, where his house remains a major tourist attraction. Friedrich Schiller, best known for his German classical dramas, spent the last years of his life in Weimar and died there in 1805. Anna Amalia and her son, Duke Carl August, put Weimar on Europe's cultural map in the late 18th century. Seeking a tutor for her son, she hired Christoph Martin Wieland, a poet and translator of Shakespeare's works. She also created the library that bears her name.

These were the tracks I got. They are unedited. There is some idle talk between numbers. The preformace opens with the DJ, speaking in Germany, the tunes and the musiciands names. The unissued numbers, Wes is just comping cords, no soloing. Not sure if any are unissued. Since I am a big Wes nut, I thought I had tracked down all of this music from this date. But there are tracks I didn't have. If you like, PM me and I'll give you the e-mail of the source. It is listed in a different thread I listed. NDR 1. Blue graas (+Ansage) (Ross) (5:52) 2. Last of the wine (+Ansage HG) (Ross) (8:54) 3. Here's that rainy day (Burke-vanHeusen) (8:46) 4. He is gone (Koller) (5:48) 5. On green Dolphin Street (Washington-Kaper) (5:21)6. The leopard walks (Griffin) (7:25) 7. No summer, no winter (Koller) (5:13) 8. Stella by starlight (Washington-Young) (4:46) 9. Stephenson's rocket (Ross) (6:37) 10. Opening 2 (Solal) (5:37) 11. Four on six (+Ansage HG) (Montgomery) (6:48) 1. Blue Monk (Monk) (6:45) 2. No smoking (Solal) (7:40) 3. We are standing alone (Koller) (4:47) 4. Blues up and down (Griffin) (4:26) 5. Twisted blues (Montgomery) (5:20) 6. West Coast blues (Montgomery) (6:20) 7. Blue grass (5:25) 8. On green Dolphin Street (5:00) 9. Blue Monk 5:55 10. Last of the wine 7:33 11. West Coast Blues (4:26)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Blasting music can be hard on the ears and the neighbors, and now researchers say it can also pack enough punch to collapse a lung. Reporting in the medical journal Thorax, they describe the cases of four young men who suffered a lung collapse -- technically called pneumothorax --that appeared to be triggered by loud music. Three of the men were at a concert or club when the pneumothorax occurred, while the fourth was in his car, which was outfitted with a 1,000-watt bass box because he "liked to listen to loud music." A pneumothorax occurs when a small rupture in one of the lungs allows air to leak into the space between the lungs and the chest wall, causing the lung to collapse. Symptoms include breathlessness and chest pain on the affected side. A small, partial collapse may resolve on its own, but more severe cases may require the insertion of a chest tube to allow the air to escape the chest cavity. Often, an underlying lung disease or chest injury is the culprit in pneumothorax. But so-called primary spontaneous pneumothorax happens in the absence of an underlying disease, typically striking tall, thin, male smokers. The cases described in the Thorax report suggest that loud music may be one cause of this type of pneumothorax. Though the report cites only a small number of patients, lead author Dr. Marc Noppen told Reuters Health he suspects more cases of music-induced pneumothorax will now be caught. Since the report's publication, he said, doctors in a few countries have told him they've seen similar cases. If more doctors routinely ask pneumothorax patients about their exposure to loud music, the number of injuries attributed to blasting tunes will likely go up, noted Noppen, who is with the Academic Hospital in Brussels, Belgium. In two of the cases his team describes, the men were standing close to large loudspeakers when they suddenly felt chest pain. A third case involved a 23-year-old smoker who had suffered several episodes of pneumothorax. During a follow-up medical visit, the doctors mentioned having seen two music-related pneumothorax cases, and the patient suddenly remembered that two of his attacks happened at heavy metal concerts. Noppen said he and his colleagues suspect that loud music may damage the lungs due to its booming bass frequency, which can be felt as a vibration going through the body. The lungs may essentially start to vibrate in the same frequency as the bass, which could cause a lung to rupture. It's probably a good idea, according to Noppen, to stand back from the speakers at concerts and clubs and to ease up on that car-stereo bass. It might also save your hearing, he added. SOURCE: Thorax, August 2004.

I was able to land a copy of the full April 30th session. It includes the un-issued material. Wes isn't soloing on those numbers. This is probably why the tunes remained un-issued. Still nice to have them.

I went saw Lou and his working quintet for the night. The band was tight. Lou even invited some guess to come up and sing a few tunes. Lou did a very nice job backing them up on alto. This was the first time I saw Lou without DR. Lonnie Smith. He changed it up somewhat. No Whisky Drinking Woman, but he did do a different vocal blues called "Cigarette Smoking Man." Also played "Blues Walk" and many Charle Parker numbers.

I saw both shows Saturday night. Brubeck brought his A game. 84 and his chops were still clean and fresh. Keiko Matsui, what the hell is this music? There was more sequencing in her music then in a bride's wedding dress. I couldn't believe that people left after she played. They had no idea who Dave Brubeck was. Sad state of music. Anyone that uses computers while preforming live can't cut it in my book.

Lou is doing a free show this Monday in NY. I will have to check this out. No organ, just a quartet of Alto, Piano, Bass and Drums.

Can anyone tell me more about this session? Where was it recorded? I'm assuming it is live. I don't seem to have this one, but there is so many versions of his stuff out there, I don't want to end up with the same music. AMG has a date of Feb 12 and April 30th. I'm sure I have music from April 30th. The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery [Definitive]

I made contact with someone in Austria who has just about all of these. I going to make a trade, but if they are out and commercially available on CD, I rather buy them. I've searched, but I can't fine them at any place where I've bought CD's before.

Anyone have any of these sessions? I was wondering if they exists on CD. There were a lot big names on these dates. I would love to find some of this music. Here are some names, Kenny Clarke, Lucky Thomson, Wes Montgomery, Johnny Griffin, Oscar Peterson, Ben Webster, Sahib Shihab, Carmell Jones, Lee Konitz, Cecil Payne, Slide Hampton, Phil Woods. NDR

My only knowledge of his playing, is that of the work he did with Django and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France. He had a real long life, and did record a lot after his time with Django. What would be a good session to pick up of his post Django works?

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I bought the very first Mini Disc player in 1995. Sony MZ-R2. I loved it. I have a MZ-R30 as well as a unit that is part of my stereo setup. Get one.

I never heard Landslide before, but I love every other session he's done for Blue Note. I voted for Go! as well. It has the whole package. I love Reid Miles' cover desgin and of course the music swings.

One more note, Heath's composition, was very powerful. I would highly recommend this when it gets released.

My wife and daughter. When it comes down to it, that's all that matters.

Yeah, I will go, she's opening for him.

Dave Brubeck will be playing at the Planting Fields on Long Island 8/28/04, along with Keiko Matsui, with whom I am not familiar with. Anyone know anything about her playing? AMG lists her as jazz, but I have never heard anything from her.

That may have been his name. Too much applause the one time the band was introduced for me to hear it clearly. Yes, that's who it was. I was up front and did get to hear his name. Great shows.