| Horvitz roots out a fun folk-rock outlet
The first half of 2008 has not yet been named Wayne Horvitz Season, but perhaps it should be. Horvitz has four albums coming out between now and May, is embarking on a long-form collaboration with author Sherman Alexie based on the James Welch novel "The Heartsong of Charging Elk" and just got a remarkable review in The New York Times. Writing about Manhattan's Winter JazzFest at the Knitting Factory, New York Times jazz critic Ben Ratliff wrote, "Mr. Horvitz should have a room named after him at the club ... his aesthetic and his music encoded the notion of 'downtown jazz.' " One "downtown" notion was the idea that genres — whether jazz, classical or klezmer — need not be pure, hierarchical or, for that matter, even relevant. One genre that continually inspires Horvitz is traditional American folk-rock, including the lyrics, the kind done so well by Bob Dylan and his former group, the Band.
Update: Library Has 10 Copies of "Water for Elephants"
Angel: I was in this accident. It involved a nissan, a ford explorer, a geo tracker and a mini-van. The tracker flipped and hit the van (which we were riding in). The driver of the tracker (which rolled over) crawled out the passenger side window and walked to the opposite side of the road, he was taken to the hospital for evaluation. The driver of the explorer was very depressed about the accident, the driver of the nissan and her passengers (two teen girls and a teen boy) were upset as well. No idea who caused the accident due to the fact that everyone was hitting their brakes pretty hard. The passengers of the mini van 7 in all (myself included) have whiplash and minor cuts and bruises. DFO: Huckleberries Online first reported this accident, off the police scanner, at 11:32 a.m.
NRI count causes a scare
Meanwhile, a 22-year-old youth who was to get married tomorrow was found dead on the railway tracks in Lalru this morning. According to the police, victim Talvinder Singh, who lived in Lalru with his family, was to get married to a girl in Karnal. Talvinders family informed the police that they had returned yesterday after the shagun ceremony and Talvinder was with guests and friends last night at home. However, around 10 pm, he went missing and the family tried to locate him. They presumed that he would have gone to stay with his friends for the night. This morning they were informed that Talvinders body was found on the railway tracks. In Zirakpur, an unidentified body was found hanging from a tree in a park. The victim, in his thirties, seemed to be a migrant labourer and according to the police, the possibility of his having committed suicide cannot be ruled out.
Renal Solutions, Inc. Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance of New Design of ...
WARRENDALE, Pa., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Renal Solutions, Inc., the exclusive provider of advanced sorbent hemodialysis products and services for treatment of patients with renal failure, announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its newly enhanced Allient(R) Sorbent Hemodialysis System in chronic and acute hemodialysis applications. The new Allient System features improvements in ease of manufacturing, service and user-friendliness. In preparation for the Allient System commercialization, Renal Solutions is also launching its SMARRT(TM) (Sorbent Management for Advanced Renal Replacement Therapy) platform and campaign, which will introduce the benefits of advanced sorbent therapy to the renal community. SMARRT therapy utilizes a gentle, patient-driven technology backed by over 6 million treatments.
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