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Pulse 87

File:Pulse87.jpg
Type	Audio broadcast television network (2008-09) Internet radio station (2010-present)
Country	United States
Owner	Mega Media (2008-09) Joel Salkowitz (2010-present)
Launch date	2008
Dissolved	October 30, 2009
Official website	www.pulse87ny.com

Pulse 87 is an American television franchise that operated as a radio branding. The brand was formerly owned and operated by Mega Media. As of February 2010, the format was resurrected as an online internet station under new management following the bankruptcy and liquidation of its former owner.

Background and format[link]

The network consisted entirely of low-power television stations that operate on channel 6. The audio portion of that TV channel operates at 87.75 MHz, at the very low end of the FM radio spectrum in the United States, and can be picked up on FM radios provided the station broadcasts in analog television. Pulse 87 stations operated a dance radio format.

Mega Media did not own any stations, instead opting to lease time from the stations.

There are currently no "Pulse 87" affiliates. The network only ever succeeded in getting its programming on one station, WNYZ-LP in New York City, which ran the format from February 2008 through October 2009. Mega Media had announced plans to bring the "Pulse 87" brand to three other low-power stations, KSFV-LP in the San Fernando Valley (serving Los Angeles, California), WDCN-LP in Washington, D.C. and WLFM-LP in Chicago, Illinois, all of which would have started carrying Pulse 87 programming on June 1,^[1] but those plans were scrubbed after leasing deals with the owners of those stations fell through.

Since low-power television is unaffected by the digital television transition, the stations would have been able to continue to broadcast beyond the full-power analog shutoff date of June 12, 2009. If and when low-power stations are also forced to switch to digital (currently slated for 2015), this will effectively bring an end to this usage of television as a radio, unless the Federal Communications Commission frees up the Channel 6 frequency for radio broadcasting (digital television on the VHF low band, where channel 6 resides, has been very problematic and subject to interference). A proposal by WRGB in Albany, New York to broadcast FM audio using a vertically-polarized 87.75 MHz carrier on an experimental basis had failed (causing co-channel interference between the digital signal on channel 6 and the analog FM signal at 87.75 FM), with technical constraints effectively precluding the co-existence of analog audio with a digital TV channel 6.

Financial problems and closure[link]

Plans to expand Pulse 87 to other markets was canceled due to financial difficulties, most of which were unrelated to the creation of the Pulse 87 format and predated it significantly. On August 12, 2009, Mega Media filed for bankruptcy, reporting $3.5 million in liabilities against assets of just $180,000. Mega said it was hoping to continue operating Pulse while it restructures under Chapter 11.[1]. By September 2009 the station was still on the air. According to the Stipulation and Order Regarding the Time Brokerage Agreement agreed to by Mega Media and Island Broadcasting and approved by the bankruptcy judge, Mega Media was required to pay $500,000 by 5:00 pm on October 30 to Island Broadcasting. If that payment was not made in time, Island Broadcasting had the right to terminate the contract, and therefore Pulse 87 would have been off the air.

On October 15, 2009, the buyout deal was still not confirmed, and there were no signs that it will take place in the near future. Mega Media needed to receive a last-ditch infusion of capital by the following week in order for Pulse 87 to have a hope of staying on the air.

On October 25, 2009 at 8:30 pm, WNYZ-LP suffered a studio-transmitter link outage caused by a Verizon fiber cut. The station was broadcasting silence, or "dead air", until 12:30 pm on October 27. Three days later on October 30, 2009, the lease between the Mega Media Group and Island Broadcasting ended after Island Broadcasting failed to receive the $500,000 it was owed under the terms of the contract. Island Broadcasting was under no obligation to continue letting Pulse 87 use their signal without paying for the lease.

On October 30, 2009, Pulse 87's New York station signed off at 5:00 pm. At this point the website continued to carry Pulse 87 online but WNYZ was at this point simulcasting WPTY, a semi-rival station on Long Island. By the end of the day, Pulse 87's web site streaming had also ceased, although the stream for their iPhone app was still active, with no other indication of any change or even a goodbye message, as if the station were still operating. On November 3, 2009 the Pulse 87 web page, stream and iPhone app were all pulled permanently offline. Mega Media has converted their bankruptcy to a Chapter 7 case, which means that all of their assets will be liquidated and all employees have been laid off. Most of its creditors will not receive anything and the corporation will no longer exist. The stock price is less than a twentieth of a cent per share.

On January 1, 2010 the Pulse 87 web page was reregistered by an entity claiming to be Mega Media Group, redirecting to an iTunes referral service known as "itune.biz." (Since the original Mega Media was liquidated, there is no way that it could be the original Mega Media.)

WNYZ, the lone affiliate for the format, switched to a simulcast of similarly-formatted WPTY-FM 105 on Long Island in November 2009, but WPTY dropped the deal in January 2010, ending dance music on the 87.7 frequency. The FCC eventually revoked WNYZ's license in June 2011.

Re-emergence through internet radio[link]

On February 15, 2010 www.pulse87ny.com launched as a commercial-free internet stream using the lead-ins from the former Pulse 87. The website's re-launch branding is "NY's Real Dance Music Leader."^[2] The new site is operated by Joel Salkowitz, the former program director of the Pulse 87 format, who purchased the Pulse 87 automation equipment and rights to the Pulse 87 bumpers in the Mega Media bankruptcy auction.

The new website logged 20,000 views within its first 48 hours. In addition, Salkowitz has announced plans to bring back many of the former on-air staff. Most will return as volunteers as the new internet station gets its footing and works towards securing advertisers.^[3]

Current on-air staff:

• Jewelz Lopez
• Abel Sanchez
• Borasio
• Mike Hush
• Charlie Cavallo

Mixshow DJs:

• DJ James Anthony
• Glenn Friscia
• DJs from Mars (Aqualuce & Ventafunk)

Former on-air staff

• Star & Buc Wild (2008)
• Laura Stylez (2008-2009)
• Ruby Tuesday (2008-2009)
• Showboat (2008-2009)
• DJ Serg (2008-2009)
• DJ Yonny (2008-2009)
• Frankie Vasquez (2008-2009)
• Jonathan Peters (2008-2009)
• DJ Lil' Cee (2009)
• Nicholaus "Niko" Petrou (2009)
• Nick Marchesani (2009)
• Vinnie T. (2008-2009)
• Andre "The Dre Dog" Ferro (2008-2011)
• Eutopia (2010-2011)

References[link]

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Pulse evaluation at the radial artery.

In medicine, one's pulse represents the tactile arterial palpation of the heartbeat by trained fingertips. The pulse may be palpated in any place that allows an artery to be compressed against a bone, such as at the neck (carotid artery), at the wrist (radial artery), behind the knee (popliteal artery), on the inside of the elbow (brachial artery), and near the ankle joint (posterior tibial artery). The pulse can also be measured by listening to the heart beat directly (auscultation), traditionally using a stethoscope.

Physiology[link]

The pulse is a decidedly low tech/high yield and antiquated term still useful at the bedside in an age of computational analysis of cardiac performance. Claudius Galen was perhaps the first physiologist to describe the pulse.^[1] The pulse is an expedient tactile method of determination of systolic blood pressure to a trained observer. Diastolic blood pressure is non-palpable and unobservable by tactile methods, occurring between heartbeats.

Pressure waves generated by the heart in systole moves the arterial walls. Forward movement of blood occurs when the boundaries are pliable and compliant. These properties form enough to create a palpable pressure wave.

The heart rate may be greater or lesser than the pulse rate depending upon physiologic demand. In this case, the heart rate is determined by auscultation or audible sounds at the heart apex, in which case it is not the pulse. The pulse deficit (difference between heart beats and pulsations at the periphery) is determined by simultaneous palpation at the radial artery and auscultation at the heart apex.

Pulse velocity, pulse deficits and much more physiologic data are readily and simplistically visualized by the use of one or more arterial catheters connected to a transducer and oscilloscope. This invasive technique has been commonly used in intensive care since the 1970s.

The rate of the pulse is observed and measured by tactile or visual means on the outside of an artery and is recorded as beats per minute or BPM.

The pulse may be further indirectly observed under light absorbances of varying wavelengths with assigned and inexpensively reproduced mathematical ratios. Applied capture of variances of light signal from the blood component hemoglobin under oxygenated vs. deoxygenated conditions allows the technology of pulse oximetry.

Normal pulse rates[link]

Normal pulse rates at rest, in beats per minute (BPM):^[2]

The pulse rate can be used to check overall heart health and fitness level. Generally lower is better, but bradycardias can be dangerous. Symptoms of a dangerously slow heartbeat include weakness, loss of energy and fainting.^[3]

Evaluation[link]

Several pulse patterns can be of clinical significance. These include:

• Pulsus alternans: an ominous medical sign that indicates progressive systolic heart failure. To trained fingertips, the examiner notes a pattern of a strong pulse followed by a weak pulse over and over again. This pulse signals a flagging effort of the heart to sustain itself in systole.
• Pulsus bigeminus: indicates a pair of hoofbeats within each heartbeat. Concurrent auscultation of the heart may reveal a gallop rhythm of the native heartbeat.
• Pulsus bisferiens: an unusual physical finding typically seen in patients with aortic valve diseases. If the aortic valve does not normally open and close, trained fingertips will observe two pulses to each heartbeat instead of one.
• Pulsus tardus et parvus: a slower than normal rise in the tactile pulse caused by an increasingly stiff aortic valve. Loss of compliance in the aortic valve makes it progressively harder to open, thus requiring increased generation of blood pressure in the left ventricle.
• Pulsus paradoxus: a condition in which some heartbeats cannot be detected at the radial artery during the inspiration phase of respiration. It is caused by an exaggerated decrease in blood pressure during this phase, and is diagnostic of a variety of cardiac and respiratory conditions of varying urgency.
• Tachycardia: an elevated resting heart rate. In general an electrocardiogram (ECG) is required to identify the type of tachycardia.

The strength of the pulse can also be reported:^[4][5]

• 0 = Absent
• 1 = Barely palpable
• 2 = Easily palpable
• 3 = Full
• 4 = Aneurysmal or Bounding pulse

A collapsing pulse is a sign of hyperdynamic circulation.

Common pulse sites[link]

Upper limb[link]

Front of right upper extremity

• Axillary pulse: located inferiorly of the lateral wall of the axilla
• Brachial pulse: located on the inside of the upper arm near the elbow, frequently used in place of carotid pulse in infants (brachial artery)
• Radial pulse: located on the lateral of the wrist (radial artery). It can also be found in the anatomical snuff box.
• Ulnar pulse: located on the medial of the wrist (ulnar artery).

Chinese medicine has focused on the pulse in the upper limbs for several centuries. The concept of pulse diagnosis is essentially a treatise based upon palpation and observations of the radial and ulnar volar pulses at the readily accessible wrist.

Lower limb[link]

• Femoral pulse: located in the inner thigh, at the mid-inguinal point, halfway between the pubic symphysis and anterior superior iliac spine (femoral artery).
• Popliteal pulse: Above the knee in the popliteal fossa, found by holding the bent knee. The patient bends the knee at approximately 124°, and the physician holds it in both hands to find the popliteal artery in the pit behind the knee (Popliteal artery).
• Dorsalis pedis pulse: located on top of the foot, immediately lateral to the extensor of hallucis longus (dorsalis pedis artery).
• Tibialis posterior pulse: located on the medial side of the ankle, 2 cm inferior and 2 cm posterior to the medial malleolus (posterior tibial artery). It is easily palpable over Pimenta's Point.

Head and neck[link]

Arteries of the neck.

• Carotid pulse: located in the neck (carotid artery). The carotid artery should be palpated gently and while the patient is sitting or lying down. Stimulating its baroreceptors with low palpitation can provoke severe bradycardia or even stop the heart in some sensitive persons. Also, a person's two carotid arteries should not be palpated at the same time. Doing so may limit the flow of blood to the head, possibly leading to fainting or brain ischemia. It can be felt between the anterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, above the hyoid bone and lateral to the thyroid cartilage.
• Facial pulse: located on the mandible (lower jawbone) on a line with the corners of the mouth (facial artery).
• Temporal pulse: located on the temple directly in front of the ear (superficial temporal artery).

Torso[link]

• Apical pulse: located in the 4.5th or 5th left intercostal space, just outside the mid-clavicular line. In contrast with other pulse sites, the apical pulse site is unilateral, and measured not under an artery, but below the heart itself (more specifically, the apex of the heart).

See also[link]

• Heart rate
• Pulse meter

References[link]

Ida Corr
Ida Corr performing in Bucharest, Romania in 2008
Born	(1977-03-14) March 14, 1977 (age 35) Århus, Denmark
Nationality	Danish, Gambian
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter

Ida Corr (born March 14, 1977 in Århus, Denmark) is a Danish singer, songwriter and music producer.

Career[link]

At the age of 11 Corr won the first Danish Children Songcontest (Børne Melodi Grand Prix "MGP").^[1] As a young adult she started singing background on tours and in the studio for Danish artists such as Gnags, Sanne Salomonsen, Thomas Helmig and Rasmus Nøhr.^[1]

In 2002 Ida became known to the Danish public as a member of the short-lived girlgroup Sha Li Mar, consisting of Christina Undhjem, Engelina and Ida herself. The group regularly performed on the prime time television show Venner for livet (literally "Friends forever"). They released a self-titled album in the same year.^[2] In 2004 Corr collaborated with house producer Morten Trust on I Put My Faith in You a moderately popular dance hit.

Ida rose to fame in her native Denmark in 2005 with the release of her debut album Streetdiva and in 2006 with her follow-up album Robosoul. After creating a special song with Dutch DJ Fedde le Grand as part of the Live Earth set of international music concerts, her popularity began to spread outside of her homeland. The song, entitled Mirror 07-07-07, was played at exactly seven minutes past the seventh hour of the seventh day of the seventh month of 2007. In 2007 she received exposure in the Netherlands due to her second collaboration with Fedde le Grand, and her most recent self-written single, remixed by Fedde le Grand, Let Me Think About It spread to wider Europe quickly. It's the best-selling single outside Denmark from a Danish singer since the Danish bands Aqua and Infernal. In 2008 Ida released the compilation album One in Scandinavia. The single Let Me Think About It continued its success and reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay. One was released in the United States on August 26, 2008 as the first release on the new founded label Ministry of Sound America. A release in Russia and Germany followed quickly afterwards.

Ida Corr was also member of the band called SugaRush Beat Company, that has performed on Later... with Jools Holland in 2008 with a debut album being released in September 2008. Other members of the London-based group were Australian-born producer/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter Jarrad 'Jaz' Rogers and US soul singer/songwriter Rahsaan Patterson.^[3]

In January 2009 Ida received an award for Best-Selling-Artist from Denmark selling music in Europe at the European Border Breakers Awards in Groningen^[4] In April 2009 Corr released a musicvideo to Ride My Tempo simultaneously to a single release in Germany.^[5] A month later a new single for Scandinavia called Time premiered to Danish radios, taken from her fourth album, Under The Sun.^[6] The leading single from the album became I Want You. A musicvideo however was only shot for the Jason Gault Mix. In December the title song Under The Sun, which features guest vocals by Jamaican singer Shaggy was released as a single. On December 16, 2009 Ida participated at one of the Climate change concerts in Copenhagen. Alongside Simon Mathew she performed their duet Illusion, which was written for the World Wide Fund for Nature Climate campaign.

In January 2011 Ida collaborated with Kato, Camille Jones and Johnson on the Danish-language dance single Sjus. The song debuted at number 1 on the Danish Single charts.^[7] She also released a single called, What Goes Around Comes Around in 2011.

Discography[link]

Studio albums

• Streetdiva (2005)
• Robosoul (2006)
• Under the Sun (2009)

Compilation albums

• One (2008)

Awards and nominations[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Official fansite
• Ida Corr on Myspace
• SugaRush Beat Company on Myspace

George Lamond, born George Garcia (February 25, 1967-), is an American Freestyle music singer, who is of Puerto Rican descent. One of his popular songs and album is the 1990 Bad of the Heart.

Career[link]

Lamond was born as George Garcia on 25 February 1967 in the Bronx, New York City. He began singing backup for various artists (including for his cousin Joey Kid) before landing a solo deal with Columbia Records. His first album, released in 1990, Bad of the Heart had many underground dance hits like Bad of the Heart (#25 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990), Look Into My Eyes (#4 Hot Dance Club Play, 1990) and Without You (#4 Hot Dance, 1989), all co-produced by New York producer Chris Barbosa who had produced Shannon's string of hits a few years earlier. In 1990, Lamond scored a hit with Brenda K. Starr on the duet "No Matter What" (#49 Billboard Hot 100).

His follow-up releases received press and were successful, but less successful than on his previous releases. His second album, 1992's In My Life, included a remake of the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back", in addition to the single "Where Does That Leave Love?" (#59 Hot 100, 1992), which made an impact on sales and radio but less of an impact in the clubs or charts as previous releases. Lamond has also released a couple of salsa albums and scored a number of hits on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks. 2001 saw the release of his highly acclaimed salsa album GL on Sony Records.

Recent times[link]

In September 2006 Lamond returned with the release of his album Oye Mi Canto, bringing a new sound to his music career. The album was a combination of reggaeton, bachata, and salsa, with seven songs produced by G1E Productions. This album was also released on Sony International. In 2008, Lamond released a new single titled "What is Love" on an album titled Don't Look Back - Session 2 produced by famed freestyle producer, Carlos "After Dark" Berrios, and a cover of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" released on Robbins Entertainment produced by Giuseppe D. Lamond is featured on the Lucas Prata cover of Level 42's 'Something About You' found on Prata's "Never Stop Dreamin'" album, also produced by Giuseppe D.

Lamond is known for his lyrical spinto tenor vocal quality, not found in most tenors of today.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Bad of the Heart (1990), Columbia Records
• In My Life (1992), Columbia Records
• Creo En Ti (1993), Sony International
• Entrega (1999), Sony International
• The Hits And More (1999), Robbins Entertainment
• GL (2001), Sony International
• Oye Mi Canto (2006), Sony International

Singles[link]

• "Without You" (1989), Columbia Records
• "Bad Of The Heart" (1990), Columbia Records
• "Look into My Eyes" (1990), Columbia Records
• "No Matter What" duet with Brenda K. Starr, (1990), Columbia Records
• "Love's Contagious" (1991), Columbia Records
• "Where Does That Leave Love?" (1992), Columbia Records
• "Baby, I Believe In You" (1992), Columbia Records (originally recorded by New Kids on the Block)
• "I Want You Back" (1993), Columbia Records (cover of the classic Jackson 5 tune)
• "Baby, Creo En Ti," Sony Discos
• "No Morira" duet with Lisa Lopez, Sony Discos
• "It's Always You" (1994),^[1] Tommy Boy Records
• "Without You" (1998), Tommy Boy Records
• "Earn My Love," Robbins Entertainment
• "Que Tu Te Vas" (1999), Sony Discos
• "Lately" (2000), Robbins Entertainment
• "Raspa",(2006) Sony Discos
• "Don't Stop Believin'" (2008), Robbins Entertainment

See also[link]

Puerto Rico portal

• List of famous Puerto Ricans
• French immigration to Puerto Rico

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Website