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'''Radio Kootwijk''' is a small town in the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] municipality of [[Apeldoorn]], with (in 2001) ca. 120 inhabitants. It is situated in a heather- and forest-rich territory in the [[Veluwe]] region, east of the sandhills of the [[Kootwijkerzand]] and the town of [[Kootwijk]].

The housing accommodations of Radio Kootwijk arose as a result of the building of a [[shortwave]] [[transmitter]] site with the same name. The transmitters played an important role in the [[20th century]] as a communication facility between Holland and its then colony of [[Dutch East Indies]]. In [[1923]] Dutch [[PTT]] started trans-oceanic [[telegraphy]] using [[longwave]] radio, and in [[1928]] a radio-telephonic connection was established based on shortwave technology. In [[World War II]] the German occupying forces blew up the transmitter. Afterward some of the radio towers were rebuilt.

Due to the development of new technologies like [[Communications satellite|satellite communication]], Radio Kootwijk lost its position as main overseas wireless connection point of the Netherlands.

In [[2004]] the park lost its last transmitter functions, and was transferred from the [[KPN]] company (successor to PTT) to the State Forestry Commission, which started attracting new buyers. The main building of the former transmitter park, named 'Building A' or 'The Cathedral' is officially appointed a [[monument]].

The '''urethral sponge''' is a spongy cushion of [[biological tissue|tissue]], found in the lower [[genitals|genital area]] of [[women]], that sits against both the [[pubic bone]] and [[vagina]]l wall, and surrounds the [[urethra]].

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The urethral sponge is composed of [[erectile tissue]]; during [[sexual arousal|arousal]], it becomes swollen with [[blood]], compressing the urethra, helping prevent [[urination]] during [[sexual activity]] (along with the pubococcygeus muscle). Additionally, the urethral sponge contains the [[Skene's gland]]s, which with continued [[stimulation]], may produce an [[ejaculate]] (usually clear in color) and release it through the [[urethra]] during sexual activity or [[orgasm]]. Once considered to be [[urinary incontinence]], the ejaculate is not [[urine]], although it is sometimes mixed with urine, and is similar to that produced by the [[prostate]] in [[men]]. This is said to be a ''[[female ejaculation]]''.

*[http://www.qsl.net/on4caf/kootwijk.html|Radio Kootwijk, the Last Day]

The urethral sponge encompasses a large number of pleasurable [[nerve|nerve ending]]s, and can, therefore, be stimulated through the front wall of the [[vagina]]. Some women enjoy the [[doggy position|rear-entry position]] of [[sexual intercourse]] for this reason, because the [[penis]] is often angled slightly downward and can stimulate the front wall of the [[vagina]], and in turn, the urethral sponge.

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In fact, the urethral sponge is often synonymously called the [[G-spot]] (Gräfenberg spot), although some say that the two are separate. Some women experience intense [[pleasure]] from stimulation of the urethral sponge and others find the sensation irritating. The urethral sponge also surrounds the clitoral nerve, and since the two are so closely interconnected, stimulation of the [[clitoris]] may stimulate the nerve endings of the urethral sponge.

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