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I hope you get this message.Comments welcome.
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^Another kicking English grammar post
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NYSE Euronext signs contract to manage China Securities indices
NYSE Euronext has agreed with China Securities Index (CSI) to manage the calculation of three of CSI's indices: Overseas China Internet Index, Overseas China Consumer Discretionary Index and Overseas China Consumer Staples Index. CSI will use the global index services of NYSE Euronext for the maintenance, calculation and distribution of the three index values and data. Furthermore, Exchange Traded Products that track these indices are expected to list and trade on NYSE Arca, NYSE Euronext's all-electronic US trading platform.
Shanghai Stock Exchange launches new technology enterprises index
On 10 February 2012, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, in cooperation with China Securities Index, launched the SSE High and New Technology Enterprises Index designed to serve as new investable benchmarks for investors.
Shenzhen Stock Exchange launches strategic emerging industry index series
On 1 February 2012, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, in cooperation with the Shenzhen Securities Information, launched the SZSE strategic emerging industry index series, including SZSE strategic emerging industry index, SME strategic emerging industry index and ChiNext strategic emerging industry index.

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Radio technology news updated as it happens.Click here to view the Currents Online archive list.
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NWS Gets New Voices
Silver Spring, MD - June 4, 2002 - The National Weather Service (NWS) is in the process of implementing new, improved voices for NOAA Weather Radio (NWR). These voices are more understandable and human-sounding than the previous voice, which was nicknamed Perfect Paul, and will help NWS to deliver warnings, watches, forecasts and other hazard information more quickly and accurately. The new NOAA Weather Radio male and female voices, named Craig and Donna, will debut at NWS Forecast Offices nationwide in May and June 2002 with an expected national implementation by July.
After months of evaluating voice technologies and receiving public input, including over 19,000 Internet survey comments, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Siemens Information and Communication Network of Boca Raton, FL, a contract for the voice improvement software product known as Speechify. Siemens has teamed with Speechworks International of Boston to provide software that combines phonetic sounds with natural language modeling. This software combines concatenated, prerecorded phonetic sounds with the emphasis and intonation of a human voice.
If the new voices are not yet on the air in your community, you can listen to them online, and compare them to the old voice. There are a total of seven voice files to listen to. Links to the samples can be found at 18.104.22.168/nwr/newvoice.htm. The files are stored in .WAV format.
FCC Investigation Leads to Equipment Seizure
Washington, DC - May 29, 2002 - The FCC has announced that an investigation by the FCC's Enforcement Bureau led to the seizure of unlicensed broadcast radio equipment operated by Amil Lugo-González. The station had been operating on 99.5MHz from Jayuya, Puerto Rico. The FCC San Juan Office, working in conjunction with the United States Marshals Service and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, seized the broadcasting equipment on May 21, 2002. The FCC, on more than one occasion, had issued notices to Lugo-González directing him to cease operation of the unlicensed station.
The operation of an unlicensed broadcast station is a violation of Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Operators of illegal unlicensed broadcast stations may be subject to monetary penalties of as much as $11,000 per violation, seizure by court order of all radio equipment involved in the operation and court order directing that those persons cease operation of the unlicensed station. In addition, unlicensed operators may be subject to criminal sanctions, including fines and imprisonment.
Partnership for Public Warning Calls for Input on National Strategic Plan
The Partnership for Public Warning (PPW) has called for help in formulating the first National Strategic Plan for Public Warning. Public warning systems and procedures have significantly reduced the casualties and other consequences of disasters, but the effectiveness of these systems and procedures can be improved further. The continuing threat of terrorism now makes this effort a national imperative.
The first step in drafting the National Plan is to collect all relevant information and experience from people and organizations with public safety and homeland security missions and interests. It is looking for input from all individuals, agencies and organizations with public warning missions and interests.
The PPW website, www.partnershipforpublicwarning.org, has more information about the project. To submit ideas, download the information package available through the link labeled Your Input is Urgently Needed, or go directly to the page through this link.
The available information includes a Request for Information Package, Partial List of Potential Issues to Trigger Thoughts and Responses and a Request for Manufacturers Information.
Arbitron Updates PPM Development Schedule
New York - June 4, 2002 - Arbitron released an updated development schedule for the Portable People Meter (PPM) and an update on the discussions with Nielsen Media Research regarding the proposed joint venture that would deploy the new audience measurement system that Arbitron is developing for use in local markets in the United States. Nielsen Media Research is providing financial support and its television survey research expertise in the U.S. market trial of the Portable People Meter. Nielsen also has an option to join Arbitron in the commercial deployment of the Arbitron Portable People Meter in the United States.
Beginning the first week in July, Arbitron will begin routine releases of specific audience estimates for radio, broadcast and cable TV to the participants in the U.S. market trial. The July release of specific audience estimates for radio, broadcast TV and cable TV, will cover audiences for the month of May. These estimates will be released to radio station, broadcast and cable TV participants along with a software analysis tool that will allow participants to evaluate the ratings in detail. Participating advertisers and agencies will receive the May television data one month after broadcast and cable TV participants. Subsequent ratings releases planned for the balance of 2002 will go to radio station, broadcast and cable TV and advertiser/agency participants simultaneously.
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Beginning with the release of the May audience estimates on July 2, Arbitron will begin releasing the first reports in a previously announced evaluation program that is designed to help the industry understand the differences reported by the Portable People Meter compared to the current Nielsen meter/diary estimates and Arbitron radio diary estimates. The evaluation program is scheduled to be completed by no later than the end of the third quarter 2002. The reports will examine:
Baffling Cincinnati RFI Case Solved
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Cincinnati - May 31, 2002 - In what FCC Special Counsel for Enforcement Riley Hollingsworth called "a textbook example" of FCC-ARRL cooperation, a case of strange interference involving a power company and an AM broadcast station has been substantially resolved. As a result of their follow-up investigation, six Cincinnati-area amateur radio operators were awarded the ARRL Certificate of Merit.
In January, the FCC contacted WLW-AM, Cincinnati, and Cinergy, the electric utility serving the region, to help resolve the unusual and longstanding interference situation that was affecting local amateurs. Spurious signals associated with WLW transmissions had been monitored over a wide area and frequency range and were severely affecting some amateur bands.
The investigation focused on utility towers carrying 345kV lines in the vicinity of the WLW broadcast tower. Jay Adrick, K8CJY (who also works for Harris Communications in Cincinnati) - a member of the amateur team involved in tracking down the problem and one of those honored by the ARRL - explained at the Dayton ARRL Forum earlier this month that the primary problem seemed to stem from static lines, conductors that are placed on the top of the electrical towers to dissipate static charges in the air, on the towers. These lines do not carry electrical power. The static lines, he pointed out, were not sufficiently RF-bonded to the tower structure but loosely fitted into a hanging bracket. "At 60Hz, it's a reasonable ground. At [radio frequencies], it's a non-linear junction," Adrick said. "What we have is the breakdown of a non-linear junction, which is a great noise generator." The result was something that sounded a bit like a spark gap modulated by WLW's audio being re-radiated by the static wires acting as a huge antenna.
Success did not come easily, and mop-up operations continue. Hollingsworth called the situation "a history-making RF interference case" that generated more investigative analysis than any other case in his years with the FCC.
Ohio ARRL Section Manager Joe Phillips, K8QOE, said the local amateurs brought the matter to the FCC's attention after working with WLW and Cinergy for almost two years to pin down the cause of the spurious signals.
At the ARRL Forum in Dayton those involved with the investigation effort were honored with certificates. The team consisted of Bob Reiff, WA8ULW; Ted Homan, WB8WFG; Herb Nichols, W3EOA; Geoff Mendenhall, W8GNM; and Paul Jellison, WD8KMX. Jellison is regional engineering manager of Clear Channel Communications, which owns WLW. Also honored were non-amateurs Jeff Antoni and Kelly McMahan, both of Cinergy.
The certificates were signed by ARRL Great Lakes Division Director George Race, WB8BGY, and ARRL Lab Supervisor Ed Hare, W1RFI, who assisted in the efforts to resolve the interference situation. The amateurs were cited for "creating an example of longtime and continuing corporate-amateur radio cooperation in an interference abatement of high power RF signals."
Though some interference remains, Phillips said, the local amateurs and both corporations discovered many possible sources of trouble and have established a working procedure for clearing these sources.
"Saying the interference is all cleared up would be foolhardy given the complex nature of the engineering involved," said Phillips, who recommended the awards, "but the two words that describe this historic work would be 'patience works.'"
Under FCC Part 15 and Part 73 rules, incidental noise radiated by power company equipment or spurious emissions from a broadcast transmitter must be corrected if they cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Librarian of Congress Rejects CARP Webcasting Rates and Terms
Washington - May 21, 2002 - The Librarian of Congress has rejected the determination of the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP) recommending rates and terms for the statutory license for eligible nonsubscription services to perform sound recordings publicly by means of digital audio transmissions ("webcasting") under 17 U.S.C. §114 and to make ephemeral recordings of sound recordings for use under the statutory license set forth in 17 U.S.C. §112. The Librarian's final determination on rates and terms will be due on June 20, 2002.
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Cumulus Media and Dielectric Sign Agreement
Raymond, ME - June 5, 2002 - Cumulus Media joins the growing list of group owners to sign Preferred Customer Agreements with Dielectric. Under the terms of the agreement Dielectric will be Cumulus' preferred supplier of antennas, transmission line and RF systems for its stations nationwide.
Cumulus Media, based in Atlanta, is the second largest group owner of FM and AM radio stations, with 254 stations in 53 markets throughout the United States and the Caribbean. Its holdings include stations in mid-sized markets. Cumulus was formed in 1997.
Microwave Networks Acquires Assets of Helioss Communications
Stafford, TX - June 4, 2002 – Microwave Networks, a provider of high-speed wireless transmission products and services, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Helioss Communications. Helioss is a privately held point-to-point microwave radio company located in Waltham, MA, and Yoqneam, Israel. The assets of Helioss were acquired in exchange for stock. Helioss specializes in the design and development high-speed microwave radio systems for the broadband wireless transport and access markets. Helioss' architecture provides 128QAM performance. These radio products are designed to operate in the 7GHz, 13GHz, 15GHz, 18GHz, 23GHz, 26GHz and 38GHz frequency bands and provide OC3Mb/s to OC12Mb/s of payload capacity. Helioss' technology provides flexible customer interfaces to accommodate mixed networks of both circuit-switched and packet-based applications.
ClearOne Completes Acquisition of E.mergent
Salt Lake City - May 31, 2002 - ClearOne Communications has completed its acquisition of E.mergent following approval from E.mergent's stockholders. In the merger, ClearOne is paying $7.3 million in cash and has issued or reserved for issuance about 873,000 shares of ClearOne common stock. As a result, stockholders of E.mergent will receive about 0.1389 shares of ClearOne common stock plus a cash payment of $1.1667 for each share of E.mergent common stock. After May 31, E.mergent will no longer be traded on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market.
XM and Command Audio to Develop Data Applications Platform
Washington, DC - May 30, 2002 - XM Satellite Radio and Command Audio have entered into a licensing agreement for Command Audio's advanced application audio technology. With this technology, XM will develop a data applications platform for future generations of XM radios. The Command Audio technology will enable XM to provide subscribers enhanced national information services currently in the early development phase dedicated to rural, trucking and other markets.
Command Audio owns and licenses a portfolio of intellectual property for the transmission, navigation and presentation of stored media. Founded in 1995, Command Audio has developed on-demand interactive audio. Command Audio's intellectual property broadly covers the audio aspects of consumer devices and services that store broadcast media for playback at the consumer's convenience.
Sirius Adds Nine States and DC
New York - May 30, 2002 - Sirius Satellite Radio will add nine additional states and Washington, DC, to its service coverage on June 1. This will bring the total number of states served to 37. As part of the company's accelerated nationwide service roll out, Sirius will launch in Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, upstate New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington, DC. The company stated that it is on on target for its expected nationwide service availability date of July 1.
The 11 remaining states awaiting the formal service launch are California, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
Greater Media Installs Klotz
Atlanta - May 29, 2002 - Klotz Digital America was awarded a contract by Greater Media. Klotz will supply Greater Detroit Radio Group with its Vadis Audiomedia Platform. Greater Media purchased 23 Vadis 880s and 11 Vadis D.C. II digital audio broadcasting consoles for its new Detroit facility scheduled for completion in Q1 of 2003. The new facility will house 11 on-air news and production studios for stations WRIF, WMGC and WCSX. The Klotz platform will also provide central routing and signal distribution via its fiber optic network. Intercom, logic and remote control functions are supported under the central control of Klotz's facility management software.
The announcement was made by Chris Crump, director of sales and marketing for Klotz Digital America and Milford K. Smith, vice president radio engineering, Greater Media.
Founded in 1956, Greater Media headquartered in East Brunswick, NJ, owns and operates the nation's third-largest privately-held group of radio stations, in terms of audience size. The group includes 18 stations in Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia and New Jersey.
P+P Nacrichtentechnik Appointed as Germany Telos Rep
Regenburg, Germany, and Cleveland, OH - May 9, 2002 - P+P Nachtrichtentechnik of Regensburg, Germany, and Telos Systems have signed an agreement appointing P+P Natchentechnik as the distributor of the Telos product line in Germany. P+P Natchentechnik has already represented the Omnia Audio line of Telos since December 2000.
As of February 2002, P+P Nachrichtentechnik is also the European repair center for Telos products.
People |
Waves Expands with New Appointments
Knoxville, TN - June 3, 2002 - Waves, the multimedia audio signal processing developer, has announced several new corporate appointments. Paul Bundschuh, vice president of sales and marketing for Waves Semiconductor Division, is reducing his support for the Professional and Broadcast Products Divisons to focus exclusively on the rapidly increasing interest for Waves MaxxBass ASIC and other technologies. Recent design wins in automotive, multimedia, portable and other applications draw upon Bundschuh's extensive background in the consumer audio market for semiconductors.
Bob Reardon has been appointed vice president of sales and marketing, North and South America, for Waves Professional Products Division. Reardon has worked with Waves for three years, holding positions in both International and Domestic Sales Divisions. In his new role, he will have additional responsibility for developing and implementing marketing programs for the Professional Products including advertising activities.
Didi Dori has been named marketing coordinator for Professional Products Division. Previously with Amdocs Software as an operations specialist, Dori will now assist Bob Reardon with marketing issues, focusing mainly on administrative aspects.
Pete Carty has been promoted to the position of product specialist, Professional Division. Previously a senior tech in Waves customer support, Carty will provide his considerable knowledge to the Waves sales force as well as conduct dealer product training, in-store clinics and seminars.
HHB USA Appoints National Sales Manager
Los Angeles - June 4, 2002 - HHB USA has appointed Tim Murray as national sales manager. Already well known in the audio industry, Murray brings with him a wealth of experience and joins HHB from Otari where he was sales manager for five years.
Murray will be the senior point of contact for HHB USA's dealers and rep network, with responsibility for the sales of HHB products and recording media, and HHB's exclusive distribution lines including Kamesan, Lynx audio interfaces, Rosendahl synchronizers, TL Audio tube mixers and processors and Kamesan location mixers.
HHB has also promoted Allen Steelgrave to the position of Ashdown Specialist for the Ashdown Engineering amplification range. A talented guitarist and a member of the HHB team for two years, Steelgrave's new role encompasses responsibility for dealer support, artist relations and sales of Ashdown products. Steelgrave will continue to combine this role with his technical support role as well.
Silent Key: Roger Johnson, CPBE
Sun Lake, AZ - May 22, 2002 - The Society of Broadcast Engineers announced that Roger Johnson, past president of the Society of Broadcast Engineers from 1984 to 1985, died May 22 at the age of 66 after a long battle with cancer. A 32-year member of SBE, Johnson is credited with helping to bring SBE greater exposure within the greater broadcast industry during his term as the society's president. He is survived by his wife, Villia, sons Craig, Sean and Carter, a grandson, two sisters and two brothers. Craig followed his father into the broadcast engineering business and is currently a contract engineer in the Phoenix area.
Johnson was a mentor to many broadcat engineers. Within the SBE, Johnson was a Certified Professional Broadcast Engineer, a Life Member and had earned the distinction of SBE Fellow.
Crown Names Whitehead to Tech Support/Service Mgr
Elkhart, IN - May 29, 2002 - Kip Whitehead has been promoted to the position of technical support/field service manager for Crown International. Whitehead reports directly to Mark Graham, Crown vice president of marketing, who made the announcement.
Whitehead now supervises Crown's technical support department in addition to managing, supporting and training the worldwide organization of Crown-authorized service centers. He replaces Don Peterson, who recently left the company and moved with his family to Florida to pursue new career opportunities.
Prior to his promotion, Whitehead most recently spent several years as a Crown technical support representative. He has been with the manufacturer since 1994, originally coming onboard as a factory service technician.
Crown International, a Harman International company, manufactures amplifiers, microphones and systems control products for professional audio markets worldwide, with its corporate headquarters located in Elkhart, IN.
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Internet Watch |
DotFM Allies with Key-Systems
San Francisco - June 6, 2002 - BRS Media's DotFM division, the exclusive worldwide registry for Web addresses ending in .fm, has entered into a Strategic Affiliation with Key-Systems GmbH. Under the terms of the agreement, .fm Web addresses are available for registration through the two divisions of Key-Systems.
Key-Systems is the official registry for .CD domains. Key-Systems will promote the DotFM service throughout Europe.
V-Soft Launches Online FM Signal Locator
Cedar Falls, IA - May 28, 2002 - V-Soft Communications, a developer of RF communications software, has launched an online tool to locate FM signals in a given U.S. Zip code. Users specify a five-digit Zip code and are provided the results of the signals that are likely to cover the given area. The results include the predicted signal strength in dBu. The tool uses the FCC's F(50,50) propagation algorithm.
The FM Zip Lookup tool can be found at www.v-soft.com/NBT/default.asp.
Products |
Net-Log makes its Debut in Mexico
Irthlingborough, United Kingdom - Apr 8, 2002 - Sonifex has received an order for two Net-Log audio loggers from Nucleo Radio Mil Communicaciones. The radio group is based in Mexico City and is one of the main radio networks in Mexico. NRm was looking for a system capable of storing all day transmissions from each of its radio stations. The group has six radio stations, three on FM and three on AM wavebands.
Radio Automation System Released from Tunetracker
Oconto, WI - June 1, 2002 - Tunetracker Systems today unveiled the Tunetracker 2 Radio Automation System suite aimed at small commercial and non-commercial, LPFM, alternative radio station venues, and broadcast classes. Tunetracker 2 and its companion programs offer stable, professional-quality broadcast software.
Tunetracker 2 can do fully-automated or live-assist programming and includes features such as a configurable silence sensor, current and next song logging for listing to the Internet, full reboot recovery, flexibility in format clock design, unlimited number of unique program logs, Infinite Walkaway features for unattended operation, Internet/intranet streaming using MP3 and Ogg Vorbis, and special automation events allowing for time-corrects, time-sensitive fades and live radio network joins. The system supports and transitions between WAV, AIFF, MP3, MP2, ADPCM in mono and stereo, at every bit rate supported by the sound card. A ramp countdown timer lets DJs know when the singing will start. Built-in running-time counters and VU meter are also included, along with clear, easy-to-use controls, in an uncluttered interface that provides a broad, interactive view of the program log. A full output log file is created for each day's broadcast, containing exact start times for each event that played, and the option to log Composer for BMI reporting purposes.
Tunestacker 2 music selection software lets users choose songs using controlled randomization and Proximityguard protection. Cuts may be selected by genre, tempo, album, artist, title, filename or any custom criteria set up by the user. Tunestacker 2 does program log generation at the same time as it selects music. Direct filepath playback, traditional cart-style cut rotations for commercials, PSAs, and a unique Playfolder production-saver are all features.
TimeTracker is the TuneTracker System's free-standing background recording software. It allows the recording of live audio, in the user's choice of file formats, for broadcast at a later time. An unlimited number of recording events of any length can be set up, each with its own start and end times. One-time and repetitive events can be scheduled. Repetitive events can occur hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or yearly, and can overwrite existing files or use datestamped or incrementally-numbered filenames.
Csacker is a report generator which allows users to filter their output logs to create lists of specific played events. This fast utility can create FCC reports of PSAs and other public affairs programming, BMI reports of music played, proof-of-performance reports of the commercials that played all day or for an individual sponsor, and reports by any other user-defined criteria.
KIRO Reporting Powered by Syntrillium
Seattle - June 3, 2002 — Donna Renae, a reporter and anchor for KIRO-AM, is a writer, reporter and interviewer known for her informative short features.
During her 10 years in broadcast journalism, Renae has worked with a variety of editing systems, but today uses Cool Edit Pro from Syntrillium Software to produce most of her features, including two that have earned her Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio-Television News Directors Association & Foundation (RTNDA).
Though the station has a newsroom automation system with audio editing capabilities, Renae prefers working with Cool Edit Pro to produce her features because of its versatility. Renae used Cool Edit Pro to produce both of her Edward R. Murrow award-winners—the "Experience Music Project Trivia Quiz," which won a national award for best feature (large market), and the five-part "Blue In Blue: Police Depression and Stress," which won a regional award for best news series and is up for a national award.
Dugan Releases D-2 Following Nightline Beta
Roanoke, VA - June 3, 2002 - After a final beta test on ABC Nightline's town meeting from Roanoke, VA, Dan Dugan's Model D-2 automatic mixing controller has been released for production. The D-2, Dugan's first digital signal processor, was used to handle 14 guest mics on stage. A pair of the predecessor Model Ds were also on the job, mixing audience question mics.
Beta testing was also conducted by LMG, McCune A/V and motion picture recordist Nelson Stoll. Shipping will begin in June.
Studio Projects Ships B Series
Torrance, CA - May 31, 2002 - Studio Projects is now shipping its new, low-cost Series microphones. The new B Series has three models with prices starting at $99.00 retail.
All three units offer a 1" large-diaphragm capsule. The three mics are the B1, a fixed-pattern cardioid, the B3, a three-pattern element with a hi-pass filter and attenuator pad, and the TB1, a cardioid tube microphone.
Microboards Ships 40X Multi-CD Duplicator
Chanhassen, MN - May 15, 2002 - Microboards Technology is now shipping its duplicator line. The new model's features include support for 40X record speed and a new brushed-aluminum casing. The series of products, marketed under the Copywriter name, are configurable from two to eight recorders. The equipment comes with a built-in reader, enabling users to make as many as eight copies simultaneously from a single master. The Copywriter Pro version comes with an integrated hard drive and user-interface module that gives the user access to advanced features.
RDL Offers Sharewear Program
Carpinteria, CA - May 29, 2002 - Radio Design Labs has created an application idea exchange called Sharewear. System designers, technicians and installers routinely find new, interesting ways to use RDL modules. Sharewear is an RDL-sponsored program to help share new solutions with fellow RDL users. Application ideas using RDL modules are published on the RDL website. When a submission is selected, the applicant receives "Sharewear", a "Specialist in Practical Precision Engineering" official RDL shirt.
Submissions will be accepted for the following application categories:solutions, system "building block" use of modules (complete systems or subsystems) and clever (and unusual) functions using RDL modules. Application drawings must include one or more RDL products used either alone or in conjunction with other products. Drawings may be either block diagrams or specific wiring diagrams. They must be drawings of an actual application that is installed and working. Drawings of applications already published by RDL or ideas previously submitted do not qualify for selection. The RDL engineering department will review the drawing for technical accuracy.
For more details see the RDL website at www.rdlnet.com.
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Happy last day of November! The lights on the Boston Common are lit, the tree is up and the holidays are officially upon us in full swing. Here's the last of your music history fix for November.
In 1999, Elton John really ruffled feathers when he appeared on stage at London's Royal Albert Hall performing "It's A Sin" with six male dancers dressed up as Cub Scouts dancing around him and stripping off their uniforms throughout the performance. Officials from the Boy Scouts of America were certainly not amused by his creative interpretation of the scouts. Each of the dancers were 18 to 19 year old professional performers and were individually introduced to the audience by Elton John during the show. The uniforms worn by the dancers were those typically worn by real scouts ages 7 through 11. The dancers tripped down to reveal their underwear and kneel before Elton in obscene poses causing a major stir from child and family advocacy groups. The moral of the story here being 'no actual Boy Scouts were hurt in the making of this show'. Calm down people.
Also in 1959, major music hell broke loose as the careers of at least 25 major deejays were put in jeopardy with the accusation of being involved in payola scandal. The National Association of Broadcasters proposed that radio jocks were accepting payment from record labels in order to spin certain songs and would be charged a $500 fine if found guilty as well as spend a year in prison. Major names were accused such as rock n roll's namesake Alan Freed, as well as Dick Clark. While legally they were let off easy, Freed's career never recovered. Let the record show I have and never will accept anything to play our music… that is unless anyone is offering? (Just kidding.)
Today also celebrates Dick Clark's birthday. He would have been 83 years old.
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I am amazed at how well this product conserves my hair color. I get my hair colored professionally with semi-permanent dark red/brown and after many many weeks, I am still squeezing out color when my hair is wet! With my old shampoo, this only happened on the first shampoo.
Wish it would lather more and make my hair a little softer, but I love how it conserves the color!
Smells nasty, but I have to say this leaves my hair knot free without conditioner afterwards. But it's so pricey, I won't repurchase.
Not awful, but nothing special either. Didn't care for the scent and it doesn't seem to prolong my color any better or worse than anything else. Made my hair straw-like, especially the highlighted sections. I think I'm done with Aveda hair care.
I just bought this after getting my hair colored/cut at an Aveda salon and I did not care for it. My hair felt like straw after using this, so I will return it and get the Smooth Infusion line. I was told that is an excellent product for thick hair like mine. I did however like the smell and think this product could do a nice job for people with fine-medium thickness, but not for my texture hair, which is realtively long, thick and naturally wavy. I certainly need more moisture, and like something that helps me with straigtening my hair also.
I have highlighted hair that is prone to dryness anyway. I was recommended the CC shampoo but the Damage Remedy conditioner, so I alternate between the CC conditioner and deep treatment and the Damage Remedy.
I find that this shampoo does a lovely job of gently cleansing my hair, leaving it perfectly clean and very shiny. It smells very nice, slightly citrussy/herbal, lathers well so it has lasted me for ages, and the packaging is nice like the rest of Aveda's products.
The hairdresser that recommended it said that the Colour Conserve range is very good for moisturising dry hair, and the Damage Remedy range is good for replacing protein in damaged hair. So choose wisely!
I'm not quite sure why this shampoo gets such mediocre reviews. I've been using it for several months now, and my hair is silky, smooth, and in the best condition its ever been! I get compliments on my hair all the time - in fact, I haven't had my hair cut in almost 2 months, yet somebody asked me if I had just got it done.
I do find that if I use too much, the shampoo can be a little drying because it tends to strip the hair completely of oil and debris. However, when used in small amounts, every other day, I find my hair is always clean and soft, without being greasy. It smells lovely - a soft floral/herbal aroma that's luxurious, rather than cheap. This shampoo does not lather very much, however, and I would not suggest it for someone who enjoys rich, bubbly lathers.
I get my hair coloured a deep chocolate/red brown at the salon with semi-permanent dye that's intended to fade out slowly. Compared to pantene, colour conserve preserves the darkness of the colour about twice as long.
And just for comparisons sake, my hair is fine and wavy, and does not naturally tend to be either overly greasy or dry. So, perhaps this is a shamppo best left for ultra-normal hair - in fact, I could see how this product would not work well on thick, curly, greasy, or dry hair insofar that it neither mosturizes or clarifies. It seems to be designed for regular, daily cleansing, and not for improving difficult hair.
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I really liked the damage therapy treatment that AVEDA makes, so when I started dyeing my hair I thought that their shampoo for color protection would be great. Its ok.
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Full title reads: "A NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE - The Prime Minister in the famous Cabinet Room at 10 Downing Street speaks to the Nation through the New Empire News."
Close up shot of the British Prime Minster Ramsay MacDonald, sitting in Cabinet office, talking into camera delivering his New Year's message.
Mr MacDonald wishes new markets, new industries, more employment, new opportunities for the young, world peace and finally happy and prosperous New Year to all.
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Because can be more risky than the original procedure, especially when small residual corrections, such as epithelial in growth, overcorrection or exacerbation of dry eye.
Considering that most outcomes today are very close to the intended result, a number of factors impact practitioner's decisions about whether to enhance, including patient's attitude after the procedure. That is why doctors try to make the patient understand that perfection is not always easy to achieve and is always accompanied by risk. Not to mention that in some cases doctors can not proceed with the enhancement because some Excimer lasers don't allow small correction treatments, which in this particular case the surgeon is limited by technology.
In a LASIK retouch well known as LASIK enhancement, the surgeon needs to lift the flap again in order to correct the overcorrection or undercorrection from the original surgery. Be aware that lifting the flap is not the only way to proceed with this procedure, in fact one of the most debated issue in LASIK enhancements is whether or not to re-lift the flap to perform.
This procedure, is very common for people who is over or under corrected with the Excimer Laser.
In above video we can see a surgeon performing the re-lift of the flap. In this case the procedure is performed without microkeratome or femtosecond laser, in other words these meical devices are not required in this procedure because the flap was already made in the original surgery, so in order to re-lift the flap the surgeon needs to do a different technique.
The hardness of lifting the flap for second time surgery, depend of the eye healing. This particular flap was re-lifted 8 months after the original procedure.
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The Van's Warped Tour might not be the most financially successful summer package tour of all time (the promoter and performers work together to keep an ego-free environment and low ticket prices), but it's hard to argue that it is not the most successful overall, especially in terms of longevity. Now in its 18th year, Kevin Lyman's eclectic traveling festival has outlived all of the roving music events that sprouted up around the same time (from Lollapalooza to Lilith Fair) by creating a "customer friendly" experience that's also very "artist friendly."
The tour's 2012 finale is this weekend in Portland, but before shutting things down for the summer, the fest makes its annual stop at Cincinnati's Riverbend today. Doors open at 11 a.m. and music kicks off shortly after. The show ends around 9 p.m. Tickets at the box office will cost ya $42 (about a dime a band, by my estimation).
Click here for more local show details, including info on how you can "Skip the Line" and walk right into the venue.
The set-times for each act are decided just prior to the gates opening; if you're going, look for the giant inflatable Warped logoed amp to see when your favorites are playing. I also highly recommend grabbing the official Warped Tour app.
Be sure to support our local music scene reps — The Few The Fallen, Heres To The Heroes and Let It Happen will play the Ernie Ball Stage. Check out Let It Happen's recent video for "Bridges" from the great release, It Hurts, But It's Worth It.
Here is who's playing where (via Riverbend's site). (Welsh rockers Lostprophets are also on the bill, though not listed on Riverbend's site; all info is subject to change.)
MAIN STAGE: Taking Back Sunday, All Time Low, New Found Glory, Streetlight Manifesto, Yellowcard, Piece The Veil, Four Year Strong, Of Mice and Men, We The Kings, Breathe Carolina, Miss May I, Falling In Reverse, Blood On The Dance
TBD STAGE: Every Time I Die, Mayday Parade, blessthefall, Chelsea Grin, For Today, Memphis May Fire, Motionless In White, Rise To Remain, Sleeping With Sirens, The Ghost Inside, Vampires Everywhere!, Title Fight
TILLY'S STAGE: Senses Fail, Vanna, Polar Bear Club, We Are The Crowd, Man Overboard, A Loss For Words, Funeral Party, I Fight Dragons, Machine Gun Kelly, Oh No Fiasco
TBD STAGE: Echo Movement, G-Eazy, Stepdad, The Constellations, Ballyhoo!, Champagne, T. Mills, Tomorrows Bad Seeds, Mod Sun, The Green, Amyst
ERNIE BALL STAGE: iwrestledabearonce, Born Of Osiris, Chunk! No Captain, Fireworks, Transit, Cold Forty Three, The Scissors, The Few The Fallen, Here's To The Heroes and Let It Happen.
KEVIN SAYS STAGE: Make Do And Mend, Matt Toka, Tonight Alive, Skip The Foreplay, Sick of Sarah, Mighty Mongo, Captain Capa, I Call Fives, Hostage Calm, The Silver Comet, Twin Atlantic, The Darlings, Dead Sara
ACOUSTIC BASEMENT: A Loss For Words, Koji, Brian Marquis, Rocky Votolato, Transit Owen Plant, Anthony Raneri
I sat down with Eshe & Tasha before their performance at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans on July 2, 2010 to discuss their musical journey over the years.
CB: It's been a long time between albums 2006 through 2009. Why the break?
Eshe: We've been together for 15 years. We took a small break at one point and got back together in 1998-1999. When we got back into the studio it just happened organically.
CB: When Speech formed your group, it was as an alternative to gangsta rap. Music has changed a lot in the past 15 years. How do you feel about the current state of hip-hop and rap today?
Eshe: Well, in the beginning we just wanted to do
good music that the family could listen to and was positive for the
community and the world. It was just natural for us. We didn't start
out with an agenda. Today, I think there are a lot of good artists out there, but there isn't balance in music. I
have a daughter who is seven and I try to expose her to a broad view of
music. There are a lot of great groups out there that are under the
CB: What up-and-coming bands do you enjoying listening to or what is your current favorite?
Eshe: Great question! There are a lot of groups out that are under the radar.
CB: I know you talked on CNN today, and I'm trying to be better than Anderson Cooper.
Eshe and Tasha: [laughing]
Eshe: I like Janelle. She's been on the Atlanta scene for some time now, but hasn't had her big break. I like Janell!
Tasha: We love Janelle.
CB: You guys tour all over the world. What's your favorite place?
Tasha: Australia! I love that place.
Eshe: We are going to be there in December to bring in the New Year over there. It's so beautiful there.
Tasha: I love Australians. I could live there forever.
Eshe: I also love Japan, but I'm so glad I'm going to Australia in their summer and our winter. It's going to be great.
CB: What's been your most fulfilling career moment?
Eshe: Wow. [Long pause] I
think for me it's when we do shows and people come up to me and say
"Don't change" and "You inspire me." and "I love the way you look
because you inspire me." I think it's great when you can connect with
people. I see babies at our shows all the way up to elders.
CB: Do you have any charities that you work with personally?
Eshe: I've taught dance at a number of locations.
As a group, we have worked with UNICEF and homeless organizations
across the country along with Feed the Hungry in Atlanta.
CB: What's your favorite song to perform live?
Tasha: Mama's Always On Stage. I'm not the
best dancer in the world, but when you put that song on it makes you
want to dance. You can dance as crazy as you want to and it doesn't
matter. When you see people come to the show, it gives them the freedom
to dance any way they want.
Eshe: For me, I don't really have a favorite because there are so many I like. I like Fishing For Religion, Mama's, We Ran, and Bloody.
CB: I liked The World Is Changing. Is there a story behind that one?
Eshe: Have you seen the video? You've got to go out on youtube and see the video. In the video, we go through different eras. The 50's, 80's and the 90's and show how the world is changing. Like rotary phones to cellular phones.
Tasha: Everything, even the style of dress.
Eshe: It's simplistic, but shows the world is forever changing.
Tasha: It's impossible to keep up with everything changing.
Eshe: It reminds you to appreciate the moment.
CB: What do you wish you knew 15 years ago that you know now?
Eshe: I wish I were more knowledgeable about the business aspect of the music business. At the time, I just wanted to sing. It's
98% business, and the rest is the artistic part of it. I have balance
now. At the end of the day, I understand the business, but I still like
to perform.
Tasha: For me, it's things in life. I
wish that I would have known that things weren't as easy as my mother
created them to be when I was a kid. Parents shield you as a kid, but
then when you get to high school and college you don't know how to
handle a situation. I wish I had been exposed to a little bit more so I
would know how to make the right decisions and why it's the right
decision to make as an adult without looking for someone to give
Beginning Sept. 3 at the Art Academy of Cincinnati's Childlaw Gallery (1212 Jackson St., Over-the-Rhine), the people behind the massive photography exhibition FotoFocus will set their lenses on the many great concert photographers in the region.
Reverberation: Capturing the Live Music Experience will coincide with the MidPoint Music Festival, located just off the 12th Street MidPoint Midway (the strip featuring vendors, food, live music the box truck carnival and much more). Hours will be extended during MPMF, with the exhibit staying open until 9 p.m. on Sept. 26 and 10 p.m. on Sept. 27-28. (Normal hours, starting Sept. 3, are 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Mondays-Fridays, and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays). The exhibit closes Sept. 29.
The work of 29 artists will be featured in the exhibit, including shots from legends like Melvin Grier (an award-winning photojournalist who shot many years for The Cincinnati Post) and Michael Wilson (whose portraits have been featured on the covers of albums by The Replacements, Over the Rhine, Lyle Lovett, Ron Sexmith and many others), as well as Maurice Mattei, Sean Hughes, Keith Klenowski and Kara Smarsh. (Click on the names to check out some of the artists' work.)
Friday, Apr 27 - MerleFest Festival Grounds
Every morning I wake and thank baby Jesus I am a biped, agile and have been blessed with a no mess ability to pee standing up. And in a steady torrent. Just about anywhere without attracting attention (well, there was that county deputy in Abington, Va., a while back who got a bit riled). Middle age is good.
Here's a tip for you campers. Your welcome to stay up as late as you want, but if it's 3 a.m. and your talking like your in your living room, don't complain at 6 a.m. if I'm banging pots like I'm in my kitchen.
Oh, and you've pitched your tent in poison ivy.
Thursday after an early evening catnap (middle age) to the sounds of Daily and Vincent (meh — great Stanley Brothers style harmonies, lay off the Cracker Barrel shtick), I made my way over to to the Dance Tent to catch some Blind Boy Chocolate and the Milk Sheiks. This Asheville, NC, street ensemble features five guys doing hokum string/jug band/blues music from the late 1920's and early '30s. Guys in newsie caps, mutton chops, bowler hats with tattooed ears (ouch, that had to hurt), nose rings — yep, total 20-sumpthin freaks.
Calling out tunes by long (and soon to be) forgotten Blues and string players from the early part of the last century, Blind Chocolate plays hard-driving, bawdy, syncopated, all-acoustic string music. Lyrically rich in double entendres, liquor and murder. This ain't the square dance stuff my Uncle Blake played and my dad danced to in parlors across the Cumberland Plateau during the Great Depression; this is the music found in jukes and bars and back room drinkeries and the kids love it. Every 10 years or so, string music comes back into fashion, and that, my friends, is a good thing. John Hartford is clapping from his grave. It's comforting to witness people giving over to the coherent dissonance of barely tunable instruments, played together and with vehemence. Banjolin, steel guitar, washtub bass, washboard and tenor banjo, three guys trading vocals, four guys shouting in unison and giving call-backs. Dwight Hawkins (Blind Boy Chocolate?) plays saw, bones and the short scale tenor banjo in a style I've never seen before. And does it really well. The banjolin player, Nicholas Marshall (one of the Milk Sheiks?), occasionally picks up a thoroughly modern looking mandolin, temporarily breaking the temporal enchantment. After a lull at the top of their long set as people wondered in and grew accustom to being ass-to-elbow, the crowd was jumping and yelling, kids from 8 to 80 whirled and shimmied.
After a few cups of coffee this morning (Friday), I headed over to the Americana stage to check out another Asheville based band, The Honeycutters. North Carolina has a rich history of Alternativecountryrootsrockamericana bands. From The Backsliders to the Avett Brothers, this state churns 'em out and the natives support band after great band. The Honeycutters fit the Avett Brothers mold of instantly likable songs and gifted melodies. It's got to be hard, after playing clubs and bars, to get up early enough to hit the stage by 9:30 a.m. The Honeycutters brought their 'A' game and delivered an instantly familiar and pleasant set. Just what my psyche needed after listening all night to my campground neighbors. The mandolin player plays in well-worn territory while acoustic guitar player Peter James fills the space with sweet crosspicking and occasionally lays into his guitar in a fashion somewhat reminiscent of early Paul K. Lead singer Amanda Anne Platt's beautiful alto fills the air — add in some tasteful three part harmonies and you have a AAA Radio winner.
From the Americana tent, my soul freshly refilled, I headed back over to the Cabin Stage for a set by Blues historian, storyteller and performer Frutland Jackson (Fruit Land). Hailing from Chicago, Frutland covers seamlessly and flawlessly all styles of blues from delta to north Mississippi to Chicago to Piedmont, all the while telling in a remarkably engaging and non-professorial way what distinguishes one style from another. I've seen plenty of Blues player who like to lecture during performances, and mostly I feel like shouting, "Shut the fuck up and play!" but Frutland had me wanting to bum rush the stage in awe and anticipation that he may answer some questions I have about Depression-era singers and groups. First set I've seen in a lonnnnng while that ended to soon. Most of his songs were originals done in a specific style with a voice that ranged from guttural to heartfelt tremble (think Ledbetter doing "Goodnight Irene"). Outstanding!
Some of the many things to do at MerleFest besides running from one stage to another trying to catch acts is sitting around and playing music with other attendees. Along with an open mic area, there are three tents set up where you sit down and play — Old Timey, Bluegrass and Anything Goes. The Anything Goes tent is like a hippy camp-out with one bazillion guitars around a raging fire in the middle of the night, playing Casey Jones minus the alcohol and LSD. The stuff nightmares are made of, but if you've never done this kind of thing, there's no reason to be a jaded asshole like me — grab your guitar and jump in. Everyone is clean and welcoming.
I sat around the Old Timey Tent as it had the least guitar-to-other-instrument ratios. (By the way, aspiring musicians — learn guitar to impress the girls or boys; learn something else for a working job.) A couple of old timers were letting fly on some fiddle tunes. Quite nice. The guitar player was strumming a pre-1935 Martin D18. I know about these things, and they tickle me pink.
Time for lunch!
The inaugural Bunbury Music Festival — three days of top-shelf Alternative music at Cincinnati's riverfront Sawyer Point Park — is just four days away. All this week, CityBeat's music blog will be featuring samples from some of our "sleeper picks" for the fest, artists who some may not be as familiar with as they are Weezer or Death Cab for Cutie or Jane's Addiction.
Our next "sleeper" is Imagine Dragons, performing Saturday at 5:15 p.m. on the Bud Light Stage.
Founded in Las Vegas four years ago by primary songwriter Dan Reynolds, Imagine Dragons went through a variety of permutations before settling on the current line-up (guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee, drummer Daniel Platzman). Since 2009, Imagine Dragons has turned out a quartet of impressive EPs, including the just-released Continued Silence, featuring the YouTube sensation "It's Time," all of which is a preview for the fall release of the band's debut full-length, Night Visions. A quick spin through Continued Silence — the band's first work for Interscope since signing last year and, like the new album, produced by renowned British Hop Hop boardsman Alex Da Kid — is like panning in a creek bedded with gold nuggets; glints of Coldplay, Everclear, Train and any number of other chart-topping Pop icons, but with a discernibly beat-driven Indie edge. As epic as Homerian poetry set to a U2 soundtrack and as intimate as a candlelight dinner in the Nevada desert.
Tickets and full info on the Bunbury music festival can be found here.
One of the Midwest's best new music fests, Cincinnati's own Bunbury Music Festival, presents its second annual event this weekend. With another stellar lineup for the three-day affair — including headliners like Fun., MGMT and Cincinnati-bred Indie Rock stars The National (whose latest album debuted at No. 3 on Billboard's album chart), plus a great number of Greater Cincinnati's top acts — a "sophomore slump" seems impossible.
Be sure to arrive early and check out some of the lesser-known acts; there are a lot of up-and-coming gems to discover. Below is the full schedule (click here to auto-download a PDF version of the schedule from the fest.)
Shows run Friday-Sunday and start at 2 p.m. Gates open at 1
p.m. each day. Tickets are $65 or $130 for three-day passes. (Kids 10
and under are free with a paying adult.) Keep your wristband on; Bunbury
allows re-entry, if you need to run to the car and pound a 40, er, grab
a sandwich.
From BunburyFestival.com, here is what is and isn't permitted to bring to Bunbury:
What to Bring (Allowed Items)
- Sun Gear (e.g., sunglasses, sunscreen, etc.)
- Seating (e.g., folding chair, blanket, etc.)
- Bug Repellent (no Deet)
- Rain Gear (ponchos are best, but small, hand-held umbrellas are OK)
- Earplugs
- Baby strollers
- Empty water bottled (no glass) or Cambelbak
- Binoculars
- Wall mounted rapid charger (charging stations provide iPhone and mini-USB chords, but if you have your own chord, you won't have to wait)
What NOT to Bring (Prohibited Items)
- Weapons, fireworks or explosives of any kind
- Illegal substances (including narcotics) or drug paraphernalia
- Framed or large backpacks
- Glass containers of any kind or coolers
- Food, beverages or Cambelbaks that are full
- Carts, bicycles, skateboards, scooters, or personal motorized vehicles (including Segways). There is bike/scooter parking outside the event site
- Tents, large umbrellas or chairs that are NOT sand chairs (seat more than 9" off the ground)
- Pets (except service dogs)
- Any audio recording, professional camera or video equipment
- Moshing, crowd surfing, and/or stage diving
- Vending without a Bunbury license or permit
- Bills over $20. We won't accept them at the beverage booths.
Bunbury again has an official app for your smart phone to bring with you to the fest. Click here for the iPhone version and here for the Android one .
There's more fun AFTER Bunbury at the Bunbury official after-parties, with loads of drink specials and no cover charge. Tonight, DJ Ice Cold Tony will spin at the official after-party at downtown's Igby's. Tomorrow, Bunbury performers Chairlift will DJ the after-party at aliveOne in Mt. Adams. And Sunday's after-party at downtown's The Righteous Room will have DJing by great Cincy Electro duo You, You're Awesome. (Friday and Saturday's parties start at approximately 11 p.m.; Sunday's starts at around 10 p.m.)
MAIN STAGE: The Features (2:45 p.m.); Delta Rae (4:15 p.m.); Tegan and Sara (5:45 p.m.); Walk the Moon (7:45 p.m.); fun. (10 p.m.)
ROCKSTAR STAGE: Beat Club (2 p.m.); The Dunwells (3:30 p.m.); Red Wanting Blue (5 p.m.); Youngblood Hawke (6:45 p.m.); Devotchka (9 p.m.)
CINCINNATUS STAGE: Billy Wallace (2:45 p.m.); Pete Dressman (4:15 p.m.); Josh Eagle (5:45 p.m.); Jay Nash (7:45 p.m.)
BUD LIGHT STAGE: Public (2 p.m.); American Authors (3:30 p.m.); Everest (5 p.m.); Sky Ferreira (6:30 p.m.); Tokyo Police Club (8:30 p.m.)
LAWN STAGE: Alone At 3am (2:45 p.m.); Old Baby (4:15 p.m.); We Are Snapdragon (5:45 p.m.); Seabird (7:15 p.m.)
AMPHITHEATER STAGE: The Mitchells (2 p.m.); Ohio Knife (3:30 p.m.); State Song (5 p.m.); Buffalo Killers (6:30 p.m.); Those Darlins (8 p.m.)
MAIN STAGE: Empires (2:45 p.m.); Robert Delong (4:15 p.m.); Twenty One Pilots (5:45 p.m.); Cake (7:45 p.m.); MGMT (10 p.m.)
ROCKSTAR STAGE: X Ambassadors (2:00 p.m.); Civil Twilight (3:30 p.m.); Chairlift (5 p.m.); We Are Scientists (6:45 p.m.); Divine Fits (9 p.m.)
CINCINNATUS STAGE: Margaret Darling (2:45 p.m.); Taylor Alexander (4:15 p.m.); Tim Carr (5:45 p.m.); Christopher Paul Stelling (7:45 p.m.)
BUD LIGHT STAGE: Culture Queer (2 p.m.); Vacationer (3:30 p.m.); The Mowgli's (5 p.m.); Oberhofer (6:30 p.m.); Atlas Genius (8:30 p.m.)
LAWN STAGE: The Ready Stance (2:45 p.m.); The Bears Of Blue River (4:15 p.m.); Black Owls (5:45 p.m.); You, You're Awesome (7:15 p.m.)
AMPHITHEATER STAGE: New Vega (2 p.m.); Messerly And Ewing (3:30 p.m.); Ben Walz Band (5 p.m.); The Pinstripes (6:30 p.m.); Bear Hands (8 p.m.)
MAIN STAGE: Joe Purdy (2 p.m.); Gregory Alan Isakov (3:30 p.m.); Camera Obscura (5 p.m.); Belle & Sebastian (7 p.m.); The National (9 p.m.) (Read CityBeat's interview with The National here.)
ROCKSTAR STAGE: The Knocks (2:45 p.m.); A Silent Film (4:15 p.m.); Night Terrors of 1927 (6 p.m.); Yo La Tengo (8 p.m.)
CINCINNATUS STAGE: Ben Knight (2 p.m.); Jake Kolesar (3:30 p.m.); Mark Utley (5 p.m.); Channing & Quinn (7 p.m.)
BUD LIGHT STAGE: Gringo Star (2:45 p.m.); High Highs (4:15 p.m.); Savoir Adore (5:45 p.m.); Black Joe Lewis (7:45 p.m.)
LAWN STAGE: Mia Carruthers (2 p.m.); Bethesda (3:30 p.m.); The Harlequins (5 p.m.); DAAP Girls (6:30 p.m.)
AMPHITHEATER STAGE: The Upset Victory (2:45 p.m.); Green Light Morning (4:15 p.m.); The Hiders (5:45 p.m.); Daniel Martin Moore (7:15 p.m.)
Here is Bunbury's official Spotify playlist for the fest featuring many of the performers:
And, finally, here is the map of the Bunbury Festival grounds from bunburyfestival.com:


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BOSTON – Tuesday, November 12, 2013 – Today, Housing and Community Development Secretary Greg Bialecki announced over $8 million in funding for four Metro North communities through the MassWorks Infrastructure Program to help support development and growth in the region. Through strategic investments in housing and economic development projects, the MassWorks Infrastructure Program has helped make communities across the Commonwealth great places to live, work, and play.
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Food Allergies and Sensitivities
En Español (Spanish Version)
Related Terms
Allergies, Food
Principal Proposed Natural Treatments
Elimination Diet;Hypoallergenic Infant Formula
Other Proposed Natural Treatments
A food allergy is defined as an abnormal immune reaction caused by the ingestion of a food or food additive. The most dramatic form of food allergy reaction occurs within minutes, usually in response to certain foods such as shellfish, peanuts, or strawberries. The effects are similar to those of a bee sting allergy, involving hives, itching, swelling in the throat, and difficulty breathing; this immediate type of allergic reaction can be life-threatening.
Other food allergy reactions are more delayed, causing relatively subtle symptoms over days or weeks.1 These include gastrointestinal problems (constipation, diarrhea, gas, cramping, and bloating), rashes, and headaches. However, because such delayed reactions are relatively vague and can have other causes, it has remained a controversial subject in medicine.
Some food allergy-like reactions do not actually involve the immune system. These are termed food sensitivities (or food intolerance). In most cases, the cause of such sensitivities is unknown.
Delayed-type food allergies and sensitivities might play a role in many diseases, including asthma, attention deficit disorder, rheumatoid arthritis, vaginal yeast infections, canker sores, colic, ear infections, eczema, irritable bowel syndrome, migraine headaches, psoriasis, chronic sinus infections, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, and celiac disease.2-9,64, 68 However, not all experts agree; practitioners of natural medicine tend to be more enthusiastic about the food allergy theory of disease than conventional practitioners.
Conventional treatment for immediate-type food allergy reactions includes desensitization (allergy shots), emergency epinephrine (adrenaline) kits for self-injection, and the antihistamine diphenhydramine (Benadryl).
Delayed-type food allergies are much more difficult to identify and treat. Although skin and blood tests are sometimes used, their reliability is questionable.10-16,65,66A particular blood test called ALCAT has shown some promise, but much more study is necessary to establish its accuracy.17 The double-blind food challenge is the only truly reliable way to identify delayed-type food allergies. This method uses some means of disguising the possibly allergenic food, usually by mixing it with other, nonallergenic foods. Individuals are randomly given either the possibly allergenic food or placeboon a number of occasions separated by 1 or more days. Neither the physician nor the participant knows which is real possibly allergenic food and which is not. Evaluation of the response can then determine whether an allergic response is really present or not. Studies suggest that perhaps only one-third of people who believe they are allergic to a given food actually experience an allergic reaction when they are given it in a double-blind fashion; in addition, reactions are often milder than individuals believe.18,19
Although it is the most accurate way of determining food allergies, the double-blind food challenge is still mostly used in research. The elimination diet with food challenges (described below) is the most common technique in use.
Another conventional approach for delayed-type food allergies is oral cromolyn (a drug sometimes used in an inhaled form for treating asthma and other allergic illnesses).20A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 14 children with milk and other food allergies found that cromolyn was effective in preventing allergic reactions in 11 of 13 cases, whereas placebo was effective in only 3 of 9 cases.21In another study, 32 individuals were given cromolyn one half hour before meals and at bedtime.22 If their food allergy symptoms were prevented, the participants were entered into a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study using cromoglycate. Of the 31 people who completed the study, 24 experienced relief of gastrointestinal symptoms when taking cromolyn as compared to 2 when taking placebo. In addition, systemic allergic reactions were also blocked with the cromolyn. Unfortunately, the drug also had many side effects.
There are no well-documented natural treatments for food allergies. The most obvious approach would be to remove known allergenic foods from the diet. Some alternative practitioners offer lab tests to identify such allergens. However, as described above, no lab tests have been proven accurate for this purpose.
The elimination diet is another approach for identifying allergenic foods. This method involves starting with a highly restricted diet consisting only of foods that are seldom allergenic, such as rice, yams, and turkey. If dietary restriction leads to resolution or improvement of symptoms, foods are then reintroduced one by one to see which, if any, will trigger reactions.23 There is some evidence that the elimination diet may be effective for chronic or recurrent hives;24-26 it has been tried for many other conditions as well, including irritable bowel syndrome,27-34,68asthma,35chronic ear infections,55,56reflux esophagitis,36 and Crohn's disease.37,38
Still another method involves simply eliminating the most common allergens. Cow's milk protein intolerance is thought to be the most common childhood allergy,39 followed by allergies to eggs, peanuts, nuts, and fish. Some evidence indicates that use of special hypoallergenic infant formulas rather than cow's milk formula may help prevent eczema, urticaria, and food-induced digestive distress.40,41,67,69 In addition, eliminating cow's milk from the diets of breastfeeding infants and their nursing mothers might reduce symptoms of infantile colic,42-51although not all studies have found benefit.52-54
In hopes of preventingfood allergies and diseases related to them, some authorities recommend that pregnant and breastfeeding mothers as well as their children should avoid allergenic foods.57-61However, it is not clear if this method actually provides any benefit. For example, one study evaluated 165 children at high risk of developing allergic symptoms.62 Careful avoidance of allergenic foods in the diets of the mothers and infants did not reduce the later development of eczema, asthma, hay fever, or food allergy symptoms.
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