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Ok, You know what comes in the box (it's listed above) So i'll review each piece as I received it and then give my listening impressions and final thoughts. MIC & Cable: Probably one of the cheaper pieces of junk i've encountered, but that was not why I purchased the kit. It was more of an 'added bonus' and will be treated as a spare. Out of the box the MIC looked to be missing a decal that covers the on/off switch insert and assembly was poor. I cannot forsee a ton of duty cycle on this switch, but time would tell. It functions fine and sounds rather decent. The cable came with a sheathing defect, not shipping damage, so I suspect quality control is vague at the plant. Overall it will reek of cheap, so plan to have or get a better MIC for the sake of reliability and stuff this thing in the 'spares' area. The Amplifier (head): Chassis construction is good with a steel frame, wood housing, steel corners, nice carpet and a lovely carrying handle. It doesn't weigh much but I wouldn't judge it based on that fact. There are rubber feet on the bottom for table top usage and I noticed they are spaced to 'hug' the top of a speaker in this kit perfectly if you want to stack it there. There is plenty of rear venting and you can see a torridal style transformer inside which is a good sign for an inexpensive amplifier. I did note some more quality control issues with the assembly of this unit, namely off center knob attachment (fixable by yourself) and a cross threaded, rear 1/4 jack nut that was only half on. I presume they use pre-set torque drivers to assemble using plastic, so the tool probably stopped halfway down the shaft and considered it done due to the cross thread friction. The trials of a 3rd world assembly plant with little quality control at it's finest. A major disappointment overall, was the lack of POT attachment to the front panel. The POT's are plastic shaft, PCB mounted and there is no reinforcement mounting for the shaft on the front panel. This makes for very wobbly and fragile feeling knobs. They all seem to work OK, but i'm a little concerned for the future of the solder joints at the PCB. If that news irks you, i'd call it a deal breaker. The PA Speakers: These are lighter than you would expect at a glance, and I like that part. They are wood, with matched carpet style to the amplifier head with plastic corners and plastic inset carry handles. Very easy for even a small person to lug around. The stamped steel grill is strong and not flimsy to the point where I would worry about a flying bottle caving one into a speaker cone. So I suspect they will do the job of protecting the drivers well. The are removable for easy driver replacement which I consider important.The rear panel includes a 'through' jack to daisy chain and the cabinets are tune port reflex enclosures. There is a standard recess at the bottom for tri-pod mounting, so that is like a little win. What I should point out however, is the rubber feet on the bottom of the cabinets for floor usage. These rubber 'pucks' do NOT have a mounting screw recess. They rely on burying the mounting screw head deep enough into the rubber to sit under flush and not scratch your nice hardwood floors :) I think this was a poor idea and urge anyone to check their units for protruding screw heads on the bottom of the feet before you go 'sliding' them around. Break-in Impressions: I broke this kit in at home with the AUX inputs. I did try the MIC XLR on channel 1 and it works well with a respectable noise floor. I don't really have any complaints here. For the AUX input I just used some program material for several hours. Program material ranged all over the genre map. First off, don't expect to hear the best sound you've ever experienced. These are PA speakers, not studio monitors. That said and considered; I was impressed. With some minor EQ (at the head) adjustments, I got a very respectable sound and a very healthy pre-clip volume. I had no grill rattles or audible distortion from the woofers even on bass drops. Shockingly, the woofers produce a healthy solid kick and they will go fairly deep. I admit i'm a little shocked and I have tons of pro-audio experience under my belt, these were bought for a friend on a budget, not for personal use. I use a studio grade setup myself, and these obviously don't compare, but I am surprised by the performance none the less and that should be said here. The tweeters leave a little to be desired in the higher end of the spectrum up close, but with a little distance the breakup disperses quickly and they become acceptable (just don't stick your face in front of it). 2-way systems don't have a mid range and this is for PA usage so I should talk about that now as it's important. The mid-range was acceptable, bottom line. Thanks in part to the on-head EQ I was able to make small adjustments to achieve a respectable reproduction across the band. As they spent some time breaking in, the tone even warmed up a little, so give them a chance. OVER ALL: For the money, it's tough to go wrong. My friend is on a super small budget and needs vocal reinforcement in small coffee shop gigs.I did a lot of looking around and this was a banger for the buck so we took a shot and it was left in my hands. I like modular system such as this as opposed to self-amplified because your controls are all centralized, and even if the head goes bad you can swap or even upgrade it to more channels, etc and keep the speakers. Furthermore even if the speakers die, the cabinets should last a long while and the speakers are replacable. So when you look at what you spent and the possibility to expand on it, upgrade pieces, or replace components seperately; It's not a bad gamble at all. I have no doubt in my mind this will provide that vocal boost they need to overcome the drums and guitar heads they lug into these places. Furthermore, as a Mix DJ I have to say I wouldn't even hesitate to use this for small gigs! Mind you house parties and such, not banquet halls! But the sound reinforcement levels are plenty strong enough to upset somebodys neighbors easily and the head never even got hot. Something like this you can easily cart around and toss in the trunk of a tiny car. It also comes with everything you need to setup and start making noise out of the box. I will say if and when thee arrive, you inspect the packaging and contents very carefully for any defects! Rectify what you can and what you cannot; send back. (Would the moderator reviewing this review please seperate this into paragraphs! I did so in the input form and the 'preview' area is a jumbled mess.) Thanks! - Matt
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The game's great equalizer, the 3-point shot, has brought a new dimension since it was introduced. A team can afford to have the one specialized shooter on the floor - a guy who can disrupt the defense because he can't be left unguarded.
With no dependable driver after playing half the year without its point guard, and its best big man great on defense but learning on offense, South Carolina knew it would have to try and score this year from the 3-point line. Hit 'em, and you're a pretty good team, a dangerous team. Miss 'em, and be bad.
Wednesday was another example of how USC (10-17, 2-11 SEC) may get a few wins at the end of the season, but it's a bad year that is only getting worse. They want to hit 3-pointers and can't do it, and there are no other consistent options to score.
The Gamecocks were 8-of-23 from the 3-point line in Wednesday's 59-48 loss at Vanderbilt, making 4-of-10 in the first half but 4-of-13 in the second when they tried to shoot themselves out of their slump. Bruce Ellington made three and Malik Cooke made two, but the man most entrusted to make them - freshman Damien Leonard - made a mere two in 10 attempts.
Leonard had several open looks and clanked them, but made one with a hand in his face. For the season, he's missed nearly 100 more than he's made (45-of-142).
The team's other outside shooter, Brian Richardson, didn't play for the fourth straight game. He is 13-of-56 for the season.
The Gamecocks entered the game ninth in the league in 3-point shooting percentage, at .298. They are one of four teams in the SEC that shoot below 30 percent from long range.
DOCKED: Sophomore Damontre Harris did not start due to an academic issue. Harris did play, but redshirt freshman Carlton Geathers made his first career start in Harris' place.
A team spokesperson said that Harris' benching was a team academic issue, not a school academic issue. The Gamecock Radio Network quoted Horn as saying, "We've got standards in our program that we think are extremely important to uphold. I think Damontre understands that now."
Geathers did well, scoring two points on a put-back and grabbing a pair of rebounds while getting Festus Ezeli into early foul trouble. Then Harris came in, took a feed underneath and rammed it home for his only first-half points.
Harris ended with six points, six rebounds and four blocks. Geathers played eight minutes.
"I played all right," Geathers said. "I could have played better. I gave up a couple of rebounds I could have had."
Geathers, a 6-foot-10 project that redshirted last year, is night and day in terms of his physical appearance. He's still learning how to play back-to-the-basket, but has gotten into 24 games this year.
"I got a lot better," Geathers said. "The sky's the limit for me, I guess."
Horn's team pulled down the second-highest grade-point average on record for the program in the fall semester. Horn said that it would have been the highest if Ellington's 3.1 GPA would have been allowed to count for hoops, but because he was on scholarship for football, it counted toward that.
WOUNDED: Anthony Gill had his right thumb taped before the game. A team official said that he ran into somebody at practice.
Gill scored two points and had two rebounds with four fouls in 23 minutes.
JUST MISSED: Brenton Williams' 3-pointer in the waning minutes gave USC 48 points, which was its final total. Before the shot bottomed, the Gamecocks were about to set a tenure-low for points scored under Horn.
The low is 47 in a 57-47 loss to Alabama in 2010-11. The 48 was a season-low.
GETTING CLOSER: At 10-17 with three regular-season games and the SEC tournament to go, USC is getting close to a 20-loss season. The last USC team to do it was Eddie Fogler's 8-21 bunch in 1998-99, the senior year of all-time leading scorer BJ McKie and the year immediately following back-to-back NCAA tournament trips.
Before that, one has to go to Walt Hambrick in 1958-59 (4-20) to find a 20-loss team. There was one more, in 1937-38, under Ted Petoskey (3-21).
TRANSLATE: Vanderbilt has four foreign players on its roster. Festus Ezeli hails from Nigeria, Jeffery Taylor is from Sweden and two players, Steve Tchiengang and James Siakam, are from Cameroon.
There was no immediate word on how the four have adjusted to the twang and country-music lifestyle of their current home city.
Team SEC Overall
*Kentucky 13-0 27-1
Florida 10-3 22-6
Vanderbilt 9-4 20-8
Tennessee 7-6 15-13
Alabama 6-6 17-9
Mississippi State 6-7 19-9
Arkansas 5-7 17-10
Ole Miss 5-8 15-12
Auburn 4-9 14-13
Georgia 3-10 12-15
South Carolina 2-11 10-17
*Clinched share of regular-season title
Tuesday's games
Florida 63, Auburn 47
Kentucky 73, Mississippi State 64
Wednesday's games
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LSU 61, Georgia 53
Vanderbilt 59, South Carolina 48
Thursday's game
Alabama at Arkansas, 7 p.m.
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since Dec. 2009 I have experienced a feeling of fullness in my throat along with mild sore throat. over the last two weeks , after eating I experienced a sence of my throat contricting but I am breathing ok. I also feel like I have ulcers and irritation in the back of my mouth along with a whiteish tongue which subsides after about an hour. When I wake up in the mourning, I only feel a very mild throat irritation. I was testing for my thryoid which came back negative. I am presently keeping a food dairy. i have cut out all sugar and dairy yet the problem has increase. What could be the reason for these symptoms? Is it a new allergy?
I would recommend food allergy testing. Also, a trial of anti-acid medications like prilosec for 8-12 weeks may help to calm or eliminate these symptoms. If these fail, a picture of the throat and esophagus called a barium esophagram should be ordered.
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Editor's note: This market commentary is provided by the Dairy Division at FCStone in Chicago, Ill.
Class III futures by and large chopped modestly lower from June to September on light volume. Cheese futures traded in similar fashion. The questions we received yesterday echo last week: How low with spot cheese prices go to reinvigorate demand? Our vantage point is that there ought to be additional weakness to spot cheese in the coming days to reach some sort of equilibrium price based on what we're hearing about fresh cheese freeing up in the country. To be clear, however, there is still good domestic demand for cheese. But, finding an additional load of cheese is not as difficult as it was a month or two ago.
One key area of support for Class III over the past week has been the sharply higher dry whey futures contracts. We look for some weakness on dry whey from current levels as the market appears overbought for the time being.
Butter futures settled mixed yesterday. While the butter market is firm, the lackluster session yesterday may be a sign that the sharp increases seen of late have over-reached. Exports continue to be supportive and running significantly above the previous year to date. We are hearing that production has been steady and stocks are being rebuilt along seasonal lines, but not enough. We also hear ice cream demand is better. NFDM saw some further weakness.
A GDT auction event is scheduled for today.
May 5 spot session results:
Block cheese: $2.0700 (unchanged)
Barrel cheese: $2.0550 (unchanged)
Grade A NFDM: $1.7775 (unchanged)
Butter: $2.1000 (up 2.5¢)
Today's expectations:
• Class III & Cheese to open firm
• Dry Whey to open steady
• Class IV, Butter & NFDM to open mixed
Grain futures
Corn gained slightly on Monday as the national corn planting progress fell short of expectations. The planting pace, however, far exceeded last year. Some wet weather is expected in parts of the Corn Belt this weekend with the longer-range forecast suggesting a dry period, allowing field work to continue. Expectations are for close to half the crop planted by next week. Soybean prices declined slightly on Monday, on rumors of South American soy moving into the U.S. may have fueled the move lower. Soybean meal is under pressure this morning, and we expect more of the same behavior heading into the May 9 USDA Crop Report.
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• Corn to open higher
• Soybeans to open lower
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Sophisticated sales organizations now have the ability to combine, sift, and sort vast troves of data to develop highly efficient strategies for selling into micromarkets. While B2C companies are typically adept at mining the petabytes of transactional and other purchasing data that consumers generate as they interact online, B2B sales organizations have only recently begun to use big data to both inform overall strategy and tailor sales pitches for specific customers in real time. Micromarket analyses involve five steps: defining the optimal micromarket size; determining the growth potential for each; gauging market share in each; understanding the causes of variation in market share across them; and prioritizing high-potential markets to focus on. Exploiting new-growth hot spots will be successful only if salespeople have a solid understanding of how micromarkets work and the simple tools for selling into them. Sales leaders must coach their teams in developing sales "plays" for groups of structurally similar micromarkets. That requires cross-functional collaboration--in particular, between sales and marketing. To sustain early wins, companies also need to change their approach to sales force management in three ways: They must rethink performance management, open new channels between sales and marketing, and invest in talent development.
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This burger combines the robust and spicy flavor of a chicken & sausage jambalaya- the patties are juicy and flavorful, a great way to incorporate lean chicken into a decadent meal.
Born & raised in Texas by parents from Louisiana, spice has been a big part of my upbringing.
These sliders celebrates the collaboration of the American burger and the famous Muffaletta Sandwich. The bold and flamboyant flavors of Bourbon Street New Orleans shines in these beef sliders.
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Exeter City 0 Accrington 1
The last time Accrington Stanley won at Exeter City there was a national television audience to witness it.
That season the Reds went on to win Football League status. Their latest victory at St James' Park may have only been witnessed by 71 hardy visiting fans but went a long way to preserving that status for another year.
Kayode Odejayi's poacher's goal on the stroke of half time was enough to give James Beattie's side all three points from Devon for the first time since January 2006.
Both sides headed into the game unbeaten in three matches and with unchanged sides but it was the visitors who set the tone early on. Will Hatfield cut in from the right and lashed a left foot shot over the bar before Artur Krysiak dropped a Lee Molyneux free kick and Danny Butterfield was forced to clear.
Paul Tisdale's Exeter had won two on the bounce but showed few signs of threatening with Danny Coles heading straight at Marcus Bettinelli as they laboured in the final third.
Chances weren't plentiful at the other end either but the Reds looked far more of a danger, with Adam Buxton seeing a strike deflected wide and Dean Winnard unable to make a good contact with a Hatfield cross when he rose highest in the box.
In tight games Molyneux can usually be relied upon to conjure something up but when his strike from 25 yards flew wide the strikers stepped up to the plate.
James Gray and Odejayi had been willing workers and a handful for the defence throughout but as half time loomed they made the crucial impact.
First Gray tested Krysiak from close range from a poor Craig Woodman clearance and then Odejayi struck.
Krysiak failed to hold on to Molyneux's corner kick and amidst a phalanx of Grecians' defenders Odejayi pounced to jab the ball home and net his first goal since New Year's Day.
Now the recipe for the second half changed and Beattie's team could show their increasing defensive dependability with Winnard and Tom Aldred continuing to look one of the best centre back partnerships in the league.
Even the departure of Buxton, with a rib problem, and Will Hatfield, through sheer exhaustion, made little difference and the Reds could have been two up when Coles inadvertently headed the ball over his own keeper only for Krysiak to recover.
The hosts barely mustered a clear opening, with Michael Liddle and Piero Mingoia slipping into Stanley's unit.
Eliot Richards saw a strike blocked by Winnard before Tom Nichols shot over as they continued to be frustrated.
Not even a double attacking change could help City break through; sub Sam Parkin was miles away with a header from Butterfield's cross as Aldred handled his physical threat superbly.
A late free kick on the edge of the Stanley 'D' caused consternation but Liam Sercombe's effort flew high over the goal.
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The results of the Phase I Safety and Immunogenicity Trial of Recombinant HIV-1 Tat (ISS P-001 and ISS T-001) indicate that the vaccine based on the recombinant Tat protein is safe, well tolerated and immunogenic. The present study is intended to extend the follow-up of the volunteers for additional 3 years to evaluate the persistence of the anti-Tat humoral and cellular immune responses. The results of the present study will be key for the design of future phase II trials, particularly for the definition of the optimal schedule for boosting immunizations.
All individuals (27) will be enrolled in a 120-weeks observational study and monitored every 24 weeks for the following 3 years. During these visits, which are performed within the schedule indicated for the clinical monitoring of HIV-1 infected individuals, in addition to the routine virological, hematological and biochemical assessment, the anti-Tat specific humoral and cellular immune responses will be evaluated.
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|Observational Study of the Phase I Safety and Immunogenicity Trial of Recombinant HIV-1 Tat in Hiv-1 Infected Adult Volunteers
- To evaluate the persistence of specific immune responses, volunteers will be monitored for anti-Tat specific antibodies, anti-Tat proliferative response and in vitro γIFN and IL-4 production in response to Tat (Elispot).
- To develop test procedures in order to evaluate humoral and cellular anti-Tat immunity for future efficacy trials.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01024595
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|Principal Investigator:
|Aldo Di Carlo, MD
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|Principal Investigator:
|Pasquale Narciso, MD
|I.R.C.C.S. Spallanzani Hospital, Rome
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Keywords provided by Istituto Superiore di Sanità:
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Retroviridae Infections
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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A GOLFING society is flying high after raising about £10,000 in the memory of a promising sportsman who died in a tragic accident.
The GLADRAGS (Gentlemen of Ledbury and District Rugby and Golf Society) collected the amount for the Jack Segust memorial air ambulance appeal and the Midlands Air Ambulance via their annual fund-raising event in July at Burghill Valley Golf Club.
Mr Segust, a Ledbury Rugby Club member, was aged 21 when the golf buggy he was in overturned at the Herefordshire Golf Club, Wormsley, in August 2012.
He was taken by air ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham but died the following day from his injuries. Andy Ward, of GLADRAGS and the landlord of the Talbot Hotel in Ledbury, was among the society's members to join Mr Segust's family for the cheque presentation at the Midlands Air Ambulance's Strensham airbase, near the M5, in Worcestershire, on Thursday, February 27.
Mr Ward: "His family set up a trust in his memory to help the air ambulance that tried to save his life but unfortunately couldn't. "
Of the amount raised and looking ahead to this year's event, Mr Ward added: "Every year it gets better. We are hoping we can raise as much many and keep doing some good while engaging other sporting people to support good causes."
Mr Segust was a student at Portsmouth University, where he had just completed his second year studying civil engineering.
The society, which was formed by members of Ledbury Rugby Club in 1992, is staging this year's golf day at Burghill Valley Golf Club on Friday, July 18 in aid of the Mercia Accident Rescue Service (MARS).
The service delivers pre-hospital immediate medical care for Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Funds will once agin be raised via entry fees, sponsorship and a charity auction.
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Topic: Taxotere no longer appears effective ?
Got Ct Scan results today and was not what I was looking for. All tumors slightly increased in size and additional nodules showing up in my lungs. pleural effusion also increased on the right side. Multiple nodules in right lung Base. Lytic lesions on vertabral bodies have increased and should be considered metastatatic. Right upper lung field shows mass laterally measuring 9cm in diameter. Liver tumor appeared no change. 4x3.5 soft tissues mass adjacent the esophagus in the distal thorax possibally slightly larger. Well, will see doc on the 5th of June and see if we are going to up this taxotere or try something new. Ther can't be to many more drugs to try. Ha! just kidding I'm sure ther is still quite a few. Whatever we decide will have to wait until I take my little trip to Maine in a few weeks. Well that is my update for today. Looking forward to Peter's live chat. Cheerio for now. Will let all know what adventure I decide to embark upon next.
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Now, this is not a NEW way of folding, I know, but Jeni's series "The Art of Choosing" really encouraged me to get my act together, fold fold fold, and try to figure out if I'm lacking certain colors or fabrics in my stash. Her series also gave me great tid-bits of information when I am buying fabric, to know if it will be a good fit in my stash or not.
I have decided I have very few stripes, TONS of polka dots, and not near enough yellow, brown or purple... so there's my excuse to go shopping! I know, right?!
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Michael J. Fox Returns To TV [Video]
Thirty one years after Family Ties, Michael J. Fox is returning to NBC this fall in a new TV show, which is somewhat an autobiographical version of his own life.
"I went from Teen Beat and Tiger Beat… to AARP," Fox, 51, joked to Access Hollywood about his new AARP magazine cover. "There's some great tips about colon health!"
In his new untitled comedy, Fox plays a TV anchorman whose life is changed by Parkinson's Disease, the same malady which affects Fox in real life. He was diagnosed with in in 1991. When asked why he was willing to deal with it publicly, he explained, "Well, I don't have a choice. … But my personal life — you can sit and project out and say, 'Oh, I'm going to have this and it's going to be like this and I won't be able to do that.' But it's much more about right now. 'What can I do right now?' Right?
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Nathan Adelson Hospice locations will serve as drop-off points to collect school supplies for local elementary students. The hospice will be collecting supplies for students at Robert L. Taylor and Sunrise Acres elementary schools. The drive continues until Aug. 18. "Many schools unfortunately suffer from a lack of funding, and a large number of students can't afford many … [Read more...]
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Gasoline prices in Lebanon [2]leaped Wednesday another LL700, according to the weekly update by the Energy and Water Ministry. [3]
The 95 octane fuel now sells at LL35,200 ($23) while the 98 octane is selling at LL35,900 ($24).
The price of fuel oil and diesel oil jumped by LL300 ($0.20), both selling at LL27,400 ($18), the price update showed.
Kerosene was also up by LL400 ($0.26), selling at LL29,700 ($20).
All prices are per 20 liters.
[1] http://www.syndigate.info
[2] http://www.albawaba.com/business/lebanon-gas-price-465798
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Evolution Hoax
The Miracle of Talking Birds
Chapter -1
1- Larynx
The human voice box is located in our throats and therefore, close to the mouth. Birds, on the other hand, have their vocal organ situated in the body. For this reason, birds' vocal organ is affected by two airflows, as opposed to just one as in humans. Muscles that open and close the airways on both sides of the organ control the beginning and end points of the vocal system.
In humans, vocal sounds are produced by the flow of air from the lungs. The lungs propel air towards the voice box, and the air passing through the vocal cords there produces sounds that, in turn, are transformed into speech by means of the bronchia, the tongue, the teeth, the nasal cavity and the sinuses.
The two-branched syrinx, located deep in the breast of a bird, is situated where the two bronchia divide in the windpipe. In this complex system, the vocal organ's muscles and inner membranes affect the production of mid-tones. By contraction of the pectoral and stomach muscles, air is directed from the air sacs to the bronchia and the syrinx, where the air molecules vibrate as they pass through narrow passages. Vibrations of the tympana membrane also affect the frequency of the sound. The pressure of the air sacs in the clavicle in turn affects the tympana membrane. The syrinx muscles also affect the flow of air and consequently, the quality of sound.
Within the bird's breast, its vocal organ is like a branched instrument, located at where its voice box meets the two bronchial tubes. As shown on the adjacent page, one branch of the syrinx opens into one bronchus and the second branch into the other; and either one of these two bronchi can produce sound. Some birds can use either both sides of their voice organ simultaneously, or one of the two independently and, by this means, can produce two separate tones of the same frequency, at the same time. They can sing a high note with one side, while producing a low note with the other. And since the bird's vocal organ is situated at the juncture of the two bronchial tubes, it can produce sound from two different sources. This even allows the bird to produce two different notes simultaneously, and even to sing a duet with itself. To a great extent, sounds produced here are subsequently combined, giving birds the potential of creating rich melodies. While humans use only about 2% of the air they inhale to produce sound, birds have the ability to use it all. 6
1.Dil, 2. Nefes Borusu, 3. Kemikleşmiş halkalar, 4.Nefes Borusu, 5. Östaki borusuna ait kaslar, 6. Nefes borusuna ve bronşlara ait kaslar, 7. Syrinx, 8. Ara bronşlar
The physical structures used in human speech—voice box, vocal chords, tongue, lips, palate and teeth are completely different from the structures in birds, and some are completely absent. Even though talking birds do not possess these structures, they are able to produce words and expressions used by humans, and with the same intonation.
The syrinx is located in a pouch within the clavicle below the bird's throat. The membrane covering this pouch is sensitive to the air coming from the lungs, and its elasticity and complexity of the membrane are factors that determine the quality of sounds. The sound quality is also affected by the length of the windpipe, the constriction of the voice box, the neck muscles, structure of the beak, and their respective movements. In short, the complexity of the birds' syrinx determines the complexity of the sounds they produce. Its muscles affect the air flow and consequently, the quality of the sound. In parrots, budgerigars, and some songbirds, the syrinx has a greater number of muscles, and its structure is more complex.
Furthermore, the different techniques that parrots and budgerigars employ for imitating the human voice are most effective. Like humans, parrots have thick tongues that enable them to produce sounds resembling ours. Sound is produced by blowing air through two separate places in their syrinx, and at the same time producing the independent sounds required to produce consonants. The initial sound from the syrinx is shaped with the help of the throat, and then in the mouth with the tongue. In their research studies with grey parrots, Dianne Patterson and Irene Pepperberg reached important conclusions on vowel production: Due to the radically different anatomy of this parrot's vocal organ, even though they lack teeth and lips, they can produce sounds that closely resemble sounds produced by humans. 7 Indeed, parrots and budgerigars can quite clearly imitate sounds such as "m" and "b," which we normally produce with the help of our lips.
Budgerigars, however, due to their small size, are not able to use the same technique as parrots. Using their syrinx to create frequencies from 2,000 to 3,000 Hz, they then add on a second vibration. This system is known as frequency modulation or FM, the principle behind the AM (amplitude modulation) radios to be found in practically every home. These days, many FM broadcasting stations add low transmitters to their signals which, in common with normal signals, are adjustable through a transmitter, but are of a very high frequency. While the frequency of normal signals varies from 20 to 20,000 Hz, the frequency of many low transmitters starts at 56,000 Hz. The main reason for using the FM system is to offset the major disadvantage of the AM system—namely, the interference of many natural or man-made radio sounds, called "parasites." Because the weak signals of AM radio are quieter than the stronger ones, differences in signal level are formed, which are then perceived as noise. AM receivers have no facility for cutting out these parasitic sounds.
To solve this problem, Edwin H. Armstrong invented a system for eliminating noise caused by the power of the waves. Instead of changing the transmission signal or the strength of the transmitter, he changed the frequency of sound waves per second. Thanks to this system, the amplitude of noise (strength of sound waves) could be reduced to a minimum. But scientists are still mystified how budgerigars manage to use this same system.
Of course, no little budgerigar can possibly work out for itself from the time it is hatched how to apply a series of principles discovered by man only after long trials. In the same way, no parrot can know that it must produce auxiliary sounds in order to make consonants distinct or to develop systems in its throat to enable it to do so. Also, it's not possible for such a system to be the end product of a series of blind coincidences. All these complex systems we have seen are without doubt, the work of God, the Creator.
For birds to display their talents in communicating by sound, song and in the case of some birds, words, they require excellent hearing. At critical times in their lives, their sense of hearing becomes particularly important. Experiments have shown that in order for birds to learn their species' song, they need an auditory feedback system. Thanks to this system, young birds learn to compare the sounds they produce themselves with the patterns of a song they have memorized. If they were deaf, it wouldn't normally be possible for them to sing recognizable songs. 8
Birds' ears are well equipped for hearing, but they hear in a different way from us. For them to recognize a tune, they have to hear it in always the same octave (a series of seven notes), whereas we can recognize a tune even if we hear it in a different octave. Birds cannot, but can instead recognize timbre—a fundamental note combined with harmonies. The ability to recognize timbre and harmonic variations lets birds hear and reply to many diverse sounds, and sometimes even reproduce them.
Birds can also hear shorter notes than we can. Humans process sounds in bytes in about 1/20th of a second 9, whereas birds can distinguish these sounds in 1/200th of a second, which means that birds are superior at separating sounds that arrive in very rapid succession. 10In other words, a bird's capacity to perceive sound is approximately ten times greater, and in every note heard by a human, it can hear ten.11Moreover, some birds are also able to hear lower sounds than we are. Their hearing sensitivity is so finely tuned that they can even tell the difference between pieces by such famous composers as Bach and Stravinsky.
Birds' extremely sensitive hearing functions perfectly. Clearly, each of this sense's components is created by special design, for if any one failed to work properly, the bird would not be able to hear anything. This point also disproves the theory that hearing evolved or emerged gradually, as a result of coincidental influences.
4. Irene Maxine Pepperberg, The Alex Studies, Harvard University Press, England, 1999, pp. 46-47
5. http://www.linguistlist.org/~ask-ling/archive-1997.10/msg01480.html.
6. http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/Ornithology/EEB281_1_Vocalizations.htm.
7.Lesley J. Rogers & Gisela Kaplan, Songs, Roars and Rituals, Communication In Birds, Mammals and Other Animals, USA, 2000, p.81.
8. http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/bionb424/students/mdr17/neurophysiology.html.
9. (http://www.earthlife.net/birds/ hearing.html)
10. Theodore Xenophon Barber, Phd., The Human Nature of Birds, USA, 1993, p. 36.


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No one knows what will happen to milk prices once Jan. 1 rolls around.
On Friday, congressional leaders were to meet with President Obama on the impending "fiscal cliff," but it has become apparent that farm bill provisions will not be built into a possible compromise.
Meanwhile, there is a media feeding frenzy over the possibility of higher milk prices in the grocery store.
"Milk could reach as high as eight bucks a gallon," said Fox News correspondent Dominic Di-Natale in this report.
Di-Natale's report includes an interview with Chris Galen, senior vice president of communications at the National Milk Producers Federation. NMPF has been encouraging passage of a new farm bill, which would avert the so-called "dairy cliff," uncertainty for farmers, and skyrocketing milk prices in the grocery store. In the interview, Galen mentions that a new farm bill would be a boon for taxpayers, as well.
"The farm bill is like this low-hanging ornament on the congressional Christmas tree," Galen said. "If they just embrace it, they can automatically come up with tens of billions of dollars in budget savings."
Yet, the farm bill has been stalled in the U.S. House of Representatives since last summer.
If nothing is done by the end of the year, the next step will be up to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. USDA will be faced with the prospect of re-implementing a 1949 law that is permanent legislation in the absence of new farm bills.
On Thursday, the International Dairy Foods Association sent this letter to Vilsack urging him to proceed in a thoughtful and deliberate manner, using the formal rule-making process.
"This will enable stakeholders, not just dairy producers and processors but also food manufacturers, food retailers, consumers and others, to voice their concerns prior to the implementation of any new rule," IDFA's letter said.
The rule-making process could take several weeks or months, which may give Congress enough time to pass a new farm bill.


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Review of Bring it Home Beauty Nails DVD
Learn How to Polish Like a Pro With This DVD
The other day, I told you about the Bring It Home Beauty DVDs, which were produced by a professionally licensed mother-and-daughter team. The premise? To help you save money by teaching you how to do beauty services at home, with the help of their instructional videos, of course.
Much like the Hair Edition Volume 1 DVD ($24.95), the Natural Nail Care DVD ($24.95), has a low-budget feel. However, the hour-long video is quite comprehensive, covering everything from basic (and spa) manicures/pedicures, a men's manicure, a French manicure, polishing, and repairing broken nails.
Is it glamorous? Uh, no. Super close-ups on toes and heel shavings might make you squeamish, but who said beauty is always easy on the eyes, anyway? For me, I suppose the drier nature of the material is somewhat like watching paint dry — literally. While I prefer their hair video much for its content and better overall value, I'd recommend this natural nail care DVD for anyone who really enjoys doing manicures and pedicures on yourself or others, or for anyone who wants a basic grasp on nail care.


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(Warning: This post is too long. It has profanity in it. And pizza. Fucking get over it.)
It has a been a rough week. The cause: an assignment that I should be able to turn around in a jiffy, but which has eluded me and, so, drags on. And on. And on. I've requested and received specific, clear, and helpful guidance from my editor, so the ball is in my court, so to speak. Still, I can't wrap up this little shit.
Did you ever see the movie "How to Get Ahead in Advertising?" Richard E. Grant plays an ad exec who's stumped trying to come up with the clever campaign for new pimple cream. The stress makes him develop a boil that grows into an evil twin that ultimately takes over his life until he becomes some kind of postnatal chimera.
It's not that bad. Yet.
I would call this writer's block, but I think everyone can fall victim to creative constipation, whatever it is they do. There must be times when accountants can't get numbers to crunch, when lawyers can't devise winning arguments, when salespeople can't sell–fuck, I dunno–ice to eskimos.
So, after sitting at the computer, fussing with the story and making it worse with each pass and chanting "shit-shit-shit-shit" under my breath, I headed into the kitchen. Yesterday, a New York Times article about pizza caught my eye. The gist of it was that if you proof the dough a really long time–"at least 27 hours of resting time"–you'll end up with pizzeria-like results. Heck, we like pizza, I thought, I should try this. I write about food, so I must try this. Right now. I had to be in the kitchen anyway, developing a couple of recipes for another project (another distraction, yes, but one that pays). As an added benefit, the pizza would be a helpful exercise in delayed gratification, something I rarely practice.
In all honesty, I wanted to make the pizza for "Real Housewives of New York" tonight. God, I love that show in all its incarnations, from the plastic Barbies of Orange County, to the low-rent crew in Atlanta, to the thick-as-thieves" inbreds in New Jersey. This season, my NYC bitches are particularly strident and menopausal. Well, Bethenny's hormonal 'cause she's preggers (and oddly shocked that the news leaked to Perez Hilton after she peed on the pregnancy test stick in front of a camera crew). And I'm forever grateful to The Countess for her "hit" new single, which has become my new motto:
Money can't buy you class. Elegance is learned. Oh, yeah!
Oh, yeah, the pizza.
I exercised a little restraint and ignored the recipes that ran with the NYTs story, since they called for two kinds specialty flours and making your own sourdough starter. I'm saving those distractions for another day and another stumped project, when I can happily waste hours hunting down the flour and baby-sitting the starter. Instead, I decided to try this with my go-to pizza dough. It's more scientific that way, see, since I could gauge whether the technique made a difference.
So I pulled together the dough, and it didn't take up that much time anyway, and plopped it into a bowl to proof on the counter for a three hours. I checked on it every so often and, my, it was robust and bubbly. Those little yeast were busy! Things were happening. Then I divided the dough into two balls, which went into the refrigerator to proof for another 24 hours. This was hard, because I really wanted to roll that dough out and make pizza. But, no, all I could do was visit it occasionally, pulling it out of the fridge to prod it and inhale its yeasty aroma and admire its bubbliness. Oh my god! It looked like the evil boil from "How to Get Ahead in Advertising"!
I carved out some time this afternoon (OK, it was another distraction) to make the uncooked Pizzeria Mozza's pizza sauce from the L.A. issue of Saveur. Mozza makes the best pizza in town (I think), and the uncooked sauce comes together in a jiffy so this thing wasn't too much of a time suck. It's good; not spectacular, but a great result for the effort.
When it finally came time to roll the dough, after letting it sit at room temperature for 90 minutes (now going on 29 hours of proofing time), it was snappy as hell. I should have let it rest a bit, but, shit, Richard was home from work, we were hungry, and the Housewives were bickering on that boat in the Caribbean, so I shaped it by hand (because, apparently, a rolling pin "abuses" the dough), tossed it around a bit, then slathered on some tomato sauce, cheese and prosciutto and slipped that fucker onto a pizza stone in a very, very hot oven.
The outcome: Delicious crust that was airy and chewy, but tender, and definitely an improvement over the usual drill of making dough, letting proof for an hour, and then rolling it out. Next time, I'd crank the oven even hotter, and possibly hunt down that those specialty flours. Now I'm hooked.
So here I am, feverishly writing this, thinking, "Yes! This will help!" As if pizza and blogging will act like a creative enema. We'll see about that.
Meantime, I've accomplished a few things:
- I've learned that longer proofing time does make a superior crust, but you have to plan your pizza, like, two days in advance.
- We had a really good dinner.
- I realized the world has officially turned upside-down, since on tonight's episode of RHW-NYC LuAnn was the voice of reason (surprise!), Sonja was the smart one (didn't see that one coming), and Ramona was the sane one (that's crazy!).I put the words "enema" and "constipation" in a post about food. Yum! Hungry now?


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U.S. Senator John Glenn's ties to New Concord and Muskingum College have grown through the years despite a professional life that has carried him away from the village and literally around the earth.
John Herschel Glenn, Jr. was born on July 18, 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio. Before he started school, his family moved to nearby New Concord where, after graduating from New Concord High School (re-named John Glenn High School in 1962), he enrolled at Muskingum College.
While in college, he learned to pilot an airplane as a member of a Naval civilian aviation training class. Shortly after Pearl Harbor, Glenn joined the aviation branch of the Marine Corps, and during World War II, he flew 59 combat missions in the Marshall Islands.
Senator Glenn's careers in the military, the U.S. space program, business, and politics have not diminished his involvement with Muskingum, as he and his wife, Anna Castor Glenn '42, have devoted much time and energy to supporting their alma mater. Both are active members of the college's Board of Trustees, and both serve as Distinguished Alumni Professors at Muskingm The Muskingum College Alumni Association has honored the Glenns with Distinguished Service Awards, symbols of their outstanding service to the college.
Senator Glenn has been a featured speaker at commencement exercises and has participated in alumni weekend panels, at the college's bicentennial celebration, the dedication of the Boyd Science Center, the inauguration of Dr. Anne C. Steele, and numerous other events.
Muskingum College was the site of a celebration on April 21, 1983, the day Senator Glenn launched his campaign for the presidency of the United States. Glenn also announced his first campaign for the U.S. Senate in Muskingum College's John Glenn Gymnasium with hundreds of hometown friends and students in the crowd. On February 20, l997, 35 years from the day he became the first American to orbit the earth, Glenn announced his retirement from the U.S. Senate before a packed crowd in Brown Chapel on his alma mater's campus. Then, in 1998, Senator Glenn became the oldest human to travel in space about the Discovery 7 space shuttle flight.
His parents, Mr. And Mrs. John H. Glenn, Sr., are deceased. The street in New Concord on which the family lived was renamed Friendship Drive after the spacecraft "Friendship 7," in which John Glenn, Jr., orbited the earth.
In 1999, Senator and Mrs. Glenn donated the Senator's boyhood home and that home has been relocated to Main Street, New Concord, where it houses a museum dedicated to telling the life story of John and Annie Glenn (johnglennhome.org).
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School: Drake, boys basketball
Year to remember: The center on the MCAL's regular-season champion, the league's MVP led the Pirates in scoring, field goal percentage, rebounding and blocked shots.
Statistically speaking: Had single-game season highs of 26 points, 20 rebounds and six blocked shots; he also had eight double-doubles (points/rebounds) for the Pirates.
Future considerations: Plans to play basketball in college, likely at the NCAA Division II or NAIA level, but has not agreed to any scholarship offers.
Last word: "I thought I did what I needed to do to help the team win this season and we got far in the playoffs."
School: San Domenico, girls basketball
Year to remember: The senior guard led the Panthers to a Bay Counties League title, to the North Coast Section semifinals and a second consecutive NorCal playoff berth.
Statistically speaking: Nagler led Marin County in scoring, averaging 16.6 points per game. For her career she finished with over 1,800 points and easily became the all-time scoring leader at San Domenico.
Future considerations: Narrowed down to three schools: Boston College, University of Virginia and USC. Nagler wants to study biology on the pre-med track and try to walk-on to the basketball team.
Last word: "I honestly could not have imagined, having seen where the program was (as a freshman) and go my senior year two rounds into NorCals."
School: Terra Linda, boys wrestling
Year to remember: After missing his entire junior season, Keeve came back to the mat and dominated. The 220-pound senior took fourth place at the state championships after winning his first MCAL and North Coast Section titles.
Statistically speaking: Keeve compiled an impressive 42-2 record before going 5-2 at the state meet. His fourth-place finish made Trojan history as the best any Terra Linda wrestler has ever done at the state level.
Future considerations: Keeve plans to visit Oregon State and Arizona State University over spring break before making a decision about which school he wants to attend— but both have excellent wrestling programs, he said.
Last word: "Just to have the payoff be so good and to vindicate all of the hours (spent training) ... it's just awesome."
School: Novato, girls wrestling
Year to remember: In her second time at the girls high school wrestling championships, Madson captured the 122-pound state title by pinning Selma's Amber Quintana. A couple of weeks before she had secured her third North Coast Section title in as many seasons.
Statistically speaking: Madson completed a perfect 33-0 season with 31 pins, further improving her impressive 95-1 career record.
Future considerations: Madson is already entrenched in track season, where she competes as a pole vaulter — the sport she wants to pursue in college.
Last word: "It feels good and I'm just ready to do it again. One more year left to just dominate."


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Of the more than 4,000 U.S. colleges and universities, only a small number meet the "gold standard" for financial aid. Grinnell is among them. Approximately 45 colleges and universities with need-blind admission policies also meet 100% of demonstrated need.
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- Total financial aid awarded: $58.4 million
- Total gift aid awarded: $51.4 million
- Percent of students receiving aid: 90
- Percent of students receiving Pell Grant: 20
- Average financial aid package to students demonstrating need: $45,717
- Percent of students in the graduating class of 2015 who borrowed: 50
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J.C. Penney: Perfect Storm
Yesterday, J.C. Penney (JCP) reported its fourth-quarter fiscal earnings (ended Feb. 2, 2013) and it was like some kind of perfect storm, sweeping hapless investors out to sea and battering the coastline. If management cannot right the ship soon, concerns about the company's balance sheet are going to push this stock into the single digits.
When you look at the press release you feel like the Governor surveying a disaster zone. Yeah, it's that bad. There's wreckage everywhere. JCP missed fourth-quarter estimates by $1.78 a share. The fourth-quarter was a total loss. The company reported a loss of $1.95 a share on revenue of just $3.88 billion, down 28.4%. By my calculation, that's the lowest level of fourth-quarter sales since the 1980s. Even sales on JCP.com were down 34.4%. How did that happen? I can understand consumers not shopping the stores, but customers wouldn't even buy on the company's website. And that was during the holidays! Holy cow, do these guys have problems....208 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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Homes With Red Exteriors and Paint
5 Red-Hot Outdoor Spaces We Love This Week
5 Red-Hot Outdoor Spaces We Love This Week
Cherry red is a bold color choice, and it is not often that you'll see a red exterior — beyond barns and front doors. You'll find that the bright crimson color works with traditional and modern houses alike and can add an eye-catching element to window trims and roofs. Warming, classic, and vivid — these five houses, fit for any personality, will make you fall in love with red again.
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London show,
|reviewer: Anonymous from Anytown, AT 55555
|I saw show in London. My whole family are huge movie Mary fans, so I was expecting to be disappointed. On the contrary! I'm not a theatre expert or anybody qualified to review a show professionally - I'm just a frequent patron and I know what I like and don't like! That said, It was fantastic! Magical! It was...supercalifantastmagical!New take on songs , esp. Supercali, was superb. Set and effects were mind-boggling. I literally sat there with my jaw dropping open - as the thrills continued throughout show! I kept thinking - can it get any better? And it did! Songs are extremely catchy - you'll leave the theatre humming and singing whether you want to or not.Great show for kids, but do them a favor, and prepare them by watching the movie or reading the story first. The will enjoy it so much more!Only the song 'Temper' seemed un-Poppins like and too modern, a bit scary for small ones. (Beware - Toys turn vengeful on children, scary music!
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We loved it,
|reviewer: Sixduffs from NYC
|I saw the show in London. I had read the review calling it a "darker version". I have seen that same phrase repeated in US papers. While it is not as cheery as the Disney movie, it is a great British nanny story. The children are a bit bratty, Mrs. Banks is a real person with feelings and they explain how Mr. Banks got to be a bit distant from the children. The magic is in the show, just keep an open mind and don't expect what you saw in the movie. You will love it.
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The Lion King,
|reviewer: Prue Halliwell from Northampton, PA USA
|This broadway show is amazing. Its crative, heartwarming, a show you'll never forget. The actors and actresses were very talented at the arts. You have just got to see it now.
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Loved the October 14th Preview,
|reviewer: GB from Horsham, PA USA
|We loved the play! Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane is a fantastic set, alternating between the downstairs, the nursery and the rooftop of the house.
We really enjoyed Ashley Brown as Mary and Gavin Lee as Bert, and the Banks children are wonderful. The Mary Poppins in this play has more edge than in the movie, but you still like the character.
Most of the songs from the movie are in the play, with some new material. We especially loved the singing and dancing during Jolly Holiday and Step in Time.
This is not just a darker remake of the movie; some parts are from the movie, other parts of the story are different and reflect what it is like to balance raising a family and careers today. There are some laughs, but this is about the songs and dancing.
We had great seats 4 rows from the stage on the right, and we will see it again with our children. Highly recommend it.
We enjoyed this as much as Wicked, Lion King and Phantom of the Opera, and we love the original movie.
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Amazing Show,
|reviewer: Lisa from New York
|The show is amazing, there are hardly words to describe how wonderful it is. My review is more to advise theatre goers about the experience we had at the New Amsterdam Theatre. We went Fri. night 10/20/06. The seating can be precarious and tight, but the problem was that there was an entire row behind us, balcony level, where there were children, (appeared to be under 4 years old, which is prohibited in this show), crawling, banging, screaming and kicking seats in front of them. When several audience members asked the parents to please control them, parent(s) yelled back at everyone and began to sing along loudly with the songs and talk (shout) comments throughout the show. Several people attempted to find ushers for help, but they seemed understaffed. This was my daughter's birthday gift and she was almost in tears. Several people in our row were enraged..almost a fight. The theatre needs to enforce the rules and ensure that people are aware that this is not "Broadway" behavior.
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HOUSTON - A third-grader is in the hospital after, officials said, he collapsed during gym class.
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District officials said the incident happened Monday at LaFaye Johnson Lee Elementary School.
School officials said the boy was running during P.E. class Monday morning when something suddenly went wrong with his heart and he collapsed.
A defibrillator had to be used on the boy, district officials said, and a P.E. teacher and a nurse also gave the boy CPR until an ambulance arrived.
District officials said the boy had did not have a history of any medical condition, and certainly none that would have predicted what happened.
The boy was rushed to Texas Children's Hospital. His condition has not been released, but officials said he was breathing.
The cause of the student's collapse is under investigation.
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Blue Jays Roster Move
The TORONTO BLUE JAYS have placed LHP AARON LOUP on the paternity list. The roster leave can range from one to three days.
LOUP, 25, currently leads all Blue Jays relievers with 62.0 innings pitched (5th in AL) and a 2.42 ERA, while being 2nd in appearances with 53.


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Did You Know?
The Screech Owl keeps in contact with its mate using a trilling song, known as the "bounce song."
What is involved in the animal's yearly or every other year physical examinations? Quite a bit actually! For example, today two meerkats came to the veterinary clinic in their carriers ready for their examinations, well perhaps not ready, but they were there. These animals were then anesthetized with a gas anesthesia called sevoflurane and then intubated, or a tube placed in their trachea to continue breathing oxygen and the sevoflurane to remain anesthetized.
After that, a monitor that measures the carbon dioxide in the air that the meerkat exhales, the oxygenation of the blood, the animal's blood pressure, an EKG to monitor the heart, and a thermometer were attached to the animal. All of this is to ensure that the animal is doing well under anesthesia. Once I check the microchip to verify which animal we are working on, the physical exam begins. Several steps take place during a physical, including:
After all that, it's time for a tooth cleaning! We use an ultrasonic scaler and hand scaling instruments from Dr. Stilwill, an area dentist, and then polish the teeth when they are clean, just as what would happen at your dentist's office. However, in this instance we found a tooth (premolar) that was too loose, so I extracted it and placed antibiotics in the hole from the tooth. Almost done! Now we now treat the animal with antibiotics and pain relief for the tooth extraction, and then vaccinate the animal against canine and feline viruses as well as a rabies vaccine.
You may notice we shave the hair on the hip of the animals. Why is that? So we can look at them and remember which one needs the antibiotics for the tooth extraction and it is easily identifiable. Animals like meerkats have such similar physical features, that they can all look the same! Remember that second meerkat? You guessed it - time to do it all again! Once the animal is back in its exhibit, it is time for the expert skill of the zookeepers to be able to trick the animal we had to extract the tooth from into eating the medicine hidden in a treat, and not letting the other meerkats steal it. So far, so good, they convinced the meerkat to eat the first dose!
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Stella Artois and Finlandia Vodka presented Opening Night at Churchill Downs on April 28.
The evening kicked off the Spring Meet and started out with an open red carpet and entertainment by the Ken Arlen Orchestra. Around 7:30 p.m., a nasty thunderstorm interrupted the races and festivities. Guests ducked under cover as hail pummeled the entire area. Yet as soon as the icy precipitation stopped falling, hundreds of attendees made their way back to the paddock and the races resumed before DJ Clinton Sparks rocked the night.
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Those who attended the annual horse show and family fun day at Horse N Around Saturday, Aug. 29, were treated to numerous activities, events and food under clear skies and comfortable temperatures.
Horse N Around, 2593 N. Rocky River Road, provides equine therapy to children with special challenges.
Several children got the opportunity to show their riding skills at the event.
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INDIAN LAND – Michael Anderson has been on mission since he was a senior in high school.
That is when, Anderson said, he "got saved" and God birthed within him "a desire to be on mission, really, everywhere I am."
The Lancaster County Council of the Arts will host the "Women Artists in Harmony" exhibit in the Springs House Galleries during April.
This spring show is a collaborative exhibit of 13 diverse local women artists. Each is a talented individual with a focus and style unique to their interests and media.
Pattie Schlesner and Shirley Wood will have many of their fine jewelry designs available in a variety of stonework, beading and polymer clay.
Juanita Wood and Melissa A. Lawson have chosen striking works in photography for exhibit.
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Indian Land native Heather Holben will be hiking nearly 30 miles to help others have a little hope.
On Saturday, Oct. 11, Holben, 38, will participate in the Make-A-Wish Trailblaze Challenge, a hike benefitting Make-A-Wish Central and Western North Carolina, an organization that grants wishes for terminally ill children.
By Nita Brown
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You've heard the old saying "a picture is worth a thousand words." When it comes to preserving and enjoying history, that proverb is especially true. Fortunately, some of our very own Lancaster artists are doing their part to keep Lancaster's history alive through visual arts. You'll have a chance to see their work and meet some of them in person at the Cultural Arts Center, 307 W. Gay St., Lancaster, from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5.
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RICHBURG – For a town that was founded on catastrophe, Richburg is doing remarkably well these days.
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GREAT FALLS – For the first time in his life, Henry "Bubba" Stevenson Jr. can offer a handshake. But it's not your everyday handshake – it's bionic.
Stevenson, 23, was fitted with a "1-limb ultra bionic arm" on Sept. 22.
Stevenson was born without arms. On his right side, his arm stops shy of his elbow and on his left side, there is only a nub below his shoulder.
Michele Roberts
The fourth annual National Missions Day will be at the Lancaster Fairgrounds from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 4.
There is still time to register for free tent space and be a part of this large community outreach event.
Founded by apostle Ollie Alexander, ambassador for international missions, the idea of the event is to not only reach out to the community, but foster and encourage a sense of unity between different churches, outreaches and ministries that participate.
Nita Brown
Carolyn Taylor describes herself as "just a wife, mother and grandmother," but even she admits her life has certainly not been dull or boring.
Her lifelong interest in drama and history has led her down an interesting career path that influenced countless students in her 25 years of teaching.
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Ordinary taxable income brackets for use in filing 2008 tax returns due April 15, 2009.(To see the rates for 2007, click here.)2008 tax ratesTax rateSingle filersMarried filing jointly or qualifying widow/widowerMarried filing
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Manuel gives Utley routine rest Tuesday
PHILADELPHIA -- Charlie Manuel knows the question is coming as soon as he posts his lineup.
The moment he gives Chase Utley a day off like he got Tuesday against the Pirates at Citizens Bank Park, Manuel will be asked if Utley is healthy. It is understandable. Utley missed much of the previous two seasons with knee problems.
While Utley is looking his healthiest in years, Manuel still wants to keep an eye on him.
"I want to make sure that I can get him off his feet every now and then," he said.
He also said the cold weather played a part in his decision. These are chilly nights in Philadelphia, and it might not be great for the knees.
Utley entered the night with an .882 on-base-plus-slugging percentage, which ranked fifth out of 21 qualifying second basemen in the big leagues.
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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15 U.S. Code § 146 - General powers of corporation
§ 146.
General powers of corporationIn addition to the powers granted elsewhere in this chapter, a China Trade Act corporation—
Shall have the right to transact the business authorized by its articles of incorporation and such further business as is properly connected therewith or necessary and incidental thereto;
May acquire and hold real or personal property, necessary to effect the purpose for which it is formed, and dispose of such property when no longer needed for such purposes;
May borrow money and issue its notes, coupon or registered bonds, or other evidences of debt, and secure their payment by a mortgage of its property; and
(Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, § 6, 42 Stat. 851; Feb. 26, 1925, ch. 345, § 6, 43 Stat. 996.)
1925—Par. (b). Act Feb. 26, 1925, substituted "Shall" for "May".
Par. (h) of this section has been affected by the 1943 Treaty between United States of America and the Republic of China, 57 Stat. 767, in which the United States relinquished all extraterritorial jurisdiction and rights in China. See Codification note set out under section 142 of this title.
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A Gecko's toes are equipped with hundreds of thousands of tiny hairs only 200 billionths of a meter thick. They're so tiny that they're capable of interacting with surfaces on a molecular level, enabling the Gecko to cling to any known surface except Teflon. This one's doing a pretty good job hanging on to the tachometer of an R1 at speeds up to 150mph. >
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When it comes to bullying, the bystander is not innocent. In fact, anti-bullying bystanders who adopt a "cruel's not cool" mentality can make the biggest impact of all. Think about it. If a bully is shamed by his peers for the names he calls his victim(s) at school or if she is chastised for the false rumors she spreads on Facebook about her victim(s), why would they continue to behave this way? Removing any social stock that a bully feels they obtain via bullying can go a long way to neutralizing this behavior.
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What would normally be the simplest of exercises has turned into an apparent struggle over the direction of the Fort Ord Reuse Authority.
For the second month in a row, the FORA board failed to elect its full executive committee, deadlocking 6-6 between Supervisor Jane Parker and Sand City Mayor Dave Pendergrass for member at large. The swing vote, Supervisor Dave Potter, was absent from the meeting.
Given Potter's often-cool relationship with Parker, Pendergrass is a safe bet.
Monterey City Councilwoman Nancy Selfridge, who voted for Parker, said Friday's vote split down pro-development and "smart growth" lines.
Del Rey Oaks Mayor Jerry Edelen, who was elected board chairman, planned to bring the matter back at a special meeting this Friday. However, Parker is scheduled to be out of town, so he put it off until March 16.
Outside of the full board, the executive committee is considered the most powerful. It establishes all agendas and conducts annual reviews of the executive officer and authority counsel. It also makes recommendations to the entire board, which are often followed.
Friday marked the second time the board voted for committee members this year. In January, it elected a nominated slate of Edelen as chairman; Marina Mayor Pro Tem Frank O'Connell, first vice-chairman; Seaside Mayor Ralph Rubio, second vice-chairman; Potter, past chairman; and Pendergrass as member at large.
Parker and Carmel Mayor Jason Burnett were also nominated, but each lost on an 8-5 vote.
That election was later voided as illegal because it was taken on a secret ballot rather than voice vote on the direction of Potter and FORA counsel Jerry Bowden. The public was also denied the opportunity to comment before the vote.
Confusion reigned when the issue returned Friday, with prolonged discussion over how the vote should be taken. Eventually Edelen and O'Connell were unanimously confirmed.
Then came the vote for second vice-chair, for which Parker and Rubio were nominated.
Supporters for Rubio, a carpenter's union leader who retook his mayoral seat in the November election, reasoned that he should replace former Seaside Mayor Felix Bachofner as second vice-chairman, maintaining the city's representation on the committee.
Backers of the progressive Parker said FORA's bylaws call for rotation of officers and Rubio had served a stint as FORA chairman during his last term as Seaside mayor. Parker lost on a 7-5 vote, with Pacific Grove Mayor Bill Kampe delivering the deciding vote.
But when Pendergrass came up against Parker, also nominated as member at large, Kampe switched his vote and gave Parker the nod and a 6-6 tie.
Parker said she believes she deserves to be on the powerful committee because she is the only board member who represents all of Fort Ord, as well as all of Marina and parts of Seaside and Salinas.
According to the 2010 census, Parker's District 4 represents 79,183 residents. As mayor of Sand City, Pendergrass represents 334.
Pendergrass has already served at least four terms on the executive committee, an apparent violation of the spirit, if not the letter, of the FORA bylaws that call for no officer to serve more than two consecutive terms. Bowden, FORA's counsel, has stated the rule does not apply to Pendergrass because he is a member at large, not an officer.
Parker said officer rotations are a healthy policy and the norm on most public boards.
"I feel like the vote shows other people on the FORA board recognize some rotation is a good idea," she said. "FORA has been under quite a bit of scrutiny and has been discovered to be not necessarily very transparent or responsive or having the best internal protocols.
"At least some of the FORA board members feel the kind of perspective I bring might help FORA correct some of these things before they become a public embarrassment."
The vote mirrors the power struggle seen in the "guiding principles," an effort by the land-use jurisdictions, since torpedoed, to exclude the cities of Carmel, Pacific Grove, Sand City and Salinas from land-use decisions on Fort Ord.
Edelen said it was because of the guiding principles that he was supporting Pendergrass, as a representative of a non-land-use jurisdiction.
"The bottom line for me is we have already one 600-pound gorilla on the committee in Dave Potter," he said. "I really don't think we need another supervisor on the committee."
Ironically, Bowden informed the board after it had elected Rubio as second vice-chairman that the position for past chairman was not necessarily reserved for the immediate past chair. The board could have elected Rubio for that position and Parker as second-chairwoman, replacing Potter as the only supervisor on the committee.
Bowden said it was too late after the fact for the board to make the switch.
While Edelen took the executive committee off the agenda for Friday's special meeting, the board will take up another controversial vote. On Friday, the board restored the original "formulaic approach" for setting developer fees. At Parker's suggestion, clarifying language had been added to the regulation, maintaining FORA's authority over its capital improvement projects.
Developers had threatened to pull projects planned for Marina if the language was not removed. The board met that demand on a 10-1 vote, with Parker dissenting. It must take a second vote Friday because the first was not unanimous.
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So Ive been looking around for a while and I have my eyes set on a 2004 Saturn Vue V6 AWD with 88,000 miles on it. Clean Carfax report with only 1 owner.
Its being sold by a used dealership out of Celina OH, and from what I could find they seem to have happy customers.
They are currently asking $7,495 and claim to have no known issues with the car and guarantee it has passed a 56 point inspection.
This specific make and model have great reliability and safety ratings according to cars.com and edmunds.com


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Hayden and his bus load of 33 international passengers from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Korea, Taiwan and the United Kingdom were on the second day of their Cool Dingo tour and were driving just north of The Pinnacles Coloured Sands at approximately 0926 last Thursday when Hayden noticed the wallaby in the water.
"I said to my passengers: 'Hey there's a wallaby in the water'... and they all grabbed their cameras and, as you can imagine, there was lots of excited chatter in the bus."
"I knew when we stopped, that it was unusual to see the wallaby on the eastern beach - they're normally found in the swamps on the western side of the island - let alone in the water, so I immediately started scanning the dunes for dingoes and sure enough an old experienced male came bounding out of the dunes... so I leapt for my camera and let it roll."
"Whilst initially there were gasps from some of the girls in the group about watching this scene unfold, I explained that it may not be all that nice to watch, but that it was just nature in action. When we talked about it later that day, everyone said they were glad they had seen the dingo doing what nature intended."
"It's actually not unheard of to hear about this sort of hunting behaviour - where dingoes shepherd their prey to the water's edge to make it easier to catch," Hayden said. "Our fraternity of Fraser Island Tours guides can recall one instance from a long time ago where a similar thing happened - but it is certainly unusual to occur in front of a bus load of passengers."
"Add to this the fact that I've been guiding on Fraser Island for a little over six years and have only seen four wallabies in that time - and you'll start to appreciate how rare and exciting this was for me. I have never seen this before and I never expect to see it again," he said.
Head Ranger, Colin Anderson said all Fraser Explorer Tour Guides conducted talks on dingoes and dingo behaviour and on the animals of Fraser - including Swamp Wallabies - so it was fascinating for our international guests and friends/fans on social media sites to see normal hunting behaviour in action.
Fraser Explorer Tours was named a Finalist in last Friday's Queensland Tourism Awards and conducts one and two-day accommodated tours ex Hervey Bay and Rainbow Beach. Guides also work for the Cool Dingo Tours - aimed at 18-35s - ex Kingfisher Bay Resort on Fraser's western side.