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Article just released by Newsweek for the June 6th issue: A Little Bit Louder, Please http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8017906/site/newsweek/ "The ubiquitous music players, which send sound directly down the ear canal, are a potential problem for millions of Americans, young and old. In a recent informal study at the House Ear Institute, researchers found that the new generation of digital audio players, with their exceptional clarity, allow listeners to turn up the volume without the signal distortion that occurs with traditional analog audio. Without distortion, which serves as kind of natural volume governor, listeners may be exposed to unsafe sound levels without realizing it. In preliminary observations, the music at the eardrum topped 115 decibels. Exposure to noise that loud for more than 28 seconds per day, over time, can cause permanent damage."

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By Jason MacNeil Sat May 28, 9:34 AM ET TORONTO (Billboard) - Two veteran members of the Cure have exited the U.K. rock act, which has long featured a revolving door of musicians backing leader Robert Smith. Keyboardist Roger O'Donnell and guitarist Perry Bamonte are out, leaving singer/guitarist Smith, bassist Simon Gallup and drummer Jason Cooper in the fold, according to the Cure's Web site (http://www.thecure.com) "As of Tuesday this week I am no longer a member of the Cure," O'Donnell wrote on his Web site (http://www.rogerodonnell.com). "It was sad to find out after nearly 20 years the way I did but then I should have expected no less or more." The Cure Web site coyly said others could be part of the lineup, promising more news soon. The new lineup will be unveiled on Aug. 5 when the Cure play a festival in Castellon, Spain. The band is also confirmed for festival dates in France, Switzerland and Turkey. O'Donnell first played with the Cure from 1987 to 1990, when he was replaced by Bamonte, a Cure roadie. Bamonte switched to lead guitar after Porl Thompson left in 1993, and O'Donnell returned to the fold in 1995. O'Donnell has been working on a solo album, "The Truth in Me," for the past six months and will release it in the fall on an as-yet-unnamed independent label. Rumors are also circulating that Siouxie and the Banshees principal Steve S*****n will fill in at the Cure's upcoming shows in some capacity. S*****n and Smith are longtime friends who recorded a 1983 side-project album, "Blue Sunshine," under the moniker the Glove. "It is true that we are talking again, but I haven't spoken to Robert since this story broke," S*****n told Billboard.com. "All I know is that we are working together on making the most exciting remaster of 'Blue Sunshine' possible." Reuters/Billboard

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Scientists study how music stirs memories By Robert Roy Britt Senior science writer Updated: 3:56 p.m. ET May 26, 2005 If the song "It's a Small World" has ever driven you bananas, then you've got an idea where this story is going. We've all had tunes stuck in our heads. Some of them remind us of childhood friends, places or events. A new study backs the obvious notion that a song can evoke strong memories. It also reveals that you don't even have to hear a song for the past to come flooding back. In fact, most people have an amazing ability to effectively hear songs that aren't even being played. Word power The new study involved 124 people, average age 19, who were asked to choose from a list of old songs and pick the one that evoked the strongest memory. One group just saw the title, another saw the lyrics, the third saw the album cover or a photo of the artist. A fourth group heard a snippet of the song. The participants ranked the vividness of their memories. The recollections were extremely clear for each group, said researcher Elizabeth Cady. "Music is a big cue," she concludes. Cady, a doctoral student in psychology at Kansas State University, cites the study as evidence for the pervasiveness of mass media, noting that many of the participants' memories were the same as her own. The results will be presented this week at the American Psychological Society meeting in Los Angeles. Driving you nuts You can test the power of song titles right now. But beware, one of these could ruin your day: * "The Theme from Gilligan's Island" * "Mission: Impossible" * "We Will Rock You" * "The Macarena" These ditties, along with "Small World," were cited in a 2001 study by James Kellaris at the University of Cincinnati as among the most common that get stuck in peoples' heads. Kellaris found that 99 percent of the 1,000 people he surveyed reported having songs lodged in their noggins. Nearly half said it happens frequently. A simple song with lots of repetition and an unexpected shift is among the most likely to bedevil you, Kellaris says. Down the road, it creates a "cognitive itch" — the thing that might bug you all day today (…after all…). "The only way to 'scratch' a cognitive itch is to rehearse the responsible tune mentally," Kellaris said. "The process may start involuntarily, as the brain detects an incongruity or something 'exceptional' in the musical stimulus. The ensuing mental repetition may exacerbate the 'itch,' such that the mental rehearsal becomes largely involuntary, and the individual feels trapped in a cycle or feedback loop." All in the lyrics Scientists are beginning to figure out what's behind the insanity. A study earlier this year used brain scans to reveal that musical memories are stored in the brain's auditory cortex. It also showed that you continue to hear a familiar song in our head when the music stops playing. "We played music in the scanner, and then we hit a virtual 'mute' button," explained David Kraemer, a graduate student in Dartmouth's Psychological and Brain Sciences Department. "We found that people couldn't help continuing the song in their heads, and when they did this, the auditory cortex remained active even though the music had stopped." The study was reported in the March 10 issue of the journal Nature. "It's fascinating that although the ear isn't actually hearing the song, the brain is perceptually hearing it," said co-author William Kelley, assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at Dartmouth. The researchers were surprised to find a difference in how we recall songs with words versus instrumentals. When the mute button was hit during the word-free theme from "The Pink Panther" (sorry to do that again) people relied on many different parts of the auditory cortex to fill in the blanks. Fewer brain parts were required to continue "hearing" songs with words. "It makes us think that lyrics might be the focus of the memory," Kraemer said. © 2005 LiveScience.com. All rights reserved. _______________________________________ 8)

Scientists study how music stirs memories By Robert Roy Britt Senior science writer Updated: 3:56 p.m. ET May 26, 2005 If the song "It's a Small World" has ever driven you bananas, then you've got an idea where this story is going. We've all had tunes stuck in our heads. Some of them remind us of childhood friends, places or events. A new study backs the obvious notion that a song can evoke strong memories. It also reveals that you don't even have to hear a song for the past to come flooding back. In fact, most people have an amazing ability to effectively hear songs that aren't even being played. Word power The new study involved 124 people, average age 19, who were asked to choose from a list of old songs and pick the one that evoked the strongest memory. One group just saw the title, another saw the lyrics, the third saw the album cover or a photo of the artist. A fourth group heard a snippet of the song. The participants ranked the vividness of their memories. The recollections were extremely clear for each group, said researcher Elizabeth Cady. "Music is a big cue," she concludes. Cady, a doctoral student in psychology at Kansas State University, cites the study as evidence for the pervasiveness of mass media, noting that many of the participants' memories were the same as her own. The results will be presented this week at the American Psychological Society meeting in Los Angeles. Driving you nuts You can test the power of song titles right now. But beware, one of these could ruin your day: * "The Theme from Gilligan's Island" * "Mission: Impossible" * "We Will Rock You" * "The Macarena" These ditties, along with "Small World," were cited in a 2001 study by James Kellaris at the University of Cincinnati as among the most common that get stuck in peoples' heads. Kellaris found that 99 percent of the 1,000 people he surveyed reported having songs lodged in their noggins. Nearly half said it happens frequently. A simple song with lots of repetition and an unexpected shift is among the most likely to bedevil you, Kellaris says. Down the road, it creates a "cognitive itch" — the thing that might bug you all day today (…after all…). "The only way to 'scratch' a cognitive itch is to rehearse the responsible tune mentally," Kellaris said. "The process may start involuntarily, as the brain detects an incongruity or something 'exceptional' in the musical stimulus. The ensuing mental repetition may exacerbate the 'itch,' such that the mental rehearsal becomes largely involuntary, and the individual feels trapped in a cycle or feedback loop." All in the lyrics Scientists are beginning to figure out what's behind the insanity. A study earlier this year used brain scans to reveal that musical memories are stored in the brain's auditory cortex. It also showed that you continue to hear a familiar song in our head when the music stops playing. "We played music in the scanner, and then we hit a virtual 'mute' button," explained David Kraemer, a graduate student in Dartmouth's Psychological and Brain Sciences Department. "We found that people couldn't help continuing the song in their heads, and when they did this, the auditory cortex remained active even though the music had stopped." The study was reported in the March 10 issue of the journal Nature. "It's fascinating that although the ear isn't actually hearing the song, the brain is perceptually hearing it," said co-author William Kelley, assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at Dartmouth. The researchers were surprised to find a difference in how we recall songs with words versus instrumentals. When the mute button was hit during the word-free theme from "The Pink Panther" (sorry to do that again) people relied on many different parts of the auditory cortex to fill in the blanks. Fewer brain parts were required to continue "hearing" songs with words. "It makes us think that lyrics might be the focus of the memory," Kraemer said. © 2005 LiveScience.com. All rights reserved. _______________________________________

I just bought some avocado honey at the health food store.

who cares where is it located or being sold from...its the person bidding on it that should be made fun of...like PT Barnum said "there's a sucker born every minute".... The company bidding on this is actually very smart. For winning, the company's name/website gets mentioned in news coverage all over the world (ABC/NBC/CNN, etc.). That kind of advertising is worth a lot more than the $16,000+ it is currently being bid for. Since GoldenPalace.com was willing to cough up $650,000 last month to a wildlife park for monkey species naming rights, I think it will end up winning this auction. The GoldenPalace.com Monkey

Antonio Arebalo If you enjoy the sounds of funky house music, and a little bit of everything else sprinkled in, be sure to tune in this Saturday morning starting at 5:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, as The Move (Channel 80) on XM Satellite Radio will be featuring special guest Antonio Arebalo (Abstract Rhythm/Los Angeles). You can log on to www.xmradio.com and sign up for a free 3 day trial to enjoy 100% commercial free programming. XM Radio gives you the power to choose what you want to hear - wherever and whenever you want it. XM is America's #1 Satellite Radio provider with over 3 million customers. The lineup for this Saturday Morning is: 12:00 a.m. EDT – Arrival Soundsystem 1:00 a.m. EDT– Coburn 2:00 a.m. EDT– Carl Cox 3:00 a.m. EDT – Dave Ralph 4:00 a.m. EDT– Mike Myers 5:00 a.m. EDT – Antonio Arebalo 8)

Antonio Arebalo If you enjoy the sounds of funky house music, and a little bit of everything else sprinkled in, be sure to tune in this Saturday morning starting at 5:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, as The Move (Channel 80) on XM Satellite Radio will be featuring special guest Antonio Arebalo (Abstract Rhythm/Los Angeles). You can log on to www.xmradio.com and sign up for a free 3 day trial to enjoy 100% commercial free programming. XM Radio gives you the power to choose what you want to hear - wherever and whenever you want it. XM is America's #1 Satellite Radio provider with over 3 million customers. The lineup for this Saturday Morning is: 12:00 a.m. EDT – Arrival Soundsystem 1:00 a.m. EDT– Coburn 2:00 a.m. EDT– Carl Cox 3:00 a.m. EDT – Dave Ralph 4:00 a.m. EDT– Mike Myers 5:00 a.m. EDT – Antonio Arebalo 8)

Antonio Arebalo If you enjoy the sounds of funky house music, and a little bit of everything else sprinkled in, be sure to tune in this Saturday morning starting at 5:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, as The Move (Channel 80) on XM Satellite Radio will be featuring special guest Antonio Arebalo (Abstract Rhythm/Los Angeles). You can log on to www.xmradio.com and sign up for a free 3 day trial to enjoy 100% commercial free programming. XM Radio gives you the power to choose what you want to hear - wherever and whenever you want it. XM is America's #1 Satellite Radio provider with over 3 million customers. The lineup for this Saturday Morning is: 12:00 a.m. EDT – Arrival Soundsystem 1:00 a.m. EDT– Coburn 2:00 a.m. EDT– Carl Cox 3:00 a.m. EDT – Dave Ralph 4:00 a.m. EDT– Mike Myers 5:00 a.m. EDT – Antonio Arebalo

Unfortunately, this showcase has been for a later date and time.

Here is link where to file a complaint. You can also visit the same site to see if the doctor is licensed and whether they have ever had any other complaints filed against them. Also, be sure to get the names of the other doctors who were in the room and any nurses. There are plenty of attorneys who will take this matter on a contingency basis. If she proves her case well enough, I'm sure she could receive a nice settlement without having to go through the litigation process. http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/enforcement/enforce_home.htm

haha. That's almost as funny as this one....

Inventor Creates Soundless Sound System Fri Apr 22,11:30 AM ET By TYPH TUCKER, Associated Press Writer PORTLAND, Ore. - Elwood "Woody" Norris pointed a metal frequency emitter at one of perhaps 30 people who had come to see his invention. The emitter — an aluminum square — was hooked up by a wire to a CD player. Norris switched on the CD player. "There's no speaker, but when I point this pad at you, you will hear the waterfall," said the 63-year-old Californian. And one by one, each person in the audience did, and smiled widely. Norris' HyperSonic Sound system has won him an award coveted by inventors — the $500,000 annual Lemelson-MIT Prize. It works by sending a focused beam of sound above the range of human hearing. When it lands on you, it seems like sound is coming from inside your head. Norris said the uses for the technology could come in handy — in cars, in the airport or at home. "Imagine your wife wants to watch television and you want to read a book, like the intellectual you are," he said to the crowd. "Imagine you are a lifeguard or a coach and you want to yell at someone, he'll be the only one to hear you." Norris holds 47 U.S. patents, including one for a digital handheld recorder and another for a handsfree headset. He said the digital recorder made him an inventor for life. "That sold for $5 million," Norris laughed. "That really made me want to be an inventor." He demonstrated the sound system at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, also called OMSI, on Thursday. Norris began tinkering as an inventor at a young age — taking apart the family radio and putting it back together again. He said ideas come to him when he's driving around or talking with friends. "I don't know how I got to be an inventor, but I guess some kids can play the piano, and I can invent." Norris will receive the Lemelson-MIT Prize at a ceremony here on Friday. One of his most recent patents is for the AirScooter, a personal flying machine designed for commuting. It reaches speeds up to 55 mph and is light enough — under 300 pounds — to not require a license to fly. The AirScooter was also on display at OMSI, although Norris didn't fly it. The machine has a single seat, a four-stroke engine and is barely 10 feet tall. Its pontoons allow it to land on water. The machine's fiberglass and aluminum construction keeps its weight down. Bike-style handle bars move two helicopter blades, which spin in opposite directions. Norris' AirScooter was shown on "60 Minutes" last Sunday. He said since the airing of the show, more than 7 million people have visited the AirScooter's Web site. Norris said he and his crew have tested the AirScooter for four years, and he couldn't have created the machine without a skilled group of aeronautics engineers around him. ___ Popular Science article: http://www.popsci.com/popsci/bown/article/0,16106,388134,00.html "Eventually HyperSonic Sound might enable a nightclub to play disco on one side of the dance floor and salsa on the other. "

Boombatcha chillin with Carl Cox Antonio Arebalo will be featuring a mix by Boombatcha on Eccentric Beats (www.eccentricbeats.com) April 12, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (U.S.). Be sure to set your calendars and tune in for an impressive set of progressive beats. You must have WinAmp or another compatible player for a .pls stream to listen to the broadcast. You may download WinAmp for free at www.download.com. Boombatcha has also been working on a track in his studio called "Grand Central" featuring female vocalist Chrys. A great funky vibe! To hear it click http://www.abstractrhythm.com/gallery/grand_central.mp3. For full bio: http://www.abstractrhythm.com/artists/boombatcha/boombatcha.htm

Boombatcha chillin with Carl Cox Antonio Arebalo will be featuring a mix by Boombatcha on Eccentric Beats (www.eccentricbeats.com) April 12, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (U.S.). Be sure to set your calendars and tune in for an impressive set of progressive beats. You must have WinAmp or another compatible player for a .pls stream to listen to the broadcast. You may download WinAmp for free at www.download.com. Boombatcha has also been working on a track in his studio called "Grand Central" featuring female vocalist Chrys. A great funky vibe! To hear it click http://www.abstractrhythm.com/gallery/grand_central.mp3. For full bio: http://www.abstractrhythm.com/artists/boombatcha/boombatcha.htm 8)

Unbelievable.