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	NBA.com: Larry Bird Bio
		Bird's legend was born in the tiny town of French Lick, snuggled in Indiana's corn country, where his family led a spartan life.
		In 1981-82, Bird made the first of his three consecutive appearances on the NBA All-Defensive Second Team-even though he was relatively slow and not the greatest one-on-one defender, his anticipation and court sense made him peerless as a team defender.
		Bird's scoring average soared to 28.7 points in 1984-85, the second-highest mark in the league and the second highest of his career.
	www.nba.com /history/players/bird_bio.html (2849 words)

	FAQ's - AVIAN INFLUENZA (BIRD FLU) AND AVIAN INFLUENZA A H5N1 VIRUS
		The bird flu virus is found in the saliva, nasal secretions, and feces of an infected bird.
		However, during an outbreak of bird flu among poultry, including domesticated chicken, ducks, and turkeys, there is a possible risk to people who have contact with infected birds or surfaces that have been contaminated with excretions from infected birds.
		The H5N1 virus currently infecting birds and that has caused human illness and death is resistant to amantadine and rimantadine, two antiviral medications commonly used for influenza.
	www.ci.pasadena.ca.us /publichealth/pphd_home/birdflu_faqs.asp (1571 words)

	FAQ's About Birds and Bird-feeding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I have a bird with a tick attached to it.
		Bird populations normally fluctuate from one season to the next and from one year to the next.
		Birds that contract and spread diseases, such as salmonellosis, at feeders are typically social by nature and would aggregate whether at feeders or not.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/FAQsBirdFeeding.htm (1857 words)

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		In addition to medical care, Bird TLC provides a variety of educational programs to increase people's awareness of the wild birds around them and to encourage preservation of their habitat.
		Bird TLC is supported by contributions from individuals, private foundations, corporations, and government agencies and a large cadre of trained volunteer's staff Bird TLC.
		Bird TLC photographs may be copied, reproduced and used on other sites as long as it's not for commercial purposes.
	www.birdtlc.net (610 words)

	For the Birds Program Transcripts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Leucism can be caused by genetics, when a bird is programmed to produce less melanin and other pigments, or can be caused by poor nutrition, when a bird’s diet doesn’t include necessary components for pigment production when it molts into new feathers.
		Few birds are pure white—most very white species, including Whooping Cranes, Snow Geese, white pelicans, and most gulls, have fl wingtips, the fl pigment strengthening the part of the wing that gets the heaviest wear.
		Some species are pretty fussy about their mates looking precisely like their parents, but a great many birds accept a partial albino or a leucistic bird as a mate, as long as its behavior indicates it’s healthy and strong.
	www.lauraerickson.com /BirderBlog/FTBTranscripts/2005-Feb/FurtmanOwl.html (648 words)

	FAQs - Bird Spikes Bird Repellents Offer Humane Bird Control To Get Rid Of Birds
		The resident birds that are nesting will work very hard to squeeze their way in between the spikes and may manage to do so by sheer force of will.
		In these cases, it is only necessary to install bird spikes on the outer edge of the parapet wall (with about a ½ inch overhang of the bird spikes on outer edge of the ledge).
		This bird deterrent’s base can be glued to the surface using Bird Barrier Bond (available in on-line ordering) or attached securely with twine or zip ties so the bird spikes remain upright to prevent problem birds from landing.
	www.birdspikes.net /faqs.htm (782 words)

	Cockatiels and Biting, How to stop a cockatiel from biting, stopping cockatiels from biting, how to tame a cockatiel, ...
		If talking is upsetting your bird, (Signs include: Bird turning its back or head away from you, trembling, hiding in a corner on the bottom of the cage, running and flapping wings in a frenzy) sit next to the cage quietly and read a book or magazine the first few days instead.
		Gaining the trust of a new, untamed bird or a bird that is afraid of hands, territorial or was previously abused and neglected, requires a great deal of time, patience and effort.
		For some birds, repetition like this can be upsetting, so watch your bird's body language and stop before you notice a change in body language that would be a warning signal for biting.
	www.cockatielcottage.net /bite2.html (2255 words)

	February (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Bird mart abuses include lack of assistance to the new owners, selling babies in the hand-feeding stage to inexperienced people, and under-pricing or dumping of birds.
		Birds must be profitable for these stores and this is where bird mart abuses have their most damaging effect.
		Bird marts should be an opportunity for aviculturists, to sell their birds at retail prices, to meet other breeders, to exchange breeding stock as well as ideas, and most of all, to promote aviculture.
	home.earthlink.net /~avianresourc/february.htm (1337 words)

	Bird flu 'impossible to eradicate soon,' say UN agencies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Asian countries affected by the new wave of bird flu outbreaks need to do more to keep it under control, two United Nations agencies warned Tuesday, saying it may be impossible to eradicate the killer virus soon.
		US reasearchers studying a bird flu death in a Thai family last week reported what they said may be the first scientific evidence to confirm worries that the virus can be transmitted from one human to another.
		The Rome-based FAO said it was sending an expert mission to Indonesia, Sri Lanka and The Maldives this week to assess the loss to the livestock sector and future rehabilitation needs because of concerns the tsunami disaster could worsen the situation due to large-scale movement of poultry.
	www.terradaily.com /2005/050201121324.1ln3m972.html (616 words)

	STARFIRE: POETRY
		Bird, in-flight-to-motion, the element of air, Sword energy, and masculine polarity.
		Bird got the most curious look on his face.
		Bird collapsed into the stillness of his body, carried now by Pond.
	www.mtdata.com /~calilah/poetry.html (523 words)

	Everything Message Impossible:Impossible (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Impossible Creatures has more than 50 animals that can be combined to create a vast number of mutant creatures, the results of which are limited only by players' creativity.
		For "Mission: Impossible," director Brian De Palma (an odd choice, considering all the gory films in his mostly R-rated filmography, most famously "The Untouchables") also has three elaborate action set-pieces — a suspenseful caper set at a posh party, an intense break-in at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va....
		The impossible part is that the filmmakers have botched such a seemingly unbotchable premise.
	www.messageimpossible.com /guide/Impossible.2.htm (1929 words)

	BookPage Interview January 2002: Patrick O'Leary
		In his third science fiction novel, The Impossible Bird, O'Leary has crafted a page-turning story about "alien invasion, resurrection and brotherly love." But he also uses the book to delve into serious and timely issues.
		For The Impossible Bird, O'Leary says he used his experience in advertising to consider how a small group of people might go about trying to secretly control the public's perception of events.
		Therefore in The Impossible Bird, reality and the fate of the players are "essentially in the hands of two ordinary guys stuck in an extraordinary plot.
	www.bookpage.com /0201bp/patrick_oleary.html (629 words)

	The SF Site Featured Review: The Impossible Bird
		That's the conundrum Patrick O'Leary confronts in The Impossible Bird.
		The "impossible" bird, by the way, is the hummingbird, "smallest bird in the world.
		Weird birds, people who besides being weird don't happen to be alive, a journey towards self-realization in a surreal world, it all sounds like a Jonathan Carroll novel.
	www.sfsite.com /07a/ib155.htm (872 words)

	>>> AsiaNews.it <<< Bird flu: “Impossible” for China to vaccinate 14 billion birds
		Bird flu: “Impossible” for China to vaccinate 14 billion birds
		There are around 220 million birds and the authorities said that within a short time, vaccination would be completed in 58 out of 64 provinces.
		Poulty within a 3km radius were culled, more than 8,000 birds in Xinjiang, 99,400 in Yunnan and 66,800 in Ningxia.
	www.asianews.it /view_p.php?l=en&art=4698 (744 words)

	Nick Lowe: Impossible Bird: CD Compact Disc: Skateboarding Music and more... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lowe's 1994 The Impossible Bird is a low-key, easy-going album which has a lot more to do with 1956 country music than with 1978 punk.
		Anyhow, The Impossible Bird has become one of my all-time favorites, and on the strength of it I bought his follow-up album, again, without ever having heard a single note from it before.
		Nick Lowe's "The Impossible Bird" is a plate full of strong and yet tender ballads.
	shop.skateboardmusic.com /cds/nick-lowe/impossible-bird/listen033937.html (1473 words)

	FAIRNESS 8'?m3f Homosexual marriage: a matter of fairness?
		As you may know, we bird lovers have been trying to pass legislation making it legal for bird lovers to marry their birds, but to no avail...
		As a result, we bird lovers are asking the courts to legislate from the bench as they have done in other civil rights cases.
		Excluding bird lovers from the marriage contract is mean-spirited hate-mongering by religious inquisitors who quote scripture even while they burn bird lovers at the stake and turn the screw of the rack to draw more blood and screams, and hammer nails into countless bodies on numberless crosses in order to murder the human spirit.
	www.fea.net /bobsnook/stg/tp/fairness.htm (1269 words)

	Human Fatalities Bird Flu
		The first known human bird flu case occurred nearly nine months before the...
		Bird flu, Sars, mad cow disease, and a few years ago, the Nipah virus, which...
		on the alert for the "bird flu" virus, which killed a father...
	www.threeworldwars.com /ww3-site-map/bird-flu/Human-Fatalities-Bird-Flu.html (604 words)

	Sweetwater Event Information
		Nick continues to enjoy the respect and admiration of his contemporaries, and a Curtis Stigers cover of one of his best-loved songs "(What's So Funny Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding," was featured on the soundtrack to the Kevin Costner/Whitney Houston film, The Bodyguard.
		Nick's album, The Impossible Bird, includes his own version of "Beast In Me," a song written for Johnny Cash, which, by the man in fl's own admission, is the theme song for his American Recordings album.
		The Impossible Bird contains some of Nick's most personal songs, heartfelt vocal performances of his career, and ranks as one of his proudest achievements.
	www.sweetwatersaloon.com /showevent.ihtml?id=1790 (774 words)

	Bird Flu Monitor: OK, Libertarians...
		During previous influenza pandemics in the United States, large numbers of people were ill, sought medical care, were hospitalized and died.
		Bird Flu Blog: - Thailand bracing for new bird...
		EU to approve aid for bird flu-hit poultry...
	www.birdflumonitor.com /ok_libertarians-archive.html (458 words)

	BookSense.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In his novels (The Gift, Door Number 3, and his latest, The Impossible Bird) O'Leary's writing agilely skips between aspects of science fiction and fantasy, thrillers, and mysteries while taking on huge issues of life and death.
		He died of a cocaine/heroin overdose that caused a brain aneurysm in 1988, so reconciliation was impossible.
		I think, and someone in The Impossible Bird says, that conspiracies are the refuge of soft minds.
	www.booksense.com /people/archive/olearypatrick.jsp (1179 words)

	Nick Lowe : The Impossible Bird - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nick Lowe's best records have always been full of clever lyrics and undeniable pop craftsmanship; the exception is The Impossible Bird.
		For most of the 1980s, Lowe had been appropriating country and R&B influences, but The Impossible Bird is where he fully incorporates those styles into his songwriting.
		And that's what makes The Impossible Bird his best album since Labour of Lust -- it's the most focused, mature, personal music of his career, without a single throwaway.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,203157,00.html (249 words)

	>>> AsiaNews.it <<< Bird flu: “Impossible” for China to vaccinate 14 billion birds
		Another difficulty is that 70% of Chinese poultry is raised in backyard farms spread across the territory.
		Another obstacle is the timing and costs involved in producing the necessary vaccines.
		Du Qingling, Agriculture Minister, warned this month that “the use of fake and shoddy vaccines will result in a disaster” and that only the use of certified vaccines can provide immunity to the virus.
	www.asianews.it /view.php?l=en&art=4698 (866 words)

	The Harrowing Tale of John! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the evil bird's spell I was puppeteered out of the park and downtown.
		In a rare moment of peacefulness, the bird closed it's eyes and took care not to choke.
		For a moment one could even perhaps mistake it for a normal bird, lighted for a moment's rest inside of a diaorama.
	www.angelfire.com /wa/SURREAL/john.html (265 words)

	TEXBIRDS Archives - May 1999
		Birds around Little Boggy Creek, SE Austin (76 lines)
		Birds' Green Oasis in Desert Is in Peril /NYT's
		Birds' Green Oasis in Desert Is in Peril /NYT's (202 lines)
	listserv.uh.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind9905&L=texbirds (1936 words)

	immediacy: April 2005
		I bought The Impossible Bird based on my past experience with Patrick O'Leary, including his wonderful debut novel, Door Number Three, which I commented on here, and The Gift.
		And that's why the first 70 pages or so of the The Impossible Bird were such a surprise, and unfortunately, not a pleasant one, for it seemed to be all random violence in endless plot sequence without any textual beauty.
		I put the book down for weeks and only returned to it today because I had nominated for our monthly book club and the meeting was tonight.
	www.engel-cox.org /2005/04 (1078 words)

	Bird Xpeller Pro Sonic Bird Repeller at BirdXCanada.com
		Proven and guaranteed to deter birds, the BirdXPeller PRO has significantly reduced or completely eliminated bird problems in thousands of deployments.
		There are eight bird sounds on the unit, so choose the ones that are causing the problem!
		Programmable bird repellent - In addition to programming the selected birds, you can also program volume, time off periods (between sound blasts), and whether the bird sounds play in random or sequential order.
	www.birdxcanada.com /sonic/bxpel.html (598 words)

	Sciencefiction.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Patrick O'leary has an odd tale of The Impossible Bird (hard from Tor) about two brothers trying to find each-other in a weird after-life generated by aliens.
		Except most people have their own personal humming bird and death is not permanent.
		There are two factions, one which tries to get people to understand what has happened to them, and the others who dislike this after-life and kill their friends and loved ones until they are erased.
	www.sciencefiction.com /portal/modules.php?name=News&pagenum=35 (1071 words)

	The Impossible Bird by Patrick O'Leary - an infinity plus review
		Not all of Wells's followers have had the skill and determination to imagine aliens that so deftly combine a profound sense of otherness with a pertinent resonance.
		He creates a truly unusual scenario of alien invasion, conjures extraterrestrials that are unlike anything on Earth, and spins a tale in which his aliens and their plot become inseparable from his thematic concerns.
		The Impossible Bird is an empathic meditation on the love between two brothers: once promised as unshakeable, then forgotten, and finally reaffirmed.
	www.infinityplus.co.uk /fantasticfiction/impossiblebird.htm (373 words)

	Aliens gone awry and missing literary characters
		The Impossible Bird (Tor; 368 pages; $25.95) marks his return to the kind of trippy, humanistic science fiction that distinguished his first novel, "Door Number Three."
		For a while, "The Impossible Bird" seems disconcertingly without rhyme or reason, merely a series of strange events recycled from TV's "X-Files." But as O'Leary gradually reveals the rationale behind the experiences of the Brothers Glynn, the novel raises a host of disturbing questions and displays its utter originality.
		But "The Impossible Bird" takes his craft to a new level.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/02/24/RV239653.DTL (897 words)

	Rolling Stone : Nick Lowe's New Attraction: Nick Lowe
		Starting with 1994's The Impossible Bird, Nick the Knife has eschewed the tools of the lyrical assassin that colored his early work and moved into a new sound that gently folds together the sounds of RandB, country, torch, pop and any other genre he sees fit to incorporate.
		Nick Lowe's music remains defiantly clever, intricate and seaworthy, at a period in life when most musicians turn inward, pin their hearts on their sleeves and go for middle-age confessionals.
		When we did The Impossible Bird we were really quite shocked by the results.
	www.rollingstone.com /artists/nicklowe/articles/story/5932965/nick_lowes_new_attraction (1746 words)

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