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...Stem's therapy is just the newest frontier in the booming field of alternative veterinary medicine - which includes acupuncture, chiropractic and aquatic therapies and traditional Chinese herbal medicine - an industry driven by pet owners who are increasingly willing to do or pay whatever they can to help their ailing pets. In the past decade, the number of vets who completed a 156-hr. training course given by the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society (IVAS) has quadrupled. IVAS also recently added courses in herbal and food therapy, and Tui Na, a manipulative treatment like chiropractic. According to IVAS spokeswoman Vikki Weber...
...instance, a newly attacked bicyclist veers into the path of an oncoming bicycle. Or car. Or an attack so deeply traumatizes a child that she doesn't want to be near birds again. Nevertheless, "it's startling," says David Willard, manager of the bird collection at the Field Museum, who has himself been attacked by a red wing. In previous years, Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo has hoisted signs near ponds warning its patrons: "Red Wing Black Birds in the Area. Walk Around...
...comparatively secretive female lovers (yes, male red wings are polygamous). Females tend to carry a brown, streaky coat. Males are usually black, with a red patch on their wings. By mid-June, nests have been settled. "That's when we get the attack males," explains Willard of the Field Museum. Once the roughly 10-day incubation period begins, male red wings begin hovering around the nests. Only after their young leave the nests does the aggressiveness calm down...
...polo, players are handicapped from -2 to 10 based on ability, with only the best of the best receiving a 10. Nobody on either side of the field boasted a mark above -1 other than Snow and Ashby...
...took a while to figure out [the] difference in dynamics between indoor and outdoor polo,” Losak said of his team, which plays almost solely indoor during the year. “Outdoor is far more about protecting the center because the field is so big. We had to really maneuver to take the inside...