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...Portnuff has documented that listening to earbuds, or in-ear headphones, for 90 minutes a day at 80% volume is probably safe for long-term hearing - a useful cutoff point to keep in mind. (But softer is better: you can safely tune in at 70% volume for about 4½ hours a day.) The risk of permanent hearing loss, Portnuff says, can increase with just five minutes of exposure a day to music at full volume. Over time, the noise can damage the delicate hair cells in the inner ear that transform sound waves to the electrical signals that...
...Saturday in Beijing, Clinton obliged, and gave indications of a softer U.S approach. She spoke repeatedly of a "positive and cooperative relationship" between the two countries. "We spent a great deal of time on the array of global problems that China and the United States face together and that we can work together to solve," she said after meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. "It's important to the global community, which is counting on China and the United States to collaborate to security and peace and prosperity for all." En route to Beijing she told reporters that...
President Barack Obama is in Ottawa today for a private lunch with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and the North-American economy is sure to be front and center. A softer "Buy American" provision in Obama's stimulus package that honors existing trade agreements such as NAFTA is sure to be discussed, as is the ongoing bailout of the North-American auto industry, which has deep roots in southern Ontario...
...album. Springsteen sings, “Though it can feel so far away / I’m working on a dream / And our love will make it real someday.” Throughout the album, Springsteen largely alternates between getting his rock on and slowing down for a softer feel. Like on Springsteen’s previous album “Magic,” the E Street Band is much more prevalent and fleshes out the songs, giving them an epic quality, like on the dark and eight-minute long opener “Outlaw Pete...
...financial crisis has also hit their endowments with a softer punch: Princeton’s endowment declined 11 percent and Yale’s 13.4 percent in the same time frame that Harvard’s declined by 22 percent...