Area band profile: 13 Creek Crossing takes back-to-basics approach
The band 13 Creek Crossing, of Diana, tune and sound check at The Lounge in Mount Pleasant recently. Pictured left to right is bassist Matt Beavers, 29, drummer Ryan Gilley, 25, and vocalist/lead guitarist Andrew Beavers, 27, all of Diana.

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Increasing the signal-to-noise ratio to get a lock on quantum signals
There is an art to making good measurements. In the ideal case, you want a really sensitive measuring device so that you can measure the smallest of changes to the signal you are interested in. But what you find is that most of the sensitivity is wasted, because in addition to signal, there is always noise. And for most “on the bleeding edge” experiments, the noise is huge compared to the signal …

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Indian Cricket and NBA: The Iffy Debates (Humour)
If the Indian cricket team had selected Baba Ramdev as the team physio, then the men in blue could have been as flexible on the field as the sadhu himself. However, his insidious influence would rub off on them and at the first signs of terror from pace bowlers, bruised batsmen would migrate to women’s cricket. If Barack Obama were to lose the 2012 Presidential elections, he could always …

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British Comedian Steve Coogan’s Improv-Based ‘Trip’
British comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon trade barbs and impressions in the new comedy, The Trip . Coogan, best known for his character Alan Partridge, talks about the improvisational film, which sends the two comedians on a road trip in Northern England.

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Dale excited about opening opportunity
Brandon Dale, owner and instructor at Brandon Dale Guitar Instruction, is looking forward to the opening act on the music stage at Flagfest Saturday afternoon. That’s because it’s going to feature…

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