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Nicaraguan ceramic owl ocarinas from artisan group Oyanca Artesania come in assorted colors. When played, this ocarina sounds like an owl! The ocarina is a type of vessel flute. Ocarinas are different from whistles in that they have finger holes that allow them to make different pitches. Ocarinas are used throughout the Andes, and have their origin in pre-Colombian times. Ocarinas come in a variety of shapes and sizes. They are often used to imitate birds or to call livestock in the mountains.

A remembrance of music legend Ray Charles with music producer Phil Ramone, musician Marcus Roberts, "Time" editor Christopher John Farley and "Rolling Stone" editor Anthony Decurtis.

The definition of soul (Ray Charles): "When someone listens to your voice and thinks you've been though the experience you're singing about (24:55)

The qualities that many once thought of as “soft”—values, trust, and reputation—are now the hard currency of success and the ultimate drivers of efficiency, performance, innovation, and growth.

Eric Fehrnstrom, senior adviser to Mitt Romney, responds to the controversy surrounding a new campaign ad consisting of a single clip from a 1997 Nightly News broadcast. Following a rally in Panama City, Florida, Fehrnstrom told reporters that the campaign has received a cease-and-desist letter from NBC's legal department, but that the ad will remain in rotation.

What follows is an attempt to tease out the many different worldviews Americans are referring to when they invoke the word conservative -- and then to figure out which of these worldviews best describe Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Ron Paul, the choices before Republicans

5) An embrace of free-market capitalism, and a belief in the legitimacy of market outcomes.