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So very sorry for the loss of your feathered friends.

Seeing as it's that time of year- I figured I'd ask how you're all planning to spend Christmas this year. I'm doing my usual - Christmas Eve is spent with my housemate. Christmas day I'm visiting my sister and nephew in the morning and then going back to my parents house for the rest of the day. I'm staying there overnight and spending the day with them on boxing day. I think some of my dad's family is visiting on boxing day too. Then a couple of days later my mum's side of the family is visiting. I typically help my mum in the kitchen over the few days that I spend with them. If Alfie wants to come with me then he will do. Last year he opted to stay at home. I tried my best to coerce him into his travel cage but he wasn't having any of it and took himself back to his cage. He can't come with me to my sisters house because their dog would probably try and eat him, so I'll come back home to pick him up and then go to my parents. I love Christmas. For me it's all about spending time with family. We exchange gifts as well but my favourite part is just spending time with them all.

Thanks SRSeedBurners incase you were wondering, there were two competing sheets, they both had to be changed, and synced.

I think thats got it, had to clear my cache, but it appears to be had.

I'm so sorry for your losses.

There has to be a sheet with that exact element chain in it that is being used. It's possible the themes have different style sheets with the same element styles - I've run into that. I change what I think is the right style only to find it hiding in another theme's stylesheet using the same classes. I'd do a global search on that 'ipsStreamItem_title' and 'ipsStreamItem_titleSmall' to see what sheets it pops up in. The h2 tag is using both in the class listing.

Birds are not dogs. They are not domesticated animals like dogs and cats. They will behave and respond differently to domesticated animals. I personally do not advocate hurting a bird to 'teach it a lesson' when it bites. Some biting is caused by a fear response- if the bird does not see a way out of a situation they will sometimes resort to biting to try and make the perceived threat go away. Barbara Heidenreich is an animal trainer who has a lot of resources on parrot behaviour and training. It may be worth looking up some of her articles and books. She sometimes hosts webinars that you can pay to participate (or pay a smaller fee to watch back a previously recorded webinar). I'd strongly recommend doing some research on positive reinforcement and parrot behaviour before trying anything or letting others try anything. Invoking a fear response by hurting a bird or trying to dominate a bird by trying to be the 'top dog' isn't going to get you very far and you'll probably end up being bitten more often as a result. On the days where your bird is trying to be independent and do his own thing then your best bet is to sit back a little bit and let him explore at his own pace. Don't attempt to force him to do things he clearly doesn't want to do. If I try and scratch Alfie's head and he's not interested then I know I am asking to be bitten if I keep trying to scratch his head. Body language is key with African Greys- you have to watch carefully at the subtle messages they are trying to convey. The bite is often the last resort... basically a "I've been trying to tell you to back off... now BACK OFF" response.