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Despite the flood of people arriving here for the first time every day, Houston has never been a tourist town. Ask anybody: the skiing sucks, the mosquitos are packing heat and the traffic is stressful enough to put one off the very concept of travel for life. As an added bonus, the weather is too u ... More >>
Wanna know who's badass? Women. Know what's equally badass? Girl-power anthems. And no, we're not talking about cheesy power ballads a la Christina Aguilera or Mariah Carey. We mean the songs that encourage women to feel proud of their badassery, while embracing what it is to be a chick. Songs tha ... More >>
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival wrapped up its 45th anniversary celebration this weekend with an announcement that Shell Oil will remain the festival's presenting sponsor for at least five more years, when it will turn 50. The seven-day event was blessed with near-perfect weather and play ... More >>
Alice In Chains Bayou Music Center, April 29 After reappearing from a solid decade in the wilderness on 2009's Black Gives Way to Blue, Alice In Chains is rolling in 2014. William DuVall, who came up through Atlanta's hardcore scene, is now fully installed as front man; he shares the tormented howl ... More >>
The 25th Anniversary Tour of Slick Rick: Fri., April 11, 8 p.m., $23. Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, Houston, 713-225-5483. Albert Hammond Jr.: Tue., March 18, 7 p.m., $16. Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, Houston, 713-225-5483. Alsena: Tue., March 11, 7 p.m., $14. Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanue ... More >>
What do Aretha Franklin, the Bee Gees, Norah Jones, the Rascals, Willie Nelson, Phil Collins, Dr. John, Barbra Streisand, Chaka Khan, the Average White Band, and Hall & Oates have in common? Not much, musically. But they all made records, and some of their most memorable, in the studio with Arif M ... More >>
Today is Prince's 55th birthday. He's a Jehovah's Witness, so he may not celebrate the event, but that doesn't mean we can't. But no superfluous, flowery lede is required when discussing one of the most creative and talented musicians of our times. Let's just cut into the purple banana cake and dis ... More >>
I love Queen, and the late Freddie Mercury had the best rock voice ever (in my opinion), so it pains me to say that some of music's worst thought-out lyrics are scrunched into the opening lines of "Bohemian Rhapsody." "Is this the real life?/ Is this just fantasy?", the song begins, but mere breath ... More >>
Mary J. Blige Reliant Stadium March 1, 2013 Watching Mary J. Blige's bravura Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo performance Friday night brought to mind the old, old Hollywood saying about Ginger Rogers doing everything Fred Astaire did, except in high heels and backwards. (Kids, ask grandma or just Go ... More >>
The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place -- lots of times, you're even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good -- so once a week we're going to get with a rapper and ask them to explain things. Something you always wanted to ask a rapper? E-mail email@example.com. ... More >>
Somehow it's hard to believe that Dick Clark was only 82 years old when he died after suffering a "massive heart attack" Wednesday morning in Santa Monica, Calif. (Since I managed to survive one myself, I've noticed that anytime someone dies of a heart attack, it's always "massive."). Despite his yo ... More >>
Once upon a time, LL Cool J was merely a Kangol wearing rapper who aimed for the ladies long before urban radio knew of such things from rappers. Now, he's on CBS Tuesdays on an NCIS spinoff and is hosting The Grammys this year. Not bad for someone I thought would shrink into musical obscurity a ... More >>
Photo By Marco TorresGuns N' Roses are Rock Hall bound, but which version of GNR will show up? This morning (well, it leaked last night) the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland announced their 2012 class of inductees. Included on the list are Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Bo ... More >>
Mason Lankford said, "There will come a day when we forget the Rapture ever even happened," but Rocks Off is keeping an eye out for signs of our impending Armageddon. We were wrong last time, but we're totally right this time! Once again the time has come to select the most excellent musicians in o ... More >>
Oh, this will be a fun induction ceremony...This morning, The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland announced the list of nominees for its Class of 2012: The Small Faces & The Faces, Freddie King, The Cure, Guns 'N Roses, Heart, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Spinners, War, Joan Jett and the Bl ... More >>
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For almost two weeks now, Rocks Off has been obsessed with the year exactly 25 flips of the calendar backward from this one. It started when Steve Earle did one of his "Time Machine" shows, where the singer-songwriter who plays House of Blues Wednesday spotlights a dozen or so of his favorite ... More >>
Houston's history is dotted with albums that, fairly or not, have been swept aside. We'll examine them here. Have an album that you think nobody knows about but should? Email firstname.lastname@example.com. John Dew Summertime Johnny Version 1.9 (Self-released, 2011) John Dew is a rapper. He is p ... More >>
Johan Grimonprez's stunning work screens at the Blaffer Museum.
Gary Ross: He's baaackWe laughed our asses off this morning when we saw a pic of Gary Ross, a.k.a. Teflon Man, on the arm of Carolyn Farb in the Houston Chronicle's society pages A colorful character who winnowed his way into River Oaks society in 2004, Ross eventually ticked off some of his we ... More >>
The Blasters: Sat., May 8. Fitzgerald's. Alexisonfire, Trash Talk, La Dispute, Therefore I Am: Mon., May 3. Warehouse Live. Billy Joe Shaver: Fri., April 9. The Firehouse Saloon. Bobby Bare Jr., David Vanderveld: Tue., March 16. Rudyard's. BT, Glint: Wed., March 17. House of Blues. Chaka Khan: F ... More >>
Leela James Let's Do It Again www.leelajames.com To understand what an arresting, puzzling record Leela James' Let's Do It Again really is, look no further than the L.A. native and adopted Houstonian's cover of Foreigner's mid-'80s soft-rock/gospel-lite singalong "I Want to Know What Love Is." ... More >>
At last, Pitchfork has laid bare its aesthetic in book form in this old-media attempt at pop music canonization. As the cover describes, The Pitchfork 500 is "Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present," beginning with singles released in 1977. That Pitchfork chieftains Scott Plag ... More >>
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This post should serve as notice to inform you that I will in fact not be subscribing to your magazine this year. It's not because I don't enjoy in-depth articles on noted civil-rights leader Andrew Young, or the seasonal hair-care tips that help me keep my 'do manageable during winter. I mean I a ... More >>
This guy can definitely pay the bills, bills, bills. Mathew Knowles, sire of singing sisters Beyonce and Solange Knowles and impresario of Houston's Music World Entertainment, has been selected by the Greater Houston Partnership and Kiwanis Club of Houston as the 2007 recipient of the Internation ... More >>
Once too hot to handle, Betty Davis's freaky funk is ripe for rediscovery
Anita Bump's show is packin' them in
Translating the German Wikipedia entries of Houston's top MCs
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The Kings of Hip Hop, Compiled and Mixed by DJ Premier and Mr. Thing
The ladies of Gypsy Baby bring bizarre tales of women on the verge, online dating and Chaka Khan
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Former Richmond Strip denizen Sheila Marshall makes it all the way to Music City
Richard X Presents His X-Factor Vol. 1 (Astralwerks)
The twentysomethings in Longwave resurrect the Reagan era's cool underbelly
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Whether you just had your very first baby or your fifth, your confidence in your physical appearance can quickly take a dive. Especially when you finally go home with your kissable bundle of joy. It's one of the battles women have the joy of experiencing after childbirth. No matter what efforts you may have taken, you likely left that hospital still looking a little pregnant. Of course you are proud of your mommy scars, but you also want the confidence you once had when stepping out in public. Finding the right kind of clothes to wear postpartum can help with this. Printed shirts, shaping undergarments like a postpartum girdle, and taking care of yourself are all part of post pregnancy fashion tips and getting your confidence back. With care, your body will come back to you eventually. Until then, use a little strategy to boost your composure.
How to Care for Pearls
How to care for pearls was inspired by a beautiful pair of pearl earrings received for editorial purposes. All opinions are my own.
When you ask people about precious jewels, they usually mention diamonds, pearls, and rubies. While diamonds and rubies are pretty hard stones, pearls are soft and easily damaged. They don't have to be, damaged, though. With a few simple tips and tricks, caring for your pearls can be quick and easy.
How to Care for Pearls
Be Careful. While this should go without saying, a little carefulness will do wonders.
Put your Pearls On Last. Plan on wearing your pearls today? They should be the last item you put on. Due to their porous nature, they absorb perfume, hairspray, makeup, and body oils.
9 Tips to Combat Seasonal Allergies
I don't know about you, but in my area, we've had a fairly mild winter. Due to this, our trees are starting to bud out, and you know what that means – allergy season is right around the corner. I am so not ready for the itchy, watery eyes, the sneezing, or the turning into a snot factory.
There are some things you can do to help combat seasonal allergies.
Combat mold in your home. The main way to do this is to keep everything dry, as mold needs a damp habitat to grow.
Wash your shower curtain with bleach every few months. It needs to be cleaned anyway, and those spots on the bottom? They're usually mold. Gross, right?
Run your heat and air conditioning. In the winter, when you keep your heat above 65 degrees, it helps to dry out the air in your home, which helps to inhibit the growth of mold. In the summer, the air conditioning helps to filter the outside air of contaminants. You can even get a filter for your forced air system that helps cut down on the contaminants even more.
Keep control of the dust.
Take your shoes off when you come into the house. Your shoes track all kinds of dirt and debris from the outdoors.
Vacuum regularly. It's amazing what's hiding in your carpet when you think it's super-clean. Remember to change your vacuum bag or filter regularly. Don't forget to vacuum your closets, under the bed and tables, and those other hidden spots.
If you have a pet, keep them brushed and bathed. Many people are allergic to pet hair and dander, and they can create lots of extra dust.
Get your carpets and furniture steam-cleaned. It can help to kill whatever might be hiding. There are lots of services that can do this for you. Click for more info.
Watch what you eat.
Many foods can cause allergy-like symptoms. Monosodium benzoate, an additive found in many canned foods, and trans oleic acid, which is found in beef, have both been shown to trigger allergies and allergy-like symptoms.
Conversely, kiwi, oranges, and other foods that are high in vitamin C can help the body's natural antibodies kick into gear.
While I prefer to combat allergies before they begin, sometimes you need some additional help. Personally, I can generally manage on OTC medications. If you want something more natural, fish oil supplements, vitamins A & E, and many herbs are all believed to aid in the relief of allergies.
Hopefully, this helps us all to combat seasonal allergies this year! What's your best allergen-fighting tip?
9 Tips to Stay Safe on the Internet
The internet is a wonderful, weird, and let's face it, a wild place. There are lots of ways to run into danger when you're online. However, it's easy to stay safe as well. Just remember a few simple rules, and you should stay pretty A-OK. Here are 9 easy tips to stay safe on the internet.
Monitor your kids' internet access. I mean, that's just part of good parenting, right? I am amazed at the number of kids that have unfettered access to the internet.
Never share your password. This should be a no-brainer, but it's really surprising how many people will just tell you their password to something.
8 Fashion Tips for Men
We all have that man in our life. The dude that shows up to whatever event wearing a t-shirt and cargo shorts. He thinks he's looking good, and everyone else has a slight cringe. He has potential! These fashion tips for men just may help him find his own style.
T Shirts are okay to wear. There are tons of great designer shirts out there that look amazing. Some are screen printed with original artwork, while others just have a great cut or a fantastic fit. But please – let's leave the double entendre shirts alone. There's a time and a place for those, but it's not when you're out and about.
9 Housekeeping Tips for Normal People
I have a confession to make. I am a messy person. As much as I don't want to admit it, I really am. To keep everything from falling down on me, and to be, y'know, like a regular human, I participate in some cleaning shortcuts. That's right!
Here are some of my Housekeeping Tips
Make your bed in the morning. This is mainly to prevent myself from going and climbing back into bed every day, but yeah. Make your bed and get ready for the day!
How To Stay Cool In The Summer Heat
It has been unbearably hot this summer. I know in my area, we've had record-breaking heat for 7 of the past 10 days, with no let up in sight. After not having air conditioning for what seems like an eternity, I thought I would die. Okay, it was only like 4 days, but they were miserable!
Here are some great tips for how to stay cool this summer.
1. Stay hydrated! That means water or a sports drink like PowerAde or Gatorade. Don't drink sugary or caffeinated drinks like soda or the frou frou coffee drinks. Typically, you'll want to drink at least 8 oz of water per hour.
2. Wear sunscreen! When I was a kid, I never bothered with sunscreen much. Of course, I always paid for it with sun poisoning, bad sunburns, and being just generally miserable. Isn't it just best to prevent that?
3. Wear loose fitting, natural fiber clothing. Cotton, linen, etc allows your body to breathe and cool down. Light colors are also helpful.

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I created a 64bit image to run an unattended installation and had no problems deploying to all IT suites for the students.
Following this I imaged a test machine to create a teacher image (just install sims and our instant messenger on top of the students image) and ran sysprep again but when I deploy this image the computer name appears to change but on a gpresult it thinks it's a different name.
This means that no machine policies get applied only user ones
At first I thought it could be the unattended file but i used the same one as the student image just to check.
So now I'm thinking it must be something to do with the prestaging AD bit and it appears it's not that either so how do I stop it happening as the machine is given a new SID so regenerating that won't help
Driving me crazy this one and now I'm getting the same with the 32bit images built from scratch for some of the older laptop's that only have x86 processors. :frusty:


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i would like to send a bottle of my first attempt in years to a member who will give me a critique. what i hope to accomplish is getting a second opinion to use as a good base line for reference. (like i dont know what an extract twang is and would not be able to identify off flavors). of course its all for fun. i would prefer to send one to somebody who has more than a few batches under the belt and can identify the obvious problems a noob might miss when it come to tasting day.
any takers ? first to respond with more than 1000 posts and a PM with the address gets it. (it is a simple brown ale that was in the primary 12 days and the secondary only 10 more. i also used about 1/2 the priming sugar i should have) this beer has been in the bottle one week.
wow that was fast ! i found a brave soul !!!! thanks !
I have to say that your best bet might be to send it to a competition. You will get honest feedback. I am sure someone here will give good advice too but a comp is anonymous.
Tap 1- JubelAle Clone
Tap 2- Evening Bite Pale Ale
Tap 3- Twilight Clone
Tap 4- Dicks Danger Ale Clone
"Today I felt like burning some calories....So I found a fat kid and set him on fire"
For most competitions does it matter if you live in the state that it is in or not? Could I submit beer to contests all over the place?


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OUTLI NE of Talk at gymnasium DEDICATION
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LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. - The mother of a five-year-old boy who was handcuffed by authorities from the Lee County Sheriff's Office says she'd do it all again.
"If more parents did what I did, we wouldn't have the crime we have now," said Michelle, the boy's mother. She says she stands by her decision to involve her son in a mock arrest.
A witness captured a photograph of the young young boy, who stood handcuffed and crying as he was reprimanded by authoritie. Police were reportedly threatening to put the child in jail; he was also placed in the rear of the police cruiser.
In an interview with WINK News, the boy's mother said that this was an attempt to teach a lesson to the boy, who has reportedly been setting fires inside the home recently.


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DEUTER Trans Alpine 30 Daypack, Black/GreenAn all-around pack for commuting, long tours, or hiking, Deuter's Trans Alpine 30 excels on a bike with its supercomfortable venting back system, helmet holder, rain cover, map compartment, reflectivity, accessible pockets, and organized main compartment.
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- Hip belt with breathable mesh wings stabilizes load
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Gee and Dan Atherton at the Quarry (Four by Three behind the scenes) 1
It's no secret that Gee and Dan Atherton have been out in the quarry filming for the final episode of Clay Porter's Four by Three mini series. Here's a little GoPro preview of what they've been getting up to...safe to say we can't wait to see the final goods!
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Guest curator at The Financialist
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- April 16th, 2012
As a part of the blog tour for the Abnormal Returns book I served as "guest curator" over at the UK-based aggregator The Financialist. I don't usually spent a lot of time telling you what sites I like because the daily linkfests largely serve that purpose. That being said you may still enjoy my seven selections and my reasons for picking them. Here is one example:
Sober Look
I am often loath to recommend new finance blogs because of their tendency to flame out, but I will make an exception in the case of Sober Look. Walter Kurtz is doing good work in the areas of finance and global economics.
You can read the full write-up at Mindful Money. Thanks to Marco for the opportunity.
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Abnormal Returns has over its seven-year life become a fixture in the financial blogosphere. Over thousands of posts we have striven to bring the best of the financial blogosphere to readers. In that time the idea of a "forecast-free investment blog" remains as useful as it did six years ago. More »
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Cell Structures
Cell Structures
What's in a cell? In this BrainPOP movie, Tim and Moby show you all the different parts of those tiny things called cells! You'll see how each cell is like a little factory, carrying out different daily activities to make things run smoothly. Find out what forms the outer layer of a cell, and what that outer layer does. Discover the responsibilities of the nucleus, as well as of other cell parts, like the cytoplasm, lysosomes, vacuoles and ribosomes. Plus, you'll learn how cells take in raw materials and send out products. Cells sure have some hard workers inside them!
Mitosis Lesson Plan: Control of the Cell Cycle Game
In this lesson plan adaptable for grades 3-8, students use BrainPOP resources (including an interactive game) to learn about mitosis, the process of cell division. This lesson plan is aligned to Common Core State Standards. See more »
Animal Cells Lesson Plan: The Cell Command Game
In this animal cells lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 6 through 12, students use BrainPOP resources to identify the parts of an animal cell. Students will describe what happens to food and energy when it enters the cell and use an interactive game to explore cell structures virtually. This lesson plan is aligned to Common Core State Standards. See more »
Science Fair Lesson Plan: Planning Projects with BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr.
In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-12, students use BrainPOP and/or BrainPOP Jr. resources to learn about planning projects when they create a science fair exhibit. They will select their topic, explore the criteria for planning, and design a compelling and realistic experiment based on their topic. This lesson plan is aligned to Common Core State Standards. See more »


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Although the Christian festival of Easter is more commonly known as a commemoration of the Resurrection of Christ, the season was celebrated long before this by Pagans. For Christians the egg therefore symbolizes new life, a tradition that has survived into modern times where it is epitomized in the form of the chocolate eggs we now see at Easter time.
The festival of Easter stretches back to pre-Christian times as well, where the changing of the seasons and the renewed life of Earth during the months of March and April were a time of Pagan celebration. More Easter symbols, including the Easter Bunny, can be traced back to Pagan times.
Decorating hard-boiled eggs at Easter time is another well known tradition and one that stems from the belief that the first eggs ever given at Easter were bird's eggs. As a result, these eggs were painted in bright colours, which would give them further meaning as a gift - and so the practice continues.
The tradition of colouring eggs in bright colours, representing the rainbows, sunlight and fresh colours of spring, dates back to the Middle Ages and is still an important custom for many Christians today. In fact, in Germany it is traditional to paint eggs green and eat them on Maundy Thursday - the Christian feast or holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter - which commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles. What's more, in Greek and Slavic cultures, eggs are dyed red which displays a symbol of the blood of Christ.
Egg rolling is a popular Easter activity in Britain and is usually carried out on Easter Monday - where people across the country will roll their decorated eggs down a hill. Depending on where in the country you are, the winner may be determined by the egg that rolls the farthest, survives the most rolls, or is rolled between two pegs. A lesser known fact is that the date of Easter Sunday changes from year to year due to the fact it is based on the lunar calendar. It is celebrated on the first Sunday after the full moon, on or after March 21st.
Now that you have a sure-fire way of working out when Easter Sunday is, in future you will have plenty of time for finding Easter chocolate gifts, baking some hot cross buns and finding a good hill to roll your painted eggs down. Also, remember to do Easter Egg Hunts with all those chocolates, hide them very good and the kids will love the hunt.


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Has Caroline's consistency deserted her? It sure looks that way.
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Expecting her to do well is different to saying she's capable of doing better. Clay is her worst surface. Just about every expert would agree and Caro anf Piotr both say so. So the thread just looks like creating a stat to put Caro in the worst possible light.
As I said before - only Justine (2006-7) has managed to sustain a level of dominance since Serena 2002-2003 that Kim and Caro attained at the top for longer. Sure I'm disappointed in some of her results since IW. But it's like you have to dream up some stat to put her in the worst possible light concentrating with her play on her worst surfaces. Honestly - saying she's not the real #1 but the #7 reminds me of some of those convoluted stats like she's never beaten a former #1.
If the rest of the year she underperforms and has bad results, her true ranking - not your pseudo ranking - will reflect this.
Well, discounting green clay and indoor carpet (which I'm not sure is used anymore) there are only three surfaces and one of them is going to be her weakest but that does not mean she can not win or do well on it. I guess the main thing that disappoints me is that as far as point totals go she was not able to do much better in the 2011 clay season when she was healthy and an improved player over the 2010 season when she was to no small degree hampered with an ankle injury. Are there
great clay court players in today's WTA? Certainly there is no one that dominates in the way that Nadal does in the ATP or in the way that Justine Henin did. I think it is fair to say that there is no one dominant clay player that is stymieing Caroline's ability to win on clay. Look no further than Maria Sharapova for an example of a player that has traditionally struggled on clay but was able to have some impressive results on it this season despite those past struggles.
I should also like to point out that this thread is not just about clay as it also encompasses grass and hardcourts and I plan to update the first post after Cincinnati is over. Further, I challenge you to find a quote of mine where I made the claim that Caroline is "not the real #1 but the #7." Of course she is still the real number one, her results and ranking reflect that. After the loss to Vinci I was wondering how she had done in the middle part of the season and after doing the maths I was slightly shocked to see that there were six players ahead of her. Maybe that is common knowledge but I found it surprising and thought that it was worth sharing. If my intention was to bash Caroline and belittle her I would have posted this thread in GM where I have no doubt that it would have flourished before degenerating into the usual chorus of "Caroline sucks and she is the worst number one ever" the way that all of her threads end up. I was hoping to be able to have a conversation about her struggles in the middle of the season that was critical but at the same time respectful.
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Right-click on the Transport Bar and choose Customize Transport Bar. Here in the middle under Display you can check Varispeed. Hit OK. This brings some new controls in your Transport Bar. You have plus and minus button on the right. You also have Speed Only in the middle. This is our Varispeed controls here. To enable Varispeed, click on the plus minus button. You see Speed Only lights up. Speed Only is a kind of modern twist on tape varispeed, because it allows you to slow down or speed up the project, but then Logic automatically compensates for the pitch, leaving the song in the same pitch.
It does use a lot of real-time processing and this can result in some audio artifacting. Let's hear what it does. Click directly on the percentage button and drag up to speed up. I am going to speed it up 20%. You can also double-click on this and type in the number 20. (Music playing.) (Man singing: Like a dominos or like moles in the ground.) (Music playing.) (Man singing: Our mountain to ashes...) As you can hear the song has sped up, but the pitch is the same. Let's try slowing down. Double-click here and type -20.
This is going to be 20% slower. (Music playing.) (Man singing: ?flag a ride.) (Music playing.) (Man singing: Blowing, blowing down the mountain...) Although we do hear a little bit of audio artifacting, the pitch is the same as normal, but the whole song has slowed down 20%. If you click on Speed Only, you get pulldown menu for all the controls related to Varispeed. In here we can change the way that we control our speeding up and slowing down by other things besides percentage. We can speed up and slow down by Resulting Tempo, we can detune using Semitones and Cents, or we can deal with the Tuning Reference using hertz.
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As your baby gains control over his body, he loves games that involve "flying" through the air. Guide him through new maneuvers (and give yourself a workout) with this dynamic ground-crew exercise.
Appropriate for: 2.5 to 6 months
Skills developed: Gross motor
What you'll need: No equipment necessary
Start by sitting up with your knees bent, positioning your baby with his tummy against your shins. Then, holding him steady, lie back on the floor, simultaneously raising your legs slightly into the air. Your shins, with your baby lying comfortably atop them, should be parallel to the floor. If you can spare the breath, say, "Airplane up, up, and away" as your little one rises into the air. Depending on your level of fitness, you can zoom him around by moving your legs forward and back and side to side before bringing him in for a landing.
Babies recognize oft-repeated words long before they're ready to say them, and familiar names are the friendliest verbal cues of all.
Appropriate for: 2 months to 1 year
Skills developed: Cognitive, auditory, verbal
What you'll need: A rocking chair (optional)
Grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, pets, babysitters, and daycare teachers – your baby will love to hear you name them all. One of the most natural ways to do this is with a song like the old spiritual "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands." The words are simple and repetitive: "He's got the whole world in his hands" repeats four times, and then the verses go on to name general categories: "He's got the wind and the rain in his hands..." "He's got the tiny little baby in his hands..." ending with four lines of "He's got everybody here in his hands." But instead, try substituting your baby's favorite folks: "He's got [baby's name] and Papa, in his hands..." "He's got Grandma and Grandpa in his hands..." and go on from there.


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Velos Designwerks showcases phase 1 of their 435i M Sport Coupe. This is what they've done to the car thus far:
- Gloss Black Kidney Grill
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- Color Matched Reflector
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BMW 435i M Sport Coupe riding on Velgen VMB5 and VMB8 wheels and lowered on H&R Supersport Springs (on Adaptive M Suspension).
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Biamp Spearheads InfoComm AV Week To Promote Awareness Of Audio Video Technology In Oregon
Rob Drake, Mayor Of Beaverton, Signs Proclamation That Acknowledges AV Contribution To Communication, Entertainment And Education, Declares Week Of October 21-27, 2007 as AV Week.
BEAVERTON, OREGON, October 16, 2007 — Underscoring the contribution of audio video technology and members of the AV community to the advancement of entertainment, education and communication, Mr. Rob Drake, Mayor of Beaverton, Oregon today joined with Beaverton-based Biamp Systems and industry advocacy group, InfoComm, to officially declare October 21-27 as AV Week. A host of companies and organizations from around the world will celebrate AV Week with special events at schools, job fairs and community outreach activities. To learn more about the AV industry, please visit www.infocomm.org. more
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Is the building under surveillance or has the building put the rest of the world under surveillance? This purposeful ambiguity and the choice of bold colors is jarring.
The Tree of Life is serious enough to legitimately ask deep questions and powerful enough to make us think about them.
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We are just a few days away from one of the biggest celebrations in New Orleans, Fat Tuesday.
For many residents the celebration will bring some sort of normalcy to the city still recovering from hurricane Katrina, but now one local company is working to bring back a hometown favorite.
Voodoo Lager, Jazz beer, just a couple of beers that are hometown favorites for New Orleans residents, now after a 18 month hiatus the beers will once again be back in the Big Easy, thanks to Minhas Craft Brewery.
Dixie Brewing Company known for its New Orleans style beer is coming back.
"Dixie Brewing is a brewing company out in Louisiana, in New Orleans and their brewery went under literally went under ten feet of water with Hurricane Katrina that occurred there," says Ravinder Minhas, owner of Minhas Craft Brewery.
Whatever was not damaged was taken by looters, now after 18 months without the beer, Minhas Craft Brewery will step in to make the beer, production starts on Fat Tuesday.
In New Orleans residents are already celebrating Mardi Gras but as the parades go by no one can forget how Hurricane Katrina changed the city.
"Even to this site today they still don't have electricity there so I don't think they're going to start their brewery up again from what we understand," Minhas said.
But Minhas Craft Brewery hopes to bring the beer back to the bayou and to other states and hopes to bring back a little piece of home to the city still hurting from Hurricane Katrina
"I think A it's a great compliment that they came to us, B that we get to help someone out that, thanks to a natural disaster they're no longer in business," Minhas said.
Fat Tuesday is next week, the beers will not make it to New Orleans in time but they will be available for another big celebration the Jazz Festival, which is in May.
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On the humpday of their five night, five-album stint at Terminal (where else?) Five, the Jacket dust off their 2003 masterpiece It Still Moves. For fans of epic guitar noodling and singer Jim James' resilient wail, this album offers more Southern-fried psychedelia than the rest of their back catalogue combined, flush with a rich passion for all things Americana. Highlights include the space-age "One Big Holiday," lighters-up love song "Just One Thing," and the slow burning scorcher "Run Thru," which was included in Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs. With Elvis Perkins in Dearland.
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Remember when unfortunate, unintentionally revealing pictures of Britney Spears made headlines?
My, how times have changed. Now, it's Britney spreading the news herself, releasing the unretouched photos from her recent Candie's photoshoot alongside the digitally enhanced images.
In the pics, Spears rocks a pink cutout swimsuit and black backless heels. And I have to give it to her: If I looked like that in a bathing suit – let alone after giving birth twice – I'd post them on Facebook, Twitter, blog about in on NeverSayDiet and mail a few shots to CNN for good measure. As always, the retouched images have her slimmed down, most significantly through her legs. They also erased her back tattoo and smoothed the skin on the back of her thighs. But you know, overall she looks fantastic and didn't need any help.
Spears isn't the only bare celeb making headlines this week. On the cover of Marie Claire, a simple, clean photo of Jessica Simpson – which editors claim hasn't been helped by a smidge of makeup or even a whisper of airbrushing – stares out at readers. The stunt is no doubt part of her new endeavor to explore what beauty means to women all over the world, as evidenced by her new VH1 show, The Price of Beauty.
And in Allure's annual nude issue, in-the-buff shots of American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi, Entourage's Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jessica Capshaw from Grey's Anatomy, singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat and Scary Movies vet Regina Hall are printed for everyone to see.
Along with the pics, each woman discusses how she cultivated the requisite body confidence to drop trou. DioGuardi , who battled binge eating disorder and depression in her early 20s, says, "Back then I was a size 6 or 8; now I'm more like a size 2. Food is not what I use to anesthetize myself anymore." Chriqui posed on day four of a 10-day "organic food cleanse." It is pointed out that Hall wolfed down a candy bar on the way to her shoot….but she does yoga five days a week to make up for dietary indiscretions.
What do we think about all of this celeb skin…and does our opinion change depending on whether the images were or were not airbrushed? Britney's shots have a positive effect (at least they did on me), because they show she's human, that she actually has a real, attainable body with skin that's not stretched taut like canvas on a painting. The J. Simps photos also show her looking fresh and clean, and while my husband and I did have a conversation debating whether she was truly makeup-free (I was doubting, he bought in), you can't fault her for being naturally gorgeous.
The Allure spread, I believe, was intended to make women feel good, because the stars themselves highlight certain so-called flaws (Capshaw discusses her curves; Chriqui mentions her small chest.) But they have clearly been retouched and, even with their warts, the women still look like pin-ups. One thing in particular that jumped out at me was DioGuardi's visible ribcage. This may very well be her body, and she's stunning, but it did trigger a teeny surge of bizarro jealousy deep inside me, one which I'm not proud of but which nonetheless exists. I used to have that when I was super-thin; as I've become healthier (read: climbed out of my eating disorder), my ribs softened from the outside…but when I had them, I wore them like a badge of success.
The naked but "unairbrushed" thing has backfired before, too. In February, Marie Claire Australia pulled a similar stunt with 2004 Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins. But a backlash ensued, with criticism coming from scads of bloggers and commentators who claimed a naturally svelte and stunning specimen like Hawkins doesn't represent real women, and that even sans Photoshopping efforts, her insane bod STILL made women feel like chunky crap.
Cried one MC reader: "If anything is going to have me running to the toilet with my finger down my throat it's a picture of Jennifer Hawkins naked." Another said, "She wants to make [women] feel more comfortable about how they look, gee thanks, I now feel worse! I'm a size 10 and I still have more rolls than her!"
When the Today Show polled more than 4,000 online readers about Jessica Simpson's makeup-free cover, a whopping 91.5 percent were in favor, saying, "Good for her! She looks gorgeous. More celebrities should be willing to reveal their real selves." About 75 percent claimed, "I don't buy it. I just can't believe that these photos – or Jessica herself – haven't been touched up at all." Just 2 percent clicked, "I don't like this look on her at all. Somebody, please, call in the makeup artists!"
So what's the bottom line? Is this Girls Gone Unairbushed trend a good thing? In the end, does it make you feel better about yourselves? Or, when you see how smoking hot they STILL look without the bells and whistles, does it just make you feel worse? Chime in below.
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