i>'Whose room is it anyway?' If you have a teenager, you're no doubt already familiar with the warcry of independence: 'It's my room and I should be allowed to do as I please. You hear the aggrieved voice, but for the life of you, you can't see beyond the unmade bed the piles of discarded clothing the litter of books magazines scattered CD covers pizza boxes and soft drinks cans. Your spirits plummet as you prepare to join battle yet again. But let's stop for a moment and take stock. Do we rea...
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The revolution is just getting started and will begin to make its mark this year. By 2010, it will begin to take off. By 2025, it will be the standard for all TV viewing. It's called Internet Protocol Television, or IPTV for short. IPTV works with a set-top box connected to any broadband interface and to a TV. It will allow users to choose among thousands (and eventually hundreds of thousands) of hours of programming, including movies, sports, classic TV, etc., and download their selections fro...
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Live in (French Country) Style By BatSheva Vaknin Parlez-vous Françes? Don't worry - you don't need to speak French in order to enjoy the bright, comfortable and classic style of French Country in your home. From weathered walls to wide wooden tables, it is not hard to achieve the French Country look using the following guidelines. French Country style is all about well-used, worn-in, imperfect but beautiful architectural elements, furniture and accessories. Forget sleek lines, fine china, and...
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For any parent, learning that a convicted sex offender lives on the same block, can be a chilling discovery. The thought of it alone, can be disturbing. Most parents can't imagine that someone, who could be so potentially dangerous, may live somewhere on their block or along the path their child takes to school. However, it is highly likely that there are registered sex offenders in your neighborhood. Beginning in the mid 1990's legislative actions established guidelines for tracking convicted s...
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Live Fast, Die Young Courtney Love is an American icon and the well known widow of Kurt Cobain. She also attempted singing in the unsurprisingly now-defunct band Hole. Nancy Spungen was an American groupie and the notorious girlfriend of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious. A lot of people ask themselves how a genius like Kurt Cobain fell in love with a screeching, wild, pretty in the most unconventional sense, junkie like Love. And what in the world possessed the talented Sid to worship the ground ...
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"Live music." That common saying may contain some truth, but these days the word "live" is having less and less to do with music. For many people, a dj is their form of live music. Despite what dj's would like to have you believe, musicians make excellent entertainment. In the first place, people enjoy human performance. Many musicians like great athletes are multi-talented. They will croon on the tenor saxophone right to your soul, then turn around and chunk out a funky rhythm on a Fender Strat...
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Christmas is celebrated by almost all of Christendom uniformly throughout the world. The origin of this celebration was instituted by the Catholic Church centuries after the death and resurrection of Christ. No one but the church fathers is responsible for this holiday. It is not something called for in the bible nor ever taught by Christ or his apostles. Regardless of this fact it is what it has become that is more in question than how it began. Some sects of the church do not observe Christmas...
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"All my three- and four-year-old want to do is watch TV. They fuss about having to turn off the TV at dinner and bedtime. They wouldn't even play with their friends yesterday because their favorite shows were on. I think I've let it get out of hand," lamented Robin. I was impressed to hear Robin take responsibility for the situation. Television is an easy thing to let take over, with big screens and DVD players, surround sound, 100 cable stations and children's stations. Children are usually qui...
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I've often thought that in 6 million years, archaeologists will marvel at the devotion the 21st century Earthlings had to their household gods. Excavation will show these deities in virtually every home, obviously objects of devotion, the focal point in a room. The gods were believed without question. Families emulated them, discussed them, and scheduled their lives around them. The parent was secondary in influence to the various versions of these boxes with a glass screen that captivated an en...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Featuring: Gary Husband (Drums/Piano/Composer & Leader) Randy Brecker (Trumpet), Jerry Goodman (Violin), Elliot Mason (Trombone/Bass Trumpet), Jim Beard (Keyboards), Matthew Garrison (Bass), and Arto Tuncboyaciyan (Percussion) Gary Husband c/o RSJ Groove Productions PO Box 240 Ashford, Kent TN27 9ZB, United Kingdom e-mail: rsjgroove@btopenworld.com Website: http://www.garyhusband.com Phone & Fax: (+44) 20 7286 0821 Contact Gary: Garyhusband@aol.com United Kingdom--July 25, ...
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