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...signature of Houston's flourishing indie hip-hop sound is the technique of slowing down a track to simulate the effects of the scene's trippy drug of choice, codeine-laced cough syrup. Among the nationally recognized stars of the genre was Big Moe, known for fusing spoken verse, singing and complex melodies. The University of Houston graduate--whose 2002 album, Purple World, reached No. 3 on Billboard's hip-hop charts--was 33 and apparently died of a heart attack...
...need a reason not to put them in things. Most people know RFID, if they're aware of it at all, as the technology behind cash-free highway tolls, but it goes way beyond that. Retail giants like Wal-Mart use RFID tags for inventory management, to help keep track of exactly what is precisely where in their vast tentacular supply chains--Wal-Mart announced earlier this month that it had RFID-enabled forklifts in 975 of its North American stores. RFID tags are embedded in tires. They're in library books and credit cards and lift tickets. The military...
Which is exciting but also a bit scary for anyone who doesn't want to be mapped. For RFID tags are just as useful for tracking living organisms as they are for tracking library books. Vets have been implanting RFID chips in pets for years, and there's a NASDAQ-traded company called VeriChip that manufactures RFID chips specifically for use in human beings, the idea being that the chips would provide a quick and reliable way to store and retrieve emergency medical information; VeriChip is also marketed in South America as a way to track kidnap victims...
Telling America's story in pictures is a particularly American thing to do. We're a visual people, and U.S. history can seem like an epic newsreel set to a jazz and rock-'n'-roll sound track...
...done in the past few weeks,” Gibson said. Workers have already begun to install cardio equipment and line the stairwells with “wet paint” signs. Other recreational facilities that had opened temporarily during the renovation—such as in the Gordon Track and the Wigglesworth Hall basement—have been shut down in anticipation of the MAC’s reopening. “The space at Wigg was very popular and well-received,” Gibson said, “so we’ll work with other people...