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...piece of the first suite, “Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies,” the band already seems to have lost steam, even as Harris tries vainly to provide locomotion with his consistently stellar playing. The lean, muscular feel of the first tracks has deteriorated into a shapeless wash of strings and flute, a tone which blurs many of the remaining Ellington tunes, illuminating the danger of re-orchestrating the work of jazz’s most masterful arranger...

Author: By Tom C. Denison, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CD Review: Stefon Harris | 11/2/2006 | See Source »

...Spencer's first change was the easiest. She replaced all the household light bulbs with compact fluorescents and lost 8,500 pounds. Instead of using the clothes dryer, she hangs her wash outside and uses cold water in the washing machine. That shed another 2,500 pounds. She drives slower - ever accelerating past 55 miles per hour in her Honda Civic. Another 2,500 pounds lost, plus a boost in her mileage up to 39 miles per gallon. Finally, the family devised a new commute plan that enabled her husband and her daughter to ride their bikes to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Low Carbon Diet | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

That's Baron Cohen's awesome trick: preying on the fear, fascination and, most of all, patronization of the other--the foreigner, the rapper, the gay guy. For the trick to work, we have to believe that other countries are so inferior, it's plausible that their citizens would wash their faces in the toilet. He's been exploiting this by videotaping the reaction of unsuspecting people to his characters' horrifying behavior since 1998, when he started on England's short-lived The 11 o'Clock Show, and later on HBO's Da Ali G Show. His characters--aspiring rapper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Borat Make Funny Joke On Idiot Americans! High-Five! | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

...Bureau statistics published last week, a college graduate typically earns about $23,000 more a year than someone who has only finished high school. Many of the best college deals can still be found at public institutions. Here's a look at in-state rates around the country. ?WASH. $5,617 ?VT. $9,800 ?UTAH $3,891 ?TEXAS $5,940 ?TENN. $4,974 ?S.D. $4,940 ?PA. $9,041 ?ORE. $5,576 ?OKLA. $4,246 ?OHIO...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Census of College Costs | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

...risk factors for pediculosis pubis, commonly known as pubic lice. Don’t let this news get you crabby—preventing a parasite paradise is easy. Make sure that your toilet seat is Harvard-Yale tailgate-dry before covering it with a toilet seat cover. Afterwards, wash your hands with soap and water. Simple, right? Maybe not. A 2005 study by the American Society for Microbiology found that while 91 percent of American adults claim they scrub their hands post-loo, researchers in four cities discovered that a mere 83 percent actually washed. So quit worrying about your...

Author: By Logan R. Ury, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Treacherous Toilets | 10/25/2006 | See Source »

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