Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Foods Heartburn Sufferers Should Avoid - Acid Reflux Diet

Foods Heartburn Sufferers Should Avoid - Acid Reflux Diet: "Foods To Avoid On The Acid Reflux Diet
Food Group Foods To Avoid
Fruit • Orange juice
• Lemon
• Lemonade
• Grapefruit juice
• Cranberry juice
• Tomato
Vegetables • Mashed potatoes
• French fries
• Onion, raw
Meat • Ground beef, chuck
• Marbled sirloin
• Chicken nuggets
• Buffalo wings
Dairy • Sour cream
• Milk shake
• Ice cream
• Cottage cheese, regular
Grains • Macaroni and cheese
• Spaghetti with sauce
Beverages • Liquor
• Wine
• Coffee, decaffeinated or regular
• Tea, decaffeinated or regular
Fats / Oils • Salad dressing, creamy
• Salad dressing, oil & vinegar
Sweets / Desserts • Butter cookie, high-fat
• Brownie
• Chocolate
• Doughnut
• Corn chips
• Potato chips, regular"

Gastroesophageal reflux disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gastroesophageal reflux disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Avoiding aggravating factors

The rubric 'lifestyle modifications' is the term physicians use when recommending non-pharmaceutical treatments for GERD.

Certain foods and lifestyle tend to promote gastroesophageal reflux:

* Coffee, alcohol, calcium supplements, and excessive amounts of Vitamin C supplements are stimulants of gastric acid secretion so avoiding these helps. Calcium containing antacids such as TUMS (Calcium carbonate) are in this group[1]
* Foods high in fats and smoking reduce lower esophageal sphincter competence so avoiding these tends to help as well.
* Having more but smaller meals also reduces the risk of GERD as it means there is less in the stomach at any one time.

Advice generally given:

* avoid eating for 2 hours before bedtime
* elevate the head of the bed on 6 inch blocks. (Pillows under the head and shoulders have been shown to be ineffective.)
* avoid sodas that contain caffeine
* avoid chocolate and peppermint
* avoid spicy foods
* avoid acidic foods like oranges and tomatoes
* avoid cruciferous vegetables: onions, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussel sprouts
* avoid fried and fatty foods
* avoid milk and heavily milk based products

Avoiding food for 2 hours before bedtime, as well as not lying down after a meal, are the most important of the lifestyle modifications. Elevation to the head of the bed is the next easiest to implement. If pharmacologic therapy in combination with food avoidance before bedtime and elevation of the head of the bed, then the other steps are recommended."

TASCAM Forums -> Effect Sends

TASCAM Forums -> Effect Sends: "You have the vocal mic plugged into FW-1884 (let's say Channel #1)

You have an external effect unit that provides reverb, echo, whatever.

You'd like to record the vocal mic track dry but still be able to hear the
effect ( and possibly record the effect on a separate track from vocal) ???

The FW has a pre-AD converter SEND TRS/TS jack on each of the 8 channels.

Using the appropriate cable type (if effect unit has 3-connector balanced TRS , use
TRS cable, if just unbalanced TS, use TS cable) ,
connect cable between Channel #1 SEND output to the
INPUT of Effects unit.

If you are wanting to record the effects unit, connect cable between
Effects OUTPUT and the RETURN of FW Channel #1.

If you don't want to record the effects, connect to the input of FW Channel #2 -
Channel #2 will be the return from the Effects, which you can mix in with
the monitor signal, and then record it (or not) as you wish."

Saturday, August 27, 2005

Chapter 5: Housing

Chapter 5: Housing: "3. My former friend is now an unwelcome, guest in my house. What can I do to make that person leave?

If the person has not been living with you for a long time then you have the right to evict them immediately. You would be well advised to seek legal advice first however, as the person may have some right of which you are not aware. You might end up having to provide them with compensation if you compromise these rights. Even if you do have a right of immediate eviction, you cannot withhold any of the person's property or damage it, even if you think they have abandoned it or you think the person owes you money.

However if you have concerns about your physical safety, or are worried that the person may damage your property, you should discuss the matter with friends, family or the local police. If you have the right to evict and the person refuses to leave, you might be able to seek the help of the police to have the person escorted from your property as a trespasser."

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

The Last Fantasy - Powered by eastgame.net

The Last Fantasy - Powered by eastgame.net: " English Zone
Introduction to everything of TLF. Site information, how to download, upgrade, and discuss."
This is the instructions of how to setup a free account on china's "EASTGAME" network of ftp servers, giving you direct access to zero day warez hot off the press.

Saturday, August 20, 2005

How to build a vocal booth

How to build a vocal booth: "HOW TO BUILD A VOCAL BOOTH FOR UNDER $300

Local guy has written some tips for a booth.. check it!

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

APOD: 2005 August 9 - The Belt of Venus over Elwood Beach

APOD: 2005 August 9 - The Belt of Venus over Elwood Beach: "The Belt of Venus over Elwood Beach

Explanation: Although you've surely seen it, you might not have noticed it. During a cloudless twilight, just before sunrise or after sunset, part of the atmosphere above the horizon appears slightly off-color, slightly pink. Called the Belt of Venus, this off-color band between the dark eclipsed sky and the blue sky can be seen in nearly every direction including that opposite the Sun. Straight above, blue sky is normal sunlight reflecting off the atmosphere. In the Belt of Venus, however, the atmosphere reflects light from the setting (or rising) Sun which appears more red. The Belt of Venus can be seen from any location with a clear horizon. Pictured above, the Belt of Venus was photographed behind Elwood Beach in Melbourne, Australia. The belt is frequently caught by accident in other photographs."

Other people's home studios

Other people's home studios: "This nerdy doof doof site EM411 has a studio reviews section, where people post pictures of their home studio and other people comment on them."

Saturday, August 13, 2005

Nothing Nice to Say - the world's FIRST online punk comic

Nothing Nice to Say - the world's FIRST online punk comic

Remove yourself from Direct Marketing lists

Do Not Contact Service:

Consumer Do Not Contact Opt Out Services

This is a FREE consumer service of the 500-members of the Australian Direct Marketing Association. These include banks, insurance companies, publishers, catalogue and mail order companies, charities and others who offer consumers the convenience of shopping by such mediums as

* mail,
* telephone,
* direct response television,
* the internet &
* mobile phones.

xbox

Welcome to Walter Cedric home: "Connect your Xbox to the network! Using the remote controller or gamepad, you can go in evox 'system preferences', this is the place where you can set the FTP server adress, password, DNS, gateway.

* Use a fix IP, it should be something like 192.168.0.XXX with XXX from 2 to 255, use for example 192.168.0.10
* Do not set the 2 DNS (Domain Name Server which is normally your router 192.168.0.1) if you do not want to let your XBox have an access to internet.
* You can not change te FTP login name ('xbox'Wink, only the default password ('xbox'Wink this is because the login 'xbox' is encrypted in MD5, a page on www.xboxmediacenter.com (FAQ) section let you change it in file fileserver.xml

Save all changes (save changes is located at the end of the menu), and reboot your Xbox

Attention: I use to have some instabilities with 2 different crossed Ethernet cable, in fact the FTP was instable and unusable (disconnect and time out problems), I am using a router-switch in the middle now and everything is working perfectly. This is probably due to a mass problem.

Use your favorite FTP client (LeechFTP, CuteFTP, ....) to connect to the XBOX, it is good idea to backup all files found under C: (default dashboard and RSA key pair for your machine)

If you want to play with EvolutionX: add or translate for example some new entries in the main menu, edit the file c:evox.ini"

Museum of bad album covers: the worst album covers ever! #23

Museum of bad album covers: the worst album covers ever! #23: "Bad Album Cover." I cannot find anything in this cover that isn't totally phallocentric. The throbbing red helmet tops things off nicely. Over to you, Dr Freud

Friday, August 12, 2005

fix for "load the soundfont file failed"

Support - KnowledgeBase: "If you still cannot load a large bank after altering the Soundfont Cache, you will need to modify your operating system's registry settings to alter the set memory limit. This can, however, alter your operating system's performance. Remember to make a copy of your system's registry settings before proceeding.

Do not alter your operating system's registry settings unless you need to load a large bank.

1. Using Windows Explorer, search and locate the Windows folder.
2. Double-click the regedit.exe file. The Registry Editor window appears.
3. On the left panel, search and locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\ folder.
4. On the right panel, double-click the PagedPoolSize file. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears.
5. In the Value data: box, type 0xFFFFFFFF, and then click the OK button.
6. Restart your computer.
7. Launch Creative SoundFont Bank Manager, and reload the necessary SoundFont banks."

How to load SoundFont Banks in both Synth A and Synth B in Cakewalk Sonar

Support - KnowledgeBase: "How to load SoundFont Banks in both Synth A and Synth B in Cakewalk Sonar

The Sound Blaster Live!, Sound Blaster Audigy, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 and Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS cards have two hardware based MIDI Synth: Synth A and Synth B, each with 16 MIDI channels. To utilize all 32 MIDI channels, it is necessary to load SoundFont banks, either same or different SoundFont files for both of them.

To load SoundFont Banks with a Sound Blaster Live, Sound Blaster Live! 5.1, or Sound Blaster Audigy card, go to AudioHQ in Control Panel, then click on SoundFont. Click on the Options tab, and select SB Audigy Synth A (or similar), then click the Configure Bank tab and load each of the desired SoundFont files. Repeat the procedure for SB Audigy Synth B (or similar).

To load SoundFont Banks with a Sound Blaster audigy 2 card, go to Start, Programs, Creative, Sound Blaster Audigy 2, then click on SoundFont Bank Manager. Click on MIDI Device, select Synth A, then load the desired SoundFont banks; repeat the procedure for Synth B.

In addition, if you are loading different SoundFont banks in Synth A and Synth B, make sure that the Bank numbers do not overlap.

To use the SoundFont files loaded in both Synth A and Synth B under Cakewalk Sonar, open a new or existing project in Sonar, click on the Option tab, then select MIDI Devices. Under the Outputs window, make sure you have 'Synth A' and Synth B selected.

Click on the Options menu again, select Instruments. You will notice that all channels in Synth A are linked to SoundFont Device, and all channels in Synth B are linked to Default. To trick Sonar to use the SoundFont loaded in Synth B as well, select all channels in the entire window on the left (hold the shift key, then select the channels), then click on SoundFont Device on the right. Cakewalk Sonar will display the S"

Can't load large soundfont files on Audigy/Audigy2

Creative suggest reading of this doc: Can't load large soundfont files on Audigy 2 - Sound Blaster - Creative Labs: "http://us.creative.com/support/kb/article.asp?l=2&sid=5184
"

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