In addition to recording programs specified by the users, a feature pioneered by TiVo is the recording of additional programs based on the viewing habits of the household. TiVo users can also rate programs favorably or unfavorably (ranging from three "thumbs up" to three "thumbs down"). These ratings as viewing habits are correlated with the content of other programs to identify similar programs that the viewer is likely to find favorable.

Quit Smart is available in a self-help stop smoking kit and, in many communities, as a three-session quit smoking class that utilizes the kit plus personalized instruction. Quit Smart combines several powerful treatment elements — including hypnosis, medication recommendations and a patented cigarette substitute that simulates a cigarette — to produce a potent stop-smoking treatment.

Yes, but Beardies were bred to be independent thinkers. Sometimes they'll decide what THEY want is better than what you want. For instance, staying in the back yard is more interesting than coming inside. Or playing in a mud puddle is more fun than staying on dry ground. The trick in training Beardies is to convince them it's something THEY want to do. And that takes an owner that's smarter than they are not always easy! When it comes to housebreaking, they're individuals, just like children.

S.M.A.R.T. stands for "Self Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology" and utilizes a series of your hard disk's built-in sensors and diagnostic systems to monitor its mechanical and electronic status. Parameters such as temperature, effective operating time or data throughput are monitored and can be very useful in determining the "health" of your hardware. This is where O&O DriveLED enters the picture.

A set of electrodes will be attached (glued or taped) to your scalp, face, chest, and legs along with several other small sensors, and 2 elastic belts. A record will be made of your brain waves, eye movements, breathing, snoring, heart rate, oxygen saturation, and any unusual leg movements as you sleep. You will be monitored by closed circuit TV and recorded on videotape. You may get up as often as you need. Blood samples may be taken for testing CO2 and oxygen levels.

He's Old; He's Six" is a song written and recorded by Slaid's bass player, Ivan Brown, his wife, Kristen Anderson, Gurf Morlix and Brende Fuller. Ivan recently finished a CD of his own songs which is now available at Slaid's shows or through www.ivanbrown.com.

Robert H. Shipley, Ph.D., who has been director of the Duke University Medical Center Stop Smoking Program since 1977. Dr. Shipley has published over 70 scientific articles and 12 books and book chapters.

Yes. Use of the registered trademark "Quit Smart" and logo in program identification and promotion is restricted to non-smokers who are health professionals or health educators who have:

Yes. Various program options allow you to match the Quit Smart program to the needs of your setting. Also, Quit Smart can be taught to a single tobacco user or to a group of tobacco users.

Is there any suggestion or requirement regarding medium (i.e. chamber music, voice and piano, orchestral, choral)? I have several recent works that might prove successful and would like to determine which one(s) to submit. Please choose the one work that you feel would strongly represent you at this time. You will always be free to present another work the following year.

Hi-Fi: An MP3 playlist, readable by most players, that has the addresses of MP3 files encoded with a variable bit rate. Lo-Fi: An MP3 playlist, readable by most players, that has the addresses of MP3 files encoded with at a constant bit rate of 64 kilobits per second. These files are ideal for users with slower Internet connections.

Update 5/2006: Please note that due to a major system transition, many items' ZIP files (for their "Lossless" links) have been deliberately disabled for the time being. Engineers are still working on the best method for the new system. Lossless: A ZIP file containing Shorten files or Flac files. Unlike formats like MP3, lossless formats are true to the original - there is no degradation in quality.

MediaPortal uses DVR-MS by default and this cannot be changed. DVR-MS is just a wrapper for the MPEG stream recorded by MediaPortal. You can get the pure MPEG/AC-3 streams using the convert feature in MediaPortal without any loss or recompression.