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Last week, Apple introduced yet another way to eliminate wires from your life. It introduced the AirPort Express, a $130 something-or-other for both Windows PC's and Macs. There's no single pithy term or phrase for this invention; it has more tricks up its sleeve than David Blaine. The AirPort Express is a wireless base station. That is, if you connect it to a cable modem or D.S.L. box, your wirelessly equipped Mac or Windows PC can get onto the Internet and connect to other machines in the building, at high speed and with no waiting, from anywhere in the house - or at least within about 150 feet of the base station, even through walls. If you want to know more, you can read all about in the NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/22/technolo...ts/22state.html

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It's the season for barbques. Here are a few ideas courtesy of The Recipe Link (http://www.recipelink.com/mf/31/1497) for outdoor concerts or the backyard. Got any trade barbque recipes? Fill us in with your trade secret recipes... BOSS PIT BARBECUE SEASONING 1 ounce dried parsley flakes 1 26 ounce box salt 1 1/2 ounces black pepper 2 ounces red pepper 1 1/2 ounces garlic powder 1 ounce chili powder 1 ounce paprika 1 ounce MSG Process parsley flakes in blender until finely chopped. Combine with remaining ingredients in bowl; mix well. Store in airtight containers. Sprinkle on pork, chicken, beef or lamb before barbecuing.desserts Apricot Glaze (BBQ sauce) 1 T butter 3/4 c chopped onion 2 tsp chopped garlic 1/3 c soy sauce 1/4 c packed brown sugar 1/4 c molasses 1/4 c honey 1 1/3 c ketchup 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1 (12 oz.) jar apricot preserves Cook all ingredients. Best on chicken and pork, in the oven or on the grill. ************ Oriental Chicken 1 lb skinless, boneless chicken breasts 1/4 c soy sauce 1/4 c orange juice 2 green onions, sliced 1 tsp sesame oil 1 tsp grated gingerroot Cut chicken into strips, 1" wide, set aside. Combine soy, OJ, onion, oil and ginger. Place chicken is shallow bowl; pour on marinade. Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes. Thread chicken accordion style on 6" skewers. Broil 6-8 minutes. Makes about 20 servings.SusannahOH (08:26:22) : CHICKEN LONG RICE (traditional Hawaiian dish served at luaus) 4 chicken quarters, deboned and cut up glass noodles soaked and chopped up to desired length 4 cups water One onion, chopped up Fresh ginger (about 1/2" long piece) chopped up 1 T. salt 1 t. sugar Boil chicken with noodles, onion and ginger until tender. ********** Baked Beans 1/2 lb. sliced bacon 1/2 lb. ground. beef 1 med. onion, chopped 1 15 oz. can red kidney beans 1 15 oz. can butter beans ` 15 oz. can great northern beans 1/2 c. ketchup 1/2 c. packed brown sugar 1/4 c. bottled barbecue sauce 2 T. molasses 1 T. prepared mustard 1 tsp. chili powder 1/4 tsp. pepper 1 c. thinly sliced, smoked, cooked bratwurst. ( 5 oz. ) 1. In a large skillet, cook the bacon till crisp over med. heat. Remove and drain on paper towels; crumble bacon and set aside. 2. Wipe out skillet; add beef and onion. Cook and stir over med. heat till beef is brown and onion is tender. Remove from heat; drain off any fat. Set aside. 3. Drain beans, reserving liquid. In an extra large mixing bowl, combine ketchup, brown sugar, barbecue sauce, molasses, mustard, chili powder, and pepper. Add bratwurst, bacon, ground beef mixture and beans. Stir till combined. Add reserved bean liquid to reach desired consistency. 4. Transfer the bean mixture to a 2 quart casserole dish. Bake, uncovered, in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour. Remove from oven. Let stand 15 minutes before serving. Serves 10. Cuban Black Beans 14 oz dried black beans 2 quarts water 1/8 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp ground oregano 2 tsp ground cumin 1 green pepper, quartered 1/2 onion, finely chopped 3 Tbsp minced garlic 1/4 cup olive oil 3 Tbsp cider vinegar 1/4 cup sherry wine salt to taste Rinse beans and discard any stones. In a large pot, soak beans overnight in water with baking soda, oregano, cumin and green pepper. The next day, add onion, garlic, olive oil, cider vinegar, sherry and salt to the water and cook on medium-low heat for about 3 hours or until the beans are very tender and liquid is reduced and somewhat thickened. Make sure liquid in pot does not entirely boil away. To prevent beans from burning, add more water when necessary. ***** WATERMELON RIBBON BASKET Whatever the holiday, this basket makes the perfect container for punches, salads or desserts. 1. Select a symmetrical watermelon. If necessary, cut a thin slice from the bottom of the watermelon so it sits level. 2. Draw a straight line (just above the middle) lengthwise around the watermelon for the basket's edge. 3. Draw a handle diagonally across the top as shown in the photograph. 4. Draw a bow as shown in the photograph so that one edge of the bow is connected to the basket's edge. 5. Cut and remove the top sections leaving the handle and bow intact. 6. Scoop out the flesh from inside the watermelon, leaving just a trace of red. 7. Drain the watermelon before filling. Preparation Time: 30 minutes ************ WATERMELON VASE Supplies Needed: Watermelon, sharp pointed utensil, sharp knife, large spoon, fresh flowers and greenery. 1. Select a symmetrical oblong watermelon. 2. Measure 9 inches from one end of watermelon. Cut crosswise for vase. 3. Reserve shorter section for your favorite watermelon recipe. 4. If necessary, cut a thin slice from end of watermelon vase so it sits upright. 5. Remove about 1-inch layer of flesh from top of watermelon vase to form rim. 6. Place watermelon vase on small plate to protect table surface. 7. Arrange your choice of flowers and greenery in watermelon vase. The watermelon flesh will hold them in place and provide moisture. 8. To complement party and holiday themes, add special touches, such as small American flags for Memorial Day and the Fourth of July. Preparation Time: 15 minutes FROZEN "WATERMELON" 3 pints vanilla ice cream, slightly softened 3 pints raspberry sherbet, softened 1/2 cup (3 ounces) miniature semisweet chocolate chips 14 drops green food color 2 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed Line an 8-cup mold or mixing bowl completely with aluminum foil. Working quickly, spread the vanilla ice cream 1 inch thick over the bottom and sides of the bowl. (It'll probably slide down the sides a bit.) Immediately place in the freezer and freeze for about 1 hour. When the ice cream has become somewhat hard, but not frozen solid, spread it all the way up the sides to the top of the bowl; then replace it in the freezer for about 1 hour, until firm. Place the raspberry sherbet in a medium-sized bowl and add the chocolate chips; blend until evenly mixed. Place in the vanilla ice cream-lined bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze overnight, or until completely hard. When ready to serve, in a small bowl, mix the green food color with the whipped topping until evenly blended. Remove the mold from the freezer, remove the plastic wrap, and invert onto a platter larger than the mold. Remove the mold and peel off the foil. Spread the whipped topping evenly over the ice cream and serve immediately, or freeze until the topping is firm, then cover and keep frozen until ready to serve. Cut into wedges, just like fresh watermelon. ******** FRENCH CABBAGE SALAD Wilted cabbage salad with bacon This is a wonderful thing to do with cabbage. With no garlic, and using cider vinegar, it becomes German cabbage salad. Adding sour cream to that makes Danish cabbage salad. (serves 8) 1 cabbage, shredded. 120 g bacon 300 g onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, chopped 125 ml white-wine tarragon vinegar Procedure 1. Cut the bacon into tiny bits, fry it in a big deep frying pan, and fish out all the bits after they are crisp. 2. Cut up the onion and garlic and fry them in the bacon fat. When they are brown, pour in the vinegar. 3. Bring it just up to a simmer, add all the cabbage and bacon, toss it as you would a salad, and serve it. The cabbage doesn't cook, but it wilts a little under the hot vinegar. melinda.KY (03:43:31) : Sally Bown's slaw 4c. shredded cabbage 2 lg. apples, peeled and cut up 12 oz. can of pineapple tidbits and juice 1 1/4 c. sliced celery 1/2c. pecan pieces 1/2c. coconut, flaked 1/c. mini marshmallows, cut into 1/2 1/2 c. raisins Combine all in he order given. mix well

It's that time again. What are your plans for the weekend?

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Catwoman or Bourne Supremacy - which one are you gonna check out this weekend? And, even though Im not a Metallica fan, the behind the scenes documentary on the band sounds very interesting; I heard an interview with the filmmakers, who trained with the Maysle Bros, and it almost made me want to go. I've also heard good things about The Clearing. Also, if you didnt catch it the first time around, you should check out Donnie Darko. NEW The Bourne Supremacy (Universal) / 3,162 Screens Catwoman (Warner Bros.) / 3,117 Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (IFC) / 42 (+19) / 3 Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut (Newmarket) / 6 (+5) / 8 Leftovers I, Robot (Fox) / 3,494 (+74) / 2 Napoleon Dynamite (Fox Searchlight) / 389 (+210) / 7 De-Lovely (United Artists) / 333 (+148) / 4 Troy (Warner Bros.) / 301 (+191) / 11 DECLINING Spider-Man 2 (Sony) / 3,753 (-305) / 4 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (DreamWorks) / 2,936 (-168) / 3 King Arthur (Buena Vista) / 2,104 (-982) / 3 The Notebook (New Line) / 2,003 (-86) / 5 Fahrenheit 9/11 (Lions Gate) / 1,855 (-149) / 5 Shrek 2 (DreamWorks) / 1,559 (-298) / 10 DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (Fox) / 1,373 (-572) / 6 The Terminal (DreamWorks) / 1,254 (-550) / 6 White Chicks (Sony) / 1,152 (-578) / 5 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Warner Bros.) / 1,008 (-452) / 8 Garfield: The Movie (Fox) / 680 (-348) / 7 The Clearing (Fox Searchlight) / 429 (-20) / 4 Two Brothers (Universal) / 375 (-187) / 5 The Stepford Wives (Paramount) / 256 (-266) / 7 The Chronicles of Riddick (Universal) / 245 (-58) / 7 Mean Girls (Paramount) / 236 (-32) / 13 NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience (IMAX) (Warner Bros.) / 52 (-3) / 20 SNEAK PREVIEWS Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (New Line) / 894 sneaks on Fri (opens 7/30) Indies Love Me If You Dare (Paramount Classics) / 3 (-5) / 10 Super Size Me (IDP) / 118 (-9) / 12 Before Sunset (Warner Independent Pictures) / 140 (+18) / 4 The Door in the Floor (Focus) / 120 (+73) / 2 Ella Enchanted (Miramax) / 68 (+24) / 16 A Cinderella Story (Warner Bros.) / 2,625 / 2 Maria Full of Grace (Fine Line) / 7 / 2 Zatoichi (Seville) / 4 (LA, NYC) / 4

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Anybody heard this yet?

In this week's Wednesday Morning Downloads, musician/critic Thomas Bartlett review's Elvis Costello's recent concent in NY, and new music from Edward Norton's favorite band & and John Hughes' son's band. "The Beast," The King of France, from "Untitled" He compares Ed Norton's Favorite band to the Pixies, the Velvet Underground, Nilsson, Pavement, the Kinks, Dylan and the Beatles. "There are three demos available for free on their Web page, but I urge you to spend a couple dollars and hear this band at its best. Download "The Beast," "Notion" and "Sick of Life" from iTunes, all off the King of France's as-yet-untitled new record." (iTunes) "Perpetual Night," Kelley Stoltz, from "Antique Glow" Kelley Stoltz is another relative unknown for whom I have high hopes and expectations. He recorded "Antique Glow" onto an eight-track recorder over the course of a year, playing nearly all the instruments himself, and the result is a minor masterpiece. "Gonna Be Some Changes Made," Bruce Hornsby, from "Halcyon Days" This song, the first single from his upcoming "Halcyon Days," has been making me happy this week. There's the pleasure of hearing Sting singing the background vocals, with some very Police-like harmonies. And there's Hornsby's voice, which has that wholesome John Mellencamp/Tom Petty I'm-an-American-rock-star sound to it. But mostly there's the song's brilliant hook, a memorable piano line that almost stands in for a chorus. (iTunes, RealPlayer, MusicMatch) "Electric Halo," The Bruces, from "The Shining Path" "The Electric Halo" is the first song I've heard by the Bruces, and I'm left wondering if all of their work is this good -- and if so, why nobody's told me about them before.... I find this song absolutely chilling. Free Download: "Electric Halo" "Knock Me Down Girl," Slicker, from "We All Have a Plan" This track is an odd hybrid: vocals with overt R&B mannerisms, the glitchy editing style of lap-pop, a muted trumpet straight out of easy-listening acid jazz, and a gently funky dance beat. It works beautifully. Slicker is a project by John Hughes III, son of director John Hughes II ("The Breakfast Club," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"), and he refers to his mélange as "future roots music," "where soul, jazz, hip-hop, electronics and pop are all perfectly bound together." Free Download: "Knock Me Down Girl" You can read the full review at Salon after viewing a short commercial and download your free songs from there: http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/wmd/...ello/index.html

Living near Koreatown, I cant resist... DWA

It wont let me copy the bottom asterisks and I dont have them on my keyboard...e.g. this is what happens when I copy and paste *

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Powell's Reading Essay Contest - Win a Thousand Dollars in Free Books To celebrate ten years of online bookselling, we are asking our readers: What was your most memorable reading experience of the last ten years? Submit an essay and Powells.com will donate one dollar to Reading Is Fundamental, the nation's largest nonprofit children's literacy organization. The author of the best essay will win$1,000 in books Ten runners-up will receive $100 in books Submit your essay by July 31, 2004, and Powells.com will include a free mousepad in your first order placed before January 1, 2005 ABOUT THE ESSAY Some books leave us loathing; others make us fall in love, or fall asleep, or stay awake for nights on end until the last page is turned. Whatever your experience, we want to hear what moved you, and why you still remember it. It doesn’t matter whether this reading material was written within the last decade, as long as you read it in or after 1994. We simply want to know: What was your most memorable reading experience of the last ten years? THE FINE PRINT • Entries must be between 300 and 750 words in length • Responses may address any book or group of books, or individual essays or stories published within a larger volume, regardless of publication date, form, or subject matter. • Submissions will be judged by Powells.com staff based on factors including style, originality, force of argument, and a display of love for books and reading • Powell's staff will select twenty-five finalists from among the qualifying entries • All finalists will be posted on Powells.com. Winners will be selected by popular vote of online readers. • One Grand Prize winner will earn $1000 worth of books from Powells.com • Ten runners-up will earn $100 worth of books each. • Essays will be accepted until August 31, 2004, 11:59 p.m. PST • Submit your essay by July 31, 2004, and Powells.com will include a free mousepad in your first order placed before January 1, 2005 For the official essay contest rules, click here: http://www.powells.com/10years_essay.html

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The statment was hyperbole, but the casino's owner's action was disgusting and shouldnt be soft-peddaled

Rabbits have an incredibly short gestation period of 21 days and bear multiple litters of four to six babies each season. *** I think this is the little guy who started the fad...

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-rabbits22.html

r.i.p. This guy was a legendary composer... It's a big loss

Here is the story from the link at BBCNews.com: Ronstadt casino ban may be lifted Ronstadt said she would continue to support Moore Singer Linda Ronstadt, banned from a Las Vegas casino for supporting the anti-George Bush film Fahrenheit 911, may be allowed back to the venue. Robert Earl, one of the men buying the Aladdin casino where the incident happened, said he was "very sorry" to hear Ronstadt had been banned. "We respect artists' creativity and support their rights to express themselves," he said. Ronstadt had urged the 4,500 crowd to see Michael Moore's controversial film. I want people to get their head up out of their mashed potatoes and go and vote Linda Ronstadt The casino's current president Bill Timmins had Ronstadt, 58, banned from the casino after she called film-maker Moore a "great American patriot". She said Moore was "spreading the truth." His film, which has been an enormous success in the US, is highly critical of President Bush and the US-led attack on Iraq. Mr Timmins said her support during Saturday's concert had irked some in the audience, with fans ripping down her posters. 'Issues' Ronstadt later told the Los Angeles Times she would continue to support Moore at her concerts. "This is an election year," she told the paper. "I want people to get their head up out of their mashed potatoes and learn something about the issues and go and vote." "I'm not telling them how to vote. I'm saying, 'get information about the issues'," she said. Meanwhile, blues singer Bonnie Raitt dedicated a classic soul song, Your Good Thing (Is About to End) to the US president at the Stockholm Jazz Festival on Wednesday. "We're gonna sing this for George Bush because he's out of here, people!" she said before launching into the song, which was written by soul legend Isaac Hayes. Raitt's dedication drew cheers and whistles from some of the 3,000-strong crowd.

Cellphone drivers!!! I just love it when they have to finish their conversations before driving...

This Wilkinson character might as well be in the toilet paper business - he had no business running a newspaper...

For all you air guitar players out there, the ultimate contest: As a way to promote a video-on-demand guitar instruction show on cable television called "Guitar Xpress," the company that owns the service, Rainbow Media Holdings, recently came up with the idea of holding a national "guitar face" contest. Pretenders to the throne of, say, Angus Young of AC/DC (among the widely acknowledged kings of extreme-pain guitar face) or Stevie Ray Vaughn (who patented a kind of uncontrolled hideous laughing look) or Eddie Van Halen (of the prolonged wide-open-mouth school) can take a picture of their own look and send it via e-mail to [email protected] or mail it to the company, which has lined up a panel of celebrity guitarist judges including Dick Dale, Roger McGuinn and J. J. French of Twisted Sister. When the contest ends in October, the winner will end up with an Epiphone guitar, 15 or maybe even 20 seconds of fame and possibly calls from reality-show casting directors offering more. To learn more, folow this link to the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/22/arts/mus...FACE.html?8hpib

Pathetic...

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I would much prefer you and Avril