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LISNews.com | Utah university libraries are brimming with old cookbooks

LISNews.com | Utah university libraries are brimming with old cookbooks

Utah university libraries are brimming with old cookbooks
posted by Blake on Thursday February 26, @06:34PM -40 hits from the a-thousand-tales dept.

One from The Salt Lake Tribune on the coolness that can be found in cookbooks. "Cookbooks are a different snapshot of history," explains Judith Jarrow, program manager for the University of Utah's Marriott Library, where more than 5,000 original cookbooks are stored. The books, part of the U.'s Western Americana Collection, include pamphlets and menus and are mostly from the 19th and 20th centuries. Patrons can look at the special collection, but because of the books' age, cannot check them out.

There are a thousand tales inside these antique books, and most Utahns may be surprised to learn that there are bookshelves filled with them at the state's universities.

Source: LISNews.com .. a great way to keep up with news and tidbits and items about libraries and related topics...

BBC NEWS | UK | Single women outnumbered by men

BBC NEWS | UK | Politics | Single women outnumbered by men

Single women outnumbered by men

Supply and demand: the news will be welcomed by "Bridget Joneses"

Single men outnumber single women in England and Wales by 1m, according to the latest marriage statistics.

With 7m men and 6m women who have never wed, the rise in the number of people who give their marital status as single has accelerated in recent years.

The figures compiled by the National Office of Statistics in mid-2002 also showed a 2% increase in marriages and a slowdown in the divorce rate.

But it could not halt a decline overall in the proportion of married people.

Surveys taken at that time estimated almost a third of the over-16s in England and Wales were single, more than half are married, 8.2% are widowed and 8.4% divorced.

State of the Art: After TiVo, Radio Rewound

State of the Art: After TiVo, Radio Rewound

NY TIMES.COM | TECHNOLOGY | CIRCUITS | STATE OF THE ART
After TiVo, Radio Rewound
By DAVID POGUE, Published: February 26, 2004

YOU'VE heard of occupational hazards like tennis elbow, runner's knee, footballer's ankle. But those ailments pale next to the agony of the TiVo twitch.

This recently diagnosed condition is exhibited by owners of digital video recorders like TiVo and ReplayTV. Having become addicted to the seven-second replay button - an essential movie-watching tool in this era of special effects and mumbled dialogue - TiVo twitch sufferers are often seen reflexively pressing a nonexistent seven-second replay button, even when they're not in front of the television. Their brains helplessly fire the deeply ingrained "Let me catch that again" command when they're listening to the car radio, enduring a flaky cellphone connection or savoring a hard-won apology from a spouse.

Truth is, you can't blame the brain for misfiring. It's bizarre that five years into the digital video-recorder era, you still can't buy a digital VCR for radio. Why has the electronics industry developed so many machines that let us time-shift Dr. Phil and "Saturday Night Live," but so few that do so for Dr. Joy Browne and "Science Friday"?

Actually, there is one such device. Radio YourWay (pogoproducts.com) looks at first glance like a pocket-size (2.2 by 3.9 by 0.7 inches) AM-FM transistor radio, which, in part, it is. But it also contains a built-in timer, so that you can set up a schedule for recording radio broadcasts. Programming it is exactly as easy - or as difficult - as programming a VCR, except that it uses a military-style 24-hour clock instead of AM and PM designations.

I checked out the product Web site, says these start at $149.00.. not too bad.. I would love one.. to the wish list, laugh...

Collectibles: DVD’s? I Don’t Rent. I Own.

Collectibles: DVD’s? I Don’t Rent. I Own.

COLLECTIBLES
DVD's? I Don't Rent. I Own.
By WILSON ROTHMAN, Published: February 26, 2004

EVERY night at his home in Des Moines, Todd Robertson watches a couple of DVD movies. Every few months he queues up a themed marathon he says might last 24 hours. His favorite genre is Italian horror, but he's got a whole world of cinema to choose from: at last count he owned 1,462 titles, although by now the number is probably higher.

And he is not alone. According to Adams Media Research, consumers spent $14.4 billion last year on movies for the home, almost $5 billion more than they spent on theater tickets or video rentals. With more than 27,000 DVD movies to choose from, mega-collectors are building libraries of 1,000 titles or more, and some are starting Web sites and Internet databases to help fellow fans manage inventory.

The New York Times: Oscars 2004

The New York Times: Oscars 2004

Excellent New York Times' Oscar(tm) page with good links, ballot to print, predictions, articles, and more...

Buildup to the Oscars is the best show in town | The San Diego Union-Tribune

Buildup to the Oscars is the best show in town | The San Diego Union-Tribune

Buildup to the Oscars is the best show in town
Jane Clifford, February 28, 2004

Well, the Oscars are tomorrow night, and I almost hate to see them arrive. Oh, I'll love the show, but I'll hate the end of an annual ritual in our house.

Like most parents, once the babies started arriving, we didn't get out often, and what we missed most was movies. We used to go all the time when we were dating. As a matter of fact, our very first date was to the movie "Alien."
I know, I had the same reaction: What's with this guy?

Good article on the family film approach to the big movie award night.. I have to go finish my ballot.. half the fun for me is trying to pick the winners, and seeing how you do...

HBO: Sex and the City - Finale is Big

HBO: Sex and the City - Finale is Big

FINALE IS BIG...

"If you find someone to love the you you love, well, that's just fabulous." - Read about the final episode of Sex and the City.

Episode 94, An American Girl in Paris (Part Deux)

As a final and finale tribute, here's some links to the show information, from HBO..

SATC Home
Cast and Crew
The Farewell
Community (Leave your comments)

One for Chris Noth

There's like a million news stories, blogs writing on this, and articles now and to follow.. for some, take a look at this wealth of views on the final show, via Google News...

One very nice article from the NY area caught my attention..

"Sex" finale satisfies
By JOSEPH AX, THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: February 23, 2004)

NEW YORK — "I loved it," said Manhattan resident Mimi Alinikoff, 22, minutes after watching the series finale of "Sex and the City" last night. Then again, she said, "I'm totally a sap."

For many New Yorkers, the acclaimed HBO show came to a satisfying, if melodramatic, end yesterday when Sarah Jessica Parker's Carrie abandoned Paris and unsympathetic boyfriend Aleksandr Petrovsky for her beloved New York, and perhaps, Mr. Big — whose name, we finally learn, is John. A signal that Carrie, like her three friends, has left her single life behind? Not so fast, fans said.

"It's not like they got married," said Manhattan resident Laura Rabin, 24. "With Big, it's been like this before. He's always going to be an ambiguous character. I don't think that that takes away from Carrie as the model for the independent woman."

My own personal views.. I sat and watched, meant to catch the HBO-East feed early, but missed the start, so I held off seeing anything until 8PM, Pacific time.. the two-part farewell was good, lots of good and touching goodbyes and memories, but I especially liked the homage to New York in the 2nd half-hour; it seemed genuine and to treat the City as the "5th character" that way, I hadn't really considered it much, but it's so true..

..it was why I knew she had to come "home," to the City and the girls and even Big.. it was her center, and everything from the moment she was in Paris seemed vastly not Carrie, not her world.. mermaid out of water.. as the 45-minute finale came on, I felt like a good group of old friends had come to tell me their good news.. things worked out, and for the best, and they were "happy," but not perfect, never is, but happy, yes.. that was satisfying, and they handled all of those closures and moments very well.. I imagine we'll see the alternative "endings" they shot on the DVD set, but I might not watch.. the ending I saw --including the wacky side of this long-lovelorn couple as Carrie tripped Big and they fell laughing with relief-- was just right, just the good news I hoped for Carrie's closure on the show.. she comes home, she returns to that circle of women who are not alike but symbiotic for each other, all that love in that "family," and then there's John (Big we find out has a life and a name).. he isn't proposing, they aren't getting married, but they will keep seeking love with each other, until.. well, nobody knows, and singles don't know, but they try and never give up, if you know it's about love, and will settle in this lifetime for nothing less..

..adieu, mon cherie girls, City, the men and the gang.. it was one helluva six years of bright fresh comedy, and dreams of love, and it wasn't a perfect ending.. no, but it was a good one, a final one, for now, and oh yes, a Big one...

Relationship, love, and single news...

Feb. 22, 2004, 8:42PM
Single women must put aside more to retire
By SCOTT BURNS, Universal Press Syndicate

Women live longer than men. Everyone knows this. So women need more money to retire, no matter what.

With an increasing number of women entering their 60s single, divorced or widowed, this is starting to look like a real problem. Unfortunately, Social Security makes the problem worse by stacking the deck against single workers.

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Sexual mores take us full circle
1950s women were kept in line by 'chastity,' Today, 'permissiveness' plays the same role

CRAIG MacINNIS, CanWest News Service, Monday, February 23, 2004

From these early years of the new millennium, it's hard to dial up a strong ghost-signal to the sexual mores of the distant 1950s.

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LIBIDO drug to increase sex drive in men
Medical News Today - UK
... This may help men who do not respond to any treatment available today.
... also said that they are planning to test a new drug that may increase
a woman’s sex ...

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Television: Comment

Sex and the older woman
Both film and TV have discovered that women over 50 don't lose their allure when they lose their clothes

Cherry Potter, Monday February 23, 2004, The Guardian

A new genre has appeared in the film/TV world - "older bird" movies. Sorry, that doesn't have quite the same ring as "chick-lit". But what else are we to call the recent trend for comedy dramas about the sexual awakening of middle-aged women, particularly those who discover that some men actually find them beautiful without their clothes on? The question is why these comedies are appearing now.

The Seattle Times: Living: More Americans than ever, 36 million older than 45, are single in midlife

The Seattle Times: Living: More Americans than ever, 36 million older than 45, are single in midlife

Sunday, February 22, 2004 - Page updated at 12:00 A.M.

More Americans than ever, 36 million older than 45, are single in midlife
By Marilyn Gardner, The Christian Science Monitor

[photo caption]
Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton star in Columbia Pictures' romantic comedy "Something's Gotta Give," Hollywood's valentine to mature love.

Sherry Alpert never watches a movie twice. But this winter she made an exception to her rule: She headed back to the theater for a second viewing of "Something's Gotta Give," Hollywood's valentine to mature love.

As a 50-ish public-relations consultant who has been divorced for five years, she knows well the foibles, frustrations and poignant humor of midlife dating, as played out on the screen by Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson.

Good, longish article, with some insights into over-50 dating, what men and woman are seeking at this point in life...

Sadly, curiously, its fans await the finale for those women of 'Sex'

The Philadelphia Inquirer Online - Sadly, curiously, its fans await the finale for those women of 'Sex'

Posted on Sun, Feb. 22, 2004

Sadly, curiously, its fans await the finale for those women of 'Sex'
By Wendy Tanaka, Inquirer Staff Writer

The TV fantasy of flesh and fashion that celebrates the lives of single women fades out tonight.

Sex and the City's finale will tell what happens romantically for Carrie Bradshaw, the show's central character, played by Sarah Jessica Parker. Will the New York sex columnist get together once and for all with Mr. Big, the tycoon-playboy who has had a hold over her from the start? Will she stay with her current beau, a famous artist played by ballet superstar Mikhail Baryshnikov? Or will she remain the eternal single woman?

Carrie's fate will be told in a 45-minute "extended" episode at 9 p.m. on HBO. From 8 to 9, the premium channel has a two-part countdown special that includes highlights from all six seasons.

Regardless of the outcome, Sex's 51/2 million ardent viewers will sorely miss the frank and funny discussions among Carrie and her upscale friends Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha about men, sex, and Manolo Blahnik shoes. And they'll miss dissecting each show with friends.

'Translation,' 'Spendor' win top WGA awards

L.A. Daily News - News - 'Translation,' 'Splendor' win top WGA awards

'Translation,' 'Splendor' win top WGA awards
By Associated Press

"Lost in Translation" and "American Splendor" took top screenwriting honors Saturday from the Writers Guild of America.

Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation," about two lonely Americans who strike up an unlikely friendship in Tokyo, was named best original screenplay. She also directed the film, which starred Bill Murray.

Congrats to Sofia, amazing great run early in her career, and Dad must be so proud.. happy for her, and look forward to the next work she give us...

Carrie Faces Choice As 'Sex' Run Ends

Yahoo! News - Carrie Faces Choice As 'Sex' Run Ends

Entertainment - AP Gossip/Celebrity

Carrie Faces Choice As 'Sex' Run Ends
Sun Feb 22,12:51 PM ET, By FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer

NEW YORK - Will Carrie Bradshaw live happily ever after? On Sunday night, fans of "Sex and the City" eagerly awaited the answer to that question, which many viewers had pondered for the full six-year run of this hit HBO comedy.
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The Manhattan-set series, which premiered in June 1998, became a cultural phenomenon, defining a new breed of modern woman who wasn't afraid to talk about men — and her desire for them — with raw honesty even as she placed top priority on friendships with other women.
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Tonight's finale will be perhaps not the end, but it's certainly the end of the HBO series as we've enjoyed it.. I am pulling for a happy ending, Mr. Big finally grows up, and Carrie comes home to NY, where she is most at home.. we shall see.. will miss these women, who've become a "part" of my world in some interior ways...

Feature: Yoga in San Diego

sandiego.citysearch.com >Feature: Yoga in San Diego

Yoga in San Diego

Open up any Us Weekly magazine and you can get the scoop on the latest celebrity-fueled fitness craze. In the '80s it was aerobics and Jazzercise. The '90s had cardio kickboxing, then spinning, then yoga, then pilates, then yogalates, krav maga, cardio striptease ... and the list goes on.

Fitness fads come and go, but occasionally you'll find an exercise that stands the test of time, like yoga. Practiced for nearly 5,000 years, yoga is a form of body conditioning that places emphasis on strengthening the body and the mind while stimulating the soul. Who practices it? Everyone from Hindu masters to Gwyneth Paltrow.

[photo caption]
Gabriella Ciaramataro of Ginseng Yoga demonstrates a twist. Photo by Rich Cook

Cool site, from local paper and Web site.. includes information on where to go to practice yoga in San Diego, do's and don'ts, and about the various types of yoga practiced today...

MSNBC - DVD copying software ruled illegal

MSNBC - DVD copying software ruled illegal

GAMES & GADGETS

DVD copying software ruled illegal
Judge orders sales to halt; company to appeal

The Associated Press, Updated: 7:44 p.m. ET Feb. 20, 2004

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge ruled Friday that a software program that copies DVDs illegally violates the copyrights of Hollywood studios.

Judge Susan Illston ruled in San Francisco that software made by Chesterfield, Mo.-based 321 Studios violates the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which prohibits the circumvention of anti-piracy measures such as the Content Scramble System protecting movies on DVDs.

We'll have to stay tuned on this one.. I agree on the digital consumer rights issues, that we should have legal, legtimate means to backup DVDs, movies and other digital media.. there is no doubt problems like scatches, lost disks, etc. can occur, in that case, as a buyer, I lose my purchased access, and that's unfair...

Frugal Traveler: South Florida, on a Whim and a Budget

Frugal Traveler: South Florida, on a Whim and a Budget

FRUGAL TRAVELER
South Florida, on a Whim and a Budget
By SETH MARGOLIS, Published: February 22, 2004

AS we dined on conch salad and grilled dolphin sandwiches at an outdoor restaurant overlooking the marina in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, my wife, Carole, and our children, Maggie, 13, and Jack, 11, reflected on how unlikely it was that we were there. Eight hours earlier we'd left our home in a cold, gray New York City.

A week earlier we had had no plans to travel, resigned to spending the Christmas school vacation at home. An unplanned opening in our schedules encouraged us to try for a last-minute warm-weather vacation. Because this was an unanticipated trip, we committed to traveling on a tight budget. The only moderately priced tickets we could find on short notice were to Miami, so to South Florida we went: two days in South Beach, five days in Key West.

Great travel getaway tale, love these short stories, where people are doing short travel adventures, how did they do that, and so on.. learning from the travel adventures and misadventures of others is wonderful, and free...