Dear Patti: What kind of menu are you looking for. I have a couple of good meals that are really good and I would have to know how many people you are going to feed. I have one complete meal and directions that I use for Christmas Eve and or New Years Eve. It is really festive and a beautiful dinner. Let me know and I will get out the book that I have it in. It's main feature is a Flaming Crown Roast with sausage and apple stuffing.. After it is roasted and you are prepared to serve you flame it for atmosphere also excellent intaste. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 1:36 PM Subject: [FOLKLORE FAMILY] Menus Hello all, I am in desperate need of help. Please someone. I have been hired to make a menu up for a restaruant for their catering service. I have never did one before. Does anyone have any ideas. Its mainly for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Thanks a bunch Patti ==== FOLKLORE Mailing List ==== We share stories, poems, jokes, home remedies, and much much more... Most of all, we share our Hearts. »§«:*´`³¤³´´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«

----- Original Message ----- From: "News" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 8:27 AM Subject: Diabetes E-News Now! November 1, 2001 > Welcome to Diabetes E-News Now! > > You are receiving this newsletter by request. This weekly newsletter > provides you with the latest news and events occurring in the world of > diabetes and is brought to you by the American Diabetes Association. > > Visit the online community of diabetes.org. > Explore. 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Hello all, I am in desperate need of help. Please someone. I have been hired to make a menu up for a restaruant for their catering service. I have never did one before. Does anyone have any ideas. Its mainly for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Thanks a bunch Patti

LOL~! :-) Thanks Karie. HUGS, kath > > WHAT NOT TO NAME YOUR DOG > > Everybody who has a dog calls him "Rover" or "Boy". I call mine > "Sex". Now Sex has been very embarrassing to me. > > When I went to City Hall to renew his license, I told the clerk that I > would like a license for Sex. He said, "I'd like to have one, too." > > Then I said, "You don't understand. I've had Sex since I was nine > years old." > > He said, "you must have been quite a kid!" > > When I got married and went on my honeymoon, I took the dog with me. > I told the hotel clerk that I wanted a room for my wife and me, and a > special room for Sex. He said, "Every room in the place is for sex!" > > I said, "You don't understand. Sex keeps me awake at night." > > The clerk said, "Me too." > > One day I entered Sex in a contest, but before the competition began, > the dog ran away. Another contestant asked me why I was just standing > there looking around. I told him I had planned to have Sex in the > contest. He told me I should have sold tickets. "But you don't > understand," I said. "I had hoped to have Sex on T.V." He called me > a show-off. > > When my wife and I separated, we went to court to fight for custody of > the dog. I said, "Your Honor, I had Sex before I was married." > > The Judge said, "Me too." Then I told him after I was married, Sex > left me. He said "Me too." > > Last night, Sex ran off again. I spent hours looking for him around > the town. A cop came over to me and asked, "WHAT are you doing in the > alley at 4 O'clock in the morning?" > > I said, "I'm looking for Sex." > > My case comes up Friday! > > If you dont stand for something, you'll fall for anything....... > > ¤.¤* ( \ ¥¥¥ / ) *¤.¤* > °¤*+ º ¤( ( Ö ) ) °+*¤ º > °+º (_/ \_) °+º > ~Angel^i^Lark~ > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Send a cool gift with your E-Card > http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ > > > > ==== FOLKLORE Mailing List ==== > "Folklore Family" Listresses > Missi [email protected] & Kath [email protected] > »§«:*´`³¤³´´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§« > >

NASA Science News for November 7, 2001 9:00:00 AM Awesome plasma hurricanes were one of the surprises revealed when scientists recently peered beneath the stormy surface of our star. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast07nov_1.htm?list489379

Noodle Shop Ordered to Scrap 'Bin Laden' Sign November 5, 2001 9:30 am EST BEIJING (Reuters) - China has ordered a noodle shop named after Islamic militant Osama bin Laden to change its name and has reprimanded its owner for unhealthy business practices. The noodle house in China's northwestern province of Gansu -- home to many Muslims -- was ordered to scrap the sign "Bin Laden Beef Noodles", a ploy to attract attention and curious customers, according to Saturday's edition of the Workers Daily. The sign went up soon after two commercial jetliners slammed into the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, killing around 4,500 people, it said. Bin Laden is the prime suspect for the attacks and now the world's most wanted man. It is not the first time beef noodle joints in the city of Lanzhou have been reprimanded for sensitive sales tactics. After the 1991 Gulf War, a different shop flaunted the sign "Saddam Beef Noodles", greatly boosting its sales, the paper said. China has different groups of Muslims, including the Uighurs who largely live in the northwestern province of Xinjiang which borders Gansu. It has said Islamic separatists in Xinjiang are a threat to the region and that they should be eradicated as part of the global war on terrorism. In a separate case underscoring China's sensitivity over business titles, the Beijing authorities shut down a restaurant named after late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping, according to Saturday's edition of the Beijing evening news. Two cats -- one black and one white -- which had flanked the entrance to "Deng's family restaurant" were no more despite widespread evidence of what his well-worn phrase "It doesn't matter if the cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice" has brought to modern China. Deng, who also coined the phrase "to get rich is glorious", launched market reforms in Communist China two decades ago, flinging the country's doors open to foreign investment and tourists. Businesses in China were not allowed to adopt the names of political leaders, the paper said, although exceptions appear to have been made. The Mao Family restaurant in Beijing, which claims to serve the preferred dishes of former Communist Party head Mao Zedong, was still open for business on Sunday.

WHAT NOT TO NAME YOUR DOG Everybody who has a dog calls him "Rover" or "Boy". I call mine "Sex". Now Sex has been very embarrassing to me. When I went to City Hall to renew his license, I told the clerk that I would like a license for Sex. He said, "I'd like to have one, too." Then I said, "You don't understand. I've had Sex since I was nine years old." He said, "you must have been quite a kid!" When I got married and went on my honeymoon, I took the dog with me. I told the hotel clerk that I wanted a room for my wife and me, and a special room for Sex. He said, "Every room in the place is for sex!" I said, "You don't understand. Sex keeps me awake at night." The clerk said, "Me too." One day I entered Sex in a contest, but before the competition began, the dog ran away. Another contestant asked me why I was just standing there looking around. I told him I had planned to have Sex in the contest. He told me I should have sold tickets. "But you don't understand," I said. "I had hoped to have Sex on T.V." He called me a show-off. When my wife and I separated, we went to court to fight for custody of the dog. I said, "Your Honor, I had Sex before I was married." The Judge said, "Me too." Then I told him after I was married, Sex left me. He said "Me too." Last night, Sex ran off again. I spent hours looking for him around the town. A cop came over to me and asked, "WHAT are you doing in the alley at 4 O'clock in the morning?" I said, "I'm looking for Sex." My case comes up Friday! If you dont stand for something, you'll fall for anything....... ¤.¤* ( \ ¥¥¥ / ) *¤.¤* °¤*+ º ¤( ( Ö ) ) °+*¤ º °+º (_/ \_) °+º ~Angel^i^Lark~ _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/

NEW CARL SAGAN CENTER SITE TO BE DEDICATED NOV. 9 AT NMichael Mewhinney Nov. 6, 2001 NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. RELEASE: 01-81 AR NOTE TO EDITORS AND NEWS DIRECTORS: News media are invited to attend a site dedication ceremony for the new Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Cosmos at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 9, 2001, at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. The ceremony will be held in a tent on the future site of the new center across the street from McDonald's restaurant, located at the corner of McCord and Edquiba avenues. NEW CARL SAGAN CENTER SITE TO BE DEDICATED NOV. 9 AT NASA AMES The late internationally renowned astronomer Carl Sagan will be honored Friday, Nov. 9, 2001, during a dedication ceremony starting at 10:30 a.m. (PST) at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., on the site of 'The Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Cosmos' (The Carl Sagan Center). NASA officials will announce the dedication of the site, located on approximately seven acres of land in the planned NASA Research Park at Moffett Field, Calif. The dedication will be particularly significant, coming as it will on the exact day that would have been the 67th birthday of the famed researcher. "As one of my last official acts as Administrator, I am thrilled to be dedicating the site for the new Carl Sagan Center at NASA Ames Research Center," said NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin. "Carl was an incredible visionary, and now his legacy can be preserved and advanced by a 2lst century research and education laboratory committed to enhancing our understanding of life in the universe and furthering the cause of space exploration for all time," Goldin said. "No honor would have meant more to Carl than this," said Ann Druyan, his wife and collaborator for 20 years. "He loved NASA, cherished his relationship with Ames, and dreamed that we, as a civilization, would turn our genius to the deep questions of life in the cosmos." "The Sagan Center will be a huge step forward toward our goal of developing a world-class, shared-use research and development campus in association with academia, industry and non-profits," said NASA Ames Center Director Dr. Henry McDonald. "I believe that, in retrospect, we will come to view this day as one of the most significant in the evolution of Ames Research Center and establishment of the NASA Research Park (NRP), one that set the tone for the next 20 to 30 years and beyond," he said. The Carl Sagan Center site dedication comes after months of work, according to officials. NASA Ames Research Center and Lockheed Martin representatives signed a historic agreement on March 22, 2001, after working for over 15 months on potential areas for research and technical collaborations. The agreement committed both sides to initiating the development of a collaborative research facility and office complex in the NRP in order to pursue collaborations with NASA and other NRP partners, especially the University of California. "We're delighted that, with this site dedication ceremony today, we move another step closer to making the Sagan Center a reality," said Donald Fulop, Vice President of Business Development, Lockheed Martin Space Operations, Houston. "It is fitting that this 21st century laboratory be named for the 20th century's most articulate and passionate advocate of space exploration. The Sagan Center, the product of an innovative public-private sector partnership, will attract and promote collaborative research and development among its partners in industry, academia and NASA." NASA Ames Associate Director and manager of the laboratory facility design, Nancy Bingham, agreed. "The lab represents an unprecedented, futuristic venue for scientific collaboration," she said. "It will be open to the broad scientific community and is specifically designed to increase the interplay of scientists in fields for which there is no obvious common ground. A modular design contains the planned laboratories but also provides flexibility for change and evolution," she added. As currently planned, the Sagan Center will consist of three 30,000-square-foot laboratory modules, with the potential to add a fourth at a later date, and a 30,000-square-foot public gallery exhibition area and a 500-seat auditorium. "The Carl Sagan Center will provide an exceptional opportunity for leading-edge, multi-disciplinary research in support of NASA's mission to understand 'are we alone in the universe?,'" said NASA Ames Deputy Director for Research Scott Hubbard. "Scientists will conduct both basic and applied work that will further our understanding of life's origins, evolution and future. Researchers will integrate new findings in nanotechnology, biology and information technology to develop new miniature tools for sample analysis and data understanding," he said. "A genomics and microbiology laboratory will be used to understand the fundamental processes of living systems drawn from a variety of different environments," Hubbard added. "A new biosensors facility will enable development of devices to study the fingerprints of life, both here on Earth and on other planets. Tiny devices that mimic or replicate the processes in living systems will emerge from the nanotechnology laboratory," Hubbard predicted. "We are planning the UCSC Silicon Valley Center for research, education and community service to be located in the NRP," said University of California at Santa Cruz Chancellor MRC Greenwood. "We are very excited about becoming the primary research collaboration partner in the new Sagan Center facility with industry and NASA." The laboratory project is permitted under the Environmental Assessment conducted under Ames' 1994 Comprehensive Use Plan (CUP). As proposed, the project, including a new office complex, could include approximately 700,000 square feet of new construction in the NRP on more than 21 acres. The laboratory itself would comprise approximately 120,000 square feet. Other NRP partners are participating in an environmental entitlement process called an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that NASA is currently conducting. The EIS, once adopted, would permit new construction, in addition to that allowed by the 1994 CUP. -end- To receive Ames news releases, send an email with the word "subscribe" in the subject line to: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to the same address with "unsubscribe" in the subject line. Also, the NASA Ames News homepage at URL, http://amesnews.arc.nasa.gov includes news releases and JPEG images in AP Leaf Desk format minus embedded captions

When I look at a patch of dandelions, I see a bunch of weeds that are going to take over my yard. My kids see flowers for Mom and blowing white fluff you can wish on. When I look at an old drunk and he smiles at me, I see a smelly, dirty person who probably wants money and I look away. My kids see someone smiling at them and they smile back. When I hear music I love, I know I can't carry a tune and don't have much rhythm so I sit self-consciously and listen. My kids feel the beat and move to it. They sing out the words. If they don't know them, they make up their own. When I feel wind on my face, I brace myself against it. I feel it messing up my hair and pulling me back when I walk. My kids close their eyes, spread their arms and fly with it, until they fall to the ground laughing. When I pray, I say thee and thou and grant me this, give me that. My kids say, "Hi God! Thanks for my toys and my friends. Please keep the bad dreams away tonight. Sorry, I don't want to go to Heaven yet. I would miss my Mommy and Daddy." When I see a mud puddle I step around it. I see muddy shoes and dirty carpets. My kids sit in it. They see dams to build, rivers to cross and worms to play with. I wonder if we are given kids to teach or to learn from? No wonder God loves the little children!! Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. I wish you BIG MUD PUDDLES and SUNNY YELLOW DANDELIONS .·:*´¨`*:·..·:*´¨`*:·. *: * Missi * :* *·. .·* `*·-:¦:-*´ ³´`*:»§«:*´`³

I CAN'T FIX IT I've always been the type of person who could fix almost anything. My best friend, Danny, once told me that if he were ever stranded in a desolate place, he hoped that I would be with him because I would be "the one" who would be able to build a "mansion of a shelter" from absolutely nothing at all. He knew he could always depend on me because there was nothing in the world that I could not fix or repair. It's a very good feeling to know that one can be of value to others, especially in a time of crisis. I never really understood it. I mean, everyone has a brain. That means that everyone should be able to do exactly what everyone else can do. However, now that I am much older, I understand that is simply not true. I guess that explains why there are artists, singers, plumbers, waitresses and writers. All different types of people who can all do different types of things. That is what makes the world such a wonderful place. I just recently received a telephone call and was told that Danny, who lives in California, is in need of a liver transplant. I just stood there, my mind blank, not knowing what to say or do. I stood there in a daze with the telephone pressed against my ear. My mind racing at full speed trying to find a solution to his problem. Impulse after impulse, faster than the speed of light, instantly shot through every file that had ever been stored inside my brain. But nothing that I could find seemed to be of any use, or value. I am afraid that I have finally found a problem that I cannot fix. On November 10th, Judy and I will board an airplane, at the Jacksonville Florida Airport, and head out west to Modesto, California, to see my best friend Danny. I am afraid that my suitcase will be totally void of duct tape, wire, glue, wood strips, clay and paper. The metal detectors at the airports will not have to worry about me setting off any alarms. For all that I can bring with me this time is a tearful heart, a silent prayer and the memories of a wonderful friendship that has lasted for more than thirty years. -- Roger Dean Kiser, Sr.

Hair Raising By Susan Everett As a young lieutenant's wife in the 1970s, I quickly learned that being "in the Army" was a whole-family experience. Many of the officers' wives served as volunteers on post, particularly the hospital. During one checkup, when I was pregnant with my second child, the handsome doctor had difficulty pushing the sliding shelf at the end of the examining table back into the table. The two volunteers, both officers' wives, tried to help, but the doctor finally had to get down on his knees and keep the shelf level while pushing to remedy this problem. In the meantime, I suddenly felt something similar to a Brillo pad, brush my foot, which was on the stirrup. It quickly became apparent that this was no pot scrubber I felt on my foot, but the hairpiece, that moments before adorned the doctor's head! As he pulled away, his toupee was left hanging precisely from my little toe. He quickly snatched the hairpiece off my toe and placed it back on his head without a word. Later that month, I was having coffee with other wives who volunteered at the hospital. Someone asked how I liked working at the Army hospital. I began laughing and shared my story about the toupee. I admit I found it very embarrassing at the time, but hilarious later. As I finished my story, several of the women immediately grabbed their purses and began handing money to the others. It seems there was a long-standing bet among these women about whether this physician, indeed, wore a toupee. Several of them left that day with smiles on their faces and money in their pockets. The cat was out of the bag. «:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«^i^MISSI ^i^«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§« Richiele Marie [email protected] (Missi) I disbelieved in reincarnation in my last life, too. »§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«

----- Original Message ----- From: "Spring" Don't Pour Out the Pickle Jar: There Are Plenty of Uses for the Juices! Just picked the last pickle out of the jar? Don't toss it out, save the liquid! The refrigerated juice from pickles, pickled peppers and sauerkraut has dozens of uses in everything from marinades and sauces to dips, soups and even drinks. "Recycling" the juice also makes good economic sense. A good value to start with, pickled vegetables and their juices are an easy and relatively inexpensive way to pack extra flavor into foods. And with these ideas, you'll be eager to use every drop: · Pickle and pickled pepper liquids make excellent marinades. They offer lots of gutsy flavor when simply combined with a little olive oil and chopped fresh herbs, or added to bottled Italian salad dressing. · Sauerkraut juice is the basis for this zesty marinade for grilled pork and other meats. Combine 1 cup sauerkraut juice, 1/2 cup white grape juice, 1/4 cup oil and 1 clove chopped garlic with 1 tablespoon each of Dijon mustard, minced shallots, chopped fresh rosemary and chopped fresh thyme. Add black pepper to taste. The acid in the sauerkraut juice acts as a tenderizer, resulting in super-succulent meats. · Most any barbecue sauce is better when doctored with a little pickle, pickled pepper or sauerkraut juice. The new and improved version will have a delightful tanginess not found in any bottled brand. · Add cut-up raw carrots, celery sticks, broccoli and cauliflower florets, and red and green pepper strips directly to the jar of any type of leftover pickle juice. Make sure to keep these tangy tidbits refrigerated. The marinated veggies are great for snacking on straight from the jar or become an innovative addition to a crudité platter. · Slip sliced onions into a jar of sweet-hot bread and butter pickle juice. The "pickled" onions liven up turkey, chicken or ham sandwiches, as well as hamburgers. · Pickle liquid mixed in with the mayo can give a new twist to your time-honored potato salad. Or, try this Dilled Potato Salad: combine cooked red- skinned potatoes, cooked-till-crisp-tender green beans, sliced black olives and chopped dill pickle. Toss with a dressing of 1/3 cup oil, and 1 Tablespoon each of pickle liquid, country-style Dijon mustard, lemon juice and chopped fresh dill. · For a version of macaroni and cheese that's definitely not like Grandma's, blend 1/2 cup milk, 1/4 cup heated pickled pepper juice and 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard; pour over 4 cups cooked elbow macaroni in casserole dish. Stir in 2 cups shredded cheese, top with bread crumbs and bake until bubbly. Add chopped pickled peppers for a colorful variation. · Gazpacho, a cold summer soup that makes the most of garden veggies, is a refreshing start to any meal. In a blender or food processor, puree tomatoes, onions, green pepper, and cucumbers or zucchini. Thin with a little tomato juice and add hot pickled pepper juice to taste for a tangy zip. · Want to give some gusto to a Bloody Mary . . . add pickle juice! The piquant elixir is a delicious complement to the tomato juice. Don't forget to garnish with a pickle spear instead of the usual celery stick! For a fiery brunch treat, try a Hot Blooded Mary. It features a splash of hot pickled pepper juice and a pickled cherry pepper garnish. · You've heard of squeezing a wedge of lime into your beer. Now, adding some dill pickle juice to your brew could be the next craze. Stir 1/8 cup dill pickle liquid into 12 ounces of your favorite beer and garnish with a pickle spear or baby dill. Of course, some folks even drink pickle and sauerkraut juice straight as a tonic! We've even heard of athletes who drink pickle juice as a way to replenish the salt after their workouts.

---- Original Message ----- From: "Spring" ~*~ When nothing onscreen moves except the mouse pointer, the computer is frozen up solid. Try the following approaches, in the following order, to correct the problem: * Press Esc twice. This often doesn't work, but try it anyway. * Press Ctrl, Alt, and Delete all at the same time. You'll see an error message that lists the names of currently running programs -- including the one that's not responding. Click the name of the program that's causing the mess and click the End Task button. If that still doesn't work, try clicking the Shut Down button that's next to the End Task button or pressing Ctrl, Alt, and Delete again. That shuts down your computer and lets you start over. * Push the computer's reset button. * Turn off the computer, wait 30 seconds, and then turn it on again. Don't ever flip the computer off and on again quickly. Doing so can damage its internal organs. ~~~~~ ~*~ Where you left off When you open a saved file in Microsoft Word, the cursor appears at the beginning of the document. However, there is a quick and easy way to jump ahead to where you left off in the file. Hold down the Shift key and press F5. The cursor will go back to where it was before you saved the document. ~*~ How to put an address bar in the taskbar. Windows 98 has a cool feature that lets you put an address bar for web sites or even your hard drive on the taskbar. Just right click a blank area of the taskbar. Then, from the menu that appears, point to 'Toolbars' and click Address. You can now type a URL into this 'always on' line and if you're online, you'll be whisked to the website address of your choice via the browser that's set as your default page reader. ~*~ If you want an easier way to start your saver, assign a shortcut to it. Here's how: 1. Right-click the screen saver shortcut on your desktop 2. You should see a "Shortcut Key" field. Type whatever letter you want to assign to it. "S" is probably a good choice. That's it. Hit CRTL-ALT-S and your screen saver should start. Great way to hide what you're doing in a hurry (and, yes, this does work for other shortcuts too). ~*~ This tip applies to Windows 98. The Maintenance Wizard schedules important system maintenance tasks such as the Disk Defragmenter tool, ScanDisk, and the Disk Cleanup tool. These are tasks that you should do on a regular basis but that you probably don't do as often as you should. Essentially, the Maintenance Wizard provides an easy way to add tasks to the Scheduled Tasks folder. To run the Maintenance Wizard: 1. Click Start. 2. Select Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Maintenance Wizard. 3. Select the setup option radio button you prefer. (Use the Express option for the quickest setup.) 4. Click Next. 5. Select the time period (nights, days, evenings) for the routine maintenance items. 6. Click Next to continue. 7. To run the maintenance items when you complete the task, select the following check box: When I click Finish, perform each scheduled task for the first time. 8. Click Finish to complete the task. ~*~ This tip applies to Windows Me. In addition to the automatic creation of the My Documents folder, Windows Me also creates a folder called My Pictures. If you work with image files, you probably want to save images in the My Pictures folder, which is a subfolder under the My Documents folder. The My Pictures folder offers a real advantage compared to any other folder as your image file storage location. My Pictures includes a simple image viewer program that enables you to view, zoom, rotate, or print the contents of an image file. You can see much more detail than you can easily see in the thumbnail view of a file. ~*~ Cleaning Documents Menu One of the seldom used features of Windows 98, is the button in the Taskbar Properties, which is labled 'Documents menu'. You can get to Task-bar Properties, by right-clicking on a blank spot in the task-bar, and clicking on properties. Click on the 'Clear' button, to remove the contents of the Documents menu and other personal history files. This is a handy one when someone else may be going to be using your computer. ~*~ Replacing Text To replace text in a word processor, the usual course is to highlight the text, press the Delete key, and type in the new text. But here's a quicker way: After highlighting some text that you'd like to replace, immediately begin typing in replacement text. Your first keystroke deletes the highlighted text just as if you had pressed Delete. ~*~ Sharing Web page addresses is fun and useful, but why only send the URL when you can send the full page? To send the entire contents of a Web page including images with Netscape, choose Send Page from the File menu while looking at the page. This opens a new email message with the page already attached. All left for you to do is inserting the recipients and sending the message. ~*~ Defragging Tip: When it comes to defragging your computer, keep in mind--More often is better. If you wait for long periods of time to defrag, and depending on your disks capacity, it could take hours to perform a successful defrag. Even though Windows allows you to perform tasks while a defrag is in progress, it is futile to do so. If you choose "Details" before you start a defrag, you can see that making keystrokes of any kind while defragging is writing changes to your hard drive, thus starting the process all over again. Just close all running programs and avoid your computer while defragging. ~*~ Hide Start Menu Folders: If you want to temporarily hide some start menu items to reduce a little clutter, it is simple to do. Here's how: 1) Right-click the folder of choice. 2) When a resulting popup menu appears, choose "Properties". 3) Change the attribute to "Hidden". To change that folder back, follow the steps above and change the attribute back to its original form. ~*~ No Delete Confirmation You delete a file, and your computer prompts you asking if you want to delete the file. Well d-uh, didn't you just tell it you wanted to delete it? It's an extra step each time you delete a file, a step I find unnecessary. Supposedly it keeps you from accidentally deleting files. How many times have you accidentally deleted a file? If you said none, you might want to turn off that confirmation step. If you do accidentally delete a file, you can still find it in the recycle bin and restore it from there. To turn off the Recycle Bin's delete confirmation prompt: 1) Right-click the Recycle Bin 2) Select Properties from the pop-up menu. 3) On the Global tab uncheck box for Display delete confirmation. 4) Click the Apply button and click OK. Now you won't have to do the two-step tango when you delete files. ~*~ If you want to keep a permanent record of a Web page, one way to do so is to print a copy of the page. Simply choose File, Print. To print all the pages from a Web site, select the Print All Linked Documents check box in the Print dialog box. Use this option with care -- some sites can include hundreds of pages! To print a list of the links on a page, select the Print Table of Links check box. This can be especially effective if you select a small portion of the page, because you can then have a printout that shows primarily the links. ~~~~~~ ~*~ *<:-) Santa Claus 8-) wearing sunglasses B:-) sunglasses on head B8-) sunglasses everywhere @:-) curly hair <@:-) curly hair, wearing clown hat :-{#} braces #:-) hair is a mess <#:-) clown hat on top of messy hair d:-) wearing baseball cap :-)</////> wearing tie O:-) angel ~*~ Most Internet users run into those times when their provider's number is busy, so they have to dial up again and again. Did you know Windows can redial automatically for you? 1. Double-click on My Computer. 2. Double-click on Dial-Up Networking. 3. Open Connections + Settings. 4. Click on the General tab. 5. Click on Redial and dictate how many times you want the redialing. 5 to 10 is a good value. 6. Click on OK. Now when you dial, Windows will give you more chances to connect. ~*~ Screen Setting On The Taskbar To get a quick look at your screen settings, first right-click on the desktop, click Properties to bring up the Display Properties Menu, then click on the Settings tab, and click Advanced. Now check the Show Settings icon on Taskbar option, and a small icon will appear on your Taskbar, giving you a quicker view of your display properties, settings, and potential changes you might want to make. ~*~ Netscape Imports If you've been using Microsoft Internet Explorer and you decide to migrate to Navigator 6, you won't lose all your IE Favorites. Netscape will import them as Bookmarks. To distribute your IE Favorites in the Bookmarks folder, click Manage Bookmarks and drag the saved sites to their new folders. IE will also import Netscape Bookmarks as IE Favorites. ~*~ Do you have a difficult time reading the description under your Desktop icons? Does the font seem just a bit too small? Well, not to worry. It's a snap to change it! 1. Right-click a blank area of your Desktop and select Properties from the resulting menu. 2. Click the Appearance tab and select "Icon" from the "Item" drop down box (should be the second drop down box). 3. You should now see a "Font" drop down box below the one you were just playing with. You can adjust the size from the "Size" drop down box next to it. Just FYI - "Times New Roman" and "Arial" tend to be a couple of the most "readable" fonts, so you may want to change the font to one of those. Finally, note that you can also adjust the size of your desktop icons on that screen by using the top "Size" box. So, if you want 'em bigger, just arrow up. If you would prefer a smaller bunch of icons, click the down arrow.

* Exported from MasterCook * Chocoholic's Quick-Fix Cheesecake Recipe By : Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00 Categories : Cheesecakes Frozen Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- -----MAY CAUSE ADDICTION----- 1 1/2 Cups Chocolate wafers -- crushed 1/3 Cup Butter -- melted 8 Ounces Cream cheese 1/2 Cup Sugar 1 Teaspoon Vanilla 2 Eggs -- separated 6 Ounces Chocolate chips -- melted 1 Cup Heavy cream Preheat oven to 325 F. Mix wafers and butter together. Press into bottom of springform pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Mix softened cream cheese, 1/4 cup of sugar and vanilla. Add 2 beaten egg yolks and melted chocolate bits. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Gradually add remaining sugar. Add to chocolate mixture. Whip heavy cream and fold into mixture. Pour over crumb crush and freeze. decorate with additional whipped cream, if desired. >From Connecticut Cooks Favorite Recipes from the Nutmeg State. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Per serving: 437 Calories (kcal); 36g Total Fat; (71% calories from fat); 5g Protein; 28g Carbohydrate; 139mg Cholesterol; 189mg Sodium Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 7 Fat; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrates Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- Mimi _____________________________________________________________

Space Weather News for Nov 6, 2001 http://www.spaceweather.com A solar coronal mass ejection hit Earth's magnetic field at 0150 UT on Nov 6th (8:50 p.m. EST on Nov. 5th) and triggered widespread auroras. Observers as far south as central California have reported vivid Northern Lights. Sky watchers everywhere, even at middle latitudes where auroras are rarely seen, should be alert for Northern Lights while the geomagnetic storm is underway. Visit SpaceWeather.com for details and updates. ---

Crocs Escape in Monsoon Rains November 5, 2001 9:22 am EST BANGKOK (Reuters) - Villagers living near a crocodile farm near Thailand's seaside resort of Pattaya were keeping a close eye on their children on Monday after monsoon rains allowed several large crocs to escape. Crocodile farm director Suan Panomwattanakul told Reuters his men were taking calls from panicked residents, many of whom thought they had sighted the runaway reptiles. "After two hours of rain last week, a one-meter (three-ft) hole opened up under the fence at one pond keeping about 2,000 crocs. Luckily, only six escaped into nearby rice paddy fields," Suan said. He said four of the crocs had since been rounded up, but two large ones were on the loose. Suan said his farm had installed new nets around the ponds to placate jittery neighbors. "We will take responsibility for any harm done to our neighbors," he said. "They claim to have sighted crocodiles four km (two and a half miles) away but they turned out to be monitor lizards."

DEFINITION Family planning: The art of spacing your children the proper distance apart to keep you on the edge of financial disaster. GIVE ME THE BILL An inebriated drinker says to the bartender (with a drunken slur), "Bartender, buy everyone in the house a drink, pour yourself one, and give me the bill." So, the bartender does just that and hands the man a bill for $37.00. The drunk says, "I haven't got it." The bartender slaps the guy around a few times, then throws him out into the street. The very next day, the same drunk walks into the bar and once again says (with a drunken slur), "Bartender, buy everyone in the house a drink, pour yourself one, and give me the bill." The bartender looks at the guy and figures to himself that he can't possibly be stupid enough to pull the same trick twice, so he gives him the benefit of the doubt, pours a round of drinks for the house, has a drink himself, and hands the drunk a bill for $37.00. The drunk says, "I haven't got it." The bartender can't believe it, so he picks the guy up, beats the living daylights out of him, and throws him out into the street. The next day, the same drunk walks back into the same bar and says (with a drunken slur), "Bartender, buy every one in the house a drink, give me the bill." In disgust, the bartender says, "What, no drink for me this time?" The drunk replies, "No, you get violent when you drink." If you dont stand for something, you'll fall for anything....... ¤.¤* ( \ ¥¥¥ / ) *¤.¤* °¤*+ º ¤( ( Ö ) ) °+*¤ º °+º (_/ \_) °+º ~Angel^i^Lark~ _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/

Television Archive: Sept. 11 http://tvnews3.televisionarchive.org/tvarchive/html/ A look at selected sites across the web from Sept. 11 has been preserved by the US Library of Congress. The second URL is to a newly released television archive of coverage from that day.

Love: The One Creative Force By Eric Butterworth A college professor had his sociology class go into the Baltimore slums to get case histories of 200 young boys. They were asked to write an evaluation of each boy's future. In every case the students wrote, "He hasn't got a chance." Twenty-five years later another sociology professor came across the earlier study. He had his students follow up on the project to see what had happened to these boys. With the exception of 20 boys who had moved away or died, the students learned that 176 of the remaining 180 had achieved more than ordinary success as lawyers, doctors and businessmen. The professor was astounded and decided to pursue the matter further. Fortunately, all the men were in the area and he was able to ask each one, "How do you account for your success?" In each case the reply came with feeling, "There was a teacher." The teacher was still alive, so he sought her out and asked the old but still alert lady what magic formula she had used to pull these boys out of the slums into successful achievement. The teacher's eyes sparkled and her lips broke into a gentle smile. "It's really very simple," she said. "I loved those boys." «:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«^i^MISSI ^i^«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§« Richiele Marie [email protected] (Missi) I disbelieved in reincarnation in my last life, too. »§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«

The Pencil Box By Doris Sanford I was deep in thought at my office, preparing a lecture to be given that evening at a college across town, when the phone rang. A woman I had never met introduced herself and said that she was the mother of a seven-year- old and that she was dying. She said that her therapist had advised her that discussing her pending death with her son would be too traumatic for him, but somehow that didn't feel right to her. Knowing that I worked with grieving children, she asked my advice. I told her that our heart is often smarter than our brain and that I thought she knew what would be best for her son. I also invited her to attend the lecture that night since I was speaking about how children cope with death. She said she would be there. I wondered later if I would recognize her at the lecture, but my question was answered when I saw a frail woman being half-carried into the room by two adults. I talked about the fact that children usually sense the truth long before they are told and that they often wait until they feel adults are ready to talk about it before sharing their concerns and questions. I said that children usually can handle truth better than denial, even though the denial is intended to protect them from pain. I said that respecting children meant including them in the family sadness, not shutting them out. She had heard enough. At the break, she hobbled to the podium and through her tears she said, "I knew it in my heart. I just knew I should tell him." She said that she would tell him that night. The next morning I received another phone call from her. She could hardly talk, but I managed to hear the story through her choked voice. She had awakened him when they got home the night before and quietly said, "Derek, I have something to tell you." He quickly interrupted her, saying, "Oh, Mommy, is it now that you are going to tell me that you are dying?" She held him close, and they both sobbed while she said, "Yes." After a few minutes, the little boy wanted down. He said that he had something for her that he had been saving. In the back of one of his drawers was a dirty pencil box. Inside the box was a letter written in simple scrawl. It said, "Good-bye, Mom. I will always love you." How long he had been waiting to hear the truth, I don't know. I do know that two days later the young mother died. In her casket was placed a dirty pencil box and a letter. «:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«^i^MISSI ^i^«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§« Richiele Marie [email protected] (Missi) I disbelieved in reincarnation in my last life, too. »§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«