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VmmCamnrnwHf feurNawapapa V. Journal source Classifieds Inside? Poughkeepsie 3ournal LIFE Advice TV listings Busy Cook 2 3 5 RAY FASHONA, LIFE EDITOR (845) 437 4883 rfashonaOpoughkee gannett.com WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2003 CAROLYN HAX bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbw iiaBBal aw TELL ME ABOUT IT Girlfriend's tastes get expensive Question I recently graduated from college and have been working for about six months now. My girlfriend is still in college, but is graduating this May. We have been together for almost two and a half years and I plan on popping the question in a few months. My major concern is that she has a bit of a spending problem and is concerned with always having name brand items.

It seems as if she's becoming more materialistic. I tend to be more frugal. Do you see this as a major problem, or is this something a lot of couples go through and work out? Answer Marry her. That fixes everything, you know. What is the sound of two eyes rolling? This may be a kick she outgrows.

Or, an integral and immutable part of who she is. I'm not sure even she can tell you which is true. Time can, though, and will the hard way, wherever possible. If you see her spending habits as a real problem, I propose that you don't propose to them, much less marry them, without finding out what time has to say. We all do stupid things, but the ones we tend to regret are the ones we should see coming because their lights are flashing and sirens blaring and it's noon on a cloudless day.

Question I'm finally ready to get back into the dating scene. I was reading something the other day about women approaching men I would do it, but I don't want to appear needy or desperate. I'm not afraid of rejection. What's your thought? Answer That Needy and Desperate stay home and read about men. Bold and Pragmatic, on the other hand, buy an extra ticket and call up men they like.

You might not find a mate, but at least you'll control your own fun which would be worth trying even if you were afraid to get dumped. Question My wife and I are standing up in the wedding of our best friends this July "Bob" and "Alice." The four of us have been mends since high school. The past year, Bob and Alice really seem bored with the relationship and to be getting married because "it's what people expect of them." We've become bothered by their attitude to each other. We're wondering if we should participate in the ceremony given the lack of enthusiasm from the bride and groom. Answer If you have a flair for the drastic, then baiL Were I in Alice's shoes, though, I'd prefer some compassion take me aside, one on one, and give me your best version of, "You know, you don't have to do this." I'd also appreciate it if you pointed out that Bob and I had stopped being nice to each other, because I'm probably too close to see it; friends owe it to each other to share useful, objective opinions.

(Once, please.) Then I'd ignore you and marry Bob anyway, because, as everyone who has been in this situation can tell you, that's how these things always turn out. If you went on to boycott my wedding because your conscience said that you must extreme, if you ask me, unless there's more going on than you say at least then I'd know why. Write to "Tell Me About It," care of The Washington Post, Style Plus, 1150 15th NW, Washington, D.C. 20071 or maij: tellmewashpost.com. Hip hop legends lead way Tour explores music's roots TIm Associated Press The question came from the back of the bus: What started the late1980s feud between Kool Moe Dee and LL Cool one of the legendary lyrical battles in hip hop? The answer came from a qualified source L.A.

Sunshine, who recorded with Dee in the 1970s hip hop group The Treacherous Three. That's how the history comes on this tour of hip hop New York from the people who lived it and helped propel hip hop to the global, multibillion dollar industry it is today. Dee, Sunshine told the riders on this tour bus, was offended by a lyric he had heard from newcomer Cool and the established rapper didn't hesitate to make his feelings known. "Moe will tell you now," Sunshine said with a laugh, "he still thinks he's God's gift to rap." Check out landmarks The Hip Hop Cultural Sightseeing Tour from Hush Tours takes riders through Harlem and the Bronx, pointing out landmark clubs and parks where hip hop started and the neighborhoods where many of the early stars came from. The guides are the pioneers themselves.

On this Saturday, Sunshine was holding court in the front of the bus with Rahiem, of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, the group that pioneered "political" rap with their seminal song "The Message." Kool Red Alert, who has been playing hip hop at parties and on the radio for years, and Reggie Reg of the Crash Crew were also on hand. At a stop in a Bronx restaurant, attendees were joined by Kool Here, the Jamaican born DJ considered the father of hip hop. LW bbbbbbbb9HbbHpb HLH JL' JlTV 'FbbbbbbbbbW bbbbbbV. aar ffarBBBaarararBBBBBl fJSrfPSi tt BBBBBBBBBWaaBBBBBF'BBf'V' VHIIIIV'Hl aTc lV Jr V'W( aBBBaal Lavlk.f bbbbVT WdVaaW LHIBEHni.l.lllH 'WM 1 ibbbbbLbMbWWBm I 1 1 'fllMM Associated Press photos Above, Kool DJ Red Alert, left, and Rahiem, right, lead the Hip Hop Cultural Sightseeing Tour from Hush Tours through key sites affecting hip hop history in Harlem and the Bronx in New York. Below, Jamaican bom DJ Kool Here points to a magazine article recognizing him as one of New York's most influential people.

'I just want them to be able to learn a little bit about the culture. Everything starts from Debra Harris president of Hush Tours It was Here, at parties in the early 1970s, who began playing the instrumental segments of songs over and over again while speaking in rhyme over them. Still a DJ after three decades, he said he got involved with the tour because of the perspective it offers. "It's giving back to the kids that don't know their history," he said. There is no shortage of tour choices in New York.

You can take a tour of jazz haunts or art galleries, spend an afternoon at a Brooklyn brewery or see a demonstration of tea services. If you adore high fashion but have a low budget, one tour teaches you how to buy on the cheap. But Debra Harris, president of Hush Tours, felt that not enough people ventured out of Manhattan to explore what the other boroughs had to offer. Raised in the Bronx, she knew it had a lot for visitors, especially when it came to the origins of hip hop. "I just want them to be able to learn a little bit about the culture.

Everything starts from somewhere," she said. She started putting together the tours three years ago; they've been running monthly since last June and the company hopes to run them twice a month this summer. Tickets are $75 for the four hour excursion. Please see Rap, 2D V'' ''bbbbbLbH pa HaBBK fVaBBBBBBBBaH (rBBBBV hbbbbbbB1bbbbL V'S HHbbIM Bt tBaKaWivH' MMWE nVBVSflBBaBBBV HBBL 1 MBBBaaBBaBaaBBBtaW WV af JaBBBBat "aH Vassar College to host lecture on SARS if you go By John W. Barry Poughkeepsie Journal An international epidemic that might have found its way to Dutchess County is scheduled to be the focus of a free lecture this evening at Vassar College.

"SARS What Happened, What Next?" is set for 530 p.m. and will feature Dr. Karen Southwick, a physician epidemiologist with the state Department of Health. The lecture on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome is sponsored by the Vassar College Chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. Southwick is scheduled to discuss the initial develop ment of SARS and how it spread from Asia to North America.

She will also compare the impact of SARS on Asia and Canada with the effect the disease has had in the United States. Also on this evening's agenda is practical knowledge that will likely help the public stay aware of the disease. The SARS epidemic and Southwick's lecture carry special meaning for residents of Dutchess County. St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie last week announced that a patient with a probable case of SARS was admitted on April 30.

"The best approach is to have the community be educated on what we know and what we don't know," said Dr. Michael Caldwell, the Dutchess County commissioner of health. "While this threat is going on in other parts of the world, in the era that we live in, diseases are only a plane ride away, as we saw last week." No U.S. deaths reported As of Monday, SARS worldwide had sickened 6,583 people worldwide and killed 461, according to the World Health Organization. No one in the United States has died from SARS.

The state Department of Health reported 47 possible cases of SARS as of Monday, including the one in Dutchess County. The adult male being treated at St. Francis Hospital arrived from Singapore on April 29. On Tuesday, he was in stable condition as he remained in isolation and under observation, said Larry Hughes, hospital spokesman. St.

Francis is waiting for the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine the cause of the man's illness. Symptoms of SARS include fever, headache, body aches and general discomfort. A dry cough and difficulty breathing can develop after two to 10 days. SARS LECTURE What "SARS What Happened, What lecture by Dr. Karen Southwick, a physician epidemiologist with the state Department of Health.

When Today, 5:30 p.m. Where Room 203, Taylor Hall, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. Admission Free. Information For information on SARS, visit www.cdc.gov; www.who.org; or www.dutchessny.gov; for more information about the lecture, call (84S) 473 0940. Mm Rowling Man finds copies of 5th Potter in field The Associated Press The publisher of the Harry Potter bo6ks said Tuesday it feared copies of J.K.

Rowl ing's latest as yet unpublished novel had been stolen after a newspaper reported that two of the books were found in a field. The Sun said two unbound copies of Rowling's latest offering, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," were discovered in eastern England close to Clays a firm contracted to print hundreds of thousands of copies. The 40 year old man who found them handed over the books to The Sun, the newspaper said. Publisher Bloomsbury PLC said it appeared the books had been stolen. Suffolk Police were investigating.

"The matter is currently under investigation, with the suspicion that theft is involved," the publisher said in a statement. 3 year wait The highly anticipated fifth installment of the Harry Potter series hits bookstores on June 2L Fans have waited nearly three years for the schoolboy wizard's fifth adventure. The Sun said the books were stashed in a safe at its London headquarters in London while the newspaper made arrangements to return them to Bloomsbury. Rowling's four previous Potter novels had worldwide sales of more than 190 million. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is 768 pages long, and by word count one third longer than its predecessor, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." Rice's Lestat to hit stage on Broadway The Associated Press Longtime musical collaborators Elton John and Bernie Taupin are planning to bring "The Vampire Lestat" to Broadway, and they promise a production free of gothic excess.

"It will be dark, sexy and scary, but that doesn't mean it has to be cliche," Taupin said Tuesday at a news conference to announce the show. The project, based on the character from Anne Rice's novels, is the first production from Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and is scheduled to hit the stage in 2005. John already has two productions on Broadway, the Disney hits "Aida" and "The Lion King." This is Taupin's first effort. IIMililiMWIM LU CS Roll's easy on carbohydrates O' So Lo Foods introduces Lo Carb Sweet Rollz.

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Here's one such recipe: Spicy Asian Glazed Lager Beer Shrimp. 1 pound large shrimp, shelled and devemed, tail shells intact For the marinade: 1 12 ognce bottle of lager beer, V6 cup honey; 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger; 8 cloves minced garlic For the glaze 1 12 ounce bottle lager beer or wheat beer, 'A cup bottled Asian oyster sauce, 'A cup honey, cup bottled chili sauce or ketchup, 1 tablespoon ground ginger, 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic, 1 table spoon sesame oil, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 3 tablespoons butter In large bowl, prepare marinade by whisking lager beer, honey, ginger and minced garlic. Add shrimp. Marinate at room temperature while making glaze Prepare glaze by combining in 3 quart saucepan the lager beer, oyster sauce, honey, chili sauce, ground ginger, chopped garlic, sesame oil and soy sauce Bring to boil over medium heat. Boil 35 minutes until reduced and thickened to glaze that will coat the back of a spoon Stir in butter, melt Let glaze cool Prepare gas or charcoal grill or preheat broiler Drain shrimp and discard marinade Pat shrimp dry.

On work surface, line up 6 shrimp with curved sides touching Insert wooden skewer through shrimp to thread Repeat with remaining shrimp and skewers. Brush shrimp generously with glaze Place shrimp on grill or under broiler, cook 2 minutes on each side until cooked through. Good Life is a collection of observations about life in the mid Hudson Valley. Its focus on Wednesdays is food and eating. Your comments are welcome.

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