28- Sunday, September 4, 1994 —- North Shore News -That’s dedication A RECENT Wall Street Journal feature reported on British execu- tive Jim Rose, the manager of a new line of pet food for Britain's Safeway Stores PLC. Although Safeway Stores uses a “test panel” of 2,000 dogs and cats, Rose nonetheless cauretully tastes every single product under devel- opment, as well as competitors’ products, leading his wife to refer to him affectionately as “dog breath.” A spokesman for rival Ralston- Purina said, “We don’t use humans ,t0 test pet foods.” According to a New York Times report in November, Romesh Sharma of New Delhi, India, has fingernails a combined 498 cm (196 in.) in length on his left hind,~ which he has rot trimmed in 30 years. His right-hand fingernails are trimmed normally. owe In a two-week period beginning in late April, a male logger in Western Kentucky working on a truck engine and a female employ- ~ ee cleaning a commercial blender in Los Angeles had their scalps torn completely from their heads, from ear to ear, from eyebrows to the back of the neck, but both vic- tims survived their ordeals without GREY MATTER ICANT BELIEVE IM NOT COVERING AT Least” THE BIG STORIES YET, ‘eV KNOW l WaT You LUNATIC FRINGE THe NeW WHeER com Just ARRWED ~ TWIG A TAST For WALES THE PRICE Ont AOS HANG figs Tcenieeray fF The high tech trap-- paid too much, too soon, for too little. © Wardo GUESS THAT MAKES THE TWRBO tom OBSOLETE, NEWS OF THE WEIR Compiled by A.P. McCredie _ obvious disfigurement. The scalps were retrieved and reattached after microsurgery of 12 to 4 hours’ duration. San Mateo, California —- Earlier this month, a 69-year-old man, dis- traught over recent eye surgery. attempted to kill himself five times during a two-day period, failing each time. He slashed his wrists, stabbed hiniself in the stomach with a 12- inch knife, tried to drown himself. CAN YOU HACKETT? World tour took an overdose of ‘Tylenol, and jumped from a second- -storey win- dow with his neck tied to the house with a clothesline, which broke off. At that point, he decided he wanted to live. In March, Adelio Vazquez, 50, was arrested in Chicago and charged with attempting to rob the downtown Liberty Bank. According to a teller, Vazquez presented a note saying a bomb would go off unless he received $45,000. The teller told Vazquez that such a large request required a manager’s approval, and that Vazquez should take a seat until the teller could get the money. The teller called the police, who arrived to find Vazquez still seated in the waiting area, chatting with a bank manager. Reuters News Service reported last month that prisons in Romania are experiencing a wave of inmates’ hammering nails into their skulls in order to be transferred from over-crowded cells to prison hospitals. Nails that go in an inch deep or less are removed without surgery, the story reported, but several men have driven the nails into their brains. © Val Costantino UM... HAS WELL, SOMETHING TO 8 YOU'VE DO WH No = Gor Thar MAKING MONEY. RIGHT, 1 leresa M. Hackett The gid beiow contains the names of at least 22 fovesvign nanons ard two divisions of the Unitad Kingdom. Alt you have lo do to begin your world tour is find the first fet. lat of a counsy, then step tpelt it out. For exampia, EGYPT can bu found by diagonatty down to the nght for the G, then straight up for ¥ You may mova to any square on ihe board 0 rat the raat county. Lattors may ba usod as many bmos as you wish, but dant “stand” on # lier tow, fifth cotumun, moving and P, and right to the 10 use ft twice wn a row. Ww. W 12, frotn one ‘Setter 1a the nazi, moving to any adjacent tar, to starting on the E in the sctond 15. 16. 17, 18. eee “anez ‘tantan Ain TUPBUE | "YODONS “DULITEMS “URDNE “UTES "Muod “EWENEd “eua0N Ran) “uecer ‘eatwer “ukst “epuy ‘puebuy AO] "euyd “EDRUeD [IEG ‘RAiny eiBity ecomsuy Taras M1. Hachor, a ee Unity in diversity is our only hope HEAVENS ABOVE ONE PEOPLE, we are, There are no “foreigners” (refer to Aug. 21 column). Uniformity impoverishes us. Diversity is beautiful. Pluto in Sagittarius combined with Uranus in Aquarius (within) will impel us to probe the individual depths of what it means collectively to be human. What do we as mem- bers of a species desire? All people seek love. Does it mat- ter if people Jove the same sex or the “opposite? All people seek respect. Doesn't every “individual” deserve respect as a unique creation, regard- less of the particulars? All people seek community, the support of others. Can't we allow “family”, biological or otherwise, to thrive and flourish freely without hindrance? All people seek connection to the divine. Does it matter if they seek one “god” or many, if they seek the divine within themselves or outside our world? As my colleague, Alex Miller- Mignone writes: “Pluto in Sagittarius is about Discernment. With the use of the Higher mind, we come to the most ambivalent dichotomy in the human experience, that of Subjectivity versus Objectivity. Where does one break off and the other begin? “Laws and Ethics are a good itlustration of this. Ethics are subjec- tive; ethics, like morals, vary from person to person, and there is no objective right or wrong in this cate- gory. However, once we as a collec- live have determined that something is wrong (such as murder), ina large enough proportion of the population to imply universality, it becomes a Law and passes from subjective to objective.” We need to acknowledge tht most rules by which we govern our own lives and order our existence are subjective and tiere is no need to inipose them on others. Life is infinitely creative, and infinitely diverse in its creativity: without our own unique retlections of that diversity, Life becomes a cheap copy of one Archetype, instead of the fecund marriage of the gods (so to speak) which it was/is meant to be. The upcoming Pluto/Uranus sex- tile will provide the opportunity for us to finally understand that in our difference and diversity lies our strength, while in our unity, not our uniformity, lies our only hupe. ALL SIGNS “Black holes” have been con- firmed. Au invisible foree which weighs as much as thrve billion Suns has been discovered gobbling up matter in the centre of eMiptical galaxy M 87 (50 million light years away in the constellation of Virgo). It existed 50 million years ago — such is the nature of peering through telescopes, far out in space, and way back in time. Yeah! Sept 4 - Sept 10, 1994 ARIES (March 21-April 20) Sunday is a great day to fall in love. Aries. Dismiss rumors Monday. Tuesday, make a good impression. Den’t vol- unteer, mid-week. Get an carly start on the weekend, Friday. Saturday, some dissension with family members. Go within. Ask for help. % TAURUS (April 21-May 21) Early week.- Taurus,-someone . insists you're “wrong.” You insist you're “right.” Listen to your intuition, Wednesday. Someone from that past, Thursday. Friday,. some stress on a friendship. Let bygones by bygones, Saturday. Choose happiness. TL GEMINI (May 22-June 21) Sunday. great for health and finances. Enhancer your love life, Monday. Use your imagination. Get things done, Wednesday. Very useful insights, Thursday. Be prepared for the truth, Friday. If not, don't ask. Saturday, a fine day for togethemess. Be loved. & CANCER (June 22-July 23) You have a clear look at what's going on. early week, Cancer. Tuesday or Wednesday, your love life gets a boost. Disposition snarly, Thursday. A change of atmosphere, Friday. Saturday, you could choose to have a party at home. 2 LEO (July 24-Aug. 23) Aspects do wonders for your self- image. Sunday Leo. Be patient with a friend, early week. Surprises, Wednesday. Pamper yourself, Thursday. Take Friday off if you can. A delightful weekend. Something “spe- cial”. Give of yourself. TT virco (Aug. 24-Sept.23) Romance rekindled, Sunday, Virgo. Make the first move, Monday. Tuesday, a push forward with a pet ambition. Make a friend, Wednesday. ‘Thursday, stay neutral when arguments arise at work. Follow logic, Friday, Saturday, relax at hoine. he LIBRA (Sept, 22-Oct. 23) Don't believe everything you hear, Sunday, Libra. Financial good fortune looks yeu in the eye, carly week. High gear, Wednesduy. Thursday, stressful. Some doubts, Friday, about a recent decision, Saturday, good for romance. ihe SCORPIO (Oct, 24-Nov. 22) That new job could be yours, Scorpio. Attitude is everything, early week. You're still on a roll, mid-week. Let byyones be bygones, Thursday. Extra money helps, Friday. Follow through on that decision, Saturday. R SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec, 21) Income increases, early week. Your home life. delightful, A past pacblem disap- pears, Wednesday. Your good humor is obvi- ous, Thursday. If going away for weekend, best 10 leave Friday. Saturday, look before you feap. B CAPRICORN (Dee, 22-Jan. 20) Great blessings and tuck, Sunday, Capricorn, You can be irresponsible, Monday. Perceptions keen, Tuesday. Disregard gossip, Romance, Wednesday. Stay in the background, Thursday. Friday, mind your own business. Saturday, very friendly. Va ad SY AQUARIUS (fan. 21-Feb, 19} Early week, Aquarius, improve your position at work, Be careful an the road, Tuesday. Wednesday, keep that secret. Embrace change, ‘Thursday, Friday, catch up on chores. Saturday, don't be superficial. Celebrate your deepest feelings.. 3€ PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) Early week, Pisces, life gets better. Speak your mind with confidence, You could be on cloud nine, Wednesday. A wedge between you and your mate, Thursday, Some differences of opimon, Friday. Saturday, ten- sion with mate lessens. 4 relief! Robert Aiken ix an internationally krown o ologer, metapiysivian, therapeutic coun: selor and workshop trader with 35 vears expe- rience. He offers empowering psychologically and metaphysically oriented counselling ses- sony. well av thorough, inedepia astrologi- val readings, Cumact Carole: 920-4961, Fee ee em