In November, Brazilian farm la-
borer Francisco Asis dos Santos
was hospitalized near Sao Paulo
after he shot himself in the eye.
He told doctors that he had had a
bad toothache and tried to shoot
the tooth out, but missed.

ees
Milwaukee County House of
Corrections inmate, David Schlem,
‘jn’, jail for. battering Renae
Hertlein, applied for a Thanks-
giving Day. pass. under the jail’s
liberal holiday policy. Employees
. granted his. request despite ‘his
having written as his destination
Hertlein’s name and address. Fif-
teen minutes after.Schlem left the
jail,-.a hysterical  Hertlein ‘called

“the. police” because -Schlem was

trying to break i ime

Israeli scientists . have - narrowed
down the site of cannabis. action
in the. brain, reports The Journal,
published . by:

idneys: that had: been ‘transfected

-with the, rat cannabinoid - ‘receptor.

gene, »tesearchers © found © that
, anandamide parallels the action of
both -THC “and. the potent: syn- -
thetic “ cannabinoid » HU-210.. AL
“though: anandamide « shas not - yet
been isolated:inthe ‘human: brain,
he report states ‘this ‘research’ has
_ implications ‘for. ‘understanding

the Addiction ,

~y Researel- Foundation. The ‘scien-,*
tists, “point :to-a: neurotransmitter ;
called >: anandamide, “recently.
isolated in the brain of pigs. Using ©
‘cells. from‘ hamsters : and“ monkey. .

“Compiled by AP. McCredie

how cannabis acts on the brain

and for developing potential ther-
‘-apeutic benefits.

The New York Times reports that

parental smoking has become a .

‘factor in. determining -who gets

'eustody in U.S. family: courts. In

more than a dozen cases over the.
“past five years, judges have ruled
. against the parent who smoked. In °

‘a recent California case, a mother
lost temporary ‘custody after she
‘disobeyed court orders. to: stop
smoking .in front: of. .her | eight-
-year-old asthmatic *. daughter.

“Almost. all the rulings so far in-

svolve children’ with health ‘prob-
lems such ‘as asthma and bron-

chitis, which are aggravated by
smoke,

In November, radio evangelist
Rev. Joseph R. Chambers of
Charlotte, North Carolina, issued
a four-state warning that Barney,
the purple TV dinosaur, is a tool

_ of satan because he teaches kids to

love ‘others despite their . dif-
ferences. A month earlier, Baptist
Rev. Charles Mainous, Pastor
Tom Coffman and other Colum-
bus, Ohio area ministers issued a
similar warning about Rev. Billy
Graham, who Coffman said ‘is
‘helping the anti-Christ'’ by
bringing various religions together.

In: November, four girls repre-
senting the four classes at Silver-
ton, Oregon, Union High School,
as part of a pep rally contest, vied
to see which one could sit on
blocks of dry ice the longest. Al-

though the stunt lasted only 15

minutes, the four were rushed to
the hospital with second-. and
third-degree burns.” Dry, ice is
much colder than ordinary ice.

' An unidentified man wound up in
‘a Phoenix hospital in critical con-
‘dition in December after allegedly

robbing a Whataburger restaurant
and fleeing. The ‘man’s ‘car
crashed into a bridge railing dur-
ing the. police chase; and he

_ decided his chances were better in

the river so he dove in head first.
The river. was dry, and the. man
landed on his head. .

on THERE'S ANYONE WHO
NEEDS THERAPY, TS YOU.

HOROSCOPES

We are celestial beings
—a part of the Earth

HEAVENS 5 ABOVE _

AT SOTHEBY’S S auction ,
recently, a cache of moon

rocks, retrieved by the Luna -

46 expedition, sold for.
* $442,500. 20 6

One bidder paid $68,500 for a
prize he might never collect: the
Lunokohd-! lunar surface rover,
and the Luna I7 descent stage,
doth still on the moon.

“This is the first item; L-believe, “

ever sold that is on a celestial
body,’’ said an auctioneer.

1 ain again reminded of how .
few of us realize that we are all.”

part and parcel ofa celestial body, |

right here, now: the Earth — and
that-furthermore, we are
‘microcosm within the entire
macrocosm (it’s all, the entire
rigamarole, within us) and that if
you or J were situated (in this‘

form) way out there beyond An- _

dromeda whatever ... looking
‘back this way,-we would regard ©
the Milky.Way and all that we . ©
perceived as ‘Cosmic! Far out!””.
Tt is astonishing that we, in our
most mundane, ‘‘ordinary’’-aspect
... taking out the garbage, reading
the newspaper, walking, driving.
about or sleeping, are just as:
“cosmic’’ and ‘‘far out’? as any:
_ithing that might conceivably exist
.. beyond ‘the Pleiades! 5.7 °.:
And is it not a wonderment that,
" we exist at all? ‘The statistical -
“probability of any oné of us being
-here js so.infi initesimally: small

power. over ‘yau, :
~ break through
: “welcome:

ARIES (March 21-April 20)

This week's astrological aspects cali
for something more substanlive than the
usual superficial, general Sun-sign guides.
Few people see that deliverance means
self-deliverance, Aries. ‘Those who see it will
deliver themselves. Let go of the illusion of
separation. {t's your only problem.

tS «TAURUS (April 21-May 21)

This weck’s astrological aspects call
for something more substantive than the
usual superficial,
We cease to stray from truth, Taurus; when
finally. realizing that truth is our very own
end very wealthy original nature. Let go of
the illusion of scarcity. Abundance is yours. .
TE GEMINI (May 22-June 21)

This week's astrological aspects call
for something more substantive than. the
usual superficial, general Sun-sign guides.
You could now change your: relationship
with yourself and with the world by.chang-
ing your relationship with ‘truth, Gemini. '

You are absolutely innocent. Not believing
that holds you back, .

& ‘CANCER (June 22-July 23)

This week's astrological aspects call
for something: more substantive than the

+ usual superficial, -general Sun-sign guides. o
Your world, Cancer,’ will brighten when you~”
. ¥elease your. real nature into-it. Forgive -

everyone. Forgive yourself. Be loved.;

2

LEO (July 24-Avg. 23)
This week's astrological aspects call -

* for- something more substantive than the »

general.,Sun-sign guides. .

usual superficial, 1
“there might” be higher -

Ponder | whether

+, values, Leo, than the ones now: causing “so

much tension. ‘Allow your heart! rlight tas ;
shine, | . us
Ty VIRGO (Aug: ae

This week's astrological aspects cal

for: something .more substantive . than “the

usual superficial, general Sun-sign guides.:
Natural responses to life are as close as your.
willingness to detect.and drop’ unnatural |,
responses, : Virgo. Go* within, : ask to.:be

. Shown the way, let go and trust,

* he > LIRA Sent. Det! 23)" ‘
This week’s astrological aspects call
for’ something more” substantive. than the

~ usual. superficial, general Sun-sign guides.’

See emotional pain asa foreign invader who
tries to deceive..you ‘into! thinking- ‘it “has?
Libra. «Truth wants to

, SCORPIO (Oa: d4-Nov. 32 ;
‘This week's astrological: aspects “cal

. for ‘something! more substantive -than::the

usual superficial,” general” Sun-sign guide

“When doing something your ¢ssence says is

tight, .you-‘are’ in. love..iny the ‘right. .way,

‘” Scorpio. Listen’. 10 your inner. self..Op
"to change.)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dee, 21):

* This week's astrological aspects’ call
ssomething “more: substantive: than «the ,
usual -superficial,-; general : Sun-sign guides.

general Sun-sign guides.

. *, insight: into. your. - mind now :: “change
‘that, well ... how come.we! re no “3 thoughts. from noisy dictators into quiet'se:
mC) at iy Kenney 1 vam Ye. 4

- vants, Sagittarius, “Be. open to change.: Ask

“PEOPLE ARE NEVER HONEST
“IN THOSE ADS...»

* HE SAID HE WAS TALL .
RES. NOT TAU. foe

The pre-match “stare down" before’
‘the first round of Jeopardy

:P MAYBE THE SHORTEST |
| GUY ('VE EVER DATED

-e Bob Kuhn

" perpetually amazed?

with one sperm. (I heard. a re"

cording, once, of a sperm and egg.”

~ “connecting” vow eluck’*!) Just’
“one sperm from millions of cor
_ petitors.

From that encounter.

a trillion-cell creature that thinks,
‘inquires and worries about this 2
j and that.- ;
Not. to worry about the astoun-
;, ding new moon of Jan.’11 which :

‘ will occur at 21 Capricorn — with -

Neptune at 20 and Uranus at 22.
Capricorn. |

The new moon will be at'the '
midpoint of Uranus-Neptune and,
-simultaneously, Mars, Venus and
Mercury will be in the vicinity: :

_ from 18-27 Capricorn. .

” Five planets and the Sun and
Moon will align. This will be the.
physical grounding and earihly ©
anchoring of the Uranus-Neptune
conjunctions of Feb. 2, Aug. 20 -
and Oct. 20.

Be spiritually, mentally, emo-
tionally, etherially and physically .
prepared for this outstanding
: (stellium) event.

Expect more restructuring, re-

aligning, breaking-down and

building up.
Jan. 9-15, 1994

a.single:
‘human cell. That cell divides; the
"two become four, and eventually,

. counselling Sessions; as

‘to be. Shown the way.

CAPRICORN (Dece22-Ia 20),
: This week's astrological aspects call

>for something more substantive ‘than’ the:

usual’ superficial, general Sun-sign’ guides.
-The more intelligent the mind the more it
‘deliberately questions its. present positions,
Capricorn. See that your mental picture of

: Halwa) is not, “your: reai self and troubles,
‘all away. : ; :

AS AQUARIUS (Jan: 21-Feb: 19).

AMY This week's astrological aspects call -

for. something, more substantive than’ the “-
usual superficial, general Sun-sign’ guides. -.

. ‘Lets resistance before truth collapse and you
i wil
+ Aquarius, A major shift, approaches. ' Be

never again collapse before’ life,

open to it, °

PISCES (Feb, 20-March 2») : :
This week's astrological aspects call

‘Yor something more. substantive. than the

usugl superficial, general Sun-sign guides.’ ;

: When someone: tells you s/he knows. the ,

truth, Pisces, watch his/her face. carefully
when her/his. claim is ejected. Follow your
heart. : .

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