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D O G RANT N O T AMUSING Like most everyone I know that read Flip Browns... ranting and raving about dogs ["A New Leash on Life," November 3], I was not amused. Mr. Brown seems to miss the point of owning a dog. People own dogs for many reasons: unconditional love, companionship, even therapy — not solely to drive Flip into a tizzy. As for their intelligence ("dumber than a box of biscuits"?), so what? Since when have dogs ever claimed to be members of Mensa? At least their ignorance is charming. "Got a dog? Buy a farm!" Oh, yes, since we all have boatloads of cash laying around, perhaps that's the answer. Um, hello? Most of us rent, and we pay sick amounts of money to live in poorly maintained apartments because we can't afford that farm. And don't get me started on how long it takes to find [one]...since pets are so traumatizing and destroy apartments... Yes, people spend ridiculous amounts of money making their pets happy (which, by the way, makes them happy too — who are you to deny anyone happiness?). Yes, shelters and affordable housing and food shelf supplies are nauseatingly sparse, thanks mostly to drastic government cuts and poor funding, not to dog owners... Burlington, nay, the world is full of dogs, Flip. While most dog owners take marvelous care of their pets, some of them should be ashamed of their negligence. Those of us who are respectful of the community and clean up after, leash and other-

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SUGGESTIONS FOR D O G PARKS Flip Brown's "A New Leash on Life" in the Nov. 3 issue of Seven Days well illustrated what can and has occurred with unleashed dogs in our city's parks. As a lifelong dog owner, I appreciate the dog owners' desire for exercise space, but I am concerned when this activity impinges on the special qualities of our parks as places for relaxation and recreation for people of all ages. Major issues to be resolved include the safety of park users, the impact on the water quality of the lake when the dog area is in close proximity, and the threat to the natural plants and wildlife in the area(s) selected. These issues have been aired recently at Neighborhood Planning Assemblies, and it's now the responsibility of the Department of Parks and Recreation to formulate plans and the City Council to figure out how to fund and enforce the recommendations. These hopefully will include fencing, enforcement of the dog owners' responsibility to pick up solid waste (with appropriate disposal in a trash barrel and not throwing it in the bushes), and owner leashing dog to and from the fenced area. I would suggest that one or two dog parks at most be undertaken for this requested pilot program so that plans can be well imple-

N O T ALL D O G OWNERS ARE IRRESPONSIBLE Wow. [Flip Brown is] one bitter man ["A New Leash on Life," November 3]. I got my dog while living in San Francisco... and I actually enjoy city life with my dog. A major reason is dog parks. Dog parks allow socialization — for owners and dogs. Dogs are incredibly social creatures and, as living beings, deserve off-leash interaction with their peers. At my dog park in San Francisco, we policed each other. Owners of aggressive dogs were asked not to return. And if a dog pooped while its owner wasn't looking, you can be sure five other people saw and made sure the poop got scooped. I am a responsible dog owner. I scoop poop every day. I've trained my dog to listen to me (even when off leash), and never let her run near children she doesn't know. If Burlington dog owners are as irresponsible and cavalier as Mr. Brown suggests, I will be very sad. I think it more likely, though, that he's judging all dog owners by the few bad ones out there. I find it's common for those who dislike dogs to lump all dog owners under the heading, "irresponsible." It's the lowest common denominator argument — some people don't control their dogs or scoop poop, therefore all dogs should be banned from all parks. That's like

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Journalist Allen also found out their Norwich tuition was paid through the Indonesian Embassy in Washington with funds wired by the Indonesian military attache. And Allen noted the cadets currently enrolled at Norwich are not the first Indonesian military men to visit Vermont. Two years ago, she said, a group of 10 commissioned Indonesian army officers attended Norwich's graduate school program. She said Norwich's president and the head of the graduate program had personally visited Indonesia to set up the program. Two generals associated with Kopassus even visited Vermont. W h e n Allen's story hit the front page of the Boston Globe, you can be certain that wasn't snow hitting the proverbial fan back in Vermont. T h e article struck like a 2 0 0 0 - p o u n d smart bomb, dead center in the heart of a genuine Vermont sacred cow — Norwich University. Norwich responded with a public relations blitz, placing full-page ads in Vermont newspapers. There were also favorable editorials backing the school in the Times Argus and The Burlington Free Press. Mitchell told Seven Days Tuesday, "By our

Mitchell and his newspaper appear to be in the tank on this one. Allen, meanwhile, tells Seven Days she plans on continuing her investigative reporting both in the mainstream and alternative press. Good idea. BernieWatch 2 0 0 0 — T h e anticipation is about to end. O n Monday Independent Congressman Bernie Sanders will hold a press conference to announce his decision. Will he run for re-election to the House or challenge Republican U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords for the Senate? "We have gotten a lot of calls over the last few weeks," said Sanders' new communications director, David Sirota, "with the overwhelming sentiment, ' D o whatever you feel is right, but we don't want you to lose.'" It's a biggie. And we've learned that the bidding war between the House and Senate Democrats for OP Bernardo's services reached new heights this week as Rep. Dick Gephardt, the minority leader who dreams of becoming

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Thirty-two women who work at a Sicilian garment factory announced they have decided to program their pregnancies so that the births do not occur close together, thereby avoiding production slowdowns or layoffs in the factory, which is the major employer in the small town of Riesi. Italian labor unions expressed doubt that the gesture is entirely voluntary, noting that employers have been known to pressure workers not to become pregnant, going so far as to have women, when they are hired, write a letter of resignation that takes effect if they become pregnant.

Litigation Nation After Mortimer Hetsberger, 22, of New York was accused of robbing the same Atlantic City bank twice within three days, he filed a $1.5 million lawsuit against the bank teller who waited on him the first time, charging her with slander. She said he threatened to shoot her. He insisted he didn't.

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• Molly D'Errico, a former personal assistant to Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge Lillian Podgorski, charged her boss with causing her mental anguish because of her "extreme, bizarre and abnormal" behavior. D'Errico said she required psychiatric treatment because for three years the judge made her work in a locked office, check visitors in through a peephole, place all paperwork on the judge's desk face down so no one else could see it and have the judge's business and personal calls routed to D'Errico's home to avoid suspected wiretaps. D'Errico was awarded workers' compensation, but Commonwealth Court denied the claim on appeal, explaining that Podgorski's behavior may have been "uncivil and perhaps excessive," but did not constitute abnormal working conditions. • Vincent Minervini of Keansburg, New Jersey, filed a $35 million lawsuit against the Baltimore Orioles' mascot for

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looked familiar, then realized he resembles Mel Gibson in the gangster movie Payback. Another model complements a $798 double-breasted camel-hair overcoat with scifi shades and a Kurt Cobain haircut. Nearly all the others have spiky, floofed-up Luke Perry-style do's. And not one of them looks a day over 30. What's with this character on page 13? Standing next to a young brunette on a bizarro purple bubble set, his Florida-shaped sideburns suggest a male porn star in a sweaty Barbarella spoof. And, hey, isn't that Latin sensation Ricky Martin on page 70? Maybe not, but talk about la vida loca: big, baggy cargo

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pocketpants in a Brooks catalogue — how crazy is that? And who is choosing the backdrops for these photos — Prince? It's as though some sort of color boiler had been building up pressure for the past hundred years, and it finally blew. Each page is wilder and more floridly psychedelic than the next. Not to mention: Where have all the staid accoutrements gone? There isn't a single flask, cigarette holder or Swiss-made watch in sight. Imported leather cell-phone cases, laptop briefs and C D holders have taken their place. These guys' toys dress better than they do. So what's it to me if one more old-school institution elects to shake things up, reach out to a new audience . base and build a really rad Web site? It just bugs me, f:Sbiib

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9 HOLISTIC NIGHT Let the holiday spirit move you to buy with body and soul in mind. • Mariette in Ecstasy, a novel about turnof-the-century convent life, by Ron Hansen, Crow Bookshop, Burlington, $8.95. • Bundle of Nepali rope incense, Peace and Justice Store, Burlington, $2.25. • Celestial necklace by Christopher Miller, Purple Shutter Herbs, Burlington, $17-60. • Aveda skin-care gift pack, Mens Room, Burlington, $30. • Brass statue of the Indian God Ganesh, Tradewinds, Burlington, $34.50. • Moment to Moment: Poems of a Mountain Recluse, by David Budbill, Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, $14. • Dream Time silk aromatherapy eye pillows, Rail City Market, St. Albans, $16. • Stella Pace Power Bead bracelets in semiprecious stones, Olive & Bette's, Winooski, $21-32. • Parchment paper for all your magic spell needs, Queen of Pentacles, Montpelier, 39 cents a sheet. • Artist-made wrought-iron menorah, Frog Hollow, Burlington or Middlebury, $126. • Brazilian amethyst geodes, Cool Jewels, Montpelier. Prices vary. • Tibetan Singing Bowls, Phoenix Rising, Montpelier, $44-100. • Teen Witch: Wicca for a New Generation, by Silver Ravenwolf, Spirit Dancer, Burlington, $12.95. • Ask Balouie fortune-telling kit, Bennington Potters North, Burlington, $14.99. • Apatite crystal, Global Pathways, Burlington, $11. • The Hidden Light, music featuring the Andy Statman Quartet, Borders, Burlington, $16.99. • Bath and body customized or precreated gift bags, Star Root, Burlington, $13-30. • Spa-Da-Da, a home spa kit for the urban hedonist, Soap Dish, Burlington, $25.

JEEZ1IM CROW SUPERSTAR Don't be syruptitious - let your gifts make a Green Mountain statement, even if you're home for the holidays. • Quart of medium-amber maple syrup in Warren Kimble jug, Apple Mountain, Burlington or Winooski, $18.29. • The Logger, video by Vermont actor Rusty Dewees, various locations, $19.95. • For a nostalgic look at the way it was, a 1965 Vermont Visitor's Guide, North

• Honey bee key ring, Danforth Pewterers, Middlebury, $10. • A Vermont Century: Photographs and Essays from the Green Mountain State, published by the Rutland Herald, BarreMontpelier Times Argus. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, Borders, Burlington, Hero's Welcome, North Hero, Book Rack, Winooski, Deerleap Books, Bristol, Vermont Bookshop, Middlebury, $34.95. • Burlington Community Portrait, matted and laminated, Silver Maple, Burlington, $89. • Gourmet Vermont gift baskets with Green Mountain goods, Cheese Outlet/Fresh Market, Burlington, and Cheese Traders, S. Burlington. Prices vary. • Vermont Heritage Songs, C D by Margaret MacArthur, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, $15. • Burlington Does Burlington compilation C D , Disc Go Round, Burlington, $10.99.

Mountain Thyme, Middlebury, $11. • Reflexology massage ball, The Body , Shop, Burlington, $5. • An intimate sushi dinner for two catered by Glori Nori, Inc., Burlington. Prices vary. • Soundtrack for romance: Cafe Atlantico, by Cesaria Evoria, Buch Spieler, Montpelier, $15. • Shakespeare in Love, pocket-sized sonnets, Inspirations, Williston, $1.75. • Women and Desire: Beyond Wanting to be Wanted, by Burlington psychologist Polly Young-Eisendrath, Borders, Burlington and Book Rack, Winooski, $23. • Handcuffs, Queen of Pentacles, Montpelier, $5. • Pop the question with an original Alex Sepkus-designed 18-kt diamond engagement ring, Von Bargen's Fine Diamonds and Jewelry, Burlington, from $3600.

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• French Achile baby socks with doggie tops, Common Threads, $18. • Finger paint, Scribbles, Burlington, $15.95. • Purple hippo wash mitt and floating soap dish, Peace and Justice Store, Burlington, $9.95. Oh, come, all ye faithful... • "Girls Rule" butterfly photo frame, and romantic. Who said all you Rainbow Room, Middlebury, $8.95. • Friends for the Road felt finger need is love? Sometimes it puppets in a pouch, Zutano, takes more than mistletoe to get Montpelier, $8. your yule log rolling. • Four-foot polar bear from the Lou Rankin Collection, by Dakin, Metro Zoo, • Wine-colored silk chiffon and lace S. Burlington, $150. camisole and bikini, Isadora, Burlington, • Set of seven days-of-the-week girl's cot$110 & 36. ton briefs, Wee the Children, Burlington • Photos from the most romantic city: The and Montpelier, $16. First Time I Saw Paris, by Peter Miller, • Preacher's Boy, the latest from Katherine Book Rack, Winooski, $30. Paterson, Children's Pages, Winooski, $15. • A 24-kt heart of gold, Grannis Gallery, • Stuffed Mark McGuire Salvino's Burlington, $295. Bammers bear, Major League Sports, Burlington, $14.99. 15 stretchable frogs, lizards and snakes to go, Boutilier's, Burlington, $8.95. Farm Stories for Families, video by Mac Parker, Apple Mountain, Winooski and Burlington, $14.95. • Organic cotton Ecospirit baby bunting, Greenfields, Middlebury, $27. • Bluedogz Design children's mirrors by Nadine Lerner, The Unicorn, St. Albans, $45-49. M P H Turbo-Kid sled, Alpine Shop, S. Burlington and Middlebury, $74.95. Handmade New England wooden toys, Grass Harp, Burlington, $10-50. • Baby's First Noel stuffed angel or reinMen's deer, Wee the Children, Montpelier or black silk boxers Burlington, $12. with pictures of Michaelangelo's David, • Assorted second-hand Little Golden Ivy Brooks, Burlington and S. Burlington, books, Upstairs Antiques, Burlington, $3. $19.95. • Size 0-1 duck boots, Filene's, Burlington, • The Essential Rilke, translated by Galway $15. Kinnell, Borders Burlington, $22.95. • Alien-in-a-spaceship puppet, Learning • Hammered-silver necklace with 100 Express, Burlington, $19.95 eternally linked circles, Fire and Metal, • Snap-on baby bibs in a variety of fabrics, Burlington, $125. by Sherri Gonyeau, Vermont Folklife • Sumptuous white Turkish-style bathrobe, Center, $4.50. Bertha Church, Burlington, $99. • Echo silk scarf kit to paint your own, • Dirty Girl soap, bubble bath and lip The Dressing Room, St. Albans, $16. balm, 11th Street Studio, $7.50. • And for the preborn: Belly Basics • "Temptation" scent, Nabe Gifts, Maternity Survival Kit, including a tunic, Burlington, $4.95. L V , skirt, leggings and dress in cotton-b

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SEASON'S EATINGS Gourmet gifts for the orally inclined. • Set of four black espresso cups and saucers, Uncommon Grounds, Burlington, $27. • Woolen tea cozy that looks like a ski hat, Pier O n e Imports, Burlington, $25.99. • Real sugar plums, Maple City Cards & Candy, St. Albans, $6.50/lb. • Flexible rubber ice cube tray that makes penguin shapes, Kiss the Cook, Burlington, $6.99. • Wild Hog Vineyard zinfandel, Wine Works, Burlington, $22.50. • Blue stoneware milk pitcher from Sweden, Bennington Potters North, Burlington, $23.99. • Shiva or Kali metal lunch box, 11 th Street Studio, $12. • Assorted porcelain teacups and saucers, Three Old Bats, Burlington, $8-12. • Roasted Pepper Onion dipping oil, Mesa, Burlington, $12.75. • Beginner beer-making kit, Vermont Homebrew Supply, Winooski, $59.95; recipes & ingredients $20-30.

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'here's a good chance many of Thembie Gamache's customers couldn't find her homeland on a map. But you don't have to know that Swaziland is on the northeast coast of South Africa — or anything else about the vast continent of diverse nations — to enjoy Jazza Tings. The latest incarnation of the store that evolved from a cart, Jazza Tings opened this summer in the newly renovated St. Paul Street block facing Burlington City Hall Park. And along with the building's facelift, Gamache's narrow boutique has a new look, too. Collectors of objets d'Afrique will not be disappointed: Jazza Tings still offers plenty of exotic masks, dolls, woven baskets, clothing and other adornments. The goat-skinned Senegalese drums ($180-300) and other, less expensive handmade percussion instruments invite an impromptu concert. But under the protective gaze of a $400 beaded-leather mask from Ethiopia there are trays full of silver jewelry whose prices begin at $5 and don't exceed double digits. And while one end of the store is dominated by a cluster of real springbok hides — ruglike or stitched into pillows — most of the fur here is /mx:..Gamache points to the accessories now dominating the front window, her "leopard collection" that includes handbags, gloves, hair scrunchies, scarves, earmuffs, even candles. Affordable enough for fashion mavens on an allowance, these hip animal accents are unlikely to appear on the endangered species list anytime too soon.

At Jazza Tings, Soho meets Swaziland, and the combo has appeal even in down-parka'd Vermont. "I like mixing up African and other stuff," Gamache says simply. "Whatever I think is cool and mixes well." And after all, this is a place that embraced the man she calls "brother Bob Marley" — whose image also hangs on her wall — and, by extension, all things Jamaican. Africa is the next logical step. Gamache met her American-born husband while she was working at a U.S. Embassy in Swaziland. Within a year of moving to Burlington in 1991 she opened her cart — featuring mostly jewelry and small African imports — on Burlington's Church Street Marketplace. Not long after that she also began working at Club Metronome — her friendly face greeted patrons for seven years. Now the single mom of a nineand 14-year-old, Gamache still works overtime, but has put all her eggs, as it were, in one beautiful African basket. Jazza Tings' first shop with a roof was in the Wing Building, but she soon found that the Burlington Waterfront was not yet ready for primetime shopping — especially in the winter. Gamache kept the Church Street cart going and regularly sets up a booth at events such as the upcoming International Festival in Burlington. But she's hoping the new location on a freshly refurbished block downtown will make such moonlighting unnecessary. Gamache quite naturally misses her home — all her family lives in Mbabane, about an hour and a half from Johannesburg — and she's none too fond of Vermont's brutal winters. But with her dazzling smile and the colorful backdrop of Jazza Tings, Thembie Gamache has created one of the warmest spots in Burlington. — Pamela Polston

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PEACES OF PAPER Even the Magi didn't know...sometimes the best things in life are flat. And oh so easy to mail. • Pair of tickets to T h e Pretenders, March 5 at the Flynn Theatre, Burlington, $30/37.50. • Classes in wine tasting, Wine Works, Burlington, $20. • Season's pass to your beloved's favorite slopes. • Plane tickets to the Caribbean. • Custom calligraphy on anything, by Ink Farm, Underhill. Prices vary. • Gift certificate for a full set of acrylic nails, Nail Emporium, Burlington, $30. • Ten-class pass to Yoga Vermont, Burlington, $85. • Always a pleasure: a visit to your favorite massage practitioner. • Find yourself with a map of the world from Northern Cartographic, S. Burlington, $15-30. • A health club membership. • A membership to the Intervale Community Farm for produce next summer. • Two-dimensional artwork by local artists — visit your favorite galleries. • A writing class at the Book Rack, Winooski, $35-170. • Always a winner: a fat check, U.S. Treasury Bond, or cold, hard cash.

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PASHING THROUGH THE SNOW Never mind a one-horse open sleigh; what about sleds, skates, skis, boards and other gear for enjoying or just surviving - a winter wonderland? (For more on this theme, see page 18.) • Burton snowboards board bag with removable boot pockets, T h e B-Side, Burlington, $169.95. • Purple fleece sports socks, Colorado, Burlington, $6. • Camelback Hydration Packs for winter or s u m m e r use, Northstar Cyclery, Burlington, $29.95-94.95. • Sherpa aluminum snowhoes gift set (shoes, poles & instruction book), O u t d o o r Gear Exchange, Burlington, $140. • Wellspring wool rabbit blanket, Greenfields, Middlebury, $115. • Chippewa steel-toed boots, Lenny's, Williston, Barre & St. Albans, $169.99.

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exfoliant? Try it as a marinade.) Then there are the novelty soap sculptures of disembodied noses, lips and ears. Do peek into the jewelry counter. In addition to some storage items that can only be described as earring hammocks, the case encloses a converted stainless-steel sink full of live fancy goldfish, swimming around in designer spring water. But what makes this colorful place truly unique is the pet merchandise. For your own non-petite dog, try a very large leather collar decked with silver armadillo conchitas. It's just begging to be clipped to an elegant braided leash ($42). Or fabric squeak toys in favorite chewable human shapes, like Mailman and Veterinarian ($6-14 in both cat and dog sizes). The piece de resistance? Buster's Food Cube, a kind of I Q test for dogs: You put food bits inside a wire cage, and watch Buster spend several hours trying to get them out. Oh, and don't worry about the beasts lying about the store — one or more of the "4 Dogs"; they're shopper-friendly. "Moses has lots of retail experience, too," Fenyvest says of her mammoth Great Dane/German Shepherd hybrid. But he's usually doing his best impression of a polar-bearskin rug. — David Weinstock

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• Brass umbrella stand shaped like...an umbrella, Tina's H o m e Design, Burlington, $94.95. • Trio of iridescent beetles from Thailand, encased in glass and framed, Bazou, Burlington, $140. • Aged Italian glazed terracotta wall vases, Vivaldi Flowers, S. Burlington, $60-125. • Wall mirror with hammered-tin frame in floral motif, Pier O n e Imports, Burlington, $100. • "If you haven't anything nice to say, come sit by me" toss pillow by Design Legacy, Rainbow Room, Middlebury, $54. • Laminated vintage art posters from Europe, Silver Maple, Burlington, $45-250. • Moire handblown caneglass vase by Alan Goldfarb, Goldfarb Studio, Burlington. Prices vary. • Moroccan metal and glass candle lamps, 11 th Street Studio, $4885. • T h e Weather Stick — sort of a climatological dowsing rod, Vermont Folklife Center, $3.75. • Vienna damask woven tablecloth in ivory, various sizes, Soft Home, S. Burlington, $40; napkins $4. • Early American decorated wastebaskets by Barbee Bellefeuille, Artisans' Hand, Montpelier, $55. • Two-hour holiday special feng shui consultation for your home with Carol Wheelock, Waitsfield, $100. • Instant ancestors: antique photos in frames, Three Old Bats, Burlington, $7-70. • Illuminee du M o n d e Vermont Honey Lights candles, Apple Mountain, Winooski and Burlington, $20.99. • Monochromatic flower, ribbon and candle arrangement for the dinner table, Pompeii Floral, Winooski, $15-40. • Gregorian wind chimes, Inspirations, Williston, $50.

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art 'HOLIDAY PRINTS': Saturday, December 11, 1-3 p.m. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, 135 Church St., Burlington. $10. Register, 865-7166. Kids andpar' ents use simple printing techniques to make a series of one-of-a-kind prints. FIGURE DRAWING: Ongoing Mondays, 6-8:30 p.m. Fresco Studio, Union Station, 1 Main St., Burlington. $4-6. Info, 8624893. Artists of all abilities are welcome at this weekly drawing session.

astrology ' M O O N PHASES': Two Thursdays, December 2 and 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Winooski. $20. Register, 862-8240. Learn about lunar influences on your feelings and behavior, using your birth chart.

business/career 'START UP': Beginning February 4. Women's Small Business Program, Trinity College, Burlington. $1250, grants available. Info, 846-7160. Learn valuable skills as you write a business plan.

craft POTTERY: Ongoing classes for adults and children, beginners and intermediates. River St.

Potters, 141 River St., Montpelier. Info, 224-7000. Take classes in working with a wheel or in hand building; 24-hour access to the studio is available for a limited number of experienced potters. TEENS' OPEN CLAY STUDIO: Ongoing Saturdays, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Frog Hollow, Middlebury. $2. Info, 388-3177. Teens work on hand building with clay or at the wheel, exploring their own creative ideas. PAINTING CERAMICS: Ongoing Wednesdays, 2-3:30 p.m. and 5:30-7 p.m. Blue Plate Ceramic Cafe, 119 College St., Burlington. Free. Info, 652-0102. Learn the fundamentals of painting ceramics.

dance LATIN, BALLROOM OR SWING: Ongoing classes. Jazzercise Fitness Center, 5 Countryside Ln., Williston. Info, 862-2207. Rumba, waltz or swing the night away with Samir Elabd.

herbs HERBAL HOLIDAY GIFTS: Wednesday, December 8, 6-9 p.m. Purple Shutter Herbs, Main St., Burlington. $40. Info, 865HERB. Make a gift box of handblended teas, a fragrant windowsill garden and a botanical glass candleholder.

kendo KENDO: Ongoing Wednesdays and Fridays, 6:45-8:30 p.m. Warren Town Hall. Donations. Info, 496-4669. Develop focus, control and power through this Japanese samurai sword-fencing martial art.

kids BEADS: Saturday, November 27, 3-5:30 p.m. Spirit Dancer Books, 125 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Free. Info, 660-8060. Kids six and up make playful animals and jewelry with beads.

language SPANISH: Ongoing individual and small group lessons, all levels. S. Burlington. Info, 864-6870. Join in on the Jun of learning a new language. ITALIAN: Group and individual instruction, beginner through advanced, all ages. Middlebury area. Info, 545-2676. Immerse yourself in Italian to get ready for a trip abroad, or to better enjoy the country's music, art and cuisine.

meditation ZEN MEDITATION: Mondays, 4:45-5:45 p.m., Thursdays, 5:306:30 p.m. Burlington. Free. Info, 658-6466. Meditate with a sitting group associated with the Zen Affiliate of Vermont. 'THE WAY OF THE SUFI': Tuesdays, 7:30-9 p.m. S. Burlington. Free. Info, 658-2447. This Sufi-style meditation incorporates breath, sound and movement. MEDITATION: First & third Sundays, 10 a.m. - noon. Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave. Free. Info, 658-6795. Instructors teach nonsectarian and Tibetan Buddhist meditations. MEDITATION: Thursdays, 78:30 p.m. Green Mountain Learning Center, 13 Dorset Lane, Suite 203, Williston. Free. Info, 872-3797. Don't just do something, sit there! GUIDED MEDITATION: Sundays, 10:30 a.m. The Shelburne Athletic Club, Shelburne Commons. Free. Info, 985-2229. Practice guided meditation for relaxation and focus.

photography PHOTOGRAPHY: Private or group. Ongoing eight- and sixweek classes and day and weekend workshops. Grand Isle, . Burlington, Stowe and Vergennes. Info, 372-3104. Learn creative and technical camera and darkroom skills in black and white and color.

reiki REIKI JIN KEI D O : Saturday, December 11, Vt. Center for Integrative Medicine, Berlin. Info, 223-5435. This comprehensive energy healing method requires training in meditative awareness and energy transmission.

Info, 862-4516. If you're ready to stop using drugs, this group of recovering addicts can offer inspiration.

REIKI CLINIC: Ongoing Wednesdays through December, 7-9 p.m. Fletcher Free Library, College St., Burlington. Free. Info, 877-8374. Get an introduction to an ancient healing method used to restore health and balance to body, mind and spirit.

wine W I N E TASTING: Friday, November 26, 6-7 p.m. Wine Works, 133 St. Paul St., Burlington. Info, 951-WINE. Get a taste of pinot noir.

self-defense BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Ongoing classes for men, women and children, Monday through Saturday. Vermont Brazilian JiuJitsu Academy, 4 Howard St., Burlington. Info, 660-4072 or 253-9730. Escape fear with an integrated self-defense system based on technique, not size, strength or

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BURLINGTON AREA THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, works in a variety of media by Artspace alumni and instructors. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 8657211. Through November. BLACK DRAGON ART, mixed media canvases by Jade Bristol, and NATURAL CURVES, works in watercolor and found pigments by Kate Hartley. Also SENIOR ART SPECTACULAR, works in a variety of media by local seniors. Fletcher

Free Library, Burlington, 8657211. December 1-31. EARL'S VIEW, handmade prints by Roy Newton. Red Onion Cafe, Burlington, 865-2563. Through January 25. BARNS AND BUILDINGS, photographs by Fred Stetson. Dorothy Ailing Memorial Library, Williston, 878-4918. Through January 7. MICHAEL MONTANARO, mixed media on canvas. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 654-6220. Through December 6. WELCOME TO MY HOME, featuring the art of children in Very Special Arts Vermont's "Home in Arts II" program. Red Square, Burlington, 658-6612. Through December 15. MARC AWODEY, Poetry Machines and Other New Works, Living/ Learning Gallery, UVM, Burlington, 656-4200. Through December 8. ONE FOR ED, a mixed-media installation by Tom Shea. One Wall Gallery, Seven Days, Burlington, 864-5684. Through December 10. LAYERS OF TIME, mixed-media photographic images by Donna Hamil Talman, and EARLY MEMORY AS ICON, photographic and found-object art works by Alexandra Bottinelli. Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, 864-3661. Through November. CARAVAN ARTS INVITATIONAL, works in mixed media from seven curators and other invited artists. Borders, Burlington, 660-9060.

Through November. TEXTURAL STUDIES, precious metal interpretations by Karen Klinefelter; and FALL/FALL SERIES, new paintings by Linda Jones. Grannis Gallery, Burlington, 6602032. Through November. STRAIGHT 0UTTA JOE'S GARAGE, abstract paintings by Joe Harig. Daily Planet, Burlington, 8634649. Through November. RISEN FROM THE BEAST, blackand-white photos by Ivey, about moments of self-actualization, with poetry by Todd Grooms. Rhombus Gallery, Burlington, 865-3144. Through November. PLAY OF LIGHT, oils and pastel paintings by Joy Huckins-Noss. Isabel's on the Waterfront, Burlington, 229-0832. Through January 3. SERENITY, photographs of Vermont landscapes and people by Monique Laperle. Book Rack, Champlain Mill, Winooski, 6550231. Through November. STRONG HEARTS: Native American Visions and Voices, featuring color and black-and-white photographs by 29 Native American photographers. Fleming Museum, Burlington, 656-0750. Through December 19. WHERE THE SEEDS HIDE, paintings of Vermont by Sylvia Haron. Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall, 865-7166. Through November. WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE: Portrait Photographs by more than 25

Vermont photographers, and COLLAPSIBLE CITY, a "city-in-a-suitcase" installation by Stephanie Seibert. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, 865-7165. Through December 5. CAROL NORTON, JOANNE DELANY & CELENE HARGRAVES, paintings. Better Bagel, Tafts Corners, Williston, 864-1557. Through January. POLLY THOMPSON, new paintings. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, 985-3848. Through November. A GARDEN PARTY, new paintings by Elizabeth Bunsen and her fouryear-old son, Boone Wilson. Alley Cats Arts, Burlington, 865-5079. Through November. THE MATING HABITS OF LINES: Sketchbooks and Notebooks of Ree Morton, featuring drawings and journals detailing the artistic process, from an early pioneer in installation art who died in 1977. Fleming Museum, Burlington, 656-0750. Through January 23. FOUR HONDURAN ARTISTS, featuring the work of Mario Castillo, Virgilio Guardiola, Rolando Lopez Trochez and Xenia Meji'a. Fleming Museum, Burlington, 656-0750. Through February 13. PURSUING THE LIGHT: Visual Impressions of the Natural World, featuring fine art color photography by Christopher C. Leeper. Working Design Gallery at the Men's Room, Burlington, 8642088. Through November. DAVID GOODRICH, pen and ink drawings of Vermont views. The Book Rack, Winooski, 654-4650. Through December. RICK SUTTA, representational oil paintings. Rick Sutta Gallery, Burlington, 860-7506. Ongoing. GERRIT G0LLNER, abstract paintings and prints. Farrell Rm., St. Michaels College, Colchester, 6542487. Through December.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY HOLIDAY ART SHOW AND SALE, works in all media by members of the Northern Vermont Artist Association. Old Red Mill Gallery, Jericho, 899-3225. Through December 28. SUSAN SMEREKA, abstract iconographic paintings in gouache, oils and mixed media. Woody's Restaurant, Middlebury, 7673253. Through December. HORATIO GREEN0UGH: An American Sculptors Drawings, a retrospective on the life of the early American artist (1805-1852), featuring 15 sculptures, 48 drawings and related materials, from the private collection of George R. Rinhart. Middlebury College Museum of Art, 443-5007. Through December 12.

CENTRAL VERMONT WINTER WHIMSY, works in clay by 20 regional artists. Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury Center, 2441126. December 1 - January 14. THE FIRST TIME I SAW PARIS, black-and-white photos by Peter Miller. Mist Grill Gallery, Waterbury, 244-2233. Through January 3. LOCAL ARTISANS, works by Vermont potters, sculptors and quiltmakers. Blinking Light Gallery, Plainfield, 454-1571. Ongoing. DREAM HOUSES, featuring models made from found and salvaged

materials by members of the Northeast Regional Correctional Facility art class. Institute for Social Ecology, Plainfield, 454-8493. Through November. ABI SPRING, frescos. Vermont Supreme Court, Montpelier, 8283278. Through December 10. NESTS AND EGGS, featuring part of a painting series by Janet Van Fleet. Phoenix Rising, Montpelier, 229-0522. Through November 27. PASTELS by Barbara "Ara" Banks, and works by other member artists. The Art Gallery of Barre, 4761030. Through November. TWO PATHS, paintings by Maureen R. Russell and Randy Allen. Also, RECENT WORK, oil paintings and digitally altered photographs by Charles T. Kellman and John Solaperto. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, 828-8743. Through November 28. RELIGION, MYTH AND FANCY, a selection from the permanent collection. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, 828-8743. Through December 24. ALICE ECKLES, a permanent changing exhibit of selected paintings and prints. The Old School House Common, Marshfield, 4568993. Ongoing. SCRAP-BASED ARTS & CRAFTS, featuring re-constructed objects of all kinds by area artists. The Restore, Montpelier, 229-1930. Ongoing.

NORTHERN ADJUNCT FACULTY SHOW, featuring the works of nine art teachers at the college. Julina Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, 635-1310. Through November 26. 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN ARTISTS, including landscape paintings by Vermont artists Kathleen Kolb, Thomas Curtin, Cynthia Price and more. Clarke Galleries, Stowe, 253-7116. Ongoing.

ELSEWHERE HITCHCOCK, a collection of stills, posters, set models and artwork that reveals the directors aesthetic influences. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Jean-Noel Desmarais Pavilion, 514-285-1600. Through March 18. FOR SALE, a public art installation created by the Swiss art alliance relax. Dartmouth College Green, Hanover, N.H., 603-646-2808. Through January 3. TRANSIENCE: Chinese Experimental Art at the End of the 20th Century, featuring works in mixed media by the country's younger generation of artists. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-6462426. Through December 19. HOLLY KING, landscapes of the imagination in black-and-white and color photography. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Jean-Noel Desmarais Pavilion, 514-2851600. Through December 5. (Z) PLEASE NOTE: Seven Days is unable to accommodate all of the displays in our readership area, thus these listings must be restricted to exhibits in truly public viewing places. Art in business offices, lobbies and private residences or studios, with occasional exceptions, will not be accepted.

Mystery in the B Y M A R C AWODEY

s the Year 2000 looms large in the public's mind, two artists featured at Burlington's DollAnstadt Gallery seem content to look backwards. The Neolithic-inspired mixed-media graphic works by Donna Hamil Talman revisit universal images of primeval spirituality, and 22 of Alexandra Bottinelli's pieces are collage paintings from her "Early Memory as Icon" series. Both artists employ technical and conceptual layering in their work to describe the past as a living element of the present. Talman borrowed images from archaeological texts and reproduced them using 19thcentury photographic processes akin to blueprinting. The processes of cyanotype and Van Dyke create transparent blues and browns that bring out finegrained textures in the paper. Talman judiciously added watercolor, and so created

the left. Talman varies the intensity of her limited hues, and individual lines often appear as pale, fine negative marks. "Snake Goddess" features a central form that looks like a geometric interpretation of Medusa radiating serpentine extremities. It floats atop areas of "Terra Firma," a cyanotype, Van Dyke and watercolor work by Donna Hamil Talman brown and blue separatimages populate these fields and ed by a demarcation of pale red. are conjured into life by In "Shaki Women," angular Bottinelli's painterly atmospherskirted forms with halos around ics.

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element of the present. vibrant yet ethereal transpositions of 7000-year-old pictographs, geometric shapes, terracotta effigies and ghosts of modern text. There's a feminist edge to Talman's works, as many recapture primordial Earth-goddess images. She seems as well acquainted with Neolithic artistic sources as with her unique technical processes. O n e of the most oftenrepeated goddess images is a two-dimensional shape with broad hips, fecund in geometric patterning, a triangular torso and a large round head. T h e source for this figure showed a pair of these goddesses side by side, and two sets of them are grouped to the right in Talman's horizontal composition, "Complete Unto Herself." They are balanced by circular shapes and saw-toothed patterns on

circular heads are centered between semi-circular shapes in the upper left and lower right corners. Overlapped strata of cyanotype blue and Van Dyke brown mingle in all of Talman's works, while the edges of the images waver between one hue and the other — just as the images themselves seem to waver between ancient and contemporary abstraction. Bottinelli builds her paintings in layers of oil and collage, and likewise keeps her chromatic harmonies simple and transparent. By glazing onto and wiping layers off of her surfaces, Bottinelli pulls out a broad range of closely related hues. Each of the small, square pieces is conceived from color fields whose compositional skeleton consists of a few horizontal or vertical axes. Small collage

Each of these works is a beautiful riddle. In the main series, titled "Early Memory as Icon," the collage elements roam through history into the 1960s. Mixed together are known and unknown people, locations and events — from moon landings, to the Indian Wars, to the civil rights movement and the Holocaust, all locating points in time. But the connections are often unpredictable. In "John and Yoko," an image of the famous couple is at upper right, while a photo of two 19th-century pioneer families resting by their Conestoga wagons resides near lower left. Pictures of rose petals dot the surface, and the overall harmony is based on a pale red. Each of Bottinelli's paintings is based around a key hue, often with subtle words incorporated within them. A few of the works have raised letters. In "Crosses," the raised letters of the word "cross" appear as in a crossword puzzle. "Eight-Nine-Ten" presents the numerals "8" and "9," along with the word "ten" superimposed over images that include Jimi Hendrix. While the references may have clear meaning for Bottinelli, her paintings may best be understood by others simply as elegant objects of mystery. In that regard, they are similar to the partially decipherable Neolithic objects resurrected by Talman. ©

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END OF DAYS Arnold Schwarzenegger is back on the big screen for the first time since 1997. Saving one person at a time apparently is old hat at this point for the 52-year-old action star, so this time out he's saving the whole human race. From Satan, no less. Gabriel Byrne co-stars. Peter Hyams directs. (R) TOY STORY 2 Everybody's favorite living dolls reunite for an all-new animated adventure when Woody (Tom Hanks) is kidnapped by an unscrupulous toy collector and Buzz (Tim Allen) rallies the 'toon troops to rescue him. (G)

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transports him into the brain of the actor John Malkovich. With Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener and — surprise! — John Malkovich. (R) DOUBLE JEOPARDY**"2 Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones are teamed for the saga of a woman who's wrongly imprisoned for murdering her husband, and rightly miffed when she learns he's actually alive and living with another woman. When she gets out, she figures that, as long as she can't be tried for the same crime twice, she might as well commit it once. So she packs some heat and pays him a visit. (R) POKEMON*** Kiss your kids goodbye. You're not likely to see much of them now that the most popular TV show/marketing gimmick in the universe has hit the big screen. At least not until it makes it to home video. (G) THE INSIDER**** A1 Pacino and Russell Crowe star in Michael Mann's fact-based account of compromises that took place behind the scenes at "60 Minutes" when the legendary news magazine was pressured to kill a whisde-blowing tobacco industry piece. Christopher Plummer plays Mike Wallace, who probably won't be lining up for a ticket to this any time soon. (R) THE BACHELOR*** Recent Burlington visitor Renee Zellweger catches Chris O'Donnell's eye in this remake of a 1925 Buster Keaton classic about a young man who has just 24 hours to find a bride if he wants to inherit a fortune. With Brooke Shields and Mariah Carey. (PG-13) MUSIC OF THE HEART***"2 It's not unusual for director Wes Craven to have a new movie released around Halloween. It is, however, nothing short of shocking for it to tell the story of little kids learning the violin in East Harlem and star Meryl Streep. (PG) AMERICAN BEAUTY****"2 Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening play the heads of a nuclear family in the process of meltdown in the feature debut from from white-hot Broadway director Sam (The Blue

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Room) Mendes. (R) ELMO IN GROUCHLAND*** The fuzzy red one makes his big-screen debut alongside the more experienced Mandy Patinkin, who costars as a mean junkyard owner who tosses a beloved blankie into Oscar the Grouch's trash can. (G) THE FIGHT CLUB*** Brad Pitt and Edward Norton are teamed in the dark new film from Seven director David Fincher. Based on the bestselling novel by Chuck Palahniuk, the picture concerns an underground organization in which men meet to beat the post-modern numbness out of each other. (R) THE STORY OF US*** Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer are paired for this romantic comedy about a couple which attempts a trial separation after 15 years of marriage. Rob Reiner directs. Rita Wilson and Paul Reiser co-star. (R) RUNAWAY BRIDE**"2 Hey, didn't she just settle down with Hugh Grant? I guess there's no such thing as happily ever after when you sell tickets the way Julia Roberts does. This time around she plays an altarphobic chick whose last-minute chapel exits attract the attention of newspaper columnist Richard Gere. From the director of Pretty Woman (PG) STIR OF ECHOES***"2 Writerdirector David Koepp brings us this adaptation of the 1958 Richard Matheson book about an ordinary guy who begins experiencing some very extraordinary things after being hypnotized. Kevin Bacon and Illeana Douglas star. (R) BATS** Movie small towns have been the victim of killer birds, frogs, rabbits, cats and snakes. Now Lou Diamond Phillips and Dina Meyer take on killer bats. (R) BLUE STREAK** Martin Lawrence has been impersonating a comedian for years, if you ask me. Now he pretends to be a cop in this buddy film about a thief who attempts to recover a priceless gem buried beneath a police station. With Luke Wilson. (PG-13)

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course of Search, Tomlin cycles through a cast of characters ranging from a punk runaway to a pair of Times Square streetwalkers — Tomlin's partner Jane Wagner wrote Search in 1986, a full decade before Giuliani Disneyfied Manhattan's once-infamous hotbed of sin and excess. T h e collage-like piece, whose original timeline ran from the Women's Strike for Equality march in 1970 through Geraldine Ferraros nomination as the Democrats' vicepresidential candidate, is anchored by the figure of Trudy, a homeless woman with moxie to spare.

Vietnam War-era tale about Army men assigned to replace one village's prized pachyderm with another. If Tomlin is not a comic genius who draws on tragedy to serve up yuks — she's no sad clown in the Buster Keaton tradition — then it follows that she is a comic genius who draws on life's more palatable absurdities for the same purpose. Next week at the Flynn Theatre Tomlin will perform her acclaimed one-woman show, The Search for Intelligent Signs of Life in the Universe, reviving a Tonywinning tour de force that explores cosmic truths — as well as more mundane concerns of the what'sup-with-pantyhose variety. In the

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ducted a series of workshops with students at the University of Southern California. "I hadn't done Search in ages and, of course, none of these kids had seen it. W h e n I started performing it the material still resonated and the kids were so responsive to it. It seemed as relevant and moving and funny as it ever was, and in some ways it felt even more relevant. It's a really exhilarating piece to perform, and if you do it well, it's like playing a piece of music." Wagner and Tomlin have updated Search for the current tour, tweaking it in fine, subtle ways. "It's an ongoing process," said Tomlin. "We added material

that projected into the future, but that's sort of a matter of course. Theater is infinitely perfectable. Every time you do it you're starting again from the beginning. But the essential emotional arc of the play is still there." T h e piece requires Tomlin to shift identities with quicksilver speed, to define characters without the benefit of elaborate props or stage sets. There are few performers who can rise to such a challenge — Tracey Ullman comes to mind — but Tomlin is clearly at home in the world of multiple personalities. "That's something I've done since the time I was a kid," she said. "I had a teacher in grade school who

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used to read dialect poems for us and I'd Just live for it. I'm sure they don't even allow these poems in the school system anymore because they're very politically incorrect. They're very broad, phonetically written poems in these various voices — black, Yiddish, Italian, German, Swedish," Tomlin continued, "but the teacher would create this whole scene with these different characters, and I thought it was just magical. To do a piece like Search, it has to be filmic, you have to cut between characters. So I think of it as a film almost, on the stage." Reviving Search has also allowed Tomlin to reclaim the material: After the productions initial run, she and Wagner sold the amateur and stock rights. "We sold the rights because so many people think I'm the writer, and to protect Jane's authorship we wanted the play to be out there as a piece of literature others could perform," said Tomlin. "I don't like someone else doing my characters, but at the same time it's fun and I wish I could see it. People have produced it with one actor or with many. Part of the metaphor is of one person performing it because we're all connected — Trudy says we all timeshare the same atom. I don't think it's essential to have one person performing the Search, but it probably resonates more."

or many Tomlin fans, the defining moment in her career may be her Oscarnominated turn as the mother of two deaf children in Robert Altman's epic Nashville. For other admirers, no talky Altman moment comes close to rivaling Tomlin's performance as an increasingly tiny housewife in The Incredible Shrinking Woman. And then there are the admirers of Ernestine, Tomlin's power-happy New York telephone operator from TV's "Laugh-In". In fact, the distinguishing feature of Tomlin's three-decade-plus career is its rich diversity. The winner of six Emmys, two Tonys, a Grammy and two Peabody awards, Tomlin has appeared in her share of dreck — see 1978's Moment by Moment, in which Tomlin plays a bored Malibu resident pursuing hunky John Travolta. But for every Big Business— a tepid farce about corporate power and mismatched twins — there is an All of Me, the out-of-body screwball comedy that pairs Tomlin with a remarkably elastic Steve Martin. Through it all, Tomlin remains a performer who transcends the limitations of the most tired material — and elevates the most inspired work. But the question Martin once posed of himself remains: "How did you get to be so fucking funny?" "I don't know that I ever articulated that to myself," said Tomlin. "As a kid I always put on

shQWsrthougli I don't know if I consciously thought of that as being funrty. I must have just thought it was thrilling. "I'd pull stuff off of television or imitate the neighbors, and I did begin to see women on television who were funny. There was a woman named Jean Carroll who was the first woman standup and she was on Ed

Ernestine and five-year-old J p h Ann. Her 28-year collaboration with Jane Wagner grew out of her desire to find a writing partner who could push her in new directions. "I was doing a benefit a few weeks ago and during the Q&A session someone asked, 'How do you and Jane work together? What is your collaborative

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process?' So I fell to my knees and said, 'Please write some material, please!' I just can't write as well as she can, not by a long shot," Tomlin replied. "I'm a very nothing writer, and she's a very great writer, but I physicalize the characters and I have a great feeling for her sensibility."

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I say, let's give the real East Indians their due. If you tire of turkey and pigskin at home this Thanksgiving, I can recommend a few outstanding restaurants in Montreal. As a part of the British Commonwealth, Canada inherited a sizable population of immigrants from elsewhere in the Empire, including India, the "Jewel of the Crown." Sikhs came to British Columbia at the turn of the century to build the railroad, but racism and restrictive immigration policies kept numbers low for decades. In the latter half of this century,

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allowing just two rows of tables with a central aisle. The combination of dim lighting and deep red linens gives the place a quiet, cozy atmosphere. Prices are very reasonable — as low as $12.50 for combination platters, $7.50 to $10.50 for the biryanis and dhansaks. The location, across the street from the three-screen repertory film palace Cinema du Park, promises a great two-punch evening out, and a cheap date at that. Probably the best known Indian restaurant in Montreal is Bombay Palace, at 2051 SteCatherine Ouest. The menu's tagline calls the restaurant "India's Culinary Ambassador, Gateway to Superb Indian Cuisine." Certainly the decor is a step up from Asha — all dark woods, brass fixtures and frosted glass globe lamps, like a catalogue from the Bombay company. Here the specialty is Pukht, a stew-like casserole cooked and served in a sealed pot. The Dum Pukht Biryani ($12.95) combines lamb and basmati rice with spices, cooked in the sealed pot .

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I make another suggestion?" Ganges is also the prettiest of the Indian restaurants we've visited — full of exposed brick and white stucco, varnished light woods, carvings, mobiles of filigree metals and bright-colored yarn and the requisite paintings of Hindu deities. The service is outstanding — gracious, efficient and helpful without condescension. During one visit a waiter gently commented, "We wouldn't eat those two dishes together... Could I make another suggestion?" We gladly took his advice, delighted that he picked up on our interest in learning about the food. From that visit forward we've ordered one dish that sounded good and asked the waiter to select the second. All appetizers are under $3, vegetarian main dishes start at $4.95, and curries run about $8.50. Tandooris are slightly higher — at $12.95, the shrimp tandoori is the most expensive item on the menu. All these prices are Canadian, though, so think 67 cents on the dollar. You can see what a value these terrific meals are, even for a family.

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BURLINGTON: Clean, bright 2-bdrm. apt., near downtown, off-street parking. No smokers/pets. Avail. midDec. $800/mo. + utils. 2295733.

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Dear Tom and Ray: I purchased a new 1997 Mercury Cougar. After driving for two weeks, the hubcaps were covered with black brake dust. I went back to the dealer and the service manager said, "That's normal. All Fords have brake dust. Look in the owner's manual and it'll show you what to do. "I looked in the manual, and there's no mention of brake dust! So I wrote to the CEO of Ford Motor Co. at the time, Alex Trotman, and related my story. I told him the removal of brake dust with a toothbrush every two weeks was not acceptable maintenance to me. He never replied. I checked with another Ford dealer, who

recommended PAM or silicone spray The PAM attracted flies, and the silicone left a black smudge. I tried Castrol Super Clean for brake dust, and it was no better than soap and water. Any suggestions? —Dick T O M : Well, I can't u n d e r s t a n d w h y Alex T r o t m a n never got back to y o u . I k n o w he was trying to r u n a m u l t i n a t i o n a l corporation a n d all, b u t brake dust is i m p o r t a n t ! RAY: It's an absolute scourge, isn't it? It's related to the design of the wheels a n d h o w the brakes are ventilated. It's i m p o r t a n t to keep air m o v i n g over the brakes so they cool off. B u t if the air is d r a w n o u t t h r o u g h the wheels, it also draws o u t d u s t f r o m t h e brake pads.

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MUSIC EMERGENCY: Experienced bass player needed immediately for regular work and great-paying holiday gigs for Burlington-area band, Empty Pockets! Vocals a plus. Call Glad or Dave, 482-5230, Right Now! THE NOBBY REED PROJECT seeks full-time bass player into the groove and playing original blues-rock tunes and be willing to travel. Must be dedicated. Call 868-2187, or email revreed@sover.net. BOTTOM END NEEDED: 2 guitarists w/ diverse material looking for a bassist w/ taste & subtlety to fill out our sound. Call Eric or Greg, 434-6491. POKER HILL STUDIO: 8994263. 16-TRACK ANALOG RECORDING. Dogs, Cats & Clocks Productions. Warm, friendly, prof, environment. Services for: singer/songwriters, jingles, bands. New digital mastering/recording. Call Robin, 658-1042.

T O M : A n d if you leave that dust on the wheels — particularly alloy wheels — it can eventually react with the metal and cause pitting. RAY: S o m e car companies are solving this themselves by redesigning their wheels. T h e y obviously got tired of having their C E O s s p e n d i n g f o u r days a week r e s p o n d i n g to letters a b o u t brake dust. So you m i g h t check w i t h your M e r c u r y dealer to see if the wheels have been changed since 1 9 9 7 to correct this p r o b l e m . T O M : O t h e r than that, your only choice is to clean t h e m every v/eek. If you keep u p w i t h it, the spray-on soaps — like Castrol's or the f o a m cleaner m a d e by Kiwi — w o r k pretty well. But if you let it sit for m o r e t h a n a week, you'll probably have to get on your h a n d s and knees w i t h the t o o t h b r u s h . RAY: T h a t ' s w h a t m y wife does. Hey! I w o n d e r if that's w h y I've been getting that f u n n y taste w h e n I'm b r u s h i n g m y teeth?

WINOOSKI to SO. BURLINGTON: I'm looking to share driving or be a passenger on my commute. My hrs, are M, T, W, F 9 - 5 : 3 0 & T H 128. (3222)

CHARLOTTE to MONTPELIER: I'm hoping to share driving with someone to help cut down on travel costs. My hours are 8 - 4 : 3 0 , M-F. (3208)

BURLINGTON to MONTPELIER: I am hoping to travel to Montpelier once a week at 8 p.m., returning to Burl, the next morning at 8 a.m. ( 3 2 1 9 )

BURLINGTON to RANDOLPH: I'm temporarily seeking a ride while my car is being repaired. My hours are 8:155, MWF. ( 3 2 1 1 )

WATERBURY CTR. to WINOOSKI: I am looking for a ride. My hours are M, W, TH 8-4, TU 8-5, & F 8-3. (3217) SO. BURLINGTON to WATERBURY: I would like to share driving with someone to Waterbury. My hours are M-F, 8-5. (3216) BURLINGTON to WILLISTON: I am looking for a ride for my short commute to work. My hours ara M, T, TH, F, 8-5. (3220) BURLINGTON to ESSEX: I'm a UVM student looking for a ride to Essex on Sats. Work 8-Noon, & need a ride both ways. Please call even if you can take only one way. (3214)

WILLISTON to CAMBRIDGE: Do you work 2nd shift at IBM? I'm looking to ride with someone who works until 11 p.m. ( 3 2 1 3 ) MILTON to COLCHESTER: I would like to take a job working evenings and am hoping someone can help me out with a ride. My hours are 6 p.m. to 10:30 a.m., M-F. (3209) BRISTOL to ESSEX JCT.: My car is very unreliable, so I'm hoping to start riding with someone else who works in Essex Jet. My hours are M-F, 8-5. (3131)

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Route from: Burlington & Richmond Commuter Lot To: Montpelier Monthly Fare: $85 Work Hours: 7:30 to 4:25 p.m. Contact: Carl Bohien Phone: 828-5215

Dear Tom and Ray: In a recent column, you said you've had some success with a product called "Restore. " Under what conditions do you recommend it, and where can I find it? —.Bill T O M : U n d e r "desperate" c o n ditions, Bill. Restore is o n e of those "ring-job-in-a-can" p r o d ucts. But it h a p p e n s to b e the only o n e we've ever h a d a n y occasional success w i t h . RAY: S o m e t i m e s a c u s t o m e r will c o m e in w i t h an old beater that's b u r n i n g oil. H e m a y need it to last a n o t h e r six m o n t h s while he finishes graduate school — or till h e can k n o c k off his m o t h e r - i n - l a w a n d inherit her C o u p e DeVille. A n d if he's got n o t h i n g to lose (if the alternative is j u n k i n g t h e car or rebuilding the engine), we'll o f t e n r e c o m m e n d a can of Restore. T O M : A n d even if it doesn't w o r k , n o h a r m is d o n e because he's g o i n g to rebuild t h e e n g i n e

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BURLINGTON to WILLISTON/ BLAIR PARK: I'm looking for a ride one way to work. I work at 10 a.m., M-F. (3205) CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE to SHELBURNE RD.: I'm looking for a ride during winter months. I work 8-2, T&TH. Please call even if you can only take me one way. (3200) VERGENNES to BARRE: I am looking to share driving on my commute. Willing to meet anywhere along the way—Williston, Monkton, etc. Hours are 4 p.m. to 1 a.m., M-F. (3172) WILLISTON to VERGENNES: l a m looking to share a ride 2 days a week. I work M, 9 - 4 and W, 9-7. (3194) BURLINGTON to SHELBURNE: I am looking to share driving to and from Shelbume. I need to be in Shelburne by 8 : 3 0 a.m. and would like to return around 3 p.m., but the afternoon is flexible. (3193)

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or j u n k it anyway. RAY: So it's a last resort, in o u r opinion, and not recommended for y o u r ' 9 8 C a r a v a n , for instance. T O M : T h e Restore folks say it's sold in m o s t W a l - M a r t a n d K m a r t stores, as well as a u t o parts stores. A n d if y o u can't f i n d it locally, y o u can call t h e m at (954) 5 6 3 - 7 0 0 1 . Keep your car on the road and out of the repair shop by ordering Tom and Ray's pamphlet, Ten Ways You May Be Ruining Your Car Without Even Knowing It! Send $3 and a stamped (55 cents), self-addressed, No. 10 envelope to Used Car, PO Box 536475, Orlando, FL 328536475. Got a question about cars? Write to Click and Clack in care of this newspaper, or e-mail them by visiting the Car Talk section of cars.com on the World Wide Web.

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JHERBS PURPLE SHUTTER HERBS: Burlington's only full-service herb shop. We carry only the finest herbal products; many of them grown/produced in VT. Featuring over 400 bulk dried herbs/itnctures. 100 Main St., Burl. 865-HERB. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10-6.

MASSAGE EXPERIENCE T H E ULTIMATE massage! Treat yourself or a friend to the incredible relaxation & effectiveness of exquisite Oriental massage w/ JinShin Acupressure. Assists in stress relief, injury recovery, renewed vitality. Fantastic gift! Gift certifs. avail. $5 discount w/ ad. Acupressure Massage of VT, J. Watkins, 425-4279.

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MASSAGE THERAPIST NEEDED for busy salon/spa in Middlebury. Must be experienced in giving great service. Knowledge in spa services a plus. Lovely space for rent. 388-1177 for details.

An Ordinance in Relation to Appendix A, Zoning #95-01B Institutional Core Campus Overlay (ICO): University of Vermont

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That Appendix A, Zoning, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by amending Sec. 3.2.8, Institutional Core Overlay (ICO) thereof to read as follows.-

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Article 3: Zoning Districts & Zoning Map Section 3.2.8 Institutional Core Overlay (ICO) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Institutional Core Overlay district is intended to provide reasonable future growth for institutions within their existing core campuses without further intrusion into surrounding residential neighborhoods. This overlay district shall, in no manner whatsoever, affect the use requirements in the underlying UC district. (a) The ICO district boundaries shall be as delineated on Maps 3-5C and 3-5E Institutional Core Overlay. (b) Lot Coverage: (1) Lot coverage within the ICO district shall not exceed 60% inclusive of bonus provisions, except for the bonus provided in Paragraph (3) below. (2) Maximum lot coverage shall be applied to the aggregate of all lots owned by an institution and located within the ICO district.

LEGALS (3) Transitional Buffer: (a) The Transitional Buffer is defined as all land owned by an institution as measured from the centerlines of Colchester Avenue, East Avenue, Main Street and South Prospect Street frontages only and extending 150 feet into the ICO district. (b) If the lot coverage within the Transitional Buffer is less than 40%, the maximum lot coverage for the entire tract of land owned by an institution within the ICO district may be increased by one percent for each one percent that the Transitional Buffer coverage is less than 40%, up to a maximum of 65%. (c) All exterior changes, additions to existing structures and all new structures within the ICO district shall require zoning permit and shall be subject to the provisions of Article 6, Design Review. (d) The minimum side and rear yard setbacks shall not be applicable within the ICO district south of Colchester Avenue. (e) In the ICO district, the restrictions on residential density set forth in Article 5, Part 2, Density Requirements, shall not apply to dormitories/rooming houses, as defined in Chapter 18 of the Burlington Code of Ordinances. The restrictions on the nonresidential density equivalent set forth in Article 5, Part 2, Density Requirements, Section 5.2.4 shall not apply in the ICO district. (f) No new outdor surface parking spaces shall be permitted in the ICO district unless the number of the

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new outdoor surface parking spaces is offset by the corresponding removal of outdoor surface parking spaces in the ICO district existing as of January 1, 1999 and the Planning Commission has approved such offset in issuing a certificate of appropriateness for the new parking spaces under Articles 6, Design Review and 7, Site Plan Review.

features as per Sec. 5.3.13 (d). the height of existing structures locate in the UVM ICO parcel (Map 3-5E). for the purpose of applying the exceptions to height limits contained in Sec. 5.3.13 shall be the lesser of:

(g) Unless replaced on site, no housing unit in a residential structure located within the Transitional Buffer shall be demolished or converted to a nonresidential use, except for housing units which are exempt from the provisions of Article 15, Housing Preservation and Replacement/Demolition and Conversion. (h) Height [in the ICO District shall be measured under height related provisions of Article 5]. (1) Additions and new construction mav be built to a height that does not exceed the greater of thirty-five feet (35') or. subject to design review, the height of existing structures located within the ICO district. (2) For the purposes of height calculations, parcels shall be as depicted on ICO Maps 3-5C. and 3-5E. (3) Building height shall be considered in the context of other buildings in the vicinity as required under Sec. 6.1.10 (a) Relate development to its environment. (4) In measuring height under Sec. 3.2.8 (h). the general provisions regarding height contained in Article 5 shall apply. (5) Except for ornamental and symbolic architectural

1. The actual height of the existing structure measured from finished grade to roof in accordance with the rules set out in Sec. 5.3.19: or 2. The elevation of the plane running parallel to sea level and defined bv the roof of the highest structure on the parcel. * Material underlined added. CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following items are hereby enacted as amendments to the City of Burlington Code of Ordinances, Appendix C, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, by the Burlington Public Works Commission. Sec. 27. No parking Except with Resident Parking Permit or a valid guest pass and clearly identifiable service or delivery vehicles on any street designated as "Residential Parking." (a) Streets designated for residential parking at all times include: (1) Through (29) As Written. (30) South side of South Prospect Street from Robinson Parkway to entrance of Henderson Terrace. (b) through (e) As Written. Adopted this 27th day of October, 1999 by the Board of Public Works Commissioner.

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LEGALS Attest Frederick Matthews Engineering Division Adopted 10/27/99; Published 11/24/99; Effective 12/15/99. Materials in [brackets] delete. Materials underlined add.

CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following items are enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to the City of Burlington's Code of Ordinances, Appendix C, Traffic Regulations: Sec. 12. No parking daytime or weekdays except by trucks loading or unloading. No vehicle other than a truck actually engaged in the loading or unloading shall, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., except Sunday, and for no more than thirty (30) minutes, use the following parking spaces: (1) through (44) As Written. (45) The second space on the [north] south side of Bank Street 40 feet west of Church Street. (46) through (53) As Written. Adopted this 27th day of October, 1999 by the board of Public Works Commissioners. Attest Frederick Matthews Engineering Division Adopted 10/27/99; Published 11/24/99; Effective 12/15/99. Materials in [brackets] delete. Materials underlined add.

CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following items are enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to the City of Burlington's Code of Ordinances, Appendix C, Traffic Regulations: Sec. 7.A. Handicapped Space Designated. No person shall park any vehcle at any time in the following locations, except automobiles displaying special handicapped license plates issued pursuant to 18 V.S.A. 1325, or any amendment of renumbering thereof: (1) through (3) As Written. (4) The designated 121 [space] spaces in the College' Street municipal parking lot. (5) through (35) As Written. (36) on the [south] north side of Bank Street in the first space west of Church Street. (87) [On the west side of Battery Stret in the first space north of Maple Street] Reserved. (127) The space in front of 189 Battery Street. (128) The space in front of 64 North Street. Adopted this 27th day of October, 1999 by the board of Public Works Commissioners. Attest Frederick Matthews Engineering Division Adopted 10/27/99; Published 11/24/99; Effective 12/15/99. Materials in [brackets] delete. Material underlined add.

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ment and get back to the truly gut questions of our time. Although I gotta tell you, dealing with the feds was a piece of cake compared to this one. We consulted with numerous clock manufacturers, clock engineers and clock buffs and amassed the following theories: (1) Focus groups found that people preferred a snooze delay of eight to 12 minutes. Okay, but then why not a 10-minute interval? (2) Engineers believe their bosses come to check on them every 10 minutes. f |JJ

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Dear Cecil, When my roommate's alarm goes o f f , he invariably presses the snooze bar. This continues in nine-minute cycles until I have to rouse him myself. All the alarms I have seen have a nine-minute snooze interval. Is this a standard number, and if so, where did it come from? — Matt Mc, Indiana, Pennsylvania W h a t a relief to quit dealing with the federal govern-

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(3) Physiologists have found that a sleeper who doesn't want to get up will fall back into a deep sleep if left for longer than nine minutes. Yeah, right. (4) Five minutes seems too short and 10 minutes seems too long. Nine minutes may seem better than 10 while not being significantly different. Bah. Nine minutes does not seem better; it seems stupid.

(5) O n L E D (the old red display) clocks, the snooze function will work for only 60 minutes, so you want to fit the greatest possible number of snooze periods into that time. Nine minutes gives you six snooze periods with a minute's leeway each time for pressing the snooze bar. "Nonsense," one engineer commented. (6) "I figured it was actually 512 seconds (2 9 )," one informant speculated. " O r maybe, since the clock is counting (typically) the power cycles from the wall socket, it's because nine minutes is 32,400 cycles, very close

to 2'5 (32,768)." Clocks don't count that way, bub. (7) General Instruments, one of the first designers of the chip used in L E D clocks in the late '60s, set the chip logic to allow a nine-minute delay. Others continue to use this chip or copied the idea without changing the interval (e.g., National Semiconductor's type M M 5 3 7 0 digital alarm-clock chip — I tell ya, do we research this stuff or what?). Fine, b u t why nine? (8) O n a digital clock, nine is the greatest interval obtainable by advancing some sort of "snooze counter" on the ones column. But why mess with the ones column? W h y not put the snooze counter on the tens colu m n and advance that by one? (9) In the days of dial clocks, the snooze interval was originally intended to be 10 minutes max, but precision was unimportant and engineers were content if they could make the interval nine minutes and change. W h e n the industry switched to digital, clock designers figured the standard snooze interval was nine minutes; "and change" went out the window. N o w we're getting somewhere. Partial confirmation of this view comes from Jay "Pappy" Kennan, a clock collector who took apart an old G E electromechanical clock with one of the earliest snooze buttons. (Pappy helpfully posted photos of the clock's innards on his Web site; see the links at the b o t t o m of www.ma.ultranet.com/-jayman.) T h e clocks snooze-gear mechanism was not precise; the snooze interval could be anywhere from nine to nine and a half minutes. Pappy's opinion, seconded by a clock engineer, was that the original, none-too-ambitious designers wanted a clock with a snooze interval in the nine-to-10-minute range. So what may have happened was, some early chip designer inspected an old mechanical clock with a v . . snooze button, figured that a nine-minute snooze interval had been ordained by the clock gods, and built it fv into his chip — and we've been stuck with it ever since. That's my theory, and I'm sticking to it. — CECIL ADAMS

Is there something you need to get straight? Cecil Adams can deliver the Straight Dope on any topic. Write Cecil Adams at the Chicago Reader* 11 E. Illinois, Chicago, IL 60611, or e-mail him at cecil@chireader.com,

Nov25 - Dec. 1 ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19):

Imagine that by the time you're in

your eighties, our culture will have transformed into a place where old folks are treated with veneration and called on to provide a sage

a <yyrn I n a v ci

tion. Now visualize the wise guy or years before you die. Look back on your life with mountaintop eyes. Tell the late-1999 version of yourself what turned out to be the most important goals you ever pursued.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May

20): To celebrate the arrival o f the wealth-building phase o f your astrological cycle, here are four rituals that might stimulate the financial zones o f your imagination, thereby speeding up your cash flow: 1) Tape a $20 bill to your belly and wear it secretly under your clothes; 2) glue a small, oval photo o f yourself onto the center o f a $ 1 0 bill; 3) using shreds o f a ripped-up dollar bill, fruit, yogurt and honey, make a smoothee in a blender, and drink it as you brainstorm with a

attain atonement for

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QUARIUS (Jan

JO-Feb. 18): I wish your

'ereal came in a box deco-

sense o f perspective and proporwise gal you'll be in the last few

love you, seeking thereby

rated with paintings by Matisse and Chagall. I wish you only had

out o f shape. Instead you'll enjoy a

They often serve as excellent atten-

bumpy grace period: Your soul will

wickedly interesting game produce

tion-getting devices, and can be

get prodded and squeezed in all

a win-win or a lose-lose? It may all

great fun to complain about. They

the right places.

depend on whether you realize that

may even garner sympathy and

the supposed adversaries are as

CANCER (June 21 -July

affection from people you long to

dependent on each other as lovers.

when you made a brave move to

be closer to. If you're an artist or

SAGITTARIUS (Nov.

destiny, the important people in

22): I'll never forget what hap-

writer, your predicaments can be

pened to my innocence on that

handy for inspiring creative mas-

fateful day in first grade. On the

terpieces. In the right circum-

wall next to the sink, some cynic-

stances, your difficulties can win

22-Dec. 21): As I was meditating on your fate, I dozed off. I

dreamed you were an astronaut in

in-training, probably a sixth-grad-

you money in a lawsuit or pay-

er, had scrawled, "Humpty

ment as a guest on a T V talk show.

Dumpty was pushed." That was

Last but not least, they can force

the dawning o f many cruel (but

you to grow when you've become

ultimately welcome) realizations:

perfectly numb to the dull ache of

that things aren't always as they

mediocrity.

your helmet, your face looked

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

you'd escaped every limitation.

seem; that the official explanation is often an attempt to disguise the failings o f those in power; and that "behind the scenes" is usually 10 times bigger than "in front o f the scenes." Keep all these themes close to your conscious awareness this week, Cancer.

a ship orbiting the Earth. Clad in a silver spacesuit and attached by a tether, you opened the big metal doors and floated out into the clear blackness. Through the glass o f shocked yet exultant, as if you felt

six shampoos to choose from at the store, not 30. I wish you knew how beautiful you are. I wish that follow an unexpected fork in your your life greeted it with excitement and curiosity, not fear and resistance. And I wish you would let your imagination burble and rave as you dream o f all the fantastic innovations you might wish for during this, the Aquarian Wishing Season.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Calling all you big fishies in small

There's just one standard by which

When I woke up, you were doing

ponds, all you closet geniuses

your success this week can be

cartwheels as you passed over the

who're weary o f being legends

measured: Will you understand

Himalayas below. Now here's my

merely in your own minds, all you

yourself better at the end than you

dream interpretation: You will

temperamental actors who've

do at the beginning? It's true that a

soon have a brush with a dizzying

locked yourselves in your dressing rooms: Three million years o f

new privilege may fall into your

liberation. It'll imprint you pro-

lap, as well as a connection that'll

foundly. T h e entire rest of your life

rehearsal is probably long enough,

a money shrine in your bedroom.

L E O

(July 23-Aug. 22): When I

boost your status, and maybe even

will be freer because o f what hap-

don't you think? Get the show on

pens this week.

the road before I award you an

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-

Starring Role." You say you're

Capricorn or fellow Taurus about how to get richer quicker; 4) create Stock it with thrilling images and

was young and amoral, back before

a proposition that'll encourage you

objects that will fire you up with a

I got into the legitimate end o f the

to temper your love of harmony

righteous longing to have more o f

magic business, I had a spell-cast-

with greater self-assertion. But

the rich experiences money can

ing service. In return for a fee, I'd

they'll all be irrelevant unless you

buy.

perform the juju necessary to tip

heed my new, improved version o f

the cosmic scales in my clients'

Socrates' best soundbite: Know

behalf. To celebrate the 15 th

thyself — or else.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Getting yourself sandwiched in between a rock and a hard place won't be bad at all if you're willing to take on a melt-in-your-mouth consistency. So be as pliable as a claymation character, Gemini. Be as absorptive as a sponge. Be soft and cool and sweet in the way that ice cream is. Study the Libran tribe's genius for tickling opposite extremes without being crushed in the middle. I f you take my advice, there's no way you'll get all bent

anniversary o f the last time I prostituted my wizardry, I'll be casting a lusty (though scrupulously ethical) romantic spell for you this week — absolutely free. To be honest, though, you don't really need it. Under your own power, you're quite likely to stir up a firestorm o f tender intimacy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

Jan. 19): Ten minutes ago I kissed my stuffed Tyrannosaurus rex and welled up with loving thoughts about your inner monster. Next I took stones from a big pile and

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Cancerians are hiders.

SCORPIO

hurled them in the direction o f

Sagittarians are seekers. You

all the bureaucratic screw-ups up

heaven, protesting, in your behalf,

Scorpios are hide-and-seekers.

there. And now I'm sucking my

Sometimes you stalk life's tantaliz-

thumb and breaking a raw egg on

ing secrets like a feral cat toying

my head and wearing a sign that

with a mouse. At other times you

says "Kick Me," hoping in this

devise ingenious tactics for eluding

way to distract you from feeling

life's tantalizing secrets — as if you

sorry for yourself. My last task,

felt you were their prey. But I've

which I have not worked up the

Shall we count all the fabulous

never seen you trying to imperson-

courage for quite yet, will be to

ways your problems can be turned

ate both hunter and hunted at the

whip my shoulders with a leather

into opportunities? Let's see, now.

same time — until now. Will this

belt while crying out how much I

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last week's answers

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52 Item for 95 Illinois cry 37 Down of surprise? 53 Live on 97 Sampras lettuce and Rafter 55 Coasted 98 Weeding 57 Texas cry of tool sympathy? 100 Duration 58 Feel 102 Chemical wretched suffix 59 Writer Rand 103 Buy off 60 Second 106 See Triumvirate 129 Across member 108 Orient 62 EMTs skill 112 Uproar 64 Everything 113 Mr. Diamond 65 Dickens 114 Least character liberal 66 Yak 119 Gravel69 Pennsyl voiced vaniacryof 120 Thailand, disgust? atsgu formerly 73 — MAoines, c 121 Michigan IA cry of 74 He'll bend chagrin? over 122 Senator backward Kefauver for you 123 Cultural grp. 76 Grazing 124 Nautical ground adverb 77 Permit 125 Concluded 78 Witch 126 Hackneyed doctor 127 Big man on 79 Hoopsters' campus org. 128 Cunning 80 Exec's 129 With 106 deg. Across, legendary 82 Utah cry of drummer revulsion? 88 Chihuahua dough DOWN 89 Chihuahua 1 Home or snack Oliri 91 ItaljanporK 2 "He's -r92 Dwell * • . Picker ('14 93 "Scat!" song)

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39 Revolution- 87 Hawaii's ary Guevara state bird 41 Drollery 90 Veneration 42 Psychic 91 Freeway Geller sounds 43 Inclination 94 Idaho cry of 45 Tennyson excitement? tale 96 Jack of "The 46 — rummy Odd 48 About Couple" 49 Bank 99 Poetic deposit? preposition 50 Burn a bit 101 "Hiroshima" 54 Quiet author 56 Colors 103 Good 59 Maugham's time "Cakes 104 Dreadand — " locked one 61 Pro-gun grp. 105 Set in 63 Saucepan motion 64 Drillers' org. 106 Kevin of "In 65 TV's & Out" "Murder, — 107 Range Wrote" rope 66 Huff and 109 Actress puff Meyers 67 Feels sore 110 Seafood 68 Impertinent selection 69 Cops' org. 111 Accent 70 — grease feature 71 Indeed 112 Mus. 72 Grievance directive 75 "Typee" 114 — c o n sequel tendere 79 Sgt. or cpl. 115 Summit 80 — Carta 116 "The Never81 Improve Ending oneself, in a Story" way author 83 Turn right 117 WWII gun 84 DDE's 118 T h e — I s predecessor High" ('80 85 Tiny coin hit) 86 Genesis 120 Crestfallen setting 121 Lummox

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SWPF, 33, 5*2". MO LBS, LONG NATURALblond hair, blue eyes, educated, passionate, w o r k hard/play hard, love animals. Will you hike, bike, Rollerblade, ski, camp, cook, read, talk with me? Send photo. Box 630 SWF, 49, FRISKY, EDUCATED, CONTEMPLATIVE, seeking artist/monk/mountain man. Love Merton, Picasso, dogs. Value intelligence, integrity, compassion, simplicity, zaniness, passion. Box 632 RED WINE, LADYBUGS, DAISIES, OLD MOVIES, walks and good conversation. 5 ' y " , mid-40's SWPF NS. Artistic, wide variety of interests. Intelligent, passionate, financially secure, sense of humor. Seeking similar gentleman for LTR. Box 633 THOUGHTFUL, FIT, WELL-EDUCATED DPF, 49, seeking companion to share hikes, runs, laughter, music, books, ideas. My nest is emptying and it's time t o move on. Box 629 ATTRACTIVE, UPBEAT WIDOW SEEKS gentleman, 55 +, w h o shares love of the arts and nature, for true friendship. Box 619 ARTIST/ACADEMIC SEEKS M, 40 +, W/ fondness for humor, oceans, books, gentle music, conversation, travel, country club activities, gifted children, philanthropy, attractive brunettes. Box 620 FULL-FIGURED SWF, 18, 5 ' i o " , enjoys hanging out, movies, having fun. ISO SWM, 1822, w/ similar interests, honest w/ good sense of humor, for friendship/LTR. Box 624 FULL-FIGURED SWF, 19, 5'2", 210 LBS., enjoys movies, dining out, walks at night, hanging out arid cuddling, ISO friendly, honest, humorous SWM, NS, 18-24, w/ similar interests, for friendship/LTR. Box 625

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