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Thursday August 31,2000
HOROSCOPES
Today's Birthday (Aua. 31).
Your mind is like a steel trap this year. Use it to catch the abundance you richly deserve. Avoid an argument in September that you can't win. Use your charm to gain wealth in October. Plan the coming year in November and start making changes in December. A loved one will understand in January. Solve a technical problem to gain a bonus in February and let other people fund a project in April. Your sensitivity could pay off in June. Rekindle an old friendship in July. Take pride in what you've accomplished by next August.
To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19). Today is a 7.
You should do well in a partnership now. Get together with a person who has skills you lack. Pool your resources, as well as your talents. Listen to each other. That's the most important part.
You should be creative today, so take on a challenge. This won't necessarily be easy, but that's OK. You get bored when things are too easy. Try something that few people can do. You'll be proud of yourself when you do it.
Taurus (April 20-May 20. Today is a 7.
You should have an excellent time with an old friend. You're good at choosing the right words and expressing your feelings. Go back over the photo albums and relive the good old days. That will give you a chance to say what you forgot to say back then.
Gemini (May 21-June 21). Today is a 7.
Cancer (June 22-July 22). Today is an 8.
Something needs to be discussed in private. You could learn something you never knew before. Start by asking for, and giving others, permission to discuss a forbidden subject. Have at it, but play fair.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). Today is a 6.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Today is an 8.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Todav is a 7.
If you've been wondering how you're going to live the life of luxury you deserve, dig for answers Read a book or two on the subject. You may not know about something that could make you rich.
You have a busy schedule, full of little details. Answer those calls and get that stack of papers off your desk, but don't just dump them into a drawer unread. Something important might be in there.
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Todav is an 8.
You may want to increase your wages. Start by convincing yourself that you're worth more. Once you do that, convincing the others will be easy. But first do the homework and find out what the others are making.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Today is a 7.
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Today is an 8.
You should have pleasant, imaginative and creative dreams soon. This will go on for a few weeks. Keep a paper and pencil near the bed. You might get the material to write a best seller overnight.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Today is an 8.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Today is a 7.
You're in a good frame of mind to learn. A little competition can motivate you. Pull yourself off the couch and into the world. Something you find will give you the edge over that annoying know-it-all.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Today is a 7.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Today is an 8. You could advance your career soon. Travel may be involved, and that could be interesting. You may not have to learn anything else. You may just have to take what you're already doing someplace where it needs to be done.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). Today is an 8
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). Today is an 8.
You and a partner could still be talking about money. If this is your mate, you're discussing something you want for your home. Wrap up these consultations. You both know what the other person wants and what you can afford. Go get it!
Today you're smart and quick at figuring things out. Get your money in order so you know how much you can spend. Your luck is good, and you're talented. The hard part is gathering your resources, and that is certainly doable.
Notes: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment purposes only.
Spots:
Tomorrow
Thursday: Toons at Noon — B.O.M.B goes off in front of the Kansas Union. It's actually a one-man band.And it's free.
Thursday and Saturday night laugh about Western civilization with Janice Perry's "Holy Sh*t! Stories from Heaven and Hell" performance at the Inge Theatre in Murphy Hall. See story this issue.
This weekend: Spirit Fest. Three days of music, carnivals and people watching. Headliners include Joe Walsh, Coolio, Sir-Mix-A-Lot, Tone Loc, Rick Springfield and Night Ranger. At Liberty Memorial in Penn Valley Park Kansas City, Mo.
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Wednesday: experience the guitar rock and hard-hitting melodies of Sister Seven at The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. See page 3B for a CD review and visit www.kansan.com for audio clips.
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Kansan.com poll
Last week's question
What is the best reality-based TV show?
Big Brother, 1900 House and Other - 3 percent each
Big Brother (CBS)
The Real World (MTV)
Survivor -
23 percent
Read Rules -
7 percent The Real
World -
57 percent
(MTV)
(MTV)
Road Rules
Survivor (CBS)
The 1900 House (PBS)
Other
Other
Next week's question:
Note: This poll is not scientific. Twenty-six people voted in this pole.
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Which '80s hair metal band should throw in the towel?
Log on to www.Kansan.com to cast your vote on this issue. Results will be posted in next week's Javplay.
Drinks of the week
Bv Katie Hollar
Brew: If you're heading to the lake this weekend, grab a case of Milwaukee's Best (yep, the beast) or Natural Light. They can get a little lake water in them, and it still tastes the same.
**Cocktail:** Banana Red Mad Dog 20/20. Pop it in the freezer for a bit, and you're good to go.
Non-alcoholic: Have someone else make this one. A Route 44 cherry limeade from Sonic. It's a taste of summer — but don't forget to tip your carhop.
Former hacker to be employed by victim
GREENVILLE, N.C. — A former East Carolina University student who was arrested after hacking into the university's computer network has been hired by the school — for his computer expertise.
Nolan Waithe Grant was hired Aug. 16 to work at the university computer system's help desk at a salary of $21,626. Three years ago, he pleaded guilty to hacking into the school's Unix computer network.
Jeff Huskamp, the university's director of computer and information systems, confirmed Tuesday that Grant was an employee. He would not say whether he knew of Grant's hacking history when Grant was hired.
"That's going into personnel things that I can't discuss," Huskamp said. Grant was the best qualified candidate to apply for the job, he added.
Grant pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of accessing a computer without authorization and derying computer services to an authorized user after hacking into the school's system in 1997. He declined to comment.
The university has since beefed up its computer security.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Six chimps have a great new reason to monkey around. They're fithy rich. An 83-year-old Danish woman who
Woman leaves money to zoo's chimpanzees
had no living relatives has bequeathed $60,200 to the half-dozen chimpanzees at the Cochenhagen Zoo.
inner will, Elsebeth Christensen donated the money to the animal park with a specific requirement that the money benefit the zoo's chimps.
Christensen included the monkeys in her will in memory of her daughter, who suffered a fatal illness 50 years ago and spent her last weeks visiting the chimps at the zoo every day.
"We will use it to make improvements and modernization of their cage," the zoo's financial manager Soeren Glud said yesterday.
Judge Christian Notleyen read the will to the present occupants of the glass and concrete cage — Jimmy, Trune, Fifi, Trine, Grinni and Gigi — on Monday after he had informed zoo officials.
The apes watched the judge with curiosity, but they rapidly lost interest.
The heirs, however, behaved better than many people Notlevsen had seen in court during readings of wills. "They didn't start fighting," the judge said.
A Jefferson County judge had ordered the release of Parks and another man Wednesday, the same
FORDYCE, Ark. — If only inmate Sherman Lee Parks had known what was going on in a nearby judge's office, he might not be behind bars today.
Prisoner escapes jail on date of release
day the 50-year-old inmate escaped from jail, authorities said.
"The judge ruled that since they had been locked up for nine months to let them out," said Dallas County Sheriff Donny Ford. Parks had served nine months for burglary. Parks, now wanted for an escape attempt, was re-arrested early Thursday morning, a sheriff's department dispatcher said. He was back in the Dallas County Jail.
Rare lobster saved for scientific studies
AMAGANSETT, N.Y. — All the other lobsters must be green with envy.
A live 3-pound lobster was rescued from becoming a tasty dinner when a seafood market manager noticed something unusual — its shell was blue.
The rare royal-blue specimen was one of 50 Nova Scotia lobsters delivered to Stuart's Seafood Market last week. Owner Charlotte Klein Sasso was thrilled.
"I just started yelling, 'Don't touch that lobster,'" said Sasso. "If I didn't spot him when I did, he would have wound up on someone's plate."
The genetic coloring variation occurs in about one of every 3 million lobsters, scientists say. Lobsters come in other colors, too, such as yellow, black and green. White lobsters, one out of every 30 million, are the rarest.
the blue lobster, named Frank after blue-eyed crooner Frank
Oddities
Sinatra, was stored in a tank. It was headed Tuesday to the Marine Science Institute in Montauck, N.Y.
It will be studied, not eaten,
promised marine biologist Anthony D'Agostino, the founder of a privately funded 30-year-old research effort called the Blue Lobster Project.
Taxpayer dedicates life to support tax
GREEN BAY, Wis. — John Tomasich wants to pay local taxes.
Really.
In fact, the Green Bay Packers fan is so much in favor of a sales tax to renovate the football team's home at Lambeau Field that he gave up his life in California to lobby for it.
"Once I decided that this was an important issue to me, I decided I was either going to do this all the way and in overdrive, or I wasn't going to do it at all," Tomasich said Sunday.
Earlier this month, he and his wife quit their jobs, sold their house in Long Beach and moved to Brown County so he could personally campaign for the proposed half-percent sales tax.
Between now and the Sept. 12 referendum, Tomasich, 41, plans to lobby ceaselessly for the tax, distributing homemade pamphlets and talking with as many people as possible about a cause that has changed not only his lifestyle but his life.
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