Bartcop Entertainment - Thursday, 24 July, 2003

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24 July, 2003

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Disinfotainment Today

By Michael Dare

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by Nancy Cain
 
    What would Jesus do about cramps? If this doesn't seem like a question that you as a woman should have to ask yourself when dealing with your health, and if you're not into praying for your pain to go away, don't make an appointment to see President Bush's appointee to the Food and Drug Administration Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory committee, W. David Hager, MD, because prayer and the reading of certain scriptures might be his prescription to alleviate your condition. His most recent book, "As Jesus Cared for Women: Restoring Women Then and Now," includes Bible stories about Christ healing women and case studies from his own practice.
    In Hager's book "Stress and the Woman's Body," which he wrote with his wife, Lynda, he recommends specific Bible passages for headaches, eating disorders, postpartum depression, and premenstrual syndrome.
    When I contacted the doctor about this, he replied, "May I begin by telling you that no one who has written about me, my credentials or my beliefs has interviewed me. Any information you have read is rumor or innuendo. I have never said that I don't prescribe birth control pills to single women. I have said and written that I always tell my non-married patients who are sexually active that abstinence is the best way to avoid non-marital pregnancy and STDs. If they insist on being sexually active I prescribe oral contraceptives if desired and also recommend the use of condoms."
    A part-time professor in the Division of General Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Kentucky, Frank Schwendeman, president of the Kentucky Right to Life Association, stated in the Cincinnati Post that Dr. Hager "has been active in the anti-abortion movement for years and is probably one of the best-known obstetrician-gynecologists in Lexington. "Dr. Hager has actually written many medical papers on such subjects such as comparative studies of mezlocillin versus cefotaxime single dose prophylaxis in patients undergoing vaginal hysterectomy, and choices of antibiotics for women undergoing non-elective Cesarean section, and nonimmune hydrops fetalis associated with maternal infection with syphilis, and the treatment of sporadic acute puerperal mastitis."
 
    Scanning some of his work, Dr. Hager appears to be medically reasonable until you come upon his method of treating post-partum depression. His advice to physicians on this condition, in his own words: "Lend a compassionate heart and a listening ear, and pray with her!" Uh oh, that doesn't seem like medical treatment. Yet, he goes on, "Praise her for being a mother and a part of God's plan of creation." Excuse me, is there a doctor in the house?
 
    Hager continues, "Suggest relevant Scripture verses to read. Psalm 34:18, Revelation 21:4 and, our favorite, 2 Samuel 22:29: You are my lamp, O Lord; the Lord turns my darkness into light." Then the good doctor writes that his patient should be encouraged to exercise even when she doesn't feel like it. Yes! Finally. I agree with the exercise part. I agree with that. But please, Doc, there must be something to stop our depressed moms from committing suicide or drowning their kids in the tub. But no, Dr. Hager concludes, "This is a wonderful time to minister to a suffering mom and to her husband and family. Remind them that in John 20:19, Jesus came through the bolted doors and said, Peace be with you."
    And regarding the doctor's writing about stress-related disorders and menstrual disorders, Dr. Hager told me, "I have written that counseling, prayer/meditation and appropriate medication have been found to be the best forms of management in a holistic manner. I have never said that a patient should not receive medication. I manage dysmenorrhea, and menstrual problems with hormonal therapy and with analgesics as needed. I am one of the busiest laparoscopists in our area, so surgery is also a significant part of my evaluation and treatment plan."
    Why then all this negative stuff about the doctor? Why was there frantic email from dozens of organizations, including Planned Parenthood, which asked the public to oppose the appointment of Dr. Hager? Perhaps most significantly, it is because he has said that he would like to revoke the FDAs approval of mifepristone (RU-486), commonly known as the abortion pill. The pre-written letter that Planned Parenthood suggested we send the president stated, "The Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee of the FDA wields considerable power and the effects of its recommendations are felt by millions of women around the country...We deserve to have our health policy agenda set and fulfilled by qualified men and women relying on sound science. Please reconsider the appointment of Dr. Hager to this position and assure the women of America that you have their best interests at heart."
    The urgency to get rid of Dr. Hager seems all the more important when we realize that soon the FDAs Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee is going to take up a study on hormone replacement therapy in menopausal women. Time magazine says that religious conservatives like Hager want to take over the debate about the safety of hormone replacement therapy in order to cast doubt on the use of chemically similar birth control pills. Dr. Hager told me, "Regarding the issues of HRT (hormonal replacement therapy) and OCPs(oral contraceptives), there is no relationship except that both are hormonal regimens. The doses of estrogen and progesterone in birth control pills far exceeds that in HRT. The issue that will be reviewed by the Advisory Committee is the Women's Health Initiative report as to the safety and effectiveness of HRT. I have been to the National Conference on HRT at NIH recently and will continue to gather data to try and formulate my opinions on the issue... If this means that I am a danger to the women of this country then that is a determination you will have to make in your own mind."
    In my mind I think we should definitely not have this guy deciding which treatments are accredited. However, that's just me. Come to your own conclusion. But what are ya gonna believe--what Dr. Hager writes in his books, or what he says as his own spin doctor?
 
 
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Dick Armey Making Sense?

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"They (Republicans) have had control for 10 years, they've gotten arrogant, they demean the institution, they demean democracy by virtue of the heavy-handed way they run the House, minority rights are downtrodden, and it's time, Mr. and Mrs. America, to make a change."
-Former GOP Leader Dick Armey, quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, 7/22/03.
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Kinzua Bridge Wreckage  courtesy 'The Kane Republican'

"It's gone," Kinzua State Park Manager Barrett Clark told the Republican in describing the scene at the bridge. "Most of it is missing." Clark said the center portion of the 301-foot high bridge fell "from east to west" and crashed in the Kinzua Creek below. Ironically, the only parts left standing are those sections where renovation work has been completed. The bridge sat atop 20 lattice-like iron towers resting on concrete bases. All but eight towers fell Monday. The eight towers remaining include four on both sides of the gorge spanned by the nation's second highest railroad bridge. The bridge, built more than 100 years ago, had been the fourth highest in the world.


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Reader Comment

Re: Movies Featuring WTC

My favorite movie featuring the WTC is "Trading Places" with Dan Ackroyd and Eddie Murphy. The climactic OJ futures trading scene takes place in the WTC, on the floor of the Commodities Exchange.

I own the tape of that movie, and it took me months following 9/11 before I could bear to watch it again.

Ann D


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Reader Comment

Re: Movies Featuring WTC

Don't forget that the studio flacks decided the WTC had to be deleted from the New York skyline before Spider-Man could be released.

Cheers,

--AP


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Selected Reading

that Mad Cat, JD

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From BAGnews

Saint Colin of Washington


By Michael Shaw

Why Does Colin Powell's Cup Continue To Run Over While Everyone Else Around Him Ends Up Answering To Higher Authorities?

The saintly perception of Colin Powell involves two traits that ultimately contradict each other. One is deep personal integrity. The other is deep loyalty to those he serves. Given the devilish and diabolical actions of the teams he's played for, however, its miraculous how Powell manages to look like he's cut from different cloth.

Whether the issue is the suppression of the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam, the sheparding and cover-up of the Iran Contra affair, America's support of ruthless African overlords, the bloody crusade against the Nicaraguan government, the avoidable ground war in Gulf War I, and now the "misleadership" scandal surrounding the selling of Gulf War II, Powell seems to maintain his choirboy's innocence.

Yea, though the Secretary of State walks through the valley of the shadow of scandal, he fears no evil because… nobody ever associates him with it. And it's not as if he's simply perceived as an innocent bystander in these unholy activities. It's as if—like a phantom or a ghost—he was never there!

Even in the midst of the current scandal, his station remains blessed. Commentators, bearing witness to Powell's supposedly reverent principles, believe he might even resign on moral terms! And while the President is chastised and called to account over 16 words in the State of the Union, Powell's almighty speech to the U.N.—one that was far more evangelical and soulless than the President's was—has been largely overlooked.

If one cannot bestow honor on Powell for being a "team player," one has to feel some reverence for Powell for being a great player. To the extent the public and the press have come to confuse demeanor with character and discretion with moderation, Powell is the angel who never falls

This article can be found at   Saint Colin of Washington


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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Still soggily humid.

Bright & early the city decided to top trees & start replacing the curbs. Lots of extra noise & a whole new layer of dust, too.

Saturday, the e-page will be 2 years old.



Tonight, Thursday, CBS starts the night with a FRESH 'The Amazing Race 4', followed by a RERUN 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation', then a RERUN 'Without A Trace'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Sylvester Stallone, British Open champion Ben Curtis, and Queens of the Stone Age.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craiggers are John Leguizamo and Jennie Finch.

NBC opens the night with a RERUN 'Friends', followed by a RERUN 'Scrubs', then a RERUN 'Will & Grace', followed by a FRESH to NBC (a RERUN if you watch 'Bravo'), 'Queer Eye For The Straight Guy', then a RERUN 'ER'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jay are Luke Wilson, Paige Davis, and Toby Keith.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Joaquin Phoenix, Scott Thompson, and Cheap Trick.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson Daly are Angelina Jolie and Kenna.

ABC begins the evening with the movie 'Road Trip', followed by 'PrimeTime Thursday'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Danny Provenzano, Vincent Pastore, and Michelle Branch, with this week's guest co-host Lil' Max$o.

The WB offers the movie 'Fear'.

Faux has a FRESH 'Keen Eddie', followed by 'The Pulse'.

UPN kills the night with 'WWE Smackdown!'.

A&E has 'Biography' (Ron Howard), followed by 'Columbo: Grand Deception'.

AMC offers the movie 'Tora! Tora! Tora!', followed by the movie 'The Hunter', and then the movie 'Young Guns'.

BBC  -    [7pm] 'Ground Force' - Locklease;    [7:30pm] 'Changing Rooms' - West Norwood;    [8pm] 'House Invaders' - Rhyl;    [8:30pm] 'House Invaders' - Newcastle U. Lime;    [9pm] 'Faking It' - Show Girl to Show Jumper;    [10pm] 'Faking It' - Lady Lisa;    [11pm] 'So Graham Norton' - Dollywood;    [12am] 'Faking It' - Show Girl to Show Jumper;    [1am] 'Faking It' - Lady Lisa;    [2am] 'House Invaders' - Rhyl;    [2:30am] 'House Invaders' - Newcastle U. Lime;    and   [3am] 'So Graham Norton' - Dollywood.     (ALL TIMES EDT)

Bravo has the movie 'The Package', followed by 'Queer Eye For The Straight Guy', then the movie 'The Package'.

Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Joseph Wilson.

History has 'Modern Marvels', 'History Of The Beach: The Turning Tides Of History', and more 'Modern Marvels'.

SciFi has the movie 'Encrypt', followed by the movie 'Fortress 2: Re-Entry'.

TCM celebrates men-kicking-ass all day & Jean Harlow all night.
[6am] 'Secret Service' (1931);    [7:15am] 'Suicide Fleet' (1931);    [8:45am] 'Roar Of The Dragon' (1932);    [10am] 'Captured' (1933);    [11:15am] 'Ace Of Aces' (1933);    [12:45pm] 'Hell Below' (1933);    [2:30pm] 'Men Must Fight' (1933);    [3:45pm] 'The Dawn Patrol' (1938);    [5:30pm] 'Sons Of The Sea' (1939);    [7:15pm] 'The Battle of San Pietro' (1945);    [8pm] 'The Girl From Missouri' (1934);    [9:15pm] 'Bombshell' (1933);    [11pm] 'Red Headed Woman' (1932);    [12:30am] 'Personal Property' (1937);    [2am] 'Hold Your Man' (1933);    [3:30am] 'Reckless' (1935);    and   [5:30am] 'MGM Parade Show #17' (1955).     (ALL TIMES EDT)



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Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band, from left to right, Paul Carrack, Colin Hay, Ringo Starr, Sheila E., Mark Rivera and John Waite, pose during a press conference to launch their tour at Casino Rama in Orillia, Ontario, Wednesday, July 23, 2003.
Photo by Frank Gunn

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The Information One-Stop

Moose & Squirrel

Moose & Squirrel Information One-Stop

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Concerts For Kucinich

Willie Nelson

Country music troubadour Willie Nelson will strum guitar and sing for Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich at benefit concerts in Iowa, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Venues and supporting performers haven't been chosen, but the first concert will be Labor Day in Des Moines, Iowa, campaign spokesman Jeff Cohen announced Wednesday. Two other shows are tentatively scheduled for early September in Kucinich's hometown of Cleveland and in Madison, Wis.

The Iowa concert, honoring workers and farmers, is to follow Nelson's two regularly scheduled performances in the state Aug. 30 and Aug. 31.

Willie Nelson

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Sued for Age Discrimination

Oldies Station

A Denver radio personality, who has worked at several local stations since 1964, is now suing one of his former employers for age discrimination. Sixty-three-year-old Harold "Hal" Moore claims station owner Infinity Radio let him go with no warning last year just one year into a five-year contract with oldies station "Kool 105," or KXKL-FM.

Moore is trying to get not only his job back, but lost wages, unspecified damages and benefits. He claims he was told he didn't have the right "chemistry" for the target audience of 25- to 54-year-olds. The lawsuit alleges the station hired a 48-year-old man to replace him.

Oldies Station


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Together Again

Cheech & Chong

Think the Cheech & Chong film franchise ended with 1984's "Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers?" Think again.

The comedy duo is reuniting after 20 years for a new feature set up at New Line Cinema that will catch up with Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong's wacky stoner personas in the present day.

The untitled project is in the early stages of development at New Line. Marin and Chong already have worked out a story line and will pen the script along with an additional writer to be recruited by New Line. Robbi Chong, one of Chong's daughters, will serve as a producer on the project.

Marin said that they are even considering doing a live performance to promote the movie, which is expected to shoot next year during Marin's hiatus from "The Ortegas."

Cheech & Chong

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Workers at a gallery prepare a copy of the Vietnam War era picture of South Vietnamese general Nguyen Ngoc Loan shooting a Vietcong prisoner. Cartoonist Michael Ramirez used the picture as inspiration for a recent cartoon showing President George W. Bush as the victim and a figure labeled 'politics' as the shooter to a backdrop of a bombed-out city labeled 'Iraq.' The drawing sparked keen interest from the Secret Service who sent an agent round to question Ramirez, until Republican Congressman Christopher Cox stepped in to rescue the cartoonist who had meant the drawing to be supportive of Bush  Photo by Greg Wood The Secret Service is studying a pro-Bush cartoon in the Los Angeles Times, showing the president with a gun to his head, as a possible threat, U.S. officials said July 21, 2003. Cartoonist Michael Ramirez said the drawing, which ran in Sunday's paper, was only meant to call attention to the unjust 'political assassination' of Bush over his Iraq policy. The background of the drawing is a cityscape labeled 'Iraq.'

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Auction

Playboy

Manuscripts by James Bond author Ian Fleming and Beat poet Jack Kerouac, along with a vintage 1960s Bunny costume highlight the "Playboy at 50" collection to be auctioned at Christie's, the auction house said on Wednesday.

Photography, memorabilia, art from contributors such as LeRoy Neiman, Alberto Vargas and Gahan Wilson and a custom Mercedes limousine that belonged to publisher and founder Hugh Hefner will be included in the Dec. 17 sale, held in conjunction with Playboy magazine's 50th anniversary.

Advanced proofs of sections from "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," published in Playboy in 1963, with notations by the author, were estimated to fetch $18,000 to $24,000.

Other items to be auctioned include works by Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, Henry Miller, Vladimir Nabokov, Jean Paul Sartre and Hunter S. Thompson and letters from actress Joan Crawford.

Photos of original Playboy cover girl Marilyn Monroe from 1960 also are included in the collection.

Playboy

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Wants to Own N.Y. NBA Team

Sean "P. Diddy" Combs

Sean "P. Diddy" Combs wants to purchase the New York Knicks.

The hip-hop/fashion mogul and devout fan of Gotham's National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise proclaimed his interest during an appearance Tuesday on Howard Stern's syndicated morning radio show.

"I think I could do a good job," Combs said, admitting that his efforts to engage in talks with the team's current ownership have to this point been fruitless. "I'm publicly puttin' it out there, because they're not taking my calls.

"I think some new blood up in there... I'm not saying let's get rid of the owners, I'm saying put me down. Put me in the game... Because it's not going down right now."

Sean "P. Diddy" Combs

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Backs Davis in Recall

Rob Reiner

Democratic activist and film director Rob Reiner said on Tuesday that he would not enter the race for California governor on a recall ballot this fall, labeling the Republican-led recall petition drive "bad for democracy."

Reiner, who heads a state commission on early childhood development, made the comments shortly after announcing his agency's approval of a $100 million grant intended to propagate free preschool programs for every California child.

The universal preschool program consumed years of Reiner's political life and he planned to spend the day in Sacramento and the San Francisco suburb of San Mateo talking up the program.

He expressed support for Davis and predicted the unpopular governor could hang onto his seat as long as Republican voters, who likely will turn out strongly for a recall ballot, were split between at least two candidates.

Rob Reiner

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House Moves

FCC Rules

House lawmakers voted Wednesday to block a new regulation that would allow individual companies to buy up television stations reaching nearly half the nation's viewers.

The provision, included in a spending bill approved 400-21, would roll back part of a Federal Communications Commission decision overhauling decades-old restrictions governing ownership of newspapers and television and radio stations. That June 2 ruling by the Republican-dominated FCC was a victory for media companies who sought relaxed rules.

"It's extremely rare to be able to reverse a regulatory decision that gives away the store to the big boys," said Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., chief sponsor of the provision to derail the FCC change.

Top Republicans are hoping that, with leverage from the threat of a first-ever veto by resident Bush, the final House-Senate compromise bill later this year will drop the provision.

FCC Rules

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In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends

bartcook

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Chicago Police Apologize

Ice Cube

The Chicago Police Department has apologized for issuing a community alert that described a man suspected in a series of sexual assaults as resembling hip-hop artist and actor Ice Cube after a local television station aired one of the rapper's videos during its evening newscast.

A police alert released Sunday described the man as a black male in his mid-20s who "resembles the popular rap artist 'Ice Cube.'"

The Chicago TV station owned and operated by CBS, WBBM-TV, subsequently broadcast one of Ice Cube's videos when it reported the story Monday night.

Elizabeth Shapiro, communications director for Channel 2, acknowledged that the station used the video.

"Chicago police had issued a community alert saying a suspect in a string of crimes in Wicker Park resembled rap artist Ice Cube," she said. "So our information was taken directly from the Chicago Police Department community alert."

Ice Cube

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A Hindu with his body pierced by sharp objects marches in a religious celebration in the southern Indian city of Madras, July 23, 2003. The celebration is held to commemorate the birth of the Hindu god Murugan, the son of Lord Shiva. Devotees subject themselves to painful rituals during the festival, in a demonstration of faith and penance.
Photo by Lanantha Krishan

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Awards Given

Medal of Freedom

Charlton Heston, the Academy Award-winning actor who headed the National Rifle Association and now has Alzheimer's, was awarded the Medal of Freedom on Wednesday by resident Bush.

An eclectic group received the nation's highest civilian award, including master chef Julia Child, whose television show brought gourmet cooking into millions of American homes, and the late Dave Thomas, the Wendy's hamburger magnate and philanthropist.

Others included nuclear bomb pioneer Edward Teller, concert pianist Van Cliburn, former Czech Republic president and playwright Vaclav Havel, former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, the late Hall of Fame baseball player Roberto Clemente and the late Supreme Court justice Byron White.

Still others were influential writer and historian Jacques Barzun and social commentator James Q. Wilson.

Medal of Freedom

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Formerly 'The Vidiot'

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To Mark Korean War

Ed McMahon

He is best known for his trademark "Heeeeeeere's Johnny," but long before he became famous as Johnny Carson's sidekick, Ed McMahon was a decorated fighter pilot during the Korean War.

This weekend, the television announcer, host, actor and pitchman will join thousands of other veterans in Washington marking the 50th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the fighting.

McMahon was sent to Korea in 1953. He flew 85 combat missions as a Marine Corps pilot and was awarded the Air Medal for his service.

The 1950-53 Korean War ended with the armistice, not a peace treaty, leaving the Koreas divided and technically in a state of war. More than 36,000 Americans were killed in the war.

Ed McMahon

50th Anniversary of the Korean War Commemoration Committee

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The University of Missouri-Rolla solar-powered car crosses the finish line to win the American Solar Challenge as Robert Mitchell, left, dean of engineering at Missouri, waves the checkered flag Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at the end of the solar car race from Chicago to Claremont, Calif.
Photo by Damian Dovarganes

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Verdict Dismissal Affirmed

'Jenny Jones'

The Michigan Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of a lower-court decision that threw out a $29.3 million award against "The Jenny Jones Show" following the murder of a guest.

The lawsuit stemmed from the 1995 slaying of Scott Amedure, who was shot to death by Jonathan Schmitz three days after Amedure revealed an attraction to Schmitz during a taping of the show in Chicago. The show never aired.

'Jenny Jones'

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Writes Picture Book

Jay Leno

Jay Leno, host of NBC's "The Tonight Show," said Tuesday he's written a picture book, "If Roast Beef Could Fly," based on a family cookout in which mischief led to a ruined rotisserie of meat.

"I was a little kid and I was fascinated by the roast beef going around the spit," Leno said. "So I took out my little plastic comb and stuck it in the meat. At one point the comb caught on the string used to tie the roast beef. So I went, `Oh, oh,' and I didn't want to break the motor. So I said, `OK,' and I walked away."

"When my dad brought the roast beef out, he started to cut it and then — clunk! — a big piece of plastic fell off and the meat was pink underneath," Leno said. "Of course everybody was — `Eww!' — sickened by this, and my dad started yelling in Italian, picked up the roast beef and threw it out the window."

Jay Leno

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Polar Bear Turns Purple

Pelusa

A female polar bear at a zoo has turned purple after she was given a special treatment for a dermatological problem.

The bear, named Pelusa, was given the treatment for a skin infection and had to be separated from her mate, Arturo.

After a few days Pelusa will go back to her normal cream color and rejoin Arturo in the main polar bear enclosure at Mendoza City Zoo, 700 miles west of the capital, Buenos Aires.

Pelusa

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A polar bear named Josefa reaches for fish in a new swimming pool at the Buenos Aires Zoo, July 21, 2003. Today was the first day of winter vacation for school children in Argentina and hundreds gathered to watch the bear.
Photo by Marcos Brindicci

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'Ark of Darkness'

"The Ark of Darkness", a Political/Science-Fiction work, in tidy, weekly installments (and updated every Friday).

The Ark Group discovers a final member from the last expedition in a place dominated by Murphy's Law.



Chapter 15 - Wizard's Treasure Room


'Ark of Darkness'


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