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NEWS OF THE WEIRD by CHUCK SHEPPARD And What Were Y-o-u Doing at Age 14? Among the students featured in Popular Science's September list of young inventors was Fabian Fernandez-Han, 14, of Conroe, Texas, who invented a bicycle that, when pedaled, also desalinates seawater (via reverse osmosis) from replaceable 15-gallon canisters. One hour of pedaling produces 20 gallons of drinkable water. Jack Andraka, 15, from Maryland, created a test for pancreatic cancer that is demonstrably much faster and more accurate than current diagnostics (using carbon nanotubes that can be specially activated by applications of the signature pancreatic-cancer protein, Mesothelin). [Popular Science, September 2012] Can't Possibly Be True WEEKLY HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY For the Week of October 7, 2012 ARIES (March 21-April 19)YYour feelings cannot be left out of a scenario, and you may want to have more control over what you feel. Strive to be more aware and accepting of your emotions, whatever they may be. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) The "what ifs" come calling, but they sing a different song from the one they used to sing.You'll revel in these possibilities and invite more imaginative options to introduce themselves in the weeks to come. GEMINI (May 21-June 21) When you share part of yourself and people respond to you, think about whether their response helps or hurts your mood. You'll copy what works and adapt it to your own style. CANCER (June 22-July 22) It may feel as though you are having many of the same thoughts as last week, and that your mind is stuck in a "repeat" pattern. Just remember that you are not your thoughts. Chuck Sheppard School officials in Grand Island, Neb., told Hunter Spanjer that the way he signs his name violates the schools' anti-weapons policy and that he'll have to abandon it. Hunter is 3 1/2 years old, deaf, fluent in the language Signing Exact English, and uses a hand flourish as his unique signature (registered with SEE), except that officials say the flourish looks like Hunter is threatening with a weapon. At press time, Hunter's parents were still negotiating with officials. [KOLN- TV (Lincoln), 8-28-2012] An unidentified mother of twins was photographed at the Thanksgiving Point Deli in Lehi, Utah, in September apparently toilet-training her toddlers at a table. Another patron witnessed the mother's bringing in what at first glance looked like booster seats, but then the mom undid the kids' jumpsuits and placed them on the potties. A spokesperson for the deli (located 10 miles south of Salt Lake City) said the incident was over by the time it was reported to her, but the witness put a photo on the Internet (picked up by TV stations) so that millions of people could disapprove of the mother's parenting. [KNTX-TV (Bowie, Texas), 9-6-2012] Police in Seneca Falls, N.Y., LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Once you accept someone, this person no longer has to prove much to you. It's only natural to be inclusive, kinder and more generous to someone you feel you know and trust. Just be sure to screen people well upfront. Those who share your morals, ethics and values will bring happiness to your life. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You don't expect anything in return when you help others, and yet you start to feel resentful if you get the feeling that your help is taken for granted. You want to make sure that you are giving of yourself to those who really do need what you have to offer, and not to those who are simply greedy. ADVICE GODDESS Scold Mountain LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Others can't dictate how you feel. They might provide a trigger that sets you off in a certain emotional direction, but you could also go off in a very different direction if you were so inclined. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) It may feel as though everything is coming down to a mo- ment, but it's not. Your victory will be based on a body of work and a number of deeds. Having an objective and working in steps toward that purpose will get you there. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Beauty is not your goal, but you will continue to work until what occurs is something so masterful that it is undeniably gorgeous. The in-between stages you go through this week are perhaps not nearly as lovely to behold. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Head to- ward your goal and respond to feedback, and you eventually will get where you want to be. If you are aware that you have deviated, you can correct your path. In the end, the prize will be yours. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)Part of the happenings this week will feel like an elaborate heist with many working parts and a prize for the taking. Of course, assembling the right team will be crucial. While working with people you admire, you'll pull off an impressive feat that turns out to be entirely legal. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You'll play a game, and you'll play to win. B Be mindful not to let success go to your head. When you achieve your goal, stop and consider your next step. By Holiday Mathis The guy I've sorta been seeing travels around making videos for an extreme sports company but lives two hours away in the mountains. We met through a mutual friend, went to dinner and then had sex. We had a few more dates, and then he got a girlfriend. He contacted me after they broke up. I went up to see him, and we went to dinner and had sex. He then visited me, and I cooked him a lovely dinner and gave him a massage, putting lots of effort into everything, but he never puts much effort into us. He'll always say, "I really like you, you should know that," but only when I'm hounding him, asking why he never calls. Because he lived with his girlfriend for two years, he seems capable of commitment. Should I tell him how I feel — that I want more out of our "relationship"? — Irked STEVE TURLEY, Station manager Christian 107.3 COMMENTS? Editor@upancomin- gweekly.com arrested Dawn Planty in August and charged her with statutory rape. Planty came to officers' attention when she called 911 to ask if the dispatcher knew the age of consent in the state because she had had sex with a 15-year-old boy recently and wanted to clear her conscience. [WHEC-TV (Rochester), 8-21-2012] COPYRIGHT 2011 CHUCK SHEPHERD WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Your extremely casual sex partner popped up again, and you not only had sex with him but cooked him dinner and gave him a complimentary massage. Are you an aspiring girlfriend or an aspiring day spa? Feminism tells us that a woman should be able to do anything a man can do, from becoming an astronaut to having sex on the fi rst date. I'm all for girls growing up to be astronauts. And obviously, a woman can have sex on the fi rst date — but because men tend to devalue women they don't have to chase, she's taking a risk unless all she wants is a little nail and bail. You need to accept that you've blown it with this guy, having trained him to see you as dating roadkill — the sex-providing equivalent of a flattened possum. If he's starving, he'll scrape up some possum steaks; otherwise, thanks, he'll take the $36 T-bone. Your thing with him won't be a total loss if you turn it into a lesson in how not to act with men in the future. But, don't just play hard to get; become hard to get. This means developing yourself into a woman who wants a man but isn't so needy for one that she'll shove her self-respect in the closet and try to bribe him into wanting her with sex, shiatsu, and home-cooked gourmet meals. Sure, the way to a man's heart is sometimes "through his stomach," but only for laparoscopic surgeons taking the scenic route. Amy Alkon Amy Alkon all rights reserved. OCTOBER 3-9, 2012 UCW 23