February, 2004

Vol.5. NO.2...........................................................Pages14-15

 WEIRD NEWS

“Our Brightest Cheerleaders”

Memorial Day weekend is a perfect excuse to drive to the lake and have some fun, Three cheerleaders stopped at a gas station to inflate their air mattresses, then continued happily on their way to the lake, unaware that they had filled the inflatable with oxyacetylene gas instead of air.

One of the cheerleaders lit a cigarette, and the rest is history.

A cheerleading coach described the tree sixteen-year-olds as the best and brightest kids in school. The girls recovered from severe burns in intensive care.

Snowball’s Chance in Hell

Two I-95 toll collectors were involved in a friendly snowball fight when one reached out to scoop some snow from a passing tractor-trailer rig. Manning a tollbooth is not the most interesting job, so it’s only natural that collectors would engage in some freestyle entertainment. But scooping snow from a moving vehicle is not the safest of sports. The toll collector’s hand caught in the rig, and he was pulled from his booth and dragged to his death.

Enraged Elephant

Yet another safari tourist met with an early demise when she left the safety of the tour bus, in the face of numerous explicit warnings, in order to frame a better picture. The woman, a volunteer with the  peace Corps, and her camera were fatally trampled by an enraged elephant in Ruaha National park. Let her fate remind you to “keep your arms and legs inside the vehicle at all times.”

Sloth Sleepfalling

On a warm summer night in the Netherlands, an Italian resident who had picked up the habit of sleeping in the open air during sweltering Mediterranean summer nights decided to bed down on the roof. He climbed to the top of his apartment and arranged a comfortable bed, but paid little heed to the slope of the roof. Perhaps the night would have ended more happily if he had tucked himself in securely. Instead he fell asleep on top of his blanket, rolled down the incline, and plunged to his death.

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BOOK REVIEWS

New Buffalo by Arthur Kopecky

In New Buffalo. Journals from a Taos Commune ($24.95 hardcover, University of New Mexico Press), Arthur Kopecky presents the freedoms and obligations and the cooperation and generosity that fuelled the experience of living at one of the most successful collective farms of the 1970s. By the time Kopecky arrived at New Buffalo in the summer of 1971, the commune had endured three distinct phases: utopian experiment of self­sufficiency, an open community embracing all, and a decadent phase. His arrival in Taos coincided with New Buffalo reclaiming its original aim of becoming a sustainable community of like-minded idealists. The journals give a clear look at the practical side of New Buffalo economics, where residents were successful dairy farmers and artists; the civic side, where New Buffaloans were active in politics and the goings-on of the surrounding community; and the spiritual side, where an appreciation of local Native American cultures influenced worship and ritual.

Despite the turbulence of Vietnam, Kopecky views the era in which New Buffalo thrived as a time of freedom and learning.

More than thirty years later, in a much different world, does Kbopecky still possess the same ideals he did while at New Buffalo? Are those ideals still viable? UNM Press asutton@unm.edu 

Church of Sky by Shantala

The core of ShantaLa is the husband-and-wife team of Heather and Benjy Wertheimer, with guests including noted guitar virtuoso Michael Mandrell and balalaika/guitarist Tim Ellis, harp/zitherist David Michael, viola/violinist Julian Smedley violinist Wah!, backing singer Tina Malia, and others.

Soul-stirring singer/songwriter Heather Wertheimer is a guitarist, yoga teacher and therapist whose beautiful vocals, unique perspectives and unusual depth reflect a wide array of human experiences. Heather was a featured vocalist in the musical Return to Avalon, and has performed throughout the Northwest with the groups HeartStrings and Lonesome Taxi.

For more information visit Ancient Future.com Records or www.shantala music.com. Compact Disc number: AF-3003.

As A Man Thinketh by James Allen

As A Man Thinketh is written by James Allen author of Byways of Blessedness, The Life Truimphant, and many more. As A Man Thinketh content include the following: Thought and Character, Effect of Thought on Circumstances, Effect of Thought on Health and the Body, Thought and Purpose, The Thought-Factor in Achievement, Visions and Ideals, and Serenity.

Published by Sun Books, P.O. Box 5588, Santa Fe, NM 87502-5588, www.sun books.com, 75 pages, paperback, ISBN: 0895401363, Phone: 505-747-0589

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Excerpted from “ISC sets up crisis centre to protect domain name system”

by Online Staff, October 21, 2003

The Internet Software Consortium has set up a crisis coordination centre to protect the net’s domain name system. The Operations, Analysis, and Research Centre includes an Incident Response System, a trusted environment enabling major network operators to coordinate responses to threats and attacks on the DNS.

The ISC’s actions come in the wake of a massive attack on the 13 root servers last October. Nine of the 13 servers that manage global Internet traffic were briefly crippled during the attack.  There have been other serious failures as well.

The OARC will collect and characterise traffic flows on key nameservers in order to distinguish normal versus abnormal operation, cooperate with leading internet researchers to provide long-term analysis of the performance, stability, and security of the global DNS, test patches designed in response to DNS attacks to be tested prior to deployment, and publish material on the web to inform the public how they and their providers can implement and use the DNS safely.

Inside This Issue

About the Cover ...... 3

Book Reviews .............. 15

Breaking News ................ 8

Circular Reasoning 12

Dandelion medicine .. 5

Enraged Elephant 14

Equestrian Path to Healing
and Spiritual Growth .... 1

Gluttony Men Eating Chili 4

Humor Break .............. 13

ISC sets up crisis center to protect
domain name system ... 15

Italian Man 13

Letter to the Editor 10,11

Mad Cow Disease .... 5

Millions of Consumers Unite ..... 12

Movie Making in NM ..... 8

NM Organic Farming
and Gardening Conference 1

No Child Left Behind - Part 2 ............. 6

North Central NM Events 3

Nutrition ... 12

“Our Brightest Cheerleaders” ............ 14

Printing Equipment 15

Sand Surfing 3

Sloth Sleepfalling .............. 14

Snowball’s Chance in Hell ....... 14

Udall Seeks Applications

for 2004 Summer Intern Program

in Washington ................ 8

Using DNA to Trace

African Ancestry 11

Want Ad .... 6

Where Can You Find The Sun-News 2

Who Do You Trust?   7