European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 stars and stripes sunday april 292007 sunday Horoscope the Moon in Libra flutters about and because the planets Are relatively quiet today Shes unfettered by distraction air signs like Libra Are Windy and changeable in one swoop there capable of wiping out stale or negative Energy so Fly your Kite either no simply Doest enter your mind unless it competes with another want in which Case youll have to buy both Sagittarius nov 22dec youre not very Good at playing the waiting game but if s one of those Days when you just figuratively or really watch Nujay May Ftp cant wait for someihin9to the winds carry your Wor Noii Oay males Nadden consider your Ries away and lift your spirit today birthday april embrace your possibilities this year and recognize More ways than Ever to be Happy june provides raucous entertainment in the places youre supposed to be working unassuming souls penetrate your personal firewall in could ignite Romance or put you on the path to a new goal Scorpio and Sagittarius people feel your emotions Lucky numbers Are 74519 32 and 5 Aries Wareh 21april you have a tendency to think that if you dont do it no one will this is compounded by the fact that you Oft forget to include anyone else in your scheme let someone ease the Load and up the Ante Taurus april 20may surrender to the Basic Little truths about your relationships there Are inequities in every single one of them a such is life with a Little Grace you wont have to stumble every time you encounter one gemini May 21june when youre torn Between spending time with your sweetheart and shop Ping with friends theres Only one logical solution for you invite every one the bigger your plans the Messier rowdies and happier the Day gets cancer june 22july switch places look at the colourful life you Lead from the perspective of someone peering in from the out Side from Over there you get a More expansive View of what you consider your humdrum self Leo july 23aug your minds neither Here nor there one minute youre researching vacation ideas and the next youre discover ing the Best thing since sliced bread dont rein in your scattershot enthusiasm t fuels even bigger discover ies Virgo aug 23sept when someone presents you with an urgent need you reach deep Down inside for an appropriate response you forthrightness peels Back their wolfs clothing so All you see is sheepish insecurity Bra sept 23oct a partners bold move counters a measured thoughtful reaction in you instead of taking his or her Ball and running with it you recognize that youve got your own set in motion both play out at exactly the right time Scorpio oct 24nov youre not the self denying Type so when a treat tantalize you saying happen consider your anticipation As a sort of prayer it strengthens your Faith Muse Capricorn dec 22jan a dreamy idea seizes you and impels you to expand the left Side of your part that believes anything is possible and Doest need to know Why follow that irrational impulse As far As it takes you aquarius Dan 20feb any wildly Good breakthrough will always have a rebound effect lot Tery winners surely encounter a Bevy of complications like estranged dont let the smaller problems water Down your righteous Luck Pisces feb 19mareh when it comes to figuring out How to safely approach what you see As a giant leap into the future think less use your senses More a solitary or artistic activity leads you to a place of rapport with your visceral responses forecast for the week ahead a tale of two scorpion and the Bull involves two old companions searching for common ground Over Tea at mid weeks full Moon in Scorpio there no strangers and there not meet ing at Starbucks Are Royalty after All in ancient Egypt horus was a title for King after the Falcon featured celestial for centuries horus Nara whose name meant wild Bull lord was known As Tine prime mover and Shaker of Egypt that is until the Royal burial Tomb of horus scorpion was recently discovered in the ancient City of necropolis City of the dead pottery fragments and other evidence suggest that it was King scorpion not King Nara who United upper and lower Egypt just like a Scorpio rising from the dead to Challenge a tradition grumbles King Nara Taurus the Bull is what we know to be Safe and True within our own four Walls the part of us that says Why change what s worked perfectly well1 the Scorpio part of us knows theres More to the Story sealing it with an epic clincher because if s the truth of by the Way in the new King pass the Cream expect your conversations to have a hint of the Royal truth celebr3ty profiles Gentie soul Kirsten Dunst Hast had to wait very Long for things to come to her but she could the Bull is nothing if not patient yet eager Jupiter just keeps opening doors on Dunsf Multi talented Sun in Taurus what other 11 year old girl got to kiss Tom cruise in interview with the Vam Shes Sung modelled acted and now Shes taking a break from it a to study Art creators Syndicate Boyfriend should think of you before holding door for others dear Abby my Boyfriend Connor is very Gallant however i believe he is carry ing it too far Connor helps other women before he extends those Courte sies to Rne for instance if were out with other couples he will open the door for the other women before me some times he forgets me entirely also when were in a restaurant he will Rush to hold their chairs for them while i just stand there at the end of the evening he thinks Noth ing of leaving me to escort them to their cars i have suggested that we do this together and that he offer me this treatment first but he insists that it is proper protocol to extend this treatment to others first is this True in Seattle dear Beverly it certainly is not what youre describing is not Lack of consideration for your feelings a gentleman first priority should be the lady Hes escorting when he rushes to assist other women before you it Means Hes thinking of them first their escorts not yours should be dear Abby seeing to their Comfort and safety re say your Boyfriend needs to Brush up on his manners deaf Abby my husband and i Are Active seniors we recently moved to an Independent retirement Community an equal distance from our two married daughters both Are in their late 40s much to our dismay our older daughter has taken it upon herself to visit us frequently and unannounced at any time of Day she conveniently drops by when were about to depart for the dining room we end up having to invite her and being charged for her meal we have hinted to her about this she dismisses it As if we were joking we would like to get to know our new neighbors and join in the Community activities not socialist for our daughter any ideas seniors in California dear seniors your daughter May mean Varett but if you dont nip this in the Bud you could be babysitting your oldest daughter until the Day you die Stop dropping hints and Tell her in Plain English that you would prefer that she Call before coming Over to be sure it is convenient for you if she tries to laugh it off explain that you need time to adjust to your new surround Ings and get to know your neigh Bors and if she ignores your request and stops by at mealtime again politely excuse yourselves and ask her to Call next time because you have made other plans deaf Abby we Are invited to a friends 35th wedding anniversary party where the couple Are renewing their marriage vows the affair will be held at an upscale hotel and will be a party what do you think would be an appropriate gift for the occasion fortunately finances Are not an Issue please do not reveal my name or location my Friend is a fan of yours name please dear no name How about offering a gift in the form of a generous donation to their favor Ite Charity letters for this column with your name and phone number or should be addressed to dear Abby to Box 69440 Losangeles Ca 90069 readers can write to Abby on the internet at Universal press Syndicate just because one Man is bad Doest mean there All vile because i value trusting ones instincts in prompted to write about your advice to uneasy the woman whose Boyfriend would go into another room to talk on the phone to his stepdaughters from a previous relationship i feel the woman was expressing sushi Cion that he still had some interest in their mom out of an unwillingness to believe that he May be behaving inappropriately toward his stepdaughters one in four women reports hav ing been raped or molested in childhood and step fathers play a prominent role in those statistics he May not be a molester but maybe Hes asking the girls about their Bod ies in ways that make them uncomfortable you should have encouraged uneasy to Call a truce with her Boyfriend he takes Calls openly and she drops the nagging if there int any thing unseemly going on of the dark world of people who prefer to take their phone Calls in private yes this Guy could be a molester and could be asking these girls inappropriate questions about their bodies and when i walk away from my Boyfriend to take a Call i could be planning the violent overthrow of our government and arranging to Trade my neighbors twins for a suitcase nuke or maybe i Sim advice goddess ply see no need for corroborating witnesses when i try to reschedule my cleaning lady the woman in question admit Ted that she had no reason to be Lieve her Boyfriend had any inter est in an Ewi feed divorced Over five years earlier or was any thing but a standup Guy trying to remain a father figure to his very Young step daughters yet Accord ing to you merely be cause he preferred to talk to the girls without his jealous Girlfriend standing Over him i should have encouraged her to say something along the lines of hey Honey ill Calm Down if Only you let me listen to your Calls so i can be sure you Arent raping babies warped thinking like yours makes me realize How Lucky i am to be a woman and White As typing paper in generally Safe from a Tomato presumptions of criminality like driving while Black or Liv ing and breathing while male Here you Are pushing this outrageous Man bashing propaganda one in four women reports hav ing been raped or molested during childhood maybe because you heard it repeated so often you assumed it was fact this figure is a common misquote of a Survey by Radical feminist sociology professor Diana Russell although Russell presents her self As a truth seeking social scientist her work reflects a substantial Bias against men the actual figure from russells Survey was an unbelievable one in 26 women sexually abused before the age of a figure she arrived at with substandard Sam pling techniques an what umber Keley professor Neil Gilbert in his Book welfare Justice Calls re search that lumps together relatively harmless behaviour such As attempted petting with the Trau Matic experience of child rape for example one of russells questions asked did anyone Ever try or succeed in touching your breasts or genitals against your wishes before you turned 14 Well if you put it that Way even i was a victim of child sexual abuse it was sixth Grade we were play ing spin the bottle in somebody basement and Sheboy who kissed me tried to feel me up should we really count a Quick Boob grab i got from some sixth grader the same As the experience of some other 12yearold girl who was repeatedly forced to have sex with her Uncle women Best protect themselves by appraising men As individuals based on evidence not by leaping to the Assumption that Stepdad equals sex predator got a problem write Amy Alkon 171 pier ave no 280 Santa Monica Ca 90405 or email  copyright 2005 Amy Alkon