Thanks Chris for those reports from someone who's there, who has been there, & weho seems to know what's going on in terms of the natural cycles. And, of course, the comments on media manipulation of 'the drug wars' is eerily similar (who would lose the most if drugs were de-criminalized, as they say?)... It still looks awful on the TV screen, but I'll keep your comments in mind when I view them Chris... Doug Douglas Barbour Department of English University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5 (h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521 http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm for satis faction face flat blind sun she rubs to mine the feel of small fur her sheer joy Daphne Marlatt