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CLINTON AVE. 262-3310 ART BUCHWALD an oil spill in the world they use my film instead of the real thing." "That's great What other news stories have you simulated?" "We do a lot of murders. In the past, TV news reporters were restricted in showing a crime of passion because their cameras usually got there too late to tape it live. They came to me with the problem, and with models I can simulate any crime 20 minutes before air time." TV news is getting more exciting than ever. The reason is that there has been a breakthrough.

It is now possible to simulate a news story that is as good or even better than the real thing. The person who invented the SNS (simulated news story) is Arch McGarry, an independent special effects TV producer who is now one of the most sought-after men in television journalism. "Where did you get the idea to simulate the news?" I asked. "I was watching an oil spill off California on the evening news. The film was so grainy that you had no idea what was going on.

The thought occurred to me that I could simulate a better oil spill than that. So I went to my bathtub and with the help of my kids re-enacted the spill and all the damage that followed. When I showed it to the producer at the evening news show, he was flabbergasted. Now whenever there is We deserve an award for some of the dumb The Residents and Staff of the Gables at Brighton cordially invite you to attend Our First Anniversary Celebration Sunday, August 13, 989 from 2 pm-4 pm at BRIGHTON 2001 South Clinton Avenue Rochester, New York 14618 4614880 Across from Loehmann's Plaza The club for the Incredibly Stupid and Dumb Beyond Belief (ISDBB) was not founded by me. It was begun by a friend of mine in the East who thought there should be a tangible award for turning a simple situa-tion into a disaster.

You can't give a Heisman Trophy for something like that So, a confession to such a deed is rewarded with a statue of a creature with a potbelly and a club in its hand. Someone had bought it at a garage sale. Like a torch, it is passed from one incom- petent to another. 3 My friend got it for sitting up all night in a living room chair waiting for her teen-age son to come home, only to learn after a restless night and a sore back that he had come in through the kitch- en door around 11. She, in turn, passed it on to a friend who thought he left the lens iriena wno wougni ne ieu uie lens Family Weekend Fun sa uuhuuh ium iwu a.i ii, -j cap to his new camera in a shop in empty cab $40 to pick it up and was sucking so hard on a Tootsie days, Wednesdays and Fridays Quiz will separate the 'night owls' from the 'morning larks1 Dear Ann Landers: Why vxiMtUMMMTfVmm'lumm "1.

What time do you feel best (Score 1); You would take a didn't you consult some fllSI LAFJDEHS about getting up? 5 to 6:30 a.m. before and sleep after (2); of your medical experts (Score 5); 6:30 to 7:45 a.m. (4); would sleep before and nap i cap to his new camera in a shop in of your medical experts set in London pay days, Wednesdays and Fridays. (Score 1); You would take a before and sleep after (2); would sleep before and nap Only $59.95 (Gratuities Included) Plus Tax Based On Single All Tltis For Up To Or Double Occupancy A Family Of Four Lutvheon Or Dinner In'Truffles" TV journalism "We've simulated what has been going on in Poland. We have a fellow who looks more like Walesa than Walesa, and we have the best Jaruzelski in the re-enactment business.

When we stage a fight between them, it's 10 times better than what happened in Warsaw." "Do you ever talk about Bloch, the alleged spy?" "I'm very proud to have been the first one to simulate the Bloch spy caper. To do it right I built the entire city of Vienna in our studios in Brooklyn. Not one news organization has ever done so much simulation on a story." I couldn't dispute him. When I saw it I felt I was sitting in the FBI's suite at the Sacher Hotel. "Did you base the swapping of the briefcases on the real thing?" "Everything we simulate has to have authenticity or the networks couldn't call it news." Art Buchwald appears Wednesdays.

things we do Roll with her tongue that it caused a blood blister to pop under her tongue. A couple of days ago I was running barefoot through the house. I have made a million speeches to people who visit us in the desert about running around in bare feet. It is one of my more inspiring speeches. We have a lot of animals here who take a dim view of being stepped on.

I stepped on a scorpion. In bed, with my foot on fire, I waited for the ugly statue with the potbelly and the club in its hand to appear. Finally, the family gathered around and said I would have permanent possession of the award. I had just been named to the Stupid Hall of Fame. They all applauded.

You'll excuse me if I don't get Erma Bombeck appears Mon nap You after (3); You would take all sleep before the watch (4). "6. A friend invites you to jog with him. He goes between 7 and 8 a.m. How do you think you would perform? Well (Score 4); Reasonably well (3); Would find it difficult (2); Would find it very difficult (1).

"7. If you have to wake up at a specific time every morning, how dependent are you on an alarm clock? Not at all (Score 4); Slightly (3); Fairly dependent (2); Very dependent (1). "8. At what time in the evening do you feel tired and need sleep: 8 to 9 p.m. (Score 5); 9 to 10:15 p.m.

(4); 10:15 to 12:45 a.m. (3); 12:45 to 2 a.m. (2); 2 to 3 a.m. (1) Send your questions to Ann Landers, Creators Syndicate, 1554 S. Sepulveda Los Angeles, CA 90025.

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A neurologist specializes in these disorders, but most family doctors can help. Your dad should avoid caffeine and all stimulants. Some are helped by wrist exercise with weights. If the beta blockers you tell me about (elsewhere in your note) aren't helping, prima-done or diazepam may. Tell your dad not to give up.

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1 p.m. (392-8350) Mtgie ot Lm Eisenhart Auditorium, Rochester Museum Science Center 657 East 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. (271-4320) tSVf A ft "Do some people think they're seeing the real thing?" "Most people believe they are. The advantage of simulation is that you can see a crime from start to finish so you can get emotionally involved." "Do you simulate political stories in Washington?" "Yes, we da The other day one of the networks heard that President Bush had playfully dunked Vice President Quayle's head underwater a half-dozen times in the Jacuzzi at Camp David.

They had no film of it so they asked us if we would re-enact the dunking. We found two look-alikes and did the whole story. No one even knew it wasn't real." "How about sports? Do you simulate football or basketball events?" "Not yet, but we're working on it When it comes to faking it we want to stick with hard news, such as train wrecks or Poland." "You've simulated Poland?" rush it to the airport I can't remember the reason he sent it back East, but the statue broke in transit and he got it right back for being dumb enough to send it in a shoe box wrapped only in tissue in the first place. We have kept it ever since because we realized we had enough ISDBB candidates within our family to keep it moving briskly for the rest of our lives. My mother paid $3,000 to buy a battery-driven chair for my father to tool around the house, only to discover it wouldn't fit through the door frames.

We didn't give her the ISDBB trophy until she sold the chair for $1,000. Pouring boiling water from a spaghetti pot down my stomach didn't make me stupid enough for the award. Telling my mother about it did. My daughter got it when she 7:45 to 9:45 a.m. (3); 9:45 to 11 a.m.

(2); 11 a.m. to noon (1). "2. How easy is it for you to get up in the morning? Not at all easy (Score 1); Not very easy (2); Fairly easy (3); Very easy (4). "3.

How tired do you feel the first half-hour after getting up? Very tired (Score 1); Fairly tired (2); Fairly refreshed (3); Very refreshed (4). "4. You have a test the next day and may set the time you think you will perform best You would choose: From 8 to 10 a.m. (Score 6); 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

(4); 1 to 5 p.m. (2); 7 to 9 p.m. (0). "5. One night you must remain awake between 4 and 6 a.m.

to carry out a night watch. You have no commitments the next day. Which alternative suits you best? (Choose only one): You would not go to bed until after the watch is over feels 'pooped' of stress. That is easier said than done, I know, but most of us can find ways to avoid at least some daily vexations. Hand in hand with this approach is regular exercise.

You can swim, jog, walk or do whatever is reasonable and enjoyable for you. This has a good effect for many patients. Finally, but no less important, is the matter of establishing restorative sleep. In fact, for some this is the be-all and end-all of treatment. Muscle relaxants and aspirinlike analgesics help in some cases, and for some the help of a physical therapist is justified to teach the person the art of such things as timely heat-pack applications.

I've always been a big fan of Top 40 radio." Gibson's next venture will be her first movie role, in a flick called Skirts, a '60s story which will begin filming in the winter, after her tour wraps up. She'll be playing a lead role and Kenny Ortega, the choreographer from Dirty Dancing fame, is involved with the project. "He's really great. I worked with him and he got a lot out of me that I didn't know I had," Gibson said of the screen test. Could things get better for Gibson? "Well, I'm always thinking bigger and better," she said.

"Things are going great, knock wood. When 1 was getting the first album ready, I was thinking platinum, double-platinum. People were saying 'Don't get your hopes But I always knew it would work out." "But now I know more about the business and there are a lot of great albums that never see the light of day. Some of it is promotion, talent and luck." before agreeing so wholeheartedly with "Kicking Myself in Obviously, it is too late to Philly in a relationship with a terrific guy from whom she is now divorced. (She refused to get up at 6 a.m.

to have breakfast with him.) You implied that she was lazy. I am an "owl" who has been married to a "lark" for 40 years. We made some adjustments and have what we both consider an extremely good relationship. We have three grown children, one owl, one lai and one in-between. All were reared in the same fash-- ion.

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The higher the score, the more likely you are to be a lark. A score of 22 is halfway between owl and lark. "Questions are drawn from a self-assessment questionnaire published in the International Journal of Chronobiology. PAUL G. DONOHUE disturbed.

Cold weather and high humidity aggravate the muscle pain. Now, one of the things you have to do to get a handle on this problem may sound a bit irrational to some patients. It is the elimination when I get older I might want to have a lot of vintage cars." Another thing she's been learning lately is Japanese, to help her when she hits that country later in the tour. "I forgot the tape at home," she said. "But I do know a couple of phrases." Such as? "More water, please." She can also say "yes" and "thank you." "There's nothing on the tape like 'which way to the Gibson joked.

But even if she gets lost on the way to her concerts, she won't get parched. Gibson also loves the idea that her songs are the type that stick in the listener's head long after the tune's finished. "It's great to know," Gibson said. "But if it happens to me, it annoys me, too. Like, maybe George Michael's songs, they stay in my head.

It's like, 'get out' It's cool, though." "Some people turn up their nose to pop music," she said. "But Rock Around The Clock or Want To Hold Your Hand are songs that people could sing to. in I jp I TT A3 i PVR- 'dm Person with fibrositis aches, ext Wednesday 9pm ear Dr. Donohue: I am interested in knowing more about chronic fi- hrnsitis or is it fibromyositis? 1 docs it involve? What causes it? What are the cures and remedies? What kind of exercises can relieve the stiffness and pain? Sr. CM.

It's fibrositis, fibromyositis or fibromyalgia. You have your choice, Sister. It's a fairly common mala-" dy, producing a widespread muscle achiness and multiple tender points. Muscles of the neck, shoulders, lower back and hips are ones most often affected, and when the doctor presses trigger points there you feel pain. But there's more than just achi-" ness involved.

The person is pooped all the time, and sleep is NIGHT COURT MOVES TO TV-10! "Case Closed!" 7 Teen queen still on top page ic Maybe most amazing were her song-writing abilities. At 13, she wrote the song Only In My Dreams, which in 1986 would be recorded and turned into her first single off her triple-platinum debut Out Of The Blue. By the end of last summer, at 17, she became the youngest artist in the history of pop music to write, perform and produce a No. 1 single, Foolish Beat. A heady experience for a teen, doubt.

"The people I work with don worry about me," Gibson said. "They know I have both feet on the ground. I'm not, like, unap- proachable. I don't do the whole star-image thing." In fact, Gibson has few vices, but there is one she thinks may 1 become an expensive habit. "I have a '57 Ford Fairlane.

It's mint green and white," she said. "I don't like new cars and I think Any questions? Call the TV-10NBC Hotline 232-TV10 jpgjl 0BitW 'ffiiVSKflB WHEC-TV.