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Everybody’s Talking!Deep dive: Belize, on the east coast of Central America, is home to some of the best diving in the world. One reason for that is the existence of the Great Blue Hole, located off the country’s coast in the Caribbean Sea. Surrounded by coral reefs, the circular Great Blue Hole is an underwater sinkhole that attracts many species of marine life. It meas-ures 984 feet across and is 410 feet deep. Divers can reach the Great Blue Hole by a more than two-hour boat ride from Belize City. Boats also can be rented on Ambergris Caye, which is closer. Money giver: Charities in the city of Braunschweig, Germany, are amazed and grateful for an anonymous donor who has been providing cash to help them do their good deeds. The donor sends a bag of euros to a newspaper office with instructions to give the money to a certain charity. One such “miracle bag” contained €100,000 to be given to a local hospice. For over eight years, bags of money, some containing over €200,000, have intermittently appeared, with the mystery giver identify-ing soup kitchens, churches, and other worthy causes as recipients. Turf tradition: For centuries, the traditional home used by the people of Iceland was the turf house. These houses had roofs and thick walls made of a top layer of sod with grass growing out of it. People used turf because trees were not as available for building material. Turf also has good insulating qualities against the winter cold. In the early 1900s, many people still lived in turf houses, but now few remain. However, some have been preserved and maintained by the National Museum of Iceland, allowing visitors to view these traditional abodes. Peaceful people: A street in Vienna, Austria, is a monument to peace. The winding, dead-end street is called Blutgasse and is one of the old-est in the city. On the street is Peace Museum Vienna, which has a mis-sion to educate visitors toward achieving world peace. The museum is free for anyone who wants to visit the exhibits or attend a discussion. One of the displays, called Windows for Peace, is intriguing. In the muse-um’s street-facing windows are images of peace heroes, such as Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and Bertha von Suttner, author of the novel Lay Down Your Arms.

Quoteable Quotes “All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set to thought.” — Edith Hamilton “The greatest liberty that man has taken is with nature.”

— James Bryce

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Trivia 1. What is the German word meaning finished, defeated, or destroyed? 2. The average person blinks how many times a minute? 3. In the world of ice hockey, what is a “blueliner”? 4. Name the leader of the English rock band The Who. 5. What are filled dumplings of Central and Eastern Europe called?

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Your Weekly Horoscope

Lucky numbers this week: This week’s odds favor Virgowinners with the luckiest number being 9.

Did You Know...Using names: Anthropologist Jane Goodall studiedchimpanzees for 45 years in Tanzania. Rather thannumbering the primates she was studying, she named theminstead. Some names she chose were David Greybeard, Flint,and Goliath.Extinct pigeon: Passenger pigeons became extinct about100 years ago. These pigeons, native to North America, wereable to fly very fast, attaining speeds of up to 60 miles perhour (97 km).Museum founder: Francisco Moreno of Argentina was afamous naturalist and geographer in the 1800s. He foundedthe La Plata Museum of Natural History in Argentina in 1888,which is an important museum today.Hot stuff: The datil pepper is a small, hot pepper grownnear St. Augustine, Florida (U.S.), where there’s even anannual Datil Pepper Festival. It is used to make hot sauces,mustards, infused vinegars, and jellies. Big but gentle: Whale sharks, which are docile giants thatlive in tropical oceans, are the largest living fish. Their lifespan is about 70 years, but they have been known to live tobe 100.

On the Lighter SideWhat question can you never answer “Yes” to? “What does‘N-O’ spell?”

I wonder how many miles I’ve scrolled with my thumb.

Why was the math book sad? Because it had so many problems.

Patient: “I’m terribly nervous, doctor. This is my first operation.”Doctor: “I know what you mean. It’s mine, too.”

What is easy to get into, but hard to get out of? Trouble.

Answers

Trivia answers: 1. Kaput 2. 15-20 times 3. Defenseman4.Roger Daltry 5. Pierogi

ARIES(March 21 - April 20)

You may need to be outand about. You mighthave significant oppor-tunities to make con-nections and receiveinformation through a

chance encounter. Lucky Numbers:16, 24, 28, 31, 40, 42. TAURUS(April 21 - May 21)

You may be stronglymotivated to achieveyour professional goals.You also might wantpersonal recognition foryour efforts.Your com-

petitive energies could run high.Lucky Numbers: 2, 7, 13, 33, 42, 48. GEMINI(May 22 - June 21)

You may get in touchwith someone with whomyou want to make aconnection. This mightbegin a strong relation-ship in which you are the

pursuer. Lucky Numbers: 3, 14, 22,28, 30, 46. CANCER(June 22 - July 22)

People close to you maybe willing to cooperatewith you. Your interestin the arts or in pro-moting harmony andgoodwill between people

might be brought out now. LuckyNumbers: 7, 11, 13, 22, 24, 39. LEO(July 23 - Aug. 23)

You may get a betterperspective by seeking outpeople with greater expe-rience, insight, and knowl-edge. You also mightlearn much through travel

or research. Lucky Numbers: 14, 19,20, 25, 34, 41. VIRGO(Aug. 24 - Sept. 23)

You may be in the moodto experiment and tolearn new things. Orig-inal ideas might exciteyou and you may seekpeople who can offer

you a different perspective. LuckyNumbers: 3, 9, 12, 20, 24, 36.

LIBRA(Sept. 24 - Oct. 23)

You may be eager todiscuss and brainstormabout getting thingsaccomplished. You mightbe very assertive andconvincing when you

present your ideas. Lucky Numbers:18, 27, 33, 39, 41, 48. SCORPIO(Oct. 24 - Nov. 22)

You may inspire othersto take action. Groupefforts might be favored.You could be capable ofdecisive action and havethe will to carry through

on your intentions. Lucky Numbers:2, 6, 10, 22, 26, 30. SAGITTARIUS(Nov. 23 - Dec. 21)

Your intellectual curios-ity may be high now andyou may flit from oneactivity to another. Try toplan outings to satisfyyour need to move about

and communicate. Lucky Numbers:11, 23, 27, 33, 34, 41. CAPRICORN(Dec. 22 - Jan. 20)

You may be inclined totake the initiative or tostrike out on your own.You might be likely tosucceed at whatever youattempt at this time.

Lucky Numbers: 5, 7, 13, 22, 29, 32. AQUARIUS(Jan. 21 - Feb. 19)

Your physical energy,will, and courage maybe intensified now. Tryto channel this abun-dant energy into decisiveaction or vigorous workthat brings out your

passion. Lucky Numbers: 19, 23, 27,31, 35, 39.PISCES(Feb. 20 - March 20)

You may be clear, articu-late, and communicative.Teaching, public speak-ing, negotiating, or anyendeavor that involvesgiving information to oth-

ers could be favored. Lucky Numbers:4, 11, 25, 32, 36, 47.

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