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4th Quarter 2011Week 40Oct 2- 8Page 1
TABLE OF CONTENTSISSUE 2011.41
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DOWN IN THE BOGby Patricia L. Cook
This Tidbits uncovers some fascinating facts about cranberries, the tart, red berries that show up in vast quantities at stores this time of year. •October isNationalCranberryMonth. Ifyouliveinornearoneofthestateswherethelittlered fruits are grown, you’ve probably seensignsforfestivalsandcelebrations.
• Cranberriesareoneof the fewfruits thatareactually native to North America. (Concordgrapes and blueberries are as well.) NativeAmericansintroducedtheberriestothePilgrimsintheearlycoloniesinthe1600s.Sometribescalled them ibimi and sassamanash, meaning “bitterberry,”whileothersreferredtothemasatoqua,meaning“goodfruit.”Colonistsstartedcallingthem“crane-berry”becausetheplantsresembledtheneck,headandbillofacrane.Thenamewaslatershortenedtocranberry.
• Pilgrims quickly learned from NativeAmericans that cranberries had great healthbenefits.HighlevelsofvitaminCinthefruithelped prevent scurvy, a disease that wasprevalentwithsailors.NativeAmericansmadepemmicana,ahealthysurvivalfood,bymixingdeer meat and mashed cranberries.
• Cranberrieswerealsousedasanaturaldyeforrugs, blankets and clothing and inmedicinalpoulticesforwounds.
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1. MUSIC: What was the name of the 1987 song and the movie starring Madonna?2. WEATHER: What are the "sirocco," "mistral" and "Chinook"?3. MEASUREMENTS: A triennial event occurs how often? 4. MOVIES: Who was the Oscar-winning director of the "The Silence of the Lambs"?5. LANGUAGE: What does the Greek prefix "cyto-"mean?6. COMICS: What famous comics character had a girl-friend named Dale Arden?7. HISTORY: When did the USS Maine explode in HavanaÕs harbor, an event that preceded the Spanish-American War?8. LITERATURE: Henry David Thoreau's famous Walden Pond is nearest to which town?9. MYTHOLOGY: Who is the Norse goddess of love and fertility?10. GEOGRAPHY: Cork and Limerick are major cities of which nation?
3rd Quarter 2011Week 34
Aug. 21- 27Page 8
WOODSTOCK (continued): Santana, the Grateful Dead and Joan Baez.
Artists that may have forever regretted declining the offer to perform included the Beatles, Bob Dylan,TheDoorsandLedZeppelin.
• Three recorded deaths occurred during theWoodstock Festival, including a heroinoverdose. Another concert-goer sleeping in a neighboringhayfieldwaskilledwhenatractorran over him. A baby was born in a car stuck inthetrafficjam,whileanothermother-to-bewas airlifted by helicopter from the scene to a nearby hospital where she gave birth.
• Itwastheorganizers’wishthattheFestivalbeclosed outwith singing cowboyRoyRogerscrooning“HappyTrails,”butwhenapproachedbytheexecutiveproducer,Rogersturnedhimdown. Fans had to settle for Jimi Hendrixshutting it down on Monday morning.
• When Max Yasgur was approached about a1970 encore festival, the answer was no, inYasgur’s words, “I’m going back to runningadairy farm.”Hewassuedbyneighbors forproperty damage and incurred severe damage tohis own farm.Hewas awarded a$50,000settlement. The community of Bethel further prevented a second concert by passing “mass gathering”laws.Yasgursoldhisfarmin1971and died two years later at age 53. Rolling Stone magazine featured a full-page obituary, something that very few non-musicians have ever received.
• The year after Woodstock, a documentaryfilm chronicling the event was released, aneffort that received the Academy Award for BestDocumentary.Theproceedsfinancedthesettlementsof the80 lawsuits thatwerefiledagainst the organizers, as well as their $1.4 million debt.
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CRANBERRIES (continued):• The first known recipe for cranberry saucewasin“ThePilgrimCookbook”in1633.WildcranberrieswereprobablyonthetableforthefirstThanksgiving in 1621.Cranberries havebeena traditional sidedish forThanksgivingmeals inCanada and theUnitedStates sincetheir discovery so many years ago. By the way, ThanksgivingMonday,thesecondMondayinOctober,iscelebratedthisweekinCanada.IntheUnitedStates,Thanksgiving is the fourthThursdayofNovember.
• Thefirstrecordedcranberrycultivationwasin1816inDennis,Massachusetts,onCapeCod.CommercialharvestingbeganinHarwich,alsoontheCape, in1847.ThecranberryindustryisstillamajorsourceofincomeforCapeCodtoday, totaling over $100 million annually.Ninehundredcranberrybogstakingup14,000acres(5,665.6ha)arelocatedinsoutheasternMassachusetts,withoverhalfofthemonCapeCod.
• So, what exactly is a bog? It is “an area ofwet, marshy ground, largely consisting ofaccumulated decomposing plant material.”Bogs provide a fertile, moist habitat that isperfect for cranberries.
•Many people think cranberries growon topof thewater,but it isonlyatharvest that the“sea of red” is evident, and the berriesfloat.During harvest time, two different methodsare used. For “wet” harvesting, bogs are floodedatnight,andthenextday,waterreels,sometimescalled“eggbeaters,”beatthevinesto loosen the berries. Since the berries arehollow,containingpocketsofair,theyfloattothe surface. The berries are then gathered and loaded into trucks.Thewet-harvestedberriesareusedforsauces,juicesandotherproducts.
•Dryharvestingisusedforberriessoldfresh.For this type of harvest, the berries are combed offthevinesbymechanicalpickersandbaggedcarefullytopreventdamage.
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Enjoy this rich soup as the weather gets colder.
2 tablespoons butter1 shallot, finely chopped1/2 teaspoon cumin1 can (15-ounce) pure pumpkin2 cups lower-sodium chicken broth1/2 cup water1/2 teaspoon salt
1. In 4-quart saucepot, melt butter on medium-high. Add shallot, cook 30 seconds, stirring. Add cumin; cook 1 minute, stirring frequently. Add pumpkin, lower-sodium chicken broth and water. Cover and heat to boiling on high. Stir in salt.
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Sausage and Pumpkin Pasta
There's no getting around pumpkins this fall! Paired with spicy sausage, convenient canned pumpkin livens up the usual dinner pasta.
1 pound rigatoni8 ounces spicy Italian sausage, casings removed5 fresh sage leaves, finely chopped1 can (15-ounce) pure pumpkin1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1. Cook rigatoni as label directs, reserving 1 cup cook-ing water.2. In 12-inch nonstick skillet, cook sausage on medium 6 minutes, breaking up sausage. Add fresh sage leaves; cook 1 minute, stirring. Add pumpkin and reserved pasta water; mix well.3. Drain pasta; return to pot. Add sausage mixture; heat through. Stir in Parmesan. Serves 4.For thousands of triple-tested recipes, visit our website at www.goodhousekeeping.com/recipefinder/.(c) 2011 Hearst Communications, Inc.All rights reserved
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CRANBERRIES (continued):•Wisconsin is home to the 50-mile (80-km)Cranberry Highway that traversesWisconsinRapidstoWarrensandgoesbetweenPittsvilleandNekoosa. It goes throughCranmoor, thelargestinlandcranberryareaintheworld.The29-mile(47-km)CranberryBikingTrailisalsoin the area.
•The beauty of cranberry bogs and marshescanbeobservedfirst inthebloomsandlater,when the ripe, red berries shine on the vines orfloatastheywaitforharvest.Pinkflowersdevelop in June and July with small, greenfruitdevelopingbehindtheflowers.Thegreenchanges towhitebefore transforming todarkredinAugustandSeptember.
•While much cranberry history and manycommercial operations are in the Northeast,Wisconsin and Eastern Canada, commercialgrowing inWashington State was started inthe late 1800s.A visitor fromMassachusettsnoticed that the area was similar to CapeCod when he found wild berries growing.Entrepreneurs purchased around 1,600 acres(647.5 ha) on the Long Beach,Washington,peninsulabetween1872and1877andbegandeveloping cranberry beds. They used vinesbrought over from theEastCoast, andmanypestscausedproblemsinthenewenvironment.
•In the 1920s, scientist D.J. Crowley helpedto solve the problems faced by cranberryproduction in the Pacific Northwest. TheCranberry Research Station was started andrecommendations helped growers improvetheircrops.Today,thePacificCoastCranberryResearch Foundation continues to supportabout 250growers fromBritishColumbia toOregon.
•Native Americans knew it many years ago,and now, research has proven that cranberries havemany health benefits. They are a tasty,nutritious fruit that should be enjoyed yearround.
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CRANBERRIES (continued):•Approximately 5 percent of cranberries aresoldfresh,whiletheother95percentareusedfor juices, sauces, “Craisins®” and more.Craisins® are sweetened, dried cranberriesmadebyOceanSpray that startedhitting theshelvesin1993.
• Cranberry farms are mostly family ownedoperations that have been handed down for generations. Cranberries are growncommercially in five states: Wisconsin,New Jersey, Massachusetts, Washington andOregon. They are also grown in Chile andseveralCanadianprovinces,includingQuebec,BritishColumbiaandNovaScotia.
•Canada’s oldest commercial cranberry farmis in Hebbville, Nova Scotia. Indian GardenFarm was started in the late 1800s and hasbeen passed down through four generations by thefamilyofWilliamWebb.
•Wisconsinis theleadingcranberry-producingstate in the United States. The cranberry isthe official state fruit; it is the number onefruit crop, both in acres planted and in itscontribution to the state economy. The tart berriesaregrownin18countiesincentralandnorthernWisconsin.
•VisitorstoWisconsincanenjoyfivefestivalsassociated with cranberries. In June, theWisconsinRapidsCranberryBlossomFestivaldisplays the beauty of the cranberry blooms,dressedinpink.ManitowishWatershoststheCranberry Colorama in September, whichincludes harvest tours. Warrens, Stone Lakeand Eagle River host Cranberry Festivals inlateSeptemberorearlyOctober.TheWarrensFestivalisthelargestandoldestofthefestivals.(The festivals are all over for this year, butchecktheInternetfornextyear!)
4th Quarter 2011Week 40Oct 2- 8Page 3
CRANBERRIES (continued):•Approximately 5 percent of cranberries aresoldfresh,whiletheother95percentareusedfor juices, sauces, “Craisins®” and more.Craisins® are sweetened, dried cranberriesmadebyOceanSpray that startedhitting theshelvesin1993.
• Cranberry farms are mostly family ownedoperations that have been handed down for generations. Cranberries are growncommercially in five states: Wisconsin,New Jersey, Massachusetts, Washington andOregon. They are also grown in Chile andseveralCanadianprovinces,includingQuebec,BritishColumbiaandNovaScotia.
•Canada’s oldest commercial cranberry farmis in Hebbville, Nova Scotia. Indian GardenFarm was started in the late 1800s and hasbeen passed down through four generations by thefamilyofWilliamWebb.
•Wisconsinis theleadingcranberry-producingstate in the United States. The cranberry isthe official state fruit; it is the number onefruit crop, both in acres planted and in itscontribution to the state economy. The tart berriesaregrownin18countiesincentralandnorthernWisconsin.
•VisitorstoWisconsincanenjoyfivefestivalsassociated with cranberries. In June, theWisconsinRapidsCranberryBlossomFestivaldisplays the beauty of the cranberry blooms,dressedinpink.ManitowishWatershoststheCranberry Colorama in September, whichincludes harvest tours. Warrens, Stone Lakeand Eagle River host Cranberry Festivals inlateSeptemberorearlyOctober.TheWarrensFestivalisthelargestandoldestofthefestivals.(The festivals are all over for this year, butchecktheInternetfornextyear!)
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National Memory Screening Day
Mark your calendar: Nov. 15, a Tuesday, is National Memory Screening Day, put on by the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.A news release issued by Alzheimer's Disease International says that there could be 28 million people in the world with dementia -- but no diagnosis yet. The screening events provide free mem-ory screenings using tasks and questions that can detect problems early. Tests will check memory, thinking and language skills. While the tests don't give a true diagnosis, they can provide indications that a medical exam is needed.Meanwhile, there is a possible Al-zheimer's vaccine on the horizon. In the disease, the amyloid protein stays in the brain and turns into plaque, which causes problems with the nerves that transport information through the brain. Researchers are looking at a way to stop the body from producing too much of the amyloid by targeting the receptors that move it into the brain. At this point only small animals have been used in the research, but the results are promising enough that the next step is to move into large-animal research.To learn more about next month's free memory screenings, go online to www.nationalmemoryscreening.org, or call 866-AFA-8484. Online you just need to click on your state and a list of locations will appear. You'll need to sign up in ad-vance to ensure a spot.If you've been experiencing memory problems or if it runs in the family, be sure to tell your doctor. Or if you just want a baseline test for future reference, the screening can help with that, too. Re-member, a memory problem might not be Alzheimer's. It could easily be some-thing as simple as a vitamin deficiency.
Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Write to her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected].
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To Your Good Health By Paul G. Donohue, M.D.
1. In 2010, Carlos Gonzalez became the 5th Colorado Rockies player to win an N.L. batting title. Name two of the first four to do it.
2. Name the last major-league team to hit .300 or better for a season.3. Which college football team, entering 2011, had a longer streak of double-digit-win seasons: Boise State or Virginia Tech?4. Who held the Boston Celtics record for assists in a season before Rajon Rondo set a new mark of 794 in 2009-10.5. How many times have the Vancouver Canucks been in the Stanley Cup Finals?6. By the time another driver (Cale Yarborough) had won the Daytona 500 a second time, how many times had Richard Petty won it?7. Of the past 12 Wimbledon women's tennis singles finals (2000-2011), three were not won by either of the Williams sisters (Venus and Serena). Who won them?(c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.
Tidbits® of Golden, Lakewood & Wheat Ridge CRANBERRIES(Continued)
4th Quarter 2011Week 41
Oct 9 - 15Page 4
CRANBERRIES (continued):•Wisconsin is home to the 50-mile (80-km)Cranberry Highway that traversesWisconsinRapidstoWarrensandgoesbetweenPittsvilleandNekoosa. It goes throughCranmoor, thelargestinlandcranberryareaintheworld.The29-mile(47-km)CranberryBikingTrailisalsoin the area.
•The beauty of cranberry bogs and marshescanbeobservedfirst inthebloomsandlater,when the ripe, red berries shine on the vines orfloatastheywaitforharvest.Pinkflowersdevelop in June and July with small, greenfruitdevelopingbehindtheflowers.Thegreenchanges towhitebefore transforming todarkredinAugustandSeptember.
•While much cranberry history and manycommercial operations are in the Northeast,Wisconsin and Eastern Canada, commercialgrowing inWashington State was started inthe late 1800s.A visitor fromMassachusettsnoticed that the area was similar to CapeCod when he found wild berries growing.Entrepreneurs purchased around 1,600 acres(647.5 ha) on the Long Beach,Washington,peninsulabetween1872and1877andbegandeveloping cranberry beds. They used vinesbrought over from theEastCoast, andmanypestscausedproblemsinthenewenvironment.
•In the 1920s, scientist D.J. Crowley helpedto solve the problems faced by cranberryproduction in the Pacific Northwest. TheCranberry Research Station was started andrecommendations helped growers improvetheircrops.Today,thePacificCoastCranberryResearch Foundation continues to supportabout 250growers fromBritishColumbia toOregon.
•Native Americans knew it many years ago,and now, research has proven that cranberries havemany health benefits. They are a tasty,nutritious fruit that should be enjoyed yearround.
Asthma Not Only for Children
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: What gives? When I was a kid, I had asthma. Then it went away completely. Now, at age 37, it's come back. As a child, I took only one medicine, and did well. Now I have a number of medicines and inhal-ers, and I'm confused. Will you simplify asthma for me? It isn't the same as it used to be. Do you think I have developed allergies that brought it back? -- H.F.
ANSWER: In the more developed countries of the world, around 15 percent of children and 12 percent of adults suffer from asthma. Asthma resolves for many children as they reach ado-lescence, but it can come back. Adults also can develop asthma for the first time. It's not strictly a childhood problem.Cough, wheezing and shortness of breath are the signs of an asthma attack. Asthma comes in attacks separated by periods when the asthmatic is well. The goal of treatment is to extend the well periods and shorten any attacks, something that wasn't all that possible when you had only one medicine as a child.The basis of an attack is constriction of the breathing tubes, the airways, the bronchi. Along with narrowed airways, inflammation strikes them, and they fill with thick mucus. The com-bination makes it difficult to get air into and out of the lungs. Exhaling is particularly difficult.Triggers for asthma attacks include cold air, ex-ercise, viral infections like the common cold and allergens. If your doctor believes that allergens are leading to your asthma attacks, then test-ing for them is worthwhile. For many, allergy doesn't lead to bouts of asthma. Exercise as a trigger needs some clarification. Everyone gets short of breath when exercis-ing, but recovery is quick, within five minutes.
Breathlessness brought on by an exercise-in-duced asthma attack lasts much longer, 30 to 60 minutes.An attack of asthma often can be stopped in its tracks with an inhaler medicine like albuterol (Ventolin and Proventil). For longer control, cortisone inhalers or inhalers containing cor-tisone and a long-acting drug that expands airways keeps a person attack-free. Advair is an example.The booklet on asthma has a more detailed explanation of the common illness and its treat-ments. To obtain a copy, write: Dr. Donohue -- No. 602W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient's printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.***DEAR DR. DONOHUE: What can you tell me about glossopharyngeal? My doctor says I have it. He has me on medicine for it. -- K.L.
ANSWER: The glossopharyngeal (GLOSS-oh-fair-IN-gee-ul) nerve is one of the 12 cranial nerves, nerves that come directly from the brain. They are the nobility of the nerve king-dom. The glossopharyngeal nerve is the nerve of taste and the nerve that activates some throat muscles.Glossopharyngeal neuralgia consists of episodes of knife-like pain in the throat and back of the tongue. Swallowing, chewing and even talking can provoke an attack. Carbamazepine, gaba-pentin, phenytoin and valproic acid are some of the drugs used to curtail such attacks. Surgically freeing the nerve from an encircling and pulsat-ing artery is another treatment for this condi-tion.***Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.
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Q: One thing my uncle recommended when I moved into my recently purchased house is something called a plumb-er's snake. Just what is that? I presume it's for getting into pipes or something. -- Tammy in Des Moines, Iowa
A: You're right, Tammy, it does have something to do with getting into pipes. Specifically, a plumber's snake -- more professionally known as a hand auger -- is a handheld tool used for clearing clogs in drain lines. It consists of a flexible tube with a spring coil on one end, attached to a hand crank at the other end. The tube is inserted into the affected drain until the clog is reached; then the hand crank is turned so that the clogging material gets caught in the spring coil and is pulled out along with the tubing.The beauty of the hand auger -- there's also a larger version called a closet auger or toilet auger, specifically for toilets -- is that it can clear many types of clogs without using chemicals to break up the material or using a drill that could break through the pipe. Using the hand auger takes a little bit of practice. It's not hard to use, but you're fishing blind through the drainpipe, and figuring out the difference between a bend in the pipe and the actual clog can take a few tries. So, for example, let's say you're clearing a clog in a sink drain. You've either removed the trap (the U-bend pipe under the sink) or, if the trap has this, unscrewed the bolt at the bottom of the trap
and let the water drain into a bucket. But the clog doesn't clear (meaning it's a little further back in the drain line). With the trap removed or the drain bolt unscrewed:--Loosen the auger lock (the bolt sticking up at the feeder end of the auger) and feed the cable into the drain line.--When you meet resistance, find out if you're simply at a bend in the pipe. Feed out a few inches more cable so you have some extra sticking out of the pipe. Tighten down the auger lock. Slowly turn the auger handle clockwise, pushing slightly. If it's a bend in the line, the resistance will stop and you can continue feeding cable.--If the resistance doesn't let up, you may have located a clog. Turn the handle a few more times to try and snag the clog material. Then, loosen the auger lock. Continue turning the handle clockwise to reel in the cable.--If you meet solid resistance and then the cable slowly feeds in, with continuous resistance, you likely have a soap clog. Slowly continue to bore through the soap clog until resistance lessens. Then, retrieve the cable by loos-ening the auger lock and turning the handle clockwise.Once you've taken care of the clog, reconnect the trap. Run hot water through the pipe, which will flush out loose debris or help break up that soap clog.
HOME TIP: Keep drains healthy with this nontoxic solu-tion: combine 1 cup baking soda, 1 cup salt and 1/4 cup cream of tartar. Pour 1/4 cup of this mixture into each drain in the house, and follow with 2 cups boiling water. Repeat weekly.Send your questions or comments to [email protected], or write This Is a Hammer, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.(c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.
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OVERCOMING THE ODDS:
SATCHEL PAIGELeroy Robert “Satchel” Paige was “the bestand fastest pitcher I’ve ever faced,” said JoeDiMaggio.Satchelwasover40yearsoldwhenhe achieved his goal of playingMajor LeagueBaseball.•Knownforfantasticpitchingandsomeprettygood one-liners known as “Satchelisms,”PaigewasbornonJuly7,1906.Thishasbeenquestioned but is assumed to be true. Paigesaid, “How old would you be if you didn’tknowhowoldyouare?”
• Paige earned the nickname “Satchel” as ayoung boy when he helped passengers withtheirbags(satchels)atrailroadstations.
•Paigestartedhisbaseballcareerin1924,withtheMobile Tigers semi-pro team inMobile,Alabama.Hewentontoplayasthedominantpitcher in theNegroLeague.He also playedwith the Caribbean League in the winter.Alwayswantingtopitch,hekeptbusyplayingthe game.
•Consideredthegreatestpitcherinthehistoryof the Negro Leagues, Paige had somestaggering statistics. He had a stretch of 21straightwins,pitched64consecutivescorelessinningsandhada31-4recordin1933.Paigethrilled the crowds for 22 years, but his biggoalwastomakeittothemajors.
• In1948,ClevelandIndiansownerBillVeecktestedPaige’saccuracybyplacingacigaretteonthegroundathomeplate.Paigethrewfivefastballs, with all but one directly over thecigarette.VeeckofferedPaige the big leaguecontract he had always wanted, and Paigehelped the Indianswin the pennant that year
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andamazedfansastheoldestrookieinmajorleaguehistory.HewentontoplayforSt.LouisandKansasCityaswell.
“SATCHEL” PAIGE (continued):•At the end of his career, his major leaguerecordwasmodest, at28winsand31 losseswitha3.29ERA(earnedrunaverage).Paigeisalsoknownfornotcommittingasingleerrorin179MajorLeaguegames.HecoachedfortheAtlantaBravesin1968.
• Paigewasfuntowatchthankstonotonlyhisgreatpitchingbuthis“showboating”aswell.Healwaysentertainedthecrowds.Hisquotesinclude this gem: “I never threw an illegalpitch.Thetroubleis,onceinawhileItossonethatain’tneverbeenseenbythisgeneration!”
•Paige retired in 1953. He came back for aspecialappearance in1965andpitched threeshutoutinningsfortheKansasCityAthletics.This action at age 60 made him the oldestplayerintheMajorLeagues.
•Leroy“Satchel”Paigewaselectedtojointhebestinbaseballhistorywhenhewasinductedinto the National Baseball Hall of Fame in1971.AccordingtotheHallofFamewebsite,onAugust20,1948,whenPaigewas42yearsold,hepitchedtheClevelandIndianstoa“1-0victoryovertheWhiteSoxinfrontof78,382fans,anight-gameattendancerecordthatstillstands.”
•A statue of Satchel Paige was unveiled inCooperPark,Cooperstown,NewYork,onJuly28, 2006, representing the contributions thattheNegroLeaguesmadetobaseball.Wordsonthestatuesay:“InhonoroftheNegroLeagues’most celebrated pitcher and dedicated to allof those whose contributions to the nationalpastime were too long diminished simplybecauseofthecoloroftheirskin.”
Mystery Shopping and Other Scams
"Mystery shopper opportunities" are making a resur-gence in email boxes.Yes, there are legitimate companies. If you've been working for one for a long time and are happy with them, feel free to continue. But if you want to get started now, don't. Wading through the myriad offers and trying to decide which are on the level is asking for trouble.When you sign up, you're likely to be asked for your name, address, email address and bank account information for "instant" receipt of your pay via wire transfer. That's too much information for a company
you don't know. You also may be asked to pay a fee to sign up, or for "certification."Barring that, chances are that the only "shopping" you'll be asked to do will involve receiving checks in the mail with instructions to take out your fee and send them the balance of the money by Mon-eyGram. The check will end up being no good, and you'll be out the money you wired to them. If someone offers to pay a ridiculous amount of money to a stranger for a minimal amount of work, think "scam."One inventive scam involves offers to pay people to put advertising signs on their cars and drive around. Amounts offered are up to $1,000 in advance and then $500 per week to drive around with a vinyl sign stuck to your car. You don't have to answer any ques-tions, such as about the number of miles you drive or where you drive. A legitimate advertiser would want to know where his ads would be seen. Your
payment will be in the form of a check, which you are instructed to cash, take out your fee, and send the balance by Western Union back to the company.Do you see a pattern here?Another scam can reach us right where we live: our homes. Home security systems are designed to make us feel safer. The Federal Trade Commission has investigated numerous complaints involving high-pressure sales tactics, shoddy merchandise and more. The warning signs: Someone (likely part of a roving team) comes to your door, impersonating a representative of the monitoring company you al-ready use. You're told your old system is deficient in some way, and that the new equipment itself is free if you'll just sign a contract.For more details on how to protect yourself, check the FTC site at ftc.gov.David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader ques-tions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected].(c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.
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■ On Oct. 29, 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, English ad-venturer and favorite courtier of Queen Elizabeth I, is beheaded in London, under a sentence brought against him 15 years earlier. He had been released to establish a gold mine in South America.
■ On Oct. 27, 1873, an Illinois farmer named Joseph Glidden submits an application to the U.S. Patent Office for his design for a fencing wire with sharp barbs. Glid-den's two-strand barb wire design changed the face of the American West.
■ On Oct. 28, 1886, President Grover Cleveland dedi-cates The Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States, in New York Harbor. Originally known as "Liberty Enlightening the World," the statue was to commemo-rate the Franco-American alliance during the American Revolution.
■ On Oct. 24, 1901, a 63-year-old schoolteacher named Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to take the plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Taylor reached the shore alive, if a bit battered, 20 minutes after her journey began.
■ On Oct. 30, 1938, Orson Welles causes a nationwide panic with his broadcast of "War of the Worlds" -- a realistic radio dramatization of a Martian invasion of Earth. The radio hoax included an announcement of a large meteor crash in New Jersey and the annihilation of 7,000 National Guardsmen.
■ On Oct. 25, 1944, during the Battle of the Leyte Gulf, the Japanese deploy kamikaze suicide bombers against U.S. warships for the first time. More than 1,321 Japa-nese pilots crash-dived their planes into Allied warships during World War II.
■ On Oct. 26, 1986, Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner lets an easy ground ball dribble between his legs and roll down the right-field line during the 10th inning of the sixth game of the World Series. The game was tied and, thanks to BucknerÕs error, the runner on third had time to score, winning the game for the Mets and forcing a tiebreaking seventh game -- which, in the final innings, the Mets also won.(c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.
Paige(Continued)
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andamazedfansastheoldestrookieinmajorleaguehistory.HewentontoplayforSt.LouisandKansasCityaswell.
“SATCHEL” PAIGE (continued):•At the end of his career, his major leaguerecordwasmodest, at28winsand31 losseswitha3.29ERA(earnedrunaverage).Paigeisalsoknownfornotcommittingasingleerrorin179MajorLeaguegames.HecoachedfortheAtlantaBravesin1968.
• Paigewasfuntowatchthankstonotonlyhisgreatpitchingbuthis“showboating”aswell.Healwaysentertainedthecrowds.Hisquotesinclude this gem: “I never threw an illegalpitch.Thetroubleis,onceinawhileItossonethatain’tneverbeenseenbythisgeneration!”
•Paige retired in 1953. He came back for aspecialappearance in1965andpitched threeshutoutinningsfortheKansasCityAthletics.This action at age 60 made him the oldestplayerintheMajorLeagues.
•Leroy“Satchel”Paigewaselectedtojointhebestinbaseballhistorywhenhewasinductedinto the National Baseball Hall of Fame in1971.AccordingtotheHallofFamewebsite,onAugust20,1948,whenPaigewas42yearsold,hepitchedtheClevelandIndianstoa“1-0victoryovertheWhiteSoxinfrontof78,382fans,anight-gameattendancerecordthatstillstands.”
•A statue of Satchel Paige was unveiled inCooperPark,Cooperstown,NewYork,onJuly28, 2006, representing the contributions thattheNegroLeaguesmadetobaseball.Wordsonthestatuesay:“InhonoroftheNegroLeagues’most celebrated pitcher and dedicated to allof those whose contributions to the nationalpastime were too long diminished simplybecauseofthecoloroftheirskin.”
Are Strays a Threat to Housecats?
DEAR PAW'S CORNER: We have several apparently stray cats that can be seen wan-dering the neighborhood in the early morn-ing and at night. I'm not sure where they came from, but there is a large stand of pine trees and scrub behind our subdivision. I'm afraid to let my cats out even during the day, as I worry they could come in contact with or be attacked by one of these strays. What can I do? -- Gary in Tampa
DEAR GARY: Contact your local animal-control office about the stray cats. They may be a colony of feral cats -- cats that have lived their entire lives apart from humans. If so, they most likely can't be socialized.This is an ongoing problem in Florida, par-ticularly, as feral cat colonies grow in subur-ban areas. And yes, it makes going outside somewhat dangerous for your housecats. If possible, keep them indoors at all times.
If you have a screened enclosure, they can hang out there, as long as the screen has no holes that would allow them to escape.Keep your cats' immunizations up to date, as diseases like FIV (feline immunode-ficiency virus) and rabies are common among feral cat populations. If one of your cats is attacked or you see it in contact with a feral cat, take your cat straight to the vet.Now, it is possible that animal control will not trap the cats wandering your neighbor-hood. Or, they may catch them, yet you'll see more cats turn up. What some animal welfare groups are doing -- since shelters are full already -- is trapping the cats, hav-ing them spayed or neutered and given immunizations, and then releasing them back to their colony. The hope is that fewer breeding cats will reduce the feral popula-tion.
Send your question or comment to [email protected], or write to Paw's Corner, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. For more pet care-related advice and information, visit www.pawscorner.com.(c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.
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TRIVIA TEST Answers1. ÒWhoÕs That GirlÓ2. Names of winds that affect different regions of the world: (sirocco/Mediterranean; mistral/France; Chinook/western North America)3. Every three years4. Jonathan Demme5. Cell6. Flash Gordon7. 18988. Concord, Mass.9. Freyja10. Ireland(c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.
Answers1. Andres Galarraga (1993), Todd Helton (2000), Matt Holliday (2007) and Larry Walker (1998, '99, 2001).2. The Boston Red Sox hit .302 in 1950.3. Virginia Tech had seven seasons (2004-10), while Boise State had five (2006-10).4. Bob Cousy had 715 assists in the 1959-60 season.5. Three times -- 1982, 1994 and 2011.6. Five times -- 1964, '66, '71, '73 and '74.7. Maria Sharapova (2004), Amelie Mauresmo ('06) and Petra Kvitova ('11).
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The WARN project is a crime prevention initiative by the Lakewood Police Department.
The Lakewood Police Department needs your help in preventing crime at businesses in the Lakewood area. We want to partner with you to make our community safer.
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PORCUPINESPorcupines are odd little animals in the rodentfamily. There are many types of porcupinesfoundallovertheworld.TheNorthAmericanPorcupineisfoundfromAlaskaandCanadatoMexico.
•Early settlers and Native Americans calledthe small quill-covered animals “quillpigs.”The name porcupine actually means “spinedpig,”buttheyarenotrelatedtopigsatall.
• Being rodents, porcupines have four longfront teeth thatgrowcontinuously.They, likeotherrodents,gnawonwoodandplants.Theirneedle-likequills are thickhollowhairswithsharp pointy tips used for protection from predators.
•Porcupinesarenotfastmovinganddon’tlookvery threatening until they feel in danger. Ifapredatorgetstooclose,theyturnwiththeirbackstowardthepredatorandraisetheirquills,looking like large pincushions. With about30,000quillsandtheabilitytoshakeandrattlethem, they can be quite frightening, and often, predators turn and run.
• Porcupines do not have the ability to throwtheirquillsasissometimessaid,butwhentheyshakethem,itmayappearthatway.Quillsdocomeout very easily if andwhen a predatormakescontact.
•Porcupinequillshavebarbsontheendsandare hard to remove from whatever they get stuckin.Thequillscontinuetodigdeeperanddeeper into an animal’s body and can causeinfection and death.When quills fall out orstickapredator,newquillreplacementsgrowin.
•Porcupinesdon’thibernate,buttheydomakedensinhollowtrees,logsandcaves.Theyareactive year round but will stay in their dens
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duringbadweather.With long, curvedclawsandstrongtails,porcupinesaregoodclimbersandspendalotoftimeintrees.
PORCUPINES (continued):•Porcupines are nocturnal, meaning they aremostactiveatnight.Theytendtosleepinthedaytime,which iswhen theycanmost likelybespottedloungingontreelimbs.
•Porcupinesaresmall,withfull-grownadultsweighing 12-35 pounds (5-16 kg). They areabout25-30-inches(60-90-cm)longwithtailsabout8-10-inches(20-25-cm)long.
• Babyporcupinesarecalledporcupettes.Theyareusuallybornoneatatime,withsoftquillsthat become hard and sharp a few days after birth.When theyareabout10daysold, theyarereadytoeatsolidsandclimbtreeswiththeirmothers. Porcupettes staywith theirmothersuntil theyareabouttwomonthsoldandthengoouttoliveontheirown.
•Porcupinesmoveslowlyonlandbutareverygood swimmers. They have a great floatingabilitythankstotheirhollowquills.
•Herbivorousporcupinesusetheirstrongteethto eat bark, stems, twigs, fruit, leaves androots. They can wreak havoc on a yard orgarden.Sincemostof the food theyeatdoesnot contain much salt, porcupines will lickbonesorevensalt that isputonroadwaystomeltice.
•Porcupineshavebeenknowntochewontoolhandles that people have used because thesweat from human hands is salty. So watchyourtoolshedfortheseinterestingandpricklylittleanimals!
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