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• If you look at the labels on the clothes you are wearing, at least some of your apparel is probably made from cotton. You may not realize the versatility of this plant. It is not only used as a fi ber but also in food products, fertilizer, fuel and more. This week, Tidbits looks at this re-markable plant.

• • Cotton is a natural fi ber whose his-tory goes back thousands of years. Civi-lizations in India, China and Egypt grew cotton as well as the Mayans in Guate-mala, Yucatan and other parts of Mexico. The oldest archaeological evidence of clothing made from cotton comes from the Indus Valley of today’s Pakistan. Cot-ton “bolls” that start in a fi eld are used to produce much of the fabric in the world.

• • The fi rst cotton grown in the United States was in Virginia and Florida in the early 17th century. By the end of the 18th century, cotton had become the biggest industry in the United States. This was helped by Eli Whitney’s cotton gin inven-tion in 1793.

• • Whitney’s machine provided a faster way to separate cotton from its seeds. It could clean the cotton about 10 times faster than doing it by hand.

• • When we think of cotton, most of us think of comfortable blue jeans, fl annel shirts, underwear or the 800-thread-count soft sheets that we sleep on at night. Cot-ton provides all of that and a whole lot more.

• • Cotton is used more than any fi ber, natural or manmade, in the world. It is a daily part of our lives and is still today one of the leading cash crops for farmers in the United States. Every part of a cotton plant is useful.

• • The most important part of the cot-ton plant is the fi ber, or lint, which is used

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on several college campuses to edu-cate students on the renewable and re-cyclable attributes of denim. Blue jeans were donated and then given a “new life” as housing insulation for houses. In the spring of 2007, 30 homes were built for families by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge (Louisiana) who lost their homes as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Twelve of those homes were in-sulated with UltraTouch™ Denim Insula-tion.

• • A campaign by National Geographic Kids Magazine in 2009 asked readers to donate their old jeans with the goal be-ing to set a Guinness World Record™ for the “most items of clothing collected for recycling.” The record was announced in Washington, D.C. on August 12, 2009, with 33,088 pieces of denim donated. These jeans were given to the “Cotton. From Blue to Green.®” campaign for more housing insulation projects. What a terrifi c way to help people, recycle and keep blue jeans out of our landfi lls!

• • Cotton has been an important part of our lives for many years and will likely continue to be. As the advertisements say, it is the “fabric of our lives.” Cotton is now grown in 70 countries, with China producing the most at about 25 percent and the Unites States producing almost 20 percent. China and India are the larg-est producers of cotton, while the United States is the world’s largest exporter of cotton.

to make cloth. The fi ber has to be sepa-rated from the seeds, which are quite sticky. This is why the cotton gin was so important. When the fi ber and seeds had to be separated by hand, it took many la-borious hours.

• • “Linters,” the short fuzz remaining on the seeds after separation of the lint, provide cellulose for making explosives, plastics and other products. They are also incor-porated into high quality paper products and processed into batting for the pad-ding used in mattresses and cushions for furniture and automobile seats.

• • The cottonseeds are a valuable byprod-uct as well. They are crushed and sepa-rated into three products: oil, hulls and meal. Cottonseed oil is used for salad dressing, cooking oil and shortening. Cot-tonseed oil has no cholesterol has little or no trans-fats, making it a good option for healthy cooking.

• • The meal and hulls are used for live-stock, poultry and fi sh feed and also fer-tilizer. After all of these parts are taken away, the remaining leaves and stalks of the cotton plant are plowed under to en-rich the soil.

• • For years, the “Cotton Row” district of Memphis, Tennessee, was the center of the worldwide cotton trade market. The Cotton Museum at the Cotton Exchange opened in 2006 in the building that was once the place where cotton was inspect-ed, bought and sold, and shipped around the world. The museum has artifacts and exhibits that tell the story of cotton, its his-tory and its impact on the region and the world.

• • Another museum dedicated to cotton is The Audie Murphy American Cotton Mu-seum in Greenville, Texas. This museum is dedicated to preserving the history of America’s cotton industry. The museum includes the oldest house in Greenville and an actual cotton patch.

• • The states where cotton grows are sometimes referred to as the “Cotton Belt.” These states are all across the southern edge of the United States. They are Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mis-souri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. The cli-mate and soil conditions of these areas provide a great cotton-growing environ-ment.

• • Are you curious as to what can be made from one bale of cotton? How about 4,321 socks, 3,085 diapers (yes, the old fashioned cotton kind!), 1,256 pil-lowcases, 690 bath towels, 409 skirts or 250 pairs of pants!

• • Most people have heard of “hand-me-downs” and probably have worn them. Blue jeans are especially known for this because of their durability. Hand-me-down blue jeans were taken to a new level in 2006 when Cotton Incorporated created a marketing initiative to recycle denim for insulation for housing.

• • The “Cotton. From Blue to Green. ®” denim drive was a student-run campaign

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¥ On April 19, 1897, John J. McDer-mott of New York won the fi rst Bos-ton Marathon with a time of 2:55:10. Fifteen runners started the race but only 10 made it to the fi nish line. The marathon’s distance was changed in 1908 in accordance with Olympic standards to its current length of 26 miles, 385 yards.

¥ On April 21, 1918, in the skies over France, Manfred von Richthofen, the notorious German fl ying ace known as “The Red Baron,” is killed by Allied fi re when an Australian gunner shoots him through his chest. He was 25 years old. Von Richthofen had downed 80 enemy aircraft.

¥ On April 23, 1923, “Mambo King” Tito Puente is born in New York City. Bandleader and percussionist Puente helped popularize Latin dance music and jazz in America. During a career that spanned six decades, the dynam-ic showman recorded more than 100 albums and won fi ve Grammy Awards.

¥ On April 22, 1937, John Joseph “Jack” Nicholson, who would become known as one of the greatest actors of his generation and famous for his role in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” is born in Neptune, N.J. In his fi rst fi lm, Nicholson played a troubled teenager in the low-budget 1958 horror fl ick, “The Cry-Baby Killer.”

¥ On April 18, 1945, Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Ernie Pyle is killed by Japanese machine-gun fi re on Okinawa. Extremely popular, Pyle had been at the London Blitz of 1941 and saw action in North Africa, Italy, France and the Pacifi c. A monument to him exists to this day on Okinawa, describing Pyle simply as “a buddy.”

¥ On April 24, 1976, the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capi-tals, 3-2, in 139 minutes and 15 sec-onds of total game play, making it the fi fth-longest match in the history of the National Hockey League. A regulation hockey game lasts 60 minutes.

¥ On April 20, 1980, the Castro regime announces that all Cubans wishing to emigrate to the U.S. are free to board boats at the port of Mariel, west of Havana, launching the Mariel Boatlift. The fi rst of 125,000 Cuban refugees reached Florida the next day in about 1,700 boats.

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My cat, “Trina,” is an indoor cat -- her paws never touch the out-side ground. So why does she need so many different shots each year? The feline leuke-mia I can understand, but why should she get a rabies shot and so on when she’s never exposed to other creatures? The shots are so costly that we are refraining from taking her to get them. -- Ethel H., via e-mail

DEAR ETHEL: I can understand your reluctance to keep getting Trina shots every year when she is at low risk of catching the diseases the shots prevent. And the shot package is costly -- even many “low cost” shot clinics run upward of $45 to $65 for a complete set of vaccinations.However, state health boards have decided they can’t take the chance of unvaccinated cats getting out among other cats (and pets do escape, even if Trina is a good cat) and catching and then spreading certain diseases. There’s also the admittedly low risk of an-other pet or wild animal entering Trina’s living space and biting or otherwise exposing her to a disease. So, although I know it’s expensive and uncomfortable, for Trina’s sake, she needs to be vaccinated regularly.In recent years, a growing number of states have been reducing the frequency of rabies shots -- from every year to once every three years. Certain other shots still are required annually, but it’s one less item on your bill.Please keep Trina’s vaccinations up to date. You’ll have the peace of mind of knowing she’s safe just in case.

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Whether a wait-ing period is taking longer than expected, or just seems that way, the anxious Lamb would do well to create a center of calm within her- or himself, and not do anything rash.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Practical mat-ters dominate the week, but cultural activities also are favored, especially those that can be shared with someone special in the Bovine’s life. Some important news might be forthcom-ing.GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You need to know more about a possible career move in or-der to see if it offers a real opportunity or just a change. You’re sure to get lots of advice -- some of it good -- but the decision must be yours.CANCER (June 21 to July 22) The arrival of hoped-for good news about a loved one domi-nates most of the week and provides a great excuse for the party-loving Moon Child to plan a special event to celebrate.LEO (July 23 to August 22) Leos and Leo-nas rushing to finalize their plans might want to think about slowing down the pace, or risk overlooking an important consideration that could become a sore point down the line.VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) The week’s challenges call for logical approaches. But sentiment also has its place. Sharing memories with a special someone, for example, strengthens the bond between you.LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A brand-new approach to a problem could have a good chance of succeeding if it’s based on a solid foundation of fact to strengthen its potential for standing up to scrutiny.SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A favorable report should give your optimism an important boost as you confront another phase of a challenge. Don’t be timid about accepting advice from someone you trust.SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December

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SUGAR CANESugar cane is actually a tropical grass, like bamboo, with some variet-ies growing up to 16 feet (5 m) high. Since it is tropical, you won’t fi nd it in the northern United States or Canada.• Sugar is grown in 121 countries across the globe, and production ex-ceeds 120 million tons (108,862,169 metric tons) per year. Approximately 70 percent of the production is from sugar cane, and the remaining 30 per-cent is from sugar beets, a root crop similar in appearance to parsnips that is mostly grown in northern temperate zones.• Sucrose is the type of sugar re-ferred to as “table” sugar that comes from sugar cane or sugar beets. (It also occurs naturally in some fruit and vegetables.) The sugar from cane and beets is identical. After the juice is extracted from either plant, and the impurities are removed, it is crystal-lized into white sugar that is 99.95 percent sucrose. • Numerous societies are credited with the discovery of sugar cane and its sweet byproduct. It is said to have been fi rst discovered by the Polyne-sians, although early writings mention it in Africa, the Middle East, India, Chi-na, Taiwan, Malaysia and the South Pacifi c. Darius the Great of Persia is credited as having called sugar cane: “the reed which gives honey without bees” when Persia invaded India in 510 BC. • According to the World Sugar Re-search Organization headquartered in England, India was the fi rst country to extract cane juice to make the fi rst crude sugar at around 500 BC. From India, the technology spread to the Middle East and then to Europe via the Christian Crusaders. Christopher Columbus is credited with taking sug-ar cane to the Caribbean. It came to the southern United States in the 15th and 16th centuries. • When crushed, sugar cane produc-es cane juice and bagasse, the woody leftovers. When the sugar is removed from the juice there is a dark, thick liq-uid left called molasses. Molasses is used for making animal feed, alcohol, beverages, bakery products and phar-maceuticals. The bagasse is a valu-able source of energy and is burned in steam generators to power the sugar mills, making them environmentally friendly. • Asia and South and Central Ameri-ca produce the most sugar cane with India and Brazil being the top coun-tries. Louisiana, Florida, Texas and Hawaii are the top producing U.S. states.

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The Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum in Puunene, Maui, has a wealth of information about the im-portance of sugar to Hawaii. Sugar was the No. 1 industry until the 1960s when tourism moved ahead, and it was the No. 1 agricultural crop until the 1990s when pineapple took the top spot. The largest working sugar mill remaining is located next to the museum. Statistics for 2005 showed that the mill produced more than 190,000 tons of raw sugar, ac-counting for 5 percent of total sugar cane production in the United States.

DOLLARS AND SENSEBy David Uffi ngton

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Three-quarters of Americans have signed up for the Do Not Call registry, hoping not to be bothered by telemarketers, yet the calls keep coming. Unfortunately, not all calls are covered: If you’ve done business with a company, they can call you for 18 months unless you ask them to stop. It’s the same with political groups and charities, unless they use a telemarketing ser-vice, and phone survey companies.Here are some steps to take:The magic words if a telemarketer calls: “Please take my number off your list. Don’t call again.” Then hang up. They have 31 days to get you off their list.If you haven’t signed up for the DNC registry, go online to www.donotcall.gov. Click Register Now. You can put in up to three phone numbers at a time and need to give your email address. You’ll later get a verifi cation email. But sure to click the link in that email within 72 hours to verify that you want your phone covered.Don’t forget your cellphone. While there cur-rently isn’t a cellphone book, if your number does get out, telemarketers are allowed to call you as long as they don’t use a “robot” to make the calls.If you’ve signed up and you continue to get calls, verify that your phone numbers are on the DNC list. Go to the same website and click Verify a Registration. Follow the steps, includ-ing replying to the confi rmation email.If you want to register or verify by phone, call 1-888-382-1222 from the phone you want cov-ered.The Federal Trade Commission goes after companies that violate the DNC registry, but it can pursue only the ones it knows about. After 31 days of your number being in the registry, telemarketers cannot call you. If they do, com-plain to the FTC at the same number or on the website. Have all your information handy, such as time and date you were called, plus the name of the company if you have it.In the beginning, a DNC signup was only good for a few years. Since 2008, however, your signed-up phone number is permanently pro-tected. If you live in a fast-growing region and your area code changes, you don’t need to sign up again. It’s done automatically.David Uffi ngton regrets that he cannot person-ally answer reader questions, but will incorpo-rate 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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• It was French novelist, essayist and critic Marcel Proust who made the following sage observation: “There is nothing like desire for preventing the things one says from bearing any resemblance to what one has in one’s mind.”

• ¥ The city of Denver holds the distinction of being the fi rst major metropolitan area to allow women to vote in elections, back in 1893.

• ¥ Connectivity may fi nally be going too far. Way too far. Beyond death, even. It seems that someone has now invented the solar-powered eTomb, a headstone that stores information from the de-ceased’s social networking sites. Visitors to the grave can use a laptop or a smart-phone to download photos, blog posts and even videos via a Bluetooth connec-tion.

• ¥ Famed screenwriter and director Woody Allen started his career in show business in the 1960s as a writer for the TV series “Candid Camera.”

• ¥ In a traditional Moroccan wedding, the bride must be purifi ed in a milk bath and have her hands and feet painted with henna before the ceremony.

• ¥ A man named Stephen Burns holds a rather odd world record: He managed to hitchhike through all of the contiguous 48 states in less time than anyone else -- 26 days and 6 hours.

• ¥ You might be surprised to learn that the largest supplier of foreign oil to the Unit-ed States isn’t Saudi Arabia, Libya, Iraq or Kuwait. In fact, we buy more of our oil much closer to home: from Canada.

• ¥ Between 70 percent and 80 percent of all the world’s fresh water is frozen, stored in Arctic and Antarctic glaciers.

• ¥ Not all black bears are black; individu-als in some populations around the world can be brown, white, cinnamon or even blue.

• Thought for the Day: “I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.” -- Oscar Levant


THIS IS A HAMMERBy Samantha Mazzotta

Split Outdoor Pipe Disables Spigot

Q: I’m not sure how, but when check-ing the outdoor spigots this spring I noticed that the steel pipe behind one of them had swelled and split. I had turned off water to this pipe last fall so I’m not sure how this happened, and I don’t see any water damage in the basement. Why did this occur? What’s the cheapest fi x so I can use this spigot again soon? -- Frank T., Dover, N.H.

A: I’m not sure exactly why it hap-pened either. Perhaps if the tap wasn’t fully drained after you turned off water at the nearest shutoff valve, perhaps some water pooled just be-hind the spigot and, when a hard freeze occurred, the water froze, expanded and split the pipe. I’m also not sure there’s a truly cheap fi x for this. Duct tape will keep wa-ter from spraying all over the place but won’t stop a leak and will quickly break down. You need to keep the water turned off and the pipe drained, and contact a plumber as soon as possible. The pipe will need to be replaced, perhaps all the way back to the shutoff valve.Get a written estimate -- two or more if you’re not sure how much the job should cost -- and decide from there when and how you’ll have the pipe re-placed. Because it sounds like you’ve got galvanized steel pipe, the plumb-er will recommend a different material (galvanized steel isn’t used anymore -- period) and he or she may recom-mend replacing all the steel pipes, though probably not all at once.Meantime, it would be a good idea to check all of the other pipes leading outside for similar damage. Hopefully, that’s the only one you have to deal with right now. Also, since the North-east is still at risk in April of more hard freezes occurring, keep the outside spigots turned off and drained for a few more weeks. Homes with newer plumbing don’t have to worry as much about outside pipes freezing and splitting in early spring, but older pipe systems need to be more closely watched.

HOME TIP: When turning on out-door faucets, hook up garden hoses and sprinklers and run water through them to make sure they work properly and haven’t sprung leaks.

Send your questions, tips or com-ments to [email protected], or write This Is a Hammer, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. When in doubt as to whether you can safely or effectively complete a proj-ect, consult a professional contractor.(c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have a small lump on the back of my left wrist. It’s soft and doesn’t hurt even when I push on it. It’s been there for at least two months. I don’t remember injuring it. Lumps freak me out. My brother had bone cancer. When I see things sprouting on me, I think of cancer. Could it be? -- F.L.ANSWER: It’s not likely to be bone cancer. A more likely bet is a ganglion. That’s a kind of cyst fi lled with thick, gelatinous material. It communicates with the wrist joint or with one of the wrist tendons. If it doesn’t hurt or interfere with wrist motion, you can ignore it. It if does, a doctor can remove it without much fuss. Many ganglion patients want their doctor to drain it. Drainage is possible, but the recurrence rate is very high.***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.(c) 2011 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved


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