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A SHAVE AND A CURE• Originally, barbers also performed as surgeons. Blood-letting, a remedy of the time believed to cure diseases, was one of their main tasks. The red-and-white striped barber pole originally symbolized a bleeding arm swathed in bandages. Fortunately, the practice of blood-letting has vanished, as well as the barber/doctor. A side note concerning blood-letting, is the fact that the average healthy person can lose as much as one-third of his or her blood without fatal results.

I HAVE A HEADACHE, OR DO I?• Pain from any injury or illness is always registered by the brain. Yet, curiously, the brain tissue itself is immune to pain; it contains none of the specialized receptor cells that sense pain in other parts of the body. The pain associated with brain tumors does not arise from brain cells but from the pressure created by a growing tumor or tissues outside the brain.

EAT RIGHT AND LIVE LONGER• Men who eat 10 or more weekly servings of tomato-based foods cut their prostate cancer risk by 45 percent in a Harvard study of 47,000 middle-age male health professionals. Tomatoes are rich in lycopene, an antioxidant. Juice, salad, soup, even pizza, helped. In fact, Ketchup was once used as a medicine in the United States. In the 1830s it was sold as Dr. Miles’s Compound Extract of Tomato.

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NATURAL REMEDIES• Twenty percent of China’s plants are used in medicine. • Extracted from a fl ower, echinacea is the most widely used botanical in the creation of herbal medicines in the United States. Clinical studies have suggested that when it is taken at the onset of a cold, echinacea stimulates the immune system.• Roughly 25 percent of all prescription medicines in the United States are derived from plants, including alkaloids from the rosy periwinkle of Madagascar. This plant has been successful in arresting childhood leukemia and Hodgkin’s disease.• The mints, particularly peppermint, have a history of use in herbal medicine dating back to the ancient Egyptians. The Greeks and Romans also used mint varieties medicinally. British apothecary shops in the late 1600s kept dried mint, mint water, spirit of mints, and syrup of mints on the shelves. Peppermint tea or tincture can be taken for indigestion, intestinal gas build up, nausea, and fevers accompanied by colds.• In France, chocolate was initially met with skepticism and was considered a barbarous, noxious drug. The French court accepted chocolate after the Paris faculty of medicine gave its approval.• Carrots were fi rst grown as a medicine, not a food. The ancient Greeks called carrots karoto.• Pumpkin seeds were used as a traditional diuretic and as a cure for tapeworms and roundworms by American Indian medicine men.• Some cultures call the papaya tree “the medicinal tree” because its seeds and leaves have been used to make medicine.• Soup in Asia is used as an alternative medicine - tom yum in Thailand; bone marrow soup, soybean sprout soup, or seaweed soup in Korea. Sweet dessert soup in China is eaten to balance one’s yin and yang.

THE SCOURGE OF MANKIND• It is estimated that during the height of the Plague years, between 1344 to 1353, as many as 20 million people in Europe died as a result of the disease. • At the turn of the century, infectious diseases were the leading cause of death in the United States. Tuberculosis, diarrheal disease, and pneumonia accounted for 30 percent of all deaths.• Tuberculosis is one of the world’s oldest diseases. Some ancient mummies found in Egypt and Peru had tuberculosis.

• One of the deadliest diseases in the world is Japanese River Fever, with a mortality rate of more than 50 percent. It is found only near rivers in certain areas of Japan, China, Korea, Burma, and India.• In all of history, the most destructive disease is malaria. More than 1.5 million people die from malaria every year.• The Spanish fl u, misnamed since it likely originated in the United States, was unlike most fl u viruses, as it hit the young and healthy hardest. The pandemic killed 20 million to 40 million people in 1918. Comparatively, about 13 million died in the battles of World War I.

SOMETIMES THE CURECAN BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE• The swine fl u vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent.• According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 18 million courses of antibiotics are prescribed for the common cold in the United States per year. Research shows that colds are caused by viruses. Fifty million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.• Until recent years, people living in remote areas of Afghanistan and Ethiopia were immunized against smallpox by having dried powdered scabs from victims of the disease blown up their noses. This treatment was invented by a Chinese Buddhist nun in the eleventh century. It is the oldest known form of vaccination.

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ANOTHER MYTH?• Studies conducted at Vanderbilt University and the University of Iowa School of Medicine found no evidence that sugar causes hyperactivity in children.

HERE’S GOOD NEWS!• The death rate from cardiovascular diseases - heart attack, hardening of the arteries, and so on - has decreased in the United States since 1950.• Although the female hormone estrogen is generally prescribed to women to combat the symptoms of menopause, a study suggests that low doses of the hormone also may reduce the risk of heart disease in older men.• Though we seriously advise against putting this to the test, most healthy adults can go without eating anything for a month or longer, but they must drink at least two quarts of water a day.

YOU SMELL FUNNY - MARRY ME!• A Swiss study found that a majority of women unconsciously choose mates with a body odor that differs from their own natural scents, which, as a result, ensures better immune protection for their children. Longevity magazine reported that the genes that battle disease-provoking substances also infl uence body odor.

SPEAKING OF SMELL...• Sigmund Freud considered repression of the sense of smell a major cause of mental illness.• The human sense of smell is so keen that it can detect the odors of certain substances even when they are diluted to 1 part to 30 billion.• Babies have the strongest sense of smell, enabling them to recognize their mothers by scent.• By the age of 20, most humans have lost up to 20% of their sense of smell. By the age of 60, 60% is gone.• Most of the chemicals humans can smell contain at least 3 atoms of carbon.

THE EYES HAVE IT• Newborn babies are not blind, as previously believed. Studies have shown that newborns have approximately 20/50 vision and can easily discriminate between degrees of brightness.• The daughters of a mother who is colorblind and a father who has normal vision will have normal vision. The sons will be colorblind, however.• The average person’s fi eld of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide angle.• Some totally blind people can somehow sense light, says a New England Journal of Medicine study. This discovery may explain what keeps some blind people’s biological rhythms in sync with that of sighted people’s.

ALLERGY FACTS• Approximately 40 percent of Americans believe they have food allergies, while in reality, fewer than 1 percent have true allergies. Most of the others involve symptoms caused by food intolerances or other disorders. Children often have more food allergies, which most will outgrow.• Allergies cause students in the United States to miss 1.5 million school days a year. Allergy sufferers experience a signifi cantly reduced ability to learn, researchers have found.

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• “Soldiers disease” is a term for morphine addiction. The Civil War produced over 400,000 morphine addicts. • Zoonoses are animal diseases communicable to man.• The term “allopathy” is used by homeopaths, chiropractors, and other advocates of alternative health practices to refer to traditional medicine.• The word “toast,” meaning a proposal of health, originated in Rome, where an actual bit of spiced, burned bread was dropped into wine to improve the drink’s fl avor, absorb its sediment, and thus make it more healthful.• “Wassail” comes from the Old Norse “ves heill”--to be of good health. This evolved into the tradition of visiting neighbors on Christmas Eve and drinking to their health.• Someone who thinks constantly and anxiously about his or her health can be called a “valetudinarian.”• Synesthesia is a rare condition in which the senses are combined. Synesthetes see words, taste colors and shapes, and feel fl avors.

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• Milk is generally not healthy for adult Orientals or for adult people of black African origin, because they tend to lack enzymes needed to digest the natural sugar in milk.• The most obese people in the world are in Russia, at 25.4 percent, followed by Mexico, at 25.1 percent. Obesity is defi ned as 30 pounds or more over a healthy weight.• A study by researcher Frank Hu and the Harvard School of Public Health found that women who snore are at an increased risk of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease.• A healthy man who is good physical shape has about 12 to 15 percent body fat. A woman in good shape has between 15 to 18 percent. The models used in most of the advertising for abdominal machines, on the other hand, have less than 10 percent body fat.• Permanent hearing loss can result from prolonged exposure to sounds at 85 decibels (0 decibels is the threshold for hearing). For comparison, a busy street corner is about 80 decibels, a subway train from 20 feet is 100 decibels, a jet plane from 500 feet is 110 decibels and loud thunder is 120 decibels. A rock band amplifi ed at close range is 140 decibels, which is 100 trillion times the hearing threshold and more than 100,000 times as loud as the level necessary to produce permanent hearing loss.• Babies have taste buds all over the insides of their mouths, not just on their tongues. Adults and children have no taste buds on the center of their tongues.• Electrical impulses travel from the skin toward the spinal cord at a rate of up to 425 feet per second.• About one-third of bone in the human body is living tissue. The rest consists of calcium, phosphorus, and other minerals.• Sixty percent of Americans who call in sick at work apparently aren’t sick at all. Many take it off as a personal “mental health” day.

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• There are people who spend their time counting the number of times people blink and why, but they still can’t explain why an adult in a calm state of mind blinks 15 times per minute, while a newborn baby blinks only twice per minute.

• A couple more tidbits from the fi les of musical performers’ unusual backstage requirements: Pop and R&B singer Christina Aguilera must have Flintstones vitamins, and singer and actress Mariah Carey insists on having drinking straws with a bend rather than the straight variety.

• You might be surprised to learn that residents of New York City get a white Christmas roughly only once every four years.

• Have you ever committed catach-resis? I try to avoid it (in this column, at least), but unless you are unusually articulate -- or simply don’t speak or write much -- then it’s almost certain that you have. Catachresis is just a fancy term for the misuse of words.

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DIFFERENT?

I’ve made my New Year’s resolu-tion a little early.

I found out about a “healthy heart” exercise program through the lo-cal hospital. Classes meet at the college in an indoor arena with a walking track. (The bonus is that the building is heated.) I go three times a week at dawn and combine fast and slow laps around the track with mild stretching exercises run by two employees of the hospital’s program.

So far I like it. It’s a chore to get there before the sun is up (we have to be fi nished before the college stu-dents swarm in), but once I’m there and working out, I’m energized for the rest of the day.

My resolution, then, is to keep at it. Perhaps if I do this now, before I actually need a “healthy heart” program, I might not ever need it at all.

Are you going to make any resolu-tions this New Year? Here are a few ideas to think about:

• Volunteer on a regular basis. Grocery-shop for a neighbor once a week. Knit mittens for kids or helmet liners for soldiers. Sign up to deliver Meals on Wheels. Drive cancer patients to chemo.

Take a class now so you can be a volunteer tax preparer in the spring. Sign up with a local charity for a set number of hours per week. There’s always something that needs to be done.

• Do something for your mind ev-ery day. Explore new authors you haven’t read before. Ask about au-diting college courses for free, or if there isn’t a school near you, check for online classes. Tackle more dif-fi cult crossword puzzles.

If you’re like me, resolutions are hard to keep. But maybe, just may-be, this year will be different.

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Psychologists tell us we crave contrast in our lives. That’s why we use chair rails and crown molding and why we mix two patterns in a room. There are so many reasons why we do have some contrasting elements in our rooms, but somehow when it comes to our wood pieces, if they don’t match, they don’t go. There used to be a furniture store in Chicago, (everybody has one, no mat-ter where you live) the type of furniture store that you go in and you buy a sofa, a love seat, a chair and it’s probably in a brown plaid. The set probably also includes two end tables, a coffee table, two lamps and three pictures. It’s all the same and begs the question “Does this person have a personality?”

It’s so fun to add some personality to your room by mixing pieces, colors and fi nishes. Rooms full of complexi-ties and contradictions say, “Wow! Look at me!” For example, one of my best friends, Becky, has a very contem-porary living room, and she needed a new entertainment center. I’m not

big on matching so what I found was a French antique armoire. We’re not even talking same country here as her contemporary, but yet I ordered it and it was delivered. Upon it’s arrival, she called me crying and said, “Oh my, they delivered the wrong one. This doesn’t match.” And I said, “I know. It’s not supposed to. I want you to keep it for three days. If you don’t like it, we’ll send it back, but tell me what you think after three days”. So she has all of her family in and a couple of other friends and neighbors to see what they think, and everybody walked in and what was the reaction? It wasn’t, “Oh, that’s a nice entertainment center.” It was, “Wow! Is that a great piece!” In the end, she was glad she didn’t match what she had. It was a different wood tone; it was old; it looked like it had character.

So let’s try to take that word “matchy-matchy” out of our vocabulary. Also, when considering your case goods, look for pieces that have fl exibility because those pieces can reinvent themselves in a room. Think about that armoire that I put in Becky’s home. It could also be in the bedroom to hold wardrobe, in the bathroom full of plush towels and wonderful smelling bath essentials or the dining room to hold crystal, silver and all of her other treasures. This is a case good that can reinvent itself in many different rooms making it a valu-able and fl exible piece in a furniture collection.

I also like chests of drawers for the same reason as they could be in the bedroom, in the foyer to hold your keys, mittens and gloves or even in the dining room to hold serving piec-es and table linens. So, look for case goods that don’t “match” your room so there are pieces that offer character and give the room life. Also, remember to include pieces that have fl exibility so when you want to update that room you can use that case good in another area of your home.

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• On Jan. 2, 1811, Sen. Timothy Pickering of Massachusetts becomes the fi rst sena-tor to be censured by the Senate. Pickering was accused of violating congressional law by publicly revealing secret foreign-policy documents communicated by the president to the Senate.

• On Dec. 29, 1890, the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry kills 146 Sioux at Wounded Knee in South Dakota. The Cavalry surrounded the Sioux near Wounded Knee Creek and demanded they surrender their weapons. As that was happening, a fi ght broke out

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• On Dec. 30, 1922, in post-revolutionary Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Re-publics (USSR) is es-

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• On Jan. 3, 1938, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, an adult victim of polio, founds the National Foundation for Infantile Pa-ralysis, which he later renamed the March of Dimes Foundation. In response to a fundraising appeal, the public fl ooded the White House with 2,680,000 dimes and thousands of dollars in donations.

• On Dec. 31, 1947, America’s favorite

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• On Jan. 1, 1962, the Beatles audition for London record company Decca on the same day as Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. Decca signed the Tremeloes, but not the Beatles. The Tremeloes fi rst hit the charts with “Twist and Shout,” later also done by

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DEAR BILL: Getting Sandy ad-justed to all the exciting activity on the sidewalk will take some time.

Start by honing her basic obedience skills at home, making sure she will respond to your commands. On your daily walks, have her sit and stay at random times. When a jog-ger approaches, move to the side of the walk, and have Sandy sit and stay. (Of course, keep her on a leash

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Finally, add the command during her daily walks -- when a person approaches, use the command if she starts toward them. You may need to sit Sandy down at fi rst and wait for the person to pass, giving the “Off/Nyaah!” command if needed. But gradually begin training her to obey this command from the heel.

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BLAME SLEEP APNEA FOR

DAYTIME FATIGUEDEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have lived with my boyfriend for a year, and we are going to get married soon. One ob-stacle to marriage for me is his snor-ing. It’s so loud that I cannot sleep with him. He starts out with a soft snore that builds into a sound that rivals a jet en-gine. He says snoring is a family thing

for him.

He is tired all day long. He works hard, comes home, takes a nap, eats and then says he’s still tired. He sleeps a lot on weekends, too. Does snoring have any-thing to do with this? -- B.K.

ANSWER: Let me describe sleep ap-nea, and you judge whether it applies to your fi ance. Typically, it involves snoring that gets louder and louder and then suddenly stops. Silence reigns. After a short while, the snorer makes a grunting sound and the snoring cycle repeats.

The period of silence is the apnea pe-riod. “Apnea” means “no breathing.” Apnea episodes last 10 or more sec-onds, and they end when the snorer makes a grunting sound and resumes his snoring. During apnea, blood oxy-gen content dips, and the dip partially rouses the person to begin breathing.

Sleep apnea is a health menace. The drop in blood oxygen has several im-portant consequences. It affects the

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One of the trillions of things your body does without so much as a conscious

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It’s happening right now. Even more so when you sleep: New intestine lining, every 2-3 days. New stom-ach lining, every 5 days. New skin, every 28 days. New liver, every 42 days. New bone, every 90 days. New red blood cells, every 120 days.

Your body creates 1,000,000,000 new cells every hour. Over time, this renewal process replaces the old you with a whole new you! This is what allows us to heal. It’s also why continued chiropractic care can be so helpful.

Your body relies on your current

pattern and structure as a guide for the replacement of new cells. Regu-lar chiropractic care helps establish new, healthier patterns and struc-tures. This is why ongoing chiro-practic care, even when you don’t have an obvious ache or pain, can be SO benefi cial. This has created an entirely new way to see health.

It’s called: WELLNESS.

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heart and can lead to dangerous heart rhythms. People with sleep apnea often develop high blood pressure and all the complications of increased pressure. These people do not get restorative sleep. They feel drugged during the day.

The diagnosis of sleep apnea is made with special studies done in a sleep lab. Portable equipment is available for home testing.

If your fi ance is overweight, weight loss might put an end to snoring and apnea. He should drink no alcohol af-ter 5 p.m. A CPAP (continuous posi-tive airway pressure) machine keeps air fl owing past the throat obstruction that blocks its entry into the lungs. Talk your fi ance into discussing these mat-ters with his doctor.

The booklet on chronic fatigue syn-drome includes a discussion of sleep apnea. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue -- No. 304W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 38253-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and ad-dress. Please allow four weeks for de-livery.

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Sometimes I jerk awake just before falling asleep. Why? Can anything be done about it? -- J.A.

ANSWER: That happens to lots of people, and sometimes it happens when a person is just wakening. There’s a temporary disconnect between the brain and muscles at those times, and it results in a short jerk. It’s not a sign of any illness.

I don’t know of any treatment for it. Most people fall asleep shortly after it happens.

***

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Is eating ce-real with added vitamins and minerals as good as taking a vitamin pill each day? -- M.L.

ANSWER: Sure it is. A well-balanced diet provides all the needed vitamins and minerals. The catch lies in eating such a diet. Our ancestors survived pretty well without taking vitamin pills.

***

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lism”? Some people are believers of the set-point theory. This is the idea that some people are destined to re-gain lost weight because their bodies lower their metabolic rate after weight loss, causing them to regain weight. The American Journal of Clinical Nu-trition showed research fi ndings that the metabolic rates of overweight women were identical to those who are not overweight and do not have a tendency to gain weight.

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metabolic rate will naturally decrease with weight loss. However, it will not continue to decrease once you have reached your goal weight and begin to consume more calories again. In fact, your metabolic rate adjusts to the change in body composition and an intake of suffi cient calories consumed to maintain goal weight. The study showed that women maintaining their weight loss had similar metabolic rates to women whom did not have a weight problem.

Therefore, weight regain is most likely not a result of abnormal metabolism, but the result of a return to unhealthy eating habits and inactivity. So if you’re ever tempted to blame your metabo-lism when you begin to put pounds back on, you may want to examine your eating behaviors and activity lev-el instead.

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WHAT’S THE REAL COST OF OWNING

YOUR CAR?

Every year since 1985, the Amer-ican Institute for Economic Re-search has come out with a new

edition of its book “What Your Car Re-ally Costs.” If you’re about to shop for a car or wonder what your current one actually costs you, this book should be a piece of your information arsenal.

One of the fi rst facts the book offers is something of a shock: The average American will spend approximately $320,000 on cars over a lifetime. That equates to 18 percent of a consumer’s income. The only thing that costs more is our homes.

The true cost of auto ownership isn’t limited to the price of the car. Add to that fuel and oil, repairs and main-tenance, insurance, the cost of a loan or lease, depreciation (a signifi cant amount in the cost of ownership), fuel effi ciency and taxes, and that $320,000 doesn’t seem so far-fetched.

If you limit your auto cost calculations to what you pay in a monthly payment, you could be skewing the numbers in your personal long-term fi nancial plan. For example: If the depreciation differ-

ence between two vehicles is invested instead of spent, that dollar amount could grow to well over $100,000. Be-tween a modest sedan and a luxury car, that number climbs much higher.

“What Your Car Really Costs” walks you through a number of important steps.

• The use of Consumer Reports maga-zine auto information to compare mod-els for reliability and road-worthiness. As the authors point out, CR’s “rec-ommended” vehicles often hold their value longer.• The true cost differences between owning a small sedan, large sedan, SUV or minivan. • The resale value when it comes time to sell or trade in. • Buying new vs. buying used.• How to calculate the real meaning of promotional offers of low interest rates or rebates and how those translate into dollars.• An explanation of MSRP (the win-dow-sticker price) when it comes to buying.• Understanding a lease.• Auto insurance basics.At the end of the book are charts to fi ll in with your own fi gures, as well as consumer protection contacts by state.To order “What Your Car Really Costs,” see www.aier.org online or call 413-528-1216. Copies are $12 each.

David Uffi ngton regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, 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].


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If you’re an investor, you might be shaking your head in dis-may after looking at your recent

brokerage statements. In fact, you might even be thinking about giving up on Wall Street altogether. But be-fore you do, consider the following story.

Two typical American children, Mary and Michael, begin their day with a hearty breakfast of oatmeal produced by Quaker Oats, a subsid-iary of PepsiCo, based in Purchase, New York. At school, they work on a computer, using a Windows operating system produced by Mi-crosoft, based in Redmond, Wash-ington. Upon returning home, they do their homework under a lamp containing light bulbs produced by General Electric, headquartered in Fairfi eld, Connecticut. That night, their parents, pressed for time, take them to McDonald’s, whose corpo-rate offi ce is in Oak Brook, Illinois, and the children eat Big Macs and drink Cokes, produced by Coca-Cola, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Be-fore going to bed, Michael and Mary wash up with Ivory Soap, produced by Proctor & Gamble, based in Cin-cinnati, and are thrilled to learn their parents are going to take them to Walt Disney World, owned by The Walt Disney Company, which oper-ates out of Burbank, California.

You get the picture. None of these businesses are on Wall Street — and when you invest in them, you’re not investing in “Wall Street,” which is really just a shorthand term for our system of trading stocks.

Unfortunately, many people seem to think they are actually investing in the system itself, rather than in indi-

vidual businesses, so when they re-peatedly hear that “it’s been a wild day on Wall Street,” they start be-lieving that the very act of investing has become too risky for them.

But that’s not the case. As you can tell by their products, the compa-nies mentioned above are likely to be around for a long time — or at least until people stop using com-puters, washing their hands and eat-ing hamburgers.

Does that mean that the stock prices of these types of companies will just keep climbing? Of course not. These businesses, like all busi-nesses, will go through good and bad periods, and their stock prices will refl ect these ups and downs. But here’s the key point: Barring an unforeseen calamity of epic propor-tions, there will be always be busi-nesses in which you can invest. And if you buy quality companies, and hold them for the long term, you’re going to increase your chances for success.

So when you’re considering your in-vestment strategy, don’t worry about today’s turbulence on “Wall Street.” Instead, look at tomorrow’s pros-pects for the companies in which you’re interested. Are their products competitive? Do they belong to an industry that is on the ascent or the decline? Do they have good manage-ment teams? Have they been con-sistently profi table over the years? By answering these and other key questions, you should be able to get a good sense of whether a stock is a good investment candidate.

By thinking more about the individ-ual businesses in which you might invest, and less about “Wall Street,” you can become a more focused in-vestor. And, over the long term, that focus can pay off for you.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

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© Christopher C. Meyer, August, 2007

In our geographical area, there are so many people involved in the military that divorces involving military personnel are common-

place. There is a popular misconception that di-vorces involving military personnel are different from civilian divorces. In fact, the differences be-tween military divorces and civilian divorces are not very signifi cant.

If you are in the military, and if you and your spouse have lived in Colorado for more than 90 days and your children have been here for more than six months, a Colorado court can divide your property and debts, determine whether mainte-nance (alimony) is appropriate, and make all deci-sions regarding parental responsibilities (parental decision-making and parenting time).

Military pensions are divided much the same as civilian pensions. There is another popular mis-conception that unless the spouse of the military service person has been married to the service person for at least ten years, the non-military spouse cannot receive part of the service person’s pension. Ten years is signifi cant only in that the military will not pay part of the pension to the

non-military spouse unless the ten-year require-ment is met. This means is that if the marriage is less than ten years, the Court will order the service person to pay part of the retirement directly to the non-military spouse, rather than the military itself making the payment.

Some people in the military believe that they can convert part of their pension to disability and avoid paying part of the disability to the non-mil-itary spouse, thereby reducing the total amount the non-military spouse gets. It is correct that the Court cannot divide the disability. However, the Court can adjust the division of the pension or adjust the maintenance award to make up for the difference, so that the total amount awarded to the non-military spouse is not diminished by the disability.

If you are legally separated from a person in the military, you are still eligible for the same benefi ts you enjoyed while you were married. This sce-nario is an example of a good reason to look into a legal separation in Colorado, rather than getting a divorce. If you have been married to a person in the military for twenty years while the military person has been active service for twenty years, you retain your military benefi ts such as health in-surance, etc., even if you get a divorce.

Good luck with your military divorce or legal sep-aration as you leave the marriage zone.

Chris Meyer is an attorney practicing family law in Monument. Chris’ law practice is limited to do-mestic relations cases. Chris has been practicing law since 1977. He is a former prosecutor and is licensed to practice law in Colorado, Florida, California and Wisconsin. Chris can be contacted at 719-488-9395. Chris’s website (www.cmeyer-law.com) has additional divorce and family law information.

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ment is met. This means is that if the marriage is less than ten years, the Court will order the service person to pay part of the retirement directly to the non-military spouse, rather than the military itself making the payment.

Some people in the military believe that they can convert part of their pension to disability and

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Article by Robyn GrahamRE/MAX Properties, Inc.Your Colorado SpringsEco-Friendly Realtor!

LEVERAGING YOUR WAY TO PROSPERITY!

Leverage, as used in real estate, refers to one’s ability to control a large amount of asset value

(money) with a small amount of as-set (money). To simplify, consider that you purchased a home in 1980 for $100,000, investing only 20%, $20,000, of your own money. The other 80% is OPM - “Other Peoples Money” – usu-ally the Mortgage Company’s. That property, depending on the location, could easily be valued at $500,000 - $600,000 today. And your $20,000 that you invested would have made you a $480,000 to $580,000 profi t. That is the magic of leveraging and the benefi t of using borrowed money with tax de-ductible interest.

The pricing decline of Single Fam-ily Homes has been dramatic this year Nationwide. Too many homes were purchased with no money down, 100% fi nancing, no doc loans (also referred to as “liar loans”), and the fi nancial re-ality of the adjustable rate mortgages was ignored. The purchase was based on what is called the “greater fool theory” that assumes that “no matter what I paid, there is a greater fool who will pay more.” Well, when the mar-ket starts turning south, that theory just isn’t going to fl oat.

The concept that makes the leverag-ing theory work is to “Buy Low, Sell High”, just as it is with the Stock Mar-ket. There is money to be made in real estate, as in the stock market, or most any other market, when it is at the bot-tom of the curve. We are at or near that

point now. The dilemma is that the only way we ever know the bottom of any market is after it has happened and is on its way back up.

Interest rates are still low, in the 6.0% to 7.0% range and real estate prices are bottoming out. What this

tells me is that now is the time to start looking and deciding what portion of your investment dollar will go into real estate. Your investment dollars can also go into the Stock Market, Gold, Bonds, etc., but just remember that only real estate has the multiplying benefi t of Leverage!

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SNIPPETZ® DINING GUIDE

Coffee Cup Café

reputation251 Front St, Monument, 488-0663

www.coffeecupmonument.com

Open 7 Days a Week 6:30 am - 3:00 pm

13860 Gleneagle Dr, Gleneagle, 481-6446www.asecondcup.net

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A Second Cup

location

BODHICITTA BAKERY780 Hwy. 105 • Suite B

Palmer Lake

719-487-1555

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ALL OF OURWONDERFUL

FALL SWEETS.WE ALSO HAVE

FRESH BREAD FOR DINNER... BAKEDBY NOON DAILY.

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PIZZA NIGHTFriday 5:00pm - 7:00pm

“Pizza Made To Order”

Yields 8 Servings

Instead of using individual parfait glasses I like to use a trifl e bowl for that family dining feel.

1/2 cup granulated sugar1/4 cup cornstarch1 tablespoon instant coffee granules1 large egg2 1/2 cups milk1 tablespoon coffee-fl avored liqueur16 Oreo cookies - divided use1 1/2 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed

1. Combine fi rst 4 ingredients in a bowl; stir well with whisk. Cook milk in heavy saucepan over medium-high heat to 180*F (90*C) or until tiny bubbles form around edge (Do Not

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OODIES

by

Gretchen Gire Anthonyof Bodhicitta Bakery

MOCHA OREOTRIFLE

Boil). Gradually add hot milk to egg mixture, stir-ring constantly with whisk. Re-turn milk mixture to pan; cook over medium heat until thick (3 minutes), stirring constant-ly. Reduce heat to low, and cook 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in coffee liqueur. Pour into medium bowl; place bowl in larger bowl of ice water, stirring

occasionally until mixture is cool.

2. Coarsely chop 8 cookies; fold chopped cookies and whipped top-ping into pudding. Spoon about 1/2 cup cookie mixture into each of 8 small parfait glasses or 8 (6-ounce) custard cups. Cover and chill at least 2 hours or until cold. Top each serv-ing with a cookie.

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Pizza • Pasta • LasagnaSalads • Sandwiches

Beer • Wine

Tuesday - Friday 5 - 9 pmSaturday 11:30 am - 9 pm

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MEATY MALBEC

Malbec [MAHL-beck] Once important in Bordeaux and the Loire in various blends, it has been steadily replaced by Merlot and the two

Cabernets. It was used to provide deep color and tannin but it ripens almost too late for these temperate climates. However, Argentina is markedly successful with this varietal due to the warmer climate. Malbec wines are medium to full-bodied with fl avors/aromas of smoke, blackberries, roasted nuts, and toasted oak. It is normally fairly tannic (dry) in character. Malbec is an ideal companion for beef and rich pasta dishes.

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PATRICIA’S CAFÉ

These Unique and Delicious Recipes are presented to you by Pat McClelland -

owner of Bella Panini in Palmer Lake and Bayou BarBQ in Monument

Check out their websites: http://www.bellapanini.com and www.bayoubarbq.com

SEARED TUNA

1 ea Tuna Steak1 Tbs Black Sesame Seeds1 Tbs White Sesame Seeds2 Tbs Vegetable Oil

1. Mix sesame seeds together and dip tuna to cover evenly. 2. Preheat a heavy skillet on the stove until it is very hot.3. Add the oil and heat until it is slightly smoking (not burning).4. Place tuna into skillet searing the fi rst side until golden then fl ipping to do the other side. Tuna should be red to pink in the middle.

This tuna can be served as an appetizer like I have shown here with shredded cabbage, wasabi, pickled ginger and soy sauce. It

can also be served on a salad with greens, cabbage, mandarin oranges, and some green onions. And of

course it can be used as a main dish with some rice and stir fried vegetables.

When searing a piece of fi sh it should be of good quality because fi sh should never be over cooked. Many stores receive their fi sh orders on Wednes-days and Saturdays. You should always ask. It is even better if it is sushi grade. Often the fi sh at the counter will be fresh frozen that they have thawed them selves. Places like Whole Foods will more often have fresh tuna but it can be several days old. Make sure that the tuna is a deep red with no browning. It should also not have any fi shy fl avor or smell or no sliminess to the surface. Any type of fi sh can be seared as long as it is fresh and of good quality.

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Chicago Style Hot Dogs • Bratwurst • Soups • Chili

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Please call for seasonal days & time

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Trivia Test ByMarge Svenson Sports Quiz By

Chris Richcreek

1. ASTRONOMY: What do the Van Al-len belts refer to?2. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What kind of animal could be described as ursine?3. LANGUAGE: What does the Brit-ish slang “arrows” refer to?4. FAMOUS QUOTES: Who once said, “Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home”?5. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What Mexican revolutionary’s real name was Doroteo Arango?6. FOOD & DRINK: What is the spice that gives curry powder its yellow color?7. ADVERTISING: What peanut butter brand was the “No. 1 choice of choosy moms”?8. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Presidential candidate George McGovern carried only one state in the 1972 election. What was it?9. GEOGRAPHY: What is the largest man-made lake in the U.S.?10. PSYCHOLOGY: What kind of fear causes phasmophobia?

1. Name the last black pitcher before Cleveland’s CC Sabathia in 2007 to win a Cy Young Award.2. Kenny Lofton set a record in 2007 for most career stolen bases in the postseason. Who had held the mark, and with how many?3. Name the fi rst two quarter-backs to have beaten 31 other NFL teams in their careers.4. Pete Maravich holds the top three spots for highest points-per-game average for a season in Division I college basketball. Who is No. 4?5. Two teams hold the NHL’s lon-gest current streak for failing to make the playoffs. Name them.6. Who was the youngest season champion in Formula One racing before 23-year-old Lewis Hamil-ton set the mark in 2008?7. Name the last year tennis star Chris Evert was No. 1 in the annual top-10 women’s world rankings.


SNIPPETZ® PUZZLES AND TRIVIA

1. Name the 1960 instru-mental hit of the year.

2. Name a song by Sol-omon Burke that was used in a movie.

3. How did Motown Re-cords Corporation get its name?

4. What was Sting’s pro-fession before he became a musician?

5. What was the source of the name of the band AC/DC?

New DVD Releases forWeek of Dec. 29, 2008

PICK OF THE WEEK“Hellbound: Hellraiser II -- 20th Anniver-sary Edition” -- For fans of the horror genre, this DVD is defi nitely one for the video li-brary. “Hellbound” is, in my opinion, Clive Barker’s best work. This sequel to 1987’s “Hellraiser” amps up the Gore Level to 11 -- and because this is the unrated, uncen-sored version, you see it all, baby.

The movie picks up where the fi rst fi lm left off: Kirsty Cotton (Ashley Laurence) gets sent to the loony bin, where she meets the creepy Dr. Channard. She tries to convince the doc that there’s a portal to Hell that she’s opened, but he’s not buying it. Then Kirsty begins to get these calls for help from her dead dad, begging her to rescue him from Hell. Oh, then her mom comes back from the dead, and she’s got no skin and she’s brought along the Cenobites, led by the deliciously sadistic Pinhead.In addition, the DVD has the uncensored cut of the movie, a commentary track fea-turing the cast and crew, and more than 60 minutes of special features, including a never-before-seen interview with Doug Bradley, the actor who plays Pinhead.

ALSO“Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget: Uncensored” -- I’ve seen all the Comedy

Central roasts. Big Fan. I think the two best are the roasts of Pam Anderson and Flavor Flav. This roast of Bob Saget is my next fa-vorite. Mr. “Full House” gets skewered by the likes of Sarah Silverman, Jeffrey Ross, Don Rickles, Cloris Leachman, Brian Posehn and others. The language is fi lthy. Some of the jokes may make you squirm. But if you’re a fan of the Friar’s Club-style roast, you’ll laugh your tuchus off.

DOG OF THE WEEK“An American Carol” -- One of the ste-reotypes slapped onto Conservatives is that they don’t have a sense of humor. “An American Carol” proves that some stereo-types may have some merit.The premise of the fi lm is that a Hollywood fi lmmaker named Michael Malone (a thinly veiled parody of Michael Moore) is cham-pioning a campaign to get rid of the Fourth of July, so a bunch of ghosts visit him (a la

“A Christmas Carol”) to show him the er-ror of his Liberal Ways.Seeing as this stinker made about 18 bucks at the box offi ce, I’m pretty sure no one will bother to buy or rent it on video. All politics aside, this movie just plain isn’t funny. “An American Carol” is to comedy what Stephen Hawking is to fi gure skat-ing. Thank you. I’m here all week. Try the veal.

TV SERIES“Nip/Tuck” Season 5, Part 1

“Kyle XY: The Complete Second Season”“Greek: Chapter Two”

“The Secret Life of the AmericanTeenager” Season 1

“PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal” Season 3

“$100 Taxi Ride” Season One“This Small Space” Season One


In order to keep everyone honest (you know who you are,) we have moved the answers and solutions to the trivia and puzzles to the next page (19).

Caution: DO NOT RUN WITH SNIPPETZ IN YOUR HAND - it’s very sharp!


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HUEY’SPAGE

SNIPPETZ® COMICS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Answers & Solutions

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You might be busier than you had expected right now. But between the socializing rounds and the workplace tasks, there are opportuni-ties for special moments with that certain someone.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your cre-ative approach leads to a quicker-than-expected solution to a workplace problem. Now you can devote more time to that pro-posal you hope to introduce by midmonth.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Technologi-cal glitches create problems early on. But by midweek, all runs smoothly once again, and you’re well and truly on your way to-ward meeting all your deadlines.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your en-ergy levels are high, and you feel you can handle everything that comes along. But try to take a break from your hectic pace for some quiet time with someone close to you.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Before you pounce on that shiny new opportunity, take more time to check it out to see how much substance actually lies beneath all that glit-ter. A family member has important news.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) A personal situation you thought was re-solved resurfaces, thanks to a possibly well-intentioned move that went awry. Deal with it as soon as possible. Accept the help of a trusted friend.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) That goal you set way back when is fi nally in sight. Maintain your focus on achieving it, and don’t allow yourself to be distracted by unimportant demands for your attention.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A temperamental fl are-up creates negative feelings that need to be dealt with immedi-ately. But things once again go well after the apologies are made and hurt feelings are soothed.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to De-cember 21) An early impulsive act causes confusion. But all is smoothed over once explanations are made. Expect a friend or family member to ask for your kind and al-ways wise advice.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) You might have to do some juggling of your priorities, as a personal matter ap-pears to require more time and attention. Put your pride aside and accept help from those who offer it.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Your creative aspect is strong. Not only does it help you accomplish your goals, but it also inspires others. This could lead to a potentially rewarding collaboration op-portunity.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Be careful about making major decisions when you’re not really committed to them. And resist any pressure to do otherwise. Better to delay action until all doubts are resolved.

BORN THIS WEEK: You set goals and are rarely distracted by any attempt to move you off the path you’ve chosen to reach them.


DECEMBER 29, 2008

TRIVIA TEST ANSWERS

SPORTS QUIZ ANSWERS

FLASH BACK ANSWERS1. “Theme From a Summer Place,” by Percy Faith Orches-tra, was written for the movie “Summer Place,” starring Troy Donahue and Sandra Dee.2. “Cry to Me (1962) was used in the 1987 hit “Dirty Danc-ing,” starring Patrick Swayze.3. Motown, short for Motor City, is based in Detroit, the auto-motive capital. Motown, the fi rst record company owned by an African-American, was started by Berry Gordy as Tamla Records in 1959.4. Born Gordon Matthew Sumner in 1951, Sting attended college and became a teacher in England after holding a number of lesser jobs.5. AC/DC got its name when a band member’s sister saw it on the back of a sewing machine. AC-DC means Alternat-ing Current/Direct Current, which fi t the band’s high energy image of itself.

1. Radiation belts surrounding the Earth2. Bears

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1. Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets in 1985.2. Rickey Henderson, with 33 stolen bases.3. Peyton Manning and Tom Brady achieved the feat in 2007.4. Frank Selvy averaged 41.7 points per game for Furman in 1953-54.5. The Florida Panthers and Columbus Blue Jackets, with seven seasons each entering 2008-09.6. Fernando Alonso was 24 when he won the season title in 2005.7. It was 1981.

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