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language from their word keokje, meaning “little cake.” It’s thought that cookies originated as a method of getting a test sample of a full-sized cake. Bakers used a small amount of cake batter to test the oven temperature. Persia was probably the firstcountrytomakecookies,asitwasoneofthefirsttocultivatesugar.

• Home-baked cookies come in several styles.Pressed cookies are formed by squeezing dough through a mold to form fancy shapes. Dropcookies are made by merely dropping spoonfuls of dough onto a baking sheet, while the dough for bar cookies is spread in a shallow pan and cut into bars after baking. Icebox cookies are created by shaping dough into a log, which is refrigerated, then sliced and baked. Cookie cutters are used to make rolled cookies into decorative shapes. American tinsmiths began fashioning cookie cutters by hand in the 1700s.

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Moses, who led his captive people out of Egyptian slavery. In her numerous exploits, Tubman was never captured.

•WhentheCivilWarbrokeout,Harrietwenttowork for the Union Army, initially as a cook and a nurse. But when it was discovered she was very familiar with the Confederate area and terrain, she became a mapmaker, a scout, and a spy. She would frequently enter towns under Confederate control in disguise, wandering the streets gathering valuable intelligence information for the Union’s military leaders.

•In1863,Tubmanbecamethefirstwomantoleadan armed assault during the Civil War. Working with Colonel James Montgomery, she guided the Combahee River Raid through a dense forest and swamps in South Carolina, an effort that freed 750 slaves. Through her intricate spy network, she knew the Confederate positions and location of their supply lines.

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1. In his early years, country singer Johnny Cash was known for singing at what type of venue?

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5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “Too many times married men think they’re still single, That has caused many a good girl to go wrong.”

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Born into slavery in Bucktown, Maryland in 1820, Harriet Tubman managed to escapebondage and risked her life to guide hundreds of slaves to freedom during the American Civil War era. This week Tidbits takes a look into the life of this remarkable woman, also known as “Mama Moses” and “conductor” of the Underground Railroadforfleeingslaves. •Atagesix,Harrietwasgivennursemaidduty

watching a tiny baby. Any time the baby cried,Harrietwaswhipped,andlatertoldofadaywhen shewas thrashedfive timesbeforebreakfast.Atage12,whensherefusedtohelptie up a captured slave who was about to be beaten, Harriet was struck in the head by aweight thrown by her owner. The result was a lifelong injury that caused severe headaches, seizures, and periodic attacks of narcolepsy.

• At age 29, Tubman became quite ill, whichcaused her value as a slave to drop considerably. Although her owner repeatedly attempted to sell her, no buyer could be found. Because she feared being separated from her relatives, she began to pray that God would make her owner change his ways. When no change occurred, andasalewasbeingfinalized,Harrietmadeachange to her prayer. In her words, “I began to pray, ‘Oh, Lord, if you ain’t never going to change that man’s heart, kill him, Lord, and take him out of the way.’” A week later, the owner died. When his widow began liquidating the estate, Harriet escaped to Philadelphia.But soon after, she returned to Maryland and guided her relatives to freedom.

• Over the next 11 years, Tubman returned toMarylandnearly 20 times, rescuing over 300slaves, leading them through the network of various safe houses along the Underground Railroad. She was given the biblical nickname

first to sell commercially-baked cookies, andwithin two years, the national organization licensedtheidea.DuringWorldWarII,whentherewasashortageofsugar,flour,andbutter,the Girl Scouts sold calendars as their service project.By1948,29commercialbakerswerelicensed to bake the three varieties – peanut butter sandwich, shortbread, and chocolate mints. Today, cookie sales during the short eight-week time period when the Scouts hold theirsalearecloseto$790million.

•One common belief for the origin of fortunecookiesdatesback to the12thcentury,whenChinese soldiers defended their territory from Mongolian invaders. Legend has it that the Mongolians didn’t particularly care for Chinese lotus nut paste cakes, so Chinese soldiers hid messages containing details of their uprising written on rice paper inside the cakes to notify the troops. A more recent explanation cites a Cantonese immigrant working as a baker in Los Angeles putting slips of paper inside his cookies with words of encouragement and good “fortune” and handing them out to the poor and homelessstreetpeople.In1960,amachinewasinvented automatically inserts the message and folds the cookies in half much faster than can be done by hand.

• After his service with the Air Force, WallyAmos went to work as a talent agent with the WilliamMorrisAgency.Histricktopersuadecelebrities to meet with him and work out a deal was to send them home-baked chocolate chip cookies, followed by a phone call to set up a meeting. After the strategy failed to produce any business, it was clear that he had more talent for baking cookies than he did as anagent.Heopenedhisfirst“FamousAmos”store in Los Angeles in 1975 and totalled$300,000incookiesaleshisfirstyear,andthefollowing year he topped the $1 million mark.

•PhiladelphiainventorJamesHenryMitchelliscredited with inventing a double dough sheeting machineandfunneldevice thatmade theFigNewtonpossible.Hepatentedhisinventionin1892,andproductionbeganonthelittle jam-filledconfectionswhichwerenamedafterthecommunity of Newton, Massachusetts, near the factorywherethefirstNewtonswerecreated.

•Theworld’sfavoritecookieistheOreo,nowsoldin more than 100 countries around the globe. TheveryfirstOreorolledoutofaManhattanbakeryinMarch,1912,andshortlythereafterinHoboken,NewJersey.ThefirstOreoswerepackaged in bulk tins and sold by weight, at about30centsperpound.Today,they’rebaked

at21differentbakeriesandover20.5millionof these favorites are eaten worldwide every single day. Just one batch of Oreos requires over18millionpoundsofcocoa.

• It is believed that chocolate brownies cameabout by an ingredient mishap -- that is, a cook neglecting to add baking powder to chocolate cake batter. Without the leavening action of the baking soda to raise the volume of the cake, a denser, chewier cookie-like cake was produced. Others say it was intentionally created by a chefatChicago’sPalmerHouseHotelduringthe1893ColumbianExhibition.Ineithercase,it was eventually welcomed as an end product

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Four high school seniors sufferingfrom “spring fever” skipped theirmorning classes and went to thebeach instead. After lunch, theyreturned to school and told their

teacher that they were late becausethey’d experienced a flat tire whilecarpooling together to the school.

Much to their relief, she smiled.“You missed a test today,” she

continued, “but you can make it upright now. Take seats apart fromone another and then get out apencil and a piece of paper.”

She waited for them to sit down,and then began. “Question One:Which tire on the car was flat?”

1. What’s the properscientific name for themoment that the springseason begins?

2. What flower istraditionally thefirst to bloom asspring

Unscramble this word:

S A L A N U NThis word means: springflowers that last one season

A N N U A L S

“Spring is Nature’s way ofsaying ‘Let’s party!!’”

~ Robin Williams

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1Q09 - WEEK 12MAR 15 - MAR 21

Fabio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/15/59

Rodney Peete . . . . . . 3/16/66

Rob Lowe . . . . . . . . . 3/17/64

Charley Pride . . . . . . 3/18/38

Glenn Close . . . . . . . 3/19/47

Holly Hunter . . . . . . . 3/20/58

Rosie O’Donnell. . . . . 3/21/62

If you’re in “spring cleaning”mode, take some time to make

sure that all of your vitalelectronic appliances (TV,

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2. In what year were Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush in competition for the best chocolate chip cookie recipe?

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[email protected] Director: Sandy Wood

2009.12

NEX

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1. VERNAL EQUINOX2. CROCUS

Four high school seniors sufferingfrom “spring fever” skipped theirmorning classes and went to thebeach instead. After lunch, theyreturned to school and told their

teacher that they were late becausethey’d experienced a flat tire whilecarpooling together to the school.

Much to their relief, she smiled.“You missed a test today,” she

continued, “but you can make it upright now. Take seats apart fromone another and then get out apencil and a piece of paper.”

She waited for them to sit down,and then began. “Question One:Which tire on the car was flat?”

1. What’s the properscientific name for themoment that the springseason begins?

2. What flower istraditionally thefirst to bloom asspring

Unscramble this word:

S A L A N U NThis word means: springflowers that last one season

A N N U A L S

“Spring is Nature’s way ofsaying ‘Let’s party!!’”

~ Robin Williams

FILLER PAGE 1

1Q09 - WEEK 12MAR 15 - MAR 21

Fabio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/15/59

Rodney Peete . . . . . . 3/16/66

Rob Lowe . . . . . . . . . 3/17/64

Charley Pride . . . . . . 3/18/38

Glenn Close . . . . . . . 3/19/47

Holly Hunter . . . . . . . 3/20/58

Rosie O’Donnell. . . . . 3/21/62

If you’re in “spring cleaning”mode, take some time to make

sure that all of your vitalelectronic appliances (TV,

computer, stereo equipment)are plugged into adequate surgeprotectors. It’s also advisable tobuy a fresh supply of batteriesthat fit both your flashlight

and your portableradio. Store them in

a central locationthat can be easily

found in the dark.

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ANDWATCHYOURSALESGROW!

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•Nomatterwhatyoucall it, it’sstillacookie.In England, they’re biscuits, in Spain, galletas, while Germans call them keks. The Italians use several different names, most commonly amaretti and biscotti. The word biscotti translates “twice cooked,” as the dough is formed into a log and baked, then sliced and baked again.

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Invest In Your Debt and Make Your Lender Dizzy Dear Mary: Soon I will receive an inheritance that is almost equal to the amount remaining on my mortgage. I am a widow, age 55, with no dependents. I have 25 years with the same em-ployer and have been participating in the com-pany’s 401k plan for the past 15 years. I plan to work until I am 65. Should I use the inheritance to pay off the mortgage or, as friends suggest, invest it in a variety of stocks and bonds and keep my mortgage because the interest is tax-deductible? -- Eleanor D.

Dear Eleanor: You need to check with your tax professional because, as you know, I am not one. However, if I were you, I’d pay off that mortgage so fast the lender would get dizzy. Investing in your debt is always a wise decision because you cannot lose. Just keep in mind that your mortgage should be the last debt you pay off -- after you have a healthy emergency fund and you have paid off all of your unsecured debts. If you pay off your mortgage, you own your home. No matter what happens to the economy, your health or your job, you have no rent or mort-gage payments. As for the deductibility of mortgage interest, it is highly overrated. Let’s say you pay $1,000 a year in mortgage interest and you are in the 28-percent tax bracket. By deducting that $1,000 from your taxable income, you realize a $280 reduction in the taxes you owe. Does that make sense to you to choose to pay $1,000 so you can get $280 back? If so, I have a better deal for you. You send me $1,000 every year and I promise to send back $500 every April 15, no questions asked! * * * Dear Mary: A friend suggested that we look into a plan called “life estate,” which would make sure that our home would go to our chil-dren, even in the event that we would have to go to a nursing home and our monies run out. We understand this plan would not permit the nursing home to take our home. Your thoughts? -- Tom and Jackie

Dear Tom and Jackie: While I am not an attor-ney, I do have experience as a real estate broker. Generally, “life estate” is a term used to designate

the way legal ownership or “title” is held on real property. To do this, you would deed your property to your children, who become the “remaindermen,” and you become the “life tenants.” As the life tenants, you retain possession of the property, including full costs of maintaining the prop-erty. The life tenants cannot sell the property with-out the consent of the remaindermen. Further, your children would receive full ownership (fee simple) immediately upon the death of the last life tenant, without the property going through probate. There are three advantages for you to convey your property now to a life estate: 1. You will have the legal right to remain in your home for the rest of your lives, without triggering a taxable event. 2. The property immediately passes to the remaindermen without the necessity of a probate upon your deaths. 3. Most states see a life estate as a limited interest, rather than a full asset, so you could more easily qualify for Medicaid assistance, if necessary. I suggest that you meet with a qualified real estate attorney or escrow company if you wish to deed your property to a life estate. * * * Email Mary at [email protected], or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2099, Cypress, CA 90630. Include your first and last name and state. To find out more about Mary and read her past columns, please visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

Backlogged Claims Actually Go Down Despite the projections that the number of backlogged claims with the Department of Veterans Affairs would climb during the recent government shutdown (so said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki), it wasn’t as bad as expected. In a pre-shutdown reprieve, the VA was granted an exemption, and claims processing stayed up and running. However, during the shutdown, processors weren’t able to continue working their 20 hours per month mandatory overtime to whittle away at the backlog (claims that have been sitting for more than 125 days). That mandatory overtime has been a key component to getting the backlog re-duced, and will stop completely in November.One would think that a lot of claims work was left undone. But the Monday Workload Report shows that despite the shutdown, the canceled overtime and all the doom-and-gloom projections, the number of claims actually went down. Granted, they didn’t go down by much, but they did go down. (If you want to view the archived file of Monday Morning Reports, go online to www.vba.va.gov/reports/mmwr/) Remember that before the shutdown, the VA hadn’t met its own projections of how fast the num-ber of claims would fall on their way to eliminating the backlog. It didn’t meet its own goal to the tune of approximately 100,000 claims for fiscal year 2013. (Some in Congress were a bit annoyed about that, since the VA had been granted $1.59 billion specifi-cally to bring down the backlog.) Bottom line: If the mandatory overtime is canceled permanently, then yes, the number of de-layed claims can continue to go down, but it will be at a very slow rate. While the VA is still aiming for 2015 to clean up that backlog, it’s looking increasingly un-likely for that to happen.

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Davis was scared. The dog was a pit bull, and she had her “misgivings” about the breed. “But when he lifted his head as she reached for her water bottle, Davis put her apprehension aside, gave him a drink and then lifted the 47-pound dog into her arms,” said Bretta Nelson, a spokesperson for the Arizona Humane Society, whose veterinarians cared for the dog, now named Elijah.

Elijah was in rough shape. And by the end of Davis’ careful mile-long trek to the bottom of the mountain, the pit was motionless and Davis’ arms ached from carrying him. Davis’ husband and their daughter, Jessi, met her at the trailhead, and from there the family transported Elijah to the AHS for care.

But the story doesn’t end there. It never does with love at first sight.

Jessi told the AHS, “My heart broke at the first sight of him. He was torn up. Everywhere.” According to the doctors, Elijah had been shot. He had an open abdominal wound, bullets fragments near his spinal cord and a bullet lodged in his neck.

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Sugar may be the Major Risk Factor for Heart Disease and Stroke In the middle of the 20th century, men be-tween the ages of 40 and 60 were dying in droves from heart attacks. Most were smokers, had unrec-ognized high blood pressure and virtually all had elevated cholesterols. Then came the groundbreak-ing Framingham Heart Study, which followed the entire population of Framingham, Mass., for many years. Research uncovered irrefutable evidence linking heart disease to a high saturated fat, high cholesterol diet rich in red meat, eggs and butter. Almost instantaneously our dietary habits changed. Animal fats were replaced with polyun-saturated plant fats, eggs became taboo and low cholesterol margarine was substituted for butter. In the subsequent 60 years, thanks to better diets, more exercise, smoking cessation and medications, deaths from heart attacks in men took a nosedive. While still remaining the No. 1 cause of death, heart attacks are now less frequent, milder and tend to occur at a later age. Reducing the fat content of the typical Western diet did not reduce total calorie intake; to the contrary, total food and calories consumed in-creased. Fats are rich in calories but quickly cause satiety. It takes much longer for a person consum-ing a low fat, high carbohydrate, high sugar diet to be satisfied. And many experts blame reduced fat intake as a major factor in the global obesity epi-demic. In an article published in the British Medical Journal, Dr. Aseem Malhotra maintains that reduc-tions in saturated fat intake have paradoxically increased the risk of coronary artery disease. The lower the fat in the diet, the greater the carbohy-drate and sugar, the higher the rate of obesity. The unhealthy fast food diets contain far too much sugar and carbohydrates. In the body, the excess sugar and starch is converted to fats and contributes sig-nificantly to obesity.

Obesity due to a diet high in sugar and carbohydrates leads to an abnormality called the metabolic syndrome. Insulin loses its ability to actively pump glucose into cells; the blood glucose increases, leading to the development of diabetes in a significant fraction of these individuals. Obe-sity also increases the risk of high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol and a sedentary lifestyle. It is not surprising, therefore, that risk of heart disease and heart attacks increase. Based upon these facts, Malhotra and other experts maintain that saturated animal fats have gotten a bad rap. The most important next step in promoting health, therefore, was not to focus on reducing the fat content of the diet but restricting and curbing sugar and carbohydrates. This would reverse the continued explosion in the percentage of the population who are obese, while simultane-ously decreasing deaths from heart attacks and strokes. This approach, however, is seriously flawed. The answer is not to go back to the typi-cal 1950s diet but rather concentrate on eating the right diet containing the right foods in the right amount. First and foremost, this means paying at-tention to portion size. Even if we eat the healthiest foods, most of us consume much more than we should. And the right diet is clearly not high in fat and low in sugar or vice versa but rather balanced. This means eating ideal protein found in lean meats and fatty fish, monounsaturated fats found in olive or canola oil and omega 3 fatty acids found in nuts, sunflower seeds and avocados. Eat all the fruits and vegetables you want, but watch the sugar and starch. No more than two servings with each meal, which should be no larger than two-thirds the size of your fist. Also, consider those foods that have been associated with a lower risk of weight gain, includ-ing yogurt, apples and an ounce of walnuts as a late afternoon snack. Consuming sufficient healthy fats promotes satiety. Modest carbohydrate intake promotes energy and a better metabolism. Fiber contained in cereals, fruits and vegetables pro-motes a healthy bowel, lower cholesterol and a decreased risk of cancer. If only we could all eat healthy, fresh and nutritious food our lives would be better, illnesses less and a longer life assured. Unfortunately, this is much easier said than done.

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their three dogs. If all goes as expected, that’s where he’ll live forever. “Mom has a dog, dad has a dog, I have a dog,” Jessi told Nelson. “Elijah is the family dog -- because he’s special.”

And then there’s Mama Jade.

Mama Jade is the battered pit bull who had the good fortune of wandering onto the front porch of 23-year-old Christianna Willis of Nashville. It took only one look for Willis to realize the suffering dog had likely escaped a dogfighting ring. “I took off her collar and saw rope marks around her neck, bite marks all around her nuzzle and she was really banged up,” Willis said. “There was blood in the crate from pressure wounds on her elbows that bust open every time she lies down.”

Infuriated, Willis did more than open her door. She posted a missive on Craigslist and titled it: “Your pit bull has found me, and I’m not giving her back.” That post went viral. That post raised awareness. And that post raised money -- money for all the medical treatment Mama Jade has required and money for the care of dogs whose humans have fallen on hard times. Today, Mama Jade has her own Facebook page. As of this writing, that page has 137, 656 likes.

Make that 137, 657. And let’s add one more for Dr. King.

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A: I won’t give you an opinion. I will give you the facts. And I’m afraid the facts are that you messed up. The Social Security ball was in your court, and you dropped it. There are two main points I need to make here. One has to do with the law, and one has to do with that ball you fumbled away. The law, at least the law since 1991, says that Social Security retirement benefits filed before age 66 cannot be paid retroactively. Benefits are effec-tive with the month you file for them, or some near future month, but not for any past months. (Claims filed after age 66 can be paid retroactively for up to

six months - but never before the month you attain age 66.) The second point I need to make is that you are responsible for figuring out when to file for your Social Security benefits. You should have taken some steps when you were approaching your 62nd birthday to educate yourself about your potential eli-gibility for Social Security. With a simple phone call to the Social Security Administration (800-772-1213), you would have learned that you can collect Social Security retirement benefits and unemployment compensation at the same time. You said, “The government owes me my money.” Had SSA made a mistake, then yes, they would owe you the back pay benefits. (Retroactive benefits can generally be paid if it can be shown that an SSA employee gave you false information.) But in this case, you made the mistake -- so now you are paying the consequences. * * *

Q: My stepfather died about five years ago. He was divorced from my mother. They had lost touch, and we only recently learned of his death. So last month, she filed for Social Security divorced widow’s benefits to supple-ment her own retirement benefits. She is 77 years old. They paid her six months worth of retroactive benefits. But we think she should get benefits all the way back to the time of her ex-husband’s death. We think Social Security should have notified my mother of her eligi-bility for widow’s benefits when my stepfather died. The Social Security people said no. What do you say?

A: I also say no. Widow’s claims filed after age 66 usually come with a six-month limitation on retroactivity. (Widows who file before age 66 gen-erally cannot be paid retroactive benefits, although there are some limited exceptions.) As explained in the first answer, it was your mother’s responsibility to be aware of her potential eligibility for divorced widow’s benefits. You claim that “Social Security should have notified [her].” But there is simply no way that the Social Security Administration can keep tabs on every man, woman and child in this country, and then tell them when they should apply for all the various kinds of Social Security benefits potentially payable. Having said that, I should point out that they would have tried to contact her if there was an indication in their records of a possible claim. For example, had your mother been getting divorced wife’s benefits on this man’s record at the time that SSA learned of his death, they would have written or called her inviting her to file for widow’s benefits. * * *

Q: I filed for my Social Security at age 66, but immediately suspended my benefits. I did this so that my wife could get spousal ben-efits on my record. I am now 68, and I do not plan to start my own retirement benefits until age 70, in order to get the delayed retirement bonus. In a recent column, you said that if I change my mind and decide to take my Social Security before 70, I could claim retroactive benefits back to age 66. But my financial advi-sor told me I am limited to six months of back pay. Who is right?

A: If you’ve read the answers to the previ-ous questions, you would guess your financial advi-sor is right. After all, I just said that Social Security benefits can be paid up to six months retroactively if the claim is filed after age 66. But here is the difference in your situation. You actually filed your Social Security application at age 66 -- then suspended your benefits with the in-tention of waiting until age 70 to start taking those benefits. But if you changed your mind tomorrow and decided you want benefits now at age 68, you would NOT be filing a new claim for benefits (a

claim that would come with six months retroactiv-ity). You would simply be “unsuspending” the claim you filed when you were 66. So you could choose to have your unsuspended benefits paid all the way back to that date. However, those benefits would not include any delayed retirement bonus. Or, you could choose to start your benefits at age 68 and get 24 months worth of those bonus credits.

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Determining Risk of a Stroke DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I would like to know the risk of having a stroke when a carotid artery has a blockage. I was told that doctors don’t go by percentage of blockage now. How is the risk determined? -- K.C.

ANSWER: An obstruction in the carotid artery, the neck artery that supplies the brain with blood, is not the only cause of a stroke. A piece of a blood clot that has broken off of a main clot else-where in the body and been swept into a brain artery is another cause of stroke. I mention this to keep it clear that a blocked carotid is but one risk for a stroke. The doctors I know still use percentage of reduction in the interior of a carotid artery as a crite-rion of stroke risk. With a 60 percent to 70 percent or greater narrowing of the carotid artery, people ben-efit from the opening up of the artery, using a variety of procedures. Some experts feel that a 60 percent narrowing requires only blood-thinning medication, such as aspirin. Others feel that surgical removal of the blockage is indicated. Other factors have to be considered: the patient’s age, the patient’s wishes and the patient’s health problems unrelated to the artery problem. The booklet on stroke gives timely informa-tion on this dreaded cause of death and disability. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue -- No. 902W, 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: I am an 85-year-old female, and my doctor has suggested a colo-noscopy. I find it a degrading test. The doctor didn’t say why I needed it. Should a woman my age have it? -- K.C.

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Should You Review Your Medicare Plan? With only a few weeks to go during this an-nual signup period, there are several reasons many seniors aren’t making changes to their Medicare health plans. Only 15 percent of us made changes last year or plan to make changes in the future. According to a news release by Allsup, here is the biggest reason seniors don’t make the changes: The process of making plan changes can be complex. Comparing the plans and making choices can be complicated. However, by not taking the time to compare plans, seniors can miss out on benefits and sav-ings. Medicare plans can change, both in cost and what they cover. Seniors can find themselves unexpectedly paying more in co-pays or deduct-ibles, or discovering after the fact that their plan no longer covers certain procedures. In a survey, 43 percent of seniors said they’d had that happen to them -- where Medicare didn’t pick up the costs. There are good reasons to review your plans. You may need a new plan if ... Your health has changed, especially if it requires new prescription drugs or visits to a spe-cialist. You move to another location, away from your plan’s service area. Your local provider changes, for example, if your physician retires or a facility changes. A drug you need is no longer on the list for your current plan due to changes in drug cover-age. There are a few ways to get help with se-lecting your plan. Allsup [Medicare.Allsup.com] is a fee-based service that can help. You also can go online to www.medicare.gov or call Medicare at 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227). Remember that your 54-day window to make changes ends Dec. 7.

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War II vet. I told the Department of Veterans Affairs doctor that I have nervous feet. If I sit in a chair with my feet on a footstool, they al-ways start moving. The same thing happens at night in bed. I can’t get to sleep. Can you tell me what this is? -- F.B.

ANSWER: It sounds like a form of myoclo-nus -- brief, involuntary movements of the feet and legs. Most often it happens when in bed, but it also can happen when sitting in a chair. Something in the nervous system has gone wrong. Mirapex and Requip are two medicines used to quiet these move-ments. See if the VA doctor agrees. It’s not such an uncommon disorder as you might think. It’s often seen with another condition called restless leg syndrome, a funny feeling in the legs that makes a person get up and move around to get rid of the sensation. *** 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 or-der form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

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● On Nov. 18, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln boards a train for Gettysburg, Pa., to deliver a short speech at the dedication of a cemetery. The Gettysburg Address be-came one of the most famous speeches in American history.

● On Nov. 21, 1927, Time magazine puts the week-old Holland Tunnel on its cover. The tunnel, which runs under the Hudson River between New York City and Jersey City, N.J., requires 84 ventilating fans that replace all the air in the tunnel every 90 seconds.

● On Nov. 23, 1936, legendary Missis-sippi Delta bluesman Robert Johnson is recorded for the very first time in a San An-tonio recording studio. He spent only five days in the studio, recording 41 total takes of 29 different songs. Almost immediately, Johnson’s recordings gained a cult follow-ing among blues collectors.

● On Nov. 24, 1947, the House of Rep-resentatives votes to approve citations of contempt against 10 Hollywood writers, directors and producers. These men had refused to cooperate at hearings dealing with communism in the movie industry. Hollywood quickly established the so-called blacklist, and those on the list rarely found work in the movies.

● On Nov. 20, 1955, Bo Diddley intro-duced himself and his namesake beat with his debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Did-dley opened his appearance with his song “Bo Diddley.” Sullivan had expected him to perform Ernie Ford’s “Sixteen Tons,” and he was furious enough to ban Diddley from future appearances on his show.

● On Nov. 19, 1976, Patty Hearst is re-leased on bail pending the appeal of her conviction for participating in a 1974 San Francisco bank robbery that was caught on camera. Hearst had been kidnapped months before the robbery by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army.

● On Nov. 22, 1986, 20-year-old Mike Ty-son knocks out Trevor Berbick in just five minutes and 35 seconds to become the youngest titleholder ever. Tyson kept his title for nine more bouts. After that, his life unraveled when he was sent to prison for three years.


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Where will my Money Go? Q: I have been widowed for seven years and have not been in the best health for the last two. My home is cluttered with what once were treasures, but I no longer use or need most of them. My family lives on the east coast, I am in Arizona, and they can’t really afford to travel here. I have procrastinated way too long in getting my estate plans in order. I own my home, which was appraised at $342,000 last year, and basically have no bills except utili-ties, taxes, medical insurance and groceries. I also own a fairly large insurance policy. I know I won’t live forever, and I need to get my estate organized with some kind of plan, but I don’t know where to start. What should I do and who do I see for help with these things?

A: As soon as possible, locate a qualified estate attorney to guide you through the paperwork and help protect your assets for yourself and your family. You will need to name an executor to be em-powered and become responsible for carrying out your wishes after you pass. Your attorney will prob-ably recommend you sign a durable power of attor-ney, a health care directive, a trust document, and possibly, other tax-saving documents. You will need to name a relative, friend or professional as your executor. He or she will become responsible for actually dispensing your cash, assets and gifts. In your will, name the recipients who are to receive these things along with the amounts or per-centages for each. Some seniors do not get the paper work done because of their fears, the legal costs, not un-derstanding the legalese, and/or not trusting others to perform their wishes. A big issue is the fear that once you disclose the specifics of who will receive what you specify in your will, jealousy will raise its ugly head and a family war will break out. Just because you have your documentation in order does not mean you have to share the infor-mation with others until you are ready. Other seniors are known to simply say: “Let somebody else figure it out. I don’t want to be bothered with it.” The bottom-line is your assets belong to you. How you wish them to be distributed is your choice.

You may choose not to distribute your assets equally. The individual needs may be different for each fam-ily member and should be considered. Many people want to keep their final wishes a confidential matter until after their passing. It’s entirely a matter of indi-vidual preference. I applaud you for recognizing your respon-sibility in taking care of these important matters now before it’s too late. But don’t procrastinate any longer. You are doing a tremendous favor for your family by preventing them from having to endure the long, drawn-out anguish and frustration of probate. That convenience alone is one of the greatest gifts you can leave behind! * * *

Q: I celebrated my 78th birthday last month. I am widowed. My wife use to keep tabs on me, and she usually knew where my glasses and car keys were, paid our bills on time, and planned our family gatherings. Now, I get bogged down because I’m always forgetting things. It is frustrating me more and more and I wonder if I am losing it altogether. Am I get-ting Alzheimers or is it normal to for someone my age to get forgetful of things?

A: Every individual reacts differently to challenges. The issues you listed, as well as forget-ting birthdays and remembering names, are gener-ally the result of normal aging. And common forget-fulness with advancing age does not automatically indicate dementia as the cause. However, common sense tells us that if we believe we are experiencing things that disrupt our daily routines, and if our social and family relation-ships are being adversely effected as a result, the best solution is to make an appointment for consulta-tion with your doctor. Root causes that should be checked include your medications, vitamin deficiencies, alcohol us-age, thyroid condition, dehydration and simply a lack of social and community interaction. Relieving yourself of stress, frustration and finding peace should be your objective.

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Silver Cup Serves as Family Heirloom Q: I have enclosed a photo of a cup that was given to me by my mother. She said it was my grandmother’s and it has her name, Olive, engraved in cursive on it. On either side of the handle, are decorations of leaves, branches and flowers. The cup stands a little over 3-inches high. On the bottom are the words “Triple Plate -- Shelton, Conn. -- The Hard White Metal Co.” There is also the number “32” with the mark. The cup is a dark gray, except for the bottom, which is a light shiny metal. My cup is a family heirloom, and I would like to know its age, composition and value. What does the “32” represent? Thank you for any information about my new treasure.

A: You have a cup that is sil-ver plated. It was made by The Hard W h i t e Metal Co. that was located in S h e l t o n , Conn., in the late 1 8 0 0 s to early 1 9 0 0 s . Your cup was made of white metal and then triple plated with silver. The number “32” represents the model or design. Silver plated objects tarnish and can be carefully polished, unless the silver plate has totally worn away. Your cup was made around 1900, and it would prob-ably be worth $25 to $35.

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A: Your vase was made by Amphora Works Reissner. Hans and Carl Reissner, Rudolf Kessel and Edwared Stellmacher founded the pottery in Turn-Teplitz, Bohemia, in 1892. They produced hand-dec-orated porcelain and earthenware that was popular in Europe and the United States. Your vase was made around 1910 and would probably be worth $225 to $325.

Q: I have two tickets to the “World’s Fair Columbian Exposition in Chicago.” They were in a box of miscellaneous things I bought at auction. Each is marked “1st May to 30th Oct. 1893.” Do they have any value?

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Covering the Past We used to joke about Deion Sanders a lot during his Hall of Fame, two-sport career. In college on game day, a capacity crowd in my dorm lobby would laugh hysterically whenever an oppos-ing coach laid out his game plan and strategy for dealing with the game’s premiere shutdown corner.“We’re gonna go right at Deion,” the coach would state, in all seriousness. “We’re not going to shy away.” Translated: “We’re going to lose this game. I will lose my job soon.” Every week, it was the same thing. Bet on the Cowboys to win, laugh when they took it to De-ion and take the points. Come basketball season, it was the same idea. Bet on the Bulls, laugh as Michael Jordan dominated like no other. It became so routine, we resorted to hypothetical scenarios. “Do you think you could score one on Jor-dan?” “Not even if he were blindfolded and hopping on one leg.” “Do you think Dallas could beat Tampa Bay with Vasto at quarterback?” Whenever my name was thrown down, it was my cue to leave the room (I’m a private guy.)“Yeah,” one roommate insisted. “All he needs to do is hand the ball to Emmit Smith and let the defense handle the rest.” “No. No way can Vasto do a three-step drop and fire a timing route.” “He would fold like a deck of cards the sec-ond he got touched by the D-line.” “Could you imagine ... Lawrence Taylor showing blitz? Cocaine all over his nose and he’s snarling, saying he’s gonna hit him so hard it was gonna make his mama cry?” Deion liked to hear what other people had to say about him. Once, famously, Sanders dumped several buckets of ice water over Tim Mc-Carver’s head after the announcer said Sanders couldn’t handle the rigors of playing two sports. To this day, people are still putting Jordan and Sanders in hypothetical contests. Jordon can beat Lebron James; Sanders can shutdown Mega-tron. Sanders still has an ear to the street and his Twitter feed has him covered. “Fans it’s not fair to compare Then to Now! I realize it’s fun but This Ain’t THAT. Truth,“ Sanders wrote a few weeks back. “So please stop asking me can I cover these kids 2day. They are GREAT.”But? “But I played against Receivers and Quar-terbacks who shaped this game!” Maybe so, but you know ... I bet if I was quarterbacking the Cowboys against a team of mini-Deions in my prime ... I’d have a shot at win-ning. But even then, I would have enough sense not to take the game straight to him.

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• Another favorite discovered by accident isthe Toll House cookie, which is the originalnameofchocolatechipcookies.In1937,RuthWakefieldwastheproprietoroftheTollHouseRestaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts. The roadsiderestaurantwashousedinanold1709toll house, a station stop where stage coach passengers would eat while the horses were exchanged, and a toll was paid for using the highway.

• Ruth regularly served a popular cookie, the“Butter Drop Do,” which called for baker’spowdered chocolate in the mix. Having runout of the chocolate one day, she decided to chop a large bar of semisweet chocolate into small chunks and stirred the pieces into the dough. Expecting them to dissolve and spread throughout the cookies, she was disappointed to see that the chunks wouldn’t melt. She decided to serve them to the customers anyway, with her apologies. But the cookies were an instant hit. Everyone loved them and wanted more!

•Wordofhernewcookiecreationspreadquickly,and soon even the locals were coming in to buy them. Needing to give them a name, she dubbed her creation “Toll House Crunch Cookies.”They became so popular that the recipe was published in a Boston newspaper. Soon, the fragrant aroma of chocolate chip cookies wafted from homes all over New England, and theTollHousenamestuck.□

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ENDANGERED SIGHTS & SOUNDS (cont’d):• How long has it been since you’ve used a

typewriter eraser? Or, if you’re younger, have you moved your belongings into a long-unused desk, only to find a strange-looking gadget with fiber-like hairs bushing out of one end? What you’ve found is a typewriter eraser. Usually shaped like a pencil, the tip was made of an especially-abrasive rubber, which was used to “erase” the typing error. The other end featured a small brush made of stiff plastic strands that was used to sweep the remnants of the erasure off the page.

• There’s no shortage of litter on the ground to-day, but thankfully, we no longer see discarded pull-tabs. The tabs on older easy-open beverage cans pulled completely off the can. People who walked in bare feet were constantly dodging these carelessly-dropped metal hazards.

• The rhythmic “beep” of the scanner is the musical accompaniment to the supermarket checkout line. But if you’ve ever wondered where the cliché of saying “ka-ching!” in re-lation to money comes from, that’s the sound that the old-style electric, not electronic, cash registers made. Cashiers of that era had to manually punch a series of buttons to ring up your purchase, followed by a smack of the “total” button with the heel of the hand.

• “Do you want your carbons?” used to be an automatic question asked by merchants after you’d signed for a credit card payment. At that time, credit card receipts were filled out by hand in triplicate, with a small piece of carbon paper inserted between each sheet. It didn’t take long for thieves to realize they could retrieve the used carbons from the trash and steal valuable credit card information. Once that scam gained popularity, waiters and cashiers regularly of-fered the carbons to customers, giving them the opportunity to destroy them.

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Front PageHow many have paid good money fora ticket to a horror film, only to cover their eyes and “see” very little of it?

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM TIDBITS!

SCARY MOVIESby Ryan Toepfer

Some people just seem to love having the living daylights scared out of them. Why else would horror and suspense movies be so popular? To celebrate Halloween, Tidbits goes behind the scenes of some classic thrillers.• When Alfred Hitchcock purchased the film

rights for Psycho, he also bought up as many copies of the original novel as he could find, hoping to keep the story’s ending a secret.

• The famous shower scene of Psycho was filmed using a double for Norman Bates, as Anthony Perkins was appearing in a play (Greenwillow)in New York at the time. The first time Perkins actually saw that scene was back at the studio, watching the daily “rushes,” and he said he was just as scared as everyone else.

• Take a close look at Michael Myers’ mask in the 1978 camp classic Halloween. Does the face look familiar? The movie was filmed on such a tight budget, that the prop department had to make do with what they had. For Myers’ disguise, they used an old Captain Kirk (StarTrek) mask, which they spray painted white and then re-shaped the eyeholes.

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1. GEOGRAPHY: How many coun-tries does Hungary border?

2. HISTORY: In what year did the United States establish diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China?

3. LITERATURE: Who wrote the coming-of-age novel “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”?

4. BIOLOGY: How long does it take a red blood cell to circulate around the human body?

5. DISCOVERIES: Who was the first to explain correctly how the cir-culatory system works?

6. GENERAL TRIVIA: What are the names of Santa’s reindeer?

7. MUSIC: What was the theme song of “An Officer and a Gentleman”?

8. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is the silkworm’s sole source of food?

9. ANATOMY: Where are the triceps muscles located?

10. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the oldest president elected to office?

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nia, Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria)

2. 19793. Betty Smith4. 20 to 60 seconds 5. William Harvey6. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen,

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2. Don Larsen pitched a perfect game for the New York Yankees in the 1956 World Series. How many career regular-season games did he win?

3. When was the last time before 2012 that Georgia Tech’s football team won a bowl game?

4. Name the last Golden State War-rior before David Lee in the 2012-13 season to be selected to an NBA All-Star Game.

5. When the NHL expanded in 1967 from six to 12 teams, it located two franchises in California. Name them.

6. In 2013, Morgan Shepherd became the oldest driver to start a NASCAR Cup race. How old was he?

7. Who was the only player Rafael Nadal has lost to at the French Open?

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Nelson Cruz.2. He won 81 games over 14 major-

league seasons.3. The Yellow Jackets won the 2004

Champs Sports Bowl.4. Latrell Sprewell, in the 1996-97

season.5. The Los Angeles Kings and the

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1. In his early years, country singer Johnny Cash was known for singing at what type of venue?

2. Who had a hit with “Like I’ve Never Been Gone,” and when?

3. What do these artists have in com-mon: Shirley Bassey, Carly Simon and Paul McCartney.

4. Who was lead singer for Herman’s Hermits in the ‘60s?

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “Too many times married men think they’re still single, That has caused many a good girl to go wrong.”

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songs was “Folsom Prison Blues.” Cash himself was never in prison, but he did spend a night or two in jail for misdemeanors.

2. Billy Fury (born Ronald Wycher-ley) in 1963.

3. They all sang the title song to a James Bond film.

4. Peter Noone.5. “It Wasn’t God Who Made Hon-

ky Tonk Angels” by Kitty Wells in 1952. This was an “answer song” to “The Wild Side of Life” by Hank Thompson. His song was written to a girlfriend who’d been enticed by the nightlife, and he called her a honky tonk angel. Wells’ version answered that it was men who were to blame for a woman’s infidelity.


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The idea of Go Figure is toarrive at the figures given atthe bottom and right-handcolumns of the diagram by fol-lowing the arithmetic signs inthe order they are given (thatis, from left to right and top tobottom). Use only the numbersbelow the diagram to completeits blank squares and use eachof the nine numbers only once.

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