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ISLANDS (continued): • Although Australia is completely surrounded by water, geographically it is considered a continent rather than an island. It’s not only too big to be formally classified as an island, it also sits on its own tectonic plate. Because of this, the title of world’s largest island goes to Greenland, a continental island lying on North America’s continental shelf. • Located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, Greenland has an area of 836,330 square miles (2,166,086 sq. km), with 81% of that area covered by an ice sheet. If that ice sheet were to melt away completely, the sea level of the world would rise by more than 23 feet (7 m). Most of the island’s 57,600 people live along the coasts, the only areas that are ice-free. It’s the most sparsely populated country in the world. Although Greenland’s main export is shrimp, the island is rich in natural resources, including zinc, lead, iron, gold, and platinum. Even diamonds are mined there. • Contrast Greenland’s population of 57,600 in 836,330 square miles with that of Sumatra. Sumatra’s area equals about 21% of Greenland’s, yet this island is home to 50 million people! Located in Indonesia, Sumatra is the world’s sixth largest island, but is the world’s largest volcanic island. • Just south of the Arctic Circle is the second largest volcanic island, Iceland, home to the world’s largest concentration of geysers. Over 14% of its surface is covered by lakes and glaciers, and there are 130 volcanic mountains on the island. Iceland has the second-highest quality of life in the world, as well as one of the world’s highest life expectancies. continued on next page
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DEAR NORA: While I think that owners who train their dogs themselves get the best results, I also understand that people can’t always commit the necessary amount of time to training. This is due to long commutes, tough workdays and not enough “downtime” at home. Most owners can spare an hour a day to play with, walk and train their dog, but often no more than that. This can be frustrating for the owner and the dog, which spent its day cooped up in a kennel cage. In this case, time spent with a professional trainer can be beneficial, as long as the owner follows up on the training at home. Research the different training programs available in your area. Some trainers may keep your pet at their facility for one to three weeks; others encourage you to drop it off in the morning and pick it up at night during the training period. Others meet with your dog for only a few hours
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ISLANDS (continued): • Sitting in the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil is Maraj_, the world’s largest island that is completely surrounded by fresh water. It’s about one-third the size of New York state, and compares in size to Switzerland. About 250,000 live on Maraj_, which lies right on the equator. • The official name for a group, cluster, or collection of geographically-related islands is archipelago. Familiar archipelagos include the Canary Islands, the Bahamas, the Caymans, Indonesia, the British Isles, and the Philippines. The Philippines consist of more than 7,100 islands. Total land area is about the same as the state of Arizona, yet its population exceeds 97 million people. About 20 measurable earthquakes occur there daily. Over 170 individual languages are spoken in the Philippines. • The Guinness Book of Records lists Bishop Rock as the world’s smallest island with a building on it. It’s 151 feet (46 m) long by 52.5 feet (16 m) wide and is situated at the end of Britain’s Isles of Scilly, 30 miles from England. Bishop has nothing but an uninhabited 160-ft (49-m) tall lighthouse, completed in 1858. The Rock has been the cause of many shipwrecks over the decades, including one wreck resulting in 2,000 deaths. The lighthouse’s last keepers left in 1992, and it has operated automatically since then. • One of America’s newest national parks is located 60 miles (96 kg) off the coast of southern California. Channel Islands National Park was named such in 1980, and is home to the largest accumulation of blue whales in the world. The last permanent lighthouse in the country was built on the archipelago’s 699-acre Anacapa Island in 1932. continued on next page
On Dec. 13, 1642, Dutch navigator Abel Tasman becomes the first European explorer to sight the South Pacific island group now known as New Zealand. In his sole attempt to land, several of Tasman’s crew were killed by warriors from a South Island tribe, who interpreted the Europeans’ exchange of trumpet signals as a prelude to battle. On Dec. 9, 1775, the Virginia and North Carolina militias defeat 800 slaves and 200 redcoats serving John Murray, earl of Dunmore and governor of Virginia, at Great Bridge outside Norfolk, ending British royal control of Virginia. On Dec. 11, 1872, already appearing as a wellknown figure of the Wild West in popular dime novels, Buffalo Bill Cody makes his first stage appearance in a Chicago-based production of “The Scouts of the Prairie.” On Dec. 12, 1901, Italian physicist and radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi succeeds in sending the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean, disproving detractors who told him that the curvature of the earth would limit transmission to 200 miles or less. On Dec. 14, 1946, American tennis champion Stan Smith is born in Pasadena, Calif. A three-time All-American at the University of Southern California, Smith captured the NCAA singles title in 1968 and the doubles title in 1967 and 1968. On Dec. 10, 1967, a plane carrying soul-music legend Otis Redding crashes into the frigid waters of a small Wisconsin lake 3 miles short of the runway, killing seven of the eight men aboard, including Redding. His classic song (“Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” would be released in its “unfinished” form several weeks later. On Dec. 15, 1988, legendary singer James Brown, also known as the “Godfather of Soul” and the “Hardest Working Man in Show Business,” becomes inmate number 155413 at the State Park Correctional Institute in South Carolina. Already no stranger to law enforcement, Brown’s reckless spree on Sept. 24 had resulted in numerous criminal charges, including assault and battery with intent to kill. (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
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ISLANDS (continued): • There are 6,852 islands in the nation of Japan. Its capital city Tokyo is the largest metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 30 million people. There are 109 active volcanoes throughout the islands, more than any other country. Its location at the junction of four tectonic plates makes Japan vulnerable to powerful earthquakes and tsunamis. The March, 2011 earthquake, which registered 8.9 on the Richter scale, was the cause of nearly 16,000 deaths. Japan has a 100% literacy rate, one of the world’s highest life expectancies, and a remarkably low crime rate. • From the mid-1700s until the late 1830s, Massachusetts’ Nantucket Island was the whaling capital of the world. About 150 whaling ships made port there during that time. Today this 47.8-sq-mile (124 sq. km) island is most famous today as a tourist destination. During the summer months the population swells from 10,000 to 50,000. Its home values are listed as among the highest in the U.S. • Not every island is formed by natural forces. Japan’s Kansai International Airport is located on an artificial island in Osaka Bay, a project that began in 1987. Rock and 48,000 concrete blocks form a seawall around the island, for which three mountains were excavated for the layer of earth over the sea floor. The airport opened in 1994. Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is in the midst of creating the Palm Islands, a chain of artificial islands shaped like palm trees, constructed from sand dredged from the bottom of the Persian Gulf.
It was noted German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche who made the following sage observation: “The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.” A scorpion can live for an entire year without eating. If you lack a belief in ghosts, UFOs, telepathy or other paranormal phenomena, you are in rare company; only 7 percent of Americans share your lack of belief. If you traveled along Highway 50 east of Reno, Nev., in recent decades, you may have had the opportunity to see -- and perhaps even contribute to -- the world’s largest shoe tree. It’s claimed that the cottonwood got its start as a landmark when a quarreling couple, on their wedding night, threw each other’s shoes into the branches. This shoe-tossing (for reasons unclear) became a tradition, and the tree gradually became laden with the odd offerings. Travelers these days, though, miss out on the attraction; in late 2010, vandals cut down the tree. But take heart, seekers of the unusual! Shoe trees can be found in 18 other states, ranging from California to New York.
During the entire presidency of Bill Clinton, he sent • An island that has formed on the surface of a coral reef two emails. is called a cay, while one that forms by deposits of sediment in a river is called an eyot. A small rocky island, The Bronx Zoo is a well-respected institution these days, but some moments of its history show that it usually too small for habitation, is known as a skerry. didn’t always deserve such respect. For instance, in 1906, a man named Oto Benga was placed as an exhibit in the monkey house. He was a pygmy from Congo.
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SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) You might have to do some serious shifting of gears to get your project back on track. But cheer up. Your hard work starts to produce some positive results by the week’s end. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) An unsettling mood at the start of the week soon lifts and gives way to a more positive attitude as you find fun and friendship beginning to dominate your aspect. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) A delay in firming up holiday plans could work to your advantage. Use this time to scout out possibilities that might be more in line with what those close to you would prefer. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Some people might question some of the new friends you’ve welcomed into your life. But your ability to see beyond the obvious helps you recognize how special they are. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Financial matters can be especially tricky this week. It’s best to follow a conservative investment path for now, and wait for a more fortuitous time to take a bolder approach. BORN THIS WEEK: Your warmth, your humor and your genuine concern for others make you someone people love to keep close to their lives. (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Carol’s specialized care required large amounts of transformed into a replica of a Chinese farm for the money, and the Bucks’ financial situation became so movie. Years later, the book regained popularity when PEARL S. BUCK perilous that Pearl, a born storyteller, began writing to it was chosen by television host Oprah Winfrey for The Good Earth won the Pulitzer Prize for literature in earn extra income. In the 1920s, she published essays Oprah’s Book Club. 1932 and continues as one of the most popular novels of and stories in several magazines. • Two books followed to make The Good Earth into a all time. How much do you know about its author, Pearl • Times were tense in China in the 1920s, and in 1927, trilogy, Sons in 1932, and A House Divided in 1935. S. Buck? Here are some details about this prolific writer. she and her husband narrowly escaped a violent battle • Needing better care for her daughter, Pearl, single af• Pearl Sydenstricker was born to Southern Presbyteriknown as the Nanking Incident. They were rescued ter 18 years, moved to the U.S. permanently in 1933. an missionaries in 1892. Although they were stationed by American gunboats, and spent a year in Japan beShe returned to school and earned a second Master’s in China, Pearl was born during a U.S. furlough, but fore moving back to a turbulent China. degree. All the while she continued to write and in moved to China at three months of age. Her mother • Pearl’s first novel East Wind, West Wind, was pub1938, she became the first American women to win had established a dispensary in China, where she minlished when she was 38 in 1930. The following year, the Nobel Prize for Literature. Most of her writing istered to Chinese women, while Pearl’s father spent The Good Earth, the novel that would bring her interfeatured China as the setting. months in the Chinese country side seeking converts. national fame, was published. Having lived in China • Pearl later married an editor from her publisher’s • Pearl attended a women’s college in Lynchburg, Virfor most of her life, Pearl had plenty of experience company, and the couple adopted six children during ginia, then returned to China shortly afterward to care in writing the story of impoverished Chinese farmers their 25 years together. Over the course of her life, she for her ailing mother. After marrying an agricultural struggling to survive. The novel was the best-selling published over 70 books, story collections, an autoeconomist, the Bucks held teaching positions at Chibook of both 1931 and 1932, and was translated into biography, poetry, children’s books, and a cookbook. na’s Nanking University. 30 languages, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in When she passed away in 1973, her tombstone of her 1932. In 1937, the MGM film version, three years in • The couple welcomed a daughter, Carol, in 1921, who own design featured her name inscribed in Chinese the making, was released and was nominated for five was a victim of Phenylketonura, or PKU, a genetic characters. Academy Awards. A 500-acre California farm was disorder that left her profoundly mentally challenged.
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Many perennials need just a fresh layer of mulch, applied before the first hard frost. Again, check with your garden center or research your type of plant on the Internet to determine which mulch is best to use -bark, hay, straw or leaves -- and how deep to mulch.
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If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual. ~Frank Herbert
Facebook.com/TidbitsOfRogueValley Tom Cruise, who’s been busy suing magazines to prove he’s not an unfit father, has nothing on his ex-wife Katie Holmes, who’s been busy rebuilding her waylaid career. In addition to “The Giver,” with Oscar-winners Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep, as well as Alexander Skarsgard and Taylor Swift (out in August), she’s filmed “Days and Nights” (inspired by Chekov’s “The Seagull”) opposite English actor Ben Whishaw, who in addition to “Hamlet” played “Q” in the 007 epic “Skyfall.” Their love scenes should be real acting; he entered into a “civil partnership” with Australian composer Mark Bradshaw in 2012. The film screened at The Denver Film Festival this month. Katie currently is filming “Mania Days” with Christine Lahti and Griffin Dunne. It seems “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” have gone to soap heaven. Produced by Prospect Park and shown online, the reboot failed to attract even diehard fans. When the Oprah Winfrey Network failed to air episodes, as announced in September, the plug was pulled. One of the casualties was “The Price Is Right’s” first male model, Rob Wilson, who was cast in “All My Children.” He hasn’t been working on “Price” because it’s been using “The Bold and The Beautiful” actors, who shoot across the hall.
PHOTO: Ross Mathews Casting movies and television has changed forever! Disney has invited young women 17-to-18-years old, who are “beautiful, smart and athletic” and 17-to-18-year-old guys who are “handsome, smart and athletic” to submit video auditions for the roles of Rachel and Thomas for the upcoming “Star Wars: Episode VII.” Submit your videos to: http://www.opencastingcall2013.com/. Meanwhile, a top casting director recently was stunned when a producer chose a weak actor for a role, when better actors were available, because he had Facebook and Twitter followers. Years ago, young actors featured in teen magazines swayed money executives into hiring them because of their teen idol-dom and what they could bring to a project because of their popularity, but Facebook and Twitter? Congratulations to Ross Mathews, who started as Ross the Intern on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno, covering events that landed him a spot on the “Chelsea Lately” roundtable once a week. Then his book, “Man Up,” became a bestseller, which led to his own weekly half-hour show, “Hello Ross.” When The People’s Choice Award nominations were announced, guess who was nominated as new talk-show host, against Arsenio Hall, Jenny McCarthy, Queen Latifah and Bethenny Frankel? Now that Jay Leno is being replaced by Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show,” maybe he can do “Hello Ross” in turn. Ross the intern ... no more! (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education. ~Plutarch
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December 2 - December 8, 2013 1. Name two of the three major-league players to be Rookie of the Year one season and a Most Valuable Player the next.
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3. Who was the last linebacker to be taken No. 1 overall in the NFL Draft? 4. When was the last time a Mid-American Conference men’s basketball team secured an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament? 5. Which was the first American franchise in the NHL? 6. Of the past 40 men’s tennis grand slam singles events (2004 to 2013), how many have NOT been won by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic? 7. In the 1983 24 Hours of Le Mans race, what was the highest finish by a car other than a Porsche? (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc. 1. Is the book of Joshua in the Old or New Testament or neither? 2. According to James, the effective prayers of “what” type man availest much? Patient, Holy, Righteous, Elderly 3. What did Moses command should be done to a woman caught in adultery? Forgiven, Stoned, Beheaded, Loved 4. According to Colossians, what do we have through Jesus’ blood? Love, Eternity, Hope, Redemption 5. Which has the fewest words of any book in the Bible (KJV)? Titus, Jude, III John, Amos 6. In Isaiah 53, we hid our “what” from Jesus? Faces, Sins, Grief, Hands Comments? More Trivia? Visit www.TriviaGuy.com (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
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1. U.S. PRESIDENT: Who was the only president to be married in a White House ceremony? 2. ANATOMY: How many chromosomes do human beings have? 3. TELEVISION: What popular 1970s U.S. sitcom was based on an earlier TV series in the United Kingdom called “Till Death Us Do Part”? 4. LITERATURE: What is the name of the family in John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath”? 5. LANGUAGE: What is a carapace? 6. MOVIES: Who played the dead friend in “The Big Chill,” although his scenes were cut from the final movie? 7. INVENTIONS: Who invented the cowboy hat? 8. GEOGRAPHY: What is the ancient name for Japan’s capital Tokyo? 9. COMICS: What is the name of the news correspondent in “Doonesbury”? 10. ENTERTAINERS: What famous actor’s last words were, “I’ve never felt better”? (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
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December 2 - December 8, 2013 • From 1890 to 1973, Manhattan was home to the tallest building in the world, with nine different buildings owning the title, including the Singer Building, MetLife, the Woolworth and Chrysler buildings, the Empire State Building and the Twin Towers. The new World Trade Center, scheduled to open next year will stand 1,776 feet (541 m) and will be the tallest skyscraper in the U.S.
Although there are more than three dozen islands situated in the waters of New York City, Manhattan is the one we hear the most about. Here are some facts about the smallest of the city’s five boroughs. • About 1.6 million people live in Manhattan, about 70,500 people per square mile. • Manhattan was originally inhabited by the Lenape Indians. It’s believed that explorer Giovanni da Ver- • Fifth Avenue is lined with prestigious stores, such as Tiffany, Saks Fifth Avenue, Cartier, and Lord & razano was the first European to visit the island. But Taylor, and is ranked as one of the most expensive the area was not mapped until after the exploration of Englishman Henry Hudson in 1609. shopping streets in the world. Yet in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, it was flanked by extrav• A Dutch fur trading settlement on neighboring Govagant mansions of the rich and famous, including ernors Island was founded in 1624, and the followAndrew Carnegie, William A. Clark, and Corneing year, the Dutch began construction of a fort on lius Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt’s home on the corner of Manhattan, an island they called New Amsterdam. This 1625 completion is recognized as the birthdate Fifth Avenue and West 57th was six stories tall and of New York City. was and remains the largest private residence ever built in New York City. It was demolished in 1927 • In 1626, the Dutch colonists purchased Manhattan and is the current site of the Bergdorf Goodman from the Native Americans with trade goods valued department store. William A. Clark’s 121-room at about $24. In modern currency, this would be about $1,000. home cost $7 million to build in 1907 (about $162 million in today’s money), and only stood for 20 • The 778-acre Central Park, nestled in the center of years. Only a very few mansions have survived, inManhattan opened in 1857. Today the park is 840 cluding Carnegie’s home, which is now the Cooper acres and receives about 35 million visitors every Hewitt Museum. year. • The opening of the Brooklyn Bridge across the East • The annual New Year’s Eve ball drop took place River in 1883 and the launch of the New York subin Times Square for the first time in 1907, and the way system in 1904 revolutionized travel in and out celebration has been held every year since. The of Manhattan. two largest gatherings in Times Square have been the August, 1945 celebration marking the end of • In the midst of the Great Depression, New York City World War II, and the millennial celebration on was building some of the world’s tallest skyscrapers. The Empire State Building was completed in 1931, December 31, 1999. About two million crowded the Chrysler Building in 1930, and the G.E. Building downtown Manhattan to welcome the new century. in 1933.
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