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• We’ve been singing “Mary Had a Little Lamb” since the nineteenth century. The nursery rhyme was based on an actual incident that took place at a Sterling, Massachusetts school, attended by Sarah Josepha Hale. Sarah’s schoolmate Mary Sawyer brought her pet lamb to school in the late 1700s. In 1830, Hale’s poem was first published in Boston, and set to music by hymn composer Lowell Mason, who had written more than 1,600 hymn tunes, including “Nearer, My God, to Thee.” Sarah Hale went on to become the editor of Godey’s Lady’s Book, a popular magazine of the late 1800s, a position she held until she was nearly 90 years old. She also helped found Vassar College. In 1877, Thomas Edison recorded “Mary Had a Little Lamb” on his new phonograph device, the first time a human voice had been recorded on his invention.

• At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, a young high school sophomore named Mary Lou Retton became the first American woman ever to win a gold medal in gymnastics. She also captured two silver and two bronze, making her total of five medals the most won by any athlete at the 1984 Olympics. Later that year, she became the first female athlete to be pictured on the front of the Wheaties box. All her years of gymnastic competition took their toll, when Retton needed hip replacement surgery in her mid-30’s.

• Mary Shelley is best known for her first novel, Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus. Mary was just 20 years old when Frankenstein was published anonymously in 1818. It was assumed that her husband, author Percy Shelley, was the author, because he authored the preface and dedicated it to his political hero. The book was first adapted to the stage in 1823 and to film in 1910.

Other films followed in 1931, 1974, and 1994.

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• Mary Kathlyn Ash started selling books doorto-door during World War II, while her husband was away in the service, amassing sales of $25,000 in just six months. She later became the national training director for the World Gift Company, but when she was passed over for a promotion in favor of a man she herself had trained, she resigned. Her next step was to write a book that would help women succeed in business, a book that became the business plan for her own dream company, Mary Kay Cosmetics. She started out with $5,000 and a 500-square-foot storefront in Dallas, Texas.

She bought skin care formulas from a tanner who had created them while working on hides, and packaged them in her favorite color, pastel pink. Having recently remarried, her new husband was helping her prepare for the grand opening, when he died of a heart attack a month before the scheduled opening. Mary Kay’s 20-year-old son stepped in to help launch the business. By the end of the second year, she had sold nearly $1 million worth of products. Today, worldwide sales in more than 35 markets are $3 billion annually. Mary Kay passed away in 2001.

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• Toronto-born Gladys Louise Smith changed her name to Mary Pickford and went on to become one of the most popular actresses of the 1910s and 1920s. Her career was prolific, with 1909 her most productive, appearing in 51 films in that year alone, almost one every week!

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But we live in unstable times. The playoff committee is always quick to point out and tout the “human” side of the selection process. I’m not feeling it. While Michigan removed itself from the mix with two losses, Ohio State, which beat Michigan, gets the nod, despite losing to Penn State, who lost to Michigan but, again, won the Big Ten. Alabama and Clemson are clearly the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the country. I can see how Ohio State would be considered three or four.

Washington, with 12 wins and one loss, can be seen as a contender for the four spot despite having a weaker schedule. It doesn’t add up for me.

My top four are Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, Penn State, with Michigan or Washington as your shafted No. 5. What’s truly peculiar about the situation is the nagging feeling you get about Michigan. The Wolverines still inspire a certain menace, and they could be the best team to take on Alabama and win.

Nonetheless, Penn State, under the wise leadership of the East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania-bred James Franklin, has been gracious, it has shown humility. The Rose Bowl IS an honor, and it is a fitting cap to a great season. Take heart, those of you in Nittanyville, the bad days are finally over. You didn’t get the go ahead this year, but there is no doubt you’re back. Your future looks bright, and that is a welcome sight.

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Penn State fans and alums knew there were going to be years like this, didn’t they? In what can only be described as a minor controversy for the Penn State Nittany Lions, their Big Ten championship season will end with a trip to Pasadena’s Rose Bowl, their Top 10 ranking all but ensured, win or lose.

The Rose Bowl matchup with USC is very compelling and will no doubt be a well-contested game.

Still, after reeling off nine straight wins — several of which were major massacres — and a dramatic, comefrom-behind win over Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game, it can only be seen as a consolation prize for some and a more expensive cross-country commute for most.

The College Football Playoff series, with its 12 wise men selection committee, was inherently flawed from the start. That’s what happens when you build the playoff formula based on five “power” conferences with only four playoff spots. This year, Penn State ended up with the square peg, despite having won the Big Ten conference championship.

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• First published in 1934, Mary Poppins was British author Pamela Travers’ first literary success. She authored seven sequels in the series, with the last in 1988. Walt Disney approached Travers in 1938 to purchase the rights to make a film, but was firmly turned down. Disney hounded her for the next 23 years, until, in 1961, when she finally surrendered. Travers objected to Disney’s changing Mary Poppins’ character from the unfriendly, strict, intimidating character in her book to the gentler, cheerier character portrayed by Julie Andrews. Disney’s movie was 1965’s top-grossing film, and Disney’s top-grossing for the next 20 years. It nabbed five Oscars out of 13 nominations, (including Julie Andrews’ first Oscar), making it Disney’s most successful in terms of Academy Awards.

In the scenes where Mary Poppins was flying, the crew darkened the wires holding up Andrews with shoe polish so that the studio lights would not reflect off them.

• Some who were born Mary’s opted to switch to another name. Actress Debbie Reynolds was born Mary Frances Reynolds, the name under which she won the Miss Burbank beauty contest in 1948. When she was “discovered” by Warner Brothers Studios, Jack Warner changed her name to Debbie. Lily Tomlin’s name was originally Mary Jean Tomlin, but she took on a new stage name, altering the spelling of her mother’s name, Lillie. Meryl Streep’s name was Mary Louise, but her mother began calling her Meryl, based on Mary L., Meryl’s grandmother.

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• It was beloved American humorist and social commentator Will Rogers who made the following sage observation: "Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like."

• Famed Thoroughbred racehorse Man o' War was as successful off the track as he was on it. After his famed career, he retired to stud, producing more than 64 stakes winners. Man o' War sired 1937 Triple Crown winner War Admiral, and he was grandsire of Seabiscuit, who was Horse of the Year in 1938. In 1966, 37 percent of all stakes winners were descended from Man o' War, and he appears at least 17 times in the bloodline of American Pharoah, the 2015 Triple Crown winner.

• Those who study such things say that hyenas are more closely related to cats than to dogs.

• Those who study spycraft are aware of the many ingenious ways that have been used to pass secret messages. One of the earliest examples occurred in the late 6th century BCE, when Histiaeus, the tyrant of Miletus (in present-day Turkey), shaved the head of his most trusted slave, tattooed a message on the slave's scalp, and waited for the hair to grow back before dispatching the slave to his son-in-law, Aristagoras, along with instructions to shave the slave's head upon his arrival.

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Tidbits is “in tune” with holiday songs this week, investigating the variety of birds sung about in “The 12 Days of Christmas.”

• On the sixth day of Christmas, geese are added to the mix, probably the Greylag goose, considered the ancestor of most domesticated geese. In fact, they were one of the first animals to be domesticated, some 3,000 years ago in ancient Egypt.

These particular geese are a large bird, up to 36 inches long with an average weight of 7.3 lbs.

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• Sources differ as to the first publication of this familiar Christmas song, with some experts claiming it was 1868, while others say it was published in The Nursery Rhymes of England in 1842, and still others putting the • Swans are the largest members of the duck and goose family, weighing up to 33 date around 1780. lbs., and reaching a length of 5 feet.

• The partridge in the pear tree is most likely Their wingspan is an amazing 10 the red-legged partridge, a member of the feet, which aids them in their flight pheasant family, which has been a traditionspeed of up to 60 mph. They are also al sporting bird in England for hundreds of very strong birds, and have been years. known to break a human’s leg when • The European turtledove is native to England provoked. A typical swan has over and would have been found in abundance 25,000 feathers covering its body. there in the 1800s. The name given to this Like the turtledove and Greylag bird has nothing to do with turtles, but rather goose, swans mate for life. refers to its gentle purring song, a vibrating “turrr, turrr.” Over the course of the 12 days, the recipi- • Do you know your swan terminology? A baby swan is a cygnet, a male is a cob, and a female ent would have received 22 of these dainty birds, a speis called a pen. The name for a group is a bevy cies that mates for life. or lamentation. If you’re afraid of swans, you’re • The Faverolles is a French breed of chicken developed said to have kiknophobia or cygnophobia. in that country in the 1860s. They have feathered feet, with five toes per foot rather than a chicken’s usual four. • It seems odd that the author of the lyrics spoke of so many birds, but inserted “five gold rings” in They are a gentle breed, which makes them a popular the midst of them. Actually, the gifts on the first pet for children. Faverolles owners can expect them to seven days of Christmas were all birds, with the lay four eggs a week. gold rings referring to the rings of the ring-necked • What exactly are those four “calling birds”? We might pheasants. interpret that as “song birds.” But it’s more likely that the original meaning was “colly birds.” The meaning of • How many total birds did the true love give? Assuming that the gold rings represent pheasants, the word “colly” is “black as coal,” making it likely that the total number of birds would be 224. this gift is the common European Blackbird, a member of the thrush family who has a yellow eye-ring and an orange-yellow bill.

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Then at the end of the year, transfer them to a new calendar, noting what year something happened. As the years progress, you’ll have a wonderful reminiscing calendar!

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• On Dec. 22, 1808, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony premieres in Vienna, Austria, in a freezing venue. Two hours into the poorly played concert, Beethoven stopped the music and had the ensemble start again from the beginning.

• On Dec. 24, 1923, President Calvin Coolidge touches a button and lights up the first national Christmas tree to grace the White House grounds. The balsam fir was the first to be decorated with electric lights -- a strand of 2,500 red, white and green bulbs.

• On Dec. 23, 1959, rock 'n' roll pioneer Chuck Berry is arrested in Missouri and charged with transporting a 14-year-old girl across state lines for allegedly immoral purposes. Berry spent 20 months in federal prison following his conviction for violating the Mann Act. • On Dec. 21, 1970, Elvis Presley visits President Richard Nixon to offer his services in the government's war on drugs. Presley, who was apparently not searched at the gate, presented the president with a gift -- a World War II-era Colt .45 pistol.

• On Dec. 19, 1986, Michael Sergio, who parachuted into Game Six of the 1986 World Series at New York's Shea Stadium with a "Let's Go Mets" banner, is fined $500 and sentenced to 100 hours of community service.

• On Dec. 20, 1995, the United Nations peacekeeping force formally transfers military authority in Bosnia to North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces, allowing the deployment of some 60,000 NATO troops.

• On Dec. 25, 2002, University of New Mexico junior placekicker Katie Hnida becomes the first woman to play in a Division I football game. In 2004, Hnida told Sports Illustrated that she had been sexually harassed while at the University of Colorado. The Colorado football coach responded by calling Hnida "not only a girl" but a "terrible" player. He was suspended briefly and left the team in 2005. © 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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NUGGET OF KNOWLEDGE Maryland, one of America's original thirteen colonies, was named after Queen Henrietta Maria of Grances, wife of King Charles I of England and mother of Charles II and James II. The first permanent settlement, St. Mary's City, was founded in 1634. It was Maryland's first capital, remaining so for 60 years.

Mary, a real estate agent, wrote an ad for a house listing. The house had a second-floor suite that could be accessed using a lift chair that slid along the staircase. Quickly describing this feature, Mary inadvertently made it sound even more attractive: "Mother-in-law suite comes with an electric chair."

• To some folks, Bloody Mary is a drink of vodka and spicy tomato juice. But to those who know British history, she was England’s first female ruler, Queen Mary I, who took the throne in 1553 at age 37. She was the eldest daughter of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. Her maternal grandparents were Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, famous for financing Christopher Columbus’ journeys to the New World. At age 38, she married her cousin’s son, Philip of Spain, nine years her junior, just two days after their first meeting. Because Philip did not speak English, they communicated in a mixture of Spanish, French, and Latin. The Queen became known as Bloody Mary when she ordered the execution of hundreds of Protestants for their faith during her reign. Mary I died after five years as the queen at age 42, most likely from uterine cancer.

• Bloody Mary’s cousin was Mary, Queen of Scots, who became a queen when she was only six days old. She was a widow by age 18, when her husband, King Francis II of France perished from an ear infection at 16. At 26, Mary was imprisoned for treason, having been involved in a plot to assassinate her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, Bloody Mary’s successor. Elizabeth kept her cousin imprisoned for 18 years before signing her execution warrant.

• Mary Higgins Clark has written more than 50 novels, and every one has been a best seller and remains in print. Her first novel, written in 1975 is in its 75th printing. She starting writing when she was widowed at a young age, left with five children to care for. On the day Mary’s husband passed away, she had just been offered a job writing script for a four-minute radio segment. When her motherin-law discovered that her son had suffered a fatal heart attack, she herself was stricken and died on the spot. Mary Higgins Clark lost them both on the same day. Her most recent novel was released in December, 2014, when she was 87 years old.

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