Tidbits of Gallia, Jackson, Vinton, Meigs & Mason Counties Vol 3, Issue 2

January 10, 2014

Volume 3 Issue 2

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GENIUSES

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The simple definition of genius is someone with “exception intellectual or creative ability.” That can certainly be said of the individuals Tidbits examines this week.

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He was 6 when he began composing minuets and other short pieces. His first symphony came along at age 8 and an opera at 12. Mozart received all of his education from his father and never attended a school. He frequently experienced anxiety, loneliness, and sadness, and occasionally exhibited the symptoms of Tourette’s Syndrome and bipolarism. Although he only lived to age 35, he composed more than 600 pieces, including 68 symphonies, 27 piano concertos, horn concertos, violin sonatas, and many volumes of string quartet music.

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GENIUSES (continued) ● Albert Einstein was responsible for “the world’s most famous equation,” E=mc2, the formula for mass-energy equivalence.

Yet this German-born physicist failed his first college entrance exam, passing only the math and science sections, forcing him to attend a secondary school before retaking and passing the test a year later. Einstein’s 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect. He came to America on a visit in 1933, and made the decision to stay when new German laws prohibited him from teaching at any university there. He renounced his German citizenship, took a teaching position at Princeton, and became a U.S. citizen in 1940.

Regarding the topic of genius, he once said, “The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” ● Regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all times, Isaac Newton almost became a farmer. His mother urged him to follow in his late father’s footsteps on the family farm, but this genius disliked the profession intensely.

He attended Cambridge University, studying mathematics, physics, and astronomy. We’re most familiar with his theory of gravitation, developed after watching an apple fall from a tree. Most folks have also heard of his law of inertia that states that an object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion. Another familiar Newton law is that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Newton was also responsible for the first practical reflecting telescope. Modern-day psychologists believe it’s quite possible that this genius had Asperger Syndrome, an autism disorder characterized by severe difficulties in social situations.

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GENIUSES (continued) ● Although we think of Alexander Graham Bell as the inventor of the telephone, he had 17 other patents, including hydrofoil boats, aerial vehicles, and selenium cells. Bell was 29 years old and working on an improvement to the telegraph when he invented the telephone. As a young boy, he had come up with a talking doll that said, “Mama,” and at age 12, built a device for the process of dehusking wheat. Following the shooting of President James Garfield in 1881, Bell quickly devised an electromagnetic apparatus to try to locate the bullet lodged in Garfield’s abdomen. In 1906, this genius with a vision said, “The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.” ● Robert “Bobby” Fischer was an American chess master, who at age 14, won the World Chess Championship, the youngest winner of the title. At 15, he was the youngest international grandmaster of all time. This son of a biophysicist father and a teacher, then nurse, then physician mother, Bobby learned chess when he was six years old, using the instructions from a chess set bought at a candy store. As a genius with an IQ of 187, he dropped out of high school at age 16 to dedicate himself to the game.

His famous 1972 world championship match against the USSR’s Boris Spassky put Fischer in the public eye. After that match, he became a recluse and didn’t play a competitive game in public for nearly 20 years.

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● On Jan. 17, 1865, Union Gen. William T. Sherman's army is delayed in Savannah, Ga., by 10 days of rain as it waits to begin marching into the Carolinas. Just as Sherman and his army had destroyed nearly everything in its path in Georgia, Sherman planned to subject the Carolinas to the same brutal treatment. ● On Jan. 16, 1919, the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the "manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes," is ratified and becomes law. In 1933, the 21st Amendment to the Constitution repealed prohibition. ● On Jan. 15, 1936, Edsel Ford, son of auto pioneer Henry Ford, forms a philanthropic organization called the Ford Foundation with a donation of $25,000. The foundation was established in part as a legal way for the Ford family to avoid inheritance taxes. ● On Jan. 14, 1954, Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe marries New York Yankees slugger Joe DiMaggio. The marriage barely got past the honeymoon, and they were divorced 274 days later. In her filing, Monroe accused her husband of "mental cruelty." ● On Jan. 13, 1962, comedian Ernie Kovacs, who hosted his own television shows during the 1950s, dies after crashing his Chevrolet Corvair into a telephone pole in Los Angeles while driving in a rainstorm. The Corvair was later made infamous by Ralph Nader's groundbreaking 1965 book, "Unsafe at Any Speed." ● On Jan. 18, 1985, for the first time since joining the World Court in 1946, the United States walks out of a case, this one concerning U.S. paramilitary activities against the Nicaraguan government. The Court decided against the United States; it charged that the U.S. violated international law with its actions against the Sandinistas. ● On Jan. 19, 1977, President Gerald Ford pardons "Tokyo Rose," a Japanese-American woman named Iva Toguri. Toguri and other women had broadcast sentimental American music and phony announcements in a vain attempt to destroy the morale of Allied soldiers during World War II.

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● It was noted American writer and essayist Flannery O'Connor who made the following sage observation: "Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it." ● Even though the human brain makes up only 2 percent of the body's mass, it consumes 20 percent of the body's calories and oxygen. ● The chief translator for the European Parliament is named Ioannis Ikonomou. He is fluent in 32 languages -- and still learning.

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● During World War I, the United States acquired its first "war dog." The pit bull was found wandering around Yale Field in New Haven, Conn., by soldiers in training. On particular soldier, Cpl. Robert Conroy, became close to the dog and refused to leave Stubby behind; when Conroy was shipped out, he hid the dog on board. Stubby served overseas for 18 months and saw action in 17 battles. On more than one occasion he sniffed out surprise attacks, saving his regiment. He was known for locating wounded soldiers on the field, and he even once caught a German spy. He was the most decorated dog of the Great War, and he was promoted to sergeant for his combat service -- the only dog to be so honored. After the war, Sgt. Stubby was hailed as a hero; he led parades and met three presidents. He even has his very own brick at the World War I Memorial. It reads, "Sergeant Stubby, Hero Dog of WWI, a Brave Stray." ● Those who study such things say that couples in a romantic relationship actually have heart rates that are in sync with each other. ● If you're like the average American, you drink 23 gallons of coffee every year, but only 9 gallons of tea.

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GENIUSES (continued) ● A modern-day genius, 30-year-old Michael Kearney received his first bachelor’s degree at age 10, and had earned three more by age 21, followed by a doctorate in chemistry at 22. Kearney spoke his first words at four months, and at six months, surprised his pediatrician by saying, “I have a left ear infection.” By 10 months, he was reading, and graduated from high school at age six. ● When Edison was developing the phonograph, it wasn’t as a form of entertainment.

He was more interested in its educational and business possibilities – teaching elocution and diction, recordings for the blind, dictation, and recording a teacher’s instructions. During the 1880s, this brilliant individual filed for a new patent on the average of every five days, more than 1,300 items over the course of his creative life. Because he had dyslexia, Edison spent just three months in public school before his mother chose to deal with his learning disability by homeschooling him. Although we mainly remember his “big” inventions, such as the stock ticker, voting machine, motion picture camera and projector, phonograph, and incandescent light bulbs, Edison was also the inventor of waxed paper! As to being a genius, Edison had this to say, “Genius is one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration.” ● Kim Ung-Yong’s IQ is approximately 210, perhaps the highest in the world. By his third birthday, he was reading Japanese, Korean, German, and English, and was enrolled as a physics student at South Korea’s Hanyang University. At 8, he was invited by NASA to study in the U.S. and work for the organization.

After 10 years with NASA, he returned to Korea and obtained his doctorate in civil engineering.

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Tidbits beams up the facts on this famous Canadian, most widely remembered as Captain James T. Kirk. ● Born in Montreal, Quebec in 1931, William Shatner got his start as a child performer on Canadian Broadcasting’s radio programs.

While earning his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Montreal’s McGill University, Shatner spent his summers performing with the Royal Mount Theater Company, training as a Shakespearean actor. After graduation, he joined the Canadian National Repertory Theatre in Ottawa, acting regularly in the Shakespearean Stratford Festival of Canada in Stratford, Ontario. ● A far cry from his Shakespearean roots, Shatner was cast as Ranger Bob on the Canadian Howdy Doody Show in 1954. Although his first movie role was the part of “a crook” in the 1951 Canadian film, The Butler’s Night Off, Shatner’s first big role was at age 26 in 1958’s The Brothers Karamazov, along with Yul Brynner. The early ‘60s were filled with lower-budget movies and TV guest spots for Shatner. ● It was Shatner’s casting as Captain James Tiberius Kirk, commander of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise in 1966 that sealed his fame. Even though Star Trek was cancelled after just 79 episodes over three seasons due to low Nielsen ratings, the series became a cult classic with thousands of followers. The short-lived program generated five additional TV series, 12 movies, and books, video games, toys, and action figures. ● After Star Trek’s cancellation, life became tough for Shatner. He had been typecast as Captain Kirk and offers for roles were few. His wife divorced him, taking much of his money with her, and Shatner lost his home. He lived in a pickup truck camper, hoping for better roles to come along. He guest-starred on a number of game shows and did some TV commercials to make ends meet. ● In 1979, Paramount Pictures chose to produce a Star Trek movie, reuniting the original cast. The sequel, The Wrath of Khan, came along in 1982, followed by six more films, ending with 1994’s Star Trek Generations with the death of Kirk. ● Shatner and his co-star Leonard “Spock” Nimoy both suffer from tinnitus, which is a ringing in the ears. The hearing of both men was damaged while filming a 1967 episode of Star Trek when they stood too close to a special effects explosion.

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For Advertising Call (740) 446-4543 WILLIAM SHATNER (continued) ● In the midst of filming the Star Trek movies, Shatner landed the role of police sergeant T. J. Hooker, a popular television series from 1982 to 1986. The reality show Rescue 911 followed in 1989, a seven-year stint. At age 73, he joined the cast of the legal drama The Practice in 1997, a series that spun off into Boston Legal, starring as the eccentric attorney Denny Crane, winning two Emmys for the role. Shatner has also been the spokesman for Priceline for 15 years, as well as writing several Star Trek novels, including The Ashes of Eden and Avenger. ● Although he retains his Canadian citizenship, the 82-year-old Shatner, an avid horseman, and his wife own a 360-acre horse farm near Lexington, Kentucky. He has been honored with both a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and a maple leaf on the Canadian Walk of Fame.

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Online at www.lovemytidbits.com FOR- YOU (continued) ● On April 14, 1865, Actor John Wilkes Booth entered a private box at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. and shot President Abraham Lincoln with a .44-caliber single shot derringer as Lincoln watched a performance of Our American Cousin. Booth was a familiar face around the theater and a personal friend of the owner John T. Ford. The structure was used as an office after the assassination for 28 years until the interior collapsed, killing 22 clerks and injuring 68 others. The damage was repaired and the building remodeled into a government warehouse, used until 1931, when it became a Lincoln museum. In 1968, a complete restoration of the historic theater was finished, and it reopened as a live performance venue. The site receives about a million visitors annually. ● The old English word “forsooth” simply means “indeed,” “in truth,” “certainly.” ● The colorless, flammable, odorous chemical known as formaldehyde is used in building materials, including pressed-wood products, along with many household products.

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Let me tell you what happens when members don't all participate: A small group of members will keep working, hosting events, stepping forward ... until they stop. And they'll stop because they're worn out.

They'll be worn out because they've been doing all the work for far too long.

Is a similar situation going on in your organization?

Have you considered how close the post might be to losing those members (or at least their participation) due to sheer exhaustion? How about your auxiliary?

If you hesitate to organize an event or participate because you don't know what to do, fear not. It's all been done before, and someone has the know-how you'll need. Maybe it will be another post, or the staff in volunteer services at the medical center.

We all have skills we can bring to the table when it comes to helping other veterans. Start off by driving a veteran to appointments, answering phones at the Vet Center or playing chess with patients at the hospital.

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2. Which of the following pitchers had more 20-win seasons for the Minnesota Twins: Bert Blyleven, Jim Perry, Johan Santana or Frank Viola?

3. When was the last time before the 2012 season that Stanford's football team won a Rose Bowl?

4. Who was the last Portland Trail Blazers player before guard Damian Lillard (2012-13) to have at least 1,500 points and 500 assists in a season?

5. How many consecutive playoff series did the New York Islanders win starting in 1980?

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In a U.K. study reported in the British Journal of Medicine, researches scoured the results of hundreds of controlled trials to compare the benefits of exercise versus drugs. This was no small review: They considered the information on more than 300,000 patients. Surprisingly, in diabetes and coronary heart disease, drugs and exercise produced the same results.

Patients who'd had a stroke and were in rehab actually fared better on exercise than on drugs.

In a combination of a dozen other studies, researchers verified that physical exercise lowers blood pressure.

Specifically, four hours of exercise per week correlated to nearly a 20 percent lower incidence of high blood pressure. Exercising one to three hours per week lowered that level to 11 percent. Being physically active on the job, however, did not lower high blood pressure, leading one researcher to comment that health guidelines don't distinguish between work and leisure activities, but they should.

In yet another study, researchers determined that those who have dementia will think more clearly as a result of exercise. If a dementia patient lives at home, caregivers were encouraged to find exercise programs in the community. Dementia patients in care facilities also should be offered exercise programs. In yet another study of 16 trials, exercise improved cognitive function in patients with varying levels of dementia.

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No matter what the state of your health, always ask your doctor for advice before embarking on a program.

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3 cups (6 small) unpeeled diced Red Delicious apples 1/4 cup raisins 1 cup (1 8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, packed in fruit juice, drained 1/2 cup miniature marshmallows 3/4 cup reduced-calorie whipped topping 2 tablespoons fat-free mayonnaise 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1. In a medium bowl, combine apples, raisins, pineapple and marshmallows. In a small bowl, combine whipped topping, mayonnaise and lemon juice. Add dressing mixture to apple mixture. Mix gently to combine.

2. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Gently stir again just before serving. Serves 6 (2/3 cup each). ● Each serving equals: 96 calories, 0g fat, 0g protein, 24g carb, 144mg sodium, 1g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 1 Fruit, 1/2 Starch.

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Your guests will welcome a steaming bowl of this vegetable-bean soup on a cold winter night. It tastes even better reheated, so it's a good choice to prepare in advance.

2 slices bacon, chopped 2 medium carrots, cut into 1/4-inch dice 1 medium onion, cut into 1/4-inch dice 1 large celery stalk, cut into 1/4-inch dice 2 cloves garlic, minced 3 medium (about 1 pound) all-purpose potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch dice 1 can (14 1/2 ounces) chicken broth 1 1/4 teaspoons salt 1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme 1 can (19 ounces) white kidney beans (cannellini), rinsed and drained 1/2 pound green beans, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces 1/3 cup small pasta, such as cavatelli, tubettini or ditalini 1 pound Swiss chard, chopped, with tough stems discarded 1/2 pound spinach, tough stems discarded 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated lemon peel Grated Parmesan cheese (optional) 1. In 6-quart saucepot, cook bacon over medium heat until browned. With slotted spoon, transfer to paper towels to drain; set aside.

2. To drippings in saucepot, add carrots, onion and celery, and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are browned, about 15 minutes. Add garlic and cook 30 seconds longer.

3. Add potatoes, broth, salt, pepper, thyme and 6 cups water; heat to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 10 minutes.

4. Add kidney beans, green beans and pasta; cook 7 minutes longer. Stir in Swiss chard, spinach and lemon peel; cook 5 minutes longer or until greens are wilted and tender. Stir in bacon. Serve with grated Parmesan if you like. ● Each serving: About 370 calories, 2g total fat (1g saturated), 2mg cholesterol, 440mg sodium, 17g carbohydrate, 4g fiber, 5g protein.

Q: When I was in grade school during the 1950s, I carried my lunch in an Annie Oakley and Tag lunchbox. I still have it and the original thermos. I read in your column recently that older lunchboxes have become quite valuable. Is mine? -- Ken, Ramona, Calif.

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Q: My dad and I have always been interested in both the summer and winter Olympic Games. We have managed to build quite a collection of pins, posters, badges, decals and stickers. Is there someone to contact about the items we have? -- Rob, Titusville, Fla. A: Craig R. Perlow is the owner of Olympian Artifacts, a business that specializes in autographs, badges, posters, medals and programs relating to the Olympics.

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Kidney infections, on the other hand, are much more serious, much more difficult to treat and carry with them the possibility of permanent damage. These infections most often are treated with intravenous antibiotics in the hospital. Such infections have the name pyelonephritis (PIE-uh-low-neff-RIGHT-iss).

Bladder infections make a person uncomfortable, require frequent urination and might induce a slight rise in body temperature.

With a kidney infection, people take to their bed, have a high temperature, often develop shaking chills, and suffer flank pain. This is the kind of urinary tract infection you mother recently had.

The booklet on urinary tract infections provides the

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