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JANUARY OBSERVANCES (continued): • January 6 is Epiphany, observing the day that the three Wise Men reached the site of Jesus’ birth in Nazareth. Considered the last day in the Christmas season, it’s often called the 12th day of Christmas. In some cultures, it is the day for the annual blessing of homes. Residents will use chalk to write the letters “CMB” on their doors, symbolizing the initials of the names traditionally ascribed to the three kings. • Glaucoma Awareness Month was created to inform people of the risks of this potentiallyblinding eye disease. The damage is the result of fluid build-up in the area in front of the eye called the anterior chamber. When the fluid builds up and the pressure rises inside the eye, it can harm the optic nerve, resulting in eye pain, blurred vision, loss of peripheral vision, tunnel vision, and potential blindness. There is no cure, and the damage cannot be reversed. Although anyone can develop glaucoma, people over 60 are more prone to it, particularly African-Americans and Latinos. Those with high blood pressure are also at an increased risk. Regular eye exams are critical since the disease can progress slowly with no symptoms and vision seems normal until it is too late. • Be sure to celebrate Fig Newton Day on January 16! We’ve been eating Fig Newtons since 1891 when the first of these little pastries were baked at the F.A. Kennedy Steam Bakery, a Cambridgeport, Massachusetts-based company. James Henry Mitchell had invented a machine with a funnel system that pumped fig paste into pastry dough. The cookie took its name from the nearby community of Newton, Massachusetts. Since 2012, the cookies have been known simply as Newtons.
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A SPORTING VIEW By Mark Vasto The (Indoor) Players Club It’s the end of the year and we, as sports fans, know what that means: It’s time to take a look back at the great plays and the players who made them, lest we forget. This week we profile two instant legends from the hard court and the rink. Basketball: Stephen Curry How good is Stephen Curry? So good that visiting markets broadcast his warm-up routine. So good that he put Davidson College on the map (at least in theory) and gave Oakland its first basketball championship in four decades. So good that Mark Jackson, a former NBA All-Star and coach (including Curry’s), openly fretted that “he’s ruining the game” of basketball. Yes, you read that right. Kim Kardashian breaks the Internet, children break toys, and Stephen Curry breaks basketball. How does he do it? Curry is 6 feet, 3 inches -- not a giant by any means -- so he knew from the start of his career that he was not going to rely on his physicality to dominate on the inside, nor was he going to spend a large amount of time above the rim. What Curry was able to do was watch his father, Dell Curry, a former NBA star in his own right, and learn how to practice, practice, practice his jump shot, his three-pointer, his passing. That was something he could control. It’s paid off in record-smashing ways ... in fact, he is in a league of his own. His record 286 three-pointers in 2015 surpassed the old mark of 272, set by Stephen Curry himself in 2013. Hands down the league MVP in 2015 and The Associated Press Athlete of the Year, Curry has become the smiling, family-oriented face of the league. The only scary thing about Curry is that he is improving at a record pace. This season he is averaging more than 30 points per game ... a full seven points higher than his championship-winning MVP season. No full-time NBA player has ever improved that much in one season, and at 27 years old, it’s safe to say that the best is yet to come for young Master Curry. Hockey: Casey Price It’s the age-old quandary: Would you rather have strong starting pitching or bleacher-blasting home-run hitters on your roster? A superstar quarterback and receiving corps to match, or a sack-happy defensive line with shutdown corners? A prolific goal scorer or a brick wall of a backstop in front of the net? Luckily for us, the NHL has this stuff all figured out. They have this thing called the Hart Trophy, which is awarded to the most valuable player to his team. Last year, the league decided that Montreal goalie Carey Price was such a guy. He buried Capitals winger Alexander Ovechkin in first-place votes (139-8) and led the league in wins, goals against average and save percentage -- a feat not equaled since Ed Belfour did it in 1991. Price set the Canadians’ record for wins in a season (44, also the NHL season best), not bad considering that the Canadians have a tiny bit of history and lore surrounding the franchise. There’s no joke to be made here; picking Price was not wrong. Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in New Jersey.
VETERANS POST by Freddy Groves The VA Thinks You’re Dead It must be quite a shock to get a letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs saying that you’re dead and it’s cutting off your benefits. Especially if you’re the one who’s opened the envelope. But that’s what happened more than 100 times in the space of nine months. The VA decided a veteran was dead (or in some cases it was the surviving spouse depending on the check each month), and benefits were cut. Florida Rep. David Jolly jumped in with both feet and asked the VA for an explanation. The VA had none, at least not so far. In one case, it had the veteran dead and buried in the wrong cemetery after having served in the wrong war. In other cases it had to do with similar names. Whatever happened to double checking Social Security or service numbers? Or making a simple phone call? In a few cases, veterans weren’t able to satisfactorily prove they were still alive until Rep. Jolly got involved and pushed for a new process to determine if there’s actually been a death before benefits are cut. The new process will include relying on the database for the Social Security Administration rather than a VA employee who can cancel benefits with a keystroke. Additionally, a letter will now be sent in advance of benefits being cut off, and the veteran (or surviving spouse) will be given 30 days to declare that they are indeed still alive. A suggestion while the VA puts together a “it won’t happen again” plan: If one phone call to the local regional VA facility doesn’t solve the problem, call your U.S. representative or senator. In a pinch, call Rep. Jolly at 202-225-5961, even if he isn’t your representative.
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JANUARY OBSERVANCES (continued): • January is National Polka Music Month, honoring this European dance music that originated in Bohemia. The term for this Czech peasant dance has its origins in the Czech language’s word Pulka, meaning “halfstep,” a characteristic of this 2/4 time dance. The dance migrated from villages into Prague ballrooms in 1835, and on to Paris in 1840, where it became extremely popular. Eastern European immigrants to America originally brought the polka to the Midwest and Great Lakes area. Typical instruments in a polka band might include a clarinet, saxophone, tuba, accordion, and concertina, along with a rhythm section. • Speaking of dancing, the week of January 11 – 17 is National Cuckoo Dancing Week. This observance is in honor of the comic duo Laurel and Hardy. The thin Stan Laurel (born in Lancashire, England) and the heavyset Oliver Hardy (born in Harlem, Georgia) teamed up in the late 1920s with a slapstick comedy act. Appearing in 107 films together, they used a tune known as “The Cuckoo Song” (or “The Dance of the Cuckoos”) as part of the opening credits of their movies. • The Ford Motor Company paved the way for better working conditions on January 5, 1914, when it announced an eight-hour workday for its employees and a “living wage” of a minimum of $5 for a day’s labor. This was more than double the wages of most of the workers. Henry Ford hoped this action would help reduce his company’s high turnover rate, while retaining the best employees, a goal that was achieved.
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1. POLITICS: What sitting vice president shot and mortally wounded a political rival in a duel? 2. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin suffix “grade” mean? 3. MOVIES: What was the name of the angel who visited George Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life”? 4. TELEVISION: What was the title of the theme song to the sitcom “Cheers”? 5. U.S. STATES: What state’s motto is “North to the Future”? 6. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What kind of animal would be described as “lupine”? 7. GAMES: How much money do you get when you pass “Go” in Monopoly? 8. LITERATURE: What are the names of the two feuding families in “Romeo and Juliet”? 9. GEOGRAPHY: What two countries does the Cheviot Hills range divide? 10. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the birthstone for April?
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* On Jan. 19, 1809, author Edgar Allan Poe is born in Boston. By the time he was 3 years old, Poe’s parents had died, leaving him in the care of his godfather, John Allan. Allan eventually disowned Poe for gambling debts. * On Jan. 22, 1879, U.S soldiers badly bloody Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife and his people as they make a desperate march to flee the Indian Territory where they had been relocated and return to their Wyoming homeland. * On Jan. 18, 1912, after a two-month ordeal, the expedition of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott arrives at the South Pole only to find that Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen had preceded them by just over a month.
* On Jan. 23, 1968, the U.S. intelligence-gathering ship Pueblo is seized by the North Korean navy and its crew charged with spying. Negotiations to free the 83-man crew dragged on for nearly a year, and required a signed confession by the ship’s captain admitting to spying. * On Jan. 24, 1972, after 28 years of hiding in the jungles of Guam, farmers discover Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese sergeant who was unaware that World War II had ended. Yokoi had gone into hiding rather than surrender to the Americans.
* On Jan. 20, 1981, minutes after Ronald Reagan’s inauguration as the 40th president of the United States, the 52 U.S. captives held at the U.S. embassy in Teheran, Iran, are released, ending the 444-day Iran Hostage Crisis. President * On Jan. 21, 1959, Carl Dean Switzer, the actor Jimmy Carter had been unable to diplomatically resolve the crisis. who as a child played “Alfalfa,” the frecklefaced boy with a cowlick, in the “Our Gang” comedy film series, dies at age 31 in a fight in (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc. California.
Stay Happy, Stay Healthy Negative stereotypes about aging can produce negative outcomes in seniors, including physical function. That’s quite a statement, and apparently it’s true. The phrase “Don’t worry, be happy” might well include the addition of “and stay healthier.” Researchers interacted with 100 seniors ages 61-99 to learn whether positive stereotyping could have positive outcomes. They used implicit (implied) and explicit (clearly expressed) messages, in varying combinations, at one-week intervals. The results showed that implicit interventions caused improved self-perception, which included better physical function. The opposite also was true: Negative messages resulted in negative self-perception. The impact lasted for three weeks. And implicit messages had a greater effect than explicit ones. Becca Levy, associate professor at Yale, has been studying us for a long time. In some of her research, participants played computer games with words flashed on the screen. These subliminal messages had an impact, either positive or negative, about aging stereotypes, and affected memory tasks, walking speed and even handwriting. If flash messages could have such a great impact, think about what more overt messages could do. Researchers have come up with a numbers of ways we can stay healthier as we age, and it’s all about our frame of mind. * Stay happy and positive, on an even keel, without going to extremes emotionally. * Look at the glass as half full, and be hopeful about the future. * Remain social. Get out, be with people -- the happier the better. If there are negative people in your life, try to avoid them. Avoid hostility. Search for group activities that have a positive purpose. * Be resilient in the face of difficulties and search for the good in any situation -- because there is always a silver lining. Your health will thank you.
JANUARY OBSERVANCES (continued): • January is National Hot Tea Month! Did you know that tea is the world’s second most popular and cheapest beverage (after water)? Every day about three billion cups of tea are consumed around the world. In America, it can be found in 80% of households, and an estimated 127 million Americans are drinking it on any given day. Most of that tea comes from India, the world’s largest tea producer, processing about 850,000 tons each year. More tea drinkers sip black tea than any other type, 90% of total tea consumption. Although black, oolong, green, and white teas all come from the same shrub, black tea is more oxidized than the other three. The invention of the tea bag came about by accident. In 1904, a New York tea importer was looking for a cheaper way to send samples to customers. Thomas Sullivan had been using tin boxes, but as this proved expensive, he began wrapping the tea in small silk bas. His customers didn’t realize that the bags were just packaging, and brewed their tea in them. Soon after, Sullivan was receiving orders for the new product. Today, 96% of the world brews its tea using a tea bag. The average cup of black tea contains between 40 and 120 mg. of caffeine, with green tea total 60 mg., depending on how long the bag is steeped. •
On January 19, 1937, Howard Hughes went into the record books with the fastest flight from Los Angeles to New York City. He flew the 2,490-mile (4,000-km) distance in 7 hours, 28 minutes, and 25 seconds, with an average speed of 332 mph (535 km/h) in his Hughes H-1 racer. This flight broke his own previous record of 9 hours, 26 minutes, and 10 seconds.
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January 16 is Appreciate a Dragon Day, and while Tidbits isn’t exactly sure how a person does that, we’re happy to provide some information about these mythological creatures. • The ancient Greek word draconta, meaning “to watch” is the source of our word “dragon.” This is thought to suggest that the dragon guards valuable items. • In mythology, dragons were viewed as powerful, destructive, and frightening, needing to be conquered and slain. Battles between heroes and dragons are symbolized as good overcoming evil. The ancient Greeks described them as huge flying serpents. In some myths, they have wings, while others don’t; some speak, some don’t. Their dwelling place varies from caves to under the ocean to inside mountains. • In the Bible’s Book of Job, the dragon is described as having a double coat of armor, with its back consisting of “rows of shields tightly sealed together.” Referred to as Leviathan, its mouth is “ringed about with fearsome teeth” and “its eyes are like the rays of dawn. Regarding its fire-breathing abilities, Job stated, “Its snorting throws out flashes of light, flames stream from its mouth, sparks of fire shoot out. Smoke pours from its nostrils…its breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from its mouth.” • Dragons in the Bible are frequently identified with Satan. Many scholars maintain that the fire-breathing feature stems from representations of the mouth of Hell, with flames and smoke characteristic of Hades. Legends depict righteous saints defeating Satan in the form of a dragon.
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Guinea Pig’s Death Sparks Questions DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Tonight our dear guinea pig “Sparks” had a heart attack and left us within a couple of hours. There was no chance to take her to an emergency vet. Is tension in the house a cause of heart attack in guinea pigs? Is there anything we could have done to prevent this? -- Yamile, via email
Cavies are very sensitive to their environment, particularly changes in temperature. Being unable to rest peacefully also causes stress that affects their system. In short, cavies love a comfortable routine and a rest area sheltered from light and noise. Deficiencies in diet also can be a factor. This can get tricky, so speaking with other cavy owners or vets who specialize in them can help deduce whether a cavy needs a specific type of feed or supplement (too much can be as bad as too little). Because it’s often hard to detect illness in cavies until they suddenly decline, you should learn a bit of “cavy first aid.” One important step when a cavy takes ill is to contact the vet by phone first and describe the symptoms. Sometimes a cavy is too ill to safely be transported. The vet might tell you to make your pet comfortable and wait out a very long night -- not because he or she doesn’t care, but because the added stress in moving the cavy could be fatal.
DEAR YAMILE: I’m sorry to hear of Sparks’ death. I’ll try to offer some explanation why, and I encourage my readers to send their advice as well. Send your questions or tips to ask@pawscorner.com. Heart attack (and stroke) are, sadly, very common causes of sudden death in guinea pigs, a.k.a. cavies. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc. Call US Today!
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DRAGONS (continued): • The legend of St. George the Dragon Slayer tells the story of the people of Selene, a city in Libya, plagued by a dragon that lived in a nearby lake. Every day, the townspeople would feed the dragon two sheep to satisfy it. When there were no more sheep, they had to feed their children to the beast. The children were chosen by lottery, and one day the lot fell on the King’s daughter. The King offered gold, silver, and half of his kingdom to spare his daughter, but the townspeople refused. As the princess stood by the lake, ready for the sacrifice, St. George happened to ride by. Protecting himself with the sign of the cross, (symbolizing the triumph of the church over the devil), he charged with his lance, slaying the dragon. • Not all cultures regard the dragon as evil or frightening. China and Japan paint dragons in a positive light, as symbols of wisdom, happiness, fertility, and longevity, believed to bring good fortune and wealth. Statues and carvings are commonplace, and images of dragons often embellish garments. • German legend has it that the blood of a dragon has the power to make a person invincible if the skin or armor is bathed in it. A Slavic myth testifies that dragon blood is so abominable that Mother Earth will not allow it to be absorbed into the ground, and the blood remains above ground for all eternity. Another saga tells of the blood of the dragon having acidic qualities that killed the hero who had just slain the dragon when the blood accidentally dripped on him. • Children’s films have depicted dragons both as frightful and friendly. How to Train Your Dragon and Pete’s Dragon featured lovable dragons, while Disney’s 1959 Sleeping Beauty proved to be one of the studio’s scariest creatures.