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FAMOUS TRIOS (continued): • In 1968, rockabilly songwriter Dick Holler composed a tribute song to the memory of four assassinated American civil rights leaders. Entitled “Abraham, Martin, and John,” the song memorialized Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Robert Kennedy, written shortly after King and Bobby Kennedy were killed. “Anybody here, seen my old friend Abraham…” is the first verse, followed by King and JFK. The fourth verse mentions Bobby walking over a hill with the other three. Recorded by Dion, the song rose to #4 on the Billboard pop chart. • Y o u ’ v e n o d o u b t heard of the Three Musketeers, but do you know their individual names? Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 novel tells of the adventures of three inseparable childhood friends, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Their well-known motto is “All for one and one for all!” First published in serial form in a Paris magazine from March to July, 1844, it takes place in the 1600s, and tells of the daring “swashbuckling” deeds of these members of The King’s Musketeers. Incidentally, the Mars candy bar of the same name made its debut in 1932. Mars’ advertising of the 1990s featured three men dressed as the legendary trio. • Do the names of Gaspar, Melchior, and Balthazar ring a bell? Although their names are not specifically mentioned in the Bible, these are the names attributed to the three Wise Men of the East, or Magi, who came to present gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to Jesus after his birth in Bethlehem. There is also no mention of the number of kings who made the trek from Persia, but because three gifts are referenced, tradition gave way to the assumption that there were three men. After presenting their gifts, the Magi were warned by an angel in a dream to return to their homeland.

A SPORTING VIEW By Mark Vasto

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Picture, if you will, a jam-packed Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The Browns, the league’s perennial heartbreakers, have taken a 20-13 lead in the AFC Championship Game against the Denver Broncos. There are less than six minutes left in the game, and the crowd is in a frenzy. The Broncos would muff the kickoff return and start their possession on their own 2-yard line. For most quarterbacks, this would seem like a daunting task. Not Broncos quarterback John Elway. The record-setting Stanford grad, standing 6-foot-3 and weighing in at 215, was basically engineered for just this sort of thing. Smart, cool under pressure, howitzer of an arm, had legs that could plow a field. He could punt, too. Put simply, he wasn’t like the other guys in the league. So he went to work, providing us what is today simply known as “The Drive”: After the mishandled kick, the Broncos face first down and 10 at their 2-yard line. Elway from the end zone, dumps to running back Sammy Winder for 5 yards. Second down and 5, Denver 7-yard line. Winder 3-yard run. Third down and 2, Denver 10-yard line. Winder 2-yard run, first down. Denver 12-yard line, Winder 3-yard run. Second down and 7, Denver 15-yard line. Elway breaks for a 11-yard run, first down. Denver 26-yard line. Elway has time, smashes tightend Steve Sewell for a 22-yard pass over the middle. First down, Denver 48-yard line. Elway fires to Steve Watson for 12 yards to bring us to the 2-minute warning. Cleveland fights back, Dave Puzzuoli sacks Elway for a loss of 8 after his incomplete pass intended for Vance Johnson. It’s third down and 18 at the Cleveland 48-yard line with 1:47 left in regulation. Elway drops back before rifling a pass to Mark Jackson for 20 yards. The Broncos have not failed to convert a third down. Denver at the Cleveland 28 with 1:19 left. A 14-yard rocket to Sewell, then a 9-yard scramble by Elway. It’s third and 1, and Denver is at the door on the Cleveland 5-yard line with 39 seconds left in the game. Cleveland fans are screaming. Elway drops back, stops and drills Jackson in the end zone for a touchdown, and the Rich Karlis extra point sends them into overtime. He later kicks the field goal that will send them to the Super Bowl. The Broncos were trounced by the Giants and the Redskins in successive years, the 49ers would crush the Orange in 1990. The secret to beating them was simple: stop Elway. Between Dan Reeves’ predictable, conservative play-calling and a thin supporting cast, Elway was almost a man alone. In the late ‘90s, this time armed with Terrell Davis and a stiff defense, Elway would win two Super Bowls in a row, including one over the Reeves-coached Atlanta Falcons. Now 55, Elway is the general manager of the Broncos, a team recently crushed in the Super Bowl by the Seahawks. Their quarterback is an aging legend, Peyton Manning. Elway is credited with rebuilding the team around him, setting the stage for a comeback against the Cam Newton-led Carolina Panthers. Newton, at 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds, is the modern-day Elway. The Broncos game plan will be simple: stop Newton. Just as the Giants, Redskins and 49ers did to Elway in years past. The Broncos again stand at the precipice. This time they are reloaded. Can Newton be stopped? Can Manning retire on top, or will it be another long drive home? Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in New Jersey.

VETERANS POST by Freddy Groves Want a VA Job? Bring a Broom The online Daily Caller headline was a bit of a shock: “Only VA Job Reserved Specifically For Vets: Janitor.” But that was only the tip of the iceberg. Additional investigative articles from the Daily Caller News Foundation [dailycaller.com] had even more disturbing facts. The site has a comprehensive interactive chart that shows the number of veterans versus non-veterans in 300 managerial positions. The number of veterans out of that 300: 50. Here are a few examples of executive positions: Albany, N.Y.: 19 non-veterans, 2 veterans - Bedford, Mass.: 21 non-veterans, 8 veterans Glendale, Colo.: 5 non-veterans, 0 veterans - Bronx, N.Y. 13 non-veterans, 1 veteran Of the officials who run Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers (with titles like associate director, nurse executive and chief of staff), only 13 percent are veterans. And why is this allowed to happen? Because VA employees have a union. The union agreement that says that any job will go first to any qualified candidate within the facility. And then there are the hiring categories. One hefty position for coordinator is open only to in-house employees. Lower-paying jobs, involving peer support, are open to veterans, but only if they’ve already been certified by the government for the position. Never mind, apparently, the preference points that veterans get when applying for any government job. Wandering through the job listings at usajobs.gov is an eye-opener when it comes to being a veteran trying to get a job at the VA. Some say that foreign citizens can be hired if no qualified American can be found. Many are open only to current employees of the VA. So where does the janitor come in? The Daily Caller was right. Use only “veterans preference” as your one search parameter, and you get a long list of janitors. They call it “housekeeping aide.”

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FAMOUS TRIOS (continued): • Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters, of course! This 1984 blockbuster film starred Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Bill Murray as New York City parapsychologists who establish a ghost-catching business. Recently fired from their positions at Columbia University, the three develop sophisticated equipment that can capture spirits, operating their business from an abandoned firehouse. Aykroyd had written a role for his pal John Belushi, but upon Belushi’s death, Bill Murray was hired. The giant monster, The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, was one of the film’s beasts. Three suits were made for the character, each costing $20,000. All were destroyed during the filming. Fifty gallons of shaving cream were used to simulate the marshmallow “goo.” The movie was #1 at the box office for five weeks, and went on to gross more than $295 million worldwide. • Premiering in 1976, “Charlie’s Angels” starred Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, and Kate Jackson. The crime action series chronicled the adventures of three police academy graduates who craved more excitement than working as a meter maid or crossing guard. Hired by Charlie Townsend as private investigators, the three worked alongside Townsend’s associate Bosley. Bosley acted as the primary go-between since the trio of ladies never laid eyes on their employer, and received their assignment over speakerphone. Actor John Forsythe was the voice behind the mysterious Charlie, who was occasionally seen from the back. Over the show’s five seasons, other Angels made their way into the cast – Cheryl Ladd, Shelley Hack, and Tanya Roberts.

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1. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the largest desert in the world? 2. MOVIES: Which one of the Seven Dwarfs wears glasses in Disney’s “Snow White” animated film? 3. HISTORY: When did Sonia Sotomayor become the first Hispanic member of the U.S. Supreme Court? 4. LANGUAGE: What is a xenophobic person afraid of? 5. TECHNOLOGY: What search engine did Microsoft launch in 2009? 6. BUSINESS: What does the “B.F.” stand for in “B.F. Goodrich”? 7. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS: What spiritual leader said, “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive”? 8. ENTERTAINERS: Who was the retired pro baseball player who married actress Marilyn Monroe in 1954? 9. ANIMAL KINGDOM: The adjective “leonine” describes what type of animal? 10. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What was the first diet drink that The Coca-Cola Co. introduced?

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* On Feb. 20, 1792, President George Washington signs legislation renewing the United States Post Office as a cabinet department led by the postmaster general. While postmaster, Benjamin Franklin had streamlined postal delivery with surveyed and marked routes from Maine to Florida (the origins of Route 1).

FAMOUS TRIOS (continued): • In 1925, Ted Healy debuted a vaudeville act called “Ted Healy and His Southern Gentlemen,” featuring the three Horwitz brothers, Curly, Moe, and Shemp. Their slapstick, nonsensical comedy routine was a big hit, and they were contracted to make a film in 1932, Soup to Nuts. Shemp left the group shortly after, and a childhood friend of the boys, Larry Fine (Louis Feinberg), took his place. The trio separated from Healy and became known as The Three Stooges. Their popularity soared and MGM signed the trio to a movie contract in 1933. In 1946, Curly suffered a severe stroke and his brother Shemp returned to the group. Despite illness and old age, the beloved Stooges managed to keep their act together going into the 1980s, after having starred in more than 220 films.

famous -- and controversial -- novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Its satirical look at racism, religion and other social attitudes of the time led libraries to ban the book. * On Feb. 21, 1948, NASCAR -- the National Association for Stock Car Racing -- is officially incorporated. NASCAR held its first Strictly Stock race in 1949 at Charlotte Speedway in North Carolina.

* On Feb. 15, 1961, the entire 18-member U.S. figure skating team is killed in a plane crash in Belgium. The team was on its way to the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships in Czechoslovakia. After the crash, an American woman (Peggy Fleming) would not capture Olympic gold until 1968, while a U.S. man (Scott Hamilton) * On Feb. 19, 1878, the technology that made the would not do so until 1984. modern music business possible was born in the New Jersey laboratory where Thomas Alva Edi- * On Feb. 16, 1997, Jeff Gordon claims his first son created the first device to both record sound Daytona 500 victory, becoming at age 25 the youngest winner in the history of the 500-mile and play it back -- the phonograph. NASCAR race, dubbed the “Super Bowl of stock car racing.” * On Feb. 18, 1885, Mark Twain publishes his * On Feb. 17, 1865, soldiers from Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s army ransack Columbia, South Carolina, and leave a charred city in their wake. Sherman is most famous for his March to the Sea through Georgia in the closing months of 1864.

Strong Legs Boost Brainpower A 10-year British study out of Kings College found an interesting correlation between leg strength and brainpower. In the first-of-its-kind study, strong legs equated to cognitive strength down the road. Female twins between the ages of 43 and 73 (average age 55) were recruited for baseline testing, with adjustments made for various parameters such as socioeconomic status, alcohol drinking, blood pressure, level of exercise and more. Memory and learning were measured at the start of the study, as were the strength of leg muscles of both twins. Brain scans also were taken. Ten years later the tests were repeated. Those who’d started and ended with more muscular legs showed the best results in memory and cognitive tests and more brain volume. The researchers still don’t know for certain why they saw these results. More studies need to be done, they said, to understand how aerobics, brain function and leg muscle power all come together, and whether muscle-building chemicals somehow make their way to the brain. While scientists didn’t predict the outcome, it was not surprising because they’ve long known that general exercise can help with cognitive function. Until they figure out the specifics, one thing is clear: adding more walking or doing exercises designed to increase leg strength can help with memory and thinking. We can run, take dance classes, lengthen our daily walk and spend time on a treadmill or rowing machine at the gym. Even yoga can help strengthen leg muscles. For those who aren’t mobile, seated rowing exercises with a resistance band can help, as can a recumbent bicycle. Consider asking your doctor for an exercise plan that concentrates on the leg muscles.

• The Bible’s Book of Daniel relates the story of three young Jewish men who defied their king to worship God. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego lived in Babylon and were officials of King Nebuchadnezzar. The King set up a 90-ft. (27.4 m) statue of gold and commanded all to bow down before it. Refusal would result in being thrown into a fiery furnace. The trio’s response was, “If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. But even if He does not, we want you to know that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold.” The furnace was prepared, seven times hotter than normal. When Nebuchadnezzar looked in, he saw four figures, walking unharmed in the flames. Realizing that an angel had been sent to protect them, he released them, and they emerged without a single sign of a burn. The King then decreed that any who spoke against their God should be torn limb from limb.

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• P e r h a p s t h e most famous opera singers in history, The Three Tenors consisted of Spaniards Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras, and Italian Luciano Pavarotti. Even people who didn’t like opera music liked this group, who made their debut as a trio in July, 1990. The concert, held as a benefit for leukemia, (Carreras had been diagnosed with the disease three years earlier), was recorded and became the best-selling classical album of all time. Their second televised performance held at Dodger Stadium (for which each tenor received $1 million) attracted 1.3 billion viewers worldwide. On their first worldwide tour, each received about $1 million per concert, which included a percentage of merchandise sold. Before disbanding as a trio in 2003, they had performed 34 live concerts. • Founded in 1961, Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey, and Mary Travers were the most popular folk group of the 1960s. Their debut album, which included “If I Had a Hammers,” “Lemon Tree,” and “500 Miles” was an immediate hit. Peter, Paul, and Mary re-released a Bob Dylan tune in 1963, “Blowin’ in the Wind,” and sold 300,000 copies in less than two weeks. Yarrow composed “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” a tune the group recorded in 1963. The song has been shrouded in myths that it’s filled with drug references, but Yarrow actually based it on a poem about the lost innocence of childhood. The trio’s only #1 hit single, “Leavin’ on a Jet Plane,” came in 1969, a song written by their friend John Denver, who had initially recorded it in 1969.

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MUSICAL THREES (continued): • Some of the most recognizable music in history was sung by the Brothers Gibb, or the BeeGee’s, as they called themselves. Their tight harmonies, vibrato, and falsetto sounds were their signature during the disco era. Older brother Barry and twins Robin and Maurice began their career in 1958, signing their first record contract in 1963. The family had moved from their native England to Australia, where the brothers were voted the Best Group of 1966, with Barry winning as Beat Songwriter at just 17 years of age. Their 1977 Saturday Night Fever soundtrack sold 15 million copies and won Album of the Year, with the five of the songs making it to #1 on the charts. The Gibbs composed half of 1978’s biggest songs. Barry and Robin once wrote three #1 singles in one afternoon. Among the best-selling artists of all times, the BeeGee’s have had sales of more than 220 million records. Of the three, only Barry survives, Maurice having died from intestinal problems in 2003 at 53, and his twin Robin succumbing to cancer in 2012. • The Supremes started out in 1959 as the Primettes in Detroit, Michigan. First founded as a quartet, the group consisted of high school friends from a housing project, Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Betty McGlown, The 15-year-olds won a prestigious talent contest and landed an audition with Motown Records. In 1962, McGlown left the group, and they remained a trio with a new name, The Supremes. By 1965, they were international stars. It wasn’t until 1967 that they were known as Diana Ross and The Supremes. The group is on record as America’s most successful vocal group, with 12 #1 singles on the Billboard charts. Their final performance as the original trio was in 1970 at Las Vegas’ Frontier Hotel.