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opinion Sound Off There’s no end to the superficial criticism of Obama. Criticism that’s based upon hate and not fact. Let’s play the same game. If Mr. R. had been elected, today the U.S. unemployment would be over 20 percent. The housing industry would have crashed. There would be no American autos manufactured in the United States. Wall Street would go wild without controls. The U.S. capital would be moved to the Caribbean so that Mr. R. could watch his investments more closely. The United States would be bombing Iran. U.S. troops would be fighting in Syria. John McCain would be Secretary of Defense and Sarah Palin would be Secretary of State.

And the military/industrial complex would be in high gear. Any criticism of Obama now?

Your article called “50 and Fabulous” was really disappointing. I thought it was so sad to see these grown women thinking that being fabulous is equivalent to wearing skin-tight clothes, showing

cleavage and partying like they’re 20 year olds. It makes me wonder what kinds of values their children are learning from moms who think that that’s what they have to do to be fabulous and feel good about themselves.

I never anticipated publicly defending a wealthy celebrity, but I have long been interested in issues of justice, and it seems to me that lately, very little of it is accruing to famous food writer, broadcaster and fellow senior citizen, Paula Deen.

Let me hasten to add, as a disclaimer, that I am not a fan of hers. I have never watched any TV show she may host, and (to my knowledge) I haven’t patronized any of her businesses nor tried any of her published recipes. But I am getting tired of hearing and reading attacks on Deen that seem not only frivolous, but questionably motivated.

One wonders if her business rivals are behind these dumb public assaults on her character and reputation. For instance, a year or two ago, upon her public admission of the unfortunate fact that she had been diagnosed with diabetes, the media was full of sniping talk about Deen, suggesting that anyone who used her recipes was in for the same misfortune. As if diet was the only factor in predisposing a person to

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very so often, especially as the calendar turns to August, my least favorite month, I have to decompress from the weighty matters of the world and let my mind wander toward lighter and not so light thoughts about this and that.

• A crisis will soon be declared over a shortage of good-looking blonde female correspondents and on-camera personalities because the Fox News Channel has a virtual monopoly on them.

• There’s nothing more serenely beautiful than the setting sun sinking behind a range of rugged mountains or dipping into the far horizon of the Pacific Ocean.

• I still marvel how ancient civilizations were able to build such enduring

structures as the Mayan temples, the aqueducts of Rome, the pyramids in Egypt and the Acropolis in Athens.

• If I had a say on who was the No.1 entertainer of the 20th century, I would vote for Frank Sinatra. He sang, he danced, he acted, he was on the stage, in movies, on radio, on television, and he appealed to three generations of audiences, beginning with bobbysoxers in the early 1940s.

• World War II was not only a war, it was a drama of epic proportions that brought to the surface all that is good and all that is evil in the human race.

• I am overdigitized. I refuse to commit to memory any more phone numbers, passwords, entry codes, addresses or any other group of numbers or any combination of numbers and letters.

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that illness. Lately, one can’t watch or read the news without being told what a racist Deen supposedly is, because an African-American ex-employee is suing for “discrimination” and publicizing a charge that Deen was verbally abusive.

I thought the accuracy of this was what a court of law was supposed to rule on, not every consumer of cable TV news.

Why is the press excited about this?

For only one reason, Deen admitted truthfully, in a deposition that, in the distant past, she has uttered the “N” word. So what? Why do the news reports admit no distinction between uttering a word, versus calling somebody a name

using that word? I have seen not a single account alleging that anybody has overheard Deen intentionally insult a black person by using this word. Is the public unable to appreciate the distinction between uttering a word and intentionally insulting someone by its use? I think the real issue with Deen is the public’s hostility to seeing a mature white woman, by her own efforts, make a success of herself, whether in business or any other enterprise. Look at how Hillary Clinton was publicly treated before the election of Barack Obama.

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• Every time I’m in or near a hospital I’m reminded that nurses are the every day quiet heroes of our society.

• There were once inspired automobile designers like Harley Earl and Raymond Loewy who gave us art on wheels. Today’s largely lookalike, boring cars are engineered, not designed.

• I have reached that point in life when all my friends are either dead, retired or in jail.

• If I were a young man in today’s world I would not have any children.

But if it were possible, I would still like to have grandkids.

• There’s more to learn about monetary matters from someone who has been through a bankruptcy than from a pricey financial adviser.

• In my view, a true genius is that person who can spell hors d’oeuvres without having to look it up.

• The most overlooked educational resource in our schools is the elderly.

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• There’s no such thing as “luck.”

What people call luck is really timing.

It’s all about being in the right place at the right time or the wrong place at the wrong time. Timing in life is everything.

• And finally, this country needs an official national humorist, the likes of a Mark Twain, Will Rogers or George Burns. It was Rogers who gave us such ageless insights as, “Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.”

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The Up Side

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’m kind of fuzzy today.

The Arizona Diamondbacks took us into extra innings last night. So the wife and I cashed in a considerable amount of our beauty sleep in order to find out who would be spitting tobacco joyously at home plate, and who would be spitting tobacco disconsolately from the dugout. A minor distinction to many, but when you’ve spent three months watching highly paid surrogates scratch and sniff more than your relatives, these things begin to matter.

“Oh, baseball,” a friend of mine always rolls his eyes. “It’s like watching paint dry.” Which is a hackneyed comparison and grossly unfair to paint.

Paint will surprise you sometimes.

Paint will bubble. Or chip. Or gather in powerful droplets that tumble breathlessly earthward. In baseball, when there’s two on, two out and the pitcher coming to bat? You know damn well where that’s going.

“So why do you watch it if it makes you unhappy?” People ask me. The short answer is tradition: like my father before me, and his father before him, there’s a small part of my soul that remains unfulfilled unless I spend my summers screaming at men in matching capri pants for not running counterclockwise enough. The practical answer is camouflage: a man staring listlessly at the stereo hutch is catatonic. A man staring listlessly at a baseball game is busy. “Does it make you happy?” is not a question that should apply to baseball, because baseball isn’t a game. It’s a lengthy, grueling, competitive, traditionbound activity that occasionally spikes the senses and is often random and unfair. Sound familiar?

That’s right—it’s a test case for life.

If you think that is arbitrary—or just a thin justification to drink beer— then okay, you’re right about the second part.

But there are powerful parallels between baseball and life itself that offer some teaching moments: • It’s long—Football is appointment television; you stop everything to watch. If you did that for every one of baseball’s 162 games, bill collectors would be in your foyer, waiting for the

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Haz-Mat team to finish cleaning you, before they repossessed your home.

You can’t focus on baseball. You can’t demand results or satisfaction from baseball. You’ll wear yourself down. You just have to let baseball in every spring, flooding the corners of your existence, and dwell in it until it resolves itself. In an era of instant gratification, this kind of trancelike patience can be a weapon. I realized this several years ago, when a needy relationship I was in ran aground during a Tigers-White Sox doubleheader: How many personal problems will work themselves out if you simply remain inert until they go away? Watching baseball has helped me out of several dreary career paths and thorny social encounters, because it taught me to sit and stare for so long, people concluded I was dead.

• Most of it is boring—there are baseball fans who insist this isn’t so.

Baseball, they say, is alive with so many microscopic nuances that every moment is a treat if you just know where to look. There’s a name for these people: boring people. They’re just excited because baseball is speaking their language. Of course baseball is boring most of the time.

Know what else is boring most of the time? Life. It’s a simple fact that people need monotony. It grounds us. It gives us context. It is the dull soil from which exciting moments spring up and flower. You know what’s exciting ALL the time? A Richard Simmons workout video. Try dwelling in one of those for awhile.

• It is rife with failure—Modern culture has a highlight reel mentality.

Watch thirty seconds of game clips on SportsCenter and you come to believe that success is a decisive, black-andwhite proposition. Watching a whole baseball game teaches you that success is always a hard-won grind against the odds: a good hitter will still fail two times out of three; an ace pitcher still coughs up two to three runs a game; a dedicated fan can only avoid his wife for five to six innings before she

finds him in the guest bathroom with a radio and demands he do yardwork.

• It is not something won, or lost, in a day—Not long ago, after an egregiously blown save opportunity, the Diamondbacks’ closer was asked how he’d address his debacle. “I’ll forget about it,” he said. “It’s a long season. And that’s what you gotta do: shake it off. Start the next day like it never happened.” While wholly unsatisfying from a fan standpoint, it’s some of the best life advice I have ever heard.

• It demands patience and fidelity—I have divorced baseball before. Usually during a losing streak, an offensive drought, or when a manager refuses to admit that their expensive closer is, in fact, a human gas can. “I’m done!” I tell my wife, who is kind enough to act like she hasn’t heard this before, and stalk out.

The fact is, I have divorced baseball many times—I am baseball’s Gabor sister. The split never lasts longer than the time it takes for a dramatic win, and it often concludes as soon as I hear a ball hit sharply from another room. Baseball is a relentless, up-and-

down affair, like a rollercoaster or marriage to an Italian. The fact that I always return to it is either horrible co-dependency or intense loyalty, depending on where the team is in the standings. So, why do people stick?

• It is, occasionally, miraculous— When the Diamondbacks won the Series in 2011, my wife jumped across a coffee table wide enough to trip a show horse. When the Detroit Tigers won the Series in 1968, my dad began speaking in whalesong.

When the Chicago Cubs clinched the NL East Division in 1989, we flooded Wrigleyville and I got to chest bump a cop. Like life, baseball sets off its overarching routines with moments of transcendance. For all the repetition, for every stinging disappointment, for all its mind-numbing routines, baseball doesn’t pay off like a game. (“Hey! We won!”) It pays off like a relationship, with everything you ever put into it and more. You’ll see a flicker of it in the eyes of a Pittsburgh Pirate fan if you mention 1979, or a Red Sox fan if you mention Game Six. All that failure becomes a dark frame for a bright moment you’ll never forget.

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President Obama’s fierce That is up to the finder of fact in court opposition to the keystone to establish. And lest the public forget, pipeline and his insidious war we have a principal of justice in this on coal reveal that the entire American country to the effect that a person is way of life is ultimately under assault. deemed innocent until proven guilty.— Name Withheld Please (I don’t want to After reading so many go through what Deen is going through.) comments expressing righteous indignation toward Obama (not that he doesn’t deserve it) and Think again. Stop fighting the legalization of Latino the Muslims who are supposed to be immigrants. You’re going behind some kind of world takeover, to need their help to control the next it bears mentioning that Obama is a onslaught of Muslim invasion. Believe Zionist puppet and is owned largely by the same factions that paint Muslims it or not, that’s the future. as terrorists and who have hijacked the Hi. I picked up the June issue U.S. government—yes, Israel. Obama and I was reading the “Old is nothing more than the front man, Bag.” I responded to her via doing what he is told by the corporate email, but I wanted to make a Sound Off thugs that own him, while Americans comment in case this isn’t printed in the squirm in their stew!—Alan Scott “Ask the Old Bag” column. The letter was about the friend who reads the Bible In reference the Lovin’ Life After who was disappointed in her adulterous 50 Sound Off entry which friend. She was told to look the other stated that Maj. Hasan was “still way. I wanted to say that looking the getting his salary of $278,000.” Major other way is never the right thing to do. Hasan served eight years as an enlisted I can quote the Bible; James 5:20 says member and 10 years—to date—as an you may be sure whoever brings a sinner officer. At most, his current pay as an back from the wrong path will save his O-4 with 18 years cumulative service soul from death and cover a multitude would be $7,283 a month, or $87,396 of sins. She’s a good friend for being yearly. The $278,000 figure, which was concerned for her adulterous friend. I initially reported by the Dallas-Fort just hope she can help her turn from her Worth NBC affiliate, Channel 5, and ways. Thank you. confirmed by the DOD, reflects his pay since the November 2009 shooting.— In its DOMA decision, the Irene Silverman, U.S. Navy, Ret. Supreme Court has made it clear that the federal I would like to reply to Helen government must treat all citizens the Lederer who thinks it’s too bad same when it comes to tax benefits and that Mr. Alexander can’t count other government benefits. That being his blessings and learn to enjoy his life the case, it is time to treat unmarried after 50. I have to ask her: Are you taxpayers the same as married not aware of what is going on in our taxpayers. It is time to eliminate all country? Do you really approve of the federal benefits to citizens simply Obama administration fundamentally because they are married or have changing our country into a socialist, children. Single citizens are as “equal left wing, liberal one? Just think about under the law” as are married same-sex Europe, Helen. Do you want the couples.—Jack C. McVickers United States to become Europe?

Thank God for Mr. Alexander, who is Are you listening to the Sunday intelligent enough to know the danger morning talking heads? Do our country is in and is trying to warn you realize the trouble with the public. Get educated Helen, please.

Washington today is we no longer have any Washingtons, Jeffersons, Newspaper news is annoying.

Madisons or Adamses. We just have these talking heads that we forgot to raise to be Americans for America— not themselves for their guaranteed job in Congress. Are you noticing now? ...continues on page 26

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hese are things you know about your son—a son who died when he was 25. They are secrets whispered in the dark, privileged information that you hold on to with all your strength. It’s like a private club with two members celebrating a life cut short—a life that should have more secrets to share with each other. These are 10 things only you know for sure. Part one appeared in July’s Lovin’ Life After 50. Part three will appear in the September edition of Lovin’ Life After 50.

Part 2 Five When he ate malted-milk balls, he sucked the chocolate off first. Thinking you weren’t watching, he’d roll the candies from one side of his mouth to the other, making the sort of tiny noises you’d imagine a chipmunk would make, or a small bird, or something else tiny and cute. Sometimes, to tease him, you’d ask a question just to hear him talk, and his words would come out all lumpy and garbled, pushed around the sides of the candy. “What?” you’d say, teasing. “I don’t understand.” But no matter how much you teased, he never chewed.

Six You received a call from the school secretary. She told you your 9-year old son wanted to talk with you. There was a moment of silence while the phone changed hands. He was in fourth grade and you panicked thinking the worst.

“Mom,” he said. You could hear him panting as if he had just finished running a race. “I’m sorry. I took your diamond ring this morning and hid it.

I want to tell you where it is.”

You hadn’t even missed it, you thought to yourself.

“Where is it and why would you take it,” you asked him.

“I don’t know why, but it’s in the bathroom under the sink.”

You told him not to worry and that you both could talk about it after school. His voice sounded calmer, as if some tension was released after telling you his secret.

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Seven He became moody and restless in junior high. You try and remember what happened, but you don’t recall all the circumstances. Maybe you don’t want to know them. Maybe it’s too painful, a reminder of what went on and how the divorce affected him.

One day he announced that he took a few pills. You didn’t know whether it was aspirin or Tylenol or the exact number of pills taken. You call the family pediatrician and he tells you to give him Ipecac to expel the meds.

He spent three weeks in a psych unit with other teens who had problems.

The medications the doctors prescribed changed him into a zombie with slurred speech. His eyes were dull, he moved in slow motion, and had trouble gathering his thoughts. You visited him twice a day, but he seemed distant, like someone you didn’t know. It wasn’t until you took him home, tapered the dosage, and then discontinued the meds completely that he came back to you.

Eight He had a few girlfriends when he was in high school. You always liked his taste in girls. They were smart, sweet and pretty. The girls fell hard for him, but he never wanted to settle down.

He was always worried he’d miss something better in life.

His friends came over at all hours of the night wanting to know if they could talk with him. When you asked him what they wanted, he replied, “I’m selling sunglasses to the kids at school.”

Somehow you never believed that story.

You remember when he wanted to go to prom, rent a limousine with a few friends and enjoy the evening.

You offered to drive him and his friends because you thought he’d get in trouble. He went in the limo anyway and survived the experience. You are glad he didn’t listen to you.

Nine He predicted a first complete-game shutout for the Diamondbacks with Omar Daal pitching, scattering four

between your seats and the announcers’ voices drifted up in bits and snatches, and part of him was sitting next to you eating a hot dog and cheering while part of him was that child sprawled in the dark listening to distant voices.

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hits in a 4-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Bank One Ballpark (1998).

It was a warm day in July, the kind of day you look out the window and think about going to a baseball game.

He’d grown up listening to games, sprawled sideways across his bed in the dark tuned into AM stations from faraway Chicago, New York, St. Louis.

He remembered the call letters and could reel them off like a secret code.

Sometimes he brought a radio to the games and balanced it on the armrest

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As we get older, we tend to lose our inhibitions. We don’t focus so much on maintaining our “cool factor” as we did in our 20s and 30s. Rather, we choose to proudly let our “freak flag fly.”

Younger people might think we’re out of touch, but we know better. We get to fully be us for the first time in our lives! We get to finally let our guard down. We get to become lovable weirdos!

Some people get the “don’t give a bleep” attitude down before others.

Some of history’s greatest figures were considered outcasts of their time. We toast to those fanciful freaks in this month’s trivia contest.

Trivia–Freaky geniuses

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What famous inventor and artist was born out of wedlock and therefore given a surname that reflected where he was born?

What filmmaker obsessed about the size of peas and used a special fork to sort them by size?

What musician was reported to forbid eye contact in the height of his career?

What teenage folk heroine led French armies into battle?

Michel de Nostredame is better known by this name.

To enter simply:

On a sheet of paper list the correct answers in order 1 through 5.

Include your full name, mailing address, phone number and an email address (if you have one).

Mail your trivia contest entry to: Lovin’ Life After 50 Attn: Trivia Contest 3200 N. Hayden, Suite 210 Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Or email your entry to: trivia@lovinlifeafter50.com The deadline for entry is the 15th of each month. Please be sure to have your entry postmarked by that date.

If you’re a winner in our drawing we’ll contact you via telephone. Good luck!

Contest Prizes Two tickets on the Grand Canyon Railway One-night stay at InnSuites, valid at several Southwest cities

July 2013 Winners Two tickets on the Grand Canyon Railway Barbara Jaffe One-night stay at InnSuites Bill Carson

Last Month’s Answers

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the president who threw out the most opening day baseballs.

“Under God” was added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954.

Squanto taught the pilgrims how to grow corn and catch eel.

In 1938 the Fourth of July become a paid national holiday.

“This Land is Your Land,” contains the lyrics: “One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple. By the Relief Office I saw my people. As they stood hungry, I stood there wondering...”

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: : by Gayle M. Lagman-Creswick

ote: This letter was too long to print its entirety. I will extract what I believe to be the gist of the letter for my readers. This letter was written in response to the letter from the Bible-reading woman who wrote that she was worried about the soul of her friend whom she defined as adulterous. She did not like my answer or my quote from the Bible “Judge not lest ye be judged.”

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ear Old Bag: ... He has told us to be witnesses to these folks. How can we be witnesses...if we just look the other way while they live their ungodly lifestyles?...Yes, God does indeed call us to tell all sinners that their lifestyle is wrong; we are not to bless their lifestyle by looking the other way. So, yes, in that respect, we are to judge those living in sin. God is telling us to warn them of the consequences of their sin lifestyle...He is not telling us to look the other way...Signed, Another Bible Reader

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ear Bible Reader: I am no match for Bible students nor do I pretend to be. I do respect your opinion.

I also remember the Bible story which said, “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.” I for one do not cast stones, and I have to say that I am glad you are not my friend; but I do thank you for writing. Signed, O.B.

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ear Old Bag: (Also an excerpt from a long letter) I would like your help in starting a movement...

My mama used to say, “We are all children of God.” In society I found myself labeled everything from a “dirty Mexican” to a “Spanish-American” (by the nicer folks...) Guess what? I’m a human being, woman, American, whose brothers fought for my (our) freedom... in Vietnam...I have now met people from everywhere in the world. We are all human beings on the planet who could respect one another even if our politics or religions are different. ...I feel very rich in spirit and I feel truly grateful that I am blessed to be: An American Woman.

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ear American Woman: Thank you for your spirited and

touching letter. If we could begin this movement, and move it successfully, there would be no war. Let us do it! I’m in. It is “better to light one little candle than to stumble in the dark.” Thank you, American Woman! Signed, O.B.

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ear Old Bag: I would like to say to the woman who was wanting to take separate vacations: My husband and I have been taking separate vacations for years, for the same reason she wants to take a separate one. We could not get along once we hit the road. I highly recommend separate vacations. In our case we are always happy to get back together and hear about each other’s trip. I actually think it has strengthened our marriage.

Signed, Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder!

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ear Grow Fonder: Thanks for sharing. I guess there is such a thing as too much togetherness.

Signed, O.B.

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ear Old Bag: I heard by way of the grapevine that you recently lost your husband and I want to speak on behalf of your readers to let you know that you have our deepest sympathy. I have been there myself.

Bless you. Signed, Sorry for Your Loss

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ear Sorry: Thank you for the condolence. This was a second marriage for us and, in truth, it was the best 12 and a half years of my life. He was older than I, so I was just praying for a few good years...and look what we had! We had so much fun enjoying jazz, sports, travel and friends. The last year I pretty much took care of him, and it was truly an honor. He was the most appreciative man in the world. I will miss him, but I am happy he did not have to suffer anymore. Thanks again. Signed, O.B. If you have a question for The Old Bag, please send it to: Ask the Old Bag c/o Lovin’ Life After 50, 3200 N. Hayden Road, Suite 210, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 or lagmancreswick@cox.net.

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Sound Off ... from page Of8 Some can’t help but have

sympathy for the poor, kept ignorant Muslim brothers who have no idea how much better off their future will be under a democracy of Egypt. They are only taught revenge, revenge, revenge. It’s equal to the dummies in this country that don’t know what’s going on either.

To all the Obama supporters who credit the president for the stock market rise, here’s the reason. The federal bank has pumped trillions into the economy, kept interest rates at near zero, and pushed investors away from low-yield bonds to stocks.

This does not make for a stable market.

Please stop blaming the outspoken of the world for every sick, sad, sorry issue. In case you haven’t noticed, it’s the silent majority’s fault because they just always stay silent. Shame on them.

The liberal media and corporations have taken political correctiveness to a new low of absurdity and hypocrisy concerning their treatment of Paula Deen. Major corporations are dropping Deen from their accounts and the media is having a pseudo frenzy because Deen made a derogatory remark about African Americans in her own home 30 years ago. If that’s the case then I find it highly insensitive and derogatory being labeled a “white man.” From now on, I want to be referred to in the PC language as a Caucasian of European descent Italian/ Czechoslovakian.—Bill Spotts My thanks to Drew Alexander for his reminding us what America’s all about in his “Curmudgeon” article “What Would the Founders Say?” Maybe it’s time for a second American Revolution. ... Your cover story “50 and Fabulous” has given me encouragement about the quality of women, like 56-year-old Raven Valdes, who looks 40ish. It gave me hope that my life as a divorced, single father may someday progress to a better future. ...

The Sound Off entries were interesting, too. Why can’t we support our president instead of attacking him? He doesn’t have a crystal ball and can’t control world events, but can only react to them as they unfold. I’m proud of him and his family.—Edwin De Jesus Sr., Tucson

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course the gun-packing bullies go free when common sense cannot be unscrambled from the mixed up, purposely undecipherable laws of the land. It protects them all. God help the rest of us.

One hundred years ago, the U.S. Census recorded its population as white, negro, Oriental or other—whatever “other” is supposed to be. Today, we are all “other.” The 2020 census will show that. E Pluribus Unum. It’s on all the paperwork. E Pluribus Unum. Got it?!

Nancy Pelosi claims that “abortion is sacred because of my Catholic religion.”

Would someone please explain what this means? I think it’s time for Pelosi to retire. She has said some really weird things.

The Rasmussen poll found that 26 percent of Obama supporters view the Tea Party as the nation’s top terror threat! They don’t feel that the radical Muslims are as dangerous. It proves the mentality of those who support Obama. Re: the June 2013 column by Drew Alexander.

Drew. it should not surprise a mature gentleman such as yourself that the U.S. government sends millions of our sparkling tax dollars to foreign governments that repress their citizens’ expression of freedom—religious or otherwise. The modern history of the United States is rife with support—be it military, monetary, dark ops—of regimes far from virgin pure. In addition, many of the “bad guy” governments came to power and/or stayed in power thanks to the machinations of the U.S government (with U.S. corporations lurking in the shadows). At the very least, the Morsi government of Egypt that you reference, was duly elected by the citizens of Egypt in free elections in 2012. I get the feeling your column was written in a veiled attempt to paint President Obama as anti-Christian/ anti-Catholic, of which he is neither.

Your willingness to carry water for the Republican Outrage Machine is apparent every month in your column.

Be wary of toadying up to the “thick knobs” that have hijacked your party Drew, they are the same ones destroying it.—James Wilson, Tucson

Have you noticed sometimes the ignorant, juvenile level of some adults seen on TV make even uneducated people shake their heads in disbelief. Stupid is just not funny. It’s just not funny.

Who are these ignorant, narrow-minded prejudice people who dare to call their TV productions entertainment? Joke’s on them, Mr. Ignoramus.

Morning. Of course the gunpacking bullies go free again when common sense cannot be unscrambled from the mixed up, purposely undecipherable law of the land that protects them. Disgusting.

Disgusting people in Florida today.

We keep hearing that science is helping Americans live longer. As a senior citizen, aged 70 with 20 medical conditions, I’m paying to get there. What bothers me is a lot of preventative care didn’t happen in the ‘90s, even though as someone who was in the workplace for 30-plus years and always covered with medical plans covered by my employer, this didn’t happen. A doctor of mine about to retire leveled with me and explained to me that if I had a nonlifethreatening condition, the insurance company saved money by postponing a diagnosis and delivery of service, such as surgery, for a decade. That just literally flattened me for a while.

I’ve been mulling it over ever since.

That was in 2004. That is how health insurance works, folks. I don’t think we’re going to be served any worse by Obamacare. It may seem like things are getting worse, but something has to be done. Health care is not about profit. It’s about delivering health care. Some people are getting rich and others are dying because they’re not getting the health care they paid for.

Amen.

Oh yippee. Guess what?

I was a winner in the $10 million Publisher’s Clearing House giveaway. They sent me three $400’s worth of vouchers to buy more products I don’t need or want. What a phony rip off. All these years you dumb public. Stop wasting your time in believing in dumb Publisher’s Clearing House advertisers. Poor suckers.

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August 6 Tuesday Cienega Creek Nature Walk, 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Gabe Zimmerman Davidson Canyon Trailhead at Cienega Creek Natural Preserve, 16000 E. Marsh Station Rd., free but reservations required, 615-7855, eeducation@pima. gov. Explore the cool, shaded trails at the Cienega Creek Natural Preserve during this guided morning nature walk.

August 7 Wednesday Chris Isaak, 7:30 p.m. Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St., $34 to $98, 547-3040, www. foxtucsontheatre.org.

August 8 Thursday Green Valley Stroke Support Group, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Zuni Room, La Perla at La Posada, 635 S. Park Center Ave., free but reservations required, 626-2901.

Facilitated by Leslie Ritter, PhD, RN, and supported by The University of Arizona Medical Center, College of Nursing and Sarver Heart Center. For stroke survivors and caregivers to learn more about stroke, to find positive solutions to shared concerns and to unite in support of each other.

National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees Inc., 11 a.m., The Golden Corral, 4380 E. 22nd St., $11, 722-7994, 885-5649. All veteran railroad employees, retired or still working, are invited.

Alzheimer’s Support Group, 1:30 p.m., repeats Aug. 22, The Forum at Tucson, 2500 N. Rosemont, free but reservations required, 325-4800. The Forum at Tucson is hosting an ongoing support group open to the public with facilitator Jessie Pergrin, R.N. Receive encouragement, compassion, practical advice and solutions.

August 9 Friday Nature Nights: Bats, Bats, Bats!, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Pima County Brandi Fenton Park Visitor Center, 3482 E. River Rd., free, 615-7855. Explore the fascinating lives of bats through family friendly activities and watch bats in flight.

August 10 Saturday Tour of Hacienda de la Canoa, 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Historic Hacienda de la Canoa, 5375 S. Interstate 19 Frontage Rd., Green Valley, free but reservations required, 877-6004 or CanoaRanch@pima.gov. Join a walking tour of the Canoa Ranch headquarters to gain insights into the fascinating stories of the people that lived and worked on the ranch.

Arts and Culture of Ancient Southern Arizona Hohokam Indians, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Pima County Brandi Fenton Park Visitor Center, 3482 E. River Rd., free, 615-7855, eeducation@pima.gov. Archaeologist Allen Dart presents a program illustrating the material culture of the Hohokam, their relationships to the natural world, religious practices and deities, and possible reasons for the eventual demise of their way of life.

Birthday Night, 6:30 p.m., Singles & Friends Inc., 2447 N. Los Altos Rd., $5 members, $7 nonmembers, 623-7875, www.singlesandfriendsinc.com, www. facebook.com/singlesandfriendsinc. Join the group to celebrate birthdays with DJ Dale. Birthday cake and sandwiches are furnished, while guests are asked to bring a side dish to share.

Introduction to Computers, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Valencia Branch Library, 202 W. Valencia Rd., free, 5945390. In this fun, hands-on course, students will learn all the basic computer skills, including using the mouse and keyboard, working in Microsoft Windows, using Microsoft Word, surfing the Internet and using email.

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Puzzle Up!, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., Sam Lena-South Tucson, 1607 S. Sixth Ave., South Tucson, free, 594-5265. Drop in to play a wide variety of games.

August 12 Monday Tucson Community Stroke Support Group, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., University of Arizona Medical Center, Cafeteria Dining Room C, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., free but reservations required, 626-2901. Facilitated by Leslie Ritter, PhD, RN, and supported by The University of Arizona Medical Center, College of Nursing and Sarver Heart Center. For stroke survivors and caregivers to learn more about stroke, to find positive solutions to shared concerns and to unite in support of each other.

Ask the Expert: Ethical Wills Writing Lecture/ Workshop, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., The Forum at Tucson, 2500 N. Rosemont, free but reservations required, 325-4800. Join estate planning attorney Ronald Zack as he explains the ethical will and gives you the tools to create your own. As a traditional will of inheritance passes on your possessions, an ethical will passes on your values to your family in the same way.

August 13 Tuesday Cienega Creek Birding Walk, 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.., Gabe Zimmerman Canyon Trailhead at Cienega Creek Natural Preserve, 16000 E. Marsh Station Rd., free, 615-7855, eeducation@pima.gov. Join birding expert Jeff Babson on a casual stroll through the cottonwoods and willows to spot songbirds as well as raptors and other surprises.

August 14 Wednesday Tucson Bird and Wildlife Festival, Aug. 14 thru Aug. 18, Riverpark Inn, 350 S. Freeway, admission varies, http://tucsonaudubon.org/festival. Witness monsoon birding, field trips and workshops with renowned leaders; socials and dinner programs featuring keynoters Rick Taylor and Richard Crossley.

Wednesday Sonoran Desert Weedwackers, 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., Pima County Tucson Mountain Park, 2020 N. Kinney Rd., free but reservations required, 6157055, eeducation@pima.gov. Join the Sonoran Desert Weedwackers to eradicate buffelgrass and fountain grass in Tucson Mountain Park.

Beat the Heat with Something Sweet, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., The Forum at Tucson, 2500 N. Rosemont, free but reservations required, 325-4800. Partake in the ice cream social/open house during which the sales team will be available for tours.

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“Friday Night Live!” concert series, 7 p.m., Geronimo Plaza Courtyard at Main Gate Square, University Boulevard between Park and Euclid streets, 797-3959, http://saaca.org/Main_Gate_Square.html.

Concert features Annon and The Late Show performing Latin jazz and R&B. “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” screening, 7:30 p.m., repeats 2 p.m. Aug. 18, Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St., $5 to $7, 547-3040.

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August 17 Saturday Saturday Sonoran Desert Weedwackers, 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., Pima County Tucson Mountain Park, 2020 N. Kinney Rd., free but reservations required, 615-7855, eeducation@ pima.gov. Work may require hiking and pulling buffelgrass on steep slopes. Meeting locations change frequently.

Welcome Back Wildcats Dance and Potluck, 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., Singles and Friends Inc., 2447 N. Los Altos Rd., $5 members, $7 nonmembers, 623-7875, www.singlesandfriendsinc.com. DJs Patti and Lowell provide the music, while finger foods are furnished. Guests should bring a side dish to share.

August 18 Sunday Puzzle Up!, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., Sam Lena-South Tucson, 1607 S. Sixth Ave., South Tucson, free, 594-5265. Drop in to play a wide variety of games.

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Dupont as he takes us through Imperial China and Tibet with exciting photographs and tales of adventure.

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August 21 Wednesday Know the 10 Signs: Early Detection Matters, 1:30 p.m., Rincon United Church of Christ Fellowship Hall, 122 N. Craycroft, call for cost, 322-6601. Workshop will provide attendees with an understanding of the difference between age-related memory loss and Alzheimer’s.

August 22 Thursday Alzheimer’s Support Group, 1:30 p.m., The Forum at Tucson, 2500 N. Rosemont, free but reservations required, 325-4800. The Forum at Tucson is hosting an on-going support group open to the public with facilitator Jessie Pergrin, R.N. Receive encouragement, compassion, practical advice and solutions.

August 23 Friday Friday Film, 9:30 a.m., Salazar-Ajo Branch Library, 33 Plaza, Ajo, free, 387-6075. Start your weekend with a free Friday film.

August 24 Saturday Southern Arizona Salsa and Tequila Challenge, 6 p.m., La Encantada Shopping Center, northwest corner of Skyline and Campbell Avenue, $40, 797-3959. More than 50 chefs and restaurants will compete for top honors.

Tucson Mountain Park Birding Walk, 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., Tucson Mountain Park Ironwood Picnic Area, 1548

S. Kinney Rd., free, 615-7855, eeducation@pima.gov. Join birding expert Jeff Babson for a guided bird walk in Tucson Mountain Park to spot canyon towhees, rufous-winged sparrows, Gila woodpeckers and other birds of the desert southwest.

Hawaiian Night, 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., Singles and Friends Inc., 2447 N. Los Altos Rd., $5 members, $7 nonmembers, 623-7875, www.singlesandfriendsinc.com.

DJs Patti and Lowell provide the music, while barbecue beef sandwiches and potato salad are furnished. Guests should bring a side dish to share.

August 25 Sunday NAMI Expressive Arts Group, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Joel D. Valdez Main Lower Level 1 meeting room, 101 N. Stone Ave., email for cost, expressivearts@namisa.org.

The group supports people living with or with a history of serious mental illness.

August 26 Monday Medicare Fraud, Error and Abuse Workshop, 10 a.m., Alzheimer’s Association Office, 3003 S. Country Club, Suite 209, call for cost, 322-6601. Workshop provided by Pima Council on Aging.

Imperial China and Tibet, 1:30 p.m., The Forum at Tucson, 2500 N. Rosemont, free but reservations required, 325-4800. Join local musician and world traveler John

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August 27 Tuesday Cienega Creek Nature Walk, 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Gabe Zimmerman Davidson Canyon Trailhead at Cienega Creek Natural Preserve, 16000 E. Marsh Station Rd., free but reservations required, 615-7855, eeducation@pima. gov. Explore the cool, shaded trails at the Cienega Creek Natural Preserve during this guided morning nature walk.

Birding at Sweetwater Wetlands, 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Sweetwater Wetlands, 2667 W. Sweetwater Dr., free, 6157855, eeducation@pima.gov. Expect to see a great variety of birds including migrating warblers and flycatchers, as well as water birds, raptors, and other surprises. This leisurely walk on easy trails is led by birding expert Jeff Babson.

August 28 Wednesday Wednesday Sonoran Desert Weedwackers, 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., Pima County Tucson Mountain Park, 2020 N. Kinney Rd., free but reservations required, 6157855, eeducation@pima.gov. Join the Sonoran Desert Weedwackers to eradicate buffelgrass and fountain grass in Tucson Mountain Park. Work may require hiking and pulling buffelgrass on steep slopes.

August 29 Thursday Friends of the Kirk-Bear Canyon Library Book Discussion Group, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Kirk-Bear Canyon

August 30 Friday Intro to Digital Downloads, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Kirk-Bear Canyon Branch Library, 8959 E. Tanque Verde, free, 594-5275. This class will give students the information needed to download ebooks, audiobooks and videos.

August 31 Saturday Honey Bee Canyon Park Birding Walk, 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., Honey Bee Canyon Park, 13880 N. Rancho Vistoso Blvd., Oro Valley, free, 615-7855, eeducation@ pima.gov. Join birding expert Marjorie Flory for a guided bird walk in Honey Bee Canyon to spot Gambel’s quail, verdin, gnatcatchers and other birds of the southwest desert.

Labor Day Weekend Potluck and Dance, 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., Singles and Friends Inc., 2447 N. Los Altos Rd., $5 members, $7 nonmembers, 623-7875, www.singlesandfriendsinc.com, www.facebook.com/ singlesandfriendsinc. DJ Dale provides the music as casseroles are furnished. Guests are asked to bring a side dish to share.

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Technology: ‘We No Longer Have Landlines’ : : By Lesone Sams, Arizona Relay Service

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We’ve come a long way from Edison’s inventions of the phonograph and telegraph in the 1870s. From snail mail to email and from landline devices to wireless devices. While the need to communicate hasn’t changed, the way we communicate certainly has.

But with communication technology improving so rapidly, are the days of using devices like TTY (text telephone) over? Are cell phones, iPads, videophones, and IP-based services like VRS (Video Relay Service) the communication modes of the future?

Technology affects many aspects of our lives. Just look how plugged in we are. Thanks to all of the technological gadgetry out there for communicating virtually anything we say can be communicated with the push of a button. As we look at the next generation of technologies, we need to make sure those services are contemplated now so that individuals will be ready to use those services in the future.

Goodbye Landlines The once popular landline telephone has gone by the wayside as technology evolution has created more wireless and Internet-based options for individuals to communicate. Even the deaf and the hard-of-hearing community have cut the cord on traditional landlines and have started to move toward more convenient and mobile relay service options.

So, what can those who are hard-ofhearing expect?

Well, for starters—more accessibility.

As technology continues to advance so will Relay Service options. VRS (Video Relay Services) is accessed by contacting the relay service via a videophone or a webcam on a personal computer, laptop, iPad, smartphone or other tablet, together with videophone software or apps. With this service, those with a hearing loss and prefer to use sign language can communicate virtually anywhere there is a Wi-Fi connection.

In addition, the evolving abilities of the Internet will provide more Internet Protocol (IP) Relay Service options for individuals. Gone are the days of only using TTY devices—through the use of the Internet, IP Relay Services give individuals the ability to make calls from their computers through a relay service website or instant messaging.

And because IP Relay Services now support various methods of communications, individuals with hearing loss will have greater accessibility with IP Relay Services to communicate with others through the use of Web browsers, mobile phone apps, text messaging, instant messaging and real-time text methods.

Things to Consider As humans continue to become more dependent on technology to communicate, improvements will be made to devices and the ways we use to communicate will continue to evolve.

And as these changes unfold—be prepared to upgrade to a device and service that will support advancing technology.

Devices to consider: • Smartphone with text messaging and

video chat capabilities • iPad or tablet enabled with Wi-Fi capability • Internet access via a desktop or laptop computer • Webcam • Mobile apps like Facetime and Skype • Differentiating features from Relay Service providers This new technology has opened many doors for the deaf and hardof-hearing community, connecting individuals and communities across a broad range of spectrums and improving the ways in which communities and individuals share information.

The goal of Arizona Relay Service is to remove the loss of freedom or the feeling of isolation that can be associated with hearing loss. By taking advantage of this free service, Arizonans who are deaf, hard-ofhearing or who have difficulty speaking can continue to stay in touch with their loved ones in the hearing communities, regardless of where they live.

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he sign says we’re entering stables for our first horseback ride. paradise. I’m skeptical. The Everyone else is wearing a cowboy six of us—my husband, myself, our hat or riding helmet. We, on the other son, daughter-in-law and their two hand, are decked out in baseball caps children—are about to spend a week and bonnets. Oh dear! at a top-rated guest ranch. Back We exhaust the first wrangler when in December when we’d made the he tries to take us out on the trail. reservations, we’d all agreed that this Grandson can’t make his horse move. would be a perfect experience for our Daughter-in-law’s horse goes backward intergenerational group, but now I’m when she pulls too hard on the reigns. I having second thoughts. can’t make mine stop eating.

We’re city folks through and But that afternoon a second wrangler through—better at driving four-lane takes us into the arena for a course in highways than riding four-legged Horseback Riding Basics. creatures, more familiar with walking Granddaughter’s journal, day one: My through manicured parks than hiking horse’s name is Pollywog. I thought the horse on canyon trails. And we’re used to would know what to do, but today I found plucking fish from market showcases, out that I’m the one who’s supposed to know what to do. not from mountain streams.

The next morning we ride a trail— But here we are, on a mountain road in north-central Wyoming. We round a across a stream, up a rocky mountain curve, and I catch my first glimpse of path, through a meadow, back to the Paradise Guest Ranch. It’s in a valley stables. Grandson declares that “now surrounded by more than a million we’re really cowboys.” By Wednesday acres of Bighorn National Forest, we’re beginning to feel like pros. and with the hills awash with wildflowers, it’s breathtakingly beautiful. Then I see the corral, and I feel a rumble in the pit of my stomach. The kids—ages 9 and 6—have never been on a horse; the rest of us have a combined total of, perhaps, 10 hours of horseback-riding experience. Will we be the only novices in a group of experts?

The answer becomes clear the Guests of all ages tend to gather around the swimming next morning when we go to the pool in late afternoon.

Granddaughter’s journal, day four: I think a trot. Six days has transformed them I’ve learned Pollywog’s personality, which is both from Western Wimps to Cowboy that sometimes he wants to do things his way. Champs.

But it’s at the square dance where But now I can sometimes make him do things granddaughter really shines. Blonde my way.

The week progresses, offering us a hair flying, she allemandes left and mix of family time and circles right. Wrangler individual time. We Dave grabs grandson’s ride together and eat hand. “Come on, Buddy. together, but in between Let’s dance!” he calls, we can each explore our as he propels a grinning own interests. Daughtergrandson ‘round the in-law and I take a long room. (for us) hike—proudly Then, the next morning, we have our puffing our way along trails that rise to an first crisis. None of us elevation of nearly 8,000 A 9-year-old girl who takes want to leave. “Wait! ballet dancing in the city becomes feet. Son tries his hand at a fan of square dancing.

We have to go down to the barn to say goodbye fly-fishing, and husband finishes two books and starts a third. to Pollywog.” “Wait! We have to take The kids spend off-horse time doing one more picture of the fishing pond.” crafts or swimming in the pool.

Wait, wait, wait! It takes us two hours After dinner, the counselors entertain to say our goodbyes and get into the the kids while the adults have a chance car. to get to know each other. Out of 12 Grandson’s comment, day seven: I like to groups, five are adults only; the rest watch sports, and Wyoming doesn’t have any have children ranging from toddlers professional sports teams. But that’s OK. It’s to teens. Only three, like us, are first- still paradise. timers.

Every day we learn something new. www.paradiseranch.com One day we have a lesson on wildflowers. Another day we hear stories of Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, who had an “Outlaw Cave” nearby. And another time we watch a moose moseying around the grounds near the fishing pond.

Saturday is Rodeo Day, a chance for the kids to show off their equestrian skills. “Mount your horse.” Grandson is too short to do it alone—a ranger has to lift him on—but he grabs the reigns like a pro. “Circle the barrels.” While experienced fishermen go on all-day outings to No problem. “Weave between the more remote locations, others choose to practice on the poles.” Granddaughter does it at ranch proper.

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Fridays With Wallace Bill “Wallace” Thompson and his wife, Katie, are flanked by admirers who regularly have lunch with the long-running children’s television actor.

His sidekick’s not exactly Ladmo, and the Arizona Duuude is no Captain Super. But lunches with Bill “Wallace” Thompson may be the funniest, and the sweetest, weekly get-together in Arizona.

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hey meet every week, at the same old restaurant.

Every Friday at around 11 a.m., they begin slipping through the sliding back door at Bobby Q’s and taking their seats around a big square of tables set up on the dance floor.

Some come with jokes, or a guitar, or a book they’ve written. Many are recognizable faces from local broadcasting history. There’s ‘70s weatherman Dewey Hopper in the corner, repeating what sounds like a bawdy joke about a nurse. Sandy Gibbons from the old “Dialing for Dollars” show is making the rounds, shaking hands. And is that Dolan Ellis in the cowboy hat?

“There’s so many years of experience and media savvy sitting around here,” says Jonathan Abel, himself a former KTAR news director and voice-over artist for radio and TV commercials who knows many in the room from their behind-the-scenes work in Arizona broadcasting.

“There’s writers and publishers, actors and stunt people. There’s wanna-bes, used-to-bes.

There’s several geniuses floating around here, too.”

A few are only loosely connected to the industry, like Tom Ethington, a home improvement contractor who once chaired some fundraiser telethons featuring then-stars Hopper and Gibbons.

“In the ‘60s and ‘70s, anybody who was on local TV was a celebrity,” Ethington says. “People who, in another state, would have been just newscasters. To us, they were like movie stars.”

A few faces around the tables actually made it to the movies. Linda Rae Jurgens had some choice screen time with Tom Cruise in “Top Gun;” her mustachioed husband, Ron Garland, has been a go-to gunslinger type for decades in TV movies and commercials.

Most of them say they come for the camaraderie. Some, toting business cards and headshots, claim they come to these gatherings to “network.”

But really, there’s only one thing that could draw such a big group of extroverted old-timers, some who drive in from Tucson and Prescott, to a weekly lunch in the heat of the Phoenix summer. ...continues on page 20

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Fridays with Wallace... from page 18

It’s Wallace “Him” is Bill Thompson— “Wallace,” to generations of Arizonans who grew up watching the local legend on the “Wallace and Ladmo Show,” which ran on then-independent KPHO-TV for an incredible 35 years, beginning with its humble 1954 debut as “It’s Wallace?” through the show’s local-celebrity-studded, tearful finale in 1989. By the end, “Wallace and Ladmo” was seen all over Arizona, and could even be tuned in from a few neighboring towns in northern Mexico and eastern California.

“I don’t think I’ve ever called him anything but Wallace, or Wall-boy,” says Steve Hoza, a longtime local museum archivist who curates the official exhibition of Wallace and Ladmo memorabilia and also runs the biggest fan website dedicated to the show, WallaceWatchers.com.

“I’ve known Wallace 26 years now,

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“Him,” says Ethington, nodding his head in the direction of the man slowly making his way to the head of the table, with a little help from his wife.

“He’s the reason they all come.”

Every Friday, Wallace takes his same seat at the table, with Katie on his right and I’m still just in awe of him, of his and on his left, his close friend Gibbons, tremendous talent.” About a decade a fellow KPHO alum who would fill in ago, Wallace personally gave Hoza the on the “Wallace and Ladmo Show” legal rights to manage the Wallace and whenever regular Pat McMahon (who Ladmo name and merchandise, an occasionally shows up at the luncheons) honor the überfan says he sometimes was on vacation. still feels unworthy of.

Next to them sits Larry “I go over to his house Chebowski, a former now to have him sign street clown who used to something, and it’s still entertain as an unicyclist the same feeling, after all at Legend City, where these years.”

Wallace and Ladmo Katie Thompson, regularly performed. In the woman who’s been his trademark top hat, married to Bill since 1974 the lanky Chebowski, and is, by all accounts, the who today runs an driving force that keeps entertainment booking him coming to these company and says he luncheons, week after Bob Roloff, also known still rides the unicycle week, has become used to as “Arizona Duuude,” at age 72, can bear an those awestruck reactions. dresses in the colors of the unsettling resemblance “It’s amazing,” she Arizona flag. He travels to Ladimir “Ladmo” says. “They’ve been off the state as “Arizona’s Kwiatkowski, Wallace’s the air since 1989, but No. 1 Fan.” beloved comedic we’ll go someplace to eat and we can partner, who died of lung cancer on hear people talking at the next table: March 2, 1994.

‘Look, It’s Wallace!’ And smiles just Chebowski insists the effect is immediately light up everyone’s faces. unintentional, and can pull up old It’s wonderful, it really is. And he loves photos on his ever-present iPad that everybody.” show him wearing the top hat as far

back as the ‘50s, before Ladmo made the look his own.

“I bowled with Ladmo when he was a cameraman at Channel 5, before he teamed up with Wallace,” says Chebowski. “And I always wore the top hat when I bowled, which Lad would tease me about. I don’t know if it was because of me he started wearing top hats, but I think I was an influence on him.”

Regardless, Wallace and his substitute sidekicks have been slowly drawing their own crowd since the three old friends, along with “Wallace and Ladmo” writer Craig Dingle and Arizona Republic reporter and biographer Richard Ruelas, began the weekly lunch meet-ups around six years ago, originally at the Hole-inthe-Wall restaurant at Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort, near Wallace’s home. The gatherings grew by word of mouth, and changed locations several times, as the size of the group began demanding its own private room— along with a certain level of respect.

Chebowski, who organizes the events and sends out the email invitations, says he dumped one restaurant after they failed to prepare a cake for Wallace on his birthday, cobbling together slices

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N OW O P E N! “Wallace” admirers Glenna Covina, Wes Zimmerman, Marc Faigus and Barb Yuschik join the festivities, which oftentimes feature fans breaking out in song.

of cheesecake instead. He dropped another when they couldn’t guarantee the services of a regular waitress.

Nowadays, it’s not unusual for 30 to 40 people to show up for the lunches at the former Bobby McGee’s, with waitress Monique, which take on the format of a celebrity roast, only with everyone still too in awe of the guest of honor to say anything ungracious.

Before and during the meal, everyone around the table takes turns updating the group on their latest doings, and some take a stab at providing a little entertainment. Abel will sometimes break out his harmonica; actor and former stuntman Rod Wolff will tell a joke or two; and Ellis, when he makes the festivities, will invariably break out in song.

Today, Bob Roloff launches into a bit of his shtick as the Arizona Duuude (“That’s how we’d say it back in the late ‘60s: ‘Hey duuude!’”), a character who wears a shirt emblazoned with the Arizona flag and travels the state emceeing events as “Arizona’s No. 1 Fan.” Next to him is Wyatt Earp, the great-grandnephew of the notorious Tombstone lawman, who travels the world performing a one-man play about his famous namesake. In the way they all tend to look to Wallace for his reaction, many around the table seem to still be auditioning for a spot on the “Wallace and Ladmo Show.”

After the meal, things unwind a little, and everyone begins subtly jostling for time with their hero before he and Katie leave. Gibbons graciously vacates his seat so that others can have a little one-on-one time with Wallace, and one after another, each takes their turn beside the throne. And smiles.

It’s quite possibly the sweetest gettogether that happens in Phoenix on a regular basis, but Wallace himself will

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“Frankly, I don’t know any of these people!” Wallace confides, with a boisterous laugh, when asked how it feels to see such an outpouring of love every week from so many lifelong friends and fans. “But I keep coming here, to find out who they are.”

Stay Tuned He may move a little slower and look a bit frail compared to his heavier heyday, but at 82, Bill “Wallace” Thompson still retains all the irreverent wit and inspired mischievousness that indelibly shaped the sensibilities of the lucky generations of Arizonans who grew up watching his show.

On one Friday, after occasional guest Dolan Ellis serenades the group with a long, solemn reading of his tribute to Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever called “The Last of the Cowboy Sheriffs,” Wallace instantly brings the mood back up by asking Ellis, “So what happened to the second to the last cowboy sheriff ?” When there’s a lull in the action, Wallace will grab Gibbons and the two of them will act out a hastily rehearsed skit in the middle of the room.

His top hat-wearing sidekick is not exactly Ladmo, and the Arizona Duuude is no Captain Super. But for a couple of hours every Friday, it’s as close to classic Wallace as we’re likely to get.

“He still seems to be at the top of his game, at times,” says Abel, who places Thompson in a league with pioneers like Ernie Kovacs and says Wallace’s inventive humor “cut me free from the bonds of colloquial thinking.”

Adds Ellis, after Wallace’s sheriff quip, “Nobody else would ever think to say something like that. That’s why he’s the king.”

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his month I’m sharing two beautiful rice dishes for two different seasons, both from the heart of the Venato region of Italy.

Although the Valley is still hotter than heck in August, it’s the time that we begin transitioning into fall.

Still, our outdoor thermometers read summer temperatures. So, it’s risotto to the rescue—summer and winter versions.

During the springtime in Venice, Italy, the hearty and rich regional favorite risotto lightens up on April 25 in celebration of the Fiesta of St. Mark, Venice’s patron saint. From that point on, Risi Bisi (rice and peas) becomes the Venetian Risotto of spring and summer.

This flavorful main dish is traditionally made with “new” or “spring” peas shelled fresh from the pod. But you can opt for the fresh frozen peas in the bag. (Canned peas are not an option for Risi Bisi, as they would turn to mush.) Risi Bisi can be made with Arborio or Carnaroli rice, as in the traditional risotto. However, Uncle Ben’s Converted Rice (not instant) was our family’s favorite because it is has less starch, making for a lighter consistency. Risi Bisi has a slight soupy quality, so have plenty of chicken or vegetable broth on hand to thin as you see fit. The neutral rice gives way to pops of sweetness from the peas and the prosciutto or bacon adds the perfect savory saltiness to this dish.

The second recipe is a wintertime rice dish that needs no introduction.

Risotto is a classic Italian favorite that can seem intimidating to make but worth the effort. So, just follow the recipe below for a winter haven of happiness in a bowl!

Risi Bisi, Summertime Risotto 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 tablespoons butter 2 cloves fresh garlic, minced

1 medium onion, chopped fine 4 slices of prosciutto or bacon chopped fine 2 cups rice 4 cups chicken or vegetable broth 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated fine 2 cups shelled fresh or fresh frozen peas (not in the can) Salt and pepper to taste In a large pot over medium heat sauté garlic and onion in olive oil and butter until translucent, about 10 minutes. Add chopped prosciutto or bacon and cook for about 3 minutes.

(If using bacon and you want to reduce the amount of bacon fat, cook bacon in microwave for approximately 3 minutes covered.) Then chop and add to garlic and onion mixture. Add rice and stir to combine. Slowly add chicken or vegetable broth and bring to boil. Simmer and cook for about 15 minutes, stirring often. If rice becomes too dry, add more broth or water. When rice is cooked, add 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese and peas, stirring very gently to combine. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve in a shallow bowl. Sprinkle remainder of Parmesan cheese over top. Serves 4.

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Take your Space from Aged to Staged Another way to inspire potential buyers is by showing off a beautifully decorated and elegantly styled home.

To get an expertly polished palace, hire an accredited staging professional, who will assess the space and plan a design that will have homebuyers stopping in their tracks. In fact, homes that are professionally staged spend 83 percent less time on the market, according to a survey conducted

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The first thing the stager will do is declutter your home. Prospective buyers don’t want to be reminded of the home’s current owners, so removing personal photographs, over-the-top decorative items or oversized furniture is an essential part of the process. They might also reconfigure furniture to improve the home’s flow and function.

Lighting is an important factor when showing a home, as well. Stagers will find a way to warm up the space and highlight focal points of the room using strategic light sources, creating an unforgettable space. And since more than 90 percent of potential buyers are searching online prior to visiting a home in person, professionally staged spaces are better able to communicate through photographs than generic shots.

If you’ve already moved out of your house and into your new home, the stager will bring in key furniture and accessories to help house hunters envision themselves living there. Just like a too-cluttered home might turn off some buyers, a blank ho-hum look can give off a lackluster vibe, so staging an empty house can help any buyer see its true potential.

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Throughout history, nurses have served as volunteers and advisors to the March of Dimes and are critical to its mission of improving the health of babies—and are key in comforting families.

It was during the polio epidemic that March of Dimes began its long and rich tradition of working with nurses. Forty thousand nurses volunteered for the Salk polio vaccine field trials in 1954, the largest medical investigation of its kind ever conducted.

President Franklin Roosevelt, who had polio himself, started the March of Dimes in 1938—to put an end to this terrible disease. The March of Dimes funded the research for vaccines developed by Jonas Salk, MD, (1955) and Albert Sabin, MD, (1962) that ended the polio epidemic in the United States and most of the world.

As the only health charity to fulfill its original mission of wiping out polio, March of Dimes has a deep understanding of the need to support those men and women who are delivering patient care to our communities. For the past nine years, the Arizona Chapter has held its Nurse of the Year Awards Gala to honor the thousands of nurses who provide the highest standard of care

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Since its inception, more than 1,000 nurses have been given top honors in their disciplines and $1 million has been raised for March of Dimes Arizona Chapter.

This year, more than 300 nurses throughout the state were nominated. After a rigorous finalist selection process, nurses are reviewed by a winner selection committee—where one nurse is chosen in each of 14 categories. On the night of Aug. 24, 2013, CBS 5 anchors Sean McLaughlin and Nicole Crites will reveal the winners. Funds raised from the event will support the March of Dimes’ mission of preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.

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Insomnia: Causes and Treatment Insomnia, the inability to fall or stay asleep, is the most common sleep complaint among Americans.

It occurs in people of all ages and can lead to daytime sleepiness and fatigue. Insomnia can be transient, due to jet lag, illness or stress; short term, lasting up to three weeks; or chronic, long lasting.

Causes of insomnia Insomnia can be caused by many different things: Certain health conditions: Allergies Anxiety Asthma Chronic cough or pain Depression Heartburn Menopause Postnasal drip Restless leg syndrome Sleep apnea Certain medications including: Some antidepressants Asthma medications Decongestants Diuretics (“water pills”) Steroids Stimulants Thyroid medications Drinking caffeine, exercising, or smoking too close to bedtime.

Environmental factors including bright lights, room temperature and outside noises.

Napping or not getting enough physical activity during the day.

Problems and stress in day-to-day life.

Treatment: Lifestyle changes If you think you have insomnia, you may first want to consider changing some of your sleep habits as listed below.

Try to keep a consistent sleep schedule, wake up and go to bed around the same time every day, even on weekends.

Avoid napping during the day and get into bed only at bedtime.

Exercise regularly, but at least four to six hours before bedtime.

Try to avoid alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine.

Don’t drink large amounts of fluids right before going to sleep.

Remove bright clocks and other sources of light from your bedroom.

Keep the room temperature comfortable.

Treatment: Medications Medications to help you sleep include sedatives, low-dose antidepressants, and over-the-counter (OTC) antihistamines. Sedatives should only be used under the close supervision of a doctor because they can cause tolerance and sometimes dependence. Also, stopping these medications suddenly can cause

rebound insomnia and withdrawal.

To avoid feeling groggy the next day, get eight hours of sleep nightly while on these medications. Some low dose antidepressant medicines may also help. These medicines do not carry the same problems with tolerance and dependence as sedatives, but are still not side-effect free. Antihistamines (i.e., Benadryl or diphenhydramine) are found in many OTC products labeled “P.M.” They

work by causing drowsiness, but may not provide deep, restful sleep. You can quickly develop tolerance to the effects of these medications, so they should only be used for the shortest time possible.

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T HE F INISH L INE Arizona’s Leader in Senior Fitness

From the Top Prescott Senior Games to Aug. 2-18 of My Desk behe Held Prescott Senior Games, held : : By Irene L. Stillwell, ALFF executive director

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he month of July in 2013 will be a time long remembered by Arizonans for many reasons. It’s been very hot—unusually hot. (Those of us who have lived here for a while are aware of how hot Arizona can be.)

That makes it hard to get outside and train for a sport, and our athletes who were getting ready for the National Games were hard pressed to find ways to train in the heat.

But train they did, and we look forward to many of them “bringing home the gold” that they will win in recognition of their efforts. What a courageous lot they are! Cleveland will be warm as well, but the athletes have set their goals and every one of them wants to do his or her “personal best” at the games. For them, this is a month of testing and triumph.

This July will also be remembered for the terrible fires north of Phoenix and the loss of 19 firefighters. I’m sure that all Arizonans have had lumps in their throats and tears in their eyes as over and over we watched the news that these courageous men had given everything they had and lost their lives.

We grieve for their families and we help any way we can. Their heroism will be remembered for years to come.

There are all kinds of heroes: Those who strive for impossible goals and win or lose, go on; those who overcome illness with courage and optimism; those who give of their time or treasure to build a better community, a better world; or those who face danger so that others can have a better life.

There are many kinds of heroes.

And make no mistake, somewhere in there, there is a hero in you.

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Aug. 2-18, gives athletes the chance to compete in these great sports: bowling, golf, horseshoes, pickleball, racquetball, shooting (13 events), swimming, tennis and track and field.

Arizonans head to Prescott in the summer because of the beauty of the area and the cooler weather.

Residents are friendly and the city is often referred to as “America’s Favorite Small Town.” The Prescott Senior Games welcome participants from throughout Arizona and other western states.

For information on registration or to print a registration book, visit www.cityofprescott.net/services/ parks/olympics/, call (928) 777-1552 or email michelle.stacy-schroeder@ prescott-az.gov.

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Moab Senior Games Launched

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any Arizona Senior Olympians have competed in the great Huntsman World Senior Games and, for many years, the Huntsman games were the only games held in Utah.

Just recently however, new games have been launched in the beautiful Moab area.

The Moab Senior Games, a gold medal event, is the dream and the reality for the organizers, retailers, hoteliers, restaurants and seniors of Grand County, Utah. The Moab Senior Games is a four-day event held

Nov. 6 to Nov. 9. The games will host eight events, including basketball, tennis and more, for adults aged 50 and older in various age groups.

You will be welcome in the high deserts of the Moab region and enjoy the hospitality of the friendly community. This beautiful red rocks country is in Southeast Utah and is the home of Arches and Canyonlands national parks.

Registration begins Aug. 1. For more information, visit www. moabseniorgames.com.

The Finish Line Newsletter is produced by Arizona Senior Olympics, founded by:

in partnership with the cities of Chandler, Glendale, Mesa, Peoria, Scottsdale, Tempe and the communities of Sun City, Sun City West, Sun City Grand

Arizona Senior Olympics P.O. Box 33278 Phoenix, AZ 85067-3278

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Is Lack of Sleep Making You Fat?

: : By Ellie Kallal ou watch what you eat, mostly.

You try to get some exercise. You still gain weight. Not a lot but a few pounds a year. Why? Many of us today are overscheduled, overextended or just plain busy. We don’t have enough hours in our days.

Even those of us who don’t work a full-time job are scheduled to the max with volunteer activities, social engagements and sports. We rarely have time to go to the movies or read a book. I know because I have that same schedule. I love it. I love the fun that each activity brings. But I often find that I don’t have time for more than six hours of sleep a night. A quick nap mid-morning after my workout helps, but still, I’m tired without those good seven- and eight-hour rests.

Turns out that those sleep habits can cause a weight gain over time.

With so many other factors to think about, sleep seems to be an easy one to fix.

Research shows that those of us who do not get enough rest gain a few pounds a year. In fact, in a recent study, women who slept less than five hours

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a night weighed more than women who slept seven hours. If women got six hours a night, they were 12 percent more likely to gain weight and a 6 percent chance of obesity.

Lack of sleep interferes with the body’s ability to metabolize carbohydrates and blood levels of glucose. This means insulin goes up and fat storage increases.

Ghrelin is a hormone that tells you when to eat. Sleep-deprived people have more ghrelin and the body receives signals to eat more. Leptin is the hormone that tells you to stop eating. Sleep-deprived bodies produce less leptin, so you continue to eat.

Lack of sleep lowers the leptin levels, which increases our desire for carbs. It reduces the levels of the growth hormone, a protein that helps regulate the body’s muscle-tofat ratio. It can also lead to insulin resistance, which can increase the risk of diabetes. Sleep deprivation raises the blood pressure and increases the risk of heart disease.

This does not mean that if you usually get eight hours but sleep

seven, you will gain weight. But over time, continuous lack of sleep can be serious.

Just how much sleep do we need, anyway? Some people really don’t need as much as others. Some need lots. It’s easy to test your need for sleep.

Go to bed and do not set an alarm.

Ask your friends to not call in the morning and ask your partner to not wake you. Sleep as much as you want.

After a few days, your sleep habit will stabilize and you will wake up after the same amount of sleep. This is how many hours you need. Those who work might try it on a long weekend when you don’t have to go to work.

How do you get that many hours of

Walk Your Way to Fitness

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he Arizona Senior Olympics office frequently gets calls from seniors who would like to participate but are not really fit enough for sports. Of course, sports are not the only ways to get fit, but they put the “fun” in fitness.

ASO staff recommends that newcomers begin with walking. Although it may sound very elementary, walking is one of the best exercises because it uses the largest muscles in the body.

Here is a “walking plan” to help you get started. You can use any of the three methods of accountability—distance, steps (requires pedometer) or time.

Weeks Distance Steps Time 1 – 2

1 mile

2,000 18 min

3–5

1.5.miles 3,000 20 min

6 – 8

2 miles

9 – 10

2.5 miles 4,500 45 min

3,500 35 min

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Begin your program by walking three times per week, counting the distance, steps or time. You don’t need to walk fast, just a “brisk” stroll will do it. Swing your arms to work the muscles in the upper body. Walk to music on your iPod or challenge a friend to walk with you.

At the end of 11 weeks you will not only be in much better shape, but you will have established a very healthy habit.

sleep? How do you get quality sleep?

Well, we all know how difficult it can be to go to bed early and try to fall asleep. We just aren’t tired. You have to learn how to fall asleep. Some simple things can help.

No caffeine after 12 p.m.

Be sure to include light exercise during the day, but not right before bedtime.

Don’t eat a heavy meal right before bedtime, but a light snack can help.

Read something light to get your mind off the cares of the day.

If you go to bed and can’t fall asleep, don’t get back up. Lie there and concentrate on your breathing. Sleep will usually come.

HELP WANTED

Arizona Senior Olympics is looking for mentors from each of our sports who would be willing to be a resource to those who are new to the games or the sport.

ASO will provide training.

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience in the sport Friendliness Able to share your knowledge Willingness to be a resource

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING AN ASO MENTOR CALL (602) 274-7742, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Tues. through Thurs.

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rizona Senior Olympics is trying to clear out its inventory and is offering a few 2013 shirts for sale.

Hurry, there are only a few left!

Remaining are four double XLs; one extra large; six mediums and two smalls.

The shirts, which originally sold for $18, are on sale for $12 (plus $2 for mailing, unless they are picked up from the office).

Those interested in T-shirts should call (602) 274-7742 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays. Please do not leave voicemails.

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q Yes, I would like to be a friend of Arizona Senior Olympics Send your tax-deductible contribution by check, money order, credit card or go online to www.seniorgames.org.

Amount Enclosed $ I am paying by q Check/Money Order qVisa qMastercard qDiscover qAmerican Express. You will be charged by Senior Games Payment Services if paying by credit card. If paying by check, please make it out to the Arizona Lifelong Fitness Foundation.

Credit Card. #: Expiration Date: 3 digit code on back of card: Name as it appears on your credit card: Address: City/State/Zip: Signature:

Mail to: Arizona Lifelong Fitness Association P.O. Box 33278 Phoenix, AZ 85067-3278

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