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ALLIGATORSImagine the reaction when early Spanish ex-plorers first saw “big lizards” (El legarto) swim-ming in the swamps and other wetlands of the southern United States! Alligators are the larg-est reptiles in North America.• When alligators hatch from eggs they are only about 10-12 inches (25-30 cm) in length. Females grow to be approximately nine feet (2.7 m) in length and about 200 pounds (90.7 kg). Males are larger at about thirteen feet (4 m) long and 500 pounds (227 kg).• The average lifespan of alligators is about the same as humans, 70 years. They can live to be 100 if they are tough and can survive the frequent fighting with other alliga-tors.• Do you know the official state reptile of Florida? Of course it is the alligator. • If you keep up with college football, you are surely aware of the Florida Gators of the University of Florida. The inventors of the popular drink, Gatorade, were four researchers from the University. Since its development in 1965, Gatorade has provided royalties of more than $150 million to fund programs at the UF College of Medicine.

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means the film ends abruptly after the Battle at Helm’s Deep-- or about half-way through the saga. Also, Bakshi’s rotoscoping style of animation is a real embarrassment in places -- specifically in the rendering of the orcs. Basically what he did was film a bunch of guys in fright masks and robes and then draw the cartoon versions over what he filmed. The result was a cartoony ver-sion of a bunch of guys in frumpy robes and Halloween masks.I think the people who would be inter-ested in this version are those of us who saw the film when we were younger and will buy it just for the nostalgia factor; Tolkien completists who want to add the disc to their collections; or Bakshi fans. If you aren’t one of those people listed, you might want to give this one a pass.

“Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Se-ries” (Not Rated) -- All four seasons, 25 discs and about 16 tons worth of special features, including commentaries, delet-ed scenes, Webisodes, featurettes and more. There’s even a special boxed set that comes with a big-old Cylon action figure. Fans of SyFy’s reboot of the clas-sic 1970s sci-fi fantasy television show will gobble this up. Available on DVD and Blu-Ray.

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TV SERIES“Mythbusters” Collection 5“Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami”“Simon & Simon” Season Four “Mary Tyler Moore” Season 4 “New Adventures of Black Beauty” Season Two

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PICKS OF THE WEEK“Eyes on The Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years 1954-1965” (Not Rated) -- Fans of this groundbreaking, six-hour PBS docu-mentary have been waiting for years for it to be released on home video at a reasonable price. This epic production chronicles the post-war struggle for civil rights by blending historical footage with interviews with many of the major movers and shakers of the struggle. “Eyes on the Prize” is an unflinch-ing look at one of the most turbulent eras in our country’s history, and one of the great-est PBS productions ever made.

“The Lord of the Rings: Remastered Deluxe Edition” (Rated PG) -- This isn’t the award-winning Peter Jackson production beloved by Tolkien fans around the world. No sir. This is the 1978 cult animated film by Ralph Bakshi, director of “Fritz the Cat,” “Wizards,” “Cool World” and “American Pop.” What makes this film notable is that it was the first attempt to bring “The Lord of the Rings” to the big screen, and it is more faithful to the books than Jackson’s was. That said, Bakshi’s production is a mixed bag. The project ran out of money before the entire saga could be finished, which

New DVDs reviewed in this column will be available in stores the week of April 6, 2010.

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TOP 10 VIDEO RENTALS1. Law Abiding Citizen (R) Jamie Foxx2. Couples Retreat (PG-13) Vince Vaughn3. The Informant! (R) Matt Damon4. The Box (PG-13) Cameron Diaz5. The Time Traveler’s Wife (PG-13) Eric Bana6. Zombieland (NR) Woody Harrelson7. The Vampire’s Assistant: Cirque Du Freak (PG-13) John C. Reilly8. Surrogates (PG-13) Bruce Willis9. The Invention of Lying (PG-13) Ricky Gervais10. Everybody’s Fine (PG-13) Robert De Niro

TOP 10 DVD SALES1. Law Abiding Citizen (R) (Anchor Bay)2. Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (PG-13) (Warner)3. Couples Retreat (PG-13) (Universal)4. The Informant! (R) (Warner)5. Up (PG) (Buena Vista)6. The Box (PG-13) (Buena Vista)7. The Vampire’s Assistant: Cirque Du Freak (PG-13) (Universal)8. Michael Jackson’s This Is It (PG) (Sony)9. Zombieland (NR) (Sony)10. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (PG) (Sony)

TOP TEN MOVIES1. Alice in Wonderland (PG) Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska2. Green Zone (R) Matt Damon, Amy Ryan3. She’s Out of My League (R) Jay Ba-ruchel, Alice Eve4. Remember Me (PG-13) Robert Pattin-son, Emilie de Ravin5. Shutter Island (R) Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo6. Our Family Wedding (PG-13) Forest Whitaker, America Ferrara7. Avatar (PG-13) Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana8. Brooklyn’s Finest (R) Richard Gere, Don Cheadle9. Cop Out (R) Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan10. The Crazies (R) Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell

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IT TAKES TWO by Bonnie St. ClairLaurel without Hardy? Bert without Ernie? Hall without Oates? They just wouldn’t have been the same. Join Tidbits as we share stories behind some famous “people pairs”

and how they managed to discover one another.• In the original story, Batman met the boy who would become Robin in 1940. Dick Grayson was an eight-year-old circus acrobat, the son of trapeze artists. When a gangster who’d been extorting money from the circus sabotaged the riggings, Dick’s parents fell to their deaths. Batman investi-gated the crime, and he became fond enough of the boy to become his legal guardian (as his alter ego, Bruce Wayne). He instructed the youngster in the ways of fighting crime

and dubbed him Robin, the Boy Wonder.• Cherilyn Sarkisian dropped out of school and moved to Hollywood with dreams of becoming an actress. At 17, she met Sonny Bono at Aldo’s Coffee Shop. Bono worked for music producer Phil Spector and was able to get Cher, as he called her, work as a background vocalist. A songwriter at heart, Sonny had peddled his tunes without much success. But when he and Cher became romantically involved, the pair recorded his tune “I Got You, Babe,” which hit number one on the pop chart and made stars of Sonny and Cher.

• One day in 1881, Dr. John Watson happened to rent a room at a lodging house at 221B Baker Street in London, England. His roommate was a mysterious chap named Sherlock Holmes. Holmes was quite secretive about what he did for a living, but eventually confessed that he was a private detective, which (at the time) was a rather rare profession. Fascinated by Holmes’ tales and the way he employed logical deduction to

solve cases, the two became not only friends but also coworkers and confidantes. • That levelheaded, sturdy housewife Blondie wasn’t so very domestic when she first appeared in the newspaper comics section some 70 years ago. Blondie Boopadoop was a carefree flapper back in 1930, when she met Dagwood Bumstead, the young play-boy son of a railroad tycoon. In fact, Dagwood’s millionaire father opposed his son’s re-lationship with Blondie, and threatened to cut off his financial support if they continued seeing one another. The elder Bumstead grudgingly gave his blessing to the marriage, but he still nixed his son’s inheritance, forcing Dagwood to become one of the working

class.• Clyde Barrow was born into extreme poverty in rural Texas. As he came of age, the Great Depression ravaged the nation, and the angry young man turned to burglary and robbery as a means of survival. One December evening in 1929, he was visiting a friend when he heard a clatter in the kitchen. “That’s Bonnie Parker,” the pal told him. “She’s making hot chocolate. Go say hello.” It was love at first sight; the pair chatted into the wee hours of the morning. The next day, Bonnie hit the road with Clyde and the pair

machine-gunned their way to infamy.• Daniel Wesson was born to a family in Worcester, Massachusetts. At 18, he was apprenticed to his brother’s shoe manufacturing company, but grew dissatisfied and joined up with another brother, Edwin, as a journeyman gunsmith. In 1852, Daniel met Horace Smith, a fellow gun enthusiast who’d learned about firearms while working at the

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SENIOR NEWS LINE by Matilda Charles

Don’t Fall for This Free LunchHave you seen the ads? They offer us a free lunch at a posh loca-tion while we attend a seminar on financial investing, with experts to advise us. Don’t be taken in by it. It could be the most expen-sive lunch you’ll ever have. The Securities and Exchange Commis-

sion and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority just released a report detailing the investment scams that are becoming rampant against seniors. While the study concentrated on Southern states, there’s no doubt this is happening

across the country.The scam works like this: When you think you’re going to an in-vestment education seminar that includes a free lunch at a nice place, you end up facing high-pressure sales tactics and misleading claims. You might be pushed to open new accounts, sign complicated docu-ments (without being given the opportunity to read them or take them to your attorney for review) or buy investment products that aren’t suitable for you (or that

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to see how you score.¥ Go to www.sec.gov and search for “free lunch report” for the whole 46-page study. It includes examples of the ads that are used in these scam free-lunch invest-ment seminars. If you have ques-

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ALLIGATORS (continued):

• Louisiana has an alligator hunting season every September that nets 28,000-35,000 alligators! Also, in 1986, an alliga-tor ranching program was started. With the two programs, alligators create anestimated $20,000,000 revenue in the state.• Alligator meat is tasty, alligator “bites” are offered at numerous restaurants in South Louisiana. Just don’t dwell on the alligator’s diet of rats, snakes, raccoons and more. Yummy!• The long snouts of alligators are home to between 74 and 80 teeth. When their teeth wear down, new ones grow. Al-ligators can go through 2,000 to 3,000 teeth in a lifetime. No need for dentures for those big guys and gals!• The Louisiana Land and Explora-tion Company (LL&E) once was the largest private owner of coastal wetlands in the U.S. (company no longer exists). LL&E was involved in an alligator breeding project in the 1980s to help with alligator recovery and removal from the endangered species list. In 1987, as LL&E was picking up hatchlings to take to a controlled breeding pond, they came across 18 white alligators hatched in one nest! Now, this was an amazing find. • The white alligator hatchlings were taken to the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. Without natural skin color for camouflage the babies would not have survived in the wild. Described as looking like white chocolate, they would have been tasty morsels plucked away by big birds!• Most people think the white alliga-tors are albinos, but they are not. They are leucistic, which means they have a genetic mutation that causes white skin and blue eyes. Albinos have reddish eyes and lack the melanin pigment for skin coloration. • There are only two countries that are native homes to alligators, China and the U.S. Chinese alligators are endangered and there are actually more in zoos than the number believed to be in the wild. They are found along the Yangtze River. Smaller than their American relatives, they only grow to an average length of five feet (1.5 m).

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¥ It was Benjamin Disraeli, 19th-century British Prime Minister and the first Earl of Beaconsfield, who made the following sage observa-tion: “The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.”

¥ You’ve probably never heard of Hurley, Wisc., but if you lived in the area, you’d know that the town is home to a 15-foot-tall corkscrew. It can be found, appropriately enough, outside Corkscrew Liquors.

¥ Except for the queens, all wasps die in the autumn.

¥ The Japanese ruling family is the oldest continuing hereditary monar-chy in the world. The current emper-or, Akihito, is the 125th holder of the title. Interestingly, he’s also a marine biologist and has published papers on ichthyology in both English and Japanese scholarly journals.

¥ For reasons that aren’t quite clear, in Sweden, it’s illegal to train a seal to balance a ball on the tip of its nose. ¥ It was March 15, 1952, when the largest amount of rainfall in a single 24-hour period was recorded. It was the island of Reunion, in the Indian Ocean, that had the misfortune to receive a whopping 73.62 inches of rain on that Ides of March. That’s more than 6 feet of rain in a single day! ¥ Feel like you have a lot more stuff than you used to? You’re not imagining things -- and you’re not the only one. According to the Self-Storage Association, the number of businesses offering on-premises storage of all those things you can’t find room for at home has increased nearly 10 times since 1964.

March 25, 2010

Everybody needs a hobby, a pastime they enjoy, something to collect. Tidbits looks at both the common and unusual choices that people make.

• Those who collect comic books are called pannapictagraphists. Until recently, actor Nicolas Cage was an avid collector, but he auctioned off his collection for over $1.6 million. His collection included the first copy of Superman’s appearance, which sold for $86,250, and the Detective Comic which introduced Batman’s sidekick Robin , which brought in $132,250. Other celebrity collectors include Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Affleck. Affleck, fond of Daredevil comics since childhood, landed the title role in the 2003 film Daredevil.

• Philatelists enjoy studying and collecting stamps. An avid philatelist might know that the first postage stamp was called a Penny Black, and was issued in Great Britain in 1840, featuring the image of Queen Victoria. Beatle John Lennon began collecting stamps as a young boy. Visitors to the National Postal Museum at the Smithsonian Institute can view his 145-page album containing more than 550 stamps, with his signature on the flyleaf.

• Brandophilists, those who collect cigar bands, are pretty much a dying breed. Although the hobby was very popular in the early 1900s, it began to die out by the 1930s. The quality of cigar bands declined after the 1920s, since they were produced by a less expensive printing process. Except for a very few exceptions, a cigar band collection isn’t worth very much.

• Brent Dixon of Valdosta, Georgia is an avid copoclephilist. He started collecting key chains in 2001 and has now amassed close to 41,500.

• From wooden to bisque, from Barbie to Madame Alexander, a plangonologist knows the score. This term refers to one who collects dolls.

•Nick Vermeulen has a rather unusualhobby, thatofcollectingairlinesicknessbags. This Dutch gentleman has beenaccumulating barf bags since 1970, andhis stockpile now approaches the 5,500mark, with bags from more than 1,060differentairlines.

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enchiladas, quesadillas and nachos. You can typically find Soyrizo in the grocery area where vegetarian products are sold.Try this Vegetarian Spaghetti Bolognese recipe, and on Earth Day -- and every day -- do your part to treasure our planet’s resources.

VEGETARIAN SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE

This makes a large quantity of spaghetti, but it can be divided into serving portions and frozen for later use.

1 pound Soyrizo, casing removed1 tablespoon olive oil 1 onion, peeled and diced2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced8 mushrooms, cleaned and thinly sliced1 large zucchini, washed, ends removed and diced1 (10 ounce) package frozen mixed vegetables (corn, peas, carrots, etc.)1 tablespoon vegetarian Worcestershire sauce1 teaspoon salt, divided2 teaspoons ground black pepper, divided2 tablespoons Italian seasoning, divided1/2 teaspoon nutmeg1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper1 (32 ounce) jar Heart Smart Prego pasta sauce1 (16 ounce) jar mild salsa1/2 teaspoon sugar substitute16 ounces whole-wheat spaghetti3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1. In a large, microwave-safe bowl, combine the Soyrizo, olive oil, onion, garlic, mushrooms, zucchini, mixed vegetables, vegetarian Worcestershire sauce, salt, black pepper, 1 tablespoon of the Italian seasoning, nutmeg and cayenne pepper. Mix with fork to combine. Micro-cook in the microwave on Medium-High power for 5-6 minutes, breaking up meat with a fork after 3 minutes.2. Combine the Prego and salsa with the meat mixture. Stir in sugar substitute and 1/2 tablespoon of remaining Italian seasoning. Simmer, covered with a plate or with microwave-safe plastic wrap for about 10 minutes on Medium-Low to Low heat, stirring after 5 minutes.*3. Cook the spaghetti according to the package directions. Drain pasta and reserve 1/2 cup of pasta water. Combine spaghetti

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The concept for Earth Day was started by U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin in 1970. Sen. Nelson wanted to promote ecology and respect for life on the planet. He also was keenly aware of the growing problems of pollution in our air, water and soil. Earth Day aims to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the earth’s environment. It is currently observed in more than 140 countries around the world.Nothing celebrates the goodness of the earth like a great vegetarian recipe. My vegetarian version of Spaghetti Bolognese incorporates lots of vegetables and a spicy, vegetarian product called Soyrizo. Soyrizo is a meat substitute made with 100 percent soybeans and canola oil. It is seasoned with the same spices used to make the traditional, soft, Mexican pork chorizo.

Traditional Bolognese uses bacon or pancetta and ground beef, ground pork or veal.I love combining Soyrizo with tomato sauce to enhance the flavor of the recipe. Soyrizo is also delicious in soft tacos,


with sauce. Add reserved pasta water, a little at a time, to thin out sauce as needed. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Makes 8 servings.*NOTE: If you don’t know how to adjust the temperature on your microwave oven, use the defrost setting and cook the sauce for 10 minutes.

Angela Shelf Medearis is known as The Kitchen Diva and is the executive producer and host of “The Kitchen Diva!” cooking show on Hulu.com. Visit her Web site at www.divapro.com. Her new inspirational book is “Ten Ingredients for a Joyous Life and a Peaceful Home -- A Spiritual Memoir,” co-written with Pastor Salem Robinson, Jr. (www.dunnsmemorial.com).

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Easter Baskets and Pets Don’t Mix

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Can you remind your readers that chocolate is an absolute no-no for pets? I was at a friend’s house and saw that the Easter baskets the kids had unwrapped were sitting out on the kitchen table, candies strewn everywhere. Their curi-ous terrier, “Rascal,” kept sneaking onto a chair to sniff around the goodies. I was so worried for him, afraid he would eat the choc-olate eggs or ingest the foil wrappers. Please tell your readers to put away the candy in a place that’s hard for pets to reach. -- Leah H., Philadelphia

DEAR LEAH: You said it best, and I thank you! In the excitement of a holiday, it’s easy to leave a lot of things lying around where pets can get at them, including chocolate and other dangerous items.But pets are an important responsibility. Choco-late is poisonous to dogs, and dogs also risk ingesting other dangerous things -- like plas-tic Easter eggs that break into shards when chewed. Cats may chew on items that interest them, like the rustling “grass” that lines baskets.Be sure to pick up wrapping paper, tinsel or plastic grass, and fallen candies right away. Better yet, put pets in a separate area while the unwrapping is going on, and let them in after everything is cleaned up.If, after a celebration, your pet seems lethargic, won’t eat, displays any sign of pain or distress, or is vomiting, take it to the veterinarian right away.

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1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: By what other name do most people know Esther Pauline Friedman?2. GEOGRAPHY: What South Ameri-can country lies between Colombia and Peru?3. FOOD & DRINK: What are the two ingredients in a Black Russian cocktail?4. LANGUAGE: What does the Greek suffix “gamy” mean in Eng-lish?5. MUSIC: What does the musical direction “estinto” mean?6. HISTORY: In what year did test pilot Chuck Yeager break the sound barrier?7. TELEVISION: What is the name of the dog on “Family Guy” animated series?8. AD SLOGANS: “The dogs kids love to bite” were made by which company?9. SCIENCE: What would an ento-mologist study?10. MOVIES: What brother and sister had acting roles in “Sixteen Candles”?

Answers1. Ann Landers, her pseudonym2. Ecuador3. Vodka and Kahlua4. Marriage5. Play as soft as possible6. 19477. Brian8. Armour9. Insects10. John and Joan Cusack

1. Name the singer who recorded “The Girl Is a Devil” and “Nite Owl.”2. Name the first No. 1 hit (from their first album) by Kris Kross. What was the year?3. Who had a No. 1 hit with “(I Just) Died in Your Arms” and when?4. What do these hits have in com-mon: “The Purple People Eater,” “Witch Doctor” and “The Chipmunk Song”?5. Which early group was originally known as The Triumphs and then The Mascots? (Hint: They had a big hit with “Love Train.”)6. Name the 1950s tune that’s been covered by all these artists: Bobby Day, Thurston Harris, Frankie Ly-mon, Clyde McPhatter, Cliff Rich-ard, Huey Lewis and Billy Gilman.

Answers1. Gene Chandler. His biggest hit, how-ever, was “Duke of Earl” in 1962.2. “Jump,” 1992. It stayed on the Hot 100 chart for eight weeks.3. Cutting Crew, in 1985.4. Produced in 1958, parts of the songs were recorded at fast speeds in some of the first attempts to create new sounds on records.5. The O’Jays. “Love Train” hit the top of both the pop and R&B charts in 1973.6. “Little Bitty Pretty One,” thought to be one of the great standards of early pop.

1. Three second basemen have compiled four consecutive 100-RBI seasons. Name two of them.2. Who was the first Colorado-born player to be elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame?3. Four NFL players have made 10 consecutive Pro Bowls, been named AP Defensive Player of the Year and won a Super Bowl. Name three of them. 4. Name the last University of Kansas freshman men’s basketball player before Xavier Henry in 2009 to tally at least 30 points in a game.5. Entering the 2009-10 NHL sea-son, how many times has New Jer-sey goalie Martin Brodeur recorded 10 or more shutouts in a season?6. Before Jimmie Johnson won the Auto Club 500 race in California in 2010, how many consecutive times had a Roush Fenway driver cap-tured the February event?7. When was the last time American tennis players won both the men’s and women’s singles titles in the same year at the U.S. Open?

Answers1. Charlie Gehringer (1932-36), Jeff Kent (1997-2002) and Chase Utley (2005-08).2. Pitcher Rich “Goose” Gossage, in 2008.3. Derrick Brooks, Mike Singletary, Law-rence Taylor and Reggie White.4. Paul Pierce in 1998.5. Four times, the last in the 2006-07 season.6. Five in a row.7. It was 2002 (Pete Sampras and Ser-ena Williams).

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