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and calories than many other meats, averaging 26 percent protein and only 11 percent fat. It has 25 percent less fat than roast beef, and 46 percent less than pork loin. Skin accounts for six percent of the bird’s weight. The highest concentrations of fat are found in the skin and the pan drippings.

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devised a simpler system of star classification based on stellar temperatures. The system, called the Harvard Classification Scheme, was so successful that it was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1922 as the official system for stellar classification. It is still being used today.

• Annie’s career in astronomy spanned more than forty years. She received a doctorate of astronomy, became the curator of the Harvard Observatory, and was appointed as an official Harvard astronomer. Harvard officials also named her Curator of Astronomical Photographs. She was the first woman ever to receive an honorary degree from Oxford, and the first woman ever elected an officer of the American Astronomical Society. In addition, she received the prestigious Henry Draper Medal from the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors available to any astronomy. Only

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5. HISTORY: The Peloponnesian war was fought primarily between which two forces?

6. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was Gerald Ford’s running mate in 1976?

7. LITERATURE: The 18th-century writer Francois-Marie Arouet was bet-ter known by what pseudonym?

8. MUSIC: Who recorded the hit “The Banana Boat Song”?

9. ADVERTISING: The slogan “Is it in you?” was used to promote what product?

10. GAMES: How many pawns are used in a game of chess?

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2. Who has the most home runs in a season by a major-league player who wasn’t yet 20 years old?

3. Which NFL team has the longest current streak of not making the NFL playoffs?

4. When was the last time before 2012-13 that the University of Michi-gan basketball team started a season 16-0?

5. What team set the NHL record for most losses in a season?

6. When was the last time before the upcoming 2014 event that Belgium’s men’s soccer team qualified for the World Cup?

7. Jockey Bill Shoemaker was the oldest winner (54 years old) of the Kentucky Derby. What year did he do it, and which horse did he ride?

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1. How old was Priscilla, future wife of Elvis, when they first met?

2. What was on the b-side of the Rolling Stones’ “We Love You”?

3. Who released “Do You Wanna Dance?” in 1962?

4. Name the 1974 Hollies hit.5. Name the song that contains this

lyric: “You step inside but you don’t see too many faces, Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down, Too much competition, too many other places.”

Answers1. She was 14 and met Elvis when

she and her military family were sta-tioned in Germany in 1959. Their Las Vegas wedding wasn’t until 1967.

2. “Dandelion,” released in 1967. Once it came to the U.S., the song became the a-side with “We Love You” falling flat on the charts.

3. Cliff Richards, followed by the Beach Boys in 1965.

4. “The Air That I Breathe.” Radio-head was sued in the 1990s for lifting the melody.

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• Annie Jump Cannon was born in 1863 to Elizabeth Jump and Wilson Lee Cannon. Growing up in Delaware, her mother taught her the names of all the constellations in the sky, imbuing her with a lifelong interest in astronomy. Annie excelled in school and was particularly adept at mathematics.

• In 1880 she enrolled in Wellesley College in Massachusetts, one of the top schools for women in a day and age when women rarely attended college. Here, a bout with scarlet fever left her nearly deaf, a handicap that barely slowed her pace.

• After graduating with a degree in physics in 1884, she returned home to Delaware, where she grew bored. When her mother died in 1894, she knew it was time for a change. She wrote to her former professor at Wellesley to see if there was a job opening at the school. The professor hired her to be an assistant, and the job allowed Annie to take graduate courses at the college.

• A new course in astronomy caught her attention, as did a class in spectroscopy, where she learned the science behind the dispersion of light. She was also fanatically interested in photography. Later she enrolled at Radcliffe Women’s College at Harvard in order to gain access to the Harvard College Observatory. There she caught the attention of noted astronomer Edward Pickering.

• Pickering hired Annie to be his assistant at the observatory. His project was to map, define, and catalog every possible star in the sky. Soon the work got bogged down because the system used to classify stars was bulky, difficult, and complex.

• Annie went to work on the problem, and soon

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TURKEY TRIVIA• That long, loose skin that hangs down from a

turkey’s neck is called a “wattle”. The red-pink fleshy growth on the head and upper neck of the turkey is called the caruncle.

• Male Turkeys are called “Toms”, female turkeys are called “Hens” and baby turkeys are called “poults”.

• Only male turkeys gobble; hens make a gutteral clicking noise.

• Turkey eggs are tan in color and speckled with brown. They are about twice as large as chicken eggs. Turkey eggs hatch in 28 days.

• In 1920, turkey growers produced one turkey for every 29 persons in the U.S. Today growers produce nearly one turkey for every person in the country

• It takes 3 pounds of feed to produce one pound of turkey, but it takes 7 pounds of feed to produce one pound of beef.

• Modern turkey breeding has caused turkey breasts to grow so large that the turkeys often fall over.

• Sleepy after the big meal? Turkey meat contains an amino acid called “tryptophan.” Tryptophan sets off a chemical chain reaction that calms you down and makes you drowsy.

“SNOODY” STATUS• Besides the fleshy wattle that hangs below a

turkey’s chin, a male turkey also has a fleshy reddish appendage that droops from his forehead over its beak called a snood. The snood indicates virility and stretches to twice its length during the macho strutting that precedes mating. The hen ladies seem to prefer a long snood.

• The snood also plays an important role in the rivalry between males. Males will assess the length of a rival’s snood before engaging in battle. One researcher wanted to find out just how important the snood is. He constructed two turkey decoys and placed them three feet apart in a small arena. Each of the decoys stood next to a pile of birdseed. The decoys were identical except that one had a large snood and the other’s snood was small. One at a time, the researcher placed 28 young male turkeys into

In 1782 Benjamin Franklin proposed that the turkey was a more appropriate American sym-bol than the bald eagle, insisting that “the tur-key is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and a true original native of America.”

the yard and waited to see what would happen. Only four of the 28 turkeys took birdseed from the pile in front of the decoy with a huge snood, while 17 stole seed from the decoy with the smaller snood. The researcher theorized that the length of the snood may be determined by the bird’s testosterone level.

TURKEY HISTORY• Turkeys are thought to have originated in

Central and North America. Archeologists have found turkey fossils dating to prehistoric times. They’re the only breed of poultry native to the Western Hemisphere.

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teacher that they were late becausethey’d experienced a flat tire whilecarpooling together to the school.

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continued, “but you can make it upright now. Take seats apart fromone another and then get out apencil and a piece of paper.”

She waited for them to sit down,and then began. “Question One:Which tire on the car was flat?”

1. What’s the properscientific name for themoment that the springseason begins?

2. What flower istraditionally thefirst to bloom asspring

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If you’re in “spring cleaning”mode, take some time to make

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Four high school seniors sufferingfrom “spring fever” skipped theirmorning classes and went to thebeach instead. After lunch, theyreturned to school and told their

teacher that they were late becausethey’d experienced a flat tire whilecarpooling together to the school.

Much to their relief, she smiled.“You missed a test today,” she

continued, “but you can make it upright now. Take seats apart fromone another and then get out apencil and a piece of paper.”

She waited for them to sit down,and then began. “Question One:Which tire on the car was flat?”

1. What’s the properscientific name for themoment that the springseason begins?

2. What flower istraditionally thefirst to bloom asspring

Unscramble this word:

S A L A N U NThis word means: springflowers that last one season

A N N U A L S

“Spring is Nature’s way ofsaying ‘Let’s party!!’”

~ Robin Williams

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and your portableradio. Store them in

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The wattles on thechin of a turkey change color to

indicate mood, especially inmating season, ranging in color

from blue to red.

The world’s first TV dinner wasSwanson’s turkey, mashed pota-

toes and peas, and appearedin 1953. Frozen stuffedturkeys ready to cook were first introduced

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WHITE vs DARK• Why is some turkey meat white and other parts

dark? Myoglobin is the dark-colored protein that stores oxygen in muscles of some animals, just like hemoglobin stores oxygen in red blood cells. The oxygen stored by myoglobin is used for power to drive muscles, and is present in large amounts in muscles that do a lot of work, which is why the leg and thigh meat is dark. Muscles that do little work, such as the breast, use less myoglobin. A typical 15-pound bird will have 70 percent white meat and 30 percent dark meat.

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Deep Fat Frying: A whole unstuffed turkey of 12 pounds or less can be successfully cooked in a short amount of time. Follow manufacturer direc-tions, and ensure the oil covers the turkey by 1-2 inches. Select a safe location for your fryer, and heat oil to 350° F. Slowly and carefully lower the turkey in the hot oil. Monitor the temperature, and never leave unattended.

Pressure Cooker: Use turkey parts such as breasts, legs and thighs. Follow the manufacturer instructions for a quick-cooking (about 1/3 or less of conventional time) product.

Slow-Cooker: Use cut-up parts of the turkey like legs, thighs, breasts, wings or quarters. Begin heating on “High” for an hour or more before turning to “Low” (or, just continue cooking on “High”). A mini-mum heating temperature between 170° F and 200° F should be maintained. Do not remove the cover while cooking.

Microwaving: This can work successfully with either a whole unstuffed turkey, or using parts of the turkey in a covered dish. Limit the size of your bird to around 12-14 pounds, and allow 3 inches oven clearance on top and 2-3 inches of space around the bird. Because microwaves can heat un-evenly, a cooking bag will aid heat distribution.

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Dear Symantha: Employer-sponsored retire-ment plans, such as 401(k), typically have a cash option within the list of investments available to plan members. Look for a money market fund. If you move your account assets into that fund (which is perfectly allowable), the money is going to just sit there, not earning. It will be shielded from the wild swings in the market but will begin to lose value because you will not earn enough on your account to even keep up with inflation (currently thought to be about 3.3 percent). The very nature of investing is that you expose money to reasonable levels of risk with the expec-tation of achieving a profit or gain. Not all of the choices in your 401(k) plan carry the same level of risk. Just remember that in order to achieve a reward, you must be willing to take a reasonable level of risk. No risk, no reward. The biggest problem with moving your account

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Dear Bonnie: Full retirement age for a person born in 1954 is 66. For those born in 1955, the age at which you reach full retirement is 66 and 2 months. If you wait until you reach full retirement age to begin drawing benefits, you can continue to work without restriction or penalty. If you opt for early re-tirement at age 62, your monthly benefit is reduced if your earnings exceed certain limits for the months before you reach your full retirement age. If you are under full retirement age for the entire year, you can earn $15,120 gross wages or net self-employment income a year and not lose any benefits in 2013. If you go over that amount, the SSA will deduct $1 in benefits for every $2 earned above $15,120. The Social Security Administration’s website, SSA.gov, is quite user-friendly and has the answers to these questions, plus so much more.

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Hospitalized Vets Need Holiday Cheer If your veterans service group is planning to make a “Santa” visit to the ward of a local veterans hospital, here is your to-do list to make the process go smoothly. --Corral your crew and get commitments for time and specific tasks. --Contact Volunteer Services at the medical center and ask if they’d like you to be responsible for a holiday party for a whole ward, or for a list of vet-erans who have no local family. Set a time and date. Noon-ish for a pizza party is ideal. --Locate a real Santa costume and decide who’s going to wear it. --Your shopping list: service baseball caps (approach recruiters to get those), small boxes of candy (ask nursing staff if it has to be sugar-free for some), playing cards, water bottles, mechanical pencils and puzzle books, small desk calendars -- and anything else you can think of. Don’t forget the wom-en veterans, who might like a comb and brush set or bright slipper socks. --Boxes and tissue paper for the above, as well as wrapping paper and bows. Have a holiday card for each veteran. --Set a date for your wrapping party. Have ev-eryone on your crew bring several rolls of gift wrap, tape and scissors. Be sure everyone signs every holi-day card. --If your budget allows, consider giving each veteran a small ($5-$10) gift coupon to the canteen. --Ask store managers for donations of items for your gift boxes. --Arrange for the pizzas (and sodas, if al-lowed) to be delivered at the time of your party. Be sure who is providing plates, cups and napkins, and paying for the pizza delivery. If gifts aren’t possible, remember that what the veterans want most is your presence and your time.

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Fall and Winter Herald a High Incidence of Depression Called Seasonal Affective Disorder Daylight savings has ended. The fall foliage is in full splendor and everyone is looking forward to Thanksgiving and the holiday season. But as the days become shorter and bleaker, the prevalence of depression increases. Approximately 10 percent of the popula-tion develops a condition called seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, that is characterized by symptoms of depression, including fatigue, weakness, a sense of worthlessness, withdrawal, less socialization, difficulty concentrating, and weight gain. A rather common symptom is increased appetite and an unexplained craving for carbohydrates and sugar. The condition is more common in women and tends to occur in families. SAD occurs more frequently in those diagnosed with clinical depression in the past and in those with bipolar disorder. Less exposure to the sun as the days short-en is thought to cause SAD. Exposure to sun af-fects our biologic clock, which tells us when it’s time to get up and during the evening prepares us for sleep. Also referred to as a circadian rhythm, many hormones tend to increase in the early morning and decrease as evening and nighttime approaches or vice versa. In regard to depression levels, melatonin appears to be the most important. This hormone, produced by the pineal gland, progressively in-creases in concentration a few hours before bed-time, reaching a peak in the early hours of the morning and then decreasing shortly before we waken. It reaches a low point in the early to late afternoon. Changes in the concentration of melato-nin because of less exposure to sunlight appear to precipitate depression in susceptible individuals. Another cardinal abnormality found in SAD is a decline in the concentration of serotonin in the brain. This chemical, also referred to as a neu-rotransmitter, has a major effect on mood, and re-ductions in its concentration in the brain are thought to be a major reason for many of the symptoms

found in depressed patients. It is quite difficult to differentiate SAD and depression from other causes. To make the diagno-sis the following criteria must be met. Depression must have been present on at least two consecu-tive years during the fall and early winter. Recovery during the spring and summer should occur, and there should be no other reason to explain the presence of depression. Although treatment with medications may be needed, the initial approach should be to cor-rect the biologic clock by increased exposure to sunlight during the waking hours. For some, merely spending more time outdoors may prove effective, but for many, light or phototherapy may be needed. The principle of treatment is to spend as much time as possible during the day a few feet away from a specialized light therapy box whose bright light mimics sunlight. This tends to reduce melatonin and increase serotonin levels, which improve the biologic clock and relieve the symptoms of depres-sion. Another approach to treatment is referred to as “dawn stimulation”: Here a dim light goes on a short time before dawn and becomes progressively brighter, reaching a peak a short time before you are due to wake up. This creates the impression of a sunrise and positively affects the biologic clock. It takes 1-2 weeks before the benefits of phototherapy become apparent. Most importantly, if beneficial, exposure to light must continue through-out winter to assure that symptoms do not recur. Like any other cause of depression and depending on the severity of symptoms, treatment with an antidepressant may be needed. In most cases, these can be discontinued in the spring. Just as important is paying attention to your health. Eat right, exercise regularly, avoid being lonely and make sure that your house is bright and airy. If depression is recurrent or if you have suffered episodes of depression in the past always consider psychotherapy. A qualified psychothera-pist will prove invaluable in teaching how to better cope with the stresses of life and triggers that led to depression. Sadly, we as a society always seem to lean towards being helped by a medication with-out paying attention to the many other factors that determine how well we deal with any illness. This particularly applies to our approach to depression, no matter the cause.

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Q: Following your advice, when I turned 66 I filed for Social Security on my hus-band’s record. I plan to receive a wife’s benefit on his account until age 70, at which point I will switch to my own Social Security retire-ment benefits. I just got a new Medicare card in the mail and it confuses me. It has my hus-band’s Social Security number on it followed by the letter “B.” Shouldn’t my Medicare card number match my Social Security number?

A: No, the number on your Medicare card will not always match your own Social Security num-ber. What it will match is your Social Security claim number, which may be different from your regular Social Security number. You are currently claiming wife’s benefits on your husband’s record. (That little symbol “B” is Social Security’s code for wife’s benefits.) So as long as you are claiming wife’s benefits, your husband’s number with a B behind it is your Medicare number.

Once you reach age 70 and switch to your own Social Security, you will then be claiming your own retirement benefits, so you will get a new Medi-care card that will have your own Social Security number with an A after it. (That A is Social Security’s code for retirement benefits.) * * *

Q: I’ve just turned 70 and switched from getting husband’s benefits on my wife’s Social Security record to getting my own re-tirement benefits. I recently received my third Medicare card in the last five years, each with a different number. I am so confused! Which card should I be using?

A: Your email didn’t tell your whole story, but I am pretty sure I can guess what happened. First, you signed up for Medicare only at age 65. Second, when you turned 66, you filed for husband’s benefits on your wife’s Social Security record. And third, when you reached age 70, you switched from your wife’s account to your own retirement benefits. So at age 65, they had to give you a Medicare number. But they couldn’t use your Social Security number with an A behind it, because as I explained in the first answer, that A means you are getting retire-ment benefits. And at age 65, you were not getting any Social Security benefits. So the Social Security Administration had to come up with another letter code for folks in your situation, and they chose T. So between age 65 and 66, your first Medicare card had your Social Security number with a T behind it. Then when you turned 66 and filed for hus-band’s benefits on your wife’s record, you got your second Medicare card, this one with your wife’s So-cial Security number with the code B1 behind it. B1 is the code SSA uses to designate someone getting husband’s benefits on his wife’s Social Security ac-count. Finally, when you reached the age of 70, you filed for your own Social Security retirement bene-fits. So now your third (and final) Medicare card has your Social Security number with the A code behind it. This issue exists because the Health Care Financing Administration, the agency that runs the Medicare program, chose a long time ago to simply use the Social Security claim number as the Medi-care number. This really was never much of a prob-lem until recently when retiring baby boomers start-ed employing various Social Security “maximizing” strategies that allow them to switch from benefits on one account to benefits on another account. And that means that those retirees will go through a series of Social Security claim numbers up until the age of 70. The only way around this bit of confusion would be for HCFA to assign a completely separate number as a Medicare number. But my hunch is most folks would not like that. Who needs yet an-other government identification number to remem-ber? I say we leave well enough alone. If that small fraction of retirees who employ these strategies are smart enough to jump through the hoops required to maximize their benefits, they are smart enough to keep track of two or three different Medicare num-bers between ages 65 and 70. * * *

Q: I have been getting widow’s ben-efits since the age of 60. I have never worked, but of course I have always had my own Social Security number. I just turned 65 and got my Medicare card, which has my husband’s num-ber on it. Is this a mistake?

A: No, it’s not a mistake. As explained above, you are claiming widow’s benefits on your husband’s record, so your Social Security (and Medicare) claim number is your husband’s -- with a D after it. D is the SSA symbol for widow’s benefits. If anyone is curious to learn the various let-ter symbols SSA uses to designate different kinds of Social Security benefits, just Google “SSA benefi-ciary identification code.” If you have a Social Security question, Tom Mar-genau has the answer. Contact him at [email protected]. To find out more about Tom Margenau and to read past columns and see features from other Creators Syndi-cate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate web-site at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2013 CREATORS.COM










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● On Dec. 1, 1913, Henry Ford installs the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire automobile. His in-novation reduced the time it took to build a car from more than 12 hours to 2 1/2 hours.

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● On Nov. 25, 1952, “The Mousetrap,” a murder-mystery written by novelist and playwright Agatha Christie, opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. The crowd-pleasing whodunit would go on to become the longest continuously running play in history, with attendance by more than 10 million people to date.

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Winter Landscape Inspired Designs Q: I have enclosed a brochure of the porcelain dinnerware that I purchased in Ger-many around 1958. The set is a service for 12 and has 7 pieces in each place setting. I also have a coffee pot, teapot, creamer, sugar bowl, serving dishes and platters. The set was made by Rosenthal; the pattern is “Diadem” and is part of its studio line that was designed by Tap-io Wirkkala. The set is of great sentimental value to our family. We would appreciate it if you could tell us its approximate value and history.

A: Rosenthal China and Glass Factory was founded by Phillip Rosenthal in Selb, Germany, in 1879. It produces fine china and glassware. Its mid 20th-century studio line was inspired by contempo-rary international designs. Tapio Wirkkala was a Finnish artist, sculptor and industrial designer. He created sophisticated porcelain and matching glass-ware for Rosenthal. Many of his designs reflected the simplicity of the mystical winter landscapes in his native Finland. “Polaris” is the name of the shape of your dishes, and “Diadem” is the name of the pat-tern. Your circa 1958 porcelain dinnerware set would probably have an insurance value of $1,500 to

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Q: This mark is on a porcelain ped-estal cake plate that is an antique. The plate is 6 inches tall and decorated with pink and yel-low flowers. The edge is scalloped and trimmed with gold. What can you tell me about the maker, age and value of my cake plate?

A: Zeh Scherzer and Co. made your cake plate. The company was founded in 1880 in Rehau, Bavaria, Germany. Your plate was made around 1900 and would probably be worth $75 to $100.

Q: Growing up in the 1950s, my sis-ters and I loved watching the old black-and-white Shirley Temple movies. Over the years, I forgot all about her until I was given a Shirley Temple book. It belonged to my mother-in-law, and she received it in 1936 when she was 12. The title is “The Littlest Rebel” by the Saalfield Publishing Co. in Akron, Ohio. Could it be worth anything?

A: Your Shirley Temple book is collectible and the value depends on the condition. “The Littlest Rebel” was also a 1935 movie starring Shirley Tem-ple. If your book is in very good condition, it would probably have a value of $15 to $20. Address your questions to Anne McCollam, P. O. Box 247, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Items of a general interest will be answered in this column. Due to the volume of inquiries, she cannot answer individual letters. To find out more about Anne McCollam and read features by other Creators Syndicate writ-ers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.comCOPYRIGHT 2013 CREATORS.COM

Role Models Charles Barkley likes to say he wasn’t a role model, but as one the country’s biggest bas-ketball superstars and deodorant hucksters, it was always going to be a tough sell to the American public. No, Charles seemed like somebody you would want to emulate on the court if you were into scoring and rebounding. Off the court, it would seem to most that there could be a lot to learn from the man if one wanted to be a spokesperson or in-studio announcer. Even baseball manager Terry Francona cites Barkley and Michael Jordan as role models for the decision to shave their heads, hence paving the way for other follically challenged athletes, coaches and fans. But Barkley and Jordan and plenty of oth-ers like them did not feel every part of their life warranted media coverage. They were wrong, of course ... people were still interested in their eating habits, the car they drove, the restaurants they owned. What Barkley was really saying was, “Hey, I say that I am not a role model because I am just being me, good or bad. Use your head ... go to your parents or family or friends for real advice on how to model your life, no matter what role any of your favorite stars may appear to play out for you on television.” The joke commercials at the time would have superstars in all sports running around in-cognito -- in costumes and disguises to avoid the public eye as they still continued to do the things they loved to do. I’m not judging, but for whatever reason, it involved a lot of dressing in drag. Today, incognito is back in the news, and it ties in neatly with one of the social epidemics facing school-age children and their parents. The subject of hazing and bullying, never far from the mind of any parent or school-age child, has reared its ugly head in yet another series of school shoot-ings, mall shootings and, perhaps most bizarrely, by Miami Dolphins Guard Richie Incognito. Incognito played college football for the University of Nebraska, a successful program with a spirited student body, but a program that seems to put forth a Christian Peter- or Richie Incognito-type player each decade or so. Peter’s problems were largely off the field and dealt more with sexual abuse. Incognito is now being accused of rampant bullying and cheap shotting both teammates and opponents. According to ESPN and USA Today’s sources, Incognitos victims were always rookies or people smaller than him. His cheap shots were pinches and spitting at the bottom of piles when referees couldn’t see. He allegedly hid behind Twitter to make racist, physically threatening state-ments to his teammates ... one who actually quit the team. As a professional, I have never heard of such a thing before. Incognito’s days are over, it would appear. But that leads us to another conclusion regarding role models: Some role models are bad role mod-els.

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Many golf instructors teach that one grip works for all your shots, but tour players change their grip with the type of shot they are playing. Your hands are the only part of your body in direct contact with the club. How the hands are positioned in the grip in relation to the clubface directly affects how the ball spins through the air. Let’s start with what I call a “square” grip, with the thumbs square to the grooves on the clubface at the 12:00 position, as in the photo. This grip keeps the clubface square through impact and eliminates any ball spin to the left or right. Any grip away from this po-sition changes the clubface angle and causes the ball to spin through the air. There will be times when you want to spin the ball away from trouble to the left or right of the course. A strong grip is when both thumbs are placed to the right at the 1:00 position, which produces a slight draw to the ball in flight. Thumbs placed at the 2:00 position closes the clubface and produces more of a hook. The strong grip on a tee shot produces more top spin and a longer roll. Shorter approaches to the green call for a square grip, which produces more back spin and gives you less roll. Practice using your grip to provide the spins you want. Mastering these techniques will give you more flexibility, more strategy options and in-creases your ability to shoot lower scores.

Spin the Ball Away from Trouble by Changing Your Grip

It is a common rule of some golf instructors to have one gripfor all your shots. Well, it is a common practice by tourplayers to change their grip according to the type of shot theyare playing.Your hands are the only part of your body that put you indirect contact with the club. How the hands are positioned onthe grip in relation to the clubface will directly affect how theball spins through the air.Let’s start with what I call a “square grip”, as seen in thephoto. I call it a square grip because the thumbs are squareto the grooves on the clubface. This grip will keep theclubface square going through impact and eliminate any spinto the left. Now what you do from this position influences the clubface angle and consequentially the spin of the ballthrough the air.A strong grip is when the two thumbs rotate to the right. Forexample if the grooves stay at 12:00 and the thumbs are at 1:00 this will promote a slight draw. But if the thumbs rotatemore to 2:00 than the clubface will close down more goingthrough impact and produce more of a hook.When you are on the golf course their will be times when youwant to spin the ball away from trouble. If the trouble is onthe left, than go to a square grip so the ball will spin to the right. If the trouble is on the right than go to a stronger grip sothe ball will spin to the left.Spinning the ball can also be very effective in improving yourshot making abilities on the course. When hitting a tee shot,go to a stronger grip which will produce more top spin andgive you more roll for a longer tee shot. When you’re hitting ashort approach to the green, you may want to have that ballstop quickly when it hits the green, so go to your square gripto produce more back spin.Practicing your shot making with different grips will onlyincrease your chances of shooting lower scores.

Rob Stanger is recognized by Golf Magazine as a 2007-2008 TopTeacher in the West Region. To view more tips or video golfinstruction go to www.mydesert.com or www.robstanger.com. Youcan contact him at 760-409-8628 for inquiries about your golf game.

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Spin the ball away fromtrouble: Change your grip

Spin the Ball Away from Trouble by Changing Your Grip

It is a common rule of some golf instructors to have one gripfor all your shots. Well, it is a common practice by tourplayers to change their grip according to the type of shot theyare playing.Your hands are the only part of your body that put you indirect contact with the club. How the hands are positioned onthe grip in relation to the clubface will directly affect how theball spins through the air.Let’s start with what I call a “square grip”, as seen in thephoto. I call it a square grip because the thumbs are squareto the grooves on the clubface. This grip will keep theclubface square going through impact and eliminate any spinto the left. Now what you do from this position influences the clubface angle and consequentially the spin of the ballthrough the air.A strong grip is when the two thumbs rotate to the right. Forexample if the grooves stay at 12:00 and the thumbs are at 1:00 this will promote a slight draw. But if the thumbs rotatemore to 2:00 than the clubface will close down more goingthrough impact and produce more of a hook.When you are on the golf course their will be times when youwant to spin the ball away from trouble. If the trouble is onthe left, than go to a square grip so the ball will spin to the right. If the trouble is on the right than go to a stronger grip sothe ball will spin to the left.Spinning the ball can also be very effective in improving yourshot making abilities on the course. When hitting a tee shot,go to a stronger grip which will produce more top spin andgive you more roll for a longer tee shot. When you’re hitting ashort approach to the green, you may want to have that ballstop quickly when it hits the green, so go to your square gripto produce more back spin.Practicing your shot making with different grips will onlyincrease your chances of shooting lower scores.

Rob Stanger is recognized by Golf Magazine as a 2007-2008 TopTeacher in the West Region. To view more tips or video golfinstruction go to www.mydesert.com or www.robstanger.com. Youcan contact him at 760-409-8628 for inquiries about your golf game.

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TURKEY TALK• No one is sure where the word “turkey” came

from. Some claim that when Columbus saw them, he thought they were related to the peacock. Because he thought he was in India, and because the word for peacock in India is “tuka,” he named them thusly. Others say that it got its name because it was imported through the country of Turkey. Still others swear it was because the bird’s head resembles the helmet of Turkish soldiers. Some think it’s because the call of the bird sounds like “turk-turk-turk.”

ACCORDING TO GUINNESS:• Vincent Pilkington of Ireland plucked a turkey

bald in one minute, 30 seconds on November 17, 1980, giving him the dubious honor of being the world’s fastest turkey plucker.

• One of the world’s largest turkey farms is located in Norfolk, Britain and is owned by Bernard Matthews. Over a million birds per year are raised there.

• One of the heaviest turkeys ever raised was the winner of the “Heaviest Turkey” competition in 1989 in London, England. About the size of beach ball, it weighed in at a whopping 86 pounds! □

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ENDANGERED SIGHTS & SOUNDS (cont’d):• How long has it been since you’ve used a

typewriter eraser? Or, if you’re younger, have you moved your belongings into a long-unused desk, only to find a strange-looking gadget with fiber-like hairs bushing out of one end? What you’ve found is a typewriter eraser. Usually shaped like a pencil, the tip was made of an especially-abrasive rubber, which was used to “erase” the typing error. The other end featured a small brush made of stiff plastic strands that was used to sweep the remnants of the erasure off the page.

• There’s no shortage of litter on the ground to-day, but thankfully, we no longer see discarded pull-tabs. The tabs on older easy-open beverage cans pulled completely off the can. People who walked in bare feet were constantly dodging these carelessly-dropped metal hazards.

• The rhythmic “beep” of the scanner is the musical accompaniment to the supermarket checkout line. But if you’ve ever wondered where the cliché of saying “ka-ching!” in re-lation to money comes from, that’s the sound that the old-style electric, not electronic, cash registers made. Cashiers of that era had to manually punch a series of buttons to ring up your purchase, followed by a smack of the “total” button with the heel of the hand.

• “Do you want your carbons?” used to be an automatic question asked by merchants after you’d signed for a credit card payment. At that time, credit card receipts were filled out by hand in triplicate, with a small piece of carbon paper inserted between each sheet. It didn’t take long for thieves to realize they could retrieve the used carbons from the trash and steal valuable credit card information. Once that scam gained popularity, waiters and cashiers regularly of-fered the carbons to customers, giving them the opportunity to destroy them.

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Front PageHow many have paid good money fora ticket to a horror film, only to cover their eyes and “see” very little of it?

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM TIDBITS!

SCARY MOVIESby Ryan Toepfer

Some people just seem to love having the living daylights scared out of them. Why else would horror and suspense movies be so popular? To celebrate Halloween, Tidbits goes behind the scenes of some classic thrillers.• When Alfred Hitchcock purchased the film

rights for Psycho, he also bought up as many copies of the original novel as he could find, hoping to keep the story’s ending a secret.

• The famous shower scene of Psycho was filmed using a double for Norman Bates, as Anthony Perkins was appearing in a play (Greenwillow)in New York at the time. The first time Perkins actually saw that scene was back at the studio, watching the daily “rushes,” and he said he was just as scared as everyone else.

• Take a close look at Michael Myers’ mask in the 1978 camp classic Halloween. Does the face look familiar? The movie was filmed on such a tight budget, that the prop department had to make do with what they had. For Myers’ disguise, they used an old Captain Kirk (StarTrek) mask, which they spray painted white and then re-shaped the eyeholes.

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