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“Strange, isn’t it? Each man’s life touchesso many other lives. When he isn’t around
he leaves an awful hole, doesn’t he?”
– Henry Travers as Clarence Oddbody in “It’s a Wonderful Life”
The Christmas holiday is steeped in tradition. Some families trim the tree while listening to their favorite Christmas music. Others prefer to
spend their time in the kitchen, baking myriad cook-ies, cakes and other mouth-watering treats. But you’d really have to look hard to fi nd anyone who doesn’t have a special movie that reminds them of Christ-mastime. “It’s A Wonderful Life” is one such movie that most people associate with the Christmas holi-day. Snippetz takes a look at the fi lm, the message and can’t fi nd a single reason not to agree that it truly is a wonderful life.
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THE STORYIf you haven’t seen the movie, it might sound like a bit of a downer. A man who has always been self-sacrifi cing in order to help others fi nds himself on the brink of professional bankruptcy on Christmas Eve. Not exactly the defi nition of a feel-good Christmas-y movie, right? Don’t get dis-couraged, though. It ends on a high note.
The premise is really two-fold. The fi rst is that an Angel named Clarence Oddbody (Henry Travers) desperately wants to earn his wings. He is tasked with preventing George Bailey (James “Jimmy” Stewart) from committing suicide and helping him appreciate all the blessings Bailey has in his life. If he can accomplish this, Odd-body will earn his wings.
The other side of the story follows Bailey. He has always put others’ needs before his own by setting aside his hopes and dreams (like traveling and college). All this gen-erosity doesn’t prevent a mistake made by his Uncle Billy (Thomas Mitchell), which results in an $8,000 defi cit to his business accounts. Realizing that he could face prosecution for misappropriation of funds, Bailey gets drunk, crashes his car and then decides he is worth more dead than alive.
Bailey attempts to jump from a bridge to commit suicide but Oddbody beats him to the punch. Bailey rescues him instead of taking his own life. In his inebriated state, Bailey remains despondent and wishes that he had never been born. Oddbody grants his wish and shows Bailey what the world would have been like for his family and friends in that event. Things are not pretty.
When Bailey wishes for things to go back to normal, naturally his wish is granted and he can return to his life having gained some perspective. The townspeople raise the $8,000 to keep him out of jail and he real-izes that he has a wonderful life. And, of course, Oddbody fi nally earns his wings.
A NOT-SO-WARMRECEPTION…
It probably comes as a shock to some peo-ple that this fi lm, which was voted No. 11 in the American Film Institute’s 100 Great-est American Movies of All Time, was ini-tially received with, shall we say, mixed re-views. Following its premiere at the Globe Theatre in New York on Dec. 20, 1946, one writer for the New York Times wrote that “the weakness of this picture, from the re-viewer’s point of view, is the sentimentality of it – it’s illusory concept of life.”
The movie was released for general view-ing on Jan. 7, 1947 and grossed $3.3 mil-lion at the box offi ce. This equated to a loss of $525,000 at the box offi ce for RKO, the fi lm’s production company.
More reviews followed, both good and bad. The Federal Bureau of Investigation weighed in on the fi lm in a memo that stated: “With regard to the picture “It’s a Wonderful Life,” (names redacted) stated in substance that the fi lm represented rath-er obvious attempts to discredit bankers by casting Lionel Barrymore (Henry F. Pot-ter, the villainous banker who attempts to
overrun Bedford Falls and take control of Bailey’s company) as a ‘scrooge-type’ so that he would be the most hated man in the picture. This, according to these sources, is a common trick used by Communists. In addition, (names redacted) stated that, in his opinion, this picture deliberately ma-ligned the upper class, attempting to show the people who had money were mean and despicable characters.”
OOPSIf “It’s A Wonderful Life” can be consid-ered a box offi ce fl op, it is said to be in large part due to the fact that the production company RKO failed to renew the copy-right on it. In those days, a copyright only lasted 27 years, so by 1973 RKO should have renewed it. But they didn’t so when T.V. stations got wind of this little misstep, they began to run the movie as part of their Christmas lineup. Naturally, people began to watch it because it was being broadcast directly to them and eventually it became the classic that it is today. No one has ever been blamed for this mishap, nor has any-one admitted to it.
‘WONDERFUL’ SNIPPETZ• Uncle Billy’s pet raven Jimmy also ap-peared in “You Can’t Take It with You” and all other movies to follow that were pro-duced by Frank Capra.
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• RKO (the fi lm’s production company) created “chemical snow” specifi cally for this movie. They hoped to avoid the need to dub dialogue in snow scenes which was often needed with earlier types of artifi cial snow. It was usually made from crushed cornfl akes.
• Capra visited Seneca Falls, New York in 1945 and the town claims that he modeled Bedford Falls (the town in which the movie takes place) after it. To date, the town still holds an annual “It’s A Wonderful Life Festival” in December.
• Seneca Falls also opened The Hotel Clar-ence in 2009 to pay homage to Clarence Oddbody.
• Lionel Barrymore bet Donna Reed who played Mary Hatch, Bailey’s childhood friend and eventually his wife, that she didn’t know how to milk a cow. Reed won the bet when she successfully milked a cow on set.
• Mr. Gower’s drugstore, which was where Bailey worked when he was younger, fea-tured the following products and advertise-ments: Paterson tobaccos pies; Coca-Cola; Lucky Strike cigarettes; Camel cigarettes; Chesterfi eld cigarettes; Penetro cough syrup; Vaseline hair tonic; Pepto-Bismol; The Saturday Evening Post; and Bayer As-pirin.
• The fi lm received fi ve Academy award nominations: Best Picture for Frank Capra; Best Director for Frank Capra; Best Actor for James Stewart; Best Editing for Wil-liam Hornbeck; and Best Sound Recording for John Aalberg.
• Jimmy Stewart gave an interview to Mi-chael Parkinson in 1973 and said that “It’s A Wonderful Life,” out of all the movies he ever made, was his favorite.
• In the movie, Bailey’s younger brother Harry returns home from college with his new bride, Ruth. The family throws a wel-come home party for the couple and Uncle Billy gets drunk. Bailey points him in the right direction to get home and Uncle Billy staggers off. During fi lming, while Uncle Billy is off-camera (presumably wander-ing home), there’s a loud crash and Uncle Billy yells, “I’m all right! I’m all right!” The crash wasn’t originally meant to be a part of the scene; it was actually equipment on the set falling over and Thomas Mitch-ell (Uncle Billy) ad libbed his lines. Capra left them in and added extra sound effects to make it more theatrical.
• In the 1984 movie “Gremlins,” main character Billy Peltzer’s home town of Kingston Falls is modeled to look like Bedford Falls. Throughout the movie, clips from “It’s A Wonderful Life” can be seen as well.
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• You might be surprised to learn that one out of every 18 people has a third nipple.
• The epic 1939 fi lm “Gone With the Wind” was awarded 10 Acade-my Awards and is a beloved classic to this day. Given the astounding success of the movie, it’s shocking that one of the stars, Vivien Leigh, was paid only $15,000 for her role as Scarlett O’Hara.
• The world’s smallest spider is about the size of the period at the end of this sentence.
• You may not realize it, but not all “light” beers have fewer calo-
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• The African ostrich lays an egg that weighs a whopping 30 pounds. It’s so sturdy that a grown man can stand on it without causing it any harm.
• When the Titanic sank in 1912, many passengers perished in the frigid waters because no ship came to their aid until the Carpathia ar-rived more than two hours after the disaster. However, there was anoth-er ship nearby as the liner sank: a freighter, the California, was only 10 miles away. The crew even saw emergency fl ares fi red from the lin-er, but they thought it was part of a celebration rather than a signal of distress.
• Although a normal human infant is born with 350 bones, the normal human adult has only 206 bones.
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Consider asking your doctor what you can do in the New Year to in-crease your level of health. The answer might be rather simple, such as, “Get some 3-pound hand weights and strengthen your arms and wrists.” Or, “Add one fruit to your diet each day. Canned is OK.” How easy that would be.
Vow to stay in better touch with friends. Make a list of people who’ve started to drift away from
lack of contact and make a call or send a letter to each one. Stay in touch with them every month.
Learn a new skill. The senior cen-ter or recreation department will have classes of all kinds. Pick one, but give it some thought. Choose something you can stick with. Does it have a writing class? A beginning drawing class? Photography? How about teaching a class and passing along a skill you have?
Do something for others on a regu-lar basis. Schedule two or three days a month when you’ll shelve books at the library, socialize dogs at the animal shelter to give them a bet-ter chance of being adopted, answer phones at the food bank or anything else you think is meaningful.
Here’s one suggestion with a tangi-ble benefi t: Pick one coin denomi-nation, whether it’s a nickel, dime or quarter, and save it in a jar every time you get one in change. Save the coins all year and reward your-self next December.
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A tired traveler and his very pregnant wife needed a place to stay after a wearisome day on the road. They
came upon a two-bit motel and sought a warm room from the innkeeper.
“My wife is pregnant and we are both ex-hausted,” pleaded the man. “We need a room for the night.”
“No vacancy!” the man shouted from the crack in the door.
“But sir my wife is about to give birth and…”
“OK”, grumbled the man, “You can sleep in the barn out back, now leave me alone.”
That night, surrounded by the musty odors of the barn and the presence of a variety of animals that sought refuge in the same structure, the man’s wife gave birth to a lovely little baby boy. The next day the motel was a-buzz with the news that a baby was born out back. Even the innkeeper, aroused by the activity, likely wandered out to the shed to see for himself.
Now I know the original story doesn’t say so, but I believe that once the innkeeper saw the little baby boy, that suddenly a room became available for him and his mother; and other resources that the new family needed were freely offered. I think that once the innkeeper saw the baby, his apathy changed to sympathy and his hard heart turned to compassion.
Why do I think that happened? Because that’s the kind of impact this little baby has had on people around the world for well over two thousand years. When they take a good look at that little baby born behind the motel in that smelly barn, their lives are changed. They go from Scrooge to saint, from taker to giver, from tightwad to phi-lanthropist, from miser to minister.
Need some evidence? Just take a look around. You’ll fi nd hospitals, schools, so-cial service agencies and volunteer groups in every land helping the sick, teaching the uninformed, housing the homeless, caring for the dying, and joyfully doing the work that many people think should be done by some cold, soulless government agency.
Show me a hospital erected by an atheist, or fi nd me a social service agency funded by agnostics. There are few if any volun-teer organizations that serve the hurting word established by humanists, new-agers, Marxists, or secular progressives.
When disaster comes to any location on earth who arrives to help fi rst - the Na-tional Association of Wiccans? What about the ACLU, do they show up? Only if some kindly volunteer is caught praying with a hurting soul, then they’ll jump into action and try to shut down the whole operation.
You can depend on it, when disaster comes to almost any place on earth the fi rst help on scene usually comes from the Salvation Army. This impressive, worldwide organi-zation was started in 1875 in England by a Christian minister to the slums of London where thieves, prostitutes, gamblers and drunkards were among his fi rst converts.
It’s a matter of fact: there is no other reli-gion in all the world that is as generous, loving, caring and other-oriented as the one that started in the back yard of that two-bit motel a couple of millennium ago.
I can’t explain it but for some reason when people consider the meaning of that special birth and the message of love and forgive-ness that came from his lips later in life, they change. They go from being wasted, wandering malcontents to useful, generous citizens. They no longer focus just on what they can get, but ask, “What can I give, how can I help?”
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Our 37-year-old daughter lives in Denver. She took her younger sister skiing where the altitude was 11,800 feet. Our younger daughter lives in Toronto, where the altitude is 250 feet. She felt discomfort or worse at the higher level.
Is it safe for an unacclimatized person to travel to such an altitude abruptly? How best should one treat altitude sickness? Are there potentially any serious or last-ing effects of altitude sickness? -- P and H.M.
ANSWER: At high altitudes the pres-sure of oxygen in the atmosphere drops, so less gets into the blood. Most healthy people can tolerate altitudes of 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) to 8,000 feet (2,400 me-ters) without diffi culty. Older people and people with heart and lung disease might become short of breath at such heights.
An unacclimatized person, trying to func-tion at 8,000 feet (2,400 meters) or more, can run into trouble if the person doesn’t make the ascent slowly. Above 8,000 feet, people should not ascend more than 1,000 feet a day without returning to a lower altitude to sleep. They can con-tinue to go higher if they descend 1,000 feet each night to sleep. They will know they are pushing too fast if a moderate amount of activity leaves them breathless and bushed.
Acute mountain sickness, a formidable illness, occurs to unacclimatized people in the fi rst six to 24 hours at a given height. People become short of breath, dizzy, have a dry cough and are nause-ated. They often have a headache.
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***DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Can you get ringworm from eating too much candy? Is there any relationship between not keeping the body clean and ringworm? I have been told that both can cause it. -- Z.C.
ANSWER: Neither causes it. Ringworm is a fungal infection. The infection can spring up on the head, the body, the hands or the feet (athlete’s foot). The fungus is picked up from someone else or from inanimate objects like the fl oor of a shower room.
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This site is here to show thosehouses where the residents aremost likely celebrating a happy holi-day, but have no sense of decencyin how they choose to celebrate.We will show the garish, the ugly,the weird. For your own sake, andthe sake of your neighbors, do nottry this at home. Click on the col-lections on the left….www.uglychristmaslights.com
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Read about the 1st World WarChristmas Truce.“You are standing up to your kneesin the slime of a waterloggedtrench. It is the evening of 24December 1914 and you are on thedreaded Western Front….”www.firstworldwar.com/features/christmastruce.htm
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Visit Santa's Workshop, take part ina Christmas story, play games, andvisit the toy shop.
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Play Christmas games, read someChristmas stories, poems and jokes,color some Christmas pages, readabout Christmas traditions, try someChristmas recipes, listen toChristmas music and even read thelyrics to the Christmas songs.Games, Kid's Zones, Santa Video,Music, Gifts, Traditions, Recipes….www.merry-christmas.com
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Then check out Holiday ShoppingTips, Holiday Picture Guide,Christmas Stamp, Christmas Blog,Presidential Christmas, ChristmasRecipes, Christmas Crafts,Christmas Gifts, Christmas ColorPix, Christmas eCards!www.holidays.net/christmas
Want an good Old FashionedVictorian Christmas? VictorianChristmas ideas -- gifts, cards,crafts, food, dolls….www.victoriana.com/christmas/default.htm
Play some Christmas games, includ-ing Evil Elves 2, Arctic Antics, andSnowball Toss.www.holidays.kaboose.com/games-xmas.html
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• On Dec. 28, 1869, the Knights of Labor, a labor union of tailors in Philadelphia, holds the fi rst Labor Day ceremonies in American history. In 1894, Congress designated the fi rst Monday in September a legal holiday for all federal employees and the residents of the District of Columbia.
• On Dec. 29, 1878, the fi rst game is played between two teams of the fi rst professional baseball league in Cuba. Baseball was in-troduced in Cuba around 1864, when some students returned home from studying in the United States and introduced their fel-low islanders to the bat and ball.
• On Dec. 25, 1880, Layne Hall is born in Mississippi. When he died in 1990, Hall
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• On Dec. 26, 1917, during World War I, President Woodrow Wilson announces the nationalization of many of the country’s railroads. The Railroad Control Act stated that within 21 months of a peace treaty, the railroads would be returned to their owners. In March 1920, the railroads became private property once again.
• On Dec. 27, 1932, at the height of the Great Depression, thousands of people turn out for the opening of Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Radio City Music Hall was designed as a palace for the people -- a place of beauty where ordinary folks could see high-quality entertainment. It remains the largest indoor theater in the world.
• On Dec. 24, 1979, the Soviet Union invades Afghanistan under the pretext of uphold-ing the Soviet-Afghan Friendship Treaty of 1978. Within days, the Soviets had secured the capital of Kabul after overcoming fi erce but brief resistance from the Afghan army.
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Oh little town of Palmer LakeHow soon will ye sigh?
As Christmas goes with Pinz, you know
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Mostly good, we pray
So with Christmas pastWe’ll know at last
How it ends, the fabled story – Pinz
New Years Eve; the date
One last night to paint the townTo dance, party, to get down
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CELEBRATECRANBERRIESIf you’re planning a festive holiday meal,
don’t forget to celebrate with cranber-ries. Cranberries often are associated
with the holidays, but their nutritious tasti-ness is worth having anytime. Like many fruits, cranberries are high in fi ber and vi-tamin C and low in calories and fat. A fresh cup of these tangy berries has 5 grams of fi ber and 24 percent of the vitamin C the average person needs in a day, but just 51 calories. Use fresh, frozen or unsweetened dried berries for the best nutritive value.
Cranberries are packed with antioxidants that may help maintain heart health and reduce cholesterol. The tannins in cranber-ries might help prevent gum disease and urinary tract infections. In the lab, cranber-ries prevent bacteria from adhering to the walls of the urinary tract and the gum line. According to the November 2010 edition of the Tufts University Health and Nutri-tion Letter, “trials investigating cranberry intake and urinary-tract infections showed that there has been some benefi t estab-lished in reducing the number of infections in women.”
Cranberry juice is often the form used when deliberately seeking to prevent infection. The fl uid in the juice does help maintain hydration, which is known to help prevent infection. Cranberries are very tart and are often consumed in combination with sugar. For example, a glass of cranberry juice cocktail has about 30 grams of sugar and 137 calories.
This wonderful recipe uses a cranberries combined with fi gs and apples to add punch to a delicious roasted pork tenderloin.
(Additional information provided by Janet Eckert, Regional Nutrition and Health Ed-ucation specialist, Harrison County, Uni-versity of Missouri Extension.)
PORK MEDALLIONS WITH CRANBERRY AND FIG CHUTNEY
2 cups fresh, frozen or dried cranberries
1 cup apple juice or apple cider 1 medium Gala, Fuji or Granny Smith apple, peeled, stem and core removed and chopped1/2 cup snipped, dried fi gs 3/4 cup packed brown sugar or granulated sugar 2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary or 1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed 2 1/2 teaspoons salt 2 1/2 teaspoons ground black pepper 2 (12-ounce) pork tenderloins 3 tablespoons honey mustard2 tablespoons poultry seasoning3 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil6 green onions, tops and white ends, diced (optional)Hot cooked brown or long grain rice (op-tional)
1. For the chutney: In a small, heavy sauce-pan, stir together the cranberries, apple juice, apples, fi gs, sugar, rosemary and 1 teaspoon of the salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and reduce the heat. Simmer, un-covered, for 8 to 10 minutes or until the chutney reaches the desired consistency, stirring occasionally. Set aside.2. Cut each tenderloin crosswise into six pieces (12 pieces total), about 1-inch thick. Press each piece with the palm of your hand to an even thickness. Mix the mustard together with the remaining salt and pep-per, and the poultry seasoning. Coat each piece with the mustard mixture evenly on both sides. 3. Pour the oil into a large, nonstick skil-let and heat over medium-high heat. Place the pork in batches in a hot skillet. Do not overcrowd. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until the pork is slightly pink in the center and the juices run clear, turning once halfway through cooking time. Do not overcook.4. Place cooked pork on a plate and cover with foil to keep warm. Add more oil to the pan as needed. Continue cooking, a few pieces at a time, until all the pieces are done.5. Place 2 pork medallions on each dinner plate. Serve with hot cooked rice. Spoon some of the warm chutney over pork. Sprinkle with green onions, if desired. Pass remaining chutney. Makes 6 servings.
Angela Shelf Medearis is an award-winning children’s author, culinary historian and the author of seven cookbooks. Her new cookbook is “The Kitchen Diva’s Diabetic Cookbook.” Her website is www.divapro.com. To see how-to videos, recipes and much, much more, Like Angela Shelf Medearis, The Kitchen Diva! on Facebook and go to Hulu.com. Recipes may not be reprinted without permission from Angela Shelf Medearis.
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1. PSYCHOLOGY: If you had choreo-phobia, what would you be afraid of?
2. COMICS: What comic hero has a nemesis named Ming the Merciless?
3. TELEVISION: Where were the char-acters of “Laverne and Shirley” em-ployed in Milwaukee?
4. ARCHITECTURE: Who invented the geodesic dome?
5. LITERATURE: What were the names of “The Three Musketeers” by Alexan-dre Dumas?
6. MOVIES: What male actor starred in the 1981 fi lm “Arthur,” and who was his leading lady?
7. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the island country of Sri Lanka located?
8. CHEMISTRY: What is the Periodic Table symbol for zinc?
9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What nickname did author Tom Wolfe give the 1970s?
10. LANGUAGE: What are corsairs?
1. When was the last time the Chi-cago White Sox fi nished last in their division?
2. True or false: In his only sea-son as manager of the Minnesota Twins, Billy Martin led the team to the playoffs.
3. Who led the NFL in rushing the one year that Cleveland’s Jim Brown didn’t during his nine-year NFL career?
4. How many times has Brigham Young’s men’s basketball team made the NCAA Tournament with-out ever reaching the Final Four?
5. Name the fi rst eighth-seeded NHL team to eliminate a No. 1 and a No. 2 seed in the same season. 6. In 2012, Kamron Doyle (14 years, 218 days old) became the youngest bowler to fi nish in the top three in a PBA event. Who had been the youngest?
7. Who was the youngest U.S. box-er to win an Olympic gold medal?
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SNIPPETZ® PUZZLES AND TRIVIA
1. In “The 12 Days of Christ-mas,” how many maids milk-ing, ladies dancing and lords leaping are there?2. Name the boy who sang “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.”3. Who wrote and sang “Pret-ty Paper”?4. Which Christmas song was made famous in 1957 by Bob-by Helms?5. Name the song that con-tains this lyric: “He led them down the streets of town right to the traffi c cop, And he only paused a moment when he heard him holler ‘Stop!’
New DVD Releases forWeek of December 24, 2012
PICKS OF THE WEEK“Looper” (R) -- Joe (Joseph Gordon-Lev-itt) has a good job as one of the hit men who hang out in the year 2044, waiting for the future-mob to send victims back in time for execution. It all changes the day his future-self (Bruce Willis) is sent back. Young Joe hesitates on the trigger, and old Joe escapes. Now the young Joe has to murder himself from 30 years in the future, or be murdered as a young man by his angry boss.
This is an action thriller with enough sense to keep things moving at a brisk and tense pace. Although super-nerds may be let down by the lack of meticulous exposition about time travel, “Looper” keeps the rest of us reeled in and skillfully plays on the deeper themes in the story.
“Something Better Somewhere Else” (R) -- This collection of four short fi lms shows just how much storytelling can be done in a small amount of time with relatively little said aloud. The four shorts have a similar theme of “things about to change.” One follows a man leaving a job he hates, and the subtle developments that turn up during a farewell round of drinks. Each one has great strength in the details. The stories are short, subtle and satisfying. It’s a refresh-ing change of pace from bloated Hollywood productions and hyperactive attention-grab-bing media.
“The Well Digger’s Daughter” (NR) -- This remake of a French melodrama has the look and feel of a dear family antique -- pretty, old-fashioned and a bit stuffy. The titular daughter, Patricia (Astrid Berges-Frisbey, looking like an idyllic painting come to life), is gorgeous and cultured, despite her working-class background. She apparently does a lot of strolling through fi elds of fl owers near dusty country roads. She falls in love with the handsome son of a local rich man. He fl ies a biplane and takes her on his motorcycle. Their love has to struggle against class barriers and World War I.
DOG OF THE WEEK“The Words” (PG-13) -- Behold, a story so pretentious and unmoving that the studio, in its mercy, decided to quietly release the DVD on Christmas Eve. The movie centers on Bradley Cooper’s character, who is a
writer in a story within a story being told by Dennis Quaid. Jeremy Irons shows up in Cooper’s storyline, and tells a quick story-within-a-story-within-a-story.
The movie beats you over the head with messages about plagiarism, fi ctional worlds, guilt and all kinds of things that just go no-where. The story gets so wrapped up in it-self with so little to say that you wouldn’t mind a little plagiarism, so long as it’s in-teresting.
TV RELEASES“Justifi ed: The Complete Third Season”
“Wiggles: The Wiggles Celebration”“Gabriel Iglesias Presents:
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SNIPPETZ® COMICS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Answers & Solutions
TRIVIA TEST ANSWERS
SPORTS QUIZ ANSWERS
FLASH BACK ANSWERS
1. Eight maids, nine ladies and 10 lords. The song dates
back to the 1700s in England, with a possible French origin.
In France, it’s eight cows, nine bulls and 10 pigeons.
2. Jimmy Boyd, age 13, in 1952. Unfortunately for Boyd, in
his haste to get away from novelty songs, he turned down
“Jambalaya,” written by Hank Williams.
3. Willie Nelson wrote the song in 1963, but it was fi rst re-
corded by Roy Orbison.
4. “Jingle Bell Rock.” The song has been widely used, in-
cluding in the 1987 fi lm “Lethal Weapon.”
5. “Frosty the Snowman,” fi rst recorded in 1950 by Gene Au-
try and the Cass County Boys. In 1954, a black-and-white
animated three-minute short “Frosty” cartoon was created.
This classic can be found online at YouTube.
1. Dancing2. Flash Gordon3. Shotz Brewery
4. Richard Buckminster Fuller5. Aramis, Athos and Porthos
6. Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli7. Off the coast of India
8. Zn9. The “Me” Decade
10. Privately owned warships
1. It was 1989, when they were 69-92.2. True. The Twins won the A.L. West in 1969.3. Green Bay’s Jim Taylor rushed for 1,474 yards in 1962.4. The Cougars have been to 27 NCAA Tourna-ments.5. The Los Angeles Kings, in 2012.6. Wesley Low, at 14 years, 344 days old, fi nished third in a PBA event earlier in 2012. 7. Jackie Fields was 16 when won a gold medal in the featherweight division in 1924.
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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) An old adver-sary wants to make amends over the holidays. The decision is yours. But wouldn’t it be nice to share the upcoming new year with another friend?
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) As news of your work gets around, expect to receive a special holiday “gift” from infl uential con-tacts who could help you launch your new projects in the new year.
GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Instead of fussing over what you didn’t do to prepare for the holidays, relax and enjoy the kudos for a job truly well done. A happy surprise awaits you early next year.
CANCER (June 21 to July 22) The best way to shake off lingering holiday blues is to join loved ones in the fun and festivities of this special time. A confusing situation starts to make sense in upcoming weeks.
LEO (July 23 to August 22) Special emotion-al rewards mark this holiday time for Leos and Leonas who are able to open up to new relationships and the possibilities they offer in the upcoming year.
VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Your efforts to make the holidays especially mem-orable for some people will be rewarded in some unexpected (but very welcome) ways in the upcoming year.
LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Be assured that your efforts to make this holi-day special for everyone won’t go unnoticed by those who could make some important changes in your life.
SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Lots of folks want you to light up their holi-day parties. But try to take some quiet time ‘twixt those glittering galas to spend with some very special people.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) While the current round of holiday revels has your social life on the fast track, some-one special might want to keep pace with you next year, as well.
CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Enjoy all the fun you deserve at this holiday time. However, don’t lose sight of the need to check out some of the changes the new year is expected to bring.
AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) What happens during this holiday time can help clear up some of the confusion jeop-ardizing a once-stable relationship. Follow your instincts on what to do next.
PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Your holidays are brightened by new friends eager to become part of your life. But don’t forget to spend time with that one special person. (You know who!)
BORN THIS WEEK: You have the ability to encourage people to reach their potential by setting an example with your own efforts.
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...BRING CHRIST INTO OUR FINANCIAL LIVES
TIDYING UP THEFINANCIAL HOUSE
Christmas is upon us and soon the New Year. In the household where I grow up the days leading
up to Christmas was the time of prepara-tion. The tree would be put up and the house decorated for the holidays. It was a wonderful time. However before any of the celebrations my Mom would “tidy up the house.” This meant, for us kids, cleaning everything that did not move.
Now, before 2013 is upon us, is a good time to tidy up your fi nancial house. Here are a few items you might consider that could very well prepare your fi nancial house for the New Year.
Roth IRA Conversion Income taxes to-day are at near their all-time lows. Given the current state of affairs in Washington it is not unreasonable to think that taxes will increase. By converting your IRA and paying the taxes due you eliminate any future taxes on the appreciation of and distributions from your IRA ac-count.
RMD All traditional IRAs, 403(B) and employer-sponsored retirement accounts have required minimum distributions for those over the age of 70 1/2. The tax pen-alties for failing to take the full distribu-tion are quite severe. So check to make sure you are in compliance.
Benefi ciaries Review your benefi ciaries on your insurance policies, including your long term care policies, annuities and retirement accounts. Make sure that the names, social security numbers, birth dates and addresses are up to date.
401(k) For 2012 the maximum contribu-tion limit for a 401(k) is $17,000. Re-member that all contributions must be made by year end. For IRAs the contri-bution limit is $5,000 ($6,000 if you are over age 50) and you have until April 15, 2013 to make those contributions.
529 College Savings Plans 529 plans not only offer tax benefi ts but are also looked
more favorably for fi nancial aid purpos-es. Given the fi nancial uncertainty we are facing, now may be a good time to move funds set aside for college funding to a 529 plan.
Gifting The annual non charitable gift-ing limit for 2012 is $13,000 – $65,000 if made to a 529 plan. For charitable gifts there are no set limits. Just make sure your gift is received by your favored or-ganization by December 31 and if you are planning to take a tax deduction get a receipt.
Investing Given the prospect of higher taxes, awareness of the impact of taxa-tion of your investments will become in-creasingly important. By reviewing your investments with an eye on taxation you may fi nd that increasing your portfolio allocation in tax deferred and tax free in-vestments could be of real benefi t.
With the holiday season comes the dreams and promises of the New Year. By making the time to tidy up your fi nancial house you will have laid the foundation upon which those promises and dreams are built.
On a personal note: I want wish each of you a blessed Christmas and a prosper-ous New Year. It is your readership, your kind words and support that has inspired me through the years. Thank you. I truly appreciate all that you have given me.
“This day in David’s city a savior has been born to you, the Messiah and Lord.” Luke 2: 11
Chuck Maher is a Certifi ed Financial Plan-nerTM practitioner specializing in Christian values based fi nancial planning and invest-ing. He can be reached at [email protected], locally at (719) 481-0549.
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YES, YOU NEED TOKEEP RECEIPTS
Receipts and recordkeeping are common concerns. In the ab-sence of proof, the IRS and the
Tax Court will allow some estimation but it is weighed heavily against the taxpayer. Sounds like fun. Here’s the skinny: you need a record showing the business na-ture and you need documentary evidence showing that you paid the amount, who you paid it to, and the date.
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Myth Buster: Simply keeping track of your expenditures in your iPhone, Quick-en or spreadsheet will not be enough. This would only be the record part of the
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