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F A hike in the mountains provided the revelation for a unique fastener for fabric. Swiss engineer George de Mestral was walking his dog and both came home covered with cockleburs. Upon examining one of the burs under his microscope, he discovered it was covered with thousands of hooks that had gripped his wool pants and his dog’s fur. The invention of Velcro followed soon after, with its tiny hooks fastening to loops of fabric. The name came from combining “velour” with “crochet,” and his was idea patented in 1955. F Paul Orfalea’s college chums dubbed him “Kinko” because he had a mass of curly hair. In 1970, when Orfalea borrowed $5,000 and rented a 100-square-foot building near the University of California campus, he named his new business Kinko’s. Students could obtain copies from his single copier for two-and-a-half cents apiece, as well as purchase school supplies and get their film processed. Within ten years, there were 80 stores, and in 2004, Orfalea sold his enterprise to FedEx for $2.4 billion.F A department store janitor suffering from asthma was the inventor of the first upright vacuum. James Spangler set out to improve on the carpet sweeper he used at work, hoping to alleviate his attacks. He started with a tin box, a fan, a broom handle and a pillowcase to suck away the dust. He gave one of his new “Electric Suction Sweepers” to his cousin, Susan Hoover, whose husband “Boss” Hoover provided the financial backing, eventually purchased the patent from Spangler and gave the contraption a new name.F It’s convenient that Arby’s sells roast beef (R-B), but that’s not the source of the company’s acronym. It really stands for the initials of its founders, the Raffel Brothers, Forrest and Leroy, who opened their first restaurant in Boardman, Ohio, in 1964. They had initially chosen the name Big Tex for their establishment, but another Ohio businessman was already using it. There are now more than 3,000 Arby’s across the United States.

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your fitting as you’ll wear for walking. Make sure the shoe is flexible, and walk around the store to check for comfort.Pedometer: It’s said that 10,000 is the number of steps we should take daily for weight loss, and 6,000 steps for maintaining health. Pedometers are little gadgets that clip to your waistband and count your steps. Some of them are electronic, and some work via tiny springs inside that sense your body’s movements. All adjust to your stride length (you program it to match your individual distance between steps) and calculate how far you’ve walked. Use the buddy system, or walk with a group, for safety. But most of all, have fun. Walking, or any exercise, is great for releasing endorphins and adding to our sense of well-being.Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Write to her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to columnreply@gmail.com.

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: We have a lot of nature and wildlife surrounding our property, and much of that wildlife crosses through our yard and leaves “pellets” behind — deer, skunk, fox, coyote and so on. Our 7-month-old bearded Collie, “Jesse,” is uncontrollably attracted to these pellets and eats them. How do I stop this behavior? — Cindy K., Clinton Township, Mich.

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NAME ORIGINS (continued):F Brothers Henry, Hilal, and Herman Hassenfeld were the founders of the world’s second-largest toymakers. Hasbro got its start in 1923 when these Polish immigrants started selling school supplies. In the late 1930s, they made the switch to toys, beginning with junior doctor and nurse kits and modeling clay. Today we know them for Mr. Potato Head, G.I. Joe and Transformers.F In 1927, a factory in Gothenburg, Sweden, rolled out its first automobile, christened the Volvo. The name came from the Latin, meaning, “I roll.” Eighty years later, the company had produced nearly 15 million vehicles.F The big business of athletic shoes has some interesting brand name origins. Adidas shoes draw their name from their founder Adolf “Adi” Dassler, who founded the company in 1949. NIKE is the winged goddess of victory in Greek mythology, and its famous swoop is said to resemble the wing of that goddess. ASICS uses an acronym of a Latin phrase Anima sana in corpore sano, which translates to, “A sound mind in a sound body” to label their footwear. The speed of an African antelope, the rhebok, was the inspiration behind Reebok’s company name.F The name of German Henri Nestlé is synonymous with good chocolate, but the world’s first baby formula was actually his first creation in 1867. Nestlé didn’t get into the chocolate-making business until 1929, when he acquired a Swiss chocolate company. The company logo is the original Nestlé family coat of arms, which features a bird’s nest containing a mother bird and two baby birds.F Louis Chevrolet was a Swiss auto racer who went into partnership with William Durant in 1911 to

produce automobiles. Chevrolet had already been in the news as a frequent race winner, driving his Buick up to 72 miles per hour. He wanted to build a luxury car, while Durant’s idea was to produce inexpensive cars to compete with the Ford Model T. Chevrolet won the debate and lent his name to the Classic Six. However, a few years later, while Chevrolet was on a European vacation, Durant implemented changes for a smaller car. Upon Chevrolet’s return to Michigan, the two men’s dispute grew, and Chevrolet sold out his shares and left the company. Durant went on to control General Motors, acting as its president until 1920.F Fiats have been around since 1899 when the Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (translation: Italian Automobile Factory of Turin) was founded. The company built its first factory in the United States in 1908.F What ever happened to Datsun vehicles? They were taken over by Nippon Sangyo, which translates to “Japan Industries.” Nissan is an abbreviated version of Nippon Sangyo. F Two former electrical engineering students at Stanford University are responsible for the search engine Yahoo, used by millions every day. David Filo and Jerry Yang initially called their site “Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web,” but later selected an acronym for “Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle.” The two also like the definition of a yahoo: “rude, unsophisticated, and uncouth.” F The computer coding used to write web pages, “HTML,” was the source for the name of one of the nation’s most popular e-mail sites. Its creators incorporated the four computer language letters into the service HoTMaiL in 1996, and within five months, had more than eight million subscribers. Just a year

later, the founders received a cool $400 million from Microsoft to be added to its list of services. F Jesse Shwayder founded the Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company in 1910 in Denver, Colorado. Touting his reputation as the maker of strong luggage, he named one of his suitcases the “Samson” after the Biblical personage endowed with tremendous strength by God. The company name was eventually changed to Samsonite, and it ran an ad campaign flaunting the fact that their hard-sided luggage was “hard enough to stand on.” F A character in an 1851 novel was the inspiration for the name of the world’s largest coffeehouse. Captain Ahab’s first mate in Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” was named Starbuck. The chain started out with one location in Seattle’s Pike Street Market in 1971 and has grown to more than 16,000 outlets throughout the world.

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Ryan Newman, who hadn’t won since the 2008 Daytona 500, put his No. 39 Chevrolet in victory lane for the first time by

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I got a win here or there, but it was not dominant like we were back in 2002 and 2003.“I wanted to get that first victory for our team and for No. 39 and these guys at Stewart Haas Racing who had never been to any victory in any series.”To add a bit of historical trivia, Newman’s was

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Newman Makes All the Right Movesthe first victory in NASCAR history by a car numbered 39.Late-race strategy led to the win. On the final pit stop, Newman’s crew chief, Tony Gibson, elected to change only two tires on Newman’s Impala, thus gaining track position.“It’s racing, man. It’s racing all the way up until the checkered flag falls,” said Newman. “You never know what happens. That’s why fans love the sport, and the strategy and the drama and what’s going to happen and how teams play it out.“Four tires, two tires, no tires. I’m surprised that there wasn’t a guy who went out there with no tires just to see. There was 24 cars in the lead lap, it’s, like, why wouldn’t you? Some guys just don’t take that risk, and I was glad that they didn’t.”Monte Dutton has covered motorsports for The Gaston (N.C.) Gazette since 1993. He was named writer of the year by the National Motorsports Press Association in 2008. His blog NASCAR This Week (http://nascar.rbma.com) features all of his reporting on racing, roots music and life on the road. E-mail Monte at nascar_thisweek@yahoo.com.

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3. Who was the first woman to be ashamed of her lack of clothing? Eve, Anna, Pilate’s wife, Miriam

4. Which king was stricken with leprosy because he disobeyed God’s command and burned incense on a holy altar? Uzziah, Solomon, Joab, Petra

5. Where did Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead? Sinai, Bethany, Tarsus, Smyrna

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I’m beginning to get little knobs on my finger joints. I believe this is arthritis, and I have seen it in the advanced stages. What can I do to prevent it from getting worse? — Anon.ANSWER: The knobs on the finger joints below the fingernail are Heberden’s nodes, named after an English doctor who died at the start of the 19th century. Knobs on the middle finger joints are Bouchard’s nodes, named after a French doctor who died in the early years of the 20th century. Both of these knobs are signs of osteoarthritis — the common kind of arthritis, the kind that most seniors have at least a touch of. They’re similar to bone spurs seen on backbones and other bones, another consequence of osteoarthritis.Osteoarthritis comes from fraying of the cushioning cartilage inside joints. How extensive or how incapacitating it will be is unpredictable. Most people manage to get along in spite of it. However, it can be a great burden to others.There is no preventive medicine to stop osteoarthritis in its tracks. It has a predilection for the fingers, hips, knees and spine. Should it strike larger joints like hips, knees and backbones, muscle strengthening will serve you well.

Strong muscles protect joints. The exercise should not be so vigorous that it causes pain, but it should be vigorous enough to encourage strength building. Being overweight increases the stress on knees and hips, so you should strive to stay on the lean side.Many people swear to the effectiveness of chondroitin and glucosamine, both of which are available without a prescription, and often they come in combination. Not a lot of evidence exists to endorse them wholeheartedly, but if you want to give them a try, they won’t hurt you.The arthritis booklet deals with osteoarthritis, also called degenerative arthritis. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue — No. 301W, Box 536475 Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.

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Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

© 2010 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH By Paul G. Donohue, M.D.

KnObbY Finger JOints inDiCAte OsteOArthritis

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