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deaths in the United States every year. That’s almost 20 percent of all U.S. deaths!About23percentofadultAmericanssmoke,and30percent of adolescents.A person who hasn’tusedtobaccobythetimeheis21isquitelikelyto remain a non-smoker. Around the globe,about10millioncigarettesarepurchasedeachminute of every day.

• Halfway between Boston and New Bedford,Massachusetts, stood an old house, built in1709 as a toll-collecting station, stable andinn forweary travelers. In1930, alongcameKen andRuthWakefield,whopurchased thehouseandopenedalodge,namingittheTollHouse Inn. Ruth provided many deliciousmeals for her guests, as well as temptingbakedgoods.Whilemixingupabatchofherfavorite cookie recipe, as an experiment, sheaddedachoppedchocolatebar.Itwassowell-liked,shecontinuedthepractice,andthetreatbecamequitepopularthroughoutthearea.Sopopular, it soon became known as the TollHousecookie,anamethatendurestoday.

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TO- GO- (continued):•Experts in the game of marbles will know that the offi cial name for the shooting marble is tolley.

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• If you’re a lobster eater, perhaps you’ve noticed that soft green stuff inside its cavity. This substance functions as the creature’s liver and pancreas. Its offi cial name is tomalley. Be careful if you eat it — It can contain dangerous levels of the toxin that causes paralytic shellfi sh poisoning.

• Toponymy is the study of place names. When something takes its name from a certain place, it’s known as a toponym. Well-known examples include the Oxford shirt taking its name from Oxford, England, and hamburgers being named for their city of origin, Hamburg, Germany. The province of Ontario gets its name from Lake On-tario, not the other way around. Did you know that the tuxedo takes its name from Tuxedo Park, New York? It’s believed that it was there that this formal suit was worn for the fi rst time at the community’s annual Autumn Ball in 1886.

• The goldfi sh is actually a member of the carp family. There are more than 100 varieties of gold-fi sh, and many are not gold all, but rather, brown, gray, black and white. The fad of goldfi sh swal-lowing began in 1939 on the Harvard campus and

hospitalized with trench fever. During his con-fi nement, he began writing fantasy tales. Years later, he published a novel he had written for his children, entitled “The Hobbit.” His pub-lishers convinced him to write a sequel, and the result was the three-volume work, “The Lord of the Rings,” an effort that required nearly 10 years. It was published in 1954 and 1955. Tolk-ien continued as professor at Oxford until 1959.

• In the 1800s, totters could be seen strolling the streets of every British hamlet. Most car-ried a large hand-bell to announce their arrival. Who were they? They were the original recy-clers, collecting people’s rags, bones and bottles.

1. Is the Book of Samaria in the Old or New Testament or neither?2. When he had a vision, who said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean"? Adam, Reu-ben, Samson, Peter3. From Acts 7, who was the fi rst person martyred for his belief in Jesus Christ? Apollos, John the Baptist, Jehu, Stephen4. Besides Jonah, what other prophet min-istered in Nineveh? Nathan, Paul, Nahum, Philip5. From 1 Kings 11, what was the number of wives of King Solomon? 3, 50, 100, 7006. What is Yiddish for a small package or parcel? Mishna, Pesach, Peckle, Shiva

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quickly spread to other colleges. Although an anatomy professor claimed that an average-sized male could safely consume 150 goldfi sh, the re-cord soon shot up to over 300 fi sh at one sitting.

• The word “gobbledygook,” which means “un-clear bureaucratic jargon,” entered the English language in 1944. As a war plant chairman at-tempted to read and understand a wordy govern-ment memo, he decided the gobbling of turkeys was easier to interpret, and he coined the new term.

• If you have an item that is 24-karat gold, then it is considered pure gold. An object that is 18-karat gold is 18 parts pure gold and six parts other metal.• A goatsucker is actually a small nocturnal bird

in the whippoorwill family. It doesn’t suck goats at all, but rather enjoys insects as its chief diet.• Rubber-cored golf balls have been around since 1898. Prior to that time, leath-er balls stuffed with feathers were used.

• It’s estimated that the Bible’s Philistine giant named Goliath stood close to 10 feet (3.05 m) tall. He was soundly defeated by the young shepherd boy David with the fi rst stone in his slingshot.

• Write the number “1,” then follow it with 100 zeros, and you will have written a googol.

• Without the help of William Crawford Gor-gas, the Panama Canal might never have been built. Gorgas was a physician who or-dered the removal of mosquitoes’ breed-ing areas, thus considerably slowing down the spread of yellow fever and malaria.

• If your diet is defi cient in the mineral io-dine, it’s possible that you could develop a goiter, which is an enlargement of the thyroid gland. You will be advised to eat more fi sh and use iodized salt.

• The male gorilla has been known to weigh 450 pounds (204 kg) and stand 6 feet (1.83 meters) tall. Although they appear vicious and threatening, they are in fact shy and friendly and enjoy companionship. The average gorilla

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• Hansen spent seven months in rehabilitation in Vancouver, B.C., and after high school gradu-ation, enrolled at the University of British Co-lumbia. There he became the fi rst disabled stu-dent to receive a degree in physical education. It was at the university that Hansen met another disabled athlete, Terry Fox, who had lost a leg to bone cancer. Fox had an ambitious plan to run across Canada from Newfoundland to British Columbia to raise money for cancer research. Unfortunately, Fox’s cancer returned, and he was forced to halt his mission. But Hansen was so inspired by Fox’s courage, he made plans to circle the world in his wheelchair to raise money and awareness for spinal cord injuries.

ver, having raised $26 million for his cause.

• Yet the Man in Motion tour is only one of his incredible achievements. Hansen has been the victor in 19 international wheelchair marathons. He is a wheelchair volleyball and basketball national champ and winner of six Paralympic medals. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Hansen was selected as the torch-bearer to bring the fl ame into the stadium.

• Hansen continues his work as an advo-cate for those with spinal cord injuries. He serves as president and CEO of the Rick Han-sen Foundation, which has raised upwards of $200 million for this important cause. He has co-authored two books, one about his Man in Motion adventure, and another entitled “Go-ing the Distance: 7 Steps to Personal Change.”

• As an in-demand motivational speaker, Hansen particularly enjoys making a difference in the lives of young people. Along this line, he has served as a high school basketball and volleyball coach. Throughout his adversity, he has main-tained that “a shattered spine is not a shattered spirit,” and in his words, “Courage is being able to recognize and overcome fear or act in the face of danger, and to do so with dignity and integrity.”

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SISTER ACT“Yessir, mister, she’s my sister!” Here we present some details about some fa-mous female siblings, past and present. • You’re probably not familiar with the names of Jayne and Joan Boyd, but more than likely, you’ve seen their faces. They were the original “Double your pleasure, double your fun” Wrig-ley’s gum Doublemint Twins. The girls began their Wrigley’s advertising stint in 1959 at age 21, a job they held until 1963. “People would stop and talk to us… grandmothers, small chil-dren, they all knew us,” said the twins. You can still occasionally spot the girls’ faces on some of Wrigley’s new ads, which highlight past twins. • Baby boomers might remember the names of Nan and Flossie from the girls’ 75-year his-tory in children’s novels. These two sisters each had a twin brother — 12-year-old Nan was twins with Bert, and 6-year-old Flossie’s brother was Freddie. Together the four, known as the Bobbsey Twins, enjoyed many adven

What’s on Your Plate?

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been trying to help us eat healthier for a very long ti me.

Back in 1943, we had “The Basic Seven” -- seven categories of food we needed to eat on a daily basis. Serving sizes weren’t included.

In 1956, the USDA switched to “The Basic Four,” and in 1979 to the “Hassle-Free Guide to a Bett er Diet.” It added a new food category with fats, sweets and alcohol. In 1984, we got the “Food Wheel: A Patt ern for Daily Food Choices.” This one included serving sizes.

Eight years later, in 1992, the “Food Guide Pyramid” came along with those ti ny pictures of food. In 2005 we got the MyPyramid Food Guidance System, which was supposed to be a simplifi ed pyramid.

Now, in an eff ort to keep us all eati ng correctly, we have “MyPlate.” The icon is cute: a plate divided into four unequal secti ons, with a fork on the left and a circle above the plate for “Dairy.”

All this work, and I sti ll didn’t know how much the USDA intends for me to eat.

On the website [www.choosemyplate.gov] I clicked on the Get a Personalized Plan link and entered my age, weight, height and level of exercise. It came back with a diet plan for me, including informati on such as “Make at least half your grains whole grains,” “Vary your veggies” and “Focus on fruit” with specifi c ti ps on how to do that.

While the “Plate” is a bit silly, as was the Pyramid, the informati on behind it is solid. Check the USDA website and see what it has to say.

You know, of course, that an entrepreneur somewhere is busily creati ng MyPlate plates with the appropriate secti ons all outlined for us.

To Your Good Health By Paul G. Donohue, M.D.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have the dry type of macular degeneration. I take PreserVision with lutein tablets twice a day. I hear lutein is very good for my eyes, and I would like to take more than the 10 mg a day that I get in my tablets. I don’t know how much is safe. My doctor said he didn’t know. Will macular degeneration leave me completely blind? How long will it be before I cannot see anymore? -- C.B.

ANSWER: The macula is a small, round area in the center of the retina, the layer at the back of the eye that transmits incoming images to the brain so we can see. The macula is essential for clear, central vision, the kind needed to read, to drive and to recognize faces. Off-to-the-side vision remains. You won’t go completely blind.Furthermore, dry macular degeneration most often advances gradually. It’s the more common variety, accounting for 90 percent of cases. It can stay at its present level for years, even for life. Wet macular degeneration comes about from the growth of blood vessels beneath the retina. Those vessels are fragile and leak fl uid. It tends to advance more rapidly.Currently no cure exists for dry macular degeneration. A combination of vitamin C, vitamin E, beta carotene (or vitamin A), zinc and copper appears to slow moderate macular degeneration’s progression to a more advanced

Macular Degeneration Progress Can be Slowed

stage. Your PreserVision is one such preparation.Lutein is a plant product that might aid in delaying the advance of dry macular degeneration. At this very moment, a large study is taking place to ascertain the place of lutein in the treatment of this common eye condition. The amount of lutein being tested in the study is 10 mg a day. Lutein appears to be a very safe substance, but I would stick with the 10 mg dose until the present study defi nes lutein’s place and its optimum dose. The booklet on macular degeneration explains this prevalent eye problem in great detail. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue -- No. 701W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.***DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Please tell me about post-traumatic stress disorder. I think someone in my family suffers from it. -- A.F.ANSWER: Having faced an event that threatened life or caused serious injury is the basis for post-traumatic stress disorder. The event keeps resurfacing in the mind with a clarity that imparts terror and helplessness, and sometimes guilt. The remembrance can happen during the day or in dreams.An affected person stays in the alert mode at all times. He or she loses interest in life, neglects those around him or her, suffers from fragmented sleep, often erupts in outbursts of anger and is usually quite depressed. Soldiers, fi remen, policemen and those who suffered a sexual or physical attack are people who most often develop PTSD. With the combination of talk treatment and medicines, these people can usually regain their equilibrium and resume a normal

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• The Dionne family of Callander, Ontario, already had six children when they welcomed the world’s fi rst living quintuplets in 1934. Five girls — Emilie, Cecile, Yvonne, Annette and Marie — weighed in at a total of 14 pounds (6.35 kg.). When the girls were just a year old, they were removed from their home by the government of Ontario when their father agreed to accept money for their appearance at the Chicago World’s Fair. They were featured in advertisements for every-thing from dolls to dishwashing liquid to war bonds, creating millions of dollars in revenue for the province of Ontario. The quints’ earnings were placed in a trust fund controlled by the govern-ment, which was misappropriated, leaving them in fi nancial straits in their later years. During the 1990s, the three remaining quints were living to-gether on $750 a month and approached the Ca-nadian government for a settlement. In 1998, they were awarded a $4 million tax-free remuneration by Canadian offi cials. Emilie, who became a nun, died of an epileptic seizure at age 20, while Marie perished in 1970 and Yvonne in 2001. • Amidst gently fl oating bubbles and between Geri-tol and Aqua Velva commercials, the four Lennon sisters, Dianne, Janet, Peggy and Kathy crooned syrupy ballads to the audience of “The Lawrence Welk Show.” With their matching chiffon dresses and stiff bouffant hairdos, the California-born sis-ters appeared with the Champagne Music Makers from 1955 until 1967. The girls got their lucky break when Welk’s son began dating Dianne and informed his father of the girls’ potential.



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