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TIDBITS RELIVES THE INVENTION OF BASKETBALL:

NOTHING BUT NET! by Robyn Dawson

He was an orphan who went on to earn four dif-ferent college degrees, including one in medi-cine. Nevertheless, James Naismith will always be remembered for nailing two peach baskets to the opposing walls of a gym on December 1, 1891, and inventing the game of basketball. • James Naismith grew up in Ontario, Canada.

He dropped out of high school for a short while before returning to his studies and at-tending university in Quebec. When it came time for his post-graduate education, he chose to head south, where he accepted a po-sition at Springfield College in Massachu-setts. There, he taught physical education while pursuing his Master’s Degree. The school’s gymnasium was shared by the local YMCA, and part of Naismith’s job was to coach those youths and keep them occupied.

• Winters can be harsh in Massachusetts, espe-cially for teenage boys who are geared up and “antsy” because it’s too cold to play out-doors. To prepare for the coming weather, Naismith hoped to devise an activity that would occupy the kids both physically and mentally, involving strategy as well as skill. To start, he pondered if there was a way to bring an outdoor sport indoors.

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In just two short years, Hawaii will celebrate its 50th anni-versary as a U.S. state. This week, Tidbits Across America heads out across the blue Pacific to examine first-hand the beauty and wonder of the Aloha State. • Hawaii is comprised of eight main islands,

which are (in alphabetical order) Hawaii, Ka-hoolawe, Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, Nihau and Oahu. Hawaii is both the name of the state and the name of the largest, southernmost is-land in the chain. It is nearly as large as all the other Hawaiian Islands combined. Honolulu, the state’s capital, is a port city on the smaller island of Oahu.

• The Hawaiian Islands were without human occupation until Polynesian natives arrived between 800 and 1,400 years ago. When Cap-tain James Cook became the first European to “discover” the islands in 1778, he named them the Sandwich Islands after John Montagu, the Earl of Sandwich. (Yes, the same one for whom the word “sandwich” was coined.) Almost im-mediately, the islands became a stopping point for ships traveling to and from Eastern Asia.

• Realizing that the individual islands needed to show a unified stance in order to deal with these new partners, native groups ended their squabbles and came together. In 1810, Kame-hameha became king of the new land, known as Hawaii. By the time the king’s grandson (Kamehameha III) took the reins in 1839, West-ern influence had changed Hawaii radically. He set up a legislature and a constitution and handed much of the power to his subjects. The monarchy was overthrown in 1893, and Hawaii became a U.S. territory five years later.

ALL THE PRESIDENTS’ TIDBITS:

RICHARD M. NIXON Tidbits celebrates the upcoming 2008 presidential election with a brief look at each of the 42 men who has held the office of presi-dent of the United States. A random selection of the commanders-in-chief pointed to Richard Nixon as the first entry in our series. Enjoy! • Richard Milhous Nixon was born at his par-

ents’ modest home in Yorba Linda, Califor-nia, on January 9, 1913. The newborn’s mid-dle name was his mother’s maiden name; a fitting tribute considering the newborn weighed a hefty 11 lbs. at birth. Tuberculosis took the life of two of Richard’s brothers, and he nearly bled to death himself after fall-ing from a horse-drawn wagon at age three.

• He performed well in school, and graduated from Whittier High (a school you might have seen as the setting for scenes in the film Back to the Future). At Whittier College, Nixon was chosen senior class president and participated in a variety of extracurricular activities, rang-ing from football to debate. In 1934, he won a law school scholarship to Duke University, where his quiet popularity again led to his se-lection as senior class president.

• In 1937, Nixon had passed the bar in Cali-fornia. It was around this time that he met Thelma Catherine Ryan, a wannabe actress who made ends meet by teaching at Whittier High. Friends called her Pat, a nickname giv-en to celebrate her birth on March 16 (the eve of St. Patrick’s Day). Richard won a role op-posite her in a local production of The Dark Tower, and immediately proposed. Pat turned him down, but his persistence paid off when she said “yes” two years later.

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ALL THE PRESIDENTS’ TIDBITS:WOODROW WILSON

Little Tommy Wilson had a difficult childhood. He had a long face. He wore glasses. And his constantly upset stomach kept him from taking part in any strenuous physical activities. As a result, Wilson became the typical introvert, fo-cused heavily on his emotions and his intellect. He hardly seemed the type to lead the United States through what was known as “the Great War,” but he managed to do so. • Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born on De-

cember 28, 1856, in Staunton, Virginia. (He was the eighth president born Virginia, mak-ing it the birthplace of more presidents than any other state.) His family moved south to Augusta, Georgia, before his first birthday. There, young Tommy saw first-hand the de-vastation of the South that resulted from the Civil War. When he was a teenager, the Wil-sons relocated to the Carolinas.

• Wilson was a late bloomer as a student, par-ticularly in math, but he earned good grades. He loved to debate, and developed a keen in-terest in politics. Thomas was admitted to the College of New Jersey (now Princeton Uni-versity) in 1875. Upon graduation, he began to refer to himself as T. Woodrow Wilson, and later used his middle name exclusively.

• For a wannabe politician, a law degree was the next step, so Wilson attended the Univer-sity of Virginia with that in mind. Poor health forced him to drop out, but he contin-ued studies at home and received his bar card in 1882. Woodrow moved to Atlanta and opened a law firm with a partner, but left af-ter only a few months. He enrolled at Balti-more’s Johns Hopkins University to work towards a Ph.D. in political science. During a break from school in the summer of 1885, he married Ellen Louise Axson. Her father, like his, was a Presbyterian minister.



ALL THE PRESIDENTS’ TIDBITS:WOODROW WILSON

Little Tommy Wilson had a difficult childhood. He had a long face. He wore glasses. And his constantly upset stomach kept him from taking part in any strenuous physical activities. As a result, Wilson became the typical introvert, fo-cused heavily on his emotions and his intellect. He hardly seemed the type to lead the United States through what was known as “the Great War,” but he managed to do so. • Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born on De-

cember 28, 1856, in Staunton, Virginia. (He was the eighth president born Virginia, mak-ing it the birthplace of more presidents than any other state.) His family moved south to Augusta, Georgia, before his first birthday. There, young Tommy saw first-hand the de-vastation of the South that resulted from the Civil War. When he was a teenager, the Wil-sons relocated to the Carolinas.

• Wilson was a late bloomer as a student, par-ticularly in math, but he earned good grades. He loved to debate, and developed a keen in-terest in politics. Thomas was admitted to the College of New Jersey (now Princeton Uni-versity) in 1875. Upon graduation, he began to refer to himself as T. Woodrow Wilson, and later used his middle name exclusively.

• For a wannabe politician, a law degree was the next step, so Wilson attended the Univer-sity of Virginia with that in mind. Poor health forced him to drop out, but he contin-ued studies at home and received his bar card in 1882. Woodrow moved to Atlanta and opened a law firm with a partner, but left af-ter only a few months. He enrolled at Balti-more’s Johns Hopkins University to work towards a Ph.D. in political science. During a break from school in the summer of 1885, he married Ellen Louise Axson. Her father, like his, was a Presbyterian minister.



WOODROW WILSON (continued):• Wilson received his Ph.D. in 1886. (To date,

he is the only president to have earned a doc-torate degree.) He joined the faculty of the College of New Jersey in 1890, and was there when the school became Princeton University in 1896. Wilson also published a series of books during this period; his writ-ings on politics and history were well-received. His reputation continued to grow through the turn of the 20th century, and Wilson was named president of Princeton University in 1902.

• In his new job, Woodrow Wilson worked to improve the educational climate by institut-ing several reforms at the school. Perhaps as a result of his work with young men excited about the prospects of the new century, he began to become more and more progressive in his political stance. Wilson always kept up with what was going on in the world of poli-tics, however, and seemed destined to enter that world in the coming years.

• His chance came in 1910, when Wilson won the Democratic nomination for governor of New Jersey. He won the election, and then won the hearts of his constituents by taking quick and successful measures to clean up the corruption that had begun to permeate the state’s government.

• Democrats considered Wilson for their presi-dential nomination in 1912, and he was voted in after party leader William Jennings Bryan announced his support. Woodrow faced a dif-ficult challenge, however, since the race in-volved two powerful opponents: the incum-bent (William Howard Taft) and a former president (Theodore Roosevelt). Fortunately for Wilson, Republican votes were split be-tween his opponents, which propelled him to victory. He won the election despite carrying only 42 percent of the public vote.



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4. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which presi-dential candidate appeared on the1968 TV comedy “Rowan and Mar-tin’s Laugh-In”?

5. MEASUREMENTS: What is theequivalent weight of a stone, a tradi-tional British unit of measurement?

6. HISTORY: Who led the BostonTea Party prior to the RevolutionaryWar?

7. TECHNOLOGY: When did thecomputer mouse make its first publicappearance?

8. MUSIC: Where is the House of theRising Sun, according to the 1960ssong of the same name?

9. GAMES: Which board game fea-tures a thimble as a playing piece?

10. LITERATURE: Who lives at221B Baker Street, London?

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6. How long was the reign of Russ-ian chess champions before U.S. starBobby Fischer won the world title in1972?

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5. Name the only No. 1 hit by LittleEva.

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2. “911” on Cyndi Lauper’s “TrueColors” album.

3. Farrokh Bulsara, a British citizenborn in Zanzibar in 1946. Lead singerof Queen, he composed “BohemianRhapsody.”

4. Bruce Frederick Joseph Spring-steen became known as “The Boss”when he collected and distributed theband’s pay. He’s won 18 Grammys.

5. Little Eva, born Eva NarcissusBoyd, recorded “The Loco-motion”in 1962. None of her other songsmade it very far up the charts.

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TIDBITS RELIVES THE INVENTION OF BASKETBALL:

NOTHING BUT NET! by Robyn Dawson

He was an orphan who went on to earn four dif-ferent college degrees, including one in medi-cine. Nevertheless, James Naismith will always be remembered for nailing two peach baskets to the opposing walls of a gym on December 1, 1891, and inventing the game of basketball. • James Naismith grew up in Ontario, Canada.

He dropped out of high school for a short while before returning to his studies and at-tending university in Quebec. When it came time for his post-graduate education, he chose to head south, where he accepted a po-sition at Springfield College in Massachu-setts. There, he taught physical education while pursuing his Master’s Degree. The school’s gymnasium was shared by the local YMCA, and part of Naismith’s job was to coach those youths and keep them occupied.

• Winters can be harsh in Massachusetts, espe-cially for teenage boys who are geared up and “antsy” because it’s too cold to play out-doors. To prepare for the coming weather, Naismith hoped to devise an activity that would occupy the kids both physically and mentally, involving strategy as well as skill. To start, he pondered if there was a way to bring an outdoor sport indoors.

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NOTHING BUT NET! (continued):• First, Naismith asked the school’s janitor for

a couple of empty boxes to use as goals. The custodian came back with the only imple-ments he could find – two half-bushel peach baskets. In a sudden burst of inspiration, James fastened the baskets high on opposite walls of the gym and invited the students to try to throw a ball into them.

• The ball used for the game back in Dr. Nais-mith’s time looked something like an overin-flated football. It was round, but it was brown leather and had laces along one seam. Players of that era referred to the ball as a “big pumpkin” and complained that even though the inflation valve was pushed down to be flush with the rest of the sphere, it still caused a small lump on the ball. As expected, this caused occasional difficulty with drib-bling, which meant the early game involved more passing than ball-handling.

• The kids were enthusiastic enough at the challenge of “sinking” the ball that Naismith decided to come up with a set of rules for his new game. Many of his original 13 rules are still basic in basketball today: the ball must be held with the hands only, never the arms or body; players cannot run with the ball; and no shouldering, pushing or striking was al-lowed. One of the key changes involves the baskets themselves. It didn’t take long for players to tire of having to climb a ladder to retrieve the ball from the basket, so the bot-toms were torn out. (Eventually, metal rims with fabric nets came into use.)

• Early basketball courts were enclosed with chicken wire to keep spectators from interfer-ing with the game. That’s why those who played the sport were long referred to as “cagers.” By 1904, offset wooden back-boards became mandatory to reduce the inci-dences of players smashing into the walls.



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“He's great on the court,” thecoach said to the sportswriter

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“How's his scholasticwork?” the writer asked.

The coach beamed and said,“Why, he makes straight A’s!”

“Wow, that’s great,”replied the sportwriter.

“Yeah,” agreed the coach, “buthis B’s are a little crooked.”

1. What was the nickname ofcollege and pro basketballstar Pete Maravich?

2. What the real first name ofHarlem Globetrottergreat MeadowlarkLemon?


L A B L I A RThis word means:a basketball shot thatfails to hit the rim

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During March Madness, someuniversities use subtle (and

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NOTHING BUT NET! (continued):• First, Naismith asked the school’s janitor for

a couple of empty boxes to use as goals. The custodian came back with the only imple-ments he could find – two half-bushel peach baskets. In a sudden burst of inspiration, James fastened the baskets high on opposite walls of the gym and invited the students to try to throw a ball into them.

• The ball used for the game back in Dr. Nais-mith’s time looked something like an overin-flated football. It was round, but it was brown leather and had laces along one seam. Players of that era referred to the ball as a “big pumpkin” and complained that even though the inflation valve was pushed down to be flush with the rest of the sphere, it still caused a small lump on the ball. As expected, this caused occasional difficulty with drib-bling, which meant the early game involved more passing than ball-handling.

• The kids were enthusiastic enough at the challenge of “sinking” the ball that Naismith decided to come up with a set of rules for his new game. Many of his original 13 rules are still basic in basketball today: the ball must be held with the hands only, never the arms or body; players cannot run with the ball; and no shouldering, pushing or striking was al-lowed. One of the key changes involves the baskets themselves. It didn’t take long for players to tire of having to climb a ladder to retrieve the ball from the basket, so the bot-toms were torn out. (Eventually, metal rims with fabric nets came into use.)

• Early basketball courts were enclosed with chicken wire to keep spectators from interfer-ing with the game. That’s why those who played the sport were long referred to as “cagers.” By 1904, offset wooden back-boards became mandatory to reduce the inci-dences of players smashing into the walls.



NOTHING BUT NET! (continued):• In the early 1920s, American basketball was

a segregated sport. London-born Abe Sapers-tein, who had relocated to Chicago with his family as a youngster, absolutely loved the sport. Unfortunately, his five-foot-tall stature dashed any hopes of playing the game pro-fessionally. But Abe learned of a local all-black basketball team known as the Savoy Big Five, and went to watch them play. He was very impressed with their prowess on the court and offered to become their manager.

• The Savoy Big Five were re-christened the Harlem Globetrotters. Saperstein used the reference to New York’s ‘Harlem’ so that ticket buyers knew the team consisted of African-Americans. He added “Globetrot-ters” to make it seem as if the team was an internationally-famous, world-traveling or-ganization. The ‘Trotters handily won the first dozen games they played, so bored play-ers began to “clown around” on the court to allow the opposing team to catch up. The au-dience response was so enthusiastic that Sa-perstein decided to incorporate the team’s an-tics into a full-fledged “basketball show” and take it on the road.

• While a few professional basketball teams existed in the early 20th century, attempts to organize leagues had proven difficult. The American Basketball League and the Nation-al Basketball League came and went. Things finally changed in 1946 with the formation of the Basketball Association of America. The league’s first game occurred on November 1, 1946, between the Toronto Huskies and the New York Knickerbockers. The Huskies lost to the Knicks by two points, 68-66, but the game went down in history as the first in what became the NBA. (The league changed its name to the National Basketball Associa-tion the following year.)



NOTHING BUT NET! (continued):• In the early 1920s, American basketball was

a segregated sport. London-born Abe Sapers-tein, who had relocated to Chicago with his family as a youngster, absolutely loved the sport. Unfortunately, his five-foot-tall stature dashed any hopes of playing the game pro-fessionally. But Abe learned of a local all-black basketball team known as the Savoy Big Five, and went to watch them play. He was very impressed with their prowess on the court and offered to become their manager.

• The Savoy Big Five were re-christened the Harlem Globetrotters. Saperstein used the reference to New York’s ‘Harlem’ so that ticket buyers knew the team consisted of African-Americans. He added “Globetrot-ters” to make it seem as if the team was an internationally-famous, world-traveling or-ganization. The ‘Trotters handily won the first dozen games they played, so bored play-ers began to “clown around” on the court to allow the opposing team to catch up. The au-dience response was so enthusiastic that Sa-perstein decided to incorporate the team’s an-tics into a full-fledged “basketball show” and take it on the road.

• While a few professional basketball teams existed in the early 20th century, attempts to organize leagues had proven difficult. The American Basketball League and the Nation-al Basketball League came and went. Things finally changed in 1946 with the formation of the Basketball Association of America. The league’s first game occurred on November 1, 1946, between the Toronto Huskies and the New York Knickerbockers. The Huskies lost to the Knicks by two points, 68-66, but the game went down in history as the first in what became the NBA. (The league changed its name to the National Basketball Associa-tion the following year.)



NOTHING BUT NET! (continued):• Four days after that first NBA game, the

Boston Celtics held their home opener against the Chicago Stags. During warm-ups, a Celtics player took a shot at the basket and shattered the glass backboard, sending his teammates scattering. The accident occurred because the board had been improperly in-stalled without its rubber gaskets. Officials brought in a replacement backboard from Boston Garden (which would later become the Celtics’ home). What’s perhaps most fas-cinating about this tale is the identity of the player who took the ill-fated shot. He was none other than Chuck Connors, who went on to star on TV’s The Rifleman.

• While women’s professional basketball is a relatively new concept, female involvement in the sport is not. Just one year after Nais-mith laid out his basic rules for the game, Senda Berenson, the PE teacher at Smith College, consulted with him to learn the finer points. She was well aware of the inter-collegiate sports rivalries that had developed between Ivy League universities, and wanted to encourage the same sense of competition between women’s colleges. In March 1893, Smith College hosted the first women’s col-lege basketball game.

• A second professional league, known as the American Basketball Association (ABA), was founded in 1967. Investors hoped to create a situation akin to Major League Baseball’s two leagues (National and Ameri-can). League officials knew that they had to offer something new to make ABA games appeal to fans, so games were played with a colorful red, white and blue ball, and a three-point shooting line was added to the court. But eventually, the lack of TV coverage and commercial sponsors took its toll, and the ABA merged with the NBA in 1976.











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WOODROW WILSON (continued):• Wilson received his Ph.D. in 1886. (To date,

he is the only president to have earned a doc-torate degree.) He joined the faculty of the College of New Jersey in 1890, and was there when the school became Princeton University in 1896. Wilson also published a series of books during this period; his writ-ings on politics and history were well-received. His reputation continued to grow through the turn of the 20th century, and Wilson was named president of Princeton University in 1902.

• In his new job, Woodrow Wilson worked to improve the educational climate by institut-ing several reforms at the school. Perhaps as a result of his work with young men excited about the prospects of the new century, he began to become more and more progressive in his political stance. Wilson always kept up with what was going on in the world of poli-tics, however, and seemed destined to enter that world in the coming years.

• His chance came in 1910, when Wilson won the Democratic nomination for governor of New Jersey. He won the election, and then won the hearts of his constituents by taking quick and successful measures to clean up the corruption that had begun to permeate the state’s government.

• Democrats considered Wilson for their presi-dential nomination in 1912, and he was voted in after party leader William Jennings Bryan announced his support. Woodrow faced a dif-ficult challenge, however, since the race in-volved two powerful opponents: the incum-bent (William Howard Taft) and a former president (Theodore Roosevelt). Fortunately for Wilson, Republican votes were split be-tween his opponents, which propelled him to victory. He won the election despite carrying only 42 percent of the public vote.



Woodrow Wilson 1856 - 1924

Democrats considered Wilson for their presidential nomination in 1912, and he was voted in after party leader William Jennings Bryan announced his support. Woodrow faced a difficult challenge, however, since the race involved two powerful opponents: the incumbent (William Howard Taft) and a for-mer president (Theodore Roosevelt). Fortunately for Wilson, Republican votes were split between his op-ponents, which propelled him to victory. He won the election despite carrying only 42 percent of the pub-lic vote.

Cut Holiday Spending With Homemade Gifts Although stores have displayed red and green decorations for more than a month, Thanksgiving week is the official kickoff of the holiday spending season. Merchants are going to pull out all the stops to get you to part with your money. It’s time for all your good intentions -- “This year I won’t overspend on gifts” -- to be put to the test. To the extent that you realistically can, consider making your own gifts this year. Food is always a favorite. Pull out your recipe files and select three that are easy to make. Give cookies, candies and sweets of all kinds with the recipe printed on a file card. Look online for jar mix recipes for homemade soup, drinks, brownies, cookies, pizza spices, bath salts, muffins and bread, sauces and dips and teas. Mix the dry ingredients, label the glass jar and wrap with a ribbon and bow. If you’re good with crafts, these are easy to make: Bookmarks, padded hangers, lingerie drawer sachets, drink coasters, key rings, decorated jewelry boxes and picture frames, costume jewelry, macrame wall hangings, pin cushions, photo montages, and themed placemats. If you’re adventurous, consider making scented candles, hand cream, lip balm or soaps. Let the kids help make refrigerator magnets out of faux dough that you bake and paint. If you have a computer, create photo calendars and family albums printed on your printer. If you’re just not handy, there are still ways to give gifts without breaking the bank: a pizza cutter and coupon for a free pizza, a blank journal and a pen/pencil set, a theme gift basket with items geared to the recipient’s interests, tickets to a play or sports event, a DVD movie with a box of microwave popcorn, a board game or a jigsaw puzzle for the whole family to enjoy. For the seniors in your family, consider making coupon books for chores and projects that need to be done around their homes. Not only will you be helping with things they can’t do themselves, they’ll enjoy the time spent with you more than they’d enjoy another cardigan. Remember that it really is the thought that counts in gift-giving, not the price tag. And no doubt many others are also thinking about how to economize on gifts this year as well.

David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected].

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Amy Grant . . . . . . . . 11/25/60

Daniel Davis . . . . . . 11/26/45


Jon Stewart . . . . . . . 11/28/62

Suzy Chaffee. . . . . . 11/29/46




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The sportswriter was interviewing the college basketball coach about

his star player.

“How’s his academic work holding up, coach?” he asked.

“Great!” said the coach. “He’s now making straight ‘A’s.”

“Wow! That is great!” replied the sportswriter.

“Yeah,” said the coach, “but his ‘B’s’ are still a little crooked.”

—24—

• If you’re like the average Ameri-can, you watch television for 4 hoursand 34 minutes every day.

• It was Canadian journalist, editorand poet Mark Abley who made thefollowing observation: “Modern Eng-lish is the Wal-Mart of languages:convenient, huge, hard to avoid,superficially friendly and devouringall rivals in its eagerness to expand.”

• Those who study such things saythat an adult right whale requires400,000 calories a day to survive.They also note that the mainstay ofthese mammals’ diet is a flea-sizedcrustacean called a copepod.

• If you live in Georgia, you need tobe careful about that wagging tongue:In that state it’s illegal to spread a falserumor.

• Now that the election is over, itmight be interesting to note that morethan half of all Americans can’t nametheir elected official in the U.S. Houseof Representatives. And only 40 per-cent can name all three branches ofthe U.S. government. (For those ofyou in the other 60 percent, they’re thelegislative, judicial and executive.)

• If you’re planning to head toKansas for a vacation next summer,you might want to plan to hit the smalltown of Cawker City during August.That’s when the home of the world’slargest ball of twine hosts a weekend-long Twine-a-Thon festival.

• One hurricane can generate up to200 times the energy of all the world'spower plants combined.

• Are you a locavore? In all likeli-hood, you don’t even know what alocavore is — until very recently, Ididn’t, either. It was the 2007 Word ofthe Year as chosen by the New OxfordAmerican Dictionary, and it refers to aperson who eats nothing but localfood.

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By Samantha Weaver

Ordinary DayThe washing machine hums, the cat

meows, the wind chimes chime.It’s nothing but an ordinary day.No party to go to or mile-long errand

list. No friend lined up for lunch orproject deadline.

Simply ordinary.I think on most days I strive for

extraordinary: how many friends I cansee or talk with, how many errands Ican run, how many activities I cancover, how productive I can be, howmuch fun I can have. I love extraordi-nary, but it wears me out. I’ve had a lotof extraordinary days and plan to havemany more, but I’m beginning toappreciate ordinary days.

Our lives are made up more of ordi-nary than extraordinary anyway. Inoticed this recently when I sat backand savored the conversation going onbetween my husband and son as theyworked on math homework.

“Dad’s a good teacher,” my son saidafter they finished. I was happy to beprivy to their ordinary moment.

I don’t typically take my kids toschool any longer because I’m alreadyat work, but when I had a day off

recently and drove my kids, mydaughter said with some satisfaction,“This is just like old times.”

Simply ordinary.I remember as a mother with young

children, I’d watch mothers with olderchildren and think, “Someday my kidswill be independent like hers.” Her lifewithout diaper bags, strollers,playpens and bottles looked heavenlyand extraordinary and made my lifefeel very ordinary and clumsy.

Today, my tall children are well ontheir way to maturity and no longerrequire the accoutrements of infant-hood (only the accoutrements of teenyears — cell phones, iPods, videogames they can carry themselves) andthink: Those ordinary days wereincredible. The picnics in the park, thetea parties with stuffed animals, mudpies in the backyard, naptime rituals.

These ordinary days are incredible.Now my long-legged kids have

schedules of their own. It seems ourfamily is going in many directionsthese days and I have to remindmyself, “Don’t let the ordinary passyou by.” Listen to their stories even ifthey are told to you on their way outthe door, watch them interact witheach other, put down the “extraordi-nary” projects, deadlines and activi-ties to soak up the simple momentslife is made up of: quiet, beautiful,ordinary days.

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• The Yellow River is important to the state of Florida, as it drains the water from Britton Hill. This spot is the tallest point in the state, but is still only 345 feet above sea level. It’s the lowest “high point” of any state in the Union. Known as “The Sunshine State,” Florida is home to about 750,000 acres of ci-trus groves and 100 million citrus trees. These trees grow fruit of many colors, in-cluding yellow grapefruit and lemons.

• Yellow onions and yellow bed peppers add color, flavor and vitamins to stir fry dishes. Just one brightly-colored pepper – yellow, orange, or red – can provide three times the recommended daily allowance of Vitamin C. That’s more than you’d find in the same amount of any citrus fruit.

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Walking for Exercise Has Fringe Benefit Now that cold weather is here again in my area of the country, my mall walking group has had to move indoors. Three mornings a week we meet at the local shopping center where management opens the doors early for us. The level floors and good lighting make it a safe environment, and if we follow a certain route, we end up walking a mile. Having a warm location (as well as benches to sit on if we need to rest) has even allowed one of our members who’s on oxygen to join us for part of the time. Walking for exercise comes with all kinds of benefits, most of which have been proven by studies. When we walk, we lower our risk for cancer, boost our brain power, increase bone strength, reduce the risk of dementia, promote better sleep and generally live longer, healthier lives. I’ve found that the best thing about walking, however, is how I feel afterward. There’s something about getting those “feel-good” endorphins going that seems to put a feeling of well-being on the whole day. (Which is why I prefer to walk in the mornings.) Endorphins act like nature’s painkillers.Just when I thought I knew all there was to know about walking, along comes something new: Chi Walking. Chi (pronounced “chee”) Walking incorporates proper posture, especially of the spine, shoulders, hips and knees. Relaxed movements appear to be the key to getting more benefits from walking. If you want to know more about it, look at www.chiwalking.com or call 1-866-327-7867 for information. There are even workshops across the country and a link to instructors in your area. If you aren’t already walking for exercise, ask your doctor for suggestions before you begin.

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4. From Genesis 25, who was the first woman to inquire of the Lord? a) Eveb) Adonihah c) Rebekah d) Ruth

5. Who is usually listed first in the accounts of Noah’s sons? a) Japheth b) Hamc) Seth d) Shem

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Aproject benefits from your organiza-tional skills that get it up and running.Your success leaves a highly favorableimpression. Don’t be surprised if youget some positive feedback soon.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)Spend time on practical mattersthrough the end of the week. Thenbegin shifting your focus to more-artistic pursuits. Resist being overlyself-critical. Just allow yourself to feelfree to create.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20)Restarting those creative projects youhad set aside for a while will help pro-vide a much-needed soothing balanceto your hectic life. Besides, it will belike meeting old friends again.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Achange in plans could make it tough tokeep a commitment. But stay with it.You’ll get an A-plus for making theeffort to do what’s right and not takingthe easy way out by running off.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) TheLion’s enthusiasm for a workplacepolicy review is admirable. But be sureyou know who is really behind theresistance to change before pointingyour finger at the wrong person.

VIRGO (August 23 to September22) You can expect to have to do a lotof work through the midweek. Devotethe rest of the week to checking yourholiday plans in case some need to beadjusted to accommodate changes.

LIBRA (September 23 to October22) Try to avoid signing on the dottedline in the early part of the week. Youneed time to study issues that weren’tfully explored. Later in the weekmight be more favorable for decision-making.

SCORPIO (October 23 to Novem-ber 21) A new development couldsnarl travel schedules or other holiday-linked projects. Some flexibility mightbe called for to deal with the problemsbefore they get too far out of hand.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 toDecember 21) Relatives seek youradvice on a matter you’d rather not beinvolved in. If so, use that sage Sagit-tarian tact to decline the “offer,” so thatno one’s feelings are needlessly hurt.

CAPRICORN (December 22 toJanuary 19) A shift in planning direc-tion might help you speed up yourprogress toward achieving that long-planned goal. Trusted colleagues areready to offer some valuable support.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to Febru-ary 18) An unexpected demand for set-tlement of an old loan could createsome pre-holiday anxiety. But youmight not really owe it. Check yourrecords thoroughly before remittingpayment.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20)It’s a good time to get into the socialswim and enjoy some well-earned funand games with those closest to youbefore you have to resume more seri-ous activities next week.

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• On Nov. 28, 1582, playwrightWilliam Shakespeare, 18, and AnneHathaway, 26, pay a 40-pound bondfor their marriage license in Stratford-upon-Avon. By 1592, Shakespearewas well-established in London’s the-atrical world as an actor and play-wright.

• On Nov. 30, 1886, the FoliesBergère in Paris introduces an elabo-rate revue featuring women in sensa-tional costumes and quickly gains areputation for its spectacular nudeshows. The theater-staged revues fea-tured as many as 40 sets, 1,000 cos-tumes and a crew of some 200 people.

• On Nov. 26, 1922, in Egypt’s Valleyof the Kings, British archaeologistsbecome the first to enter KingTutankhamen’s tomb in more than3,000 years. Inside Tutankhamen’ssealed burial chambers was a collectionof several thousand priceless objects,including a gold coffin containing themummy of the teenage king.

• On Nov. 24, 1932, the first FBIcrime lab officially opens in Washing-ton, D.C. The lab, which was chosenbecause it had the necessary sink,operated out of a single room and hadonly one full-time employee, AgentCharles Appel, who began with a bor-rowed microscope.

• On Nov. 27, 1942, French AdmiralJean de Laborde sinks the French fleetto keep it out of German hands. Labor-de ordered the sinking of two battlecruisers, four heavy cruisers, two lightcruisers, one aircraft transport, 30destroyers and 16 submarines.

• On Nov. 29, 1963, President Lyn-don Johnson establishes a special com-mission to investigate the assassinationof President John F. Kennedy. TheWarren Commission report concludedthat there was no conspiracy. However,in 1978, the House Select Committeeon Assassinations concluded thatKennedy was “probably assassinatedas a result of a conspiracy.”

• On Nov. 25, 1980, Sugar RayLeonard regains boxing’s welter-weight title when his opponent, reign-ing champion Roberto Duran, walksaway from the fight in the eighthround. After the match, his doctorreported that Duran had eaten toomuch too quickly after the weigh-inand had a stomachache.


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Q: I loved watching Angela Lansbury in the “Murder She Wrote” series. I was wondering what she is doing now. I think she is a wonderful actress, and I would appreciate any information you might have on this great lady. -- Josephine R., via e-mail

A: Angela Lansbury, 83, was born in London. She was married to actor Richard Cromwell in 1945 and divorced him the following year, although they remained good friends. In 1949, she married Peter Shaw, and together they had two children. Peter, an actor and businessman, was instrumental in guiding Angela’s career. They had one of Hollywood’s longest-lasting marriages, until his death in 2003. Recently Angela returned to her Broadway roots (although it would be more accurate to say that she never left) to star in the play “Deuce,” which ran from April through August 2007. Just this past month, Angela hosted “On Broadway! A Glittering Salute to the American Musical.” True to form, Angela, an accomplished Broadway singer and dancer, quipped that now that she had new knees and new hips, she was perfectly able to keep dancing. ***

Q: Is the brown-haired sister-in-law of Jim in “According to Jim” any relation to Natalie Wood? -- Carolyn K., via e-mail

A: Kimberly Williams-Paisley, 37, whose break-out role was in 1991’s “Father of the Bride” opposite Steve Martin and Diane Keaton, plays Jim’s sister-in-law, Dana. Kimberly is married to country superstar Brad Paisley, and together they have one son and recently announced they are expecting their second child in April 2009. Although they are both stunning brunettes, Kimberly is not related to the late Natalie Wood. ***

Q: I was wondering about the new movie, “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” with Keanu Reeves. What can you tell me about it, and when will it be released? -- Carrie G. in Canada

A: “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” the 2008 remake of the 1951 classic sci-fi film about an alien visitor, Klaatu, and his giant robot counterpart, Gort,

who visit Earth, will be released on Dec. 12. Keanu plays Klaatu, Jennifer Connelly is Helen Benson and Jaden Smith (Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s son) is Jacob. For this go-’round, expect to see more of Helen and Jacob, a more sinister Klaatu and more onscreen carnage. However, the hopeful message of the original remains, along with the infamous quote: “Klaatu barada nikto.” ***

Q: What is Billy Joel doing, musically speaking? Has he retired after the Brinkley break-up? -- H. P. in Vermont

A: Since his divorce from supermodel Christie Brinkley in 1994, Joel has been seemingly busier than ever. In 2004, he married culinary artist Katie Lee, who is 32 years his junior. The past few years, Billy has been touring extensively, and most recently completed the “Last Play at Shea” concerts, where he and several guest artists -- including Paul McCartney, Tony Bennett and Don Henley -- played two nights of sold-out shows at New York’s Shea Stadium (with a total attendance of 125,000 people) before its demolition.

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Q: I feel like a ‘50s wife out of TV’s “Mad Men” who’s afraid for her husband to bring his boss home to dinner. I know where the knives and forks go, but after growing up a latchkey kid, the idea of setting a pretty and proper dinner table still scares me!

A: Relax. The rest of the world already has when it comes to dining tables. Your fears sound similar to a hangover from the gadget-mad Victorians, who delighted in complicating the art of eating. They devised “proper” tools for everything, from grape scissors to oyster forks and finger bowls, and adored piling them up like an obstacle course on the table.

By contrast, today’s dining table is all about elegant simplicity -- all you need are a crisp tablecloth, beautiful dishes and flatware, and maybe a few flowers in a good-looking vase. Here’s an inviting case-in-point: The pictured dining room in the penthouse that designer Elsa Peretti calls home in Rome. We borrowed the photo from a sumptuous new book, “Tiffany Style,” by John Loring (Harry N. Abrams Inc.). You may recognize Peretti’s signature crystal pieces on this table, including the “thumb print” bowls from her collections for Tiffany. The porcelain plates were inspired by another designer, artist Claude Monet, who famously overflowed his kitchen at Giverny with everything yellow and blue. Peretti’s deft touch makes a few pieces add up to the perfect, spare luncheon setting. Notice how even the flowers are on the serving table in the background. For another table setting, also shown in “Tiffany Style,” she simply sticks a handful of Queen Anne’s lace in a crystal bowl and a tall, black candle in a silver holder. So, we repeat, relax. When roadside weeds and single candles look that wonderful on the best-dressed tables, there is nothing to fear.

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from WallPOPS, you can write on walls without marring the paint; it includes 13-inch circles of dry-erase dots with a dry-erase marker. Peel and stick them to any wall near the telephone, the refrigerator, or wherever you need a renewable message center. Check them out at www.wall-pops.com. Approximately $10 for three dots and a marker, the manufacturer, Brewster Home Fashions, recommends them as novel stocking stuffers to those who plan ahead.

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buy an entire home office for about $4,000. The “Notary’s Bureau,” inspired by a late-l9th century design, is a home organizer’s dream in cherry wood with black and red lacquer on the exterior. More than 7 imposing feet tall, the artisan-crafted bookcase has a hidden desk that slides effortlessly out when you need it, back in when you don’t. French Heritage also introduced space-making bunk beds for adults -- handsome two-story sleepers with extra-long mattresses to accommodate grown-ups. The idea came from upscale second-homeowners, who needed smart sleepover space for their adult friends, according to our French Heritage tour guide. There’s no kidding about the price -- $5,085. But remember, you practically get an extra bedroom. To see both space-makers, visit www.frenchheritage.com.

Rose Bennett Gilbert is the co-author of “Hampton Style” and associate editor of Country Decorating Ideas. To find out more about Rose Bennett Gilbert and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.COPYRIGHT 2008 CREATORS SYNDICATE INC.

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1. Arizona’s Brandon Webb set arecord in 2006 for the lowest total ofvictories by a starting pitcher for a CyYoung Award winner in a full season(16). Who had held the mark?

2. Who was the last New York Yan-kee before Alex Rodriguez (2005,’07) to be named the AmericanLeague Most Valuable Player?

3. Name the head coach the last timethe Buffalo Bills made the NFL play-offs.

4. In 2007, Eastern Washington’sRodney Stuckey became the secondBig Sky Conference player to be tak-en in the first round of the NBA Draft.Who was the first?

5. Who won the first Lester B. Pear-son Award as the most outstandingplayer in the NHL in 1971?

6. How long was the reign of Russ-ian chess champions before U.S. starBobby Fischer won the world title in1972?

7. When Muhammad Ali returned toboxing in 1970, his first loss was toJoe Frazier in 1971. To whom was hissecond loss?

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Randy Johnson in 1999, each with 17victories. Rick Sutcliffe had 16 winsfor the Chicago Cubs in 1984, but alsohad four wins for Cleveland that year.

2. Don Mattingly in 1985.3. Wade Phillips in the 1999 season.4. Montana’s Micheal Ray Richard-

son in 1978.5. Boston’s Phil Esposito.6. Twenty-four years (1948-1972).7. Ken Norton, in 1973.

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1. Name the member of TLC whoburned down her boyfriend’s house.

2. Comedian Pee Wee Herman wasthe telephone operator at the begin-ning of what song?

3. What’s the real name of FreddieMercury?

4. Who is known as “The Boss,” andhow many Grammys has he won?

5. Name the only No. 1 hit by LittleEva.

6. Which Motown girl group record-ed “Heat Wave” and “Dancing in theStreet”?

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Eye, accidentally burned down foot-ball player Andre Rison’s mansionwhen she set fire to his sneakers.

2. “911” on Cyndi Lauper’s “TrueColors” album.

3. Farrokh Bulsara, a British citizenborn in Zanzibar in 1946. Lead singerof Queen, he composed “BohemianRhapsody.”

4. Bruce Frederick Joseph Spring-steen became known as “The Boss”when he collected and distributed theband’s pay. He’s won 18 Grammys.

5. Little Eva, born Eva NarcissusBoyd, recorded “The Loco-motion”in 1962. None of her other songsmade it very far up the charts.

6. Martha (Reeves) and the Vandel-las recorded more than 20 hits beforedisbanding in 1972, including“Nowhere to Run” and “JimmyMack.”


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2. Ken Howard starred in what TV series as thebasketball coach for Carver High School?

3. What 7’-7” player from Sudan was drafted by theNBA’s Washington Bullets in 1985?

4. What hoops legend was known as “The Stilt”?

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