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Mountain passes around the world can be high, steep, rocky and just plain challenging to traverse, but they are also the easiest way to travel from point A to point B across rugged mountainous terrain. We also feel some of these are worth exploring, so join us as Tidbits looks into, over, around and through a few of the more interesting mountain passes we found.Sowhatisamountainpass?Itisthemosteasily

accessible point between mountains where you can pass through. The pass is considered the highest point or summit at which you traverse the area. Passes have always been very important findsforpioneersmovingacrossthecountry,aswellasroadandrailbuilders.Thedefinitionofa mountain pass is actually: The location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks.

OthertermsusedinNorthAmericaforapassare saddle, notch and gap. Pass and saddle are most commonly used in the West, while the East Coast tends to use the terms notch and gap.

SemoLa,apassincentralTibet,at18,258feet,is considered to be the highest pass accessible byvehicles. It is a high, isolatedplace in theChang Tang region of Tibet. Also in Tibet is the

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There are many beautiful mountain ranges in the world but few are as recognizable as the majestic peaks in Grand Teton National Park near Jackson, Wyoming. Follow along as we learn some facts about this snow-capped, picturesque mountain rangelocatedinthewesternU.S.

When Grand Teton National Park was firstestablished in 1929, it encompassed only themountainpeaksandthelakesnearthebase.Ittook years of wrangling with local ranchers, residents, sheepherders, politicians and others before the park boundaries would be enlarged.

In1943,PresidentFranklinDelanoRooseveltestablished Jackson Hole National Monument, combining acreage in the Teton National Forest and other federal properties including Jackson Lakewithagenerous35,000-acredonationbyJohnD.RockefellerJr.

After years of heated debate, the original1929GrandTetonNationalParkandthe1943National Monument, including Rockefellers donation, were combined on September 14,1950,tocreatethepresent-dayboundaries.

During the years of debate,many pushed forthe Teton Range of mountains and the valley of Jackson Hole, including the town of Jackson, Wyoming, to be included in Yellowstone National Park.

With the establishment of the Grand Teton

NationalPark,97ranchersendorsedapetitionthatread:Thatthisregionwillfinditshighestuse as a playgroundThe destiny of Jacksons Hole is as a visitors destination, typical of the west, for the education and enjoyment of the Nation, as a whole.

Even though many refer to the area as theGrand Tetons, the Grand Teton is actually the most prominent peak in the Teton Range at anelevationof13,770feet.TheTetonRangeitself is actually 40 miles long and variesbetween seven and nine miles in width. The three most widely known and recognized peaks intheTetonsaretheGrand,MiddleandSouthTetons.

Early FrenchVoyageurs used the descriptiveterm les Trois Ttons (the three breasts)

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5. GOVERNMENT: In what year was the U.S. Constitution ratified?

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8. POETRY: Who wrote the poem called The Waste Land?

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10. MEASUREMENTS: How many pints are in a quart?

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4. In the 2009-10 season, Sacramen-to guard Tyreke Evans became the fourth rookie in NBA history to aver-age at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists per game. Name two of the first three to do it.

5. Entering the 2011-12 season, how many times had Jaromir Jagr tal-lied 40-plus goals in an NHL season?

6. Northwestern has won the wom-ens lacrosse national championship six times in the past seven seasons (2005-11). Name the only other school to win a title during that time.

7. Who was the first mixed martial-arts fighter to win major titles in two weight classes?

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Yankees, in 1977.2. Arlie Latham was 49 years old

when he stole a base for the 1909 New York Giants.

3. Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson, in 2010.

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5. Which group had a hit in 1975 with Dont Leave Me This Way?

6. Fact or fiction: When a CD boxed set was released with a bar code as part of the graphics, stores scanned it instead of the real code.

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went to No. 15 on the Billboard chart. 2. Last Night, in 1961.3. The Heptones, both in 1966. Leg-

end says the trio got its name from a bottle of hair tonic.

4. Billy Paul. The song won Paul a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Perfor-mance.

5. Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. Dont Leave Me This Way rose to No. 3 on the disco list. The next year, Thelma Houston netted a No. 1 hit with the same song.

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

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

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At7,239feet,thehighestpasswithapavedroadin Canada is Highwood Pass in Kananaskis Country, a multi-use park area in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, west of Calgary. The road is closed during the winter season from mid-December tomid-June due to the heavysnowfall. It is a spectacular drivewith photoopps in every direction during the summer.

The Beartooth Pass on U.S. Highway 212,also known as the Beartooth Highway, is the highestpointonthe68-mileroadthatbeginsatthe northeast entrance to Yellowstone National ParknearSilverGate,Montana.Theroadgoesin a northeastern direction mostly through Wyoming,endinginRedLodge,Montana.

Thehighwaywasbuiltinthe1930sandisstillconsidered a great engineering feat. It hugsmountains along curvy switchbacks up, across and back down through the alpine plateau. The pass is 10,947 feet above sea level, and theroad is one of the highest elevation roads in the UnitedStates.Thehighwaywasnamed foradistinct peak that looks like a bear tooth.

KnownasoneofthemostscenicdrivesinNorthAmerica, the Beartooth Highway is designated as a National Scenic BywaysAll-AmericanRoad. The high elevation of the road and the high snowfall amounts in the region make it accessible only in the warmer months; it

is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It meanders for 48 miles throughglacier-carved valleys with views of majestic peaks and crystalline lakes and crosses the Continental Divide. While it doesnt have

is usually open from May through October.This highway is considered an orphan road because no federal or state agency claims actual ownership.

South ofYellowstone in the Teton Range ofthe Rockies, Teton Pass Road runs between Jackson,Wyoming, and Teton Valley, Idaho.Topping out at 8,431 feet with a steep 10percent grade and lots of twists and turns, this stretch of road can be a real white knuckler in the winter and a tough test of driving skills. The Wyoming Department of Transportationregularly uses dynamite blasting to control dangerous avalanches and keep the road driveable during winter months.

Colorado,with itsmanyfourteeners (peaksthat are more than 14,000 feet above sealevel) has many amazing mountain passes. Independence Pass that connectsTwin Lakesand Aspen during the summer (closed in winter) has expansive views where three of the fivetallestmountainsinthestatecanbeseen:LaPlataPeak,MountMassiveand the tallestpeak in the Rocky Mountains, Mount Elbert. Thesummitforthepassisat12,095feet.

The song Wolf Creek Pass, written byBill Fries andChipDavis and sung byC.W.McCall in 1975, made the pass of the samename in southern Colorado somewhat famous. The country song describes a wild ride in an 18-wheel semi carrying a load of chickens.Fromthetopofthepassat10,857feettothetownofPagosaSprings, there isa5,000-footdrop in elevation. The driver is going much too fast down the pass, and as the singer explains, Imnotthetypetocomplain,butthetimehascome for me to explain, that if you dont apply some brake real soon, theyre gonna have to pick us up with a stick an a spoon.

Whenthesongwaswritten,WolfCreekPasswas a challenging and intimidating two-lane road.Atunnelwascompletedin2005,andanexpansion to a multi-lane, widened highway was finished in 2006.Although the improvementshave made the road considerably safer and easier to navigate, the song still lives on.

Another Colorado road worth mentioning isTrain Ridge, U.S. 34, which goes throughRocky Mountain National Park. The highest continuous auto road in the country, the road

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The Appalachian Mountains of Eastern North America have some incredible scenery. The Blue Ridge Parkway is the ranges most cel-ebrated route, 469 miles long, along the high crests of the mountains from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina.

Franconia Notch, a mountain pass between the Kinsman and Franconia Mountain Ranges in New Hampshire, is known for its beautiful fall colors. The area is also known for The Old Man of the Mountain rock formation. Discovered in 1805, the formation was made famous in a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne published in 1850. The Old Man was made the official trademark of the state in 1945, but it collapsed in 2003.

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THE TETONS (from page 2)to name the mountains. It is likely that theShoshonepeopleoncecalled theentire rangeTeewinot, meaning many pinnacles.

TheTetonrangeissituatedonanorth/southlineon a major fault where massive movement of the earths crust caused the mountains to rise and the valley to sink. Among the interesting features of these mountains is the lack of any foothills, which allows picturesque photos to be captured with the mountains mirrored in the lakesatthevalleyfloor.

Therearesevenmorainal(createdbyglaciers)lakesatthebaseoftherangewithJacksonLakebeing the largest. The elevation of Jackson Lake is 6,750 feet, with theTetons toweringabove.

During the winter months in the area, snowaccumulates to an averagedepth of about 16feet.Ofcourse,thismakesforexcellentskiingat Jackson Hole and Grand Targhee Resorts, wherethousandsflockeachyeartoenjoyidealconditions at the local ski runs.

ThemeltingsnowinspringtimeflowsintotheSnakeRiver,whichoriginatesinYellowstone,just north of the Tetons. The river winds its way through the park into Idaho, throughOregonand into Washington, where it converges with theColumbiaRiverandultimatelyflowstothePacificOcean.

Mountainclimberscomefromallovertheworldto climb The Grand and other mountains in theTetons range. If you plan to visit, youdont have to be a climber or a skier. There are approximately 100 miles of paved roadsand nearly 200 miles of scenic hiking trails

Abrupt outcropping of the Teton range provides unique mirror images reflected by glacier lakes situated at the base of the mountains.

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Whether youre using the word shovel as a noun or a verb, it refers either way to some sort of manual labor. For our purposes here well explore the noun version, which the dictionary definesasaninstrumentforliftingorscoopingloose material, such as earth, gravel, coal, etc., consisting of a curved blade or scoop attached to a handle. Archeological findings show that shovels in

one form or another were used as instruments for digging by the earliest known civilizations. When people reasoned that they needed the help of a tool, they learned to invent one and fashion it from whatever materials were available. The most primitive shovels found were made from the shoulder blades of oxen.

TheRomanswere thefirst tousefireandhotcoals to heat iron to its malleable point -- the temperature at which it becomes pliable for bending and shaping.Over the centuries, thetempering process was refined and improvedandmanufacturersemergedtofilltheneedforshovels and other products for farming, road and rail building, construction and much more.

In colonialAmerica, thosewith the tools andskills of a blacksmith were regarded as a vital part of the community. Among the many useful items they produced -- such as nails and horseshoes -- shovels and hoes for seed planting and cultivating food crops were in high demand. Farming tools were needed by all, and were necessary for their very survival.

OnesuchcolonialblacksmithwasCaptainJohnAmes, who began manufacturing Americas first durable metal shovels in 1774 in WestBridgewater, Massachusetts. Business for Ames was brisk as America continued to grow and the demand for quality shovels increased along with it.

Ameseventualyturnedthebusinessovertohistwo sons,Oakes andOliver Jr., and changedthenametoOliverAmes&Sons.Thecompanyquickly grew to new heights when the madness

displayofover750shovelsofalltypes,shapesand functions, the collection reveals interesting facts about what we were building and how we built it over the past 200years.Youwill seethat, quite literally, Ames shovels have built America!

oftheCaliforniaGoldRushbeganin1848,andinAustraliain1851.Duringthisperiodshovelsbecame a vital commodity for the hundreds of thousands of fortune seekers, and the demand skyrocketed. The need for still more shovels continued with the great expansion of road construction, railroads, and later the Civil War.

Amesbrandshovelswerealreadyknownfortheir high quality, and worldwide demand for them was soon created. During the 1870s,Ameswasproducing60percentoftheworldsmetal shovels, and doing so at the incredible rateofsome5,000shovelsperday!

Asthecompanycontinuedtogrowandflourish,the Ames brothers became very wealthy men. Taking an interest in politics, they used their influence to become instrumental in theconstructionoftheUnionPacificRailroad,

Ames shovels have been used as the tool ofchoice for numerous historic events, including groundbreaking for the B&O Railroad inBaltimore; the building of the transcontinental railroad; the installation of the Statue ofLiberty;explorationofAntarcticabyAdmiralByrd;buildingoftheHooverDamandMountRushmore, and construction of the interstate highways.

Ames shovels were also standard issue fortroopsintheU.S.Armyforeveryconflictfromthe American Civil War to Korea. The Ames brand is now part of the Ames True Temper Company, headquartered in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.

To learnmoreabout thehistoryofAmesandother shovels, check out their web site at www.stonehill-industrial-history-center/ or visit theHistoryCenteratStonehillCollegeinEaston,Massachusetts. Known by most as the shovel museum. it is much more than a simple display of shovels. Although it does feature a

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Remind Lawmakers of the Job They Have to Do Did you have to rush to get everything done this holiday season? Perhaps you headed off to a vacation in warmer climes -- or maybe you just set-tled for some quality time at home with your family. In any case, you know the feeling of trying to get everything done in the last few days before the clock chimes the final hour. And while you will hurry to get all the im-portant year-end stuff at work finished because its expected of you and you know your superiors are watching, it seems that Congress shares no such sense of duty or urgency. Although we, the people, are their boss, it does not appear that Congress could care less. You wouldnt be able to hide your year-end project under a stack of other stuff and walk away from work with a clear conscience. But, disturbingly, members of Congress seem completely comfortable with postponing the duties required and expected of them for a couple of months while they take off on an extended vacation. Do they think that we, the people, wont notice? Apparently so. It took until the last minute to pass a year-end $1 trillion spending bill to keep the government operating. Perhaps the ultimate pressure of return-ing home to face the electorate finally got to them. But they cant agree on extending the payroll tax cut. And still up in the air is an extension of un-employment benefits and reimbursement rates for physicians who see Medicare patients -- two issues

that have a real impact if they are not dealt with im-mediately. Of course, a big part of this is the process of jockeying for political and public relations suprema-cy in an election year. Even projects that both sides agree would be good for the economy are held hos-tage to the process. A pipeline that would create energy indepen-dence and thousands of jobs has been postponed until after the 2012 elections -- despite the fact that both laboring Americans and big business have rea-son to agree to its construction. Why the hangup on this one pipeline when we have many thousands of miles of pipelines criss-crossing America? Approval of this issue benefits both sides of the aisle -- both big business and blue-collar work-ers. So why has this pipeline, which is a real eco-nomic issue, been turned into a political hot potato? Its because the green organizations who oppose it are big political contributors. Weve all felt the desire to procrastinate, despite the nagging feeling that accompanies that option. You know you should make smart financial decisions, but the overwhelming consequences of facing reality encourage you to delay. For example, you know you should be mak-ing a list of all the credit card money you already owe before you go shopping. But in the holiday spirit, you go shopping first, and figure youll tally up the consequences later when the bills come in. In that same mindset, Congress rushes off to vacation, hoping to push the hard decisions into the New Year. And at the same time hoping we wont notice if they can announce something temporary. Its time for the bosses -- us -- to speak up and force them to do the job that were paying them to do. Heres how to make your voice heard, no mat-ter what your take on the issues happens to be: Go to www.ContactingtheCongress.org. Then just fill in your address and ZIP code to be sent to the page with your U.S. representative and two senators. Click on each name, and youll find a link to a contact form. It takes only a minute to fill out that form with your name, address and e-mail and then a category for your comment.

Then post a message to be sent directly to each of them. Mention this to as many friends as possible and encourage them to do likewise. It will take only a few minutes to contact each of your representa-tives. These insulated office holders may not listen to any one message, or they may automatically re-ply with a pre-formatted e-mail -- but if we all send a similar message, they cant ignore them and the impact will be huge! Remember, youre paying each of our sen-ators and representatives $174,000 a year -- not to mention health care and lucrative retirement ben-efits, and paid vacations! Lets make sure were getting our moneys worth from each of them. The only way to do that is to show them that we are watching, and remind them that they owe us responsible attention to their job -- just as our bosses expect and demand that of us. Youll have the final word at the ballot box -- but reminding them right now just who they are working for, whos the boss and who they are ac-countable to will definitely get their attention and stir them into action. And thats The Savage Truth.

Terry Savage is a registered investment adviser and is on the board of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. She appears weekly on WMAQ-Channel 5s 4:30 p.m. news-cast, and can be reached at www.terrysavage.com. She is the author of the new book, The New Savage Number: How Much Money Do You Really Need to Retire? To find out more about Terry Savage and read her past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.COPYRIGHT 2011 TERRY SAVAGE PRODUCTIONS


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South of the equator inSouthAmerica, thereare 42 mountain passes between Chile andArgentina, whose border runs from north to south through the Andes Mountains. At 3,300 miles in length, it is the third longestinternational border. Along what was once a main route between the two countries stands the Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer) statueatthetopofthepass.Standingat13,780feetabovesealevel,thelargestonestatueis26feet tall and weighs over six tons.

The Cristo Redentor was taken by train toUspallata, Argentina, and then the rest of the way by mule in 1904. It commemorated thepeaceful conclusion to a territorial dispute between the two countries. Today, the dirt road is only accessed by tour busses and adventure seekers, with the main route between the countries now being the Cristo Redentor tunnel that opened in 1980. This Cristo Redentoris not as well known as the famous statue of the same name that stands atop the mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Lenders Prefer Students Pay Ahead, Not Pay Down Dear Mary: I read your book How to Debt-Proof Your Marriage. You talked about paying down the mortgage principal with a 13th payment each year (adding one-twelfth of one payment each month to your regular payment, so that after 12 months you have added one full payment). How can I do this to my student loans? When I pay extra, its recorded as if I paid ahead, but I want to pay it down. I pay online, but I dont see any options for designating my extra payment be applied to pay down the principle. -- Anna, email

Dear Anna: Great idea, and yes, you ab-solutely can do this. All education loans, including federal and private student loans, allow for pen-alty-free prepayment. This means you can make extra payments to reduce the balance of the loan, or even pay off the entire balance early, without having to pay extra fees. However, the law also allows for lenders to apply a prepayment to future installments by advancing the next payment due date, unless otherwise specified by the borrower. The lender wants you to pay ahead, rather than pay down, and thats what your lender is doing because you have not otherwise specified. Do this: Include a note with any prepay-ments that you make, indicating that you want the prepayment applied to reduce the principal bal-ance of the loan. When you do this, watch very closely for how the lender applies the prepayment amount. You may also need to contact the lender multiple times to get them to credit your prepay-ment to the outstanding principal balance. If you need a little ammunition to make your point, mention the Higher Education Op-portunity Act of 2008, which amended the Truth in Lending Act to add section 140(e) and allows for early repayment (or prepayment (END ) of any private education loan without fees or penalties.

Dear Mary: Are there any legitimate work-at-home data-entry jobs? The companies Ive found either have bad things written about them or they want an upfront fee. -- John, via email

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