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“What youngster has not dreamed of flying with Peter Pan over moonlit London, or tumbling into Alice’s nonsensical Wonderland?”

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• There are about 400 areas in the oceans of the world where jellyfish are the only life form that can survive.

• The lifespan of a jellyfish varies from a few hours to a few days up to less than a year.

• Sizes of jellyfish vary greatly, with the smallest about one millimeter. The two largest species are the Lion’s Mane and Nomura’s jellyfish. The Lion’s Mane’s thread-like tentacles can grow up to 120 feet (36.5 m) long, with a bell diameter of 39 inches (100 cm) that is shaped like an eightpointed star. This jelly’s tentacles are arranged in eight bunches with more than 100 tentacles in each. The largest Lion’s Mane ever seen washed ashore in Massachusetts Bay in 1870. Its bell diameter was 7 feet, 6 inches (2.3 m), and total body length was longer than the largest known blue whale. Lion’s Mane species favor cold northern waters, including the Arctic Sea and northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. While their sting is moderately painful, it is seldom fatal.

• Nomura’s jellyfish is found in the waters off Japan, Korea, and China. Its bell diameter can reach 79 inches (200 cm) and it might weight up to 440 lbs. (200kg).

• The Stygiomedusa Gigantean jellyfish has only been seen 115 times in the last 110 years. Like the Lion’s Mane, the Stygiomedusa can have a bell diameter of 39 inches (100 cm) wide, but rather than the hundreds of tentacles, it has four thick paddle-like arms about 20 feet (6 m) long.

• Nematocysts are very small stinging cells located in the tentacles that inject toxin into a jellyfish’s prey. Touching a jellyfish can initiate millions of these cells to pierce the victim’s skin. A sting can range from a slight tingling to extreme pain and even to death.

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From that incident, I resolved never to feel so helpless if it should happen to one of my pets again. I learned the basics of pet CPR from that vet, and have since taken online courses to learn more and to stay up to date on changes in performing pet CPR. I urge every pet owner to become familiar with CPR for pets, whether their dog or cat or other pet is young or old. -Janine C., Chattanooga, Tennessee DEAR JANINE: Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I know the loss of Corny must have been heart-wrenching ... it’s incredibly difficult to lose a part of your family.

Learning CPR is indeed a way to bring a little more assurance to pet owners that they can do something when their pet falls ill. Performing CPR -- breathing for your pet, performing chest compressions if the heart has stopped -- during the rush to the emergency vet can make a big difference in the outcome.

CPR methods vary between species, of course, and between different sizes of pets. But there is good information to be found from places online like the AMVA (American Veterinary Medical Association), which offers a video tutorial. It’s well worth your time to learn this lifesaving technique.

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• More people are killed each year by jellyfish than by sharks. Yet jellyfish don’t purposely attack humans, with stings occurring when a person accidentally touches the creature.

• The most poisonous species of jellyfish, the Irukandji Jellyfish, is also the most venomous animal on Earth, with a toxin 100 times stronger than that of a cobra. Effects of a sting include nausea, vomiting, high blood pressure, agonizing pain, and in some cases, death. It’s possible to treat a single sting, but multiple stings usually result in death.

• The box jellyfish is one of the Irukandji species, with a sting that can cause death in as little as three minutes. It’s capable of swimming at speeds up to 4 mph (6.4 km/hr), faster than most humans. It is more physically advanced than most other jellyfish, with four brains, and 24 eyes, two of which can see color. With all of these eyes, the box jellyfish has a 360-degree view of its environment.

• The 60 tentacles of a single box jellyfish contain enough venom to kill 60 people. Their stingers can release toxin faster than a gun discharges a bullet.

• With an abundance of box jellyfish found in the waters surrounding Australia, that continent reports about 10,000 stings every year. Between 20 and 40 people die annually in the Philippines alone from the deadly sting.

• Another Irukandji species, the sea wasp, has about half a million darts on each tentacle. In the past 60 years, close to 5,600 deaths have been attributed to this jellyfish. Its bell reaches the size of a basketball, with 60 tentacles, up to 15 feet long (4.6 m) hanging down.

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3. In 2015, Keenan Allen tied a San Diego Chargers record for most receptions in a game (15). Who else did it?

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• Even dead jellyfish have the ability to sting when touched, with tentacles able to stay alive for about four days. In 2010, a dead Lion’s Mane jellyfish washed up on shore at a state park in Rye, New Hampshire. It weighed about 50 lbs.

(22.7 kg), with a bell about the size of a trash can lid, and tentacles reaching 13 feet (4 m).

When a lifeguard attempted to pick up the jellyfish with a pitchfork, the creature began to fall apart, but its stingers were still active. Nearly 150 people were stung by the dead jelly.

• A large group of jellyfish is known as a bloom or a smack, and can contain as many as 100,000 of the creatures. A bloom can grow pretty rapidly, considering that a single jellyfish can release as many as 45,000 eggs each day. The sheer number of the animals can create havoc in the seas. In 1982, the comb jellyfish was accidentally introduced into Eastern Europe’s Black Sea. Within eight years, the creature had caused $350 million in losses to the area’s fishing and tourism industries. By consuming ten times its body weight in food every day, the jellyfish wiped out 900 million tons of fish during that time. They were also responsible for a temporary shutdown of a Japanese nuclear power plant when a large group became stuck in the plant’s cooling system.

• Jellyfish can be accidentally introduced into their non-native habitat by attaching to ship hulls and traveling into other areas.

• If you see Australian lifeguards wearing pantyhose on their arms and legs, it’s because even something as thin as nylon pantyhose will prevent jellies from stinging.

• After the first jellyfish sting, it is very important to get out of the water immediately and wash the area with salt water, not fresh water. Salt water deactivates the stinging cells, while fresh water reactivates them. Scraping the area with a credit card is the best way to remove the stinging cells.

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• Jackrabbits aren’t really rabbits at all, but rather hares, which have taller hind legs and longer ears. In fact, jackrabbits were named for their ears, which caused some folks to call them “jackass rabbits,” which was later shortened to jackrabbits. These swift animals can reach speeds of 40 mph (64 km/h) and can leap more than 10 feet (3 m).

• The jaguar is the largest cat in the world, as well as the largest carnivorous mammal in Central and South America. Average size varies considerably, from 124 to 211 lbs. (56 to 96 kg). The largest male jaguar recorded weighed 348 lbs. (158 kg). Even with a length of up to 6 feet (1.85 m), they have the shortest tail of any big cat.

• Don’t confuse the jaguar with the jaegar, an arctic seabird. These are very aggressive birds, stealing food from other birds. Found in Alaska, northern Canada, and Russia, jaegars are carnivores, with lemmings as the favorite part of their diet. Living most of their life at sea, they only come to shore to breed during the arctic summer, nesting on the Arctic tundra near the water. When it’s time to migrate, they travel to places where winter is about to start.

• The beautiful large stork known as the jabiru is found from Mexico to South America. It’s South America’s tallest flying bird, standing as tall as 5 feet (1.53 m). Its wingspan can reach 9.2 feet across (2.8 m). Its plumage is white, except for its featherless upper neck and head, accented by a bright red pouch at the base of the neck. The broad black beak can measure almost 14 inches (35.5 cm) in length.

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1. What name is given to an adult jellyfish?

2. What was the name of the jackal in Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book?

3. What term is used for a litter of baby jackrabbits?

4. Which animals name is derived from the Native American word meaning “he who kills with one leap”?

5. In May, 1991, 2,478 jellyfish were launched into space aboard what craft?

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With everyone racking their brains about the perceived problem of shrinking NFL TV ratings, we now get to shift our focus to the flawed NCAA playoff rankings. But why stop there? There are plenty of things in the sporting world that need to be addressed. Here are a few I will toss out there: 1. Tim Tebow needs to try out for every major sport. This is a no-brainer. Everyone knows that Tim Tebow is a superior athlete and a virtuous Christian. That is why he must always be set up for martyrdom, so we can talk about how teams don’t understand the righteous talent they are sitting on. It doesn’t matter that he’s only hitting .149 for the Mets’ fall instructional league team, he probably sells more jerseys than most of the Mets big-league players combined. Surely he could be a center on the Blue Jacket’s checking line, or a power forward for the Brooklyn Nets.

It might hurt to watch, but that means it’s working.

2. Every NFL team has to wear black (or pink).

Studies show that teams wearing black are more aggressive. That study, no doubt commissioned by the circa 1970s tangerine-orange mustachioed Tampa Bay Buccaneer, has taken hold of the league because black keeps creeping into color schemes. The only exception can be made for the Eagles, but only if they switch their color back to Kelly Green. Philadelphians shouldn’t be made to wear Forest Green, sorry.

3. Nick Saban needs to trash every other team’s

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offensive scheme at press conferences, then destroy that team by mastering the offensive scheme he just trashed. It started with the run option, but something tells me that Saban would win if he ran nothing but wildcats or fake punts on every first down. This is a good thing, because Saban’s idea of a perfect game would be Alabama scoring every quarter and beating LSU 8-0, all safeties. 4.

Pete Rose and Alex Rodriguez need to do postgame analysis for every baseball game. When A-Rod isn’t name-checking Andy Pettite (which almost never happens) or using multi-syllabic words, Pete Rose is there to make fun of him or tease him about Derek Jeter’s inspiring play.

The matchup of those two plus Frank Thomas is a thing of beauty. You can just picture a bunch of drunken FOX execs coming up with the idea ... “No! Wait!

Pete Rose has to wear a bow-tie!” then still going with the idea the next morning.

5. The Cubs needed to lose the World Series. The world needed the Cubbies to lose. They were the last team clinically proven to break hearts. Look at what happened to Red Sox fans. They used to be the quirky losers, now they’re just obnoxious without the charm (Fenway Park notwithstanding). Look at how miserable hockey fans are having been robbed of the joy that was chanting “1940” to Ranger fans. Oh well, Wrigley Field is still only place where singing “take me out to the ballgame” in the vocal style of Daffy Duck can be considered cool (but only when Bill Murray does it).

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Grand Marquis, Ford F150. This is just a partial listing as of print deadline.

Featured sellers include: NYS Taxation & Finance; NYS Child Support; Buffalo Auto Acceptance; Jamestown Area Community Federal Credit Union; and more. View photos online as vehicles are catalogued: scottperryco.com Automotive parts Store liquidation : At 11AM the auction of the car parts inventory will be sold by 70+pallet sized lots of like items-i.e. a pallet of brake rotors, a pallet of assorted filters. Including: 3 rebuilt GM /4cylinder engine locks; 2 rebuilt GM /6 cylinder engine blocks; 1 rebuilt Ford 4cylinder engine block; pistons; drums; rotors; camshafts; wheel bearings; front wheel drive axles; rack & pinion; struts, fluids and more! This is a great auction for small to medium sized dealers/ repair shops, EBayer’s , and flea market dealers. preview at 8Am day of auction.

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Bicycles Banned at Arlington Bicycles will no longer be allowed in Arlington National Cemetery, unless being ridden by people with family passes who are there to visit a loved one’s grave. Commuters, weekend exercisers and cycling clubs are no longer welcome.

To which I give a big thumbs-up.

Arlington National Cemetery holds upward of 30 funerals a day. Some of these involve long streams of cars of attendees and escorts; some involve the military band or horses pulling a caisson. The last thing funeral-goers need is to have to navigate around cyclists, or have them whiz by during a funeral service.

Of course, cyclists were upset when the news came out, and they started a petition, claiming they don’t disrupt anything. The cemetery’s response to that was, “Previous trial periods with bicyclists in the cemetery showed bicyclists did not typically stop for these processions.”

Enough said.

Some state veterans’ cemeteries seem to ban bicycles as well, such as the Connecticut State Veterans’ Cemetery.

Others aren’t as vigilant, with one state suffering from horseback riding, picnics, fireworks and hunting at their veterans’ cemetery. Another had to ban bicycles after multiple bike crashes disrupted funerals.

Some places aren’t so fussy. There apparently is an annual ride at the Chattanooga National Cemetery in Tennessee. The Willamette National Cemetery in Oregon allows bicycles and is on a list of places to ride, complete with helpful GPS printable maps.

Having buried a grandfather, father, mother, two uncles, a spouse and multiple friends in national cemeteries, I can say this: If you’re a cyclist who lives where a national cemetery allows bicycles and you spot an ongoing procession or funeral service, stop. A cemetery isn’t just a convenient shortcut for you. It’s the end of the line for our loved ones. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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• Sometimes called the “kangaroo of the desert,” jerboas look like a mouse with legs of a kangaroo. These small nocturnal rodents, found in Europe, Africa, and Asia, live in some of Earth’s hottest places. Their very large hind legs enable them to leap great distances. Even though they only measure between 2 and 6 inches (5 to 15.2 cm), and weigh only a few ounces, they are able to leap up to 7 feet high (2.1 m), and distances of 10 feet (3 m) in length. The jerboa can hop faster than a person can run.

• We know that nocturnal animals are active at night, and diurnal, during the day. But have you heard the term crepuscular? This means an animal is most active at dawn and dusk, a characteristic of jackals, animals that belong to the same genus as wolves and dogs. Coyotes are sometimes called the “American jackal.” Jackals are well-suited for running with their long legs, and can maintain a speed of nearly 10 mph (16 km/h) for extended periods of time. .• The jacuarundi, also known as an otter cat, is a wildcat related to the cougar, only much smaller.

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• Although Western Electric had experimented with a touch-tone phone as early as 1941, it wasn’t until November 18, 1963 that the first model was introduced to the public. This came after three years of rigorous customer testing.

Consumers first had a chance to view the new gadget at the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair.

• Before the push-button’s introduction, folks made calls on a rotary dial phone, a device invented by Almon Strowger in 1891. It used a pulse-dial system, an electromechanical system that used the current pulses generated by the rotary dial to determine the numbers selected.

Digits in the phone number were indicated by a series of clicks that corresponded to the digit.

The push-button employed dual-tone multifrequency, a method that used audible tones for each of the numbers zero through nine. Specific frequencies are assigned to each column and row of buttons on the keypad, with the columns having higher frequency tones and the rows, lower frequency tones. Combining the row and column results in the signal that is transmitted over the phone line.

• The first touch-tone was the Model 1500 produced by Western Electric, with 10 buttons. Engineers had conducted research to determine the best layout for the keypad, whether the numbers should be the same as a cash register with lower numbers at the bottom, or having lower numbers at the top. The “1” at the top was most favorably rated by the study’s participants.

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by Samantha Weaver * It was 19th-century British historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay who made the following sage observation: “The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.” * Until nylon came to the fore, the most popular material used on the business end of toothbrushes -- starting way back in 16th-century China -- was hog bristles. * Among other artifacts, archaeologists found a bronze razor in King Tut’s tomb. It was reportedly still sharp enough to use for shaving. * Those who study such things claim to have found the best way to climb stairs: Evidently, you should exhale before you begin the ascent, inhale for the duration of the first two steps, exhale during the next two steps, and repeat until you’ve reached the top. Of course, it’s interesting to note that what “best” means in this situation isn’t clearly defined. * According to pollsters, when divorced people take surveys, women are much more likely than men to report that they’re happy about the breakup. * The hyoid, found in your throat, is the only bone in the human body that is not connected to any other bone. Its purpose is to anchor the muscles of your tongue. * There are 12 sovereign nations in South America, and Brazil shares a border with all but two of them: Chile and Ecuador. * Founding Father Benjamin Franklin’s final public act was to write a letter to Congress urging the abolition of slavery. *** Thought for the Day: “It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy.” -- George H. Lorimer (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

• Two Pennsylvania communities were the first customers to receive the new push-button system.

Carnegie and Greensburg were chosen based on population, average income, and isolation from metropolitan areas. Those who wanted the convenience and faster dialing time of the touch-tone paid $1.50 extra per month for the privilege.

• When the touch-tone phone was introduced, 25% of Americans’ phones were still connected through a party line.

• In 1968, the asterisk and pound keys were added to the keypad layout, expanding it to 12 buttons on Western Electric’s new Model 2500.

Although the * and # weren’t put into use immediately, they laid the foundation for the future of data transmission, using the telephone to access computers through telephone lines. From then on, the telephone was no longer just for talking!

In the 1970s, automatic redial features, call forwarding, and digital call switching were incorporated into the system.

• The smaller, lighter rotary dial Princess phone was introduced in 1959. It was especially desirable because it featured an internal light bulb that served as a bedside night light. The 10-button touch-tone Princess made its debut in 1964.

• It took many years for the touch-tone to become available in some areas. Even in the late 1970s, the majority of telephone customers still had rotary phones. That reversed in the 1980s when the touch-tone gained the advantage. Today, many areas no longer even support pulse dialing, and if they do, those customers are charged a higher monthly rate.

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Remove bacon with a slotted spoon. Drain drippings, reserving 1 tablespoon in skillet.

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Stir in syrup and vinegar, and cook, stirring often, 5 minutes or until reduced by almost half. Arrange squash on a serving platter and drizzle with warm maple mixture.

3. Crumble reserved bacon over squash and sprinkle with additional rosemary leaves and pepper. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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To the ancient Greeks, it was the concept of hospitality, generosity, and courtesy shown to those far from home. To the botanist, it’s advertising 716.807.7729 the effect ofFor pollen on a rates seed.call And to those in Ohio, it’s the county seat of Greene County, a community about 21 miles (34 km) from Dayton.

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Roasted Acorn Squash with Maple Drizzle This hearty side dish is a delicious way to add great veggies to your meal. Not to mention you that can never go wrong with bacon.

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2. Cesar Cedeno needed 707 games to do it.

3. Kellen Winslow, in 1984.

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