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Arguably the most important annual sporting event in the world, the Super Bowl has grown into a twoweek-long circus that draws millions. In this edition of Tidbits, we’ll take a whirlwind look at the 42 games played so far. • Technically, there was no Super Bowl I – it was billed as the World Championship Game. Held at Memorial Coliseum in L.A. on January 15, 1967, the NFL’s Green Bay Packers defeated the AFL’s Kansas City Chiefs 3510. In those days, teams ran the ball more, but Packers quarterback Bart Starr was MVP with 250 yards passing and two TDs. To ensure maximum viewership, the game was broadcast on both CBS and NBC. • Starr and the Packers returned to defeat the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl II. The game was held in Miami’s Orange Bowl, the stadium which would go on to host three of the first five Super Bowls. • SB III was the first one that really excited the fans. It seemed obvious that the NFL had superiority over the AFL, but the younger league spoke up through the voice of Jets QB Joe Namath, who guaranteed victory over the Baltimore Colts. He delivered the win and became a sports legend overnight. • In 1970, the game was played in New Orleans for the first time, at Tulane Stadium. (This was before the Superdome was built.) The Chiefs rebounded from losing the first Super Bowl to defeat the Minnesota Vikings. • Super Bowls V, VI and VII were all about “righting the ship” for teams that had previously lost the big game. In Super Bowl V, the Colts – previously shocked by Namath’s Jets – handed the Dallas Cowboys a 16-13 turn the page for more Tidbits!
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ROCKINGHAM, N.C. -- It wasn’t NASCAR, but it looked like NASCAR back when major races were run at North Carolina Motor Speedway. Now it’s called Rockingham Speedway, and on New Year’s Day the famed mile track hosted the Polar Bear 150, a Street Stock race. What the Street Stocks lost in speed to their modern counterparts, they more than made up for in close competition. Why? Because the track was crowded with 67 starters that lined up three abreast at the start. The Indianapolis 500 is most noted for threecar rows, but that’s the way the Southern 500 at Darlington began back in the early years. Among the entries was a Dodge Charger that looked very much like -- practically identical (c) 2009 King Features Synd., Inc. to -- the No. 71 K&K Insurance cars of Harry Hyde and Nord Krauskopf. Among those who drove the car “back in the day” were Bobby Isaac (who won the Grand National title in 1970, back before it was known as Winston Cup), Dave Marcis and Buddy Baker. Bobby East drove the No. 71 on New Year’s at Rockingham. Some of the names were recognizable -- Sprint Cup crew chief Jimmy Elledge was in the race as a driver -- but most were obscure. There were classic stock car names -- Jason Leatherwood, Roscoe Thompson, Waylon Flynn, Wally Leatherwood, Duke Bare -- but there were also names that could’ve been 1950s movie stars -- Tab Boyd -- and even one with PHOTO CUTLINE: Teams get ready for the race on star power in ragtime music: Scott Joplin drove the starting grid at Rockingham Speedway on New Year’s Day. (Monte Dutton photo) the No. 53 and started 55th.
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THE SUPER BOWL (continued): MVP award for both games. In 1981, the Oakland Raiders handily beat the Philadelphia Eagles in SB XV. • The 1982 game was the first held in a coldweather location. Luckily, Michigan’s Pontiac Silverdome was well insulated. SB XVI also brought two new teams into the game for the first time in a decade. The San Francisco 49ers beat the Cincinnati Bengals 26- 21. Dan Ross caught 11 passes, a record since tied but not bettered. • Miami lost to Washington in 1983 to even its Super Bowl record at 2-2. The Redskins failed to repeat, however, and lost SB XVIII to the (then-Los Angeles) Raiders. The trophy then hopped across the Bay as the 49ers topped Miami to win SB XIX. • Two ‘new’ Super Bowl teams faced off in 1986. The Chicago Bears rode their “Super Bowl Shuffle” to a decisive 46-10 victory over the New England Patriots. At the time, this was both the most points scored and the largest victory margin for the winning team. • Denver returned to play in SB XXI, but fell to the N.Y. Giants despite a record 204 rushing yards from rookie Timmy Smith. Although the Broncos made it back to the big game the following season, Denver became the second team to lose back-to-back Super Bowls when the Redskins took SB XXII. • SB XXIII was a rematch of the 1982 game, and the 49ers beat the Bengals again. MVP Jerry Rice set a still-intact record with 215 receiving yards. San Francisco repeated against the Broncos in 1990; it was the 49ers’ fourth win, and Denver’s fourth loss. • The early 1990s belonged to the Buffalo Bills, who reached four consecutive Super Bowls beginning in 1991. Unfortunately, the team lost the game each time. The Giants won SB XXV while the Redskins took SB XXVI. The Cowboys topped the Bills in both 1993 and 1994, the first time the same two teams played consecutive Super Bowls. • The 49ers played in the Super Bowl for an unprecedented fifth time in 1995, beating the San Diego Chargers. SB XXX gave the Cowboys an opportunity to avenge two previous losses to Pittsburgh. Dallas won for the third time in four seasons and set a record by appearing in their eighth Super Bowl. • In 1997, Green Bay got to the big game for the first time since the NFL-AFL merger. The Packers beat the Patriots as the Super Bowl made its first appearance on the Fox TV network. The Broncos surprised the favored Packers a year later in SB XXXII, winning for the first time. Denver won again the following year over the Atlanta Falcons. • Two relocated teams matched up in 1999, as the St. Louis Rams beat the Tennessee Titans (who came up just a yard short of tying the game on the very last play). Another moved franchise, the Baltimore Ravens, beat the Giants in 2000 to win in its first Super Bowl. • Since then, you probably know the story. The New England Patriots have appeared in four of the last seven Super Bowls, winning three of them. The Steelers, Giants, and Colts returned to win Super Bowls too. Also victorious was one first-time entrant, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who took SB XXXVII in 2002. The Eagles, Bears, Raiders and Rams lost in that stretch, as did the Seattle Seahawks and Carolina Panthers. Who will win this year’s game in Tampa? You’ll find out when SB XLIII kicks off on February 1! The End
Dear Dave, I make $60,000 a year, and I have two cars. One is paid for, and I owe $23,000 on the other. These are my only vehicles. I’d like to sell the one I still owe money on, but no one wants to pay that much. I have enough money in savings to cover the difference on one of the offers, but I was wondering if there’s a rule of thumb to determine whether to sell a car in this kind of situation? Josh Dear Josh, Here’s how I look at it. If you really love the car, and by really focusing and saving like crazy you can pay off everything else in your life – except the house – in 18 to 24 months, then I’m okay with keeping the car. If you can’t, it’s time to sell! It also may be time to sell if the if the total value of all your vehicles – cars, trucks, boats, jet skis, and their sisters – is equal to half, or more than half, of your annual income. These are things that depreciate like crazy. You don’t want half of your income wrapped up in things that are going down in value. Josh, you can pay this thing off in two years or less if you haven’t got a bunch of other debt. But if you don’t like the car, or you don’t want to work that hard to keep it, then sell the thing and write a check for the difference. Then rebuild your savings in a hurry by putting what would have gone for car payments into your bank account! - Dave
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Since 1996, the Department of Veterans Affairs has been demanding reimbursement for benefit checks sent during the month that a married war veteran died. It shouldn’t have done this. Twelve years ago, a law was passed that directed the VA to allow spouses to keep those final benefit and disability checks. Yet untold hundreds of thousands of widows (possibly as many as 50,000 per year) were dinged for the money just at the time they needed it most. Either the widows paid it back or started making payments when they received demand letters -- or the government got into their checking accounts and took it back. Sometimes it was both. The VA says the problem was caused by a computer glitch that was never fixed. When the new law took effect, automated letters demanding repayment just kept rolling out.
How Old Do You Feel? A show of hands, please: How many of us feel significantly younger than our real age? Many seniors feel, on average, about 13 years younger than we really are. So says a large study that was done over the course of six years with participants aged 70 and older. The mirror told a different story, though. It’s not surprising that women felt closer to their real age when it comes to appearance. We can blame Madison Avenue for that one, I’m sure. In certain circles there’s a negative stereotype about older women, and unfortunately some of us buy into it. Men don’t seem to have the same selfimage problems, according to the study. And given the same age between men and women, women perceived themselves to be on average four years older than the men. By the end of the study, however, it was
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the men whose satisfaction with themselves decreased more than the women’s did. Perceptions in general changed as the study went on. By the end of the study, many reported a decrease of a few years in the difference between real and perceived age. There was a link between feeling young and healthy and living a long life, of course. Those who had a positive attitude about aging in general had the greatest discrepancy between real and perceived age. Those who started the study with health issues perceived their age to be closer to what it actually was. I’m not sure I like the attitude of one of the researchers, though. She was quoted as saying that the 13 years is an “illusion.” Of course it is. But so are the images that are put before us by Madison Avenue. As long as we’re happy and healthy, does it matter what “number” we assign ourselves?
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The Kitchen Diva By Angela Shelf Medearis
Football Menu Scores a Touchdown I love football, and the big game on Feb. 1 is the perfect time to gather together with family and friends. I’m not at all surprised by a survey where 72 percent of the participants remembered what they ate, but couldn’t remember who won the game the year before. According to the National Football League, Super Bowl Sunday ranks second behind Thanksgiving as the biggest day of food consumption. It’s also the most popular “at home” party event of the year, surpassing even New Year’s Eve. I’ve discovered an easy way to feed a houseful of hungry football fans. I use a pre-cooked, smoked brisket and a good-quality, packaged salsa like the Pace brands. From these two main ingredients, I can create a smorgasbord of delicious dishes on a budget. This super game-day menu uses brisket in a variety of ways and features a jicama salad with a spicy, salsa dressing. The recipes are quick, easy and guarantee that you’ll be free to enjoy the party along with your guests. PHOTO CREDIT: Photo courtesy of Pace Foods, www.pacefoods.com
SALSA BRISKET Brush the pre-cooked brisket with 1 1/2 cups of Pace Triple Pepper Salsa. Follow the baking directions on the brisket package. Allow the heated brisket to cool before slicing. Serve half of the sliced brisket with a bowl of the Triple Pepper Salsa and a basket of rolls. Shred the rest of the brisket, and use it in the recipes below. SASSY SALSA FAJITAS Wrap a small portion of the shredded Salsa Brisket in a warm, flour tortilla and top the fajita with shredded lettuce and cheddar cheese, or some of the Jicama Salad below, and top with Pace’s Four Cheese Salsa Con Queso. SALSA JOES Combine the shredded Salsa Brisket with Pace’s Pico De Gallo. Pile the meat mixture on toasted hamburger buns, or in pita bread. SALSA BEEF SALAD Combine the shredded Salsa Beef with Pace’s Pico De Gallo. Pile the Salsa Beef on top of pita or tortilla chips, top with some of the Jicama Salad, and sprinkle with Cheddar cheese. SALSA QUESADILLAS Pre-heat the oven to 425 F. Take 10 (6-inch) flour tortillas and place them on a large baking sheet that has been lightly sprayed with oil. Heap several tablespoons of the shredded Salsa Brisket in the center of each tortilla. Add 2 tablespoons of Pace’s Four Cheese Salsa Con Queso and 3 tablespoons of shredded Cheddar cheese. Fold the tortillas in half. Bake 10 minutes until golden and crisp. Cut each quesadillas into thirds. Serve warm with a bowl of Pace Salsa. Makes 30 appetizers. SALSA STUFFED BAKED POTATOES Bake the potatoes at the same time you’re heating the pre-cooked brisket or microwave the baking potatoes until soft. After baking, wrap the potatoes in aluminum foil to keep warm. Serve the baked potatoes with individual bowls of Pace’s Four Cheese Salsa Con Queso, broccoli, shredded cheese and the vegetables of your choice as toppings. This is a great recipe for your guests who are vegetarians. Nonvegetarians will also enjoy these baked potatoes stuffed with the shredded Salsa Brisket. JICAMA SALAD WITH SALSA VERDE DRESSING Jicama also is known as a Mexican Potato or a Chinese Turnip and is high in vitamin C. This salad is also delicious as a topping for the Salsa Fajitas.
Salad - 1 small jicama, about half a pound - 4 radishes, thinly sliced 1 small purple onion, thinly sliced - 5-6 small cherry tomatoes, quartered - 1 ripe avocado, sliced - 1 small cucumber, seeded and sliced into quarter-inch slices - 1 cup sweet white or yellow corn kernels, cooked and chilled (or frozen) - 1 teaspoon salt - 1 teaspoon pepper Dressing - 1/2 cup Pace Salsa Verde - 1/4 cup olive oil - 1/3 cup lime juice - 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard - 1 teaspoon salt - 1 teaspoon pepper
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Brain Bleed causes Stroke at Young Age dEaR dR. dOnOHUE: When my brother was 47, he died of a stroke caused by bleeding in his brain. He was fine one minute, and the next he was in a coma. an autopsy showed he had had an aneurysm that ruptured. I have four other brothers and three sisters. Should we all be checked for an aneurysm? I am now 66. -- W.C. anSWER: an aneurysm is a weak spot on an artery wall. It looks like a blister. aneurysms can develop on any artery, but they are mostly found on the aorta and on brain arteries. Should the aneurysm break, bleeding can be catastrophic. Ruptured brain aneurysms account for 10 percent of strokes, and frequently they occur in younger people, ones not thought to be at risk of a stroke. The story is much like your brother’s. a person, apparently in good health, complains of having the worst headache ever. Then he might lapse into unconsciousness briefly. He might have a seizure. The mortality of a ruptured brain aneurysm is high, more than 50 percent. First-degree relatives of a person who had a brain aneurysm have an increased risk of also having one, but the risk is relatively small, about 1 percent to 4.7 percent. A first-degree relative is a parent, brother, sister or child. The best way to detect a brain aneurysm is a special kind of scan called magnetic resonance angiography. It’s a magnetic resonance imaging -- MRI -- scan with dye injected into the arteries to outline any aneurysm. Most authorities don’t recommend screening
first-degree relatives, because their risk is small and the procedure carries an equally small danger. The booklet on stroke explains this common and sometimes crippling condition. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue -- No. 902W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 328536475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery. *** dEaR dR. dOnOHUE: I recently read that nausea and gas are symptoms of pancreatic cancer. I have both. Could I have pancreatic cancer? I am 79. -- E.B. anSWER: Pancreatic cancer’s average age of onset is 65. The risk of coming down with it increases with age. about 34,000 new cases of it occur yearly in the United States. It is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths. What makes pancreatic cancer such a peril is its lack of signs and symptoms in its early stages. Symptoms, when they do arise, include loss of appetite, a drop in weight, stomach discomfort or pain, nausea and a sensation of fullness after taking only a few bites of food. as the cancer grows, it blocks the drainage of bile, and the skin and whites of the eyes turn yellow. Your symptoms are common to many things, and pancreatic cancer is not high on the list. However, I have learned one thing about medicine: When a person brings up a diagnosis, I can’t dismiss it, no matter how remote the chances of having it are. See your doctor. You and I will sleep better if you do. *** Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Readers may also order health newsletters from www.rbmamall.com. (c) 2009 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved
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