Page 2 that challenge and set about drumming up a team. However, 0LFKLHœV IDWKHU ZDV DQ RྜFHU DW West Point and felt that football was a pathetic game. He told his son to quit the project. Dennis Michie de¿HG KLV IDWKHU and three weeks later 300 spectators watched WKH ¿UVW $UP\ Navy game in history. The inexperienced Army team lost 24 to 0. Not even Dennis Michie’s father could swallow such a defeat. He ordered his son to do better next year and beat the SDQWV R྾ WKH 1DY\ 7RGD\ WKH football stadium at West Point is named after Dennis Michie, founder of the Army-Navy rivalry. • In 1893 a little old lady watched the Annapolis football team play a game. She was friendly with a player named Reeves. During the game she saw Reeves take a pretty hard hit in the head during a pile up. Thinking about that blow to the skull, she became so concerned that she went home and designed a crude helmet for him. When he wore it in the next game, fans laughed and players teased. But it started a new fashion and before long helmets were standard gear. • During a football game at West Point a player sat on the bench watching Jim Thorpe run DOO RYHU WKH ¿HOG $V KH ZDV VLWting there dreaming of becoming as great a player as Thorpe, the coach called him and sent him into the game. His moment of fame was at hand! UnforWXQDWHO\ GXULQJ KLV YHU\ ¿UVW play he was hit so hard that his leg was broken and he was carULHG IURP WKH ¿HOG KLV GUHDPV shattered. He never played football again, but the player went on to other successes. He was Dwight D. Eisenhower. MEMORABLE MOMENTS
•When the Nomads were up against Knute Rockne’s Notre Dame, Rockne could not understand why so many of his players were suddenly breaking their ribs. Player after player was hauled out of the game on a stretcher and the team doctor admitted that perfectly normal ribs were breaking like kite sticks. Rockne got suspicious and found that the Nomads were wearing steel
TidbitsÂŽ of Ventura County knee braces. Rockne hit the roof while the Nomad coach feigned ignorance. “Guess they didn’t want to hurt their knees,â€? he said. From then on a new rule was on the books that made it illegal for any player to wear steel knee braces. • On October 7, 1916, the powerful Georgia Tech team invited little Cumberland College to play RQ 7HFKÂśV ÂżHOG Cumberland did not have a regular team, but they rounded up some guys. The game didn’t go well for Cumberland, and later fullback A.L. Macdonald recalled making “our longest gain of the day when I lost 5 yards.â€? One Cumberland player is said to have fumbled the ball and yelled at a teammate to pick it XS %XW ZLWK ÂżYH ELJ *HRUJLD Tech guys bearing down on him, he yelled back, “You pick it up! You dropped it!â€? The game was called in the third TXDUWHU DQG WKH ÂżQDO VFRUH ZDV Georgia Tech 222, Cumberland 0. • Quarterback Harry Adams was playing for Montana in a game against Washington State in 1920. He had a badly injured ankle but insisted on playing anyway. When a punt went over his head, he limped along to retrieve it, but by the time KH SLFNHG LW XS KH ZDV Ă€DQNHG by two very large Washington ends who were running at him full tilt getting ready to tackle him. “Don’t hit him, he’s hurt!â€? yelled one of the ends. At that point both players very carefully picked Adams up and gently laid him on his back on the ÂżHOG MEMORABLE PLAYS
• During a game between Clemson & Mercer, a referee turned to Clemson’s halfback, Streak Lawton, and said: “Streak, this is the last game of the season and you have just 60 seconds left to make history.â€? On the next play, Mercer punted, and Lawton returned the punt 90 yards for a touchdown. As he walked past the referee, Lawton was heard to ask, “What are the other 40 seconds for?â€? • Coach Fielding Yost was giving his team an intense pep-talk
during half time, whipping the team into a fury. “All right men!â€? he hollered. “Follow me to victory!â€? He yanked open a door to the locker room and ran out. But he had pulled open the wrong door. He plunged headÂżUVW LQWR WKH VZLPPLQJ SRRO followed by the entire team. In their heavy football gear, several of the players nearly drowned before they were pulled out. • Joe Namath was listening to a lecture by coach Bear Bryant, who was goading them to do well in their college classes because there was more to life than football and he didn’t want any dumbbells on his team. “If there is a dumbbell in the room, I wish he would stand up,â€? Bear said. Namath immediately stood up. “How come you’re standing up? You ain’t dumb,â€? asked Bear. “Coach,â€? replied Namath, “I just hate like the devil for you to be standing up there by yourself.â€? • Coach Knute Rockne would often drill his players by setting up imaginary situations and grilling them about what they would do next if caught in such a position. One day he said, “It’s our ball, fourth quarter, we’re behind by three points, ball on our 45-yard line, fourth down, three to go— what do you do?â€? He asked a thirdstring quarterback. “Well, Mr. Rockne,â€? replied the benchwarmer, “I’d slide a few yards down on the bench to get a better look at the next play.â€? FIND US ON:
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Prostate Often Blamed for Bladder Problems --DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm 87 and have an enlarged prostate. When I get the urge to urinate, which is often, I have to go at once. Do you think that taking a bladder-control medicine would interfere with the Cardura (doxazosin) I'm taking to keep my urine duct (urethra) open? It's getting to be a big problem. Hope you can help me. -- CB ANSWER: Both men and women can have urinary urgency (the sensation of needing to go right away), and sometimes this can lead to accidents. In women, the problem usually is attributed to bladder spasm, and in men it may be attributed erroneously to the prostate. Of course, it is possible to have both prostate problems like benign enlargement of the gland and bladder spasm, but oftentimes the problem in men is solely the bladder. Some people QHHG WUHDWPHQW IRU ERWK DQG WKHUH DUH QR LQWHUDFWLRQV , FRXOG ÂżQG between doxazosin and bladder spasm agents like Detrol (tolterodine) or Ditropan (oxybutynin). The booklet on men's health discusses prostate gland enlargement. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Roach --No. 1001W, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. 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. ROACH: , UHDG DQG KHDU RI JUHDW KHDOWK EHQHÂżWV attributed to eating nuts. I have a very healthy heart, but no one can consider himself beyond the specter of cancer. Also, possibly my neurological or other systems that deteriorate ZLWK DJH FRXOG EHQHÂżW IURP HDWLQJ QXWV 8QIRUWXQDWHO\ HDWLQJ nuts or peanuts results in constipation that can last for days. Foods with dairy or egg components give me the same problem. Do I do myself a disservice by not eating nuts? Should I FRQVLGHU HSLVRGHV RI FRQVWLSDWLRQ ZRUWK WKH EHQHÂżWV" - 0 ANSWER: I have carefully read the new studies on nuts, DQG WKH\ FRQÂżUP SUHYLRXV VWXGLHV VKRZLQJ WKDW QXW FRQsumption is associated with a lower risk of heart disease and overall death and, as you note, reduced cancer risk as well. However, this doesn't prove that eating nuts reduces those risks. It is possible that people who eat nuts have other behaviors that are really responsible for their lower risk of disease. However, the authors of the study did as good a job as possible to reduce that possibility. In your case, I would think RI QXWV DV D PHGLFLQH <RX KDYH WR FRQVLGHU WKH EHQHÂżWV (possibly lower risk of cancer and other diseases) against the side effects (constipation, which can be very unpleasant and reduce quality of life). One estimate is that nut consumption may increase lifespan by as much as a year. You PD\ KDYH OHVV EHQHÂżW WKDQ RWKHU SHRSOH IURP QXW FRQVXPStion because of your healthy heart. That would make me less likely to recommend nut consumption for you. If your constipation were more than mildly annoying, I probably wouldn't "prescribe" nuts. Similarly, people with nut allergies, which DUH LQFUHDVLQJO\ FRPPRQ FDQQRW HQMR\ WKH KHDOWK EHQHÂżWV RI nuts. Only you can determine if the modest improvement in (possible) life expectancy is worth the symptoms. *** Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu. To view and order health pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com. (c) 2015 North America Synd., Inc.
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Noteworthy Inventions.. ETCH A SKETCH!
• In 1959 a 37-year-old man named Arthur Granjean invented what he called “L’Ecran Magique” (“magic screen”) in his garage in Paris. He took it to the International Toy Fair in Nuremburg, Germany. The Ohio Art Company bought the rights to it in 1960 for $25,000 and renamed it the Etch A Sketch. They advertised it widely in time for the Christmas season in 1960 and sales immediately took off. They’ve sold over 100 million since then. • How does it work? There’s a stylus, or pointer, mounted on two rails. Using a system of wires and pulleys, one rail moves back and forth, and the other moves up and down when the knobs turn. The gray stuff is powdered aluminum mixed with tiny plastic beads. The beads help the powder flow easily. The aluminum powder sticks to the glass because of static electricity. When the stylus moves, it touches the glass and scrapes the aluminum powder off. Shake it, and the aluminum is redistributed evenly. • The basic design hasn’t changed a bit since 1960, although variations on the model have been introduced. Now there are pocket-sized models, travel size models, glow-in-the-dark models (only the frame glows), and also noisy models. The Zooper model makes all kinds of weird noises - beeps, boops, squeaks, and squawks - as the knobs turn. Also available is the Etch A Sketch “action pack” which offers various puzzles and games printed on overlays placed on top of the screen. • To celebrate the toy’s 25th anniversary in 1985, the Ohio Art Company came out with an “Executive” model made of silver with drawing knobs set with sapphires and topaz and a hand-carved logo at the top. Price: $3,750. • Today it’s estimated that 8,000 Etch A Sketches are sold every day. In 2000 the Ohio Art Company moved the Etch A Sketch factory to China. • Steve Jacobs created the world’s largest Etch A Sketch at the Black Rock Arts Festival in California in 1997. He placed 144 regulation-sized Etch A Sketches in a huge square and surrounded them with a huge red Etch A Sketch frame, including huge white knobs. It qualified him for a Guinness World Record. • A Canadian computer programmer named Neil Fraser pulled the knobs off a standard Etch A Sketch and hooked it up to two motors which attached to the port of his computer. The motors work by remote control, enabling Fraser to draw without ever touching the toy. Robotic components are also able to tilt the Etch A Sketch upsidedown and shake it. • George Vlosich creates works of art using the Etch A Sketch as an artistic medium. He was a nine-year-old kid in 1989 when, on a long drive, he brought along his Etch A Sketch for backseat entertainment. A sketch he drew was so good his parents took a picture of it. An artist was born. Because one of his main interests was sports, he began sketching portraits of sports heroes. Then he waited after games hoping to get them to autograph his Etch A Sketch. His reputation as the “Etch A Sketch Kid” grew quickly. It takes George between 40 and 60 hours to complete a single Etch A Sketch masterpiece. After it’s done, he carefully unscrews the back and removes the excess aluminum powder to preserve the picture forever. Today George is known far and wide for his artwork and has appeared countless times on radio, TV, in newspapers, and magazines. His Etch A Sketch artwork sells for up to $10,000.
Make a Succulent Pumpkin Centerpiece Pumpkins aren’t just for Halloween. Available in green, white, blue-gray and various shades of orange, like the deeply ribbed Cinderella pumpkin, they make an eye-catching Thanksgiving Day centerpiece when you glue moss and living succulents on top. Keep the succulents misted as they root into the moss, and enjoy an attractive creation in your home into the December holidays and beyond. When the pumpkin eventually begins to soften and age, toss it in the compost bin and pot the succulents indoors in soil in a flowerpot or outdoors in a frost-free garden bed. Kids will enjoy making the centerpiece with you this week. Swirling the nontoxic sticky glue, handling the wiry moss and arranging the succulents and add-ins make for artful fun. Here’s what you’ll need for one succulent pumpkin centerpiece: —One clean pumpkin with a flat top surface and center indentation works best. —Water-soluble white glue that dries clear, such as Mod Podge Matte finish —Sphagnum moss available in garden centers or craft stores —Several succulents. Use cuttings from your garden or purchase at garden centers —Natural add-ons such as seedpods, acorns, tiny pinecones, eucalyptus Here’s the fun: 1. Set pumpkin on a newspaper-covered work surface. Remove stem with clippers, being careful not to cut into the pumpkin.
2. Drizzle glue around the top area of the pumpkin in swirls. Cover with the moss about 1/2-inch thick, pressing firmly in place. Let dry. 3. Remove roots and soil from the succulents from containers. Dip 1/4inch stems into glue and poke into the moss. For balance, place a tall succulent for a focal point near the center and add remaining succulents and add-ons around it over the moss. (An adult may use a glue gun to affix the add-ons, if you prefer) Care: Set the centerpiece on a trivet or tray. Mist succulents and moss weekly, making sure the pumpkin remains fresh and dry. The succulents will begin to root through the glue into the moss. Keep away from excessive heat, freezing temperatures and rain.
Extra idea: Make succulent pumpkin place cards for each place setting at the Thanksgiving table using single minis, such as the Munchkin pumpkin. Tuck a name card in each one and set at each plate. Guests may take it home to enjoy. *** Donna Erickson’s award-winning series “Donna’s Day” is airing on public television nationwide. To find more of her creative family recipes and activities, visit www.donnasday.com and link to the NEW Donna’s Day Facebook fan page. Her latest book is “Donna Erickson’s Fabulous Funstuff for Families.” © 2015 Donna Erickson Distributed by King Features Synd.
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PAWS CORNER By: Sam Mazzotta Hunting Isn't Answer to Feral Cat Problem DEAR PAW'S CORNER: There was a furor last summer over a veterinarian who shot a feral cat with an arrow. While animal lovers' fury was understandable, what wasn't addressed is the massive population of feral cats in the United States. Cats are very effective hunters and have decimated native populations of small wildlife. What is your opinion on the suggestion to hunt feral cats rather than simply trap, neuter or spay, then release them back into the wild? -- A Feral Cat Friend in Florida DEAR FRIEND: I think that we shouldn't give up on TNR (trap, neuter, release) programs, though additional solutions need to be looked into. Hunting isn't one of those solutions. In 2004, a VWXG\ SXEOLVKHG LQ WKH -RXUQDO RI $PHULFDQ 9HWHULQDU\ 0HGLFDO Association said that the population of feral cats in the U.S. was nearing the number of cats that had a home -- about 50 million feral versus 73 million domesticated. However, while about 85 percent of female cats that had owers were spayed, only 2 percent of feral female cats were. ZZZ DYPD RUJ 1HZV -RXUQDOV Collections/Documents/javma_225_9_1354.pdf) I wrote about the problem those many years ago, advocating TNR. Fastforward to 2014: A TNR study conducted in Alachua County, Florida, found that increasing awareness among area residents and encouraging them to TNR feral cats helped reduce the number of cats entering the local shelter by 66 percent. (www. sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090023314001841) So, providing local education and resources to residents helps them actively and humanely participate in the gradual reduction of feral cat colonies. Fewer cats in an area can help the local wildlife rebound. Whether or not you own pets, you can play a role in reducing the feral cat population without using a bow and arrow. Start with organizations dedicated to achieving this, such as Alley Cat Allies at saveacat.org. Send your questions or tips to ask@pawscorner.com. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.
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• In the early days of the 1800s, trade was just beginning to open up between Japan and America. Most American trade ships docked in the port of Yokohama. The city had one main street that was well-policed at night, and it was called Honcho-dori Street. It was the only safe thoroughfare in town; sailors caught in the city after dark trying to return to their ship through twisting alleys and convoluted byways were far more likely to be robbed, beaten and murdered. Therefore men being granted shore leave were warned never to wander through Yokohama at night, and to stick to the main route of Honcho-dori street, where they could be assured that everything would be “hunkydori” which is how the phrase came into English. • The French “hoche” means “a shaking.” Add that to the word “pot” and you have “a shaking together in a pot.” “Hotch-pot” became the word for a stew and led to our “hodgepodge” meaning a jumbled assortment. • In Middle English “habben” meant to have; and “ne habben” meant to have not. “Habben, ne habben” was eventually abbreviated to “hobnob.” • In Massachusetts in 1812, Governor Elbridge Gerry pressured the legislature to re-district the state to insure his victory in the next election. A team of men re-drew the voting boundaries to include any pockets they could find of Elbridge supporters. One voting district in Essex County looked like a dragon. Someone looking at a map of the new district mentioned that it looked like a salamander. A bystander said a better name would be Gerrymander, after the Governor. And that’s how “gerrymander” came to mean tampering with something to make it advantageous to yourself. • Edward I of England invaded Scotland in 1296. In every town that was overtaken, he would force the local politicians to sign a document pledging support to the King. The generic term for any official document written on a scroll was “ragman roll.” Officials made public readings of the long boring ragman rolls, where people got tired of listening to what we now call “rigamarole.” • During the days of knights in shining armor, a “buckler” was a small shield used to defend oneself from the blows of an adversary’s sword. “Swash” meant the same thing as the word “swish” today: the sound that a sword cutting through the air might make. Therefore a “swashbuckler” was a man who made a great show of fencing, by swashing his sword and striking his opponent’s buckler. • In John Milton’s poem “Paradise Lost” written in 1667, the city of Pandemonium is the capital of hell. Pandemonium is coined from the terms “pan” meaning “all” and “daimon” meaning demons: the city of All Demons. • “Lady Gunhilda” was the name bestowed upon a large catapult that protected Windsor Castle in 14th century England. Eventually the weapon’s name was shortened to “Lady Gun” and then to simply “Gun” which then became a word that denoted any catapult, or any
weapon that would hurl things such as bullets: a gun. • What does a catacomb have to do with a cat or a comb? Nothing. The word is from the Greek “kata” meaning down, and “kumbe” meaning hollow. •The Latin word “supra” means over and “saltus” means jump. “Suprasaltus” passed through Spanish, French and Old English before becoming our somersault.
• On Dec. 2, 1859, in Charles Town, Virginia, abolitionist John Brown is executed on charges of treason, murder and insurrection. Brown became militant during the mid-1850s, when he fought pro-slavery settlers in the sharply divided Kansas Free State territory. • On Dec. 6, 1917, a Belgian steamer and French freighter, both loaded with ammunition, explode in Canada’s Halifax Harbor, leveling part of the town and killing nearly 1,600 people and injuring some 8,000. The ships carried 8 million tons of TNT intended for use in World War I. • On Dec. 5, 1945, five U.S. Navy torpedo-bombers take off from Florida on a routine training mission over the Atlantic Ocean. The squadron leader later reported that his compass had failed and his position was unknown, and a rescue aircraft was dispatched with a 13-man crew. No trace of the 27 crewmen or six aircraft was ever found. • On Dec. 4, 1956, the “Million Dollar Quartet” convenes at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, in an historic impromptu jam session. Present were Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. A tape recorded that day was not discovered until 1981. • On Nov. 30, 1965, lawyer Ralph Nader publishes the muckraking book “Unsafe at Any Speed.” It became a bestseller and prompted the passage of seat-belt laws in 49 states (all but New Hampshire). • On Dec. 3, 1979, eleven people are killed in a stampede outside a Who concert in Cincinnati when a crowd of general-admission ticket-holders surged forward in an attempt to secure prime unreserved seats inside, known as festival seating. • On Dec. 1, 1990, 132 feet below the English Channel, workers drill an opening through a wall of rock, connecting the two ends of an underwater tunnel linking Great Britain with the European mainland for the first time in more than 8,000 years. © 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.
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YMCA Programs for Vets Have you been to the Y lately? Did you know there are special programs there for veterans? The alliance between the armed forces and the YMCA goes back to 1861, in Abraham Lincoln’s day, when YMCA members provided relief services to the military in local encampments. The Y also offered education scholarships long before that benefit was established for veterans and active-duty personnel. The relationship has continued all these years. In 1984, the YMCA and the Department of Defense established a Memorandum of Understanding, which was renewed in 2004. And now, the VA and the YMCA have expanded their partnership to promote the health and well-being of veterans and their families. Who knew? The expanded agreement pairs Veterans Benefits Administration regional offices and Veterans Health Administration facilities with YMCAs to make sure that veterans are hooked up with resources in their communities, as well as their families and caregivers. Not every YMCA site has the veterans program. The variety of programs is broad. This summer a new program started that provides career opportunities for veterans on public lands protecting natural and cultural resources. Some YMCAs have started scuba experiences for wounded veterans. Others sent the kids and families of veterans to camp. Typical programs can include health and fitness, aquatics, camping, family, child care, arts, community development, sports and teens, as well as LIVESTRONG (healthy living and fitness help) and Healthy Kids Day. Some locations have diabetes prevention programs, youth after-school, preschool enrichment, aerobics and indoor track, cross training and more. To find a YMCA near to you, go online to www.ymca.net/military-outreach, scroll and click on “Find a Y Participating in the Military Outreach Initiative.” Put in your ZIP code and then select “Show only Ys participating in the Military Outreach Initiative.” © 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.
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