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• Elephants have one of the largest brains in the animal kingdom and are highly intelligent. They have excellent memories and it is true that “elephants never forget.” • Elephants have complex emotions and pronounced personalities; they are able to reason and act logically; they are social and gregarious; and they have complex social rules, discipline, and customs. They display lo yalty to members of their herd, and have been known to rescue their human trainers from threats. They have also been known to have committed mercy killings when one of their herd is beyond recovering.
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• Elephants belong to the family Pachydermia, which comes from the Greek words meaning “thick-skinned.” Elephants do have thick skins, around 1.5 inches thick, but it's very sensitive. In fact, elephants will leave very good habitat in order to find a location with fewer mos quitoes. • They do not have a layer of fat under the skin to pro tect them from the cold, and so they cannot tolerate temperatures below freezing. They also have no sweat glands, so they get rid of excess body heat by fanning their ears, spraying themselves with water, and rolling in the mud. (cont’d next page) • In spite of their size, elephants can move almost with out a sound, and can sprint at speeds up to 25 mph (40 km/hr). However, since their legs aren't built for jump ing, a ditch too wide to step across can be an impene trable barrier. • They have poor eyesight, and can't see behind them un less they turn around. They are also unable to see direct ly below them and use their trunks to locate obstacles that they must step over.
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in their lives. A mother elephant calls to her young by slapping her ears against her head.
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• They are very good swimmers, and regulate their buoy ancy in the water by swallowing air. A train of 79 ele phants once crossed a tidal stretch of the Ganges River where they had to swim for six hours without touching the bottom. • Elephants are not clumsy. They can step on a coconut just hard enough to crack the shell without damaging the meat, and they can dig up sweet potatoes with their tusks without breaking the skin of the tuber. • The feet of an elephant have a combined surface area of 3.5 sq. ft., so that their weight is pretty evenly distrib uted and they hardly even leave any tracks. A lady's sti letto heel has a greater pressure per square inch than an elephant's foot. • The sleeping habits of a herd of 34 elephants in a zoo were studied. Every night, 29 of them would fall sound ly asleep, snoring up a storm, while five others would remain on their feet in a light doze. After a few hours, several of the "sentries" would go to sleep after being replaced by a few of the elephants that had previously been sleeping. This changing of the guard went on ev ery night. Elephants are some of the loudest snorers in the animal kingdom. Sleeping elephants will sometimes trumpet in their sleep, apparently dreaming of danger. • The gestation period is longer for elephants than for any other animal, lasting between 18 and 23 months, de pending on species. Other female elephants will assist a mother before and during the birth of her young, stand ing by to help and chasing off any predators that come into the area during the birth. • A newborn elephant weighs 200 to 300 pounds (90-136 kg), and is covered with brown hair which slowly wears off during its lifetime. The young are not fully weaned until the age of five or six. Their milk tusks fall out at age two and are replaced by permanent tusks. Sexual matu rity comes around 18 years of age, and they can live 60 years. • A female elephant usually breeds once every three years, so it is common for a female to have several chil dren of various ages. They can bear up to 12 offspring
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• Mother elephants have been seen carrying their dead children around in their tusks, and have been known to have scraped graves and buried their dead offspring. • Elephants spend about 16 hours a day eating, and can consume a quarter ton of food a day. They are strictly vegetarian. Their usual fare is grass, twigs, tubers, and fruits, but they are also fond of bamboo, berries, coco nuts, corn, dates, plums, and sugar cane. • Elephants are social creatures. They sometimes “hugâ€? by wrapping their trunks together in displays of greet ing and affection. They have greeting ceremonies when a friend that has been away for some time returns to the group. If a baby elephant complains, the entire family will go over to touch and caress it. Elephants purr like cats do, as a means of communication. They also display signs of grief, joy, anger and play. (cont’d next page) • Elephant ears can be five feet (1.5 km) wide, which aids their hearing. They can hear sounds up to two miles (3.2 km) away and can smell a human a mile (1.6 km) away. They can even hear the rustle of a mouse. • An elephant's size is its best defense. Only giraffes are taller than elephants, and only some whales are bigger. A healthy adult elephant fears no enemy in nature's nor mal chain. Only the young, the old, and the infirm need to worry about lions and tigers. Healthy elephants are easily able to stand up to any attacking animal. • Their primary enemy is mankind. One elephant herd may claim a territory of up to 2,000 square miles. Hu mans have destroyed elephant’s natural habitat through settlements and farms. When elephants wander into farm fields and gardens that used to be their territory, local villagers attack and kill them. The demand for ivo ry has also been responsible for decimating their num bers. The number of African elephants declines by eight percent each year, due in large part to poaching for the sake of the ivory.
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OCTOPUS The world “octopus” comes from the Greek, “octopus” meaning “eight foot.”
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• The octopus is a master of camouflage and can change pigments in its skin to blend into the background within three-tenths of a second.
• Octopuses have three hearts: one to keep blood in circulation around the organs and the other two to move blood past the gills. The heart that pumps blood to the organs ceases its beating when the octopus swims, which is why an octopus will usual ly choose crawling over swimming, which is less exhausting. • Octopuses are cephalopods. Cephalopods are a class of mollusk that includes squids, cuttle fish, and nau tilus. Cepha lopod means “head-footed” because their arms protrude directly from their head. • Although it’s common ly thought that an octopus has eight tentacles, they are actually technically arms. Tentacles have suckers only near the ends, whereas arms have suckers their entire length. Tentacles are lon ger than arms. Octopuses have eight arms and no tentacles, while squid and cuttlefish have eight arms and two ten tacles. Each octopus arm has up to 240 suckers. • When threatened, an octopus will squirt a cloud of ink to hide itself. The ink also causes blinding irritation to the eyes, as well as interfering with the sense of smell and taste. If an octopus
• If a predator grabs an octopus by its arm, the octopus can disconnect the arm and get away. It can then re-grow the arm. When held captive under stressful or boring conditions, they have been known to eat their own arms. • Octopuses are inver tabrates. Because they have no bones, they can squeeze through openings that are surprising ly small. The only hard structure on their body is their beak, which looks much like the beak of a parrot. They can change their body shape to mimic other an imals. They use their bodies like bellows, taking in and releasing jets of water to propel them forward quickly. • They are one of the few animals that have been observed using tools, such as carrying around a coconut shell to hide in. • There are about 200 species of octo pus. Those that live in cold water cli mates are larger than those in warm water environments. • The largest types of octopus can grow to about 4.3 feet (1.3 meters) in length and weigh up to 22 pounds (10 kilo grams).
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HOLLYWOOD — Jane Fonda has been trying to make a fourth film with Robert Redford for some time. In 1966, Fonda and Redford made "The Chase," with Marlon Bran do. In 1967's "Barefoot in the Park," they played honey mooners, and sparks went flying. I was on the Central Park set when they filmed the horse-drawn carriage scene, and I observed their chemistry first-hand. They reunited in 1979's "Electric Horseman." Now, thanks to Jane's relationship with Netflix and "Grace and Frank ie," she's convinced them to reunite her with Redford in "Our Souls at Night," with Matthias Schoenaerts (of "The Danish Girl") and Judy Greer. They're currently filming in Colorado Springs; no air date as yet.
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1. What is Lynyrd Skynyrd's longest song? 2. In which Bill Withers song does he hold a note near the end for nearly 18 seconds? 3. What did Barry McGuire do after he stopped writing anti-war protest songs? 4. Who released "What Will My Mary Say?" and when? 5. Name the song that contains this lyric: "But a little gold ring you wear on your hand makes me understand, There's another before me, you'll never be mine."
Answers 1. "Free Bird," at nine minutes on the album version. The song often ran over 14 minutes in concert. 2. "Lovely Day," released in 1977. It's thought to be the longest sustained note in U.S. Top 40 music. 3. McGuire turned to contemporary Christian mu sic, where he is today. His 1965 "Eve of Destruction" lyrics have been updated. The original version was a rough cut that wasn't finished. 4. Johnny Mathis, in 1963. 5. "Midnight Confessions," by the Grass Roots, in 1968. The lyrics tell of a man's love for a married woman he can't have, possibly with a nod to the Reverend's love for Hester Prynne in Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter," one of dozens of such instanc es in film and music.
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WATER SKI • Ralph Samuelson was 18 years old in June of 1922 and living in Minnesota. He lived near Lake Pepin and spent much time there playing around. • He thought that a person who could ski on snow ought to be able to ski on water as well, and he set out to find the way to do that. • Ralph strapped on his winter snow skis, hooked a rope up to the back of his brother’s powerboat, and gave the signal. He fell flat on his face in the water. So he tried again the next day using barrel staves instead of skis, which also didn’t work. The day after that, he used long pine boards curled up at the end. Then he tried using different kinds of rope tied to the boat. • He improvised a handle to hold onto. He tried stepping out of the moving boat onto his skis. Nothing worked. He always went face first into the water. • Then he had a brainstorm: what if, instead of starting
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out with his skis underwater, he started out with his skis poking up above the water? Eureka! On July 2, 1922, Ralph Samuelson became the first person in history to water ski. He turned 19 the next day. It had taken him five days to figure out the secret of water skiing. • He made steady improvements in the design of his water skis and practiced all summer long until he was able to put on stunning demonstrations that attracted huge crowds. Articles in newspapers brought thousands down to see his Sunday afternoon shows. By 1926 Ralph was able to do all kinds of tricks, including skiing on one foot, balancing on one ski in a headstand, and launching himself over ski jumps. • He moved to Florida where he could ski year-round and became a professional showman, amazing tourists. • In the 1930s he injured his back while doing some con struction work on a boat house. No longer able to ski, he fell into obscurity. • In 1963, a newspaper reporter on vacation happened to see Ralph Samuelson’s original water skis mounted
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on the wall of a bath house at Lake Pepin under a sign proclaiming, “World’s First Water Skis.” This tweaked her curiosity and she decided to do some investigating. • After talking with the locals and reading old newspa per accounts, she wrote a column about Ralph Samuel son in the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The article ended with a plea: “Where are you now, Mr. Samuelson?” • It turned out Mr. Samuelson was living only 30 miles from Lake Pepin. He had retired there after being first a turkey farmer and then a state highway department worker. When a friend saw the article about him in the St. Paul newspaper and showed it to Ralph, he contacted the reporter and was interviewed for the paper. • In 1966 the American Water Ski Association named him the official Father of Water Skiing and Samuelson spent the final years of his life in great demand as guest of honor at water ski shows, competitions, and conven tions. • When he died in 1977, Minnesota state officials put a memorial marker on the shores of Lake Pepin. His origi nal skis are now on display at the Water Ski Hall of Fame in Winter Haven, Florida. His slightly-modified second pair are displayed at the Lake City Chamber of Com merce, in Lake City, Minnesota. • Ralph Samuelson never patented his invention.
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DEAR DR. ROACH: I recently went to my family doctor, complaining of left-arm pain and heartburn-like pain in my throat area. He said that he could admit me to the hospital for two days of testing or that it could be a pinched nerve in my neck. It was my choice not to go to the hospital, so he recommended meloxicam for a possible pinched nerve. As it turns out, my symptoms later became so uncomfortable that I decided to go to the ER three days after seeing my doctor. It was a serious blockage of a main artery to my heart, and emergency surgery was performed to put a stent in. I am lucky to have made it in time. I realize that it was my decision to not be admitted — I guess I was in denial. I never thought to ask him if he could have given me an electrocardiogram there in his office, and some people, including my intensive-care nurse, asked why he didn't. Because he didn't offer to test me in his office, I am considering changing doctors. I like him and he has always given me good care in the past, so I'm not sure what to do. I feel that had he done the ECG that day, my problem could have been diag nosed much sooner and possibly prevented my heart attack. Why wouldn't he have checked my heart function right there with the electrocardiogram? He did check my blood pressure and listen to my heart, but those seemed to be normal. Can you give me your opinion on this? I am a 64-year-old male. — F.M. ANSWER: Without being there, I can't give an opinion on whether your doctor should have insisted on your being admitted to the hospital, but I am printing your letter to once again emphasize that heart disease, even serious blockages, can have minimal or no symptoms. It sounds like your doctor did suspect heart disease, and I
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bet he now regrets not insisting that you be admitted. It's a judgment call, and you have to consider not only the symptoms, but also the risk factors. Just being a 64-year-old man is a risk factor; if you had other risks, such as elevated blood pressure, cholesterol, a history of smoking or a family history of heart disease, that would make heart disease more likely.
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The electrocardiogram is not a perfect test, and although it might have been abnormal at the time, it also is pos sible that it could have been perfectly normal. In hind sight, I wonder if your knowing your EKG was normal would have kept you from going to the emergency room when you did.
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To me, this isn't so egregious that I would suggest you find a different doctor, but only you can decide whether you still have confidence in him.
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* It was noted 20th-century English historian A.J.P. Taly or who made the following sage observation: "Confor mity may give you a quiet life; it may even bring you to a University Chair. But all change in history, all advance, comes from the nonconformists. If there had been no troublemakers, no dissenters, we should still be living in caves." * Those who study such things say that the typical rac coon weighs twice as much in September as it does in March, at the end of the long, lean winter. * Standard Oil of Louisiana opened the first gasoline su perstation in 1912 in Memphis, Tennessee. It offered 13 pumps and a maid who served ice water to customers. On opening day, a gallon of gas cost $0.29. * You might be surprised to learn that Cirque du Soleil, the largest theatrical producer in the world, was found ed by two street performers who never completed high school. * Iconic actress Marilyn Monroe spent much of her childhood in foster homes and an orphanage, and her troubled life has been much publicized. Considering her struggles with depression, anxiety and addiction, it should not be surprising that Monroe's will named the Anna Freud Center, a mental-health research, training and treatment center dedicated to helping children, as a beneficiary. * A global survey of people's vacuuming habits finds that more than 60 percent of vacuumers in Colombia, Mex ico, Brazil and Chile listen to music while performing that chore — more than anywhere else in the world. Only a third of Americans listen to music, though; ac cording to the survey, the favorite pastime of vacuumers in the United States is just to think about vacuuming. * If you've ever been to a major sporting event, or even watched one on TV, you've seen costumed characters representing schools and sports teams. However, unless you've been to Japan, you don't understand mascots' true potential. There, the mascot industrial complex is so large that in 2015, the Finance Ministry launched a campaign to reduce spending by cutting the number of unnecessary mascots in the country. According to one estimate, there are 10,000 mascots employed by the gov ernment alone. Some examples: Prince Pickles and Prin
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CROUSTADE WILL TEMPT EVEN NONVEGETARIANS I love to talk about food. To me, food is the universal common denominator, be cause everyone has to eat. I love talking with strangers about the foods they loved as a child, or recipes they like to prepare, because those stories are often some of their happiest memories and a window into their culture. My special Roasted Vegetable Croustade recipe is a crowd-pleaser. It's a great appe tizer or side dish for folks who aren't veg etarians, a lovely main course for those who are, and a delicious way to form a bond with new friends and old.
ROASTED VEGETABLE CROUSTADE To Roast the Vegetables: 1 cup olive oil, divided 3 red potatoes, scrubbed and quartered 2 yellow squash, sliced into 1/2-inch-thick slices 10 Brussels sprouts, halved 4 green onions, root ends removed 1 large carrot, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1. Heat the oven to 400 F. Pour 1/2 cup of the olive oil on a large sheet pan or jel ly-roll pan, 15 1/2 by 10 1/2 by 1 inch, coat ing pan with the oil. Place pan in oven to heat for 5 minutes, watching carefully to make sure it doesn't overheat or smoke. 2. In a large bowl, mix together the re maining 1/2 cup of oil, the potatoes, squash, Brussels sprouts, green onions, carrot, celery roots, garlic, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning and sugar until the veg etables are coated. Carefully place vege tables on the heated pan and roast for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring once after 10 min utes. Allow vegetables to cool before mix ing with the tofu cream filling. To Make the Tofu Cream Filling: 1 container (4 ounces) light whipped cream cheese or vegan cream cheese al ternative 4 ounces soft, silken tofu, drained 1/2 cup Parmesan or vegan alternative 1/2 cup light mayonnaise or vegan alter native 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper In a large bowl, mix together the whipped cream cheese, tofu, Parmesan, mayon naise, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper until smooth. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to blend flavors. Mix the cooled, roasted vegetables with the tofu cream filling un til well-blended.
To Make the Croustade: 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed 1 egg or egg replacement 1 tablespoon water 1. Thaw pastry sheet at room temperature for 40 minutes. The oven should already be heated to 400 F if the vegetables were roasted in it, or preheat oven as needed. 2. Unfold puff pastry on lightly floured surface. Roll pastry into 16-by-12-inch rectangle. Using butter- or olive oil-fla vored cooking spray, lightly spray a shal low, round casserole dish or a round baking dish. Place sheets of parchment paper or pieces of foil inside bowl with strips overlapping the edges to make the croustade easier to remove. Lightly spray the parchment or foil. 3. Place pastry in casserole dish or bak ing dish with pastry edges overlapping the sides. Mound vegetable cream-cheese mixture in center of the pastry. Leaving an opening in the center, fold the pastry
edges around the filling, crimping edges under to form a bowl. In a small bowl, mix together egg and water to make an egg wash. Brush pastry with egg mixture. Bake the croustade 20 to 30 minutes or until the pastry is gold en brown. To serve, allow to cool for 10 minutes. Using a spatula, gently loosen croustade from the baking dish or pan using the sheets of parchment or foil to help move it on to a serving dish. Serve warm or at room temperature. *** Angela Shelf Medearis is an award-win ning children's author, culinary historian and the author of five cookbooks. Her latest cookbook, "The New African-Amer ican Kitchen," is in bookstores now. She's known as The Kitchen Diva and is the ex ecutive producer and host of "The Kitch en Diva!" television cooking show. Visit her Web site at www.divapro.com. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.
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The 1960s era loved majesty. The Kennedy White House was dubbed "Camelot" by the press, Johnny Carson had started his 30-year reign on late-night television, and golf had its very own "king," Arnold Palmer. Palmer came from humble beginnings. Born in the steel town of Youngstown, Ohio, his family migrated to La trobe, Pennsylvania. It was there, at the Latrobe Coun try Club, that he began his apprenticeship under the watchful guidance of his father, the club's groundskeep er turned club pro. He did not immediately seize the crown, opting instead for a college golf scholarship at Wake Forest.
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AROUND TOWN October is National Adopt an Adult Dog Month "Make Your Family Complete" October is national “Adopt an Adult Dog Month” and the Humane Society of Broward County encourages you to celebrate by stopping by to find your next family mem ber and make your family complete! Waiting to meet you are fabulous dogs in all sizes, colors, shapes and breeds – both mixed and purebred. We all know puppies are adorable, but they require a lot of work. When you adopt an adult dog there are no surprises as to how big the dog will get, and often times they are already welltrained and you can see the fantastic personality that’s already developed. Like a fine wine, a dog’s love only gets better with age. Call them ‘cougars’ or just apprecia tive, but adult dogs who’ve been ‘rescued’ seem to sense it and bond quickly with new owners. All pets are spayed or neutered before going home. In addition, they receive preliminary vaccinations and a 10-day limited health care plan courtesy of VCA Animal Hospitals and a 30-day trial membership in Trupanion pet insurance. Dogs over seven months are tested for heartworm, and cats are feline leukemia tested. Adopt ers also receive a bag of Purina ONE pet food, and more goodies. The regular adoption fee for dogs over a year is $100. Open seven days, the HSBC is conveniently located at 2070 Griffin Road, just a block west of I-95. Adoption hours are Monday – Saturday 10:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. and Sunday 10:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. For more information visit www.humanebroward.com or call 954-989-3977, ext. 6. The Humane Society of Broward County is a private, non-profit organization supported by donations from people and companies who want to help us help the an
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Antique & Flea Market There will be an Antique & Flea Market Fundraiser on Saturday, November 12 at The First United Church of Christ located at 200 North 46 Avenue in Hollywood from 8am-3pm. Get a bang for your buck at this bargain shopper's event including a variety of items, unique collectibles and an tiques, jewelry, coins, glassware, new and used items, plants, clothing, silverware, and much, much more. Bring in your jewelry, gold, broken gold, silver, coins and antiques for cash.
Events & Occasions The Italian American Civic League of Broward County invites you to join them at their Monthly Dinner Dance on Saturday October 17, 2016 at their club 700 South Dixie Highway, Hollywood, Florida 33020. Music will be provided by the popular Easy Living. Enjoy a delicious Three Course Dinner and an evening of listening & dancing to popular music. Cost is $30.00 per person, for non members and $25.00 per person for members. The event begins at 7:00 PM. Doors open at 6:30PM. Reservations are required with payment by Wednesday September 14th reservations after this date will incur a $5.00 late fee.
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Walk to End Alzheimer’s, presented by Alzheimer’s Association Saturday, October 22 9:00 am, registration begins at 7:30 am North Beach Park, Hollywood Beach at Sheridan Street For more information please call: 561.967.0047
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