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by Janet Spencer On August 5, 1914, a stoplight was installed on the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. It had two colors, red and green, and a buzzer to provide a warning for color changes. This allowed police and fire stations to control the signals in case of emergency. It was the world's first traffic light. Come along with Tidbits as we fight our way through traffic!

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One out of every 60 children born today will die in an auto accident. Traffic accidents take twice as many lives as do guns, knives, and all other weapons combined.

FATHER OF TRAFFIC SAFETY • William Phelps Eno was nine years old in 1867 when he went to New York City with his mother. When the performance at the New York Opera House let out, their horse and carriage got involved in the subsequent traffic jam which required two hours to untangle, even though only a dozen carriages were involved.

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primer for drivers. He invented such rules of the road as slow trafďŹ c keep right and passing allowed on the left only. He invented one-way streets, safety islands, rotary trafďŹ c, pedestrian crosswalks, the stop sign, the taxi stand, and trafďŹ c cops. • Still, Eno felt that stoplights would never work and trafďŹ c cops would always be needed at intersections. He preferred rotaries to stop signals as the best way to keep trafďŹ c owing. This con-

and Asia to help them with their trafďŹ c control problems. William Eno died in 1945 at the age of 86.Throughout his life, William Eno, known today as "the father of trafďŹ c safety," hated to drive.

His chauffeur drove him everywhere.

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• It took a bit longer to determine the stop sign’s color. It wasn’t until 1935 that trafďŹ c engineers created the ďŹ rst uniform standards for the nation’s road signage. They recommended stop signs be yellow with black letters.

The 1954 revision, however, called for the stop sign to be red with white letters. Before then, they could not produce a reective material in red that would last without fading. It just was not durable. It wasn't until a suitable product was invented in the 1950s that

• A quarter of all car accidents are rear-end collisions.

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perintendent purchased 85 chickens, releasing them in the park to act as trafďŹ c controls. The chickens did nothing except strut around, completely oblivious to all trafďŹ c. But drivers were so reluctant to run over the birds as they wandered around on the roads that they slowed down considerably. The accident rate plunged and only nine birds were lost the ďŹ rst year.

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folks in Caldwell, Idaho removed "Red-Eyed Pete," the last trafďŹ c light on Interstate 80.

After its demise, people were able to drive coastto-coast nonstop. Three morticians were on duty when Red-Eyed Pete was dismantled, laid out in a horse-drawn hearse, and carried a mile to his grave. The mayor delivered a eulogy as the casket was lowered into the ground. His headstone read, "Here lies Red-Eyed Pete, the one red light you need no longer beat."

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ley Association of State Highway Departments who came up with the sign’s iconic shape. In 1923, they developed a system of street-sign shapes still used today. Their idea was that the more sides a sign has, the higher the danger level it invokes.

They reasoned that the circle, which has an inďŹ nite number of sides, screamed danger, so it was used for railroad crossings. The octagon, with its eight sides, was used for stop signs, the diamond shape was for warning signs, and the rectangle and square shapes were used for in-

stop signs became red.

NO STOPING ALLOWED • In 1944, the newspaper in Durham, S.C. reported that a local man had been taken to trafďŹ c court for parking his car in front of a sign that said, “No Stoping.â€?

The man pleaded not guilty.

The sign should have said, “No Stopping� (with two P’s). He argued that “stoping� meant to extract ore, and he certainly had not been extracting ore. He moved that the case be dismissed. The judge agreed, and the spelling on the sign presumably was corrected.

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HENRY SETH TAYLOR • Henry Seth Taylor was a natural tinkerer and a watchmaker by profession. Born in Stanstead, Quebec, in 1833, he loved to experiment with machines. He invented the first sofa-bed and an early version of a phonograph.

He is best known, however, for building Canada's first steam-powered car.

• Self-propelled steam-powered horseless carriages had been around for years by the time Taylor unveiled his own model, but Taylor's had the distinction of being the first car built in Canada.

• He designed the steam buggy and created much of it himself, machining cylinders, drive shafts, and axles.

The boiler was at the rear of the carriage and was connected to a front water tank by two rubber hoses. A hand throttle controlled the speed both forward and reverse, and a tiller controlled the steering. Because the local roads were badly rutted and there seemed little chance of Taylor’s losing control, he never installed brakes, an oversight he would later regret.

• In September of 1867, the Stanstead Journal reported on the newly completed “steam buggy,” which was to be unveiled at the upcoming Stanstead Fair. “This mechanical curiosity is the neatest thing of the kind yet invented, the whole carriage, engine and boiler only weighing 500 lbs. It is in-

tended to run without noise or smoke, and will probably show some fast time.”

• The day that Taylor drove his new buggy onto a field at the Stanstead Fair, a hose burst, releasing steam and bringing the vehicle to a halt. Taylor had to push it off the field amid ridicule from onlookers. Despite the humiliation, Taylor made the necessary repairs and continued to drive his steam buggy around town.

• On a subsequent drive through the village, however, Taylor and his car were involved in what might be described as the first automobile accident in Canadian history. While descending a steep hill, the car began to pick up speed, careening out of control. Without any brakes and with a fully stoked, scalding-hot boiler at his back, he had no choice but to jump out of the vehicle, which overturned at the bottom of the hill. The car was a wreck, and its frustrated builder gave up on it, turning his attention instead to building a steam-powered yacht.

• After salvaging its boiler for his new yacht, Taylor scrapped the car in the back of his barn, where it languished until long after his death in 1887. It was nearly a century before it was re-discovered and taken to the United States. Restored by an antique car buff (this time with brakes added), it was returned to Canada, where it is now the property of the Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa.

Finally receiving the recognition it deserved, "Taylor's Folly" was depicted on a stamp in 1993.

• In 1904 Canada's automotive industry began with the establishment of Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd. By 1913 there were some 50,000 motor vehicles in Canada; between 1918 and 1923, Canada became the world's second largest vehicle producer and a major exporter of automobiles and auto parts.

• Today, Canada is the eighth largest auto producer in the world and the third largest exporter, after Japan and the U.S. More than 80% of Canadian-made cars are exported. The automotive industry is the largest manufacturing sector in Canada. Canada has one of the world's highest ratios of automobiles to inhabitants, with more than 33 million people and more than 18 million registered automobiles, of which more than 75% are private cars.

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CAR DESIGNERS • Most people think Henry Ford was the first person to construct automobiles using an assembly line.

But they’re wrong – the idea was actually invented by a man whose first name was Ransom.

• Ransom was born in Ohio in 1864. His father was a blacksmith who owned a machine shop, so Ransom grew up tinkering. He developed an internal combustion engine and founded his own car company in Lansing, Michigan in 1897. The company, and the car he produced, were named after him. The engine was successful but the car was not, so he moved the factory to Detroit and started over.

• This time the car sold better, until his factory burned down and he had to start over again. In 1901 he got the idea for an assembly line, which increased his output from 425 cars in 1901 to 2,500 in 1902 and 6,500 in 1905. It was the first car to be produced in quantity.

• For the next several years his company produced more cars than any other American company. General Motors bought the company in 1908 and produced Ransom’s cars until they were discontinued in 2004.

• In 1912, Henry Ford took Ransom’s idea for an assembly line and added a conveyor belt, which allowed him to increase production while also dropping the price. Though Ford is generally thought of as being the father of the auto industry, the title truly belongs to Ransom. What was his last name, given to a car and a company?

FAILED DESIGN • In 1913 the Jackson Motor Company came out with a new model called the Duck. The steering wheel and brake pedal were located in the back seat, where the driver sat.

Passengers sat in the front, where they completely blocked the driver's view.

Ransom Olds invented the Oldsmobile.

A SPORTS CAR • Fred and August Duesenberg were brothers who left Germany and moved to Iowa, where they established an automobile company in 1913. They named the company after themselves, and began to build sports cars.

• The Duesenberg SJ roadster had a 320 horsepower engine; it could do 130 miles per hour, and could go from zero to 60 m.p.h. in eight seconds. A Duesenberg won the Indianapolis 500 in 1924, 1925, and 1927, and a Duesenberg also won the Grand Prix in 1921. It was said that, “The only car that could pass a Duesenberg was another Duesenberg.”

• Not only were the cars fast and sporty, but they offered many special features and innovative design improvements. They became the luxury vehicle of choice among nobility and movie stars. Clark Gable and Gary Cooper each drove one, as did the Duke of Winsdor and the King of Spain. The cars cost up to $25,000 in a day and age when the average physician earned about $3,000 per year. The Duesenberg brothers claimed they built the best cars in the world, and the car’s performance record, combined with its extraordinary opulence, backed them up.

• The Duesenberg brothers were better car makers than they were businessmen, though, and the company faltered and failed during the Great Depression. However, their name lives on because the common abbreviation for the vehicles they built has come into our language as a slang word meaning something excellent, powerful, or extraordinary. What’s the word? Answer below.

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by Samantha Weaver • It was ancient Greek philosopher Plato who made the following sage observation: "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."

• How would you like to brush your teeth with salt, chalk or ground brick? The first tooth powders that were used with toothbrushes were made of just such materials.

• When you think of hibernating bears, you typically imagine some cozy cave in the woods, right? Well, the next time you're out for a winter hike, you'd better pay close attention to exactly where you're going; some bears spend the cold season curled up on the ground in large nests made of branches.

• Greyhounds have better vision than any other breed of dog.

• Every May, horse lovers flock to Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, to see the world's finest thoroughbreds race in the Kentucky Derby. While there, spectators will collectively consume more than 1,800 gallons of mint juleps.

• If you're a cat lover, you might not be surprised to learn that a group of felines can be referred to as a glaring, a pounce, a clutter or a clowder. Feral cats en masses are known as a destruction of cats.

• People who sustain brain injuries can suffer from a variety of maladies. One of the stranger ones is anosognosia. The victim suffers from some sort of disability, such as losing the ability to move a limb, but that's not unusual; what makes anosognosia so fascinating is that the person suffering from the limitation seems completely unable to believe that any limitation exists, despite voluminous evidence to the contrary. *** Thought for the Day: "The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad." -- Salvador Dali (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

Q: I can't seem to get enough of "Falling Skies"! Can you tell me if it will be back next summer? -- Dean P., via email A: "Falling Skies" will indeed return to TNT next summer to wrap up its epic story during its fifth (and final) season. Ten new episodes in summer 2015 will tie a pretty (or not-so-pretty) bow on the hit sci-fi drama, and I'm hoping that all of our questions will be answered. But, now that I think about it, I kind of hope all of our questions WON'T be answered so there will be a reason for a future big-screen version of the series (like "Star Trek" and "The X-Files").

And speaking of hit dramas, TNT also has renewed two more of its chart-topping summer series: Freshman drama "The Last Ship" will be back for a 13-episode season two (up from a 10-episode first season). Courtroom/ crime drama "Major Crimes" also has been renewed for a fourth season, with a 15-episode order. *** Q: My mom told me that she heard my favorite book, "The Red Tent," is being made into a movie. Is that true?

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subsequently leads to a devastating loss, changing her and her family's lives forever. Debra portrays Rebecca, Jacob's mother, while Will stars as Joseph, Dinah's brother. ***

A: Production began in May in Morocco on Lifetime's major two-night miniseries "The Red Tent," which is based on the best-selling novel by Anita Diamant. For those unfamiliar with the book, "The Red Tent" is the sweeping tale of Dinah, the daughter of Leah and Jacob, who was seen only in small glimpses in the Old Testament. The miniseries will air later this year, and stars Minnie Driver, Morena Baccarin, Rebecca Ferguson (as Dinah), Iain Glen, Will Tudor and Debra Winger.

The miniseries begins with Dinah's happy childhood spent inside the red tent, where only the women of her tribe are allowed to gather and share the traditions and turmoil of ancient womanhood. Told through Dinah's eyes, the film recounts the story of her mothers Leah (Minnie), Rachel (Morena), Zilpah and Bilhah -- the four wives of Jacob (Iain) -- and Jacob's courtship of them. The saga continues as Dinah matures and experiences an intense love that

Q: Do you have any news about "Vikings"? -- Bob L. in Minnesota A: I do have some casting news: History announced that for season three of the hit historical drama, Lothaire Bluteau will portray Emperor Charles of France, a powerful man who views battling the Vikings as spiritual and earthly; Kevin Durand will play the Wanderer, a mysterious man who is not what he seems; Morgane Polanski has been cast as Princess Gisla, the elegant, self-possessed daughter of Emperor Charles; and Ben Robson will play Kalf, Lagertha's (Katheryn Winnick) trusted second in command.

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Going phrase by phrase through the document that changed the world and birthed a nation more than two centuries ago, Allen illustrates her teaching and examples through current pop-culture references and historical tidbits -- perfect for the trivia lover, history buff or anyone who just wants to know more about how our

Recommended Reading "Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality"

by Danielle Allen (W.W. Norton, $27.95 hardcover) Reviewed by Molly Ford The Declaration of Independence is one of the world's deďŹ ning historical texts. Its words still resonate throughout the United States’ political and judicial systems, inspiring and inuencing millions, both Americans and people around the world.

But given its importance, how are so many of us unfamiliar with this document besides a very rudimentary understanding and rote repeating of “life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness�? Isn’t it time to take a deeper look at the context, both historical and literary, surrounding this powerful document?

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country began.

One particularly cool note Allen shares is how very slight tweaks or modiďŹ cations were made to the Declaration in each version, depending on how the operator of the printing press formatted the document, showing the power of even printing press operators during this time period.

Allen also includes her experience teaching the Declaration of Independence to two very different socioeconomic groups: elite undergraduate students at the University of Chicago and a class of non-traditional adult night students in the same city, a study in contrasts and also surprising similarities.

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4. A werewolf in "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon (1978).

5. "Heat Wave," by Martha and the Vandellas, a hit in 1963.

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A Melon by Any Other Name Crenshaw, Musk, Honeydew, Casaba, Water, Persian ... the list of melons that are grown these days is long. Melons come in a many sizes, shapes, colors and flavors. Sweet, watery and cooling, they're a gift of the summer harvest that quenches our thirst with a food we can practically drink and eat at the same time!

Melons prefer hot, dry days and cool evenings to produce the sugar that gives them their nectarous flavor. Depending on where you live, a ripe, juicy, truly sweet melon may be a gift of the harvest at your local grocery store.

While melons transport well, they must be harvested for shipping while still green. Sometimes this works well, other times not, and it can be just another case of falling for beauty that is only skin deep.

When choosing melons at the store, press and smell the spot where the fruit was severed from the stem. It should give slightly to the touch and exude a pleasant perfume. Almost all melons, except watermelons, can be judged this way.

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All melons should feel heavy for their size, a sign that they are full of juice.

Locally grown melons also will have a flat, yellow spot on one side where it lay as it ripened in the field.

Melons are an ancient fruit, first cultivated in Asia and Africa over 4,000 years ago. From there they were introduced to western and northern Europe. Watermelons in particular provided an important source of water to primitive people, and it is believed that the first watermelons were brought to the Americas by African slaves.

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Makes 4 servings This light appetizer uses palm sugar, also called jaggery, which is made from palm trees and has a unique wine-like flavor. It is found in Indian markets, or you can use brown or even white sugar in its place.

(optional) Scoop out cantaloupe using a melon baller, or cut into 1/2-inch cubes.

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In a medium saucepan, combine grapefruit juice, sugar, and lemon juice. Stir ingredients over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Do not boil. Add ginger and chill 1 to 2 hours.

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Source: Chateau de la Messardiere, Saint-Tropez, France. Published in The Best in the World, Neal D. Barnard, M.D., editor.

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2 pounds cantaloupe or other muskmelon 4 medium grapefruits, peeled, segmented, and seeded 1 1/4 cups grapefruit juice 1 cup palm, brown, or white sugar 3/4 cup fresh lemon juice 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger 10 fresh mint leaves, crumbled 4 small mint sprigs

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1/2 cantaloupe, peeled, seeded, and chopped

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1/2 honeydew melon, peeled, seeded, and chopped 1/2 cup orange juice 1 sugar, if necessary

Place fruit in a blender or food processor. Add orange juice and purée. Add sugar if necessary for notquite-ripe fruit. Serve in individual bowls.

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Gingered Melon Makes 6 servings This recipe is a refreshing twist on cantaloupe and uses ginger which can aid in digestion and often helps alleviate nausea.

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Stored in a covered container in the refrigerator, leftover Gingered Melon will keep for up to 2 days.

Tip: To remove the melon rind, place the cut side of the melon on a cutting board. Use a chef’s knife or serrated knife to carefully cut off the rind starting from the top of the melon and working down to the cutting board, rotating the melon as needed. Make sure to secure the melon with your opposite hand and keep your fingers tucked away from the knife’s edge.

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*** The Disney Corp., which owns ABC Television, is hard at work preparing both a sequel and a Broadway musical of its billion-dollar baby "Frozen." But in the meantime, Disney is spinning the characters of Anna, Elsa and Kristoff into the fourth season of its show "Once Upon a Time."

Newcomer Elizabeth Lail will play Anna, and Scott Michael Foster, of the ABC Family series "Greek," will play Kristoff. The role of Elsa hasn't been cast yet. Now the question is, will kids, the biggest fans of "Frozen," watch this show, or will their parents tune it out because they're sick of "Frozen," which their kids watch night and day?

The 72-show tour will net her more than $42 million. She'll soon be playing New York (Madison Square Garden Sept. 20-21), New Jersey, D.C., Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Virginia, Illinois, Indiana, North and South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Her tour ends Nov. 3 in Wichita, Kansas. Also knocking them *** Cher dead is Cher's opening act, Cyndi Lauper, who makes her entrance wrapped in a rainbow flag, Looks like Warners dropped the ball on the ad showing her "True Colors." If you live anywhere near campaign for Clint Eastwood's great new film, "Jersey where Cher is stopping by, don't miss her show ... it may Boys." It succeeded in getting the over-50 demographbe her last farewell tour ic into the theaters, but the younger audiences are not showing up because they don't know the music of *** Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Come on, Clint, you played ramrod Rowdy Yates on "Rawhide," you must Even on tour, Cher is stirring up controversy. Well-known know a way of herding them in like cattle! for being an animal activist, Cher has called on her 2 million Twitter followers to lash out at Sea World, texting, "SEA (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc. WORLD IS A HEINOUS CORP. THAT PRETENDS 2 CARE 4

between 38 and 42 degrees F. Cox rarely swam in a wetsuit regardless of water temperature.

• On Aug. 10, 1793, after more than two centuries as a royal palace, the Louvre is opened as a public museum in Paris by the French revolutionary government. The Louvre palace was begun by King Francis I in 1546 on the site of a 12th-century fortress built by King Philip II. Today the Louvre contains artwork and artifacts representative of 11,000 years of human civilization and culture.

• On Aug. 6, 1902, Arthur Flegenheimer, who will go on to become one of New York's most feared criminals under the name "Dutch Schultz," is born. Years later, Schultz was one of the biggest gangsters in New York, employing as many as 100 gunmen to enforce his rackets.

• On Aug. 4, 1927, the Father of Country Music, Jimmie Rodgers, is recorded for the very first time during the legendary Bristol Sessions. Rodgers cut two test recordings, "The Soldier's Sweetheart" and "Sleep, Baby, Sleep."

• On Aug. 8, 1942, six German saboteurs who secretly entered the United States on a mission to attack its infrastructure are executed for spying. On June 12, the German team had buried explosives Long Island to use later. On July 18, a second team had successfully landed in Florida.

• On Aug. 5, 1962, movie actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her home in Los Angeles. Empty bottles of prescription pills were littered around the room. An autopsy found a fatal amount of sedatives in her system, and her death was ruled probable suicide.

• On Aug. 9, 1974, Gerald R. Ford is sworn in as the 38th president of the United States after the resignation of Richard M. Nixon. After taking the oath of office, Ford spoke in a televised address, declaring, "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over."

• On Aug. 7, 1987, Lynne Cox braves the freezing waters of the Bering Strait to make the first recorded swim from the United States to the Soviet Union. Her training regimen included regularly swimming in water at

• On Aug. 16, 1920, Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman is struck in the temple by a ball pitched by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees. He died 12 hours later. After Chapman's injury, it was mandated that scuffed or discolored balls be replaced with new white ones, making them easier to see.

• On Aug. 17, 1933, New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,308th consecutive game, breaking former Yankee Everett Scott's record for consecutive games played. Gehrig would go on to play in 2,130 games in a row, setting a record that would stand for over half a century.

• On Aug. 13, 1948, U.S. and British planes airlift a record amount of supplies into sections of Berlin under American and British control. Despite terrible weather, crowded airspace and exhaustion of the pilots and crews, more than 700 British and American planes brought in nearly 5,000 tons of supplies.

• On Aug. 12, 1953, less than a year after the United States tested its first hydrogen bomb, the Soviets detonate a 400-kiloton device in Kazakhstan. Known as the "Layer Cake," the bomb was fueled by layers of uranium and lithium deuteride, a hydrogen isotope.

• On Aug. 15, 1969, the Woodstock Music Festival opens on a patch of farmland in White Lake, New York. By the time the gates opened, more than 400,000 people were clamoring to get in. Those without tickets simply walked through gaps in the fences, and the organizers were eventually forced to make the event free of charge.

• On Aug. 11, 1973, "American Graffiti," a nostalgic coming-of-age tale steeped in the car-centric culture of suburban California, is released in theaters. The film went on to become a sleeper hit.

• On Aug. 14, 1985, Michael Jackson purchases the publishing rights to the vast majority of the Beatles' catalog for $47 million, outbidding even Paul McCartney.

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information by your doctor and ask for advice. Given how fast the guidelines change, there might be updated news.

Niacin's Dark Side We can add one more item to the list of things we thought were good for us ... and now know probably aren't: niacin, aka vitamin B-3.

New Food Guidelines Reveal Cancer Risk It used to be much simpler to know what to eat. Remember the Basic 7 food groups we ate as children? That became the Basic Four. Then for years we followed the Food Pyramid, which was followed by MyPyramid. More recently we have MyPlate telling us how what to eat.

Then there were all the changes to specific foods. Coffee was good, and then it was bad. Chocolate was bad, and then it was good.

Add aging and physical changes and doctors' orders, and our diets have likely changed even more. We haven't known why, really, we should eat or avoid certain foods.

Many of us with troublesome cholesterol levels have been on statins to reduce the risk of stroke or heart attack. Niacin has been added to our list of go-to drugs for many years because when combined with statins, it is known to reduce bad (LDL) cholesterol and raise the level of the good (HDL) cholesterol. So far, so good.

However, new research reported in The New England Journal of Medicine has determined that: 1) statins alone do a good job of preventing strokes and heart attacks, and 2) just because niacin has helped folks achieve better LDL and HDL numbers doesn't mean that it helps to prevent strokes and heart attacks.

Turns out it doesn't.

Now we do know.

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has created a graphic that shows exactly how harmful or helpful certain foods and drinks are -- and how likely they are to increase or reduce risk of cancer.

Here are some of the specific cancer risks from the graphic: • Two glasses of milk per day causes a 60 percent increase in the risk of prostate cancer. Dairy protein products do, too, but at a rate of 32 percent increased risk.

• Two or three glasses of alcohol -- 21 percent increase.

Processed meat -- 21 percent. Red meat -- 28 percent.

• A "Western diet" (burger, fries and a drink) -- a whopping 200 percent.

Even worse, niacin can have its own set of side effects. Some are merely annoying (flushing, which can be offset by pairing niacin with laropiprant), while others are serious (gastrointestinal problems, bleeding, rashes and ulcers). Those in the study who took niacin were 32 percent more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes. One-third of participants dropped out because of problems caused by the niacin. An earlier clinical study was actually stopped when researchers found there was no difference between the niacin and a placebo, and discovered the same side effects.

If you've been prescribed niacin to go along with your statins for heart-attack or stroke prevention, talk to your doctor about whether you should continue to use it. At the same time, don't try this on your own! Get medical advice before either starting or stopping therapeutic doses of niacin.

On the other side of the scale, cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cabbage) lower the risk 18 percent. Fruits -- 11 percent. Carotenoid vegetables (think: orange color) -- 19 percent. A healthy lifestyle in general gets us a 30 percent decrease in cancer risk.

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While a 3-ounce T-bone steak contains 70 milligrams of cholesterol, three ounces of shrimp contain 161 milligrams. Numerous studies have shown that dietary cholesterol consumption corresponds with an increased risk for artery blockage.

AMERICAN SEAFOOD: SOMETHING’S FISHY Notice anything fishy lately? With many Americans giving up some forms of meat during the 40-day period of Lent, fast food companies have been ramping up advertising campaigns and launching brand new menus centered on fish.

This year, consumers are being reeled in by nearly a dozen new fish and shellfish options, including the Burger King Big Fish Sandwich, Wendy’s Premium Cod Fillet Sandwich, and Popeyes Popcorn Shrimp. McDonald’s reports that 25 percent of the entire year’s Filet-OFish sales occur during this six-week period.

And fast food restaurants aren’t the only ones reporting a growing trend in fish sales. Seafood Business Magazine recently reported that during the first week of Lent alone, salmon sales jump by 30 percent, while cod sales rise by 60 percent.

Unfortunately, many of these advertisements inaccurately portray fish as a health food that can benefit both heart and brain health. In reality, the fast food and fish industries are baiting consumers with myths.

The good news is that by eliminating foods that contain cholesterol, like fish, and opting for naturally cholesterol-free plant foods, people can reduce both their cholesterol levels and their risk of heart disease.

Research has shown that every 1 percent reduction in cholesterol can reduce heart disease risk by 2 percent.

2. Most of the fat in fish is not heart-healthy fat.

While fish does contain omega-3 fats, most of the fat in fish is not heart healthy. Between 15 and 30 percent of the fat in fish is actually saturated fat, which stimulates the liver to produce more cholesterol. High-fat foods are associated with poor heart health outcomes.

Fish is often celebrated for being low in fat, but this is often not the case: 52 percent of the calories in Chinook salmon come from fat. Plant foods, on the other hand, are often naturally low in fat. Only 2 percent of the calories in rice and 4 percent of the calories in beans come from fat. Research has shown that diets low in fat are best for preventing heart disease.

In 1990, Dean Ornish, M.D., demonstrated that a lowfat vegetarian diet is capable of reversing heart disease.

He put patients with heart disease on a low-fat, plantbased diet, and in one year, 82 percent showed a measurable reversal of their coronary artery blockages.

3. Supplementing with fish oil may do more harm than good.

1. Fish is high in cholesterol.

In recent years, fish oil has been hailed as a miracle cure for everything from heart disease to dementia.

Many people supplement with fish oil to increase their intake of omega-3 fatty acids, which are important for maintaining cellular function. Unfortunately, studies have shown that most of the health claims associated with fish oil may be unfounded.

Touted as a health food, fish has a reputation for being hearthealthy. People who opt for fish to try to protect their hearts might not realize that fish is often high in cholesterol.

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Heart Risk: Like Father, Like Son DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 69. Two years ago, I had a heart attack followed by double bypass surgery; two vessels on the back of my heart were blocked. I had no symptoms.

My doctor, family, friends and I were stunned. I was too healthy to have been struck by a heart attack.

I was at risk due to my male family members having heart issues. My father died of his third heart attack at age 60. I followed a heart-healthy lifestyle: low body fat, healthy weight, no smoking, no drinking, no red meat, lots of exercise indoors and out. My cholesterol readings had always been in the good range.

I am now on simvastatin and losartan daily. I regularly take my blood pressure readings. Since my heart attack and my surgery, I have followed the therapy lifestyle diet in

an American Heart Association publication. A year after my heart attack and surgery, I had a treadmill stress test, and all was well. I see my cardiologist every six months and my primary doctor quarterly.

ones can rupture and cause a blood clot, which starts the heart attack.

A stress test, such as the treadmill ECHO you did, is better at showing if the heart is getting all the blood it needs during exercise.

What preys on my mind the most is whether or not plaque is building up in any of my blood vessels, leading to a killer heart attack. I wish there was a noninvasive means to at least annually determine the health of my blood vessels. I do not want to wait for symptoms to occur. I want early detection to prevent another heart attack. -- M.S.

My colleagues in cardiology and I recommend a good diet and exercise regimen, a statin, blood pressure treatment such as what you are getting, daily lowdose aspirin and a periodic stress test.

An angiogram would be considered with any new symptoms.

ANSWER: Your letter underscores that heart disease can happen even when you do everything right, that a family history is a significant risk factor and that heart attacks happen even in people with good blood cholesterol.

Your question is about a screening test for heart disease, to see whether there are blockages that need treatment before any symptoms develop.

There are two kinds of tests: those that look at the anatomy of the heart, such as an angiogram or CT angiogram, and those that look at its function, such as a stress test.

The problem with pictures of the blood vessels is that it's likely you have some blockages. However, small blockages actually may be more likely to cause a heart attack than big ones, since the smaller

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patients showed no link between fish oil and heart health.

Similarly, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reported that patients who supplemented with fish oil did not reduce their risk of heart disease.

Additionally, recent reports indicate no association between fish oil supplementation and the prevention or improvement of dementia symptoms. Research has even shown that omega-3 supplements may increase diabetes and prostate cancer risk. Fortunately, many plant foods contain alpha-linolenic acid or ALA, which is the only essential omega-3 fatty acid. Excellent sources of ALA include walnuts, soybeans, leafy greens, flaxseed, avocado, and broccoli.

By eating a diet rich in these foods, people can reap all the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids without any of the side effects associated with fish consumption. Research has even shown that women who follow vegan diets have higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids in their blood than those who consume diets rich in fish, meat, and dairy.

4. Fish are full of pollutants.

Because fish and shellfish live in increasingly polluted environments, toxins from the water accumulate in their bodies. Studies have shown that most of the fish throughout the world contain dangerously high levels of mercury.

Exposure to mercury, which is a toxic metal, has serious health consequences, including increased risk for cancer, heart disease, and even death. A recent study revealed a link between mercury exposure and diabetes.

Among nearly 3,000 participants, those who consumed the most mercury over an 18-year period had a 65 percent greater risk for developing diabetes.

Fish also contain unsafe levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, which are dangerous chemicals that have been linked to neurological problems and birth defects in babies who have been exposed. A plant-based diet automatically reduces exposure to these toxins.

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A GAME OF CHANCE Frank Chance walked into Clark Griffith's office one morning in 1914 and couldn't hide his dismay.

There sitting at the Washington Senators' owner/ manager's desk was Harry Kingman, the lanky 6'1" left-handed pitching prospect that Chance had coveted and tried to sign a year previous.

"I'm sorry, Frank," Kingman said. "I just thought I'd have a better shot in Washington."

Chance -- as in "Tinker to Evers to Chance" -- was at this time the player/ manager for the New York Yankees. Widely respected by his peers and players alike, Chance was struggling to build

the Yankees into a formidable team. The dog days of July were upon them, and Chance wanted to make a move. The Senators had Walter Johnson as staff ace, and Chance wasn't happy at being outmaneuvered by Griffith.

However, it was Kingman's desire to be an everyday fielder at first base.

He had developed a pretty good home-run swing, and he wanted to put it to use more than once every five days.

Chance was having none of it. He left Griffith's office with both Kingman and his considerable pride intact. During the game, Kingman hit a shot just outside the foul pole.

Kingman went on to strike out and draw a walk in his other three at-bats, but Chance had seen enough,

and Kingman saw his last major-league action. He was on the roster for another season, but he never threw a pitch. Chance thought he was too wild, an observation Kingman had literally drilled into Chance's left bicep during a batting practice. Faced with the option of reporting to the minors, Kingman chose another path: He went to China.

On paper, Kingman's career was just another cup of coffee. Chance's chance signing of Kingman, however, turned out to be far more historic. Kingman wasn't going to China to play baseball; he actually was the first Chinese-born baseball player in the major leagues. Kingman was born in North China, the first child of two Christian missionaries from Massachusetts. His baseball career over, Kingman returned to China and became a missionary himself.

In later years he became a legend at the Stiles Center at UC-Berkeley, where he managed junior-varsity baseball and worked for the YMCA. Later, he and his wife started a lobbying firm in Washington, D.C., and from a little office on K Street he made contributions to the game that he never did on the field, working not only to help mistreated Asian workers but to integrate the game of baseball.

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Kingman also was the last Chinese-born player to play in the bigs, but the Major Leagues have again cast their eyes on China and its potential mega-billion-dollar sports market.

South Korea, Taiwan and

Japan have taken to the game, so why should 1.2 billion Chinese sports fans be different? With a revitalized league, government-mandated television contracts and foreign baseball advisers putting cleats on the ground, you don't need to be a wise man to say that the next "Say Hey Kid" will arrive sometime sooner than another century. Baseball is

a game of patience, after all ... and often a game of chance.

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Here are a few tips to make things easier on your lawn: • Encourage roots to go deep by watering only once a week. Watering every day or two leads to shallow roots that are much less able to withstand drought. Your Southern lawn needs about an inch of water a week.

• Raise your lawnmower blades: Only cut the grass by one-third of its total height. Longer grass shades the soil and helps it better handle drought conditions.

Here's how to find out how long to run your sprinklers to get that inch of water: During the next permitted watering time, take five empty tuna or cat food cans and set them on different parts of the lawn. Run the sprinklers for 30 minutes, then record the depth of the water in each can. Add those depths together and divide by five. Then adjust your watering time accordingly. For example, if you average a half inch of water in 30 minutes, you'll need to water for one hour to get an inch.

• Don't mow stressed-out grass: A newly mowed lawn loses extra water through the cut grass blades. Wait until your lawn greens up again after rain or watering.

• Don't water during the heat of the day; a lot of the water will evaporate before ever reaching the roots. Many communities with water restrictions ban sprinkler use between 10 a.m. and 4

• Aerate older lawns to make it easier for water to get to the roots, instead of puddling or running off.

• Use less fertilizer during hot, dry conditions so that nitrogen levels stay low. Nitrogen encourages growth at a time your lawn needs to conserve its resources.

If watering restrictions routinely impact your lawn, you may need to take more drastic steps. Consider replacing or re-seeding with drought-resistant varieties. You also could re-landscape to reduce the size of the lawn, replacing much of it with drought-resistant plants and shrubs.

HOME TIP: Some types of lawn grass turn brown during droughts, but will recover once watering conditions normalize.

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ANTIQUE & FLEA MARKET There will be an Antique & Flea Market Saturday, August 9 at Little Flower Church located at 1805 Pierce Street in Hollywood from 8am-2pm. Get a bang for your buck at this bargain shopper's event including a variety of items, unique collectibles and antiques, 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. Buyer on premises. Admission is free. For more information, please call 305-951-7349 or email jeweldaisy@aol.com.

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ing, and you might find items coming on sale at that point.

5) Save those receipts. Sometimes an item will go on sale after you've bought it. With receipt in hand, you might get a refund from the store.

6) Backpacks are expensive. See if a few stitches here and there on a beat-up backpack, as well as a few colorful sew-on patches, will make it serviceable again.

Back-to-School Savings "Back-to-school shopping" ... the phrase sends shivers of dread down the spines of most parents. While some expenditures can't be avoided, planning can go a long way toward minimizing the damage to your wallet. Here are eight ways to save: 1) Step one, as always, is to create a budget. What can you reasonably spend per child, both now and in the months to come?

2) Before you start spending, make lists: What do you have, and what do you need? Go through closets and see what can be worn (at least for a few months) when school starts.

3) Start reading the inserts in the paper now. Your school likely will have produced its "must have" supply list for each grade. But before you buy a single pencil, look at what's left over from last year, and incorporate those items into your planning. Look at the dollar-type stores for consumables like paper, pens and erasers. Try to get enough for the whole year if you find bargains. But beware: Some stores will have a few items priced for less on loss leaders to get you into the store, where they hope you'll do all your shopping.

4) Buy enough to get them through the first few days with new outfits, not the whole winter. After the first week, your children will see what the others are wear-

7) Make use of Goodwill, Salvation Army and other charity shops. The younger the child, the more you're likely to get away with this. Once children reach middle school, they become more aware of fashions and want to dress like their peers. Still, with careful shopping you can net real bargains. If you need heavy winter coats, this is the place to look, as coat styles don't change as radically from year to year.

8) If older children want expensive name brands, insist that they pitch in on the cost. Once they learn they can get four pairs of jeans for the cost of one expensive pair, they might change their mind.

Ditching Cable TV More and more consumers are choosing to stop paying increasing cable TV fees. Your options, as well as the requisite gadgets, have expanded in the past few years.

Many TV watchers haven't cut the cord on cable because it would mean ditching their local stations, especially news and weather. However, network shows have been digital for several years now, and with a digital or HD antenna, you may be able to pull in many of your local stations, such as ABC, CBS and NBC. How many you get will depend where you are in relation to most of the local stations.

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and advises, for example, if you'll need a small multi-directional or a medium directional with a pre-amp, or any other type. The type of antenna you need might run only $30 to 40, a one-time cost. Check Consumer Reports for reviews of HDTV antennas. Check Amazon for reviews by others who've made the purchases.

To stream movies, you'll need a gadget (unless you have a streaming-ready TV set) such as a Roku, Xbox, Wii or PlayStation. If you have an old first-generation Roku that isn't satisfactory enough to make you cut the cable cord, investigate the newer Rokus. You'll be surprised at the new on-screen software as well as the device itself.

If you're a movie buff, look to Netflix for streaming (around $7 per month) to your television or computer.

If you're an Amazon Prime member, don't forget about your free Instant Video streaming of shows and movies (they've started showing HBO). The cost is approximately the same as Netflix. Prime has raised its rate to $99, compared to Netflix at $96 per year. Their selections of movies and TV shows vary. Scout the sites to see which you prefer. If you buy merchandise from Amazon Prime, the free postage alone might be a deal maker. (Beware clicking around too quickly on Amazon. Sometimes a free movie changes overnight to a fee movie.) At an average of $16 per month, it might be worth having both of them.

If you have bundled services through an Internet provider (phone, cable, Internet), get the costs of the extra services, such as phone and Internet, to see what those will cost by themselves.

David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply3@ gmail.com. (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

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DEAR GREG: Yes, they absolutely can. A dog's fur provides only a little protection from the sun, and exposed parts of its skin -- such as the nose, ears, belly and paws -- can get burned as quickly as any human's skin burns, within 30 minutes (or less) of direct summer sunlight.

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like the nose and ears, the tops of their paws and their belly.

Short-haired and light or white-haired dogs are especially vulnerable to sunburn.

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Keeping dogs hydrated also is important, so always have cool water on hand.

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And here's a tough question for those on the right: Would you be against your kid tying the knot with a Democrat more than if he or she married a Republican of the same sex?

Pew documents that large segments of our population have become so rigid in their beliefs that they prefer being exclusively with their own ideological kind.

THE TIES THAT UNBIND That recent Pew Research Center poll is pretty jarring.

We are so politically polarized in this country that nearly one in three "consistently conservative" Americans would be upset if one of his or her children wed a Democrat. For the "consistently liberal" respondents, it was nearly one in four for the opposite wedding.

Imagine the new remake of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." How many would be protesting they weren't really closed-minded, saying, "Some of my best friends are

By the way, 49 percent of all Americans say they'd be distressed if the new in-law was an atheist. Maybe that's because a church ceremony probably would be out of the question.

Sadly, the idea that we're all in this together is dissolving. Usually, we're not; the very political process that's supposed to bind us together is driving us apart. We've drifted from the "one nation, indivisible" promise to a country that is very divided. Our flag is one of the few places where red and blue get together.

There seems to be little common purpose. Partisan disputes defy resolution. If anyone dares to flirt with compromise, he is treated within his camp, on both the right and left sides of the barrier, as if he has committed a crime against nature and is literally shunned, tossed out of the community. It's a ritual we call the primary.

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Who benefits from this? Certainly those who get rich and stay rich by gaming the system do. If the bulk of us spend our time refusing to even deal with each other, then nothing can get done, obvious inequities and abuses are unchallenged, and those who benefit continue to while everyone else gets hosed. It's classic "divide and conquer," and it explains why certain mega-wealthy individuals, like the infamous Koch brothers, spray a little of their wealth on efforts to exploit ignorance, inflame cultural passions, inhibit reform and make sure that, as a result, nothing stands between them and their greed.

Those of us in the media certainly aren't helping. Far too many have abandoned the tradition of nonalignment and staked our professional fortunes to one side or the other. The result is that most Americans get a slanted view of any issue, as they gravitate to the reporters and commentators who reinforce their predispositions.

Management has decided that this approach is the new way to attract viewers.

The Founding Fathers envisioned a land bound by common principles, where we would argue issues with respect, but debate has been replaced by baiting, and no one listens to anything but his or her own voice. Sadly, the name of our country is becoming obsolete. More and more, we are no longer the United States. (c) 2014 Bob Franken Distributed by King Features Synd.

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As you do chores together, guess how long a particular task will take, such as setting the table, feeding the dog or washing the car. Write down each guess. Record the beginning and ending times and show how close you come. Or, make it exciting and play "Beat the Clock" if it's appropriate to the activity. Set a timer and try to complete it in the estimated allotted time.

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Size estimation is fun to do when you unload bulk items from the grocery store and farmer's market -- or maybe some will be harvested from your own trees and vegetable garden.

Let your child arrange peaches, plums, potatoes, tomatoes, etc. in order from smallest to largest or lightest to heaviest.

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