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• National Kazoo Day will be celebrated on January 28, commemorating this member of the membranophone musical family. The player hums into the kazoo, which modifies the voice through a stretched vibrating membrane. This interesting instrument made its U.S. debut at the Georgia State Fair in 1852 as the “Down South Submarine,” the brainstorm of an African-American named Alabama Vest and a German-American clockmaker, Thaddeus Von Clegg. Production for the masses didn’t begin until 1912. You can visit the kazoo museum in Eden, New York, which also functions as a factory.

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• Go ahead. Make someone’s day by giving them a compliment on January 24, National Compliment Day. Researchers have discovered after monitoring activity in the brain’s striatum, that receiving a compliment registers the same effects as receiving a cash award or gift.

If you’re looking for a means of motivating someone, give it a try!

• January 6 is Epiphany, observing the day that the three Wise Men reached the site of Jesus’ birth in Nazareth.

Considered the last day in the Christmas season, it’s often called the 12th day of Christmas. In some cultures, it is the day for the annual blessing of homes. Residents will use chalk to write the letters “CMB” on their doors, symbolizing the initials of the names traditionally ascribed to the three kings.

• Glaucoma Awareness Month was created to inform people of the risks of this potentially-blinding eye disease. The damage is the result of fluid build-up in the area in front of the eye called the anterior chamber.

When the fluid builds up and the pressure rises inside the eye, it can harm the optic nerve, resulting in eye pain, blurred vision, loss of peripheral vision, tunnel vision, and potential blindness. There is no cure, and the damage cannot be reversed. Although anyone can develop glaucoma, people over 60 are more prone to it, particularly African-Americans and Latinos. Those with high blood pressure are also at an increased risk. Regular eye exams are critical since the disease can progress slowly with no symptoms and vision seems normal until it is too late.

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• Be sure to celebrate Fig Newton Day on January 16!

We’ve been eating Fig Newtons since 1891 when the first of these little pastries were baked at the F.A. Kennedy Steam Bakery, a Cambridgeport, Massachusetts-based company. James Henry Mitchell had invented a machine with a funnel system that pumped fig paste into pastry dough. The cookie took its name from the nearby community of Newton, Massachusetts. Since 2012, the cookies have been known simply as Newtons.

• January is National Polka Music Month, honoring this European dance music that originated in Bohemia. The term for this Czech peasant dance has its origins in the Czech language’s word Pulka, meaning “half-step,” a characteristic of this 2/4 time dance. The dance migrated from villages into Prague ballrooms in 1835, and on to Paris in 1840, where it became extremely popular. Eastern European immigrants to America originally brought the polka to the Midwest and Great Lakes area. Typical instruments in a polka band might include a clarinet, saxophone, tuba, accordion, and concertina, along with a rhythm section.

• The first transcontinental telephone call, occurred on January 25, 1915, during the Panama-Pacific Exposition celebrations. Scientist and inventor Alexander Graham Bell, initiated the call from New York City and repeated his famous statement: "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you" into the telephone, which was heard by his assistant Dr. Watson in San Francisco 3,400 miles away. Dr. Watson replied, "It will take me five days to get there now!"

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Later, President Woodrow Wilson spoke to an audience in San Francisco from the White House and is quoted as saying "It appeals to the imagination to speak across the continent."

However, President Wilson was concerned with the "devaluation of the individual" as AT&T celebrated the achievement of the company rather than distinguishing individual inventors, contributors, and innovators.

The transcontinental telephone line was first completed on June 27, 1914, and successfully first voice tested in July 1914.

A 1998 U.S. postage stamp commemorates the completion of the line in 1914 • Speaking of dancing, the week of January 11 – 17 is National Cuckoo Dancing Week. This observance is in honor of the comic duo Laurel and Hardy. The thin Stan Laurel (born in Lancashire, England) and the heavyset Oliver Hardy (born in Harlem, Georgia) teamed up in the late 1920s with a slapstick comedy act. Appearing in 107 films together, they used a tune known as “The Cuckoo Song” (or “The Dance of the Cuckoos”) as part of the opening credits of their movies.

and white teas all come from the same shrub, black tea is more oxidized than the other three. The invention of the tea bag came about by accident. In 1904, a New York tea importer was looking for a cheaper way to send samples to customers. Thomas Sullivan had been using tin boxes, but as this proved expensive, he began wrapping the tea in small silk bas. His customers didn’t realize that the bags were just packaging, and brewed their tea in them. Soon after, Sullivan was receiving orders for the new product. Today, 96% of the world brews its tea using a tea bag. The average cup of black tea contains between 40 and 120 mg. of caffeine, with green tea total 60 mg., depending on how long the bag is steeped.

• On January 19, 1937, Howard Hughes went into the record books with the fastest flight from Los Angeles to New York City. He flew the 2,490-mile (4,000-km) distance in 7 hours, 28 minutes, and 25 seconds, with an average speed of 332 mph (535 km/h) in his Hughes H-1 racer. This flight broke his own previous record of 9 hours, 26 minutes, and 10 seconds.

• The Ford Motor Company paved the way for better working conditions on January 5, 1914, when it announced an eight-hour workday for its employees and a “living wage” of a minimum of $5 for a day’s labor. This was more than double the wages of most of the workers. Henry Ford hoped this action would help reduce his company’s high turnover rate, while retaining the best employees, a goal that was achieved.

• January is National Hot Tea Month! Did you know that tea is the world’s second most popular and cheapest beverage (after water)? Every day about three billion cups of tea are consumed around the world. In America, it can be found in 80% of households, and an estimated 127 million Americans are drinking it on any given day.

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• It’s a common misconception that penguins are found only in Antarctica. They actually live on every continent in the Southern Hemisphere – Australia, South America, Africa, and Antarctica. The first written mention of penguins was in a diary from a member of the crew on Vasco da Gama’s 1497 voyage around the Cape of Good Hope, an entry that mentioned large flightless birds. The first published account of a penguin was written by Antonio Pigafetta, a crewman aboard Ferdinand Magellan’s ship during the explorer’s first circumnavigation of the world in 1520. The writer referred to the penguins as geese.

• It’s also a myth that penguins have to live in a cold climate.

The Galapagos Penguin lives on tropical islands near the equator. Larger species of penguins dwell in the colder climates because their body size enables them to survive in the conditions. Warmer climates are home to smaller penguins.

• There are 19 documented species of penguins, varying in size and appearance.

The smallest is the Little Blue Penguin, standing about 12 inches (30.5 cm) tall, weighing only 3 lbs. (1.4 kg). The largest species is the Emperor Penguin, which can reach a height of 44 inches (112 cm) and weigh up to 90 lbs. (41 kg). Some species are strictly black and white, while others have orange and yellow markings on their little tuxedos.

• Although penguins have wing-bones, they are more like flippers, making the birds very quick swimmers, able to swim up to 22 mph (35 km/hr).

• Penguins spend about 75% of their lives in water, where all of their hunting is done. They don’t swim out into deep water, since their prey – krill, fish, and squid – is within 60 feet (18.3 m) of the surface.

Most sea animals rely on a layer of blubber to stay warm, but penguins are able to endure the cold because their feathers trap a layer of warm air next to their skin that serves as insulation. Some species have four layers of feathers to keep them warm in the cold waters. Every year, penguins undergo molting, when all their old feathers are replaced by new ones. Most birds molt a few feathers at a time, but penguins do it all at once, and because they are not waterproof during this time, must remain on land for two or three weeks until the process is complete.

• Penguins have a special oil gland that produces waterproofing oil that further insulates their body as well as improving their glide through the water.

• Even though they’re carnivores, penguins don’t have teeth! The inside of the mouth is lined with fleshy spines that guide the fish down their throat. They swallow their prey whole as they swim.

• Many species live in large groups, numbering in the thousands, called rookeries. Even in this huge community, every penguin has a distinct call and can find its mate or chicks in the crowd. Most penguins are monogamous and breed with the same mate for most of their lives. The Emperor Penguins have just one egg each breeding season and keep it warm on the top of their feet under a fold of skin containing a high concentration of blood vessels that keep the egg incubated. The Emperor has a long life span, up to 50 years.

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3. Manfred Mann. The song has been covered by over a dozen artists, including Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart and the Everly Brothers.

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Streisand has visited Brolin on the set many times and has talked with producer Jason Winer, who admits, "We've talked about a couple of different possibilities. I think it would be fun to have her play a weird character who is nothing like her." But Brolin says, "The best bet is to nab her as a director."

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DRAGONS January 16 is Appreciate a Dragon Day, and while Tidbits isn’t exactly sure how a person does that, we’re happy to provide some information about these mythological creatures.

• The ancient Greek word draconta, meaning “to watch” is the source of our word “dragon.” This is thought to suggest that the dragon guards valuable items.

• In mythology, dragons were viewed as powerful, destructive, and frightening, needing to be conquered and slain. Battles between heroes and dragons are symbolized as good overcoming evil. The ancient Greeks described them as huge flying serpents. In some myths, they have wings, while others don’t; some speak, some don’t. Their dwelling place varies from caves to under the ocean to inside mountains.

• In the Bible’s Book of Job, the dragon is described as having a double coat of armor, with its back consisting of “rows of shields tightly sealed together.” Referred to as Leviathan, its mouth is “ringed about with fearsome

Please Support Our Advertisers teeth” and “its eyes are like the rays of dawn. Regarding its fire-breathing abilities, Job stated, “Its snorting throws out flashes of light, flames stream from its mouth, sparks of fire shoot out. Smoke pours from its nostrils…its breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from its mouth.”

• Dragons in the Bible are frequently identified with Satan. Many scholars maintain that the fire-breathing feature stems from representations of the mouth of Hell, with flames and smoke characteristic of Hades. Legends depict righteous saints defeating Satan in the form of a dragon.

• The legend of St. George the Dragon Slayer tells the story of the people of Selene, a city in Libya, plagued by a dragon that lived in a nearby lake. Every day, the townspeople would feed the dragon two sheep to satisfy it. When there were no more sheep, they had to feed their children to the beast. The children were chosen by lottery, and one day the lot fell on the King’s daughter.

The King offered gold, silver, and half of his kingdom to spare his daughter, but the townspeople refused. As the princess stood by the lake, ready for the sacrifice, St. George happened to ride by. Protecting himself with the sign of the cross, (symbolizing the triumph of the

* It was noted 20th-century French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and critic Jean-Luc Godard who made the following sage observation: "A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order."

* If you live east of the Rocky Mountains, you've probably spent summer evenings watching the flashing green or yellow lights of those beetles we call fireflies.

• Not all cultures regard the dragon as evil or frightening. China and Japan paint dragons in a positive light, as symbols of wisdom, happiness, fertility, and longevity, believed to bring good fortune and wealth. Statues and carvings are commonplace, and images of dragons often embellish garments.

• German legend has it that the blood of a dragon has the power to make a person invincible if the skin or armor is bathed in it. A Slavic myth testifies that dragon blood is so abominable that Mother Earth will not allow it to be absorbed into the ground, and the blood remains above ground for all eternity. Another saga tells of the blood of the dragon having acidic qualities that killed the hero who had just slain the dragon when the blood accidentally dripped on him.

• Children’s films have depicted dragons both as frightful and friendly. How to Train Your Dragon and Pete’s Dragon featured lovable dragons, while Disney’s 1959 Sleeping Beauty proved to be one of the studio’s scariest creatures.

* In some parts of colonial America it was illegal to kiss your spouse in public.

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2. Using a large pot, season the onions with salt and sweat them in the olive oil over low heat for about 10 to 12 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic, jalapeno, sugar, salt and pepper to the pot, and saute the mixture for about 5 minutes. Add the greens and water to the pot and continue cooking for 45 minutes to 1 hour over medium-low heat, stirring once after about 30 to 40 minutes.

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For many people, the new year is a time for making resolutions and eating certain foods for "luck." On New Year's Day, eating greens, black-eyed peas and cornbread are thought to bring financial reward. While I'm not superstitious, I do believe in the health benefits of eating greens.

Greens include any vegetable in the cabbage family that doesn't form a compact head, like collards, mustards, turnips, spinach and kale. There are several varieties of tasty and unusual types of greens, so be bold and experiment! Dark, leafy greens such as spinach, kale, collards and mustard greens are an excellent source of many nutrients. Greens contain high amounts of vitamin A and iron, as well as some calcium. Greens also are packed with antioxidants and are a wonderful addition to any diet.

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For the uninitiated, Pete was an all-star baseball player (17 times!) who hit a ball with a stick more times than any player in history. But Pete bet on baseball, and he was kicked out of the game in the past century. For some reason, that means people get to talk about him more than any other baseball player in history. And I'm not sure we really understand why it matters.

THE MOST RELEVANT MAN IN SPORTS Is there any drama in sports bigger than the one between Major League Baseball and Pete Rose?

The answer to that question depends on how you define drama, granted. And a lot of football fans will point to the equanimity amongst division rivals as a good example of drama.

I disagree. Football has been figured out. Get an offensive line that can protect your quarterback so he can hang in there for a few years and learn the supposed offensive scheme that is, invariably, drive the ball downfield relying on tried and true methods -- mainly penalties and bad calls on third down in your favor -- before chucking it up into the corner of the end zone for your tallest wide receiver. That's the NFL in a nutshell, and that's why every team seemingly has a shot these days. You pencil in New England for Super Bowl champs, and you give every team with a franchise quarterback a fighting chance.

And that's all well and good. Boxing is still struggling to find a champion worthy of our attention (Tyson Fury got our attention but for all the wrong reasons, and if you don't know who Fury is ... well, guess he didn't get your attention) and as intriguing as the UFC may be now that Dana White has figured out how to market champions, it may behoove the sport to occasionally showcase fights that last longer than the lifespan of a mayfly.

But baseball, bless the boys of summer. They know how to keep sports fans riveted. One only needs to take in the spectacle that is Pete Rose to understand.

Baseball's commissioner, Rob Manfred, is a guy most people never heard of until he uttered a few words about Rose a few weeks ago. Rose, said Manfred, was still banned from the game. Media outlets pounced on the story, saying that his decision meant Rose would be ineligible to appear on the Baseball Hall of Fame's ballot.

"Mr. Rose's public and private comments, including his initial admission in 2004, provide me with little confidence that he has a mature understanding of his wrongful conduct, that he has accepted full responsibility for it, or that he understands the damage he has caused," Manfred said.

Manfred went on to say that Rose let slip during an interview with his office that he still bet on baseball.

The guy's nickname was "Charlie Hustle." He can't hustle his way into a dugout. But hey, the joke is on baseball. Who talks about Hall of Famers? When was the last time, say, Willie Stargell, Frank Robinson or Sandy Koufax popped up in conversation? Rose can't stay out of the news. That's gotta help the value of his signature, I'm guessing.

Either way, whatever baseball thinks it's doing by banning the guy, whatever moral message it thinks it's sending ... maybe it should just help the guy admit he was wrong, get him to agree to stop betting on the game and give each other a big hug. Whatever happened to happy endings?

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