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for the Eddystone Lighthouse off the southwest coast of England. Best known for 1970’s million-selling record “Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes,” the band was just a group of studio musicians that had been hurriedly put together. The tune enjoyed a brief revival when it was featured in the 2001 film Shallow Hal, starring Jack Black, with Gwyneth Paltrow in the role of Rosemary.

• Rolling Stone magazine has ranked 1970’s “Spirit in the Sky” as number 333 on their list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.” Written, recorded, and released

by Norman Greenbaum in late 1969, the song spent 15 weeks in the Top 100, with sales of over two million copies. Greenbaum never hit the charts again, but today, Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Angels use the song to introduce their starting lineup at their Anaheim stadium.

• Singer Bobby McFerrin is a ten-time Grammy Award winner, but his chart-topper “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” is probably the only song any of us remember. The song is entirely a cappella, using no instruments at all, the first of its kind to reach Number One on the Billboard chart.

The lyrics were inspired by the words of an Indian mystic Meher Baba, who encompassed his philosophy in those four words.

• Back in 1968, John Fred and his Playboy Band released “Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)”, a hit that sold over a million copies. The song’s title was a parody of the Beatles’ “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” The number one hit which spoke of “lemonade pies and canta-

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• The Starland Vocal Band was made up of two married couples who recorded one of 1976’s biggest-selling singles. “Afternoon Delight” was nominated for four Grammy Awards, winning two, including Best New Artist.

The Band’s success resulted in a six-week summer variety TV show, which employed the talents of a young writer named David Letterman. The Band’s follow-up album failed miserably, and the group broke up, as did the marriages.

• The 2000 movie Rugrats in Paris featured the song “Who Let the Dogs Out?”, performed by the Baha Men, which won numerous awards, including the 1974 Grammy for Best Dance Recording, Billboard’s World Music Artist of the Year, and World Music Album of the Year, and Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Award. Yet this popular tune has been ranked third on Rolling Stone’s “20 Most Annoying Songs, “ number one on Spinner’s “Top 20 Worst Songs Ever, and number two on AOL Radio’s “100 Worst Songs Ever.” Needless to say, the Baha Men haven’t hit the charts again.

• Sheb Wooley’s one big hit, which was #1 on the Billboards charts for seven weeks in 1958, has enjoyed popularity for decades. The novelty song “The Purple People Eater” told of a “one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple eater,” who comes to Earth because it wants to be in a rock and roll band. The defensive line of the Minnesota Vikings (whose uniforms were purple) adopted the term from the late 1960s through the 1970s. The song was used in cartoons, TV commercials, and film soundtracks, as well as its own film in 1988.

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• You might remember the wavy-haired ukulele player Tiny Tim, a singer with a high falsetto voice who recorded “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” in 1968. Born Herbert Khaury in 1932, this unusual artist’s performance of this old 1929 tune was nominated for a Grammy Award. His short-lived fame included performances on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” many appearances in Las Vegas, and “The Tonight Show’s” airing of Tim’s wedding to “Miss Vicki” in 1969 with 40 million viewers.

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THE TOOTH FAIRY February 28 is National Tooth Fairy Day, and what better time to look into the history of this fantasy figure!

• Most of us grew up putting our baby teeth underneath our pillow or in a glass of water in hopes of being rewarded with payment for the lost tooth. Early European tradition was to bury the lost baby teeth. When the sixth tooth came out, the parents would slip money or a small gift under the child’s pillow. Medieval Europeans believed that if a witch were to gain possession of one’s tooth, she could gain total power over the individual, since having a piece of a person enabled the witch to cast dark spells on that person.

• In England during the Middle Ages, the children’s teeth were burned as a means of saving the child from hardship in the afterlife. According to folklore, those who didn’t burn their teeth spent the eternal afterlife searching for them.

• The Norse Vikings hung the teeth and small articles from their children on a string around their necks when

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• Different countries have varying interpretations of what the tooth fairy looks like. North American images might be a pixie, a blue-winged mother figure, a flying ballerina, and even a flying man with a pot belly smoking a cigar. In Spanish and Hispanic cultures, the figure is known as Ratoncito Perez, or “The Tooth Mouse.” Italy’s character is also a small mouse, as it is in France and Belgium, where it is la petite souris, “The Little Mouse.” In Scotland, a white fairy rat purchases children’s teeth with coins.

* If you're a fan of football, you've probably seen the leaping lion logo on the helmets of Detroit Lions players. You might not realize, though, that the lion has a name: Bubbles. * The first volume of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was published in 1884, 30 years after the Philological Society of London came up with the idea for a dictionary that traced the way the language had devel-

• One American author, Vicki Lansky, advises parents to tell their children that the tooth fairy pays more for a perfect tooth than for a decayed one, which will encourage good dental hygiene.

• Rosemary Wells, a professor at Chicago’s Northwestern University Dental School, conducted extensive research into the tooth fairy myth. One of her studies concluded that 74% believed the tooth fairy is female, 12% believed the fairy was neither, while 8% believed the fairy could be either. Wells loved the subject so much, she opened a tooth fairy museum in her Deerfield, IL home, and was even interviewed on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”

• One of the first written records of the tooth fairy appeared in a “Household Hints” column in the Chicago Daily Tribune in 1908. Columnist Lillian Brown wrote: “Many a refractory child will allow a loose tooth

• A recent survey indicated that the average American child these days receives an average of $3.70 per tooth.

* Those who study such things say that your brain takes about 0.0004 seconds to retrieve a memory.

* It was columnist and editor Doug Larson who made the following sage observation: "Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own."

to be removed if he knows about the Tooth Fairy. If he takes his little tooth and puts it under the pillow when he goes to bed, the tooth fairy will come in the night and take it away, and in its place will leave some little gift. It is a nice plan for mothers to visit the 5-cent counter and lay in a supply of supplies to be used on such occasions.”

• The tradition in many Asian countries, including India, China, Japan, and Korea, is to throw the child’s tooth onto the roof if it was from the lower jaw. Teeth from the upper jaw are placed into the space beneath the floor. It is the hope that the child’s adult teeth will grow in strong and sturdy like a rodent’s, based on the fact that mice’s teeth grow for their entire lives.

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* It was American mythologist Joseph Campbell who made the following sage observation: "The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek." * If you're an aficionado of barbed wire, be sure to head to LaCrosse, Kansas, during the first weekend of May. Collectors gather there every year for the Antique Barbed Wire Swap and Sell Festival. * Men and women have an Adam's apple; it's more visible on men because men have larger larynxes and because women tend to have more fatty tissue in their necks. * Marie de Medici, queen of France in the early 17th century, once had a gown made that was embellished with more than 3,000 diamonds and 30,000 pearls.

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POLAR BEARS Just in time for Polar Bear Day on February 27, Tidbits offers information on this Arctic dweller.

• If you’re looking for polar bears, you’ll have to travel north of the Arctic Circle, the only place they’re found. About 60% of the world’s population (an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 bears) is found in Canada, with smaller subpopulations distributed throughout Alaska, Russia, Greenland, and Norway.

• Although its scientific name is Ursus maritimus, meaning “sea bear,” other languages have different names for the polar bear. In Greenland, it is known as Tomassuk, translating “the master of helping spirits.” The Inuit call the bear Nanuq, “an animal worthy of great respect,” or Phioqahiak, “the ever-wandering one,” an appropriate term since the bears may travel thousands of miles every year in search of food. The Scandinavian name is Isbjorn, or “ice bear.”

• As the world’s largest land carnivores, male polar bears measure up to 9 feet (2.75 m) nose to tail and can reach a weight of 1,760 lbs. (798 kg).

• Although the bears appear to be white, their hair shafts are actually pigment-free and transparent. The shaft’s hollow core reflects visible light the same as ice and snow and appear white. The fur is a dense mixture of hairs of various lengths, thicker than any other bears’, which prevents heat loss from the massive body.

The skin underneath is actually black to absorb heat. Under the skin is an insulating layer of fat, or blubber, about 4.5 inches (11.5 cm) thick.

• The paws of polar bears are about 12 inches 931 cm) across and help distribute their weight evenly as they move across thin ice. The paws also serve as large paddles when swimming through the Arctic waters. Their footpads are covered with small bumps called papillae that prevent the bears from slipping on ice. Two-inch (5.1 cm) claws also provide traction, in addition to seizing prey.

• The primary prey is the ringed seal, the smallest and most common seal in the Arctic. The seal is able to stay beneath the ice by using its sharp claws to cut breathing holes, even in 6-ft.-deep (1.8-m) thick ice. The seals surface and catch a breath through the holes about every five to fifteen minutes, but can remain submerged for up to 45 minutes. With its very keen sense of smell, the polar bear can locate the breathing holes and then waits for the seals to surface.

The bear’s long tapered neck enables it to shove its head into the holes. If seals are plentiful, the bear might eat just the blubber and skin, up to 100 pounds (45 kg) in one sitting. However, if prey is scarce, its diet is supplemented by vegetation, geese, and bird eggs, and the occasional walrus when available.

• The polar bear’s sense of smell is so powerful the male can seek out a mate on the ice by following a scented trail left by the female’s footpads.

• Polar bears plod along at a speed of about 3 to 4 miles per hour (5 to 6 km/hr), but if need be, can reach a top speed of 25 miles per hour (40 km/hr), although only for a short distance.

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In some studies, its effectiveness compared favorably with that reported for pharmaceuticals, according to a National Institutes of Health report.

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Curcumin, a constituent of turmeric, also is believed to have anti-inflammatory, anticancer and antioxidant properties, according to early findings from animal and lab studies.

Combine the ingredients in a jar. Cover tightly and shake. Keep in a cool, dark, dry place. Makes 1/2 cup.

"The best news is that turmeric is a spice that offers dishes a delicious subtle earthy flavor, and can accomplish its health-promoting work with virtually no adverse side effects," said Duitsman. "It is easy to reap the health benefits of turmeric by cooking with it, rather than taking it as a supplement."

Angela Shelf Medearis is an award-winning children's author, culinary historian and the author of seven cookbooks. Her new cookbook is "The Kitchen Diva's Diabetic Cookbook." Her website is www.divapro.com. To see how-to videos, recipes and much, much more, Like Angela Shelf Medearis, The Kitchen Diva! on Facebook.

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She recommends experimenting with turmeric by adding a pinch to recipes like vinaigrettes, pizza dough, rice dishes, eggs and egg salad, sauteed vegetables, lentils, soups, smoothies, etc.

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This Curry Spice Blend recipe has large amounts of turmeric. Use it in my Easy Chicken Curry and improve your health while enjoying a delicious dish!

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SENIOR HUNGER OPTIONS There are 9 million seniors who are at risk for hunger every day in America, statistics show. If you're a senior over age 60 and you don't get enough to eat, there are options.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) can provide an average $126 each month to go toward food. Check the government section of your phone book for the local office, or see www.fns.usda.gov/snap.

In some states, as part of SNAP, you also might be eligible for The Senior Farmers Markets Nutrition Program (SFMNP), which will provide a coupon booklet that can be used at farmers markets to buy fresh fruit and vegetables. Information is available on the USDA.gov website.

More and more senior centers are providing food programs. Ask about a Senior Grocery Program in your state, or the local food bank. The center also might host a monthly luncheon, or perhaps a weekly get-together lunch. You'll make contacts at any of these events that can steer you to other local food programs.

Contact the Council on Aging (www.ncoa.org) branch in your state for a full list of programs you can apply for. Or search online for "senior hunger resources" in your state.

If you were turned down for food benefits, apply again, especially if your situation has changed in any way. If Meals on Wheels in your area isn't taking new clients (many of them don't have enough resources nowadays), get put on the waiting list anyway.

Contact churches in your area to ask about senior meal programs. Ask your doctor for resources.

Remember: It's not only OK to ask for help when you need it, it's imperative. To maintain your health, you need proper nutrition.

Depression Isn't a Part of Aging While we have to tolerate certain changes while aging, depression isn't one of them.

Symptoms can be any of the following: sleeping too little or too much, no interest in favorite activities, inability to concentrate, and feeling hopeless, anxious or very tired. Depression might be part of a serious illness such as diabetes, Parkinson's disease or heart disease, and therefore might not be initially recognized.

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If you had depression in your youth, recognize that the impact of depression on seniors is not the same. It can take longer to treat now because seniors are typically given a small dose as a starting point.

If you suffer from depression, don't just rely on treatment to make you better. Take steps yourself by doing things you used to enjoy. Talk to a friend or your family about how you feel. Don't do too much; do what you can, with activities broken up into small steps. Hold off making big decisions until later.

For more information, go online to www.nimh.nih.gov and put "depression in seniors" in the search box. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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* On Feb. 22, 1732, George Washington is born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, the second son of a plantation owner. Initially a loyal British subject, Washington eventually led the Continental Army in the American Revolution and became known as the father of the United States. * On Feb. 27, 1827, a group of masked and costumed students dance through the streets of New Orleans, marking the beginning of the city's Mardi Gras celebrations.

Though early French settlers had brought the tradition of Mardi Gras, Spanish governors later banned the celebrations. * On Feb. 25, 1870, Hiram Rhoades Revels, a Republican from Natchez, Mississippi, is sworn into the U.S. Senate, becoming the first black American ever to sit in Congress. During the Civil War, Revels, a college-educated minister, served as a chaplain for the Union army. * On March 3, 1887, Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6-yearold Helen Keller, who lost her sight and hearing after a severe illness at the age of 19 months. Under Sullivan's tutelage, the previously uncontrollable Keller flourished, eventually graduating from college and becoming a lecturer and activist. * On March 2, 1904, Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, the author and illustrator of such beloved chil-

* On March 5, 1929, David Dunbar Buick, founder of the Buick Motor Company, dies in relative obscurity after years of working menial jobs. By 1906, Buick had lost control of the business and sold his stock, which would later be worth millions of dollars. * On Feb. 26, 1935, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler signs a secret decree authorizing the founding of the Reich Luftwaffe as a third German military service. The Versailles Treaty that ended World War I had prohibited military aviation in Germany. * On Feb. 23, 1958, five-time Formula One champion Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina is kidnapped in Cuba by a group of Fidel Castro's rebels. Fangio was released the next day after the Cuba Grand Prix ended. * On Feb. 28, 1964, Thelonious Monk makes the cover of Time magazine. Beatlemania was at its peak, but contemporary jazz music had captured the imagination of a significant number of American music fans. * On Feb. 24, 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court votes 8-0 to overturn the $200,000 settlement awarded to the Reverend Jerry Falwell for his emotional distress at being parodied in Hustler magazine. The court ruled that Hustler's parody, although in poor taste, fell within the First Amendment's protection of freedom of speech and the press. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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3. In 2014, Detroit's Calvin Johnson set a record for fastest NFL player to 10,000 receiving yards (115 games). Who had held the mark?

4. When was the last time Yale's men's basketball team reached the NCAA Tournament?

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6. Duke Kahanamoku, who won in 1920 at age 30.

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I'll never forget the first time I met Peyton Manning. He was on the phone, and I had just snapped a photo of him in the most annoying way possible: I had my trusty Minolta set on the anti-redeye flash setting, the kind where the flash pops over and over again until your subject gets annoyed and stops smiling. And I'll never forget what he said to me: "Dude ... what are you doing?"

That's the same day I learned that photographers can't just walk up to the Colts' sideline and stick a camera in their quarterback's face, even with the anti-redeye setting. What can I say? We were both rookies that season.

I would later graduate to Kodak, Nikon and Cannon cameras, and Manning would go on to have a pretty decent career, too.

The first time I really started paying attention to Manning's career was during his tenure at Tennessee. It's funny to hear people knock his arm-strength now, because while he was in college, he was a straight-up gunslinger of a quarterback. I remember Steve Spurrier taunting him before big games. Nowadays, we all know not to overly criticize college players, ostensibly for the reason that they are kids and amateurs.

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Should Manning retire? Of course he should. He is playing the most violent game in the world (next to fighting and hurling). He has nothing left to prove, and he leaves as the world recognized as the best ever at his position. Granted, I would still pick Joe Montana to lead my team if my life depended on it, but I think Manning catches my drift.

You don't get chances like this in life — to leave on top — you earn them. If he were to come back next year, rest assured, I'd break out the old Minolta. But this time I'd be the one asking what he was doing, dude.

Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in New Jersey. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

1. Dwight Gooden

Over the years, at Indianapolis and Denver, we've had the distinct pleasure of watching Manning all but dominate the league. He wasn't invincible, as his two Super Bowl losses proclaim, but he was the best in the game.

He holds every record that matters: wins (200), yards from scrimmage, touchdowns and MVPs. He was the funniest athlete ever to host "Saturday Night Live"; he's made "Omaha" the replacement term for "hike" in backyards across the country; and he gave the chicken parm sandwich its own, long-overdue jingle. That, right there, is worthy of considerable praise (and consideration for dinner tonight).

, with 50 consecutive starts (1987-89).

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2. Jonathan Papelbon, with 123. Jose Mesa is sec-

2. Who is the all-time leader in saves for the Philadelphia Phillies?

7. Who was the last men's golfer before Jordan Spieth in 2015 to make a birdie on the 72nd hole to win a U.S. Open by one stroke?

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1. In 2015, pitcher Dillon Gee set a New York Mets record for lasting at least five innings in the most consecutive starts (51). Who had held the mark?

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5. How many consecutive Game Seven playoff losses have the Anaheim Ducks suffered entering the 2015-16 NHL season?

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TREMORS AREN'T ALWAYS SIGN OF PARKINSON'S DEAR DR. ROACH: I have been diagnosed with essential tremor. Propranolol 10 mg has not helped. Sometimes I can write and eat with no shaking, but other times the shaking is so bad that the food falls off the fork or I cannot read my printing or writing. If I drink a beer, it seems to relax me enough that in five minutes I can write or eat quite normally nearly every time. I've been told that it doesn't appear to be Parkinson's. Any suggestions will be enormously appreciated. — J.N. ANSWER: Essential tremor, sometimes called benign familial tremor, is common. Often, one has a family history of tremor. It is not Parkinson's disease; however, it isn't always "benign" in that, for some people, it can be disabling, preventing a person from not only writing, but, as in your case, activities of daily living such as eating.

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Other effective treatments for essential tremor include anti-epilepsy medications such as primidone, gabapentin and topiramate. Unfortunately, all of these can have side effects, so they are best prescribed by an expert, such as a neurologist who specializes in movement disorders.

*** DEAR DR. ROACH: My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2009, and she is taking Namenda and Aricept to help slow the advancement of the disease. I am writing because she complains of being cold all the time. She and my father keep the temperature in their house at 80 degrees, and my mother wears winter clothes, a coat and a blanket in the house. She sometimes sweats through the clothes, but we can't persuade her to remove any layers. The house is uncomfortably hot for anyone else, and yet she says she is cold.

Her general practitioner has said that this is part of her disease. Is there anything else you have heard of that could explain this? — C.L.

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ANSWER: I have seen a lot of people with dementia of all kinds, but I haven't personally seen this degree of intolerance to cold. Her doctor may have more experience than I do, but I didn't find much about it written in the medical literature. Every person is different, and it's possible this is just part of how the dementia is affecting her.

However, cold intolerance to this degree suggests some alternate possibilities. The most important and likely is low thyroid levels, which can also cause a condition that looks like dementia and would certainly make dementia worse. I bet her doctor has checked for it. If not done recently, she should have her thyroid level checked.

Other, less-common causes include Addison's disease (inability to make appropriate amounts of steroid hormones), iron deficiency, anemia from any cause and severe malnutrition. *** Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu. To view and order health pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com, or write to Good Health, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. (c) 2016 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Stratakis N, Roumeliotaki T, Oken E, et al. Fish intake in pregnancy and child growth: a pooled analysis of 15 European and US birth cohorts. JAMA Pediatr. Published online February 15, 2016.

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