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This Tidbits shares some interesting election trivia. With another presidential election happening shortly in the United States, maybe it is time for some election news you may not have heard; funny, sad, and maybe a bit absurd!

• The youngest man elected president was John Kennedy who was 43. Most Americans are aware of that news but did you know that Theodore Roosevelt was actually younger, 42, when he was elevated to president from vice president? He filled the position when William McKinley was assassinated.

• he oldest president elected was Ronald Reagan who was 69. Reagan and Gerald Ford were the two presidents who lived the longest after serving, both living to age 93.

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• Young Grover Cleveland was only nineteen, not even old enough to vote, when he worked on James Buchanan’s successful Democratic run for the presidency in 1856. After Buchanan, there would not be another Democrat in the White House until Cleveland himself was elected 28 years later in 1884! Buchanan was the only president that never married.

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• Reagan was the only president who had been divorced.

Five presidents remarried after their wives died, two of them, John Tyler and Woodrow Wilson, while they were in office.

• Six U.S. presidents had no children. John Tyler had the most, fifteen! Tyler was called “His Accidency” by opponents, being the first vice president called to fill the office of president by the death of his predecessor, William Henry Harrison. Harrison died of pneumonia after only being in office 32 days, the shortest term of any U.S. president.

• There have been short and tall presidents, with James Madison the shortest at only 5’4” (1.62 m). Abraham Lincoln was the tallest at 6’4” (1.93 m), with Lyndon Johnson only a _ inch (1.27 cm) under him. James Madison was also the lightest president, weighing only about 100 pounds (45.36 kg).

William Howard Taft was the heaviest at about 300 pounds (136 kg) and actually had a bathtub installed in the White House that would fit four normal sized men!

• His size was not the most unusual thing or memorable trivia about William Howard Taft, it was his activity after he was president. He served as a Professor of Law at Yale until President Warren G. Harding selected him to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court eight years after his service as president, in 1923. In 1925, Calvin Coolidge was the first and only president to be sworn in by a former president.

• Taft, said that his greatest honor was serving as Chief Justice. He wrote: “I don’t remember that I ever was President.”

• When the government for the United States of America was first formed, there were no political parties. George Washington served as president with no political party affiliation.

• The first political parties for the U.S. started in the late 1700s. On February 12, 1798, Thomas Jefferson wrote: “Two political sects have arisen within the U.S., the one believing that the executive is the branch of our government which the most needs support; the other that like the analogous branch in the English government, it is already too strong for the republican parts of the Constitution.”

The former were called federalists, sometimes monocrats and sometimes aristocrats, sometimes tories like the corresponding group in the English government. The latter were called republicans, whigs, anarchists, jacobins, and sometimes disorganizers.

• When the U.S. Constitution was written, there was no mention of political parties. Most of the framers of the document hoped that no political parties would form.

They hoped the new country would be such that everyone would just “get along!” (agree!)

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• The current two party system, with Democrats and Republicans, has been part of the political system in the U.S. for years. The first party was originally formed from many of the advisers that George Washington consulted with. Oddly the first political party, started in 1792, was called the DemocraticRepublican Party.

legislature in 1854.

• Many changes have happened with the political parties through the years.

Smaller parties have tried to gain power but have never been very successful.

The Republicans and Democrats are still the main newsmakers.

• Canada has also been a country dominated by two political parties, today the Liberal and Conservative parties. An interesting time in Canadian history was when there were seven distinct political parties in the

• The Canadian parties at the time were four groups from Northern Canada: 1) the Tories, 2) moderate Conservatives, led by the first Prime Minister of Canada, John A. Macdonald, known as “Sir John A.,” 3) Baldwin Reformers, who were moderate Liberals, 4) and the Radical or advanced Liberal party, known as the “Clear Grits.” The other three parties were from Lower Canada. They were: 1) Parti Bleu, the majority of the French Canadians, considered a liberal party even though most French Canadians were conservative, 2) the Parti Rouge, which was a small party of French Canadian Liberals, some who were rather radical, and lastly, 3) an Englishspeaking minority in Lower Canada.

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SWEATER WEATHER In many areas November is still “sweater weather.” It’s not cold enough for winter coats but a nice wool, cashmere or even a cotton or synthetic sweater is just right for the cool temperatures.

• Sweaters have been around for centuries. The need for something warm to add a layer for cool days brought about the hobbies of knitting and crocheting.

• Sweaters were only used for warmth or as athletic items, not fashion, until the 1920s. When Lana Turner appeared in a fashionable sweater in the 1937 movie, “They Won’t Forget,” sweaters became a fashion statement “must” for women.

• Cardigans, pullovers, sweater vests and more are now fashionable for men, women, boys and girls. One man who became known for wearing a sweater was “Mr. Rogers.”

• Fred McFeely Rogers, started the series, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood in 1966. Prior to the show that made him a household name in children’s programming, he had produced The Children’s Corner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the early 1950s, winning the first of many television awards.

• The city of Berlin and country of Germany was divided at the conclusion of World War II. The Soviet Union and communism controlled the East, with the allied powers of Great Britain, France and the United States controlling the West in a democracy. So it was a West vs. East; democracy vs. communism divide.

• By 1949, the division of Germany and the city of Berlin was official.

West Germany was called the Federal Republic of Germany and East Germany was the German Democratic Republic. Since Berlin was entirely within the East, and it was agreed that the city would be divided, West Berlin was like an island of democracy within East Germany, surrounded by a wall.

• When the Germans in the Soviet-controlled East became disillusioned with the economic and political oppression of communism, many defected to the West. Approximately 1,500 people per day were fleeing to the West seeking democracy by 1961.

• Rumors arose that the German Democratic Republic was going to do something drastic to stop the movement of people to the West. That became a reality during the night of August 12-13, 1961, when soldiers and construction crews were brought in after midnight. While the people of East and West Berlin slept, crews tore up the streets, put up concrete posts and strung barbed wire separating the east and west. They even cut the telephone lines.

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• The fence constructed in 1961 was easy for people to cross so in 1962 a second fence parallel to the first was erected. The area between the fences was cleared to create an empty space where guards could see escape attempts.

• By 1965 a concrete wall was added. It stood until a more sophisticated wall was built in 1975. This wall was also accompanied by over 300 watchtowers and thirty bunkers to keep people from crossing the border.

• President Ronald Reagan spoke to the people of West Berlin on June 12, 1987.

His words were some of the most memorable of his presidency: “General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

• The Wall, in its final reinforced state, stood until November 9, 1989. Thousands of Germans demanded passage through the gates after the government announced that “private trips abroad” would be allowed. They, literally, tore the wall down.

• Reunification of Germany was formally concluded on October 3, 1990. The infamous wall stood from August 13, 1961 until November 9, 1989.

• Upon awakening on the morning of August 13th, Berliners were shocked to see the border. They could no longer visit friends and relatives on the other side. More than 60,000 • A gentle, humble television star, Mr. Rogers became the symbolic sweater-wearer. His show would start by him entering his “television house” after walking from his office. He entered wearing his formal business attire and as he sang the words, “won’t you be my neighbor,” he would change into more comfortable clothes like his sweater and sneakers. This was the way he chose to get comfortable with friends as he shared his day with them in the “land of make-believe” and other areas of his neighborhood.

• Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood is still showing, in fact, it is the longest-running program on public television.

• President George W. Bush presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Mr. Rogers in 2002, recognizing his contribution to the well-being of children and his long career in public television that demonstrated kindness, compassion and learning. The medal is the highest civilian award given in the United States.

• In his show, when Mr. Rogers would change his shoes and put on his sweater, he was showing skills as well as routines that children needed to learn. He always put his shoes away and hung up his clothes, showing responsibilities that they needed to learn.

• The type of sweater that Mr. Rogers wore was a cardigan.

Typically they button or zip down the front. Even though he made the sweater popular for his television audience, it had been around for centuries. The sweater was named after the 7th Earl of Cardigan, James Thomas Brudenell, a British military commander. A cardigan sweater is normally made by machine or hand knitted from wool.

• Fishermen of France and the British Isles were probably the first people to use cardigans. The heavy, hand-knitted wool was helpful in keeping them warm out on the water on gloomy days.

• The Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland at the mouth of Galway Bay on the Atlantic Ocean, an area

where fishing and farming have been closely connected for centuries, are known for their wool sweaters. The outdoor workers needed warm coverings to keep warm during North Atlantic winters.

• The sweaters were made with many stitches that became associated with particular Irish clans. Aran sweaters have been knitted since the late 1800s and are still in demand today. While in the past they were made by hand, machines are used for most today. A true hand-stitched Aran sweater is quite valuable.

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Estrogen, which you have tried, is the most effective treatment for flashes. It should be taken in as low a dose as possible for the shortest time possible. Maybe a different estrogen preparation would work for you.

Effexor and Lexapro, two antidepressants, have met with success in suppressing hot flashes for some women. Here they are not used for their antidepressant action. It’s an example of medicines that have more than one function.

Neurontin (gabapentin) is a seizure-control medicine that is also used for control of hot flashes.

Hot Flashes Can Last Into the 70s DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Will you please tell me if there is something I can take to get rid of hot flashes? I am 74 and have them all the time. I sweat terribly. I have tried Estrace (female hormone), Estroblend (a dietary supplement) and black cohosh (an herbal remedy). -- M.B. ANSWER: It’s said that 8 percent of women still have hot flashes into their 70s. Most women get over them in six months to five years after menopause. The drop in estrogen production that occurs with menopause affects a part of the brain that regulates body temperature. The brain’s thermostat is thrown out of whack, and the result is spells of sudden, uncomfortable warming with sweating.

Let me give you the usual recommendations made for control of hot flashes. I’m pretty sure you must have tried them after more than 20 years of putting up with flashes.

Dress in layers so that outer garments can be shed at the first inkling of a hot flash. That can keep it from becoming a full-blown one. Keep ice water on hand and drink it at the start of a flash. Cut back on caffeine. Slow, deep breathing at the onset of a flash is said to minimize it.

Hot flashes that have lasted as long as yours call for a consideration of conditions other than estrogen deprivation.

An overactive thyroid gland, a hidden infection and two unusual tumors -- carcinoid and pheochromocytoma -- are examples of illnesses that produce symptoms similar to a hot flash.

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Preheat oven to 350 F. Heat the oil in a 4 to 6 herbsquart stockpot over medium.

Add the shallots and cook, stirring occasionally, for 1 minute. Add the garlic, herbes de Provence, and 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and cook, stirring occasionally, for 1 minute, or until the shallots are browned. Add the lentils and 2 1/2 cups of the vegetable stock, increase the heat to high, and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook until the lentils are tender and the stock is absorbed, 35 to 40 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes and transfer the lentil mixture to a 2-quart casserole dish, spreading it evenly.

Add the remaining 1/2 cup of stock to the pot and return it

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2. Stir in sugar and ginger. Cover and cook 1 to 2 minutes longer to blend flavors. Stir before serving. Sprinkle with pepper and garnish with thyme sprigs.

Makes 6 to 8 servings

1 tablespoon refined coconut oil 2 shallots, thinly sliced 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 teaspoon herbes de Provence (see note) 1 teaspoon fine sea salt 1 1/2 cups dry lentils 3 cups low-sodium vegetable stock 2 tomatoes, cut into 1/2-inch dice 1 bunch (about 1/2 pound) chard leafy parts only, cut into 1/2-inch strips 6 cups Rory Freedman’s Mashed Potatoes

and discard the cilantro. Serve hot. Will keep in refrigerator for up to five days, or freezer for two months. Serve with a little chopped red onion and soy cheddar cheese sprinkled on top.

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HOLLYWOOD -- George Clooney believes in giving back by helping people in need. Among his many causes are “Not On Our Watch,” to stop and prevent mass atrocities, and a 2010 telethon, “Hope For Haiti Now,” to aid earthquake victims. He even got arrested to call attention to atrocities in the Sudan. But his most ambitious undertaking to date is as a board member and co-chairman of “We Take Care of Our Own,” which is trying to raise $350 million for The Motion Picture and Television Fund.

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His plate is already full. This Christmas he has the $80 million “Jack Reacher” (you got the wrong guy) drama, with Oscar-winner Robert Duvall, hitting screens. In April, he’s got the $130 million sci-fi movie “Oblivion” with Morgan Freeman due out, followed by the $140 million “All You Need Is Kill,” based on a Japanese “light novel,” with Emily Blunt and Bill Paxton. “Kill” was shot in London in September, and is scheduled for release in 2014. In Cruise’s future is a remake of “The Magnificent Seven,” a “Van Helsing” (vampire killer) film for Universal, and “Mission: Impossible 5.” After “Rock of Ages,” Tom should stick to what he does best ... “Cruising” through sci-fi and action films!

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--Have your dog’s leash, collar and other items ready and What struck me about the article was how they really had little sense at just how heroic Palmer, Nicklaus, Foyt, Ali, Lennon, McCartney and Harrison would go on to become (sorry, Ringo). Because the other day, I read about the fall of Lance Armstrong, and even though I wasn’t really surprised to hear the news -- that he was the biggest scam in sports history and had to vacate seven Tour de France titles -- it didn’t make me feel any better.

Armstrong was one of the kings of sport for the millennial/ generation X era. He and guys like Tiger Woods, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Roger Clemons, Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather.

A World Without Heros I had a bout of insomnia the other night, so I went down to my office (office ... not a “man cave” ... will somebody please retire that stupid phrase already?) and picked, what I assumed, would be the most boring book in reach of my chair.

It was the 1964 Annual of the Americana Encyclopedia.

(For those of you wondering, encyclopedias were wellsourced books containing information about a variety of things in alphabetical order.) As I am wont to do, I flipped to the sports page.

It was a fine year, 1964. Arnold Palmer won the Masters, staving off a challenge from that angry, poor dressed, up-and-comer Jack Nicklaus. A.J. Foyt won at Indy, and some guy named Cassius Clay beat Sonny Liston in a remarkable “though dull” heavyweight title fight in boxing. Oh, the article added, Clay changed his name after the fight or something silly like that.

Clay, they also took time to note, admitted that his prefight antics were designed to drum up gate receipts. In that regard, they said Clay was similar to the year’s other phenomenon, The Beatles. Clearly the “Fab 4” were just a “Fad 4” (snicker), and now let’s get back to the year’s classical and jazz music scene.

It’s been all drugs, dope, drugs, addiction, violence. And there are so many I could add to that list of disappointments ... Ben Johnson, Florence Griffith Joyner, Martina Hingis.

John McEnroe ... not because of performance enhancers, but because his talk show was the worst ever.

These people robbed a generation of their superstars.

McEnroe, in particular, robbed us of the Patty Smythe and Scandal reunion tour. There’s no excuse for that.

Last weekend, watching the Jets-Patriots game with my 3-year-old, we were treated to a commercial that had a ninja assassin, ostensibly fighting for America during the Revolutionary war, shoot someone in the back, throw a hatchet through someone’s face and walk off a field leaving a dozen or so British soldiers dead in the snow in

his wake. Who greenlights something like that? Have we all lost our minds.

Thankfully ... not all of us have. Next week: the heroes.

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Large amounts of firewood that will be stored through the winter and into the next cold season generally should be kept several feet from the house at minimum.

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954-589-2176 www.EliteDentalPractice.com

We Speak: Russian, Spanish & Hebrew

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no Fee or Cost if no recovery • no Hay Honorarios ni Costos, si no Hay recuperación

• Personal injury • Work related accidents • Wrongful death • automobile accidents • lesiones Personales • accidentes relacionados Con el Trabajo • Muerte por negligencia • accidentes de automóviles Law Office Of Jaime E. Suarez, P.A. 305-631-1911 954-704-8123 aTTorneY aT laW Main office: MiaMi offices in Broward & Miami www.seriouscaraccident.com The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision that should not be based solely upon advertisements. Before you decide, ask us to send you free written information about our qualifications and experience. This web site is designed for general information only. The information presented at this site should not be construed to be formal legal advice nor the formation of a lawyer/client relationship. You should consult an attorney for individual advice regarding your own situation. La contratación de un abogado es una decisión importante que no debe basarse únicamente en la publicidad. Antes de decidir, pida que le enviemos información escrita sobre nuestras calificaciones y experiencia. Este sitio web está diseñado sólo para información general. La información presentada en este sitio no debe interpretarse como asesoramiento legal formal ni la formación de una relación abogado / cliente. Usted debe consultar a un abogado para consejo individual con respecto a su propia situación.

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