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It’s birthday time for those born in September! Here are a few tidbits about these autumn babies, both past and present.

• Ed Sullivan was 62 years old when the Beatles made their first live appearance in America on his TV variety show in 1964. Every Sunday night since 1948, this former boxer had promised “a really big show” to his viewers, frequently prefacing his introductions with, “And now, right here on our stage…” The Beatles’ performance made that week’s show the most-watched program in TV history to date. Sullivan’s program remained on the air until 1971.

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• “You might be a redneck” if you’re familiar with the work of September baby Jeff Foxworthy. This Blue Collar Comedy Team member also hosts the quiz show “Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?” Foxworthy didn’t start out as a comedian, but rather as a mainframe computer maintenance technician at IBM, a company where his father was an executive. It was his IBM co-workers who convinced him to enter a comedy talent show in 1984. turn the page for more!

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SEPTEMBER BABIES (continued): • Two great football coaches shared the same birthday, September 11, although 11 years apart.

Paul “Bear” Bryant, longtime coach of the University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide, led his charges to six national championships during his 25 years at the post. Tom Landry guided his Dallas Cowboys to two Super Bowl victories and five NFC titles during his 29 seasons with the team. He holds the NFL record for the most consecutive winning seasons with 20, from 1966 to 1985.

• Tommy Lee Jones, of “The Fugitive” and “Men in Black” fame, is an honors graduate of Harvard with a degree in English. While at Harvard, he was the football team’s offensive tackle during their undefeated 1968 season and was named to the firstteam All-Ivy League roster. His college roommate also went on to great things. That person was Al Gore, later to become vice president under President Bill Clinton. In his free time, Jones is a San Antonio Spurs fan. Of Cherokee ancestry, he also is fluent in Spanish.

• Country singer Patsy Cline accomplished much in her short five-and-a-half year career. Born Virginia Patterson Hensley, she was a Grand Ole Opry star at age 26 and the No. 1 female artist at 29. Her recording of “I Fall to Pieces” was Song of the Year for 1962. She initially disliked what has become her signature song, “Crazy,” written by fellow country artist Willie Nelson. Cline was nearly killed in a head-on collision in 1961 and cheated death for just one more year. At age 30, she was killed in a plane crash in a Tennessee forest. “Patsy Cline’s Greatest Hits” was released four years after her death and has sold 10 million copies worldwide. She’s number 46 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of “100 Greatest Singers of All Time.”

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• In 1965, Lesley Hornby was regularly in the camera’s eye, one of the world’s first famous teenage models. Weighing in at only 91 pounds (41 kg) on a 5-foot, 6-inch (1.68 m) frame, her ultrathin body earned her the name of “Twiggy.” She achieved her wide-eyed look with three layers of false eyelashes.

• More than 11,000 teachers applied to the NASA Teacher in Space project for a chance to become the first civilian educator in space. New Hampshire social studies teacher Christa McAuliffe was chosen to be a part of the January 1986 flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger and was scheduled to teach two lessons to her classes from space. Just 73 seconds into the flight, the craft exploded, the result of a failure of rubber O-rings.

• Even if you’ve never heard the name Edgar Rice Burroughs, you’ve undoubtedly seen his creation.

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FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS (FeLV) – Feline leukemia virus adversely affects the cat’s body in many ways. It is the most common cause of cancer in cats, it may cause various blood disorders and it may lead to a state of immune deficiency that hinders the cat’s ability to protect itself against other infections

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Fat is not an inactive part of the body as formerly thought but it is very essential for health and intensifying disease complexes.

Bad adipokines secreted by fat cells in obesity influence disease conditions such as increased body weight, insulin resistance in diabetes, atherosclerosis, inflammation & soreness, blood clotting problems, and degenerative joint disease to name a few. Many of the positive endocrine effects that fat are responsible for are essential in the proper functioning of the liver, pancreas, brain, immune system, veins & arteries, and reproductive organs. Up-regulation or down-regulaton of the many adipokines are responsible for how our body works and responds to disease.

Controlling obesity and specifically the type of fat and region where fat accumulates are linked to many of our modern cat diseases. White fat is found throughout the body and is responsible for common body functions such as energy storage, insulation from cold, physical support of organs, nurturing stem cells, and some endrocrine functions. The brown fat associated with belly fat and the inguinal fat deposits (that swing as a cat walks) is associated more with endrocrine functions and may influence fat’s links to disease.

What are some links of obesity to disease that are known in the cat?  Diabetes type 2 has a strong link to obesity (2-4 times a risk factor)  Insulin resistance  Inflammation, arthritis and sore joints increase  More susceptibility to disease and decreased immune response  Circulatory problems  Appetite stimulation  Poor metabolism and fatigue  Dental disease The cat’s modern, dry, carbohydrate rich diet may be the most important cause of obesity in felines. Cats are obligate carnivores and poorly utilize carbohydrates. The large majority of carbohydrate laden foods are converted directly to fat in the cat. The link between diet and disease in felines is very strong. Feeding cats higher protein, high fat, and low carbohydrate diets is what nature intended – mice and birds fit this natural model. Most dry cat foods are convenient but when fed as a complete diet appear to a primary cause of obesity.

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2. Name the last Philadelphia Phillies pitcher before Roy Halladay (21 in 2010) to win at least 18 games in a season.

3. Who set the NFL record for most touchdowns scored by a rookie?

4. Name two of the three men’s basketball coaches who immediately preceded Brad Stevens at Butler.

5. When was the last time before 2011 that the Boston Bruins were in the Eastern Conference finals?

6. How many times was Ronaldo named FIFA World Player of the Year during his 18-year soccer career?

7. Who is the oldest mixed martial arts athlete to win a major championship?

Answers 1. Minnesota’s Zoilo Versalles (1963-65) and Jose Reyes of the New York Mets (2005-08). 2. John Denny won 19 games in 1983.

3. Chicago’s Gayle Sayers had 22 touchdowns in 1965. 4. Barry Collier (1989-2000), Thad Matta (2000-01) and Todd Lickliter (2001-07). 5. It was 1992. 6. Three times -- 1996, 1997 and 2002.

7. Randy Couture was 43 years, 255 days old when he won the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title in 2007.

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1. What is the term applied to any state the government of which is devoted primarily to the achievement of religious ends?

2. What do you call the small, crewless undersea missile that is self-propelled and self-steered?

3. Name the capital city of Ontario, Canada.

4. What is the branch of theoretical mechanics concerned with the transformation of motion into heat and vice versa?

5. Who was the doubter among the Twelve Apostles?

6. Name the gland that is situated at the front of the neck that consists of two lobes in the sides of the trachea, connected by a narrow isthmus.

7. What is the name of the singularly most popular free weekly entertainment paper in Douglas County Colorado?

8. What region of China does the Dalai Lama hail from?

9. If your breath is bad you would want one of these.

10. In 2004 two giant tectonic plates that had been pushing against each other for millennia suddenly shifted. What was the resulting natural disaster that killed over 140,000 people?

11. Name the largest member of the cat family and an excellent golfer.

12. What Mexican city is very close to San Diego California?

13. “Dost thou love life? Then waste not _________; for ________ is the stuff that life is made of.” Ben Franklin 14. Name the metallic chemical element referred to by the symbol Sn. 15. If you make a donation to your church of one tenth of you earnings what word refers to that act?

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18. What does the “t” stand for in BLT? 19. What is the capital city of Kansas?

20. What word refers to a word, design, or other symbol used to identify the goods of a manufacturer or merchant and to distinguish them from similar products manufactured or sold by others?

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SEPTEMBER BABIES (continued):

Beginning in 1912, Burroughs published 26 novels about jungle hero Tarzan of the Apes. He began writing the stories the previous year after struggling to make ends meet on his salary as a pencil sharpener salesman. Within a few years, he had purchased a large ranch north of Los Angeles and appropriately named it Tarzana. The community that grew up around the ranch goes by that name today. Even though it was Tarzan that brought the fame, Burroughs penned nearly 70 novels throughout his career.

• September-born New York Yankee Roger Maris gained fame when he broke Babe Ruth’s singleseason home run record in 1961. The Babe had hit 60 homers in 1927, and Maris belted out his 61st in 1961, a new record that endured until 1998. Over the course of his 12 years in the Majors, Maris played for four teams and batted in seven World Series.

• Frankie Avalon didn’t set out to be a teen idol.

He actually got his start playing the trumpet, recording “Trumpet Sorrento” in 1954 at age 15.

His 1959 tune “Venus” firmly cemented him as a singing star, spending five weeks in the No. 1 spot on the charts. He joined up with Annette Funicello in the 1960s for a series of beach movies, such as “Beach Party” and “Beach Blanket Bingo.” Avalon remains married to a former beauty pageant winner he wed 48 years ago, and the couple has eight children.

• Generations of children have benefited from the wisdom of Stan Berenstain and his wife Jan, who together penned more than 300 Berenstain Bears books. The series of children’s stories address a variety of difficulties faced by parents, including teaching children about strangers, tantrums in public places, visiting the dentist and homework hassles. Stan got his start drawing cartoons for magazines and progressed into children’s literature after the birth of his son Leo. • We know Alison Sweeney as the lovely host of television’s “The Biggest Loser,” a position she’s held since 2007. But her longest-running role is that of Samantha Brady on the daytime drama “Days of our Lives,” a role she has had since the age of 16, one that has earned her four Soap Opera Digest awards. Her first gig was in a Kodak ad at the age of five. She’s married to a California highway patrol officer who once had a guest spot on “Days.”

• Mike Post has made his living composing music for several television programs. If you’ve ever watched “The Rockford Files,” “Hill Street Blues,” “L.A. Law,” “Law and Order,” “Magnum P.I.” or “NYPD Blue,” you’ve heard this September baby’s work.

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From the Federal Brazilian State of Paraiba comes this petite and precious gemstone with a blue to green hue of remarkable radiance not found in any other gemstone in the world Heitor Dimas Barbosa discovered Paraiba tourmaline after several years of digging in the 1980s. It all began in 1981 when he began his first preparations for excavations at an old, dilapidated opencast mine he knew about. He had one deep hole after another drilled in the hard ground, but with no luck. But after a long and tiring five and a half years of drilling and digging, it appeared that a tourmaline find was imminent.

Finally, in the autumn of 1989, a handful of exceptional tourmaline crystals were brought up into the daylight and gemologists saw colors never previously observed. Unfortunately Barbosa was ill and not present at their discovery – and the raw crystals were sold before he had a chance to see them.

Now, decades later, the hill that yielded the world’s first Paraiba tourmaline has likely yielded its last, as the mine appears to have been exhausted. Tourmalines with a similar hue have been discovered in Africa but the Paraiba tourmalines remain the most sought after.

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Q: Can you tell me when my favorite show, “The Biggest Loser,” will be back for Ryan Harris its next season? I can’t President & Founder wait for it to start! -Edie T., via e-mail A: The weight-loss competition/reality show will be back for its 12th season on NBC beginning Tuesday, Sept. 20 (8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET). This season sees “The Biggest Loser” with two new trainers: tennis star Anna Kournikova (who replaces Jillian Michaels) and celebrity trainer Dolvett Quince. Trainer Bob Harper and host Alison Sweeney will return, and they will be joined by 15 contestants competing in a “Battle of the Ages,” which groups contestants by age. There will be three teams of five divided by age: the youngest players, all under 30; the middle players, ages 30 to 49; and the older players, ages 50 and above. *** Q: I loved “Spin City,” and I can find the seasons with Michael J. Fox as the star on DVD, but can’t find the seasons when Charlie Sheen took over. Do they ever plan to release those seasons? -- Darren D., Spokane, Wash.

A: When Michael J. Fox retired from the successful sitcom after the fourth season, Charlie Sheen joined Heather Locklear and company, taking over as Deputy Mayor Charlie Crawford for the fifth and sixth seasons. The fifth season also was a who’s who of guest stars, including Marcia Cross, Kal Penn, Regis Philben, Raquel Welch, Dakota Fanning, Jason Priestley, Rosie O’Donnell, Seth Meyers, Scott Wolf and Alyssa Milano. Season five is finally available on DVD, and can be found online and wherever your favorite DVDs are sold. *** Q: This spring I really got into Christian Slater’s new show called “Breaking In.” I was so sad when it was canceled by Fox. Now I am hearing it might not be canceled. Is that true? -- Dylan F., via e-mail A: In an almost-unprecedented reversal, Fox decided to uncancel the caper comedy that centered on a team that is hired by companies to break into their own security systems in order to find flaws and weak links. Back in May, all signs pointed to “Breaking In” coming back for the fall, but when the fall schedule was announced a short time later, the show was nowhere to be seen. After much behind-the-scenes negotiation, Fox announced in August that the show would be back for 13 episodes to begin airing midseason 2012. *** Q: I was an avid viewer of the ABC show “V,” and especially loved the character of Father Landry.

Can you tell me if I can see the actor who played him in anything else soon? -- Vivian A. in Pennsylvania A: Joel Gretsch, who played freedom fighter and priest Jack Landry on the ABC sci-fi show about aliens invading Earth, has risen from the ashes of “V” and can next be seen this fall on NBC’s “The Playboy Club” as a recurring character who clashes with Eddie Cibrian’s Nick Dalton.

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¼ The world’s most popular fruit is the banana. In the United States, people consume more bananas than apples and oranges put together. ¼ Thomas Jefferson was an inventor as well as a statesman, but he refused to take out patents on any of his ideas. He believed that inventions should benefit all of humanity, not just himself. ¼ According to those who study such things, the average American believes the ideal age -- that is, the best year of his or her life -- is 32. And when 30-somethings are asked when old age begins, the majority of men say it’s in the late 60s, while more women believe old age begins in the 70s. ¼ That iconic symbol of the Old West, the Pony Express, was based on the mail system used throughout the Mongol Empire in the 13th century. However, the Mongol riders often covered 125 miles in a single day, which was faster than the best record held by a Pony Express rider.

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It can be challenging to achieve that balance. For one thing, you and your fellow grandparents have not been stingy in your giving over the past several years. America’s grandparents provided an estimated $370 billion in financial support to their grandchildren between 2004 and 2009, according to a survey by the MetLife Mature Market Institute. This averages out to $8,661 per grandparent household over that same period. However, many of these same grandparents may not be accumulating sufficient financial resources to enjoy the retirement lifestyle they’ve envisioned. In fact, the median balance of retirement accounts for 55- to 64-year-olds is only about $100,000, according to the Center for Retirement Research. That’s not a lot of money for an age group that could spend two or even three decades in retirement.

So, as a grandparent, what steps might you take to bolster your retirement savings while simultaneously helping your grandchildren? Here are a few ideas: Maintain permanent life insurance. Once your children are grown, you may feel less compelled to carry life insurance. But the right type of life insurance can benefit you throughout your life. Permanent life insurance offers you the chance to build cash value, which you may be able to access, depending upon the specifics of your policy. And you can name your grandchildren as beneficiaries of your policy.

Open a 529 plan. Use the money you’re already gifting to fund a 529 plan to help your grandchildren pay for college. These plans have generous contribution guidelines, and withdrawals are tax-free, provided the money is used for qualified expenses. There may be state tax incentives available to in-state residents who invest in their home state’s 529 plan. And a 529 plan offers you a degree of flexibility; if the beneficiary grandchild decides to forgo college, you can transfer the unused funds to another grandchild, tax and penalty free. However, withdrawals used for expenses other than qualified education expenses may be subject to federal and state taxes, plus a 10% penalty.

Contribute to a Roth Individual Retirement Account (IRA). The Roth IRA is a powerful retirement savings vehicle. You can fund your IRA with virtually any type of investment, such as stocks, bonds and government securities, and your earnings grow tax free, provided you don’t take withdrawals until you’re at least age 59½ and you’ve held your account at least five years.

Your grandchildren may appreciate your generosity, but they’ll also no doubt want you to enjoy a comfortable retirement. As always, you need to do what makes sense for your situation. You may find there are ways to help both your grandchildren and yourself.

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Attendees can obtain free screenings such as cholesterol/blood sugar, dental, hearing, vision and more. Doctors and nurse practitioners will be onsite to discuss results. Prayer partners will be onsite as well. Attendees will also be able to obtain information on women’s health, cancer, nutrition, diabetes and many other health topics. Local police and fire departments will provide safety tips on poison prevention, demonstration on vehicle extrication, K9 dogs and child ID kits.

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• Check with your local Better Business Bureau to see if any complaints have been filed against contractors you are considering.

• Don’t feel pressured into signing a contract, and never sign a contract with blanks. A contract should include the contractor’s name, business name, phone number and address.

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? On Sept. 21, 1866, H.G. Wells, pioneer of science fiction, is born in Bromley, England. In 1895, he published his classic novel “The Time Machine,” about a man who journeys to the future. The book was a success, as was “The War of the Worlds” (1898). ? On Sept. 20, 1881, Chester Arthur becomes third president to serve in one year. The year began with Rutherford B. Hayes in office. Hayes served out his term and turned over the reins to James A. Garfield. Four months later, Garfield was shot by an assassin but did not die until Sept. 19. Vice President Arthur was then sworn in as president. ? On Sept. 24, 1890, faced with the eminent destruction of their church and way of life, Mormon leaders reluctantly issue the “Mormon Manifesto” in which they command all Latter-day Saints to uphold the laws of the nation and abandon polygamy. ? On Sept. 23, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt is forced to defend his dog’s honor and his own reputation. Critics had circulated a story claiming that Roosevelt had accidentally left Fala behind while visiting the Aleutian Islands earlier that year.

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