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HARLEYS (continued) ● Seventeen years after the first cycle rolled out of that wooden shed, Harley-Davidson was the largest motorcycle company in the world, with dealerships in 67 countries. Over 28,000 motorcycles were produced in 1920. ● Of all the country’s motorcycle manufacturers in business in 1929, only Indian and Harley-Davidson were able to weather the stock market crash. Production at H-D dropped from 22,350 bikes to 3,703. Sales to police forces helped them survive the economy’s collapse. ● H-D profited greatly from the use of their motorcycles during war time. Over 20,000 Harleys were used during World War I, and nearly 90,000 were put into service during World War II. ● In 1946, foreign motorcycles hit the American market and the competition with British and Japanese bikes was fierce. British imports had a sportier appearance and were cheaper and more reliable. Favorable tax laws governing imports made these bikes even more attractive. Although Harley-Davidson introduced the Hydra-Glide with the Panhead engine in an attempt to compete, it was heavy and not as sporty. It didn’t take long for H-D’s market share to shrink a mere of the market. By 1950, WANTtoTO RUN 6% YOUR OWN BUSINESS? 40% of the motorcycles in the U.S. were foreignPublish a Paper in Your Area If You Can Provide: Sales Experience · A Computer · made. Desktop Publishing Software · A Reasonable Financial Investment We provideBrando the opportunity success! ● Marlon was 30foryears old when he rode Call a British Triumph in the 1954 movie 1.800.523.3096 www.tidbitsweekly.com The Wild One, the story of a motorcycle gang terrorizing a small town. The film’s popularity did nothing to help the sales of Harleys. In an effort to combat the appeal of British bikes, in 1957, H-D introduced the Sportster, considered Information in the Tidbits Paper is gathered from sources considered to be “father of the superbikes.” reliable but the accuracy of all information cannot be guaranteed. ®

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I work with a woman who claims she has emphysema. She smokes regularly and finds herself out of breath when coming up the stairs. She is 60. She says when she was 9, a local gas station near her home moved and, in the process, pulled up the gas tanks that provide gas to the pumps. The fumes from the move caused her emphysema. She doesn't know anyone else with the problem, and there are no class-action lawsuits I can find that cite gas fumes from moving gas tanks as causing emphysema. Will you clarify and talk about emphysema? -- E.E. ANSWER: Emphysema is destruction of the millions of air sacs that fill the lungs. It's through these sacs that oxygen reaches the blood. One of the chief signs of emphysema is shortness of breath when active, as in climbing stairs. Emphysema is one-half of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD. The other half is chronic bronchitis, an inflammation and narrowing of the breathing tubes, filled with pus. The inflamed tubes obstruct airflow into the lungs. The chief sign of chronic bronchitis is a never-ending cough. Smoking is the greatest cause of COPD, emphysema and chronic bronchitis, but not the only cause. In past days, workers in mines inhaling the dust were subject to emphysema, as were people who worked in cotton mills. Those who made a living in grain-processing plants

also were subject to COPD. Now stringent regulations protect these workers. An inherited condition, called alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, also leads to emphysema. Alpha-1 antitrypsin tells cells that scrub the interior of air sacs to stop scrubbing when the air sacs are clean. Without its signal, scrubbing goes on, and the air sacs are destroyed. I have never heard of emphysema arising in a situation like your fellow worker describes. She must be happy explaining her condition the way she does. Let her be happy. It's her way of coping with the illness. She also must be smart enough to know that smoking is harming her greatly, regardless of her emphysema cause. The booklet on COPD explains this common malady in clear terms. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue -- No. 601W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient's printed name and address. Allow four weeks for delivery. DEAR DR. DONOHUE: What is the purpose of making all Coumadin users make a separate trip to a nurse for having their blood checked? It's an additional charge that I cannot afford. Is there any other drug I could use? I am 93. -- R.J. ANSWER: I imagine the procedure was instituted so the nurse can change your dose of Coumadin right away if the blood tests indicate that your blood is too thin or too thick. Coumadin is an anticoagulant that stops clots from forming; it really does thin blood. The medicine is prescribed when a person has a condition where clots form and might cause a stroke. Atrial fibrillation is such a condition. You can ask your doctor if you're a candidate for the new anticoagulant Pradaxa. With it, you don't need to have the same blood checks.

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AH-CHOO! (continued) ● There are a number of theories as to why folks say “Bless you” to someone after a sneeze. One is an ancient belief that sneezing is a neardeath experience, and it’s a blessing to have survived. The ancients also believed that the soul sneaks out of the body during a sneeze and that a blessing will prevent this and deter the devil from sneaking in. During the Roman Empire when bubonic plague struck, two of its symptoms were coughing and sneezing. The Pope recommended a blessing to people after a sneeze as protection. ● When Donna Griffiths of Worcestershire, England, was 12 years old back in 1981, she sneezed once, then again, then continuously for the next 978 days, the record for the longest sneeze in the world. ● No matter how you say it, it’s still a sneeze! In English we say “ah-choo,” but the French say “atchoum,” the Japanese say “hakushon,” while Italians say “hapsu” and Swedes say “atjo.” ● How fast does a sneeze travel? A single sneeze can send 100,000 germs into the air at a speed of about 100 mph (161 km/hr). The bacteria from a sneeze can spread up to 150 feet (45.8 m) away. ● Although it’s tough to stop a sneeze, you can try breathing through your mouth and pinching the end of your nose.

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BOX-TOP ABCs If you have a preschooler, unpacking the grocery bags is something like an at-home safari. Discover how each package contains an educational lesson. Boxes are already designed for eye appeal, so play off the bright colors, the crazy-quilt lettering or the see-through cellophane. Count the number of times the name of the product appears. Where is red or another favorite color? Pick up new vocabulary words as you read ingredients and nutritional information listed on the side panels. READATHON Invite friends over for a readathon and a cool glass of refreshing lemonade. Participants can bring stories, homemade journals, poems, articles or compositions that they wrote themselves, and "perform" them with a dramatic reading. BEDTIME WORD GAMES At the end of the day, enjoy word games with school-age kids. You might play a rousing game of Boggle or Bananagrams -- word games that require quick reading and spelling skills. Or, grab a pencil and play "Words in a Word." One person says a long word with at least seven letters, such as "education." Each player writes that word at the top of a sheet of paper, then lists as many words as possible, with at least three letters, using the letters in the long word. For example, in the word "education," there's "cat," "date," "nut," "cute," "one," "tin" and "aid." Try other words, like "imagination," "friendship" or "holiday," to get you started. Donna Erickson's award-winning series "Donna's Day" is airing on public television nationwide. To find more of her creative family recipes and activities, visit www. donnasday.com and link to the NEW Donna's Day Facebook fan page. Her latest book is "Donna Erickson's Fabulous Funstuff for Families."

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Gaming the Government Contracts System If you really want to defraud the government, it helps to have friends in high places. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform recently reviewed a situation wherein a man who never served in the military was given lucrative contracts with the IRS. Here are some facts that were revealed in the Committee's report: The man (let's call him X) sought a contract to provide information technology (IT) to the IRS through its contract acquisitions arm. He had a close relationship with the IRS deputy directory for IT Acquisition, and therefore got privileged information. Within six months he had a dozen contracts with the IRS, worth more than $500 million. The contracts X applied for were for small businesses: 1) owned by service-disabled veterans, and 2) in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods (called HUBZones). The report says X was able to "game the system" and get certification for both categories. How did X pull this off? He bought a small company that already had a topsecret security clearance. He rented an office in a Washington, D.C. HUBZone, even though he lived in a wealthy Virginia neighborhood. To cover the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business angle, X turned to an incident that happened 27 years ago: While a student at the U.S. Military Academy Prep School, he'd twisted his ankle playing football. It couldn't have been too bad because the next year he went off to college and played football. Because of a glitch in the rules, he was able to do two things: 1) Get the Department of Veterans Affairs to start giving him benefits for service-related injury, and 2) parlay that twisted ankle into a lucrative government contract as a service-disabled veteran. And he had lots of help from the IRS to get his contracts. To read the 157-page report, go to http://oversight. house.gov/ and search for Questionable Acquisitions: Problematic IT Contracting at the IRS.

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