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NOBEL PRIZES (continued): • Alfred Nobel’s will designated 94% of his vast fortune toward establishing fi ve Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, and Peace to those who, “during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefi t on mankind.” His relatives vehemently contested the will, and it took four years for the executors to cut through the red tape necessary to adhere to Alfred Nobel’s wishes. In 1901, the prizes were awarded for the fi rst time. • In 1968, a sixth Nobel Prize was added to the original list, a prize in Economics, established and funded by Sweden’s central bank in memory of Alfred Nobel. • Today’s Nobel Prize winners are awarded $1.26 million (U.S. Dollars) for their achievements. • The average age of a Nobel Prize Laureate is 59 years. The youngest recipient is Lawrence Bragg, who at age 25, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1915 jointly with his father “for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays.” • One family has received fi ve Nobel prizes. Marie Curie received the 1903 Physics prize and the 1911 prize in Chemistry. Her husband Pierre shared the 1903 prize with her. Their daughter Irene was awarded the Chemistry prize in 1935, along with her husband Frederic. The husband of Marie’s daughter Eve, Henry Labouisse, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 as the director of UNICEF. Marie Curie was the fi rst to receive more than one Nobel Prize, and the fi rst person known to die of radiation poisoning. Throughout all her work with radioactivity, it was not known that radiation was dangerous.
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NOBEL PRIZES (continued): • Ernest Rutherford, a New Zealand scientist, is considered the father of nuclear physics. He received the 1908 Chemistry prize for his work with the chemistry of radioactive substances, discovering the concept of radioactive half-life and alpha and beta radiation. Yet his most famous work was performed nine years after his prize, when he became the fi rst to split the atom in a nuclear reaction. The chemical element rutherfordium (Element 104) is named after him. Fourteen of Rutherford’s students went on to become Nobel Prize winners themselves. • Albert Einstein was responsible for “the world’s most famous equation,” E=mc2, the formula for mass-energy equivalence. But that wasn’t the work for which he received his Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1921, this genius took the prize for discovering the cause of the photoelectric effect. • Following a vacation at his country home, Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming returned to his lab to fi nd a fungus had developed in a stack of Petri dishes that contained a staphylococcus culture. The bacteria had died all around the area containing the mold, prompting him to perform experiments over the next 20 years showing that the mold prevented growth of staphylococci, even when diluted 800 times. Fleming named his “mold juice” penicillin, and it was produced as an antibiotic that could cure numerous serious infectious diseases. For his work in the fi eld of Medicine, Fleming was awarded the 1945 Nobel Prize. • The “fi rst person in the Western world to have shown us that a struggle can be waged without violence” was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. At 33, Martin Luther King, Jr. became the youngest person to receive this honor for his work in America’s civil rights movement. King donated the prize money to the movement.
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Q: I have an original Boston Herald newspaper published Nov. 23, 1963, reporting the assassination of President John Kennedy in Dallas. What is this newspaper worth? I have been told it belongs in a museum. -- Edward, Nashua, N.H. A: Your newspaper is, perhaps, worth about $25. It is not rare or all that collectible. The fact that it is a Boston paper makes it a little more interesting, but doesn’t elevate it in value all that much. The newspapers of the JFK assassination that collectors scramble for are the ones that were published in Dallas during the day before and the actual date of the event. Keep in mind that hundreds of millions of newspapers were published about this tragic event, and most sell in shops and at antiques malls generally in the $15 to $25 range. As I often state in this column, there are always exceptions. Q: I have a collection of signed and designer jewelry, including pieces by Napier, Marvello, Kramer, Judy Lee, Worthington Money and Sarah Coventry. Can you provide me with the name of someone who can help me determine values and perhaps buy these items? -- Charlotte, Okeechobee, Fla. A: Costume and designer jewelry have increased in value during the past decade or so. There are several excellent references, including “Warman’s Jewelry: Identifi cation & Price Guide” by Christie Romero, and “Warman’s Vintage Jewelry: Identifi cation & Price Guide” by Leigh Leshner, both published by Krause Books. These guides are fi lled with images in full color with descriptions and values for more than 2,000 pieces of both vintage and costume jewelry. Janet Gaynor has bought and sold vintage and costume jewelry for more than three decades. She is knowledgeable and can help you. Her contact is P.O. Box 35038, Tucson, AZ 85740; and 520-615-1544. Q: I am sending you a picture of a flour shaker that I think is at least 40 years old. Is it worth keeping? -Alice, Rio Rancho, N.M. A: What you have is a Jeannette Jadite Ring fl our shaker that is quite collectible and worth about $75 in good condition. Collectors should be cautious buying this line, however, since reproductions have fl ooded the marketplace. *** Write to Larry Cox in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to questionsforcox@aol.com. Due to the large volume of mail he receives, Mr. Cox is unable to personally answer all reader questions. Do not send any materials requiring return mail. (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Preserve Your Family History! New book shows you how! “Hey Ron, here’s a copy of your family genealogy,” a close friend and distant relative said to me as he handed me a copy of a professionally prepared 200+ page book of our family tree. I thanked him for the surprise gift and promised to cherish it. It took a while but eventually I located my family branches. Once found, I closed the book and never looked at it again. Then it hit me, a genealogy is a wonderful thing to have but it lacks personality. It has boxes, lines, names, and dates, but has no character, soul, or vitality. I thought, “I sure would like to hear the story of the two brothers who came here from England in the1700s to start my family in the New World.” I wondered, “Why did one move to Chicago and the other to Missouri?” None of those answers were available in that book – just names, dates and places. Alas, I could do nothing about those relatives for whom nothing is written nor anything remembered. But I could do something about those who were still living. So here’s what I did: I created a system to take what is called an oral history of my own mom and dad. I spent hours researching and developed a unique question and answer format, then I recorded each of their life’s story on both audio and video tape. My next step was to put that system in a book so others could do the same. The origial 1988 version of the book titled “Your Family Heritage, a Guide to Preserving Family History,” sold for $19.95 and helped thousands of people across the land. I also lectured on the subject for several years at the Colorado Historical Society. Now this updated, expanded, and newly formated version of the book is available on Amazon.com for only $3.99 Everyone can now have the tools to preserve their family history - including YOU! Think about your family tree. Wouldn’t it be exciting if you could experience the personalities, hear the voices and enjoy the life stories of the people on
your family tree? Just imagine what you would do if someone handed you a video recording of your grandmother telling how her family lost everything during the Dust Bowl and what they did to survive and later prosper. Today you can take a few easy-to-follow steps to preserve the memories, insights, opinions, wisdom, faces and voices of those of your family members still living. How to Record Your Family History is designed to help you do just that. With this book you will learn how to capture with audio or video recordings the colorful personality of each living member of your family. Also, this book will help you document photographs and family heirlooms so your descendants will know the answer to the questions so oft heard when sorting through old photographs, “Who is that?”, “When was this photo taken,” and “That’s Grandma, but I wonder where the picture was taken?” Don’t delay! It’s likely in many cases you postponed too long these steps and have lost the faces and voices you wish you could see and hear again. You still have time to capture the stories of your aging relatives. And as long as YOU can hear and speak, YOUR stories too can be preserved for generations to come. Hesitate no longer. For more information about How to Record Your Family History please visit our comprehensive website: RecordYourFamilyHistory.com. Peruse the table of contents, find more information about the book, and find a link to Amazon.com where you can purchase the book and download it to your PC, tablet, SmartPhone or Kindle for only $3.99. Now you can rim YOUR family tree with the oral record and pictorial images that make the written genealogy come to life. Ron Ross, Author Loveland, CO
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Smelly Tonsil Stones Common in Young Adults DEAR DR. DONOHUE: What is the best way to get rid of tonsil stones, besides sticking my finger down my throat as far as I can and trying to dislodge the smelly things? More importantly, what is the way to prevent tonsil stones? I never had them until a year or so ago. -- S.M. ANSWER: Tonsil stones, or tonsilloliths, are the not uncommon (one study reported them in 7 percent of young adults) but seldom discussed clusters of calcified material that lodge in the tonsils. Your tonsils, those oval-shaped swellings on the sides of the back of your throat, are important for the cells of the immune system. Tonsilloliths form in the crypts (deep valleys) of the tonsil, and sometimes are visible as white or yellow spots when looking in the mirror. They become bothersome if they are large enough to cause discomfort or difficulty swallowing, but often they are noticed because of their unpleasant odor. Tonsilloliths often spontaneously come out of the tonsils; they usually are described as waxy or hard, with a peculiar odor. I don’t recommend sticking your finger in the back of your throat. The gag reflex can be very strong, and the tonsils have a very good blood supply, so damaging them can be very bloody. Some authorities recommend removal using the tongue attachment of a Waterpik (or similar device), but I have had general success with saltwater gargles. Very large or recurrent tonsilloliths are an indication for a visit to the ENT doctor.
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My blood count showed that my hemoglobin is too high. Everything else is normal. My doctor says the hemoglobin is high because I smoke. The doctor is on me, every time I see him, to stop smoking. I want to, but I haven’t been able to. Is he putting me on with another scare tactic? -- S.C. ANSWER: Hemoglobin is the stuff inside red blood cells that grabs onto oxygen as the blood cells pass through the lungs. Determining a person’s hemoglobin is a surrogate for determining the number of red blood cells. The carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke prevents the attachment of oxygen to the red blood cell. The body senses an oxygen deficit. It ups the production of red blood cells to compensate. The hemoglobin count rises. Your doctor is telling you the truth. Now you’ve got two doctors harping on you. DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am writing to see if the medicine I get in the United States is the same that I get from India. I took Evista by Eli Lilly, who says there is no generic; however, my supplier from India says there is a generic. -- A.O. ANSWER: India has no patent protection of medications, so many Indian companies make versions of U.S. pharmacologic drugs at greatly reduced cost. Some of the companies are exceedingly reputable, and the drugs are identical. However, you don’t have the guarantee of purity that comes with government regulation of pharmaceuticals in the United States and Canada. While I understand wanting to save money on an expensive medication, you’re taking a risk. Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. (c) 2014 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved
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Answers By Chris Richcreek 1. Lou Gehrig, in 1927. 2. Twice -- 1987 (Boston) and 1997 (Toronto). 3. Penn State, with six victories. 4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, LeBron James, Michael Jordan and Bill Russell. 5. Chicago (twice), Boston, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh. 6. Dwayne De Rosario scored a goal in 11 seconds in 2003. 7. John Tate, Mike Weaver, Michael Dokes, Gerrie Coetzee, Greg Page, Tony Tubbs, Tim Witherspoon and James (Bonecrusher) Smith.
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the real you. You do not need three-thousand synthetic Facebook friends, what you need is one real friend, one person who will stay with you through thick and thin or, to use Facebook terms, someone who will not “unfriend” you when things get tough. This need for a sense of connectedness began the day you were born; you needed someone to attach yourself to immediately after birth. I watched as the midwife handling the birth of our third child took our new baby boy from his mother for only a few minutes to wrap him in a warm blanket. The lad screamed as if he was being tortured until she laid him in his mother’s arms. Suddenly, both mother and baby forgot all their pain and distress. They had each other. This need for attachment never ends. When there is no one in our lives to whom we can turn to for comfort, consolation, or just conversation, we yearn for a friend, for someone who can end our emotional isolation. But, where do you go to fi nd that one friend, that someone to talk to, to connect with, for someone to share your life?
This answer may be too simple, but I offer it anyway: Go where the good people are. Go where you can fi nd people who will lift you up when you are down and who will cheer you when you succeed. When my brother completed his pilot training in the Navy he was far away from home, stationed on a base down south. He was a typical young man in his twenties and he was tired of being surrounded almost exclusively by men. He wanted to meet a nice girl to date. While most of his fl ying buddies went to a bar to see if they could pick up some chicks, he went to church. After a few Sundays, he met a very lovely lady his age with whom he often had lunch after church and whom he almost married. Do you need one good friend? Where do the good people you would like to befriend go? Wherever that is, go there. Make yourself available and you will meet someone who, given enough time and tender nurturing, will become your friend.