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POTATOES (continued) ● So the ruler had his cooks invent recipes using the potato, and passed copies of the recipes out to everybody. Still the people would not eat the potato. Finally Frederic resorted to the threat of violence: he issued an edict that anyone who did not eat potatoes would have their ears cut off. Potatoes quickly became the most important part of the Prussian diet. ● When French pharmacist Augustine Parmentier was captured during the Seven Year War in the mid-1700s, he was thrown into prison where his Prussian captors fed him little besides potatoes. He remained in good health in spite of the limited diet. When he was released, he returned home and encouraged all French families to start eating potatoes. He went to the King of France with a plan to grow potatoes and feed them to the hungry. The King was not impressed, but he consented to give Parmentier a few acres of the worst possible land near Paris. Nothing would grow there— nothing, that is, except potatoes, which thrived. Like the Prussians, the French people thought of potatoes as simply a food for livestock, so Parmentier devised scheme to change the tide of public opinion. ● Operating under the principle that people only want what they can’t have, he stationed soldiers around the potato field in order to “protect” this valuable crop from theft. However, he instructed the soldiers to take bribes and allow peasants to steal potatoes. The plan worked, and soon potatoes were growing all over the countryside. Next, Parmentier threw a huge feast, inviting all the most prominent names of the day. Everything served at the feast was made from potatoes - from soup to dessert. The Queen even wore potato flowers in her hair. This was all that was needed to make the potato a socially acceptable food. MOWING • (continued): LANDSCAPING • POWERWASHING POTATOES
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● On June 10, 1692, in Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Bridget Bishop, the first colonist to be tried in the Salem witch trials, is hanged after being found guilty of the practice of witchcraft. In October, on order of the governor, the Salem witch trials, which resulted in the executions of 19 innocent women and men, effectively ended. ● On June 14, 1777, during the American Revolution, the Continental Congress adopts a resolution describing the design of the national flag. It became known as the "Stars and Stripes." ● On June 13, 1905, pitcher Christy Matthewson of the New York Giants throws the second no-hitter of his career. Matthewson won 31 games and lost only nine, and ended the 1905 season with an earned run average of just 1.28, more than a run and a half lower than the league average. ● On June 15, 1917, some two months after America's entrance into World War I, the U.S. Congress passes the Espionage Act. The Act essentially made it a crime for anyone to convey information intended to interfere with the war effort. Anyone found guilty of such acts would be subject to a fine of $10,000 and a prison sentence of 20 years. ● On June 12, 1940, Edsel Ford agrees to manufacture 9,000 Rolls-Royce-designed engines to be used in British and U.S. airplanes. Edsel's father, Henry, who still retained control over the company, personally and publicly canceled the deal, telling a reporter: "We are not doing business with the British government or any other government." ● On June 16, 1961, Rudolf Nureyev, the young star of the Soviet Union's Kirov Opera Ballet Company, defects during a stopover in Paris. Nureyev threw himself into the arms of airport security people, screaming, "Protect me!" ● On June 11, 1979, John Wayne, an iconic American film actor born Marion Morrison, dies at age 72. The "John Wayne" name was created during his first starring role "in The Big Trail" in 1930. The director didn't think Marion was a good name for an actor playing a tough Western hero.
WELCOME TO THIS WEEKS GOOSE TIPS Ice cream is the salvation of swampy summer nights in Ohio. As a kid, the promise of cool ice cream was reason enough to pile into the station wagon, roll down the windows, and outrun the mosquitoes. In the late 1980s, there were still several family-run ice cream stands around town. Now, they are all gone. Home-Made Ice Cream gets us through those hot summer nights at my house. I have an automatic Ice Cream maker, but what about those that don’t? Can you make delicious ice creams without the motorized action of a maker? The answer is yes. Here are a few of the best alternatives, ranging from low — to even lower — tech. The Play & Freeze ice cream ball contains a metal tube that you fill with an ice cream base. Ice and rock salt fill the sides of the ball itself, which you give to the kids to toss, roll, or otherwise agitate for about 20 minutes. Buy one of these for about $20. If you have a hand mixer, you can fill a bowl with the ice cream base, place it in the freezer, and mix on medium speed every 2 hours to break up any ice crystals, and create a chunky ice cream. My personal favorite: It doesn’t get more basic than a coffee can filled with an ice cream base that’s placed inside a larger can filled with ice and rock salt. Close both cans with plastic lids, shake for 25 minutes and, voilà, ice cream. When you do decide to dine out, gather around our dinner table at the Goose. Remember every Friday is Family Game Night, each week we’re serving up a different wild game. Be sure to mark your calendars for our Paking Lot Catfish Fry on June 21st and 22nd. Hungry for more? Find this week’s and other tips on our Facebook Page. The Wounded Goose, we have a lot of competition but our food doesn’t!
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POTATOES (continued) ● Potatoes didn’t gain popularity in America until Thomas Jefferson began serving them regularly at the White House. Then the potato caught on fast, with good reason. The potato is one of the most perfect natural sources of nutrition found so far. The average potato has 100 calories and provides 50% of the U.S. Recommended Daily Allowance of vitamin C; 20% of vitamin B6; 15% of iodine; 10% of niacin, iron and copper; and smaller amounts of other vitamins and minerals. Potatoes are high in potassium and fiber but have no fat and are almost salt free. ● No other food matches the potato in food energy per acre. Potatoes produce 75% more food energy per acre than wheat and 58% more than rice. The Soviet Union grows the most potatoes, followed by Poland, the US, and Canada. Only corn grows in more countries than potatoes. It’s the fourth most important food worldwide, after wheat, rice, and corn. It’s also is the only vegetable that grows in the desert and in mountains above 14,000 feet. The value of the potato worldwide exceeds $100 billion a year. ● Potatoes have many uses. They are used in the production of many kinds of foods. They are added to soups, sauces, pasta, baked goods and dairy products in order to help foods stick together, stop ice crystals from forming, and make food creamier. When used to make ethyl alcohol (ethanol), one acre of potatoes can produce enough gas to fill up 25 station wagons. A product made from potatoes is used by oil well drillers in order to keep their drills dry enough to keep the friction high. Potato starch was used in the early days of color photography, and vodka is made from distilled potatoes. Potato starch is now being made into “plastic” bags which decompose when buried. Potatoes are also used in manufacturing of plastics, medicines, paper, cloth, glue, and candy.
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● It was Israeli diplomat Abba Eban who made the following sage observation: "Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives." ● John Tyler fathered 15 children, more than any other U.S. president in history. He also holds the distinction of being the oldest president with living grandchildren. Tyler was born in 1790, and his son Lyon Gardiner Tyler was born in 1853. Lyon Gardiner, in turn, had children at a rather advanced age for fatherhood. Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr. was born in 1924, when his father was 71, and Harrison Ruffin Tyler was born in 1928. Both men were still living in 2012, and the younger of the brothers maintained the Tyler family historic home, Sherwood Forest. ● Those who study such things say that the energy expended by those chewing bubble gum every day could power Los Angeles for the same length of time. ● The shamrock is often associated with Ireland, so you might be surprised to learn that it's not the country's national symbol. The official symbol is actually a Celtic harp, which makes Ireland the only country in the world to have a musical instrument for its national emblem. ● It's been reported that Napoleon Bonaparte was afraid of cats. ● According to a recent survey of married people in the United States, fully one-quarter of respondents admitted to receiving a traffic ticket and hiding from their spouse. Nearly that many (24 percent) said they had kept a car accident secret from their husband or wife. BIDWELL, OH 9039 State Rt. 160
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HUMAN HAILSTONES (continued) ● In 1959, a military pilot named Lt. Col. William Rankin bailed out of his single engine plane when the engines failed at 47,000 feet above Virginia. A storm was in progress at the time, and he fell right through the middle of it. It normally would take a man 13 minutes to fall 47,000 feet, but Col. Rankin got caught in the updrafts and came to earth 45 minutes later. The temperature was 70 below zero and as Rankin tumbled about he was covered with ice and sleet, his body bruised by hailstones. Fortunately, his parachute opened at 10,000 feet and he landed intact in a tree in North Carolina, 65 miles away from where he’d bailed out. A passing motorist took him to the hospital, where he was found to be suffering from frostbite and shock. He made a complete recovery. ● In 1975, a sky diver named Mike Mount bailed out of a plane 4,500 feet over the state of Maryland. He expected a standard two-minute fall to earth. Although thunderstorms were building, Mount, who had over 400 jumps under his belt, was confident he could steer himself through a hole in the clouds. He opened his chute at 2,000 feet and was promptly sucked into the storm and pulled up by the updrafts. Soon he’d been carried to 10,000 feet and his parachute collapsed and re-opened over and over as the storm swept him up and dropped him again and again. He debated whether to cut himself free of his main chute and freefall through the storm, relying on his reserve chute to save him. But he wasn’t sure if he’d be able to tell when to deploy his reserve chute. Finally the storm released its grip and he landed, nine miles away from his intended drop zone. Instead of the anticipated two minutes, his ride had lasted an estimated 30 minutes. ● German paragliding champion Ewa Wisnierska was training for a competition in Australia in 2007 when she and her kite were sucked into a storm. In a span of 15 minutes, she was lifted to an altitude of 32,612 feet, which is higher than Mount Everest, and near the cruising altitude of a jumbo jet. Battered by hailstones the size of oranges, she lost consciousness for 45 minutes while ground teams tracked her using GPS equipment. As the temperature dropped to 40 degrees below zero, she rose and fell within the thundercloud. She regained consciousness at about four miles high and radioed her ground crew to say she was on her way down. She and landed safely, still attached to her glider, but had ice in her lightweight flying suit and frostbite on her face. She landed 40 miles off her launch site. A Chinese contestant sucked into the same storm died. 1. Who was the last New York Yankees starting pitcher before Hiroki Kuroda in 2012 to shut out an opponent on two hits or less? 2. In 2012, Alfonso Soriano became the sixth player in major-league history to have at least 1,000 RBIs, 350 homers, 400 doubles and 250 steals. Name three of the first five. 3. Which team was the first in NFL history to block a punt and take the ball into the end zone for the winning touchdown in overtime? 4. When was the last time an NCAA Tournament final in men's basketball was decided by a point? 5. How many NHL teams have gone at least 10-0 in a full calendar month before Pittsburgh did it in 2013? 6. In 2012, Landon Donovan became the third player in Major League Soccer history to win five championships. Name either of the other two to do it. 7. Who was the first American to win a world judo championship?
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being for rodents and moles also probably won't work well. Instead, look specifically for bait and/or traps for moles and no other pest. There are two effective ways to get rid of moles: poison them, using a bait that attracts them and is laced with a specific poison; or trap and remove them, using traps specifically created for moles and the tunnels they burrow. Now, if you're opposed to killing small creatures -whether on principle, or due to the ick factor -- you can trap and remove the mole to a remote location away from other people's lawns. If the problem is not too bad -- you have a couple of dirt mounds in the yard or in an inconspicuous place like the edge of the garden -- you can consider not doing anything, since moles do help aerate the soil. But if the problem is pretty bad, you do need to take action, one way or another. HOME TIP: To discourage moles from taking up residence in your lawn or garden, try spreading castor oil granules around tunnel entrances, or spray a solution of castor oil and cayenne pepper into mole tunnels. Send your questions or home tips to ask@thisisahammer.com. My new e-book, "101 Best Home Tips," is available to download on Amazon Kindle! Pick it up it today for just 99 cents.
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1. The Electric Light Orchestra, in 1977. In the beginning, this English group was more popular in the U.S. than in the U.K. ELO released 11 studio albums in its first 15 years. 2. Chris Montez of "Let's Dance" fame (1962). The song was heard in the 1978 film "National Lampoon's Animal House." 3. A Jamaican friend of Paul McCartney used to answer the question "What's happening?" with "Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, bra." 4. Duke Ellington. Stevie Wonder's 1977 hit also mentions other jazz greats like Count Basie. 5. "Louie, Louie," the song that caused so much parental angst in 1963. Concerned about rumors of alleged filthy lyrics, even the FBI got into the act and launched a 30-month investigation. Truth: It's a sailor's lament.
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Charity Scams Ten million dollars could have gone a long way toward helping veterans. That's how much a veterans service group took in over several years. To stay just this side of legal, it did give the required 25 percent to its veterans career centers, locations set up to assist veterans with job hunts and training. But that's where the "legal" stopped -- the centers kicked back 85 percent of that money. The career centers were fairly useless, many with computers that didn't even work or even no staff. Then, in another state, heads really rolled when a significant veterans charity, specializing in gambling, was caught giving a miniscule 2 percent of the $300 million it had garnered in recent years. People love to gamble, and did, believing that the money they lost went to veterans. Instead, the money went to fancy cars and real estate for the ones who ran the scam. Unfortunately these types of headlines will make people leery of giving to veterans causes, and they'll keep their wallets closed. There are ways, however, to make sure that your charity dollars are used the way you want them to be. It takes a little work, but it's worth it. Don't donate any money in response to a phone call or someone who shows up at your door. If the cause sounds good, check it out. Use the databases below to hunt for the good ones. Charity Navigator (www.charitynavigator.org) has 61 veterans charity organizations on its list, all ranked by stars. Charity Watch (www.charitywatch.org), aka the American Institute of Philanthropy, has a veterans section on its website. Charity Watch has been called the "pit bull of watch dogs" because of the way they get to the truth about charities. GuideStar (www.guidestar.org) has 45,000 results related to veterans. Narrow your search with the dropdown menus. Freddy Groves regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply2@gmail.com.
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A Great Way to Advertise Your Business Everywhere You Go! How Secure Is 'My Account'? I'm starting to have second thoughts about using Social Security's online "My Account" feature. Yes, I have one. Yes, it's handy. But scammers are targeting the My Accounts of seniors. The online account is beginning to look like not such a good idea. In a number of cases, the only way the victims knew anything was wrong was when they received a letter from Social Security verifying that they'd opened an online My Account. No, they hadn't. But someone else had. In some cases the scammers attempted to divert the direct deposit to an account at another bank. The Office of the Inspector General is investigating occurrences all over the country. There is a way, if you do have an account, to add a layer of security to your My Account: You can type in the last eight digits of your Visa, MasterCard or Discover Card. (Do this only if you're very sure of your computer's security.) I once made my very elderly neighbor a list of phone numbers that we pasted to the inside of her kitchen cabinet door above the telephone. I printed it out in large enough letters and numbers so it was clear to her, and it saved her from having to look up numbers. Maybe you could use a list like that? If you generate such a list, here are numbers to add to it: Social Security at 1-800-772-1213. Federal Trade Commission fraud report line 1-877-IDTHEFT (1-877-438-4338). OIG fraud hotline 1-800-269-0271. If something is ever wrong with your Social Security, especially if you have a My Account, call them immediately. Remember that Social Security will never send you email asking for information or whether you want to open a My Account. But scammers will.
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