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• Approximately ten percent of the earth’s land mass is covered in glacial ice. That is over 5.8 million square miles (15 million km)! • About 75% of the world’s freshwater is stored in glaciers. The ice of Antarctica is over 2.6 miles thick in some places. • According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) based in Boulder, Colorado, there are eleven types of glaciers: ice sheets, ice shelves, ice caps, ice streams/outlet glaciers, icefields, mountain glaciers, valley glaciers, piedmont glaciers, cirque glaciers, hanging glaciers and tidewater glaciers.

The Malaspina Glacier spreads out over 1931 square miles (5,000 km) of the coastal plain below the Saint Elias Mountains.

fewer than 20,000 square miles. They are found in polar and sub-polar regions that are high in elevation and mostly flat. Iceland has an ice cap, as compared to the much larger ice sheet on Greenland. Ice fields are also similar with movement influenced by underlying ground that is not as flat and are usually smaller than ice caps.

• Glaciers that look like bowls high on Q mountainsides are called Cirque Glaciers. All by Ka of the glaciers in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado are cirque glaciers. The by Matterhorn Kara Kovalchik & SandyisWood in Switzerland an example of1. Wh sci a “horn,” which is formed when the top of mo a mountain has been surrounded by cirque glaciers. sea

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Q: Can you tell me if and when “Cedar Cove” will return for another season? -- Richard O., Summerfield, Fla.

The Hallmark Channel has renewed the phenomenally successful series, which is based on the book series of the same name by Debbie Macomber, for a second season. The show’s first season made Hallmark Channel the No. 1 cable channel for Saturday nights during the 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. time slot. With Andie MacDowell internationally renowned actress Andie MacDowell leading the cast -- which includes Dylan Neal, Teryl Rothery, Bruce Boxleitner, Barbara Niven and Brennan Elliott -- season two of “Cedar Cover” promises more of the same drama, romance and fun. There is no word on the premiere date yet, but I’d start looking for it this summer. And of course, I’ll let you know as soon as I know exactly when it will return. ***

Would you know anything about the fantastic TV series “24” with Kiefer Southerland? I thought they were bringing it back, or at least making a movie. -- Dick W., via email

I did report on this about six months ago, but since this is such a hot subject -- I get tons of letters from readers asking me the same question -- I’ll write about it again, with some new information to pass along. Fox is indeed airing a new version of “24,” which is called “24: Live Another Day.” This go ‘round, it will be a 12-part series but will still cover the requisite 24 hours. Kiefer will return, as will Mary Lynn Rajskub, William Devane and Kim Raver. Kiefer recently told the press that the series will take place in London, stating: “’24’ has always had such a global sensibility, but to be able to tell this intense ‘24’-style story with the beauty of Europe’s history and architecture as the backdrop is going to be fascinating.” Fox’s entertainment chairman Kevin Reilly teased reporters that the show’s pickup intrigued many industry stars. “A lot of who’s who in Hollywood wanted to participate in this,” he revealed. Be on the lookout for “24: Live Another Day” this May on Fox. ***

Q: Please tell me that Animal Planet will be airing another “Puppy Bowl” this Super Bowl Sunday! -- Tina W., Portland, Maine

The most anticipated -- and cutest -sporting event of the season is about to get even bigger when “Puppy Bowl” returns to Animal Planet on Feb. 2 (first airing is from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET/ PT) for it’s 10th anniversary edition. The show will repeat after that, with new content every hour. With each airing, fans vote in real time for which puppy will take home the coveted title of MVP (Most Valuable Puppy), there will be a Kitty Half-Time Show, penguin cheerleaders and viewers can participate in the Fantasy Puppy League (go to animalplanet.com/ puppybowl to draft your team). This definitely is a can’t-miss event! Write to Cindy at King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475; or e-mail her at letters@ cindyelavsky.com.

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So humans have been making and forgetting resolutions for centuries. But 21st-century humans have the advantage of study and research that give us some insight into how we can set ourselves -- and our resolutions -- up for success.

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Forbes offers four basic tenets for successful resolutions:

--Keep it simple. No extreme makeovers.

--Make it tangible. A measurable goal is an achievable goal.

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--Make it obvious. Tell your friends. Post it on Facebook. --Keep believing you can do it. Studies show that our wells of willpower are as full as we believe them to be.

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that went to pay monthly checks to Social Security curity is an “entitlement” in the truest sense of the beneficiaries, 0.8 percent went to administrative ex- term. Social Security benefits make up “Title II” of penses, 0.5 percent went to the Railroad Retirement the Social Security Act. So when you become eligible Board to cover Social Security benefits paid to RRB for Social Security benefits, and sign an application beneficiaries, and 6.5 percent remained as assets in for such benefits and your claim is approved, then you are legally entitled to those monthly SoTUES.,checks. JAN. 14 the Social Security trust funds. The silly email then goes on to try to make cial Security is just one of many government entitlereview Double check: Phone Number(s) ments. It’s simply a legalterm, folks. Don’t getsoSpelling the point that Social Security is aPlease bad deal for allcarefully. Americans. Using some dubious math, it determines worked up about it! Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes o by Tom Margenau that had the big bad government not stolen your If you have a Social Security Fax: question, Tom Marmoney from you (in the form of Social Security pay- Office: 760-320-0997 760-320-1630 roll taxes), you would have accumulated a nest egg genau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net. To find out more about Tom Margenau and to read of $892,919.98. past columns and see features from other Creators Syndicate Help U Hear c/o JNS Media You betcha! Every single working man and writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at woman in this country would have been almost1/4 a pg.www.creators.com. 4C 26x disc. rate COPYRIGHT CREATORS.COM millionaire if it wasn’t for that awful, money-wasting Jan. 19, 2014 2014 Vol. 10 - No. 4 Social Security program. Old timers or historians reading this column will remember how things were There is a silly, dumb and totally misleading before Social Security came along. Everyone was livemail about Social Security that is floating around ing the good life and they all retired with Warren the online world -- being passed around from one Buffet-sized nest eggs. Those sure were the good uniformed email recipient to the next. Several read- old days! (Actually, more than half of all senior citizens ers have sent it to me and asked me to comment. It actually has been polluting cyberspace for were living below the poverty level before Social Seyears, and I’ve written past columns debunking all curity came along. After 80 years of Social Security, the lies it contains. I thought it had finally run its that rate is well below 10 percent.) Then the email trots out the time-worn Ponzi course. But it’s back, and it is just adding more muck to the dung heap of Social Security misinformation Scheme argument. In really big and bold letters, the that stinks up the online world. So I guess it’s time email states: “The folks in Washington have pulled A 2012 Study suggests off a bigger Ponzi Scheme than Bernie Madoff ever for me to tackle the subject again. A 2012 Study suggests A 2012 suggests Athat 2012Study Study suggests The email starts off with this headline in big did!” thatforforevery every As I have pointed out so many times in that forevery every that for bold letters: “Who died before they collected Social 1010 dB dBloss lossininyour your Security?” It then goes on to make this twisted point: this column, Social Security is NOT an investment 10 dB loss in your 10 dB loss in hearing,your yourrisk riskyour hearing, “The only thing wrong with the government’s cal- scheme. It is what its name clearly implies: a “social” hearing, your hearing, yourriskrisk ofAlzheimer’s Alzheimer’s culation of available Social Security is they forgot to insurance system. Because Social Security’s potenof of Alzheimer’s figure in the people who died before they ever col- tial beneficiary pool includes almost every man, of Alzheimer’s increases 20%. increases bybyby 20%. lected a Social Security check. Where did that mon- woman and child in this country, you simply cannot increases increases by20%. 20%. set aside enough capital to fund all future benefits. ey go???” Of course it’s true that over the 80-year Like ours, almost every Social Security system on Hearing loss is twice history of the Social Security program, millions of Earth (and there are about 165 Social Security protwiceProperty of inispeople common HearingasHearing loss isloss twice people died before they ever had a chance to collect grams around the world) runs on a pay-as-you-go AdVenture Media, Inc. in people as common Social Security checks. So where did their Social basis, with the taxes collected from today’s workers diabetes. who have in people as common Security contributions go? 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Finally, the viral email goes off on a big rant children who got billions of dollars in monthly surviContact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. vor’s benefits. (I was one of those children about 55 about Social Security being labeled an “entitlement.” Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 offering a lot of misleading facts about the alyears ago -- although my share of the billion-dollar After leged benefits received by members of Congress, pot was all of $22 per month!) FREE EVALUATION And for every deceased worker who died the email says: “And they have the nerve to call my Bob’s Repair Coupon Value Ad Proof: Social Security an entitlement!” with no eligible dependents, there are hundreds of Clock FREE EVALUATION Don’t put it off any longer. BZ 4C 26x It’s too bad that word has taken on such a $150 Social Security recipients who lived well into their Bram’s Call us today Coupon Value connotation. 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It’s called an impulse disorder. I hadn’t heard about a caffeine connection. If this holds true for others, they will deeply appreciate your advice. *** DEAR DR. DONOHUE: You recently wrote that Excedrin with caffeine enhances pain relief. I believe that often the cause of headaches is withdrawal from caffeine. Another inference of this fact is to wean oneself from caffeine when tr ying to kick the habit. -- B.B.

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time every day looking around for things I use all the time. Sometimes I can’t find my coffee cup, car keys, my to-do list, my checkbook, the TV remote -- or whatever. Friends tell me they have experienced the same problems and not to worry. I never used to be this way. I am wondering if these are signs that I am getting dementia or Alzheimers. Do you have any ideas to help me?

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My husband no longer tries to be involved with other residents in our retirement community. It seems when he turned 80 he began using excuses to get out of community activities we are always invited to. We used to be quite involved but he seems to have lost his desire to stay socially active and now seems content to just stay home. We are both relatively healthy and financially comfortable, but I am not happy with the way we are beginning to isolate ourselves. We do not have family or children to deal with. Is this normal or should I be worried about his change in behavior?

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all forget things. I believe we do so because we are so busy accomplishing must-do items that we don’t stop for a brief second to let other things register in our minds. Many of these things are on auto pilot. We can easily forget little things that we don’t normally do on a regular daily basis. When we park at the mall, for example, it’s easy to forget where on earth you left the car. One of the best memory aids is association. Try taking a moment to associate where you parked by mentally noting the nearest light pole, a tree, or the car’s location relative to the store’s entrance. Designate a specific place at home where you always leave your keys, your glasses, purse or wallet. Make this simple practice a regular habit and I guarantee they’ll be there every time you need them. How often do you ever have to walk around the house looking for your toothbrush?

● On Jan. 29, 1845, Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven,” which begins “Once upon a midnight dreary,” is published in the New York Evening Mirror. Poe’s macabre work often portrayed motiveless crimes and intolerable guilt in his characters. ● On Feb. 2, 1887, Groundhog Day, featuring a rodent meteorologist, is celebrated for the first time at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. According to tradition, if a groundhog comes out of its hole on this day and sees its shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter weather; no shadow means an early spring. ● On Jan. 30, 1943, the British Royal Air Force begins a bombing campaign in Berlin that coincides with the 10th anniversary of Hitler’s accession to power. To make matters worse for the Germans, the following day a massive surrender of German troops occurred at Stalingrad.

Your concerns are certainly understand able and there are some considerations you should think and talk about now. We are not born to be alone. Doug Mayberry makes the most of life in a Southern People need people. Losing contact with friends can California Retirement community. Contact him at deardoug@ cause us to become recluse and withdrawn. We need msn.com. To find out more about Doug Mayberry and read to know others care for us, and need companions to features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists ● On Jan. 27, 1967, a launch-pad fire visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. talk and share our feelings with. during Apollo program tests at Cape Ca Have you had a serious talk with your husnaveral, Fla., kills astronauts Virgil “Gus” band to find out what might be an underlying cause Grissom, Edward H. White II and Roger for his change in behavior? Is he showing any signs B. Chafee. An investigation indicated that of depression or discontent? You might consider a faulty electrical wire inside the Apollo 1 speaking confidentially with his doctor about your command module was the probable cause concerns. It could well be there is a phyisical explaof the fire. nation, such as a drug interaction from his prescription medications. ● On Feb. 1, 1974, University of Wash Your challenge now is to reset and make a ington student Lynda Ann Healy disappears commitment to regain your social connections. You from her apartment and is murdered by sereside in an ideal living environment where you can rial killer Ted Bundy. In the summer of 1974, choose to re-involve yourselves with neighbors and Bundy attacked at least seven young womfriends quite easily. en in Washington. By the time he was cap In many cases, when we become caretakers, tured in 1979, Bundy had become Ameriwe quickly learn it is the hardest job in the world, ca’s most infamous serial killer. WED., SEPT. 4 both physically and emotionally. When friends are Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours available to assist us with our responsibilities, they ● On Jan. 28, 1985, 45 American music can be helpful in supporting our needs. artists gather to record “We Are the World,” Share these thoughts with your Contact husbandyour andTidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. a record that would eventually sell more than 7 million copies and raise some $60 look ahead. Tell him now is the time to rejoin the Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 million for African famine relief. The instruccommunity, and stay engaged and connected. Taktion producer Quincy Jones sent to pop ing this opportunity now will prove to be fruitful in stars doing the recording: “Check your egos both your futures. at the door.” UNIQUE COINS * * *

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a washbowl and pitcher set that my aunt gave me. The set is decorated with pastel flowers against a white background. It is in perfect condition. What can you tell me about the maker, age and value of my set?

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Could you please tell me the histor y of the porcelain plate that is seen in this photo? It is about 15 inches across and has no chips or cracks. The plate is decorated with a scene of three young girls running across a stream away from a male figure. Marked on the back are a beehive shape and the words “Fliehende Elfen.” Also signed on the front at the edge of the scene is the name “F. Kohl.” We were given the plate by an aunt who lived in Pittsburgh and know nothing about it. Any information you can provide would be helpful.

Edwin Bennett Pottery Company made your washbowl and pitcher set. Edwin Bennett founded his company in 1856 in Baltimore. It also produced majolica, Rockingham ware, yellow ware and American Belleek. They closed operations in 1936. Your circa-1895 wash set would probably sell in the range of $175 to $225 in an antiques shop.

Edwin Bennett Pottery Company was located in Baltimore.

I have a ser vice for 12 set of chi na that we received as an engagement gift in 1962. The set includes a soup tureen, a sugar bowl and a creamer, and a large ser ving platter. Each piece is marked with a crown and the words “Royal Princess -- PEM -- Fine China -Bavaria -- Germany.” The dishes are white and decorated with a silver floral design. What can you tell us about this set?

Even though, there is not any substan tial information on the background of Royal Princess China, sets appear for sale on the Internet. Your circa-1962 set would probably be worth $500 to $1000. Address your questions to Anne McCollam, P. O. Box 247, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Items of a general interest will be answered in this column. Due to the volume of inquiries, she cannot answer individual letters. To find out more about Anne McCollam and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com

This Royal Vienna porcelain charger was made around 1900.

You have a Royal Vienna charger plate. It BEL AIR GREENS is also known as a cabinet plate, because it was usu6th pg. ally placed in a china cabinet for display. The beehive Nov. 21st, 2010 mark was first used by the Imperial Porcelain Factory in Vienna. After it closed in 1864, the beehive mark was used by several porcelain factories. Similar porcelain pieces were produced in the 19th. and early . artist who 20th centuries. “F. Kohl” is the name ’S of the . T I E your plate. created the classical scene that decorates R “Fliehende Elfen” are the GermanEwords for “FleeH ing Fairies.” The young women/fairies are indeed fleeing a satyr across a stream. Your charger was made around 1900 and would probably be worth $500 to $700. * * *

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