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electric shocks to the right atrium of the heart. These shocks provided the artificial pacing.

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• It would be another ten years before internal pacemakers became a reality. The turning point was the invention of tiny silicon transistors to replace vacuum tubes. This technology allowed a drastic reduction in the size of the pacemakers making them small enough to be implanted in the body.

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• The first recipient of an internal pacemaker was Arne Larsson of Sweden in 1958. The prototype was about the size of a tin of shoe polish. Over his lifetime, Mr. Larsson received 28 devices and lived to the age of 86.

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• John Alexander “Jack” Hopps was born in Winnipeg in 1919. After receiving a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Manitoba in 1941, he joined the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in 1942. He was researching hypothermia and experimenting with radio frequency heating to restore body temperature when he came to the attention of Dr. Wilfred Bigelow and Dr. John Callaghan at the Banting Institute in the University of Toronto.

• Pacemaker surgery is usually performed in less than an hour under a local anesthetic. In addition to being smaller, modern pacemakers are far more complex. Programmable pacemakers were introduced in the 1970s that allowed doctors to choose different pulse speeds and durations. • Modern pacemakers include microprocessors that collect data about how well the heart and pacemaker are working. The new devices can also monitor the patient’s physical activity and adjust the heartbeat as needed. Some pacemakers can even restart the heart if it stops.

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● It was German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche who made the following sage observation: “We have art to save ourselves from the truth.” ● If you live in Waukegan, Illinois, you might be surprised to learn that your property tax is 12 times higher than it would be if you lived in Honolulu. ● If you can’t remember the word you want to use, you’re suffering from lethologica. But you probably won’t remember that when it happens. ● A hummingbird weighs less than a penny. ● Have you ever made a bet when you’d been drinking too much, and later wondered what you’d been thinking? If so, it might make you feel better to consider the case of a pilot named Thomas Fitzpatrick. In 1956, he was drinking at a bar in New York City when a rather boisterous argument ensued regarding his flying ability. To prove his skills to his drinking buddies, Fitzpatrick went to New Jersey, stole a small plane and landed it on the street in front of the Manhattan bar -- all while allegedly drunk. The story, remarkable as it is, doesn’t end there, however. A couple of years later he was boasting about the incident, but his story was met with disbelief. To prove himself once again, he repeated the stunt. ● The name of the state of Idaho comes from the Kiowa-Apache word “idaahe,” which means “enemy.” ● Every spring, one of the world’s great migrations occurs. At the end of March, 500,000 cranes descend upon an 80-mile stretch of Nebraska land, representing about 80 percent of all the cranes on the planet. *** Thought for the Day: “I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.” -- Sir Winston Churchill (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

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to Atlanta. And I was still on hold for ‘24’ in case we needed to do reshoots. Sean (Jablonski, the creator of “Satisfaction”) is so generous and supportive and trusting. They waited for me, and I am so grateful for that. Thank you, guys!” Tzi also addressed the statement made by Freddie Prinze Jr. that Keifer Sutherland was unprofessional and difficult to work with: “Look at what Keifer’s done for ‘24.’ He’s been in practically every scene, from beginning to end, for nine seasons. That should tell you something about this guy’s work ethic. I don’t know any actor who comes to the set more prepared than him. You can’t carry a show like this being an a-hole. Everyone has his moments, even me. The fact is, he doesn’t compromise because he is trying to achieve excellence.” ***

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Everyday Reading the email message from Joann reminded me of the safety speech flight attendants CHEAPSKATE ®

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$300 Million Boost for Homeless Vets On the heels of the Notice of Funds Availability issued a month ago to provide housing and services to veterans with special needs, the Department of Veterans Affairs has announced $300 million in grants for homeless veterans and their families. The money will be given to more than 300 community organizations and agencies in all 50 states (plus Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Washington, D.C.) to help 115,000 homeless veterans. One of the services provided is called the VA Supportive Housing Program. In association with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD-VASH has more than 58,000 housing choice vouchers that will allow veterans (and their families) to live in rental housing while getting casemanagement services from the VA. Support services include health care, daily living, personal finance, transportation, fiduciary and payee, legal, child care and housing counseling. The community organizations will be able to help with security deposits, utilities, moving costs and rent payments. They’ll help get VA benefits and public benefits as well. To qualify, a veteran needs to make less than 50 percent of the median income in the area. If you or someone you know is in need of homeless programs, go online to www.va.gov/homeless. For Support Services for Veteran Families or homeless veterans, see www.va.gov/homeless/ ssvf.asp or call 1-877-424-3838. They’re open 24/7. Look online for 2014 Awards to see the complete list by city and state of community organizations awarded funds. Your best bet: If you know you’re in danger of losing your accommodations, your electricity or your heat, call for help before that happens. Before you know it, cold weather will be here. Get your living situation stabilized. 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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This is the mark that is on the bottom of a porcelain demitasse set. The set is a ser vice for 6 and includes a coffee pot, a covered sugar bowl, a cream pitcher, dessert plates, cups and saucers. They are decorated with a cobalt blue glaze and embellished with gold. The set has been in our family for generations and is in mint condition. Please tell me the year my set was made and its estimated value for insurance purposes.

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Heart (from page page 3) will thank you. SOME FINAL HEART TRIVIA

• Actor Walter Matthau had a heart attack in the middle of filming The Fortune Cookie in 1966. He resumed filming five months later. In the movie, he opens the door, walks through and comes out the other side forty pounds lighter. • In 1975 Philadelphia voters re-elected Francis O’Donnell to the city council even though he had died of a heart attack a week earlier. There wasn’t time to change the ballots. • In 1973 two white cops in New York City were giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a Puerto Rican woman who had suffered a heart attack and collapsed on the sidewalk. A crowd of Puerto Ricans gathered and thought the cops were assaulting the woman. The policemen didn’t speak Spanish and the Puerto Ricans didn’t speak English. The mob attacked and beat the two cops. The unfortunate woman died. • Les Boatwright died of a heart attack a week before the Super Bowl XXIII game, to which he had two tickets. Knowing how badly he had wanted to go, his two sons used the tickets and carried his ashes with them to the game. • Giuseppe De Mai was born with two hearts beating in his chest. In 1894 he signed a contract with the London Academy of Medicine, and was paid $15,000 for permission to study his hearts after his death.

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Initiate your swing with a trigger in the legs Have you ever stood over the ball at address, looked out to the distant target and thought, “OK, now what?” Many golfers face this dilemma simply because they don’t know how to trigger their takeaway. Sometimes just starting the swing can be the most difficult part of the process! Here are my key steps in getting your swing started to create a great shot: The first key is to work it from the ground up; feet, knees, hips, shoulders and then the arms and hands. All too often I see high handicappers swing Initiate Your Swing with a Trigger in the Legs too much with their arms Have you ever stood overand the ball looked the out tomore the notandutilize target in the distance and thought “ok now what”? Many powerful muscles of the golfers’ face this dilemma of standing over their ball at lower address and have no idea how tobody. trigger their takeaway. Sometimes starting the swing can most difficult thing It be isthe my Empowered to do! Here are my keys to getting the swing started to Golf Strategy to have the create a great shot. I think the key to a great swing is to workof it from groundbe strength thethelegs up; feet, knees, hips, shoulders and then into the arms and the power source. Start hands. To often I see higher handicappers swing too much with their arms and not utilize muscles of the tall the at stronger address and then legs. Trigger your swing by relaxing your legs softly down let your legs flex down and allow the arms to drift straight back along the target line (as seen in the photo).slightly as you begin the The two things that you are trying to do inas the shown takeaway in backswing, which leads into the backswing is to 1) store up power for the photo. This is much the forward swing through the ball 2) direct the golf club along the target line with alike square clubface. tension in a loading It my Empowered Golf strategy to have the legs be the spring power source in the golf swing, sincemechanism. they are the strongest muscles in the body. I think it isAs key that legsthis, triggerbring the youthedo swing by starting tall at address, which will allow them to the clubhead back in the flex, or load downward, to begin the motion of the and backswing, this in turn willtakeaway be like loading motion up a spring for power in the forward swing. guide it along the target The next thing you need to do is to get the golf club moving in the correct path backline away(white from theline ball.in It the is myphoto). The clubhead, the diEmpowered Golf strategy rectional to have the golf club control the swing, is controlled through source of the directional motion of the ball. This is controlled through the theto shoulders, arms shoulders, arms and hands reference the club to theand hands. Once your backtarget line in the takeaway.swing Notice inhas the picture how I have reached its limit, the legs are now loadthe golf club moving straight back along the target line ed and ready to supply the power you need for the (white line) as my legs are loading downward to store up forward swing and a great fairway shot! power for the forward swing.

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Go Figure! by Linda Thistle

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