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● Half of the Earth’s surface is covered by the Pacific Ocean. ● Need more evidence that portion sizes in America are getting larger? In the 1964 edition of the iconic “Joy of Cooking,” a recipe for chocolate chip cookies was said to yield 45 servings. When the cookbook’s 1997 edition was published, the same recipe was said to yield 36 servings.

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residents of Minnesota, North Dakota and ConnectCASEY’S CORNER (from page 9) icut. By contrast, life expectancy in Mississippi (No. 50) is 73.9 years, and Louisiana and Alabama are one leads to the next: only slightly better. (Arkansas ranked 45th.) Women 1. Too little planning and prep. live about three years longer than men, whose life 2. Not knowing how to select an appropriate expectancy is reduced to less than 70 years if they family dog. are poor and black. 3. Lack of training. In the coming years, if the Affordable Care Act Dr. David Lipschitz 4. Child endangerment. remains the law of the land, millions of uninsured Chances are good that proper attention to isAmericans will have better access to care through sues 1, 2 and 3 would mean issue 4 never manifests. Medicaid. But does Medicaid coverage make a Planning and preparation means researchdifference? In a paper published in the New Enging breeds and training protocols, interviewing trainland Journal of Medicine, the effects on health of ers, teaching your kids how to handle a dog, creating substantially expanding Medicaid rolls to adults in a safe and comfortable space within the home for the New York, Arizona and Maine was reported. The dog, and setting aside some money to invest in the impact was compared to surrounding states where dog’s education and care. the rolls were not expanded. Over five years, the How to select the right dog for your family study showed that Medicaid coverage significantly is a full column in itself. But there are methods to decreased mortality. And the benefit was most obviA wonderful friend of mine who has an incredidentify certain personality traits that you may want ous among nonwhites and residents of the poorest ible green thumb just had a massive stroke. Work-- or want to avoid. 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ANTIQUE -- OR -JUNQUE by Anne McCollam Creators News Service

Crazy Quilt Is a Stitch in Time Q:

This is a photo of a “crazy quilt” that was passed on to my mother. It was handmade by my great-grandmother after she migrated from Italy at age 15 to marr y my great-grandfather. They were needy and came under the wing of the Jane Adams Hull House in Chicago. The quilt was a product of her learning experience there. It is made up of velvet and silk pieces embroidered together to form the pattern. The date “1892” is sewed into one corner. The quilt has been well preser ved over all these many years. Any information you can give me about this quilt and the value it might have will be appreciated.

A: Jane Adams was a visionary who founded

Hull House, a pioneer settlement for European immigrants who came to the United States around 1900. They welcomed those in need of acclimating to a new country. Hull House provided educational, social and artistic programs for throngs of Italians, Jews, Irish, Greeks, Germans and even Canadian French new to the United States. Crazy quilts were popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s. They were made by using irregular patches of silk or velvet that were applied to fabric. Each piece was sewn together by embroidering. Similar crazy quilts can be found selling anywhere from the hundreds to several thousand dollars.

Crazy Quilts were popular from the late 1800s to the early 1900s.

AIVmark IRT is onTRIVIA Q: This the back of a pastel

NEWSFRONT SREset Wthat SNAI inherited TNANSWERS ORFSfrom WENmy granddinnerware mother. The set is a ser vice for eight and includes ser ving dishes. The pastel colors are in excellent condition. Since I plan to pass the set on to one of my daughters, I would like to know more about the histor y and value of this set.

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well as Vistosa, were two of their most popular lines. Lu-Ray dishes were designed to be a contrast to the bright cheery colors of Fiestaware that was made by Homer Laughlin China. The name Lu-Ray was inspired by the Luray Caverns in nearby Virginia, and the line was discontinued in 1961. Your dinnerware for eight would probably be worth $300 to $400.

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during the y it’s a safe be But his ma unorthodox reminded m nament winn Sanders. Known as Fairways,” nowhere to The Smasher and the as an amate the Masters Simply Smashing I’m not sure what I’m more alarmed about tie, and he -- the NFL replacement referees or the forecasted Before he hit the 40-feet hook shot Tour, but Sa 2013 out worldwide bacontoshortage. of the straw take him to within for his man For those may be unaware, due towas the famous two putts of who the Green Jacket, a little prolonged the American bit ofdrought banter experienced in the roominturned to esque devo Midwest this year, Watson an industry associationHe was kno what Bubba wastrade wearing. from theAs U.K. has issued a dire warning about that looked most of us know by now, Bubthoseba sizzling strips of goodness, namely Watson won the Masters, largelythere’ll pleated gol be a lot gracing300-plus our sandwiches dueless to of histhem monstrous yard and cardigans an breakfast plates. whose backs provide thefit had comp drives andPigs, unorthodox swinging necessary and/or eggs over-easy style.lettuce, But I,tomato too, became curious same shade, accompaniment, will be in shorter supply at slaughabout Watson’s game and, yes, his his golf bags terhouses style,next too.year because they themselves While bot have not been enough to eat.Watson For thegiven techies out there, are philanth “A world shortage of pork andabacon uses a PING G20 driver with cus- next they have s year istom now unavoidable,” was the tersely pink True Temper Grafalloy Bi-worded mon — th announcement fromThe Britain’s Pig AssociaMatrix shaft. sameNational exact driver golfers. Nei tion. will be made available to pro shops in his life. S Led by bacon, pork accounts for nearly 70 this year, the company announced cotton farme percent of the British diet, so it’s easy to underafter the tournament. was a Green stand their alarm. Have you ever seen the tradiPink is a color that most sports who gave hi tional British diet? If those Cryovac packages of fans are becoming accustomed to. It him to “beat porcine delight fail to make it to their shores, we appears in splashes on various uniWell, Wats could be looking at a real problem ... when the Brits forms these days to signify the fight ing it down go into Beefeater mode, it usually means their boys against breast cancer, a cause that now, and n are on the march. has successfully managed to co-opt In America, it’s probably safe to say weof his clothe that and increase awareness. won’t suffercolor too much from the bacon shortage.one We suggesti Knowing this, we were all a little Sanders wou always seem to find a way through these sorts of making funwe’re of thenot color. things,leery and of if we have to, above artifi-at least shav And we were right: Ping donates Green Jacke cial flavorings and Bac-O Bits. Our fields will once $300 to Watson’s charity for every off, but this again spill forth with the grains necessary for our 300-foot drive he makes. His PhoeMark Vast hogs. nix-based charity aims to donate What we’re most concerned about rightwriter who l © 2012 K million to on various organizations now is$1 taking place the other fields of green

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Taylor, Smith, and Taylor was located in Chester, West Virginia, from 1901 to 1981. 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 COPYRIGHT 2012 CREATORS.COM

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-- namely the referee situation in football that is throwing our steady diet of quality football out of whack. The NFL locked out the regular officials before the season, and it was mostly treated like an afterthought. After the Seattle Seahawks stole a game from the hands (literally) of the Green Bay Packers on Monday night in week 3, fans saw the problem a little clearer. The league’s head coaches had already smelled blood in the water. Every mistake they made had been magnified to gargantuan portions, best exemplified by a bellicose Bill Belichek trying to rip off the arm of a linesperson after a loss. It’s been a disaster. Troy Aikman is even tweeting about the referees in between concussions. Unlike pork production, this shortcoming was avoidable. If anything, the poor officiating has led to two things: a reminder that in order for the games to be played right, you need the right officials in place. In this land of plenty, a poor game of pigskin is like a world without bacon ... and that just isn’t any way to live. Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in Kansas City. (c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.

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OCT. OBSERVANCES (from page page 3) American Indian and Alaska Native babies are nearly three times as likely. Studies also show that infants who sleep on their stomach have a much higher risk. • An elevated body temperature contributes to the danger of SIDS deaths, as does sleeping on a soft mattress. Some scientists think that defects in an infant’s nervous system, where breathing and heart rate are regulated, contribute to the likelihood, as do less-developed brain stems, where respiratory functions are controlled.

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Professional Golf Tips with Tina Mickelson Deep fairway rough When you ﬁnd yourself in deep fairway rough, it is tempting to take a longer iron or fairway wood and try to hit it as far as humanly possible. But the smarter and safer approach is to just get it back into the fairway and set yourself up for your next shot. So the next time you are in deep fairway rough, here are a few things to consider:

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• Make sure you use a club with enough loft. You don’t want to use anything more than an 8-iron. This ensure you can get the club face to the ball with enough loft to get it out of the rough. • Open the club face slightly when you set up to the ball. At impact the heel of the club tends to get caught up in the grass, causing the club face to shut down a bit, causing the ball to go left. By opening the club face at address you are allowing for this. • Set up with your weight slightly on your front leg, play the ball back in your stance, and open your stance just a bit. All of this promotes a steeper swing, helping the club face strike the ball first instead of getting caught up in the heavy grass. • Grip the club slightly firmer than usual to ensure the club doesn’t come loose in your hands at impact. Keep these factors in mind when you find yourself in deep fairway rough and you will get yourself out more easily and consistently. TINA MICHELSON, PGA

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PHOBIAS (continued): • Some phobias relate to what’s up above, such as the sun (heliophobia), the clouds (nephophobia), the moon (selenophobia), and the stars (siderophobia). Some folks are just afraid of looking up – they are called anablephobes. • Not all phobias seem that abnormal or uncommon. Lots of people might have a fear of death, known as necrophobia. But those with an extreme form might be terrified of being buried alive. A nosocomephobe has a fear of hospitals, a verminophobe is afraid of germs, and a hydrophobe has an irrational fear of water. • Individuals suffering from extreme agoraphobia rarely leave their homes, due to their fear of public or open spaces and the inescapable situations that may occur there. Only home is safe. • Some phobias can be a learned behavior that comes from listening to others describe a traumatic event. An individual in one’s life can trigger a phobia, such as peladophobia, the fear of bald people. Those with nosto-phobia, a fear of returning home, may be able to contribute their panic to a specific incident. • People who are afraid of looking into mirrors have cataptrophobia, while those with cyberphobia have a fear of working with computers. A person with an anxiety about memories is a mnemophobe. • Don’t confuse levophobia, the fear of objects to a person’s left, with dextrophobia, the fear of objects to the right. • Although some of us fear the possibility of cancer, an extreme carcinophobe will convince himself he has cancer because he touched someone who has it.

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