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Did you notice the garland and decorations recently while you were shopping for backto-school clothes? The kids weren’t even back in school in August when retailers started in on their ● According to tradition, a bride whose big push for holiday shopping. dress is made of silk will have good for As usual, the major retailers are going all tune in her marriage. A woman who wears out to capture your dollars (early, they hope), and • It took them three years to come up with the velvet to her wedding will face poverty, and some have made changes to policy: a satin wedding gown will bring bad luck. finished product. Once they had the formula,

Toys R Us has a price-match guarantee, the company needed to figure out how to but read the fine print at its website: toysrus.com. ● On average, there are 50,000 earthPrice matching is limited to two of the same item manufacture, package and market it. The 3M quakes around the world every year. and must be made within seven days -- as well as marketing department came up with the brand other requirements. While the purchases must be name “Scotchgard.” Both Pasty’s and Sam’s ● Beloved composer Frederic Chopin made in the store, it will match prices of competidied in 1849 in France. He was terrified of names appear on the official patent. tors’ online sites. being buried alive, so at his request, af Walmart, on the other hand, will not match • S c o t c h g a r d ter his death his heart was removed, precompetitors’ online prices, only local printed prices, was put on served in alcohol and returned to his nasuch as from a newspaper or sales flyer. Check its tive country, Poland. Once in Warsaw, the the market in site (walmart.com) for specifics. When it comes urn containing his heart was sealed into 1956. Shortly to layaway, there will be no fee to open an account a pillar of the Holy Cross Church with the after it was (started Sept. 13), but the $10 cancellation fee is inscription, “For where your treasure is, introduced, the back, and layaway is limited to certain items. there will your heart be also.” manager of the

Best Buy will match prices, but only from a ● Spanish explorers named California list of select online retailers. Go its site (bestbuy. manufacturing after a mythical island of Amazon women com) to find the long list of items that price matchplant advised ruled by a warrior queen named Califa. ing does not cover. Additionally, if Best Buy lowers 3M that there its own price within 15 days of your purchase, it will was “a year’s ● An assemblyman in Alaska once wrote match it.

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So what does this early shopping season $100 fine for “public flatulence, crepitation, Scotchgard do for you? It gives you more time to make your gaseous emission and miasmic effluence.” ready to go. But within a few days, the entire spending plans -- and do it your way.

Before you begin Christmas shopping in stock was sold. Scotchgard became one of ● In 1903, a now-unknown inventor (and summer (fall officially begins Sept. 22) ask yourtheir most profitable products and funded 3M’s breeder of chickens, one might venture to self: Do your kids even know what the hot toys development into a global industry. guess) submitted a request to patent eyeor clothes of the season will be? What will their glasses for chickens, designed to prevent • A rubbery molecule of Scotchgard is made of interests -- and sizes -- be in December? (Notice injury due to pecking by other chickens. fluorine, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.

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reset button, so we start season two in a whole different place. Every character is in a different place than they were during season one. Creatively, it is so much fun to play characters who can grow and change exponentially each season. That is what you are going to see in season two. It’s a much darker ‘Defiance’ -- especially my character.” ***

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Keith Urban will be returning for his second season, Jennifer Lopez has decided to come back after a season away, and newbie Harry Connick Jr. rounds out the group. Randy Jackson will be back, as a mentor, and Ryan Seacrest returns as the singing-competition show’s gregarious host. Here’s hoping that this January’s 13th season of “AI” is its luckiest one yet. ***

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As her special day is approaches, Lori discovers signs of a curse looming over Cassie. Check back soon for my exclusive interview with Catherine. * * * READERS: A few weeks back, I reported on Ovation’s acquisition of the first season of the critically acclaimed “A Young Doctor’s Notebook,” starring Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe. We now have a date and time for that premiere, which is Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 10 p.m. ET, with subsequent episodes airing weekly. And if you don’t have Ovation, ask your local cable or satellite provider to offer it. ***

I spoke with the lovely and talented actress -- who most recently starred in the Lifetime original movie “Taken: The Search for Sophie Parker” (check local listings for airdates) -- and she gave me a few hints about what next season holds.

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INCOME. The borrowers’ combined gross monthly income needs to be approximately three times the new mortgage payment, including interest, principal, taxes and insurance. You will be required to verify this with tax returns. You will be breaking the law if the income on your loan is not substantiated by your income tax returns.

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LOAN-TO-VALUE. Your loan-to-value is determined by dividing the loan amount by the appraised value of the home. For example, if you need to refinance $200,000 and your home is appraised for $400,000, your loan-to-value will be 50 percent ($200,000 / $400,000 = .50). This needs to be 80 percent or less to get the best deal.

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Helping Homeless Vets

Feel that chill in the air? Tens of thousands of homeless veterans feel it, too. A joint program between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is working to get veterans into stable, permanent housing, with a goal of ending veteran homelessness by 2015. They’re making progress, but

DEBT RATIO. The bank wants to be sure have a long way to go. you can afford to pay back what you borrow before

An interactive map at www.endhomelessthey give you a loan. No more than about 38 perness.org shows the good and bad news when it cent of your income should go toward paying all of comes to the numbers of homeless veterans. Some your debts, including your mortgage. Ideally, banks one-year stats: A suburb of Washington, D.C. shows are looking for debt ratios under 20 percent, with a 41 percent increase in the number of homeless 16-19 percent considered optimal. veterans. A county outside the Beltway shows a 12

SIT TIGHT. During the weeks and months percent increase. Another nearby county shows a that your refi is in escrow, make sure you do not whopping 85 percent increase. A town in North Cartake on any new debt or make any changes at all to olina shows a 157 percent increase. Other nearby the information on your loan application. sites show decreases ... but it begs the question: Did

Assume that the lender will pull your credit those homeless veterans just change locations? reports and credit scores again right before funding

Veterans service organizations that are your refinance to make sure nothing has changed. ready to step up to combat veterans homelessness

While refinancing, your mortgage will not be can help by getting out information about available simple, but dropping your interest rate will be worth services. Go online to va.gov/homeless and get the effort. busy printing out information. The site offers brochures, fact sheets, posters, videos and Web ads.

Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.

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Our 4-and-a-half-year-old miniature bull terrier, Baby, is the most loving and affectionate dog on the planet, but she will hunt and attack her brother at home. She came to live with us last fall from a family leaving the country. She wasn’t well cared for. She was undernourished and kept behind a couch in an apartment for four years. We loved her, gave her attention, socialized her and gave her more love.

I believe her behavior problems are territorial in nature, as she was not aggressive initially and is not aggressive to any dog at the dog park. But we have had to keep Baby away from our other dog, Rosco, for the past six months, with a baby gate and locked doors.

She barks and is aggressive when she sees her brother through the gate. If they come in contact, she initiates a full-blown dogfight, including puncture wounds.

Rosco only defends himself and is not aggressive in any way, shape or form. But the fights are bad. My wife usually is the one who gets bit. We have thought to use a muzzle, but we haven’t actually tried it yet. We are at our wits’ end and really don’t want to get rid of Baby, as she loves us to death -- and I really love her. What do you think?

I think it’s time to lose the love goggles and call a pro. You need an objective third party who understands canine behavior to help you determine whether peace can be achieved through training.

I can tell you right now that it can’t be achieved through love. And if it’s decided that peace in your household is about as likely as Israel and Iran exchanging Valentines, then you’re going to have to find a new home for Baby -- a home in which she will be the only dog.

It’s clear that you love Baby. I’d like to think you love Rosco and your wife, as well. And if someone has to go, I’m betting Rosco and your wife would not be as conflicted about voting Baby off the island.

They’re getting bit. Puncture wounds. Poor Rosco never knows when he’s going to get pummeled, and your wife surely is tired of getting caught in the middle. It’s only a matter of time before someone sustains a serious injury.

For now, absolutely keep the two dogs separate at all times -- for the safety of everyone under that roof. And if you can keep them from seeing each other, as well, even better. But don’t isolate either one of them. They both need frequent and ongoing exposure to you and your wife; they both need exercise; they both need rules and boundaries and, yes, CASEY’S CORNER: Turn to page 10

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lifelong health Dr. David Lipschitz

Too Much Care in an Intensive Care Unit Is Futile

I have spent almost 50 years practicing medicine and have watched the most incredible advances in health care. More and more cancers are cured, and many diseases previously thought to be fatal are now curable. Most remarkable is the quality and quantity of lives saved in Intensive Care Units (ICU) where patients with devastating illnesses can be “brought back from the dead” to lead productive and long lives.

Entering an ICU is an awe-inspiring and yet frightening experience. Needless to say, working in these units requires years of training and the skills of a large and varied health care team. But having this level of skill to valiantly attempt to save a life has a downside. In a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers from UCLA reported that of 1,125 patients treated in ICU’s over a three-month period, 123 (11 percent) received care that their physicians considered futile, and a further 98 received treatment perceived as possibly futile.

In 51 percent of patients, the physicians believed that the burden of treatment grossly outweighed any benefit the patient would receive.

Imminent death of the patient was frequently the reason given for care being futile as was the belief that the patient’s illness was so severe that survival outside the ICU was felt to be impossible. Not surprisingly, the prognosis of these patients was poor, with 68 percent dying in the hospital and a further 16 percent dying within the next 6 months.

An editorial accompanying this paper took issue with describing care as futile because of its negative connotation. They recommend these treatments be called “potentially inappropriate.” A reason for potentially inappropriate care may well be a physicians wish to save a life at all costs. But once in the ICU deciding who should receive more or who less aggressive care creates too great of an ethical dilemma for the staff. However, if asked, they should have frank discussions with the patient’s family carefully explaining the dire nature of the underlying condition, the very low potential of success and the poor likelihood of good quality of

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Far more important is to assure that patients near the end of their lives and with a limited prognosis not be admitted to the ICU in the first place. Those patients in whom care was considered futile were patients who were profoundly ill and very old or who were transported from a nursing home or a long term care hospital.

While compassionate care should be the cornerstone of therapy, end-of-life care is very costly. Medicare spends 30 percent of its budget on patients in the last year of life, and of this amount, 30 percent is expended in the last month of life.

Everyone, no matter his age, must have an advanced directive and have designated someone as having durable power of attorney to make health care decisions if unable to make them for themselves. Patients and their families should consider limiting the aggressiveness of care if a patient is near the end of their life, bed bound, has advanced dementia and unable to recognize family members or is deemed by their physicians to have a terminal illness. Their advanced directive should include a “do not resuscitate” order that specifically indicates that the patient will not be resuscitated if his heart stops. And there should be a specific wish not to be admitted to an ICU if his condition deteriorates to the point where hospitalization is needed.

Whether it is the futility of care or the cost, much unnecessary suffering could be avoided if more physicians, patients and their families seek the involvement of a palliative and hospice care program. Not only are costs reduced but quality and dignity of remaining life is improved. In an article published in the Archives of Internal Medicine Dr. Susan Dale Block showed that with the involvement of palliative care the less spent on end of life care the better the quality.

As a physician spending all my time taking care of older patients, I strongly believe that one of my most important roles is to help patients die with comfort, dignity, surrounded by their loved ones and preferably in their own home. There is no question that a dignified death means a better life.

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And call a trainer. Look for someone who has expertise in dog aggression. Avoid anyone who tries to curb dog aggression with human aggression. This is very important.

If you reach the conclusion that Baby needs to be an only dog, and you need to find her a new home, the job of finding wonderful new owners will be much easier if her only issue is an unwillingness to share her turf with another dog.

But it’s time to drop the Baby talk and be a grownup. This is no way to live, and it’s not a problem that will go away on its own.

Woof!

Dog trainer Matthew “Uncle Matty” Margolis is coauthor of 18 books about dogs, a behaviorist, a popular radio and television guest, and host of the PBS series “WOOF! It’s a Dog’s Life!” Read all of Uncle Matty’s columns at www.creators.com, and visit him at www.unclematty.com. Send your questions to dearuncle.gazette@unclematty.com or by mail to Uncle Matty at P.O. Box 3300, Diamond Springs, CA 95619.

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Sadly, seniors will oftentimes order something they don’t even need from a “nice and friendly” caller just because they are lonely and actually believe that the sales pitch they are listening to really is a legitimate good deal for them. Once the caller gains the senior’s confidence they will convince them to willingly give out personal information they should never divulge to any stranger who calls them.

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Rule No. 2: Never allow a stranger to enter your home. Install a door peephole, or at least have a chain guard to keep the door from opening more than an inch or two. This is the easiest way to maintain control.

Rule No. 3: Never let a door-to-door solicitor talk you into hiring them for any handyman or repair work in or around your home. Many of them simply want an excuse to scope out both your home’s interior and exterior for a later burglary. If you live alone, do not let that be known.

Rule No. 4: Before you hire anyone for construction or repair work that you may actually need, be sure to verify that they are legally licensed and insured and can provide at least three local references. Contact every one of the references and ask questions. If you don’t like what you hear don’t hire the person -- and you don’t have to explain why.

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This mark is on the bottom of a pot ter y vase that I have. It is decorated with a swirl pattern of rust, cream, chocolate and blue. The glaze has a slightly sandy feel to it. It stands about 6 inches tall and is in mint condition. It has been in my family for generations, and no one knows exactly how old it is, where it was made and if it has any value. One aunt thinks it was made in Arkansas.

Please tell us anything you can about its background.

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Your aunt is correct. Your vase was

made by Niloak Pottery Company. They were located in Benton, Ark. from 1910 to 1947. The company was founded by Charles Dean Hyten, who started out making stoneware crocks and jugs.

When demand increased for stoneware, he, along with former Rookwood potter, Arthur Dovey, began experimenting with the clay in Arkansas. The process began with swirling several colors of clay and then putting it on the potter’s wheel. This marbleized appearance was called “Mission Swirl.” Early ware can be recognized by a rough texture and clear waterproof interiors. “Niloak” is the word kaolin

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ties (poor field position the likely culprit). My two favorite plays were the ones that didn’t happen, however.

1. John Elway Throws 7 TDs in a Game: I cannot think of any professional sports team in America where a former player is so closely identified with his former team than the Denver Broncos.

When Peyton Manning -- already a Hall of Fame quarterback with a shot to break many NFL records over the next few seasons -- began the season by tossing seven touchdowns in a blowout win over the Baltimore Ravens, the news never made it to Columbus, Ohio. Readers of that city’s newspaper of record, the Columbus Dispatch, awoke to learn that Elway -- last seen on the football field hoisting the Lombardi Trophy with a toothy grin in 1998 -threw for seven touchdowns. Elway is the team’s vice president and is credited with bringing Manning to the Broncos last season, so he maintains a high profile, but that’s a bit much.

2. Geno Smith Scores Last-Second TD: My favorite play in the Buccaneers-Jets game occurred during the closing seconds, when it looked as if Tampa Bay had the game all but locked in, up by two with the Jets pinned well behind their half of the field. Then rookie quarterback Geno Smith darted to the sideline in an attempt to get out of bounds and kill the clock. Instead, the mobile quarterback pivoted, rotated and deftly avoided Bucs linebacker Lavonte David’s attempt to push him out of bounds.

Smith sprinted down the field, stiff-arming Darrelle Revis’ last gasp attempt to stop him, winning the game as time ran out and was carried off the field on the shoulders of his teammates.

Only that never happened. Instead, David did push Smith out of bounds and was slapped with a roughing the passer penalty, good for 15 yards (bad for David) and close enough for the Jets to kick a winning field goal. I saw the replay and it looks like Smith’s foot was out of bounds, but it was close. Anyway, the league rules protecting the passer would have made it a penalty even if he was in bounds but intending to go out of bounds, so David loses either way, and that’s ridiculous. It’s football. If you’re in bounds, you’re gonna get hit.

The Jets got a break and Elway had a breakout game. Dem’s da breaks. * * * Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in

Kansas City.

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TEETH FACTS (from page page 3) American custom which became popular around 1900. At that time the going rate per tooth was about 5 cents. Now, it’s at a dollar or more per tooth.

• When in Deerfield, Illinois, visit the Tooth Fairy Museum to see a teethy treasure trove including Tooth Fairies made out of everything from paper mache to clay to fabric. There are tooth fairy angels, pixies, ballerinas, and even a Tooth Fairy bag lady. Of course there are a lot of Tooth Fairy boxes designed for children to put their teeth into in order to receive their reward. One is shaped like a set of pink gums and is designed so that each tooth lost is placed in the appropriate slot, reproducing the child’s smile.

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• A 1920s ad for Dr. Romine’s dental clinic in Topeka, Kansas featured the drawing of a grinning boy with red hair, freckles and a missing front tooth. As the boy’s talk balloon read, “It didn’t hurt a bit because my dentist is Painless Romine!” So recognizable was the picture of the grinning boy that he appeared in other print ads ranging from shoes to soft drinks. In the 1950’s, the boy was adopted by the comic book Mad Magazine, and given the name Alfred E. Neuman. His slogan was “What, me worry?” and his image became iconic. During the 1956 presidential election he was featured as a write-in candidate. He lost. 

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College Golf Center, Palm Desert, CA Adapting to the Ball Above Your Feet

Adapting to the ball above your feet

Have you ever gone to the driving range and hit the ball great only to see it disappear when you play the course? If that is the case, the reason could be that when you are on the driving range the ball is on a flat lie that is level to your feet.

When you play on the golf course the ball is lying at angles that could position the ball above or below your feet.

The first thing you want to do when you are getting ready to hit your shot is to assess the lie. Is the ball above or below my feet? You can see in the picture that I drew a line along the ground that represents “foot level”. The ball is approximately a couple inches above that line. With the ball being above my feet I need to make two adjustments to my setup; 1) I need to grip down an inch off the top of the club, therefore shortening the shaft. 2) I need to be taller in the legs and in my spine angle.

I will also need to make slight adjustments to the swing; Be sure to have the right foot push the hip up through the ball in the forward swing which will help from hitting the shot fat.

Images created through JCvideo.com software Also, finish the swing with the hips and shoulders level to the horizon.

This swing feels very similar to a baseball swing, Adapting to the Ball Above Your Feet more level to the horizon line rather than “down” to the ball. best way and to check and great see if these adjustments are Have you ever gone to theThe driving range hit the ball going to play help the is tocourse? make a practice only to see it disappear when you If that is swing and see where and how deep the divot is in reference the case, the reason could be that when you are on theto the ball. Your goal is to a clean of the grassfeet. through the area of the ball. driving range the ball is onhave a flat lie thatbrush is level to your Keep making the isadjustments to the setup and swing until When you play on the golf course the ball lying at angles you get the right combination for that perfect brush of the that could position the ball above or below your feet.

Nowyou you’re ready ready to have The first thing you want tograss. do when are getting to the ball respond to that hit your shot is to assess swing. the lie. Is the ball above or below The biggest challenge in golf is that the ball lie’s at various my feet? You can see in the picture that I drew a line along degrees on sloped That is challenge requires that you the ground that represents “foot level”. ground.

The ball develop the that ability to With adaptthe to ball those angles to produce the approximately a couple inches above line. best shot possible. being above my feet I need to make two adjustments to my setup; 1) I need to grip down an inch off the top of the club, therefore shortening the shaft. 2) I need to be taller in the legs Rob Stanger is recognized as a 2005-08 Golf Magazine Top Teacher and in my spine angle.

West Region. He teaches at The College Golf Center. You can I will also need to make slight to the swing; Be contactadjustments him at 760-409-8628 or at www.robstanger.com for inquiries sure to have the right foot about push your the golf. hip up through the ball in the forward swing which will help from hitting the shot fat.

Images created through JCvideo.com software Also, finish the swing with the hips and shoulders level to the horizon. This swing feels very similar to a baseball swing, more level to the horizon line rather than “down” to the ball.

The best way to check and see if these adjustments are going to help is to make a practice swing and see where and how deep the divot is in reference to the ball. Your goal is to have a clean brush of the grass through the area of the ball.

Keep making the adjustments to the setup and swing until you get the right combination for that perfect brush of the grass. Now you’re ready to have the ball respond to that swing.

The biggest challenge in golf is that the ball lie’s at various degrees on sloped ground. That challenge requires that you develop the ability to adapt to those angles to produce the best shot possible.

Have you ever found yourself hitting the ball great at the driving range, only to see all that disappear on the course? It could be that the ball at the range is always level to your feet, but on the hilly course your setup is always changing.

To overcome these terrain changes, you first need to assess your lie. Is the ball above or below your feet? In the photo I’ve drawn a line to represent my “foot level”. In this case the ball is several inches above that line, which means I need to make two adjustments to my setup: 1) I need to grip down an inch off the top of the club to shorten the shaft. 2) I need to be taller in the legs with less angle in my back.

My swing will also need some adjusting. My right foot needs to push my hip up through the ball to avoid hitting it fat, and I’ll finish with my hips and shoulders level to the horizon. This swing is somewhat similar to a baseball swing, “The ball retriever is not long enough to get more horizontal than “down” to the ball. my putter out of the tree.”

Your goal is to adjust your setup according ~ Brian Weis to your lie and have the clubhead make a clean Rob Stanger is recognized as a 2005-08 Golf Magazine Top Teacher West Region. He teaches at The College Golf Center. You can bush of the grass through the ball. Once you’ve contact him at 760-409-8628 or at www.robstanger.com for inquiries “I was three over...One over a house, one about your golf. learned to adapt to the slopes this way, youll be over a patio, and one over a swimming pool.” producing the best shots possible.

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“You can talk to a fade, but a hook won’t listen. ~ Lee Trevino

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