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as her intended career, cooking was something that was furthest from her mind. • “There were some famous women novelists in those days,” Child recalled, “and I intended to be one.” But it wasn’t to be. Athough she wrote often and submitted manuscripts regularly to the New Yorker magazine and other publications, she received only rejection letters. • She moved to New York City and took a job as an advertising copy writer for an upscale home furnishings company. That job didn’t last long as she was promptly fired for “gross insubordination.” • When the U.S. entered World War II in 1941, she wanted to enlist in the military, but her large size made her ineligible for service in either the WACs or the WAVES. Instead, she volunteered and was accepted into the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in Washington, D.C. There she was placed on assignments that took her all over the world, including tours of duty in China and Sri Lanka. • While in Sri Lanka in 1945, she began seeing her future husband, Paul Child, a fellow employee of the OSS. They were married after the war in September of 1946.

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Coffee Research Continues to Stir Debate Many of us can’t wait for that first cup of coffee in morning. Many need the caffeine to wake up and get going. As a nation, the daily average for all Americans is 1.9 cups for men and 1.4 cups for women. An average 8-ounce cup of coffee contains anywhere from 90 to 200 milligrams of caffeine. But these days, who even knows what an 8-ounce cup looks like. Order a 24-ounce cup of your favorite blend, drink three or more of these daily and you will have enough caffeine to keep you wide awake and wired for most of the day and much of the night. Caffeine stimulates and acts as a diuretic. Drinking coffee in the late afternoon can interfere with sleep, lead to nighttime urination, cause fatigue the following day and the need, therefore, for that extra boost of caffeine to stay awake and concentrate. There are other adverse effects of coffee. Caffeine can stimulate the heart rate and lead to an irregular heartbeat. While caffeine may not lead to heart disease, medications to treat irregular heartbeat are frequently prescribed. The most common are a class of drugs called beta blockers that can cause fatigue, insomnia, decreased libido and an inability to concentrate: all symptoms that may increase the need for another coffee jolt. There is evidence that coffee can impair the absorption of some vitamins and minerals and can cause panic attacks. Some research suggests that it can cause an interference with sperm motility that can contribute to infertility. But like wine and alcohol, there is accumulating evidence that coffee can be beneficial to your health. Epidemiologic studies largely conducted at the Harvard School of Public Health have shown that compared to nondrinkers, those consuming

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Dr. David Lipschitz is the author of the book “Breaking The Rules Of Aging.” To find out more about Dr. David Lipschitz and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists visit the Creators Syndicate web page at www.creators.com. More information is available at: drdavidhealth.com COPYRIGHT 2012 CREATORS.COM

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beneficiaries but who are indeed also insured (or eli- took Medicare at age 65 and you are waiting until age 66, or possibly even age 70, to apply for Social gible for) Social Security. In the past, during most of my 32-year career Security benefits. Whenever you do that, your claim with SSA, a person had to file for Social Security ben- number will change from your SSN with a “T” to efits at age 65 in order to get their Medicare ben- your SSN with an “A.” And that’s about the most boring discussion of “T efits. Even if they were still working or otherwise wanted to delay their benefits until a later date, they and A” that you will ever read! still filed for Social Security at 65 to get Medicare TUES., JULY 31 If you have a Social Security question, Tom Marcoverage. Then their Social Security benefits were by Tom Margeneau genau has Double the answer. 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● On Aug. 16, 1896, George Carmack spots nuggets of gold in a creek bed near the Klondike River in Canada’s Yukon Territory. His lucky discovery sparks the last great gold rush in the American West. Over the next two years, as many as 50,000 would-be miners arrived in the region.

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planning to do. Are you going to sell to an interested buyer or to a dealer? Are you planning to keep the set and have it insured? You might expect to receive about 25 to 50 percent when selling to an individual buyer. Dealers would probably offer you 10 to 35 percent of the total value. If you plan to have the set insured, the value would be what it would cost you to replace it. Westmoreland Sterling was sold door-to-door in the 1940s. They were located in Wallingford, Conn., and made five patterns that included John and Priscilla, Lady Hilton, Milburn Rose, Enchanting Orchid, and George and Martha. Insure your set for approximately $4,500 to $5,500.

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donuts before the era of guaranteed contracts. But there were concessions made. According to the Yankees, Ichiro agreed to bat ninth, platoon against left-handers, switch from right to left field and waive his no trade clause. “One by one, every box got ticked off,” Yankee GM Brian Cashman told ESPN. “Worst-case scenario, I’ve improved my outfield situation. Best-case scenario is a tremendous upside. We might be getting a superstar.” Cashman is wrong in that regard -- he did just get a superstar. Ichiro hasn’t lost much in the physical skill department -- he was playing down to his surroundings. That isn’t without precedent for the Yankees either: Hall of Famer Johnny Mize finished his last five seasons with the New York Yankees under similar conditions and won five World Series rings. While he will now be just one of the large trees in the forest on an aging, yet star-studded lineup in New York, where the one name in town is “Jeter,” he shifts back into a higher gear. It’s what the greats do, and he’s in the right place to do it, too. Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in Kansas City. (c) 2012 King Features Synd., Inc.

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A FAVORITE CHILD (from page page 3) French Chef” ran for 199 episodes between 1963 and 1966. It was just one of many shows Child appeared on during her long career. Other programs included “Julia Child and Company,” “Julia Child and More Company” and “Dinner at Julia’s.” She was also a regular guest on “Good Morning, America.” • Child wrote many other cookbooks, including “In Julia’s Kitchen with Master Chefs,” “Baking with Julia,” “Julia’s Delicious Little Dinners” and “Julia’s Casual Dinners.” Many of these were accompanied by their own TV specials. • Julia Child died on August 13, 2004, just two days shy of her 92nd birthday. She was remembered by her family and friends as a person of great generosity who loved to teach others. Though she once mourned her “lack of talent,” Child left an indelible legacy in the kitchens of people around the world. • In addition to inspiring both the book and film, “Julie and Julia,” Child’s life inspired an exhibit entitled “Julia Child’s Kitchen” to be installed at the National Museum of American History. • The exhibit is 20 feet by 14 feet, the exact dimensions of Child’s kitchen in Massachusetts. Though the walls and floor were created for the exhibit, everything else found there is from Child’s own former kitchen. The arrangement of everything found inside was assembled to exactly replicate her original workspace. • There are over 1,200 individual pieces in the exhibit, including equipment housed in the cabinets and drawers. These objects are not visible to the general public, but hundreds of others still are. ■

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Practice after your round Practice is critical in order to see improvement in your golf game or to maintain a golf game that is at a level that you are happy with. But unless you are practicing efficiently, your results will be slow and disappointing. I see many golfers get to the golf course early and practice certain elements of their games that they think they need to work on, but once they get out onto the golf course they find that they are struggling with a cmpletely different element of their game. To better manage your time and the effectiveness of your practice sessions, practice after your round of golf instead of before. Of course, it’s still a good idea to warm up, but just enough to get loose and have a feel for what kind of shot you showed up with that day. Don’t try to overhaul your swing before you hit the first tee box. Take detailed notes of how you played each hole land then look for a pattern. If you notice you’ve missed a lot of fairways, hit the practice tee after your round and hit a bucket of balls with your driver. If you had a lot of 3-putts because of lack of distance control, head to the practice putting green and work on your feel. Not only will you be working on the area of your game that needs the most improvement, but you are building your confidence for your next round of golf.

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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