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• The average dairy cow gives about 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime. That’s an annual output of about 1,600 gallons per cow. • Although we in North America drink mostly cow’s milk, worldwide, more people drink goat’s milk than cow’s. • Do you speak “chicken?” These feathered creatures have been the inspiration for all kinds of idioms in our language, such as “chickenhearted” and “chicken-livered” to denote cowardliness. We “walk on eggshells” when we proceed cautiously. Our “nest egg” is money saved for the future. An “egghead” is overly intellectual, a person’s attitude determines whether he’s seen as a “good egg” or a “bad egg,” and if you’ve done something that made you look foolish, you have “egg on your face.” We’ve all “run around like a chicken with its head cut off,” “counted our chickens before they’re hatched,” and been advised not to “put all our eggs in one basket.” Many offices have a “pecking order,” and some men claim to have been “hen-pecked” by a “biddy.” • There are more chickens in the world than any ADVERTISING PROOF other bird. That little red growth that hangs DUE:a wattle. It’s Final Changes beak is called beneath a chicken’s 28 TUES., __________________________ p.m. 5:00 of blood. supplySEPT. a rich it has red because

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determined by the color of the hen that layed it. White eggs come from white hens; brown eggs come from brown hens. Period. Aside from the color of the shell, the contents inside brown eggs and white eggs are identical in every way including nutrition and flavor.

DOWN ON THE FARM (from page one) • Texas leads the Unites States in the number of beef cattle, while Wisconsin is the leader in dairy cattle. The country with the most cattle is India, where the cow is considered sacred and protected under national law.

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• The average baby pig weighs in at about 2.5 pounds (.93 kg), doubling its weight during its first week of life. Adult males can reach about 500 pounds (186 kg), with sows at 450 (168 kg). Most hogs are off to market at about seven months old. •

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• It was 20th-century French air force brigadier general and geopolitician — and bearer of the nickname “father of the French atom bomb” — Pierre Marie Gallois who made the following sage observation: “If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and no one dares criticize it.” • Gravity makes you shorter. It’s true; gravity compresses your spine — in a weightless environment, you would be 2 to 3 inches taller than you are here on Earth. • You might be surprised to learn that the first ceiling fan was introduced way back in the 1860s. The lack of electricity was no deterrent; the device was powered by a stream of running water. • When the bubonic plague, more commonly known as the Black Death, was at its peak in Europe in the 14th century, a wide variety of remedies was prescribed, including smoking tobacco, bringing spiders into the household, inhaling the stench from a latrine, sitting between two large fires, drinking red wine in which new steel had been cooled, and bathing in goat urine. • Those who study such things say that women are better at identifying smells than men are. • In 1994, Singapore banned the importation and sale of chewing gum. Ten years later, lawmakers added a revision: Gum that has “therapeutic value” is now allowed. • Over the past year, in the United States lottery sales have increased by a whopping $1 billion. • Human skin is about 70 percent water, and the human brain is 80 percent water. *** Thought for the Day: “All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore, or pronounce to be monstrous and wrong, or deny to be possible.” — George Santayana © 2010 King Features Synd., Inc.

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time, and had begun to play at local clubs. He soon dropped out of college. He adopted the surname “Denver” after the capital of his favorite state, Colorado, when it was suggested that “Deutschendorf” wouldn’t fit comfortably on a marquee. He also dropped his first name Henry and used John to make it even shorter.

well as a Lear jet type rating. Yet, in October of 1997, while piloting alone in his recentlypurchased Experimental Long-EZ plane, he crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Pacific Grove, California.

• A well-publicized court case and FAA investigation ensued to determine why the plane banked suddenly and dove into the sea. His low altitude of 500 feet didn’t allow time for him to • At age 20, he made the move to Los Angeles, recover from the sudden dive. Denver’s family and at 22, joined The Mitchell Trio, which won a lawsuit against the manufacturers of the ADVERTISING PROOF started his recording career. After three albums awkwardly positionedTuesday, fuel selector Sept. 28,switch, 2010 5:00 with the trio, he set out on his own at age Final 26. Changes DUE: which Denver was attempting to operate at the Please review Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Pric • John Denver’s first album was “Rhymes and carefully. time of the crash. Reasons,” a 1969 production that featured one • Following cremation (along with his of his most famous compositions, “Leaving on grandmother’s 1910 Gibson guitar), Denver’s a Jet Plane,” which had been recorded by the NATURAL ILLUSION ashes were scattered in his beloved Rocky folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary two years earlier. BZ BW 13x Mountains. Oct. 3, 2010 Vol. 6 - No. 41 After Denver’s own recording of the song was released, the other version quickly rose to No. Ad Proof: 1 on the Billboard charts. C. Noriega & A. Salerno [Windermere] • “Jet Plane” was closely followed by “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” a Billboard No. 2 hit. In 1974 and 1975, Denver was a major player on the charts with four No. 1 hits, “Sunshine on My Shoulders,” “Annie’s Song,” “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” and “I’m Sorry.” • “Annie’s Song” was written for his wife Annie Martell, whom he had met while performing at Minnesota’s Gustavus Adolphus College and married in 1967. He composed the song in ten minutes while riding a ski lift. • Over the years, Denver recorded about 300 songs, with 200 of these being his own compositions. The state of Colorado named him their Poet Laureate in 1977, and he was inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame in 1996. • Denver briefly branched out into acting and was praised for his role opposite George Burns in the 1977 comedy “Oh, God.” He also gueststarred frequently on “The Muppet Show,” which was the start of a long friendship with Muppets creator Jim Henson. During the 1970s and 1980s, he was the host of the Grammy Awards five times, and also was a frequent CBS guest host on “The Tonight Show.”

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Over a 30-year record-keeping period, lightning has caused more human fatalities than tornadoes or hurricanes. Second only to floods, it is the leading cause of storm-related deaths. This week, Tidbits takes a closer look (but not too close!) at this fascinating atmospheric phenomenon. • The early Greeks wisely had great respect for - and fear of lightning, but they believed it to be a weapon of Zeus, the god of sky and thunder in Greek mythology. Because of this, any spot that had been struck by lightning was considered sacred, and temples were frequently constructed on these sites. • What really causes lightning? It is an abrupt and cataclysmic discharge of stored up electrical energy in the atmosphere. It starts within a cloud, with winds causing a collision between suspended particles. As a result, small ice crystals lose electrons, and larger particles gain electrons. These larger pieces cause a negative charge to build up in the lower part of the cloud, while a positive charge builds up on the ground below. When the cloud’s negative charge connects with the ground’s positive charge, the electrical current instantly follows that path, creating a flash of lightning. • The clap of thunder is the result of a shock wave created by the instantaneous heating of air in the flash column. The bolt’s path can be five times hotter than the surface of the sun! Usually, if you can hear thunder the storm is close enough for a lightning strike, even if the thunderstorm has passed. Lightning has been known to strike in clear skies as far as twenty

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One of my favorite parts of the awards was seeing Cher still rocking that very revealing outﬁt she wore in her “If I Could Turn Back Time” video in 1989. Let’s see if Lady Gaga (real name Stefani Lady GaGa Germanotta) can do that in 40 years! But to answer your question, Gaga, 24, explained to Ellen DeGeneres (who is a vegan) why she wore the now infamous meat dress: “It is certainly no disrespect to anyone that is vegan or vegetarian. It has many interpretations: If we don’t stand up for what we believe in and if we don’t ﬁght for our rights, pretty soon we’re going to have as much rights as the meat on our own bones. I am not a piece of meat.” ***

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Dear Mary: I am trying to® plan a party for my daughter and her new husband. They are coming home on leave before her husband by Mary Hunt deploys to Afghanistan. None of us has met him before, so we would like to have a nice reception to make him feel welcome in our family. I am not sure what I should do for decorations or a meal. We expect to have between 40 and 65 guests at our home for this, so it will be a fairly big crowd. I have been out of work for five years and my finances are limited, so I need to keep the cost down. That is why I am asking you -- and perhaps your readers -- for any tips and suggestions that might help me host a nice party that will not break the bank. -- Joyce R., Michigan Dear Joyce: My first thought: potluck. By asking everyone to bring a favorite appetizer, main dish or dessert, you could have a wonderful spread of finger foods and yummy sweets, with everyone involved in welcoming home the happy couple. If you request that items come “table-ready,” such as hot casseroles, you won’t have to provide serving dishes, which will make things even easier. That way, everyone has a variety of yummy favorites to fill their plates with.

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As for decor, I’d go with a Hawaiian wedding theme. Search online for “Hawaiian party decorations” and you’ll find all kinds of ideas. Provided your relatives and guests are willing to participate in a potluck party (I’m certain they will be), this will free you up to either make or purchase a small wedding cake for them to cut and feed to each other for fun photos. Readers who are bursting with ideas of their own should head over to my blog, where we can continue this conversation (http://www. MoneyRulesDebtStinks.com). Dear Mary: I’m a 26-year-old community college student who also works as a freelance writer. I have student loans and am paying the accumulating interest on them while I’m in school. I also have nearly $18,000 in credit card debt, which I’m working to pay off. Since I’m self-employed, I know that I should start an individual retirement account to save for later in life. This is my question: Which is more important -- paying off the credit card debt in full or paying down the credit cards gradually and starting an IRA? -- Victoria K., via e-mail Dear Victoria: As long as you have outstanding consumer debt (and you have a lot of it), you don’t, in my opinion, have the luxury of putting any of your money at risk in an IRA. You could fund that retirement account to the maximum allowed for your income level every year and still it would look like a mouse standing next to an elephant, which would represent your consumer debt. I’m going to go one step further and advise you not to take any more student loans. I’m happy to know you are paying the interest on the loans you have now, but honestly, that is a tiny consolation in the bigger scheme of things. With the student debt and credit card balances, you must be looking at a total of $30,000 or more. Do everything in your power to become debt-free as soon as possible;

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Hormone Replacement Should Be Used Carefully For American women reaching menopause, the discussion of hormone replacement therapy is likely overwhelming. Mixed messages on the benefits and risks of these treatments have left most women fearful and confused. As recently as five years ago, hormone replacement therapy for post-menopausal women was thought by many to be the fountain of youth, not only alleviating some of the features of aging but also reducing the risks of heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s and osteoporosis. But following a seminal paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine, new evidence indicated that hormone replacement therapy actually increased the risk of the same diseases that it had once been touted to prevent. And over time, more and more research has confirmed these findings. Published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, research showed that hormone replacement therapy significantly increased the risk of breast cancer, particularly in women who were not overweight. In this study, the longer the hormones were taken, the higher the risk. For women who had a hysterectomy and took estrogen therapy alone for 15 years, the increased risk of breast cancer was 19 percent. Women taking estrogen and progesterone for 15 years saw an increased risk of 85 percent. Studies clearly show that hormone replacement therapy -- and particularly estrogen therapy -reduces the risk of osteoporosis, but new research now indicates that it does not help protect strength and muscle mass. Based on all this evidence, experts in the field now recommend hormone replacement therapy only to alleviate the symptoms of the menopause, using the lowest dose available and for as little time as possible. For women who have had a hysterectomy, estrogen alone can be used; otherwise, progesterone must be added, as estrogen alone dramatically increased the risk of uterine cancer. Despite the mounting evidence and warnings of adverse effects, many physicians are still not convinced that the increased risk of various health problems is significant. Some believe that the actual risk to an individual patient is small, even if the risk to the population as a whole is quite significant. There is also a large group of physicians who maintain that hormone replacement therapy does have significant antiaging effects. They say that adverse effects of the therapy are related to the fact that the hormones given are not identical to those naturally occurring in pre-menopausal women and that the dose administered is inappropriate. These physicians measure hormone levels in the blood and saliva and compound “natural or bioidentical hormones” to achieve physiological levels in the blood. Constant monitoring is required. While this approach is very popular, there is currently no rigorous research to document either benefit or risk in this form of therapy. Today, the vast majority of women continue to take hormone replacement therapy because their menopause symptoms remain so severe that they simply cannot manage without it. These symptoms include severe hot flashes, insomnia, emotional changes such as anxiety and depression, headaches, loss of libido and vaginal

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dryness leading to pain with intercourse. Another common problem is an overactive bladder that is characterized by urinary frequency and a need to rush to the bathroom. The North American Menopause Society and the Endocrine Society agree that use of hormone replacement therapy should be limited to treatment of menopausal symptoms, that the lowest dose should be used and that the therapy should be discontinued as soon as possible. Alternate treatments such as vaginal estrogen creams should be considered for women who have vaginal dryness or pain. Loss of libido can be treated with the use of a very low-dose testosterone cream. Finally, experts in the field have shown that transdermal estrogen used in a patch carries a much lower risk of heart attacks and strokes than oral estrogen. In addition, the patch does not increase the risk of blood clots or reduce libido. Currently, the evidence is accumulating that should you need to combat the symptoms of menopause with estrogen replacement, the patch is preferable. Clearly, hormone replacement therapy is not without its problems. However, like all approved medications, there are circumstances where the benefits outweigh the risks. Unless you have or have had a high risk of breast cancer, do not let fear of replacement therapy cause you to suffer with severe menopausal symptoms. When seeking hormone replacement therapy, talk to your doctor to ensure you get the right dose, in the right way, for the right amount of time. Patrick J. Flynn Business Card, B&W, 26x of the books “Breaking Dr. David Lipschitz is the author Approval/Final Corrections the Rules of Aging” and “Dr. David’sdue: First Health Book of More4Not Less.”Monday, To find outFeb. more about Dr. David Lipschitz p.m., 8, 2010 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 www. DrDavidHealth.com.

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well with a ratio of three workers supporting one it out of the current Social Security system. On the other hand, an “add-on” plan would require retiree. But by the time all the boomers retire (and a worker to contribute an extra amount to fund the that will be happening at a quickening pace over private account investments. So, 6.2 percent of his or the next 15 years), there will be only two workers her salary would still be deducted to finance Social supporting each retiree. The system simply cannot Security benefits. But in addition, that worker would work “AS IT IS CURRENTLY STRUCTURED” at a be required to chip in an extra percentage point or two-to-one ratio. To keep the system going beyond about 2030, two of salary to fund the Social Security supplement. either benefits will have to be cut or taxes will have So, this plan gets its funding by adding to the current by Tom Margeneau to be raised. Social Security system. Private accounts do nothing to affect either Each plan has its plusses and minuses. The downside to an add-on plan is that more out-of- solution. paycheck spending would be required from workers are just If Some you havethings a Social Security question, Tom to fund their retirement portfolio. But the advantage too good to change... to the plan is its greater rewards. Most “add-on” Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas. proposals are modeled after the highly successful margenau@comcast.net. To find out more about �� Margenau and read features by other Creators “Thrift Savings Plan,” an add-on IRA that has been Tom�� available to federal workers for years; it has given Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators �� many of them the kind of financial security in Syndicate website at www.creators.com. �� 2010 CREATORS.COM. retirement not usually associated with middle-class COPYRIGHT As we approach the fall elections, you will hear civil servants. more and more talk about private accounts as a �� The upside to “carve-out” proposals is that no extra solution to Social Security’s long-range financing financial burden would be placed on young workers problems. I am going to make two very important to finance the supplemental benefits. But the often points in this column about this issue. unexplained downside is that huge reductions would First, you must understand the difference bebe necessary in future Social Security benefits. It’s tween “carve-out” or “add-on” plans when you hear just simple math. If you are going to carve out about politicians touting such proposals. one-third of the Social Security payroll tax to fund a Second, these plans -- although they may have worker’s private supplement, then obviously future merit for other reasons -- do NOTHING to solve Social Security benefits for that same worker are Social Security’s long-range financing problems. going to have to be cut by at least one-third. Many readers have written asking me questions Apparently, the hope is that a well-managed private about plans to “privatize” Social Security. You account will more than make up the difference. Also, probably won’t find many politicians using that term carve-out plans come with huge transitional costs. anymore. Ever since the financial collapse a few Remember: Social Security is a “pay-as-you-go” years ago, saying you want to turn Social Security program, meaning the money deducted from today’s over to Wall Street brokers (i.e., to “privatize” Social worker’s paychecks is used to fund benefits to Security in the traditional sense of the term) is like current retirees. So, if you cut the amount of money saying you want some monkeys with a dartboard to going into the system, you must get funding from make financial decisions about our nation’s primary other sources to pay promised benefits to current means of supporting older folks in retirement. retirees. Tues., Sept. 7 But you will hear lots of people talking about But here is the most important point I need to using “private accounts” or “managed accounts” to make about private accounts  -- whether review carefully. Doubleproposals check: for Phone Number(s) Spelling  Prices  Hours supplement future Social Security Please benefits. Most carve-out or add-on: of these plans are NOT pegged at current retirees Although they are often mentioned in the same or even at baby boomers nearing retirement, but breath as other proposals to “save Social Security,” instead at younger workers currently under age 40. they do nothing of the sort. Social Security’s longAnd when you hear talk of such proposals, please range financing problems are the result of baby remember to ask this question: Is it a “carve-out” plan Lucille Boston boomers quickly turning into senior boomers. For or an “add-on” plan? There is a huge difference. 1/12 pg. 4C 26x disc. years, Social Security has been working extremely Both plans involve requiring younger workers to Sept. 12, 2010 Vol. 6 - No. 38 contribute money to an IRA-type account that would offer several investment options. The worker could choose a safe but generally low-yielding account or a riskier but potentially more rewarding one. 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Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer so on. As a by-product of the study, it determined Does it hurt a lot after surger y? Do vitamins or individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his which age group has the most accidents. calcium help? -- W.J. column whenever possible. Readers may write him or Answer: It’s not us. request an order form of available health newsletters Totals for loss of productivity and medical costs ANSWER: Osteoarthritis is the most common at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. for accidents for one year of the study: $99 billion, kind of arthritis. One-third of the population age Stephen K. Su, D.P.M. which includes auto accidents, pedestrians and 65 and older has it. It’s a cracking and crumbling 1/16 (c) pg. 2010BW North13x America disc.Synd., Inc. motorcycle and bicycle riders. of the cartilage inside the joint, which makes for 5/16/10 Here are a few highlights: bone rubbing against bone. The result is pain and ● Teenagers are 14 percent of the population, but stiffness. Age isn’t the sole factor causing it. Being they account for 28 percent of the accidents and 31 overweight, heredity, misalignment of the joint bones percent of the cost ($31 billion). and previous injury all contribute to its appearance. ● Motorcycle riders had 12 percent ($12 billion) Climbing stairs, getting out of a chair and walking ● Pedestrians 10 percent ($10 billion) become challenges. ● Bike riders 5 percent ($5 billion). So, just how many accidents are we seniors A cure has yet to be found, but there are steps to LESS�� THAN �� AN HOUR �� responsible for? A mere 3 percent. And we account take to manage it. Weight loss, if that applies to you, TO �� TRANSFORM YOUR �� for 13 percent of the population. makes a huge difference. 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been horses.” It is not possible for mules to reproduce.

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• The most common duck raised in the United States is the White Pekin. The Pekin duck, which originated in China, was introduced to America in the 1870s.

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• Although most folks eat turkey in November, the month of June has been dubbed National Turkey Lovers’ Month. September is National Chicken Month, May is National Egg Month, and October is National Pork Month. For those non-meat lovers, October is also Vegetarian Awareness Month, and November is Peanut Butter Lovers’ Month.

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• Although we think of turkeys as gobblers, only the male toms actually gobble. The female hens make a clicking noise. A mature turkey will have about 3,500 feathers.

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• A horse’s teeth take up more space in its head than its brain. While a male horse will have 40 teeth, the female’s mouth contains only 36. • We generally mount a horse on its left side. This practice has been around since the days of ancient Greeks, when the soldiers carried their weapons on their left side, making it difficult to mount on the horse’s right side.

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• How fast are farm animals? The maximum speed a pig can run is about 11 miles per hour, while a chicken struts along at 9 miles per hour. A wild turkey can reach a ground speed of 25 miles per hour as well as fly for short distances up to 55 mph. Compare these with the world’s fastest animal, the cheetah, whose speed is about 70 mph. DOLLARS & SENSE: From page 14 Check any opening for cable and phone lines. If your home is a bit older, a professional energy assessment might be in order. Special equipment will be used to determine the level of air leakage, and you’ll be given a list of suggestions for making your home more airtight over the winter months. Decide whether this is the year to replace your furnace. Shop for an Energy Star model for the most savings in your energy dollars. See www. energystar.gov for qualifying products. Go online to www.pueblo.gsa.gov, and put “Weatherize Your Home” in the search box for more information on insulating your home. At www.energysavers.gov you can find Consumer Information Fact Sheets for information on heating and cooling, insulation and air sealing, and more. You’ll also find information on do-ityourself energy assessments. If you qualify, you can get some weatherizing help. Click on Apply for Weatherization Assistance in Your State for the contact information. David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to columnreply@gmail.com.

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When I am working with a student, the ﬁrst Phone: 760.320.0997 thing I look for in their swing is how balanced they Fax: 760.320.1630 are. In this case, the deﬁnition of balance is the email: valleybits@msn.com way the sockets in your body remain aligned with each other. We human beings are designed with eight sockets: two in the shoulders, two in the hips, knees and ankles. The key to being in balance is to have the sockets on both the left and right sides in vertical alignment with each other. The goal in the golf swing is to keep these s o c k e t s aligned and in balance throughout the motion of the swing. Notice in the photos that I am perfectly balanced with my sockets stacked in vertical alignment, both at address and in my back swing. The number one swing fault I see is allowing the sockets to slip laterally, getting the golfer “out of balance”. As soon as this happens you have to compensate by shifting back into balance as you make contact with the ball. That’s a miss hit. In order to achieve more power and more control, get in front of a mirror and work on keeping your sockets properly stacked and balanced throughout your swing. Rob Stanger is recognized as a 2005-2008 Golf Magazine Top Teacher West Region, and teaches in the desert at The College Golf Center. You can contact him at 760-409-8628 or at www.robstanger.com for inquiries about your golf game. Proof created Property of by:

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 HRS: 2 MIN: 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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