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TINA TURNER (from page 2) Revue’s backup singers, the Ikettes, wove intricate and electrifying dance routines into their performances. “Proud Mary,” the duo’s interpretation of the Credence Clearwater Revival hit, was the duo’s greatest commercial success, peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1971.The single eventually won a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. • By the mid-1970s, Tina’s personal life and marriage began to fail. Ike’s drug use led to increasingly erratic and physically abusive behavior. Their act was losing speed largely due to Ike’s refusal to accept outside management of their recording or touring, as well as the cost of maintaining his allegedly voracious cocaine h a b i t . Touring dates began to decline and record sales were low. Their last success was “Nutbush City Limits”, a song penned by Tina Turner about her Te n n e s s e e home town. • After a violent argument Tina Turner performing in 2008 before an appearance at the Dallas Statler Hilton in July 1976, Tina abruptly left Ike, fleeing with nothing more than thirty-six cents and a gasstation credit card. She spent the next few months hiding from him while staying with various friends. • Many believed that after Turner broke with Ike her career was over and she would not return to the music scene. But, with the help of her Australian manager Roger Davies, she proved them all wrong. In 1984 she released her multi-platinum and Grammy-winning album, “Private Dancer,” with her biggest hits “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” and “Better Be Good to Me.”

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• As a result of the scandal, quiz shows all but disappeared from prime time American television for decades. Those that continued to air had substantially reduced prizes, and many shows adopted limits on the number of games a player could win (usually five). Quiz shows became game shows, shifting focus from knowledge to puzzles and word games. A quiz for big money would not return until ABC premiered “100 Grand” in 1963. It went off the air after just three weeks.

• “Jeopardy!” first aired on NBC from 1964 to 1975 and again from 1978 to 1979. Its most successful incarnation is the current Alex Trebek-hosted syndicated version, which has aired continuously since September 1984.

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4 Ways To Watch Out for Scam Artists As we begin to see some glimmer of recovery from the longest and deepest U.S. recession in more than 70 years, here come the scam artists in full force, posing as sure signs® of help and support. The best way to make sure that you don’t fall for by Mary schemes, Hunt their get-rich-quick work-at-home scams, pyramid schemes and numerous other approaches promising employment and wealth -- but instead separating consumers from their money -- is to become educated. The more you know the better armed you will be to recognize a scam. Scam 1: Pay a fee; get a job. Whether it’s offering a work-at-home job or it’s a job search firm, no legitimate employer asks you for money upfront. This is a foolproof tip-off that something’s not right. And though there are occasionally legitimate ways in which you can work from home as an independent contractor, a 56-1 scam ratio currently exists in work-from-home ads. Those are extremely bad odds, suggesting that if you wish to work from home, don’t look to any outsiders to make that happen for you. Most of the time, you’re going to get burned. Scam 2: Pay now; get a loan later. Criminals set up fake loan companies that guarantee

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the more difficult the problem becomes. CASEY’S CORNER (from page 9) Many sleep aids actually interfere with the type of sleep you get, which leads to more fatigue the is brought home. And if the new pup is also of an following day. Unfortunately, many patients are alpha mindset, well, you’ll find yourself reminiscing unaware of this problem and seek prescriptions on how peaceful your time with the Angels really whenever problems arise. was. Rather than turning to medications immediately, On the other hand, if you bring a new dog into a it is important to learn how to develop healthy sleep household where it is deeply entrenched that you, habits. Begin with a vigorous exercise program in the dog owner, are the pack leader, then there is very the morning. And when returning from work, go for little need on either dog’s part to fight over a position a leisurely stroll, preferably with a companion or that is already filled -- by you. a pet. This helps prevent drowsiness in the early I ended our conversation with one last bit of advice: evening and raises the body temperature slightly. If you insist on getting a second dog, make sure you Two to three hours later, your body temperature don’t end up with two female dogs in the house. gradually decreases, which signals that it is time “But I don’t like males,” she said. for bed. Eating a snack about an hour before bed And I couldn’t help but wonder whether she meant helps promote sleep by the release of digestive two-legged or four. TUES., OCT. 19 hormones associated with drowsiness. Woof! If you have difficulty with sleep,Please the bedroom review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices and bed should generally be restricted to Dog trainer Matthew “Uncle Matty” Margolis is co-author sleep only. No radio, television, music or long of 18 books about dogs, a behaviorist, a popular radio and discussions. Do not have a strict time to go to sleep television guest, and host of the PBS series “WOOF! It’s a Dog’s Life!” Read all of Uncle Matty’s columns at the Creators and only go to bed when sleepy. Never actively try Syndicate website at www.creators.com, and visit him at to go to sleep, as this can cause anxiety, frustration www.unclematty.com. Send your questions to dearuncle. �� and aggravate insomnia. In addition, try to avoid gazette@unclematty.com or by mail to Uncle Matty at P.O. Box alarm clocks, as this can lead to more nighttime �� 3300, Diamond Springs, CA 95619. arousals. �� COPYRIGHT 2008 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. If you are unable to sleep, get out of bed and go elsewhere in the house to watch television or read. Only return to bed when drowsy. Experts in the field recommend that you wake up at the same TUES., OCT. 5 time in the morning irrespective of how late you went to bed. Please review carefully. Double check: � Phone Number(s) � Spelling � Pric Developing good sleep habits and tackling the root causes of poor sleep is the best way to THINK OF YOUR LEGACY? overcome insomnia. Should poor sleep persist, consider a study in a sleep laboratory to help identify the cause. Remember, healthy sleep is a www.numisnetwork.com/peteolsen ROCK GARDEN CAFE key to a longer and better life. Email: pmo1938@gmail.com 1/8th pg. 4 Color Open Rate: $177.00 Oct. 10, 2010760-992-5758 Vol. 6 - No. 42 Tell Dr. David them Lipschitz isyou the author of the books, “Breaking the Rules of Aging” and “Dr. David’s First Health Book of saw their ad More in Not Tidbits! Less.” To find out more about Dr. David Lipschitz

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Security.” Well, Congress sure didn’t like being responsible for little old grannies “shacking up” with little old grandpas, so they quickly changed the law to allow a woman over age 60 to keep her widow’s benefits even if she remarried. You also asked what husband No.1/No. 3 might be due from your Social Security account if you pass away. He would be eligible for widower’s benefits on your record IF your rate is higher than his own. by Tom Margeneau Or to put that another way, his own Social Security retirement payment could be supplemented with widower’s benefits up to your retirement income level. For example, if he is receiving $1,800 per month, and your Social Security retirement rate is $2,000 per month, he’d get an extra $200 in monthly widower’s benefits upon your death. On the other hand, if he is getting $1,800 per month and your rate was only I am 68 years old and getting widow’s $1,500 per month, he wouldn’t be due any widower’s benefits from Social Security. I am thinking of benefits because his own rate is higher than yours. �� remarr ying my first husband. We were married If it’s true (as you stated) that you’re not getting for about five years and have been divorced for your own �� Social Security but only receiving widow’s 35 years, during which time I was married benefits from husband No. 2, you would NOT have to �� to the man on whose record I’m now getting apply for your own retirement payments before your Tuesday, Sept. 2010for widow’s benefits. death in order for husband No. 1/No. 3 to28, qualify �� I have two questions. If I remarr y my fi rst widower’s benefi ts.  Phone Number(s)  Spelling Please review carefully. Double check: �� husband, will I lose my widow’s benefits from But I’ve got a hunch you’re already getting your my second husband? Second, if I do remarr y own Social Security and don’t even know it. In many and then die before my husband does, will he cases, a�� woman is paid her own retirement benefit be able to get any of my Social Security? fi rst, and that benefit is supplemented with any NATURALthen ILLUSION You should know that I worked for most of BZ extra widow’s benefits due. For example, say your BW 13x my life. In fact, I’m still working. But I never Oct. own3,benefi t is6 -$1,500 2010 Vol. No. 41 per month and your widow’s applied for my own Social Security. Would I have to start my own Social Security in order for my husband to receive widower’s benefits from my account?

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Our 21-year-old daughter has been diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy. Her ﬁnger turned a shade of blue. She went to the emergency room and got the diagnosis there. What kind of doctor should we consult to determine if this is her condition? -- V.C.

ANSWER: Your family doesn’t have a history of having peripheral neuropathy, right? So let’s remove all the genetic causes of it from consideration. Twenty-one is young to come down with it. It’s more of an older person’s illness. People withJAN. diabetes TUES., 26 and a few other diseases also are targets for it, but your Please review carefully. check: good Phone Number(s)  Spelling daughterDouble is in otherwise health. A blue finger isn’t a usual sign. Your daughter should see a neurologist or a vascular specialist to confirm this diagnosis, which appears a bit strange DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have taught fourth to me. grade for 20 years. This year I couldn’t wait *** Bob’s Repairregrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, for the summer break. I was feeling fine at Clock Dr. Donohue he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers the beginning of the year, but as the months BZ 4C but 26x may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters Proof: passed, I could hardly make it through theJan. day.31,Ad V6-No.6 at2010 P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. I had no energy. Stansberry Chiropractic My husband insisted that I see a doctor. I 1/16th page, 4 Color, 6x RATE did. The first doctor told me I was depressed. The second one took a longer time with me and Nov. 7, 2010 (Volume 6: #46) �� ordered a batch of blood tests. My thyroid gland We also Service, Repair and New isn’t working. I have a condition with a foreign- Corrections due: Wall, Mon. • 11/2/10 • 12:30repair pm Mantel, Movements from Germany sounding name. Do you know what I’m talking Ship’s and 31 years about? Will you expand on it for me? -- T.Y. Cuckoo

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This is your opportunity to reset and redefine your priorities and options. You are in your new castle. Now is the perfect time to think differently. Get socially involved once you are mentally prepared. Be patient with your husband and openly express your feelings about the future. Suggest how wonderful it would be to participate in new activities as partners rather than each of you doing your own thing. It is possible that he has not previously thought much about your wishes. Now is the time to do so! Compromise is the key word.

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Hang in there with your hurting friend. Offer to spend some time with just the two of you. No doubt your wife is also concerned, but he may prefer that she does not join in, simply because he may feel her presence is a reminder that his partner is now gone. By telephoning, scheduling some of your hobbies together and having breakfast occasionally, you can encourage him to remain engaged with life. One of the most successful techniques is to simply let him do most of the talking. Do not ask questions or Ad his Proof: plans because he will reveal them to you Smith when he isUnlimited ready. Invite him help & youWhite, with projects, 1/16 page, to Black 13x ratejoin you for errands or volunteer work. Alert him of support Oct. 10 such - Dec.as12grief - (Vol. 6: #42 - #51) meetings, share groups. Perhaps, you could go with him. Over time, with additional insertion TBA.he will find his way and realize his need to set a deadline for Corrections due by:Grief 5 pm, Friday, 10/1/10 overcoming his sorrows. only ends when the griever decides to let it go. Admittedly, losing our mates, their companionship and support never really goes away, but time and distractions eventually help ease our sorrows. Doug Mayberry makes the most of life in a Southern California retirement community. Contact him at deardoug@msn. com. To find out more about Doug Mayberry and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators web site at www.creators.com. FREE QUOTES

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• On Nov. 11, 1885, George Smith Patton, one of the great American generals of World War II, is born in San Gabriel, Calif. Patton was one of the most controversial of the U.S. commanders, known to make eccentric claims that he was a direct descendant of great military leaders of the past through reincarnation. • On Nov. 8, 1895, physicist Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen becomes the first person to observe X-rays. Rontgen’s discovery occurred accidentally in his Wurzburg, Germany, lab, where he was testing whether cathode rays could pass through glass. • On Nov. 10, 1932, Roy Scheider, the actor best known for his role as the police chief of a beach community terrorized by a killer shark in the 1975 movie “Jaws,” is born in Orange, N.J. “Jaws,” directed by Steven Spielberg, became the first movie in history to gross more than $100 million. • On Nov. 14, 1941, “Suspicion,” a romantic thriller starring Cary Grant and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, makes its debut. The film marked the first time that Grant and Hitchcock worked together. The two would later collaborate on “Notorious,” “To Catch a Thief” and “North by Northwest.” • On Nov. 13, 1974, 28-year-old Karen Silkwood, a technician at a plutonium plant operated by the Kerr-McGee Corporation, is killed in a suspicious car accident near Crescent, Okla. She was on her way to a meeting with a reporter for The New York Times, reportedly with a folder full of documents that proved that Kerr-McGee was acting negligently when it came to worker safety at the plant. • On Nov. 9, 1989, East German officials open the Berlin Wall, allowing travel from East to West Berlin. The following day, celebrating Germans began to tear down the �� wall, reducing it to 30 rubble that was quickly HRS: MIN: snatched up by souvenir hunters. ��

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At last count, upward of 40 states have called a temporary halt to foreclosures. Paperwork is a mess, with lenders admitting to having signed off on thousands of foreclosure documents without even having read them. ADVERTISING PROOF If you’re facing foreclosure, now is the time MAY 31 thatp.m.. scammers will come out of the woodwork Final Changes DUE: 5:00 AddressDouble your questions AnneNumber(s) McCollam,P.O. Box  Prices and approach Please review carefully. check:  to Phone Spelling  Hours you about beating the foreclosure 247, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Items of a general interest will be completely -- and possibly ending up with a free answered in this column. Due to the volume of inquiries, she house. cannot answer individual letters. To ﬁnd out more about Anne Here’s how that has worked in the past: When McCollam and read features by other Creators Syndicate mortgages were moving fast, it wasn’t uncommon writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website Enclosed is a photo of a punch bowl Victoria’s Attic at www.creators.com. for a lender to immediately sell off a collection of set, which was a wedding gift to my great- 1/16th page, 4C, 13x rate promissory notes to someone else for a profit, take COPYRIGHT 2010 CREATORS.COM grandfather and great-grandmother on Oct. 11, June 6, 2010 that money, lend it out and start all over again. 1897. The set includes a punch bowl, pedestal When the “savvy” homeowner was faced with and 12 footed cups. The bowl is over 14 inches foreclosure, all he had to do was say to his original �� in diameter and stands almost 15 inches tall lender: “Produce the note.” With so much paper with the pedestal. With a crown and two crests, shuffling going on, often nobody could locate the marked on the bottom in green are the words, actual note, the sole document with your signature “Vienna -- Austria.” Also included with the on it. mark, the phrase “Genuine Hand-painted” is Unscrupulous attorneys would hustle clients • American Antique written in gold. Browse hundreds of Furniture Multiple into court and tell the judge, “No one can find the I would appreciate any information you can quality items from • Roseville & CaliDealers! note. No one can prove my client actually owes any fornia Pottery reputible dealers in our share on our punch bowl, including the origin, rn Mode entury • Mid-C money,” and would file a form demanding to see Furniture spacious 5,000 sq. ft. showroom. the manufacturer and the approximate value. the original note. • Vintage Jewelry    Some people, so it’s said, actually ended up You described the green crown and double • Advertising Collectibles with a free house. The bigger negative was that shield/crest mark that was used by several New • Large Art Collection some homeowners were foreclosed on by multiple Antiques & Collectibles York porcelain importers from 1890 to 1908. Your lenders, all claiming to have a right to do so. punch bowl set was made by Count Thun Porcelain 67-777 Palm Canyon Dr., #9 • Cathedral City This ploy doesn’t work anymore. The reason: (Between Lumpy’s & Innovative Flooring. Across from Del Taco) Factory. Funded by Count Franz Josef Thun, the MERS, or Mortgage Electronic Registration (760) 328-7999 ﬁrm was founded in Klasterec, Austria, in 1794. The Heinrich and Co. has produced porcelain in Germany since 1896.

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early 1930s or possibly earlier. It was mine as a child, and my mother saved it for me all these years. Marked on the bottom are the words, “Edwin M. Knowles China Co.” It is decorated with scenes of Little Boy Blue leaning against a haystack with his horn next to him. The height of the cup is almost 3 inches; it has a gold rim and is still in mint condition. I would appreciate any information you can provide.

Edwin M. Knowles China Co. was located in East Liverpool, Ohio, from 1900 to 1963. They made semi-vitreous dinnerware. Children’s cups and dinnerware are very popular collectibles. Your Little Boy Blue cup would fetch $25 to $50 in an antiques shop. ***

This mark is located on the back of a plate that was given to my parents as a wedding gift in 1928. Also included with the mark, there is a circle with the words, “Stouffer Studio.” Eleven inches in diameter, the plate is decorated with pastel ﬂowers against a white background and a wide band with gold embellishment. It has a removable handle and is still in perfect condition. Would you tell me something about my plate and its worth?

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• How big is our sun? It has a diameter of 864,000 Corrections due by: 10 am, Wed., 9/29/10 miles (1,391,000 kilometers), and more than one million Earths could fit inside. The heat CLIP AND SAVE the sun provides for us originates from nuclear fusion at its core. At a distance of 93 million PRE-SEASON miles (150 million kilometers) from Earth, the light it produces takes about eight minutes to reach us. • A light-year measures the distance light travels in the period of one Earth year. • Did you know that the sun is just one star among 200 billion such sun/stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way? A number of these suns are immensely larger than our own and, in fact, many of them make our sun quite miniscule in comparison. Our world is just one planet orbiting one star in a galaxy of 200 billion stars. • Robotic spacecraft from Earth have now visited or orbited every planet in our solar system, and more are on their way to visit some of the dwarf planets. Man has explored the sun, the moon and many asteroids. And now some of the oldest spacecraft still active — NASA’s Voyager spacecrafts — have almost reached the sun’s heliosphere.

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• Astronomers now estimate that the universe contains multiple trillions of stars organized into billions of galaxies. Trying to comprehend its incredible, endless immensity is literally staggering to the human mind! DOLLARS & SENSE: From page 14 Systems. MERS is party (as nominal mortgagee) to each mortgage transaction, as well as an online computer registration system for documents. If there’s a case of foreclosure where the lender needs to produce facts, MERS has them. Your note can be sold multiple times, and it will be tracked the whole way by MERS without you needing to sign anything. Or, as a party to the deal, MERS also can file for bankruptcy. According to the MERS website (www.mersinc.org), all the biggies use them, including the Federal Housing Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Unfortunately, MERS is now embroiled in the foreclosure battle as some judges have decided that MERS has no legal standing in foreclosures, since it doesn’t actually own the loans. Hence the halt in foreclosures in many states. Best bet: If you face foreclosure, find the money to hire a good attorney. 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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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 2 safe. HRS: MIN: �� phobias can be a learned behavior that • Some 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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