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FEBRUARY BABIES by Kathy Wolfe

From politicians to stars to artists — Many famous folks were born this time of year. Let’s look into some notable people born during the second month. • Although the name Tiffany ismostoftenassociatedwithfinejewelry,Louis Comfort Tiffany started out as a painter then moved to designing stainedglasswindows,lamps,mosaicsandblownglass.Hefirstgainedfamewhen he redecorated many of the rooms in theWhite House in 1882,at the request of President Chester Arthur. It was Louis’ father Charleswho founded Tiffany & Company in 1837, 11 years before Louis’ birth.Louis was 54 before he became that company’s design director,creating exquisite jewelry designs.Tiffany & Company now operates 83 stores in the United States and more than 100 international stores.• “Biggest Loser” viewers are wellacquainted with the no-nonsense methods of trainer Jillian Michaels,a February 1974 baby. At age 12,Michaels weighed 175 pounds (79 kg) at a height of 5 feet (150 cm). To battleherweightproblem,hermotherenrolled her in a martial arts class,which turned out to be a life-changing decision. In addition to her reality TV duties,sheworksasanambassadorfor the American Cancer Society.

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• You might not recognize the name of Daniel Lawrence Whitney, butyou’ve probably heard his work. Betterknownas“Larry theCableGuy,”thisFebruary1963babygothisstartasadiscjockeyataBlueSprings, Missouri, radio stationbefore advancing to the BlueCollar Comedy Tour. He’s often heardsaying,“Git‘erdone,”and“Idon’tcarewhoyaare,that’sfunnyright there.” You’ll usually see“Larry”inhistrademark“redneck”attire — jeans, flannel shirt andcamouflage hat. He named hisdaughter Reagan because in his words, “Ronald Reagan was thegreatestpresidentever.”

• SpeakingofRonaldReagan,canyou name this February baby’s firstscreen role? Itwas the1937film “Love Is on theAir.”Reaganhad actually started his career “on the air” when the Universityof Iowa hired him in 1932 to broadcast the Hawkeyes’ football games at the rate of $10 per game. Reagan appeared in over 50movies,buthismostfamousisprobably 1940’s “Knute Rockne,All American.” He entered activemilitary duty during World War II in 1942, but because of hisnearsightedness was prohibited from going overseas. He became California’s 33rd governor in 1967 andheld theoffice for two terms.Although Reagan ranks high inpopularity as a U.S. President,he was actually defeated for the nominationinboth1968and1976,beforefinallywinningin1980.Hisadministration is remembered for the end of the Cold War. When Reagan died in 2004 at the age of93,hehadbeensufferingfromAlzheimer’s Disease for over tenyears.

• Although we think of GloriaVanderbilt as a jeans designer,she was first a painter, studyingat the Art Students League ofNew York, and known for heroil paintings, watercolors andpastels. She also did artwork for Hallmark cards. She was born an heiress of the famous Vanderbilt railroad family,and,at theageof15months, inheritedahalf-sharein a $5 million trust fund when her father succumbed to cirrhosis. It wasn’t until she was nearing 50 years old that she stepped into the fashion world, starting with alineofscarves.Bythemid-1970s,her famous swan logo could be seenonclothing,perfume,leathergoods and liqueurs.

Page 2 Tidbits® of Fort Wayne, Allen CountyVanderbilt is the mother of CNN newsanchorAndersonCooper,whois the great-great-great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt. Cooper himself was amodel for Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren from age 10 to 13.

• IfChristieBrinkleyhadn’tmovedtoParistostudyartin1973,shemaynever have been the cover girl on three Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue editions and more than 500 other magazine covers. As shestood in a Paris post office shewas “discovered” by anAmericanphotographer, Errol Sawyer, whotook Brinkley’s first modelingpictures.Speakingofherdiscovery,Brinkleyhas said, “Iwasbasicallya surfer girl from California. I never looked like amodel.”You’ve seenher photo on the cover of Vogue,Newsweek, Rolling Stone andEsquire, among others, as wellLife magazine’s best-selling issue ever. She’s been the spokesperson for Chanel, Max Factor, Nissan,Revlon, Halston, Anheuser-Buschandmanyothers. Inher freetime,Brinkley isanavid fanof theNewYork Islanders hockey team.

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ANSWER:Theprobableculpritisrosacea(rose-A-she-uh).Itstartsasareddeningofthenoseandcheeks,andsometimescanaffecttheforehead.Theskinalsodevelopswebsoftinybloodvessels.Pimples--whichlookmuchlikeacne--breakout.Thefinalstage,whichshouldneverbereachedthesedays,isthebulbousnoseofW.C.Fields.Rosacea is common. Fair-skinned people with light hair are the most susceptible. So are those who blush easily. The actual cause is a bit unclear. Some believe the skin mite Demodex is involved.Itlivesinhairfollicles.Butpeoplewithoutrosaceaalsohavethemite,soacauseandeffect is not certain. Peoplewithrosaceaoftenhaveeyeinvolvement,somethingthat’softenoverlookedbutneedsconsideration.Theeyesfeelgrittyandmightburn.They,too,canbecomered.Rosaceaisn’tacurablecondition,butitishighlytreatable.Yourhusbandoughttosteerclearofspicyfoods,sunlightandextremesofheatandcold.Thathedoesn’tdrinkalcoholisinhisfavor.Metronidazolecream,gelorlotion,orAzelex(azelaicacid)creamcanbringgratifyingresults.Over-the-counter benzoyl peroxide often works for an acne breakout. Sometimes oral metronidazole or an oral antibiotic is added to the program.YouoryourhusbandwoulddowelltocontacttheNationalRosaceaSociety,whichcanprovideyou with informative literature and keep you abreast of the latest changes in treatment. The society’swebsiteiswww.rosacea.org,anditsphonenumberis888-NO-BLUSH.***DEARDR.DONOHUE:Isitpossibletohavehadaheartattackandnotknowit?Iama59-year-oldmanandhadmyfirst-everEKGthispastweek.ThedoctortellsmeIhada heart attack. I have never had anything that felt like a heart attack. I don’t smoke and never have. Heart attacks don’t run in my family. My mother and father are alive at 85. I weigh 155 poundsandhaveweighedthatsinceIwasdischargedfromtheArmy,morethan35yearsago.Couldthisbeamistake?--R.S.

ANSWER:Asmanyas20percentofheartattacksaresilent,producingnopainorothersymptoms. Those attacks are discovered when an EKG happens to be taken at a later date. It’s also true that the EKG might show the pattern of an old heart attack without one ever having occurred.Ifyouwanttosettlethematter,consultacardiologist.It’sprobablythewisethingtodo.The booklet on heart attacks explains why they happen and how to recognize them. Readers canorderacopybywriting:Dr.Donohue--No.102W,Box536475,Orlando,FL32853-6475.Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.***Dr.Donohueregretsthatheisunabletoanswerindividualletters,buthewillincorporatethemin his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available healthnewslettersatP.O.Box536475,Orlando,FL32853-6475.

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Answers1.Bob,withSt.Louis,no-hitthePhilliesin1978;Ken(Houston)no-hitAtlantain1979.2.DaleLong(1956),RichieHebner(1974),WillieStargell(1975),AndyVanSlyke(1990)and Xavier Nady (2008).3. Nine (2001-09).4. Princeton beat UNLV in 1998.5.Washington’sAlexanderOvechkin(109points)andNicklasBackstrom(101points).6. It was 1950.7. Five different times between 1951 and 1960.(c)2011KingFeaturesSynd.,Inc.

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• It was Irish author Oscar Wilde who made the following sage observation:“Thereareonlytwokindsofpeoplewhoarereallyfascinating:peoplewhoknowabsolutelyeverything,andpeoplewhoknowabsolutelynothing.”

• The sun is one million times the size of the earth.• Coffeewasfirstdiscoveredaround1000A.D.byArabs.Atthetime,itwasused

strictly for medicinal or religious purposes.• HarperLee’siconicnovel“ToKillaMockingbird”celebratedthe50thanniversary

ofitspublicationlastyear.Thefilmwillcelebrateitsanniversarynextyear,marking50yearssinceGregoryPeckportrayedAtticusFinch,whomtheAmericanFilmInstitute named the greatest movie hero of the 20th century. Harper Lee was so impressedwithGregoryPeck’sperformance,infact,thatshegavetheactorherdeceasedfather’spocketwatch.Peck,however,lostit.

• Before the roller coaster was invented, some inspired entrepreneur beganbuilding deliberately undulating tracks for cars. Early thrill-seekers would pay a fee to drive on them.

• Those who calculate such things say that the odds of the same number coming outontopineightsuccessiverollsofasix-sideddieare1in1,679,616.

• Fifth-century conquerorAttila theHun died on hiswedding night, though it’sunclear from the records whether he died from internal bleeding caused by too much drinking or was murdered by his bride.

• Ifyou’relike24percentofwomenintheUnitedStates,youshaveeveryday.• In1978,theendangeredHawaiianbirdthepalilawasnamedastheplaintiffin

a lawsuit. InPalilav.HawaiiDepartmentofLandandNaturalResources,thebird won.

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(continued):• We’ve been listening to Don Pardo

introduce “Saturday Night Live’s”“NotReadyforPrimeTimePlayers”since the program premiered in 1975. Baby boomers mayremember Pardo as the announcer on the original “Jeopardy!” gameshow with host Art Fleming from1964 to 1975. Pardo, who turns93onFebruary22,officiallyretiredfrom NBC in 2004 and now pre-records his Saturday Night Live introductions from a studio in his Arizonahome.

• TwoHungariansisters,bothborninFebruary,achievedmoviestardominAmerica.ZsaZsaandEvaGaborwere born the same week two years apart, ZsaZsa in 1917 andEvain1919.EvawasthefirstsistertocometotheUnitedStates,alongwithherhusband,Dr.EricDrimmer,a Swedish physician who later was doctortofilmlegendGretaGarbo.Although Eva appeared nearly 30movies, she’s best known for herportrayalofLisaDouglas,theditzyblond wife on the six seasons of the 1960s sitcom “Green Acres.” ZsaZsawasMissHungary, 1936 andemigrated to theStates five yearslater,whereshehad40filmrolesandscores of television appearances over the years. Neither sister was a stranger to marriage — Zsa Zsa hadninehusbands,whileEvawasmarriedfivetimes.

• Nearly everyone has seen the stunning black-and-white photographs of Yosemite National Park snapped by Ansel Adams.Adams very nearly didn’t becomethat famous photographer, sincehis ambition as a child and young adult was to become a concert pianist. With a photographic memory,readingmusicandplayingthe piano came easily to the young Adams.Atage14,afamilyvacationto Yosemite led to the direction of hisfuture.Agift fromhisfatherforthetrip,aKodakBrowniecapturedAdams’firstphotosofthePark.Byage 20, his Yosemite prints hadbeen published. He went on to shoot pictures of every AmericanNational Park.

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2. LANGUAGE: How many letters are in the English alphabet?

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4. TELEVISION: For which city’s police department did Chief Robert Ironside work?

5. PHILOSOPHY: Which philoso-pher was imprisoned for his pacifism in 1918?

6. MYTHOLOGY: What was the name of Pecos Bill’s horse?

7. MOVIES: What were the first names of the movie star Gish sisters?

8. BIBLE: In the Old Testament, where did Jacob’s Ladder lead?

9. MUSIC: Who wrote the opera “Der Ring des Nibelungen”?

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FEBRUARY SLUGGERSTwo great home run hitters entered the world during February. Bothovercamedifficultchildhoodstogoon to record-setting fame. • A rough neighborhood in

Baltimore,Maryland, known asPigtown was the birthplace of the “Sultan of Swat,” GeorgeHerman Ruth Jr. Of the family’s eight children, only Georgeand one sister survived. His mother battled tuberculosis for manyyears, andwhenhewasjust sevenyearsold, his fatherbrought him to an orphanage/reformatory,St.Mary’sIndustrialSchool for Boys, operated bythe Xaverian Brothers Jesuitmissionaries. There, Ruth Sr.signedovercustodyofhisson,andforthenext12years,Babesaw his family only on special occasions. He learned the trade of tailoring and shirt making at the school, and played in theschool band.

• Brother Mathias Boutlier wasSt. Mary’s Head of Discipline and took young Ruth under his wing,teachinghimthegameofbaseball. In 1919, at 19, RuthsignedwiththeBostonRedSox,and being the youngest member of the team, was given thenickname “Babe.”Hewas soldto theYankees five years later

and contributed to the team’s seven pennants and four World Seriestitles.Priortohisarrival,the Yankees had never won a pennant.

• In 1927, the Bambino becamethefirstplayertohit60homersinoneseason,arecordthatstooduntil 1961 when it was broken by Roger Maris. His record of 714 home runs was on the books for 41 years. He retired at age 40 in 1935 after 21 seasons. TheBabe perished from throatcancer in 1948.

• HankAaronspenthischildhoodinpoverty,pickingcottononanAlabamafarm.Whenhisfamilydidn’t have money for baseball equipment, he hit bottle capswithsticks.AttendinghighschoolinMobile,Hankplayedoutfieldand third base on the school’s championship team but was also a success on the football team. In fact, he received severalscholarship offers to play college football,but turned themdown,knowing that baseball was his firstlove.

• AspotonaNegroLeagueteam,the Mobile Black Bears, camealong in his junior year of highschool,andAaronwaspaid$10pergame.At17,hewasgivena minor league contract with the IndianapolisClowns,partoftheNegroAmericanLeague.Threeyears later in 1954, he started

his major league career, onethatwouldspan23seasons.By1955,AaronhadalreadymadehisfirstAll-Star team,afeathewould repeat 20 more times. He spent21seasonswiththeBraves(first Milwaukee, then Atlanta).HisfinaltwoseasonswerewiththeMilwaukeeBrewers.

• In the final game of the 1973season, “Hammerin’Hank” tiedBabeRuth’shomerunrecordof714.Duringtheensuingwinter,he received death threats and hate mail from those who didn’t want to see the Babe’s recordbrokenbyablackman.OnApril8,1974,inagamebetweentheBraves and the Los AngelesDodgers, Aaron reached thatgoalonapitchfromAlDowning.In October of that year, he hithis 733rd home, which provedto be his last as a member of the Braves ball club. Within amonth,theBravestradedhimtotheMilwaukeeBrewers.

• DuringAaron’sfirstseasonwiththe Brewers, he broke BabeRuth’s all-time RBI record of2,217.Aaron still holds the all-time record with 2,297 runsbatted in. His final home run,No. 755, was achieved duringhislastseasoninJulyof1976,arecord that stayed in place until 2007,whenBarryBondshithis756th.

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Fiduciaries:TheBigMoneyGraborFiduciaryAbuse

ATexascouple,oneofthemanattorney,was indicted last summer for stealing more than $2 million from veterans they were sworn to protect. They’d been declared fiduciaries and legalguardians for veterans who’d been deemed incompetent to handle their ownaffairs.Accordingtothe26-countindictment, this couple had been at itsince 2003.

Butwhatofveteranswhoaredeclaredincompetent without any due process whatsoever?

The Department of Veterans Affairstook a married couple who didn’t need money-managinghelp,saidtheveteranwas 100 percent disabled with PTSD and declared him incompetent and in needofafiduciaryrepresentative.Withthe stroke of a pen, this couple is nolonger capable of making decisions abouttheirmoney?

In another case, a son (with a powerof attorney) had been handling his veteran father’s money for many years. Suddenly, a doctor said the veteranwasincompetentandtheVAassignedan attorney to manage his money. The attorney grabbed the money in the account and put it into another one,whichthesonhasnoaccessto.Allthiswithout a hearing, without input fromfamily and without the knowledge of the veteran.

Theabusesgoonandon,theyinclude:--Veteransforcedtoacceptafiduciarysituationtheydidn’taskfor,don’twantand weren’t told about in advance.--Veterans who have their utilities cut off because the fiduciary hasn’t paidthe bills on time.--Spouse fiduciaries who have beensued because the VA has appointedtwofiduciaries,andtheotheronewantsthe money.The Veterans Administration Officeof the Inspector General (VAOIG)is great at nabbing those who steal fromveterans,butwhatabout theVAitself forcing veterans into fiduciaryrelationships against their will?Whenwillitlookatthat?

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HAVE A HEART!We all know that hearts are synonymous with Valentine’s Day. This week,Tidbitsstudiesuponthehumanheart, themuscle that “takesa lickin’andkeepsontickin’!”• Just a little larger than the size

of your fist, your heart weighsbetween 7 and 15 ounces (200 to 425 g). The average heart beats about72timesperminute,whichisabout100,000timesaday.Youdothe math —That’s 3.6 million times every year. If you live 70 years,that’s 2.5 billion beats over the course of your lifetime.

• Everydayyourheartpumps2,000gallons (7,570 l) of blood throughyour body’s 60,000 miles (96,560km) of blood vessels. Turn on your kitchen faucet full blast for the next 45 years and that will equal the amount of blood pumped by your heart during your lifetime. That’s about1.5milliongallons(5,678,118l),whichwouldfillabout200tankercars on a train.

• Aboutfourweeksafterconception,a fetus’ heart starts beating. Its heart rate is about 150 beats per minute,twiceasfastasanadult’s.At 12weeks, its heart is pumping60 pints (28 l) of blood every day.

• The heart cavity is made up of four parts, two upper chambers

and two lower chambers. The upper compartments are called the right and left atria, and thelower chambers are the right and left ventricles. The body’s largest artery, the aorta, originates fromthe left ventricle, the largest andstrongest chamber that pumps to all body parts. Its walls are about ½ inch (1.27 cm) thick. Your body contains about 75 trillion cells that receive blood from the heart. Only onebodypart,thecornea,receivesno blood.

• Theword“cardiac”means“relatedtotheheart,”andhasitsoriginsintheGreekwordforheart,kardia.

• There’s a difference between the hearts of men and women. The man’s is typically about 2 ounces (62grams)heavier,butbeatsabouteight fewer times per minute.

• Whenyouhaveagoodbellylaugh,up to 20 percent more blood is pumped throughout your entire body. This can contribute to stress reduction,solaughitup!

• Theworld’sfirstsuccessfulhumanheart transplant was completed in 1967 by South African physicianDr. Christiaan Barnard. Therecipient Louis Washansky lived 18 days. Today, heart recipientsliveanaverageof15years.About3,500 transplants are performed

every year.After two years, about80 percent of recipients are alive,andafterfiveyears,73percentofmales and 67 percent of females still survive. Medical research has shown that same-gender transplants have better results.

• The world’s longest-surviving heart transplant recipient lived 31 years after his surgery. Tony Huesman was 20 years old when viral pneumonia damaged his heart and he received a new one in 1978. He lived until 2009,whenironically,itwascancerthat claimed his life. Kelly Perkins received her new heart in 1995 andhassinceclimbedMt.Fuji,Mt.Kilimanjaro, the Matterhorn, Mt.WhitneyandArgentina’sCajondeArenales.

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1.IstheBookofRehoboamintheOldorNewTestamentorneither?2.FromGenesis4,whatrighteousmanstartedthepracticeofherdingsheep?Adam,Cain,Abel,Job3.Howmanytimesistheword“Bible”mentionedinthescriptureoftheBible(KJV)?Zero,3,49,morethan1,000

4.AccordingtoJesus,whatwasSatanfromthebeginning?Deceiver,Evil,Thief,Murderer5.InBiblicaltimes,whichwasalargeunitofmoneyorweight?Levy,Talent,Shekel,Sepulcher6.Ofthese,whowasn’tasonofNoah?Shem,Ham,Levi,Japheth

ANSWERS:1)Neither;2)Abel;3)Zero;4)Murderer;5)Talent;6) Levi

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