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At this time of year when we are bombarded with ads for a wide variety of toys, Tidbits looks at those toys that have been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame, as well as some of our other favorites. •America’s National Toy Hall of Fame, located

in Rochester, New York, was established in 1998. It honors those toys and games that have maintained their popularity over many years. In order to qualify for admission, the toy must be “widely recognized, respected, and remembered,” and foster learning and creativity. In addition, it must be more than a passing fad and show innovation.

•ToysintheHallarenotnecessarilybrand-nameitems. For example, the kite, bike, jump rope, rocking horse, and jigsaw puzzles are included. Checkers,yo-yos, jacks,anddollhousesareallinductees, along with an item nearly child has played with -- the cardboard box! What childhasn’talwaysfoundthissimpleitemasourceofdelight and endless creativity.

•Originally designed as a cereal premium prize,Mr.PotatoHeadwasthefirsttoytobeadvertisedon network television. Introduced in 1952, he met the lovely Mrs. Potato Head in 1953. He sported a pipe for many years, but in 1987, it was abandoned when Mr. Potato Head became theofficial“spokespud”fortheAmericanCancer

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geographic and one magnetic. The geographic Pole is the Earth’s northernmost point, alsocalled “true north.” It’s the point where alllines of longitude converge, found at 90° North latitude. No matter what direction you take to leave the North Pole you’ll be headed south.Virtually every point in the world lies south of that location, and at this point on the globe east and west have no bearing.

• ThemagneticNorth Pole is actually hundredsof miles away from the geographic pole, located atapproximately82.7°Northlatitude--andit’salways on the move. This is the focus of the Earth’smagneticfield,theplacewherecompassneedles point. Due to a phenomenon called magnetic variation, the magnetic North Pole a c t u a l l y w a n d e r s about 25 miles each year.

• There isno land at the North Pole since itsits in themiddleof theArcticOcean,some450 miles north of Greenland. It is covered withaconstantly-shiftingfieldofice,typicallybetween 6.5 and 10 feet thick. Now and then on

rare occasions, open water is visible at the exact Pole site. The sea itself has been measured at 13,980 feet deep.

•Theearthmakesonecomplete rotationevery24 hours, but if you are standing at the top of the world at the North Pole your speed of rotation is extremely slow. In contrast, the rotationspeedattheequator,wheretheearth’scircumference is the greatest, is about 1,038 miles per hour! In fact, due to an effect called centripetal acceleration, you would actually weigh less at the equator than at the Pole. But that difference would be only about 0.3 percent, andyou’dnevernoticeit.

•Byinternationallaw,nocountryownstheNorthPole or can claim ownership of the Arctic Oceansurroundingit.

•Therearesixmonthsofdarknessandsixmonthsof daylight at the Pole. The annual sunrise takes place on the equinox, around March 20, taking three months to reach its highest point during the summer solstice, around June 21. During the summer, the sun is always just above the horizon. It begins a slow descent after the solstice and the annual sunset occurs around

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3. TELEVISION: Where were the characters of “Laverne and Shirley” employed in Milwaukee?

4. ARCHITECTURE: Who invented the geodesic dome?

5. LITERATURE: What were the names of “The Three Musketeers” by Alexandre Dumas?

6. MOVIES: What male actor starred in the 1981 film “Arthur,” and who was his leading lady?

7. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the island country of Sri Lanka located?

8. CHEMISTRY: What is the Peri-odic Table symbol for zinc?

9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What nickname did author Tom Wolfe give the 1970s?

10. LANGUAGE: What are cor-sairs?

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3. Who led the NFL in rushing the one year that Cleveland’s Jim Brown didn’t during his nine-year NFL career?

4. How many times has Brigham Young’s men’s basketball team made the NCAA Tournament without ever reaching the Final Four?

5. Name the first eighth-seeded NHL team to eliminate a No. 1 and a No. 2 seed in the same season.

6. In 2012, Kamron Doyle (14 years, 218 days old) became the youngest bowler to finish in the top three in a PBA event. Who had been the youngest?

7. Who was the youngest U.S. boxer to win an Olympic gold medal?

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92.2. True. The Twins won the A.L.

West in 1969.3. Green Bay’s Jim Taylor rushed

for 1,474 yards in 1962.4. The Cougars have been to 27

NCAA Tournaments.5. The Los Angeles Kings, in 2012.6. Wesley Low, at 14 years, 344

days old, finished third in a PBA event earlier in 2012.

7. Jackie Fields was 16 when won a gold medal in the featherweight divi-sion in 1924.


1. In “The 12 Days of Christmas,” how many maids milking, ladies dancing and lords leaping are there?

2. Name the boy who sang “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.”

3. Who wrote and sang “Pretty Paper”?

4. Which Christmas song was made famous in 1957 by Bobby Helms?

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “He led them down the streets of town right to the traffic cop, And he only paused a moment when he heard him holler ‘Stop!’

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10 lords. The song dates back to the 1700s in England, with a possible French origin. In France, it’s eight cows, nine bulls and 10 pigeons.

2. Jimmy Boyd, age 13, in 1952. Unfortunately for Boyd, in his haste to get away from novelty songs, he turned down “Jambalaya,” written by Hank Williams.

3. Willie Nelson wrote the song in 1963, but it was first recorded by Roy Orbison.

4. “Jingle Bell Rock.” The song has been widely used, including in the 1987 film “Lethal Weapon.”

5. “Frosty the Snowman,” first recorded in 1950 by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys. In 1954, a black-and-white animated three-min-ute short “Frosty” cartoon was cre-ated. This classic can be found online at YouTube.


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If you are watching your weight, egg nog might not be your best choice. One cup contains a whopping 342 calories, of which 167 are from fat. And that’s without any alcohol! If you consume a quart of egg nog, that’s equal to a third of a pound. Unfortunately, a sprinkle of nutmeg on top doesn’t make it instantly healthy, or erase any calories!

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Four high school seniors sufferingfrom “spring fever” skipped theirmorning classes and went to thebeach instead. After lunch, theyreturned to school and told their

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2. What flower istraditionally thefirst to bloom asspring

Unscramble this word:

S A L A N U NThis word means: springflowers that last one season

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“Spring is Nature’s way ofsaying ‘Let’s party!!’”

~ Robin Williams

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Society’sGreatAmericanSmoke-Out.•AFrenchmechanictookhis inventionL’EcranMagique,or“MagicScreen”totheInternationalToy Fair in Germany in 1959, hoping to finda company to buy it. There were no takers for his mechanical drawing toy at the fair, but he eventuallyconvincedtheOhioArtCompanytotakeachanceonit.TheyrenamedittheEtch-A-Sketch,andby thenextholidayseason, itwasone of the nation’smost-wanted toys.The redplasticframehousedaflatgrayscreenandtwoknobs connected to a stylus that “etched” lines in aluminum powder on the back of the screen. Turning the toy upside down and shaking it erased the image and recoated the screen.

•TheKennerEasy-BakeOvenhitretailers’shelvesin 1963, the brainstorm of inventor Ronald Howes, who was inspired by New York City street vendors roasting chestnuts and cooking pretzels. Two 100-watt light bulbs heated thefood in a trendy turquoise oven, after little girls had mixed up the packets of cake mix with water.Thefirst year, 500,000ovenswere soldfor $15.95 each. Thirty-five years later, morethan16millionEasy-Bakeshadbeensold,andtoday that number tops 23 million. The design has been upgraded 11 times over the years. The oven no longer uses light bulbs to cook, with current models containing a heating element.

•APortland,OregonorganmakernamedWilliamGruber was responsible for the invention of theView-Master.Heintroducedhiscreationatthe1939NewYorkWorld’sFair,whereitwassold in photo shops and stationary stores as a souvenir. During World War II, millions of View-Master reelswere produced for theU.S.government to assist civilians and the armed forceswithairplaneandshipidentification.

•The nameWham-Ohas become synonymous

with good old-fashioned fun over the years.Although it’sbelieved that thehulahoophasbeen around since about 500 B.C., it wasn’tuntil 1958 that it took on a brand name when Wham-O introduced a plastic hoop. Thecompany promoted the hoop with giveaways at local playgrounds. Four months after its debut, 25 million hula hoops had been sold. That same year,Wham-O’s Frisbee appearedin stores, and quickly became an American icon. In 1961,Wham-Ohad another hitwithits introductionof theSlip ‘nSlide.Voted inthe Top 100 toys of all time, this long sheet of plastic was a practical choice for those who didn’t have money or space for a pool. Yetanother success story followed in 1965 with the Superball, invented by chemist NormanStingley,whoreceivedthepatentfora“highlyresilient polybutadiene ball.” Wham-Oproduced more than 20 million Superballsduring the 1960s.

•Youmightnotrecognizethename“ThousandWonder Builder,” the name given to a set of wooden sticks and spools. In 1914, Charles Pajeau and Robert Petit observed kids playing with pencils, sticks, and empty thread spools, and created an inspirational toy for children that sold for 60 cents. Renamed Tinker Toys, by 1918 the inventors had sold more than 2.5 millionsets.That2.5millionfigurecontinuedevery year up until the 1960s.Originally thepieces were all unpainted natural wood, but in 1932, red was added, followed by green, blue, and yellow three years later.

•Twoofourfavoritetoyshadthesameinventor.Reyn Guyer came up with a game that required the players to use their bodies as playing pieces. Hecalledthesimplepolka-dotvinylsheetandaccompanying spinner “Pretzel,” but when Milton Bradley bought the rights, the name was changed to “Twister.” “The Game that Ties YouUpinKnots”soldmorethanthreemillionunitsduringthefirstyear,andhasbeenplayedby an estimated 65 million people to date.

• In 1968, another Guyer invention broughta reprieve to those kids who were in trouble for playing ball in the house. The four-inchNERF ball, which stood for Non-ExpandingRecreational Foam, had sales of four million

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•AlthoughRobertPearyandhisassistantMatthewHensonarecreditedwithbeingthefirsttoreachthe North Pole, many believed the team missed the Pole by a few miles. The Peary expedition reached the site inApril of 1909, but Peary’sclaims were disputed by his rival, Dr. Frederick Cook, who maintained that he had reached the Pole the year before. However, Cook did not provide detailed original navigational records to prove his achievement, claiming that the records had been left behind. As a result of the dispute Cook’sreputationsufferedpermanentdamage.

•In1958,theworld’sfirstnuclearsubmarine,theUSSNautilusbecamethefirstvesseltovoyageunder the ice at the North Pole.

• Situated 2,347miles north of Seattle and 140miles south of the Arctic Circle is the community of North Pole, Alaska, with a population 2,200. Althoughthetown’sofficialnameisNorthPole,it is located a full 1,700 miles south of the actual geographic Pole.

• ThetownofNorthPoleisalsoSanta’sOfficialPost Office. Thousands of letters addressedsimplyto“SantaClaus,NorthPole”arriveattheNorthPolePostOfficeeachChristmasseason.Several North Pole businesses and serviceorganizations work to continue a longstanding tradition, started decades ago at Eielson AFB, of sending individual handwritten answers to each child’sletter.■

• It was beloved American film star Katharine Hepburn who made the follow-ing sage observation: “Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, only with what you are expecting to give -- which is everything.”

• You might be surprised to learn that one out of every 18 people has a third nipple.

• The epic 1939 film “Gone With the Wind” was awarded 10 Academy Awards and is a beloved classic to this day. Given the astounding success of the movie, it’s shocking that one of the stars, Vivien Leigh, was paid only $15,000 for her role as Scarlett O’Hara.

• The world’s smallest spider is about the size of the period at the end of this sentence.

• You may not realize it, but not all “light” beers have fewer calories than brews without that label. A beer simply has to be lighter in color to be called “light.”

• The African ostrich lays an egg that weighs a whopping 30 pounds. It’s so sturdy that a grown man can stand on it without causing it any harm.

• When the Titanic sank in 1912, many passengers perished in the frigid waters because no ship came to their aid until the Carpathia arrived more than two hours after the disaster. However, there was another ship nearby as the liner sank: a freighter, the California, was only 10 miles away. The crew even saw emergency flares fired from the liner, but they thought it was part of a celebration rather than a signal of distress.

• Although a normal human infant is born with 350 bones, the normal human adult has only 206 bones.

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Whether your holiday stress is caused by Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or New Year’sEve, there are ways to ease the pressure so you can actually enjoy the holiday. Here are 10 tips for HappierHolidays. (P.S.They alsowork all yearround).

1. Hide: It works nearly every time. If you need a little break, admit it and seek refuge. Go to a private place and take a few long deep breaths and sing your favorite holiday tune to regroup.

2. Rehearse the worst, then, if it happens, you’ve alreadymade advance preparations.Andsince the worst seldom happens, you can make a game out of what does.

3.Getorganizedearly.Listallyourholi-day chores: cards if you send them, decorating the house, gifts, special cooking, wrapping, mailing and shopping. Just listing everything you have to dowillhelpyoutofeellessharried.Setasched-ule, and do a little every day. Check items off your list as you complete them. This will show you your progress. Address a card or two per day. Wrap a present while you watch a favorite TV show. Re-member, procrastination is the real “Grinch” who stole Christmas.

4.Reinstatethedraft;geteveryoneinthehousetohelp.Sharethefun,sharetheduties.Chil-dren, too ... just confine them to one room so ifthey make a mess you only have one room to re-decorate come spring.

5.Usemodern innovations tomakeyourtraditions easier. Say you havefive dozen cook-ies to send in with Johnny or Mary for the school party. Throw away the “from scratch” recipe. Buy a tube of ready mix cookie dough, and bake them twominuteslessthanthedirectionssay(itmakes

themchewy).Put some sprinkles on the cookiesand swear the children to secrecy. This creates lit-tle mess and is fast.

6. Moderation, and “this too will pass.” No matter what we think to the contrary, there will only be 31 days in December this year. If things getrough,startthecountdown.Lookforwardtosomething in January, like December being over. Usemoderationineating,drinkingandspending.Youdon’twantahead,beltordebthangover.

7. Empathy works when you think the world is out to get you.Look around.There areundoubtedly others who are worse off. If you see someone struggling, offer to help, if appropri-ate. Focus on what you do have, and count your blessings. Remember, love is free to share. And, it comes in unlimited supply to those who use it.

8.QTIP:Thenexttimeyou’reinaholidaytrafficjam,stuckinaslowcheckoutline,oryouronlineorderdoesn’tgothrough,rememberQTIP,and quit taking it personally. The checkout line isn’ttheretodriveyoucrazy.Thestoplightisnotapartofaplantoruinyourday.Don’tgetupsetabout what is beyond your control.

9. Contrarian shoppers start early and end early.Takeanearlylunchandshoponoff-daysatthemall.Shoponline, theprices areoftengood,and many online stores now include free shipping. Whatcan’tyoufindatAmazon?Haveadetailedlistofgiftswithalternatesifyourfirstchoiceisn’tavailable. Consider shopping year round for the holidays.Often,summersalesmeanbettergiftsata lower price next year.

10. The Chemistry of Joy will see you through. There is an actual chemistry of joy and happiness that occurs within us. It is a chemi-cal reaction caused by signals our brain gives to our autonomic nervous system. A positive, happy outlook triggers immune strengthening responses inourbody.Laugh,enjoyhumor,singandthinkabout the joy you give to others and the joy that others give you.

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A: Everyone involved with “Revenge” is either very good at keeping secrets, or they don’t know what’s going to happen from week to week. I spoke recently with series guest star Michael Nardelli (as Trey Chandler), and he wasn’t divulg-ing much. “So far, I’ve done the three episodes, and it seems like it’s going to go on,” Nardelli said. “I have no idea what they have in store. ... They’re very secretive, but I am hopeful that Trey will return.” You can catch Michael on the big screen in “The Col-lection,” which comes from the people who did “Saw,” so you can bet that sucker is pretty scary. He also produced “The Giant Mechani-cal Man” -- starring Jenna Fischer (“The Office”) and Chris Messina (“The Mindy Project”) -- which is available on DVD. I watched it the other day, and I can say that it’s one of those breath-of-fresh-air indie movies that deserves more of an audience. ***

Q: When will “Portlandia” return for another season? -- Susanna Y. in Florida

A: The third season of the ingenious com-edy premieres on IFC on Friday, Jan. 4, at 10 p.m. ET/PT with two back-to-back episodes. The 10-epi-sode series stars Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein and Kyle MacLachlan. They’ll be joined by a slew of notable guest stars, including Chlo‘ Sevigny, Rose-anne Barr, Rose Byrne, Bill Hader, Juliette Lewis and more. ***

Q: When will “Southland” return? -- Jimmy U., Chicago

A: The fifth season of TNT’s hit police drama returns Feb. 13 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Joining the show as a series regular is former guest star C. Thomas Howell. Also, “One Tree Hill” star Chad Mi-chael MurrayÊis set to guest star in a two-episode arc. *** Readers: I have had numerous inquiries as to when season three of “Downton Abbey” pre-mieres on PBS, and I am happy to say that the date has been set: Sunday, Jan. 6. According to the folks at PBS, “The Great War is over and the long-awaited en-gagement of Lady Mary and Matthew is on, but all is not tranquil at Downton Abbey as wrenching social changes, romantic intrigues and personal crises grip the majestic English countryside.” And one of the reasons I love my job is that I recently received my press screener of the series, and I can tell you that this season is one not to miss. Not only is guest star Shirley MacLaine -- portraying Martha Levinson, Cora’s mother -- a welcome addi-tion, the rest of the cast is back and better than ever. So, it’s no wonder that the series has been renewed for a fourth season, which will begin shooting in a few months and will air in January 2014.

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The Hope Box Some will chastise me, I imagine, for deal-ing with this topic during the holidays. But it’s the holidays that make this problem even more poi-gnant: suicide among veterans. The suicide rate for veterans has been coming down. So say the compilers of the statis-tics. However, the number isn’t coming down fast enough. The last semi-reliable number is 18 veter-ans per day. Now there is an added ray of hope, the Hope Box. This new tool is being tested at the De-partment of Veterans Affairs medical center in Port-land, Ore. Staff at the medical center are using a smartphone app to collect items meaningful to the veteran as a way to manage suicidal thoughts: pho-tos, videos of loved ones, music, games, phone numbers of help lines and more. The Hope Box has areas on the touch screen labeled Remind me, Dis-tract Me, Relax Me, Inspire Me and Coping Cards. At this point, only a few dozen veterans have been enrolled in the program, but anyone with a smart-phone who needs help can create a similar hope box. Go online and search for the app’s creator, Ni-gel Bush, and enter its title: Development and Eval-uation of a Virtual Hope Box for Reducing Suicidal Ideation. You’ll find a .PDF file full of graphics that show what’s in the Hope Box. Even though your VA medical center might not have the Hope Box program yet, staffers have heard of it and will be able to help set up your smart-phone. If you’ve struggled with PTSD and suicidal thoughts, please try creating a hope box. Write me and tell me what you’ve put in it.

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Don’t Jeopardize Future for Two Rooms DEAR MARY: My husband and I just found out we’re expecting our third child. We would like to add on to our home. My husband found out that he can take out a loan from his 401(k) at a super-low interest rate, then have the amount deducted from his paycheck every week to pay back the loan to his account. It sounds too good to be true -- and that’s making me nervous. I don’t want to jeopardize our fu-ture for an extra two rooms. He thinks I’m being too worrisome. Is he right? -- Doti, email

Dear Doti: Most 401(k) plans allow this, but the conditions can be severe. First, there’s the matter of double taxation. The money in his ac-count has never been taxed. Those are “before-tax” dollars. If he takes a loan, he will be repaying that money with “after-tax dollars.” For every $1.00 he borrows he’ll have to earn $1.28 or more to net $1.00 in his paycheck to repay the loan. Interest is on top of that. When he withdraws those same dol-lars in retirement he’ll pay taxes on them again. Then there’s the matter of life’s uncertainty. If he leaves his employer for any reason before the loan is repaid, the entire balance will immediately become due. If you can’t do that, the loan balance will be converted from a loan to a cash withdrawal. He’ll get socked with a 10 percent penalty, plus the IRS and state tax collector will be knocking on your door to collect taxes on that “cash withdrawal.” And if that’s not enough, you must consider the potential loss of investment growth. Overall, borrowing from his 401(k) may be so troublesome this should be your last option, not your first. ***

DEAR MARY: You are my last resort! Please help. I bought a lovely cedar-lined wood chest at an auction about 10 years ago. Unfortu-nately, I have not been able to use it for storage of anything due to the brutal smell of mothballs. Obviously, the former owner used them, and I cannot rid the chest of this terrible smell. When we first purchased it, we left it outside with the lid open for weeks and weeks. That didn’t help at all. Can you suggest anything?-- Joanne, email

Dear Joanne: I’d like to wring the neck of

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Study: Mammograms a So-So Screening Tool In a study published in the New England Jour-nal of Medicine, researchers compared the rates of breast cancer before and after screening mammo-grams became widely available. They found that instituting screening mammo-grams increased the diagnosis of very small breast cancers by more than 100 percent, from 112 cases per 100,000 women in 1976 to 234 per 100,000 in 2008. While tiny tumor diagnoses increased, mam-mograms did not reduce the rate of diagnosis of late-stage disease. Over the 30-year period of study, the number of late-stage, larger cancers with a higher risk of mortality identified by mammography decreased by only 8 percent, from 109 to 94 cases per 100,000 women. If mammography is a successful screening tool, it should detect the earliest cancers and, over time, this should be accompanied by at least as great a reduction of the larger, more advanced and danger-ous tumors. According to the authors of this study, Dr. A. Bleier and Dr. H.G. Welch, the fact that this did not occur implies that most of the early cancers were of no clinical significance, would not prove fatal and must have spontaneously resolved. Based on these facts, they state that an es-timated 1.3 million breast cancers were over-diagnosed during the 30-year period of this study and furthermore, that in 2008, breast cancers were over-diagnosed and unnecessarily treated in 70,000 women -- or 31 percent of all new cancers diagnosed. Because mammograms have not reduced the rate at which more advanced cancers are diag-nosed, they argue that mammograms are having only a small effect on the rate of deaths from breast cancer. The conundrum clinicians face, however, is that, to date, no one can distinguish a small and harmless cancer from a small but potentially fatal cancer. In this report the authors note that in women over the age of 50, deaths from breast cancer dur-ing the period of this study decreased by 28 per-cent. Until now, reduction of deaths was believed to reflect a combination of early detection by mam-mograms and better and more effective treatments. Proponents of mammograms suggest that they contribute anywhere from 28 percent to 68 percent of the reduction in mortality. Bleier and Welch suggest that most of the de-crease in deaths comes from better treatment.

To cement their argument, they note that wom-en diagnosed with breast cancer between the ages of 40 and 50 -- none of whom had a mammogram during this study period -- had the greatest improve-ment in outcomes, with a reduction in deaths from breast cancer of 42 percent. This benefit could only be ascribed to better treatment. Everyone agrees that mammograms do save lives. The question is: How many? Today, mammograms as a screening tool for breast cancer are an integral, deeply embedded component of the way in which we manage the health of adult women with a goal of early detection of breast cancer. To stop screening mammograms is unthinkable. But we should certainly pay more attention to the age at which mammograms should be done and how frequently they are done. These param-eters are critical because of the downsides of mammograms, which not only include the problem of identifying cancers of no clinical significance but also the so-called “false positive” where something suspicious on a mammogram leads to needless biopsies and even surgery. There is still consensus that mammograms should commence at age 50 and end at age 75. If a person has no family history of breast cancer, has not used hormone replacement, does not smoke, has had children and has breastfed, a mammogram should be done every two to three years. In Europe, every three years is frequently the norm. Any woman who has a strong family history of breast cancer, particularly if the cancer occurred at a young age, should get an annual mammogram. And based on a careful discussion between doctor and patient, the first mammogram can be recom-mended at age 40. The good news is that breast cancer treat-ments, even for cancers that have spread to lymph nodes, have a cure rate as high as 85 percent. The key challenge with mammography at the moment is distinguishing between tiny cancers that will never cause a problem and those that will prove fatal without treatment. Until this differentiation can be made, we have no choice but to assume that all are potentially fatal and treat accordingly.

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An ‘Easy Fix’ That Is Neither Q: If Congress ever does get around to reforming Social Security, I’ve got an easy fix that should solve all of the program’s financ-ing problems. And I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone discuss the issue. Simply make every-one pay into Social Security, including members of Congress. Why should they have a Cadillac pension plan and the rest of us are stuck with Social Security?

A: Sorry, but your “easy fix” isn’t easy and it’s not a fix. And it has been discussed many times, especially in this column. However, I guess it never hurts to go over this very misunderstood topic again. Before I do, let me correct one misstatement you made. Members of Congress, the president and all top government officials do pay into Social Security. But there are some groups of employees in this coun-try who are not covered by Social Security. To under-stand why, I’ve got to start out with a bit of a history lesson. When Social Security first started in the 1930s, most people in this country didn’t have pension plans, so a government-sponsored retirement program like Social Security was a welcome relief for them. Just about everyone who worked for wages was covered by Social Security from day one. (Self-employed peo-ple came under Social Security’s umbrella a decade or so later.) But some groups of employees already had pension plans in place. The two largest were railroad workers, who were covered by the railroad retirement system and federal government employees (including the president, members of Congress, etc.), who were covered by the civil service retirement system. Both of those pension plans had been around long before Social Security started. So it was decided to exclude these two large groups from Social Security -- simply because they didn’t need it. In addition, Congress felt that it would be uncon-stitutional to force a federal government pension plan (Social Security) on state and local governments. So, employees of state and local government entities were given the option of joining Social Security or not. Most did. About 80 percent of all such public em-ployees became part of Social Security. So that’s what happened when Social Security started in the 1930s. Nobody thought twice about any of these decisions because they made sense. But over the years, people started griping about the fact that members of Congress and other high level gov-ernment officials were not covered by Social Secu-rity. Stories began to spread that Congress had spe-cifically excluded itself from Social Security in order to set up its members with a better pension system (e.g., the alleged “Cadillac” plan you complained about). Eventually there was simply too much politi-cal pressure on Congress to remain outside of Social Security. So in 1983, as part of a package of major Social Se-curity reform legislation, they passed a law mandat-ing that all members of Congress, the president, the vice president and all other high-level government leaders, as well as all federal employees hired after 1983, would be covered by Social Security. Today, that leaves railroad workers as the only ma-jor nationwide group of employees still not covered by Social Security. And at the state and local level, there are thou-sands of groups around the country not under the So-

cial Security umbrella. They could be anything from a small sewer district in Washington State of maybe 10 employees to a large group of thousands of em-ployees like California teachers. In fact, the largest groups of non-Social Security covered workers tend to be teachers -- in states like California, Texas and Ohio. Also many law enforcement agencies in these same (and some other) states are not in Social Secu-rity. Today, around the country as a whole, about 93 percent of workers are covered by Social Security. People like you still gripe about members of Con-gress and their pensions. They do get a pension that supplements their Social Security. But that’s the way the system is supposed to work. For example, my wife was a county librarian in a state that was covered by Social Security. She gets Social Security, and she gets a pension from the county where she worked to supplement it. My neighbor worked for a large national corporation. He gets Social Security, and he gets a nice pension from his former employer to sup-plement it. But as we all know, most company pen-sions are getting to be a thing of the past, replaced (if they are replaced at all) by 401k plans. That’s not the way things were supposed to work -- but it’s the way this country’s retirement systems have evolved. And one final point. The Social Security “fix” that you propose, making everyone in the country pay into the Social Security system, something common-ly referred to as “universal coverage,” doesn’t really do that much to negate the program’s long-ranging fiscal woes. Actuaries estimate that it would solve only about 10 percent of the funding problem. I will grant you this: it’s an easy political fix be-

cause it impacts only a relatively small group of peo-ple (the seven percent of the population not covered by Social Security). Folks who work for state and lo-cal government agencies not participating in Social Security are worried that they’ll be dragged kicking and screaming into the federal pension system. To ease their minds a bit, I would wager that any push for “universal coverage” will impact only newly-hired employees. If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at [email protected]. To find out more about Tom Margenau and to read past col-umns and see features from other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2012 CREATORS.COM

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Resolutions Made Easy The New Year is coming, along with all that potential for a fresh start in the form of resolutions. It doesn’t need to be difficult to make changes. All we need to do is start small and decide on what can add positives to our life. Consider asking your doctor what you can do in the New Year to increase your level of health. The answer might be rather simple, such as, “Get some 3-pound hand weights and strengthen your arms and wrists.” Or, “Add one fruit to your diet each day. Canned is OK.” How easy that would be. Vow to stay in better touch with friends. Make a list of people who’ve started to drift away due to simple lack of contact and make a call or send a letter to each one. Promise yourself that you will stay in touch with them every month. Learn a new skill. The senior center or recreation department will have classes of all kinds. Pick one, but give it some thought. Choose something you can stick with. Does it have a writ-ing class? A beginning art class to learn drawing or painting? Photography? How about teaching a class yourself and passing along a skill you have? Do something for others on a regular basis. Schedule two or three days a month when you’ll shelve books at the library, socialize dogs at the animal shelter to give them a better chance of be-ing adopted, answer phones at the food bank or anything else you feel is meaningful. Here’s one suggestion with a tangible benefit: Pick one coin denomination, whether it’s a nickel, dime or quarter, and save it in a jar every time you get one in change. Save the coins all year and reward yourself next December!

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ANSWER: At high altitudes the pressure of oxygen in the atmosphere drops, so less gets into the blood. Most healthy people can tolerate altitudes of 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) to 8,000 feet (2,400 meters) without difficulty. Older people and people with heart and lung disease might become short of breath at such heights. An unacclimatized person, trying to function at 8,000 feet (2,400 meters) or more, can run into trouble if the person doesn’t make the ascent slowly. Above 8,000 feet, people should not ascend more than 1,000 feet a day without returning to a lower altitude to sleep. They can continue to go higher if they de-scend 1,000 feet each night to sleep. They will know they are pushing too fast if a moderate amount of ac-tivity leaves them breathless and bushed. Acute mountain sickness, a formidable ill-ness, occurs to unacclimatized people in the first six to 24 hours at a given height. People become short of breath, dizzy, have a dry cough and are nauseated. They often have a headache. High-altitude pulmonary edema, an even more serious illness and an emergency, fills the lungs with fluid. People cough, and the cough’s mucus is pink or bloody. These people have to be taken quickly to a lower altitude, and personnel experienced in the treatment of this condition have to manage definitive treatment.

People who fully recover from either usually don’t have permanent damage. They are vulnerable to a second episode, however. Your daughter can protect herself on her next visit by slowly ascending and by taking Diamox. It’s a mild diuretic that affords good protection against altitude sickness. *** DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have developed an unquenchable thirst, which makes me drink water all the time. As a result, I have to spend a lot of time in the bathroom urinating. Can a person drink too much water? -- A.C.

ANSWER: A person can drink too much wa-ter, but that’s a very rare situation. A more likely ex-planation of what’s happening to you is diabetes. Excessive thirst, drinking water nonstop to satisfy the thirst and the resulting need to urinate fre-quently are signs of diabetes. You must see a doctor soon. *** DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Can you get ring-worm from eating too much candy? Is there any relationship between not keeping the body clean and ringworm? I have been told that both can cause it. -- Z.C.

ANSWER: Neither causes it. Ringworm is a fungal infection. The infection can spring up on the head, the body, the hands or the feet (athlete’s foot). The fungus is picked up from someone else or from inanimate objects like the floor of a shower room. *** Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer indi-vidual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column when-ever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

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Home for the Holidays! Q: As a second-year college student, I will be home for the holidays for nearly a month. I have very loving grandparents, and I, too, love them. However, the truth is that they are really not up to speed with what is happening in to-day’s world, and when I visit them, I get bored easily. They do not own a computer, and I do not have much time to give them a call, and I want to see my friends. They also partially fund my expenses. I feel guilty about that. They ask so many questions about my class-es, like how am I doing, what kind of grades I’m making, do I have a girlfriend, and all those things. They are such wonderful grandparents, and I know how lucky I am. Neither of them had an opportunity to attend college, and they are so proud of my being able to do so. What can I tell them to make them happy?

A: How blessed you are to have grandparents available who love and care so much about who you are and who you want to be. Share time with them when you can, be patient, ask about their good old days, and thank them for helping you mature and en-joy your college opportunity. Here are several examples of successful ways aging family members stay happy and healthy: by staying engaged with the family; staying socially in-volved with friends; attending church; and volunteer-ing/giving their time. When you come home, share your latest experiences. Just being with you face-to-face is the most important gift you can give them! ***

Q: My husband and I seem to be slip-ping a little. Every time we receive a bill, we throw it in a pile and pay all of them once a month. Recently, we somehow missed paying an insurance bill, and the company cancelled our policy. Fortunately we called them, and got it reinstated. What’s the best way to make sure we keep our bills paid?

A: We all occasionally miss making payments and increase our own stress. Putting a series of checklists in a three-ring binder could be helpful. List your must-pay bills and check numbers as a re-minder. Your list could include your mortgage bill,

real estate tax payments, utility bills, a car payment, insurances, etc. Include a separate column to indi-cate you have set up automatic payments with your bank and list the details (i.e. usernames and pass-words). Along with your primary checklist, you could list ones for your home maintenance, such as in-door and outdoor painting, leaks, carpet cleaning and other ongoing issues. To be more efficient and save time and energy you could create another list for birthdays, anniversaries, etc. As things change keep your lists updated as they occur. Giving your adult children copies might also prove valuable. Obviously lists save time, help keep your from procrastinating, help you to remember medical ap-pointments and even learn more about yourself. Lists prove to be winners!

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• On Dec. 18, 1777, the new United States celebrates its first national day of thanksgiv-ing, commemorating the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga after the surrender of Gen. John Burgoyne and 5,000 British troops that October.

• On Dec. 22, 1808, Beethoven’s Fifth Sym-phony has its world premiere in Vienna. The concert venue was freezing cold and the or-chestra played poorly enough to force the nearly deaf composer -- also acting as con-ductor and pianist -- to stop the ensemble partway into one passage and start again from the very beginning.

• On Dec. 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, N.C., Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first suc-cessful flight of a self-propelled aircraft. Or-ville piloted the gasoline-powered, propel-ler-driven biplane, which stayed aloft for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet on its inau-gural flight.

• On Dec. 19, 1917, four teams of the Na-tional Hockey League play the league’s first two games. At the time of its inception, the NHL was made up of the Canadiens and the Wanderers (both of Montreal), the Ottawa Senators, the Quebec Bulldogs and the To-ronto Arenas.

• On Dec. 23, 1968, the crew and captain of the U.S. intelligence gathering ship Pueblo are released after 11 months imprisonment by the government of North Korea. The ship, and its 83-man crew, was seized by war-ships on Jan. 23 and charged with intruding into North Korean waters.

• On Dec. 21, 1970, rock star Elvis Presley pays a surprise visit to President Richard Nix-on at the White House to discuss the war on drugs. Presley apparently was not searched before being granted admission: Upon meet-ing Nixon, he presented the president with a gift -- a World War II-era Colt .45 pistol.

• On Dec. 20, 1989, “Roger & Me,” a docu-mentary by Michael Moore about his quest to interview Roger Smith, then chairman and chief executive officer of General Motors, opens in theaters. The film examines the devastating impact on the people of Moore’s hometown of Flint, Mich., following the clos-ing of several General Motors auto plants in the area.


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Before he hit the 40-feet hook shot out of the straw to take him to within two putts of the Green Jacket, a little bit of banter in the room turned to what Bubba Watson was wearing.

As most of us know by now, Bub-ba Watson won the Masters, largely due to his monstrous 300-plus yard drives and unorthodox swinging style. But I, too, became curious about Watson’s game and, yes, his style, too.

For the techies out there, Watson uses a PING G20 driver with a cus-tom pink True Temper Grafalloy Bi-Matrix shaft. The same exact driver will be made available to pro shops this year, the company announced after the tournament.

Pink is a color that most sports fans are becoming accustomed to. It appears in splashes on various uni-forms these days to signify the fight against breast cancer, a cause that has successfully managed to co-opt that color and increase awareness. Knowing this, we were all a little leery of making fun of the color.

And we were right: Ping donates $300 to Watson’s charity for every 300-foot drive he makes. His Phoe-nix-based charity aims to donate $1 million to various organizations

during the year, and after this win, it’s a safe bet to say it will do so.

But his manner of dress and that unorthodox swinging style also reminded me of former PGA tour-nament winner from the ‘60s, Doug Sanders.

Known as the “Peacock of the Fairways,” Sanders came out of nowhere to win the Canadian Open as an amateur. His best finish at the Masters was a fourth place tie, and he won 20 events on the Tour, but Sanders was best known for his manner of dress. Sanders was famous for his “Mad Men”-esque devotion to what he wore. He was known to wear golf shoes that looked more like dress shoes, pleated golf plants, button-down cardigans and a golf polo. Each out-fit had complimentary colors of the same shade, and he even made sure his golf bags matched his outfit.

While both Sanders and Watson are philanthropists and champions, they have something else in com-mon — they’re both self-taught golfers. Neither has taken a lesson in his life. Sanders grew up a poor cotton farmer’s son; Watson’s father was a Green Beret Vietnam veteran who gave him a 9-iron once and told him to “beat it down the fairway.”

Well, Watson surely will be beat-ing it down the fairway for a while now, and nobody will make fun of his clothes anymore, but I have one suggestion — and I’m sure Mr. Sanders would agree — you should at least shave before putting on the Green Jacket. Sure he won in a play-off, but this isn’t hockey, you know.

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A: Auto-matic Canning Devices Inc. made canners and pressure cookers in the early 1900s in Chicago. Their a d v e r t i s i n g claim in 1936 stated, “Can-ning outfit that works every day in the year.” Keep scouring the Internet for pot parts, soon-er or later they will turn up. Your canner was made around the 1920s to 1930s and can be found selling anywhere from $10 to $35. ***

Q: Enclosed is the mark on the bottom of a pottery figurine of a wren. The bird is on a base and has a multicolored black and brown body and a yellow breast. The overall height is 4 inch-es, and it is in perfect condition. Also marked on the bottom is the number “3590.” It belonged to my great-grandmother and was given to her by a friend in the 1950s. What can you tell me about my figurine and its history?

A: Stangl Pottery was founded by Martin Stan-gl in Trenton, N.J. Stangl was a successful designer and ceramic engineer. His company produced din-nerware, artware and novelties. In 1940, he intro-duced a line of ceramic birds and animals. Most pieces were marked with a number and the name of the decorator. “3590” is the number for the Carolina

Wren. Stangl died in 1972, and after his death, the company produced revised editions of their birds. They are no longer in business. Your wren was made in the 1940s and would probably be worth $75 to $125.

Address your questions to Anne McCollam, P. O. Box 247, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Items of a general interest will be answered in this column. Due to the volume of inqui-ries, she cannot answer individual letters. To find out more about Anne McCollam and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndi-cate website at www.creators.comCOPYRIGHT 2012 CREATORS.COM

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What Year Is It? The front page featured headlines about America’s two theaters of war and the suffering of the Eastern European nations. Korea was a loom-ing threat. A Democrat was re-elected president. The sports pages heralded the upcoming cham-pionship game in college football -- No. 1-ranked Notre Dame vs. No. 2 Alabama. “Honey ...” I began to ask my wife, lowering the paper enough to peer across the table at my pretty wife, who was sitting there in a nice dress leafing through a catalog. (I start most of my requests with, “honey.” It’s my cue to her to pay attention because I am clearly in need of something ... like the time we were running late for a function and I stood at the top of our stairs in my T-shirt and boxers, clearly in need. “Honey! What should I wear to this thing tonight?” Her reply: “Put on a pair of khakis and a polo shirt.” I nodded, went back to my closet and realized that all of the clothes I own are khakis and polo shirts. But I digress.) “Honey,” I asked again, “what year is this?” Forget the wars, Korea and the election thing for a moment. Those things didn’t seem out of place to me. But really? Notre Dame vs. Alabama? For the championship? And my wife is Donna Reed? What is this? 1950? I think I may have shared the fact before that I’m a lucid dreamer. That is, I have the ability to know when I’m in a dream. Typically, a surreally preposterous event occurs in my dream ... like the person I’m talking to suddenly morphs into my dad or something. Alarmed, I will seek out a newspaper in my dream. I can’t read in my dreams, and since I write for a living, I know that can’t be true. (I have poor grammar usage both in my dreams and real life, however.) But there it was, in black and white and not some weird kanji script. Notre Dame and Alabama. There is not column space enough to share the rich histories of these two fabled football programs. I suppose that in the days to come, plenty will be written about Grantland Rice, Rudy, Knute Rockne, the “Four Horsemen” and winning one for “the Gip-per.” Bear Bryant, Gene Stallings and colorful hat selections, stock footage of Heisman winners from over the years and lots of other bronze ornamental artifacts will be displayed. I’ll just focus on the surreally preposterous for now (the 12-point line for Alabama being one of them ... bet on the Irish). Alabama has an elephant for a mascot. Notre Dame has a fighting Irish lep-rechaun and plays under the watchful eye of Jesus Christ signaling for a touchdown. I put down the newspaper and spread a little marmalade on my English muffin. I don’t care what year it is, I think to myself ... Rudy was still offsides.

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Deep Fairway Rough When you find yourself in deep fairway rough, it is tempting to take a longer iron or fairway wood and try to hit it as far as humanly possible. But the smarter and safer approach is to just get it back into the fairway and set yourself up for your next shot. So the next time you are in deep fairway rough, here are a few things to consider:

• Make sure you use a club with enough loft. You don’t want to use anything more than an 8-iron. This ensures you can get the club face to the ball with enough loft to get it out of the rough. • Open the club face slightly when you set up to the ball. At impact the heel of the club tends to get caught up in the grass, causing the club face to shut down a bit, causing the ball to go left. By opening the club face at address you are allowing for this. • Set up with your weight slightly on your front leg, play the ball back in your stance, and open your stance just a bit. All of this promotes a steeper swing, helping the club face strike the ball first instead of getting caught up in the heavy grass. • Grip the club firmer than usual to ensure it doesn’t come loose in your hands at impact.

Keep these factors in mind when you find yourself in deep fairway rough and you will get yourself out more easily and consistently.

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• 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 arejust afraid of looking up – they are calledanablephobes.

•Not all phobias seem that abnormal oruncommon.Lotsofpeoplemighthaveafearof death, known as necrophobia. But thosewith an extreme form might be terrified ofbeing buried alive.A nosocomephobe has afearofhospitals,averminophobeisafraidofgerms,andahydrophobehasanirrationalfearofwater.

• Individuals suffering from extreme agora-phobiararelyleavetheirhomes,duetotheirfearofpublicoropenspacesand the inescapablesituationsthatmayoccurthere.Onlyhomeissafe.

• Somephobiascanbea learnedbehavior thatcomes from listening to others describe atraumaticevent.Anindividualinone’slifecantriggeraphobia,suchaspeladophobia,thefearofbaldpeople.Thosewithnosto-phobia,afearof returninghome,maybeable tocontributetheirpanictoaspecificincident.

• Peoplewhoareafraidoflookingintomirrorshave cataptrophobia, while those with cyberphobia have a fear of working withcomputers.A person with an anxiety aboutmemories is a mnemophobe.

•Don’tconfuselevophobia, thefearofobjectstoaperson’sleft,withdextrophobia, thefearofobjectstotheright.

•Although some of us fear the possibility ofcancer,anextremecarcinophobewillconvincehimself he has cancer because he touchedsomeone who has it.

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•AsarchitectFrankLloydWrightwasbuildingTokyo’s Imperial Hotel in 1916, his sonJohn was building an idea of his own. As John observed workers using a construction technique of interlocking beams, he visualized a set of toy logs made of redwood. He named themafterAbrahamLincolnwithasloganof“interesting playthings typifying the spirit of America.” More than 100 million sets of LincolnLogshavebeensoldworldwide.

•Play-Doh’soriginalusewasthatofwallpapercleaner. At the request of his pre-schoolteaching sister-in-law, chemist JosephMcVicker tweaked the formula a bit to produce a soft modeling compound for her students. Joe premiered his clay at a 1955 national education convention, and by the next year, he had a hit. Not only have kids played with about 700 millionpoundsofPlay-Doh,itevenhasitsownnationaldayofrecognition,September16th.■

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3. TELEVISION: Where were the characters of “Laverne and Shirley” employed in Milwaukee?

4. ARCHITECTURE: Who invented the geodesic dome?

5. LITERATURE: What were the names of “The Three Musketeers” by Alexandre Dumas?

6. MOVIES: What male actor starred in the 1981 film “Arthur,” and who was his leading lady?

7. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the island country of Sri Lanka located?

8. CHEMISTRY: What is the Peri-odic Table symbol for zinc?

9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What nickname did author Tom Wolfe give the 1970s?

10. LANGUAGE: What are cor-sairs?

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2. True or false: In his only season as manager of the Minnesota Twins, Billy Martin led the team to the play-offs.

3. Who led the NFL in rushing the one year that Cleveland’s Jim Brown didn’t during his nine-year NFL career?

4. How many times has Brigham Young’s men’s basketball team made the NCAA Tournament without ever reaching the Final Four?

5. Name the first eighth-seeded NHL team to eliminate a No. 1 and a No. 2 seed in the same season.

6. In 2012, Kamron Doyle (14 years, 218 days old) became the youngest bowler to finish in the top three in a PBA event. Who had been the youngest?

7. Who was the youngest U.S. boxer to win an Olympic gold medal?

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92.2. True. The Twins won the A.L.

West in 1969.3. Green Bay’s Jim Taylor rushed

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NCAA Tournaments.5. The Los Angeles Kings, in 2012.6. Wesley Low, at 14 years, 344

days old, finished third in a PBA event earlier in 2012.

7. Jackie Fields was 16 when won a gold medal in the featherweight divi-sion in 1924.


1. In “The 12 Days of Christmas,” how many maids milking, ladies dancing and lords leaping are there?

2. Name the boy who sang “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.”

3. Who wrote and sang “Pretty Paper”?

4. Which Christmas song was made famous in 1957 by Bobby Helms?

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “He led them down the streets of town right to the traffic cop, And he only paused a moment when he heard him holler ‘Stop!’

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10 lords. The song dates back to the 1700s in England, with a possible French origin. In France, it’s eight cows, nine bulls and 10 pigeons.

2. Jimmy Boyd, age 13, in 1952. Unfortunately for Boyd, in his haste to get away from novelty songs, he turned down “Jambalaya,” written by Hank Williams.

3. Willie Nelson wrote the song in 1963, but it was first recorded by Roy Orbison.

4. “Jingle Bell Rock.” The song has been widely used, including in the 1987 film “Lethal Weapon.”

5. “Frosty the Snowman,” first recorded in 1950 by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys. In 1954, a black-and-white animated three-min-ute short “Frosty” cartoon was cre-ated. This classic can be found online at YouTube.


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