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COOKIE FACTSby Kathy Wolfe
Who doesn’t like cookies of one sort or another? This week, Tidbits is taking a look at this treat’s or-igin, along with how some of our favorites got their start.
• The word “cookie” has its origins in the Dutch language from their word keokje, meaning “lit-tle cake.” It’s thought that cookies originated as a method of testing cakes. Bakers used a small amount of cake batter to test the oven tempera-ture. Persia was probably the first country to make cookies, as it was one of the first to cultivate sug-ar.
• Home-baked cookies come in several styles. Pressed cookies are formed by pressing dough through a press to form fancy shapes. Drop cook-ies are made by merely dropping spoonfuls of dough onto a baking sheet while the dough for bar cookies is spread in a shallow pan and cut into bars after baking. Icebox cookies are created by shaping dough into a log, which is refrigerated, then sliced and baked. Cookies cutters are used to make rolled cookies into decorative shapes. American tinsmiths began fashioning cookie cut-ters by hand in the 1700s.
• The first American cookbook, American Cookery, published in 1796 includes two recipes simply called “Cookies” and “Christmas Cookey.”
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• “Before you set your new can of shaving cream on the sink edge, take this man tip from me: Bor-row a bottle of clear nail pol-ish and paint the bottom rim, extending up a quarter inch. It won’t leave rust rings. I’ve been doing this for years.” -- M.W. in New York
• Cut the top off of a 2-liter soda bottle to use as a funnel. They are very easy to cut, and you’ll have a funnel whenever you need one!
• “Save and clean your prescrip-tion bottles; they make really great containers for bobbins. I take a spare piece of thread, ball it up a bit and tape it to the top of the container, too. Then I sit them all in a shoebox. I can see just from the tops which color I need to use.” -- L.K. in Alabama
• If you use condiment bottles with a squeeze top, start saving them for snow season! Clean and fill with water, then add a few drops of food coloring. Make sever-al of different colors. You can teach the children how to make different shades by mixing the drops. The kids can take them all out in the snow to “paint.” Be sure to take photos of your temporary art.
• Use a piece of plastic mesh as a sink liner. Dishes set in the sink won’t slide, but the water can still drip away down the drain.
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COOKIES (continued):• Springerle are traditional Christmas cookies from Bavaria and Austria, and are small anise-flavored cook-
ies with an image stamped on top, imprinted from a carved rolling pin or mold. Centuries ago, these were used to tell the Christmas story to the illiterate by stamping Bible scenes from the Nativity into the dough. A 14th-century hand-carved wooden springerle mold featuring images of the Easter lamb, the world’s oldest known mold, was discovered in Switzerland.
• No matter what you call it, it’s still a cookie. In England, they’re biscuits, in Spain, galletas, while Germans say keks. The Italians use several different names, most commonly amaretti and biscotti. The word biscotti translates “twice cooked,” as the dough is formed into a log and baked, then sliced and baked again.
• The tradition of Girl Scout cookies dates back to 1917, just five years after Juliette Low founded the organization. A scout troop in Muskogee, Oklahoma, baked cookies and held a sale in their high school cafeteria as part of a service project. Over the next two decades, Girl Scouts across America held sales of cookies baked by their own troops, packaging them in wax paper, and selling door-to-door for 35 cents a dozen. In 1934, Philadelphia Girl Scouts became the first to sell commercially-baked cookies, and within two years, the national organization licensed the idea. During World War II, when there was a shortage of sugar, flour, and butter, the Girl Scouts sold calendars as their service project. By 1948, 29 commer-cial bakers were licensed to bake the three varieties – peanut butter sandwich, shortbread, and chocolate mints. Today, cookie sales during the short eight-week time period when the Scouts hold their sale are close to $790 million.
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and -- parents, brace yourselves -- jeopardized the longevity of his wiggling career “I was bur-dened by chronic back and neck pain, as well as a string of diges-tive and food sensitivity issues that extenuated my general ill health, fueled by clinical depression, to the point that I could no longer continue,” he says. It’s what got him back on the right track, though, that’s perhaps even more surprising. “Chiropractic care saved my career,” Field proclaims.In his new book, “How I Got My Wiggle Back,” he describes how a certain chiropractor helped change him from an overweight, pain-racked mess into the muscled Adonis he is today. “His turnaround has been inspirational,” says Kent S. Greenawalt, chairman of the not-for-profit Foundation for Chiroprac-tic Progress. For more information, visit www.yes2chiropractic.com.
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going to. Instead we click on links, opening us to the risk that we’re going to a fraudulent site that only looks like our destination site -- a site that’s designed to take our personal information. Computers and going online aren’t our only downfalls. Nearly half of us never use a password to lock our smartphone or tablet. Identity thieves can use the information they find in a stolen phone or tablet, as well as run up bills on our accounts.Only one in three of us stays secure on social-networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, willingly giving too much information online: date of birth, email ad-dress or educational background. Identity thieves can use that information.The big item -- our Social Security number -- isn’t guarded at all times. We willing-ly put it on medical forms (where do those forms end up?) or job applications (they don’t need it unless you’re hired), and we even carry the card in our wallet where it can be stolen and sold.During the holidays it’s especially important to safeguard personal information. Thieves will be on the lookout for distracted shoppers who aren’t vigilant about walking with an open purse, stumble onto fraudulent websites for online shopping or use unsecured mobile phones to shop.To learn more, go to the Federal Trade Commission’s website: www.consumer.ftc.govDavid Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to [email protected]. (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
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5. HISTORY: The Peloponnesian war was fought primarily between which two forces?
6. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was Ger-ald Ford’s running mate in 1976?
7. LITERATURE: The 18th-century writer Francois-Marie Arouet was better known by what pseudonym?
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• After his service with the Air Force, Wally Amos went to work as a talent agent with the William Morris Agency. His trick to persuade celeb-rities to meet with him and work out a deal was to send home-baked chocolate chip cookies home with them. It became apparent that he was better at cookies than as an agent, and in 1975, Wally “Famous” Amos opened his first store in Los Angeles, selling $300,000 his first year, jumping to over $1 million the follow-ing year.
• The world’s favorite cook-ie is the Oreo, now sold in more than 100 countries around the globe. The very first Oreo rolled out of a Manhattan bakery in March, 1912, and was sold short-ly thereafter in Hoboken, New Jersey. The first Oreos were packaged in bulk tins and sold by weight, about 30 cents a lb. back then. Today, they’re baked at 21 different bakeries and over 20.5 million of these favor-ites are eaten worldwide every single day. Just one batch of Oreos requires 18 million lbs. (8,165,000 kg) of cocoa.
Winter Workouts at HomeI recently purchased a small, inexpensive manual treadmill. Unlike the electric ones, this one doesn’t need to be within cord distance of a wall plug, and it’s not so heavy that I can’t move it. It goes at the speed I set with my own legs. And it didn’t cost the many hundreds of dollars that an electric treadmill does.If you’re in good health (and your doc-tor approves), with only a few pieces of equipment, you can get in mild workouts
this winter without having to go to the gym when it’s cold or wet outside.Consider acquiring a few of these:• Hand weights: Start small, unless
you’ve already been working out at the gym on a regular basis. A 3-pound or 5-pound weight might be all you need to get started.
• ”For seniors” workout videos: If you’re not sure about a treadmill, look for a workout video that emphasizes walk-ing in place.
• If you have room, think about a sit-down pedaler like a recumbent bicycle instead of a treadmill. They even make these with only the pedal part, which you use while sitting in a chair. Some of them can even be used for your arms, with the peddler put on a chair
in front of you.• Squeeze balls for hand and finger
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Shop first at Goodwill or the Salvation Army, or local ads in your area. Next look in the big-box stores to fill in what you can’t find elsewhere. Search online for “seniors home-workout equipment” for ideas, but try to buy in person locally.Matilda Charles regrets that she can-not personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her col-umn whenever possible. Send email to [email protected]. (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
Boot Camp Workout: Is it right for you?Fitness boot camps offer an opportunity to build your strength and endurance. But make sure you know what to expect before marching into boot camp. Just what is a boot camp workout?Boot camp workouts can vary but generally include a fairly intense mix of strength training and aerobic elements. In pretty much all cases, however, you can expect to do calisthenics, such as pullups, pushups, lunges and crunches, as well as drills and sprints. In essence, a boot camp workout is a type of interval training — bursts of intense activity alternated with intervals of lighter activity.What are the benefits of a boot camp workout?The goal of a fitness boot camp is to provide a whole-body workout that builds strength and endurance. Boot camp workouts also attract many people because they: • Offer a more challenging and varied workout • Require little or no special equipment • Create a sense of camaraderie among the participantsFitness boot camps often appeal to individuals looking for a more intense workout. Boot camp exercises usually involve ballistic, rapid movements that can be too chal-
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COOKIES (continued):• Another favorite is the Toll House cookie, which
is the original name of chocolate chip cookies. In 1937, Ruth Wakefield was the proprietor of the Toll House Restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts. The restaurant was housed in a former 1709 toll house, a station where stage coach passengers ate while the horses were exchanged, and a toll was paid for using the highway. Ruth regularly served a popu-lar cookie, the “Butter Drop Do,” which called for baker’s chocolate. Having run out of the chocolate one day, she chopped up a bar of Nestles semisweet chocolate and stirred the pieces into the dough, ex-pecting them to melt and spread throughout the cookie. The chunks did not melt, and Ruth had a new creation, which she dubbed Toll House Crunch Cookies, which became an immediate hit. The reci-pe was published in a Boston newspaper soon after.
• It’s believed that chocolate brownies also came about by an ingredient mishap, that is, a cook neglecting to add baking powder to chocolate cake batter. Without the leavening action of the baking powder to increase the volume of the cake, a denser cookie-like cake was produced. Others say it was intentionally created by a chef at Chicago’s Palmer House Hotel during the 1893 Columbian Exhibition. The 1897 Sears and Roebuck catalog published what is thought to be the first known recipe for brownies, and it became so popular, the company offered a brownie mix in their catalog.
• Philadelphia inventor James Henry Mitchell is credited with inventing a double dough sheeting machine and funnel device that made the Fig Newton possible. He patented his invention in 1892, and production began on the little jam-filled confections which were named after the community of Newton, Massachu-setts, which was near the factory where the first Newtons were created.
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• At age 29, Tubman became quite ill, which caused her value as a slave to drop considerably. Although her owner repeatedly attempted to sell her, no buyer could be found. Because she feared being separated from her relatives, she began to pray that God would make her owner change his ways. When no change occurred, and a sale was being finalized, Harriet made a change to her prayer. In her words, “I began to pray, ‘Oh, Lord, if you ain’t never going to change that man’s heart, kill him, Lord, and take him out of the way.’” A week later, the owner died. When his widow began liquidating the estate, Harriet escaped to Philadelphia. Shortly afterward, she returned to Maryland and guided her relatives to freedom.
• Over the next 11 years, Tubman returned to Maryland nearly 20 times, rescuing over 300 slaves, leading them through the various stations of the Underground Railroad. She was given the nickname Moses, after the Bible hero who led his people out of Egyptian slavery. Tubman was never captured, nor were any of her rescued slaves.
• On Nov. 30, 1886, the Folies Bergere in Paris introduces an elab-orate revue featuring women in sen-sational costumes. The highly pop-ular “Place aux Jeunes” established the Folies as the premier nightspot in Paris. The Folies followed the Parisian taste for striptease and quickly gained a reputation for its spectacular nude shows.• On Dec. 1, 1913, Henry Ford in-stalls the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire automobile. His innovation reduced the time it took to build a car from more than 12 hours to 2 1/2 hours.• On Nov. 28, 1925, the “Grand Ole Opry,” one of the longest-lived and most popular showcases for country music, begins broadcast-ing live from Nashville, Tenn. The
showcase was originally named the “Barn Dance.”• On Nov. 26, 1931, the first clover-leaf interchange to be built in the United States, at the junction of NJ Rt. 25 (now U.S. Rt. 1) and NJ Rt. 4 (now NJ Rt. 35) in Woodbridge, N.J., is featured on the cover of the Engineering News-Record. (By contrast, a piece on the under-con-struction Hoover Dam was relegat-ed to the journal’s back pages.)• On Nov. 25, 1952, “The Mouse-trap,” a murder-mystery written by novelist and playwright Ag-atha Christie, opens at the Am-bassadors Theatre in London. The crowd-pleasing whodunit would go on to become the longest continu-ously running play in history, with attendance by more than 10 million
people to date.• On Nov. 27, 1965, the Pentagon informs President Lyndon Johnson that if Gen. William Westmoreland is to conduct the major sweep op-erations necessary to destroy enemy forces during the coming year, U.S. troop strength in Vietnam should be increased from 120,000 to 400,000 men.• On Nov. 29, 1975, Silver Conven-tion earns a No. 1 pop hit with “Fly, Robin, Fly.” Suddenly, the world wanted to see the “artists” behind it. The problem: Silver Convention didn’t exist. The two unknown sing-ers who’d cut the record couldn’t be hired again, so two others were pressed into service to appear in their place.(c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
• It was noted wit Oscar Wilde who made the fol-lowing sage observation: “Every saint has a past and every sinner a future.”
• It seems that having blond hair was popular in an-cient Rome, too. Those not naturally blessed with golden hair, though, had to go through a bit of an ordeal to change their natural color. The treatment of choice was pigeon droppings. Messy, perhaps, but effective.
• Those who study such things say that dung beetles use the Milky Way as a navigational aid.
• In June 2009, the town of Cave Creek, Ariz., was faced with an electoral tie in the race for a city council seat: Each candidate received exactly 660 votes. According to the state constitution, such ties can be broken by a game of chance. After some discussion, the candidates agreed that they would each pull a card at random out of a deck, and the one with the highest card would be de-clared the winner of the election. Thomas Mc-Guire drew the six of hearts, then waited while his opponent, Adam Trenk, took his turn. Trenk pulled the king of hearts, securing his city council victory.
• You may be surprised to learn that clams can live to be 200 years old.
• If you’re of a morbid inclination and have some time to kill in Chi-cago, head to that city’s Graceland Cemetery. Find the monument known as “Eternal Silence” -- a tall figure in robes -- and look into the statue’s eyes. It’s said that if you do that, you’ll have a vision of your own death.
Thought for the Day: “I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” -- E.B. White
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HARRIET TUBMAN (continued):• When the Civil War broke out, Harriet went to work
for the Union Army, initially as a cook and a nurse. But when it was discovered she was very familiar with the Confederate area and terrain, she became a mapmaker, a scout, and a spy. She would fre-quently enter towns under Confederate control in disguise, wandering the streets gathering valuable intelligence information for the Union’s military leaders.
• In 1863, Tubman became the first woman to lead an armed assault during the Civil War. Working with Colonel James Montgomery, she guided the Combahee River Raid through a dense forest and swamps in South Carolina, an effort that freed 750 slaves. Through her intricate spy network, she knew the Confederate positions and location of their supply lines.
• After the War, Harriet returned to her Auburn, New York home to care for her aging parents. She dedicated her time to caring for orphans and invalids, as well as promoting freedmen’s schools in the south. She married a Union soldier and adopted an infant daughter.
• Tubman did not receive any salary for her Civil War efforts, so was ineligible for any military pension. But late in life, Congress granted her a special pension of $20 per month for her courageous endeavors. Along with royalties she received from publishing her biography, she founded a retirement home for impoverished former slaves. It was here in the Tubman Home for the Aged that she passed away in 1913. The tiny 5’2” former slave who had endured a debilitating illness and could not read or write, was laid to rest with military honors.
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Sponsored by Emanuel Cancer Center in Turlock, Calif., the year-round support group is designed for children and teens 5-17 whose loved one has cancer. Free and open to the community, hands-on sensory activities open up opportunities to ask questions and feel supported. A Monkey Business facilitator, Nancy Daley, says cancer’s impact on young families is on the rise, and when it comes through the door unexpectedly and a parent becomes ill, it isn’t uncommon for children to struggle in school and act out in the home.Along with seeking family support in your commu-nity, Nancy gives several tips that are important for helping children.1. Talk to your children regularly in natural situations, like driving to piano lessons or while preparing a meal. Find time for honest conversation, and attempt to answer all of their questions.2. Explain the diagnosis as clearly as possible. Out-side resources in your community may be available to help.3. Give your children tools for talking to their friends at school about their parent’s cancer. Help them de-cide who needs to know, and who does not need to know.4. Try your best to maintain rules and routines at home. They provide security for children.
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PICKS OF THE WEEK“Red 2” (R) -- A handful of renegade CIA re-tirees go back into action to kill bad dudes and recover a nuclear weapon. The aging -- but still deadly -- ensemble includes Bruce Wil-lis (tough guy and hero), John Malkov-ich (the Mad-Dog Murdoch of the crew) and Helen Mirren (elegant and sophisticated, even when operating an automatic weapon). Mary-Louise Parker rounds out the cast as Bruce’s civilian girlfriend.
While the explosions are big and bright, this film has an acute case of sequel-itis. Willis looks bored for most of the proceed-ings. The jokes don’t land the way they did in the prequel. Sir Anthony Hopkins has a fun role as a scientist -- possibly the mad kind. If you truly enjoyed the first round, then go ahead and rent this as a follow-up. “Jobs” (PG-13) -- Steve Jobs had an undeniably dramatic and intriguing life. From his early years, to the launch of Ap-ple Computers, all the way up to his trium-phant return to the company he built and then lost. Ashton Kutcher clearly put in the research for his role as Jobs. Josh Gad -- a more comedic type -- does a great job of depicting Steve Wozniak, the techie who built the first Apple motherboard, and a companion to the often anti-social Jobs.Sadly, the film never rises above the point of worshipping Steve Jobs. The tone of the movie is hard to pin down -- I thought I was watching a parody for a good portion of the run time. People respond to every
word Jobs utters with bated breath, just on the edge of applauding nothing. Even when the movie shows the darker side of the man, it’s feels more obligatory than or-ganic.“Knightriders” (Blu-ray) -- This 1981 low-budget treasure finally makes it to Blu-Ray. See, there’s this radical roadshow going through small-town America -- a Renaissance Fair bloodsport on wheels. The film tells the oh-so-wonderful story of men in medieval armor who ride around on dirtbikes and fight with swords and flails. Ed Harris turns in a swell performance as the gang’s delusional leader -- his character takes the knight stuff a little too seriously, while all of the other performers just want Knightriders to achieve the same commer-cial success as Monster Trucks. George A. Romero (the father of the modern zombie film) directed this little ditty and promptly went back to making monster flicks.(c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A proj-ect benefits from your organizational skills that get it up and running. Your success leaves a highly favorable im-pression. Don’t be surprised if you get some positive feedback soon.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Spend time on practical matters through the end of the week. Then begin shifting your focus to more-artistic pursuits. Re-sist being overly self-critical. Just allow yourself to feel free to create.GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Restart-ing those creative projects you had set aside for a while will help provide a much-needed soothing balance to your hectic life. Besides, it will be like meet-ing old friends again.CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A change in plans could make it tough to keep a commitment. But stay with it. You’ll get an A-plus for making the ef-fort to do what’s right and not taking the easy way out by running off.LEO (July 23 to August 22) The Li-on’s enthusiasm for a workplace policy review is admirable. But be sure you know who is really behind the resistance to change before pointing your finger at the wrong person.VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) You can expect to have to do a lot of work through midweek. Devote the rest of the week to checking your holiday plans in case some need to be adjusted to accommodate changes.LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Try to avoid signing on the dotted line in the early part of the week. You need time to study issues that weren’t fully explored. Later in the week might be more favorable for decision-making.SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A new development could snarl travel schedules or other holiday-linked projects. Some flexibility might be called for to deal with the problems be-fore they get too far out of hand.SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to De-cember 21) Relatives seek your advice on a matter you’d rather not be involved in. If so, use that sage Sagittarian tact to decline the “offer,” so that no one’s feel-ings are needlessly hurt.CAPRICORN (December 22 to Jan-uary 19) A shift in planning direction might help you speed up your progress toward achieving that long-planned goal. Trusted colleagues are ready to of-fer some valuable support.AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) An unexpected demand for settle-ment of an old loan could create some pre-holiday anxiety. But you might not really owe it. Check your records thor-oughly before remitting payment.PISCES (February 19 to March 20) It’s a good time to get into the social swim and enjoy some well-earned fun and games with those closest to you be-fore you have to resume more serious activities next week.BORN THIS WEEK: Your ability to sense the needs of others makes you a wise counselor for those seeking help with their problems.(c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
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1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate with but-ter-flavored cooking spray.2. In a small bowl, combine baking mix, sugar substitute and pumpkin pie spice. In a large bowl, combine dry milk powder and water. Stir in vanilla extract, sour cream, eggs and pumpkin. Add baking mix mixture. Mix well to combine. Fold in pe-cans.3. Spread mixture evenly into pre-pared pie plate. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until a knife inserted near center comes out clean. Place pie plate on wire rack and let sit for 30 minutes. Refrigerate at least 2 hours.4. When serving, top each piece with 1 tablespoon whipped topping. Makes 8 servings.• Each serving equals: 140 calories, 4g fat, 7g protein, 19g carb., 194mg sodium, 3g fiber; Diabetic Exchang-es: 1 Starch, 1/2 Fat-Free Milk, 1/2 Fat.(c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
Saluting Our Military DogsDEAR PAW’S CORNER: While we remember the sacrifices our men and women in uniform have made on Veterans Day, please tell your readers not to forget that there are still hundreds of military working dogs providing security and keep-ing our soldiers in action safe from IEDs and other threats. -- John in Tempe, Ariz.DEAR JOHN: You said it! There are actually about 3,000 military working dogs in all branches of ser-vice, and they’ve played a crucial role in protecting U.S. forces since at least World War I. They’ve served as trackers, sentries, scouts and bomb sniffers, and assisted military police in their duties.So, how can you recognize, honor or even help military working dogs today? Here are a few ideas.--Learn about heroic military work-ing dogs and read their stories at DogsofHonor.com, or read the book “Soldier Dogs” by Maria Goo-davage.--Donate to a military working-dog association or charity. Many of these are small charities and aren’t monitored or rated, so do as much research as you can before sending your money.--Or, donate to the Military Working Dog Teams National Monument, which was dedicated Oct. 28 at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.-- Organize a care-package drive to send treats, protective booties and other items to military dogs over-seas. -- Consider adopting a retired mili-tary dog. This is a big step, and mil-itary dogs require a lot of attention and care, but it is possible.
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Q: A few months back, you ran an interview about Scott Wolf, and it got me to wondering what his fellow “Party of Five” alum Lacey Chabert is up to now. -- Janet L., MinneapolisA: Lacey, who played the second youngest of the Salinger children on the hit ‘90s night-time drama, stars in the Lifetime Movie Network original movie “Non-Stop,” which premieres Friday, Nov. 29, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Lacey plays an executive assistant on a nighttime flight to Zurich who strikes up a romantic encounter with a handsome
stranger seated next to her. When she later wakes from a nap, she finds that her bag with her ID, cellphone and laptop are missing -- as is the mysterious stranger. Lacey told me she was delighted to play a different character from what her fans are
used to seeing: “My character is at a point in her life when she’s gone through a very devastating breakup. She’s really searching for clarity and just trying to find an anchor in her life again. And there is also this mysterious side about her job, and throughout the story, you start to find out what that is. “I really could empathize with her. I’ve certainly had times in my life where I felt a little lost -- I could relate to that part of the character. But there was a lot about her that I hadn’t seen in characters I’ve played before. I like that she’s in a situation where things are completely out of control, and she’s starting to feel like she’s going completely insane. At the same time, she has to be the sanest character in the film because she’s driving the story. It was definitely a challenge. “ Lacey Chabert(cont’d on page 12)
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SEE YA LATER!See ya later, Alligator! Take a look at some of these interesting facts about this member of the order Crocodylia. • Early Spanish explorers and settlers in Florida
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• Alligators are native only to the United States and China. In the U.S., Louisiana has the most alli-gators, but large populations also live in Flori-da, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas. Although an American alligator can grow up to 20 feet (6.1 m) long and weigh up to half a ton (454 kg), on average, males grow to about 11 feet (3.4 m) and females to about 8 feet (2.6 m). The Chinese alligator is much smaller, with males av-eraging a length of 5 feet (1.5 m) and females at about 4.5 feet (1.4 m). The tail accounts for about half of an alligator’s length.
• The menacing-looking mouth of an American alligator holds between 74 and 80 teeth at a time, but it might go through 2,000 to 3,000 teeth over its lifetime. Although they seem to have a repu-tation for attacking humans, alligators are actual-ly quite solitary and very rarely do they go after humans, usually only when provoked or when protecting their young. Their diet consists of fish, turtles, snakes, birds, and small mammals. Occa-sionally they eat other alligators.
• An alligator’s jaws can clamp shut with enough force to break a person’s arm. But the muscles that open its mouth are very weak, so much so that a man can hold a full-grown alligator’s mouth open with one hand. And although they move very quickly through water, alligators are slow-moving on land.
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1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened½ cup granulated sugar½ cup light brown sugar, packed2 large eggs1 tablespoon heavy cream2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract2 cups pastry-quality all-purpose gluten-free flour1 teaspoon baking powder¼ teaspoon kosher salt15 maraschino cherries—stems removed, patted dry and chopped½ cup shelled pistachios, chopped6 ounces good-quality white chocolate chips Preheat the oven to 350° F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicon baking mats. Cream the butter with the two sugars in a mixer. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating until each egg is fully incorporat-ed. Add the cream and vanilla and mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl and whisk together. Add to the butter and sugar mixture and beat just until combined. With a spatula, scrape the bottom and sides of the mixing bowl to make sure all ingredients are thoroughly combined. Add the chopped cherries, pistachios and white chocolate chips and fold in. Drop spoonfuls of the cook ie dough onto the prepared bak-ing sheets. Gently flatten the cookies. Bake for 10–12 min-utes or until lightly browned. Let cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to finish cooling.Servings A gluten-free recipe that makes about 36 cookies, depend-ing on the size. A cookie that contains pistachios, white chocolate chips and maraschino cherries—and they are glu-ten-free.
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SEE YA LATER! (continued):• A female alligator will lay up to 50 eggs at a time,
keeping them warm in a nest of rotting vegeta-tion. The temperature of that nest will determine the gender of her offspring. Oddly enough, if the eggs are incubated over 93 degrees F (33.8 C), the embryos develop into males. Females are the result of temperatures below 86 degrees F (30 C), and between 86 and 93 degrees F, an embryo can develop into either gender. About 8 out of 10 baby alligators will be eaten by bobcats, snakes, otters, large fish, raccoons, and other alligators.
• An American alligator has a life expectancy in the wild of nearly 50 years.
• One of the main differences between alligators and crocodiles is their environment. Alligators dwell in fresh water, such as ponds, rivers, wetlands, lakes, and swamps, while crocodiles make their home in salt water. An alligator’s nostrils point upward, so they can breathe while the rest of the body is submerged in water.
• Although there are about five million American alligators in the southeastern United States, they were once nearly extinct. Years of hunters seeking the valuable hides landed alligators on the endan-gered species list. When the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service prohibited the trade of hides, alligators made such a comeback that they were removed from the list in 1987.
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