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As the daylight hours shrink and the weather cools, her-alding the coming of winter, wouldn’t you like to be like the birds and just head south? This Tidbits will explore the interesting phenomenon of bird migration. •According to freedictionary.com, migration is “seasonal movement of a complete population of animals from one area to another. Migration is usually a response to changes in temperature, food supply, or the amount of daylight, and is often undertaken for the purpose of breeding.” •If you spend time in cold climates, you can easily understand the advantage birds gain by flying south in the winter. Cold temperatures and the lack of food make it quite unattractive to stay in the north where snow and ice cover the ground. • Approximately 4,000 species of birds are regular mi-grants. That’s about 40 percent of the total bird species in the world. In North America, there are about five bil-lion land birds from 500 species that leave their nesting areas and choose to spend winter south of the border. It is estimated that more than 100 species that spend their summer breeding time in the United States leave the country in the winter for the warmer climates of the West Indies and/or Latin America. • Much food needed by birds is not available in cold cli-mates during winter: seeds, fruits and insects are absent or covered with snow. Mice and small mammals, food for larger birds, hibernate or hide from the cold. •Birds take their cues for timing migration from nature. The change in daylight hours, not the weather, is what spurs them to fatten up for their long journeys south. Weather is unpredictable, but daylight hours change the same way every year.• The northern U.S. states, Canada and even as far north as the Arctic provide the breeding grounds for many birds. After breeding and spending long days tweet-ing and flying in the north, birds start eating extra food to prepare for migration as the days get shorter. Many increase their size substantially to help them endure migration. Some fly extreme distances at amazingly high altitudes.

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THE BIRDS (continued):•Not surprisingly, larger birds fly faster than smaller ones. Speeds range from 20-50 miles per hour (32-80 km/hr). Some flocks fly for about 10 hours a day, which could be as much as 500 miles! Studies have shown that most birds fly lower than 10,000 feet (3 km), but some have been recorded flying as high as 29,000 feet (9,000 m)! •The height record is held by bar-headed geese, known for crossing the Himalayas at heights up to 29,000 feet (9,000 m), traveling between central Asia and India. •A mallard holds the record for the highest documented flight altitude for a bird in North America. The duck met his demise when he hit an airplane at 21,000 feet (6,400 m). • A flock of whooper swans was observed at 27,000 feet (8,230 m) by a pilot as they moved from Iceland to Western Europe.•The Arctic tern has the longest annual migration in not just the bird world, but also the entire animal kingdom! It flies from the far north, in or near the Arctic, where summer days are longest, to its wintering grounds in the southern hemisphere off of Antarctica, where days are longest from November to February, which is sum-mer there. The Arctic tern probably encounters more sunlight during the year than any other creature on the planet. Arctic terns travel approximately 22,000 miles (35,400 km) for migration annually. They live many years with the longest on record living 34 years. That adds up to a lot of frequent flier miles!• Another long-distance migrant bird is the red knot, which is a large beach shorebird that nests in the Arctic in the spring and summer. Before heading south, red knots increase their body weight by 40-50 percent. The extra weight, their “fuel load,” allows them to fly about

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1,850 miles (3,000 km) without stopping. They are truly masters of long-distance aviation, flying more than 9,300 miles (14,967 km) from south to north in the spring and repeating the trip every fall. Of the five varieties of red knots, the rufa is known to winter at the southern tip of South America in Tierra del Fuego and breed in the sum-mer on the mainland and islands within the Arctic Circle. • Not all migrant birds are large with big wings to make the trip. Ruby-throated hummingbirds are tiny birds that weigh as little as one-tenth of an ounce (2.6 g). They fly 500 miles (800 km), nonstop, across the Gulf of Mexico! • Ornithologists, scientists who study birds, have studied migration for years and identified four North American routes, or flyways, that birds use for flying north and south. They are: the Atlantic, Mississippi, Central and Pacific Flyways. They follow coastlines, major mountain chains and the Mississippi River valley. The landmarks help birds stay on course. • The main reason migration persists in the bird world is for breeding success. Birds are able to raise more offspring when they get away from extreme heat and cold. Long daylight hours in the spring, summer and fall provide protein-rich food for birds that give them strength for breeding. Different species go to different areas de-pending on their eating habits and needs. • The breeding grounds for snowy owls are in the far northern Arctic tundra. When snowy owls migrate, they go south, but may only go as far south as Canada. When the winters are exceptionally harsh or their food supplies are scarce, they will venture farther south and may be seen in the northern United States. Although considered a North American bird, they occasionally migrate to areas of northern Europe and Asia. • Harry Potter fans are probably aware that Hedwig, Harry’s famous companion, is a snowy owl. They are not known in real life for magic, but they are known for their striking white plumage and large size. While most owls are nocturnal, which means they are active at night, snowy owls are diurnal; they hunt and are active during the night and day. • While you sit around the fireplace or enjoy your wood stove this fall and winter, read a book or two about birds that migrate to maintain their existence.

Study Pinpoints Gulf War IllnessFinally there’s a study that matches apples with ap-ples: Baylor University researchers sought to compare the illnesses of veterans with the conditions of their actual deployment. Reported in the Environmental Health Perspectives September 2011 issue, “Complex Factors in the Etiology of Gulf War Illness” takes a look at veterans who served in Gulf War I back in 1990-1991.The report says that one-fourth of Gulf War I veter-ans have pain, memory problems, gut and breathing problems, mood problems and headaches -- illnesses that are grouped together and called Gulf War Illness, or GWI. The types of illnesses depend on the loca-tion served, says the research, and subgroups of those locations have been identified.For example, certain illness in veterans who served in Iraq or Kuwait are likely due to the pyridostigmine bromide pills given as a nerve gas antidote. Veter-ans who weren’t necessarily on the front lines were subjected to pesticides, with worse effects if their uni-forms were treated with pesticides or they also wore flea collars. Those in Kuwait were exposed to oil-well fires. Everyone got multiple vaccines.Researchers used questionnaires and got down to map level, along the lines of, “Where you were? What was your role? How long where you there?” Participants were asked about each of 19 different experiences, such as, whether they had actual contact with de-stroyed enemy vehicles or were within 1 mile of a SCUD missile.Bottom line: It depends where you were and what you were doing. If you have a so-far undiagnosed illness, this research can be helpful in establishing a claim with the VA.To find the whole document (not just the Abstract) put the whole title in Google -- “Complex Factors in the Etiology of Gulf War Illness” -- and click the “More” menu at the top, then select “Documents.”

Weekly Horoscope

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) The pitter-patter of all those Sheep feet means that you’re out and about, rushing to get more done. That’s fine, but slow down by the weekend so you can heed some important advice.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You’re in charge of your own destiny these days, and, no doubt, you’ll have that Bull’s-eye of yours right on target. But don’t forget to make time for family events.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Be prepared for a power struggle that you don’t want. Look to the helpful folks around you for advice on how to avoid it without losing the important gains you’ve made.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Congratulations! You’re about to claim your hard-earned reward for your patience and persistence. Now, go out and enjoy some fun and games with friends and family.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) The Big Cat might find it dif-ficult to shake off that listless feeling. But be patient. By week’s end, your spirits will perk up and you’ll be your perfectly purring self again.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) A problem with a co-worker could prove to be a blessing in disguise when a superior steps in to investigate and discovers a situation that could prove helpful to you.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) This is a favorable time to move ahead with your plans. Some setbacks are expected, but they’re only temporary. Pick up the pace again and stay with it.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Your creativity is recognized and rewarded. So go ahead and claim what you’ve earned. Meanwhile, that irksome and mysterious situation soon will be resolved.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A new associate brings ideas that the wise Sagittarian quickly will realize can benefit both of you. Meanwhile, someone from the workplace makes an emotional request.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) It might be a good idea to ease up on that hectic pace and spend more time studying things you’ll need to know when more op-portunities come later in November.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) A relatively quiet time is now giving way to a period of high activity. Face it with the anticipation that it will bring you some well-deserved boons and benefits.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Go with the flow, or make waves? It’s up to you. Either way, you’ll get noticed. However, make up your own mind. Don’t let anyone tell you what choices to make.

BORN THIS WEEK: You like to examine everything before you agree to accept what you’re told. Your need for truth keeps all those around you honest.

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I never liked the phrase “no-brainer” -- particu-larly when it pertains to the business surrounding our country’s institutions of higher learning. Yes, I know ... there’s plenty of dope to go around on the typical American campus, but one look at the current round of college leagues’ “realign-ment,” and you’d have to be a straight-up imbe-cile. Businessmen like to knock academia. “Those who cannot do, teach,” has always enjoyed heavy rotation on the tweed and collar circuit. Ironic, then, that the demonstrations usually reserved for student unions and regulated by members of the “student life” office have now parked themselves on Wall Street.But if you want to see a few textbook cases of exploiting cheap labor and poaching on your ri-val’s turf, look no further than the administration building at the end of the verdant green mall on the major college campuses. For the Big East, Big 12, SEC and the ACC are providing live-action examples of robber barons and kingmakers with every passing week. The big winner this year so far has been the Atlantic Coast Conference and, in many respects, the league really is no stranger to this game. Carved out of the defunct Southern Conference in



GETTING SPICY!Spices come from dried plant parts — the leaves, seeds, stems or others. Spices have inspired and been a part of many crucial events in world history. • Thousands of years ago, the people of Southeast Asia were the only ones to enjoy many of the spices we know today. •Prestigious and valuable, spices in the early years of civilization provided profitable business for countries that grew them, mainly China, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Spices played a part in the Chris-tian Crusades from 1095-1300 A.D. and the Spice Wars from the late 1400s to the 1700s.• Wealthy Europeans became interested in the profits and prestige of making bland meats and vegetables tastier in the 1400s. Trade for the five “noble spices,” pepper, ginger, cinnamon, clove and nutmeg, was fought over by seafaring nations. Routes to find spices were dangerous as many merchants fought for control. Spanish, Portuguese, British and Dutch merchants lied, cheated, smuggled and even killed to control spice routes. •When Columbus discovered the Americas, he was on a trip to find spices in “the Indies” of Southeast Asia. He named the American tropics the West Indies and opened the waters for shipping American spices to Europe. •French spy Pierre Poivre, which translates Peter Pep-per, also had an impact on the early spice trade. He smuggled spice plants out of Indonesia in the 1700s and made them available for plantation-building in tropical areas of the Americas and Africa. This helped lower prices by increasing supply.• One spice still demanding a high price is saffron, which comes from the flower of a crocus species that only blooms for about two weeks. Each flower contains three stigmas, the tiny parts ground for the spice. It takes about 200,000 stigmas to produce one pound (.45 kg) of saffron. Fortunately, it only takes a tiny amount of saffron to flavor most dishes. • Saffron was brought to Pennsylvania in the 1700s by a German Amish family and has been a flourishing crop and common in Amish dishes ever since. It is grown commercially in Iran, India, France, Spain, Greece, Turkey and Morocco. Saffron is used liberally in paella, the national rice dish of Spain. • Cloves are the flower buds from tall tropical trees native to Indonesia. Buds are picked when they are pink and then dried to a dark brown color. Cloves are now grown in Tanzania, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Grenada as well as Indonesia. The trees, planted from seeds, must grow about five years before they flower and can live to be over 100 years old. Cloves are hand-harvested and are not just for flavoring foods. Clove oil, called eugenol, is used in perfumes, mouth-washes and more.• The most common spice in the world, black pepper, comes from a climbing vine first cultivated in India. Arabs controlled the pepper trade to Europe for many years. Many European explorers began looking for pepper in their explorations. Ships brought pepper from Southeast Asia to America in the late 1700s. Salem, Massachusetts, once known as the “Pepper Port,” pro-cessed 7.5 million pounds (3.4 million kg) of pepper in 1805.

the 1950s, the ACC is best known for its domi-nance on the basketball court. Duke, Maryland and North Carolina roll trippingly off the tongue come tourney time. In terms of hardware, North Carolina has won five championships, Duke has won four, NC State has won two, and Maryland has won one, but in previous years the league has begun to show up on the football field, too. The addition of Miami, Virginia Tech and Bos-ton College in 2004-2005, helped the Coasties shore up their football bonafides, but did little in the way of basketball. After this year’s poaching of Syracuse and Pitt, that notion is dispelled. Syracuse is a perfect fit for the ACC because its campus culture and stature, combined with its geography (Canada, in this case), makes it a suitable companion. On the horizon, it’s not too hard to envision UConn and West Virginia get-ting on that Coast city bus, either. The Big East, as a viable or at least interesting conference, is essentially over. The scraps that remain do not interest any league at this juncture (all apologies to Rutgers, Georgetown and Villanova, but their overall programs just do not match up). Penn State would seem a logical choice, and it wouldn’t be out of this world to hear South Carolina, Notre Dame and even Kansas and Kentucky added to their list of potential dinner partners. Nobody cares about the geography anymore ... heck, most college kids couldn’t pick out their hometown on a map -- even if it is a bit of a no-brainer.

Sept. 3 Louisiana Tech W, 19-17Sept. 10 at Marshall* L, 26-20Sept. 17 Southeastern Louisiana W, 52-6Sept. 24 at Virginia W, 30-24Oct. 1 Rice* W, 48-24Oct. 8 at Navy W,63-35 Oct. 22 SMU* W, 27-3 Oct. 29 at UTEP*Nov. 5 at East Carolina*Nov. 12 UCF*Nov. 19 at UAB*Nov. 26 Memphis*

Sept. 03 BYU L, 14-13Sept. 10 Southern Illinois W, 42-24Sept. 17 at Vanderbilt* L, 30-7Sept. 24 Georgia* L, 27-13Oct. 1 at Fresno State W, 38-28Oct. 15 Alabama* L, 52-7Oct. 22 Arkansas* L, 29-24Oct. 29 at Auburn* Nov. 5 at Kentucky* Nov. 12 Louisiana TechNov. 19 LSU* Nov. 26 at Mississippi State*

Sept. 1 at Memphis W, 59-14 Sept. 10 at Auburn* L, 41-34 Sept. 15 LSU* L, 19-6 Sept. 24 Louisiana Tech W, 26-20 Oct. 1 at Georgia* L, 24-10 Oct. 8 at UAB W, 21-3 Oct. 15 South Carolina* L, 14-12 Oct. 29 at Kentucky* Nov. 5 Tennessee Martin Nov. 12 Alabama* Nov. 19 at Arkansas* Nov. 26 Ole Miss*

Sept. 3 Oregon W40-27 Sept. 10 NW State W49-3 Sept. 15 at Mississippi St.* W19-6 Sept. 24 at West Virginia W47-21 Oct. 1 Kentucky* W35-7 Oct. 8 Florida* W41-11 Oct. 15 at Tennessee* W38-7 Oct. 22 Auburn* W, 45-10 Nov. 5 at Alabama* Nov. 12 Western Kentucky Nov. 19 at Ole Miss* Nov. 25 Arkansas*


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• On Nov. 6, 1854, John Philip Sousa, “The March King,” is born in Washington, D.C. Following the Civil War, Sousa served a seven-year apprenticeship in the Marine Band, then went on to compose 136 marches, including “The Washington Post” (1889) and “Stars And Stripes Forever” (1896).

• On Oct. 31, 1892, “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,” by Arthur Conan Doyle, is published. The book was the first collection of Holmes stories. Uni-versity of Edinburgh teacher Dr. Joseph Bell partly inspired Doyle’s character Sherlock Holmes.

• On Nov. 2, 1902, engineer Andrew Riker delivers the first four-cylinder, gas-powered Locomobile -- a 12-horsepower Model C made of manganese, bronze and heat-treated steel -- to a buyer in New York City. At $4,000, the elegant, luxurious touring car was built for wealthy patrons.

• On Nov. 4, 1928, Arnold Rothstein, New York’s most notorious gambler, is shot and killed during a poker game at the Park Central Hotel in Manhattan. Police made arrests after following his trail of blood back to a suite where a group of men were playing cards.

• On Nov. 5, 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is re-elected for an unprecedented third term as president of the United States, with the promise of maintaining American neutrality in foreign wars. The day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt requested, and received, a declaration of war against Japan.

• On Nov. 1, 1959, Jacques Plante of the Montreal Canadiens becomes the first NHL goaltender to wear a full facemask. Despite the coach’s objection, Plan-te put his foot down, pointing out that he’d “already had four broken noses, a broken jaw, two broken cheekbones and almost 200 stitches” in his head.

• On Nov. 3, 1976, “Carrie,” a horror film starring Sissy Spacek and based on Stephen King’s 1974 best-selling first novel, opens in theaters around the United States. The film tells the story of high-school outcast Carrie White, who uses her telekinetic pow-ers to exact a violent revenge on her teenage tor-menters on prom night.

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ANSWER: A hemangioma is a small, ball-shaped mass of blood vessels. If 100 people had a liver scan, seven would be found to have a hemangioma. Women develop them more often than men do. They do not become cancers. They’re rarely a source of constant pain, unless they grow quite large and press on adjacent tissue. They don’t cause attacks of pain. Have you found out what causes your pain?

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have a problem with my feet swelling. They get so big that they hurt when I walk. My doctor is puzzled. He thinks maybe it’s due to my heart pills, but he can’t change them -- my heart doctor has to. I have had two heart attacks, bypass surgery and a defibrillator put in my chest. When I’m in bed, the swelling goes down to almost normal. When I am up, it returns, even if I am sitting. I’d appreciate any suggestions. -- E.L.

ANSWER: I believe I’m safe in saying your problem is chronic congestive heart failure. Your heart is pumping so weakly that blood circulates sluggishly. When you’re up or when you’re sitting, gravity pulls fluid out of your leg’s vessels, and it is the cause of your swelling. In the horizontal position in bed, gravity doesn’t have this effect, and the fluid stays in blood vessels. The swelling is called edema (e-DEE-muh).During the day, take frequent breaks to lie down with your legs propped up higher than your heart. When you sit, rest your legs on the seat of a chair put in front of you. Walk as much as you can during the day. The contracting leg muscles push fluid back into circulation.Limit the salt you eat; salt makes the body retain fluid. Read food labels. Most of our salt intake comes from the foods we eat, not from adding salt at the table or in cooking. But don’t do either. Your total daily salt intake should be less than 5,700 mg, preferably 3,800 mg. If salt is on the label as “sodium,” your total daily intake should be 2,300 mg or less. A better goal is 1,500 mg.Tell your heart doctor about your swelling. He might make changes in your medicines either by increasing

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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Last Halloween, our dog “Valiant” ran into the room as my kids were tearing into their trick-or-treat candy and ate several wrappers and a couple of pieces of chocolate. We had to rush him to the emergency pet hospital in another town. Fortunately, he only had to stay overnight for observation and he passed the wrappers without incident, but the veterinary assistant said that they see incidents like this every year at Halloween.Please remind your readers not to let their pets near all the goodies being handed out, as they’re not healthy (and can even be poisonous) and they could ingest dangerous items like candy wrappers. -- Beth in Madison, Wisc.

DEAR BETH: Thank you for the reminder! Halloween is a fun holiday for kids and families, but it can be a dangerous time for your pets if precautions aren’t taken.

Reader: Keep Pets Safe This HalloweenBy Samantha Mazzotta


--Keep candy bowls and treats on a high counter or shelf where pets can’t reach.--Monitor your pets at all times as trick-or-treaters wander the neighborhood so they don’t ingest anything harmful, and to keep approaching children safe.--If you’re having a Halloween party or if your pet is very excitable, confine it to a quiet room or kennel cage with food, toys and a blanket or cushion until the festivities are over. Check in periodically.--If you see or suspect your pet has ingested chocolate, wrappers or any other dangerous item, contact the veterinarian or emergency pet clinic immediately.

you’re required to make deposits of more than $500 a month and keep a high average daily bal-ance. At one bank that minimum deposit is $6,000. With some banks, the minimum monthly bal-ance can be the combined total of checking and savings. At another bank, you’ll pay a $20 monthly fee if you don’t keep a balance of $15,000.Still another bank will waive checking-account fees if you make five transactions per month. Those can be withdrawals, depos-its, checks or ATM withdrawals. At another bank, your fees will be waived if you sign up for auto-matic bill pay. At still another, the fees will be waived through a combination of monthly balance and online bill pay.Complicated, isn’t it? When the notices come in the mail, read them carefully. Know what fees you’ll possibly incur.To get the best deal on your bank accounts, shop the credit unions.

Hurt by the loss of funds from new laws reining in fees, banks have looked for loopholes. Now they’re rushing to cash in on different ways to extract dollars from the wallets of consumers.The variety of new restrictions can make it difficult to determine what fees you’ll likely incur.Some banks are applying pressure to consumers who don’t like to do banking online by attaching fees to receiving a monthly statement by mail. At the same time, with other banks there will be a fee to access your account online. The only way to avoid it is to sign up for direct deposit of your regular paycheck -- which doesn’t help those who are self-employed and receive checks from multiple sources -- and keep a high average daily balance. At one bank, if you deal with a teller even once, there’s a fee for the month.Long gone are the rewards for using your debit card for purchases, and a monthly fee has taken its place. At one bank, you can still receive points only if you have automatic deposits directly to savings. Another bank will start charging a monthly fee of $5 if a debit card is used. Still another bank will let you use your debit card for free if you keep $20,000 in your account.At another bank, checking accounts that used to be free will now be charged a fee, even for a basic stripped-down account. To have the fee waived,

Navigating the Maze of New Bank Fees

1. RELIGION: Which religious text is divided into chapters called “suras”?

2. HISTORY: When did the War of 1812 end?

3. TELEVISION: The character Jim Phelps starred in what long-running spy drama?

4. MUSIC: What kind of instrument is a dulcimer?

5. MONEY: What is the standard currency of Vietnam?

6. FAMOUS PEOPLE: Who was Time Magazine’s Person of the Cen-tury in 1999?

7. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the Baltic Sea located?

8. ANATOMY: What is “necrosis”?

9. NATURAL WORLD: Where is the geyser Old Faithful located?

10. MOVIES: What 1970s film’s theme song was titled “Evergreen”?

• It was 20th-century Canadian-American economist John Kenneth Galbraith who made the following sage observation: “Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.”

• The original jack-o’-lanterns were turnips, not pumpkins. The custom began in Ireland, where residents hollowed out and carved faces into large turnips for the Celtic harvest festival of Samhain. The turnips, placed on windowsills, were believed to ward off evil spirits. In Scotland, young men would dress in white and blacken their faces in an imitation of the dead.

• Peter the Great was known during his reign in the late 17th and early 18th centuries as “Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias.” In order to raise money,

he taxed just about anything he could think of, including births, burials, chimneys and even beards.

• By law, if you are planning to build in Washington, D.C., the edifice must be no taller than the Capitol building.

• You probably know that physicist Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize. You might not realize, however, that the prize was for his work on the photoelectric effect of light, not for his more famous theory of relativity.

• If you are like the average American woman, you will spend a grand total of 60 days of your life in the practice of removing body hair.

• In 2010, the record for the world’s largest pumpkin was broken. The Atlantic giant pumpkin, grown by Chris Stevens of New Richmond, Wisc., weighed in at the Stillwater Harvest Fest at a whopping 1,810.5 pounds.***Thought for the Day: “You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.” -- Sam Levenson

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1. The Giants have won six World Series; the Pirates have captured five. 2. Current New York Mets pitcher Chris Young.3. Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne, both catching passes from Indianapolis’ Peyton Manning.4. Gary Bradds, in 1964.5. Buffalo’s Dominik Hasek had a .937 save percentage in 1998-99.6. The NASL championship game in 1977.7. Twenty-seven.

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