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of Pulaski CountyIssue 31December 22, 2010
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Christmas Around the Worldby Rick Dandes
Christmas means laughing and spending time with family and friends, but most importantly, it honors the birth of Jesus. Join Tidbits on a journey around the world as we explore how various cultures celebrate this holiday.
•Firstsandlasts:In1836,Alabamawasthefirststate in the United States to declare Christmas alegalholiday.U.S.PresidentFranklinPierce,in 1856, decorated the first White HouseChristmastree.Andin1907,Oklahomawasthe last state to declare Christmas a legal holiday.
•The idea for using electric Christmas lightscame from an American named Ralph E.Morrisin1895.Thenewlightsprovedsaferthan the more traditional candles.
•ThefirstChristmascardwascreatedinEnglandin1843.HallmarkintroduceditsfirstChristmascards in 1915, five years after the foundingof the company. An average household inAmericawillmailout28Christmascardseachyearandsee28cardsreturnintheirplace.
•Approximately1.8billionChristmascardsaresent annually in the United States.
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•PuddingisimportantintheChristmastraditionsofGreatBritain.Whilemakingthepudding,theBritishhavea traditionalpracticeofmakingawishwhilemixingtheingredientsinaclockwisedirection.
• In Italy, a dinner of several kinds of seafood,sometimescalledthe“FeastoftheSevenFishes,”ispopularfortheChristmasEvemeal.
•AChristmastraditioninEstoniatakesplaceonChristmasEve,whenthewholefamilygoestothe sauna together.
•Heisknownthroughout theworldbyvariousnames: Santa Claus, Father Christmas, KrisKringle, Saint Nicholas, Sinterklaas, St. NickandPereNoel.OnChristmasEve,childrenallover the world lie in their beds while “visions of sugarplumsdance in their heads.”When theyawake,theywillexcitedlychecktoseeifSantaClaus visited and left them gifts.
•On thewest coast ofAfrica, in Liberia,mosthomes have an oil palm for a Christmas tree, which is decorated with bells. On Christmasmorning, presents such as cotton cloth, soap, sweets,pencilsandbooksareexchanged.Alsoon Christmas morning, a church service is held in which the Christmas scene is enacted and hymns and carols are sung.
• In Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela, itis customary for the streets to be blocked offaroundChristmassothatpeoplecanroller-skateto church.
The Department of Defense has announced the creation of theWoundedWarriorTaskForce.According toapressrelease, the taskforcewilladviseandmakerecommenda-tions about such matters as: staffing of wounded warriororganizations, performance and accountability standards,availability of services for traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder, support systems to ease the transi-tionfromtheDoDtoVeteransAffairsandtheeffectivenessoftheSeniorOversightCommittee.That’s a lot of advising and recommending. It could takethem a while. Meanwhile, another group, theWoundedWarrior Project,has been busy actually taking care of veterans and theirfamilies. The group serves veterans who received service-connectedillnessesorinjuriesinAfghanistanandIraq.TheWWPhas programs in four areas:Mind,Body,Eco-nomicEmpowermentandEngagement.Whether you’re a veteran with amputations, TBI, burns,cognitive mental health conditions, PTSD or spinal cord injuries,theWoundedWarriorProjecthasarecreationandsportsprogramavailable.AlignedwithSportsUSA,itpro-vides year-round programs that, besides offering a chance at some real competition, also aid in rehabilitation.It offers higher education, including IT training, as well as employment assistance services. The end goal: long-termfinancialstability.WWP’sFamilySupportandCombatStressRecoveryPro-grams offer seminars on PTSD, as well as caregiver retreats and more.TheEngagementprogrammightbethemostvaluableofall,as it helps wounded warriors stay in touch with each other through an alumni program and peer mentoring.If you’re a veteran with traumatic injury or are a family member,checkout theWoundedWarriorProjectatwww.woundedwarriorproject.org. Scroll around the website, and you’lllikelyfindprogramsthatcanhelp.
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Christmas (continued)• In Bangladesh at Christmas time, Christianmenineachvillageplantfull-sizedbananatreesalong the paths to churches. They plant them in two rows, and then bend them over to form anarch.Theymakeoillanternsoutofbamboopoles and tie them on the arches, lighting the way to church.
• InEthiopia,Christmas iscalledGannaand isobservedonJanuary7.Peoplegather inbothancient churches carved from solid volcanic rock andmoremodern churches that containthree concentric circles. Exchanging presentsis a small part of their Christmas celebration. Children usually only receive necessary items likeclothing.
• In the Netherlands, the Dutch eagerly awaitDecember 6, for it is on this day that theycelebrate St. Nicholas Day, the coming ofSinterklaas.SinterklaassailsfromSpaineverywinter,andDutchchildrenfilltheirshoeswithhayandsugarforhishorseonSt.Nicholaseveandawake tofind themfilledwithgifts suchasnutsandcandy.OnSt.NicholasDay, theycelebrate with family get-togethers and feasting, after which everyone settles down to prepare for ChristmasDayonDecember25.
•ChristiansofmostdenominationsinHongKongcelebrate Christmas with hundreds of church services spoken in Chinese. There are alsoservicesheldinEnglishfortheEuropeanswholivethere.Theyalsosendexquisitelydecorated
1. Is the book of Matthew in the Old or New Testament or neither?2. Who was Herod’s information source as to where the Christ Child was to be born? Joseph, Reuben, Micah, Matthew3. From Luke 2:13, what term describes an army of angels praising God? Heavenly host, Covenant, Spirit multitude, Manoah 4. What group received the angels’ announcement of the birth of Jesus? Carpenters, Shepherds, Tentmakers, Masons5. Where was the young child when the Magi came to visit Him to pres-ent gifts? Manger, Under the stars, House, Temple
6. From Matthew 2, to what country did Mary, Joseph and the Baby Jesus flee? Jordan, Syria, Oman, Egypt
1. MEASUREMENTS: What is the measurement of time called?2. SCIENCE: What kind of metal is bauxite used to create?3. GAMES: Which is the strongest hand in a poker game?4. HISTORY: Who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel?5. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the first president born in a hospital?6. GEOGRAPHY: Where would one find the popular tourist spot called “Vieux Carre”?7. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What kind of a creature is a gibbon?8. ASTRONOMY: Rhea is a moon of which planet?9. TELEVISION: Which comedians were famous for the “Who’s on First?” vaudeville routine?10. MOVIES: In “The Silence of the Lambs,” what was Hannibal the Cannibal’s last name?
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Name the last N.L. pitcher before St. Louis’ Adam Wainwright in 2009 to not win the Cy Young Award despite getting more first-place votes than the winner? Who was the last rookie pitcher to be a 20-game winner
in the major leagues? Who was the first Division I-A college football player to pass for 300 or more yards and run for 200 or more yards in the same game? Name the player who holds the record for most NBA regular-season games played. How old was Jimmy Carson when he tallied 55 goals for the Los Angeles Kings in 1987-88? When was the last time Mexico’s men’s soccer team reached the World Cup quarterfinals? Who holds the single-season record for the most wins in World Cup skiing?
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Christmas (continued) Christmas cards, and these cards often show the HolyFamilyinaChinesesetting.SantaClausisknownasSingDaanLouYan(ChristmasOldMan) inCantoneseorShengDanLoRen inMandarin.
•There is a sweet Christmas tradition inScandinavia.AlittlegnomecalledJulenisseputsthe presents under the Christmas tree at night. The children leave a bowl of porridge out for him.
• ItisfromScandinaviathatmostofourYulelogtraditionsderive.Thedarkcoldwintersinspiredthe development of traditions concerned with warmth and light. Yuletide, meaning “theturningof the sun”or thewinter solstice,hastraditionally been a time of extreme importance in Scandinavia.
•For a long time, itwas considereddangeroustosleepaloneonChristmasEve.Theextendedfamily,master and servant alike,would sleeptogether on a freshly spread bed of straw.
•The Yule log was originally an entire tree,carefully chosen and brought into the house with great ceremony. The butt end would be placed intothehearthwhiletherestofthetreestuckout
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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My German shepherd, “Sandy,” is a sweet-tempered dog who has a loud bark but is not aggressive at all. She will lie down once a visitor comes in and stop barking without my telling her to. However, every morning she goes over to a hole in our fence and waits until the neighbor’s dog is let out to play. Then, she’ll growl and bark like mad. The other dog will do the same, rushing up to the hole and snarling at Sandy. I’m afraid if they see each other in the street, they’ll fight. What can I do? -- Jane T. in Dothan, Ala.
DEAR JANE: Is your neighbor aware of the situation?What’shisorhertake?Ifyouhaven’ttalkedaboutthedogs’behavior with them yet, do so. Don’t issue any ultimatums, justsay,“Haveyounoticedourdogsgrowlateachotherthroughthefence?Doesitworryyou?”
The easiest short-term solution, after talking to the
neighbors,istofixtheholeinthefence.Thismightstopthe territorial barking and growling, although neighbordogstendtobarkateachotherdespitefencestheycan’tsee through.
Ifyourneighborsagree,arrangea“playdate”toseehowyour dogs act when they’re in the same space together. Both should be on a leash and controlled by their owner. If theyshowanyaggressionlikesnarlingorlunging,separatethem immediately. A fight could make the aggressionworse.Yourdogandtheneighbors’dogmayberelegatedtobarkingateachotherthroughafencethatdoesn’tallowthemtoseeeachother,inordertokeepthepeace.
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To Your Good Health By Paul G. Donohue, M.D.
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am a 50-year-old female, and I have asthma that seems to be getting worse. In October, I got the H1N1 flu and had to go to the hospital twice because of breathing problems. I get scared every time I have a simple cold. I was told that my asthma is allergy-induced, and I have been on a daily inhaler ever since. I saw an allergist, who tested me and wanted to put me on allergy shots. He said they may or may not work, but they don’t cure asthma. Then what’s the point? Does oxygen help? Are there natural ways to prevent asthma? -- M.M.
ANSWER: Asthma is a chronic condition. Looking for a cure is not realistic in many cases. Looking for control is realistic. It’s an inflammation of the airways -- the bronchi, the tubes that bring fresh air into the lungs and remove carbon dioxide from the lungs. The inflammation makes the airways very sensitive. They constrict on slight provocation and obstruct the flow of air. Furthermore, they pour out thick mucus, which adds to airflow obstruction.
Respiratory viruses do trigger attacks, and that’s why the flu virus was such a problem for you. You should be sure to get the yearly flu vaccine.
Allergies can be another trigger for attacks. Allergy shots are not guaranteed to stop them, but they can
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lessen their intensity and frequency. You might want to reconsider your position.
Remove airborne irritants from your home and bedroom by getting rid of feather pillows, shag rugs and dust mites. If you have a pet, and you notice that exposure to it brings on an attack, then you have to limit where the pet is allowed in the home. An air-conditioned home keeps outdoor allergens out of your environment.
For an acute attack, you need a medicine that acts quickly to dilate airways. Albuterol (Proventil) is such a medicine. If your long-term control medicine isn’t preventing attacks, get another. The list of asthma medicines is very long. Oxygen is helpful in severe attacks. I know of no natural substance that alleviates asthma.
The asthma booklet describes the many treatments for asthma. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue -- No. 602W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.
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ANSWER: You describe a paronychia (PAIR-uh-NICK-ee-uh), an infection of the skin and tissues bordering a fingernail. If the skin and tissues show only mild swelling, then frequent daily soaks in hot water can bring it to a head and cause it to drain. If it is quite swollen and painful, you’ll have to see a doctor. Try an emergency-department doctor. It has to be incised to permit drainage, and antibiotics will be needed.
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Christmas (continued) into the room. The tree would be fed into the fireandtheentireprocesswascarefullytimedtolasttheentireYuleseason.
•The Chlausjagen Festival or Feast of St.NicholasiscelebratedinSwitzerlandatduskonDecember6.TheweekbeforeChristmas,children dress up and visit homes with gifts. Ringingchurchbellstocallpeopletomidnightmass has become a tradition, and each village competes with the next for the “best” bellringing.After the service, families gather toshare homemade doughnuts called ringli and hot chocolate.
•AMalteseChristmastraditionallyiscenteredon the Christ’s crib or presepju. The child’s version of the church crib is called grolta. The crib figures are called pasturi and representJesus, Mary and Joseph, the shepherds, angels, villagers and animals such as cows and sheep.
•WreathshavealonghistorythatcanbetracedbacktotheancientDruids.Theybelievedthatholly, an evergreen with bright red berries, had magicalproperties.Wreathswerefirstcreatedwhen holly and other evergreens were arranged in a circular shape.
• It was French playwright Albert Guinon who made the following sage observation: “There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves.” • Most people at all familiar with the name Max Schmeling know him as the Great Nazi Hope, the boxer produced by Adolf Hitler in the 1930s to defeat Joe Louis, supposedly proving Aryan superiority. (He did defeat Louis in a match in 1936, though he lost a rematch in 1938.) What most people don’t realize, though, is that Schmeling did not subscribe to Hitler’s beliefs -- he wasn’t even a member of the Nazi party. In fact, during World War II, Schmeling risked his life to save two Jewish children. • For reasons that are unclear now, the Supreme Court in 1893 declared that a plant eaten during
a main course was a vegetable and one eaten afterward was a fruit. • What do King Henry VIII, science-fiction author H.G. Wells, English naturalist Charles Darwin, American author Edgar Allan Poe and composer Sergey Rachmaninoff have in common? They all married their cousins. • The 1958 film “Gigi,” starring Leslie Caron and Maurice Chevalier, has the distinction of having the shortest title of any film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. • The home of sitting U.S. presidents, the White House, didn’t become widely known as the White House until 1902, during Theodore Roosevelt’s term in office. The building was originally called the President’s Palace, but the word “palace” was deemed to be too royal-sounding, so the name was changed to the Executive Mansion.
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Q: Every year, we string outdoor lights not just around the edge of the roof but around the back-yard, trees, etc. This year I noticed that about half the lights I strung did not light up when I turned them on. The lights seem to stop working in the middle of the string. What’s going on? -- Buster in Altamonte Springs, Fla.
A:Grab some replacement bulbs (the same typeandsize,ratedforoutdoorlights)andstartfollow-ingthestringstothefirstbulbthatisn’tlit.Takeacloselookatthebulb--ifyoucanseeatinydarkspotinthemiddleortheglassisgenerallydarkerthan that of nearby bulbs, you’ve probably located yourburntbulb.Anothermoretellingclueisthatthe entire string beyond the bulb is also not light-ing up.
The reason the string behind the burned-out bulb doesn’t light is because in most Christmas light strings, the bulb assemblies act as individual fuses. When a bulb burns out -- thefilament inside theglassbreaks,preventingelectricityfromtravelingalongit--thebulbactsasacircuitbreakerofsortsand stops electricity from conducting all the way along the wire.In newer strands, you’ll see the lights go out be-hindtheburned-outbulbbutworkuptothatpoint.Olderlightstrandswouldcompletelybreakthecir-cuit,meaningnolightswouldwork--andleadingto much more tedious time spent searching for that elusive burnt bulb.
Toreplace,simplypopouttheoldbulb(youmayneedtounhookasmallplasticlatchatthebaseofthe bulb receptacle to pop out the bulb assembly), beingcarefulnottobreaktheglass,andsnapinanew bulb of the same type. Test the strand by plug-gingitin.Workyourwayalongthestrandandre-place any other burned-out bulbs.
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• Each serving: About 142 calories, 8g total fat (5g saturated), 2mg cholesterol, 12mg sodium, 18g total carbohydrate, 1g dietary fiber, 2g pro-tein.
• On Dec. 26, 1606, William Shakespeare’s play“KingLear”isperformedatthecourtofKingJamesIofEngland.Shakespeare’splayswerenotpublishedduringhislifetime.Afterhisdeath,twomembersofhis troupe collected copies of his plays and printed whatisnowcalledtheFirstFolio(1623).
•OnDec.24,1809,ChristopherHouston“Kit”Car-son,celebratedherooftheAmericanWest,isborninRichmond,Ky.Althoughhespentmuchofhis lifefightingIndians,Carsonapparentlyhadgreatsym-pathyandrespectforthem--in1867hebecametheSuperintendentof IndianAffairs forColoradoTer-ritory.
•OnDec.25,1914,justaftermidnightonChristmasmorning, the majority of German troops engaged inWorldWar I cease fire and commence to singChristmascarols.ThesoldiersofGermany,Russia,FranceandBritainexchangedpresentsofcigarettesand plum puddings and even played a good-natured game of soccer.
•OnDec. 21, 1945,Gen.GeorgeS. Patton, com-manderoftheU.S.3rdArmy,diesfrominjuriessuf-ferednotinbattle,butinafreakcaraccidentinGer-many. Never diplomatic, Patton once berated andslappedahospitalizedsoldierdiagnosedwith“shellshock,”whomPattonaccusedof“malingering.”
•OnDec.22,1956,ababygorillanamedColoenterstheworldat theColumbusZooinOhio,becomingthe first-ever gorilla born in captivity.Her parentshadneverlearnedparentingskills,soshewasrearedbyzookeepers.Colo,theoldestlivinggorillaincap-tivity, went on to become a mother, a grandmother and a great-grandmother.
•OnDec.20,1963,more than twoyearsafter theBerlinWall was constructed by East Germany toprevent its citizens fromfleeing its communist re-gime, nearly 4,000West Berliners are allowed tocrossintoEastBerlintovisitrelatives.
• On Dec. 23, 1982, the Missouri Department ofHealthandthefederalCentersforDiseaseControlinform residents of Times Beach, Mo., that their town was contaminated when the chemical dioxin was sprayed on its unpaved roads. The whole town was evacuated and demolished.
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Have youmade amemory book for thosewho come after you?This is a project that’sbetter done sooner rather than later, and the quietweekbetweenChristmasandNewYear’sDay is perfect for getting started. Consider it a gift to future generations of your whole life in pictures and words.Thingstoinclude:Written text --Whetheryouuse typedand
printed pages or write in longhand, it’s your words that have the most value.Photos -- Pick out some photos to include
inyourbookandwriteabouteachone.Startatthe beginning with your earliest photographs, which might include your parents. Include schoolphotosthroughtheyears.Addinteenageheartthrobs, your wedding and pictures of your own children as they came along.
Music of the times -- If you can’t remember the names of favorite songs or the year they came out, look online or even in your ownrecord collection.Newsof theday --Lookonlineathistory.
comtorefreshyourmemoryofspecificdatesand how events affected you.Memorabilia--Wasyourspouseoraparent
inthemilitary?Doyoustillhavealltheletterssenthome?Consideraddingsomeof themtothecollection,oratleastsomeselectedquotes.NOTE:Areyourphotographsallinboxes?
Your first step in preparing a memory bookmightwellbetopickupafewofthosespecialmarkers to write on the back of unidentifiedphotographs. Then categorize them intosubjects or time periods, and spring for a few photoboxestoputthemin,oruse9by12-inchenvelopes instead.
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• To make a bottle of travel nail-polish remover, start with a clean film canister or airtight medicine bottle. Stuff it with a foam hair roller (with a hole in the middle) that’s cut to fit the bottle. Saturate the foam with nail-polish remover. To use, just stick one finger at a time down in the hole in the roller. Move finger up and down to “scrub” the polish off. This works really well.
• “Sew buttons on the top wrist area of gloves or mittens for children (works for adults, too!). They can be buttoned to a coat or pocket. They stay attached, and it’s easier for kids to unbutton gloves than to unpin them. On my children’s jackets that have no buttons, I sewed a small strip of fleece into the pocket with a buttonhole on it.” -- G.S. in Canada
• When camping, use this important tip: Store toilet paper in a coffee can with a lid. It’s watertight -- no dampness will ruin your TP.
• “I like pretty buttons, and I use them to keep track of my earrings. I pin a pair of earrings through the holes of a button, and store them all in a bowl. This way, I get to enjoy both the buttons and the ear-rings.” -- C.L. in Virginia
• “I hang a bag of clothespins in our laundry closet. When adding an item to the basket, I (or my fam-ily members) clip a clothespin to any areas that need extra attention. We do this if there’s a stain, or if it needs to be dry-cleaned or hand-washed, for example.” -- P.L., via e-mail
• Coffee filters are excellent for applying shoe pol-ish.
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