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PIRATES!by Rick Dandes

They ruled the seven seas back in the 1600s and 1700s and even today are plundering sea vessels in international waters. They are pirates. From movies and books to real life, pirates fascinate people endlessly and probably always will. Tid-bits walks the plank this week, in honor of Na-tional Talk Like a Pirate Day observed on Sep-tember 19. • Although Hollywood pirates, such as Jack

Sparrow’s friends, like to grumble “arrr” or “arrrrgh” frequently, real pirates were not known to do so. Hollywood actor Robert Newton, who played Long John Silver in the 1950s, had a regional accent from the Cotswolds district of England where they like to roll the “r” a bit. However, your average real pirate did not.

• Pirates may have thrown men overboard, but no one was ever known to have “walked the plank.” Again, this one is a Hollywood myth.

• Lady Ching Shih of China became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed the ocean blue. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of Asia during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.

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• Before she was Coco, she was Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel, born in France in 1883. She opened a millinery shop in Paris in 1912 after a four-year career as a café singer. In 1922, she introduced a perfume, simply named Chanel No. 5, named such because a fortune teller had told her five was her lucky number. In 1926, she introduced the “little black dress” and was known for saying, “Fashion fades; only style remains the same.”

• Although women were not given the right to vote until the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920, women in the state of Montana had that right before ratification. In fact, Montana had already elected the U.S. Congress’ first woman, Jeannette Rankin, in 1916. She is remembered as the only vote against entering World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. She had also voted against the U.S. entry into World War I. She continued her anti-war stance for years to come, and in 1968, she led a demonstration march in Washington, D.C., protesting U.S. military action in Vietnam.

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• Twin sisters with unusually similar names born in 1918 went on to exactly the same profession. Esther Pauline Friedman and Pauline Esther Friedman both became advice columnists within months of each other. Esther Pauline was known for 56 years as Ann Landers, dispensing frank, sometimes controversial advice to millions of readers. Pauline Esther wrote under the byline Dear Abby for 39 years until she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease. Although the sisters had a joint wedding ceremony on their 21st birthday, in later years, their competition created a rift in their relationship, and they didn’t have contact for many years.

• Journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochran took on the pen name of Nellie Bly to write for a Pittsburgh newspaper back in 1885 and concentrated her early efforts on the working conditions of female factory workers. When her editor reassigned her to the society and gardening sections, she rebelled and traveled to Mexico as a foreign correspondent. At age 23, she went undercover at a women’s insane asylum, faking insanity to probe reports of brutality at the New York facility. After enduring filth, starvation and abuse for ten days, she penned an exposé that created such a racket that an additional $850,000 was dispatched to the asylum in short order. At age 25, Bly undertook a trip around the world reproducing the fictional journey of Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 80 Days.” She finished her 24,899-mile trip in just over 72 days, actually meeting Jules Verne during a stop in France. After an early retirement from journalism, she invented and patented a steel barrel, whose design is still in use in today’s 55-gallon oil drums.

• A natural brunette, comedienne Lucille Ball started her career as a blonde model named Dianne Belmont in 1933 and landed a movie role shortly afterward in that year’s “Roman Scandals.” She adopted her trademark red hair in 1942 at the advice of MGM Studios. She and husband Desi Arnaz hit the small screen in 1951 when “I Love Lucy” made its television debut. When she became pregnant in 1952, it was written into the sitcom’s plot, and the

episode depicting Little Ricky’s birth aired on exactly the same day that Lucy delivered son Desi Jr. Lucy and her son were featured on the cover of TV Guide’s very first issue, in 1953. She and Desi Sr. divorced after 20 years. Lucille Ball was the first woman to own her own film studio, and over the course of her long career, appeared in 72 movies and received 13 Emmy nominations, with four Emmy Award wins.

• How many women drove pink Cadillacs because of Mary Kay Ash? At age 45, this cosmetics entrepreneur had worked many years for Stanley Home Products but finally resigned after being passed over for promotions in favor of men she had herself trained. It

was her plan to write a book that would aid women in business, but the book ended up being a business plan for a new company, and in 1963, she and her husband began Mary Kay Cosmetics with a $5,000 investment. She wrote three best-selling books, and her business philosophy, “Mary Kay on People Management,” became part of the business course curriculum at Harvard Business School. Although Ash passed away in 2001, today there are more than 1.8 million independent consultants in 30 worldwide markets. Fortune magazine has added the company to its list of “The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America.”

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CASTLES (continued):• The famous Tower of London began as a

timber fortress in an earthen enclosure on the north bank of the Thames in London. In 1078, William the Conqueror replaced this timber fortress with a massive stone fortress called the Great Tower. William needed to show his authority and protect his new kingdom.

• In the Middle East, the Crusaders developed great castles with double circuits of curving outer walls and towers to overlook the entire wall. These castles influenced castle building throughout Europe and the British Isles, and the early 13th-century medieval castle was a marriage of Norman, English and Byzantine styles. Two good examples of this are the Château Gaillard on the Seine in France and the Conisbrough Castle in England.

• One of the last tower houses to be built in Scotland was Lethendy Tower, dating back to 1678.

• No two castles are the same. This is due to topography, taste, available materials and the ability of the designer.

• The spiral stairs in castle towers are designed to ascend clockwise in an effort to make the attackers expose more of their body in order to use the sword in their right hand.

• At Exeter Castle in England in 1136, the garrison used wine to extinguish fires from a siege.

• The largest inhabited castle in the world is Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom.

• There were once about 5,000 castles in Japan, but today there are only about a dozen original feudal castles left.

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• Financial guru Suze Orman became interested in fiscal responsibility as the result of a fire. As her father’s restaurant went up in flames, she watched him run into the burning building to rescue the cash register that contained every dime he had. He exited the building, money in hand, but with third-degree burns covering his body. Says Orman, “That’s when I learned that for some people, money is more important than life itself.”

• Although best known for penning a novel about four sisters that was loosely based on her own family, Louisa May Alcott also served as a nurse during the Civil War. This author of “Little Women” caught typhoid fever and suffered for the remainder of her life from mercury poisoning as a result of the treatment for the typhoid.

• The life of the first woman prime minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher, had humble

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beginnings. Growing up as the daughter of a father who owned a couple of grocery stores, she enjoyed swimming and playing hockey. In college, she studied chemistry, and after graduation, went to work as a research chemist for a plastics company, followed by a stint as a chemist helping develop a method for preserving ice cream. After her marriage to Denis Thatcher, she began studying for the bar. At age 28, she became a barrister specializing in tax law, and later that year, became the mother of twins. At 45, Thatcher was Britain’s Secretary of State for Education and Science, and in 1979 she was elected Prime Minister. Although she had the longest continuous period of office of any 20th-century Prime Minister, she had the second-lowest approval rating of any post-war Minister. Following her time in office, Thatcher went on to serve as Chancellor of the College of William and Mary in Virginia and Chancellor of the University of Buckingham.

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No doubt the most grueling event on the American Contract Bridge League’s annual tournament calendar is the three-day Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams. The format is board-a-match, which means that a team can win or lose a board by as little as 10 points, so every trick is critical.Because stamina is a major factor, most teams have six play-ers, allowing two to rest while the other four play. Tradition-ally, a disproportionately low number of women take part in the Reisinger, and very few of them make it to the final round.For these reasons, the accomplishment of Rita Shugart in the 1998 Reisinger is all the more remarkable. Playing on a four-member team comprised of Andy Robson, Geir Helgemo and Tony Forrester, she won the event, becoming the first woman to do so since the legendary Helen Sobel in 1957.On today’s deal from the semifinal, Shugart (East) made the key play to assure the defeat of a doubled contract. She won Robson’s club lead with the ace and returned a club.Declarer took the king, played the A-K of spades and ruffed a spade. South then led the club queen, ruffed low by Robson and overruffed in dummy. Declarer ruffed another spade, then led a diamond to the king, losing to Shugart’s ace.After cashing the diamond jack, Shugart paused for thought. Robson had to have four trumps for his double, had followed to four spades and had shown out on the third club, so his pattern was 4-4-3-2. If she played a third diamond, declarer would ruff in dummy and duck a heart to West, forcing him to lead from the king of hearts into South’s A-Q for his eighth and ninth tricks.To forestall this, she therefore returned a club. This allowed Robson to ruff with the jack and exit with his carefully pre-served diamond, assuring that he would score the heart king at the end for a one-trick set.


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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My house cat “Snowball” has been having problems urinating in places other than her litter box. She loves rugs, towels, my daughters’ beds, pillows and even her own bed. The vet suggested getting another litter box. She now has two. She will urinate on something within 1 foot of a litter box.I read in your column that cats that do this could have a urinary-tract infection or diabetes. Snowball was treated for six weeks for a urinary infection and still continues to urinate outside of her box. I took her back to the vet to be tested again for urinary-tract infection and diabetes. Both tests were negative. The vet thinks she’s just mad at us. I’m tired of this happening. Any suggestions? -- Michelle S., via e-mail

DEAR MICHELLE: There’s usually a good reason for a cat urinating regularly outside the litter box, and being

“just mad” is probably not one of them. You did the right thing by having her checked and treated for a urinary tract infection, and checked for more serious diseases, so you’ve eliminated a physical issue that may have initiated the problem. Now it’s time to address the behavioral issue -- which has nothing to do with Snowball resenting you, but more to do with an association she’s formed.First, get rid of both litter boxes (yes, the new one too). Thoroughly clean the area where they were located, and then get a new box. Next, monitor Snowball closely. As soon as she starts urinating anywhere other than her box, simply pick her up and place her in the box. Use sooth-ing, encouraging language. She may be associating the box with the pain of her urinary-tract infection, so you need to reintroduce her to it.Remember also to thoroughly clean the areas that Snow-ball has urinated using an enzyme cleaner developed specifically for pet cleanup. It’s available at pet stores. If she’s urinated on carpet, you may need to treat the pad-ding underneath as well.

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1. In 2009, New York Yankees became the third A.L. team in the decade to have seven play-ers hit 20 or more home runs in the same season. Name either of the previous two teams to do it.

2. When Hideki Matsui had six RBIs in a World Series game

for the New York Yankees in 2009, whose record did he tie?

3. Who holds the NCAA Division I record for most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in a season?

4. In 2009, Orlando’s Dwight Howard became the youngest person to win the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award at 23 years, 4 months. Who had been the youngest?

5. Who is the only NHL player to be in the Stanley Cup finals three consecutive years (2008-10) with a different team each time?

6. Kyle Busch set a NASCAR record in 2010 for most wins in a season in the Nationwide Series. Who had held the former mark with Busch at 10?

7. In 2010, tennis player Rafael Nadal won his 18th ATP World Tour Masters 100 tournament title. Whose record did he break?


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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This year, instead of jumping into the whole holi-day prep scene, move in a little at a time. You’ll appreciate the sense of control you’re more likely to enjoy.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) The separation between the Bovine’s head and heart is never as far apart as it seems. Both senses work best when they come out of logic and hon-esty.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) The best way to keep those pre-holiday pressures under control is to just say no to taking on new tasks while you’re still trying to work with a heap of others.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) News means a change might be on its way, but what does it hold? Don’t just ask questions; make sure you get answers you can trust.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Old friends and new have one thing in common: Both your longtime and newly minted pals have much wisdom to impart.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22)With time running out, this is a good time for you to show ‘em all what those Virgo super-organiza-tional skills can do.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Librans and holidays are made for each other, es-pecially if children and animals are going to be part of your joyous season.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Time is getting too short to allow a spat to taint the holiday season. Restart your relationship and reschedule holiday fun times.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Seeking advice is laudable. You might learn far more than you thought you could. Stay with it.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Continuing to assess changes works toward your getting your new project up and ready. Trusted col-leagues remain ready to help.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) That new situation needs a lot of attention, but it’s worth it. This is a very good time for you to involve the arts in what you do.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) It might be a good idea to slow your hectic holiday pace so that you don’t rush past what -- or who -- you’re hoping to rush toward.

BORN THIS WEEK: Others pick up on your confi-dence in yourself, which inspires others to believe in you and your special gifts.


On Nov. 27, 1703, an unusual storm system finally dissipates over England after wreaking havoc on the country for nearly two weeks. Fea-turing hurricane strength winds, the storm killed somewhere between 10,000 and 30,000 people and sank hundreds of Royal Navy ships.

On Nov. 22, 1783, John Hanson, the first presi-dent of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation, dies in his home state of Maryland. Hanson is sometimes called the first president of the United States, but this is a misnomer, since the presidency did not exist until 1789.

On Nov. 28, 1925, the Grand Ole Opry, one of the longest-lived and most popular showcases for Country Western music, begins broadcasting live from Nashville, Tennessee. The showcase was originally named the Barn Dance, after a Chicago radio program called the National Barn Dance.

On Nov. 26, 1931, the first cloverleaf inter-change to be built in the United States, at the junction of US 1/9 and NJ Route 35 in Wood-bridge, N.J., is featured on the cover of the Engineering News-Record. A piece on the under-construction Hoover Dam was relegated to the journal’s back pages.

On Nov. 24, 1944, 111 U.S. B-29 Superfortress bombers raid Tokyo for the first time since 1942. Their target: the Nakajima aircraft engine works. Despite the barrage of bombs that were dropped, fewer than 50 hit the main target, doing little damage.

On Nov. 23, 1966, Elvis Presley’s 22nd film, a rock ‘n’ roll musical called “Spinout” in which Elvis played a singing race car driver, opens in theaters across the country. “Spinout” was filmed on location at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles and the Ascot Motor Car Racing Ground, a well-known dirt track nearby.

On Nov. 25, 1980, Sugar Ray Leonard regains boxing’s welterweight title when his opponent, reigning champ Roberto Duran, waves his arms and walks away from the fight in the eighth round, telling the referee “No mas, no mas” (“No more”). Duran maintained that he had stomach cramps and could barely stand up.


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BETTE MIDLERSometimes brash, sometimes bawdy, The Divine Miss M is undisputedly one of the world’s greatest entertainers. Follow along as Tidbits brings you some of her life’s highlights.

• Raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Bette Midler graduated as senior class president and valedictorian of that city’s Radford High School in 1963 and went on to study drama at the University of Hawaii. The daughter of a seamstress and a house painter, Midler worked at a pineapple processing plant as a teenager.

• Midler’s mother named her after actress Bette Davis; in fact, her full birth name was Bette Davis Midler. Her mother named Midler’s sisters Susan and Judy, after actresses Susan Hayward and Judy Garland, respectively. Sadly, on a trip to New York City to see Midler star in Broadway’s “Fiddler on the Roof,” sister Judy was stuck and killed by a taxi.

• Midler’s debut album, “The Divine Miss M,” produced by Barry Manilow, came along in 1972, with sales of three million copies its first year. It was followed by another blockbuster album the next year. Manilow was not only her musical director in the early years; he acted as her pianist as well.

• An appearance on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson in the 1970s gave Midler’s early career a huge boost. She was also the final guest on Carson’s farewell show in 1992. The only other guest on that show was Robin Williams. Midler sang “One for My Baby and One More for the Road” to Carson, bringing tears to the normally cool-as-a- cucumber host.

• The title song from the 1979 movie “The Rose” earned Midler her first Gold single and first Grammy Award. The song was No. 1 on the Billboard charts for five weeks, and the soundtrack album had sales of over two million records. In addition to her Grammy, she was nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for her starring role as a rock-and-roll singer, reminiscent of Janis Joplin. Although she didn’t win the Oscar, she did capture the Golden Globe for the performance.


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Why Do Children Need Chiropractic Care?

Although a child’s nervous system and spine are not as fully developed as an adult’s, they are prone to the same problems. These problems are often dismissed as childhood “accidents” and seen as normal. But the truth is that if an adult were to experience some of the accidents we see kids walk away from, they would probably be sent to the hospital!

Think of them all: bicycle crashes, falls out of trees, falls from trampolines and skateboards, tobogganing and skating crashes in the winter, and the

tumbles they take while learning to walk. And don’t forget the trauma of birth, when the head and neck are bent and squeezed out of the birth canal. Also, children are often in the car when an auto accident occurs. With their proportionately large head and underdeveloped neck muscles and bones, children are very prone to misalignments of the spine caused by these accidents.

There are some common indicators to look for in children when they have a spinal misalignment. Look for heads that lean to one side or the other, or a head that doesn’t turn as well in one direction. This is most evident in breast-fed children who may have diffi culty nursing on the side that can’t turn very well. Other indicators are constant crying/colic, poor sleep habits, growing pains and headaches.

The goal of chiropractic care for these children is to improve spinal alignment, creating easier movement and taking pressure off “pinched nerves.” This can help maximize proper development, health, and growth. If you have any concerns about your child’s spinal health, please contact your local chiropractor for an evaluation.

DR. JAMES MAYNE, DCChiropractor www.arisechiropractic.com

Alpine Centre #7100 Kalamalka Lake Rd.,

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www.arisechiropractic.comDR. ELLIOT LYLYK,DCChiropractor

DR. JAMES MAYNE, DCChiropractor

(written by Dr. James Mayne)

• The 5’1” diva married German performer Martin von Haselberg in 1984. The Las Vegas wedding was officiated by none other than an Elvis impersonator. The couple has one daughter, Sophie, who was named for songstress Sophie Tucker.

• In 1979, Midler was put on Screen World’s list of the top 12 “Promising New Actors of 1979.” She has shown her acting versatility by easily crossing from drama (“For the Boys” and “Beaches”) to comedy (“Ruthless People” and “Down and Out in Beverly Hills”). She was a witch in “Hocus Pocus” and a robotic wife in “The Stepford Wives.”

• In addition to music and movie roles, Bette Midler is also an author, having penned “A View from A Broad” in 1980, and a charming children’s book of verse, “The Saga of Baby Divine” in 1983.

• Fans of educational television will recognize Midler’s voice as that of Woody the Spoon on the PBS series “Vegetable Soup.”

• Two of Miss M’s hits are on the American Film Institute’s “100 Years of the Greatest Songs” list — “Wind Beneath My Wings” and “The Rose.” Her many accomplishments include four Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, a Tony and sales of more than 15 million albums.

BETTE MIDLER (continued):

1. The 2000 Toronto Blue Jays and 2005 Texas Rangers.

2. Bobby Richardson of the New York Yankees, in 1960.

3. Ricky Dobbs of Navy had 27 in 2009.4. San Antonio’s Alvin Robertson was

23 years, 9 months old when he won it in 1986.

5. Marian Hossa (Pittsburgh, 2008; De-troit, 2009; Chicago, 2010).

6. Sam Ard, in 1983.7. Andre Agassi had 17 victories in Mas-

ters events.

1. Blue2. Northern England and southern

Scotland3. Bees, wasps and ants

4. Mary Baker Eddy5. Billy the Kid

6. The heart7. The draft, a requirement that

people of certain age serve in the military.

8. Barge watchdogs9. Lansing

10. King Charles I in the English Civil War

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1. “Hullabaloo” was a weekly musical variety show on primetime TV that showcased the leading pop acts of the mid 1960s, including Petula Clark, Herman’s Hermits and Sonny and Cher. The show included

dancers, one of them a go-go dancer in a cage.2. “YMCA.” The Young Men’s Christian Associa-tion objected to the use of its name, but eventually

dropped the threat. “YMCA” is often used as a between-innings crowd pleaser at sports venues.

3. Marcie Blane, in 1962. It reached No. 3 on the Hot 100 Billboard chart.

4. “The Long and Winding Road,” in 1970. Paul Mc-Cartney was angry at all the changes made to the song by producer Phil Spector, and the group announced its

breakup the following week. 5. No, and for much of the group’s career, they

weren’t even twins. There were four members when they started in 1977.

6. 1985. Merchandisers cashed in, especially with the creation of the “Boy Toy” belt buckle.

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