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Whether you’re a spectator or a partici-pant, there’s something for everyone this winter in the sports arena. Tidbits presents some interesting info about several favor-ites.
• It’s most probable that the Scandinavians invented the sport of skating by strap-ping ox or elk leg bones to their boots with leather straps. Five-thousand-year-old skates have been found in Finland, and were a mode of transportation rather than a form of entertainment. Metal blades didn’t come along until the 13th century.
• The game of ice hockey originated in eastern Canada in the mid-1800s. The first organized indoor hockey game was played in March of 1875 at Montreal’s Victoria skating rink in front of 40 spectators.
• Manitoba-born Mervyn “Red” Dutton was serving with the Canadian Expedition-ary Force in France during World War I when an exploding shell filled his leg with 48 fragments of shrapnel. When doctors informed him that his very life depended on amputating the leg, he refused, citing his love of hockey. His leg was placed at a 30-degree angle for the next 14 months. Dutton recovered, going on to play pro hockey for 15 years and serving as presi-dent of the NHL. He was inducted into the NHL Hall of Fame in 1958.
• No wonder they call him Mr. Hockey! Gordie Howe is the ultimate record-hold-er, beginning with the most NHL games played, 1,767, and the only player to play
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in five different decades, from the 1940s up to the 1980s. Although he retired in 1971 after 25 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, he came out of retirement two years later to play in the World Hockey Associa-tion until 1980. When he retired at age 52, he became the oldest NHL player to retire, and the only one to play after age 50.
• The Winter Olympics were officially held for the first time in 1924 in Chamo-nix, France, and were called “International Winter Sports Week.” There were 16 events in six different sports, with 258 athletes participating. Four years later, the event moved to St. Moritz, Switzerland, and the number of athletes jumped to 464. By 1952, there were 694 athletes participating in Oslo, Norway, increasing to 1,272 in Sara-jevo in 1984, and an all-time high of 2,566 in 2010 in Vancouver. Vancouver’s Olym-pics featured 86 events in seven different sports.
• Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie competed in her first Olympics at Chamo-nix at age 11, finishing dead last. But just four years later she took the gold medal, followed by two more wins in 1932 and 1936. Her performances took place on outdoor rinks in the cold and wind. Al-though she performed in a knee-length wool skirt, she didn’t need to worry about that hampering her jumps – in her day it was deemed “unladylike to jump into the air” or perform spins. Sonja retired at age 23, moved to Hollywood, and became one of the industry’s highest paid movie stars of her day.
• Dick Button, former network sports com-mentator, was the men’s figure-skating Olympic gold medalist for 1948 and 1952, and is still a record-holder as the youngest man, at age 18, to win the Olympic figure skating title. He was the first to ever per-form a triple-spin jump and the double axel jump, as well as inventing the f lying camel spin.
• Figure skaters complete many triple axels, but what exactly is it, and why is it called that? The axel is a move created in 1882 by a Norwegian figure skater named Axel Paulsen. For the single axel, the skater launches into the air off one foot, spins around 1 time, and lands on the op-posite foot, going backward. The triple axel is 3 rotations. Don’t confuse these with the Lutz, when the skater starts out backward, leaps into the air off the toe pick, spins, and lands on the same foot. • Eddie Eagan was the Olympic champion in boxing’s light-heavyweight division at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Twelve years later at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics, Eagan was a member of the gold medal winning four-man bobsled team, making him the first person to win in both Sum-mer and Winter Olympics. He had taken up bobsledding a mere three weeks before the Olympics.
• Bobsled tracks are made of concrete and coated with ice. They are about 4,000 to 4,200 feet (1,200 to 1,300 m) in length and have at least 15 curves. The sleds typically move along about 93 mph (150 km/hr). The very first Winter Olympics featured the four-man bobsled race, and the two-man
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Welcome to 2013 Tidbits Readers! We hope everyone had a fun New Years Eve and Day as 2013 began.
The 12th man was in full swing at the Seahawks game this week - way to go Seahawks! Playoffs here they come! Keep checking our Seahawks schedule on page 5 to stay up to date about their playoff game times.
With a new year comes a whole lot of fun new things with Tidbits, including a new feature each week called “Famous Women of the World.” This week we look back on one of history’s most entertaining women: Lucille Ball. You’ll find this article on page 5.
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event was added in 1932.
• The East German women’s luge team had a unique strategy for the 1968 Greno-ble Olympics. They heated the runners on their sleds, which caused the ice to melt, increasing their speed. No surprise that the women came in first, second, and fourth in the competition! Once their tactics were discovered, they were all dis-qualified and their medals were revoked.
• Anders Haugen of the United States received his bronze medal for ski jump-ing in 1974. What’s unusual about that? Anders was 86 years old! He had actu-ally competed in Chamonix in 1924, but a calculation error put him in fourth place. Fifty years later, a Norwegian sports historian noticed the blunder and Anders was awarded his medal by the daughter of the actual fourth place finisher, who had taken the bronze home years before.
• It might look like Alpine ski jumpers soar miles above the crowd, but in reality, they are rarely more than about 18 feet (5.5 m) above the ground. Jumpers reach speeds of up to 65 mph (104 km/hr).
• The biathlon, which combines cross-country skiing and rif le marksmanship, was originally a military training exer-cise. Over the 12.5-mile (20-km) course, the athlete must switch from arduous ski-ing with a rif le on his/her back to the in-tense focus of shooting. The sport wasn’t an official part of the Olympics until 1960 for men and 1992 for women.
• While Alaska’s Iditarod is probably the most famous dog sled race, the 1,049-mile (1,688-km) trip from Anchorage to Nome is not the longest. That honor belongs to the Beringia Trail in Russia, where the world’s longest race takes place on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The trail is 1,270 miles (2,044 km) long in an area where 29 active volcanoes dot the landscape.
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• It was American humorist and columnist Josh Billings who made the following sage observation: “Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.”
• You think there are a lot of lawsuits be-ing heard in the courts these days? Statis-tics show that half of the suits filed never even make it to court.
• In France in the 1700s, capital punish-ment was not uncommon, and criminals thus condemned were decapitated by the country’s Chief Executioner. This posi-tion was hereditary, which posed a prob-lem when, in 1726, the holder of that title, Charles-Jean-Baptiste Sanson, suffered an early death, leaving his 7-year-old son, Charles, to take up the grisly duties. It was obvious to all that a child could never wield the heavy axe required for the de-capitations, so it was deemed acceptable for a helper to actually perform the ex-ecutions. Only the official office-holder could put the official seal on the act, how-ever, so the poor boy had to witness every one. It wasn’t until the ripe old age of 12 that he began to take over the full duties of the office.
• When famed inventor Alexander Gra-ham Bell died in 1922, he was dictating a memo. His final words were, “So little done, so much to do!”
• If you’re a fan of big brass, you might want to head to Millersville, Pa., in May. Every year during that month, the town celebrates International Tuba Day, with some 50 tuba players on hand to serenade the crowd.
• There’s been much public conversation about the growing girth of Americans in recent decades. It’s not just people who are gaining weight, though; between 1996 and 2006, the average motor vehicle made in the U.S. gained 500 pounds.
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“Cosmopolis” (R) -- In the near-ish future, a 28-year-old billionaire (Robert Pattinson) takes a limo ride through New York in search of a plot. Pattinson plays a slick, detached, financial wiz who says a lot of things that sound cool, even if they don’t mean much. As his limo glides through the grim world of future-NYC, we see that the majority of people live in poverty -- and they all want him dead.It really is a fascinating movie that seems like it has a lot to say about society, the future and nature of desire. Too bad it’s all so rushed and awkward. Characters tend to appear and disap-pear with no explanation. People seem to ignore each other during conversations and just go on saying vague, semi-philosophical lines.
“Red Lights” (R) -- Sigourney Weaver and her as-sistant go around exposing frauds who pretend to be psychics and faith healers. Robert Di Nero plays a blind psychic who supposedly killed an in-vestigator with his mind powers. The movie tries to make it interesting to watch smart people disproving magic, but it’s not. It is kinda fun to see all of the acting talent on screen going head to head. If you can make it to the end, there may be a cool twist.
“Little Birds” (R) -- This movie about the feeling of emptiness puts good visuals to the emotion, but falls flat in terms of keeping you interested. The story follows Lilly (Juno Temple), the worst teenager ever in the most desolate town ever. She’s acid-tongued, and smart enough to know that she’s always making poor decisions. She gets involved with some local punks who torture animals for fun, among other awful distractions. Sitting through this movie, you want to just get in a car and drive away from the whole experi-ence.
DOG OF THE WEEK“The Trouble with Bliss” (PG-13) -- The movie is about a guy named Morris Bliss (Michael C. Hall) who passively wends his way through his quirky life as an unemployed man-child. First off, can we all just agree that movie titles should be forever banned from including the name of the main character in a clever way? “Good Will Hunt-ing” was a good movie, and not because the protagonist was named Will Hunting.Get it? The guy’s name is Bliss, which also means happiness, and he’s troubled, even though his life’s not that bad. It’s the trouble with Bliss. It’s a perfect indicator of how much forced quirki-ness is in the film. Don’t be fooled into renting this extra-long sitcom episode that calls itself a movie. Perhaps I’m being too harsh because of that irritating title, but for real, you’re not miss-ing much if you skip this one.
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ELLIS ISLAND January 1 is Ellis Island Day, memorial-izing the portal through which more than 12 million immigrants entered the U.S. between 1892 and 1954. Let’s learn more about this facility that was the gateway to the new world for so many. • Ellis Island hasn’t always been known by that name. The Mohegan Indians dubbed it Gull Island, while early colonists called it Oyster Island. When pirates and convicts were hanged there in the mid-1700s, a tool known as a gibbet was used, and the island became known as Gibbet Island. New York businessman Sam Ellis purchased it in 1776, and ran a tavern and picnic area there. • In 1808, the U.S. Government bought the island from Ellis’ heirs for $10,000 in order to establish a defense system to protect New York City. A fort was built, which, during the Civil War, housed pris-oners, as well as weapons and ammunition for the Union Army. Ellis Island became the first federal immigration station in 1890. • The island, located just off the New Jersey coast near the Statue of Liberty, was originally 3.3 acres, but was expanded to 27.5 acres as landfill was added to the site,
along with excess dirt from the excavation of New York City’s subway system. A new wooden structure opened on New Year’s Day of 1892, with a 15-year-old Irish girl named Annie Moore processed as the very first immigrant. Five-and-a-half years later, a fire raged through the complex, burning it to the ground, taking with it all of the U.S. immigration records dating back to 1855. A new fireproof structure opened in 1900. • Medical clearance was a source of anxiety for many immigrants who feared being turned away at the gate for miscel-laneous maladies. First- and second-class passengers were not subject to the medical exam, with the assumption that they were less likely to be a medical burden to the government. Because third-class “steer-age” passengers traveled in the lower level of ships under more unsanitary conditions, they were required to undergo the three-to-five-hour inspection, which included an-swering 29 questions. • Those who did not pass the medical exam were ones with a contagious disease, who were excluded from entry. Ellis Island gained a reputation as the “Island of Tears” for those who were turned away, while in
actuality, only 2% of all immigrants were denied entry during all the years of opera-tion. • During the Island’s peak years, 1900 to 1914, 5,000 to 10,000 people were passing through every day. After World War I, the U.S. established embassies worldwide, en-abling immigrants to complete paperwork and medical exams in their own countries, and by 1924, only those with paperwork problems were sent to Ellis Island. During World War II, it was a detention center for captured enemy seamen, and was also used as a Coast Guard training facility. In 1954, it officially closed and remained aban-doned until 1976, when it was opened to the public on a limited basis for tours. The structure underwent a massive $160 mil-lion restoration during the 1980s, and now receives 2 million visitors a year. • Many well-known immigrants were processed through Ellis Island, including Irving Berlin, Max Factor, Rudolph Valen-tino, and Cary Grant, who arrived at age 16. The family of entertainer Bob Hope, who arrived at age 4 with his mother and four brothers in 1907, has established a memorial library in his name in the re-stored facility.
To Your Good Health By Paul G. Donohue, M.D.
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I read your column all the time, and I was wondering if anyone has ever written to ask a question about burning in the throat. I was a smoker for years. It’s been five months since I have had a cigarette. This throat burning occurs when I walk or try to exercise or even carry laundry. I would like to know what it means. It feels like hot ice in my throat. -- F.R.
ANSWER: I don’t want to alarm you, but I will breathe more easily if you see a doctor very soon. What you describe could be a sign of angina, pain caused by the narrowing of a heart artery or arteries.More often, people describe angina as chest tightness or discomfort that occurs when they’re active, as in walking, exercising or carrying laundry, and then lets up when they stop. The variations on angina pain are many. It can be felt as jaw pain, shoulder and arm pain (on the left more often than the right) or neck pain. People use words like “squeezing,” “crushing” or “suffocating.” Some say it feels like throat tightness. Burning throat pain could be another variant of angina.Do see a doctor quickly. Stop doing things that bring on this pain until you do.The booklet on angina and coronary artery disease explains this common malady and how it’s treated. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue -- No. 101W, 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***DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My daughter is on Effexor for depression. She’s been on it for six months, and actually is doing quite well. She’s able to handle her job and take care of her family. Does she take this medicine for life? I worry about addiction and what it might be doing to her brain. -- N.M.
Burning Throat Pain Could Signal AnginaANSWER: Antidepressants are not addicting. They don’t damage the brain. What they do is restore normal brain chemistry. An imbalance in brain messenger chemicals is believed to lead to depression. Your daughter’s doctor will tell her when she can stop taking the medicine. If a person relapses into another depression after stopping medicine, then she should take antidepressants for a more prolonged period, possibly for life.***DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I think my husband is an alcoholic. He’s not abusive, but his consumption of alcohol is more than a six-pack of beer a day, and sometimes whiskey. He usually falls asleep in a chair. My sister tells me the cage test can diagnose alcoholism. What is it, and where can he get it done? He won’t talk about these things to me. -- C.L.
ANSWER: It’s not a lab test. It’s four questions. They are: 1) Have you ever felt the need to Cut down on your drinking? 2) Are you Annoyed when people criticize your drinking? 3) Do you ever feel Guilty about your drinking? 4) Have you ever taken a drink first thing in the morning as an Eye-opener?Two “yes” answers indicate alcoholism. It’s a simple but reliable test.
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FAMOUS WOMENOF THE WORLD:LUCILLE BALL
For all of those readers who loved Lucy, Tidbits offers some information you might not have known about this mad-cap redhead, a woman who firmly stat-ed, “I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.”
• The death of Lucy’s father when she was three changed her comfortable life into one of difficulties. Her mother found work in a factory and remarried. Her new husband didn’t care much for children, and moved Lucy’s mother out of state, leaving Lucy and her brother behind with grandparents. Reunited with her mother at age 11, Lucy eventually convinced her to allow her to enroll in a New York City dramatic arts school. At age 15, she met fellow student Better Davis there. The overly-shy Lucy was so nervous on stage that the school’s headmaster advised her mother, “Lucy’s wasting her time and ours. She’s too shy and reticent to put her best foot for-ward.”
• Although Lucy’s real name was Lu-cille Désirée Ball, when she secured work as a fashion model at age 17, she changed it to Diane Belmont, taking the name of New York’s Belmont racetrack. Lucy modeled fur coats for Hattie Carn-egie, one of the leading designers of the 1930s. She was enjoying a blossoming career when she was suddenly struck ill with rheumatoid arthritis and spent the
next two years relearning how to walk.• At age 21, this natural-born bru-nette dyed her hair blonde and moved to Hollywood, and landed a job as a dancer with Metro-Goldwyn Studios as a “Goldwyn Girl.” Her movie career was launched in 1933 with a part in Ro-man Scandals. Although Lucy is best remembered for her work in television, she appeared in 72 movies during her career.
• During the filming of 1940’s Dance, Girl, Dance, Lucy was introduced to castmate Desi Arnaz, a handsome 23-yr-old Cuban musician. They were married shortly afterward. In 1942, because there were so many blondes in Hollywood, Lucy dyed her hair her trademark red, hoping it would make her stand out.
• It was actually a radio program that launched Lucy into television. CBS Radio’s My Favorite Husband was so popular, it was developed for television, and I Love Lucy was born. It premiered in 1951 when Lucy was 40 years old, three months after she gave birth to her first child, Lucie. The sitcom quickly became a hit. Two years later, Lucy was expecting her second child, and the pregnancy was written into the script. Her son Desi, Jr. was born the same day the episode of the birth of “Little Ricky” was aired. Over 71% of television view-ers watched that episode, higher num-bers than those who watched President Eisenhower’s inauguration ceremony. The very first issue of TV Guide, which debuted in 1953, featured Lucy and her son on the cover. For four out of its six years, I Love Lucy was the number one
show in America.
• After 20 years of marriage, Lucy and Arnaz divorced. Two years later, Lucy became the first woman to run a ma-jor television studio, one that produced several successful series. She was nomi-nated for 13 Emmy Awards,
• “A man who correctly guesses a wom-an’s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright.” – Lucille Ball.
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1. Pitcher Dwight Gooden set a record for most consecutive games with at least one strikeout to start his major-league career. How many was it?
2. Who pitched the most innings in one major-league All-Star Game?
3. How many national championships has the University of Nebraska achieved in football?
4. Name the first No. 8 playoff seed to reach the NBA Finals.
5. Who are the top three players on NHL’s career points per game l ist?
6. When was the last t ime before 2012 that the U.S. men’s soccer team lost to Jamaica?
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1. MOVIES: What was the name of the angel in the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life”?
2. ANATOMY: What is another name for an erythrocyte?
3. GEOGRAPHY: In which country is the Po River located?
4. HISTORY: In what century was the Erie Canal constructed?
5. MUSIC: Which composer wrote more than 400 waltzes, including “The Blue Danube”?
6. ENTERTAINERS: Which female movie star was born with the name Margarita Carmen Cansino?
7. LITERATURE: Which sister is the oldest in the classic book “Little Women”?
8. TELEVISION: What was the name of the little girl in the animated TV show “Frosty the Snowman”?
9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the com-mon birthstone for May?
10. GAMES: What color is the No. 3 ball in billiards?
1. Clarence Odbody2. Red blood cell3. Italy4. Early 19th century5. Johann Strauss6. Rita Hayworth7. Meg8. Karen9. Emerald10. Red
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1. He did it in 349 consecutive games.2. Lefty Gomez pitched six innings in the 1935 game.3. Five (1970, ‘71, ‘94, ‘95 and ‘97).4. The New York Knicks, in 1999.5. Wayne Gretzky (1.921 points per game), Mario Lemieux (1.883) and Mike Bossy (1.497).6. The U.S. had never lost to Jamaica.7. Lamon Brewster, in 2004.
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Did you get gift cards for Christmas? If so, did you slide them into your wallet or the bottom of your purse, thinking to save them for later? While gift cards are like cash in that they allow you to buy things, they’re not like cash in that they often come with restrictions. The Gift Card Fed-eral Law Act, passed in 2010, covered a number of problems with gift cards, but it did not cover all possible contingencies.For example, if a card hasn’t been used with a year, unlimited charges can be deducted from the card. An average fee is $3 per month. In at least two states, Tennessee and Maine, state laws are in conflict with federal laws. In these states, cards that haven’t been used within two years are considered “unclaimed property.” In some other states, it’s three years. In yet other states, it’s against the law to sell gift cards with any expiration date. When the property is “unclaimed,” the value
reverts to the store. If you have an old, unused card, consult your state’s laws for specifics. Cards good for brick-and-mortar stores aren’t neces-sarily good for that store’s online branch. If you received an “all purpose” card issued by a bank, as opposed to one that is specific to a store, you might be charged a purchase fee. If you have a store-specific card and the business goes bankrupt, you’re out of luck. The card itself can expire even if it still has a cash amount available on it. You might have to pay to have the card replaced. “Gift cards” that really aren’t gift cards aren’t pro-tected under the new rules. These can include loyalty or promotional cards that aren’t labeled or sold as gift cards. On the positive side: Any expiration date must show on the card or package. Charges cannot be deducted for one year on any inac-tive card, and then not more than once in a month. Your best bet: If any packaging came with your gift card, read the fine print. If you were given the receipt with the card, hold on to it. If you lose the card, that receipt will show the date and amount of purchase. Use the card soon. Spend all of the money on it. If it’s a reloadable card and you add money to it, keep track of the transaction and know when it will expire.
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