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“Women. Can’t live with ‘em…pass the beer nuts.” – George Wendt as Norm Peterson
If you were alive and owned a T.V. during the years 1982 to 1993, chances are that you saw at least one episode of the wildly popular
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CAST AND CHARACTERSThe original “Cheers” script followed the lives of four employees of the Cheers bar. It was soon decided that the show needed more depth and several other regular “lo-cals” joined the cast, each with a unique niche that arguably led to the success of the show.
Ted Danson played the bar’s owner, Sam Malone. Sam was a former baseball player and alcoholic whose addiction ul-timately cost him his athletic career. For the fi rst fi ve seasons, Sam pursued Diane Chambers (played by Shelley Long), a sophisticated college student who, dur-ing the pilot episode, was shunned by her fi ancé, forcing her to take a job at Cheers as a cocktail waitress. The couple was on-again, off-again until Diane set off to Los Angeles to begin a career as a writer and the relationship was offi cially over.
Following Diane’s departure, Rebecca Howe (played by Kirstie Alley) came on the scene as a manager for the bar. Ini-tially, Sam was attracted to her and at-tempted to begin a relationship with her, with no success. But after watching her many failed relationships with other, of-ten richer men, he lost interest.
Naturally, the turmoil surrounding the ro-mantic life of one character was not what made the show a hit. Other key players, like Carla Tortelli (played by Rhea Perl-man), the saucy, promiscuous waitress; Norm Peterson (George Wendt), the bar-fl y with the memorable one-liners; and Cliff Clavin (John Ratzenberger), the lo-
cal know-it-all postal worker, completed the cast.
Carla provided a wealth of entertainment by treating the customers poorly, having many failed romances, including the one that left her divorced with four children at the beginning of the series, and say-ing things that perhaps most people only have the guts to think. Over the lifetime of the series, Carla had four more chil-dren, adding to the chaos in her home life. While she secretly pined for Sam, she eventually married a hockey player only to lose him to a Zamboni accident.
It is a little-known requirement that ev-ery bar must have a patron who has per-manently etched his or her backside onto their favorite barstool. For “Cheers,” that patron is Norm. Norm was frequently unemployed as an accountant and then eventually transitioned to a house paint-er. Many of his hilarious lines centered around his rocky marriage to Vera, a character that never showed her face on-screen.
Cliff could always be counted on to stir the pot. Whether he was saying some-thing completely inaccurate, confusing people with random information, or just annoying everyone within earshot, Cliff kept the hilarity coming. Initially, the Cliff character was written as a security guard but the producers changed it after
the pilot episode, apparently assuming a postal worker would be a better know-it-all. Not sure what that says about postal workers but hey, it worked for “Cheers” and Cliff and his “Little Known Facts” became one of the show’s mainstays.
Coach Ernie Pantusso (played by Nicho-las Colasanto) started the series as a re-tired coach turned co-bartender. He was the typical bartender in that he lent his patrons an ear and offered up advice for the problems they presented. Coach didn’t make it past season three, howev-er, because Colasanto suffered a sudden heart attack on Feb. 12, 1985 and died. The character was written out of sea-son four although the details of Coach’s death were never explained.
Woody Boyd (played by Woody Harrel-son) came on the scene as a naive, not-the-brightest-bulb-in-the-pack young man trying to reconnect with his “pen pal” Coach. And by pen pal, Woody meant he and Coach had exchanged pens…see? Not so bright, right? When he learned that Coach had passed away, he was hired as bartender in Coach’s place. His dimwittedness was a constant source of comedic situations in the show, adding to the already entertaining cast of characters.
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Other characters to appear in later sea-sons included Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) and Lilith Sternin (Bebe Neu-wirth). The pair started out their “Cheers” careers as psychiatrists who are set up on a very unsuccessful date. The pair even-tually put their differences (or similari-ties, in this instance) aside and got mar-ried. By the 11th season, the couple had a son and decided to call it quits. Thanks to “Cheers,” though, the spin-off “Frasier” was born and the dysfunction between Frasier and Lilith continued.
MORE CHEERSAnd now the part you’ve all been wait-ing for…
The “Cheers” series was planned • to run for more than eleven seasons but Danson decided to leave and Harrelson refused to go on with the show without him, even though his character was go-ing to take over the role of the main character.
Lucille Ball met with the • “Cheers” producers about the possibil-ity of playing Diane’s mother but de-cided against it. Apparently, she didn’t think viewers would accept her as anyone other than her already popular “Lucy” characters.
Cliff’s “Little Known Facts” • were often ad libbed by Ratzenberger. He used the other characters’ scripted lines to help him determine a context for what to say.
Carla’s full name was Carla Ma-• ria Victoria Angelina Teresa Apollonia Lozupone Tortelli LeBac.
Only three characters appeared • in every “Cheers” episode: Sam, Carla
and Norm.
Rebecca’s college nickname • was “Backseat Becky.”
Norm’s full name was Hillary • Norman Peterson.
While many viewers were said • to have complained about the laugh track used for the show, no laugh track was ever used. A disclaimer stating “Cheers was Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience” was added to com-bat the complaints.
The Bull and Finch Pub in Bos-• ton provided the exterior shots of the “Cheers” bar.
A poster for the “Boston Barley-• hoppers” can be seen in the pool room of the “Cheers” set. The Barleyhoppers were an actual running club in Boston that met at The Bull and Finch Pub.
Jay Thomas played Carla’s sec-• ond husband Eddie LeBac, a profes-sional hockey player. While working on the show, Thomas, who had been working as a DJ in Los Angeles before being cast for “Cheers,” decided he could do both since he wasn’t a regular cast member. It’s said that he took a call on air asking him how he liked work-ing on “Cheers,” and his response was less than fl attering, especially when he described Perlman and his onscreen kisses with her. Perlman just happened to be listening and coincidentally just a few episodes later, Thomas’s character was killed off in a Zamboni accident.
Carla’s favorite pastime was to • draw armpit hair on the models in the magazine Vogue.
The fi rst person to order a drink • at the “Cheers” bar was actor John P. Navin, Jr. His character was a minor and Sam refused to serve him.
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In a study last year in the Public Health Nutrition journal, researchers revealed that people who ate junk or comfort food were more likely to be depressed -- by 51 percent. The more junk food, the more depression.
One of the biggest concerns about seniors and junk food (and fast food is included) is that many of us have smaller appetites than before. Maybe it’s because food doesn’t taste like it did, or maybe a medication we’re on has reduced our appetite. Many seniors are at risk for malnutrition even if we’re never hungry, because the types of food we eat don’t sup-port good nutrition. If we turn to junk food, we might not have enough ap-petite left to eat the foods we should.
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Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Write to her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected].
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Is circumcision of males considered the same as mutilation of females? -- P.H.
ANSWER: The debate on male cir-cumcision is one that generates heat on both sides. It is not the same as female circumcision. That is truly a mutilating procedure.
Male circumcision for cultural and religious purposes is one thing, and I’m not talking about the procedure in those circumstances.
The benefi ts of male circumcision include a reduction in urinary-tract infection in infancy. It is said to re-
duce the transmission and acquisi-tion of sexually transmitted diseases. It has been shown convincingly to decrease the transmission of the HIV virus, the virus that causes AIDS; the male acquisition of herpes vi-rus; and the transmission of human papillomavirus, the cause of genital warts in men and women and cervi-cal cancer in women. If readers want a reference for these claims, they can fi nd it in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Oct. 5, 2011, page 1,479.
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: After 18 holes of golf, the tendons on the back of my heels hurt. What should I do? -- C.K.
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The list of what could possibly go wrong is endless – and hopeless. To plan what to do when you lose your job is to plan to lose your job. To complain about how bad things are is to miss out on how good things could be. To whine about how bad your past has been is to lose sight of your future.
Some time ago I knew guy who al-ways looked at the dark side of life. He never saw the sunshine – only the clouds. He told me that he had “enough money to run my busi-ness for only another three years and then I’ll be broke. Don’t know what I’ll do then!” He had that “if anything can possibly go wrong it will” syndrome. I stopped hanging out with him for fear I too would get the disease.
In these confusing and diffi cult times, those who outlive the storms to see the sunshine will be those who are looking for the sunshine, not those who are afraid to get wet.
A business friend called me last week to complain about his sales. In his frustration he asked, “How am I supposed to survive when nobody is buying my products?”
I did not have the kind of answer he wanted. He wanted me to tell him to do this and that and then your sales will hit an all-time high and you’ll be the businessman of the year, you’ll pay of all your creditors and cut your mortgage in half! I wish I were that smart.
Here’s what I told him, “Look for the opportunity.” I explained to him that in every down market someone is making money and it’s not the person who is curled up in the fe-tal position hiding in a closet hop-ing against hope that somehow the storm will quickly pass by.
Those who prosper in downtimes are those who seek opportunities and look for advantages. They ig-nore the bad news and ask persis-tently, “What could possibly go right? Where is the advantage? What is the hidden opportunity?” The point is, you will only get the right answers if you ask the right questions.
Think about it, you don’t even want to know all that could possibly go wrong. It’s too depressing. You want to know what could go right! That’s what’s enlightening, that’s where solutions are found. Not in the nas-ty negativity of problem-focused thought but in the energizing, spirit lifting, hope inducing, life giving positive search for what could pos-sibly go right.
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• On April 19, 1876, a Wichita, Kan., com-mission votes not to rehire policeman Wyatt Earp after he beats up a candidate for coun-ty sheriff. Earp’s Remington pistol made an effective club: Whenever possible, he pre-ferred to pistol-whip his opponents rather than shoot them.
• On April 16, 1897, Frederick Winterboth-am, one of Britain’s top code breakers, is born. Winterbotham would play a decisive role in the World War II Ultra code-break-ing project, enabling British intelligence to intercept top-secret messages (even from Hitler) transmitted to and between German armed forces.
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• On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson, age 28, becomes the fi rst black player in Major League Baseball when he steps onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, N.Y., to compete for the Dodgers. Baseball had been segregated for more than 50 years.
• On April 17, 1964, the Ford Mustang is offi cially unveiled by Henry Ford II at the World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. That same day, the new car also debuted in Ford showrooms across America, and al-most 22,000 Mustangs were immediately snapped up by buyers. Ford sold more than 400,000 Mustangs in its fi rst year.
• On April 20, 1971, the Pentagon releases fi gures confi rming that “fragging” is on the rise in Vietnam, with hundreds of reported incidents. Fragging was a slang term used to describe U.S. military personnel tossing a fragmentation hand grenade (hence the term “fragging”) to kill or wound or a fellow sol-dier, usually a superior offi cer or NCO.
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April 18, 2013starts at 7:00pm
Join us for a taste of Eastern Europe as Dirk will share some of his current favorites from his recent visit to Austria and Hungary wine country.
HOME SCHOOL ENRICHMENT ACADEMY OPEN HOUSES
Grace Best Facility, 66 Jefferson St, Monument, CO 80132
Friday, April 19; Friday, May 17; Friday, May 31
5:30pm-7:00pm; 5:30pm-7:00pm; 3:00pm-5:00pm
Learn all about the Lewis-Palmer Home School Enrichment Academy at their Open Houses. HSEA supports families of homeschooled students in kindergarten through 6th grade. Enrichment classes include art, music, physical education, exploratory and experiential activities, and drama. The Open Houses will be held upstairs in the HSEA areas in the Grace Best Facility at 66 Jefferson Street in Monument (enter east side of building). Send questions to [email protected]
LIVE MUSIC SATURDAY’SOakley’s Cafe & BistroEvery Saturday 8pm4/20 - D Day Invasion
4/27 - BluZone
37th ANNUAL PINE FOREST ANTIQUES, HOME DÉCOR &
GARDEN SHOW & SALESaturday April 20th 10am-5pmSunday April 21st 10am- 4pm.
Lewis Palmer High School. Located at 1300 Higby Road
Monument, Colorado(I-25, exits 161 or 158). Look
for the signs. The Tri Lakes Women’s Club is proud to announce: the 37th Annual Pine Forest Antiques, Home Décor & Garden Show and Sale, of the Pikes Peak Region. Admission price is $6.00; proceeds benefi t qualifi ed non-profi t and public service organizations and public schools in the Tri-Lakes Area. This year features: Returning Antique dealers, “The Bakery” and New Botanicals, A Cappella Concert Saturday, Antiques, Home Décor and Garden Exhibits, Delicious Bistro Dining, Glass repair, Plus much More. For additional information go to: www.TLWC.net.
LPHS SPRING PLAY “ALICE IN WONDERLAND”
Lewis-Palmer High School 1300 Higby Rd. Monument, CoApril 26 and 27th 20137:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, April 26th and 27th: Journey through the looking glass as Lewis-Palmer High School presents “Alice in Wonderland” in the auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Tickets $6 adults $5 for seniors and students. On sale starting April 15th at showtix4U.com or at the door.
WORLD TAI CHI& QIGIONG DAY
Sundance Mountain Lodge 1865 Woodmoor Dr.
Monument, Co 80132April 27,2013 9:00AM /10:30AMBe A Healing Part Of HistoryCome join us on this day where ten of thousands in hundreds of cities in over 70 nations will come together at the same time to breathe together... joining together while providing an example to the world of health, healing and wellness.
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SPRING ART SHOWSOUTHWINDS FINE ART
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May 3, 4, 51-6 pm
MOTHERS DAY BRUNCH - The MoZaic Restaurant
12 May - 9:00 am - 3:00 pmA mother’s love is instinctual, unconditional, and forever!$35++ per adult. *Includes one alcoholic beverage$17.50++ per child (3-12)Space is limited therefore reservations are required!
PIKES PEAK WHITTLERS 30TH ANNUAL WOODCARVING AND WOODWORKING SHOW AND
COMPETITIONColorado Springs Shrine Club, 6 South 33rd Street, Colorado
Springs, CO 80904May 18 and May 19 2013
10:00am to 4:00pmCompetition will take place in over 40 categories including realistic fl ora and fauna, realistic and caricatured human fi gures, and decorative pieces. Competition will
be overseen by this year’s guest judge, Marty Dolphens. In addition to the many pieces entered in competition, the show will feature 100 tables of displays, and sales of wood, roughouts, tools, and carvings. Carving demonstrations and a whittling contest will take place during the two days of the show. Admission is $3.00 for adults, $2.00 for military and seniors, free for children under 12 accompanied by a paid adult, and free for Scouts in uniform.
LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL BAND GOLF TOURNAMENT
Gleneagle Golf Club, 345 Mission Hill Way, Colo Spgs
8092106/01/2013
12:30pm - 7:00pmGolf Tournament (Four-Man
Scramble format) Fundraiser for the Liberty High School Band
Program.Friday, May 31, 2013:
6:30 pm: Calcutta, BBQ Dinner, & Raffl e
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1:30 pm: Shotgun StartEntry Fee: $75.00 per player, limited to the fi rst 120 golfers.
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CHARITY POND TOUR Saturday and Sunday
June 29th and 30th, 20139am to 5pm
Purely Ponds will match and donate all net profi ts from ticket sales to the Boys & Girls Club of the Pikes Peak Region. On this self-guided pond tour there will be 30 tour stops throughout Colorado Springs, Monument and the surrounding area. Tickets with tour map are just $5 per ticket. They will be available In May online at www.purelyponds.com and also at all 3 Pioneer Sand locations in Colorado Springs, Monument and the Black Forest. For more information please visit www.purelyponds.com or call 719-896-0038
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SNIPPETZ® WEEKLY MAGAZINE
Nick-Snips
IT’SABOUT
TIMEBy Nick Yanez
Recently, my brother and I were discussing the prospect of time travel. You see, we were having
a conversation about writer/producer/director JJ Abrams. He was the brilliant mind behind television hits like Alias, (the greatest show ever made) LOST, and Fringe. He has also made major blockbuster fi lms: Cloverfi eld, Star Trek, Super 8, etc. When Disney acquired Lu-cas Films earlier this year, they pinned Abrams as the director of the new tril-ogy, giving him immense power over the future of the sci-fi genre. Much of Abrams work has to do with Time Trav-el. He even worked it into his Star Trek fi lm. The way time travel is discussed in JJ’s work is unique. He uses science in a convincing manner; and why not? The intrigue and mystery behind exploring time is unrivaled. It’s the perfect form of fi ction – completely out of our grasp, yet so realistic in our ever wondering minds.
That was the case anyway, until last week when Iranian scientist Ali Razeghi announced that he had indeed invented a real life Time Machine! The statement is bold, for sure, and comes with warranted skepticism. After all, Ali is not the fi rst scientist to claim he’s created a machine capable of manipulating time. Obscure names like John Titor and Billy Meier come to mind. Both men claim to have come from the future. Of course no pre-dictions of theirs have taken place yet, so it’s unlikely the truth. Then there’s the Moberly-Jourdain Incident; a story of two women in the early 1900’s who ex-perienced a momentary blast to the past on their visit to the Palace of Versailles. They claim to have had a brief visit to the 1700’s, where they were met by Ma-
rie Antoinette. They went on to publish a book, An Adventure, in the year 1911 un-der fake names. A television movie was even made about the incident in 1981. Of course none of these people have actually laid claim to inventing the machine itself. They have only state they have traveled time personally.
That’s what makes Mr. Razeghi one of a kind. He isn’t claiming the ability to trav-el time at all, but rather, make time travel to you. Think of it as somewhat of a time predictor. Ali claims that his machine is capable of showing you what will happen in your future and is 100% accurate. The machine can only reach about 5-8 years in the future. Many religious zealots claim the machine is evil; that Razeghi is trying to “play God”. He rebukes these claims and states that the machine could be a powerful tool in predicting military strategies and settlements in the Middle East.
If Razeghi’s machine is operational, it could be a game changer in world poli-tics. Imagine if Iran had a strategic ad-vantage in seeing every move the United States would make, before we made it. It could be catastrophic. But that’s the thing about time, it is unknown if we can change it. Meaning even if Razeghi’s machine could see military and political happenings seven years ahead of time, he would be unable to change them. If the machine is indeed 100% accurate, that would mean the event you see will hap-pen, no matter what.
If that is the case, then why waste your time with such a machine? What ever happened, happened; same goes for the future. It should be noted that Ali Razeghi is a credible inventor and scientist. He is the Managing Director of Iran’s Centre for Strategic Inventions and has another 179 inventions to his name. He has not released the prototype publicly for fear that the Chinese could reproduce it to the masses overnight. I’ll leave you with this extra fact to ponder about – Ali Razeghi is only 23 years old.
Feel free to send Nick an email anytime about his weekly column, or any leads you have for underreported stories he could write about, to [email protected]
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GROW APIZZA
GARDENWhen most people think about
planting a garden in the spring, they think about the
fresh vegetables they will be eating all summer. While vegetables are packed with good nutrients, a garden provides many other benefi ts as well. This year, make planting and tending a garden a family affair, and everyone will harvest the benefi ts.
“Digging in the dirt is just plain fun for little children. Why not give them some seeds to put in that dirt to see what they can produce?” said Tammy Roberts, nutri-tion and health educa-tion specialist with the University of Missouri Extension. “If a child has grown and harvest-ed their own food, they are much more likely to eat it. Also, learn-ing to use small garden tools can be good for
the development of gross- and fi ne mo-tor skills for children.”
When we think about planning and caring for the garden, we usually are thinking about the healthful benefi ts of the food. Make no mistake; while you are paying attention to the chore at hand, your body is benefi tting from a good workout as well.
“Did you know you are actually doing some strength-training exercises while you work in the garden? Next time you are carrying a watering bucket or large fl owerpot, just think about how that can help your muscles,” said Roberts. Maintaining muscle mass is an impor-tant part of assuring good fl exibility and balance. And when you are bone-
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tired from getting up and down, know that the slow movement of getting from a sitting to a standing position is good for maintaining your muscles and bones.
Gardening also is very good for the mind. Children can learn many science lessons in the garden from the benefi ts of some bugs to how compost is made and helps the garden grow. Adults ex-ercise their brain power in many ways, such as researching new plants they want to grow, fi nding the best method to manage pests and learning how to ir-rigate the garden.
Gardening is good for the mind in an-other way -- it can boost your mood. You can go to the garden in a rotten mood, but it’s pretty hard to leave the same way, especially if you are carry-ing your fi rst ripe red tomato! Garden-ing also is the perfect way to introduce children to healthy eating habits that they will continue for the rest of their lives.
Once your beautiful herbs and veg-etables are ready to eat, try preparing my simple recipe for Garden Fresh Pizza. It’s like a delicious, fresh salad on a piece of fl atbread. It’s also the per-fect recipe to get your children into the kitchen to help prepare their own meals and to eat more vegetables!
GARDEN FRESH
PIZZAThis fresh, easy pizza is the perfect way to bring your children into the kitchen. Older children can slice the softer vegetables using a disposable serrated plastic knife. Younger chil-dren can pick the herbs and tear them. Spreading the cheese and placing the vegetables on the pizza crust can be a fun, family affair. Best of all, your piz-za is edible art!
1 package (12-inch) prebaked, thin Italian pizza crust, like Boboli
Non-stick cooking oil spray1 cup chopped fresh spinach 1 large tomato, chopped (about 1 cup)3/4 cup shredded carrots 1/2 cup green onions, roots removed, white and green parts, chopped1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil leaves 1/2 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano1 teaspoon salt1 teaspoon pepper1 container (6.5 oz) 50 percent-less-fat garlic-and-herb spreadable cheese 1/2 cup sliced, fresh mushrooms 1/2 cup fi nely diced, seeded cucumber 1 tablespoon olive oil1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, optional?
1. Preheat oven to 450 F. Lightly mist a 12-inch pizza pan or cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Place the pizza crust on the pan. Bake about 8 to 10 minutes to crisp the pizza crust.
2. Using a food processor or blender, puree 1/2 cup each of the spinach, the tomatoes, carrots, 1/4 cup of the green onions, and the basil, oregano, salt and pepper to make a chunky sauce.
3. Spread the cheese over the pizza crust and the vegetable sauce over the cheese. Place the remaining spinach, tomatoes, mushrooms and cucumber on the pizza. Sprinkle with remaining the carrots and green onions. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with Parme-san cheese, if desired. Cut pizza into 4 wedges to serve.
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Angela Shelf Medearis is an award-winning children’s author, culinary historian and the author of seven cook-books. Her new cookbook is “The Kitchen Diva’s Diabetic Cookbook.” Her website is www.divapro.com. To see how-to videos, recipes and much, much more, Like Angela Shelf Medearis, The Kitchen Diva! on Face-book and go to Hulu.com. Recipes may not be reprinted without permission from Angela Shelf Medearis.
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Trivia Test ByMarge Svenson Sports Quiz By
Chris Richcreek
1. INVENTIONS: When were the fi rst canvas “sneakers” known as Keds mass marketed?
2. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of dragons known as?
3. AWARDS: In what fi eld are the CLIO awards given?
4. OPERA: What was the name of the tragic female lead in “La Traviata”?
5. MEASUREMENTS: What is a bak-er’s dozen?
6. FOLKLORE: What tool is Paul Bu-nyan most often depicted as hold-ing?
7. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is cereology?
8. MUSIC: Who sang the famous theme “Goldfi nger”?
9. U.S. STATES: What two states’ of-fi cial popular dance is the shag?
10. HISTORY: Who was the fi rst U.S. president to appear on television?
1. Name the two players who have hit home runs in a Game Seven of the World Series three times each.
2. In 2004, Andy Lopez became the third baseball coach to take three different teams to the College World Series. Name the fi rst two.
3. Who was the fi rst 1,000-yard rusher in AFL history?
4. The 2012 NCAA men’s basketball tournament saw the biggest come-back in its history, as BYU came from 25 points down to win. What had been the biggest rally?
5. Who was the last Buffalo Sabres player before Thomas Vanek in 2013 to tally fi ve points in a game?
6. Carmelo Anthony set a USA Bas-ketball record in 2012 for most points in an Olympic game (37). Who had held the record?
7. Who was the oldest golfer to play in the Ryder Cup?
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SNIPPETZ® PUZZLES AND TRIVIA
1. Who wrote and fi rst re-leased “All Along the Watch-tower”?
2. What was the title of Del Shannon’s only No. 1 hit? What year was it?
3. Who sang the 1959 version of “Lonely Boy”?
4. Who released the worldwide No. 1 hit “Mickey” in 1982?
5. Name the song containing this lyric: “They ate up all my food. And I don’t stand to search. Don’t tell me it was a woman Cause a woman don’t eat that much.”
New DVD Releases forWeek of April 15, 2013
PICKS OF THE WEEK
“Django Unchained” (R) -- Quentin Taren-tino serves up another pithy revenge story, this time setting the carnage in the pre-war South. Django (Jamie Foxx) is a slave who lost his wife to an especially cruel master (Leonardo DiCaprio.) Fate gives him an-other shot when he is bought, freed and then hired by a German-born bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz). Together, they go from plantation to plantation, hunting fugitives
and tracking down Django’s lost love.While the bullets and witty rejoinders fl y, “Django” keeps you involved despite its one-sidedness. Without the sense of real confl ict, the story doesn’t rise above re-venge fantasy. It’s not Tarentino’s fi nest, probably not even top fi ve, but undeniably fun. Viewers sensitive to shoot-outs and coarse language won’t last fi ve minutes. This is DiCaprio’s fi rst time playing the vil-lain, and he delivers.“Save the Date” (R) -- Sarah (Lizzy Ca-plan), a sardonic, 30-ish bookstore manag-er, receives an unwelcome and comedically misfi red proposal from her boyfriend. Em-barrassed, she dumps him and moves on ... perhaps a little too fast. Sarah’s sister Beth (“Mad Men’s” Alison Brie) is oblivious to this mess as she is wrapped up in planning her own wedding. As the sisters realize their lives and relationships are all screwy, they run home to Mom and Dad for reassurance, only to fi nd that their folks are just as lost.
This is not a love-dovey romantic comedy, nor is it a thought-provoking indie-fl ick. “Save the Date” is in the weird in-between space, where the story is neither insightful nor comforting, just sort of there. Caplan and Brie are positively sublime, but without a script to support them, their full abilities are left out of this fi lm.“Spies of Warsaw” -- Poland must have been a pretty tense place in 1937, with the Germans gearing up for an invasion and lit-tle that could be done to stop it. Too bad this British TV mini-series is pretty tame -- giv-en the circumstances. Adapted from a novel by American author David Furst, the high-budget production brings the historical fi c-tion to life. David Tennant (who made a fi ne Doctor on the sci-fi series “Doctor Who”) plays French military offi cer Jean-Francois Mercier, a smooth operator who can con-vince well-to-do ladies to forget themselves for a bit.“Future Weather” (R) -- This environmen-
tally conscious indie-movie follows Laudu-ree, a Midwestern teen whose mother gave her only a weird name. When Lauduree’s mother runs to LA to become a makeup art-ist, the teenage girl is left with her rather frigid grandma. Lauduree’s issues are ex-plored through her interest in the science of global climate change. Her fears for the future and concerns about human responsi-bilities are discussed within the context of science. The environmental messages are overt, but the real story is how they are used to explore the character.
TV RELEASES“Makers: Women Who Make America”“Gilmore Girls: The Complete Series”
“NOVA: Building the Pharaoh’s Chariot”“Counting Cars: Season 1”
“Friends: The Complete Series”“Fraggle Rock: Complete Season 2”
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HUEY’SPAGE
SNIPPETZ® COMICS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Answers & Solutions
TRIVIA TEST ANSWERS
SPORTS QUIZ ANSWERS
FLASH BACK ANSWERS1. Bob Dylan, in 1967 on his “John Wesley Harding” album. Those who’ve studied the lyrics think the story comes from the Bible, Isaiah, Chapter 21, verses 5-9. Six months later, Jimi Hendrix came out with his own version.2. “Runaway,” in 1961. After his death in 1990, The Trav-eling Wilburys recorded a version of “Runaway” to honor Shannon.3. Paul Anka. He’d recorded his fi rst single, “I Confess,” at age 14.4. Toni Basil (born Antonia Basilotta in Philadelphia). The former high-school cheerleader has had a long career as a fi lm director, choreographer and dancer, actress, singer-songwriter and fi lmmaker.5. “Somebody’s Been Sleeping in My Bed” by funk-soul group 100 Proof (Aged in Soul). The song was a Gram-my runner-up in 1971.
1. 19172. A weyr
3. Advertising4. Violetta
5. 136. An ax
7. The study of crop circles8. Shirley Bassey
9. South and North Carolina10. Franklin D. Roosevelt
1. Bill “Moose” Skowron and Yogi Berra.2. Larry Cochell and Ron Polk.3. Cookie Gilchrist ran for 1,096 yards for Buf-falo in 1962.4. Duke came back from 22 down against Mary-land in 2001.5. Drew Stafford had fi ve points in a game in 2008.6. Stephon Marbury tallied 31 points in 2004.7. Raymond Floyd was 51 years old when he played in the Ryder Cup in 1993.
APRIL 15, 2013
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A little wool-gathering is OK. But don’t let that dreamy state linger beyond midweek, when you’ll want to be ready to take on new workplace responsibilities.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Love rules the week for single Bovines seeking romance. Attached pairs also fi nd new joy in their rela-tionships. Friday should bring news about a business opportunity.
GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Home be-comes the center of a new social whirl, as you show your talent for hosting great par-ties. You can expect to impress a lot of people who’ve never seen this side of you.
CANCER (June 21 to July 22) The Moon Child might have to raise those powers of per-suasion a notch to get a still-wary colleague to agree to go along. Finding more facts to back up your position helps.
LEO (July 23 to August 22) Hold off trying to fi x the blame for an apparent mishandling of a work situation. A full investigation could reveal surprising facts on how and why it re-ally happened.
VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Your ability to fi nd details others might overlook gives you an advantage in assessing a possi-bly too-good-to-be-true offer. A trusted col-league has advice.
LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Ex-pect to be called on once again to act as peacemaker in a long-simmering dispute that suddenly fl ares up. Offer advice, but be care-ful to stay out of the fray.
SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Your organizational skills help you line up your priorities so that you get things done without added pressure. The weekend could hold a special surprise.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to Decem-ber 21) New ventures are favored. But don’t launch yours before rechecking all facts and sources. Also, be sure you can rely on support from certain people.
CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Don’t be pushed into renegotiating an agree-ment, even though it might help avoid a po-tential impasse. Get legal advice before you sign or agree to anything.
AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Helping others is what Aquarians do so well. But this time, someone wants to help you. Expect to hear some news that will both sur-prise and delight you.
PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Things go so swimmingly that you’re tempted to take on more tasks. Best advice: Finish what you have now, then enjoy a well-earned re-laxing weekend.
BORN THIS WEEK: Your understanding of human nature helps you make wise deci-sions that are appreciated by all. You would make a fi ne judge.
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by Samantha Weaver
• It was pioneering British director of sus-pense fi lms Alfred Hitchcock who made the following sage observation: “The length of a fi lm should be directly related to the en-durance of the human bladder.”
• If you’re an arachnophobe, you probably don’t want to know that a tarantula can live for up to two years without eating a single thing.
• If you’re like the average American man with a job, you spend 8 minutes per day cooking. If you’re like the average Ameri-can woman who works, you spend 50 min-utes a day preparing meals.
• There are four times more astrologers than astronomers in the United States.
• You may not think it signifi cant that in 1921, Earle Dickson’s wife had a tendency to injure herself while working in the kitch-
en. He kept bandaging her wounds with gauze and adhesive tape, but the bandages always seemed to be slipping off. Finally, in exasperation, he put a small piece of gauze in the center of a piece of adhesive tape, which worked beautifully. None of this would have made any difference to us today, except that Dickson was an employ-ee of Johnson & Johnson. He took some samples of his invention into work, where the owner, James Johnson, loved the idea. The Band-Aid went into production short-ly thereafter.
• In the 1979 gubernatorial election in Louisiana, a man named Luther Knox was fed up with the candidates on the ballot. In order to give like-minded Louisianans an option, he ran for the offi ce himself -- after legally changing his name to “None of the Above.”
• You might be surprised to learn that rock star Elvis Presley’s idol was General Doug-las MacArthur.
***Thought for the Day: “The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax-es.” -- Albert Einstein
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5. Make one extra payment a year on your mortgage. You can make 13 pay-ments a year instead of 12, and apply that extra payment against the princi-pal balance. If you do that every year, a 30-year mortgage can be paid off in as little as 19 years.
6. Consider requesting that your lo-cal property assessor reappraise your home for property-tax purposes. If you’ve owned your home for more than fi ve years, it’s probably worth a lot less now than what you paid for it, which means you may be paying too much in property taxes.
7. If you’re getting a salary raise this year, commit to depositing half of it into your savings, paying down debt or building a college fund for your children. Since you didn’t have that money last year, it’s added income this year, and you should be able to com-mit some of it to your longer-term fi -nancial goals.
David Uffi ngton regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected].
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As oftentimes happens when I am doing a seminar or workshop, I am approached
by someone, many times a couple who have been retired for some time and are fi nding that fi nancially there just is not enough.
When they retired, life was good. Income from Social Security, for many a company pension, as well as savings and investments met and in most cases exceeded their expenses, yet today it is just not working. Every month there seems to be more month than income and they have to dig deeper and deeper into their investments to cover the bills. And…they worry. What happens when the investments are gone?
When most people retire, their dreams are simple. To live off the income their savings would provide, enjoy life, help their children where they could and at death pass on what was left to their heirs, church and charities. Unfortunately, too often, that is not how it turns out. But it does not have to be that way. Many have discovered they can actually increase their income by giving their money away. You read that right, by giving it away, using a charitable gift annuity.
If you have assets that you are planning to leave to a church or charity, yet you need the income that those assets produce to pay today’s expenses, a charitable annuity may provide an alternative. Charitable gift annuities can oftentimes create a greater stream of income than can be had with fi xed income investments like certifi cates of deposit or bonds and they can guarantee that income for life.
The income generated by a charitable annuity is based in large part by the donor’s age and life expectancy. The older you are the greater the income. For example, at one charitable organization, a 70 year old contributing $25,000 would receive an income of $1,925 annually which is 7.7% of the contribution; an 82 year old contributing $25,000 would receive an annual income of $2,450 (9.8%). In both cases the income would be paid for life and would not change.
Additionally, with charitable gift annuities there are tax benefi ts. First is an immediate tax deduction for part of the amount you contributed. The second, and oftentimes the greater benefi t, is the potential for tax free income.
There is also one more even greater benefi t, the good work that can be done because of your fi nancial generosity. Many charities, churches and schools have established charitable gift annuities as a key element of their planned giving program.
A charitable gift annuity is an effective way for you to fi nancially support your church or favored charity and at the same time generate a greater income for you and your spouse that can never be out lived. Making it possible to live well by doing good.
“Your plenty at the present time should supply their need so that their surplus may one day supply your need, with equality as a result.” 2 Corinthians 8:14
Chuck Maher is a Certifi ed Financial Plan-nerTM practitioner specializing in Christian values based fi nancial planning and invest-ing. He can be reached at [email protected], locally at (719) 481-0549.
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