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This Tidbits shares some interesting election trivia. With another presidential election hap-pening shortly in the United States, maybe it is time for some election news you may not have heard; funny, sad, and maybe a bit absurd!• The youngest man elected president was John

Kennedy who was 43. Most Americans are aware of that news but did you know that Theodore Roosevelt was actually younger, 42, when he was elevated to president from vice president? He filled the position when William McKinley was assassinated.

•The oldest president elected was Ronald Reagan who was 69. Reagan and Gerald Ford were the two presidents who lived the longest after serving, both living to age 93.

• Young Grover Cleveland was only nineteen, not even old enough to vote, when he worked on James Buchanan’s successful Democratic run for the presidency in 1856. After Buchanan, there would not be another Democrat in the White House until Cleveland himself was elected 28 years later in 1884! Buchanan was the only president that never married.

• Reagan was the only president who had been divorced. Five presidents remarried after their wives died, two of them, John Tyler and Woodrow Wilson, while they were in office.

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You finally got all set up with GI Bill benefits and were accepted to an institution of higher learning ... and then you discovered that the college won’t give you in-state resident tuition rates for one reason or the other. And you can’t afford the balance due.That’s happened to a number of veterans.There’s help for some, but not all veterans, in the form of the Yellow Ribbon Program, which is to provide increased tuition reimbursement to those either attending a pricier private school or a public school but as an out-of-state student. The information can be found at http://www.gibill.va.gov/school-certifying-officials/yellow-ribbon-agreement/index.htmlClick on the link to the 2012 and 2013 participant list and the Frequently Asked Questions.The cap for private and/or expensive schools is $17,500, and the Yellow Ribbon money can be used to pay anything over that. For non-residents who’re being charged higher rates, the Yellow Ribbon money can be used to pay 100 percent of the costs, up to that $17,500.Another potential glitch to keep you from accessing that Yellow Ribbon money is whether or not the school signed up for it. Check the participant list at the link above.And one more potential problem: If your school doesn’t offer a degree program, there’s no Yellow Ribbon money.Other facts about the Yellow Ribbon money:Students in Arizona, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania and South Carolina are exempt from the $17,500 cap. For those at private school in those states, the benefit is the higher amount of either the tuition or the highest in-state undergrad costs.If you’re going to school part-time, your money will be prorated.Hint: Get all the information about the school before you apply. Make sure it qualifies for Yellow Ribbon in case you need that benefit.

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¥ On Nov. 24, 1849, John Froelich, the inventor of the first internal-combustion tractor, is born in Girard, Iowa. Froelich and investors formed the Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Company. The Waterloo Tractor Works, owned by John Deere since 1918, remains one of the largest tractor factories in the United States.

¥ On Nov. 22, 1900, the first car to be produced under the Mercedes name is taken for its inaugural drive in Cannstatt, Germany. The car was specially built for Emil Jellinek, a fan of fast, flashy cars. He bought 36 of them. In exchange, the company agreed to name the car after Jellinek’s 11-year-old daughter, Mercedes.

¥ On Nov. 19, 1915, British airman Richard Bell Davies performs a daring rescue, swooping down in his plane to whisk a downed fellow pilot from behind the Turkish lines. The British government awarded him the Victoria Cross.

¥ On Nov. 21, 1934, teenager Ella Fitzgerald wins Amateur Night at Harlem’s Apollo Theater. Putting her name in the hat on a bet, she’d originally planned a dance number. History was made when she changed her mind and sang “The Object of My Affection.”

¥ On Nov. 20, 1945, a series of trials of accused Nazi war criminals, conducted by a U.S., French and Soviet military tribunal based in Nuremberg, Germany, begins. Twenty-four former Nazi officials were tried, and half would be sentenced to death by hanging.

¥ On Nov. 23, 1959, Robert Stroud, the famous “Birdman of Alcatraz,” is released from solitary confinement for the first time since 1916. For 15 years, Stroud lived among canaries brought to him by visitors, and he became an expert in birds and ornithological diseases. In 1943, Stroud’s Digest of the Diseases of Birds, a 500-page text that included his own illustrations, was published to general acclaim.

¥ On Nov. 25, 1963, President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated three days earlier, is buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. An eternal flame was lit by his widow to forever mark the grave.


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had the most, fifteen! Tyler was called “His Accidency” by opponents, being the first vice president called to fill the office of president by the death of his predecessor, William Henry Harrison. Harrison died of pneumonia after only being in office 32 days, the shortest term of any U.S. president.

• There have been short and tall presidents, with James Madison the shortest at only 5’4” (1.62 m). Abraham Lincoln was the tallest at 6’4” (1.93 m), with Lyndon Johnson only a _ inch (1.27 cm) under him. James Madison was also the lightest president, weighing only about 100 pounds (45.36 kg). William Howard Taft was the heaviest at about 300 pounds (136 kg) and actually had a bathtub installed in the White House that would fit four normal sized men!

• His size was not the most unusual thing or memorable trivia about William Howard Taft, it was his activity after he was president. He served as a Professor of Law at Yale until President Warren G. Harding selected him to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court eight years after his service as president, in 1923. In 1925, Calvin Coolidge was the first and only president to be sworn in by a former president.

• Taft, said that his greatest honor was serving as Chief Justice. He wrote: “I don’t remember that I ever was President.”

• When the government for the United States of America was first formed, there were no political parties. George Washington served as president with no political party affiliation.

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• When the U.S. Constitution was written, there was no mention of political parties. Most of the framers of the document hoped that no political parties would form. They hoped the new country would be such that everyone would just “get along!” (agree!)

• The current two party system, with Democrats and Republicans, has been part of the political system in the U.S. for years. The first party was originally formed from many of the advisers that George Washington consulted with. Oddly the first political party, started in 1792, was called the Democratic-Republican Party.

• Many changes have happened with the political parties through the years. Smaller parties have tried to gain power but have never been very successful. The Republicans and Democrats are still the main newsmakers.

• Canada has also been a country dominated by two political parties, today the Liberal and Conservative parties. An interesting time in Canadian history was when there were seven distinct political parties in the legislature in 1854.

• The Canadian parties at the time were four groups from Northern Canada: 1) the Tories, 2) moderate Conservatives, led by the first Prime Minister of Canada, John A. Macdonald, known as “Sir John A.,” 3) Baldwin Reformers, who were moderate Liberals, 4) and the Radical or advanced Liberal party, known as the “Clear

Grits.” The other three parties were from Lower Canada. They were: 1) Parti Bleu, the majority of the French Canadians, considered a liberal party even though most French Canadians were conservative, 2) the Parti Rouge, which was a small party of French Canadian Liberals, some who were rather radical, and lastly, 3) an English-speaking minority in Lower Canada.

• People all over the world get fed up with politics. At a parliamentary election in Naples, Italy in 2008, a 41-year-old man ate his ballot in protest to the country’s politicians! He was charged with destroying election materials.

• In 2004, a woman in England was fined for trying to register her cows, Henry and Sophie Bull and her dog, Jake Woofies, as voters. Her barn was listed as a separate property and when forms asked who the residents of the property were, she listed the animals!

• For a last Tidbit on elections, imagine the confusion if our North American countries had the diversity of over 1,000 political parties! According to the Election Commission of India, that is the estimate of parties that exist in India. The commission has a list of symbols that political parties can use to represent their groups, including a kite, diesel pump, kettle, pressure cooker and many others. As you vote, be glad that we do have elections and that our ballots don’t contain pressure cooker and kite parties!

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Surprising no one, Jim-mie Johnson left his little gold mine, Mar-tinsville Speedway, with another treasure chest. First place in the Tums Fast Relief 500 was worth $202,511, but another Sprint Cup cham-pionship, his sixth, would be priceless.Three races remain. Johnson’s got the points lead. It isn’t much, but for the first time in a while, Brad Keselowski, who finished sixth, is chasing him. No. 2 (Keselowski) trails by two. “Just because you don’t qualify well, it doesn’t mean you don’t have a fast race car,” said John-son, who could afford to be charitable. “Any-thing could happen. We’ve done a nice job to put us in the points lead. ... We’re ready to race him under any conditions.”Johnson sounded more upbeat about Keselows-ki’s chances than ... Keselowski.“We can’t keep on just surviving,” he said. “Surviving isn’t going to win the champion-ship.”With races in Fort Worth, Texas; Phoenix; and Homestead, Fla., remaining in the season, it may not be a two-man race, but that’s the way it looks. Clint Bowyer finished fifth and is third in the standings, but his deficit, 24 points, is considerable at this point.“That ‘2’ team (Keselowski) is unbelievable,” Bowyer groused. “They keep doing what they do.”The day’s disaster befell Denny Hamlin, a four-time Martinsville winner, who finished 33rd after his Toyota suffered catastrophic electrical failure. The ever-cautious points leader betrayed no comfort in Hamlin’s misfortune.“What it does to my mind is ... I’m not smil-ing,” Johnson said. “What was it? Electrical failure? It could happen to me next week. I’m not eliminating anybody.”Hamlin trails by 49 points. Johnson wasn’t eliminating Hamlin, but Hamlin wrote his own chances off.“One of these days it’s going to be our time,” he said. “It’s just not going to be right now.”Keselowski actually held the lead with less than 20 laps to go, but it wasn’t because his Dodge was fastest. It was because he didn’t pit when Johnson and others did. Keselowski clung to the lead for five laps. Johnson finally passed him between turns three and four on lap 486. Then the flood gates opened, and Kyle Busch, Kasey Kahne and Jeff Gordon followed Johnson past Keselowski.With nine laps remaining, Earnhardt and Carl Edwards tangled in turns one and two. The chain reaction began with Edwards’ Ford being hit from behind by Sam Hornish Jr.’s Dodge. That contact sent Edwards’ car into Earnhardt’s.Johnson took the lead at the outset, too -- hardly surprising since he qualified fastest -- and re-mained there for the first 66 laps before yield-ing to teammate Gordon. No one significant crashed in the first 100 laps, though yellow flags waved after failed right-front tires sent the cars of Michael McDowell (lap 45) and David Stremme (97) careening into relatively minor contacts with the track’s cushioned walls.Travis Kvapil’s Toyota marked the third such incident on lap 126, though his was unrelated to tire trouble.

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Doing for Others Eases Loneliness

The key to fighting loneliness during the holidays is doing things for others. And if you join together with like-minded seniors, your own potential for happiness increases.

Here are a few ideas. If you start now to plan and make preparations, you’ll be ready by December.

Caroling: Gather friends together, print out the lyrics of a half-dozen holiday songs and practice a few times. Make a list of locations to contact about spreading a little musical cheer. Hospitals, nursing homes, veterans hospitals, elementary schools and nursery schools are all potential sites for your holiday chorus to perform.

Gift bags: If you plan to visit nursing homes or hospitals, your presence and willingness to chat for a few minutes is the biggest bonus, but a small gift bag will be most welcome. Ask in advance how many to prepare. If there are too many and your budget won’t stretch, limit your gift bags to one wing or section.

Ask staff if you need to stick to diabetic candy. There are many kinds now, and most of them are tasty. (For example, Whitman’s makes the miniature boxes of sugar-free chocolates.) A few pieces of chocolate and peppermint in each bag, as well as other small items, will go a long way to brighten the day of someone in the hospital during the holidays.

A small notepad with a bright pen, a small hand mirror, an inexpensive scarf, a small desk calendar, a tiny stuffed animal, puzzle books like crossword or Sudoku with a mechanical pencil (so the nurses don’t have to sharpen regular pencils) all are good ideas for bag stuffers.

Group meals: Plan to join together for a simple meal after all of your holiday efforts. The menu doesn’t have to be fancy ... it’s the company that counts!

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THE BERLIN WALLThe Berlin Wall started as a barbed wire fence, constructed overnight as Berliners slept. Imagine the shock of finding you couldn’t cross from one side of the city to the other. • The city of Berlin and country of Germany was

divided at the conclusion of World War II. The Soviet Union and communism controlled the East, with the allied powers of Great Britain, France and the United States controlling the West in a democracy. So it was a West vs. East; democracy vs. communism divide.

• By 1949, the division of Germany and the city of Berlin was official. West Germany was called the Federal Republic of Germany and East Germany was the German Democratic Republic. Since Berlin was entirely within the East, and it was agreed that the city would be divided, West Berlin was like an island of democracy within East Germany, surrounded by a wall.

• When the Germans in the Soviet-controlled East became disillusioned with the economic and political oppression of communism, many defected to the West. Approximately 1,500 people per day were fleeing to the West seeking democracy by 1961.

• Rumors arose that the German Democratic Republic was going to do something drastic to

stop the movement of people to the West. That became a reality during the night of August 12-13, 1961, when soldiers and construction crews were brought in after midnight. While the people of East and West Berlin slept, crews tore up the streets, put up concrete posts and strung barbed wire separating the east and west. They even cut the telephone lines.

• Upon awakening on the morning of August 13th, Berliners were shocked to see the border. They could no longer visit friends and relatives on the other side. More than 60,000 commuters who went to better-paying jobs in West Berlin could not cross the line to work. If a person went to sleep on August 12th away from their loved ones on the other side of the city, they were stuck there, unable to return for decades.

• The fence constructed in 1961 was easy for people to cross so in 1962 a second fence parallel to the first was erected. The area between the fences was cleared to create an empty space where guards could see escape attempts.

• By 1965 a concrete wall was added. It stood until a more sophisticated wall was built in 1975. This wall was also accompanied by over 300 watchtowers and thirty bunkers to keep people from crossing the border.

• President Ronald Reagan spoke to the people of West Berlin on June 12, 1987. His words were some of the most memorable of his

presidency: “General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

• The Wall, in its final reinforced state, stood until November 9, 1989. Thousands of Germans demanded passage through the gates after the government announced that “private trips abroad” would be allowed. They, literally, tore the wall down.

• Reunification of Germany was formally concluded on October 3, 1990. The infamous wall stood from August 13, 1961 until November 9, 1989.

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Fireplace BasicsQ: This winter will be the first time we will use our new fireplace. Can you give us some advice on safely lighting a fire? -- Charlie L., Oviedo, Fla.

A: Sure can! Your request comes at the perfect time, as we move into November and cold weather sets in for most of the country.Here are step-by-step instructions for lighting a fire safely and successfully. If you own a gas-lit fireplace, skip Steps 3 and 5.1. Open the damper and visually inspect the firebox and flue to ensure that they are clear.2. Stack firewood in the center of the fireplace, being careful not to place the logs too close together. The wood stack should take up no more than one-third of the space in the fire-place.3. Place loosely rolled newspaper in the gaps created by the wood stack, on all three sides. (Use newspaper only -- avoid magazines or color inserts.)4. Preheat the flue. Carefully light a rolled piece of newspaper and hold the paper about 2 inches inside the flue. Move the paper in slow circles for 10 to 30 seconds. This will encour-age warm air to flow up and out the chimney.5. Light the newspaper between the logs, on all three sides. A good-size flame should leap up shortly, but will die down as the last of the paper burns. Look for smaller flames flicker-ing along the bottom of the logs; this shows that the wood has caught, and that a nice, small- to medium-size fire will build in a few minutes.

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6. Add wood to the fire one piece at a time. To maintain the fire’s size, add one new log for each log that burns away. To increase its size, add one log every five minutes or so to a steady fire, and note the amount of flames and heat after each addition.The most complicated part of fire-building, for new users, is finding the right amount of kindling to get a steady fire going. Dry twigs and wood chips can be added to newspaper; leaves don’t burn as well and are better left on the mulch pile.Use a combination of woods for the best results: oak burns slowly and cleanly, while pine ignites more easily and burns hotter, but is consumed quickly.Enjoy your new fireplace, with a dose of com-mon sense: Don’t burn trash in it, keep the gate closed and have the fireplace and chim-ney cleaned once a year.

HOME TIP: Leave about 1 inch of fine ash in the bottom of the fireplace. The ash insulates the firebox and helps the fireplace heat more efficiently.

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Keeping Pets Safe in Cold Weather

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I’ve been thinking of getting my Border Collie, “Jake,” a set of those booties that fit over a dog’s paws to protect them from cold ground and sharp objects. Do these really work? -- Sarah in Chicago

DEAR SARAH: Booties can be very good paw protectors for dogs that are outdoors in the winter. The biggest considerations, besides price, are getting the right type for the kind of terrain and the level of activity your dog will have.For everyday walking on a sidewalk, there are many brands of booties to choose

from, most for less than $30 per set. Booties with extra traction or customized fit cost a little bit more. You also can find “fashion” booties if you want your pet to look swanky walking down the street, although many of those look like they would be uncomfortable for your dog.Be sure to buy booties of a size closest to the size of your dog. Try them on your dog’s paws right away, in case they don’t fit and need to be returned. Protecting your dog’s paws is just the beginning of cold-weather safety, of course. A dog coat that wraps comfortably around his torso will help Jake retain body heat much longer. Stay alert when

out with your dog, and make sure he is not shivering from cold or limping from an injury to his paw. In either case, get him home right away, warm him up and check his paws for cuts, debris or other injury.

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the age of 30. How many games was it?3. Who is the only person in NCAA Division I history to win three national titles as a player and three as a football coach?4. Name the last NBA player to average at least 23 points and 14 rebounds per game for a season? 5. Who did the University of Maine beat to win its first NCAA men’s hockey championship in 1993?6. How many sets did Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings lose during their 21 matches over three Olympics?7. In 2012, Tiger Woods (74 victories) moved past Jack Nicklaus into second place on the PGA Tour career victory list. Who is first?

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¥ It’s not known who made the following sage observation: “The sharper your words are, the more they’ll hurt if you have to swallow them.”

¥ Those who study such things say that Southerners watch more TV than residents of any other region of the country.

¥ Any given major ballet company will go through about 3,000 pairs of toe shoes every year. Under normal use, one pair will last for about one hour of performing.

¥ If you average out the depth of the world’s seas and the elevation of the land, you’ll find that the ocean is four times as deep as the land is high.

¥ Pierre-Auguste Renoir, one of the leading artists of the Impressionist movement, died in 1919, at the age of 78. His last words were, “What a pity I have to go now just when I was beginning to show promise!”

¥ Researchers studying the workings of memory briefly

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¥ A male sea otter shows affection by biting his mate’s nose.

¥ If you’re a young baseball player hoping to make it in the big leagues, you might want to keep this fact in mind: Only 8 percent of those who sign major-league contracts actually play in even a single big-league game. The other 92 percent spend their careers languishing in the minor leagues for a pittance.***Thought for the Day: “What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.” -- Wendell Phillips


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¥ Got soap scum? Mix dishwashing detergent with baking soda and use it to scrub bathroom walls. It’s very effective, and surprisingly gentle, as baking soda is a mild abrasive that works well without scratching.

¥ “Unless the label states otherwise, the best rinse temperature for clothing is cold water. It will help the clothing retain its shape and color better, and --bonus -- it’s the least-expensive setting.” -- I.F. in Texas

¥ When whipping egg whites, make sure you bring the eggs to room temperature beforehand. They will yield greater volume.

¥ Store asparagus in the fridge only for a few days before serving. Trim the cut end and use wet paper towels to wrap it. Keep it in the crisper drawer.

¥ Getting out your old deck of cards to play? If they feel gummy, put them in a plastic baggie, add a little bit of talc, baby powder or cornstarch, seal the bag and shake. Knock the excess off before removing from the bag. Shuffle as usual.

¥ “Wanna spot clean your floor? Spray an old pair of socks with floor cleaner, put them on and do the cha-cha-cha.” -- V.B. in Iowa

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