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WINTRY FACTSby Kathy Wolfe

Baby, it’s cold outside! As we head into the season of cold temperatures, Tidbits presents some interesting and informative facts about winter.

• Forthoseofusinthenorthernhemisphere,thefirstdayofwinteristhedaythesunisfarthestsouth, on either December 21 or 22. Also known as the Winter Solstice, it’s the shortest day of the year, with about 9.5 hours of daylight.

•A snowflake starts out as an ice crystal thatfreezes around a tiny piece of dust in the air. It can be just one ice crystal, or as it falls, several crystals can join together. There are always six sides,andalthoughtwosnowflakesmaybeverysimilar, none are exactly the same. The shape and form are dependent on the temperature, water vapor in the air, moisture content of the cloud, the wind, and the length of time it takes to reach the ground. Extremely cold weather producesveryfine,powderysnowflakes,whiletemperatures near the freezing point cause much larger and more complex ones. The averagesnowflakefallsattherateofabout3.1mph (5 km/hr) and it can take several hours for one to make it to the ground.

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◆ “If a small screw keeps coming loose on something, remove it, paint it with clear nail polish and quickly rescrew it. This often does the trick. Makes it more grippy.” -- I.W. in Minnesota

◆ Doggie has a greasy coat, but it’s too cold for a bath? Liberally sprinkle your pup with baking soda or cornstarch. Rub into coat and brush out.

◆ “Those soft cardboard sleeves that light bulbs come in are really great for mailing photos. If you fold them flat, you can slip your pics inside, and it will go right into an envelope. They’ll be nice and protected.” -- D.L. in Georgia

◆ “If your curling broom is losing its spring, try trimming the bristles a little bit. This worked for me.” -- R.D. in Canada (Tipsters: Curling is an ice sport.)

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“Ringer.” You can see her this winter in the feature film “Hitchcock,” which stars Anthony Hopkins (as Alfred Hitchcock) and Helen Mirren (as his wife, Alma Reville), with Tara playing Rita Riggs.Tara told me what it was like working with the two legendary actors: “Helen Mirren ... it’s really like her movie. She’s extraordinary. It focuses on the love story between Hitchcock and his wife, and how she was the silent partner in the operation. His wife had a lot more to do with it than we will ever know. And Anthony Hopkins is one of my heroes, and he was so generous and so kind. He’s always in a good mood, and just so amazing to work with and to watch.”***Q: My friend told me that the CW is remaking “Sex and the City.” Is that true? If so, why? It was great as it was on HBO. -- Penny W., Seattle

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WINTRY FACTS (continued):• TheGuinnessWorldBookofRecordscites theworld’s largestsnowflakeever recordedasonethatfellinFortKeogh,MontanainJanuaryof1887.Thisgiantwas15inches(38cm)wideand8inches (20 cm) thick.

•Althoughyoumightthinkeverybigsnowstormisablizzard,theNationalWeatherServicehasaspecificdefinitionofone.Thestormmustcontain“largeamountsofsnoworblowingsnow,withwindsinexcessof35mph(56km/hr)andvisibilitiesoflessthan_mile(.4km)foratleastthreehours.”

•Those folks who are afraid of snow are called chionophobics. Their greatest fear is of beingsnowbound or stranded. A forecast of a winter storm can bring on cold sweats, racing heartbeat, and panic attacks.

• Thewindchillfactoristhetemperaturefeltonexposedskinduetowind.ThewindchillindexwasdevelopedbytwoAntarcticexplorersinthe1940s,whoexperimentedwithhowfastwaterfrozein differing temps and wind speeds. This was then compared with the rate that the body loses heat. Ifthetemperatureis0°F(-18°C)andthewindisblowing30mph(48km/hr),itwillfeellikethetemperatureis-26°F(-32°C).Skinexposedto0°Fandonly15mph(24km/hr)willexperienceawindchillof-19°F(-28°C)canfreezeinaslittleas30minutes.

•Hypothermiaisaveryrealdangerinmanypartsofthecountrythistimeofyear.Thisconditionoccurswhenthebody’stemperaturedropsbelow95°F(35°C).Asthetemperaturedecreases,thebodyautomaticallydirectsbloodawayfromtheskin, increasingflowto thevitalorgans.Sincethe heart and brain are the most sensitive to cold, a slowdown occurs in their electrical activity. Thinking and reasoning are affected, and the person has the desire to sleep as delirium sets in. Whenthebody’stemperaturereachesabout82°F(28°C),theheartratesubstantiallyslowsdown,andifthetemperaturereaches68°F(20°C)brainfunctionstops.Abouthalfofallhypothermiadeathsarepeopleover60yearsold,with75%oftheseoccurringinmen.

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→ On Dec. 4, 1872, a British ship spots the Mary Celeste, a 100-foot American brig, sailing erratically but at full sail near the Azores Islands with not a soul on board. The last entry in the captain’s log was dated 11 days earlier, showing that the Mary Celeste had been drifting since then with no one at the wheel. The fate of the crew remains a mystery to this day.

→ On Dec. 6, 1884, in Washington, D.C., workers place a 9-inch aluminum pyramid atop a tower of white marble, completing construction of a monument to the city’s namesake and the nation’s first president, George Washington.

→ On Dec. 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, repealing the 18th Amendment and bringing an end to the era of national prohibition of alcohol in America. Utah became the 36th state to ratify the amendment, achieving the requisite three-fourths majority of states’ approval.

→ On Dec. 3, 1947, Marlon Brando’s famous cry of “STELLA!” first booms across a Broadway stage, electrifying the audience at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre during the first-ever performance of Tennessee Williams’ play “A Streetcar Named Desire.”

→ On Dec. 9, 1950, Harry Gold -- who had confessed to serving as a courier of top-secret information on the atomic bomb -- is sentenced to 30 years in jail for his crime. Gold implicated his brother-in-law and sister, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were later convicted and executed for espionage.

→ On Dec. 5, 1964, the first Medal of Honor awarded for action in Vietnam is presented to Army Special Forces Capt. Roger Donlon of New York for his heroic action at Nam Dong. Donlon was shot in the stomach during an attack by hordes of Viet Cong. He stuffed a handkerchief into the wound, cinched up his belt and kept fighting.

◆ It was revered civil-rights leader Mohandas Gandhi who made the following sage observation: “Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.”

◆ If you’re afraid of rats and mice, you might not want to read the following tidbit: Those who study such things say that 60 percent of all the mammals on earth are rodents.

◆ Athletes playing baseball on steroids have frequently been in the news in recent years, but drugs are nothing new in America’s national sport. During the late 1960s and throughout almost all of the ‘70s, Dock Ellis was a valued pitcher who played for several teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates. On June 12, 1970, Ellis took LSD, under the mistaken belief that it was an off day for his team. By the time he realized that the Pirates were scheduled to play against the San Diego Padres that evening, it was too late. The drug proved to have no ill effect on Ellis; in fact, he pitched a no-hitter. When he recounted the event to a reporter 12 years later, he said he remembered only bits and pieces of the game, though he felt euphoric. Many years later, after being treated for addiction, Ellis became a coordinator for an anti-drug program in California.

◆ It’s been reported that Albert Einstein did not like to wear socks.

◆ George W. Church, the founder of Church’s Fried Chicken, didn’t actually enter the restaurant business until after he retired. In his first career, Church ran a chicken hatchery and sold incubators.

◆ Historians say that Russia’s Peter the Great was nearly 7 feet tall.

DECEMBER HISTORYThe first week of December has been a significant one over the years. Take a look at some of the events that have impacted history. • December 2, 1939 marked the opening day of

New York City’s La Guardia Airport. Prior to being converted to an airfield, the land was the site of the Gala Amusement Park, owned by the Steinway piano family. The airport’s first title was the Glenn H. Curtiss airport, named for an early aviation pioneer, and didn’t become La Guardia until 1953, when the name was changed to honor former New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia. The site is 680 acres and sits on the shores of Flushing Bay and Bowery Bay in Queens. It employs about 8,000 and serviced about 25 million travelers last year.

• Cape Town, outh Africa’s Groote Schuur Hospital was the site of a groundbreaking procedure on December 3, 1967. It was here that Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first successful human heart transplant. Dr. Barnard had experimented for many years with animal heart transplants. The 45-year-old surgeon, assisted by his heart surgeon brother Marius and a team of 30 people, transplanted the heart of a 25-year-old woman into Louis Washkansky over a nine-hour period. Washkansky perished 18 days later, not from the malfunction of the heart, but rather from pneumonia brought on by reduced immunity. The recipient of a heart in Barnard’s second transplant, just one month later, survived for 19 months.

• The world’s first Burger King opened in Miami, Florida on December 4, 1954. However, the “King” wasn’t their trademark figure until the following year, and the Whopper sandwich wasn’t introduced until 1957. Today, more than 11 million people dine at the 12,400 Burger Kings located in 73 countries around the world.

• December 5 is International Ninja Day, a time set aside to celebrate martial arts skills. This is just the tenth year it has been recognized, as the holiday was created in 2003 in conjunction with the December 5th opening date of Tom Cruise’s film The Last Samurai, which featured a battle scene between samurai and ninja. Those observing the holiday are encouraged to dress like ninjas.

• Europeans and Scandinavians celebrate St. Nicholas Day on December 6, and in many countries, it is the primary occasion for gift-giving during the holiday season. It commemorates the feast day of this 4th-century Greek Bishop of Myra who had a reputation of giving gifts in secret, tucking sweets and coins in shoes and boots left on the front doorstep. The Bishop was the inspiration for the North Americans’ Santa Claus and the British Father Christmas.

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day’s snowfall was set in the United States. Back in Decemberof1913,Georgetown,Coloradoreceived63inches(1.6meters)inoneday.Canada’srecordismuchnewer–57inches(1.45meters)fellinTahtsaLakeWest,BritishColumbia in1999. Januaryof1911 was a record-setting month in Tamarack,California–390inches(9.9meters)ofsnowinasingle month! Valdez, Alaska is the snowiest place in the U.S., averaging 326 inches (8.3meters) ayear.

• Bethel, Maine’s claim to fame is tall snowcreatures!In1999,thecommunityplannedforfivemonthsandlabored15daystocreateAngus,a113’7”(34.63meter)tallsnowman,theworld’stallest,overtaking the previous record set by the citizens ofYamagata, Japan, of 96’ 7”. Nine years later,Bethel rivaled their own record with the world’s tallestsnowwoman,a122’1”(37meters)creationnamed Olympia. Olympia sported eyelashes made from skis and lips fashioned from bright red painted tires.Herarmswerecraftedfrompinetrees.

•Canadians are experts at making snow angels.In 2004, students, parents, and teachers from 60schools in the London, Ontario district hit the ground to create 15,851 snow angels simultaneously. In2011, 22,022 folks in 130 separate locations inNovaScotiaproducedthemostangelsinmultiplelocations.

•Chamonix,FrancehostedthefirstWinterOlympicsfor11daysinearly1924.Sixteennationssentatotalof258athletesto“TheInternationalWinterSports

Week”toparticipatein16differentevents.FinlandandNorway took themajority of the 43medals,Norwaywith17andFinland,11.TheUnitedStatestook home four medals, and Canada took homeone,thegoldforhockey,thefirstofastreak.OutofthefirstsevenOlympicwintergames,Canadatookthe gold medal in hockey six times.

• SquawValley,Californiawasthesiteofthe1960Winter Olympics, and the skiers were more than a little nervous as the competition approached. The reason?Therewas no snow!A localNativeAmerican tribe, the Piute, were recruited to do a “snow dance,” and amiraculous storm producedthesnowneededtosavetheGames.

Homemade Guacamole a Post-Turkey TreatIt’s a rare day when I don’t have an avocado “in waiting” on my kitchen counter. And when it’s

just ripe, guacamole is bound to be on the dinner menu as an appetizer with tortilla chips or as a final crowning dollop on a quesadilla, taco or grilled fish. When Thanksgiving turkey, dressing and green bean casserole leftovers have run their course, add some zip to a meal with the yummy taste of guacamole. Who can resist the tempting combination of creamy avocado, fresh garlic, seasonings and zesty lime?And while you are at it, let your school-age kids pitch in to help with an easy step or two. As they squeeze the last wedge of lime, invite friends over for an impromptu get-together. It just might be the relaxing antidote everyone needs after a busy holiday week.

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1. Mash avocados in a mixing bowl with a fork or potato masher, leaving some chunks.2. Add lime juice, onion, jalapeno, garlic, salt and pepper. Stir well. 3. Fold in tomato and add cilantro or parsley, if you

wish.4. Serve immediately or place plastic wrap directly on top of guacamole. Leave on the counter to enhance the flavors until ready to serve within an hour or two. Makes about 2 cups.

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• TheancientMayancivilizationdisplayedbrilliantmathematicalandastronomicalskills.Theywerekeenobservers of the sun,moon, planets, and stars, even predicting solar eclipses from their state-of-the-artobservatory,ElCaracol,whichstillstandsatthesitetoday.

•ThemostfamiliarstructureatChichenItzaistheKukulkanPyramid,alsoknownasElCastillo.This98-foot(30-m)tallceremonialtempleisaspecimenofthiscivilization’sdevelopment of the 365-day calendar. It has 365 steps rising tothe top, with each of its four sides containing 91 steps and the top platformmaking the 365th. Enormous sculptures of a serpents’heads are at the base of the pyramid on the northern staircase, the principal sacred path to the top. The temple is geographically positionedsothattwiceayear,onthespringandautumnequinoxes,atsunset,ashadowfallsonthepyramidthatmakesitappearthattheserpentKukulkanismakingitswaydown the stairway. Seven interlocking triangles form a serrated line that resembles the serpent’s tail.

•ElCastillowasnotthefirsttempletooccupythesite.Builtsometimebetween1000and1200A.D.,itwasconstructedonthefoundationofprevioustemples.Archaeologicaldigsinthe1930suncoveredanotherstaircase under the north side of the pyramid, and continuing the dig, found another temple buried below.

•Nearthepyramidisalargeballcourt,554feet(168meters)longand231feet(70meters)wide.ItwasherethatMayanmenplayedpoktapok,agameinwhichplayershitorthrewa12-lb.(5.4-kg)rubberballthroughahoopmountedhighonthewall,23feet(7meters)abovetheground.Archaeologistsbelievetheloserswereput to death.

•NearlyeveryonehasheardtheMayanprophecyoftheendoftheworldoccurringinDecemberof2012.ThepredictionisthatthegreatwarriorserpentKukulkanwillrisefromthegroundundertheballcourtandendthe world on the 22nd of the month.


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All Things Are Relative!By Marty kelly

It seems all things are truly relative. Going back to my place of birth and the area where I spent my days growing up seemed like a great idea and a fun thing to do. At least it did at the time. This was my chance to relive my youth even if for only one day.

Arriving in my old neighborhood I thought I could experience that once seemingly endless trek to my old elementary school. So after packing a lunch, (a few veggies, an orange and an apple juice) and putting on a new pair of sneakers, I set out on my journey. What happened? It was now only three blocks and took all of five minutes to get there. Where were the paths, the fences, the puddles and the neighborhood bully I used to have to avoid? Surely this was not the road less travelled that I bragged to my nieces about having faced. The playground is still there although with new plastic equipment replacing the steel chain and cut tires that made our swings of old. I recalled the times that we we would sneak down to the park after dark (around six o’clock) and there my three friends and I could fend off the creatures that inhabited the bushes at the back of the forest that we now inhabited - waving our sticks that had transformed to swords. Dale and I, the two oldest of the four, protected our two sidekicks with brave screams and dashes at the dark enclaves that appeared as naught but dark holes formed by the moonlight. Yet I look now and see only a few small bullrushes accompaning a drainage ditch under the back fence of the some thousand foot sandlot. Have the creatures truly gone, or do they remain? I suppose I like to think now that perhaps we vanqiushed them so many years ago. You see, it seems as you grow older your imagination fades along with your capacity to call up images and see the fun in everything that surrounds you. I myself refuse to ever grow up! I tend still to forage ahead and find humor in everything I see - to experience new things with the open eyes and enthusiasm of youth. I can do this because I never had the experience of actually having a child, never had to deal with someone urinating in my face as I changed his diaper or listening to his “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?” on a summer trip to Grandma’s and Grandpa’s house; Stopping the car every 20 minutes so junior can relieve himself or his sister can stretch her legs while I scold her twin about touching her or invading her side of the car. Instead, my friend scolds me for turning the radio too loud, for spilling pop on the seats, punching her arm every time I see a volkswagon go by and shouting “Punch Buggy Red!” or for emitting unpleasant noises and noxious fumes while I drive. This brings me to the relativity of things. Today I went and jumped in the Kalamalka Lake at Kin Beach as a member of the Polar Bear Swim. Staring at the snow covered beach and the mist rising off the water, I was picturing in my mind a frozen wasteland with my fellow warriors at my side about to plunge into battle - to save the damsel - if you will - to fight for a true and noble cause! - to bring knowledge to the world of fairness and equality! To my friend this was insane, she just could not see the fun of it. She sees only the freezing breath of my compatriates as we jump in the waters of the lake laughing and splashing each other all in the name of enjoyment and to be part of that adventurous team. Hey it doesn’t bother the Polar bears either - of which I am now a proud member!

Marty Kelly is a standup comic from Vernon who has appeared on Just For Laughs and Open Mike with Mike Bullard. Email: [email protected]

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