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Acupuncture: Tiny Needles with a Big Purpose. Picture a little dachshund named Rachel weighing in at about 14 pounds. Her brother, Leonard, is a playful 140 pound mastiff. Even though Leonard is gentle, one day he leaps into the air with excitement and unintentionally lands on her back. Suddenly, Rachel can no longer bear weight on her back legs and radiographs show two intervertebral areas suspicious for disk herniation. Although Rachel is more comfortable on muscle relaxants and pain medication, her rear limbs seem to have a mind of their own. Rachel’s family decides to explore the healing potential of acupuncture before considering more advanced imaging and invasive surgical options. After one session of acupuncture, Rachel’s hind legs stop cross-crossing. After three sessions, her mobility is close to normal. Since that time, she’s never looked back - just up, to keep a closer eye on her brother.

In people, the National Institutes of Health recognizes the positive role acupuncture can play with respect to surgical and dental pain, nausea and vomiting from chemotherapy, treatment of headaches, myofascial and osteoarthritic pain, and carpal tunnel syndrome. Acupuncture is supported as an effective treatment modality for asthma, stroke, and even certain addictions.

Acupuncture has been practiced in other cultures for thousands of years more recently becoming incorporated into Western medicine in the 19th century. The term, acupuncture, comes from Latin words for “needle” and the act of “piercing.” Although classical acupuncture theory recognizes about 365 points, new points now total at approximately 2000 with a particular practitioner using approximately 100-200 points.

Acupuncture points are cutaneous areas supplied by high numbers of mast cells, lymphatics, nerve endings, and vessels. Each point has a specific function based on the body’s response. One acupuncture point used fairly commonly by veterinary practitioners during an extreme emergency such as cardiac arrest or shock, is the resuscitation point, Governing Vessel-26, which is located in the center of the upper lip. A sharp repetitive, “hen-pecking” technique is used in an effort to resuscitate an unresponsive patient.

In veterinary medicine, pain relief and neurological stimulation are two of the primary applications of acupuncture although acupuncture may be helpful for respiratory, gastrointestinal, dermatological, and many other conditions. An elderly cat or dog may not be nearly so creaky after several weekly sessions although some animals can take longer to respond. Client feedback is critical in evaluating the effect of acupuncture. Is Callie more willing to walk up the stairs? Does Charlie have an easier time rising after resting?

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• Clint Eastwood turns 81 this May and seems to have no intention or retiring. He spent his early years in a series of jobs, including lifeguard, gro-cery clerk, forest firefighter and golf caddy. He was almost 30 before the turn in his career came along with the role of Rowdy Yates in television’s “Raw-hide,” a character he would play for the next six years. After starring in a string of Western movies, he moved on to the “Dirty Harry” films. When Sean Connery left the role of James Bond, it was offered to Eastwood, but he declined, stating that Bond should be played by a British actor. Eastwood has had a lifelong love of music and the piano and has composed the music for many of his films. • The family of Henry Kissinger fled the persecu-tion of Nazi Germany in 1938 and moved to New York when he was 15. After serving in the U.S. Army for three years (where he was a Bronze Star recipient), he went on to Harvard University, re-ceiving his Ph.D. in 1954. For the next 15 years, he was a member of Harvard’s faculty before entering the political world, serving as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Ford.

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It’s hard to say where Edward P. Jones would be to-day if he hadn’t been fired from his job. He devoted his “down time” to writing a novel, a decision that changed his life. Tidbits gives you a glimpse into the timeline of this award-winning author. • It’s ironic that a New York Times bestselling au-thor would be raised by a single mother who couldn’t read or write. His father, a kitchen worker, abandoned the family when Jones was a preschooler. Growing up in poverty in Washington, D.C., he read a steady stream of comic books until he was 13, when he dis-covered novels. A good student, Jones spent much of his time in libraries and earned a scholarship to Massachusetts’ Holy Cross College. • Following his college graduation, Jones began writing a few short stories depicting life as he knew it in the D.C. area in the 1950s and 1960s. He was living with his terminally ill mother, and following her death, he was unemployed, suffering from de-pression and living in one of the city’s rescue mis-sions. • Jones took a job as a proofreader and columnist for Tax Notes, a journal publication for tax profes-sionals. On his days off, he continued to write. His

collection of short stories about Washington was fi-nally published in 1992, and “Lost in the City” was nominated for a National Book Award. But it was a full 10 years later before he began writing a novel in earnest. • Jones, an African-American, had a great inter-est in the history of slavery and began researching the subject. It especially fascinated him that there were free blacks who became slave owners during the time of the Civil War. He started a short story about it during his Tax Notes employment, but it was shelved for years, although he continued to ponder the idea. • In 2002, the staff at the tax journal was reduced, and after 19 years there, Jones was fired. He dug out the 12 pages of the slavery story he had begun and set a goal of writing five pages per day. With only a small savings account, two months’ severance pay and a plan, he started putting on paper the plot he

had been pondering for a decade. It took him just two-and-a-half months to complete it. He entitled it “The Known World” and dedicated it to his late mother. • In “The Known World,” published in 2003, Jones penned the story of a former Virginia slave who pur-chased freedom and became the owner of 33 slaves and landowner of 50 acres. The novel was declared the winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for fiction and became one of the choices for “The Today Show’s” Book Club series. Oprah Winfrey declared it “the best book I have read in 10 years.” • Edward Jones followed up his Pulitzer winner with a second collection of short stories, which also was nominated for various awards. Overcom-ing the odds, he has progressed from proofreader at Tax Notes to Pulitzer winner and an instructor of fic-tion writing at several universities, including George Washington University and Princeton.

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¥ In the African nation of Sudan, a traditional wedding includes a ceremony known as “sungkem,” in which the bride and groom kiss the knees of their parents.

¥ “Casablanca,” starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, is one of the most beloved movies of all time, frequently being listed at or near the top of lists of the best films ever made. However, shortly after its release in No-vember 1942, The New Yorker rated it only “pretty toler-able.”

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Many people believe that an auto insurance policy automatically includes things like comprehensive coverage, a low deductible, coverage for possessions stored or transported in your car, protection against theft or damage of special custom add-ons, or even automatic rental car reimbursement after an accident. In truth, these are options that you must specifically choose, and purchase, for your auto insurance policy.

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If you’ve been in an accident and your car is not drivable, you’ll most likely need a rental car. It’s easy to assume that an auto policy automatically covers the cost of renting a temporary replacement car.

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I Thought I Wasn’t at Fault

Determining who’s at fault in any accident is neither a hasty, nor an arbitrary decision. To gain a clear, 360-degree view of what happened, the claim’s adjuster will interview everyone involved in the accident—especially you—before any decision is made about who’s at fault. After this careful process, if you’re found to be “at fault,” your insurance adjuster will be happy to go over the details with you so you can better understand the many perspectives involved.

I Wasn’t Driving my Car when it was Damaged. Why am I Being Held Responsible?

If you lend your car to a friend who happens to then get into an accident, it might seem easy to assume that your friend will be responsible for the damage. In truth, however, auto insurance is designed to protect you, your assets, and your car. Auto insurance is designed to help protect you in situations that involve your vehicle. Which is one of the reasons that auto coverage follows the car.

My Car was Totaled in an Accident, but the Amount of my Claim Settlement isn’t what I Paid for the Car. Why Didn’t I Receive Full Payment for my Vehicle?

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If you have no employees other than your spouse or a part-ner, you can establish an “owner-only” 401(k), also known as an individual 401(k). This plan offers many of the same advantages of a traditional 401(k): a range of investment options, tax-deductible contributions and the opportunity for tax-deferred earnings growth. You may even be able to choose a Roth option for your 401(k), which allows you to make after-tax contributions that have the opportunity to grow tax free.

Your owner-only 401(k) contributions consist of two parts: salary deferral and profit sharing. In 2011, you can defer up to $16,500 of income, or $22,000 if you’re 50 or older. The amount of your profit-sharing contribution is based on your earnings. The sum of your employer contribution and your salary deferral contributions can’t exceed $49,000 in 2011 (or $54,500 if you’re 50 or older). Keep in mind that if your spouse is employed by your business, you each can contribute the maximum amount allowed.

You’ve got considerable flexibility in funding your owner-only 401(k). Both the salary deferral and the profit-sharing contributions are discretionary, so you can change them at any time based on your business’s profitability.

Now, let’s move on to the defined benefit plan, which might be appropriate for you if you are highly compen-sated and have no other employees. By establishing a defined benefit plan, you’ll be providing yourself with a monthly payment (or “benefit”) for life, beginning at the retirement age specified by your plan. In 2011, the yearly benefit limit is $195,000.

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¥ On May 26, 1927, the final and 15 millionth Model T Ford rolls out of the factory, on the official last day of production. Introduced in October 1908, the Model T -- also known as the “Tin Lizzie” -- got about 13 to 21 miles per gallon of gasoline and could travel up to 45 mph.

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