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HOLLYWOOD — Thelong-talked-about remake of“Gypsy,” directed and star-ring Barbra Streisand asMama Rose, has been puton hold. Barbra is complet-ing her concert tour, whichstarted in Brooklyn, N.Y.,stopped in Montreal andThe MGM Grand in Vegas,and ends Nov. 11 at TheHollywood Bowl. She nexthits the road to promote“Guilt Trip” with SethRogan (opening ChristmasDay), then hopes she’ll di-rect Oscar-winners CateBlanchett and Colin Firth in“Skinny and Cat,” her firstdirecting chore since “TheMirror Has Two Faces” in1996.

***Daily Variety, the show-

business newspaper, pickedits annual 10 actors towatch. Among them wasBoyd Holbrook, discoveredsawing wood as a carpenterfor a small theater companyin his native Kentucky. Afriend sent his picture to amodeling agency, which ledto modeling jobs in Paris,classes at NYU and actingclasses. The hard work paidoff. Holbrook is in StevenSoderbergh’s Liberacebiopic “Behind the Cande-labra,” “Out of the Furnace”with Christian Bale, “VeryGood Girls” with DakotaFanning and Ellen Barkin,and the sci-fi thriller “The

Host” for writer/directorAndrew Niccol. You mightremember Holbrook as CapHatfield in the recent KevinCostner Emmy-winner“Hatfields & McCoys.”

Imogen Poots arrived inHollywood from London inJune, met director TerrenceMalick and was cast his“Knight of Cups.” She’ll ap-pear in the upcoming JimiHendrix biopic “All Is byMy Side,” and co-stars withOscar-winner Phillip Sey-mour Hoffman in “A LateQuartet,” playing a violinvirtuoso. Poots is currentlyshooting “A Long WayDown” with Emmy-winner(for “Breaking Bad”) AaronPaul and former JamesBond actor Pierce Brosnan.

Scoot McNairy, in BenAffleck’s film “Argo,” willbe seen with Brad Pitt,James Gandolfini andRichard Jenkins in the gangpicture “Killing ThemSoftly,” and in Pitt’s“Twelve Years a Slave.”These three actors — Hol-brook, Poots and McNairy— are on the launch pad.You’ll be able to followtheir work as they becomethe next wave of big stars!

***Clint Eastwood’s

planned remake of “A StarIs Born” is back to zero. Itwas to have starred Beyonceand possibly Tom Cruise,but because they couldn’t

give her a start date, shebowed out so she could setup her next tour. Nowbassist/vocalist EsperanzaSpalding, a Grammy winnerlast year as Best New Artist,is being considered for therole that Janet Gaynor, JudyGarland and BarbraStreisand played in previousversions.

Esperanza (age 27) andCruise (50) may not be agood match. They’d betterrethink this ... after all, thetitle says “A Star Is Born”and has always been playedby a STAR. A total un-known, no matter how tal-ented, might render thisproject ... stillborn!

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“The Amazing Spider-man” (PG-13) — With anew cast and new director,the story of Spider-manstarts over from the begin-ning. It seems we did thisnot so long ago — with thespider bite and gradual real-ization of responsibility.However, this new take onthe Webslinger packs moreemotional punch and has adifferent edge to it. Thisnew Spider Saga is less col-orful, cartoony and campy.

Andrew Garfield (“TheSocial Network”) playsPeter Parker, who’s on ajourney to discover whathappened to the parents henever knew. What he findsinstead is a radioactive spi-der and The Lizard, a creepyenemy never before seen ina Spider-man movie.

“Arthur Christmas” (PG)— This animated featurefrom England has enoughheart and visual grandeur toget anyone hyped up forChristmas. Santa has twosons; Steve (voiced byHugh Laury), the tough-as-nails Christmas commando;and Arthur (JamesMacavoy), a clumsy littleguy with funny voice into-nations. When a present forone deserving child is leftbehind, it’s up to Arthur andGrandsanta to make the de-livery in time for Christmasmorning.

This is the first majorcomputer-animated produc-tion from Aardman Anima-

tions, the studio famous for“Wallace and Gromit.” Re-gardless of how you handleBritish humor, “ArthurChristmas” is cheerful andwarm. There are somewicked humorists behindthe scenes, but Arthur’s fin-ished product is as brightand cheery as a star on atree.

“Your Sister’s Sister” (R)— Jack (Mark Duplass) ismourning the loss of hisbrother when he makes ascene at a memorial. Hisfriend Iris (Emily Blunt)sends him to an old familycabin in the Pacific North-west to sort things out. Jackfinds Iris’ sister is already atthe cabin, drinking after abig breakup. Jack and Han-nah have a one-night stand,and a perfect love triangleforms when Iris shows upthe next morning. What is itwith cabins adjacent to

water that always makespeople have heart-to-hearttalks and face their innerwants? This movie is partmelodrama, part romcom,but certainly interesting andheartfelt.

“Rashomon” (CriterionCollection) — This 1951film from celebrated direc-tor Akira Kurosawa is oftenmimicked for its inventivestorytelling. In feudal Japan,local authorities try to figureout how a samurai waskilled while walkingthrough the woods with hiswife. The story is toldthrough the testimony givenby each of the witnesses.The stories don’t match up,but certain details seem tostick out.

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President Barack Obama can’t even get his snark straight.

In an attempt at the cutting cleverness that escaped him during his first debate with Mitt Romney, his campaign aired a TV ad hitting the Republican for his alleged hostility to Big Bird. “Mitt Romney knows it’s not Wall Street you have to worry about,” the ominous voice-over declares. “It’s ‘Sesame Street.’”

The problem with the widely panned spot is that it plays less like a spoof of Mitt Romney than a parody of one of the Obama team’s own negative ads. It’s as dishonest, over the top and — for lack of a better word — stupid.

The president of the Unit-ed States himself — the man who once pledged to elevate our politics and make the oceans recede — has made Big Bird a recurring feature of his stump speeches. He also cites Elmo and Oscar as other characters who need to “watch out.” (The president apparently cares nothing about the fate of Mr. Snuf-fleupagus, who never rates a mention.)

Obama told an adoring throng at one of his events that Romney “said he’d bring down our deficit by going after what has been the biggest driver of our debt and deficits over the last decade — public television, PBS.” On “Sesame Street,” they would tell you Obama’s statement is spelled U-N-T-R-U-E.

Stipulating “I love Big Bird,” Romney said he would stop the subsidy to PBS, not because it is a big expenditure in the scheme

of things, but because he doesn’t want to spend on unnecessary items we must “borrow money from China to pay for.”

Romney’s point is unre-markable. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting gets more than $400 million a year from the federal gov-ernment. If this is an essen-tial expenditure at a time of $1 trillion deficits and a $16 trillion debt, what is nones-sential?

Besides, if the line item for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting were zeroed out tomorrow, it wouldn’t ruffle a feather on Big Bird. On CNN, Sherrie Westin, executive vice president of the Sesame Workshop, cited all the organization’s private funding and declared that, even without government help, “’Sesame Street’ will be here.”

Someone should load that up in the president’s tele-prompter so he’s sure to read it. Then, he might at least hesitate before whipping up a crowd — like the one in Cleveland recently — into chants of “Save Big Bird!”

To the extent it isn’t pure-ly cynical, the president’s “Sesame Street” offensive is an extreme example of the belief that civil society is all but helpless without the guidance and succor of gov-ernment. As if private actors can’t be trusted to keep a popular children’s program featuring iconic puppets on the air, or to preserve the “PBS NewsHour,” or to find a way to broadcast “Down-ton Abbey” in the United States.

What really boggles the mind, though, is that the president is touring the country a few weeks before a consequential national elec-tion talking about a fictional bird. To paraphrase Joseph Welch at the Army-McCar-thy hearings, “Have you no sense of self-respect, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of self-respect?”

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

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• On Nov. 7, 1776, Con-gress chooses Richard Bache to succeed his father-in-law, Benjamin Franklin, as post-master general. Franklin invested nearly 40 years in the establishment of a reli-able system of delivering mail. He was fired in 1774 for opening and publishing Massachusetts Royal Gov-ernor Thomas Hutchinson’s correspondence.

• On Nov. 5, 1895, Roch-ester, N.Y., patent attorney George Selden wins U.S. Patent No. 549,160 for an “improved road engine” powered by a “liquid-hydro-carbon engine of the com-pression type.” With that, as far as the government was concerned, George Selden had invented the car — though he had never built a single one.

• On Nov. 10, 1928, the first installment of “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Erich Maria Remarque’s acclaimed novel of World War I, is first published in serial form. Remarque’s realistic depiction of trench warfare from the perspective of young soldiers was even-tually translated into more than 20 languages.

• On Nov. 11, 1942, Con-gress approves lowering the draft age to 18 and rais-

ing the upper limit to age 37, increasing the number of draftees. During the first draft in 1940, 50 percent were rejected for health rea-sons and 20 percent of those who registered were illiter-ate.

• On Nov. 8, 1951, Yankees catcher Yogi Berra is voted the American League’s most valuable player for the first time in his career. He went on to be the league MVP twice more, in 1954 and 1955.

• On Nov. 9, 1965, the big-gest power failure in U.S. history occurs as all of New York state, and parts of sev-en neighboring states and eastern Canada are plunged into darkness. The black-out during the evening rush hour trapped 800,000 people in New York’s subways and stranded thousands more in office buildings and eleva-tors.

• On Nov. 6, 1977, the earthen Toccoa Falls Dam in northeastern Georgia gives way, and 39 people die in the resulting flood. A volunteer fireman had inspected the dam and found everything in order just hours before it suddenly failed, sending water approaching speeds of 120 mph thundering down the canyon and creek.

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Q: During the 1960s, I purchased a set

of vanity license plates with the logo “Texaco.” I understand that my plates were one of a kind, and I would now like to sell them. — Tom, Holly Hill, Fla.

A: License plates have become popular with

collectors in recent years. Some of the earliest ones were made of porcelain and can now bring hundreds of dollars in the marketplace. Typical prices are a 1935 Colorado plate, $45; a 1915 Texas plate, $300; a 1939 New York plate, $35; and an Arizona solid-copper plate, $40.

The Automobile License Plate Collectors Associa-tion is, perhaps, where you should begin your search for a buyer. The contact information is ALPCA, 118 Quaker Road, Hampton, VA 23669-2024; and www.alpca.com.

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Q: I have a Little Golden Book of

Walt Disney’s Peter Pan. It was published in 1952, the same year I started school. Except for my name written in the front, it is in mint condition. I have been offered $50 for it. — Laura, St. Paul, Minn.

A: Take the money and run. Your book

is worth about half that amount, according to “Little Golden Books: A Collector’s Identification & Price Guide” by Steve Santi

(Krause Books).***

Q: I have what appears to be a

painting of “The Lovers” by Pablo Picasso. A larger version is in the National Gallery of Art in Wash-ington, D.C. Is it possible that Picasso painted this smaller painting, too? — Calvin, Chatham, Va.

A: I examined the photo you sent me, and I am

of the opinion that what you have is a print. To find out for certain, you need to hire the services of a good art appraiser. You can find one by contacting the American Society of Appraisers, P.O. Box 17265, Washington, DC 20071.

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Q: I have an egg cup with “Snow

White.” It was probably made about the same time the movie premiered. It is marked “Walt Disney Enterprises.” — Ellen, Loveland, Colo.

A: Your egg cup was probably manufac-

tured in Japan in 1937. If it was and is in decent condi-tion, it is worth about $250.

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DAYS OF OUR LIVESMarlena was disturbed

by Kristen’s presence inSalem. Daniel believed thatJennifer didn’t intentionallypush Nicole down the stairs,but he felt guilty anywayand asked Nicole to leavetown with him. Will andSonny jokingly told Katethat they were getting mar-ried. Sami was angry thatRafe went out on a limb forNicole by claiming to be her

baby’s daddy. Sami washorrified to learn that Kris-ten was her new boss. Bovolunteered to accompanyCaroline to California sothat she could enroll in anew treatment program.Kristen promised EJ that shewould help him win backSami. John caught a glimpseof the Kristen he once knew.Wait to See: Daniel declareshis love to Jennifer. Will andSonny have a quarrel.

GENERAL HOSPITALSam thanked John for all

his help, but explained thatshe was back together withJason. Lulu broke down cry-ing after she was told thatshe couldn’t have children.Felicia was upset forMaxie’s sake when Spinellistarted seeing someone else.Todd was still in possessionof baby Daniel’s DNA test.Jason never showed up toSam’s as expected. Treypushed Starr away after shetried to lend her support.Maxie was hurt when

Spinelli acted indifferent tothe news of her divorce.Shawn, Mac, Felicia andAlexis played a game ofstrip pool. Todd soughtDiane’s help in deliveringthe real DNA test to Sam.Wait to See: Someone fromTodd’s past returns. Conniehas a run-in with Sonny.

THE YOUNG AND THERESTLESS

Victor proposed to Nikkiafter their ranch was de-stroyed. Sharon had no rec-ollection of setting the fire,but Adam assured her thathe would keep her secret.Summer ran into Jamie, ateenager whom Ronan wasmentoring. Cane blamedGenevieve for losing out ona promotion at Jabot.Katherine felt she needed tocome out of retirement torun her old company again.Jack asked both Phyllis andNeil to come work for him.Phyllis overheard Nick andAvery’s laughter and as-sumed they were dating.Jack developed a severe

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE:My entire family has lice. Iam starting a support groupfor families who have had toexperience this awful inva-sion of their scalps. I havereached the breaking point.Give me a plan for treatmentand a timetable for theireradication from our home.— Name Withheld LestNeighbors Find Out

ANSWER: One of na-ture’s smallest creatures, the

head louse upsets domestictranquility with more revul-sion than most health-endan-gering illnesses. Head licebring no disease with them.They are tiny, only 3 mil-limeters (1/10 inch) inlength. They feed on bloodand die within a day or twooff the scalp. After feeding,lice have a reddish-brownhue. The mother louse glueslouse eggs to hair, and thosestructures are called nits.They are only 1 millimeter

(4/100 inch) long. The eggshatch in six to 10 days. If nitsare more than a quarter of aninch from the scalp, the babylouse has already hatched,and the nit is no longer aproblem. In an average lifespan of three months, themother louse can lay up to300 eggs.

Lice are not an indicationof poor hygiene. Most of thetime, they’re introduced intoa family by a child whocaught them at school. Theycan infest other family mem-bers quickly. Transmissioncomes from direct contactwith an infested individualand, less often, from contactwith inanimate objects usedby that individual, like hats,combs, brushes and bedding.You’re not alone. Six to 12million Americans comedown with head lice yearly.

Almost all people withhead lice have intense scalpitching. A number of meth-ods effectively rid you of theproblem. The first medicinesused are permethrin (Nix) orpyrethrins (Rid), which arecheap and usually effective,although lice are becomingresistant to them in some lo-cations. A second treatmentis given seven to 10 daysafter the first. Ovide(malathion) is used if licelinger after Nix or Rid. Andshould Ovide not work, theoral medicine Stromectol(ivermectin) is available. Anew medicine is Natroba(spinosad) suspension. It isheld in reserve as a last re-sort. This nightmare shouldbe over in two to threeweeks.

***DEAR DR. DONOHUE:

My husband was told he hadprostate cancer in 2010 andhad his prostate removed.Now his doctor wants him tohave PSA testing. He says hemight need radiation becausehe has prostate cancer. If hehas no prostate gland, howcan he have prostate cancer?— D.R.

ANSWER: The doctorwants to be sure that cancercells did not spread from toother body sites. Eventhough the gland was com-pletely removed, not all thepotential sites for cancerspread were removed. That’sall but impossible to do. ThePSA test will show ifprostate cancer is active inthose other places. If it is,then further treatment is re-quired.

The booklet on theprostate gland discusses the

PSA test and prostate cancerin detail. Readers can order acopy by writing: Dr. Dono-hue — No. 1001W, Box536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check ormoney order (no cash) for$4.75 U.S./$6 Canada withthe recipient’s printed nameand address. Please allowfour weeks for delivery.

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According to the NationalDigestive Diseases Informa-tion Clearinghouse, about 2million people — or 1 in 133people — in the UnitedStates have celiac disease. Itis considered to be a geneticdisorder, and can be diag-nosed in infancy throughadulthood. Both males andfemales can have the disease,but more women than menare diagnosed with it.

Celiac Sprue is a diseasein which a person does nottolerate gluten, the protein inwheat, barley, rye and, to alesser extent, oats. CeliacSprue is not a food allergy,

but a disease that damagesthe small intestine and pre-vents absorption of nutrients.My daughter struggles withceliac disease, which makesfamily dinners an interestingblend of gluten-free productstransformed into family fa-vorites.

The Celiac Sprue Associ-ation lists three things thathappen before the onset ofthe disease: a genetic predis-position, a diet containingwheat, barley, rye or oats,and a trigger. The triggercould be something likeoverexposure to wheat, ex-treme stress, surgery or aviral infection.

It is a complicated diseasebecause a person can have itand not have symptoms.There have been instanceswhere children have been di-agnosed with Celiac Sprue,but then have symptoms dis-appear. They later found thatalthough there were nosymptoms, damage to thesmall intestine was still oc-curring.

The damage in the smallintestine is to the villi, whichare thin, hairlike projectionson the lining of the small in-

testine. They allow nutrientsinto the bloodstream. If thevilli are damaged, malnutri-tion, anemia, weight loss andgrowth retardation can occur.

Celiac disease is often un-derdiagnosed because it canbe confused with other dis-eases such as irritable bowelsyndrome, diverticulitis orCrohn’s disease. Symptomsof celiac disease vary fromperson to person. To diag-nose celiac disease, a physi-cian will first do a blood test.If certain antibodies are pres-ent, they will do a smallbowel biopsy to check fordamage to the villi.

The only way to treat thedisease is the elimination ofgluten in the diet. Usuallypeople notice a differencewithin a short period of time.Maintaining a gluten-freediet allows the small intes-tine to heal.

This recipe for SwissChard Sushi is not onlygluten-free, it’s all vegetarianand totally delicious!

SWISS CHARD SUSHI

You can use zucchini, cu-cumbers, bell peppers or anyother crisp veggies that havebeen sliced into thin strips inthis recipe with delicious re-sults.

8 large leaves Swisschard

1 tablespoon plus 1/2 tea-spoon salt

2 tablespoons coconut oil1 tablespoon low-sodium

soy sauce1 cup cooked fried, brown

or white rice 1/4 teaspoon freshly

ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon crushed red

pepper2 medium carrots, cut into

thin strips2 green onions, roots re-

moved, green and whiteparts cut into thin strips

1/3 cup Ume plum vine-gar

2 tablespoons toastedsesame oil

Prepare Swiss Chard:Rinse Swiss chard leavesunder cool running water.Fill a large bowl with icewater and 1/2 tablespoon saltand set aside. Fill a largesaucepan with water andbring to a boil over high heat.Add 1/2 tablespoon salt.Blanch chard leaves by sub-merging in the boiling wateruntil the rib is softened andthe leaves become limp —about 1 minute. Transfer tothe prepared ice bath, draincooled leaves and stack be-tween sheets of paper toweluntil dry. Cut out the rib oneach leaf and set leavesaside.

Make the rolls: Stir thecoconut oil and soy sauceinto the cooked rice. Lay theprepared Swiss chard, veinside up and stalk end point-ing toward you, on a cuttingboard. Sprinkle with vinegarand sesame oil. Sprinkle theremaining 1/2 teaspoon salt,pepper and crushed red pep-

per over the carrots andgreen onions. Place a fewpieces of the carrot and greenonion and 2 heaping table-spoons of the rice at the endof the leaf.

Fold the bottom edges ofthe leaf over the filling. Rollinto a cigar shape, until itforms a tight bundle. Repeatwith rest of filling andleaves. Keep chilled untilready to serve. Serves 4.

Make the Dipping Sauce:Mix the Ume plum vinegarand the toasted sesame oil to-gether in a small dish. Servealongside rolls.

Angela Shelf Medearis isan award-winning children’sauthor, culinary historianand author of seven cook-books. Her new cookbook is“The Kitchen Diva’s Dia-betic Cookbook.” Her web-site is www.divapro.com. Tosee how-to videos, recipesand much, much more, LikeAngela Shelf Medearis, TheKitchen Diva! on Facebookand go to Hulu.com. Recipesmay not be reprinted withoutpermission from AngelaShelf Medearis.

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• In this season of bitterpartisan rivalries, it would bewell to remember the follow-ing sage observation: “Do nottrust to the cheering, for thosepersons would cheer just asmuch if you and I were goingto be hanged.” The man whofirst made that observationwas Lord Protector of Eng-land Oliver Cromwell, con-sidered by some to be a heroof liberty, by others to be aregicidal dictator. He died in1658, probably from sep-ticemia. He was so reviledthat, three years later, he bodywas exhumed so that he couldbe posthumously executed,his body thrown into a pit andhis head displayed on a poleoutside Westminster Hall.

• Those who study suchthings say that if all the goldin the world were combinedin one lump, it would result ina cube that measures 20 yardson each side.

• If you’re planning a tripto Lima, Peru, you mightwant to add Puente de Piedrato your sightseeing list.Though the Spanish namemeans “Bridge of Stone,” the

span is popularly known asthe Bridge of Eggs. Legendhas it that in 1608, thebuilders the used the whitesof 10,000 seabird eggs in themortar that holds the stonestogether.

• Pumpkins are native tothe Americas, not Europe.This is why the original jack-o’-lantern was a turnip.

• What do the words “ob-scene,” “tranquil,” “mediate,”“catastrophe,” “dire,” “criti-cal,” “vast” and “apostrophe”have in common? All of themappeared in print for the firsttime in the works of WilliamShakespeare.

• If you’re contemplating amove to Corpus Christi,Texas, be sure to keep inmind that in that town, it’s illegal to raise alligators inyour home.

***Thought for the Day:

“One fool can ask more ques-tions in a minute than 12 wisemen can answer in an hour.”— Vladimir Lenin


1. Name the only siblingsto each toss a no-hitter in themajor leagues.

2. Who was the last Bal-timore Oriole to lead theAmerican League in battingaverage for a season?

3. Oklahoma State’sJustin Blackmon set anNCAA record for most con-secutive games with at least100 yards receiving and atouchdown. How many?

4. When was the last timebefore 2011 (Miami Heat)that a team had three playerswho each tallied at least 30points and 10 rebounds inthe same game?

5. In 2012, goalieJonathan Quick of the LosAngeles Kings became thethird American player towin the Conn Smythe Tro-phy (playoffs MVP). Whowere the first two to do it?

6. Name the driver whowon the first Indianapolis500 in 1911.

7. Who were the last ten-nis sisters before theWilliamses (2002-03, 2008-09) to meet in Wimbledon’swomen’s singles final?

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“Skulduggery” by Carolyn Hart(Seventh Street Books,$13.95)Reviewed by Ealish Waddell

To her neighbors in 1980sSan Francisco, Dr. EllenChristie is known as “thebone lady.” She’s run across alot of interesting historicalmysteries in her work as aphysical anthropologist, butshe’s never before had ajumpy young man show up ather door offering to show hera gym bag full of bones thatmight just be the long-lostskeletons of modern human’searliest ancestors.

Excavated in China in the1920s, the set of fossils be-longing to “Peking Man”were the first evidence of thisearly human species ever dis-covered. The collection wentmissing during World War IIand has been sought afterever since by academics,politicians and profiteersalike. Unable to resist the ideaof being the one to restore this

ancient treasure to science,Ellen impulsively accompa-nies Jimmy Lee into the darkand labyrinthine streets ofChinatown — but she’sbarely glimpsed the prize be-fore shadows appear, there’sa scuffle, and both bones andboy are gone.

To find them, Ellen part-ners with Jimmy’s brotherDan to retrace the youngman’s movements throughthe colorful crush of human-ity that is Chinatown. Themore she learns aboutJimmy’s world and the peoplewho live there, the more un-sure she is about what sheshould do next. Ellen believesthat Peking Man is more im-portant than any of them —but when it comes down to it,will she really be able tomake that choice?

This classic Carolyn Hartmystery, now available in theU.S. for the first time, is anengaging adventure based onthe true tale of a real losttreasure. Its plot hums along,layered with an evocativesense of place and even a hintof romance. But the narrativealso provides some unex-pected profundity in its depic-tions of the immigrantChinese experience in Amer-ica — glimpses into livesboth bleak with despair andyearning with hope.


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DEAR PAW’S CORNER:My cat “Frank” has been clas-sified as obese by the veteri-narian. Frank doesn’t look thatfat, and he moves around fineand plays a lot. How can thevet call him obese? Trying toget him to exercise more does-n’t work, either. — Susan J.,Phoenix

DEAR SUSAN: Cats, likepeople, sometimes put onweight so gradually that it’sthe scale that sounds the firstwarning, rather than looks orlack of activity. Frank may notseem too fat, and he getsaround just fine, but that goodhealth won’t last if the weightstays on him.

He has quite a bit in hisfavor. It sounds like Frank is ahealthy cat who stays active.You can encourage this activ-ity by increasing the amountof time you play with him —if you dangle a cat toy in frontof Frank for five minutesevery hour so, increase that to10 minutes each time.

It’s also very important tofollow the dietary guidelinesset down by the veterinarian.

Usually a pet diet involves re-ducing the amount of caloriestaken in each day. That meansserving smaller portions atfeeding time. Food treats mustbe avoided as well, so theextra calories don’t go straightto your cat’s midsection.

Keeping Frank’s weightdown now will help prolongnot only his life, but the qual-ity of that life. Being obesewill eventually lead to a hostof expensive health problems— diet and exercise costmostly time and patience.

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Q: I finally caught up onseason one of the new “Dal-las,” and I can’t wait to seemore! Please tell me it willreturn for another season. Ifso, when? — Deena W., viae-mail

A: TNT’s hit reboot of“Dallas” — which starsLarry Hagman, PatrickDuffy, Josh Henderson, JesseMetcalfe, Jordana Brewsterand Brenda Strong — defi-nitely will be back for an-other round of familyintrigue, altercations anddouble-dealings. A 13-episode second season pre-mieres Jan. 28. I don’t knowabout you, but I can’t wait tosee what Cliff Barnes and his

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“Navid is thrown off-kil-ter a bit to where his charac-ter is tested when he learnsSilver has chosen Teddy tobe the father of her baby,” hesaid. “After almost having aone-night stand, he’s reallynot thinking. It’s completelyout of character for him.He’s trying to get back to Sil-

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The news that hitNASCAR just before its fallweekend at Charlotte MotorSpeedway was a shocker ...and almost totally unex-pected.

Dale Earnhardt Jr., themost popular driver in thesport, wasn’t racing in theBank of America 500. Or, forthat matter, in the KansasCasino 400 a week later.

It turned that Earnhardt,one of 12 drivers eligible forthe championship through theChase for the Sprint Cup for-mat, had been hiding a con-cussion originally sufferedwhile testing at KansasSpeedway a month earlier.

When Earnhardt was in-volved in another crash, onthe final lap of the Good Sam500 at Talladega on Oct. 7,his difficulties recurred, andEarnhardt thought it best toconsult doctors, who deter-mined it would be best for the38-year-old veteran to sit outat least two Cup races. ReganSmith substituted for Earn-hardt at Charlotte and will doso again in Kansas.

“Just for my own well-being, I couldn’t ... if I didn’tneed to go get in a race carand get hit again, I neededsomebody to tell me that, be-cause I was going to have ahard time making that deci-sion for myself,” Earnhardt

said. “I feel perfectly fine, butI don’t want to keep gettinghit in the head.”

To a man, all of Earn-hardt’s peers united in sup-port of his decision. Somerevealed that they had suf-fered concussions themselveswithout seeking medical at-tention.

It was a sobering week forobservers who began consid-ering whether they had beenlulled into a false sense ofcomplacency and securityover the revolutionary ad-vances in safety that had oc-curred since father DaleEarnhardt’s fatal crash in the2001 Daytona 500.

Shortly after marvelingthat every driver walkedaway from a spectacular 25-car crash at Talladega, manyrealized that walking awayand being OK aren’t neces-sarily the same.

Sometimes it’s more thana 500-mile race among 43cars. Sometimes it’s a racebetween speed and safety,and in that competition,safety is a moving target.

***Monte Dutton covers mo-

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Caramel-Nut BrowniesWe tested this brownie

recipe with several differentbrands of caramels and, toour surprise, had varying re-sults. If you want thecaramels in the bakedbrownie to be soft and gooey(our test kitchen’s prefer-ence), buy a brand that listssweetened condensed milkas its first ingredient. If youprefer the caramels to befirm and chewy, buy a brandthat lists corn syrup or glu-cose syrup first.

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butteror margarine

4 ounces unsweetenedchocolate

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sugar 3 large eggs, lightly beaten 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely

chopped 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup (25 to 30, depending

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1. Preheat oven to 350 F.Grease 13- by 9-inch metal

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heat butter and chocolateover medium-low heat untilmelted, stirring frequently.Remove saucepan from heat;stir in sugars and eggs untilwell-mixed. Stir in flour,walnuts, vanilla and salt justuntil blended. Spread batterin pan; sprinkle withcaramels.

3. Bake brownie 25 to 30minutes or until toothpick in-serted 2 inches from edgecomes out almost clean.Cool brownie in pan on wirewrack.

4. When cool, cutbrownie lengthwise into 4strips; then cut each stripcrosswise into 6 pieces.

* Each serving: About220 calories, 12g total fat (6gsaturated), 43mg cholesterol,140mg sodium, 28g carbo-hydrate, 1g fiber, 3g protein.

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Some of my kids’ bestand least-expensive art sup-plies have come from nature.Acorns, leaves, shells,pinecones and sticks all haveprovided inspiration for aplethora of family craft anddecorating projects.

Now that apple season ishere, it’s a perfect time to getyour creative juices flowingand use real apples to stampout some original art. You

can stamp apple prints ontobrown craft paper or recy-cled brown grocery bags forlovely homemade wrappingpaper, gift tags and bookcovers.

To create wearable art tocelebrate fall, stamp appleprints with permanent acrylicfabric paints on a sweatshirt,T-shirt or cotton infant wear.Stamp fabric napkins, placemats, potholder and dishtowels, too. There’s really noend to objects that can sportan apple stamp or two.

Here’s the fun:Slice an apple in half ver-

tically. Pat it dry with a toweland remove as much mois-ture as possible. For a handlethat young kids can grabonto, poke a fork into theoutside center of the apple.

Pour craft paint insqueeze bottles onto a paperplate. (Use fabric paint ifstamping clothing.) Dip thecut side of the apple into thepaint. Press the apple gentlyon a paper towel to absorb

some of the paint, and thenpress the apple firmly ontothe paper or fabric. Stamp asmany prints as you like bydipping and printing.

When your apple printsare dry, dip a toothpick orsmall paintbrush into somegreen or brown paint andpaint a slender stem and aleaf onto your apple print.Or, glue a real stem on aprint or two for an original

look!Notes: —For a group project,

look for cheaper bruised fruitat apple orchards.

—If you cut an applewidthwise around the cir-cumference, the seeds form aperfect star shape. Removethe seeds and stamp out thenatural design.

—If using fabric paints onfabric, an adult should heat-set the prints with an iron ac-cording to productinstructions after the painthas dried.

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Peter is one of the bestsession guitarists in Los An-geles, but he’s having a hardtime playing tonight. Sixyears sober, he’s usually ableto play through a riot withthe concentration that comesfrom almost triple thatamount of time playing onstages in bars and clubs.

He’s supposed to berecording tonight, but hecan’t take his eyes off thegame.

“Dude ... Swisher lookslike he’s on heroin,” he de-clares. “He completely lostthe game for us! What is he?Like, one for 40?”

Peter doesn’t really thinkNick Swisher, the right-fielder for the New YorkYankees, is on heroin, but hedoes think he’d be a betterchoice in right than Swisher.Even he could go hitless andnot catch any hard hit ballcoming his way, he reasons.

After a few swigs of or-ange Fanta, Peter gets backinto the pocket during a com-mercial. The sound on theTV is off while he plays, andhe starts recording the track.

He stops playing whenDerek Jeter goes down. Hestands up.

“Oh my god! Did Jeterjust break his ankle?”

The replay shows it all ...and as replays are wont todo, it shows a diving DerekJeter breaking his ankle,again and again.

At this point, nobody isreally certain that Jeter, thebest shortstop in Yankee his-tory and the only player togather 200 hits in postseasonplay, did actually break hisankle. Watching him get car-ried off the field is excruciat-

ing enough, but the soundhas to be turned up to con-firm.

Ron Darling and JohnSmoltz surmise that he mayhave broken his ankle.

“Whatever,” he says,rolling his eyes. “Thanks,guys.”

The TV is again muted,and he signals to the engi-neer that he’s ready to play.He takes a deep breath andlaunches into what ulti-mately would be just one ofabout 20 takes that night.The singer misses his mark,and he stops in frustration.

“They had, what? Fifteenrunners on base tonight?This game should been overin the fifth inning,” he says.The singer says Jeter’s careeris over.

“He’s got a bum wheelnow ... that’s chronic pain,”he says. “I sprained my ankle20 years ago, and I still can’tput my work boots on whenit’s raining.”

Peter shakes his head andtries to get back into thesong. He takes a deep breathand strums an A chord. Hestops again and pulls out hisiPhone. After a few clicks, heannounces the verdict.Swisher, again, doesn’t farewell.

“It’s broken. And Swisherlooked like he was on heroin,bro.”

He shakes his head andgoes back to the guitar. It’sgoing to be a long night.

“Jeter, man,” he says.“Jeter.”

Mark Vasto is a veteransportswriter who lives inKansas City.


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• “An old pill bottle canmake a handy dispenser forrolls of stamps. Remove the

top and cut a slit into the sideof the bottle using a hand-saw. Set the roll of stampsinto the bottle, guiding theend out of the slit. Replacelid.” — A.F. in Connecticut

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The gap between thehealth care received by menand women veterans is clos-ing. So says the Departmentof Veterans Affairs.

According to its website,women’s health care throughthe Women Veterans HealthProgram focuses on a num-ber of areas:

Comprehensive primarycare: The plan is to includegender-specific care at everyVA site, including physicalrehab, maternity care, acuteand chronic illness, diseaseprevention and screening,and more.

Women’s health educa-tion: The VA is training moreand more health-careproviders to work specifi-cally with women.

Reproductive health: TheVA is increasing its coordi-nation of female-specifictreatments to provide a fullrange of medical services,including Pap tests, birthcontrol, mammograms andbreast cancer care. A recentpress release by the VA saysthat it leads the nation inbreast cancer screening rateswith 87 percent of eligiblewomen veterans receivingscreening. It has 45 facilitieswith digital mammography,and mobile mammographyin rural areas of the country.

Special populations:Women veterans who live inrural areas or are homeboundcan take advantage of mobileclinics, e-clinics and home-based services. Older womenveterans can take advantageof treatments for cardiovas-cular disease, diabetes, os-teoporosis and menopause.

If you’re a female vet andyou haven’t hooked up withthe VA for any of your healthcare, check it out. You canstart online at the WomenVeterans Health Care web-s i t e :www.womenshealth.va.gov.You can apply online and fillout the VA Form 10-10EZ.Look for the video that willwalk you through the enroll-ment process. Or you cancall the VA Health BenefitsCall Center at 1-877-222-8387 if you have questionsabout enrolling or any otherbenefits.

At the website you can lo-cate a facility in your area.For a non-emergency, it’s re-quired that you be scheduledfor an appointment within 14days.

Write to Freddy Groves in careof King Features Weekly Service,P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL32853-6475, or send e-mail [email protected].


Women Vets Getting BetterHealth Care

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Finally, College CostsCan Now be Compared

This summer, the U.S.Department of Educationasked colleges across thecountry to help potentialstudents determine their truecosts for a college educa-tion. Colleges were asked toprovide each accepted stu-dent with a “shoppingsheet” to make it easier tocompare the costs of attend-ing their college versusother schools.

The sheets include de-tails such as tuition and fees,housing, books, grants fromthe school, Pell Grants andgrants from the state. Fur-ther down the page are thenet costs that the studentwill be expected to provide,as well as the options forpaying those, such as workstudy, loans and family con-tributions.

Other handy informationon the page details the grad-uation rate of the school,and whether it’s consideredlow, medium or high. Theloan default rate also isshown for the school, com-paring it with the nationalrate.

One of the most helpfulsections of the sheet is theloan-repayment informa-tion. The section shows theaverage levels of borrowingfor the school, as well as theexpected monthly rate of re-payment over 10 years. Stu-dents will know going inwhat their repayments arelikely to be.

To see an example of thecollege shopping sheet, goto collegecost.ed.gov/shop-ping_sheet.pdf

For students just startingthe process of applying toschools, the Federal StudentAid site (studentaid.ed.gov)

has a wealth of informationon financial aid for college.Who gets aid (the criteria)and the types of aid (workstudy, grants and loans) arelinked, with special sectionson avoiding scams and aidfor serving in the military orbeing a spouse or child of aveteran. There are links tocalculators for repaymentcomparisons of subsidizedand non-subsidized loans,and Income-Contingent Re-payment Plan (ICR) In-come-Based RepaymentPlan (IBR) loans.

Determining just howstudent aid is calculated canbe a big help when it comesto selecting a school. Lookfor The EFC Formula 2012-2013 information.

Dependent students whohave already started the on-line process for financial aid(and who must include theparents’ income in the cal-culation) can update theirinformation online shouldthere be a change in thefamily’s financial situation.

Students who were ac-cepted at schools that didn’tprovide the “shoppingsheet” information shouldask for it.

The Department of Edu-cation awards $150 billionper year in grants, loans andwork-study opportunities.

David Uffington regretsthat he cannot personallyanswer reader questions,but will incorporate theminto his column wheneverpossible. Write to him incare of King FeaturesWeekly Service, P.O. Box536475, Orlando, FL32853-6475, or send emailto [email protected].


1. What instrument did Buddy Rich play?2. “My Guy” was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic for

“The Queen of Motown.” Who was she?3. Name the duo that created the “Milk and Honey”

album.4. Name the song that has these lyrics: “Hey girl, I don’t

really blame you,A woman like you needs a house and a home.”5. What do “Ruby Tuesday,” “Devil with a Blue Dress

On” and “Bridge over Troubled Water” have in common?

Answers Below (right)

Answers to Flashback (above)1. Jazz great Rich played drums. Drummers around the

world have attempted to copy Rich’s explosive style, espe-cially his solos.

2. Mary Wells, 1964. She was partially deaf as a resultof meningitis as a child, but was singing in clubs by the ageof 10.

3. John Lennon and Yoko Ono. It was released afterLennon’s death and contained music that had been recordedin the final months of his life.

4. “The Worst That Could Happen.” After Sept. 11, 2001,the song was on the list of 165 songs that Clear Channel in-dicated should not be played on the air.

5. They also were on the Clear Channel list of songs notto be played on air after Sept. 11.


Ceramic TileFloor

Marred byScratches

Q: My kitchen has a ce-ramic tile floor, and severalof the tiles have so manyscratches that they look dulleven after cleaning. Can I re-pair the scratches, or doesthe tile need to be replaced?— Carol in Eau Claire, Wis.

A: Glazed ceramic tilesare tough and resistant tomost of the wear and tearthat happens in high-trafficareas, but they can still be-come scratched or dull overtime. If the scratches areminor — they mark the fin-ish but don’t go all the waythrough the color glaze —it’s possible to polish themout.

First, clean and mop thefloor so that you have a clear,debris-free surface to workon. Next, starting with thefirst scratched tile, apply asmall amount of brasscleaner/polish to the scratchwith a lint-free cloth, rub-bing in circles. Let the polishdry, then buff away. If youdon’t have brass cleaner,toothpaste or baking sodacan be used.

To temporarily protect thetile surface, apply a bit of carwax — a plain paste wax,not cleaner wax, which hasan abrasive in it — to thetile.

Tiles that have beenscratched too deeply to buffout or that are cracked orbroken should be replaced.Locate extra tiles, if youhave them, or purchasematching replacement tile(you may need to take apiece of the damaged tile,

once removed, to match thecolor).

Use a grout saw to care-fully cut away the groutaround the edges of the dam-aged tile. This creates a littlewiggle room to loosen thetile without damaging sur-rounding tiles. Next, using ahammer and small chisel,gently tap the tile loose.(Place the chisel on or nearthe damage rather than at theedge of the tile where othertile might be damaged.) It’sOK if the damaged tile chipsor cracks — save it to doyour color match.

Once the tile is removed,brush or cut away debris orloose adhesive. Fit the newtile into the open space; if thetile fits correctly, apply acoat of tile adhesive to theback and fix it so that thespacing between the tile’sedges and the edges of theother tiles is even. Let theadhesive dry completely, andthen fill the edges with groutthat matches the color of thesurrounding grout.

HOME TIP: Scraps ofcarpet and extra tiles are im-portant to keep around forsmall repair jobs. Store themin one designated place, likea box or on a shelf in thegarage, until needed.

Send your questions ortips [email protected], orwrite This Is a Hammer, c/oKing Features Weekly Serv-ice, P.O. Box 536475, Or-lando, FL 32853-6475.


By Samantha Mazzotta

Here in New England,our evening walking grouphas stopped for the season.It was a nearly unanimousdecision, given the recentdaily rain, dropping temper-atures and earlier sunsets. Iwas the only holdout in thevote to stop walking untilspring.

If I’m going to continueto get any exercise as fallmoves into winter and it’stoo cold to go out, I’m goingto have to plan for it and buya few small pieces of equip-ment to keep in the house.

If you’re also forced in-doors by cold weather, a“mini stepper” can serve asa temporary replacement foroutdoor walking or using atreadmill at the gym. Themini stepper has a place forboth feet, and you just walkin place.

The one I have my eyeon is the The Wagan Com-pact Mini Stepper Exerciser,Model 2272. I found it onthe Safe Home Productswebsite (www.safehome-products.com). This stepperhas a tubular steel framewith handholds for betterbalance, adjustable tensionfor a harder or easier work-

out, and it only takes upabout 1 square foot of floorspace.

If you aren’t sure of yourbalance, a “peddler” mightbe perfect for you. With apeddler, you sit in a chairand peddle like you’re on abicycle.

To make sure of gettingan upper-body workout,take a look at handheldweights. If weight on yourhands is a problem, youmight want the kind thatstrap to your wrist. Eitherone would give a mildworkout to shoulders andarms.

Before you purchase anyexercise gear, ask your doc-tor if he thinks it would beright for you.

Matilda Charles regretsthat she cannot personallyanswer reader questions,but will incorporate theminto her column wheneverpossible. Write to her incare of King FeaturesWeekly Service, P.O. Box536475, Orlando, FL32853-6475, or send e-mailto [email protected].


Staying Active in Cold Weather

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4. Who wrote most of the Proverbs? David, Solomon,Paul, Isaiah

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Q: Something smells funny from my defroster. What could cause this?? A: Two different things come to mind. The first would be an antifreeze smell. This could come from a seeping heater core. You would get a stronger odor when the heater was on, and you usually notice that the windows smear a lot when you try to wipe them off. Sometimes, it can drip onto your carpet by your feet. Your heater core has hot antifreeze circulating in it, and it heats up the cold outside air for your heat and defrost. You would want to have this repaired before winter, as this can make it very difficult to keep the windows clear. The second thing that comes to mind is a mouse might be camping out in your car. This is the time of year that the fields get harvested and they are all looking for cover. Many places in your car will be very attractive to them. It’s warm and dry, there is insulation to chew up and make a nest from, and the rent’s cheap!!! But if they hang around all winter, they can do a lot of damage!!!! They can chew up wiring and hoses, get in upholstery, and leave your car with a horrible, unhealthy smell!!!! �Check under the hood and in the cowl below the windshield to look for any mouse droppings or other evidence. We have seen corn, birdseed, walnuts, acorns, and dog food all stashed away in different hiding places to prepare for a long winter. If they are in your garage, you must get rid of them and keep your car safe. Traps and poison are effective, but make sure any pets cannot get to them!!! Many cars that have a cabin air filter will find that area is a target for mouse nests. It is usually in a dry area easily accessible to mice, and they ca n chew through it and get easy access to the heater and other areas in the passenger compartment. Another area to check for evidence is the glove box. They almost always have to check out what is in your glove box!!!!!!! They can do hundreds and hundreds of dollars of damage, so get rid of them once and for all!!! Q: One of my tires keeps losing air. I had it checked, and they couldn’t find a leak. Where could the air be going?? I have to add air to it every 2 weeks. A: A small, slow leak like that can be difficult to find. A puncture in a tire usually leaks quickly , but a leak around the bead can leak very slowly. Sometimes, we have to put a soapy solution on the bead area, and wait for 30-60 minutes before noticeable bubbles appear. Many aluminum alloy wheels are susceptible to corrosion on the bead area, and will need to have the corrosion cleaned off. A special bead sealer can be brushed on the wheel to help seal this up. The salt and brine solutions used for de-icing in the winter weather can cause these wheels to corrode and leak, so keeping that rinsed off in freezing winter weather can help prevent this. Q: Last year, my door froze shut in my car and I couldn’t get inside. Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening again?? A: There are two different ways your door can freeze shut. 1. Your key lock on the door can freeze and not work. 2. Your door can freeze shut from water getting on the rubber weatherstrips and freezing them to the body. There are several things that you can do to minimize this in cold weather. A “Door lock deicer” product can be sprayed into the lock to displace the moisture. You could also spray this in the night before to keep the moisture out. Keep the deicer in your home so it is warm and can melt any ice if you find it has frozen overnight. For your weatherstrips that seal the door to the body, it is a good idea to clean them well and coat them with a silicone type spray or lubricant to make them repel water. If there is a driving rain, you may consider parking your car so your driver’s door is shielded and not taking the full brunt of the driving rain or sleet. In any case, be cautious if your door has frozen shut. Many of the plastic door handles can be easily broken when trying to pull a frozen door open. It is much better to open the passenger door and try to get inside and push the other door open. In extreme cases, you may want to pour warm water on the edges of the door to try to thaw out the weatherstrips. But that warm water can also re-freeze if it doesn’t dry out in a warm place, and cause the same problem all over again!!

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