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Reality mixed
with virtual
Why you should
work longer
Pokemon Go, near
drowning, morning
coffee by the waterfall
By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Content Agency
I have been called a “buzz
kill” for advocating that people
work as long as possible. I cling
to this advice because, in my
years as a financial planner, I
found that those who worked
longer tended to have fewer
financial problems and seemed
more content as they aged.
I recognize that many people
really don’t like what they do, or
they are burned out, or simply
can’t physically continue performing the tasks required for their
jobs. But for many years in the
past, even those who could continue to work tended to choose
not to do so.
According to a study from
the National Institute on Aging,
between the 1950s and the
mid-1980s “participation of older
men in the labor force declined
at a notable rate as more and
more men opted for retirement
before the standard age of 65.”
The decline leveled off after the
mid- to late-1980s. (For women,
the numbers are different, reflecting their entry into the work force.
Proportionally, more women of all
ages are now working, including
those over age 60.)
But two boom-and-bust cycles
over the past decade-and-a-half the dot-com and housing bubbles
- have prompted a greater share
of older Americans to reconsider
their previous dreams of early
retirement. According to Pew
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Story lines to watch at Rio Summer Olympics
By Stephen Ruiz
Orlando Sentinel (TNS)
With the roughly 10,500 participants converging on Brazil for
the first Summer Olympics held in
South America, the games figure
to be remembered for jaw-dropping
athletic feats.
And some things that have nothing to do with sports.
The Zika virus. Water pollution.
Body parts washing ashore. Crime.
The controversial mix outside the
competitive venues is murkier than
the Olympic bidding process.
Rest assured, good or bad,
these Olympics won’t be forgotten.
We look at some reasons why.
Problems, child
In the run-up to the Olympics,
health warnings and stories about
security concerns, logistical issues
and the state of the Olympic Village
struck like waves on Copacabana
Beach.
No doubt, holding an Olympics in
Brazil is a risky endeavor. Notable
athletes, such as golfers Jason Day,
Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy,
are staying home, mainly for fear
of Zika, the mosquito-transmitted
virus that can create birth defects in
newborns. Some athletes will participate but froze their sperm before
heading to Rio.
Final countdown
Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte
are expected to compete against
each other in an Olympic pool
for the final time in the 200-meter
individual medley final on Aug. 11.
It should be the end of a rivalry
unsurpassed in swimming history
and among the best in any sport.
Phelps, 31, holds the Olympic
record for any sport with 22 overall
medals. Eighteen are gold, includ(Continued on Page 11)
I was in a state park recently,
enjoying the waterfall in the morning before it got really hot. It was
tranquil - for a while.
“I got one,” excitedly yelled a
teenager near us, holding up his
cellphone. His friends ran over
to see. “Oh,
man, you’re
lucky,” she
said as she
looked at her
own phone.
“I wanted to
catch that
RAMBLINGS one.”
Are they
nuts? I asked myself. What are
they doing by these falls, waving
their phones all over the place?
One girl waded into the water and
yelled, “I got it.”
Got what?
Then It dawned on me. A week
or so earlier a new game app
was released called Pokemon
Go. They are playing a locationbased reality game that uses the
phone’s GPS function to put players at the scene as they chase
these Pokemons.
I may not be totally accurate in
my description of this app. I have
no intentions of downloading it
or understanding exactly how it
works, who wins, or what there is
to win.
But I do know that it has spread
like wildfire.
The teens at the falls seemed
to enjoy themselves. They ran
around getting some good
exercise. It it were not for this
game, they may have been inside
and inactive, playing some killing
game, or watching TV.
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Without a parachute, sky diver jumps from perfectly good plane, into net from 25,000 feet
LOS ANGELES — Luke Aikins
accomplished something Saturday
night that no one else has ever
done: He jumped out a helicopter
25,000 feet up in the air and landed
in a net without a wingsuit or parachute.
Aikins landed in a 100-by-100foot net that was set up several
stories above the ground in Big
Sky Ranch in Simi Valley. He then
climbed out of the net and gave his
wife a hug. She watched the jump
from the ground with other family
I NEED TO BRING HER IN FOR, UH, QUESTIONING: An
18-year-old man presented himself as an undercover police officer looking
for suspects at the Hooters in Kochville Township, Mich. Turns out, he was
just trying to get the names of the waitresses. Workers became suspicious
when he returned later after having left the place on a skateboard.
I DIDN’T MEAN ME: A woman got into an argument with her
husband in their Maine home over whether he was having an affair, and
got so mad that she pulled out a gun and fired it. He called the cops, who
arrested her for domestic violence. Interestingly, she was wearing a T-shirt
that said “Stop Domestic Violence.”
NEEE-HAW! A man stole a front-end loader, which he used to smash
in the front of a liquor store in Anchorage, Alaska, at 3 in the morning to
steal booze. He then led police on a low-speed chase through the city
until the cops blocked him in. They said he “performed poorly” on field
sobriety tests
I FEEL PRETTY, OH SO PRETTY: A man returned to his Arkansas
home after an out-of-town trip to find the man who he had hired to look
after his pets using his laptop while dressed in women’s underwear.
FIRST OF ALL, HOW DO YOU KNOW IT’S MINE? The cops
took an intoxicated man to the hospital after they found him slumped over
the railing of the Market Street Bridge in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. While in the
emergency room, he vomited 10 bags of heroin. He was charged with
drug possession.
KA-POW! PROBLEM SOLVED: A man locked himself out of his
hotel room in St. Pete’s Beach, Fla., so he shot out the lock on the door.
Then he proceeded to shoot out a window for some reason.
DUDE, I FEEL ALL WOOLY: A flock of sheep consumed marijuana plants in Rhydypandy, Wales, then went on a “psychotic rampage”
through the peaceful, little village, staggering into homes and making a
mess and stumbling through town, where some were run over by cars.
ANYHOW, WE REALLY ENJOYED THE SHOW: A couple was
watching Batman v. Superman in the cinema in Manchester, England,
when one thing led to another, and they wound up engaging in full-blown
relations right in front of everyone. They were charged with outraging
public decency.
DAD, WHERE’S MY SNOWSUIT?: A man was arrested for DUI
after driving over six lawns and crashing into a fire hydrant in Fairview
Park, Ohio. He was wearing only his underwear and his 9-year-old
daughter’s snowsuit on one leg at the time.
KEEP THE CHANGE, SWEETHEART: A man was arrested for
using a counterfeit $100 bill to pay for a lap dance at a strip club in Saginaw County, Mich.
BUT NOT TOO LAZY FOR OTHER THINGS: A woman, who was
arrested for stealing sex toys and lubricant from a store in St. Petersburg,
Fla., told police she was “too lazy” to pay for the items.
members.
“My whole life has been about
air aviation, flying, jumping, all that
stuff. It’s the last step that I see,”
Aikins, 42, said in an interview with
a local Fox station in Washington
state, where he lives. “We’ve all
dreamed about flying, and I always
have to open a parachute.”
“I’m here to show you that if we
approach it the right way, and we
test it and we prove that it’s good to
go, we can do things that we don’t
think are possible.”
About an hour before his jump,
Aikins was told by the Screen Actors
Guild that he could not complete the
stunt without wearing a parachute.
The jump, called “Heaven Sent,”
was broadcast live on Fox. Aikins
indicated he would not open the
chute, and as the helicopter climbed
25,000 feet into the air, he was told
the requirement had been dropped.
He took off the parachute and
fell through the sky for two minutes
before flipping onto his back and
landing in the net.
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punctual and have reliable transportation. Apply in person ar Red Top
Restaurant, Hwy. 36, Brazoria.
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Strange but True
By Bill Sones
and Rich Sones, Ph.D.
UNTRANSLATABLE WORDS
Q. Drawing on some practically
untranslatable words from the
world’s languages, what are a few
that might be welcome additions
to English?
A. Let’s start with the Yiddish
word “kvell,” meaning “to glow
with pride and happiness at the
success of others (often family
members),” says Steve Mirsky in
“Scientific American” magazine,
citing psychologist Tim Lomas’s
cross-cultural linguistics study for
the “Journal of Positive Psychology.” Other languages lack a
single word to express this idea.
Have you ever felt so excited
about waiting for someone that
you keep going outside to check
if they’ve arrived? There’s an
Eskimo Inuit word for that: “iktsuarpok.” As Lomas explains, the
value of “untranslatable” words
is that they may give voice to
hitherto unlabeled experiences.
Consider the Georgian word
“shemomedjamo” for continuing
to eat even when full because
it was just so enjoyable; or
“utepils” in Norwegian for drinking beer outside on a hot day; or
the Portuguese “desbundar” for
becoming uninhibited while having
fun. “Bantu’s even more specific
‘mbukimvuki’ involves whipping
off your clothes to dance,” Mirsky
adds. “Hey, it’s tough to dance in
tight pants.”
And one of Mirsky’s favorite
experiences, now named, is the
Swedish “gokotta” for “waking up
early to go outside to hear the
morning’s first birds sing.”
HOPPING ON WATER
Q. You insectophiles out there
are probably well aware of what
water striders can do on a routine
basis. But are you aware of the
splash made last year by imitative
roboticists?
A. As its name suggests, a
water strider can indeed walk on
water, but it can hop upward from
a watery surface as well -— “one
of the natural world’s niftiest
tricks,” says Stephen George
in “Discover” magazine. Now
researchers at Korea’s Seoul
National University and Harvard’s
Wyss Institute for Biologically
Inspired Engineering have emulated the insect’s biomechanics
to create a microrobot that can
vault 5.5 inches -— more than
10 times its height —- without
breaking surface tension. “Made
from ultralight components, the
tiny bot weighs just 0.002 ounce
and gets its leaping power from
a built-in catapult mechanism.”
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As the magazine put it, it was “a
super-tiny bot making history in a
single bound.”
BASEBALL SCIENCE
Q. How are next-generation
sensors making baseball bats
(and other sports equipment)
smarter than ever?
A. The name of the game here
is MEMS, for micro-electromechanical systems, tiny machines
with elements about the thickness of a human hair, including
accelerometers, gyroscopes,
magnetometers, and pressure
sensors, says Karen Lightman in
“IEEE Spectrum” magazine. For
example, if you want to analyze a
baseball player as he whips the
bat around, you need to consider rotational angles and swing
speed, and now sensor-fusion
hardware and software are able
to synthesize data output from
multiple sources in real time. Consider the smart baseball bat addon developed by the University of
Michigan’s Noel Perkins and the
University of Pittsburgh’s William
Clark. In 2014 Clark’s new company, Diamond Kinetics, rolled out
its first commercial product, Swing
Tracker, a lightweight sensing
accessory that tracks 15 different
swing metrics, including power,
speed, efficiency and distance
the bat travels in the hitting zone.
Mounted to the knob of the bat,
it captures “11,000 data points
per second to analyze swing data
and shares that information with
coaches via Bluetooth to a mobile
device.”
Baseball not your sport?
Sensor-based equipment can also
help boost your performance for
golf, tennis, basketball and others.
(Send STRANGE questions to brothers
Bill and Rich at [email protected])
Did you know?
• There was a span of three years
before Facebook even had a “Like”
button, and Mark Zuckerberg initially
didn’t like the idea.
• The measurement of BMI, or
body mass index, can incorrectly
flag the athletic or particularly muscular as overweight.
• Since 1932, Thailand has had
20 constitutions, largely due to
military and political coups.
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Working past retirement age can result in a better quality, longer life, better health
(Continud from Page 1)
Research, nearly 9 million people
over the age of 65 reported working
either full or part time - that’s 18.8
percent of the total number of older
Americans. In the year 2000, the
share stood at just 12.8 percent.
You might think that most of
these people are working because
they have to earn money, and
you would be right. A survey from
Transamerica found that fewer than
half of retirees say that they have
either fully recovered financially
from or were not affected by the
Great Recession. As a result, 60
percent of retirees said making
money or earning benefits was at
least one reason they kept working.
Thirty-six percent said they work
mainly because they enjoy their jobs
or want to stay involved.
That latter group may be on to
something, because many have
found that retirement isn’t all it’s
cracked up to be. According to a
study by the Employee Benefit
Research Institute, more than half
of respondents reported retirement
was just “moderately satisfying” or
“not at all satisfying”. Perhaps working longer is the key to boosting
satisfaction late in life. If you’re not
convinced, there is another great
benefit to staying on the job: It may
actually help you live a longer life.
According to a study from
Oregon State University, “working
past age 65 could lead to longer
life, while retiring early may be a
risk factor for dying earlier.” Before
you send me the terrible notes
about people who retire and then
immediately become ill, here are
the numbers: Healthy adults who
retired one year past age 65 had
an 11 percent lower risk of death
from all causes, even when taking
into account demographic, lifestyle
and health issues, that those who
retired at 65. And even those who
describe themselves as unhealthy
were also likely to live longer if they
kept working.
There is some belief that staying
active and engaged at work may
help fight the natural decline in
physical and cognitive functioning,
but don’t fret if you aren’t working.
There is plenty of research that
shows membership in social groups,
such as book clubs or religious
Orlando Sentinel (TNS)
Sensors and cameras would
help identify particular visitors, and
the data “can be used to output
a customized guest experience,”
including photographs. Theme
parks could also use such a system
to mine data about common paths
from ride to ride.
The company can already track
guests at Walt Disney World who
use MagicBands, RFID bracelets
that function as theme-park tickets,
FastPasses, hotel keys and credit
cards.
Current methods of tracking
guests and matching them up “are
limited to rather invasive methods,
such as retinal and fingerprint
identification methods,” the patent
information said. “These methods
are obtrusive, and some guests may
not feel comfortable providing this
type of biometric information to a
third party.”
Beware: Mickey Mouse is watching you
ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office has
issued Walt Disney Co. a patent for
a new type of technology: A system
that can track theme-park guests
through their feet.
This project is part of Disney’s
ongoing innovative research
process, the company said, and
many projects it explores may never
actually end up in the parks.
organizations, after retirement is
also linked to a longer life. The
key is to remain engaged in some
way, whether through work, group
membership, or even hobbies, such
as bridge or other card games.
(Contact Jill Schlesinger, senior
business analyst for CBS News, at
[email protected].)
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Can nail-biting and thumb-sucking
be a healthy habit for children?
By Allie Shah
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (TNS)
Good news for parents who have struggled to get their kids to take their
fingers out of their mouths: Nail biting and thumb-sucking might have health
benefits.
Those habits, scientists found in a recent study, were linked to less risk of
allergies to a host of things — including dust mites, animals, and common
molds.
The findings support what’s known as the
“hygiene hypothesis,” or the idea that a tooclean environment is to blame for the rise of
children’s allergies. According to the hypothesis, children who are exposed to some germs
early in life develop immune systems that can
tolerate contact with different allergens.
Other research has shown that children who
own pets, attend day care, live on a farm or have many siblings tend to be
less prone to allergies. One study found that babies whose mothers cleaned
their pacifiers by sucking the object clean were less at risk for asthma.
For the nail biting and thumb-sucking study, about 1,000 children from
New Zealand participated and were assessed periodically, starting at age 3.
A skin-prick test was used to see if there was an allergic reaction to
common allergens. The nail biters and thumb-suckers were significantly less
likely to test positive for many allergies when they were 13 and 32 years old.
But their oral habits didn’t have any bearing on their risk of having asthma or
hay fever, the New Zealand researchers noted.
Of course, there are other concerns around nail-biting and thumb-sucking,
among them: gum injury and social stigma. Acknowledging these concerns,
the authors said that they are not making any recommendations.
“Although we do not suggest that children should be encouraged to take
up these oral habits,” they wrote, “the findings suggest that thumb-sucking and nail-biting reduce the risk for developing sensitization to common
(allergens).”
Their findings appear in a recent issue of the journal Pediatrics.
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After overcoming hardships, Alvin college student lands scholarships and embarks on future
When Crystal Correa was 27, she
and her husband had plans to buy a
home and return to school to finish
their education.
But it didn’t happen. Her husband
passed
away suddenly as
had her
father, and
her daughter
had been
diagnosed
with cerebral
Crystal Correa
palsy. As
the pressures mounted, Correa
said she spiraled into a bout with
depression.
The mother of two has since overcome those obstacles to continue
her education at Alvin Community
College.
“Even though I have suffered
hardships, I feel like these struggles
have made me very strong and
appreciative of life,” Correa said. “I
value those around me. I feel like
life is beginning anew for me - as if I
am getting a second chance.”
Correa received several scholarships from Soroptimist International
of Alvin. She won the $700 Live
Your Dream scholarship. Correa
was also awarded District III
scholarship for $1,500 and then
won a $6,000 scholarship during the
South Central Regional Soroptimist
conference.
She also won a $1,000 scholarship from the ACC Foundation and
is a member of the Honors Student
Organization.
Chartered in 1984, SIOA is part of
an international volunteer group and
composed of local business and
professional women with the desire
to help improve the lives of women
and children.
She is now pursuing a Bachelor’s
Degree in Computer Information
Systems from the University of
Houston-Clear Lake after finishing
General Studies Degree at ACC.
“The goal of Soroptimist is to help
women improve not just their lives,
but the lives of their families and
their communities,” said Johanna
Hume, ACC History instructor and
chair of the SIOA Scholarship
Committee. “Crystal exemplifies this
Soroptimist goal by being a wonderful role model to her children and
family as she continues her education, always striving for academic
excellence as she works toward her
career goals.”
Returning to school with everything she faced was a daunting
challenge, Correa said. Full of
self-doubt, Correa worked past her
hardships and started college. To
help make ends meet, Correa also
set up a shop on Etsy - GirlOnCrafts
- where she sells different items that
she makes as a hobby.
“My academic success over the
past year and a half has given me a
tremendous amount of confidence
in my abilities,” she said. “I still have
a few years to go, but I know we will
make it. I know my husband and
father would be proud.”
Correa said she will soon be
entering a field with a high demand
for workers, and her degree provides for versatility in the workforce.
“I can do IT, networking, web
design, programming, so it’s hard to
say exactly where I’ll end up,” she
said. “My dream (in the future) is to
eventually own my own business
where I handle clients’ websites or
security.”
Winning the scholarships from
the Soroptimist organizations will be
an important benefit in pursuing her
education.
“I was absolutely thrilled and feel
very lucky to win so many scholarships,” Correa said. “I know there
are others that deserve them just
as much as me, so to be chosen
means a lot to me. It shows that I
have several people that believe in
me and support me.”
Questions and answers about your
Social Security
Q: I want to make sure I have enough credits to receive
Social Security retirement benefits when I need them. How
can I get a record of my Social Security earnings?
A: The best way for you to check whether you have earned enough
credits (40 total, equaling 10 years of work) is to open a free my Social
Security account at www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount to review your
Social Security Statement.
Once you create an account, you can:
— Keep track of your earnings to make sure your benefit is calculated
correctly. The amount of your payment is based on your lifetime earnings;
— Get an estimate of your future benefits if you are still working; — Get a
replacement 1099 or 1042S.
— Get a letter with proof of your benefits if you currently receive them;
and — Manage your benefits:
— Change your address; and
— Start or change your direct deposit.
Accessing my Social Security is quick, convenient, and secure, and you
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In some states, you can even request a replacement Social Security
card online using my Social Security. Currently available in some areas
in the United States, it’s an easy, convenient, and secure way to request
a replacement card online. To find out where we offer this service, visit
www.socialsecurity.gov/ssnumber.
Q: Although I stopped working a few years ago, I had
additional seasonal earnings after my retirement. Will my
monthly Social Security retirement benefit increase?
A: Possibly. And, you can get Social Security retirement or survivors
benefits and work at the same time. Each year, we review the records for
all working Social Security recipients to see if additional earnings may
increase their monthly benefit amounts. If an increase is due, we calculate
a new benefit amount and pay the increase retroactive to January following the year of earnings. You can learn more about how work affects your
benefits by reading our publication, How Work Affects Your Benefits, at
www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs.
(This column was prepared by the Social Security Administration. For fast answers
to specific Social Security questions, contact Social Security toll-free at 800-7721213 or visit www.socialsecurity.gov.)
Beech honored with service award
At the June dinner meeting, the St. John’s Masonic Lodge honored
the out-going Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star #705.
Scott Leopold, right, presented a certificate of Distinguished Service
and Personal Contribution to Freemasonry to Yolanda Beech.
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Protect yourself from beach bacteria while cooling off
Mayo Clinic News Network (TNS)
The heat wave moving across
parts of the U.S. may send many
people flocking to beaches for relief
from the heat and humidity. Before
you grab your beach bag, make
sure you pack a pair of sandals or
water shoes.
“People should be wearing shoes
if walking on a beach, especially
internationally,” says Mayo Clinic
infectious diseases specialist Dr.
Pritish Tosh.
It’s not just glass and sharp shells
that can cause harm. Tosh says,
“Salt-water beaches are generally safe. However, depending on
what part of the world, walking on a
beach potentially exposes people to
parasites that can burrow through
the skin.” He says, “In the U.S., our
beaches are pretty safe, but there
can be glass and shells that can
puncture the skin. Even though we
generally don’t see the same risks
of burrowing parasites as elsewhere
in the world, it is still a good idea to
wear some sort of protective shoes
while walking on the beach.”
And, if you step on glass or a
sharp shell? “If you get a cut, it is
important to wash it and potentially
seek medical attention,” adds Tosh.
Don’t forget to stay hydrated and
wear sunscreen if you spend time
outdoors. Mayo Clinic dermatologist
Dr. Dawn Marie Davis says there
are immediate and long-term effects
to sun exposure that include skin
damage, skin cancer and premature
aging.
Too much sun can also lead to
what’s sometimes called sun fever.
Davis says, “You can get a fever
from excessive sun exposure. Stay
cool, drink plenty of water, wear
sunscreen and protective clothing, and seek shade.” She adds,
“Excess sun exposure triggers
the immune system — similar to
contracting an infection. This is why
people feel feverish and chilled
when sunburned.”
EXTREME HEAT: Did you know?
• Stay hydrated by drinking plenty of fluids. Avoid drinks with caffeine or
alcohol.
• Wear loose-fitting, lightweight, light-colored clothing. Avoid dark colors
because they absorb the sun’s rays.
• Slow down, stay indoors and avoid strenuous exercise during the hottest part of the day.
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Human eye can detect
a single photon
By Deborah Netburn
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Your eyes may be more sensitive than you
ever thought possible.
In a study published Tuesday in Nature
Communications, researchers report that our
warm, wet, multicellular eyes have evolved
such a high level of sensitivity that they can,
on occasion, detect a single photon aimed at
the retina.
Even the most sophisticated man-made
devices require a cool, temperature-controlled
environment to achieve the same feat.
A single photon is the smallest particle that
light is made of, and it is extremely hard to
see.
“It’s not like a dim flash of light or anything
like that,” said Alipasha Vaziri, a quantum
physicist at Rockefeller University in New York
City and the senior author on the paper. “It’s
more a feeling of seeing something rather
than really seeing it.”
He described it, poetically, as being “at the
threshold of imagination.”
“If you’ve ever looked at a faint star in the
night sky, and one second you see it, but the
next second you don’t — it’s kind of like that,”
he said.
Previous studies dating back to the 1940s
have shown that the human eye can detect
as few as five to seven photons. But whether
a single photon would be detectable proved
elusive.
Although scientists were able to create light
sources that produced an average of one
photon at a time, they couldn’t know for sure
whether one, two, three or zero photons were
released each time the light source was fired.
To solve this problem, Vaziri’s team used
a process known a spontaneous parametric
down-conversion (SPDC) in which a highenergy photon decays spontaneously in a
crystal into two lower energetic photons. One
of these photons is directed to a subject’s
eye while the other is sent to a detector. If the
detector notes a photon, then the researchers
know the other half of the pair had to be sent
to the observer.
Vaziri said the strategy of forcing the participants to make a choice — even when they
weren’t sure it was right — helped push the
subjects to maximum sensitivity.
“It was key for the results of the study,” he
said.
Producing a single photon or any number
of defined states of light is not easy. Only
recently researchers, mainly working in the
field of quantum optics and quantum information, have been able to generate such light
states more routinely, Vaziri said.
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Brazosport College Adjunct Art Instructor Kamilah Campbell
Reality, virtual reality and my relaxing
morning coffee at the waterfall
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I’m all for it. I don’t care what
game it is, as long as the kids go
outside and play. We used to do that
all the time. We played “capture the
flag,” which is probably the great
granddaddy of Pokemon Go.
Another one was “color war,” also
called “green and gray.” This game
was popular in the summer camp
I attended as a kid. The camp was
divided into two sides, one gray and
one green, and we competed in
various events for a few days.
The winning team got its banner
displayed in the dining hall. That
was a lot of fun. Back in those days,
we didn’t have cellphones, and the
GPS had yet to be invented. But
there is nothing wrong with outdoor
activity using technology. The activity is important, not the method.
The teens around us were catching all kinds of things. Apparently,
there are a lot more opportunities
around water. I’m just guessing.
The first video game I played
back-in-the-day had a little ball that
bounced across a black and white
TV screen. The goal, like ping pong,
was to hit it back to the other side.
I missed the ball a lot on “Pong,”
even on the lower settings. I am not
a videogame person.
Then Pac Man came along, gobbling up all those dots. I did more
folding than gobbling. This was a
popular game in video arcades and
bars. We played it for a quarter. It
was followed by Ms. Pac Man. That
concludes my video game experience.
If I were to start playing videogames, I would give this Pokemon
Go a go. I actually researched it
briefly, and one of the links I even
stumbled on some cheat codes.
Why would you want to cheat in
a game that requires that you run
around and collect Pokemon? That
defeats the purpose of the game to get you outside and get the heart
and lungs working. If you’re going to
cheat at this game, just stay in airconditioning and kill monsters.
“Help,” I heard as I sat in the park
by the falls. A muscular man was
yelling. He was in the water. At first I
thought he needed help catching his
stash of Pokemon, but then realized
that he was in danger of drowning
after he yelled, “This is real.”
Mr. Muscle had gone into the
water and stepped off into a deep
spot. This was not virtual reality. He
was splashing his hands up and
down, but could not keep above the
water.
“There has to be an app for that,”
I told my wife. I couldn’t resist inserting that line. I was too far from him.
There were other people closer, like
his pregnant wife, who managed to
pull him back to shore.
He was fine, except for a bruised
ego. Between building up his
muscles, maybe he could get a few
swimming lessons in. There has to
be an app for that also, although
when I learned to swim as a kid in
camp, the instructor was a person.
With all that drowning drama over,
and the teens still preoccupied with
chasing Pokemon, serenity returned
to the falls, and I continued to drink
my coffee and enjoy nature, which
was beautiful.
No app needed.
Artwork by Brazosport College
Adjunct Art Instructor Kamilah
Campbell was recently selected
to be featured in a gallery show in
Glens Falls, New York.
The show, titled “Environmental
Portraits,” is presented by the Lower
Adirondack Regional Arts Council
and includes works from four different artists.
Campbell has three pieces of
sculptural works in the show, which
highlights installation pieces along
with drawn, stitched and painted artworks that explore actual portraiture
or present a portrait of our society
or place.
Campbell’s sculptures were
selected after she responded to a
call for artists.
“I am always happy to have my
visual voice among regional and
national dialogues,” Campbell said
of being selected for the show.
“With this show, it is interesting
and challenging to have the dialog
occur without me there, particularly
because the work confronts ideas of
color and gender.”
Campbell’s art has previously
appeared in exhibitions across the
country, including shows in Indiana,
Michigan, Minnesota, Texas and
South Carolina, among others. She
has a Master of Fine Arts from Notre
Dame University and a Bachelor of
Fine Arts from Clemson University.
In October, Campbell will join
Brazosport College Art Instructor,
Jackson Zorn, to participate in the
Art & Words Collaborative Show in
Fort Worth.
Did you know?
• Across the United States there are 1,655 community colleges. Of these,
1,047 are public institutions and 415 private.
• According to a new study from Harvard and the Asian Development
Bank, 6.7 percent of the world’s population are college degree-holders.
• Just 16 percent of students attend private nonprofit colleges and universities. The annual family income of more than 47 percent of undergraduates
is less than $40,000.
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Why so many athletes are skipping the Rio Olympics
By Michelle Kaufman
Miami Herald (TNS)
Thinking of traveling to Rio
for the Olympics and need
last-minute accommodations?
Perhaps Olympic organizers will
consider renting out rooms in the
athletes’ village, as there will be
more cancellations and vacancies
than usual.
Although more than 10,000
athletes from 206 countries are
headed to Rio, the list of who’s not
going has been growing in recent
weeks.
The entire 68-member Russian
track and field team has been
banned from participating in Rio
following revelations of a widespread government-run doping
program and deep-rooted culture
of cheating. Recently, the Court of
Arbitration for Sport denied a Russian appeal and upheld the ban
by the International Association of
Athletics Federations.
With less than two weeks to go
until the Aug. 5 Opening Ceremonies, the International Olympic
Committee must now decide
whether further sanctions will be
imposed on Russian athletes in
other sports. There is even the
possibility they could deny entry to
all 387 Russian athletes. The last
time Russia was missing from the
Olympics was when it boycotted
the 1984 Los Angeles Games in
retaliation for the U.S. boycott of
the 1980 Moscow Games.
Meanwhile, more than 20 male
golfers, including the top four in
the world, are saying, “Thanks,
but no thanks,” to the historic
return of their sport to the Olympics after 104 years.
Most of them cited concerns
over the Zika virus and scheduling
issues (which some critics have
translated to mean they would
rather make money at a PGA Tour
event that week than play for free
in Rio).
Among those skipping the
Games are Jason Day, Jason
Spieth, Dustin Johnson, Adam
Scott and Rory McIroy, who
conceded that another reason
golfers might not be clamoring to
go is that an Olympic gold medal
is not the crowning achievement
in their sport.
“I’ve said to people I have four
Olympic Games [major championships] a year,” McIlroy told reporters. “That’s my pinnacle. That’s
what I play for. That’s what I’ll be
remembered for.
“Some people argue that it would
have been better to send amateurs
there, but the whole reason that
golf is in the Olympics is because
they wanted the best players to go
and compete. But unfortunately
with where it is this year, people just
aren’t comfortable going down there
and putting themselves or their
family at risk.
“I’d say if the Olympic Games
were in most other cities or most
other countries in the world this
year, you wouldn’t find as many
people not wanting to go and
participate.
“I don’t think it’s embarrassing
for the game because most other
athletes dream their whole lives of
competing in the Olympics, winning
an Olympic gold, and we haven’t.
We dream of winning Claret Jugs,
and we dream of winning green
jackets. Whether that makes golf
look insular in any way … it’s just
the way it is.”
The same can be said for Olympic tennis, where Wimbledon finalist
and world No. 7 Milos Raonic of
Canada is among a handful of Top
20 players backing out of the trip
to Rio. Top-ranked Novak Djokovic
and Serena Williams will be there
competing for gold, but French
Open semifinalist Dominic Thiem,
No. 16 American John Isner and No.
20 Feliciano Lopez of Spain will not.
They all opted to play in ATP Tour
events instead as these tournaments give ranking points and the
Olympics do not.
“It is with a heavy heart that I am
announcing my withdrawal from
participation in the Rio Games,”
Raonic said on his Facebook page.
He represented his country at
London in 2012 and plays on the
Canadian Davis Cup team. “After
much deliberation with my family
and coaches, I am making this decision for a variety of health concerns
including the uncertainty around the
Zika virus.
“This was a difficult, personal
choice and I do not wish for it to
impact the decision of any other
athlete heading to the Games.”
Simona Halep, ranked No. 5,
and eighth-ranked Tomas Berdych
echoed Raonic’s fears.
“Family is much too important
for me, and I can’t risk not being
able to have one of my own after
my career in tennis is over,” Halep
said.
Despite widespread concern,
a World Health Organization
emergency committee recently
declared that there is a “very low
risk” of the Zika virus spreading
further internationally as a result of
the Olympics in Brazil. The WHO
said the Zika risk in the Rio area
will drop significantly in August
because it is during the southern
hemisphere’s winter, and mosquitoes are not nearly as active then
as they are in the summer.
Nevertheless, some athletes
say they don’t want to take any
chances. The symptoms of Zika
— rash, headaches and joint
pain — are not severe, but the
little-understood virus has been
linked to microcephaly in newborn
babies.
U.S. cyclist Tejay van Garderen,
whose wife is pregnant, was
among the first athletes to bow
out.
“Although the risks associated
with the Zika virus can be minimal
and precautions can be taken,
my wife Jessica is pregnant, and
I don’t want to risk bringing anything back that could potentially
have an effect,” he said.
The U.S. men’s basketball
team will also be missing some
big names, although none of
them blamed Zika — at least not
publicly. Stephen Curry, LeBron
James and Chris Paul said they
need to rest. Russell Westbrook
and James Harden cited “unspecified reasons.”
And then there’s Spaniard Pau
Gasol of the San Antonio Spurs,
who was considering skipping
the Olympics but instead plans to
take an unusual precaution before
heading to Rio.
He will freeze his sperm to
ensure it will not be contaminated
by a mosquito. British long jumper
Greg Rutherford and U.S. men’s
volleyball coach Jordan Speraw
are doing the same thing.
How a Charlotte firm helps protect
Olympic rowers from Rio’s pollution
When the U.S. Olympic rowers put on their training suits next month in Rio
de Janeiro, it will represent their dedication to a sport that requires near-perfect synchrony of movement and form.
But for Keith Sherrill, it will be a sigh of relief after working to develop and
produce the suits for over a year and a half at the Speizman International
Seamless Development Lab in Charlotte, N.C.
Sherrill, the company’s director of product development, said the rowers’
suits, made from polyester and nylon, fit like a “second skin” and will be
much lighter than in years past thanks to the use of the Development Lab’s
seamless technology. They’re also designed to protect rowers from Rio’s
polluted waterways.
Sherill, 50, is responsible for producing 290 U.S. Olympic rower suits,
known as unisuits, that the team will wear during training exercises, as well
as five unisuits for a rower on the Nigerian Olympic team.
During an interview last week, he still had 80 left to make.
“The gentleman from the Olympic Committee said there is no backup
plan,” Sherrill said. “So if I don’t get these 80 suits out, you will be watching
rowers in Rio with no suits.”
The seamless technology means that the knitting process will be streamlined by a circular electronic knitting machine made by an Italian company
called Santoni, which reduces the number of seams in garments.
After producing the suits through the Santoni machine, Asheboro, N.C.based Wells Hosiery and Apparel puts on the finishing touches before they
are shipped to Rio.
“The athletes are really pleased with the new technology and seamless
design,” said Allison Frederick Muller, communications director for the U.S.
Rowing Association. “We are excited to travel to Rio in less than a week, and
put them to use at the Olympic venue.”
Sherrill says the technology will make the unisuits more comfortable, and
a closer fit. The suits will also be water-repellent and have an antimicrobial
finish to offer some protection against bacteria.
“It kills bacteria, and as you know, odor comes from bacteria,” Sherrill said.
“I mean literally a lot of your socks are antimicrobial because you wear them
and they don’t smell.”
Sherrill said the antimicrobial and water-repellent features will be a first for
the team.
“It was an added advantage to be antimicrobial,” Sherrill said. “The antimicrobial was our idea just to give it extra value.”
Keith Sherrill, the Director of Product Development, works on garments
at Speizman International Seamless Development Lab in Charlotte, N.C.,
where the uniforms of the U.S. and Nigerian rowing teams are made. (J.
Daniel Hud/Charlotte Observer/TNS)
ACC opens for Saturday registration
For students who work and may not have time to test, register or apply
for Financial Aid for college during the week, Alvin Community College is
opening its doors on Saturday, Aug. 13 for the Super Saturday Registration Blitz.
ACC staff members will be at the college from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the
Admissions Office to provide help for those wanting to take courses in the
fall.
Several services will be offered including state-required testing to attend
college. Students must register for testing by Aug. 11 in order to take the
exams on Saturday, Aug. 13. Seats for testing fill quickly. The tests will be
administered starting at 8:15 a.m.
Staff members with the Continuing Education and Workforce Development Department will be available for students who want to enroll in a
career training program.
Those who need guidance on which courses to take can also visit with
academic advisors who will be on hand. Advisors can visit with students to
determine which classes will fit their needs and which degree plan is best
suited for them.
Financial Aid staff members will be available to help students apply for
assistance to help pay for their courses.
Students will also be able to pay for their classes, purchase their books,
obtain a student ID and receive their parking pass.
Once students have finished testing and know which classes they want
to take, they can then register for the 2016 fall semester.
Fall registration is open until Aug. 23. Students who register prior to
Aug. 8 will not pay any late fee. From Aug. 9 through Aug. 13 students
must make their payment upon registering.
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Story lines to watch at Rio Summer Olympics
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ing the past three in the 200 IM.
Lochte, the Volusia County native,
owns 11 Olympic medals and is the
current world and American recordholder in the only individual event in
which he is scheduled to compete
in Brazil.
Lightning rod
Usain Bolt of Jamaica is back in a
bid to claim gold in the 100 and 200
meters and the 4 x 100 relay for the
third consecutive Olympics.
He was a curiosity in Beijing,
the main attraction in London, and
now he has arrived in Rio, stalking history but with a big question
mark affixed to his name. How is
Bolt, who will turn 30 on Aug. 21
(the date of the closing ceremonies) physically after pulling out of
the Jamaican trials because of an
injured hamstring?
Hobbled or not, Bolt tends to be
energized by the biggest races.
Old times’ sake
Arguably Bolt’s top challenger in
Rio will come from a 34-year-old
Orlando resident with a checkered
past and incredibly fleet feet.
Justin Gatlin, who trains at Montverde Academy in Lake County,
Fla., is coming off impressive performances in winning the 100 and 200
at the U.S. trials in Eugene, Ore. He
will be the oldest American men’s
sprinter to race in the Olympics in
more than a century.
With drug suspensions marring
his resume, Gatlin’s past can’t be
whitewashed. As for his present, he
poses a threat to claim the title of
the world’s fastest man — even at
his advanced age.
Russian roulette
In the days leading to the Olympics, the Russian doping scandal
made headline news.
The International Olympic Committee ruled any Russian athletes
with a previous doping offense won’t
be allowed to compete in Rio but
refused to throw out a blanket nowelcome mat for all of the country’s
qualifiers. They left that messy detail
to the various sport federations
— the Russian track and field team
has been barred — but either way,
this stain won’t go away.
Flipping out
Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.
For the Olympics, that often
means women’s gymnastics — one
of the most watched competitions in
any summer games.
The U.S. gymnastics team has
many compelling stories, none
bigger than a 4-foot-9 springboard
from Columbus, Ohio, named
Simone Biles. She is the reigning
four-time U.S. all-around champion
and has won 14 medals at world,
the most ever for an American
female gymnast.
Hoop it up
No LeBron. No Steph. No
Anthony Davis. No Blake Griffin.
The Americans have won five
of the past six gold medals in the
sport, the only hiccup coming
when they settled for bronze while
Argentina took gold and Italy silver.
My Answer by Billy Graham
Is Heaven real? Without a doubt!
Q: How can we know if Heaven exists? Maybe it’s just an idea
people dreamed up so they’d have something to look forward to
when they die. Or maybe we’ll have to wait until we die to find out if
there’s anything afterward. - P.S.G.
A: Heaven is real; it’s even more real than the world you see around
you. Someday this world in its present form will come to an end - but
Heaven will never end! As the Bible says, “What is seen is temporary, but
what is unseen is eternal” (2 Corinthians 4:18).
How do I know Heaven exists? I know it first of all because of God’s
promises. From one end of the Bible to the other, God has told us that we
were not meant for this world alone. We were created in the image of God
- and just as God cannot die, neither can we. Jesus said, “I am going there
to prepare a place for you” (John 14:2).
I know Heaven exists also because of God’s plan. We aren’t here by
chance; God put us here, and someday He will destroy all evil and bring
us into His eternal kingdom. In the words of perhaps the most familiar passage in the Old Testament, “I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever”
(Psalm 23:6).
But I know Heaven exists most of all because of God’s power in Jesus
Christ. By His death on the cross, Christ provided the way for our sins to
be forgiven, and by His resurrection from the dead, He opened the door
to eternal life. By faith give your life to Christ and put your confidence in
Him. Then you’ll know beyond all doubt that He is with you right now - and
ahead of you is Heaven!
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ing Holland’s iconic tulips - destined
mill, you realize ... it’s just like you
power with mills helped Europe
tions. Up along the ceiling, susto make someone’s day.
imagined it.
come out of the Dark Ages.
pended orange trams zip loads of
I’m always wary of travel cliches,
(Rick Steves ) writes EuroKeeping this country dry is a
flowers to the distribution center
but they’re not necessarily a bad
pean travel guidebooks and hosts
constant battle. And with climate
across the street, far more quickly
thing. In Holland’s polder country, as
travel shows on public television
change and rising sea levels now a
and efficiently than trucks. Workyou pedal a bike past quaint gabled
and public radio. Email him at
reality, the work is that much harder
ers scramble to get each buyer’s
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houses reflected in a mirror-smooth
[email protected] and follow his
and more expensive. Famous
purchase assembled and shipped
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canal, gazing upon stunning rows
blog on Facebook.)
for both their frugality and their
out. Every day from this building,
When you consider Dutch culof tulips and a whirring oak wind(c)2016 RICK STEVES
foresight, the Dutch are investing
millions of flowers are sent - includture, you can’t help but think about
billions of euros as climate change
dikes, windmills, wooden shoes and
makes its costly impact felt on seatulips. They seem cliche, but these
level communities here and around
classic icons intertwine with the
the globe.
region’s geography and history.
It’s pretty easy to tell where the
Much of the country is below
sea level was around here. If you
sea level, reclaimed with great effort
scoop up a handful of dirt in polder
over many generations from the
country, it may come with some
North Sea. That’s why the Dutch
seashells. At first the salty seabed
people like to say, “God made the
soil is barren, but with a mix of rain,
world, but we made Holland.”
sunshine, and clever crop rotation,
This land is so small and flat
it eventually becomes extremely
that the Dutch claim if you stand
fertile. Like magic, the Dutch have
on a chair, you can see all across
turned tidal flats into fields of flowtheir country. (To test this theory
ers - another thing the country is
during one visit, I borrowed a chair
famous for.
Holland’s whirring windmills harness wind energy to pump excess water into canals. (Cameron Hewitt, Rick
from a farmer, and you really can
If you visit between mid-March
Steves’ Europe)
see for miles!) This polder land - flat
and mid-May, a trip to Keukenhof is
land reclaimed from the sea - is
essential. This 80-acre park is the
the source of several
greatest bulb-flower
Dutch icons, beginning
garden on earth - with
with wooden shoes that RICK STEVE’S more than seven million
allowed farmers to walk
blooming bulbs and
EUROPE
across soggy fields.
800 tulip varieties. It’s
(They’re also easy to
just half an hour south
find should they come off in high
of Amsterdam and well connected
water because they float.)
by public transport - but come early
The Dutch employed hundreds
to avoid the crowds. I’m not one
of miles of dams and mighty barriwho’s really into flowers, but when
ers, or dikes, to protect their farms
you arrive at Keukenhof and see all
and communities from flooding.
the gorgeous, colorful blooms, you
To pump out all that water, they
appreciate just a little bit of what
used one of their leading natural
tulip mania is all about.
resources: the wind. Windmills
While Keukenhof is open only
drained salt marshes and the
in the spring, any time of year you
Zuiderzee (the shallow bay in the
can see the Aalsmeer flower auction
northwest) one section at a time.
- the world’s biggest flower-tradWhat had once been fishing villages
ing center - located not far from
on little islands - like Schokland Amsterdam’s airport. I always visit
are now high and dry mounds rising
the cavernous building at its 7 a.m.
above fertile farmland.
opening to catch this beehive at its
The Dutch have been using
busiest. To get the flowers out as
windmills for centuries. Over a thoufresh as possible, everything hapsand survive, and many still work.
pens fast, including the bidding.
Get a map and rent a bike (or take
A “Dutch auction” means that
a bike tour), and you’ll find mills just
prices start high and tick down;
outside the capital city of Amsterbuyers push a button when the
dam. You can visit a windmill for a
auction clock - projected on huge
few euros, and sometimes even get
screens - hits a price they’re willing
a peek at the clever engine inside
to pay. Trainloads of flowers roll
that powered this land’s creation.
through the hall, while outside, a
Once, while climbing into a workKeystone-Cops commotion of deliving windmill during a strong wind,
ery cars makes sure all the flowers
I felt the wonder and excitement
get to their locations that same day
industrious people must have felt a
- anywhere in Europe.
thousand years ago when the techTrolling the fragrant catwalk, it’s
nology to harness wind and water
fun to peer down on the opera-
Appreciating
Dutch cliches
ACROSS
1 Cellist’s need
4 North of Colombia
9 P.T. goal
14 In a style resembling
15 Make less dangerous
16 Clear
17 Hipster
18 Inspiration for a chewy candy
20 Doglike scavengers
22 Bird on Australia’s coat of arms
23 __-di-dah
24 “Frasier” role
25 Run __: find
28 Horns banned at the 2014 World
Cup
31 Tons
35 Nobelist Pavlov
36 Visual greeting
37 Peruvian wool sources
38 “Yo, how’s things?”
39 Colorful island dresses
41 Game show VIPs
42 Umpteen
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In memory of Greg Wilkinson
DOWN
1 One of music’s Three Bs
2 Maker of Regenerist skin care
products
3 Steam
4 Contemporary electronic music
genre
5 Weighty obligation
6 Howard’s best friend on “The Big
Bang Theory”
7 “Storage Hunters” network __TV
8 Bonfire leftovers
9 Turndowns
10 Misspeak, say
11 Swag
12 Where Bhutan is
13 “Little Women” woman
19 Rock genre
21 Any thing
25 Felipe of baseball
26 Element in a rechargeable battery
27 Hydromassage facility
28 Travel papers
29 Soft palate dangler
30 Plenty, to texters
32 Timeless
33 __-ovo vegetarian
34 Krupp Works city
37 Island bash
39 Do-it-yourselfer’s nightmare
40 Homely
43 __ Mahal
45 Start of something big?
47 Delaware tribe
48 Presidential debate moderator
Jim
50 Seminary subj.
52 Big primates
53 Select
54 Fencing blade
56 Golf great Ballesteros
57 Gorilla who learned sign language
58 Junk food, in adspeak
60 Official at a base
61 Commonly used base
62 “Ideas worth spreading” conference acronym
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and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains
every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to
solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.
Solutions
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44 “Hometown Proud” supermarket
chain
45 Give (out)
46 It’s a wrap
47 Yoga-inspired athletic apparel
brand
49 Actor Piven of “Entourage”
51 __ trip
52 Master
55 Kyoto cash
56 Hammerheads, e.g.
59 Dish at a 37-Down
63 Electron-deficient particle, e.g.
64 Varnish resin
65 Pet problem?
66 Alias lead-in
67 Crashed, so to speak
68 Closer
69 Morning salmon
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Bulletin Horoscope
THE GREAT TEXAS MOSQUITO FESTIVAL
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The sharpest pencils haven’t
yet done any work. You have a tendency to compare
yourself to others, but shouldn’t feel let down by the
comparison. In the week ahead be proud of your myriad
accomplishments.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Relationships may shift
to a new level and business alliances could undergo
an important transition. You may become more aware
of public opinion this week. Innovation under stressful
circumstances is your biggest strength.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Be confident of
your accuracy when dealing with vague problems. In the
week to come you may be motivated to be the best you
can be. Burn off some nervous energy by accepting an
invitation for a change of scene.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Shakeups are quickly
forgotten after the dice have been thrown. Make an effort
to cooperate with everyone as this week unfolds. You and
a partner must come to terms about a joint financial obligation or investment.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The atmosphere may
cool down when there are restrictions. Attention to detail is
called for in the week ahead and you must show respect
to those in control. However, you are quite capable of
manipulating circumstances in your favor.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Make a choice. You can
fall prey to fear or promote understanding. In the week
ahead you can tighten the bonds of key relationships or
launch important initiatives with impunity. This might be a
good time for a first date or meeting.
History of the World
Aug. 8: ON THIS DATE in 1815,
Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for St.
Helena to spend the rest of his life
in exile after his army was defeated
in the Battle of Waterloo in present-day Belgium. In 1974, President
Nixon announced he would resign
the next day at noon after new
revelations in the Watergate scandal
erased any chance he had of avoiding impeachment.
Aug. 9: ON THIS DATE in 1854,
Henry David Thoreau published
Walden. In 1945, the United States
exploded a nuclear bomb over
Nagasaki, Japan, which led to the
empire’s surrender in World War II a
few days later.
Aug. 10: ON THIS DATE in
1519, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan’s five ships set sail
to circumnavigate the Earth. Only
one ship completed the voyage. In
1988, President Reagan signed a
measure providing $20,000 payments to Japanese-Americans who
had been interned during World
War II.
Aug. 11: ON THIS DATE in
1909, the SOS distress signal was
first used by an American ship, the
Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, N.C.
In 1934, the first federal prisoners
arrived at the island prison Alcatraz
in San Francisco Bay.
Aug. 12: ON THIS DATE in
1953, the Soviet Union conducted
secret tests of its first hydrogen
bomb. In 1981, IBM introduced the
personal computer and PC-DOS
version 1.0.
Aug. 13: ON THIS DATE in
1624, French King Louis XIII named
Cardinal Richelieu his first minister.
In 1907, the first taxicab began
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operating in New York City.
Aug. 14: ON THIS DATE in
1900, international forces, including U.S. Marines, entered Beijing,
then called Peking, to put down
the Boxer Rebellion, which was
aimed at purging China of foreigners. In 1935, the Social Security Act
became law, creating unemployment insurance and pension plans
for the elderly.
Answer to last week’s
question: This week in 1981, Pete
Rose broke Stan Musial’s National
League record for most career hits.
This week’s question: In
1962, whom did Ringo Starr replace
as drummer for the Beatles?
Did you know?
• A group of wombats is called a “wisdom.”
• “Happy heart syndrome,” a dangerous swelling of the heart mid-ventricle,
is triggered by happy events like birthday parties and weddings.
• When a bald eagle loses a feather on one wing, it will lose a feather on
the other wing just to keep its balance.
• Workers constructing the new World Trade Center could eat at a Subway
restaurant that moved up the building as it was built.
Jumble Answers
Jumbles: BUILT POISE MODISH ENDURE
Answer: Members of country clubs have these -- DUES AND DON’TS
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your motto may be “the
more the merrier” as this week unfolds. The urge to
experiment with new and different things may be more
tempting than usual. Your idea of what can be fun
might amuse or intrigue less adventurous souls.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Manners mean
everything. There is a tendency for authority figures to
be exacting in the week ahead, with a requirement for
formality and respect. Your ambitions may surge and
social exchanges may have a businesslike air.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Reserve judgment and
make your own decisions. The attention of others can
boost your spirits but it may be best to get all the facts
before making a promise. Close companions may
expect you to uphold high standards this week.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Congeniality and
sociability is tempered by decorum as the week
unfolds, so horseplay may be inappropriate. Remain
organized and tend to the business at hand. Handle
financial affairs with an eye on long term profits.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You seem to have the
golden touch. Use an opportunity to bind someone
more closely who can enrich your life or your wallet.
People you meet in the week to come could be especially helpful over the long term.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It might be a wonderful
week to plant seeds for the future. Promises that are
made will very likely be honored and business plans
will be well organized. Loved ones, however, may ask,
“What’s in it for me?”
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MR. MORRIS
THE MIDDLETONS
By Rick Brooks
By Ralph Dunagin and Dana Summers
CHARMY’S ARMY
By Davey Jones
BROOM HILDA
By Russel Myers
ANIMAL CRACKERS
By Fred Wagner
Scramble solutions: use a mirror to check your answers
Did you know?
• An Egyptian military court sentenced a four-year-old boy to life in prison
for murders committed when he was one year old.
• A reporter’s experiment found that it took longer to get a Cronut than a
gun in the state of New York.
• High levels of intense exercise can permanently change the structure of
the heart, predisposing some individuals to arrhythmias.
• According to a study, people overwhelmingly equate physical strength
with higher status and leadership qualities in men.
• According to research on social media, words that are emotionally neutral or slightly pessimistic are more persuasive than happy words.
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