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There’s more to know about ice than just the fact that it’s frozen water. Here are the cold hard facts about cold hard ice!

• About 10% of the Earth’s land mass and 7% of

its oceans are covered by ice. Close to 98% of Antarctica, located at the Earth’s South Pole, is covered by ice averaging at least a mile (1.6 km) in thickness. Its ice sheet holds about 90% of the planet’s fresh water.

• An ice sheet forms when snow that falls in winter does not melt entirely over the summer months. After thousands of years of this process, the lay-ers pile up and compress into thick, dense sheets of ice. In order to be classified as an ice sheet, it must extend more than 20,000 sq. miles (50,000 sq. km). Antarctica’s ice sheet covers almost 5.4 million sq. miles (14 million sq. km), which is about the size of the U.S. and Mexico combined. At one spot the ice is 2.96 miles (4.76 km) thick. Greenland, the world’s largest island, has an ice sheet extending 656,000 sq. miles (1.7 million sq. km), about three times the size of Texas.

• The size of an iceberg varies between 3.3 ft. and 246 ft. (1 to 75 m) above the sea, weighing be-tween 100,000 and 200,000 tons. About one-ninth of an iceberg’s volume is above water. It’s very challenging to determine the shape of that portion that lies underwater.

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ICY INFO (continued):• Icebergs are composed of freshwa-

ter ice that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf, causing them to float freely in the open water. During the warmer weather of spring and summer, the formation of icebergs increases as they separate from the Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets and from other outlying gla-ciers. About 15,000 icebergs sep-arate from Greenland every year, but most melt long before entering the Atlantic Ocean. Less than 400 will flow south of Newfoundland into the North Atlantic.

• Iceberg Alley is the area about 250 miles (402 km) southeast of Newfoundland, Canada. This is where the Titanic struck an ice-berg and sank in April of 1912. Prior to that disaster, which caused 1,500 deaths, there was no system to track icebergs and protect ships from collision. Immediately, the

U.S. Navy began patrolling the waters, and the following year a permanent international system was created.

• About 93% of the world’s icebergs are found in the Antarctic, and they are much larger than their northern counterparts. The largest iceberg on record was sighted in the Pacific Ocean in 1956 and measured 60 x 208 miles (97 x 335 km), with over 12,000 sq. miles (31,000 sq. km) of area, larger than the country of Belgium. In the Northern Atlantic, a 551-ft-tall (168-m) iceberg was reported in 1958, the equivalent of a 55-story building.

• If all the ice in the world were to melt at the same time, the volume of all the oceans would increase by 1.7%, with a rise in sea level of 1180 feet (55 m). This would be the equivalent of the Empire State Building standing in water up to the 20th floor.

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pet food. --Cereals: Savings for cereals can vary widely, and be sizable or nonexistent. Compare your store prices to Amazon. Be prepared to buy multiple boxes at a time and schedule delivery every two or three months, if necessary.--Paper products: Prices here also will vary widely, and you’ll need to buy in quantity. --Replacement filters: Scheduling de-liveries of your furnace, air conditioner or faucet filters is a good reminder to change those filters regularly.An additional benefit of Amazon Prime is the unlimited streaming of thousands of TV shows and movies. Depending on your tastes, this could take the place of Netflix, if you have that. Compare the Amazon offerings with Netflix; there will be plenty of duplicates, but not ev-erything on one is on the other. Beware, however, that Prime’s pricing chang-es, even after a movie or TV show is in your watch list. Before clicking any to view, verify that it’s still free under Prime. Sometimes deleting it from your list and re-adding it will bring it back to free.And if you read Kindle books, you’ll be able to borrow one free book per month with your Prime account. David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his col-umn whenever possible. Send email to [email protected].(c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Scammers Emboldened; Seniors Are Target

The U.S. Senate has a Special Commit-tee on Aging, as well as an Aging Fraud Hotline. While it handles any type of complaint about fraud against a senior, it’s been especially busy lately because of Obamacare, also known as Affordable Care Act. The scammers are out there, and they’re targeting seniors.The committee’s new press release lists some tricks scammers might use to cheat you:• If you have Medicare, you don’t need

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• The scammers will try to get you to disclose personal information, such as your Medicare or Social Security number, or your bank account number. With even some of that information, your identity can be compromised and your savings stolen.

• Scammers can show up at your door, or might phone you or send you email. They might pretend to just verify in-formation, hoping you’ll correct them with the right information.

• Hang up on anyone who calls and says they’re from Social Security or Medi-care. They will never call you, unless you’ve made arrangements with them in advance.

• Medicare open enrollment ended on Dec. 7, but scammers likely will say

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The Aging Fraud Hotline can help with any number of issues related to fraud against seniors: identity theft, Medicare, retirement savings, phone scams, Social Security and more. If you need to file a complaint, call it toll-free at 1-855-303-9470. There’s also a mail form on its website at www.aging.senate.gov. Click on the Contact link and fill in the blanks.To contact Medicare, call 1-800-MEDI-CARE.To report identity theft, call the Federal Trade Commission at 1-877-438-4338 or go online to www.ftc.gov/idtheft.Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personal-ly answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Send email to [email protected].(c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.

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ICY INFO (continued):• Water freezes from the outside in,

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• When can you trust walking on ice? Ice with a thickness of two inches (5.1 cm) will support the weight of a man. Ice that is four inches (10.2 cm) thick will support that man on horseback.

• Hail forms inside strong thunderstorm clouds when those clouds with updrafts pick up water droplets and carry them above the freezing level. Hailstones mea-sure between .2 inch (5 mm) and 6 inches (15 cm) in diameter. In North America, “Hail Alley” is where hail is most com-mon, that area where Colorado, Nebras-ka, and Wyoming meet. Cheyenne, Wy-oming is the continent’s most hail-prone city, with about 9 to 10 hailstorms during the time from May to September. Vivian, South Dakota recorded the U.S.’s largest hailstone in July, 2010, with a diameter

of 8 inches (20 cm) and a weight of 1.93 lbs. (0.88 kg). The world’s largest fell in 1986 in Bangladesh and weighed 2.25 lbs. (1 kg), and was about the size of a canta-loupe. That deadly storm killed 92 people.

• What’s the difference between ice and dry ice? Regular ice is frozen water, while dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide. Dry ice is much colder, with temps below -108 de-grees F (-78 C). Carbon dioxide does not go through a liquid state as it cools from gas to a solid state, and it also doesn’t melt. Rather, it changes directly from a solid into a vapor.

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crocheted doily or a shined up silver baby spoon that have been stored away for years will evoke memories and add charm to the package. Extra ideas: Here are more inexpen-sive box-topper items kids will have fun looking for on your family shop-ping spree: a teething ring for a new baby; snazzy barrettes for little sister; funny refrigerator magnets for Mom and Dad; a bundle of colorful Post-it notes for a teenage cousin; and a packet of herbs for grandma’s spe-cial homemade bread. Donna Erickson’s award-winning series “Donna’s Day” is airing on public television nationwide. To find more of her creative family recipes and activities, visit www.donnasday.com and link to the NEW Donna’s Day Facebook fan page. Her latest book is “Donna Erickson’s Fabulous Funstuff for Families.”(c) 2013 Donna EricksonDistributed by King Features Synd.

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Kim Basinger and Olivia Wilde; “Homefront” with Jason Statham and Winona Ryder; “Good Peo-ple” with Kate Hudson; and “Ve-ronica Mars” (the movie version of the TV series), starring Kristen Bell. Franco is before the cam-eras in “True Story” with Jonah Hill, and “Everything Will Be Fine” with Rachel McAdams, in 3D. Then he’ll star on Broadway in John Steinbeck’s 1937 classic play “Of Mice and Men,” with Chris Dowd, previewing March 19 and opening April 16. What does he do in his spare time?Dustin Hoffman just completed “Chef,” written, directed and star-ring Jon Favreau, plus Robert Downey Jr., and a TV film for the BBC of Roald Dahl’s “Esio Trot,” with Judi Dench. He starts shooting “Boy-choir” with Alfred Molina and Kathy Bates in February.The rarest piece of movie mem-orabilia, the statue of “The Mal-tese Falcon,” just sold for $4.85 million. It topped the original Batmobile from the Adam West

“Batman” TV series, which sold for $4.6 million, and Sean Con-nery’s 007 Aston Martin from “Goldfinger,” which sold for a mere $4.1 million. Before that, Dorothy’s ruby slippers, worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz,” sold for $2 million, and the model of the starship Enter-prise used in “Star Trek” sold for $576,000.So why did the statue from “The Maltese Falcon” sell for so much? According to Dr. Catherine Wil-liamson, director of the Entertain-ment Memorabilia Department of

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• My personal holiday rule is simple: When in doubt, leave it out. There is so much to do, and we want to cover it all, but my best memories of holidays involve the people whom I spend time with, not the place setting or the exact perfect gift. -- Happy Holidays, JoAnn

• “Commit to spending one or two unscheduled nights per week during holiday break just hanging out with your kids. You can enjoy the toys they might have gotten for Christ-mas, read, play games or just relax in each other’s company. They will return to school (and you to work) less stressed.” -- E.G. in Massachusetts

• Try this chef’s trick for a juicy bird: After seasoning, cover the bird with cheesecloth or muslin secured with string. Baste over the cloth every 15 minutes. In the last 20 min-utes, remove the cloth so that the skin can crisp.

• P.S.G. from South Carolina writes: “For holiday gather-ings that you host, delegate ta-ble tasks to your children that are age-appropriate: place set-ting, condiment delivery, re-filling water glasses at sched-uled intervals, etc. Children like to have a job, and they are better behaved when they have a focus and can make a contribution.”

• Plan now for leftovers: Have small plastic containers and zip-top bags in case your guests or family would like to take some home. This is an especially smart thing to do if you are looking to eat healthi-er. Send Grandma home with a turkey plate and a big slice of chocolate cake! It’s better to share.

• “Wondering what wine to serve at your party? Order a case of mixed wines. You might get a hit on your hands!” -- C.C. in Oregon

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• A glacier forms when multiple snowfalls occur over many years, even centuries in mountainous or polar regions. Glaciers form only on land, and flow very slowly across the land, powered by gravity, altering the shape of the Earth, creating valleys, morasses, crevasses, and changing land-forms. Not surprisingly, the world’s largest gla-cier, Lambert Glacier is located in Antarctica.

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As one of the world’s favorite columnists, Erma Bombeck caused us all to laugh at the hum-drum routine of our daily lives. Here’s how she got her start and achieved her success. • After losing her father when she was nine, Erma and her mother moved in with relatives

and her mother went to work to support them. While in junior high, Erma was already showing her gift for humorous writing, with a column in the school newspaper. Her column in her high school paper two years later was a seri-ous column, with a mix of wit. At 15, she landed a job at the Dayton Herald as a part-time copy-girl, and at 16, she published her first journalistic effort. This came when Shirley Temple was vis-iting Dayton in 1943, and Erma’s interview with the child star became a newspaper feature.

• Following high school graduation, Erma joined the Herald full-time, writing obituaries and other minor assignments. Then it was on to the univer-sity and an English degree.

• In 1949, Erma married Bill Bombeck, and when they adopted a child in 1953, she put her jour-nalism career on hold to become a full-time wife and mother. In 1964, with three children, she resumed her writing, penning weekly columns for a small local paper, the Ketterling-Oakwood Times, for $3 each, writing from her small bedroom at home. The following year, the Dayton Journal Herald asked for two columns a week, paying $50 apiece. Within three weeks, the articles went into national syndication, appearing in 36 major U.S. papers under the title “At Wit’s End.” Her columns drew in-spiration from the humorous side of her life as an ordinary suburban housewife.

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• On Dec. 26, 1908, Jack Johnson becomes the first black American to win the world heavyweight title when he knocks out Canadian Tommy Burns in the 14th round in a championship bout near Sydney, Australia. Johnson held the heavyweight title until 1915.

• On Dec. 25, 1914, just after midnight on Christmas morning, Ger-man troops fighting in World War I cease firing their guns and artillery, and commence to sing Christmas carols. At points along the eastern and western fronts, Russian, French and British sol-diers even heard brass bands joining the Germans in their joyous singing.

• On Dec. 28, 1938, silent-film star Florence Lawrence commits suicide in Beverly Hills, Calif. Lawrence also was an inventor: She designed the first “auto signaling arm,” a mechanical turn signal, along with the first mechanical brake signal. She did not patent these inventions, however, and as a result she received no credit for -- or profit from -- either one.

• On Dec. 23, 1946, President Harry Truman appoints an amnes-ty board to review cases of conscientious objectors who were imprisoned after refusing to serve during World War II. Of the 15,000 violators of the World War II Selective Service Act, only 1,500 were considered entitled to full amnesty.

• On Dec. 29, 1956, the New York Times leaks the news that the United States is preparing a major policy statement on the Middle East. The U.S. would oppose any Soviet military intervention in the region, and Middle Eastern powers could count on economic help and military help in opposing any Soviet aggression.

• On Dec. 27, 1968, Apollo 8, the first manned mission to orbit the moon, returns safely to Earth after an historic six-day journey. Astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, Jr., and William Anders were the first human beings to see the dark side of the moon.

• On Dec. 24, 1972, comedian Bob Hope gives what he says is his final Christmas show to U.S. forces in Saigon. The show marked Hope’s ninth consecutive Christmas appearance in Vietnam.

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• Know the signs. Workplace bullying can include verbal abuse, threats, gos-sip, the silent treatment, offensive con-duct, humiliation, intimidation, and work interference or sabotage.

• Be honest with yourself. It’s easy to dis-count or ignore bullying, thinking you might be reading the situation wrongly, but if you think you’re being bullied, you likely are.

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• Get ready to confront the bully. Mental-ly prepare to send a clear and consistent message that the bullying needs to stop.

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4. When was the last time before the 2011-12 season (Lorenzo Brown) that a North Carolina State men’s basketball play-er led the ACC in steals per game?

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FIVE-FOOT-SOMETHINGGood things come in small packages! Check out these folks who are 5’3” (1.6 m) and under. • The career of singer/songwriter Paul Simon be-

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• One of history’s greatest philanthropists stood just 5 feet (1.52 m) tall. Andrew Carnegie came to the United States at age 13, and went to work in a Pennsylvania factory earning $1.20 a week. At 18, he began a career in the railroad business, and began making investments with his earnings. His wise choices yielded substantial returns which en-abled him to go into the steel business. The Carne-gie Steel Corporation was the largest of its kind in the world. At age 61, Carnegie sold his business to J.P. Morgan, earning him more than $200 million (about $6.3 billion in today’s dollars). From that point on, he devoted his life to helping others, in-cluding the construction of 2,800 libraries and the establishment of Carnegie-Mellon University. By the time he died at 83, had had donated some $350 million.

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ERMA BOMBECK (continued): • Just two years later, Erma was popular nationwide and began giving lectures across

the country. In 1967, her columns were compiled into a book published by Doubleday. During the 1970s, 30 million people in the U.S. and Canada were reading her columns in 900 newspapers. She was also writing for several popular magazines. Erma then branched out into television, appearing on Good Morning America for more than 10 years. She was the author of 15 books, most of which were bestsellers, and one that was turned into a television move, The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank.

• Erma’s theory on housework was, “If the item doesn’t multiply, smell, catch on fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one cares. Why should you?”• Erma’s serious side was demon-strated in her promotion of the Equal Rights Amendment for women, as well as her service on the President’s Na-tional Advisory Committee for Wom-en. She was also involved in helping families with children fighting cancer. Erma herself was diagnosed with can-cer in 1992. Following treatment, her kidneys began to fail, and she passed away at age 69 in 1996, shortly after receiving a kidney transplant. • A 29,000-lb. (13,154-kg) rock was hauled from Erma’s Arizona home to her gravesite in her native Dayton, Ohio. Erma once said, “When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, ‘I used everything You gave me.’” This could certainly be said of this amazing woman!

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