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“Cold” is the word for the weather in most locations of North America during January. Let’s turn up the heat in this issue of Tidbits using water, gas, logs, electricity and more.•Since the beginning of time, there has been a need to heat homes, buildings and more. The earliest type of indoor heating was an open fire. Fireplaces and wood stoves of many varieties were used worldwide. Still used in many modern and beautiful homes, fireplaces and stoves in developed countries now can be quite ef-ficient and home fashion statements as well. In contrast, in many third-world countries, an open fire burning in the middle of a room is used to provide heat, leading to smoke, ash and other problems inside.•Scientists and inventors all over the world have experi-mented with how to heat the indoors for many years. Different types of systems were developed with differ-ing degrees of success. • Starting before 100 AD, in the northern Roman Em-pire, a type of central heating known as hypocaust was used to conduct air heated by wood furnaces through empty spaces under floors and out of pipes in walls. Hy-pocaust literally means “fire beneath.” The systems were mainly used for private homes and public baths. • The Royal Monastery of Our Lady of the Wheel, founded in 1202 on the Ebro River in Spain, contains an excellent example of a type of central heating. The Cistercian monks used river diversions combined with indoor wood-fired furnaces to heat the large building. • Fast-forward a bit in history, and Benjamin Franklin, a famous American of many talents, invented the Franklin Stove in the 1740s. His stoves heated double the space using less wood than fireplaces and were equipped to take in fresh air and minimize smoke. Another inventor, David Rittenhouse, improved Franklin’s design with an L-shaped exhaust pipe. The stoves became popular all over America and Europe. •The Franklin stove and other wood stoves helped heat homes more efficiently since the stoves generated heat all around their iron bodies. They typically used one quarter as much wood for twice as much heat. They did present a safety challenge though; touching the stoves had disastrous effects. Today, many efficient wood stoves are being sold with modern safety features. •Also developed in the 1700s was the first hydrological system; as the word implies, it used water. The system was installed in Peter the Great’s Summer Palace in St.

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Petersburg, Russia. It was the real forerunner of central heating, and soon the French, Swiss and British fol-lowed with their own water-based systems in the early 1800s. • An interesting early steam-heating system was devel-oped by Angier March Perkins in England in 1830. The first of his systems to be installed was in the home of Governor of the Bank of England, John Horley Palmer. The reason Palmer wanted the system? So he could grow grapes in England’s cold climate•When a Russian businessman of Polish descent, Franz San Galli, invented the traditional cast-iron radiator in about 1855, water-based heat really became popular. This invention contributed significantly to our modern heating systems. • The radiator system relied on a boiler located in the basement to heat water, and pipes carried the hot water to the remainder of the building. Many older homes still use these types of heating systems. • With the discovery of electricity and the study of how to harness and use it, inventors started using their imaginations and brainpower to invent many appliances to improve living conditions. One of these important inventions was the electric heater, invented by Alexan-der Graham Bell. • Early electric heaters consisted of small metal boxes holding electric light bulbs. The boxes produced a comforting glow, and as the heat transferred from the bulb to the metal, they got warmer and warmed the sur-rounding air. • These early heaters worked, but, of course, many inventors have improved on the heaters for generations. In 1905, engineer Albert Marsh discovered a metal alloy called chromel that proved to be a great material for making heating elements inside heaters. He became known as the father of the electrical heating industry. • Through the years, space heaters, as the small ma-chines were called, made their way into homes. They worked great to heat the “space” where the family gath-ered. Fireplaces and wood stoves as well as furnaces with systems that pushed warm air from the basement were still employed as well. In colder climates, many wood furnaces were gradually replaced with coal, then fuel oil, natural gas and propane. • The Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centu-ries saw many scientists, engineers and others inventing

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new machines for all kinds of needs. Forced air systems with ducts built through ceilings and floors used electric fans to distribute heat and came on the scene in about 1935, introduced by the Lennox Company. • HVAC systems (heating, ventilating and air-condition-ing) have been around for quite a while. As far back as 1901, Alfred Wolff designed a large system for heating, cooling and humidity control at the New York Stock Exchange. The term “air-conditioning” was not used until Stuart Cramer, a textile engineer from North Carolina, coined the term in 1906. • Our options for heating today are many. We can have electric forced-air heat; ceiling or floor cable heating; natural gas, oil or propane heating; fireplaces with blow-ers to push out the heat; fireplace inserts; woodstoves; heat pumps; and more. Most households heat with natural gas, with electricity coming in second, and smaller num-bers using fuel oil and propane. •Thermostats now in homes allow us to program our heat to be as warm or cool as we want at certain times of the day or night. If you stop air leaks around windows and doors that allow cold air to sneak in, the efficiency of your system will be greatly enhanced. But if you really want to save money, set your thermostat low and don some long underwear, a sweater, a hat, some socks and gloves!

Arlington ReportIn early December, when the Wreaths Across America program put wreaths on graves at Arlington National Cemetery, I flashed back to the ongoing problem of the graves errors at the cemetery: unmarked graves, headstones with no remains, broken urns with scattered remains, graves with more than one person buried in them. The problems, it was thought at the time, could involve upward of 6,000 graves.Congress demanded that the Army “provide an ac-counting” of all the gravesites at Arlington. The recently completed report counted (three times) 259,978 gravesites and took digital photos to compare to 510,000 paper records. Of those, 195,748 graves had no discrepancies. But that left 64,230 with errors to be resolved. That’s fully one-quarter of the gravesites.Supposedly the “errors” involve misspelling of names

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and other inconsistencies. How then does that jibe with discovering multiple remains in one grave last year, or the 117 graves with no marker whatsoever, or the 94 markers with no remains?The report was padded with miscellanea. For exam-ple, one narrative went on for three pages citing the problems with the spelling of a Civil War-era wife’s name. But it’s what happens with those other 64,329 unresolved cases that we want to know about. What about those broken, dumped and scattered urns? And those headstones found dumped in a stream in Sec-tion 28 last year -- will they be returned to the proper gravesite? I’m lucky. Each year, in conjunction with the Wreaths Across America program, a friend visits my parents’ graves at Arlington. (Yes, they both served.) I get photos back and see instantly that the grave marker is still in good condition -- and that it’s still there. I cannot fathom the pain some relatives must feel when they learn that their loved ones aren’t buried where they believed they were.

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Aaron Rogers was resting comfortably in what was supposed to be an essentially meaningless game for the playoff-bound Packers, who had flirted with an undefeated season before being shocked by the Chiefs in Arrowhead three weeks earlier. Besides, the Packers’ backup quarterback, Matt Flynn, had almost beaten the Patriots last season, tossing three touch-downs in 31-27 loss.So, with nothing on the line, Flynn decided to add himself into the footnotes of football history by shattering two of the Packers’ all-time passing records -- and the really cool ones, too. For on this day, on the frozen tundra, Flynn threw the ball 480 yards, slinging six touchdowns. That led me to pose a question to an old high-school friend: “Does this Flynn kid remind you of anybody we know?”The guy I sent the message to was Jeffrey Cuozzo, son of Gary Cuozzo. In 1965, Cuozzo, a free agent signed by the Baltimore Colts out of Virginia, was finally given his shot to start at quarterback. The legendary Johnny Unitas had the team playoff bound, riding in on a streak of six straight wins. Now sidelined with a severe back injury, it was time to see what Cuozzo could do.Cuozzo had played so little through the years that he actually went back to school to get a degree in dentistry. So there was skepticism in the air -- at least until Cuozzo replaced it with

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There are 1,600 hot springs in the United States ac-cording to a list published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Many exist in Canada as well. Let’s take a dip in some hot water! • Hot springs are places where hot groundwater flows out of the earth. The springs form when water seeps through hot volcanic rocks underground, which can heat the water to the boiling point, 212° F (100° C). This heated water, which may contain a variety of min-erals, then flows up to the earth’s surface. • The springs vary greatly in size, the amount of water discharged and the minerals present. Many larger springs located in the Rocky Mountains of the United States and Canada are the result of long cracks in sedi-mentary rock.• Some mineral springs distinguish themselves from regular “hot springs” by touting the minerals present in their waters. A mineral spring is a spring that contains a reading of 400 parts/million of total dissolved solids. • Radium Hot Springs in Kootenay National Park in western Alberta was named for the small traces of radon in the water, which makes it the most radioactive spring in North America. The level of radon, however, is too low to make it a health concern. The water is rich in silica, magnesium, sulphate, fluoride, calcium and bicarbonate. The water temperature ranges from 98.4 to 113.9° F (36.9 to 45.5° C) in odorless pools that are surrounded by natural rock walls. Radium Hot Springs boasts Canada’s largest mineral pool as well as an 82-foot- (25-m-) long cool pool that even has a diving board. • Hot Springs National Park, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, is well known for its bathhouses, health spas and hotels built to take advantage of natural underground springs. One of the smallest national parks in the country, it is also one of the most unique. • Hot Springs became a national site in 1832 to con-serve the hot water from 47 springs that originate at Hot Springs Mountain. Mammoth Spring, one of the largest springs in the country, pumps about nine million gal-lons (34 million liters) of water every hour. People have been using the hot water for therapeutic baths to treat rheumatism and other ailments for more than 200 years. • The city of Hot Springs is the only city in America within a national park. Nicknamed “The American Spa,” the park includes the area known as “Bathhouse Row,” which is a National Historic Landmark District. The park also contains miles of trails, campsites and picnic areas in the surrounding Ouachita Mountains.• Many hot springs are not developed as destinations but are left for hikers, cross country skiers and horse-back riders to explore. For example, northeast of Van-couver, B.C., is Pitt River Hot Springs. Many say it is the best, most pristine hot springs in British Columbia, probably because of the difficult access. The springs have two small pools that are filled by waterfalls over-head, and the icy cold Pitt River flows beside the pools. Two ropes are used to climb down steep rocks to gain access to the hot springs. • Wherever you live, there are probably some hot springs within a day’s drive. Go exploring see what wonders of nature you discover.

five touchdown passes. At the time, it was the single greatest performance ever for a first-time start. And even the great Unitas never passed for five touchdowns in a game. Unitas was back the next week, however, and he made it clear to Cuozzo he wasn’t going to retire anytime soon, so Cuozzo asked for a trade and got it. He became the first quarterback for the expansion New Orleans Saints and made the cover of Sports Illustrated. This time, expectations were high.The Saints went 3-7 their inaugural season and Cuozzo was traded again, this time to Minnesota, the team he had torched that first game in Baltimore. There, he again found himself mired behind another star quarterback in Joe Kapp, anchored to the bench. But in 1970, Cuozzo was given a chance to be the team’s starter and guided the “Purple People Eaters” to their first-ever NFC Central title. Despite a last-minute touchdown pass, the San Francisco 49ers bounced the Vikings in the first round, and Cuozzo bounced around the NFL for a few more years. Retired, he opened his dental practice and settled down to a cattle ranch in Middletown, N.J., where as kids, we would play on his football field (real goal posts!) or sled into the electrical fence surrounding the cow pasture (real dumb kids!). He watched his three sons quarterback the Middle-town South Eagles (Jeff led them to a championship one year). Tragedy struck the family when his eldest son was mur-dered. But Cuozzo became a born-again Christian. As a drug counselor, he has helped turn things around for those in need for years, proving a local footnote can also become one of the local heroes, too.

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Mediterranean Angel HairDotted with savory Mediterranean ingredients like olives, artichokes and Feta cheese, this low-calorie pasta dish is both filling and flavorful.

1/2 box uncooked Dreamfields Angel Hair1 tablespoon olive oil5 cloves garlic, chopped2 anchovy filets (optional), mashed1 can (14-ounce) artichoke hearts, drained, halved, pat-ted dry2 cups bell pepper strips (1/4-inch wide, assorted colors)2 tablespoons capers (optional), rinsed and drained1/4 cup pitted Kalamata olives, sliced lengthwise into quarters1/2 cup reduced-sodium, fat free chicken broth1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme leaves1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano leavesFeta cheese (plain or Mediterranean flavor), crumbled

1. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain; rinse in cold water or in ice water until completely cooled and drain well.2. Meanwhile, heat oil in large nonstick skillet over me-dium heat. Add garlic; stir to coat with oil. Cook about 1 minute to soften, stirring constantly. Stir in anchovies, if desired. Add artichokes; cook 2 to 3 minutes until heated through, stirring occasionally.3. Add bell peppers and capers, if desired. Cook and stir about 2 minutes until peppers are just crisp-tender. Stir in olives.4. Add broth and pasta to skillet. Toss and heat through until liquid is absorbed. Stir in thyme and oregano. Sprinkle with feta cheese, as desired. Serves 4.

• Each serving: About 273 calories, 8g total fat (1g saturated), 0mg cholesterol, 650mg sodium, 15g* total carbs, 7g dietary fiber, 8g protein.

*If traditional pasta is used, there is a total of 45g carbo-hydrate.

Mafalda With Veal and RosemaryAny Italian cook would say “molto bene,” or very good, after one bite.

1 package (16 ounces) mafalda or spaghettiSalt1 tablespoon olive oil1 medium onion, finely chopped1 clove garlic, minced1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves, crumbled1 pound ground veal1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper1/2 cup dry white wine1 can (14 1/2- to 16-ounce) tomatoes1 tablespoon margarine or butter1/2 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley leavesFresh rosemary for garnish

1. In large saucepot, prepare pasta in boiling salted water as label directs.2. Meanwhile, in 12-inch skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat until hot. Add onion and cook until al-most tender, about 3 minutes, stirring often. Stir in garlic and rosemary and cook 30 seconds.3. Increase heat to high. Add veal, pepper and 1 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring often, 5 to 7 minutes, until veal browns. Add wine and cook until almost evaporated, stirring to loosen brown bits. Stir in tomatoes with their juice, breaking up tomatoes with side of spoon; heat to boiling.4. Boil 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove skillet from heat; stir in margarine or butter.5. Drain pasta; return to saucepot. Add veal mixture and parsley; toss to coat. Garnish with fresh rosemary. Serves 6.

• Each serving: About 455 calories, 11g total fat (3g satu-rated), 62mg cholesterol, 665mg sodium, 62g carbohy-drate, 26g protein.



On Jan. 28, 1855, the Panama Railway, which carried thousands of unruly miners to California via the dense jungles of Central America, dispatches its first train across the Isthmus of Panama. The track went through Panamanian jungle roughly along the route followed by the present-day canal.

On Jan. 24, 1908, the Boy Scouts movement begins in England with the publication of the first installment of Robert Baden-Powell’s Scouting for Boys. In September 1909, 10,000 Scouts showed up at the first national Boy Scout meeting in London.

On Jan. 27, 1926, John Logie Baird, a Scottish inventor, gives the first public demonstration of a true television system in London. The “televisor” used mechanical ro-tating disks to scan moving images into electronic im-pulses, which were transmitted by cable to a screen.

On Jan. 29, 1936, the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame in Coo-perstown, N.Y., elects its first members: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Matthewson and Walter Johnson. The Hall of Fame has elected 296 individuals in all.

On Jan. 23, 1968, the U.S. intelligence-gathering ship Pueblo is seized by the North Korean navy and charged with spying and violating territorial waters. Negotiations to free the 83-man crew of the U.S. ship took nearly a year. The crewmen reported horrific treatment at the hands of the North Koreans.

On Jan. 26, 1979, “The Dukes of Hazard,” a television comedy about two good-old boys in the rural South and their souped-up 1969 Dodge Charger known as General Lee, debuts on CBS. The show was known for its car chases, stunts and General Lee, which had an orange paint job and a Confederate flag across its roof.

On Jan. 25, 1980, on arrival at Tokyo’s Narita Interna-tional Airport, Beatle Paul McCartney is found to be car-rying nearly half a pound of marijuana in his baggage -- an amount he assured Japanese authorities was intended solely for his personal use. Facing a seven-year prison sentence, McCartney was instead released and quickly deported from Japan.

right, lie down so your head projects off the other side of the bed. When dizziness stops, turn the head to the left side, with the left ear facing down. Next, roll over on your left side so the head faces down for 10 to 15 seconds. Finally, return to the sitting position with your head bent slightly down in front. You might have to repeat the procedure more than twice. If this is too confusing, have your family doctor or an ENT doctor put you through the motions.The booklet on vertigo explains the common causes of it and their treatment. To obtain a copy, write: Dr. Donohue -- No. 801W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Why doesn’t the heart ever get cancer? I’ve never seen this question asked or talked about on TV. Blood feeds tumors, so it makes sense that the heart would be a target. -- C.V.

ANSWER: Tumors do arise in the heart. A somewhat-common benign tumor is a myxoma. It can disrupt the flow of blood through the heart. Malignant cancers, ones that spread and grow rapidly, also arise in the heart. They are quite rare. A rhabdomyosarcoma is a malignant tumor of heart muscle. The blood contained in the heart doesn’t feed heart muscle. If it did, we’d never have heart attacks. Heart muscle is nourished by its own arteries. So are heart tumors.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 82 and in pretty good health except for a recent problem. During the day everything is fine, but when I lie down to go to sleep, the room starts to spin. It lasts about 10 seconds. Then if I turn my head to look at the clock, the dizziness returns. In the morning when I wake and turn my head again, the room spins.Do I have an inner-ear infection? How can this problem be fixed? -- J.C.

ANSWER: Although I can’t give you 100 percent assurance, I can say on solid ground that you have benign positional vertigo, BPH. Vertigo is dizziness. BPH is not an inner-ear infection. It comes on just as you have written, with a change in the position of the head -- lying down, turning to the side or looking up to a cupboard shelf. The attacks are brief but disrupting.Crystals normally found in one part of the inner ear have migrated to another part. Moving the head activates the displaced crystals, and they send a message to the brain that brings on dizziness. The inner ear is not only for hearing; it’s also for balance.You can bring the crystals back to their original site through a series of movements called the Epley repositioning maneuvers. Sit on the side of a bed and bend your head to the shoulder on the side that triggers dizziness. Let’s make it the right side, so you can follow the instructions. If it’s the left, just change the direction. With the head turned to the

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2012Mardi Gras Parade Schedule

Saturday, February 4th Ocean Springs: Elks Mardi Gras Parade- Downtown at 1:00 pm Pascagoula: Krewe of Little Rascals Parade- Pascagoula Beach Park at 1:00 pm Gulfport:Orange Grove Parade- Hwy 49 & Dedreaux Road at 2:00 pm

Sunday, February 5thLizana: 9th Lizana Parade- Lizana School Road at 1:00 pm

Saturday, February 11thVancleave:Mystic Krewe of Pine Island Parade-Downtown at NoonBiloxi: 2nd Liners Club Parade- Division Street at 1:00 pmLong Beach:Long Beach Parade- Downtown at 6:00 pmGautier:Mens Club Night Parade- Highway 90 at 7:00 pm

Saturday, February 12thBay St. Louis: Krewe of Kids’ Parade- Dunbar Avenue at 11:00 amWaveland:Nereid’s Parade- Highway 90 at 1:00 pm

Saturday, February 17thOcean Springs: Ocean Springs Night Parade- Downtown at 7:00 pm

Saturday, February 18thDiamondhead: Diamondhead Parade- Community Center at NoonPass Christian:Krewe of Legacy Parade-Vidalia Road at 1:00 pmPascagoula:Jackson County Parade- Downtown at 1:00 pmGulfport:Krewe of Gemini Parade- Downtown at 2:00 pm

Sunday, February 19thPass Christian: Pass Christian Parade- Highway 90 at NoonD’Iberville:North BayArea Parade-LeMoyne Blvd at 1:30 pm

Monday, February 20thBiloxi: 14th Children’s Walking Parade- Highway 90 at 11:00 am

Tuesday, February 21thBay St. Louis: Krewe of Diamonds Parade- Downtown at 1:00 pmBiloxi:Gulf Coast Carnival Parade & Krewe of Neptune Parade -Downtown at 1:00 pmGulfport:Gemini Night Parade- Downtown at 5:30 pm

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