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WHO SHOULD BE DOING WHAT?The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently issued its “2008 Physical Activity Guide-lines for Americans.” The good news is that some activity is better than none and small bursts of activ-ity of both aerobic and muscle strengthening are also benefi cial. The HHS notes optimum physical activity for all ages and physical conditions. Some are:

Children and AdolescentsSixty minutes or more of activity each day, most of which should be of moderate or vigorous intensity level at least three days per week, as well as muscle and bone strengthening exercise at least three days per week.

AdultsTwo hours and 30 minutes each week of moderate intensity aerobic exercise or one hour and 15 min-utes each week of vigorous intensity aerobics or a combination of both. Aerobics can be in 10-minute spurts and still be benefi cial. Two or more days per week should be devoted to some muscle strengthen-ing activities.

Specifi c recommendations for older adults, preg-nant women, persons with disabilities and those with chronic medical conditions are provided by the HHS at www.health.gov/PAGuidelines. It is also very im-portant to check with your physician before begin-ning any exercise or fi tness program.

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The most common exercise duration in a day for those who exercise regularly is between 30 and 59 minutes. The amount of time spent on an activity var-ies greatly depending on the activity. Those who use equipment, jog, lift weights, walk, do yoga or aero-bics tend to spend less time exercising; whereas those who play a sport such as baseball, softball, football or golf as well as participate in dancing spend the most time exercising.

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• Eat fresh fruit as much as possible and avoid fruit juices as they may contain added sugars. Avoid fruit “drinks,” which are not 100 percent juice.

• Instead of whole milk, try two percent and gradu-ally decrease to skim over time. Try light versions of cheese, yogurt and ice cream.

• Remove skin from chicken and trim the fat from other meats; skip the butter in the frying pan and try broiling, roasting, braising or grilling.

• Switch from vegetable oil to olive oil when possible for cooking and making homemade salad dressings.

• Start with a small amount of salad dressing to start and only add more if absolutely necessary. Dressing is loaded with calories.

• Choose low fat options when available, e.g. Eng-lish muffi n instead of a donut or a baked potato in-stead of fries (but tone down on the butter and sour cream topping).

• Add more fi ber – it moderates cholesterol and makes you feel full!

• Try a handful of almonds for a snack instead of a candy bar.

SOME FAMOUS HEALTH NUTS• John Basedow is a bodybuilder and fi tness guru best known for exercise tapes as well as an internation-ally syndicated TV magazine show called “Images.” He’s the author of Fitness Made Simple: The Power to Change Your Body & Life” and the video “FMS Awesome Arms.” He is also an American Heart Asso-ciation Spokesperson and has received the American Diabetes Association’s award for his work in educat-ing people about leading a healthful lifestyle.

• Joseph H. Pilates was born in Germany in 1880 from a gymnast father and naturopath mother. As a teenager he was physically fi t enough to pose for ana-tomical charts and believed that lifestyle, bad posture and poor breathing was the root of poor health. Be-fore he migrated to the U.S. in 1925, Pilates began to teach his exercise methods in England as a boxer and self-defense trainer. While interned during World War I on the Isle of Man, he trained other inmates in fi tness. In the U.S., he and his wife refi ned his train-ing methods, calling it “Contrology,” which used the mind to control the body. Because the Pilates Method focused on postural muscles, body balance, spinal support and awareness of breath, many student danc-ers were sent to the Pilates’ studio for training. Jo-seph Pilates wrote several books and died in 1967 at the age of 87. His teachings still remain popular.

• Susan Powter is a dietitian, personal trainer, moti-vational speaker and author of several books. Pow-ter condemned fad diets with her catch phrase “Stop the Insanity.” She promoted eating organic and low-fat foods along with a regular cardiovascular and strength training exercise program in order to main-tain optimum health.

• Jack LaLanne, a fi tness and nutritional expert and motivational speaker is still alive at the age of 94. La-Lanne admits to an addiction to sugar and junk food as a teen but after hearing a talk by Paul Bragg on health and nutrition, he was hooked on good diet and exercise habits, eventually leading to his concentra-tion on bodybuilding and weightlifting. He contin-ues to workout daily by spending 90 minutes in his weight room and 30 minutes walking or swimming.

LaLanne was inducted in the California Hall of Fame just last year at the California Museum for History, Women and the Arts in a ceremony presided over by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, anoth-er famous bodybuilder, and his wife Maria Shriver.

LIFE’S A TREADMILLYou say you’re not getting enough exercise because you’re at work all day? Well, Dr. James Levine from the Mayo Clinic developed a treadmill desk because he felt that people were too sedentary at the work-place. Salo Oberon Numberworks, a staffi ng fi rm out of Minneapolis was one of the fi rst to try it on their employees with great success. Treadmill desks are not exactly mainstream…yet…but can be easily found on the Internet. The maximum speed is 2 MPH

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New Yorker James Buster is using his treadmill desk to “walk across America,” a virtual trip that is being tracked by Google Earth. His goal starting in 2007 was to get to Chicago the fi rst year and Boulder, Colorado the second year and Santa Monica beach in 2009. Buster has made it through Colorado and is well on his way to California on his employer-paid trip. Beats airport security.

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Personal growth is a different matter. Personal growth takes intention, effort, and perseverance. There are two skills you need to have to facilitate your personal growth in our rapidly changing world: Learning skills and people skills.

First of all you must learn how to learn. How do you do that? Ask questions, read books, and do research. In other words: open your mind.

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Love people. The few who learn this great people skill are the most welcome guests at any gathering. Don’t you just love people who love people? Start loving everyone you see. Start by smiling at the people you pass on the street and as you pass them, speak to them silently in your inner spirit with words of love and acceptance.

Then, make others feel important. This is counter-intuitive to our natural way. When we walk into any situation we want people to notice how important we are. Fight the urge to be noticed and start noticing others.

Provoke your personal growth. Get good at learning skills and people skills and you’ll be ready for the boom!

Author/Speaker Jim Rohn says, “Of all the things that can have an effect on your future, I believe personal growth is the greatest. We can talk about sales growth, profi t growth, asset growth, but all of this probably will not happen without personal growth.”

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10 STEPS TO A PERFECT ROOM

STEP 3:

UPHOLSTERY

Our third step in our ten steps to the per-fect room is called upholstery. We all need upholstery. It’s what we sit on.

It covers the sofas, chairs, all sorts of pieces. I love to see how people arrange their furniture, and one of the things that I have noticed, is that there must be a lot of people that have either ballrooms or bowling alleys. I get pictures or sketches of rooms and I see is the furniture on all the outside walls. Think about arranging our furniture in what we call conversation areas. A conversation area is a space where at least three people can sit and have a nice conversation. Let’s talk about how to create these intimate ar-eas. There are three letters to think about when creating a conversation area. They are “L”, “U” and “X”. Take the “L”, for example. One leg of the “L” might be a sofa and the other leg of that “L” could be a loveseat. That creates an “L” shape or an “L” conversation area. It could also be a sofa, and instead of a loveseat, two chairs next to each other. It still creates that “L” shape. An “L” is not just a conversation area; it’s not just the upholstered pieces. It also has to incor-porate some case goods that we already talked about in step 2. Do your end tables have to match? Do they have to match the coffee table? Not necessarily. Get creative! Let’s look at this “L” with the sofa and the loveseat. We could get three people on the sofa comfortably and we could get two - let’s call them close friends - on the loveseat. So we’ve got seating for fi ve people there, but what if they have a drink in their hand or are holding a cup of coffee? What do they do with it? You need your case goods, tables, end tables, maybe a sofa table behind it, and you need it within about 15-18 inches from where you are seated. You need a place to be able to put down your coffee cup or your glass of wine. It could be a coffee table, which by the way doesn’t always have to be wood. Currently, some of the most popular ones are upholstered benches with the fabric pulled tightly and maybe tufted that you could put a tray on for them to put their glass on. It could also be the end tables, a bunching table or that sofa table behind it. That will com-plete that conversation area. There are many “U”’s to think about when cre-ating a “U” conversation area One “U” arrange-ment could be a sofa along the west wall or on the north wall, the loveseat, and then on the east wall, two chairs. You’ve made that “U” shape with plenty of spaces to seat a lot of people and it’s very comfortable. The “U” could be ar-ranged several different ways. Another popular one would be to use an “L” shaped sectional and then two chairs facing it. Again, you’ve got that “U” shape. The “X” has become very popular in the last few years. An “X” might be two loveseats facing each other or two sofas facing each other. We call it an “X” because you can talk across. Don’t forget about that table in between them to break them up and create that comfort of being able to set something down. An “X” could also be a sofa or a loveseat with - opposing on the other side, a pair of chairs, and that also creates an “L” because you can talk across. Let’s talk about some additional rules of arrang-ing your furniture and other changes that can make a big difference in your room. One thing to think about when walking into a room is the height of your furniture. A room might have a sofa, loveseat, chairs and maybe a couple of end tables that all seem to be at a certain level. We need to have a tall piece in that room or a couple of tall pieces to bring the eyes up. You could

use a secretary, a bookcase, a china cabinet or a hutch. You could even use your drapery treat-ment with a beautiful full-length drapery and top treatment of a valance which will also draw your eye up. Crown molding will also help to draw the eye up and it creates a more open, and airy feel. The room actually appears to be larger. So vary the heights in your room to create that bigger room look. If your room is large, you might end up having to incorporate multiple groupings. You might have an “L” close to the fi replace, so you can enjoy the warmth and the comfort of the fi re-place, but you might need another conversation area of a couple of chairs and a table over by the window. Add an ottoman to that grouping and you’ve got a third person that could easily join your conversation. So, if your room is large, think about multiple groupings, and move that furniture away from the walls. Another thing to think about is sofas which look best parallel or perpendicular to the walls. If you run a sofa at a diagonal across your room, it cuts that room and makes it look a lot smaller and it takes up more fl oor space. If you run it parallel or perpendicu-lar to the walls, you can still get it away from the wall, but you’re still going to have a lot of good fl oor space. Consider the function of that room. How many people do you need to entertain in this room or how many people will be sitting watching tele-vision? There are times we need to have more seats than we have available on the sofa, chairs and loveseat. If this is the case, think about some upholstered benches. They can fi t underneath a sofa table or on the other side of the coffee table or they can be grouped by the fi replace. Upholstered benches actually add a comfort-able look to the room and more function either to prop your feet up or to sit down on. Another thing to think about in your room is the legs of your furniture. In the living room is your sofa camelback and does it have exposed legs? How about your chairs, end tables and coffee tables, do they all have legs showing? We need to have a couple of skirted pieces to take away all those leg looks that just jump out at you. You could add a skirted piece. It could be that ottoman with a skirt on it that sits in front of the French Berger chair that has that beautiful curved Cab-riole leg, which takes away some of the stark look of all these legs looking at you. Heading into your kitchen for a moment, let’s talk about arranging your furniture to create a good conversation area. If you have an eating bar or an island, you need to allow 21 inches minimum space per person on that snack bar. It’s not comfortable to sit at a snack bar right next to somebody and have no room to move your elbows. If you have four people that you want to seat all the time around an island, you’re going to need 84 inches of space to seat them comfortably. Let’s talk about stool height, too. For a stool height for a 36-inch high counter, you’re going to need a 24-inch high bar stool. For a 42 to 45-inch counter, you’re going to need a 30 to 32-inch barstool. You don’t want to sit and feel like your chin is resting on the top of the counter. About the purpose of the kitchen table, where is it in your room, next to a wall, close to a cor-ner or out in the open? If you are going to have people seated at your kitchen table and you, as the hostess, want to be able to pass around the people, actually walk behind them, you need to allow 44 inches from the table to the wall. If your table is an eating center (meaning you’re going to be bringing food to the table but not walking around the people while they’re seated) you only need about 36 inches from the back of the chair to the wall. If you’ve ever had to squeeze behind somebody and it’s uncomfort-able, you haven’t allowed enough space for that walk-around. Another quick one just to end this decorating session would be to allow 3 feet of walking space between furniture for people to move freely and comfortable through your room. So, keep those traffi c lanes 3 feet wide for anybody to fi t through.

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Courtesy of Sally MorseTen Steps To A Perfect Room

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• On Jan. 14, 1870, the fi rst recorded use of a donkey to represent the Democratic Party appears in Harper’s Weekly, drawn by po-litical illustrator Thomas Nast. Four years later, Nast originated the use of an elephant to symbolize the Republican Party.

• On Jan. 17, 1916, a group of golf pro-fessionals and sev-eral leading amateur golfers gather at the Taplow Club in New York City in a meet-ing that will result in the founding of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA). On April 10, 1916, the PGA was offi cial-

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• On Jan. 18, 1958, hockey player Willie O’Ree of the Boston Bruins takes to the ice for a game against the Montreal Canadiens, becoming the fi rst black to play in the Na-

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Q. I recently read your article on foods for dogs to avoid, and was curious about the tomatoes. I raise miniature pinschers, and one day as I was cutting up to-matoes I gave them some.

I had two tomato vines out in my backyard and for the rest of the summer I did not get any more of them, as the dogs ate them as soon as they would start to ripen. It never hurt them at all. I have heard of chocolate but never to-matoes. -- MaryAnn W., via e-mail

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A. In dogs, tomato plants (leaves and stems) can cause tremors and heart arrhythmia (an irregular, rapid or “fl uttering” pulse); the fruit itself is not listed as toxic by the Humane Society of the United States, but I would keep dogs out of the tomato patch at all times and feed them very lim-ited amounts of the fruit.

Avocados can cause breathing diffi culties and fl uid accumula-tion in the chest, abdomen and heart. All parts of the avocado - the fruit, the pit and the plant - are toxic. This fruit is also toxic to cats, birds, mice, rabbits, goats, horses and cattle.

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SWOLLEN ANKLES USUALLY TREATABLE IF CAUSE IS FOUND

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I retain fl uid in my ankles and feet. They swell during the day. After a night’s sleep they’re normal size. I have taken a diuretic for a whole year, but it’s no better. Why? My doc-tor has thrown his hands up at this. -- M.P.

ANSWER: The swelling will get bet-ter only if you fi nd its cause. If both feet and ankles are swollen, the pos-sibilities include heart failure, kidney disorders, liver cirrhosis, medicines and, strangely enough, the overuse of diuretics (water pills). One-sided ankle and foot swelling has another list of causes. The swelling gets bet-ter at night because when you’re in the horizontal position, fl uid returns to the circulation.

With heart failure, people have other symptoms -- breathlessness when they’re up and about. Often, they awaken at night, panting for air.

Kidney disease is detectable with a few simple lab tests.

Liver cirrhosis can be confi rmed by a physical examination and lab testing.

Medicines that cause swelling (ede-ma) constitute a pretty long list. On that list are the popular NSAID drugs, like Advil, Aleve, Motrin and

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One of the key tenets of chiropractic is that health is our natural state. Health is nor-mal. When someone isn’t healthy, my fi rst inclination is to fi nd out what is interfering with this natural ability. Rather than focus-ing on the particular symptom, I look for what might be the underlying cause of the symptom.

Nine times out of ten, I fi nd a disturbance in the controlling or regulating impulses of the nervous system. When communica-tions between the brain and the body are impaired, this situation can produce a myr-iad of conditions that go by thousands of different names. The most common source of compromise in brain/body communica-tion is from the moving bones of the spine.

Individual segments covering the informa-tion superhighway of your nervous system can “lock up” and stress nearby nerves. Or more precisely, subluxation.

Headaches? Look to the spine. Acid refl ux? Look to the spine. Infl amed tonsils? Look to the spine. Asthma? Look to the spine. Ir-ritable bowel? Look to the spine. You get the idea.

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Indocin. Female hormones also can bring on swelling. So can the blood pressure medicines called calcium blockers.

Diuretics, when used for a long time and for inappropriate reasons, lead to fl uid retention, just the opposite of what they’re supposed to do.

On your own, cut way back on salt, not just saltshaker use but salty foods like luncheon meats and commercial soups. Elevate your legs as many times during the day as you can and for as long as you can. Wear elastic hose. Ask your doctor if it would be all right to take a vacation from your diuretic. And have you given any thought to fi nding a doctor who keeps his arms down?

The booklet on swelling -- edema -- explains this common condition, its causes and treatments. To obtain a copy, write: Dr. Donohue -- No. 106, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money or-der (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with the recipient’s printed name and address. Allow four weeks for deliv-ery.

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: You have written about sunken sternum several

times, but my 18-year-old son has the opposite. He has pigeon breast. He refuses to be seen without a shirt on. I tell him to do push-ups, but he won’t. I too have pigeon breast. All he’ll do is play video games and stay home. What can I do for him? -- S.S.

ANSWER: Ask the family doctor for a referral to a chest (thoracic) sur-geon. Surgery for this deformity usu-ally produces excellent results. Your son has become so self-conscious that a correction is needed for his psychological health. The operation will give him a new lease on life. Push-ups won’t help.

Pigeon breast is a marked, outward protrusion of the breastbone (ster-num). It often runs in families. It’s less common than funnel chest, an inward dip in the breastbone. Both are correctable.

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WINTER HOME CARENow that you’ve been in your

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time to do a house check. It’s easier to tell during cold weather where you might have air leaks or need more in-sulation.

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• While it’s likely too cold to apply ex-terior caulking to window trim, clean plastic sheeting (the kind you shrink with a hair dryer) can be installed on the inside of windows. (Hint: Don’t trim to size until after you’ve used the hair dryer.)

• Even wall plugs and switch plates on exterior walls can be sources of air leaks. Investigate weather-strip in-sulation pads to seal out cold air. Add childproofi ng plastic inserts for plugs that aren’t being used.

• If you have a basement that’s unheat-ed, insulate the pipes with jacketing or install heat tape to keep pipes from freezing. (Be careful not to cross the

tape back over itself, as this will cause a fi re.) If you have plastic pipes, ask for home-improvement advice, as you’ll likely need the type with an automatic thermostat to keep from melting the pipes.

• Have you checked your furnace fi l-ter? With the furnace running so often during cold weather, changing the fi l-ter once a month can keep indoor air cleaner as well as reduce wear and tear on the furnace motor.

• If you have an attic, check the inside of the plywood and rafters for leaks or wet spots. Use a fl ashlight to check around chimneys. If yours is an older home, it’s not too late to save money this winter by putting down another layer of insulation.

• Don’t ignore the outside of the house. You could face costly repairs in the spring if water is fl owing toward the foundation. Check downspouts where they empty at the bottom and divert water with splash blocks. Check gut-ters for leaks.

• If you have a garage, check for leaks under the garage door. As a temporary measure, a thick stack of newspapers (newsprint only, not the slick ads) placed near the leak will soak up wa-ter before it travels across the concrete fl oor.

David Uffi ngton regrets that he cannot per-sonally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Fea-tures Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected].


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Next week, President-elect Obama will become Presi-dent Obama. Like people

across the country, you will no doubt be greatly interested in how his ac-tions will affect a wide variety of do-mestic and foreign-policy issues. But from a personal point of view, you may also be thinking about what an Obama Administration will mean for your investment strategy.

In reality, the actions of any adminis-tration generally have only a limited impact on the fi nancial markets. In our complex, interconnected world, a variety of factors — from actions of the Federal Reserve to corporate prof-its to oil prices to political instability abroad — all play a key role in deter-mining the fortunes of the stock and bond markets.

Consequently, you need to take a truly global perspective on your investment strategy — and avoid getting caught up in the potential ramifi cations of who’s in charge in Washington. Nonethe-less, you may still want to pay some attention to potential changes intro-duced by the new administration.

Here are a couple of areas to consid-er:

New legislation— You may want to follow the progress of new legislation proposed by the Obama Administra-tion. For example, will a successful push toward “green” energy benefi t renewable energy companies? Right now, no one can answer this question. In fact, even if these changes are en-acted, it will take some time to sort them out to determine what, if any, impact they could have on various market sectors.

So, your best bet is to watch the course of legislation and its aftermath.

Investment taxes — It seems likely that the Obama Administration and Congress will allow the Bush tax cuts on capital gains and dividends to ex-pire. While you need to be aware of this development, you don’t neces-sarily have to make major changes to your investment strategy. In the case of capital gains taxes, you can delay them by simply holding on to your stocks for the long term — which you should be doing anyway, as stocks are a long-term investment. And even if the dividend tax increases, dividend-paying stocks may still be good invest-ment choices, because they usually represent solid, profi table companies that seek to reward their investors. However, if you are concerned about the effect of higher capital gains and dividend taxes, you might want to consider an investment such as tax-exempt municipal bonds. You’ll ben-efi t most from these “munis” if you’re in one of the higher tax brackets.

As you review possible changes in your investment strategy due to moves made by the new administration, you may want to take the opportunity to “rebalance” your portfolio by adjust-ing your investment mix.

Under normal circumstances, such re-balancing could involve capital gains considerations, since you might be selling appreciated assets. However, given the steep market decline of re-cent months, it’s quite possible that you can now sell part of your assets at a loss to offset any gains you might have — and if you don’t have any gains, you can carry the loss forward to future years.

So, pay attention to what’s happening in Washington, and, at the same time, look for opportunities to rebalance. But keep in mind that your long-term investment strategy should be based on your individual needs, goals, risk tolerance and time horizon. And that’s true in all political and economic en-vironments.

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When I speak to someone who is inter-ested in getting a divorce or a legal separation, one of the fi rst questions

they ask is: how long will it take? It is human nature that after making the diffi cult decision to get a divorce or a legal separation, people want the desired results to occur as soon as possible.

The theoretical shortest amount of time it will take to get your divorce or legal separation is 91 days from the time your case is fi led with the Court. The Colorado Legislature has passed a law that requires the judges to wait 90 days after the case is fi led before they can issue your di-vorce decree or decree of legal separation. There are no exceptions to this rule. There is no way around this rule. I don’t know the exact reason for the 90-day waiting period. However, I can speculate that the Legislature felt it was wise to provide a waiting period to prevent people from making impulsive decisions regarding such seri-ous arrangements as marriage.

How long your case will take depends upon you

and your spouse. If you and your spouse cooper-ate and agree as to all the fi nancial and parenting aspects of the case, your case may only take 91 days until the decree is entered. The more assets and debt that you have, and the more complicat-ed your fi nancial arrangements are, it is likely that your case will take longer to resolve. As-sembling all the information, getting all the ex-pert input, and deciding how to resolve the issues are likely to take longer than 90 days, even if you wind up agreeing on everything. Similarly, wrangling about parenting issues can add signifi -cantly to the duration of your case.

It is important to remember that anything that you and your spouse can’t agree on, the judge will ultimately have to decide at a hearing. Judg-es are very busy, and getting time for a hearing will usually place you well past the 90-day wait-ing period. Absent unusual circumstances, your divorce or legal separation, however complicated it may turn out to be, should not take more than a year to complete.

If you want your case completed as soon as pos-sible after the 90-day waiting period has expired, you need to be organized and willing to cooper-ate with the other party. Good luck as you con-template leaving the Marriage Zone, and remem-ber that there is just no getting around the 90-day waiting period.

Chris Meyer is an attorney practicing family law in Monument. Chris has been practicing law since 1977. He is a former prosecutor and is licensed to practice law in Colorado, Florida, California and Wisconsin. Chris can be con-tacted at 719-488-9395. Chris’s website (www.cmeyerlaw.com) additional divorce and family law information.

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• Remove loose drywall plaster and cut away torn paper with a utility knife. • Roughen the edges of the hole with coarse sandpaper, then wipe dust away from the hole. • Cut a piece of wire screening slightly larger than the hole--or use a drywall patch screen--and cover the hole with it. You may need a coat of fresh compound or a string to keep the screen in place. • Cover the screen with plaster patch, then let it dry before continuing. • Once dry, sand, prime and paint.

Patching a “larger”Hole in the Wall:

• Mark out a rectangle around the hole with a straightedge or carpenter’s rule. • Cut through the paper surface on the marked lines using a utility knife or keyhole saw. • Cut a piece of drywall 2 inches each direction larger than the hole. Remove the 2-inch perimeter, but leave the facing paper. • Spread plaster patch around the outside edges of the hole and along its inside edges. • Place the patch in position and hold it in place for several minutes while it begins to adhere. Spread more patch as needed with a drywall knife. • Once dry, sand, prime and paint.

Patching Wall Holes largerthan 8 square inches:

• This requires support from behind. Cut out the drywall to the centers of the adjoining studs, nail 2 x 2 inches supports to the top and bottom, nail or screw in the patch, tape it, and smooth it. Sand, prime, and paint.

Repairing Nail, Screwand Pin Holes:

• Use a putty knife, dinner knife, your fi nger or a toothpick. Fill the nail holes with spackle, joint compound or (believe it or not) white toothpaste.• Note: If you use caulking, make sure it is “paintable”.• If you smear any compound on the surrounding wall, wipe the excess away

with a moistened Q-tip so no residue remains on the wall surface around the edges of the hole.• For small holes, this should be enough to blend the fi lled hole with the rest of the wall. If it still shows……• When the patching material is fully cured, use a fi ne artist’s brush to dab it lightly with a drop of the original paint color. All evidence of the hole instantly disappears!

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3 1/2 cups powdered sugar 3/4 cup peanut butter, any style 2 tablespoons butter 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 1/2 to 3 tablespoons milk

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CORKS AREN’T ALL THEY’RE CRACKED UP TO BE

Corks aren’t perfect. They can sometimes develop a moldiness that spoils the wine, and they’re a frustrating barrier between

you and the wine. For wines that are intended to be consumed young-like most white wines-a screw cap is less risky, simpler to remove, and just as effective in keeping out the air. But traditions die hard, and the cork will probably be the closure of choice even on young wines for some time to come.

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TENDERLOIN IN PUFF PASTRY

1 ea 8 oz Tenderloin½ oz Blue Cheese Crumbles1 ea 5”x5” Puff Pastry Sheet1 ea Egg1 Tbs Water

1. Preheat oven to 4000F.2. Sear the tenderloin on a grill (inside or out).3. Place the blue cheese crumbles on top then wrap with the pastry sheet.4. Mix the egg and water and apply lightly to the pastry.5. Bake in the oven until golden, about 20 minutes.

When searing the tenderloin you should cook it to rare or medium rare so the steak will come out medium rare to

medium after baking it in the oven. Everything

can be done earlier in the day or the night before and then fi nished off right before service. I prefer mine on the rare side so I just sear it quickly and fi nish it in the oven.

Of course the blue cheese can be replaced with other cheese, grilled mushrooms, crabmeat, asparagus, green chilies or a combination of things. You can also leave it plain. You can then top it off with a nice sauce such as a demi-glase, which is a rich brown sauce, some hollandaise or béarnaise sauce or a rich cream sauce. Any will do quite nicely. If you want to add a little more fl avor you can add some type of seasoning such as a blackening seasoning to the steak before searing. That would be great with a green chili cream sauce and the blue cheese. Yum!!!

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New DVD Releases forWeek of Jan. 12, 2009

PICK OF THE WEEK“Appaloosa” -- I’m not a huge fan of West-erns, but there are two -- John Wayne’s “The Shootist” and “Tombstone” with Val Kilmer -- that I absolutely love. So, it’s always a pleasant surprise when I come across a Western that really entertains me. “Appaloosa” is one of them.“Appaloosa” stars Ed Harris, who is also the director of the fi lm. You can tell this is

a labor of love for him; his passion for the genre and this story comes through in ev-ery frame. Also starring is Viggo Mortens-en. The two men play Virgil Cole (Harris) and Everett Hitch (Mortensen), guns for hire in the Old West. They go from town to town, running out desperados and bringing peace to simple folk who just want to start a new life.Which brings them to the town of Appaloo-sa. The marshall (an old friend of Cole’s) and his deputies are murdered by a sinister rancher named Bragg. Cole and Hitch take on the rancher and his crew, but things get a little complicated when a widow (Renee Zellweger) moves to town and begins a love triangle with the two lawmen.“Appaloosa” is an entertaining, well-acted and -directed fi lm. Fans of Westerns will defi nitely want to add this DVD to their libraries, and it is well worth a rental for folks like me who aren’t fans of the genre.

DOG OF THE WEEK“Swing Vote” -- Kevin Costner stars in this ridiculous election-year comedy about the presidential election hanging on the vote of one man. And I use the term “comedy” quite wrongly.What was intended to be a satire of the American political process and a sort of Frank Capra-esque love letter to America is instead an overacted, Pollyanna-ish glop of treacle with all the bite of an earthworm. “Swing Vote” is a waste of your time and my time, and every copy of this DVD should be used to construct a prison for Costner so he never makes another movie again.

NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART“Tokyo Gore Police” -- From the same de-mented crew that brought us “The Machine Gun Girl” comes “Tokyo Gore Police,” an over-the-top action-horror fl ick about a group of engineers who can grow weap-

ons out of any wound infl icted on a person. The results are perverse, grotesque and shocking. The Tokyo Police Department therefore trains a special squad to combat these hideous and sadistic criminals -- with gory and spectacular results. Fans of cult Japanese cinema will defi nitely want this in their collection.

TV SERIES“Little Britain USA”

“God on Trial” (Masterpiece Theatre)“Skins” Vol. 1

“Man vs. Wild” Season 2“Reba” Season 5

“Lovejoy” Season 4“House of Payne” Vol. 3

“Dallas” The Complete Tenth Season“Matlock” Season 2

“Walker, Texas Ranger” The Complete Sixth Season


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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Roman-tic aspects are high at this time for single Lambs looking for love. Warm and fuzzy feelings are also at enhanced levels for Rams and Ewes in paired relationships.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This week favors what Taureans dote on -- namely, love and money. Look for more meaning-ful relationships for both singles and pairs, as well as an improved fi nancial outlook.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) All linger-ing shreds of that recent bout with bore-dom are dissipated as you eagerly accept a challenging offer. Your positive mood per-suades others to join you in this venture.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You might need validation for a possible solution to a situation involving someone close to you. Consider asking a trusted friend or relative to help you with this problem.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Investigate carefully before agreeing to assist a friend or colleague with a personal problem. There might be hidden factors that could emerge later that will create problems for you.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Your decision to work with an associate rather than go it alone, as you fi rst proposed, brings an unexpected bonus. Be careful not to be judgmental. Allow for free and open discussion.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A loved one’s health problem could, once again, make demands on your time and at-tention. But this time, make some demands of your own, and insist that others pitch in and help.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) This is a good time for the traditionally staid Scorpion to plan adjustments in your day-to-day schedules. Be more fl exible and allow for more impromptu, off-the-cuff ac-tions.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to Decem-ber 21) Avoid creating unnecessary fuss over a situation you don’t approve of. If it’s going to work, it will do so despite your objections. If it fails, it will do so without a push from you.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Working with a trusted colleague could open your mind to exploring some con-siderations you previously dismissed out of hand. The weekend brings news from a loved one.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Resolving a recent problem leaves you in a good position to strengthen your infl u-ence on how things get done. But continue to encourage ideas and suggestions from others.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A new friend suggests an interesting opportunity. But check it out before you snap at it. It might be a good deal for some people, but it might not work in helping you reach your goals.

BORN THIS WEEK: You have a way of helping people solve their problems, mak-ing you a most-respected counselor and trusted friend.


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FLASH BACK ANSWERS1. Bobby Blue Bland (born Robert Calvin Bland in 1930) received the Achievement Award for over fi fty years of R&B music.2. “La Bamba” by Ritchie Valens was an adaptation of an old Mexican wedding dance song.3. Lead guitarist Dave Davies allegedly sliced the speaker in his amp and stuck pins in it, creating the vibrating buzz. 4. Ozzy Osbourne won the award, just one of many over a long career. He cut his fi rst album with Black Sabbath in 1970.5. Bob Dylan’s “Like A Rolling Stone” came in at the top slot, even though it never reached higher than #2 on the 1965 charts. The song, released as a single, ran for over six minutes, and radio stations rarely played the whole song.

1. Goat or horse2. A heavily armored battleship

3. Thomas Jefferson4. Fear of marriage

5. Within6. Alaska

7. Jones or Jonesy8. Charlie McCarthy

9. Macedon, or Macedonia10. Aerosmith

1. The 1964 Minnesota Twins - Tony Oliva led in hits and doubles, Rich Rollins and Zoilo Versalles tied for the lead in triples, and Harmon Killebrew topped the AL in home runs.2. Four times.3. Troy Aikman (Dallas, No. 1), Barry Sanders (Detroit, No. 3), Derrick Thomas (Kansas City, No. 4) and Deion Sanders (Atlanta, No. 5).4. Twice (2006, 2008). 5. It was 1983 and ‘84 (the New York Islanders and Edmon-ton).6. It was 1994, when Anne Marie Letko was third.7. Tom Kite (1979) and Jodie Mudd (1980)..

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