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TO DAY I N H I S TO RY
By The Associated Press
Today is Tuesday, Sep-tember 2, the 245th dayof 2014. There are 120days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight inHistory:
On September 2, 1945,Japan formally surren-dered in ceremoniesaboard the USS Missouriin Tokyo Bay, endingWorld War II.
On this date:In 1666, the Great Fire
of London broke out.In 1789, the United
States Treasury Depart-ment was established.
In 1864, during the CivilWar, Union Gen. WilliamT. Sherman’s forces occu-pied Atlanta.
In 1901, Vice PresidentTheodore Rooseveltoffered the advice,“Speak softly and carry abig stick” in a speech atthe Minnesota State Fair.
In 1924, the RudolfFriml operetta “RoseMarie” opened on Broad-way.
In 1935, a Labor Dayhurricane slammed intothe Florida Keys, claimingmore than 400 lives.
In 1944, during WorldWar II, Navy pilot Lt. (jg)George Herbert WalkerBush was shot down byJapanese forces as hecompleted a bombingrun over the BoninIslands. (Bush was rescuedby the crew of the sub-marine USS Finback; histwo crew members, how-ever, died.)
In 1945, Ho Chi Minhdeclared Vietnam anindependent republic.(Ho died on this date in1969.)
Those of us that are notallergic to nuts enjoy the fla-vor, texture, and taste.Research as reported in theCommunicating Food forHealth shows that eating nutssignificantly reduces the inci-dence of heart disease.
Although nuts are high infat, the fat is mostly unsatu-rated fat, which has a bene-ficial effect on health. Stud-ies with almonds (11 nuts, 81calories, 7g fat) and wal-nuts (7 halves, 92 calories,9g fat) have both shown abeneficial effect on choles-terol levels. The protein innuts is high in arginine,which helps facilitate relaxationof blood vessels and helps preventclotting.
Nuts are good sources of dietaryfiber, magnesium, copper, folic acid,potassium and vitamin E. Walnuts inparticular are high in alpha-linolenicacid, an essential omega-3 fatty acidthat protects the heart and circulation.
Although nuts are good for theheart, they are concentrated in calo-ries and, rather than becoming anaddition to your diet, they should besubstituted for other unhealthful foods
that you would normally eatsuch as chips, candy and otherprocessed foods.
Let’s compare severalfavorites. Five Macadamianuts has 100 calories and 11gfat but work well on fruit andin salads. Pistachios (25 nuts)have 80 calories and 6.5g fat isa winner for people watchingcalories. Cashews are great instir fry dishes and have 78 calo-ries and 6g fat for 9 nuts. Mypersonal favorite is pecans (9halves at 98 calories and 10gfat) especially in cereal oryogurt. They are also deli-
cious on fruit and can begreat when added to brown
rice.So the bottom line is, watch the
labels because portion control is amust.
For more information in PittsburgCounty, log ontowww.oces.okstate.edu/pittsburg.
LaDell Emmons is the Extension Fami-ly and Consumer Sciences Educator forthe Pittsburg County Oklahoma Coop-erative Extension Service she can bereached at 918-423-4120 [email protected].
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Police unit treats girls from Brazilianslum to a fairy-tale evening
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Dressed in long eveninggowns, girls from Rio de Janeiro’s Santa Marta“favela” slum have celebrated a fairy-tale evening ina debutante ball sponsored by local police.
The 15-year-old girls were escorted to the ball heldin a Copacabana dancehall Friday night by membersof the Pacifying Police Unit from their community. Thepolice units have re-conquered slums ruled fordecades by drug-dealing gangs.
The girls were coiffed and made up by volunteers,and their dresses were loaned by a formal wear shop.
Debutante balls have been a custom among upper-middle-class and wealthy Brazilian families. They marka girl’s transition from childhood to adulthood.
Beyond Hello Kitty:From jumping pears to goofy bears,Japan’s craze for cute characters
TOKYO (AP) — HelloKitty, whom many learnedlast week is a girl and not acat, may be the queen ofJapan’s cute characters, butshe’s hardly the only one.
There are thousands,and they are ubiquitous:Long-time favorite Dorae-mon (who really is a cat)has a daily quiz in anational newspaper. Littlemonster Pikachu hosted atheme cafe in Tokyo thissummer. Stress-relievingRilakkuma (”relaxedbear”) dangles fromteenage girls’ school bags.
Characters are not justfor kids in Japan, but apart of business and sociallife. Some see Japan’scute-craze, known as“kawaii,” as a sign ofimmaturity, but others sayit’s rooted in a harmony-centered way of life thatgoes back to ancient ani-mist traditions.
Japanese used to wor-ship many gods, and por-trayed ghosts as comicalcharacters. In what is seenas the origin of Japanesemanga, or comics, a set of12th-century scroll paint-ings humorously portrayfrogs, rabbits and other animals in human activities,from sumo wrestling to temple worshipping.
Hello Kitty and Doraemon now face hordes of new-comers, many launched by municipal governments topromote tourism and local products. Regular “charac-ter summits” choose a national favorite. The marketreached 2.3 trillion yen ($23 billion) last year, accord-ing to think tank Yano Research Institute Ltd.
Rams cut Michael Sam, 1st openlygay player drafted in the NFL
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Not long after Michael Sam wavedto an adoring crowd at Missouri’s season opener, helooked down at his cell phone.
It was 3 p.m. CT, the deadline for NFL teams to parerosters to 53 players. And the Rams coach was talkingto the players who didn’t make the cut.
He headed into the locker room. At some point, hisphone rang with the bad news: He didn’t make the cut.
Twenty others were cut by the St. Louis Rams onSaturday, all of them mere footnotes. For Sam, itmeant a roadblock in his journey to become the firstopenly gay player to make an NFL roster.
Over and over, coach Jeff Fisher said, it was purely afootball decision.
AP Photo
A teenage girl from the Santa Marta “favela” slumputs on a pair of high heels for a group debutante ballorganized by the Pacifying Police Unit from her neigh-borhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday.
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