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Social Notes: Updated: 08/28/08 6:56 AM; Judith Geer, president of Fernleaf Reading Club, will be installed as the newly elected first vice president of Western New York Federation of Women’s Clubs at a board meeting on Sept. 6 in the White Inn, Fredonia. Also, Ann Weidman of Mayville Tuesday Club will be introduced as the new Chautauqua County chair by President Nancy Bowen, who is taking reservations for the luncheon that will follow the 10 a. m. business meeting.

Best Bets / By Jane Kwiatkowski: Updated: 08/28/08 6:56 AM; 1. Sunday is the last chance to learn what it takes to be a prehistoric explorer at the Buffalo Museum of Science. Dig into the fossil collection, if you want, too! Special Sunday hours from noon to 5 p. m. at 1020 Humboldt Parkway. For more info, call 896- 5200 or visit www.buffalomuseumofscience.org . 2. Summer must be vanishing. From 2 to 5 p. m. Sunday, catch the last chance to see more than 350 endangered and protected swans, geese and ducks at Gooseneck Hill Waterfowl Sanctuary, 5067 Townline Road in Delevan. Tour the two largest aviaries in the world. Admission $7, $5 for children and seniors. Call 942-6835 or visit www. gooseneckhillwaterfowlfarm .com.

Novel is subject of debate over Islamic issues: By Michelle Boorstein - WASHINGTON POST
Updated: 08/26/08 6:56 AM; WASHINGTON — Once upon a time, Sherry Jones was a Montana newspaper reporter who dreamed she could contribute to world peace with a novel about the prophet Muhammad and his feminist leanings. Then she wrote it. Today? She’s the target of a Serbian mufti and a Middle Eastern studies professor with a lawyer.

Battle against nerves: By Euna Lhee - BALTIMORE SUN
Updated: 08/26/08 6:56 AM; As a teenager, Jeannine Lancaster started to see spots like mosquito bites on her arms and back. She didn’t think much of them then. A decade later, the bumps started to multiply on her face.

It makes sense to stay in balance: By Brittney Johnson - WASHINGTON POST
Updated: 08/26/08 6:56 AM; There are times in your life when feeling a little off-balance may actually be a good thing. Take it from the experts.

BNL’s Robertson, wife, others OK after crash: By Charmaine Noronha - ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated: 08/26/08 6:56 AM; TORONTO — The lead singer of the Canadian pop band Barenaked Ladies and three other people survived a plane crash in rural southeastern Ontario, authorities said Monday.

Madonna shows no signs of midlife crisis: By Mark Beech - BLOOMBERG NEWS
Updated: 08/26/08 6:56 AM; The Queen moved her conquering army of 250 courtiers from England to Wales, where she appeared on a throne and flaunted the $2 million crown jewels she had bought for the occasion.

An inner cleansing: By Emma D. Sapong NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Updated: 08/26/08 7:09 AM; The medication Tammy Skomski’s doctor prescribed wasn’t doing much. She was still suffering from persistent headaches, dizziness, numbness and tingling in her extremities. After months of the mysterious symptoms, she realized she was misdiagnosed.

: By Marc Olson - LOS ANGELES TIMES
Updated: 08/24/08 6:52 AM; So Purvis, 80, a bird lover since his boyhood in North Georgia, set out to bolster the area’s bluebird population by placing nest boxes in parks and golf courses. And what started as one man’s hobby in 1984 has grown into the 200- member Southern California Bluebird Club, whose efforts last year added more than 5,000 members of the species to the skies of Orange County, making it the state’s most prolific bluebird haven.

An act of animal cruelty from Niagara Falls’ misty past: Updated: 08/24/08 6:52 AM; Ihave often differed with the animal rights community and I am especially offended by a recent episode in Santa Cruz, Calif., where within minutes a home and a car across town were firebombed by what is apparently a fringe group of activists. One of the two university scientists attacked was injured while escaping from his home with his wife and two pre-school children. Although many in the animal rights movement have spoken out against these acts, its major organization, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has –until this writing at least –remained silent.

Science Notes / Epidemiology and psychiatry: – Los Angeles Times; – Los Angeles Times
Updated: 08/24/08 6:52 AM; Apnea raises risk of death

Post office unwraps Christmas lineup: Updated: 08/24/08 6:52 AM; It’s a long way to Christmas and the anticipated year-end holiday festivities. But time flies, and before you know it, you will be mailing your gifts and cards at the local post office.

When you have to make a quick call at the table: Chicago Tribune
Updated: 08/23/08 6:58 AM; A lot of no-limit hold ’em tournament hands get played heads-up. But in deep-stack events, where you start with an amount of chips worth twice the price of your buy-in, you will find yourself in multi-way pots.

Utensils that resemble food have value: Updated: 08/23/08 6:58 AM; Silver asparagus servers shaped like asparagus, fish servers that resemble fishing nets, grape shears with grapevine handles and many other unusual silver serving pieces have been made since the 19th century. One very odd frog-shaped piece was sold this year. The frog has long, bent legs that form sugar tongs, which are used to pick up sugar-cubes. The silver frog is marked “Sterling” next to a stamped picture of a griffin and the letter W. This mark was used by Whiting Manufacturing Co. of North Attleboro, Mass., about 1900. The company started as Tifft & Whiting and became Whiting Manufacturing Co. in 1866. It moved several times, and by 1910 it had a plant in Bridgeport, Conn. The Gorham Co. bought it in 1926, and the trademark is still in use. Don’t confuse Whiting Manufacturing with the F. M. Whiting Co., which was founded in 1878 by the son of the founder of Whiting Manufacturing. F. M. Whiting was bought out by 1960 and is out of business.