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Upbeat feature writer Gabriel A. Fraire spent 16 days with his wife in China. They were not part of a tour group and they speak no Chinese. Fraire said they had a great time. Pictured above is Gabe is standing in front of a rice fi eld outside the city of Yangshuo in southern China. In the background are limestone karsts.


Upbeat In the Rice Fields of Yangshuo in Southern China!


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First Fun Facts Around 10,000 B.C. man


fi rst started eating a crude form of fl at bread—a baked combination of fl our and


water. Ancient Egyptians are usually credited with invent- ing the oven and discovering yeast leavening. About 3,000 B.C. they started fermenting fl our and water mixtures by using wild, air-borne yeast. Eventually they added sugar, salt and fl avorings such as poppy and sesame seeds.


In 1890 women baking at home produced more than 80% of the bread eaten in the United States. By the late 1920s, 94% of the bread eaten was baked by men in commercial bakeries.


There is only one natural satellite of the planet Earth. As a percentage of the size of the body it orbits, the Moon is the largest satellite of any planet in our solar system. In real terms, howev- er, it is only the fi fth largest natural satellite.


IT IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE SIGMOND


From the Archives 1998. Partially colorized & re-written!


I’VE BEEN TOLD I’M CRAZY...


SO I TALK TO MY PLANTS AND IT REALLY HELPS ME!


by Paul Andrew Doyle


THE PRICE IS RIGHT, PLUS THIS PLANT IS THE FINEST


PHYCHOLOGIST I’VE EVER HAD!!


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