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BIRTHDAYS of the week
MONDAY 20 VAN RYZIN Rockville’s Connor Van Ryzin (2004).
Bethesda’s Jack Dolan (2003). Potomac Falls’ Lisa Chellman (2002). Leesburg’s Michele Champeau (2001). Silver Spring’s Lena Barber (2000). Gaithersburg’s Ryusa Komatsu
(2000). Purcellville’s Eleanora Serafin, Madeline Serafin, Nina Serafin and Wyatt Serafin (2000).
CHELLMAN TUESDAY 21 KOMATSU
Bethesda’s Victoria Levi (2004). Alexandria’s Matthew Lucio (2003). Potomac’s Raine Jervey (2001). Forestville’s Omar Lyles (2001). Arlington’s Gavin Middleton (2001). Damascus’s Matthew Martin (1999). Kensington’s Lucy Knapp (1998).
WEDNESDAY 22 Alexandria’s Madison Bowser (2001). Camp
Springs’ Terrill Jones (1999). Baseball manager Tommy Lasorda (1927).
THURSDAY 23 LUCIO Germantown’s Kayleigh Nelson (2001).
Chantilly’s Alexis Rickard (2001). Bryans Road’s Clifton Stukes (2001). Silver Spring’s Matthew Tibebe (1998). Upper Marlboro’s Eric Contee II (1997). Musician Ray Charles (1930).
FRIDAY 24 MIDDLETON Washington’s Patrick Bousquet (2004).
Potomac’s Sarah Genn (2002). Springfield’s Jordan Delmonico (2001). Chevy Chase’s Phoebe Suh (2000). Mitchellville’s Christopher Jones (1998). Muppets creator Jim Henson (1936).
SATURDAY 25 SUH
Arlington’s Emma Stevens (2002). Temple Hills’ Jaxon Cook (2000). McLean’s Christopher Fox (2000). Bethesda’s Alessandro Nardello (2000). Lovettsville’s Brian Skelly (1997). Author William Faulkner (1897).
SUNDAY 26 STEVENS
Tennis player Serena Williams (1981). Composer George Gershwin (1898).
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September is National Honey Month, in honor of the 2.4 million bee colonies that produce about 200 million pounds of honey each year in the United States. SWEET.
sEVER WONDERED why people get nosebleeds?
few weeks ago, when I went into my son’s room to wake him up for school, I noticed that his pillowcase was splat- tered with dried blood. Since I’m a doctor, I didn’t panic. However, lots of parents get upset when their child has a nosebleed during the night. Most people don’t like seeing blood, espe- cially that of a family member. Even worse, a small amount of blood can look like a lot when it soaks into a pil- lowcase. Here are some basic facts about nosebleeds, which are rarely serious.
Lots of kids (and adults) get them. Most people don’t know how to stop a nosebleed. There are easy ways to prevent nosebleeds.
Before I tell you how to stop a nose- bleed, let’s talk about your nose. Stick a finger inside each nostril and push together, and you will feel a piece of cartilage called the nasal septum. Yes, this is gross — especially at breakfast — but think of it as a science experi- ment. Like most parts of your body, your nasal septum needs blood. Four arter- ies carrying oxygen-rich blood come together at the front of the nasal sep- tum to form a weblike area of tiny blood vessels known as Kiesselbach’s plexus, where most nosebleeds start. The air we breathe can dry out the
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nose. This effect is exaggerated in dry weather or if someone has a cold or al- lergy. Trauma can also result in nose- bleeds, whether it came from a basket- ball hitting you in the face or an index finger trying to free a booger. Which brings me to some of the odd ways people try to stop nosebleeds.
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The following are incorrect ways to accomplish this task:
Putting pressure on the bridge of your nose. Putting a cold compress on your forehead or the back of your neck. Putting your head between your knees. Tilting your head back.
The correct way to stop a nosebleed is to sit up with your nose pointing forward. Pinch your nostrils together with medium pressure and hold this position for five minutes — without looking to see if the bleeding has stopped. Remember to breathe through your mouth! If the bleeding continues, pinch your nostrils for 10 minutes. If that doesn’t work, your
parents should call the doctor. Once the nosebleed stops, do not blow your nose or pick at the scab or it will start bleeding again. Here are things you and your family can do to prevent nosebleeds.
Increase the humidity in your home during the winter. Apply a thin coating of petroleum jelly or similar product to your nasal septum twice a day. Try really hard not to pick your nose, especially if you’ve recently had a nosebleed. Your boogers won’t mind, and your parents will be proud of you! —Howard Bennett
Howard Bennett, a Washington pediatrician, is the author of “Harry Goes to the Hospital.”
At Nationals Park, 11,000 fans have themselves a ‘Ballo’
Opera in the Outfield simulcast is a hit with mix of sunshine, Frisbee, Verdi
by Anne Midgette “Play Ballo!” was the motto of the
Washington National Opera on Sunday. On a blazing afternoon, 11,000 people, toting picnic blankets and sunscreen took over Nationals Stadium for the third annual Opera in the Outfield event, a live simulcast on the Jumbotron screen of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera,” broadcast from the Kennedy Center. A stadium is a natural setting for op-
era. (The Roman amphitheater in Vero- na, after all, is one of the most popular destinations for opera-loving travelers in Europe.) And opera is a kind of sporting event. On Sunday, all that was missing from the giant state-of-the-art screen, where supertitles explicated the Italian text, were the levels of information you normally get at a baseball game. Players’ stats, information (“This is an alternative to the more familiar cadenza”), even a play-by-play: All this would be perfectly in keeping with the original flavor of 19th-century Italian opera houses, where audiences behaved a lot more like sports fans — and vendors hawked edibles in the aisles — than today’s more staid audi- ences, who come to opera expecting high art. The high-art expectations seemed to
infect the stadium to some extent. One of the great attractions of Opera in the Out- field, from the point of view of the opera
able to the opera for free. Certainly it could be a way to target new audiences; about 18,000 people pre-registered for the event on the company’sWeb site, and the marketing department will be sure to follow up with these potential ticket- buyers, offering a special deal on the coming ceremony for the NEA Opera Honors on Oct. 22. The San Francisco Opera, the only oth- er major company to offer live broadcasts at the ballpark (its “Aida” will play AT&T Park on Friday), recently said it brought in $880,000 worth of new ticket sales by following up with ballpark attendees — more than covering the $800,000 it cost the company to put the simulcasts on. The WNO is making no such claims. “We don’t view this as a profit-maker,” says the company’s treasurer, Hank Gutman, attending the simulcast for the first time and professing himself “overwhelmed” with the turnout. “It’s about awareness, but more about sharing.” On Sunday, though, the beauty of the
RAPT: Erica Lowery, 6, wears her made-on-the-spot opera mask as she watches the performance. Behind her, Aria Lowery, 12, and Neehma Wallace, 11, are part of the afternoon crowd.
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house, is the family-friendliness of the event. “There are so few things we can take the kids to that we also like to do,” said Greg Knott, who was there with Vio- let (6) and Hazel (4), and his friend Dan Kahl with Marin (3) and Ella (7). On Sun- day, the costume department set up a couple of tables with hats and outfits for kids to try on; there was an arts and crafts area where people could make
their own masks for the ball; and during the performance kids ran across the green field, throwing Frisbees or holding towels aloft that streamed behind them like capes. But Knott, who has attended all three Opera in the Outfield perform- ances, said that this year his children had been told to stop running around: People wanted to concentrate on the music. This is certainly not the message the opera
company intended to get across. The event is conceived as a gift to the community. Though the budget is around $350,000, says Jo LaBrecque- French, the WNO’s director of marketing and communications, it doesn’t cost the company anything: It is wholly funded by Target, Rolex, the Mars Corp., and a host of smaller supporters including the Ler- ner family, who make the ballpark avail-
afternoon siphoned off some of the pro- spective new audience; last year’s event drew about 19,000 people as compared to this year’s 11,000. The last two Opera in the Outfield presentations were held on the opening night of the season, and some attendees said they preferred the nighttime atmosphere. “It’s cooler,” ob- served Samantha Koretsky, 10, who was back for a second time. (Her sister Victo- ria, 6, came armed with reading material for when Act 2 grew long.) Samantha likes music but isn’t sure she wants to go to a performance in the opera house it- self. “I have trouble understanding the words,” she said.,
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TOP 10 FILMS
Here are the top movie ticket sales Friday through Sunday, with estimated weekend receipts, and total receipts since the movie opened. The number of weeks opened is in parentheses.
GOING TO ‘TOWN’: Ben Affleck, with Rebecca Hall, takes the top spot.
CLAIRE FOLGER/ASSOCIATED PRESS
1. The Town (1) 2. Easy A (1) 3. Devil (1)
4. Resident Evil: Afterlife (2) 5. Alpha and Omega (1) 6. Takers (4)
7. The American (3) 8. Inception (10)
9. The Other Guys (7) 10. Machete (3)
Weekend Total in millions of dollars
23.8 23.8 18.2 18.2 12.6 12.6 10.1 44.0 9.2 9.2 3.0 52.3 2.8 32.9 2.0 285.2 2.0 115.4 1.7 24.3
SOURCE: WWW.BOXOFFICEMOJO.COM
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