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This summer, Julie Newmar turns 82; but it only seems like yesterday she was prowling across our TV screens as the original Catwoman supervillainess in the '60s TV series "Batman." In addition to her acting career, Julie has long taken an interest in gardening, beauty and health. "If something bothers me, I try to live on top of it," the Hollywood beauty icon said from her home in Los Angeles. "Just let the joy in you come out and stay in love with life. That's the secret to aging well." Julie a...
The prices that hospitals ask customers to pay for a series of common procedures have increased by more than 10 percent between 2011 and 2013 – more than double the rate of inflation, according to new data released recently by Medicare. But the amounts paid by Medicare have stayed flat, according to that data. The hospitals’ rising list prices mainly affect the uninsured and people who use hospitals outside their insurance network. The 2013 Medicare billing information was part of a large release of data breaking down spending based on hos...
Dear Jonathan: What is the difference between an executor and a personal representative? Jonathan says: There is no difference, they mean the same thing. Some states use the term executor and other states use the term personal representative. An executor or personal representative is the person who is in charge of administering a deceased individual’s estate if a probate administration is required. Dear Jonathan: What does it mean when someone dies intestate? Jonathan says: If a person has died intestate that means he or she died without m...
Q. My keyboard has several diacritic marks, including the tilde and circumflex accent. How does one place such a mark over a letter? A. Diacritic marks? Circumflex accents? Pulleeeze! Around here we refer to those as doohickies and squiggly things, so kindly refrain from using such high-falootin’ technical jargon in the future. I do have a reputation to protect, you know. Turning to the squiggly thing that is also known as a tilde, on the keyboard it’s a single character. But since you cannot press two keys at the same time – and lord knows...
On a 6-hour layover in Seattle, we took the train into downtown. I've wanted to see the historic Arctic Hotel for a long time. And in my fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants traveling style, I didn't look up to see what stop that might be or the actual address. So I looked at the city map, remembered it was Cherry Street and maybe, Third, and took a stab at Pioneer Square. As the escalator rose to street level, I looked up and there were the extraordinary walrus heads, once terra cotta now fiberglass,...
