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ht45://www.thechariottepost.com ®l)e Cljarlotte LIFE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2006 Section M.L. King’s alma mater welcomes papers home THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA —The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 78th birthday in January will feature a gift to the city: the first public viewing of more than 10,000 of his documents, notes and other personal items. Pieces of the King Collection—fi:x)m a term paper he wrote as a student at Atlanta’s Morehouse College to a draft of his “I Have A Dream” speech—will be on display at the Atlanta History Center. This summer, Mayor Shirley Franklin led the effort to acquire the papers from New York-based SothebYs auction house, which had planned a public sale. “The Martin Luther King Jr. Collection is home,” a beaming Franklin said Monday. The collection includes handwritten versions of King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered at the 1963 March on Washington, and his accep tance speech for the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. After years in the basement of the King fam ily home, the documents, books, and other items in the collection were moved to Sotheby’s nearly a decade ago. Sotheby’s tried to sell the collection, but previous negotiations fell through. It put them back on the market after King’s widow, Coretta Scott King, died in February. The mayor pulled off the llth-hour deal to buy the papers in June for $32 million with the Please see ATLANTA/3B From Chaims to crystals: Cell phones becoming a part of fashion THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS, Ohio—For Denise Albert, choosing a cell phone has nothing to do with ling tones, instant messages or megapixels. ‘Tb me, it’s what it looks like,” said Albert, a 53-year-old campaign fundraiser from subur ban Powell. ‘T want a good design. Period.” Albert represents a fashion trend marketers are tapping into as they offer mobUe phones with sleeker designs and in more colors, such as blue and pink, and accessories ranging from charms and stickers to crystals and tiny designer purses. While some accessories are for necessity—such as in-car chargers— oth ers are for personalization. ‘Where we had A or B, now we have A through Z,” said Neil Strother, research direc tor for mobile devices at The NPD Group mar ket research firm. Cell phone accessories—from'decorations, to holsters to handsfree devices— bring in $1 bil lion a year at the retail level in the U.S. and the market is growing 10 percent to 15 per cent annually, said Roger Entner, a Boston- based analyst with the market research firm Please see CELL/3B ASSOCIATED PRESS South AMcan cowboys have swagger and courage, even if skills are lacking THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RAYTON, South Afiica —The cowboys had the swagger even if they lacked the skills. Broncos bolted more than they bucked and the buUs, well, one turned out to be a cow. It was rodeo South African style with boere- wors (sausage), bakkies (pickups), jodhpius, English riding saddles and rugby on the car radio. But what the Afnkaner farm boys lacked in rodeo experience they made up for with courage, determination and enthusi asm. “It is a lekker sport,” said Markus Smit, a 26-year-old electrician and now parLtime bull rider, using the Afrikaner word for really cool. Smit, unlike most of the other riders, stayed on his bull the required eight seconds before dropping unceremoniously into the dirt and earning a cheer from the audience of several hundred curious if not bewildered people. Unless, of course the yell, was for a rugby score on the radio. Koos Dippenaar, the rodeo organizer and former rider, said he wants to make rodeo a big sport in South Afiica and plans to hold one the last Saturday of every month at his hardscrabble arena of sticks, wire and dust in the rolling and rocky hills just east of Pretoria. An American fl^ flies proudly over the arena, but then so again does the South African flag and for some curious reason the Australian. Loud speakers blared songs by Willie Nelson and Garth Brooks. When they weren’t singing, the announcer played recordings by Afrikaner country and western singer Jerome Alden, who also, when he wasn’t rid- Please see S. AFRICAN/2B Goodctneolaie: It’s aU in the numbers THE ASSOCIATED PRESS C hocolate used to be straightforward—dark or milk, sweet, semisweet and bittersweet. But today, sorting out which bar belongs in your brownies can seem more like selecting a grade of gasoline than baking up a batch of Grandma’s best. Will it be 47 percent cacao, 61 percent or 73 percent? How about ultra- pure 99 percent? And what the heck is cacao, anyway? With little fanfare, American chocolate companies have begun ooo PHOTOs/CHERis F. HODGES labeling their bars according to cacao (pronounced KA-cow) con tent, that sinful blend of cocoa solids and cocoa butter that com bine to make chocolate—and make it so irresistible. Already common in Europe, this system brings to the indus try a uniformity praised by bak ers and chocolate experts. But they also worry that too few peo ple understand it and are being misled by marketers pushing bigger-is-better attitudes. “Tbo much emphasis is being placed on the number,” says Robert Steinberg, cofoimder of Berkeley, Calif.-based Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker, one of (3&kic the nation’s leading premium chocolate companies and an early adopter of cacao labeling. “It’s as if people are saying the higher the number, the better the chocolate. There are so many factors that go into quality in chocolate that it’s really mislead ing to just say, ‘Oh, I have an 80 percent chocolate. That’s better than a 70 percent chocolate.’” So here’s a guide to what cacao labeling can and can’t tell you, and what it means for the home cook. Most chocolate is a simple con fection, a blend of cacao products Please see ALL/4B Adult asthma African Americans are dispropor tionately affected by asthma, result ing in higher rates of hospital use, disability, and death form this dis ease than any other racial or ethnic group. African Americans are more likely to be diagnosed with asthma, three-times as likely to be hospital ized and four-times as likely to visit the emergency department for asth ma-related complications compared to whites. A niunber of factors may contribute to these staggering statis tics, including: high levels of expo sure to environmental allergens, tobacco smoke, and pollutants; a lack of resources and/or social sup port to manage the disease effective ly on a long-term basis; lack of access to quality medical care, including preventive therapy. Since the 1980s, medical advances have resulted in new medications that provide greater asthma control. Effective management allows people with asthma to enjoy normal activi ties. There are four components to proper asthma management: (1) avoiding or controlling the factors that may make asthma worse; (2) close monitoring of asthma symp toms by the patient and the health care provider; (3) actively involving the patient in the long-term man agement plan and (4) taking appro priate medications tailored to the severity of the asthma. Let’s review the medications used to prevent and control asthma symptoms. Drug Therapy to Prevent and Control Asthma S3Tnptoms There are two general classes of asthma medications: long-term con trol and quick relief therapy. Individuals with persistent asthma require both classes of medications, while those with mild asthma may find relief from one class alone. Long-term control medications (maintenance and preventive med ications) are taken daily on a long term basis to control and prevent asthma symptoms. This class includes: • Inhaled corticosteroids -The most effective in treating asthma S3Tnp- toms, these anti-inflammatory drugs work by preventing certain cells in the lungs and airways from releasing substances that cause asthma symptoms. Examples include Azmacort, AeroBid, Flonase, Rhinocort and Beclovent. - • Other anti-inflammatory med ications - These drugs, when used daily, help prevent attacks of mild to moderate asthma and prevent exer cise-induced asthma when taken an hour before vigorous activity. Examples include Cromolyn, Intal, Nasalcrom, Tilade and Gastrom. • Long-acting beta-2-agonists (bronchodilators) - These drugs work by opening constricted airways; they are used to control moderate to severe asthma and to prevent night time symptoms. They can also be used prior to exercise and breathing cold air to avoid attacks. Examples include Serevent, oral Proventil, oral Ventolin, Theo-Dur, Primatene, Slo- Phyllin and Respid. • Leukotriene receptor antagonists - These drugs reduce of the levels of leukotrienes in your lungs; leukotrienes are substances released by cells in your lungs during an asth ma attack and cause the lining of the airways to become inflamed. Examples include Accolate, Singulair, and Zyflo. The second class of asthma med ications, quick-relief therapy, includes medications that are taken to give immediate reversal of airflow obstruction and to relieve bron- choconstriction (the tightening of the airways). This class includes: • Short-acting beta-2-agonists - These drugs are called bronchodila tors and many come in the form inhalers. They begin working with in minutes and last for 4 to 6 hours. They do not provide long-term pre vention of symptoms. Examples Please see TREATING/3B
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