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The man who dared to boldly go where no one had gone before has revealed that he can't go as many places as he used to.

"I'm doing OK," Leonard Nimoy tweeted Friday. "Just can't walk distances. Love my life, family, friends and followers."

Nimoy announced last week that he has been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- 30 years after having given up cigarettes.

"Not soon enough," tweeted the 82-year-old actor and director who played Spock, the half-human science officer aboard the Starship Enterprise from 1966 to 1969 on the TV series "Star Trek" and in movies during the decades since. "I have COPD. Grandpa says, quit now!!! LLAP."

The last reference is to his signature phrase, "Live long and prosper."

Nimoy, who told an interviewer last year that he flunked chemistry in high school, may not have grasped the long-term risks associated with smoking, but his announcement is not surprising, said Dr. Richard Casaburi, a pulmonologist at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute in Torrance, California.

Smoking could very well be responsible for the appearance of symptoms of COPD decades after quitting, because it is a progressive disease and lung function declines with age, said Casaburi, who is not involved with Nimoy's treatment.

COPD is the third-leading cause of death in the United States -- after heart disease and cancer -- and smoking is responsible for the vast majority of cases, he said.

Some 12 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with the disease, and perhaps another 12 million have it, but don't know, he said, adding that about 30% of people who smoke will get clinically significant COPD. "The mystery really is why everybody doesn't get it."

1. Who is the man who dared to go to bold places where no body had gone?
2. What sickness has he got?
3. Is he still taking cigarettes or smoking?
4. What's his last wordings?
5. Who mentioned that his speaking out is kind of amazing?
6. Where does he work at?
7. Did he mention that COPD is the third reason for several people dying in the USA?
8. How many individuals according to him already have it?
9. What are the first 2 major causes of individuals dying in the USA according to him?
10. Is he suggesting that this sickness is a puzzle?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Leonard Nimoy
2. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
3. No
4. LLAP
5. Dr. Richard Casaburi
6. Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute
7. Yes
8. 12 million people in the US
9. Heart disease and cancer
10. No

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There was once an animal named Eddy. He was not a dog, a bunny or a bear but a little kitten. Unlike the black, white and orange cats in his neighborhood, Eddy was a gray cat. He loved to go outside and run around the streets and the city. He liked to listen to the birds chirp and watch the children draw with chalk. He was a very smart and friendly kitten.

Eddy was good at many things. He was good at hopping, running and playing. The thing Eddy was best at was climbing! His claws gripped trees hard which made it easy for him to pull himself up. Anyone who saw Eddy climb might think he was part monkey!

Eddy also loved his family. When he wasn't outside he liked to sit with people when they would read, play with toys and eat. Eddy was a very lazy cat! He loved to sleep most of the day, at least 12 hours! His family could always count on him to be sleepy.

1. What kind of animal was Eddy?
2. what color was he?
3. what color were the other kitties?
4. Did he like to go outdoors?
5. what did he do while he was out?
6. what did he like to do with the birds?
7. what did he like to do with the kids?
8. what did they draw with?
9. What was he good at?
10. Like what?
11. what was he the best at?
12. what did he like to climb up?
13. what might a person who saw him climb think?
14. What would he spend his days doing if he didn't go out doors?
15. how long would he do it?
16. Why would he do this so much?
17. Did he have a family?
18. Did he enjoy being with them?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. kitten
2. gray
3. black, white and orange
4. yes
5. run around the streets
6. listen to them chirp
7. watch the children draw
8. chalk
9. many things
10. hopping, running and playing
11. climbing
12. trees
13. that he was part monkey
14. sleeping
15. 12 hours
16. he was lazy
17. yes
18. yes

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(CNN) -- Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has made his proverbial bed. And, oh, is he lying in it now.

The ugly comments about blacks and Latinos attributed to him have hit struck another nerve -- this time with players, fans and most decent-thinking Americans.

NBA players protest racist talk attributed to L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling

The tape released a few days ago reportedly shows that the person identified as Sterling can profess his own kind of love for a woman who's black and Latina but refuses to "allow" her to befriend her own kind: blacks and Latinos.

Sterling allegedly says his girlfriend (whom he at one point on the tape calls "stupid") can meet with blacks and sleep with blacks but not take pictures with them (in this case former Lakers star turned entrepreneur Earvin "Magic" Johnson) or bring them to Clippers games.

Like some slave owners who kept their mixed-race female slaves in better living conditions and bestowed privileges upon them, Sterling can allegedly be heard telling a woman identified as V. Stiviano that he doesn't have a problem with her or her race but that she shouldn't fraternize with blacks and Latinos because it disturbs him.

He selected her. So that makes her "special." She's not really black.

It sounds like Sterling, who has been married for nearly 50 years, shared a rarely heard perspective that his lover/girlfriend/mistress can mitigate the "inferiority" (my term) of her racial mixture by spending more time with him. Oh, yeah, Sterling is white.

1. Who are people upset with?
2. What does he own?
3. Did he say bad things about people?
4. About who?
5. Were his remarks recorded?
6. And made public?
7. When?
8. Why is his girlfriend "special"?
9. And what does that mean?
10. Who is she not to be buddies with?
11. Who is he allegedly speaking to on the recording?
12. And her name is?
13. Did he insult her intelligence?
14. What did he call her?
15. What is she allowed to do?
16. Can she bring them to watch the team play?
17. How long has he been married?
18. What race is Sterling?
19. How did the players reaact?
20. Were fans upset?
21. And who else?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Donald Sterling
2. Los Angeles Clippers
3. yes
4. blacks and Latinos
5. yes
6. yes
7. a few days ago
8. because he selected her.
9. that she can mitigate the "inferiority" of her racial mixture by spending more time with him.
10. blacks and Latinos
11. girlfriend
12. V. Stiviano
13. yes
14. stupid
15. meet with blacks and sleep with blacks
16. no
17. nearly 50 years
18. white
19. they protested
20. yes
21. most decent-thinking Americans.