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When were mini-skirts invented? David Chapman says he al- ways thought they were the product of the 1960's but when he and his dad John were sorting through old photos re- cently they came across this one, taken on Knox Ave. around 1942. In the photo are Len Lam- bert flanked by Betty © Mooney, later Hardy, left, and teacher Irene Michaels, right. It indi- cated to him that the ori- gins of shorter skirts was much earlier. left with instructions on how to read a water meter and a request to call the local hy- dro company with the meter reading. If a resident's water meter has not been read for some time, their bill will be. estimated. This estimate may be higher than actual usage. To ensure residents are billed accurately. Halton Re- gion urges residents who re- ceive a card to take the time to-read -their- meter and tel- ephone in the reading. In addition. if residents have a remote reading device (normally located by the hy- dro meter), it's a good idea to periodically (at least once a year). compare the digital reading registered on the re- mote reading device with the dial reading displayed on your home's internal meter, The two should match. If they do not, contact Halton Region or the local hydro company at the telephone number listed below. Your bill will be ad- justed to the consumption tegistered by the meter inside your home, and the remote will be either re-set or replaced. Recently, the Region changed the type of reading device it installs outside homes from a digital read dial to a touch pad type. 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Yet in North America,- the average human lifespan is now nearly 80. The verified longest-lived person is still alive at 122 and, as James Vaupel suggests, reaching 100 and more could become relatively common in this cen- tury if present standards of living continue. Indeed, the fastest-growing group is so- ciety is centenarians. In spite of this dramatic increase, scientists still don't really know what exactly de- termines how long humans or other animals can live. The process of aging is likely a result of natural se- lection in sexually reproduc- ing species.But what taologi: cal processes are responsible for aging. and why do some people live so much longer than others? One factor that influences lifespan is metabolic rate - that is, the amount of energy an animal expends to stay alive. Animals with fast metabolic rates, such as mice, tend to have shorter lifespans than those with slower metabolic f (/Z[gJi ACTON PRECAST CONCRETE LTD. 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But metabolic rate alone does not explain why some animals, like bats, may live five times as long as others of similar size, like mice. Re- cently, research has focussed on bits of DNA called telomeres that cap the end of our chromosomes. Telomeres shorten every time a cell di- vides, and when the reach a certain size, cells stop divid- ing altogether. Normal, hu- man cells divide about 75 times during our lifetimes. However, an enzyme called telomerase helps chromo- Gas VL a aD Snow Plowing & Removal Licensed Septic Systems Sand & Gravel R Ponds 5.2% Basements/Founda MAIN FLOOR PLAN 1163 80. FT. TOTAL #LOOR AREA 2071 80. FT. many features 15 somes repair their telomeres. and in lab tests, cells given telomerase have increased the number of divisions up to 220 times. Further. mice engi- neered to lack the enzyme ex- hibit typical signs of the ag- ing process. including graying hair and hair loss. and increased incidence of can- cer. 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