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• Yellow is the most visible color of the spectrum, with the human eye processing yellow first. That makes it the logical choice for caution and warning signs, as well as fire engines, school buses, and taxis.

• Studies indicate that yellow has a stimulating effect on mental processes and the nervous system, and activates memory, which makes it a good color for a room used for studying. However, it’s also been shown to stimulate appetite, so it’s not recommended for use in kitchens.

• The term “yellow journalism” is used to describe news that hasn’t been well-researched, relies heavily on unnamed sources, uses misleading headlines, and sensationalizes the news. The term came about in the mid-1890s during a circulation war between two newspapers, Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World and William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal.

Both were accused of exaggeration of news events, scandal-mongering, and misleading stories in an attempt to drive up sales.

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HEALTH PAGE TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH

By Keith Roach, M.D.

Is Prostate to Blame for Sluggish Bladder?

--DEAR DR. ROACH: I would like your opinion on enlarged prostate. My primary-care doctor sent me for a blood test and said my PSA number was too high, then sent me to a urologist. He said my bladder is not emptying and that I am having urine retention in the bladder. After one week of medication (Rapaflo), I had a catheter inserted for another week. He measured the urine in the bladder, and it was 880 ml. Now he is suggesting surgery. Is he going too fast? What are your thoughts on the procedure and side effects? Will this correct the problem? -- D.G. ANSWER: The bladder is drained via a tube called the urethra, and in men, the urethra runs right through the middle of the prostate. As men get older, the prostate commonly enlarges, and this can cause resistance to flow. The symptoms can range from mildly annoying to complete obstruction. Complete obstruction is an emergency, since the kidneys will fail within a few days of being unable to drain urine at all.

But the obstruction does not need to be complete in order to cause kidney damage. It’s the high pressure in the urethra, bladder and ureters (the tubes that allow urine to flow from the kidneys to the bladder) that causes kidney damage. Placing a catheter allows the urine to drain at low pressure if the problem is in the urethra.

Normal bladder capacity is between 300-400 ml. At 880 ml, you would experience very abnormal bladder drainage and would be at high risk for ongoing kidney damage. Thus, I completely agree with your urologist that something, probably surgical, needs to be done quickly.

It’s not completely clear to me whether your inability to drain the bladder is due to obstruction from enlarged prostate, even though an elevated PSA suggests that this might be the case. It also is possible that there is something wrong with the nerves that go to or from the bladder. I suspect your urologist has done additional bladder tests to help sort this out.

The booklet on the prostate gland discusses enlargement as well as cancer. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Roach -- No. 1001W, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery. *** DEAR DR. ROACH: I have weaned off Zoloft, and I noticed a swelling of my fingers -- I can’t get my rings on.

Do you think it is related? -- E.P. ANSWER: Discontinuing an antidepressant such as sertraline (Zoloft) certainly can cause symptoms. Dizziness, fatigue, muscle aches, anxiety and irritability are common. It happens more frequently if the drug is suddenly stopped versus tapered down over weeks. Paroxitine (Paxil) seems to have the highest incidence of symptoms on stopping.

However, I haven’t seen swelling as a result of stopping sertraline. It may be related, but I doubt it. Is it possible that you are consuming more salt? That’s the most common reason for increased fluid in the fingers over a short time.

I would see your doctor if it doesn’t go away in a week or so. *** Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu. (c) 2016 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved

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MELLOW YELLOW (continued): • A yellow jacket might look like a bee with its yellow and black stripes, but it’s really a wasp. A bee has a fuzzy coating on its body, while the yellow jacket does not. A honeybee’s stinger comes out when it stings, but the yellow jacket’s doesn’t, enabling it to sting multiple times. Some of their nests might have as many as 100,000 wasps. They like everything sweet, including fruits, sweet drinks, and other sugary treats on your picnic table. If you swat at the yellow jacket, you increase your chances of being stung.

• We’ve been looking up telephone numbers in the Yellow Pages since 1883, when a Cheyenne, Wyoming, printer was compiling a regular telephone directory and ran out of white paper and used yellow instead. The first official Yellow Pages directory for business listings came along in 1886. We didn’t start letting our “fingers do the walking through the Yellow Pages” until 1962 when a Massachusetts commercial designer named Henry Alexander designed the “walking fingers” logo. A year later it became the national trademark.

• John Hertz was a Chicago automobile salesman in 1907, and, finding himself with a surplus of seven used cars, decided to transform them into taxicabs. After reading a University of Chicago study that yellow was Natural & Organic Groceries & Supplements the color most visible from a distance, he painted the 14 vehicles and the Yellow Cab Sheridan Company was born. It wasn’t Good Health Emporium Leather Outfitters long before he had a fleet of • 40 taxis, and by 1925, it was the largest taxi company in the world with 2,700 cabs. In Werco Ave. 1929, Hertz sold his shares of Yellow Cab to focus his at• Firestone tention on his new rental car Complete business.

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MELLOW YELLOW (continued): • The Beatles’ song “Yellow Submarine” was composed in 1966

by Paul McCartney, who wanted to write a simple children’s song about a submarine “where all your friends are with a band.” As with other Beatles songs, many listeners tried to read references to drugs into the song. A month after the song debuted, certain barbiturate capsules started to be known as “yellow submarines.” McCartney has always claimed it was just a nonsensical song for children about an ancient mariner. The water sounds on the recording were created by John Lennon blowing bubbles through a straw into a pan of water and others twirling chains in a tin tub. An animated film of the same title featuring The Beatles as cartoon characters followed in 1968.

• Tony Orlando and Dawn released “Tie a Yellow Ribbon” in 1973, and after three weeks, three million records had been sold in the U.S. It was #1 on the charts for four weeks that April. The gist of the song is that someone who has “done his time,” presumably a convict, is on his way home, but is uncertain whether he will be welcome. He asks his love, if she wants him back, to tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree in front of the house where the bus will pass by. The end result is 100 yellow ribbons around the tree. This was not a new tradition, and may even date back to the Civil War when women wore a yellow ribbon in their hair to signify their devotion for their U.S. Cavalry soldiers. In 1979, when the U.S.Embassy in Iran was seized and the staff was held hostage, yellow ribbons were seen on trees across the nation as a symbol of support. They are also displayed for soldiers returning from the Persian Gulf.

• Yellow means different things in the cultures around the world. Many see yellow as the color of happiness, enlightenment, sunshine, and Spring. In fact, over 80% of people around the world agree that it’s the color of happiness. Yet it’s the color of mourning in Egypt, the color of sadness in Greece, and represents jealousy in France. In India, yellow represents a merchant or a farmer. In North America, we refer to a coward as yellow or yellow-bellied, yet in Japan the color yellow represents courage. Some religions associate yellow with deity, and the garb of religious leaders is yellow. In China, it is the color of glory, virtue, and wisdom. At one time, Russians referred to an insane asylum as the “yellow house.”

• Why do bananas change from green to yellow? Before the fruit is picked, it is green because of chlorophyll in the skin. After it is picked, hormones convert amino acids into ethylene gas, which produces several enzymes. The enzymes stop the chlorophyll supply and the yellow carotenoids present in the bananas replace the green color.

• Cycling fans will be familiar with the term maillot jaune, which is the yellow jersey worn by the leader of the Tour de France race, a practice that was put into place in 1919. During each stage of the race, the time each rider takes is totaled. The rider with the lowest overall time at the end of each stage receives the ceremonial yellow jersey and starts the next stage. Whoever has the yellow jersey after the last stage is the overall winner of the Tour.

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307 WYOMING CLOTHING Tidbits had the opportunity to interview local business owner Scott Stalick co-owner/head designer of 307 Wyoming Clothing. Scott and his two brothers are proud of where they came from and they want to share the love of their state with their fellow Wyomingites.

Tidbits: When did you start this business?

Scott Stalick: In the later part of 2006 John Stalick (brother) had a 307 hat made because he liked the numbers representing our state area code. I loved the idea and designed several more hats. I started selling them at the Big Horn Y Store and they were an instant hit.

T: How is your business different from your competitors?

S: We’re honest about our company and keeping our money local. Our roots are super deep in this state. We always wanted 307 to be an alternative to the brown/gold bucking horse.

T: Who has influenced you the most in business?

S: My dad, John Sr. taught me everything I know about business. He has a wide knowledge of all aspects of business, corporate world, retail, construction, etc.

T: If you could start over would you do anything different?

S: No. Our business started as a hobby and it had to go the way it went. We truly love what 307 has become.

T: Are there any major obstacles that you overcame to get where you are today?

S: The biggest obstacle was getting Wyoming to embrace 307, the number that represents Wyoming and themselves.

T: What do you like most in your career/ company?

S: I like interacting with people across the state and traveling to different events.

T: What are your interests/hobbies outside of work?

S: I collect vintage Wyoming license plates and I am into motorsports, vintage cars and 50’s era stuff.

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PET OF THE WEEK!

Journey is our cat of the week at Second Chance Sheridan Cat Rescue! Journey is a 3 year old solid black female. Journey would really like a family to call her own! For more information about Journey or any other adoptable cat, please call 307-461-9555 or visit http://sheridancatrescue.org

PAW’S CORNER

By Sam Mazzotta

FAMOUS DEAF PEOPLE March is Deaf History Month, an appropriate time to pay tribute to these who have overcome the odds.

• At about age 30, composer Ludwig van Beethoven began experiencing severe tinnitus, a “roar” in his ears that made conversation and playing at concerts extremely difficult. Yet it didn’t stop him from composing hundreds of musical works, including nine symphonies, seven concerti, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, and scores of chamber music pieces. There are differing opinions on what caused composer Ludwig van Beethoven’s deafness, including typhus, lead poisoning, or his habit of immersing his head in cold water to stay awake. An analysis done on a piece of his hair revealed an exceptionally high level of lead in his system. It’s also possible that his inner ear developed lesions that led to his deafness.

• An illness thought to be scarlet fever or meningitis robbed 19-month-old Helen Keller of her hearing and sight. At age seven, 20-year-old Anne Sullivan entered her life and began spelling words into Helen’s hand. It was the beginning of a friendship that would endure for 49 years. At Radcliffe College, Helen became the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.

She published her autobiography, The Story of My Life at age 22, followed up by another book five years later, and another 10 during the course of her life. She met every U.S. President from Grover Cleveland up to Lyndon B. Johnson, who awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

When asked if she could choose between deafness and blindness, she said she would choose to be blind because “blindness separates us from things, but deafness separates us from people.” (continued on last page).

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Don’t Leave Pets Outdoors in Winter --DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I routinely see people’s cats wandering the icy streets and snowy backyards here in upstate New York. Recently I noticed a neighbor’s dog chained up outside in the snow-covered backyard on a day that was near freezing. I contacted animal control the instant I saw that, and the neighbor had to go pick up his dog from the shelter and pay a fine.

He’s not happy, but his dog stays inside now! To me, a fine for leaving pets out in the cold isn’t enough.

I wish cruel owners would be treated exactly as they have treated these beautiful animals! Cold, lonely, often without food or water, they cannot survive on their own, especially in these brutal New York winters.

Tell your readers that people need to think before they put their pets outside. Would they treat their children this way? -- Spitting Mad DEAR SPITTING: You told them! Common sense can go a long way when it comes to properly caring for pets in winter. Step outside for just a moment wearing regular clothes, no coat and no shoes. Now imagine having to do that for much longer than a minute or two. Despite having fur, domesticated pets don’t do too well in the cold for extended periods.

If you have cats, keep them indoors. If they insist on going out, keep them in a fenced area like the backyard, and only for a short time. For dogs, only let them out in an area where you can supervise them at all times. Or, take them for walks on a leash, using cleared sidewalks only, with a warm vest and booties in freezing temperatures.

Send your comments or questions to ask@pawscorner.com. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

UNUSUAL ANIMALS: SLOTHS How much do you know about the sloth? You’ll be wiser about these mammals after examining the facts.

• These medium-sized tropical mammals are related to anteaters and armadillos and live in the jungles of Central and South America. Species of sloths differ by the number of claws on their front feet and are simply called the two-toed sloth and the three-toed sloth. Other than that, they look pretty much the same, although the two-toed sloth is slightly bigger, about 27 inches (68 cm) long, weighing about 18.75 lbs. (8 kg.)

• The sloth’s claws are 3 to 4 inches (8 to 10 cm) long and make walking on the ground very difficult. As a result, sloths spend most of their time in the tall trees. They eat and sleep in the trees and mate and give birth in the trees. They do occasionally drop themselves into the water for a swim.

• A sloth is a herbivore (plant eater) and more specifically a folivore, a herbivore that eats primarily leaves. Their 12-inch (30.5 cm) long tongues enable them to collect leaves from distant branches. Because leaves provide very little energy or nutrients and do not digest easily, the sloth’s stomach is very slow-acting with several compartments. About 65% of a sloth’s body weight is made up just of the contents of its stomach. It can take a month or more for the digestive process to be completed.

• The sloth’s metabolic rate is very low as is its body temperature. It has only about a quarter as much muscle tissue as other animals its size, about 25% of total body weight.

• The sloth’s scientific name is Bradypus, which translates from the Greek for “slow feet.” It’s an apt name, since the sloth is the world’s slowest animal. They have very little energy and move only when necessary and even then, only at a maximum speed of about 6.5 feet (2 m) per minute. It moves so slowly that algae grows on its fur. This does work to an advantage, however, since the algae’s green color camouflages the animal in the trees, protecting it from predators.

Moths, beetles, cockroaches, and fungi also make their home in the sloth’s fur.

• A sloth is much more comfortable in the water and can move three times faster in water than on land, while easily performing the breaststroke.

• Sloths are not particularly friendly animals and prefer to live alone. Their idea of a social activity is sleeping in a tree with another sloth.

• Three-toed sloths have extra neck vertebrae that enable them to turn their neck 270 degrees.

• The pygmy three-toed sloth can only be found on the Isla Escude de Veraguas off the coast of Panama. Only 79 of this endangered species remain.

• Sloths were brought to the public’s eye when animated versions became movie stars. In 2002, Ice Age was released by 20th Century Fox, a film which featured Sid, a prehistoric sloth who teams up with Manny the Mammoth to survive the Paleolithic ice age. The fifth Ice Age film is set to be released in 2016. Another computer-animated movie The Croods features a prehistoric family in the Pliocene Era who have a pet sloth named Belt.

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FAMOUS DEAF PEOPLE (continued): • Marlee Matlin is the only deaf person to win an Academy Award, something she accomplished at age 21 in 1986 as Best Actress for Children of a Lesser God. Being deaf since the age of 18 months from a genetic malformation didn’t stop Matlin from pursuing acting at an early age. At seven, she started as Dorothy in a stage production of The Wizard of Oz. In recent years, she’s had a recurring role in “The West Wing” and has appeared in several other television series. She’s published four books and was a finalist on NBC’s “The Celebrity Apprentice.” An especially difficult challenge was her participation in ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.”

• After a bout with scarlet fever and a severe blow to the head, at age 14, Thomas Edison was left with 20% hearing in one ear and none in the other, although he considered himself deaf. He maintained that his loss of hearing helped him to be a better scientist. Dealing with dyslexia in addition to his deafness, Edison spent just three months in public school, before his mother chose to deal with his disabilities by homeschooling him. Credited with close to 1,100 patents (still a record number for one person), this brilliant inventor filed for a new patent on the average of every five days. Although we mainly remember his “big” inventions, such as the stock ticker, voting machine, motion picture camera and projector, phonograph, and incandescent light bulbs, Edison was also the inventor of waxed paper. He was often quoted as saying, “Genius is one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration.”

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