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by Janet Spencer The average human releases about a quart of gas every day, which is enough to blow up a birthday balloon. Nearly all animals experience some form of flatulence. Come along with Tidbits as we apologize for farting! EXCUSE ME • A typical person farts ten to fifteen times a day. Farts are like fingerprints; their bacterial composition is unique to an individual, which may be why you aren’t bothered by your own but hate the farts of others. • Gas is formed primarily in the large intestine. After food makes its way through the small intestine, the residual waste remains in the colon until expelled. Intestinal bacteria consume the leftover nutrients, such as fiber and carbohydrates that weren’t absorbed into the body. They break down the matter and give off byproducts in a process called colonic fermentation. The waste products of the bacteria creates gas. • The average fart is made up of 58% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen, 9% carbon dioxide, 7% methane, and 4% oxygen. All of these are odorless. The remaining 1% is made up of smellier chemicals that can be detected even when diluted to 1 part in 100 million. Most of these chemicals are sulfurous, particularly hydrogen sulfide, known for its odor of rotten eggs. (continued next page)
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FART FACTS (cont) • When gut bacteria breaks down foods that are naturally high in sulfates, such as eggs, broccoli, cauliflower, almonds, and Brussels sprouts, they give off waste products that are much higher in sulfurous chemicals, leading to smellier flatulence. A sulfur compound called mercaptan found in meats and dairy products can also be to blame. • Beans cause gas because they contain large amounts of oligosaccharides, a type of plantbased sugar. Most animals have an enzyme called alpha-galactosidase that breaks down these sugars, but humans lack that enzyme. Experts claim that the more often you eat beans, the less they will make you fart, as the microflora in your gut adjusts. • The anti-gas product Beano, which claims to prevent bean-related gas before it occurs, actually works. The pills contain the missing alpha-galactosidase enzyme which cuts complex carbohydrates into shorter, simpler carbs that are much easier to digest. As a result, they get broken down in the small intestine rather than making it all the way to the large intestine, where bacteria would ferment them, producing gas. • Botanist Colin Leakey, son of anthropologist Louis Leakey, developed a fart-free bean. In 1979, he was in Chile. As he walked through an open air market, he noticed that some beans were more expensive than others. These were called the “rich man’s bean.” When he asked why, the women in the stalls claimed they were fart-free beans. Leaky began studying them, cross-breeding the ones that caused the least stink, and came up with a hybrid he called the “prim bean.” • The knee-jerk reaction for some people is to stop eating things that produce gas, but these foods made of complex carbohydrates are nutritious not only for humans but also for the bacteria in the gut. It’s not a good idea to starve those bacteria. (continued)
• Trying to spot roof damage but not quite sure you’re ready for a trip up the ladder? Before you get up on the roof, get out your binoculars. You’d be surprised how much you can see from the ground, and you can do a cursory examination and then decide if anything needs a closer look. • Upcycle an unused bread box as a charging station. Simply mount a power strip in the back of the box on the inside, and you can put phones and other small devices directly inside to charge. Run a cord through the side so that larger tablets can sit on top of the box to charge. • “Use lip balm to help a too-tight ring slide off of a finger. This happened to me when I tried on my sister’s ring in church. I had some lip balm in my pocket, and it helped me get the ring off quickly and quietly without having to get up.” -- A.E. in Washington • If your phone’s buzzing and ringing with alerts has you distracted during your workday, use the “do not disturb” function to create periods of quiet. Schedule blocks of deep focus time by making an appointment with yourself in your calendar. This can help you to organize your time to get things done. • Using cold water for laundering protects colors and uses less energy. • If you have some sticky gum that’s stuck on fabric, it might be best to set it aside and wait for it to harden. Or if you can’t wait that long, try using a piece of duct tape. Press the tape over the gum, then lift off from the side. You can repeat this process to pull up all of the gum. Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.(c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.
TIDBITS of Kootenai County, Idaho Issue #15 April 12th 2021 FART FACTS (cont) • Some gas is caused by swallowed air, coming from fizzy drinks as well as things like airy whipped topping. Most swallowed air comes up as burps, but some goes through as farts. Flatulance resulting from swallowed air has very little odor. A LONG HISTORY • Fart jokes appear in the works of Shakespeare and in Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales.” Farts are mentioned in the Bible (Isaiah 26:17-18), and are featured in several stories of “The Arabian Nights.” Dante wrote about farting in “The Inferno” and Jonathan Swift penned an essay called “The Benefit of Farting Explained.” In response to a call for scientific papers, Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay called “Fart Proudly” in which he facetiously suggested that researchers study a way to make farts smell better. FART WORDS • The word “fart” had been in common use for centuries, yet Webster’s left it out of the dictionary until 1961. On the other hand, Samuel Johnson’s “Dictionary of the English Language,” published in 1755, included it. • “Flatulence” comes from the Latin verb “flare” meaning “to blow,” and its corresponding noun “flatus” meaning “a blowing.” The word “poop” originated with the Middle English “powpe” meaning “to blow a horn” and originally referred to a fart, morphing into “poot” which became “toot.” • In slang it’s called “cutting the cheese” because when cheese was originally sold in large round molds, the first slice the cut through the waxy protective rind, released the sharp odor of fermentation. (cont’d)
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® of Idaho TIDBITS of Kootenai Issue #15 April 12th 2021 TidbitsCounty, Dallas County TRUE FART FACTS (cont’d) • In the year 569 B.C., King Apries of Egypt sent General Amasis to squash a rebellion. The rebels crowned General Amasis as their new king, and he was OK with that. When King Apries got wind of it, he sent one of his most respected advisors to bring General Amasis before him. When the advisor encountered Amasis, the general was seated upon a horse. He raised his butt off the saddle, farted loudly, and told the advisor to take that message back to King Apries. When the advisor delivered the message, King Apries was so angry that he commanded his henchmen to cut off the nose and ears of the advisor. Because the advisor had been a very popular person, the citizens of Egypt were enraged. Many defected and joined forces with General Amasis. Because of this, Amasis defeated King Apries in battle. Amasis was declared Egypt’s new king, and ruled for 44 peaceful and prosperous years. • In the 1600s, Edward DeVere, 17th Earl of Oxford, bowed down before Queen Elizabeth, and accidentally let out a fart. He was so embarrassed that he left England for 7 years. When he returned, the Queen greeted him saying, “My lord, I had forgot the fart!” • • Comedienne Caryn Johnson admits that she got the first part of her stage name due to the fact that stomach ulcers caused her to pass a lot of gas, making her sound like a walking whoopee cushion. She’s now known as Whoopi Goldberg. REMEDIES • Underpants or cushions with a built-in charcoal filters are designed to detoxify farts, known variously at Toot Trappers, Butt Mufflers, Flatulence Filters, or Farty Pants. Briefs made from carbon fiber are effective at removing up to 77% of the odor. Experts recommend ingesting peppermint, ginger, yogurt, pumpkin, or cardamom to diminish flatulence.
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By Lucie Winborne • “The Whole Shabang” is a brand of potato chips once sold only in jails and prisons. It was so popular that in 2016, due to demand from ex-inmates, it was finally made available to the general public. • The majority of people will tilt their head to the right when they kiss. • Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle helped popularize skiing by being the first Englishman to document the sport. • In Alabama, it’s against the law to drive while impersonating a member of the clergy. • For centuries, doctors thought that medicines made with human flesh, blood or bone could be effective in curing all kinds of ailments, from epilepsy to headaches. The practice was called “corpse medicine.” • The original name for the search engine Google was Backrub. It was renamed after the googolplex, which is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros. • The fear of young people is known as “ephebiphobia.” • Gatling gun salesmen went to Civil War battlefields to demonstrate their products in actual combat. • A newly sworn-in Barack Obama visited the U.K. in 2009 and presented some rather curious gifts to the prime minister and queen: 25 DVDs to David Cameron, and an iPod Classic to the then-octogenarian Elizabeth II. Cameron returned the gesture with some “wellies” and Hobgoblin ale. • In the Solomon Islands, dolphin teeth were (and still are) used as a form of currency. • Historically, most Easter celebrants would have eaten lamb for the occasion, as the holiday has its roots in the Jewish Passover. Most American Easter dinners now feature ham, however, because years ago, hams cured over the winter would have been ready to serve in early spring.
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By Dr. Holly Carling
Chang says “it can also work to stimulate egg production in women who can’t -- or don’t want to -- use fertility medications to help them get Today, the rate of infertility is rising. Infertility pregnant ”. “Acupuncture treatments have a and subfertility can affect women, men or even calming, restorative effect that increases a sense both. Since I have been in practice for 4 decades of well- being and ultimately helps the body to now, I have watched the trends. Initially, in the accept the creation of life," says acu1980’s, it was pretty much women who had the puncturist Ifeoma Okoronkwo, MD, professor fertility issues. Then in the 90’s, male infertility of medicine, New York University School of was also on the upswing. Since the turn of the Medicine. He also states that it brings the body’s energy and nutrients into deficient areas that encentury, it is not uncommon for it to be both. As more and more medical journals are touting courages fertility. the benefits of acupuncture treatments for infer- “In the journal Fertility and Sterility in 2002, tility and subfertility, we are seeing an increase in Chang, along with noted Cornell University couples seeking acupuncture treatments. These reproductive endocrinologist Zev Rosenwaks, treatments are sometimes stand-alone (meaning MD, found a clear link between treatment and acupuncture, herbs/supplements and nutrition the brain hormones involved in conception ”. only) or in conjunction with traditional medi- Endorphins are increased, which not only are cal interventions. The research by such institutes our “happy hormones”, but is also essential in and journals listed below report that because of regulating the menstrual cycle. It also works on the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating in- other hormones (hypothalamus, thyroid, pitufertility, medical doctors are increasingly recom- itary, ovaries, male gonads) through a neuroenmending acupuncture to assist in conceiving and docrine effect. At the Oregon Health Sciences University, and sustaining pregnancy. But how does acupuncture work? For both gen- published in the journal Medical Acupuncture in ders, acupuncture helps to restore the function 2000, Sandra Emmons, MD states that acupuncof organs not doing their job. As James Dillard, ture has a direct impact on the number of egg MD, assistant clinical professor, Columbia Uni- follicles available for fertilization. versity College of Physicians and Surgeons, and She theorizes that by increasing the blood supclinical adviser to Columbia’s Rosenthal Center ply to the ovaries, there is greater hormonal for Complementary and Alternative Medicine stimulation, and, according to Dr. Chang, the put it. It can allow you to cross the line from uterine lining is thicker and better able to abinfertile to fertile by helping your body func- sorb nutrients and hormones and hold onto an tion more efficiently, which in turn allows other, implanted embryo. more modern reproductive treatments, like IVF, Acupuncture also improves sperm quality, to also work more efficiently. Raymond Chang, quantity and morphology supporting male ferMD, the medical director of Meridian Medical tility according to Asian Journal of Andrology. states that it increases the odds of IVF working, Acupuncture is a great treatment option for getting pregnant. but is not the only way acupuncture can help.
GETTING PREGNANT WITH ACUPUNCTURE
Dr. Holly Carling is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Licensed Acupuncturist, Doctor of Naturopathy, Clinical Nutritionist and Master Herbologist with over three decades of experience. Dr. Carling is currently accepting new patients and offers natural health care services and whole food nutritional supplements in her Coeur d’ Alene clinic. Visit Dr. Carling’s website at www.vitalhealthcda.com to learn more about Dr. Carling, view a list of upcoming health classes and read other informative articles. Dr. Carling can be reached at 208-765-1994 and would be happy to answer any questions regarding this topic.
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VA Extends Deadlines for Life Insurance
Nobody wants to think about it, but the need for life insurance is a fact of life. And now the cost of life insurance for veterans is dropping, opening the door for more of us to be able to afford it. After separation, we’ve had 240 days to apply and hand over the initial premium to transfer from Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance to Veterans’ Group Life Insurance without having to provide proof of good health. After that deadline we had one year plus 120 days to file and pay, but needed to submit proof of good health in the form of a questionnaire about our medical conditions. Now, with COVID, the Department of Veterans Affairs has extended the application time by an additional 90 days for both categories. This will expire in June, but it does buy a little more time to get insurance. To learn more about VA life insurance, go to www.benefits.va.gov/insurance. Follow the Eligibility links to see if you qualify for any of the whole menu of VA insurance. Consult the rates chart to see what your premiums would be. As an example, a $300,000 policy for a 50-yearold veteran would run you $99 per month. Rates across all categories jump significantly once you hit the age 55 column, so if you’re considering it, don’t delay. A $100,000 policy at age 30 will cost you a mere $9 per month. At that same webpage you can apply to convert your SGLI policy to VGLI, apply for servicedisabled insurance, update your beneficiary, file an insurance claim and more, as well as getting forms for all of these. On the right side of the screen you’ll see Assessing Your Life Insurance Needs. Click that to use the calculator to zero in on how much you should have. It might be more than you think. (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.
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PHOTO: Scene from “The Muppet Movie” Photo Credit: Universal Pictures/Disney April may not be the classic time of the year to talk about road trips, which are typically a summer affair. But it should be, especially now. With a little luck and a bit of self-control, we should see our lives returned to a semblance of normal by late summer. Even those who have been hunkered down in their homes will be able to get out and see the sights. What better time than now to plan a road trip? Getting in the car and jumping on the highway can give you a sense of purpose and freedom, making it a terrific setting for movies. There’s no limit to the reasons for hitting the road. Here are just a few to rev your engine. “Almost Famous” -- Patrick Fugit plays William, who spends an unforgettable 1973 summer chronicling the band Stillwater for Rolling Stone magazine. “Easy Rider” -- The 1969 classic features Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda as two hippies on motorcycles who head from California to Mardi Gras, exploring the good and bad of life along the way. “Joy Ride” -- A college freshman, his alluring love interest and a ne’er-do-well older brother prank a trucker and are treated to pavement pounding payback. “Magic Mike XXL” -- Channing Tatum returns to the stage, joining his best friends on a road trip that has the boys sexy-dancing all the way to a stripper convention in Myrtle Beach. “The Cannonball Run” -- Cross-country shenanigans ensue when contestants race from Connecticut to California in an “outlaw road race” to see who is the fastest. “True Romance” -- Two fated misfits -- an Elvis fanatic named Clarence and a call girl named Alabama -- fall in love and escape from Detroit to LA with a duffel bag of drugs to finance their future. “Zombieland” -- It’s the end of the world, and four survivors and unlikely adventure-mates traverse a zombie-infested America while in search of and studiously avoiding humanity. “Please Stand By” -- A young autistic woman (Dakota Fanning) obsessed with “Star Trek” travels to Los Angeles to turn in a script in order to win a contest after she misses the mail-in deadline. “The Muppet Movie” -- The delightful 1979 origin story of the Muppets, this film features Kermit the Frog, who heads to Hollywood to seek fame and fortune, encountering and collecting his soulmate pals along the way. “Over the Top” -- Long-haul trucker Lincoln Hawk (Sylvester Stallone) struggles to bond with and protect his son while heading to the World Armwrestling Championship in Las Vegas. (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.
Outdoor Cats Risk More Than Disease
DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Your recent answer on whether cats can get COVID-19 is correct: There is very little data, and only a few recorded cases, of house pets testing positive for this coronavirus. So the risk of pets getting ill from it may be low, but I think that a much higher risk for cats is when they’re allowed to roam outside. Not only can they be exposed to feline diseases like FIV, but the critters they catch, like small lizards and songbirds, may also carry diseases. For example, many songbirds carry salmonella, a bacterial infection that can be fatal to cats. -Greg, via email DEAR GREG: That’s absolutely right, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mentions on its website (www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/COVID-19 and Animals). Thank you for pointing this out. I’ve written frequently about the risks faced by cats that are allowed to roam outdoors -- from being struck by vehicles to being attacked by feral cats or other wildlife, like coyotes. Outdoor cats also are direct threats to other wildlife. I’m sure most cat owners are familiar with the 2013 study published in Smithsonian Magazine that estimated about 2.4 billion birds and around 12.3 billion small animals are killed by outdoor cats each year. While feral cats certainly are part of the problem, we can at least keep our housecats from contributing to the massive number of small critters killed each year. Folks, keep your cats indoors. If you’ve got a cat that insists on being outside, find a compromise: perhaps a screened enclosure in the backyard or a window seat, so your cat can watch the world go by. Bolstering bird populations and reducing the risk of transmitted diseases is worth it.
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• On April 25, 1719, Daniel Defoe’s “The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe” is published. The book, about a shipwrecked sailor who spends 28 years on a deserted island, is based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor who spent four years on a small island off South America. • On April 24, 1800, President John Adams approves legislation to appropriate $5,000 to establish the Library of Congress. The first books, ordered from London, arrived in 1801. Twelve years later, the library was destroyed when the British army invaded the city of Washington and burned the Capitol. • On April 22, 1945, Adolf Hitler, upon learning that no German defense was offered to the Russian assault at Eberswalde, admits to all in his underground bunker in Berlin that the war is lost and suicide is his only recourse. • On April 23, 1954, Hank Aaron hits the first home run of his Major League Baseball career. Twenty years later, Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s long-standing record of 714 career homers. Aaron retired from baseball in 1976 with 755 career homers. • On April 20, 1971, the Pentagon confirms that fragging incidents (tossing fragmentation hand grenades into sleeping areas) are on the rise. Fragging incidents in combat were usually attempts to remove leaders perceived to be incompetent and a threat to survival. • On April 21, 1980, Rosie Ruiz, age 26, finishes first in the women’s division of the Boston Marathon. Ruiz was stripped of her victory eight days later after race officials learned she joined the race about a mile before the finish line. • On April 19, 1995, a massive truck bomb explodes outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The blast collapsed the north face of the nine-story building, killing 168 people, including 19 young children in its day-care center. (c) 2021 Hearst Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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“…volunteering isn’t something to put off until you have extra time and money. By Matilda Charles
Vaccinated? COVID Advice Clear as Mud
If you’re confused about COVID vaccine and when our lives are going to change for the better, you’re not alone. We’re considered to be fully vaccinated once two weeks have passed after the second dose of Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or two weeks after the one-dose Johnson & Johnson. What’s new is this, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: If fully vaccinated, you can be indoors with other fully vaccinated people without wearing a mask. You can meet indoors with unvaccinated people in one household unless one of those people has a health risk. If you’ve been around someone who has COVID, you don’t have to stay away from people or get tested unless you have symptoms ... or live in a group setting. In that case, stay away from others for 14 days and get tested, even if you don’t have symptoms. Clear as mud, right? It gets worse. According to the CDC, as fabulous as this new vaccine is, even if fully vaccinated, we still need to wear masks in public. We still need to social distance. We still need to avoid medium and large crowds. We still need to stay out of poorly ventilated spaces. We should delay travel. So what’s the holdup? Why are we still under restrictions after getting the vaccine? The best I can figure out is that the answer lies with the COVID variants, the different versions created as the virus mutates. It appears that not all of the vaccines work equally well on all of the variants. Frankly, some of the vaccines work rather poorly, depending on which variant it encounters. Until scientists figure this out, we still need to be cautious: wear masks, stay away from people, stay out of crowds. Except for getting the vaccine, not much has changed. (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.
There are numerous reasons why the returns far outweigh the time you invest, especially during lean times. I’ll point out just five reasons you should consider making volunteering a part of your every day life. 1. Volunteers live longer and are healthier. Volunteers are happier and healthier than non-volunteers… 2. Volunteering establishes strong relationships. Despite all of the online connections that are available at our fingertips, people are lonelier now than ever before. Indeed, a 2010 AARP study reported that prevalence of loneliness is at an all time high, with about one in three adults age 45 or older categorized as lonely… 3. Volunteering is good for your career. People who volunteer make more money, partially because the relationships people create while volunteering can be leveraged for financial benefit… 4. Volunteering is good for society. Many businesses, and almost all mission-driven organizations, are successful only if they maintain a strong volunteer workforce… 5. Volunteering gives you a sense of purpose. Although it is not well-understood why volunteering provides such a profound health benefit, a key factor is assumed to be that volunteering serves to express and facilitate opportunities to carry out one’s sense of purpose. The very nature of volunteering means choosing to work without being paid for it… If you aren’t currently volunteering, and three in four of us aren’t, there are many resources online that can help you find an opportunity. Committing even as little as one hour a week can have a profound benefit on your own life, and the organizations that rely on such help will be able to thrive…” (Dawn C. Carr, Ph.D., an assistant professor at Florida State University, is a social gerontologist whose research focuses on factors that facilitate healthy and active aging, as quoted in Psychology Today, “The Third Age”.) At The Lodge Assisted Living Homes we love our volunteers. Contact Denise Anthony (208-6913578 to explore opportunities.
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1. LANGUAGE: What is the word for “M” in the international alphabet code used in radio? 2. TELEVISION: What was the real first name of the character Fonzie in the comedy “Happy Days”? 3. SCIENCE: Which country has the greatest number of tornados annually? 4. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Australia? 5. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What are the only two known mammals that lay eggs? 6. LITERATURE: What was the name of the first monster in “Beowulf”? 7. MOVIES: What was the name of the villain in the movie “Three Amigos!”? 8. U.S. STATES: What is the nickname of Wyoming? 9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the color of envy, culturally speaking? 10. BUSINESS: Which country’s basic currency is the sol? Answers 1. Mike 2. Arthur 3. United States, central and south regions 4. Canberra 5. Duck-billed platypus and the spiny anteater 6. Grendel 7. El Guapo 8. The Equality State 9. Green 10. Peru (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.
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1. Who released “This Old Heart of Mine”? 2. Which group wrote and released “If You Leave Me Now”? 3. What is Madonna’s 1986 “Papa Don’t Preach” about? 4. Which group released “Crush on You” in 1986? 5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “Bus driver, please look for me ‘cause I couldn’t bear to see what I might see.” Answers 1. The Isley Brothers, in 1969. The song also was featured in a “Moonlighting” TV episode in 1980, and was on the soundtrack. 2. Chicago, in 1976. The song topped the charts around the world, including in Canada, France, Australia and South Africa. 3. The song is about a teenage girl having to tell her father she’s pregnant. The song caused a problem with the Vatican. It didn’t help that Madonna dedicated the song to a pope. 4. The Jets. The group was eight kids from the same family. 5. “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree,” by Tony Orlando and Dawn in 1973. In the song, a prisoner is finally released and goes home. He asked for a yellow ribbon to be put on a tree if he’s still welcome. (c) 2021 King Features Syndicate
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