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TIDBITS® DRINKS SODA POP
by Janet Spencer On any given day, half of all Americans are going to consume at least one soft drink. Come along with Tidbits as we drink soda pop! A NEW DRINK • In the mid-1700s, a man named Joseph Priestley spent a lot of time at the brewery next door to his house in Glasgow, Scotland. He was intrigued by the layer of strange air which hung over the top of the beer vats. Mice, when placed in this gas, would die. Candles would go out. Sound was muffled. Water flowing through it would be filled with bubbles. He collected the gas and began experimenting. • The bubbly water tasted good, so Priestley began to hawk it as a health aid. He called it soda water. Now we know that the gas was carbon dioxide, which is given off when yeast ferments. Carbon dioxide puts the fizz into soda pop. A POPULAR DRINK • German-Swiss jeweler and amateur scientist Jacob Schweppe is considered the “father of soda pop.” In 1783, he developed the first practical process to manufacture carbonated mineral water based on the earlier findings of Joseph Priestley. (continued next page)
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SCHWEPPE’S INVENTION • Setting up shop in England, Jacob Schweppe’s business struggled until Dr. Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of Charles Darwin, endorsed Schweppe’s carbonated mineral water as a medicinal cure-all. Business boomed, and Jacob Schweppe sold the company at the age of 58 and retired, living comfortably until his death in 1821. Today Schweppe’s is owned by the Dr Pepper Snapple Group, and the Schweppe’s brand is distributed around the world. RECIPE FOR SODA POP • Regular soda pop (not diet) is high in sugar, with each 12-ounce can containing about 9 teaspoons of sugar. Most colas are flavored with vanilla extract and lemon oil, with a bit of lime oil, orange oil, nutmeg oil, and other flavorings. Phosphoric acid gives the drink bite, alcohol dissolves the oils, caramel (burnt sugar) gives the coloring, glycerin makes it thicker, and caffeine adds pep. FACTS ABOUT COKE • The first Coca-Cola syrup was concocted by pharmacist Dr. John Pemberton and sold by the glass in a drug store in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1886. Coca-Cola was advertised as being a “wonderful nerve and brain tonic.” Many people believe that Coke used to contain high levels of cocaine. However, even in the early days when coca leaves were used to flavor it, you would have had to drink a gallon and a half in order to get the slightest effect. • In 1905 when the Pure Food and Drug Act required all ingredients be listed on the label, Coke began to remove all traces of cocaine. Because of its connotations, they hated the nick-name “Coke” and tried for years to get people to ask for the product using the full name. Not until 1982 did the company give in, proclaiming, “Coke is it!” (continued)
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Sept 28 – Oct 27 Scarywood at Silverwood Thursday, Friday & Saturday Sept 28 – Oct 27 – Scarywood is back in October! Get ready for a month of screams as the theme park you thought you knew just became the nightmare you’ll never forget. As seen on Travel Channel’s “Halloween’s Scariest Thrills,” Scarywood is full of haunted attractions and roaming monsters. Experience 5 haunted attractions, 7 scare zones and most of Silverwood’s signature rides in the dark. Try to survive the night because you’ll be lucky to make it out alive. October 20 Oktoberfest Beer Cruise Take Oktoberfest to the lake with fun-filled lake cruise featuring a live DJ sporting lederhosen, German-style beer and delicious brats in the true traditions of Oktoberfest. All with gorgeous surrounding lake views. $20 ticket includes a flight of five seasonal beer samples.
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COKE FACTS (cont’d) • They wanted the design of Coke bottles to be so distinctive that a bottle could be recognized in the dark, or if it was broken. In 1913 the prototype of the shapely bottle we still use was introduced. It had been patterned after a cola nut: bulging at the sides with ridges running the length of the bottle. • During World War II, Coca-Cola’s president declared that every soldier overseas should be able to buy a 5¢ Coke at any time. With that in mind, 64 bottling plants were shipped to war zones around the world. As a result, 95% of the soft drinks consumed overseas during the war were Cokes. When the war ended, the bottling plants remained, making the company the largest international soft drink company. Today Coke is the world’s largest manufacturer of carbonated soft drinks. It’s the most widely distributed product on the planet, and is the most recognized brand in the world. PEPSI vs. COKE • The inventor of Pepsi-Cola was a druggist in North Carolina named Caleb Bradham. In 1893, he began selling “Brad’s Drink” at the soda fountain in his store. Later he renamed the drink Pepsi Cola because he believed that it helped to stave off dyspepsia. When the price of sugar increased during World War I, Bradham offered to sell his company to Coca-Cola, but was turned down three times. • Charles Guth was the president of a chain of candy stores that sold Coca-Cola by the glass, and lots of it. In 1930 his stores dispensed over 30,000 gallons of Coke’s syrup. Because he dealt in such volume, he asked the people at Coke if he could have a discount. The answer was no. Guth was so angry that he bought the Pepsi Cola Company and started selling Pepsi instead. The rivalry has been fierce ever since. (cont)
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® of Idaho TIDBITS of Kootenai Issue #39 September 24th 2018 TidbitsCounty, Dallas County COLA FACTS (cont’d) • Two researchers rigged a taste test at a mall. They asked people to choose between Coke and Pepsi, but some cups labeled Coke actually contained Pepsi, and some Pepsi cups held Coke. They found that it didn’t matter what was in the cups. People who said they preferred Coke tended to choose whatever soft drink was in the cup marked Coke. Likewise, those who favored Pepsi would choose whatever was in the Pepsi cup. • An independent firm using unbiased scientific methods found that 51.7% of people in a taste test preferred Pepsi; 41.7% preferred Coke; and 6.6% had no preference. Because of this survey, Coke changed their formula, making it taste just a little more like Pepsi. Everybody at Pepsi’s headquarters got the day off to celebrate when, on Coke’s 100th birthday in 1985, they announced they were changing the formula with “New Coke.” Three months later, they went back to their old recipe amid much controversy. • Coke and Pepsi are not always on opposite sides of the fence: They were accused of cooperating in Japan in an attempt to drive Japanese soft drink manufacturers out of business. The Japanese bottlers retaliated by passing out fliers accusing Coke and Pepsi of dissolving teeth. Japanese plant workers slashed tires on Coke delivery trucks. The issue was settled when Coke and Pepsi agreed to donate $700,000 to help Japanese bottlers become more competitive. • Pepsi’s popular slogan “Come alive with Pepsi” was translated into Chinese as “Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave.” • The United States represents 25% of the global soft drink market. If every drop of Coke ever made were placed in 8-ounce bottles and laid end to end, the bottles would reach the Moon and back over 2,000 times.
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STRANGE BUT TRUE by Samantha Weaver * It was Kurt Vonnegut, one of the most influential writers of the 20thÊcentury, who made the following sage observation: “There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.” * Greyhounds aren’t just fast; they also have better vision than any other breed of dog. * The venerable diner saw its peak as a place for a casual meal in the late 1940s, when there were around 7,000 of them across the country. Today there are fewer than 2,000. * Thomas Jefferson was an inventor as well as a statesman, but he refused to take out patents on any of his ideas. He believed that inventions should benefit all of humanity, not just himself. * In January 2018, the City of New York paid 200 formerly homeless people $85 each to pretend to be homeless again for one night. At midnight that night, in order to get an estimate of the city’s homeless population, volunteer canvassers took to the streets, approaching apparently homeless people to ask if they have somewhere to sleep. If a canvasser came across one of the paid “homeless” decoys, that decoy went home. The decoys were, essentially, a check to see how well the canvassers did their job -- and they did it pretty well, it seems, finding 90 percent of the decoys in the course of the night. * In Switzerland, it’s considered bad luck to tell anyone your baby’s name before it is born.
Thought for the Day: “People of small caliber like to sit on high horses.” -- Magdalena Samozwaniec (c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.
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COUCH THEATER -- DVD PREVIEWS By Amy Anderson
PHOTO: Chris Pratt in “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” Photo Credit: Universal Pictures “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” (PG-13) -The dinosaurs of the lost Jurassic World -- or what remain of them -- are in jeopardy from a volcanic eruption, and the U.S. government is not inclined to step in to save them. Enter Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard), one-time operations manager and now dinosaur activist, who gets a suspicious lifeline from Benjamin Lockwood (James Cromwell), former partner in cloning of the paleontology park. The offer: He’ll re-home the dinos if Dearing goes to get them. The gang’s all back, as Claire recruits Owen (Chris Pratt), alpha male and all-around hunk, to help get Blue, the last remaining velociraptor, to safety. There’s a ton of action and some interesting twists, but also a vague unfortunate fading feeling of a franchise that’s gone too far. “Billionaire Boys Club” (R) -- In real-life 1980s glitzy Los Angeles, a group of overprivileged and wannabe-overprivileged young men got themselves all rolled up in a Ponzi scheme, which, when it played out -- as they usually do -- left several young men murderers and accomplices to murder. Ansel Elgort and Taron Egerton star as two of these young men. Well-cast white-bread looks and confident wardrobe choices aside, I found it hard to like the film despite my affection for the actors -- it’s slick hedonism of the get-richquick variety, with no discernable sympathetic characters, despite an attempt to present them as such. “Damsel” (R) -- Dandy Samuel Alabaster (Robert Pattinson) is ready to cross the great American West of the 1870s in search of his kidnapped fiancee, Penelope (Mia Wasikowska), a sure-minded woman whom he intends to marry on the spot -after he presents her with a gift of a tiny horse named Butterscotch. He enlists the help of “Parson” Henry (David Zellner), a drunkard looking to turn a new leaf, and the pair set off on a grand adventure, with surprises and revelations along the way. Slapstick Western? Quirky take on traditional tropes? The Zellner brothers’ “Damsel” is mostly cute and thoughtful, with only brief moments of self-awareness in which it tries a little too hard to be zany. High-fives for the opening sequence featuring a sermon by an old preacher played by Robert Forster. “Siberia” (R) -- Keanu Reeves plays Lucas Hill, a diamond merchant who goes to St. Petersburg, Russia, to sell a dubious batch of rare blue diamonds. His partner is murdered, and while he waits for the deal to play out, he is engaged in a game of seduction with the owner of a small cafe, played by Ana Ularu. It’s billed as a romantic thriller, or maybe a crime drama, but there’s never any steam, only impenetrable cold. (c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.
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By Dr. Holly Carling
Nutritional Craziness
There are some nutritional fundamentals that To live in this day and time of nutrition is cra- have been solid during most of the past few genzy making! What ever happened to the days of erations, at least. The most solid of all is vegetasimplicity? You ate what you grew or raised, ex- bles. I don’t believe there is any dietary regime changed some food with neighbors, cooked it at that is against the lowly vegetable. Packed with home, and that was about it. Of course you also an array of nutrients essential to running our ordealt with times of famine that most of us have ganism, universally available to all areas of the never experienced. But today, we have such a world, relatively cheap to grow, vegetables take tremendous variety of food that comes from all the prize. But even here, controversy abounds. Raw food proponents believe all vegetables over the world, that it boggles the mind. But, along with that, comes the relatively new should be consumed raw. While the enzymes/nufield of “nutrition”. Becoming a matter of sub- trients are undoubtedly essential, too much raw ject, nutrition has only been delineated, then can create problems in the body. Therefore, the controversial, for about 100 years. Fraught with field of macrobiotics believes that no vegetable inconsistencies, exaggerations, either a “mir- should be eaten raw, all should be cooked. While acle” food or supplement or just plain bad for there is value in cooked vegetables as well, breakyou. Some “foods” and “drinks” today don’t ing down some components otherwise tough on deserve to even be classified as a food/drink! our sensitive digestive systems, I still believe we What’s more, I don’t think there is a single food need both. So here is the point: nutrition is not that someone hasn’t found something bad about black or white. We, as a society, tend to be extremists. It’s all and recommends the consumer not to eat. If that weren’t enough, how food is grown, pro- or nothing, black or white. It is as true with our cessed, prepared in our kitchens and preserved diets as it is with our health. As with all aspects has all come under scrutiny by the public (for of life, there needs to be a balance. I prefer to look at things, especially diet-wise as a gradient. good reason!). So how do we sort through the quagmire of spe- There are “bad” foods, on the bottom of the list, cial interests, marketing hype, diets and fanati- and “clean” or “super” foods at the top of the list. cal dogmas to get down to what you should re- Every time you can move it up on the gradient scale, even if for just a few meals a week, the ally eat and drink? better. 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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TIDBITS Kootenai County,Call Idaho(334) Issue #39 September 24th 2018 ForofAdvertising 505-0674 DONNA’S DAY: CREATIVE FAMILY FUN By Donna Erickson
Insulating Foam Bugs Make Welcome Guests
There’s so much to see and do outdoors this time of year. Even the tiniest details possess a bit of wonder for kids. Twigs, leaves, stones, pinecones, acorns and a favorite fascination: bugs! These bugs don’t bite when kids use their imagination to design and paint bug-like creatures. The roundish body is a foam form that emerges from a can of insulating foam sealant, available at hardware stores. Maybe you already have a can, if you are filling in some gaps and cracks in your home to stop drafts before winter. That’s the home-improvement project my friend Tom Troffey, an educator and dad, was doing when he discovered the potential for kids’ play and creativity as he squirted the extra remaining foam from the can into 2-inch ball shapes on a sheet of waxed paper and let them dry. An idea was born! He made dozens of “blobs” that school-age kids could paint and decorate to resemble bugs during the arts-and-crafts class he taught at a summer camp. “It was so much fun to see how young children could imagine and transform a plain white ball of hardened foam with paint, pipe cleaners and wire into an original, colorful creature,” he said. “Once completed, they had a great time using their eye-catching bug and caterpillar creations for storytelling, learning and play.” If you’re looking for a new art project for your young kids, make bugs that invade but won’t crawl around your house. Only adults should make the foam shapes. Once dried and firmed overnight, kids do the designing. Here’s the stuff you need: -- can of insulating foam sealant from the hardware store. I used Great Stuff brand. -- waxed paper. -- toothpicks. -- acrylic paint in small bottles, and paintbrushes. -- pipe cleaners and/or wire. Here’s the fun: 1. An adult should carefully follow instructions on the can and point the attachable nozzle over a sheet of waxed paper set on a flat surface. For basic bugs, make roundish blobs approximately 2 inches in diameter, or let your creativity loose and make shapes for snakes, lizards, etc. Let the foam harden overnight. 2. Now get kids involved. Poke a toothpick into the shape for a handle. Dab different colors of paint around the “body” to design an original bug. Let dry. 3. Insert pipe cleaners and wire in different directions for legs and antennae. Name it and play with it. Note: The “blobs” can be the basis of limitless art activities. Use toothpicks to connect shapes for modern art sculptures or wild creatures. Donna Erickson’s award-winning series “Donna’s Day” is airing on public television nationwide. To find more of her creative family recipes and activities, visit www.donnasday.com and link to the NEW Donna’s Day Facebook fan page. Her latest book is “Donna Erickson’s Fabulous Funstuff for Families.” (c) 2018 Donna Erickson Distributed by King Features Synd.
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Q&A with Susan Ashley, MD
Preventing Osteoarthritis
Anyone who is over the age of 50 knows the signs of osteoarthritis, or OA, the type of arthritis we form from wear and tear on our joints. The knees are particularly effected, and over time the cartilage can thin, causing symptoms such as pain when walking or any other activity. It’s always just been assumed that growing older and OA go hand in hand, an expected part of the aging process. In the US, 27 million people suffer from OA, and it’s especially prevalent in post-menopausal women. Treatment of OA has been focused on managing the symptoms with pharmaceuticals, such as anti-inflammatories. Measures to slow OA include supplements such as glucosamine, chondrotion, and MSM. To date, there’s been no cure.
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Recently researchers in England studied the effects of a poor diet and sedentary lifestyle causing changes in metabolism, and how they affect cells. They found that a poor diet puts stress on the cells which caused them to produce glucose. When extra glucose in the body is not used for energy, it becomes lactic acid. Lactic acid is difficult for the body to process and eliminate and too much lactic acid inflames human tissue. If the tissue around a joint’s cartilage becomes inflamed it causes the swelling and pain associated with OA. The researcher concluded that “for too long OA has been known as the ‘wear and tear disease’ and it has been assumed that it is part and parcel of getting older. However, this is not the case and what we have learned is that we can control and prevent the onset of this painful condition.” So, the bottom line, to prevent OA reduce the carbs and sugar in the diet. Avoid sugar like the plaque, and reduce foods like bread, rice, pasta, potatoes, and starchy foods. These quickly become sugar in the body and will damage cartilage. If you already have OA, even if your doctor has said it’s “bone on bone”, stem cells can help. We’ve have injected many patients with stem cells to re-grow cartilage with great results.
Dr Ashley is board certified in Family Medicine and in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine. She provides a mix of traditional with alternative medicine and specializes in bio-identical hormones for both men and women.
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1. GEOGRAPHY: The ancient city-state of Tenochtitlan once existed at the same site as what major world city? 2. ANATOMY: In humans, which gland regulates metabolism? 3. HISTORY: Which astronaut stayed aboard the Apollo 11 command service module while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon in 1969? 4. LITERATURE: What was the working title of “The Secret Garden”? 5. FAMOUS QUOTES: What modern novelist once wrote, “It is our choices ... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities”? 6. ANIMAL KINGDOM: The wombat is a native of what country? 7. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Which major U.S. cities did Route 66 connect? 8. LANGUAGE: What is a plage? 9. TELEVISION: Who played the Enterprise captain in the TV series “Star Trek: The Next Generation”? 10. ART: In what city is the Van Gogh Museum located? Answers 1. Mexico City 2. Thyroid 3. Michael Collins 4. “Mistress Mary” 5. J.K. Rowling, in “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” 6. Australia 7. Chicago and Los Angeles 8. A beach 9. Patrick Stewart 10. Amsterdam
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Fabulous Food CAMPBELL’S SOUP • In 1869 in New Jersey, a fruit merchant named Joseph Campbell teamed up with an icebox manufacturer named Abraham Anderson to start up a new company. They manufactured canned vegetables, jellies, condiments, and minced meats. • In 1876 Joseph Campbell bought out Abraham’s share of the company, and subsequently reorganized and re-named the firm, naming it after himself: the Joseph A. Campbell Preserve Company. When Campbell retired, Arthur Dorrance became president of the company. In 1897, Arthur hired his nephew, John Dorrance. • John Dorrance was a gifted chemist and a graduate of MIT. He was so eager to work for the company that he agreed to work for the low salary of $7.50 per week (equal to about $200/ week today), and volunteered to supply all his own equipment. • While studying in Germany, Dorrance noted that Europeans frequently ate soup, but Americans didn’t seem to favor it. The company did sell soups, but whereas they were cheap to make, they were expensive to ship. Dorrance wondered what would happen if you could remove the heaviest ingredient from the soup: the water. • After experimenting, he developed a method for cutting the amount of water in half. This made the soups far cheaper to ship, allowing the company to undercut the prices of their competitors which made the product easier to sell. At the price of ten cents a can, the convenient new product quickly caught on. By 1904 the company was selling 16 million cans of soup a year. Their very first soup was tomato, and each can contained the equivalent of five pureed tomatoes. (cont)
SPORTS QUIZ
Chris Richcreek 1. Baltimore’s Zach Britton set an American League record in 2017 by converting 60 consecutive save opportunities. Who had held the A.L. mark? 2. Which two teammates on the 1986 New York Mets’ World Series winner also were members on the New York Yankees team that went on to win the 1996 World Series? 3. When was the last time before 2016 that the University of Hawaii football team won a bowl game? 4. In the franchise history of the Los Angeles Clippers, name the two players who surpassed 10,000 career points. 5. Who was the only NHL player in the 2017-18 season who played at least 1,500 regular-season minutes at age 40 or older? 6. Name the Olympic athlete who has won the most career medals in women’s speedskating. 7. Sei Young Kim set an LPGA tournament record in 2018 by shooting a 31-under 257. Who had she been tied with at the old record of 27-under par for a tournament? Answers 1. Tom Gordon of the Boston Red Sox (199899), with 54 consecutive saves. 2. Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry. 3. It was 2006. 4. Randy Smith (12,735 points) and Blake Griffin (10,863). 5. Boston’s Zdeno Chara. 6. Ireen Wust of the Netherlands, with 11 (20062018). 7. Annika Sorenstam.
TIDBITS of Kootenai County, Call Idaho Issue #39505-0674 September 24th 2018 For Advertising (334) CAMPBELL’S SOUP (cont’d) • In 1898, a Campbell’s executive convinced the company to adopt a red and white color scheme on the label, because he was taken by the crisp red color of the Cornell University football team’s uniforms. When the soup won awards at the Paris Exhibition in 1900, a gold medal was added to the design of the label. • In 1914 John Dorrance became president of the company, and later bought out Joseph Cambell’s share of the firm. He served until 1930. A few years later, the “Mm! M’m! Good!” jingle was introduced on the radio. • Campbell Soup became one of the largest food companies in the world under the leadership of William Murphy who was elected executive vice president of Campbell Soup in 1949 and served as President and CEO from 1953 to 1972. Murphy took the corporation public and increased its brand portfolio to include Pepperidge Farm’s breads, cookies, and crackers, Franco-American’s gravies and pastas, V8 vegetable juices, Swanson broths, and Godiva’s chocolates. • Campbell’s chicken noodle soup, tomato soup, and cream of mushroom soup are consistently among the top 10 food items sold in grocery stores each week. Chicken noodle is the most popular flavor of Campbell’s soup sold today in the U.S. with about 200 million cans sold each year. Chicken noodle soup was first put on the market in 1934, making it one of America’s oldest products that still makes it to the bestseller’s list. All in all, Campbell’s sells about 2.5 billion cans of soup annually in the U.S.
PAW’S CORNER By Sam Mazzotta
Gassy Great Dane? Try New Dog Food DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Why does my Great Dane fart so much? -- James K., Syracuse, New York DEAR JAMES: Hoo boy. Great Danes are notorious for passing gas. And because they’re big dogs, well, it’s impossible not to notice. Part of the reason is that they often are prone to digestive issues and can be sensitive to some varieties of dog food. Talk to your dog’s veterinarian about this, as he or she will have some suggestions for reducing flatulence. The No. 1 recommendation will be a change to a different brand of dog food. Try introducing the new food gradually, replacing part of its current food with the new brand and increasing the ratio of old to new. Note whether its gas symptoms diminish, or if there’s no change. Theories abound as to why Great Danes and other large breeds like Bull Mastiffs rip so many stinky farts. Fermentation of digesting food in the large intestine is one. Dry dog foods with a lot of grain filler may make this worse. If your dog is fed table scraps, even occasionally, this could contribute to the problem, as human food tends to be higher in fat with lots of spices. Large breeds also are very susceptible to bloat, so stay aware of your dog’s physical condition. When the stomach swells up with excess gas it can be very painful and put the dog at risk of gastric torsion, which requires immediate surgery. Labored breathing, excessive drooling, vomiting or an enlarged abdomen are among the symptoms of bloat. Take your dog to the emergency vet right away if you notice any of these symptoms. Send your questions, comments or tips to ask@ pawscorner.com. (c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.
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HATEBEAK: Full Metal Parrot • In 2003, two guys from Baltimore released the world’s first death-metal album featuring a parrot on lead vocals. The band is named Hatebeak, a pun on the Connecticut-based heavy metal band Hatebreed. • Blake Harrison and Mark Sloan work in the music industry and thought it would be fun to integrate the squawks of a Congo African grey parrot named Waldo into their music. Waldo was born in 1991 and reportedly always enjoys listening to heavy metal. With Waldo on vocals, Sloan on guitar, and Harrison on drums, their music has been described as “a jackhammer being ground in a compactor.” • Chris Okon is a cockatiel owner and Hatebeak fan who describes the group’s sound saying, “Hatebeak pecks your eyes out and assaults your ears in a flurry of pummeling riffs and grey feathers that leaves you lying in a pool of blood,” going on to appreciate the fact that “the artists seem to respect the ancient, raptor-reptilian roots of parrots.” • In an interview on the Howard Stern Show, Harrison said the band exists to “raise the bar, as far as extreme music goes.” It is truly extreme. There are no intelligible lyrics. The harsh vocals of the parrot’s death-squawking are “groundbreaking, nest-crushing, and egg-shattering” according to one review. • How do they do it? Harrison explains, “Waldo gets very hyper when we play music he likes and we record his outbursts following an extended listening period. We take the best parts and track them with the music.” • Their 2004 album “Beak of Putrefaction” is a nod to the Carcass classic, “Reek of Putrefaction.” The song “God of Empty Nest” is named after Morbid Angel’s “God of Emptiness.” The third song is a bonus track called “Seeds of Destruction.” (cont’d)
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Veteran Services Get Big Boost
More than $536 million in grants has been authorized for services to veterans and their families. One award, which will help low-income veteran families getting benefits from the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program, will give out $326 million. That money will go to 252 non-profit organizations around the country that help veterans and their families find stable housing situations. Services will include outreach and case management for health care, legal support, child care, a fiduciary, transportation and more. Last year this same fund provided housing services to more than 129,000 people, including nearly 84,000 veterans and over 27,000 children. The funding will begin in October 2018. To learn more about the services, go online to ww.va.gov and put SSVF in the search box. The other award, $200 million, will fund the Grant and Per Diem Program, which helps homeless veterans. That amount will provide 13,000 transitional housing beds during fiscal 2019. An additional amount, $2.7 million, will go to special needs to provide housing services for veterans with minor dependents, mental illness and women veterans. Programs include bridge housing (short-term stay in transitional housing when permanent housing is not yet available); low demand housing for veterans who have been unable to use traditional housing programs; hospital to housing for veterans who were hospitalized or seen in emergency rooms; clinical treatment for veterans who need mental-health or substance treatment and need housing and employment; service-intensive transitional housing to permanent housing; and transition-in-place support services as a veteran adjusts over time to permanent housing. Homeless veterans might be eligible for any number of benefits, such as insurance, home loans, education and training, vocational rehab and employment, pension and more. To learn more about the benefits, go online to www.benefits.va.gov/PERSONA/veteran-homeless.asp.
HATEBEAK (cont’d) • The album cover for Hatebeak’s first single was a blatant rip-off of Judas Priests’s “Screaming for Vengeance” which quickly earned a cease-and-desist order. It was reissued with Waldo obscuring most of the original picture. • In 2005 they released their second album “Bird Seeds of Vengeance” performed in conjunction with the band called Caninus whose lead vocals are performed by the barking and growling of two pit bull terriers. This is easily Waldo’s best work, featuring a mixture of hoots, honks, and growls that show off the parrot’s vocal versatility. • In 2007 their third album came out, called “The Thing That Should Not Beak.” The band split up in 2009 but recorded a reunion album in 2015 called “Number of the Beak.” All of their albums have been released on Reptilian Records and are available to purchase online and can also be heard on YouTube. • Hatebeak does not tour. “We don’t play live because it would be absolute torture for the bird to experience decibels at those levels,” explains Blake. • Therefore, Hatebeak is a studio project only, in the tradition of Steely Dan, except with unintelligible lyrics, paint-peeling guitars, frantic drumming, and no melody, at three times the volume. • The two human members of the band have now moved on to other endeavors. Blake Harrison sings in the band Pig Destroyer, and Mark Sloan performs with The Index. Waldo the Parrot went on to do album reviews for “Decibel” magazine. • When he isn’t recording, Waldo enjoys whistling “The Andy Griffith Show” theme song and mimicking a ringing telephone.
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Essential Oils and Respiratory Distress
With so many fires surrounding us, our respiratory system is truly being compromised! Coughing, sore throat, red and irritated eyes - all signs of distress from the smoke in the air. How can essential oils help? One great solution is a blend of oils we have called the Respiratory Blend. It is one of our most popular essential oil blends due to its powerful uses and benefits. Known for its ability to maintain feelings of clear airways, it is enriched with a series of oils that help cool and invigorate and promote feelings of easy breathing. This blend can be used used both aromatically and topically to help minimize the effects of the smoky air as well as seasonal threats. The Respiratory Blend is a blend of Peppermint, Eucalyptus, Melaleuca (Tea Tree), Lemon, Cardamom, Ravensara, and Laurel Leaf and has a wonderful fresh mint aroma. Uses and Benefits Topically - For best results, apply the Respiratory Blend to your chest and inhale deeply to experience a cooling and invigorating vapor. This application will also help you maintain feelings of clear airways. When you are experiencing the shifts of the season, diffuse in your home or workspace to lessen unwanted effects. When the air is thick with smoke and your respiratory tract is feeling the effects, drop a few drops of the Respiratory Blend in the palms of your hands and inhale directly on your chest and also rub on the bottom of your feet. Especially beneficial when diffused. If you are a hiker, camper, backpacker, or outdoor enthusiast, don’t let the smoke or seasonal changes diminish your nature experiences; instead, this essential oil blend topically before venturing out. Call us anytime this month for a free consultation and you will be entered into a drawing to win a free Respiratory Blend! 208-777-5367
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FLASHBACK By Mick Harper 1. Which group had a 1969 hit with "No Time"? 2. Who penned and released "Do You Know What I Mean"? 3. Name the group that had a hit with "Who Do You Think You Are?" 4. Who wrote and released the original "Keep On Running"? 5. Name the song that contains this lyric: "I was the one who came runnin' when you were lonely, I haven't lived one day not lovin' you only." Answers 1. The Canadian rock band Guess Who. The song was used in the TV bio film "Pirates of Silicon Valley" in 1999, about Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. 2. Lee Michaels, in 1971. The song shot to No. 6 and finished on the Billboard list as the year's No. 19 song. 3. Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods, in 1974. 4. Jackie Edwards, in 1965. Shortly after, the Spencer Davis Group released a chart-topping version of the song. That version was used in the film "Buster" in 1988. 5. "Wedding Bell Blues," by the 5th Dimension, in 1969. The song, written by Laura Nyro, wasn't the first Nyro song picked up by the 5th Dimension. They also covered her "Stoned Soul Picnic" in 1968. (c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.
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“Wisdom, Culture, Love, and Story-telling”
SENIOR NEWS LINE By Matilda Charles
Flu Season Is Coming Fast
Flu season is just around the corner ... again. Per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a few things are new this year. Topping the list -- the vaccines have been adjusted to better match the viruses that are circulating. Fluzone High-Dose is the one made for seniors over the age of 65. The vaccine contains four times the regular dose because we need help with developing a stronger immune response. What’s concerning is that the high dose for seniors contains only three vaccines, not four. The shot has vaccines for A/Michigan, A/Singapore and B/Colorado. Regular quadrivalent (fourway) vaccines, also protect against B/Phuket. However, even with the high-dose vaccine, we might not be completely covered. A 2014 study concluded that the high-dose was only 24 percent more effective than the regular dose. It’s curious that the study ran from March to August, which generally isn’t thought of as the flu season. Another curiosity: While the CDC says the high dose is approved for people age 65 and older, they have not specifically stated a preference for any vaccine for that age group. Here’s a tip: Don’t wait for your doctor’s office to call. Call them. Or get the vaccine at a chain drug store or community health clinic. Last year was a high-severity flu year for all age groups, and the last thing you want is for the vaccine to run out. The CDC suggests getting vaccinated before the end of October. Flu season, however, starts in October, and it takes a few weeks for the vaccine’s protection to set in. Last year’s flu season was especially long. Keep an eye on your state’s CDC website so you’ll know what’s going on around you. (c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.
A text from a resident’s family member received recently really struck my heart… “I’m so ashamed of our Youth Centric Society. There is so much wisdom, culture, love and story-telling that is being wasted and lost, simply disregarded…” Rory Steward in the November 9, 2013, “Guardian” reflects as follows. “…ours is the first generation to draw our deepest fulfilment from our own descendants. Some of my friends imply that all that matters is what happens to their families, in the lives behind their own front doors. We have become reluctant to make sacrifices, except on the altar of our children. And what is the purpose of our children's lives? Their own children. And so on, all the way down. But instead of focusing overwhelmingly on the interests of "the next generation", politicians should give more space to the previous generation. We should begin by allowing older people to take far more political responsibility in local communities…. Our older population is the most impressive, self-sacrificing and imaginative part of our entire community. They are almost the last people who belong to political parties, the last who maintain our churches, the most generous and dedicated supporters of all our charities. They are our last fragile link to deeper history. They are also people who can find themselves in extremes of poverty (fuel poverty, in particular), of isolation, of loneliness and of hopelessness in the wait for death, unimaginable to anyone younger. We are not respecting them and, as a society, we are not making use of their extraordinary talents… If we are looking for redemption for the young, and a mission for our society, it could be in our care for the older generation: finding fulfilment and delight in relationships with the elderly and in helping the elderly. We should admire and learn from them. This is possible. On every street corner in Kabul, you can see a teenager in stonewashed jeans raising his head from scowling at his phone and moving with genuine delight to talk to an older person. I would like to see us begin to do the same here. Instead of building a world that's only fit for our children, I would like to see us building a world fit for our parents…” Rory Stewart is Conservative MP for Penrith For guidance, questions, and tours of The Lodge Assisted Living, call Linda Davis 208-755-3637.
Linda Davis Director of building relationships. 208.457.3403 www.LodgeLiving.net
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Top 10 Video On Demand 1. Book Club (PG-13) Diane Keaton 2. TAG (R) Jeremy Renner 3. Deadpool 2 (R) Ryan Reynolds 4. Avengers: Infinity War (PG-13) Robert Downey Jr. 5. Life of the Party (PG-13) Melissa McCarthy 6. Upgrade (R) Logan Marshall-Green 7. Breaking In (PG-13) Gabrielle Union 8. Rampage (PG-13) Dwayne Johnson 9. Overboard (PG-13) Anna Faris 10. I Feel Pretty (PG-13) Amy Schumer Top 10 DVD, Blu-ray Sales 1. Deadpool 2 (R) FOX 2. Avengers: Infinity War (PG-13) Disney 3. Book Club (PG-13) Paramount 4. TAG (R) Warner Bros. 5. Deadpool: The Complete Collection (For Now) (R) FOX 6. Upgrade (R) Universal 7. The Walking Dead: The Complete Eighth Season (TV-14) Anchor Bay 8. Ready Player One (PG-13) Warner Bros. 9. Rampage (PG-13) Warner Bros. 10. Black Panther (PG-13) Disney Source: comScore (c) 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.
* On Oct. 6, 1683, encouraged by William Penn’s offer of 5,000 acres of land in Pennsylvania and the freedom to practice their religion, the first Mennonites arrive in America. The group founded Germantown, now part of the city of Philadelphia. * On Oct. 1, 1864, Confederate spy Rose O’Neal Greenhow drowns off the North Carolina coast. Greenhow was carrying Confederate dispatches and $2,000 in gold when captured. Insisting that she be taken ashore, she boarded a small lifeboat that overturned in the rough surf. The weight of the gold pulled her under, and her body washed ashore the next morning. * On Oct. 5, 1919, Enzo Ferrari makes his debut as a race car driver. In the mid-1920s, Ferrari retired from racing cars to pursue his dream: building them. In 1947, the first Ferraris appeared on the market. In 1949, a Ferrari won the Le Mans 24-hour race. * On Oct. 3, 1932, with the admission of Iraq into the League of Nations, Britain terminates its mandate, making the Arab nation independent after 17 years of British rule and centuries of Ottoman rule. * On Oct. 4, 1944, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower distributes to his combat units a “shell shock” report by the U.S. Surgeon General that reveals the hazards of prolonged exposure to combat. U.S. commanders judged that the average soldier could last about 200 days in combat before suffering serious psychiatric damage. * On Oct. 7, 1955, poet Alan Ginsberg reads his poem “Howl” at a poetry reading in San Francisco. The poem’s book publication led to the arrest of publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti for obscenity. He was later tried and acquitted. * On Oct. 2, 1968, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson strikes out 17 Detroit Tigers in the first game of the World Series, breaking Sandy Koufax’s record. (c) 2018 Hearst Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You might need to get more facts to help you work out those problems with your new project. As always, a friendly approach shows the charming Arian at his or her persuasive best. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Information is what energizes ambition, and this is a good time for the ambitious Bovine to expand his or her range of knowledge and to be ready for the challenges that lie ahead. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is a good time to consider making some long-overdue decorating changes at home or in your workplace. A splash of color can help raise spirits, even on the grayest day. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Learn more. Earn more. That’s the formula for Moon Children looking to expand their career horizons. Investigate the best places to get those training courses you’ll need. LEO (July 23 to August 22) Your creative side helps gain attention for many of your ideas. But don’t neglect the practical aspects involved in implementing their move from paper to production. Good luck. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) A health problem should not be ignored. The sooner you check it out, the sooner you can deal with it and then move on. Some job advice comes from an unlikely source. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A relationship takes an unexpected shift that could leave you puzzled and hurt. Asking for an explanation could help uncover the reason for this sudden turn of events. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Your busy schedule has drawn down much of your energy levels. Restore them by spending a wellearned time out enjoying the arts -- perhaps with that special someone. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Make that presentation with confidence. Remember: When you show you believe in yourself, it helps persuade others that you truly know what you’re doing. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Although you usually prefer doing things on your own, a group effort might be advisable at this time. Try to keep an open mind about suggestions from colleagues. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) This could be a good time to reassess some of your recent decisions and see if any adjustments should be made based on facts that you might have just uncovered. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) An emotionally charged situation creates uncertainty about the future of your relationship. Best advice: Talk things out while there’s still time to reach a new understanding.
BORN THIS WEEK: You tend to act on matters of principle despite what others might advise..
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