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TIDBITS® PONDERS ORIGINS OF ALCOHOL

by Janet Spencer The word “alcohol” has its origins in “al-kohl,” Arabic for the finely ground grey metal called antimony that was used as eyeliner. It came to mean any exotic essence. Come along with Tidbits as we consider the origins of alcohol!

NAME THAT DRINK • “Ebrius” is Latin for drunk (“inebriated”) and “sobrius” means sober.

• The word “drunk” has more than 2,000 synonyms: inebriated, intoxicated, under the influence, saturated, soaked, smashed, soused, sloshed, bombed, loaded, tipsy, etc.

• A distiller named E.C. Booze had a brand of whiskey called Old Log Cabin. Booze’s Old Log Cabin has faded into obscurity, but Booze’s name has come into our language as a general term for alcohol.

• The Hoocheno Indians of Alaska came up with an alcoholic brew that could knock a man flat.

It became known as hooch.

• Port wine is named for the Portuguese city that is was shipped from— Oporto.

• Bourbon comes from Bourbon County, Kentucky, where it was invented.

• Vodka is the Russian word for “little water.”

• Whiskey comes from a Gaelic phrase meaning “water of life.” (cont)

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ORIGINS OF ALCOHOL (cont) • Rye comes from rye grain.

• Scotch was first made in Scotland.

• The naturally carbonated water at Selters in Prussia (now Germany) gave us seltzer.

• An illegitimate son of Henry IV of France invented gin and named it after the juniper berry from which it’s made— “genever” in old French.

• “Lager” is the German word for storehouse, where the beer is kept until mature.

• Bock is an English buck or goat, and anyone who drinks more than a couple bock beers will soon be acting like one.

• Brandy takes its name from the Dutch “brandewijn” and the German “branntwein” meaning “burned wine” because it’s distilled.

• The focal point of Irish social life is the pub.

This is a term derived from “public house.”

• The word “saloon” comes from the French “salon” which came from the Italian “salone” meaning “large hall.”

• It’s called a “bar” because of the metal rod, or bar (short for “barrier”) that typically runs the length of the bar.

• The word “tavern” originates from the Latin “taberna” meaning “inn” which is also the source of the word “tabernacle.”

• At pubs, beer is served by the pint or the quart, which are abbreviated ‘P’ and ‘Q’ on the patron’s bar tab. If a bar owner was concerned that someone was running up too much of a bill, he might tell the person to “mind your Ps and Qs.” • A tab was often called a “scot” and if the tavern’s owner lost the scot or forgot to write the drink down on the scot, the drinker got off “scot-free.” (cont)

TIDBITS of Kootenai County, Idaho Issue #7 Feb 10th 2020 ORIGINS OF ALCOHOL (cont) • It was illegal to take alcohol onto Indian reservations, so smugglers would hide the flasks in their boots, resulting in the word “bootleg.”

• Kahlua is a Mexican coffee-flavored liqueur, whose name is derived from the native Acolhua people, who were allies of the Aztecs.

• In the 1600s, ladies who drank wine would protect their fancy dresses with a lace hanky wrapped around their neck like a bib and tucked into their neck. Sipping wine was called bibbing and the lacy neckerchief was called a tucker. Nowadays when you put on your best bib and tucker, you are referring to the olden days of bibbing tuckers.

• Amethyst is quartz tinted purple through a combination of iron and irradiation. Its name comes from the Greek word for “not drunk” because it was thought that amethyst would prevent the effects of alcohol.

• According to folk medicine, when a person was bitten by a rabid dog, a sure cure was to tie some hairs from that dog in a bandage over the bite wound. It didn’t work, and neither does having a glass of “the hair of the dog that bit you” when suffering from a hangover.

• In the 1830s, a temperance society in Michigan was campaigning against the evils of drink.

They offered their members two pledges: one was a pledge of moderate drinking, the other was a pledge of total abstinence. On the membership rolls those who had made pledges were identified as either “O.P.” for those who had taken the “Old Pledge” to drink moderately, or “T-Total” for those who embraced total abstinence. This group eventually became known as Teetotalers. (cont)

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® of Idaho TIDBITS of Kootenai Issue #7 Feb 10th 2020 TidbitsCounty, Dallas County ORIGINS OF ALCOHOL (cont) • A man named Colonel Taylor wanted to raise the popularity of his bourbon, named Old Taylor. He hired men to collect all the old empty bottles of Old Taylor, and shipped three freight car loads to New York City. Another crew of men set up the empty bottles on mantels and shelves in bars, restaurants, and clubs all across town. Having rows of empties gave the impression that Old Taylor was the most popular drink in the town, and New Yorkers began to order. Shortly Old Taylor was well on its way to popularity.

• Rudolph Kunett bought the American rights to Smirnoff vodka from Vladimire Smirnoff himself. In 1934, he set up America’s first vodka distillery in Connecticut— and then faced the problem of how to get people to drink the stuff. It was viewed as suspect because it was from Russia, considered to be a politically subversive country.

• In 1939, Kunett sold the company to John Martin, inventor of A-1 Steak Sauce. Sales remained slow until one day a distributor in South Carolina ordered 500 cases. Martin went to visit the man to find out why he suddenly needed so much vodka.

• When Kunett sold the company to Martin, he was running out of corks that said “Smirnoff Vodka” on them. Instead, for his last batch, he used up all his corks that said “Smirnoff Whiskey.” They had been left over from a doomed attempted to expand the line of liquor into whiskey. A curious salesman sampled this new clear kind of whiskey, and found it good. He put up signs advertising “Smirnoff’s White Whiskey. No taste. No smell.” Whereas vodka didn’t sell because it was an unfamiliar product, white whiskey sold like crazy because everyone knew what whiskey was. Smirnoff sales took off.

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• It was American humorist Evan Esar who came up the following definition: “Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.”

• The Emperor Charlemagne, who conquered much of Western and Central Europe during the first century, had an unusual relationship with his daughters. He refused to allow them to get married, but he evidently had no objections to their forming, shall we say, less formal relationships. He doted on his illegitimate grandchildren and even gave money and gifts to their fathers.

• If you look at a list of the names of the 50 states, you’ll find every letter of the alphabet except Q. • For reasons unknown, a law in New Jersey forbids the sale of cabbage on Sunday.

• You won’t be surprised to learn that the most dangerous device that is common in the modern world is the automobile. You might be surprised to learn, though, that the second most dangerous is the stair step.

• You’ve probably never heard of Countess Rosa Branicka, but she accomplished an amazing feat. In the mid-19th century, at the age of 63, the wealthy Polish noblewoman became ill.

The diagnosis given by experts in Germany was breast cancer, and immediate surgery was recommended. For reasons unknown, the countess declined the treatment, then set about purchasing her own surgical instruments. Once all the tools were assembled, Branicka checked into a hotel in Paris and removed the tumor herself. Reports indicate that she healed well and quickly, and lived to the ripe old age of 82.

• The only chemical element that is not a solid at a temperature of absolute zero is helium; it remains a liquid.

Thought for the Day: “One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time. -- Carl Sagan

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By Dr. Holly Carling

LOVE YOUR LIVER

The liver is one of the most amazing organs. If you’ve ever seen or held a liver, it appears to be a pretty innocuous organ. It is plain, smooth, and appears to be quite uncomplicated. By contrast, the heart has an interesting array of chordae, vessels, chambers, and valves. Each part has a distinct function, all of which have to move in harmony, seamlessly, to keep blood moving through the fancy array of vessels throughout the body – the only thing it does.

But in this plain package the most incredible functions lie. To name only a few: The liver produces bile which it sends to the gallbladder to hold, waiting for dietary fat to come along so I can emulsify it. It also uses bile to detoxify itself. In addition to breaking down fats, it also is responsible for metabolism of proteins andcarbohydrates, storing and helping with utilization of the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E & K. The liver storesextra blood so it can be released on a moment’s notice when needed, and filters the blood to remove harmful toxins, bacteria and other unwanted garbage. The liver stores vitamins, minerals and sugars which are neededfor development, repair and replacement of tissues.

It helps maintain electrolyte and water balance, andprotein synthesis and secretion (albumin, fibrinogen and prothrombin).

• A squirt of shaving cream can help release latex paint specks on your hands from using a roller brush. Just rub over hands and rinse.

• Baked apples (or stuffed peppers) will stay perfectly upright if you set them into the wells of a muffin tin.

• Make your own bath oil by mixing a couple of drops of your favorite perfume with a bit of baby oil. Just rub on post-bath or add to your bathwater.

• “Recently I cooked a big batch of broccoli in the afternoon. The house had that cabbage smell. I donÕt like air fresheners because the strong smell gives me a headache. My neighbor told me to boil a couple of cups of vinegar and let it simmer for 10 minutes. At first, the vinegar smell replaced the cabbage smell, but then it totally disappeared and all the smells were gone too.” -- E.Y. in Pennsylvania • “Use your vegetable peeler to make strips of butter if itÕs cold and you need to spread it on bread. The stripsÕ large amount of surface area help the butter to soften quickly, making it easy to spread.” -- M.M. in Texas • “Get king-size pillowcases from a thrift store to cover a diaper changing pad. They are the right size and cheap!” -- D.L. in Florida Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. (c) 2020 King Features Synd., Inc.

The liver is essential in the synthesis and regulation of cholesterol which is needed for hormone development,metabolism of steroids, tissue repair, brain cells, vascular integrity and many other functions.

It is responsiblefor creating immune substances and regulating parts of the immune system. It breaks down and eliminates excess hormones as well as conjugates and disseminates certain hormones. It provides blood clotting factors, manages blood flow, maintains blood pressure, and regulates the breakdown of many toxins and chemicals such as ammonia, and urea. It also constructs over 50,000 systems of enzymes that regulate different metabolic functions.

This is only the tip of the ice berg.

So what is the point of illustrating all of this? We have to love our liver. We have to take care of it.

If we take care of it, it will take care of us.

Of all the organs in the body, the liver is the most abused. It was designed to handle an amazing amount of activity, of toxins, of functions, but with our current lifestyles, we tend to overload it.

Like anything else that gets overloaded, at some point it will become sluggish and not perform so well, or simply breakdown. When it does, we call it disease.

Fortunately, we have a lot of tools at our disposal that we can use to help our liver out. We can nourish it, detoxify it and protect it.

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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OIG Is VA’s Watchdog

Since 2012, the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Veterans Affairs has saved us $1.4 billion. They do this by showing up unannounced to do inspections, audits, reviews, assessments or investigations. They scrutinize paperwork, conduct interviews and get to the bottom of what’s going on.

The recent inspection of a facility estimated that the VA was about to spend $261 million over the next five years on sleep apnea devices that veterans weren’t using. Veterans were given the devices and only half were being used, with no staff follow-up. The OIG recommendation was to loan the devices to veterans instead and keep track of the usage. This move is expected to save $39 million per year for the sleep apnea devices and $12 million per year for the supplies.

The VA has been spending $450 million, split between four vendors, on contracts for medical and surgical supplies on the East coast. Because supplies of this nature must be delivered on time every time, the OIG dug around to see if anybody in the VA was keeping an eye on what was being delivered. In addition, the supplier was to report monthly about the order fulfillment levels. So what did the OIG discover: that nobody in VA was watching and the vendors were using funny math to report their deliveries. Correct orders only were received 40% of the time. This calculated to $16.8 million in incorrect payments made to vendors in one year.

The OIG also looked at undelivered orders in a different investigation. Specifically, had prices changed between ordering and the delivery?

Were the items still needed? Should the orders be canceled? Could the money be spent elsewhere?

If budgeted money isn’t spent in a fiscal year, it gets erased and vanishes. OIG discovered that $132 million could have been spent elsewhere had anyone been paying attention to undelivered orders.I still say, whatever the OIG’s budget is, double it. We’ll still come out ahead. (c) 2020 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Don’t Wait to Spay or Neuter Your Pet DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I received a puppy last fall from a friend whose dog had a surprise litter. “Tara” is a super-cute girl of unknown breed, very smart and growing fast. I haven’t taken her to the veterinarian yet, but I know she needs to be spayed. When will it be too late to get her fixed?

-- Jessica C., Asbury Park, New Jersey DEAR JESSICA: It’s never too late to spay or neuter a pet, but the veterinarian will recommend that the procedure be done soon. Shelter pups are often neutered as young as eight weeks, but with dogs already in a home, vets sometimes prefer to wait a few months until they’ve developed more.

This helps prevent potential problems of early spaying like urinary incontinence, hip dysplasia and even cancer when a dog is older.

You should take Tara into the vet as soon as possible anyway. She needs to start getting some key vaccinations that will keep her healthy as she grows up. She shouldn’t be around other puppies until she’s had her first few rounds of shots.

Some of those vaccinations are required by your city and state, and she will need to be licensed -- all of which the vet can get you set up with. If you’re worried about the cost, check around with different veterinary practices to see if they have introductory specials for new pet owners that include a checkup, core vaccinations and the spaying procedure.

Send your comments, questions or tips to ask@ pawscorner.com. (c) 2020 King Features Synd., Inc.

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“Parasite” (R) -- South Korea’s sleeper hit is a black comedy that effortlessly tackles social aspirations and class conflict. The Kim family lives in a squalid basement, with no prospects and no resources. Son Ki-woo, egged on by a college-bound peer, fakes some credentials and takes a job as a tutor to the daughter of the filthy rich Parks family. Buoyed by the lavish lifestyle, Ki-woo plots to secure jobs for all of his family members so that they can live the good life by association. Getting there was only part of the battle, though. The ends inevitably begin to unravel, with macabre consequences. Written and directed by acclaimed director Bong Joon Ho. “Harriet” (PG-13) -- From self-liberation to American human-rights icon, Harriet Tubman (Cynthia Erivo) takes center stage in a stirring and inspirational biopic. When her husband, a freeman, attempts to secure her release, the farm’s owner refuses. Tubman is labeled a troublemaker and sent to be sold, but escapes, making the arduous trek to Pennsylvania and winning her freedom. But it’s not enough, so she returns for her family again and again, bringing home many slaves in the process. The supporting cast includes Janelle Monae as a savvy boardinghouse manager and Leslie Odom Jr. as abolitionist William Still.

“Terminator: Dark Fate” (PG-13) -- James Cameron returns to the helm of the latest “Terminator” offering, which pits a newer, even more dangerous terminator sent back in time to kill a young woman, Dani (Natalia Reyes), who unbeknownst to her, will play a pivotal future role in the war between technology and humanity. Fortunately, along with the new Rev-9 terminator (Gabriel Luna), a cybergenetically enhanced Resistance soldier named Grace (Mackenzie Davis) also time travels back as a protector to Dani. She finds backup in some familiar faces: Sarah Conner (Linda Hamilton) and a grizzled but domesticated T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger).

“Motherless Brooklyn” (R) -- Lionel Essrog (Ed Norton) is a detective, afflicted by Tourette syndrome and singularly focused after witnessing the killing of his mentor, Frank Minna (Bruce Willis). Although impaired by his disease, he also is shaped by it. His investigation drives him to chase a deadly secret across a highly stylized New York City, from the gritty underbelly to a Harlem club and into the lion’s den of political intrigue. Based on the novel by Jonathon Letham, it’s written and directed by Norton, who took the contemporary story and gave it a 1950s noir feel. You can’t ask for better talent -- Willis and Norton, along with Alec Baldwin, Willem Dafoe, Bobby Cannavale and others -- but it’s a commitment at 144 minutes, all of which require your strict attention.

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• On Feb. 22, 1732, George Washington is born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. As leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolution, his success was due in part to his shrewd use of the "ungentlemanly," but effective, tactic of guerrilla warfare against British armies used to close-formation battle-line warfare.

• On Feb. 19, 1878, the technology that made possible the modern music business comes into existence in a New Jersey laboratory as Thomas Edison creates the first device to both record sound and play it back: the phonograph.

• On Feb. 18, 1885, Mark Twain publishes his famous -- and famously controversial -- novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Twain first introduced Huck Finn as the best friend of Tom Sawyer, hero of his novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1876).

• On Feb. 17, 1947, with the words, "Hello!

This is New York calling," the U.S. Voice of America begins transmitting its radio broadcasts into the Soviet Union. The VOA began in 1942 as a radio program designed to explain America's policies during World War II and to bolster the morale of its allies.

• On Feb. 23, 1958, Formula One champion Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina is kidnapped in Cuba by a group of Fidel Castro's rebels.

Fangio was taken from his Havana hotel the day before the Cuba Grand Prix and was released unharmed after the race ended.

• On Feb. 21, 1970, national security adviser Henry Kissinger begins secret peace talks with North Vietnamese representative Le Duc Tho at a villa outside Paris. The North Vietnamese were demanding an unconditional U.S. withdrawal on a fixed date.

• On Feb. 20, 1998, American Tara Lipinski wins the gold medal in women's figure skating at the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, becoming the sport's youngest gold medalist at age 15. (c) 2020 Hearst Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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NEWLY DISCOVERED ALZHEIMER’S GENES FURTHER HOPE FOR FUTURE TREATMENTS (By Sandee Lamotte, CNN | Posted - Mar 3rd, 2019 @ 10:02pm)

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The Flu and You

Here we are, halfway through winter, and the flu season is in full swing. As of now all 50 states have widespread levels of flu. And at this point far too many people still haven’t gotten their flu shot.

The senior version of the shot (for those over age 65) has four times the amount of vaccine of three of the four types ... two A and one B. While this isn’t ideal (it’s still missing one B), it’s what we have. The high-dose vaccine was created to give our bodies a high immune response. Because of our age, we’re in the high-risk group for complications, even if we don’t have any medical concerns. Seniors had more hospitalizations from flu than any other age group.

At this writing there have been more than 6,000 deaths from the flu. How many of these could have been avoided by getting the flu shot?

One big concern is that it’s possible to be contagious and pass the flu to others days before someone starts to feel sick. Going to the grocery store, attending church, reading to kids at the elementary school ... there are too many opportunities to give the flu to others (or have them give it to you) before anyone even suspects they have it.

But it’s not too late to get the shot. Even if it doesn’t keep you from getting the flu, it will keep you from getting as sick as you might have.

A delay can arise in areas where they’ve temporarily run out of the flu vaccine. Don’t let that stop you. To get your flu shot, call your doctor’s office, call the local pharmacies and call the closest senior center. You’ll find the vaccine somewhere.

No matter what, wash your hands frequently and keep them away from your face. (c) 2020 King Features Synd., Inc.

NEW YORK (CNN) — An analysis of the genetic makeup of more than 94,000 people in the United States and Europe with clinically diagnosed Alzheimer’s led to the discovery of four new genetic variants that increase risk for the neurodegenerative disease.

These genes, along with others previously identified, appear to work in tandem to control bodily functions that affect disease development, the study found.

“This is a powerful study, and a step forward for our understanding of Alzheimer’s,” said neurologist Dr. Richard Isaacson, who directs the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medicine.

“Finding these new genes allows clinicians to one day target these genes with therapeutic interventions,” said Isaacson, who was not involved in the study. “It also gives us a greater insight to potential causes of Alzheimer’s.”

The study’s findings will not change anyone’s “day-to-day life or medical practice any time soon,” said Heather Snyder, the Alzheimer’s Association’s senior director of medical and scientific operations, who was also not involved in the new research.

Advertise with usReport this ad “That said, they do give us potentially useful insights into the bodily processes that may cause or interact with the changes of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias,” Snyder added.

Unprecedented numbers Led by a team from the University of Miami’s Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, an international consortium of researchers analyzed data collected by four centers, two in the United States and two in Europe, that make up the International Genomic Alzheimer’s Project.

The study, published Thursday in the journal Nature Genetics, was the second genome-wide association study to be performed by the group on individuals with known Alzheimer’s compared to a group of controls. The first study, published in 2013, looked at nearly 75,000 people and identified 11 gene “loci,” or locations, that had not been previously known to be associated with the development of Alzheimer’s.

By increasing the numbers to 94,000, the new study added 30 percent more data to the analysis, allowing the researchers to verify 20 previously found genes and add four.

How the new genes — IQCK, ACE, ADAMTS1 and WWOX — along with a previously discovered gene called ADAM10, affect the development of Alzheimer’s is under investigation. But once their specific functions are understood and examined, researchers say they will be able to begin to develop potential drug targets.

“Alzheimer’s is a complex disease. It’s not like Huntington’s or Parkinson’s, where one gene is altered and you get the disease,” said senior author Dr. Margaret Pericak-Vance, director of the Hussman Institute.

“With Alzheimer’s, it’s multiple genes acting together,” Pericak-Vance said. “We were trying to get at the very rare gene variants that could contribute to Alzheimer’s. And we couldn’t do that before.

We just didn’t have the sample size to do it.”

The study validated the previously discovered role of amyloid and immune system genes in the development of Alzheimer’s, said Harvard professor of neurology Rudy Tanzi, director of the Alzheimer’s Genome Project and a member of the international consortium.

“We had seen amyloid early on, but it had not been verified in a (genome-wide association study),” Tanzi said. “So I think one exciting thing is that it brings us back to amyloid as a major player.

“I should also say that we’re also seeing that the other major pathway besides the amyloid is innate immunity,” Tanzi said. “In this study we’re seeing even more innate immune genes affecting one susceptibility to neuroinflammation.”

A susceptibility to neuroinflammation is key, Tanzi says, “because at the end of the day, plaques and tangles may set the stage, but it’s neuroinflammation that kills enough neurons to get to dementia.”

Now having more than a dozen gene targets on how immunity ties into Alzheimer’s, Tanzi said, should “really facilitate a new drug discovery.”

Precision medicine The increase in sample size allowed the researchers to discover “hubs of genes” that might impact the development of Alzheimer’s. “And some of those genes have the potential to have more than one function,” said lead author Brian Kunkle, an associate scientist at the Hussman Institute.

“They may be increasing risks through different disease pathways,” Kunkle said. “Prediction of risk and treatment for each individual will rely on what type of changes a person has in each of those 25 genes or other biomarkers.”

Isaacson said the ongoing work could lead to “precision medicine at its finest.”

“A person can take many different roads to Alzheimer’s,” Isaacson said. “If we can find out what road a person is on through identifying certain genes, we can target specific interventions that may work preferentially for that specific person.”

As to when that might occur, Kunkle is cautiously optimistic.

“It’s difficult to say if it will help someone that has Alzheimer’s now,” he said. “Hopefully, we will have treatments developed for their family members that may have these genes that are putting them at risk.” The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2018 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Your natural Arian leadership qualities make you the person others will follow in tackling that important project.

But don’t get so involved in the work that you neglect your personal life.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Aspects favor sorting through your possessions, both at work and at home, to start giving away what you don’t use, don’t need or don’t like. Relax later with someone special.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) The issues are not quite as clear as they should be. That’s why you need to avoid getting involved in disputes between colleagues at work or between relatives or personal friends.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You’ll get lots of support from others if you own up to your mistake quickly and include a full and honest explanation. Learn from this experience so that you don’t repeat it.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) There might be some early confusion over a major move, whether it’s at work or at home. But once you get a full breakdown of what it entails, it should be easier to deal with. Good luck.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Creating order out of chaos, even in the most untidy spaces, should be no problem for organized Virgos.

So go ahead and do it, and then accept praise from impressed colleagues.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Whether it’s for business purposes or just for leisure, a trip might be just what you need right now. You would benefit both from a change of scenery and from meeting new people.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) While things generally go well this week, a romantic situation seems to have stalled. But you can restart it if you want to. Then again, maybe this is a chance to reassess the situation.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A meeting that was promised quite a while back could finally happen. So be sure you’re prepared with everything you’ll need to make your case sound convincing and doable.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) A workplace blunder could create a problem down the line unless you deal with it right now to see how and why it happened. Don’t be surprised at what you might learn.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) This is a good time to re-sort your priorities and see if adjustments are called for. Be honest with yourself as you decide what to keep, what to discard and what to change.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Letting yourself be bathed in the outpouring of love and support from those who care for you will help you get through a difficult period sooner rather than later. Good luck.

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TIDBITS of Kootenai County, Idaho Issue #7 Feb 10th 2020

By Healthy Exchanges

Oriental Chicken Express

Today, Chinese dishes are almost as American as apple pie! This filling main dish is no exception.

1 1/4 cups diagonally sliced celery 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper 1/4 cup diced green onion 1 (16-ounce) can fat-free chicken broth 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce 1 1/2 cups diced cooked chicken breast 1 (8-ounce) can sliced water chestnuts, drained 1 (8-ounce) can pineapple chunks, packed in fruit juice, drained 3 cups hot cooked rice 1. In a large skillet sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray, saute celery, green pepper and onion just until tender. In a covered jar, combine chicken broth and flour. Shake well to blend. Pour broth mixture into skillet with vegetables. Stir in soy sauce.

2. Continue cooking over medium heat, until mixture starts to thicken, stirring often. Add chicken, water chestnuts and pineapple. Mix well to combine. Lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes or until mixture is heated through, stirring often.

3. For each serving, spoon 1/2 cup hot rice on a plate and spoon about 1 cup chicken mixture over top. Serves 6. * Each serving equals: 214 calories, 2g fat, 16g protein, 33g carb., 298mg sodium, 2g fiber; Diabetic Exchanges: 1 1/2 Starch, 1 1/2 Meat, 1 Vegetable.

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