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the yard and waited to see what would happen. Only four of the 28 turkeys took birdseed from the pile in front of the decoy with a huge snood, while 17 stole seed from the decoy with the smaller snood. The researcher theorized that by Ka the length of the snood may be determined by the bird’s testosterone level. 1. Wh

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• That long, loose skin that hangs down from a turkey’s neck is called a “wattle”. The red-pink fleshy growth on the head and upper neck of the turkey is called the caruncle.

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• Why is some turkey meat white and other parts dark? Myoglobin is the dark-colored protein that stores oxygen in muscles of some animals, just like hemoglobin stores oxygen in red blood cells. The oxygen stored by myoglobin is used In 1782 Benjamin Franklin proposed that the for power to drive muscles, and is present in turkey was a more appropriate American symbol than the bald eagle, insisting that “the turlarge amounts in muscles that do a lot of work, key is in comparison a much more respectable which is why the leg and thigh meat is dark. bird, and a true original native of America.” Muscles that do little work, such as the breast, use less myoglobin. A typical 15-pound bird ADVERTISING PROOF • In 1920, turkey growers produced one turkey will have 70 percent whiteTUES., meat and 30 percent NOV. 5 Final Changes 5:00 p.m.. for every 29 persons in the U.S. Today growers dark meat. DUE: review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling produce  Prices nearly  Hours one turkey for every person in WILD vs DOMESTIC the country ontact your Tidbits representative immediately changes or corrections. • One difference between wild and with domestic • It takes 3 pounds of feed to produce one pound Office: Fax: 760-320-1630 turkeys is 760-320-0997 that the domestic variety is unable of turkey, but it takes 7 pounds of feed to to fly, whereas wild birds are extremely good produce one pound of beef. fliers. They need no runway for takeoff, can • Modern turkey breeding has caused turkey climb vertically, are capable of attaining speeds breasts to grow so large that the turkeys often of 40 m.p.h. in the air, and can glide for a mile fall over. without fluttering a wing. Wild turkeys can also Sliding run Door Solutions 20 miles per hour. There are two species of • Sleepy after the big meal? Turkey meat contains 1/12 pg wild 4C, turkey: 26x disc. therate Yucatan turkey inhabits Central an amino acid called “tryptophan.” Tryptophan Nov. 10,America, 2013 • Volume - No. 46 and the9 North American turkey lives sets off a chemical chain reaction that calms

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found in depressed patients. CASEY’S CORNER (from page 9) It is quite difficult to differentiate SAD and depression from other causes. To make the diagno- ation. To do nothing would mean further diminishing the dog’s chances of a good life. To do nothing sis the following criteria must be met. Depression should not be an option. must have been present on at least two consecu Ad Proof: My experience with dogs and their owners tive years during the fall and early winter. Recovery tells me that the big trouble“A” is with the littlest dogs. during the spring and summer should occur, and John Cuddihy - Flags Flying Owners of big dogs tend to zero in on the importhere should be no other reason to explain the Biz Card, BW,The 13x impetus rate is the idea that with presence of depression. tance of training. Although treatment with medications may big dogs come big Feb. messes big trouble. But the First run date: 13,and 2011 be needed, the initial approach should be to cortruth is that without proper training, trouble comes a rect the biologic clock by increased exposure to knockin’ regardless of size. sunlight during the waking hours. For some, merely Woof! Corrections due by: 5 pm, Wed., 1/26/11 spending more time outdoors may prove effective, but for many, light or phototherapy may be needed. Dog trainer Matthew “Uncle Matty” Margolis is co author of 18 books about dogs, a behaviorist, a popular radio The principle of treatment is to spend as much time and television guest, and host of the PBS series “WOOF! It’s as possible during the day a few feet away from a Dog’s Life!” Read all of Uncle Matty’s columns at the Crea specialized light therapy box whose bright light ators Syndicate website at www.creators.com, and visit him at mimics sunlight. This tends to reduce melatonin http://www.unclematty.com. COPYRIGHT 2010 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. and increase serotonin levels, which improve the biologic clock and relieve the symptoms of depresMON., OCT. 7 sion. review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  P Another approach to treatment Please is referred & to as “dawn stimulation”: Here a dim light goes on a your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or cor Contact FLAGPOLE SALES short time before dawn and becomes progressively Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 brighter, reaching a peak a short time before you Flags of USAStatesForeign Delivery are due to wake up. This creates the impression of all Sizes. Military & Religious AvAilAble a sunrise and positively affects the biologic clock. FlagpolesResidential & Commercial Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices It takes 1-2 weeks before the benefits of Contact your phototherapy become apparent. Most importantly, if Tidbits representative immediately with changes or correctio RICKY’S CARPET & TILE CLEANING beneficial, exposure to light must continue through- Office: Call me today! 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 out winter to assure that symptoms do not recur. 1/16 pg. 4C 13x disc. John Cuddihy (760) 343-1175 Like any other cause of depression and Oct. 2013 9 - No. 42 We’re13, Near! I-10 & Vol. Monterey in Thousand Palms. depending on the severity of symptoms, treatment with an antidepressant may be needed. In most cases, these can be discontinued in the spring. Just as important is paying attention to your health. All rights reserved. Property of: Eat right, exercise regularly, avoid being lonely and make sure that your house is bright and airy. If depression is recurrent or if you have WED., SEPT. 4 FREE CARPET CLEANING �� suffered episodes of depression in the past always The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read P.O. Box 2207 Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Ho consider psychotherapy. A qualified psychotheraPalm Springs, CA 92263 pist will prove invaluable in teaching how to better Phone: 760.320.0997 Contact your immediately with changes or/ corrections. cope with the stresses of life and triggers that led to Tidbits 3representative SOFA WHOLE HOUSE ROOMS Fax: 760.320.1630 LOVE SEAT depression. $119 Office: $760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 79 valleybits@msn.com $89 Sadly, we as a society always seem to Up to 350 sq. ft. email: Up to 1200 sq. ft. lean towards being helped by a medication withLocally owned $25 OFF $50 OFF out paying attention to the many other factors that & Operated Over 300 sq.COINS ft. Over 800 sq. ft. determine how well we deal with any illness. This UNIQUE particularly applies to our approach to depression, RICKY’S 1/12th pg. 4C (26x Disc. Rate) 760.905.0397 no matter the cause.

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SOCIAL SECURITY by Tom Margenau

Your Medicare Number May Not Be Your Social Security Number One bit of fallout from the recent trend for retiring baby boomers who are maximizing their Social Security benefits by claiming, at least for a while, spousal benefits from their husband’s or wife’s Social Security account is some confusion over Medicare numbers. Today’s first two questions deal with that issue.

Following your advice, when I turned 66 I filed for Social Security on my husband’s record. I plan to receive a wife’s benefit on his account until age 70, at which point I will switch to my own Social Security retirement benefits. I just got a new Medicare card in the mail and it confuses me. It has my husband’s Social Security number on it followed by the letter “B.” Shouldn’t my Medicare card number match my Social Security number?

No, the number on your Medicare card will not always match your own Social Security number. What it will match is your Social Security claim number, which may be different from your regular Social Security number. You are currently claiming wife’s benefits on your husband’s record. (That little symbol “B” is Social Security’s code for wife’s benefits.) So as long as you are claiming wife’s benefits, your husband’s number with a B behind it is your Medicare number.

Once you reach age 70 and switch to your No, it’s not a mistake. As explained own Social Security, you will then be claiming your above, you are claiming widow’s benefits on your own retirement benefits, so you will get a new Medi- husband’s record, so your Social Security (and care card that will have your own Social Security Medicare) claim number is your husband’s -- with a number with an A after it. (That A is Social Security’s D after it. D is the SSA symbol for widow’s benefits. code for retirement benefits.) 19 let If anyone is curious TUES., to learn NOV the various * * * ter symbols SSA uses to designate different kinds Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  I’ve just turned 70 and switched of Social Security benefits, just Google “SSA beneficiary identification code.” Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or co from getting husband’s benefits on my wife’s If you have a Social Security question, Tom MarSocial Security record to getting my own re- Office: 760-320-0997 760-320-1630 genau has the answer. Contact himFax: at thomas.margenau@ tirement benefits. I recently received my third comcast.net. To find out more about Tom Margenau and to Medicare card in the last five years, each with read past columns and see features from other Creators Syndia different number. I am so confused! Which cate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webHELP c/o JNS Media siteUatHEAR www.creators.com. card should I be using? 1/4 pg. 4C 2013 26xCREATORS.COM disc. COPYRIGHT Your email didn’t tell your whole story,Nov. 24, 2013 Vol. 9 - No. 48 but I am pretty sure I can guess what happened. First, you signed up for Medicare only at age 65. Second, when you turned 66, you filed for husband’s benefits on your wife’s Social Security record. And third, when you reached age 70, you switched from your wife’s account to your own retirement benefits. So at age 65, they had to give you a Medicare number. But they couldn’t use your Social Security number with an A behind it, because as I explained in the first answer, that A means you are getting retirement benefits. And at age 65, you were not getting any Social Security benefits. So the Social Security Administration had to come up with another letter code for folks in your situation, and they chose T. So between age 65 and 66, your first Medicare card had your Social Security number with a T behind it. Then when you turned 66 and filed for husband’s benefits on your wife’s record, you got your second Medicare card, this one with your wife’s Social Security number with the code B1 behind it. B1 is the code SSA uses to designate someone getting husband’s benefits on his wife’s Social Security account. Finally, when you reached the age of 70, you Property of filed for your own Social Security retirement beneAdVenture Media, Inc. fits. So now your third (and final) Medicare card has your Social Security number with the A code behind 4 Million Readers Weekly Nationwide! FREE it. Hearing Aid salespersons of Coachella Valley are This issue exists because the Health Care The Neatest Paper Ever Read NOT required to Little have a college 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 Financing Administration, the agency that runs the education in the State of California. 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I recently purchased a small, inexpensive manual treadmill. Unlike the electric ones, this one doesn’t need to be within cord distance of a wall plug, and it’s not so heavy that I can’t move it. It ANSWER: Sinus bradycardia is a slow goes at the speed I set with my own legs. And it DEAR DR. DONOHUE: The thought of heartbeat, one less than 60 beats (some say 50) a didn’t cost the many hundreds of dollars that an colon cancer makes me cringe. My father died of it. Colonoscopy wasn’t done in those days. minute. If the doctor found nothing else wrong and electric treadmill does. If you’re in good health (and your doctor apI’m interested in learning all the ways to diag- if your son has no symptoms, sinus bradycardia isn’t proves), with only a few pieces of equipment, you nose colon cancer in its early stages. Can you a health concern. Athletes, almost as a rule, have a slow heart- can get in mild workouts this winter without having give me the rundown? -- N.C. beat. 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My husband will be retiring next June and are planning to move to a retirement community in California where some of our friends already live. Although I am looking forward to that, I’m wondering how we’ll adjust to spending 24 hours together day after day. Other retirees’ wives tell me it’s not always easy. What are some tips to know before we settle into this new environment and lifestyle?

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This may well be one of the greatest challenges of your lifetime. The questions and answers are unknown. Are you willing and prepared to assume a caretaker’s responsibility? Would you become the final decision makers for your granddaughter? How often would her father be home? Teenagers are a major handful, even in a stable two-parent home. Is your granddaughter emotionally well and healthy? If they do divorce, what are the probabilities that he or she would remarry? The reality is that she needs her dad now more than ever, and she is ultimately his responsibility - not yours. Before you make a decision, your son should seriously consider giving up his travel job for one that keeps him at home. If you do agree to temporary custody, get the conditions in writing -- and with a deadline. Your son’s priority is to meet his daughter’s needs, even if he has to sacrifice his “good” job to do it! Doug Mayberry makes the most of life in a Southern California Retirement community. Contact him at deardoug@ msn.com. To find out more about Doug Mayberry and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

● On Nov. 30, 1886, the Folies Bergere in Paris introduces an elaborate revue featuring women in sensational costumes. The highly popular “Place aux Jeunes” established the Folies as the premier nightspot in Paris. The Folies followed the Parisian taste for striptease and quickly gained a reputation for its spectacular nude shows. ● On Dec. 1, 1913, Henry Ford installs the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire automobile. His innovation reduced the time it took to build a car from more than 12 hours to 2 1/2 hours.

You and your husband need to have a ● On Nov. 28, 1925, the “Grand Ole serious chat about your concerns and feelings. Fo- COPYRIGHT 2013 CREATORS.COM Opry,” one of the longest-lived and most cus on each of your priorities and jot down your popular showcases for country music, beconcerns. Luckily, you can continue to socialize with R ide on oveR to gins broadcasting live from Nashville, Tenn. your friends already living there. Ask for their input The showcase was originally named the Mission Hills at RancHo MiRage! to add to your list. “Barn Dance.” Remember, everyone needs a certain amount You have always of privacy and space. You will have less of that when ● On Nov. 26, 1931, the first cloverleaf lived life to the your husband retires. Consider new activities, both interchange to be built in the United States, fullest. You individual and as a couple. It is especially important at the junction of NJ Rt. 25 (now U.S. Rt. have overcome that your husband finds a hobby or other activity to 1) and NJ Rt. 4 (now NJ Rt. 35) in Woodchallenges, raised occupy all the time he’ll now find that he has. bridge, N.J., is featured on the cover of the a family, taken Sometimes, men discover they are given a Engineering News-Record. (By contrast, risks, and reaped second wind after retirement and can make a contriFlorence, Mission Hills Resident a piece on the under-construction Hoover rewards. bution to society by putting their career talents and Dam was relegated to the journal’s back experience to good use. Others use their hobbies Move in by pages.) th to supplement income and keep themselves busy December 15 & ADVERTISING PROOF finish your holiday and involved. One individual who loved dogs began MON., NOV. ● On Nov. 25, 1952, “The Mousetrap,” shopping on us! 18 Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. breeding and selling his purebreds. You might enjoy Receive a $1,000 Spelling  Prices a murder-mystery written by novelist and Please Number(s)  Hours volunteering together at a hospital, reading to chil-review carefully. Double check:  Phone Target gift card* playwright Agatha Christie, opens at the dren at a school, joining a hiking club or signing up Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Ambassadors Theatre in London. The for a class in something that interests you. crowd-pleasing whodunit would go on to Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 Do not miss the opportunity to enjoy every become the longest continuously running (760) 904-4321 minute of your new freedom! play in history, with attendance by more * * * 34560 Bob Hope Drive • Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 than 10 million people to date.

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Charles Barkley likes to say he wasn’t a role model, but as one the country’s biggest basketball superstars and deodorant hucksters, it was always going to be a tough sell to the American public. Zeh Scherzer and Co. No, Charles seemed like somebody you was founded in 1880. I have enclosed a brochure of the would want to emulate on the court if you were into scoring and rebounding. Off the court, it would porcelain dinnerware that I purchased in Germany around 1958. The set is a ser vice for 12 Growing up in the 1950s, my sis- seem to most that there could be a lot to learn from and has 7 pieces in each place setting. I also ters and I loved watching the old black-and- the man if one wanted to be a spokesperson or have a coffee pot, teapot, creamer, sugar bowl, white Shirley Temple movies. Over the years, I in-studio announcer. Even baseball manager Terry ser ving dishes and platters. The set was made forgot all about her until I was given a Shirley Francona cites Barkley and Michael Jordan as by Rosenthal; the pattern is “Diadem” and is Temple book. It belonged to my mother-in-law, role models for the decision to shave their heads, part of its studio line that was designed by Tap- and she received it in 1936 when she was 12. hence paving the way for other follically challenged athletes, coaches and fans. io Wirkkala. The title is “The Littlest Rebel” by the Saalfield But Barkley and Jordan and plenty of oth The set is of great sentimental value to Publishing Co. in Akron, Ohio. ers like them did not feel every part of their life our family. We would appreciate it if you could Could it be worth anything? warranted media coverage. They were wrong, of tell us its approximate value and histor y. Your Shirley Temple book is collectible course ... people were still interested in their eating habits, the car they drove, the restaurants they and the value depends on the condition. TUES., NOV.“The 19 Littlest owned. What Barkley was really saying was, “Hey, Rebel” was also a 1935 movie starring Shirley TemPlease review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices Hours I say that  I am not a role model because I am just ple. being me, good or bad. Use your head ... go to your book is immediately in very goodwith condition, Contact your TidbitsIfrepresentative changesitor corrections. your parents or family or friends for real advice on would probably have a value of $15 to $20. how to model your life, no matter what role any of Fax: 760-320-1630 Office: 760-320-0997 your favorite stars may appear to play out for you Address your questions to Anne McCollam, P. O. Box on television.” 247, Notre Dame, IN 46556. 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This grip keeps Trek) mask, which they spray painted and ❐ white NOT after APPROV automatic question asked by merchants the clubface square through o the right. For then re-shaped the eyeholes. READY impact and eliminates any thumbs are at you’d signed for a credit card payment. At thatART T ball spin to the left or right. turn the page for more! Client will provide thumbs rotate time, credit card receipts were filled out by hand Any grip away from this pown more going ad in time fo sition changes the clubface in triplicate, with a small piece of carbon paper Please call (760) 66 angle and causes the ball Square your hands to the clubface to mes when you inserted between each sheet. It didn’t take long to spin through the air. ance. improve your contact with the ball e trouble is on for thieves to realize they could retrieve the There will be times when will spin to the Square your hands to the you want to spin the ball clubface to improve your used carbons from the trash and steal valuable tronger grip so away from trouble to the contact with the ball. credit card information. Once that scam gained left or right of the course. A mproving your strong grip is when both thumbs are placed to the popularity, waiters and cashiers regularly ofing a tee shot, right at the 1:00 position, which produces a slight e top spin and fered the carbons to customers, giving them draw to the ball in flight. Thumbs placed at the you’re hitting a the opportunity to destroy them. 2:00 position closes the clubface and produces Nationwide!

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It is a common rule of some golf instructors to have one grip for all your shots. Well, it is a common practice by tour players to change their grip according to the type of shot they are playing. Your hands are the only part of your body that put you in direct contact with the club. How the hands are positioned on the grip in relation to the clubface will directly affect how the ball spins through the air. Let’s start with what I call a “square grip”, as seen in the photo. I call it a square grip because the thumbs are square to the grooves on the clubface. This grip will keep the clubface square going through impact and eliminate any spin to the left. Now what you do from this position influences the clubface angle and consequentially the spin of the ball through the air. A strong grip is when the two thumbs rotate to the right. For example if the grooves stay at 12:00 and the thumbs are at 1:00 this will promote a slight draw. But if the thumbs rotate more to 2:00 than the clubface will close down more going through impact and produce more of a hook. When you are on the golf course their will be times when you want to spin the ball away from trouble. If the trouble is on the left, than go to a square grip so the ball will spin to the right. If the trouble is on the right than go to a stronger grip so the ball will spin to the left. Spinning the ball can also be very effective in improving your shot making abilities on the course. When hitting a tee shot, go to a stronger grip which will produce more top spin and give you more roll for a longer tee shot. When you’re hitting a short approach to the green, you may want to have that ball stop quickly when it hits the green, so go to your square grip to produce more back spin. Practicing your shot making with different grips will only increase your chances of shooting lower scores.

Square your hands to the clubface to improve your contact with the ball

more of a hook. The strong grip on a tee shot produces more top spin and a longer roll. Shorter approaches to the green call for a square grip, which produces more back spin and gives you less roll. Practice using your grip to provide the spins you want. Mastering these techniques will give you more ﬂexibility, more strategy options and increases your ability to shoot lower scores.

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