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ELEPHANTS (cont’d) • In spite of their size, elephants can move almost without a sound, and can sprint at speeds up to 25 mph (40 km/hr). However, since their legs aren’t built for jumping, a ditch too wide to step across can be an impenetrable barrier. • They have poor eyesight, and can’t see behind them unless they turn around. They are also unable to see directly below them and use their trunks to locate obstacles that they must step over. • They are very good swimmers, and regulate their buoyancy in the water by swallowing air. A train of 79 elephants once crossed a tidal stretch of the Ganges River where they had to swim for six hours without touching the bottom. • Elephants are not clumsy. They can step on a coconut just hard enough to crack the shell without damaging the meat, and they can dig up sweet potatoes with their tusks without breaking the skin of the tuber. • The feet of an elephant have a combined surface area of 3.5 sq. ft., so that their weight is pretty evenly distributed and they hardly even leave any tracks. A lady’s stiletto heel has a greater pressure per square inch than an elephant’s foot. • The sleeping habits of a herd of 34 elephants in a zoo were studied. Every night, 29 of them would fall soundly asleep, snoring up a storm, while five others would remain on their feet in a light doze. After a few hours, several of the “sentries” would go to sleep after being replaced by a few of the elephants that had previously been sleeping. This changing of the guard went on every night. Elephants are some of the loudest snorers in the animal kingdom. Sleeping elephants will sometimes trumpet in their sleep, apparently dreaming of danger. (Continued next page)
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ELEPHANTS (cont’d) • The gestation period is longer for elephants than for any other animal, lasting between 18 and 23 months, depending on species. Other female elephants will assist a mother before and during the birth of her young, standing by to help and chasing off any predators that come into the area during the birth. • A newborn elephant weighs 200 to 300 pounds (90-136 kg), and is covered with brown hair which slowly wears off during its lifetime. The young are not fully weaned until the age of five or six. Their milk tusks fall out at age two and are replaced by permanent tusks. Sexual maturity comes around 18 years of age, and they can live 60 years. • A female elephant usually breeds once every three years, so it is common for a female to have several children of various ages. They can bear up to 12 offspring in their lives. A mother elephant calls to her young by slapping her ears against her head. • Mother elephants have been seen carrying their dead children around in their tusks, and have been known to have scraped graves and buried their dead offspring. • Elephants spend about 16 hours a day eating, and can consume a quarter ton of food a day. They are strictly vegetarian. Their usual fare is grass, twigs, tubers, and fruits, but they are also fond of bamboo, berries, coconuts, corn, dates, plums, and sugar cane. • Elephants are social creatures. They sometimes “hug” by wrapping their trunks together in displays of greeting and affection. They have greeting ceremonies when a friend that has been away for some time returns to the group. If a baby elephant complains, the entire family will go over to touch and caress it. Elephants purr like cats do, as a means of communication. They also display signs of grief, joy, anger and play. (cont’d next page)
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Online at www.lovemytidbits.com ELEPHANTS (cont’d) • Elephant ears can be five feet (1.5 km) wide, which aids their hearing. They can hear sounds up to two miles (3.2 km) away and can smell a human a mile (1.6 km) away. They can even hear the rustle of a mouse. • An elephant’s size is its best defense. Only giraffes are taller than elephants, and only some whales are bigger. A healthy adult elephant fears no enemy in nature’s normal chain. Only the young, the old, and the infirm need to worry about lions and tigers. Healthy elephants are easily able to stand up to any attacking animal. • Their primary enemy is mankind. One elephant herd may claim a territory of up to 2,000 square miles. Humans have destroyed elephant’s natural habitat through settlements and farms. When elephants wander into farm fields and gardens that used to be their territory, local villagers attack and kill them. The demand for ivory has also been responsible for decimating their numbers. The number of African elephants declines by eight percent each year, due in large part to poaching for the sake of the ivory. WHITE ELEPHANTS • In Thailand and southeast Asia, elephants are considered to be sacred animals. White elephants are especially sacred. If a rich man knew someone he didn’t particularly like, he might purchase a white elephant and bestow it as a gift upon the person he didn’t like. The person who received the animal was honorbound to take excellent care of the sacred white elephant for the rest of its life— and elephants live a very long time. That meant decades of feeding it a quarter-ton of food a day, and carrying off amazing amounts of manure. This was an expensive and time-consuming proposition. Today a “white elephant” gift is a gift we would be better off without.
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Amazing Animals OCTOPUS • The world “octopus” comes from the Greek, “octopus” meaning “eight foot.” • The plural form of “octopus” is “octopuses.” • Octopuses have three hearts: one to keep blood in circulation around the organs and the other two to move blood past the gills. The heart that pumps blood to the organs ceases its beating when the octopus swims, which is why an octopus will usually choose crawling over swimming, which is less exhausting. • Octopuses are cephalopods. Cephalopods are a class of mollusk that includes squids, cuttlefish, and nautilus. Cephalopod means “head-footed” because their arms protrude directly from their head. • Although it’s commonly thought that an octopus has eight tentacles, they are actually technically arms. Tentacles have suckers only near the ends, whereas arms have suckers their entire length. Tentacles are longer than arms. Octopuses have eight arms and no tentacles, while squid and cuttlefish have eight arms and two tentacles. Each octopus arm has up to 240 suckers. • When threatened, an octopus will squirt a cloud of ink to hide itself. The ink also causes blinding irritation to the eyes, as well as interfering with the sense of smell and taste. If an octopus does not escape its own cloud of ink, it can die. • The octopus is a master of camouflage and can change pigments in its skin to blend into the background within three-tenths of a second. • If a predator grabs an octopus by its arm, the octopus can disconnect the arm and get away. It can then re-grow the arm. When held captive under stressful or boring conditions, they have been known to eat their own arms. (Continued next page)
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For Advertising Call (740) 446-4543 OCTOPUS (cont’d) • Octopuses are invertabrates. Because they have no bones, they can squeeze through openings that are surprisingly small. The only hard structure on their body is their beak, which looks much like the beak of a parrot. They can change their body shape to mimic other animals. They use their bodies like bellows, taking in and releasing jets of water to propel them forward quickly. • They are one of the few animals that have been observed using tools, such as carrying around a coconut shell to hide in. • There are about 200 species of octopus. Those that live in cold water climates are larger than those in warm water environments. • The largest types of octopus can grow to about 4.3 feet (1.3 meters) in length and weigh up to 22 pounds (10 kilograms). • All members of the octopus family have venom, but the most harmful is the venom of the tiny blue-ringed octopus of Australia. Although it’s only 5 to 8 inches in size (1320 cm), a single blue-ringed octopus carries enough venom to kill up to 26 adult humans. Their bites are often nearly painless so some victims may not realize they’ve been bitten until paralysis and respiratory distress set in. If the victim receives speedy medical care including artificial respiration, the bite is survivable, but there is no known antivenom. Victims who survive the first 24 hours usually recover completely, but without artificial respiration or a ventilator, there is virtually no chance of surviving the bite. The toxin is nearly identical to the venom found in pufferfish and poison dart frogs, and it’s 1,200 times more toxic than cyanide. • Octopuses are very smart and able to solve problems. Researchers at the Seattle Aquarium put a favorite octopus snack inside a childproof pill container. The resident octopus had the container open within five minutes.
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WATER SKI • Ralph Samuelson was 18 years old in June of 1922 and living in Minnesota. He lived near Lake Pepin and spent much time there playing around. • He thought that a person who could ski on snow ought to be able to ski on water as well, and he set out to find the way to do that. • Ralph strapped on his winter snow skis, hooked a rope up to the back of his brother’s powerboat, and gave the signal. He fell flat on his face in the water. So he tried again the next day using barrel staves instead of skis, which also didn’t work. The day after that, he used long pine boards curled up at the end. Then he tried using different kinds of rope tied to the boat. • He improvised a handle to hold onto. He tried stepping out of the moving boat onto his skis. Nothing worked. He always went face first into the water. • Then he had a brainstorm: what if, instead of starting out with his skis underwater, he started out with his skis poking up above the water? Eureka! On July 2, 1922, Ralph Samuelson became the first person in history to water ski. He turned 19 the next day. It had taken him five days to figure out the secret of water skiing. • He made steady improvements in the design of his water skis and practiced all summer long until he was able to put on stunning demonstrations that attracted huge crowds. Articles in newspapers brought thousands down to see his Sunday afternoon shows. By 1926 Ralph was able to do all kinds of tricks, including skiing on one foot, balancing on one ski in a headstand, and launching himself over ski jumps. • He moved to Florida where he could ski yearround and became a professional showman, amazing tourists. (continued next page) FOR STARTING AS LITTLE AS $79.00 A MONTH (WITH APPROVED BANK FINANCING) WE CAN INSTALL AN AMERICAN STANDARD 3 TON 13 SEER HI EFFICIENCY HEAT PUMP WITH A NEW BROAN 15 KW ELECTRIC FURNACE IN YOUR MANUFACTURED HOME!
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By Keith Roach, M. D, Testosterone Therapy Post-Prostate Cancer DEAR DR. ROACH: I had my prostate removed for prostate cancer in 2009 at age 70. I waited until now to start taking testosterone to feel better, because I was feeling very listless, with no sex drive. My cancer surgeon and urologist approved, and they are monitoring me every 60 to 90 days. It is working very nicely. The injections are monthly. For many years I could not get to sleep, so for the past three years I have been using zolpidem 10 mg, and two months ago, I reduced it gradually to 5 mg. Is the testosterone responsible for my sleeping better, and can I gradually decrease the dose to stop it completely? Do you have any suggestions in addition, to help this effort? I am very physically active with aerobics and weights. -- D.D. ANSWER: First off, let me comment on taking testosterone with a history of prostate cancer. You probably do have an increased risk of prostate cancer recurrence due to testosterone treatment, but clearly your doctors and you have discussed it and they are watching you carefully. I have always believed that sometimes-risky treatments can be appropriate as long as you understand the risk, and it may be reasonable to take the testosterone given the symptoms you were having. The effects of testosterone on sleep are variable. Sleep apnea (not breathing properly during sleep, often but not always related to being overweight) may get worse for some men taking testosterone. However, many men report an improvement in sleep quality, so it is possible that the testosterone is helping you. As far as zolpidem goes, I strongly believe that most people should use the least amount of sleeping medication possible. I think it would be a good idea to try to get off it completely. Zolpidem, like virtually all sleeping medications, increases risk of falls, as well as having other possible side effects. *** DEAR DR. ROACH: After an extreme case of vertigo, including vomiting and being taken to the emergency room, my unsteadiness remains. Over a week later, I need to use a walker to be safe. I am 79, and this happened once four years ago, but without the aftereffects. Any suggestions? -- M.W. ANSWER: The major causes of vertigo, acute labyrinthitis and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, often continue to produce attacks that tend to lessen in severity up to a month after the initial severe attack. A walker may be a useful precaution while recovering. If the problem persists, I strongly recommend a visit with a physical and/or occupational therapist for vestibular rehabilitation, which is physical therapy to restore balance. It also might be necessary to revisit your doctor to make sure of the original diagnosis. The booklet on vertigo explains this disruptive condition in detail and outlines its treatment. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Roach -- No. 801W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery. *** Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell. edu. To view and order health pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com, or write to Good Health, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.
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* “Whenever I need to remember to bring something with me for the next day (e.g., my lunch, important papers, school notes) I write it on a Post-it note and stick it on the door leading outside. If I have the item, I take the note down. Sometimes I write the day of the week, if I need different things on different days.” -A.M. in Florida * Taco Tuesday was never so easy! Slip hard taco shells over the rack in your oven so that they hang open-side down. Use tongs to remove when they are sufficiently warm. Now you don’t have to argue about how to arrange them on a cookie sheet to keep them from closing up. * “If you have a muddy boot problem like mine, then get a couple cookie sheets and set them by the door. The boots go on the cookie sheets, and the mud doesn’t get tracked into the house.” -- A reader in New Jersey
1. In 2016, Felix Hernandez became the winningest pitcher in Seattle Mariners history. Who had held the mark? 2. Twice in the 1980s, a Milwaukee Brewers player led the A.L. in RBIs for a season. Who was that player? 3. What is the record for the biggest jump in rankings in one week that a team has made in The Associated Press college football poll? 4. Name the last Warriors player before Stephen Curry in the 2014-15 season to be named the regular-season NBA Most Valuable Player. 5. When was the last time before the 2016 NHL playoffs that no Canadian team took part? 6. When was the last time before 2016 that rugby was an Olympic sport? 7. In 2015, golfer Lydia Ko became the fourth LPGA player to be rookie of the year one year and player of the year the next. Name two of the three others to do it. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.
* If you have an old rake that the handle has broken off of, you can repurpose it on your wall. Hang dog leashes, necklaces, a set of wrenches, anything really. Mount to the wall with nails so that the tines of the rake face out from the wall. Instant hanger!
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Long Live the King The 1960s era loved majesty. The Kennedy White House was dubbed “Camelot” by the press, Johnny Carson had started his 30-year reign on latenight television, and golf had its very own “king,” Arnold Palmer. Palmer came from humble beginnings. Born in the steel town of Youngstown, Ohio, his family migrated to Latrobe, Pennsylvania. It was there, at the Latrobe Country Club, that he began his apprenticeship under the watchful guidance of his father, the club’s groundskeeper turned club pro. He did not immediately seize the crown, opting instead for a college golf scholarship at Wake Forest. And he didn’t have to seize the crown, the advent of sports television programming coronated him right from the start. He was a lock for the role. Palmer was handsome, welldressed, athletic, humble yet friendly, instantly personable and giving of his time and attention with just about anyone he held court with. And he was golf’s first true modern-day type of superstar. He was the first golfer to sign with an international agent, the game’s first millionaire, the game’s most familiar face. In 1962, the year he won his third of four Masters, he graced more front-page magazine covers than Jim Beatty and Wilt Chamberlain, the guys who broke the four-minute mile and scored 100 points in a basketball game, respectively. James Bond even name checks him in “Goldfinger.” Palmer’s reign was undisputed between the years of 1960-63, when he won 29 tournaments. Though guys like Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player soon would take over the trophy cases, they never took away his mantle as the game’s most popular player, which lasted well into the next century. He was a king who had many clubs. He was a Freemason. He owned 10,000 golf clubs, but was known best for the Dyna-powered Fluid Field Wilson one-iron that he famously wielded, a club that most people leave out of their bags and their lives, for that matter. He bought his father’s club in Latrobe and designed 200 other golf courses of his own. He was a king who had his own army. Throngs of fans, “Arnie’s Army,” traipsed after their hero, hole after hole. He was a man of the people. It has been said that he lost more than a few championships on the last hole by losing concentration after saying hello to an old friend in the gallery. And he was a benevolent king, signing his full name on autographs, lending his name to charities and benefits the world over. He has a delicious beverage named after him. No other golfer, no other athlete (unless you count Shirley Temple’s tap dancing as a sport), has that honor. You go into a bar and try to order a Sam Snead or Ben Hogan, and see what you get in return. Louis L’amour once said, “Because a man plays a king superbly well does not mean that he would make a good king.” Well, Arnold Palmer wasn’t a good king -- he was a great king, and it’s very sad to see him go. Long live the king. Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in New Jersey. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.
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* On Oct. 23, 42 B.C., Marcus Brutus, a leading conspirator in the assassination of Julius Caesar, commits suicide after his defeat at the second battle of Philippi. Caesar’s assassination had plunged the Roman world into civil war. * On Oct. 19, 1781, hopelessly trapped at Yorktown, Virginia, British Gen. Lord Cornwallis surrenders, effectively bringing an end to the American Revolution. Pleading illness, he did not attend the surrender ceremony. * On Oct. 21, 1797, the USS Constitution, a 44-gun U.S. Navy frigate built to fight Barbary pirates off the coast of Tripoli, is launched in Boston Harbor. The Constitution would later win its enduring nickname “Old Ironsides” after shots merely bounced off her sides, as if the ship were made of iron rather than wood. * On Oct. 18, 1898, one year after Spain granted Puerto Rico self-rule, American troops raise the U.S. flag over the Caribbean nation. The U.S. granted full U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans in 1917. * On Oct. 20, 1947, the notorious Red Scare kicks into high gear in Washington, as a Congressional committee begins investigating Communist influence in Hollywood. Pressured by Congress, the Hollywood establishment started a blacklist policy, banning the work of about 325 screenwriters, actors and directors. * On Oct. 17, 1973, the Arab-dominated Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announces it will cut oil exports to the United States and other nations that provided military aid to Israel. In December, a full oil embargo was imposed against the U.S. The oil cartel was founded in Baghdad in 1960 by Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and Venezuela. * On Oct. 22, 1992, Red Barber, the legendary announcer for the Brooklyn Dodgers, dies. Barber’s baseball broadcasting career began with the Cincinnati Reds in 1934, when the 26-year-old announcer called the first majorleague game he had ever seen. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.
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1 pound ground turkey 1/4 cup plain dried bread crumbs 1/4 cup (loosely packed) fresh parsley leaves, chopped 1 clove garlic, crushed with press 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 1 large egg 1 cup freshly grated Romano cheese 1 package (16 ounces) farfalle or bow-tie pasta 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 1/2 cups reduced-fat (2 percent) milk 1 can (14 to 14 1/2 ounces) reduced-sodium chicken broth 1 bag (9 ounces) baby spinach Ground black pepper 1. Heat oven to 400 F. Line 15 1/2 by 10 1/2inch jelly-roll pan with parchment paper or foil. 2. In medium bowl, with fingertips, mix turkey, bread crumbs, parsley, garlic, egg and 1/4 cup Romano cheese just until blended; do not overmix. Shape turkey mixture into 36 1-inch meatballs; place in prepared pan. Bake meatballs 20 minutes. 3. Meanwhile, heat large covered saucepot of water to boiling over high heat. Add pasta and cook 2 minutes less than label directs. Drain pasta; return to saucepot. 4. In 2-cup liquid measuring cup, whisk cornstarch into milk. Add milk mixture and broth to pasta in saucepot; heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring frequently. Boil 1 minute to thicken sauce slightly. Remove saucepot from heat; stir in spinach, 1/2 cup grated Romano, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Add meatballs and gently toss to combine. 5. Transfer pasta mixture to 3-quart glass or ceramic baking dish; sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup grated Romano. Bake 20 minutes or until hot in the center and golden brown on top. Serves 8. * Each serving: About 390 calories, 10g total fat (4g saturated), 25g protein, 49g carbohydrates, 85mg cholesterol, 380mg sodium, 4g fiber. For thousands of triple-tested recipes, visit our website at www.goodhousekeeping.com/ recipes/. (c) 2016 Hearst Communications, Inc. All rights reserved
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Thinking of Going Back to Work? If you’ve considered going back to work, either for financial reasons or to have something to do, there are a number of jobs that might be right for you. * Online auctions: Set up an online-auction account to sell the treasures you find at weekend yard sales ... or even those items taking up space in your own home. Search eBay for how-to tutorials. * Transportation: Consider signing up as a part-time driver in your town’s taxi service or as an Uber driver. * Education: Is there a subject you can teach (anything from math to crafts), perhaps through adult education? * Call center: There can be hundreds of workers in a call center, and many of them are seniors. The work is easy (you’ll be sitting down), and you’ll no doubt have an edge over the younger workers who don’t have as much life experience in dealing with callers. * Consultant: A lifetime of working has taught you something, and what you know may have great value to those who are just starting. * Local knowledge: If you’re in a high-tourist area, sign up as a tour guide. * Tutor: You can earn a decent hourly rate for privately tutoring children in their homes, or as a teacher’s aide in schools. * Sports coach, or umpire or referee for schools or leagues: You’re paid by the season, broken down into a per-game fee. The money isn’t bad, especially if you like sports. * Conventions: If you sign up with a convention-center event company, the possibilities are great: ticket sales, food prep, flower arranging, coffee service and much more. Once you get set up with a convention center, you can expect callbacks for future events. * Bookkeeping: Handle the monthly finances for small businesses that can’t afford a CPA. The best scenario would be to mix and match, to keep a variety of jobs going at once! (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.
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VA Spends Big to Speed Disability Exam Claim The Department of Veterans Affairs has just announced the awarding of $6.8 billion in contracts to improve the Medical Disability Examination process and get veterans’ disability claims handed more quickly. Let’s look at the five companies it chose: --VetFed Resources, Inc., Virginia, a veteranowned small business. --Logistics Health, Inc., Wisconsin, has a national network of “medical, dental and behavioral health providers” that offer annual physical exams and periodic health assessments. --Medical Support Los Angeles has dozens of clinics scattered around three states. --QTC Medical Services, Inc., California, appears to have a full complement of medical associates in seven big-city locations and has done exams since 2000. --Veterans Evaluation Services, Inc., Texas, is another veteran-owned company. A thumbs-up to the VA for expanding services to get the disability claims handled faster. However, anyone can build a website and say anything on it, as well as skew facts on an application. One way to evaluate a company is to check the employer review sites on the Internet. You’ll find both positive and negative reviews anywhere you look, but the devil is always in the details. Sometimes employees make small comments that add up ... Another source of information is in patient complaints. I wonder if anyone considered any of these sources of information when they were awarding contracts, or if they only stuck to the applications in front of them. It’s also disturbing when two of the awardees file a protest with the Government Accountability Office against the others saying that the agency “misevaluated proposals, engaged in misleading discussions” and more in handing out the contracts. In wading through the very long decision documents, with the names of 28 attorneys at the top, it’s hard to see how all the legalese and finger pointing will translate into actual veteran care and medical disability evaluations. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.
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