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TIDBITS® STUDIES THE ELEMENTS by Janet Spencer
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ELEMENTAL NAMES The planet Uranus was discovered in 1781, and in 1789 a scientist named uranium (U) after the planet in spite of the fact that there is no uranium on Uranus. Neptunium (Np) was named after Neptune and plutonium (Pu) was named after Pluto. Polonium (Po), a radioctive element, was named for Marie Curie’s native Poland. Radium (Ra) was named for the fact that it radiates and glows. In 1949 when scientists working at the University of California Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California discovered a new element, they named it “berkelium” after the city. They hoped that the chemical symbol would be “Bm” because the element had been such a “stinker” to find. However, the symbol for the new element became “Bk” instead. Berkelium is a radioactive metal which can only be produced inside nuclear reactors. Only a single gram of this element has been produced in the U.S. since 1967. BUILDING BLOCKS Our bodies are largely composed of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen. Phosphorus is needed in bones and in DNA. Sulphur is needed for proteins to form. Iron transports oxygen in the blood stream. Calcium is required for bones and teeth. Sodium and potassium carry electrical pulses in the nerves. Magnesium governs over 300 chemical reactions in the body. These elements form the basic building blocks of life; about fifteen others are required in trace amounts for life to continue. Carbon is named after the Latin word “carbo” meaning coal. It’s the fourth most abundant element in the Universe after hydrogen, helium, and oxygen. Carbon atoms are able to form very long, very stable chains with more types of other atoms than any other substance. This is why life on earth is “carbon-based.” (Continued next page)
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Online at www.lovemytidbits.com CHEMICAL WEIRDNESS • Chlorine is a poisonous and corrosive gas but when you combine it with sodium it turns into salt which is essential for life. Carbon and oxygen are also essential for life, but when you combine the two you get carbon monoxide which is deadly. Carbon and nitrogen combine to form basic building blocks of all organic matter, but the two can also be combined to form cyanide, a fatal poison. Hydrogen is extremely flammable and oxygen is required for burning, but when you combine them you have water which puts out fires. Uranium is one of the heaviest elements, but when it decays, it produces helium, which is one of the lightest elements. • The simplest element in the universe, hydrogen, happens to be the most abundant. The second simplest element, helium, is the second most abundant. But the streak ends there. The third simplest element is lithium (the lightest metal), which is not the third most abundant element in the Universe. The third-place spot belongs to oxygen, which is the 8th simplest element. Ga IS FOR GALLIUM • A French scientist named Lecoq de Boisbaudran discovered a new element in 1875, which he named gallium. He claimed the name sprang from the Latin name for France, which is “Gallia” but others accused him of naming it after himself, since his first name “Lecoq” meaning “rooster” is “gallus” in Latin. Gallium is a metal that is solid at room temperature but which melts at 84 degrees F, meaning you’ll be holding a puddle of silvercolored liquid if you hold it in your hand. As a practical joke, scientists would mold spoons out of gallium and hand them to unsuspecting people when serving tea. The spoon would dissolve into a puddle in the bottom of their teacup. (continued next page)
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Amazing Plants CASTOR BEAN • The castor bean is not actually a true bean. True legumes are in the family of Fabaceae but castor beans are in the family Euphorbiaceae. The Latin name of the species is Ricinus communis. “Ricinus” comes from the Greek word meaning “tick” because the bean resembles a blood-engorged tick. “Communis” simply means “common.” • The plant is native to eastern Africa, India, and the Mediterranean, but now grows in tropical environments worldwide. In the southwestern U.S. it is considered a weed. In warm climates it grows as a perennial and looks like a shrubby tree. • The castor bean is not eaten as a food crop, but is instead grown because the bean yields versatile and valuable oil called castor oil. Most people are familiar with castor oil due to its laxative properties, yet castor oil has a wide number of other uses as well. • Castor beans have been found in Egyptian tombs dating back to 4000 B.C. The oil from the bean was used thousands of years ago in facial oils and in oil lamps for lighting. • Millions of pounds of castor oil are used each year to make lubricants, soap, paints and dyes, ink, waxes, brake and hydraulic fluid, nylon, pharmaceuticals, perfumes, polishes, plastics, and more. It’s used widely in the food industry as flavorings and to inhibit mold. It is the basic ingredient of Castrol-R racing motor oil for high speed engines. In terms of total production, castor oil is one of the world’s most important industrial vegetable oils. • Castor beans are a little bigger than pinto beans. The beans are shiny and covered with intricate designs. Like fingerprints, no two beans are ever the same. Despite their beauty, castor beans are among the most deadly seeds on the planet. (continued next page)
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For Advertising Call or Text 740-441-7633 CASTOR BEANS (cont’d) • Castor beans contain a substance called ricin. Ricin is one of the most toxic poisons known. Weight for weight, it’s 6,000 times more poisonous than cyanide. A dose the size of a grain of table salt is enough to kill a man. • The poison is contained in the shell of the bean and it is water-soluble. It can be extracted and concentrated using the same methods that are used to extract cyanide from almonds. If a bean is chewed and then swallowed, water in the intestinal tract absorbs the poison. As few as four to six beans can be fatal. If the bean is swallowed whole, the poison is not absorbed. Because ricin is water-soluble and not oilsoluble, castor oil does not contain ricin. • Ricin kills by disrupting the ability of cells to synthesize protein, so the most basic level of cell metabolism is interrupted. • During World War II, the U.S. and Canada tried to use ricin in cluster bombs. • Ricin poisoning can be survived with supportive medical care, and a vaccination is also effective. • Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was killed by a ricin pellet as he waited for a bus in London in 1978. He was injected with a pellet embedded on the tip of an umbrella. He died days later, and the autopsy found a tiny sphere embedded in his thigh. • Bulgarian defector Vladimir Kostov survived a similar attack, perhaps because the ricin pellet that was injected into his back was covered with wax. The wax melted only slightly, so the ricin leaked in small amounts. This made him ill but did not kill him. • In 2014, actress Shannon Richardson was sentenced to 18 years in prison for sending ricin-laced letters to Barack Obama and Michael Bloomberg. She had been trying to frame her estranged husband for the crime.
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CHLORINE TRIFLUORIDE (cont’d) A chlorine trifluoride fire will continue to burn even without oxygen, and pouring water on the flames will result in explosions and toxic gasses. In chemistry books listing its properties, you’ll find this entry: “Suitable extinguishing media: None.” The only way to transport chlorine trifluoride is inside airtight drums made of steel, iron, copper, or nickel which have been coated with fluoride. If the fluoride coating of the container should become damaged, even by a mere scratch, explosions result. Containers made of platinum, titanium, or tungsten, which are some of the hardest minerals on Earth, will burst into flames immediately upon contact with chlorine trifluoride. During World War II, the Nazis wanted to use it in flame throwers but it burned up any part of the flame thrower not made of steel. They tried to load it into artillery shells so they could launch it against the ramparts of concrete fortifications but found the artillery shells explosively dangerous. The Nazis abandoned the substance because it was too dangerous to manufacture, store, and ship. In the 1950s U.S. scientists tried to ship the substance in bulk for the first time ever. Unfortunately, a tank holding nearly a ton of the stuff accidentally ruptured and spilled. It burned through a foot of solid concrete and then three feet of gravel underneath a warehouse, all while releasing toxic gasses that corroded everything they touched. No one could put out the fire and many people had to evacuate the area. Today chlorine trifluoride is produced in small quantities and used to clean superconductors. It is also used to make semiconductor chips for computer circuitry, and it’s used in nuclear reactors to reprocess nuclear fuel rods.
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Blood Test Results Wildly Different DEAR DR. ROACH: I went in for an annual examination with my primary-care doctor, and she had my blood tested at a laboratory. She told me that I have high potassium, 5.5, and had me retake it. I did, and the test came back with a much lower level of 4.3! What could have caused the level to go up so high? Was this due to eating a lot of avocado and yogurt? I was eating a whole avocado for breakfast and a yogurt with apple and peach. Should I be seeing a specialist to recheck it? Please advise what I should do. -- A.V.R. ANSWER: Avocados and yogurt are high-potassium foods, and peaches and apples are medium-potassium foods. Most people can take in high amounts of potassium without worry, since the kidney is very good at getting rid of potassium if the body doesn’t need it. I more often see low potassium levels, from poor intake or from medications, such as diuretics, which can cause the body to lose potassium. However, some people with kidney disease (especially severe kidney disease) need to carefully watch and limit oral potassium intake. By far the biggest reason for a potassium blood test to come out abnormally high relates to the lab itself. Samples that sit around a long time or that are shaken will have broken blood cells, which release high levels of potassium into the serum, causing false elevations in the lab. If you didn’t change your diet between the two tests, there is no reason to worry at all. Your primary doctor is the right person to see. *** DEAR DR. ROACH: I have chronic constipation, and have had this most of my life. I have used most of the bulking (husk) things that are out there. Nothing works for me. Years ago, I went to my doctor, and he said that I could use MiraLAX and use it for the rest of my life. It has worked! Now my new doctor wants me off of it, wants me to incorporate fiber into my diet. I already do this. Plus I drink a lot of water in a day. I start my day with 24 ounces of water every morning before anything else. Is there anything wrong with taking MiraLAX every day? I do not take the full dose. -- V.B. ANSWER: While I recommend non-drug treatments, such as increased water intake, high-fiber diet and exercise, as treatment for constipation, that doesn’t work for everybody. In that case, using a medication as recommended by your doctor makes sense. Polyethylene glycol (MiraLAX) is a generally safe treatment that works by increasing fluid in the bowel. It’s a good idea to use it as little as is needed to keep the stool from getting uncomfortably hard. READERS: The booklet on constipation explains this common disorder and its treatments. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Roach -- No. 504W, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. 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 4-6 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. (c) 2017 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved
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Reading Bookworm Grows With Books Reading is an important part of growing, and wintertime is the perfect season to snuggle indoors with kids and a book. Picture books, chapter books, there are so many waiting for all ages at the public library. The best part is that checking them out with your child’s own library card is free! Keep turning pages and talk about exciting stories with an activity that’s an incentive to keep family life full of reading. Make this growing bookworm ... or call it a reading caterpillar. It will motivate your young child to pick up a book, finish it and even give it some analytical thought. What a classic combination! Plus, it’s a creative bookish idea to sharpen minds and reading skills. Find a lightweight plastic ball with holes in it, such as a whiffle ball. This will be the bookworm’s head. Decorate one half of it to create the face by gluing on felt and buttons; twist pipe cleaners through holes for whimsical features. Now, tie a 38-inch length of string to the opposite half through one of the holes in the ball. The bookworm’s body will grow along the string. After you and your child read a book, cover the outside of a bathroom tissue tube or paper-towel tube cut in half with colored paper or paint, then add pictures cut from magazines or make original drawings that represent the characters and theme of the book. Was it about dinosaurs? Take a crayon and draw a Tyrannosaurus rex. Was it about a little boy who couldn’t fall asleep? Draw a teddy bear or pillow and press on sticker stars in the night. Write the title and author by the decor. Slide the string through the first decorated tube so that the tube touches the ball. As books are read, add more tubes, one after the other, and watch the bookworm grow. You’ll be feeding it books. How healthy! Display on a shelf or table. Extra tip: If you have an avid reader in the family, suggest that for every two or three tubes he adds to the bookworm, he might read a book to his younger sister and help her create a new collection of tubes of her own. This will be a reminder to him that growing the bookworm is a joint family effort. *** 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) 2017 Donna Erickson Distributed by King Features Synd.
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* On Jan. 28, 1777, British general John Burgoyne proposes an ill-fated plan to isolate New England from the other colonies by invading from Canada with 8,000 British troops. The plan failed, and Burgoyne surrendered his remaining 6,000 British forces to the Patriots at Saratoga. * On Jan. 26, 1838, the first Prohibition law in U.S. history is passed in Tennessee, making it a misdemeanor to sell alcoholic beverages in taverns and stores. * On Jan. 23, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell is granted a medical degree from Geneva College in New York (now known as Hobart College), becoming the first female in the U.S. to be officially recognized as a physician. * On Jan. 27, 1888, the National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C. The 33 men who originally met and formed the National Geographic Society were a diverse group of geographers, explorers, teachers, lawyers, cartographers, military officers and financiers. * On Jan. 24, 1908, the Boy Scouts movement begins in England with the publication of the first installment of Robert Baden-Powell’s “Scouting for Boys.” By the end of April, the serialization of Scouting for Boys was completed, and scores of impromptu Boy Scout troops had sprung up across Britain.
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* On Jan. 29, 1922, as a blizzard dumps more than 2 feet of snow on Washington, D.C., snow buildup on the flat roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses the building, and tons of steel and concrete crash down on 300 theatergoers attending a Saturday night movie. One hundred and eight people were killed.
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* On Jan. 25, 1968, the Israeli submarine Dakar, carrying 69 sailors, disappears. The exact fate of the boat remains a mystery. The Dakar last radioed its position as it passed the island of Crete. It was never heard from again.
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It’s On You, Jed York In October 2010, after a close loss to Philadelphia, ESPN’s Adam Schefter received not so much a text as a bold proclamation. The message was from Jed York, the 30-year-old CEO of the 0-5 San Francisco 49ers, and it simply stated “We’re going to win the division.” The message was ridiculed. The 49ers under Mike Singletary -- a head coach who mooned his team -- looked to be careening out of control, far removed from the stately grace of Bill Walsh or precision play the team used to execute under Joe Montana, Steve Young, Jerry Rice and Roger Craig. Making bold predictions doesn’t make them smart or learned takes on a situation ... it just makes them bold. I went into a new diner and the menu was typed out in bold comic sans, it didn’t help the meatloaf one bit. The 49ers would almost pull it off though, but York’s star didn’t rise along with it ... in fact, it probably only exacerbated the problems to come. Unlike his very well-respected father, John York, one of the country’s foremost cancer researchers and great philanthropist, Jed fit the mold of the rich kid who didn’t earn his spot ... the kid born on the opponent’s one-yard line who thinks he just ran back a kickoff for 99 yards. He had a BA from Notre Dame, he was captain of his high-school baseball team, but he spent only one year in the work force before his family brought him into the family business, owning one of the premier franchises in sports. The turnaround occurred when Jim Harbaugh took over the reins. Harbaugh, a fierce competitor and brilliant football mind with the abrasive personality to match, took the team to a Super Bowl. Allegedly, Harbaugh and Jed clashed behind the scenes, and Harbaugh had insulted him in front of the team. Apparently unable to stomach the slight, Jed took every opportunity to point out shortcomings in Harbaugh’s game plan. Harbaugh left for Michigan after being fired amid a slew of stories that were obviously leaked by Jed and then-49ers GM Trent Maalke. There would be some who would (wrongly) point out parallels between him and George Steinbrenner III. George used to love talking about how he was captain of the high-school football team. He too was keen on firing coaches and leaking damaging information to the press. The comparison stops there, as Steinbrenner had true business acumen and after a fan revolt, mellowed enough to find the right set of winners. After firing Chip Kelly, an uncharacteristically brazen press started asking Jed questions about his future as CEO. Fans and columnists in the Bay Area alike are calling for his removal, a move that would seem likely if the team plans on getting any head coach with substance to take over the job and carry the once-great team back to the heights of success. Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in New Jersey. (c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.
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* If you’ve changed your prescription for eyeglasses, why not donate your old pair? Look for collection boxes from your local Lion’s Club, or search the organization’s website, lionsclub. org. It collects all prescription eyewear and redistributes the glasses to those in need. * Make your own double boiler by resting an ovenproof glass bowl on top of a pot. Fill the pot 1/4 full with water and boil. Place the glass bowl on top of the boiling water and melt away!
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* “To loosen the seal on a pickle jar (or other sealed jar with a metal lid) simply tap the edge of the lid with a butter-knife handle. Light taps are all you need. You also can gently tap the edge of the lid directly on the countertop.” -- P.P. in Mississippi * Want to make your own dryer softener sheets? Here’s an easy tip: Soak a washcloth in regular liquid softener. Wring out the excess softener and lay flat or hang to dry. This makes a reusable softener sheet. You can get 15 or so uses out of your cloth before it needs to be resoaked.
* “When adding flour to your stand mixer, try adding the flour in one batch and covering the top with a towel. Hold in place loosely while the mixer incorporates the flour. You will not get a big dust cloud!” -- M.H. in Indiana * Speaking of stand-mixer tips, here’s a good one: Use the dough hook on your stand mixer to shred chicken or pork from the slow cooker. Simply remove fat, add meat in hunks to bowl and mix. It’s so easy! Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. (c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.
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No-Fail Browning and Braising In the heart of winter, nothing satisfies more than a mouthwatering stew, chili or ragout with rich, succulent meat. Follow these steps for nofail browning and braising: CHOOSE A HEAVY-BOTTOMED DUTCH OVEN or skillet for best browning. Make sure it has a tight-fitting lid to keep in steam when simmering. PAT MEAT DRY WITH PAPER TOWELS to remove excess moisture. SEASON MEAT JUST BEFORE COOKING to help prevent it from releasing its natural juices. ADD MEAT IN SMALL BATCHES (a pound or less at a time) to hot oil over high heat. Do not overcrowd the pan. It will cause meat to steam instead of allowing it to brown. BE PATIENT: Allow meat to turn deep brown on all sides, caramelizing the proteins and sugars. (You may need to reduce heat if bottom of pan becomes too dark.) ADD LIQUID TO MEAT IN PAN and heat to boiling, scraping bottom of pan with spoon to release browned bits. COVER PAN AND BRAISE MIXTURE over low heat on top of range or place in oven at moderate temperature (325 F to 350 F) to cook. Do not allow mixture to boil -- it will toughen and dry out the meat. CHECK FOR DONENESS: When meat is tender, a fork will slip easily in and out of it. For thousands of triple-tested recipes, visit our website at www.goodhousekeeping.com/ recipes/. (c) 2017 Hearst Communications, Inc. All rights reserved
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Where’s the best place to retire? In your state or hometown, or right where you are? The answer might not even be in the United States. The 2015 Global AgeWatch Index is an eye-opener. First on the list is Switzerland as the best place for older people to live. It was followed by Norway, Sweden and Germany. So where on the list is the United States? Number nine, right behind Iceland and Japan. Some of the typical warm-weather retiree countries ranked as followed: Spain (25), Costa Rica (28) and Thailand (34). Each country was ranked on 13 areas, consolidated into four key points: enabling environments, income security, health status and personal capability. Yet the whole story about a country might depend on which list you read. For example, while the Global AgeWatch Index ranks Australia at No. 17, another less-scientific study ranks it in fifth place. And the Costa Rica in 28th place becomes the No. 1 spot in another list. If you’re searching online for information about retirement locations, beware. Consider the source of the information. Read the fine print. If kudos go to a country because it has an easy visa and residency process, that doesn’t tell you what it will be like once you live there. If a “study” was written by an investment company telling you what your likely monthly costs will be, that’s fine, but it doesn’t tell you about the quality of life and health care. Panama, coming in at No. 20 on the AgeWatch Index, gets high marks on another list because those who can prove a $1,000 monthly income are given discounts on entertainment and phone bills. For more information on the AgeWatch Index, go online to www.helpage.org/global-agewatch. (c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.
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