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by Kathy WolfeTidbits is doing the cha-cha this week! We’re not just looking at that dance and a couple of others, we’re exploring all kinds of other words that be-gin with cha-. • Cha-cha music was first introduced in 1953 by a Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrin. A French dance teacher Pierre Zurcher-Margolie visited Cuba to study their dance methods and devised the ballroom dance he dubbed the cha-cha. • The chaconne began as a lively spirited street dance in 16th-century Spain, but gradually tran-sitioned into a slow majestic dance performed by courtesans by the 18th century. • The chasse dance movement consists of quick gliding steps with the same foot always leading. It’s commonly seen in line dancing, ice dancing, ballet, and in the ballroom. .• It’s not very likely that the chamois you use to buff and polish your car came from a chamois. This goat-antelope species native to the moun-tains of Europe has hooked upright horns and grows to a height of about 31” (80 cm). Because European law now prohibits the hunting of the chamois in order to preserve the species, modern car owners’ chamois are mostly made from the hides of deer, domestic goats, or sheep. turn the page for more!

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CHA-CHA (continued):• Don’t confuse challis with chalice. Challis is a light clothing fabric of wool, cotton, or rayon, which usually has a printed design, while a chal-ice is a goblet most frequently used to hold drink in a religious ceremony, for example, the wine used in Communion.• Chantilly means different things to different people. To some, it’s a community of 11,000 in-habitants in France’s Chantilly Forest, 24 miles (38 km) northeast of Paris. To others, it refers to the handmade bobbin lace made there beginning in the 1600s. This intricate lace is made from silk with complex flower patterns woven from continuous silk thread. For hundreds of years, the fabric was usually black and often used for mourning wear, as well as shawls, veils, and umbrella covers. In 1958, J.P. “The Big Bop-per” Richardson released the chart-topping song “Chantilly Lace,” which spent 22 weeks in the Top 40 and became the third most-played song of that year. The following year, the 28-year-old Bopper was tragically killed along with Buddy Holly in a plane crash while on a new tour. • Geoffrey Chaucer is widely known as the Fa-ther of English Literature, and is considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He is best known for The Canterbury Tales, a collec-tion of 24 tales about a group of pilgrims trav-eling together from Southwark to Canterbury Cathedral. The tales were more than just stories – they represented a satirical picture of English society and the Church of England. In addition to his literary achievements, Chaucer was also a philosopher, alchemist, astronomer, and dip-lomat. Upon his death in 1400, he became the first poet to be interred in the Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey.

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A “tidbit” is defined as “a tasty morsel to be enjoyed before the meal”. And that’s just what Tidbits® is – a non-controversial, weekly paper dedicated to publishing entertaining morsels for the mind, food for thought as it were: trivia, fun facts, amusing stories and oddities.Tidbits is distributed to over 200 locations throughout the area. Tidbits can be found in res-taurants, coffee shops, grocery stores, offices, banks, libraries, hair salons, auto repair shops, motels, hospitals, medical & dental waiting rooms, retail stores, etc.Our weekly readership is 14,800. Feel free to e-mail me at:[email protected] call me at 208.755.9120.

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CHA-CHA (continued):• If you’re having trouble sleeping, try brewing a cup of Anthemis nobilis, more commonly known as chamomile. It’s known to fight insomnia and act as a muscle relaxant. And just as Peter Rab-bit’s mother gave him chamomile tea because he wasn’t feeling well, many claim that it eases a stomach ache. Some mothers put it in a baby’s bottle to reduce gum inflammation during teeth-ing. Others use it in cream form to relieve the pain of bug bites. However, chamomile is not for those allergic to ragweed, as the two are from the same plant family. • In 1609, French explorer Samuel de Cham-plain happened onto a lake situated near the pres-ent-day border between Canada and the United States, spanning across Vermont, New York, and Quebec. Lake Champlain is about 400 feet (120 m) deep and was used as a water passage between the St. Lawrence and Hudson Valleys. Samuel de Champlain claimed that he saw a monster in the lake 5 feet (1.5 m) long, “as thick as a man’s thigh, with silver-gray scales a dag-ger could not penetrate.” The explorer wrote that the monster had 2.5-ft. (0.76 m) jaws with sharp and dangerous teeth. His story is backed up by claims of the Native Americans in the area. The monster tale has found its way into the naming of sports teams and mascots, most notably, the Ver-mont Lake Monsters and their mascot Champ, that state’s minor league baseball team. • During medieval times, knights protected the front of their war horse’s head with special ar-mor, some which added hinged cheek plates. This armor was known as chamfron.

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by Samantha Weaver

It was American author Gail Kathleen God-win who made the following sage observation: “Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.”

Elizabeth Montgomery, best known for play-ing the witch Samantha in the TV sitcom “Be-witched,” in 1975 played the title role in the TV movie “The Legend of Lizzie Borden.” This would not be remarkable, except that a genealo-gist later showed that Montgomery and the no-torious axe-murderer were actually sixth cous-ins once removed.

Those who study such things say that if you grew up in the era before color TV, you’re more likely to dream in black and white.

In April 2014, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission moved to forbid the sale of stuffed baby alligators in “an unnatural body or body part positioning” -- including up-right human poses.

You might be surprised to learn that during the Revolutionary War, only one out of every six able-bodied men in the American colonies actu-ally took up arms.

John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola, came up with the recipe by boiling coca leaves, kola nuts and a variety of herbs in a pot in his backyard. It was originally sold in his drugstore as a “nerve medicine.”

It’s well-known that camels are able to go long periods of time without access to water, but bi-ologists say that giraffes are able to survive even longer than camels when deprived of moisture.

In the 18th century, so-called anatomical dem-onstrations became very popular. At the time, museums, colleges, private homes and even bars hosted public dissections of human corps-es. Competition to obtain the sometimes-costly tickets to these events was fierce, and the crowds attending often were raucous.

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CHA-CHA (continued):• We’ve all used chalk throughout our lives, but what exactly is chalk anyway? It’s a porous form of limestone, composed mostly of calcium carbonate. It usually forms underwater on the sea bed from the gradual accumulation of tiny calcite plates and marine organisms. England’s White Cliffs of Dover are the most famous de-posit of chalk, although large quantities are also found in Denmark. Today’s blackboard chalk used in classrooms is actually a manufactured substance made from gypsum, which is calcium sulfate. Some chalk is formed from talc, which is magnesium silicate. • World-renowned fashion designer Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel came from very humble begin-nings, born to a peddler and a laundress in 1883. When her mother died 12 years later, Chanel’s father put her and her two sisters into an orphan-age run by nuns. They never saw him again. During her six years in the orphanage, Coco was taught to sew, a skill that shaped the remainder of her life. Before her clothing career, she was a nightclub singer, but in 1910, financed by her current love interest, she opened her first shop in Paris. In the 1920s, she introduced the legendary Chanel suit and the timeless “little black dress” as well as her signature Chanel No. 5 perfume. By 1935, her company had over 4,000 employ-ees. TIME magazine has included Coco Chanel on their list of “The 100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century,” the only fashion designer to receive this honor. • There are about 22,000 species of chalcid wasps, but entomologist estimate there may be anywhere from 60,000 to 500,000 more species of this insect that are yet to be discovered. The tiny 3-mm chalcids are a friend to the gardener, acting as a natural method of controlling garden pests such as aphids and cutworms.

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High heat-processed protein powders actually add to the body’s burden. The shake should also contain some good powdered vegetables to nourish the tis-sues.The detox should include fiber to absorb the liquified toxins and keep the bowels moving well to help with elimination of the toxins through the bowels. Herbs are always a vital component. There should be herbs to support detoxification of the liver, kidneys, bow-els, lymph and blood. Very importantly, the formula needs to stimulate both Phase I and Phase II of the liver detoxification pathways. This is very important. Without both phases activated, you will feel weak, lethargic, bloated and headachy. This is where most detoxification programs fall short. There are only a few components that initiate both phases, and usu-ally only Phase I gets activated in typical over the counter detoxification regimes. A good detoxification program leaves you feeling energized, feeling light and assists in weight loss. On Wednesday, January 28th detoxification program that I have found to be the most beneficial in over 35 years of looking at detoxification programs. The class is designed both for those who wish to participate in the program and those who simply want to learn more. Fee: No Charge. There is a fee for the detoxification kit if you choose to par-ticipate. RSVP: 208-765-1994. at 7pm at Vital Health in CDA, I will be teaching an introductory class about the On Wednesday, Janu-ary 28th adetoxification program that I have found to be the most beneficial in over 35 years of look-ing at detoxification programs. The class is designed both for those who wish to participate in the program and those who simply want to learn more. Fee: No Charge. There is a fee for the detoxification kit if you choose to participate. RSVP: 208-765-1994.

DETOX PROGRAMS: WHICH IS THE BEST?The abundance of toxins in our water, air, soil, foods, etc. is undeniable. Detoxification has been used for thousands of years, but only recently has there been an abundance of detox programs available. With some you feel great, others you can feel sick. Every-one professes to have the best, but how do we know which is the best?The concept of detoxification is to stimulate the body’s normal mechanism to detoxify. Many organs are involved with either detoxifying directly, or in moving toxins through the body to be eliminated. The blood, lymph and intestines are instrumental in mov-ing toxins toward organs of elimination. Although the skin is the largest eliminative organ, the most vital for the detoxification mechanism is the liver and kidneys. Many ask why we need to do a specific detoxification program when we have the system al-ready in place to detoxify. It is because those systems are so overwhelmed today that they need help. If you did nothing but fast (eat and drink nothing but water) for a few weeks, the body could catch up, however, that isn’t recommended today. So which are the best programs? A detoxification program should include eating regularly. It should be a diet where all processed foods, high carbohydrate foods, and all hydrogenated and trans fats are elimi-nated. It makes no sense to try to rid the body of all the toxic additives in foods, while you continue to eat foods which add to the body’s already overwhelmed toxic burden. The diet should nourish the tissues during the detoxification. This nourishment gener-ally comes from the specific allowable foods plus a shake. The shake should be made with raw protein.

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Dr. Holly Carling is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Licensed Acupuncturist, Doctor of Naturopathy, Clinical Nutritionist and Master Herbologist with over 34 years 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.vitalhealthandfitness.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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On Jan. 13, 1128, Pope Honorius II grants a pa-pal sanction to the military order known as the Knights Templar, declaring it to be an army of God. The self-imposed mission of the Knights Templar was to protect Christian pilgrims on their way to the Holy Land.

On Jan. 14, 1860, the U.S. House of Represen-tatives’ Committee of Thirty-Three submits a proposed constitutional amendment protecting slavery in all areas where it already existed. The proposed measure was not enough to stem the tide of seceding states.

On Jan. 15, 1870, the first recorded use of a don-key to represent the Democratic Party appears in Harper’s Weekly, drawn by political illustrator Thomas Nast. Four years later, Nast originated the use of an elephant to symbolize the Republi-can Party in a Harper’s Weekly cartoon.

On Jan. 18, 1882, A.A. Milne, creator of Win-nie-the-Pooh, is born. Years later when his son, Christopher Robin, was born, Milne used the boy’s stuffed animals as inspiration for the sto-ries “Winnie-the-Pooh” and “The House at Pooh Corner.”

On Jan. 12, 1932, Ophelia Wyatt Caraway, a Democrat from Arkansas, becomes the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate. Car-away had been appointed to the Senate two months earlier to fill the vacancy left by her late husband, Thaddeus Horatio Caraway.

On Jan. 17, 1984, U.S. Supreme Court decides Universal v. Sony, the court battle over the le-gality of the video cassette recorder (VCR) and its allegedly detrimental effect on the motion-picture industry. The U.S. District Court ruled in favor of Sony, stating that taping material for private entertainment purposes was fair use.

On Jan. 16, 1991, the United Nations deadline for the Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait expires, and the Pentagon prepares to commence offen-sive operations to forcibly eject Iraq from its five-month occupation of its oil-rich neighbor. Operation Desert Storm was conducted by an international coalition under the command of U.S. General Norman Schwarzkopf and featured forces from 32 nations.(c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

New Year, New CatDEAR PAW’S CORNER: Our mom decided to let us adopt a cat after the Christmas holiday. We’re really excited. Is there any special train-ing for the cat that we should know? -- Tracy and Kelly, via email

DEAR TRACY AND KELLY: Congratulations -- you will probably enjoy having a pet that both of you can take care of. Cats are very indepen-dent animals and have a lot of instinctive behav-iors -- such as eating moderately, keeping them-selves clean and covering up their droppings -- that make caring for them easier than taking care of most dogs. However, there are a few things you need to do to make your home a welcoming environment for your cat.

Prepare a cozy, safe space for the cat to rest in before its first day home. A covered cat bed, old carrier or other den should work; place the door so that your cat can see everything going on in the room. When you bring the cat home, let it out of the carrier near that cozy spot.¥ Likewise, have the new litter box in place and filled before the big day. Then, show the litter box to your new cat.

Set out food and water in what will be your cat’s usual feeding spot, so that it can find it easily. (Of course, never locate bedding, litter box and food dishes close together).

Put a sturdy scratching post near the cat’s living area.

Give your new cat some space: stay back out of the way as it explores the new house. Your cat needs to get familiar with the new living space and feel like it can explore unmolested. When it’s ready, it likely will come to you.

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Use Cash to Change Spending HabitsHave you broken your New Year’s resolutions yet? Many people have. When it comes to re-solving to get control of your finances, however, the longer you do it, the more you benefit, and that can be an incentive to continue.If you write checks at the end of the month (or especially if you have automatic deposits and bill paying and never ever see the money), you don’t have a close-up relationship with your cash. Money is far more subjective (and easier to spend) when you don’t actually touch the cash. Consider a no-frills 30 days as your New Year’s resolution, during which time you work to become more familiar with actual money on a daily basis.Resolve to go 30 days with no unnecessary ex-penditures. Mortgage, of course. Car payment, and food and utilities, of course. But for 30 days go without coffee on the way to work, meals out, impulse spending, movies and popcorn ... you get the idea. If it isn’t necessary, don’t spend.Start carrying cash if you’re in the habit of only carrying credit or debit cards. When you leave the house each day, count up the cash you’re car-rying. If you need more, go to the ATM, but don’t give in and use a credit card for purchases.Empty your pockets of change at the end of ev-ery day. Put it in a container with a lid and don’t touch it. At the end of the month, count it up and put it toward a credit-card balance or savings. During the day, see how often you can get change in the form of coins, and add it to the pile.Pick a few bills for which you normally write a check and instead pay cash for money orders or cashier’s checks.Any activity having to do with finances is self-rewarding. You get to see the benefits of care-ful spending rather quickly. As you keep to your resolution, you’ll see your expenses come down, your savings increase and maybe your health even get better if your financial goals keep you from spending money on snacks while you’re away from home. But the first step is to become more aware of money.It’s said that it takes 30 days to develop a habit. If you reduce your spending to necessities only for one month, it might become a habit you can keep.

David Uffington regrets that he cannot personal-ly answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to [email protected].

by Matilda Charles

Depending on Medicaid for Health CareThe Department of Health and Human Services was asked to survey three things from lists of Medicaid health-care providers: learn which providers could offer appointments to those with Medicaid, assess the wait times for care and find any differences between the availability between primary-care providers and specialists. The results arenÕt pretty. Half of providers could not offer appointments, either because they werenÕt at the location where they were listed (43 percent), or because they werenÕt participating in the plan or because they werenÕt taking new patients (8 percent). Some providers couldnÕt be found: No one had heard of them, or they had retired or left years ago. For those not accepting new patients, they were retiring, they had too many patients already or they were tired of all the no-shows for appoint-ments.Of those providers who did offer appointments, the median wait time was two weeks, but one-fourth had appointment times more than a month away. Ten percent only offered appointments more than two months away. (Most of states have requirements that patients be able to get care within one month.)But it gets worse: Some providers who were ac-cepting new patients wouldnÕt give an appoint-ment date without first having more information about the patient. Some wouldnÕt make an ap-pointment without seeing the patientÕs records. Others wouldnÕt accept patients with certain medical conditions. One wouldnÕt see patients who were overweight.When it came to primary-care versus specialists, primary care providers were less likely to give an appointment. However, to get in to see a spe-cialist took twice as long. Some took the winter off; some only worked a few days a week.As of last year, 69 million people depended on Medicaid, and theyÕre depending on inaccurate lists of providers when theyÕre seeking care.

Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot person-ally answer reader questions, but will incorpo-rate them into her column whenever possible. Send email to [email protected].


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Dr Ashley is board certified in Family Medicine and in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine. She provides a mix of traditional with alternative medicine and specializes in bio-identical hor-mones for both men and women.

Q&A with Susan Ashley, MD


There is a big difference between relative and ab-solute risk reduction. The news media report on a study might say: Flu vaccine cuts your risk of getting the flu in half! Now, that’s technically true because the risk relatively went down from 2% to 1%, but what they don’t tell you is that the abso-lute risk reduction went down from 2 in 100 to 1 in 100, which is an overall absolute risk reduction of 1%. So this means that you’d need to treat ap-proximately 100 people to prevent a single case of flu, or put another way, of 100 people that get the flu shot, 99 of them won’t benefit at all. The Cochrane review also found that “There’s no evidence that flu vaccines affect complications, such as pneumonia, or transmission” in healthy adults. What about kids under the age of 2? They had this to say“Inactivated vaccines in children aged two years or younger are not significantly more efficacious than placebo.” “We could find no evidence of effect on secondary cases, lower respiratory tract disease, drug prescriptions, otitis media [aka ear infection] and its consequences and socioeconomic impact.”They also said:“Extensive evidence of reporting bias of safety outcomes from trials of live attenuated influenza vaccines (LAIVs) impeded meaningful analysis. One specific brand of monovalent pandemic vac-cine is associated with cataplexy and narcolepsy in children, and there is sparse evidence of serious harm (such as febrile convulsions) in specific situ-ations.”So, this suggests that these are not free of risk. These vaccines are not completely benign, and you’ll know that if you look in the insert of the packages for the vaccine. They go on to say "Why are we recommending routine vaccination to kids 6 months of age in the US when there’s no evidence to support it, when there are very few studies confirming that it’s safe? That’s not an evidence-based recommendation. That’s a recom-mendation based on a belief system. And kids’, very young children’s health is potentially being put at risk by doing this". What about the elderly?Another review published in 2012 by the Cochrane, except instead of being on kids, this one was spe-cifically on people over 65 years of age. And they wanted to find out not only if the influenza vaccine prevents influenza but if it prevents complications, like hospitalization and death, because that’s, of course, the main argument used for using the flu vaccine in elderly people. They found that the flu shot did not prevent the flu in this age group, nor prevent complications such as pneumonia! And this year, already, the CDC has announced that the flu shot is not effective against the strains of influenza that are affecting our population. And, as I remember last year, every patient that I saw with the flu, all had the flu shot!The flu shot also contains mercury and aluminum, which causes more harm than good, especially in pregnant women and in children.Next week I'll discuss what you can do to prevent the flu and make your immune system healthier and more resistant to disease.

The Truth about Flu ShotsThere is a lot of controversy regarding immuniza-tions in general, and the flu shot in particular. I may well be the only physician in Spokane county that does not recommend or give flu shots in my office, and today I'll discuss the reasons why.The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota said, and I quote, that the flu shots are "over-promoted and over-hyped. In an effort to reduce influenza mor-bidity and mortality, over the last 3 decades the ACIP (Advisory Committee on Immunization Prac-tices) has expanded the populations recommended to receive the influenza vaccine. These recommen-dations, however, often were based on professional judgment and not on scientifically sound data."The Cochrane Collaborative - an independent group that does meta-analyses of studies on various topics to try to reach some consensus, says"We have conducted four reviews since the late 1990s. We calculated that you need to vaccinate between 33 and 99 people to prevent a single case of flu, depending on the match between the vaccine and the circulating strains of the virus. I want peo-ple held accountable for wasting taxpayers’ money on these vaccines. The reviews have been available for years and nothing has been done.”If you look at the many studies done on the flu shots, there is certainly a bias about what is being report-ed. Studies funded by the companies that make the flu shot are much more likely to get published, than studies funded from public sources. And studies funded from public sources, that are not biased ei-ther for or against flu shots, were significantly less likely to report conclusions favorable to the vac-cine.That is a well-known phenomenon in the world of medical research. There’s something called the “file drawer” phenomenon where if a drug company does a study and the results are not favorable to the drug, then that study will end up in, you guessed it, the file drawer. The Cochrane Collaborative con-tinued:“The review showed that reliable evidence on influ-enza vaccines is thin, but there is evidence of wide-spread manipulation of conclusions and spurious notoriety of the studies. The content and conclu-sions of this review should be interpreted in light of this finding.So what do the studies show? That the overall risk reduction with the flu shots is 1%. That’s right, your chances of getting the flu are reduced by 1% with the flu shot!Statistics are often twisted to show a conclusion that doesn’t exist.

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1. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (PG-13) Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman2. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (PG) Ben Stiller, Robin Williams3. Annie (PG) Quvenzhane Wallis, Cameron Diaz4. Exodus: Gods and Kings (PG-13) Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton5. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 1 (PG-13) Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson6. Wild (R) Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern7. Top Five (R) Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson8. Big Hero 6 (PG) animated9. Penguins of Madagascar (PG) animated10. PK (NR) Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma




1. What was the name of the woman in “His Latest Flame”?2. Which group released “I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)”?3. “This Masquerade” appeared on which Leon Russell album?4. Name the country of origin for the group that released “Hocus Pocus” in 1971.5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “We can sing in the glow of a star that I know of where lovers enjoy peace of mind, Let us leave the confusion and all disillusion behind, just like birds of a feather, a rainbow together we’ll find.”

Answers1. Marie. The song “(Marie’s the Name) His Latest Flame” was released by Elvis Presley in 1961.2. The Electric Prunes, in 1966.3. “Carney,” in 1972. As a single, it came out as the b-side of his hit “Tight Rope.”4. The Netherlands. The group was Focus.5. “Volare,” by Dean Martin, Al Martino, Bobby Rydell and many others. The song, alternately called “Nel blu dipinto di blu” (English: In the Sky, Painted Blue), was written and released in 1958. Italian songwriter Franco Migliacci wrote a prelude (“I painted my hands and my face blue”) that wasn’t included in the cover version.

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NOTEWORTHY INVEN-TORS:PATRICIA BATHAlthough the name Patricia Bath is not well-known, her invention has provided sight to thou-sands of people around the world. Tidbits’ focus this week is on this brilliant ophthalmologist who was a pioneer in cataract surgery. • Patricia Bath was raised in Harlem by her father, an immigrant from Trinidad, and mother, who was a domestic worker. Her father, a part-time newspaper columnist and former merchant marine, was also the first African-American man to work as a motorman for the New York City subway system. Her mother saved her salary for her children’s education, and gave Patricia her first interest in science when she bought her a chemistry set. • Patricia became interested in medicine after studying the life of Dr. Albert Schweitzer and his ministry to lepers in the Congo. At age 16, she had already been invited to attend a cancer research workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation.• After graduating high school in just two-and-a-half years and receiving the National Science Foundation’s scholarship, she went on to a de-gree in chemistry followed by a medical degree, completing her residency in ophthalmology, the branch of medicine concerned with eye diseases and conditions. She was the first African-Ameri-can to complete a residency in ophthalmology. • While involved in a fellowship at Columbia University, Patricia worked in the area of corne-al transplants and keratoprosthesis, a procedure that replaces the human cornea with an artificial one.

by Freddy Groves

VA Hooks Up With Whiz-Bang ComputerThe Department of Veterans Affairs is now go-ing super high-tech in its approach to medical treatments. If you’re a fan of the television game-show “Jeopardy!” you might have seen the segment back in 2011 when a computer system named Watson competed against former winners. Mil-lions of pages of content had been programmed into the computer, including whole encyclope-dias and dictionaries, in question/answer for-mat in preparation for the event. Of course the computer won, and not only because its answers were a circuit blink away when the humans had to actually reach out to a button to press it. The computer was able to analyze information, parse language, decide and offer answers in seconds.Fast-forward to 2013, when IBM hooked up with Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to provide clinical support decision “answers” in lung-can-cer treatment. Instead of a search function with possible answers ranked by relevance, the com-puter hunts through all the available information (including specific patient files, journal articles and studies), responds to questions in natural language and comes up with a treatment.The VA is hooking up with Watson. It has ini-tiated a two-year, $6.8 million contract to use Watson to search electronic medical records and literature for relevant studies. According to a VA.gov press release, during that two years it will assess how Watson does with speeding up evidence-based clinical decisions. No medical decisions will be made for actual patients, only simulations will be run.In the end, if it works as well as is hoped, VA doctors will be able to get all the pertinent infor-mation in a very short amount of time, leaving them more time to spend with veteran patients.Freddy Groves regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to [email protected].(c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

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PATRICIA BATH (continued):• While working at Columbia, Patricia noticed that African-Americans seemed twice as likely to suffer from blindness than other ethnicities she was caring for, as well as eight times more likely to develop glaucoma. Concluding that this was due to the lack of access to good medical care, Patricia Bath developed a community oph-thalmology system for those unable to afford treatment. • A move to California brought her to a faculty position at the University of California as profes-sor of surgery and ophthalmology, as well as a position at the UCLA Medical Center as the first African-American woman surgeon. In 1977, she co-founded the American Institute for the Pre-vention of Blindness, an organization devoted to “protect, preserve, and restore the gift of sight.” • In 1981, Patricia began working on her famous invention, the Laserphaco Probe, and after years of research and testing, she received a patent for this device which uses a laser to vaporize cata-racts through a 1-millimeter insertion into the patient’s eye. This enables the patient’s own lens to be removed and a replacement lens inserted in a nearly painless procedure. • Patricia Bath is the first African-American female doctor to receive a medical patent. She continued work on the La-serphaco Probe and received additional patents on its innovations. In 2000, she was granted an additional patent for a method she developed for the use of ultrasound technology in the treatment of cataracts. Now in her 70s, Patricia continues to pursue her lifelong passion – the prevention, treatment, and cure of blindness.


Dear Tamara,There are many compa-nies out there claiming that their product can grow hair. Do you know what chemicals these products contain? Do you recommend or use these chemicals in your Hair Clinic? David H.Post Falls, Id. Dear David,Yes, there are companies that claim their prod-uct can grow your hair back. But ‘buyer be-ware’!The primary chemical in most of the products we researched is Minoxidil 5%. This chemical will help stop hair loss and will help grow hair back. Unfortunately there are serious side ef-fects. Per the disclaimer of such products you could lose all your hair when you stop using the product. Unfortunately we have seen this happen. That is why we do not treat any of our clients here in our Hair Clinic with anything that contains Minoxidil. The risk that once we stop using the product containing Minoxidil on our client is too high for us to risk the chance that they may indeed lose their hair.So I would really ask a lot of questions in de-tail about the chemicals that are in any product before you purchase or allow anyone to use them on your scalp and hair. Better safe than sorry.

www.tidbitscda.comTIDBITS of Kootenai County, Idaho Issue #3 Jan 12th 2015 Page 16MORE CHA-CHA• The color chartreuse, a pale apple green half-way between green and yellow was named after a French liqueur made by Carthusian monks. This Roman Catholic religious order was founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 in the Chartreuse Mountains near present-day Grenoble, France, The monks began making the pale green liqueur in 1737 from distilled alcohol aged with 130 herbs, plants, and flowers, and it is still manufactured in their dis-tillery today. Crayola added chartreuse to its box of crayons for the first time in 1972. • The fine wines of France are named for the re-gion where they are produced. Chablis, which is a very dry white Burgundy wine, is produced near Chablis in north central France. The region’s cool climate produces a wine with more acidity and a less fruity flavor. Chablis is usually fermented in stainless steel tanks rather than oak casks. Char-donnay, from the Burgundy wine region of east-ern France, is a green-skinned grape variety used to make a white wine with a more fruity taste of plum, citrus, and pear. The sparkling white wine champagne, is produced in Champagne in north-eastern France. The rules of making champagne call for a second fermentation of the wine in the bottle which creates the carbonation. This is ac-complished by adding additional yeast and rock sugar. A minimum of a year and a half is neces-sary to completely develop its flavor.

By Samantha Mazzotta

Schedule New Year DIY Reso-lutionsQ: You’ve mentioned before that certain home-repair tasks should be handled during specific seasons. I can understand not wanting to fix the roof in cold weather, but shouldn’t house dam-age be addressed immediately? -- Cliff in Mo-bile, AlabamaA: While many home-maintenance tasks are better performed at specific times of the year, you’re right -- damage should be repaired as soon as possible, particularly to a home’s ex-terior. That certainly means a DIYer may find himself or herself tacking down a replacement shingle in frosty weather, or carefully thawing an ice dam that threatens to destroy a gutter.But, say that several damaged shingles need to be replaced, or the gutter is in good shape but just needs some cleaning and a patch or two. More extensive maintenance and repairs should take place in warm months, so that patching ma-terial and roofing cement can cure properly. That’s why now, at the start of the new year, is a good time to rough out a home maintenance cal-endar. It doesn’t have to be precise -- you don’t have to block out exact days (unless you want to) -- but breaking down certain tasks by month, quarter or season can really keep your mainte-nance on track.January and February, with cold temperatures, dormant plants and few holiday get-togethers to worry about, are good months to reorganize the workroom or garage, sharpen tools and mower blades, and draw up a budget for maintenance or improvement projects.March through early May get busier: late prun-ing of shrubs and trees needs to be done before the last frost. Garden soil needs to be turned, fer-tilizer put down and lawns’ bare spots reseeded. Exterior damage that didn’t need immediate at-tention should be repaired now. Air-conditioning systems need their annual check-up by a profes-sional.The hot summer months, June through early September, are prime time for both exterior and interior maintenance and repair. Painting and re-modeling are easier with the windows thrown open to allow fresh air in. Roofing cement cures properly. Balance all this with regular lawn care, and it’s a busy time.By late September, heating-system inspection and chimney cleaning need to be scheduled or completed -- ahead of the inevitable rush that comes during the first big cold snap. Gardens are harvested and lawns prepared for the cold months. Up north, it’s time to put away lawn-care tools and set out marker stakes to keep plow trucks from churning up the lawn edges. So, while you’re making more detailed resolu-tions to take care of yourself and your family as the year begins, remember to make plans to take care of your home, too. The best New Year to you all.forganized.Send your questions or home tips to [email protected]. (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Top 10 DVD, Blu-ray Sales1. Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13) Disney2. Frozen (PG) Disney3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (PG-13) FOX4. Dolphin Tale 2 (PG) FOX5. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG) FOX6. Maleficent (PG) Buena Vista7. When the Game Stands Tall (PG) Sony8. The Expendables 3 (PG-13) Lions Gate9. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (PG-13) Warner Bros.10. Elf (PG) Warner Bros.

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CHA-CHA (continued):• “Pardon me, boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo-Choo?” These are the opening words of the 1941 gold record recorded by Glenn Miller and his Or-chestra. Featured in the 1941 movie Sun Valley Serenade, the song was No. 1 on the Billboard charts for nine weeks, including on December 7, the day Pearl Harbor was bombed. The song is the story of a train traveling from New York City to Chattanooga. It was nominated for an Acad-emy Award that year for Best Song. • The name Chattanooga comes from the Native American language, translating “rock coming to a point,” which refers to nearby Lookout Moun-tain, an unusual rock formation. Tennessee’s fourth-largest city, Chattanooga was the site of three significant Civil War battles – the Battle of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and Lookout Mountain. • The legendary pioneer Johnny Appleseed was born John Chapman in Massachusetts in 1774. Chapman was an eccentric person who frequent-ly traveled barefoot, dressed in cast-off cloth-ing, as he introduced apple trees in Pennsylva-nia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and West Virginia. Although our image of Johnny Appleseed is one of him randomly scattering seeds wherever he went, he actually planted them in nurseries, constructing fences around the area as protec-tion from animals. He entrusted the nurseries to neighbors, revisiting the area every two years to check on it. The world’s only Johnny Appleseed Museum is located at Ohio’s Urbana Universi-ty, which claims to have a tree believed to have been planted by Chapman. However, an Ohio farm family also claims to have the only surviv-ing tree on their property

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By Sarah Pearl

As a Realtor and a former interior decorator, Suzan Helmhout has been in the business of dealing with properties for nearly two decades.When she first got into this business, Helmhout wasn’t into just putting houses on the mar-ket. The foundation started with her creativity in décor and design. “I was interior decorator,” says Helmhout. “From there it was a natural progression to be-come a Realtor.” Her business, Lasting Touches lasted for five years before she got her real estate license. Although she spent half a decade in decorating homes, her career as a realtor has nearly tripled in length.This transition began when she first moved to North Idaho in 1990. Helmhout’s roots grew in Oregon where she attended the Central Oregon Community College. Even though Or-egon will always be her home, Idaho is a place she loves. “It’s a great mixture of recreation and beauty,” says Helmout. Here in North Idaho, Helmhout’s specialty is as a listing agent. She works with sellers to put their properties on the market. Even though she mostly deals with the sellers, she has also worked with her share of buyers. “Over the past couple of years I have worked with about twenty or so sets of buyers, from first time buyers to higher end new construction,” says Helmhout. Her accomplishments are proof of her hard work. In 2008, Helmhout won the Area’s Top Realtor Award. Also a member of the CDA Association of Realtors, Helmhout shows a clear passion in her work. “Amazingly rewarding to be able to match clients with their dream homes,” she says.

To contact Suzan call Century 21 at 208.660.6948

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Dear Auntie Mmm,This may be none of my business but I am desper-ately worried about the fu-ture of my great grandson. Little Marshall is a year old and doing well - it’s his par-ents that trouble me. Mar-shall’s dad, my grandson, is the stay at home dad. Dar-ren’s led a troubled life. Long sad story short he spent a year in prison for breaking and entering - to feed his heroin habit. You can imagine all the bridges he burnt along the way. Darren took advantage of his family -repeatedly lied, stole, etc. He got clean in prison and his girlfriend Monica supposedly is too. I visited at Christ-mas (Las Vegas) and all seems well. My con-cern is no one will tell me how Monica makes a living. I asked several people and each time the answer I get is I’m better off not knowing. So now I’m worried sick imaging all sorts of bad things - a prostitute, a drug runner, phone sex operator. They’re not married so what happens if she gets arrested? I wouldn’t want my great-grandson in foster care and raised by strangers. Her ‘job’ must be il-legal or immoral or why wouldn’t they tell me? My goodness, I may be old but I don’t live in a cave. I watch TV so I’m not as naive as they may think. How can I put my mind to rest?Worried Sick in SandpointDear Worried Sick,He is your family and you love them so it is your business -to a point. You need to hear the truth before your worrying affects your health. It’s already affecting your peace of mind so do so sooner rather than later. Three suggestions: One, go to the source. Call Darren and Monica and tell them about your worries and how know-ing will give you peace of mind. Promise not to judge the situation. Two, talk with them hon-estly about their plans for Marshall if something should happen to either one of them. Speak from love not fear or judgement. Hopefully they choose legal advice and documents to in-sure the child’s safety and future. Building trust is essential. Three, Have more of a presence in their lives. If possible use technology to cre-ate a stronger relationship. Skype or Facetime or Google Hangouts are wonderful. “Seeing” your great-grandson often will alleviate a lot of worry and provide loving support. Healing has started - help it to continue.


CELEBRITY EXTRABy Cindy ElavskyPHOTO: Travis Fimmel

Q: Can you tell me when “Vikings” will be back? It seems like it’s been gone forever! -- Jeremy T., via emailA: You don’t have much longer to wait. The His-tory Channel’s hit historical-fiction drama will return Thursday, Feb. 19, at 10 p.m. ET. The new 10-episode third season begins with Ragnar (played by Travis Fimmel) as king, and follows the great responsibility that now rests on the shoulders of the former farmer.With the promise of new land from the English, Ragnar leads his people to an uncertain fate on the shores of Wessex. King Ecbert (Linus Roache) has made many promises, and it re-mains to be seen if he will keep them. But ever the restless wanderer, Ragnar is searching for something more -- and he finds it in the mythi-cal city of Paris. Rumored to be impenetrable to outside forces, Ragnar and his band of Norse-men must come together to break down its walls and cement the Vikings’ legend in history.The gripping family saga of Ragnar, Rollo (Clive Standen), Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) and Bjorn (Alexander Ludwig) continues as allianc-es and loyal friendships are tested, faith is ques-tioned and relationships are strained. “Vikings” tells the extraordinary tales of the lives and epic adventures of these warriors, and portrays life in the Dark Ages, a world ruled by raiders and explorers, through the eyes of Viking society.***Q: I remember a while back you reported that David Letterman was going to retire and Ste-phen Colbert was to take his place. Do you know when this will happen? -- Patty T., via emailA: CBS has announced that David Letterman’s final show as host of “The Late Show” will be May 20. Letterman has been a prominent fixture in late-night television for decades, and upon his retirement in May, he’ll hold the record as the longest-tenured host in late-night talk-show his-tory.***Q: Was “The Blacklist” canceled? I haven’t seen it in a while. -- Trudy F., CincinnatiA: The James Spader-starring NBC drama was not canceled; it merely went on winter hiatus. The addictive series will be back with all-new episodes beginning Super Bowl Sunday, which is Feb. 1.***Q: Do you know yet if “Legends” got picked up for another season? It’s my favorite new show of 2014. -- Michael J., Brunswick, GeorgiaA: The TNT series based on the award-winning book by Robert Latell will be back this summer for a second season. So you’ll get 10 more epi-sodes of action-hero Sean Bean kicking butt and taking names. Also, in case you’re interested, TNT recently announced the perennial favorite “Rizzoli & Isles” will be back for an 18-episode sixth season of crime-busting and mystery-solv-ing, with Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander (as Det. Jane Rizzoli and Dr. Maura Isles, re-spectively) returning to lead the charge.

Write to Cindy at King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475; or e-mail her at [email protected].



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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) That lower-than-acceptable performance you’re getting from others in your group might be the result of miscommunication. If so, correct it before serious problems arise later on.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) An unexpect-ed situation could call for a change of plans. If so, you might feel that this is unfair. But it’s best to make the needed adjustments now. There’ll be time later for rescheduling.GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) The new year brings opportunities you might want to look into. Some might be more interesting than others. But take time to look at all of them before you make any decisions.CANCER (June 21 to July 22) It’s a good idea to be careful about expenses until you’ve worked out that pesky financial problem. You might find it advisable to get some solid ad-vice on how to proceed.LEO (July 23 to August 22) Romance looms large over the Leonine aspect. Single Lions looking for love should find Cupid very co-operative. Paired Cats can expect a renewed closeness in their relationships.VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Making contact with a former colleague might not be high on your list of priorities. But it could pay off personally as well as professionally. Avoid bringing up any negatives about the past.LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A per-sonal relationship could face added stress be-cause of a situation involving someone close to both of you. Be supportive and, above all, try to avoid playing the blame game.SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) You might well find some lingering uncertainties about a decision. If so, take that as a warn-ing that you might not be ready to make that move yet. More study would be in order.SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Music is a dominant theme for Sagittar-ians right now, and it should remind you to make a greater effort to restore some much-needed harmony in that very special relation-ship.CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Although family matters might demand much of the Sea Goat’s attention this week, you’ll want to try to make time to handle those all-important workplace situations as well.AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) A recurring unresolved issue might need to be revisited before you can move forward. Con-sider asking someone familiar with the situa-tion to act as an impartial counselor.PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Ignore pressure to make a decision. Keeping your options open is still the wisest course, at least until you’re sure you’ve learned all you need to know about the matter at hand.

BORN THIS WEEK: You’re capable of great loyalty to those

around you, which is one reason you can count on devotion from friends and family.


C O O L C O N N E C T I O N s A Ladies of A Certain Age Adventure Club

Cool: Fashionably attractive or impressive (well, at least we think so!).

Connections: A relationship in which a person, thing, or idea is linked or associated with something else - like ensuring life is Fun and Meaningful!

Sound Interesting?

Cool Connections is actively seeking vibrant, intel-ligent, sane (or maybe insane), adventurous women, 40 +, to co-create and partake in memorable out-ings, trips, meals, activities and friendships. Women who realize that 40+ may be the best and most in-teresting time of their life yet. Women who want to design their future to be an adventure in learning and growing, in giving and receiving. Women who want to share in the kind of experiences they can look back on when they’re 80+ and say, “Wow, that was fun!”, and maybe even, “I don’t believe I did that!”

That’s why Cool Connections is a lively, loving group of women that choose to experience life like a fine wine - to only get better and better. Together we explore, have fun and enjoy the diversity of our lives and the activities of our area and beyond. We come together to eat good food, drink fine wines (or beverage of choice), and nurture strong relation-ships. We find ways to support each other, both per-sonally and professionally, to be successful in all we do, whatever that may be. We remind each other that caring for ourselves first is a prerequisite for caring for others. We believe our minds, like parachutes, are best kept open. Some of us are working, some of us are building and managing a business, some of us are still raising a family, some of us are caring for parents, and some of us are doing multiples of these. And, there are some who have ‘been there, done that, and bought the t-shirt’. What’s important, despite the prevailing circumstances, is that we con-nect - that we join together, to support each other in creating a rich and meaningful life, now.

You probably remember thinking that 40 was ‘so old.’ Are you ready to prove that wrong? If so, come join us at our next adventure in living. Just be pre-pared to laugh, to open your heart and your mind, and to make a COOL CONNECTION!

Wanna join us?Call Evelyn at 208.755.9120

TRIVIA TESTBy Fifi Rodriguez

1. U.S. PRESIDENTS: How many U.S. states are named after a president?

2. GEOGRAPHY: Which Japanese island is the home of Mount Fuji?

3. FAMOUS PEOPLE: What was gangster Al Capone convicted of, sending him to pris-on for 11 years?

4. MOVIES: What 1980s movie featured the lines, "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."?

5. PSYCHOLOGY: What would someone who suffered from chorophobia be afraid of?

6. TELEVISION: Which long-running coun-try variety show featured a radio station named KORN?

7. SCIENCE: Who is known as the "father of taxonomy," a system of naming, ranking and classifying organisms?

8. LITERATURE: Who wrote under the pseudonym of Lewis Carroll?

9. FOOD & DRINK: What is a scupper-nong?

10. MUSIC: What does the musical notation "da capo" mean?

Answers1. One, the state of Washington2. Honshu3. Tax evasion4. "The Princess Bride"5. Dancing6. "Hee Haw"7. Carolus Linnaeus8. Charles L. Dodgson9. Type of grape10. From the beginning(c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

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