www.tidbitscda.com For Ad Rates call: (208) 755-9120 [email protected]of Kootenai County, Idaho Issue #45 Nov. 4th by Kathy Wolfe We’ve all seen it nearly every day of our lives. This week, Tidbits is full of “bet you didn’t know that” facts about the moon. • The moon is 225,745 miles (363,301 km) from Earth. If you were able to plan a trip there, it would be about a two-day trip on a rocket or a 625-hour ride on a 747 jet flying at 400 mph (644 km/hr). If you could drive your car there, it would take 135 days traveling at 70 mph (112 km/hr). • Driving around the circumference of the moon, 6,790 miles (10,864 km), is about equal to a trip from New York to London and back. The moon is about 27% the size of Earth, with an area of 14,658,000 square miles (37,932,000 sq. km). That’s about 9.4 billion acres. • Temperatures on the moon vary from 273 degrees F (134 C) at the hottest time of the day to -244 degrees F (-153C) at night. A day on the moon from sunrise to sunrise is about 708 hours. It rotates on its axis at a speed of about 10 mph (16 km/hr). Compare this with Earth, which rotates at about 1,000 mph (1,609 km/hr). Yet both the moon and Earth complete their orbit in about the same amount of time. TIDBITS® GOES TO THE MOON
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of Kootenai County, Idaho Issue #45 Nov. 4th
by Kathy Wolfe We’ve all seen it nearly every day of our lives. This week, Tidbits is full of “bet you didn’t know that” facts about the moon. • Themoon is 225,745miles (363,301km) from Earth. If you were able to plan a trip there, it would be about a two-day trip on a rocket ora625-hourrideona747jetflyingat400mph(644km/hr). Ifyoucoulddriveyourcar there,itwouldtake135daystravelingat70mph(112km/hr). •Drivingaroundthecircumferenceofthemoon,6,790miles(10,864km),isaboutequalto a trip from New York to London and back. Themoonisabout27%thesizeofEarth,withanareaof14,658,000squaremiles(37,932,000sq.km).That’sabout9.4billionacres. •Temperatures on themoon vary from273degreesF(134C)atthehottesttimeofthedayto-244degreesF(-153C)atnight.Adayonthemoon from sunrise to sunrise is about 708hours. It rotates on its axis at a speed of about 10mph (16 km/hr). Compare this with Earth,whichrotatesatabout1,000mph(1,609km/hr).Yet both the moon and Earth complete their orbit in about the same amount of time.
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THE MOON (continued): •TheaveragespeedatwhichthemoonorbitstheEarthis2,287mph(3,680km/hr.) •Weonlyseeabout59%ofthemoon’ssurface from Earth. The pattern of the moon’s rotation causes the same side to face Earth at all times.Whatwefrequentlycallthe“darkside”of the moon (that part we can’t see) shouldreally be referred to as the “far side.” It has only been photographed from spacecraft.Thesurface is covered by a mantle made up of an 825-mile-thick (1,330 km) layer of iron andmagnesium-rich rock known as regolith. It’sbeen pounded by meteors, asteroids, and com-ets, which have created countless craters across its expanse.Thewidest craters are 140miles(225km)indiameterandareasdeepas15,000ft.(4,500m).Therearemountainsstandingashighas16,000ft.(5,000m).It’sestimatedthatthemoonweighsabout81quintilliontons(74sextillionkg). • Although the moon looks round tous,it’sreallyegg-shaped.Aswelookatit,thesmallerendoftheeggispointedtowardus.Itappears to be about the same size as the sun,butit’sactually400timessmaller.Becausethemoonis400timesclosertoEarththanthesunis,thetwoappearaboutthesamesize.ThemoonisactuallymovingawayfromEarthabout1.5inches(3.8cm)ayear. •Gravityonthemoonisjust1/6thatofEarth.Thismeansifyouweigh120lbs.(54.4kg)onEarth,youweighonly20lbs.(9.1kg)onthemoon.Andifyoudon’tfeellikedieting,rememberthatbecauseofgravitationaleffects,youweighjustabitlesswhenthemoonisdi-rectly overhead.
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THE MOON (continued): • Theworld first saw close-upTV pic-turesofthemoon’ssurfacein1964whenimagesweresentbackbyRanger7,thefirstU.S.spaceprobe. • InMay,1961,President JohnF.Ken-nedystatedhisgoalinanaddresstoCongressof“landingamanonthemoonandreturninghimsafelytotheEarth”bytheendofthe1960s.ThefirstmannedspacecrafttothemoonwasApollo8 in1968,whenFrankBorman, JamesLovell,andWilliamAnderscircled themoon10 timesbeforeheadingbacktoEarth. • TheApollo 11 crewmade history inJuly,1969whentheymadethefirstlanding.OnJuly 20, Neil Armstrong became the first hu-man to set foot on the moon. There are very few Americans unfamiliar with his famous words,“That’sone small step forman,onegiant leapformankind.”Armstronglaterreportedthatwhathe actually said was, “that’s one small step for a man…”The crew spent 21 hours and 36min-utesonthesurface,with2hoursand36minutesoutside the craft, walking on the surface. ThefootprintsoftheApollo11crewastronautswillremainforthousandsofyears,consideringthereis no wind or adverse weather to disturb them. • The Apollo 11 crew collected lunarrocksweighing842lbs.(382kg.). •Atotalof12menhavewalkedonthemoon.NoonehasdonesosinceDecember,1972whenEugeneCernanof thefinalmannedmis-siontothemoon,Apollo17,becamethelastmantoset footon the lunarsurface.Apollo17wasthesixthlandingofhumansonthemoon.
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Tidbits® of Dallas County Page 4 Tidbits® of CDA www.tidbitscda.com Page 4THE MOON (continued): • Do you know the difference betweenwaxing and waning? During the phases of themoon’scycle,whenitappearstobegettinglarg-er, it’s calledwaxing,whilewaning iswhen itappearstogetsmaller. •Ifwedidn’thavethemoon,theoceanswould have no tides. Tides rise because of the pullofthemoon’sgravity.Thisgravityisstron-gestonthesideofEarthnearest themoon,anditpullsupthewaterslightly,whichishightide.OnthesideofEarthfarthestfromthemoon,thegravityisatitsweakest,andthewatermovesalittle away from the moon. •Whatdoesittakethecreateaneclipse?These phenomena occur only when the sun, Earth, andmoonareallinastraightlineandoneblocksthelightfromanother.Theofficialtermforthisconfigurationofthreecelestialbodiesissyzygy.A solar eclipsewill occur during a newmoon,when the moon is between the sun and Earth and blocksthesunlight.Alunareclipsewilloccuratthe time of a full moon, when Earth is between thesunandthemoon,andblocksthesun’slightthatwouldnormallylightupthemoon. • According to folklore, if you see theslimcrescentmoonoveryourrightshoulder,it’sconsideredgoodluck,whileseeingitoveryourleft shoulder is unlucky. Legend further statesthatifyoumovetoanewhomeduringawaningmoon,youwillnevergohungry.
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Why you can’t lose weight, Part 3
There are many factors that effect our ability to not only lose weight and keep it off.The first 2 articles discussedthe effects of brain chemistry and hormones on our metabo-lism and ability to withstand foodcravings.
Another important aspect of permanentfat loss is detoxification and an overgrowth ofyeast. In order to attain optimal health and achieveweightloss,yourbodyhastohavetheabilitytodetoxify. The4majororgansforde-toxificationinclude:theliver,skin,kidneyandgastrointestinaltract.Weareexposedtonumer-oustoxinssuchas: the4billionpoundsofchemicalsreleasedintothegroundsince2000; the2.5billionpoundsofpesticidesusedinagricultureandonourlawnsandforests;or the 124 pounds of additivesAmericans eateach year. Commonsymptomsoftoxicbuildupin-cludeheadaches,muscularaches,fatigue,chron-icinfections,allergies,eczema,brainfog,infer-tilityandcancer,justtonameafew. We now have the ability to measure hun-dreds of toxins in our blood and urine. Where areallthesetoxinsstored?Bone,brain,nervoussystemtissue,butmainly,fatcells.Ourfatstoresanumberoftoxins,andwhenyoubeginadietand start to lose fat, these toxins are released. If adetoxificationhasnotbeenachieved,thesetox-ins can make you feel sick and then will look for other places to be stored. They then are re-storedinremainingfat,soeachfatcellbecomesmore concentratedwith toxins. As youworktolosemoreweight,yourbodywilltrytosloworhaltthefatcellsfrombeingreleasedandbro-ken down, because it doesn't want more toxins to overload your system and make you sicker. Weseethistimeandtimeagainespeciallyaftersomeonehaslostmorethan20pounds. There are 2 phases of detoxification;Phase1involvestheenzymesintheliverbreak-ing down toxins, and Phase 2 involves takingthesetoxinsandexcretingthemineitherurineorfeces.Bothphasesmustbecompletedtobesuc-cessful, and involve a number of supplements suchasvitaminC,glutathione,SAMe,Bvita-minsandflavonoids. If you crave sugar you could have anover-abundance of yeast - Candida albicans.Whenthisistreateditiseasiertoloseweight,astheCandidacausesustocravesugarandcarbs,increases our caloric absorption, and decreases ourBvitamins therebycontributing to fatigue.Diagnosis of chronic yeast infections can bedonebyhavingyourdoctororderabloodtestforcandida immune complex assay. Treatment in-volveshighdoseprobiotics,avoidanceofbreadandsugarwhichfeedsit,andananti-fungalfor2months.Therearenumerousherbalremediesas well which can be very effective for yeast, in-cluding garlic, aloe, caprylic acid,wormwood,pumpkin seeds, grapefruit seed extract, gold-enseal, colloidal sliver and berberine.
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•OnNov.5,1605,KingJamesIofEng-land learnsof aplot to explode theParliamentbuilding.GuyFawkeshadbeenfoundlurkingina cellarwith 20 barrels of gunpowder. Fawkesrevealed that he was part of a conspiracy to an-nihilateEngland’sProtestantgovernmentandre-placeitwithCatholicleadership. •OnNov.6,1860,AbrahamLincoln iselected the 16th president of theUnited StatesoveradeeplydividedDemocraticParty,becom-ing the first Republican towin the presidency.Lincolnreceivedonly40percentofthepopularvote but handily defeated the three other candi-dates. • On Nov. 8, 1895, physicistWilhelmConradRontgenbecomesthefirstpersontoob-serve X-rays, an advance that became an impor-tantdiagnostictoolinmedicine.In1897,X-rayswere first used on amilitary battlefield to findbullets and broken bones inside patients. •OnNov.9,1938,JewishbusinessesandhomesinMunicharedestroyed,andJewishmen,women and children are beaten and murdered, in anexerciseinterror.Thenightwouldbecalled“Kristallnacht,”or“theNightofBrokenGlass,”becauseofthecostofreplacingbrokenglassinlooted Jewish shops -- 5millionmarks ($1.25million). • OnNov. 7, 1944, President FranklinDelanoRoosevelt iselected toanunprecedent-edfourth terminoffice.FDRremains theonlypresident to have served more than two terms. Rooseveltpresidedover twoof thebiggestcri-sesinU.S.history:theGreatDepressionofthe1930sandWorldWarII. •OnNov.10,1964,SecretaryofDefenseRobertMcNamarasaysthattheUnitedStateshasnoplanstosendcombattroopstoVietnam.By1969,morethan500,000AmericantroopswereinSouthVietnam. • OnNov. 4, 1979, hundreds of Irani-anstudents storm theU.S.Embassy inTehran,taking more than 60 American hostages. Thestudents were demanding the return of Iran’sdeposedleader,theShahMohammedRezaPahl-evi.Afterthestudenttakeover,PresidentJimmyCarter ordered a complete embargo of Iranianoil.(c)2013KingFeaturesSynd.,Inc.
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1. Name the crooner who released “Beyond the Sea.”2. When did Roxy Music release “Dance Away”?3. Why do few people know the lyrics to reg-gae song “Israelites”?4. Name the duo who released “With You I’m Born Again.”5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “Watch the jingle jangle start to chime, Re-flections of the music that is mine, When you drop a coin you’ll hear it sing.”Answers1.BobbyDarin.Thesongwaswrittenin1946,butitwasDarin’sversionthatclimbedthechartsin1959.2.1979.Itwasthesecondsingleofftheir“Mani-festo” album.3.Becausethecomposer/artist,DesmondDekker,hadsuchastrongJamaicanaccent.4. Billy Preston and SyreetaWright, in 1979.More recently it was performed as a duet on television show“Glee”by charactersFinn andRachel.5.“GreenTambourine”bytheLemonPipersin1967.Thesong isaboutastreetmusicianwhowantsmoney in exchange forplayinghis tam-bourine. The chorus has an echo, a delay audio effect,oneofthefirstsongstoberecordedthisway.(c)2013KingFeaturesSynd.,Inc.
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Icommutewithayoungwoman who is an incessant gumchewer. Idon’tknowhow her jaws can handleit. She snaps it, smacks it,stretchesit,stickshertonguethrough it, and chews it. Ifeelsorryforthegum!Wealternatedrivinganditsaveson wear and tear on my car andgasandrepaircosts.But, I don’tknowhowmuchlongerIcanstaysanewithouthurtingher.Ihavetriedtotalktoheraboutitbutsheisoblivioustohowmuchitannoysme.AnythoughtsbeforeIsmackher?BarelyHoldingOninBonner,DearBarely,I t sounds like an addiction to chewinggum. Yes, that’s correct; chain chewing is anaddiction. More alarming is the link to eatingdisorders. Sugar-free gum contains few calo-riesandisdevoidofallothernutrientsincludingcarbohydratesandfat.Ishergoaltodrasticallylimitcaloricintake?Isitanoralfixation?Anxi-ety? Sounds serious. Excessive chewing cancauseTMJ (painful disorder of the jaw); toothdecayifsugared.Sugarfreesweetenerscanbeextremelyharmful. Aspartameis toxic inhighdoses,andsorbitolcancausediarrheaandweightloss. Whatever the cause you need to take care ofyou! Advertise for another commut-ingbuddy.Trynoisesilencingheadphonesandlistentocalmingmusic(whenshedrives). Dosomething positive before you do somethingyou’ll be sorry for.
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Better Burger Recipe:1 pound lean ground beef or buffalomeat1/2-1Tablespoonfishsauce1Tablespoondriedonionflakes1/2teaspoongroundpepper
Mixallingredientsinabowl,cov-er and let rest in the refrigerator for 30minutes.Forminto5or6patties.Cookongrillorskilletatamediumhighheatuntil preferred doneness.
WhileBrace’sfiguresdevelopintuitively, theworksareconstantlyguidedbyherattentiontocomposition.Formaleducationhasprovidedtheartistwiththemanytoolsthatguideherimprovisationalapproach.Thedepictionofspaceinherworkisremarkable;Brace’scharactersappeartohavegrownfromandexistseamlesslywiththeirenvironment.ThenotionofinterconnectednessispresentinBrace’sestablishmentofthefigure/groundrelationship.Theboundariesweperceivebetweenthingsarementallyconstructed,andwithherpaintings,VictoriaBraceques-tions the value of that perception. ThosefamiliarwithBrace’spastworkswillundoubtedlynoticeashiftintheartist’scolorchoices.Whilepreviousbodiesofworkhavefeaturedmutedearthtones,thisseriesofpaintingsisunifiedbymoreintenseandsaturatedhues.Brace’svibrantjeweltonesarevisuallyarresting,andinvitetheviewerintoanexplorationofeachpainting.Herrecentcharactersarehandsomelyrenderedandrifewithemotion.Braceiscarefultoallowthehumanityofherfigurestoemerge.Oftendepictedduringaprivatemomentofreverie,thesefiguresareopen,expressiveandwithoutpretense.Theydonot pose, they simply exist. It is at this instant that the artist facilitates an introduction between the viewer and the character. AtthecoreofBrace’sstudiopracticeisabeliefintheartist’sroleasavisualstoryteller.Theplayofshapes,colorsandlightallworktogethertobuildanarrative.ThestoriesthataresuggestedinBrace’spaintingsareopentointerpretation.Theviewerisnotthepassivereceiverofinformation,butratherisaskedtoengageinadirectconversationwithsubjectmatterandcontent.ThepublicisinvitedtojoininthatdialogueatTheArtSpiritGalleryinNovember2013.
