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by Kathy Wolfe There’s more to know about ice than just the fact that it’s frozen water. Here are the cold hard facts about cold hard ice! •About 10% of the Earth’s land massand7%ofitsoceansarecoveredbyice.Closeto98%ofAntarctica,locatedattheEarth’sSouthPole,iscoveredbyiceaveragingatleastamile(1.6km)in thickness.Its icesheetholdsabout90%oftheplanet’sfreshwater. •Anicesheetformswhensnowthat falls inwinter does notmelt entirely overthesummermonths.Afterthousandsofyearsofthisprocess,thelayerspileupandcompressintothick, dense sheets of ice. In order to be clas-sifiedasanicesheet,itmustextendmorethan20,000 sq.miles (50,000 sq. km).Antarctica’sicesheetcoversalmost5.4millionsq.miles(14millionsq.km),which isabout the sizeof theU.S.andMexicocombined.Atonespottheiceis 2.96 miles (4.76 km) thick. Greenland, theworld’s largest island,hasan ice sheetextend-ing656,000sq.miles(1.7millionsq.km),aboutthreetimesthesizeofTexas. •Thesizeofanicebergvariesbetween3.3 ft. and 246 ft. (1 to 75m) above the sea,weighing between 100,000 and 200,000 tons.Aboutone-ninthofaniceberg’svolumeisabovewater. It’s very challenging to determine theshapeofthatportionthatliesunderwater.

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ICY INFO (continued): • Icebergs are composed of freshwatericethathasbrokenoffaglacieroraniceshelf,causing them tofloat freely in the openwater.Duringthewarmerweatherofspringandsum-mer,theformationoficebergsincreasesastheyseparatefromtheGreenlandandAntarcticaicesheets and fromother outlying glaciers.About15,000icebergsseparatefromGreenlandeveryyear,butmostmeltlongbeforeenteringtheAt-lanticOcean.Less than400willflowsouthofNewfoundlandintotheNorthAtlantic. • Iceberg Alley is the area about 250miles (402 km) southeast of Newfoundland,Canada.ThisiswheretheTitanicstruckanice-bergandsankinAprilof1912.Priortothatdi-saster,whichcaused1,500deaths,therewasnosystemtotrackicebergsandprotectshipsfromcollision.Immediately,theU.S.Navybeganpa-trollingthewaters,andthefollowingyearaper-manent international system was created. •About93%oftheworld’sicebergsarefoundintheAntarctic,andtheyaremuchlargerthantheirnortherncounterparts.Thelargestice-bergonrecordwassightedinthePacificOceanin1956andmeasured60x208miles(97x335km),withover12,000sq.miles(31,000sq.km)of area, larger than thecountryofBelgium. IntheNorthernAtlantic,a551-ft-tall(168-m)ice-bergwas reported in 1958, the equivalent of a55-storybuilding. •Ifalltheiceintheworldweretomeltat the same time, thevolumeof all theoceanswouldincreaseby1.7%,withariseinsealevelof1180feet(55m).Thiswouldbetheequiva-lentoftheEmpireStateBuildingstandinginwa-teruptothe20thfloor.

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ICY INFO (continued): •Water freezes from theoutside in,ex-pandingasitfreezes.Tinyairbubblesaretrappedinthewaterasitfreezes,andtheairispushedtothecenterofanicecube,whichisshycubeshavecloudy,opaquecenters.Icecubesmadefromtapwaterhavemoreaircontent,makingthemcloud-ier. If youwant your ice cubes to be perfectlyclear,startoffwithhotwater,whichhaslessairthan cold water from the faucet. Or use bottled water,boilingitbrieflybeforefreezing. •Whencanyoutrustwalkingonice?Icewithathicknessoftwoinches(5.1cm)willsup-porttheweightofaman.Icethatisfourinches(10.2cm)thickwillsupportthatmanonhorse-back. •Hail forms insidestrong thunderstormcloudswhenthosecloudswithupdraftspickupwaterdropletsandcarry themabove the freez-inglevel.Hailstonesmeasurebetween.2inch(5mm)and6inches(15cm)indiameter.InNorthAmerica,“HailAlley”iswherehailismostcom-mon, that areawhereColorado,Nebraska, andWyomingmeet.Cheyenne,Wyomingisthecon-tinent’smosthail-pronecity,withabout9to10hailstormsduringthetimefromMaytoSeptem-ber. Vivian, South Dakota recorded the U.S.’slargesthailstoneinJuly,2010,withadiameterof8inches(20cm)andaweightof1.93lbs.(0.88kg).Theworld’slargestfellin1986inBangla-deshandweighed2.25lbs.(1kg),andwasaboutthesizeofacantaloupe.Thatdeadlystormkilled92people. •What’sthedifferencebetweeniceanddry ice?Regular ice is frozenwater,whiledryice is frozen carbon dioxide. Dry ice is muchcolder,withtempsbelow-108degreesF(-78C).Carbondioxidedoesnotgothroughaliquidstateas itcoolsfromgastoasolidstate,anditalsodoesn’tmelt.Rather,itchangesdirectlyfromasolidintoavapor.

Tidbits® of Dallas County Tidbits® of CDA www.tidbitscda.com Page 4ICY INFO (continued): •Theword“ice”doesn’talwaysrefertowater that has frozen into a solid form. It canalso refer to an air of unfriendliness or animos-ity,whentheatmosphereturnstoice.Itcanbea snackof shaved iceflavoredwith sweetenedjuice.The termcan alsomeanflashydiamondjewelryorasmokableformofanillegalmeth-amphetamine.Asaverb,toahiredassassin,it’sslangforkillingtheirvictimandtoabaker,it’swhattheydotoacake.Toahockeyplayer,it’stheirskatingsurfaceaswellastheactofshoot-ing the puckout of defensive territory and farintotheopposingteam’sterritory.Ifyou’retoobusyatworktotakeanytimeoff,youputyourvacationonicewhenyoupostponeit.Ifyou’rein an awkward social situation and no one is speaking, youmight break the ice by offeringthefirstremarks.Butbecarefulaboutoffensiveremarks–theymightputyouonthinice,mean-ingyou’reinadifficultsituation. •Aglacierformswhenmultiplesnow-falls occur overmany years, even centuries inmountainous or polar regions. Glaciers formonly on land, and flow very slowly across theland,poweredbygravity,altering theshapeoftheEarth,creatingvalleys,morasses,crevasses,and changing landforms. Not surprisingly, theworld’s largest glacier, Lambert Glacier is lo-catedinAntarctica.

Spirit Gallery 15th Annual Small Artworks Invitational

TheArtSpiritGalleryat415ShermanAvenueindowntownCoeurd’Alenewillhost the15thAnnualSmallArtworksInvitationalfeaturing39artistsandover200newworks.Theopeningre-ceptionwillbeonFriday,December6from5-8pm.Everyoneiswelcome.TheshowrunsfromDecember6-31. DuaneandLolaHagadonearesponsor-ingthisshow.Wethankthemfortheirgeneroussupportoftheartsinourregion.DECEMBER HOURS:OpeneverydayexceptChristmasfrom11-6.Onthe web at www.TheArtSpiritGallery.com After November 27, you can view a selectionfromthisexhibitonline. It’sthattimeofyearagainandonceagainexcited for thisevent.Thenewworkhasbeenarrivingdailyandit lookstobeaterrificshowfor the Holiday season.We greatly appreciateanythingyoucandotohelpuswithpublicitytokeeptheartsvibrantinourarea. Please contact us if you would like more information.HappyHolidays!by:Steve Gibbs

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ARIES(March21toApril19)Careful,Lamb.Don’tletyourgenerousnatureleadtosomeseri-ousoverspendingasyoucontemplateyourholi-day gift-giving.Your social life kicks off intohighgearbyweek’send.TAURUS (April 20 toMay20)Apositive at-titudehelpsyouweatherannoyingbutunavoid-able changes in holiday plans. Aspects favornew friendships and reinforcement of existingrelationships.GEMINI(May21toJune20)Demandsonyourenergylevelcouldbemuchhigherthanusualasyoupreparefortheupcomingholidays.Besuretopaceyourself.Friendsandfamilywillbehap-pytohelp.CANCER (June 21 to July 22)Don’t allow asuddenly icy reaction from a friend or fam-ilymember to continuewithout learningwhatcaused it -- and what can be done to restore that oncewarmandcaringrelationship.LEO(July23toAugust22)Arelationshipseemstobeunraveling,mostlyfromalackofattention.Itmightbeagoodideatoeaseuponwhateverelseyou’redoingsoyoucanspendmore timeworkingtomendit.VIRGO(August23toSeptember22)Newfactsemergethatnotonlyhelpexplaintherecentriftwithatrustedcolleague,butalsomightprovideachancetowipetheslatecleanandmakeafreshstartinyourfriendship.LIBRA(September23toOctober22)Afamilymember’spersonal situation is, fortunately, re-solvedintimeforyoutogetbackintoyourhec-ticroundofholidaypreparations.Anoldfriendmightbringanewfriendintoyourlife.SCORPIO(October23toNovember21)Paceyourselfinmeetingholidaypressuresandwork-placedemandstoavoidwindingupwithafrayedtemperandaScorpianstingerthatlashesoutatpuzzledkith,kinandcolleagues.SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December21)Afinancialmatter requires close attention.Also, news from a trusted source provides themeans tohelpsortouta long-standingstateofconfusionandputitintoperspective.CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19)This is a good time to reinforce family ties.Makeitaprioritytoassessandresolveallout-standingproblems.Start theupcomingholidayseasonwithafullmeasureoflove.AQUARIUS(January20toFebruary18)Don’tbepressured intoaso-calledsolid-gold invest-ment.Waituntiltheholidaydistractionsareover.Thentakeaharderlookatit.Youmightfindthatthe“gold”isstartingtoflakeoff.PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A for-mer friendmight be trying to heal the breachbetween you by using a mutual friend as anintermediary. Best advice: Keep an openmind despite any lingering bad feelings.

BORN THIS WEEK: Youhaveawayofsayingthe rightthingattherighttime.

Yourfriendshipsaredeepandlasting.


Key Clinical Findings from 2013by:SusanAshleyMD Astheyearbeginstocometoaclose,I’llreviewthetopclinicalfindingsfortheyearandsumthemup-everythingfromnewdiscoveriestointerestingstudiesthatcanaffectyourhealthand treatment.BrainHealth: The brains of people with Alzheimerstendtohavehigheraluminumlevelsthanthosewithoutthedisease.Autisticchildrenalsohavehigherlevelsofaluminum.InternationalJournalMaedicaJan2012. Alzheimer’s patients who walked formore than 2 hours per week had a significantimprovement inMini-Mentalstatusexam. Ar-chives of Gerontology andGeriatrics, Jan-Feb2013 Washington state has the highest age-adjustedmortalityratefromAlzheimer’sinthecountry.ThenationalmortalityrateforAlzheim-er’sdisease in2010was25.1per100,000. InWashington,therateis43.6per100,000.Whilenooneknowsforcertainwhythisisso,itisin-terestingtonotethatthePacificNWisanareawhere soil is seleniumdeficient. Studieshaveshownthatseleniumplaysacrucialrole in thepreventionofAlzheimer’s. Resveratrolincreaseslifeexpectancyaswellas reducescognitive impairment. JournalAGENov2012. Higherserumfolatelevelscorrelatedtohigherreadingscoresinchildren.Nutrition,Feb2013. Premarinimpairedworkinglearningandmemoryinfemalerats,bydisruptingnormalac-tivityofnewneurons. NeurobiologicalAging,Aug2012. Iodine ensures that there is enough en-ergymetabolisminbraincells.Whenpregnantwomendon’tgetenoughiodine,itcausesseverecerebral dysfunction in the infant. Journal of Nutrition, Health andAging2006BoneHealth: HigherlevelsofvitaminB6andcarote-noids(vtA)areassociatedwithadecreasedriskof developing osteoporosis. PLoS One, Dec2012. Low vitamin K is associated with in-creasedriskofkneeosteoarthritis.AmJournalofMedicine,Mar2013. VitaminK2mayhelppreventbonelossinpost-menopausalwomen.K2supplementa-tion improved bone strength and significantlydecreasedbonelossinvertebrae.OsteoporosisInternational,Mar2013. Do most doctors read these articles on how basic supplements, exercise and nutritioncanaffecthealth?Askyourdoctor-theanswerisprobablyno. Staytunedfornextweek,moreclinicalfindings from 2013, regarding blood pressureand cholesterol!


MOMENTSINTIMETheHistoryChannel

•OnDec.19,1732,BenjaminFranklinofPhil-adelphiafirstpublished“PoorRichard’sAlma-nack.”Thebook,filledwithproverbspreachingindustryandprudence,waspublishedcontinu-ouslyfor25yearsandbecameoneofthemostpopularpublicationsincolonialAmerica.

• On Dec. 17, 1843, Charles Dickens’ classicstory“AChristmasCarol”ispublished.Dickensneverlostmomentumasawriter,churningoutmajornovelseveryyearortwo,ofteninserialform.Amonghismostimportantworksare“Da-vidCopperfield” (1850), “GreatExpectations”(1861)and“ATaleofTwoCities”(1859).

•OnDec.18,1912,afterthreeyearsofdiggingin thePiltdowngravelpit inSussex,England,amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson an-nouncesthediscoveryoftwoskullsthatappearto belong to a primitivehominid and ancestorof man.

•OnDec.21,1945,Gen.GeorgeS.Patton,com-manderoftheU.S.3rdArmy,diesfrominjuriessufferednotinbattle,butinafreakcaraccident.Hewas 60 years old.Descended from a longlineofmilitarymen,PattongraduatedfromtheWestPointMilitaryAcademyin1909.

•OnDec.22,1956,ababygorillanamedColoenterstheworldattheColumbusZooinOhio,becomingthefirst-evergorillabornincaptivity.Shewentontobecomeamother,grandmother,andin1996,agreat-grandmother toTimu, thefirstsurvivinginfantgorillaconceivedbyartifi-cialinsemination.Coloisstillalivetoday.

•OnDec.16,1960, twoairlinerscollideoverNewYorkCity, killing 134 people aboard theplanesandontheground.Amiscalculationbythe pilot of theUnitedflight put his plane di-rectlyintothepathofaTWASuperConstella-tion.Christmaspresentscarriedby theplanes’passengerswerestrewnalloverthestreets.

•OnDec.20,1989, theUnitedStates invadesPanamainanattempttooverthrowmilitarydic-tatorManuelNoriega,whohadbeenindictedinthe United States on drug-trafficking charges.Noriega’s Panamanian Defense Forces werepromptlycrushed.


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FLASHBACKByMickHarper

1. Name the 15-year-old singer who had a No. 1 hit in 1960 with “I’m Sorry.”2. What was the very first song recorded by Roy Orbison?3. Who was the first group to release “Hanging on the Telephone”? (No, it wasn’t Blondie.)4. What was Diesel’s big hit of 1980?5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “Af-ter I gave you everything I had, You laughed and called me a clown, Remember, in your search for fortune and fame, What goes up, must come down.”

Answers1.BrendaLee,whowonherfirstsingingcontestatage3andwasthemainsupportforherfamilyfrom the age of 10,when her father died.Leealso recorded “Rockin’ Around the ChristmasTree”atage13.2.“TryingtoGettoYou,”withTheTeenKingsin1956.3.TheNerves,in1976.GuitaristJackLeewroteitforthegroup.4.“SausalitoSummernight.”5.“It’s JustaMatterofTime,”byBrookBen-tonin1959.BentonpennedthesongwithClydeOtisforNatKingCole,butitwasdecidedthatBentonwoulduseitashisfirstrelease.ThesongtoppedtheR&Bchartsfornineweeks.


Tidbits® of CDA Dear Auntie M., I am extremely stressedovertheupcomingHolidaySeason.Myproblemisoneofeconomics.Iamthepaternalgrandmotheroftwobeautiful grandchildren,ages5(boy)and8(girl). Iam on a fixed income thatdoesnotallowforalotofextras.Theirmaternalgrandmotherontheotherhandisverywelloff.Sheisabletoaffordlavishgifts-thingsIcouldnevergive.Iknowthere isnowaytocompetebutIfeelterriblewhenthegrandkidsseemdisap-pointedwithmygifts.Doyouhaveanyideas?StymiedinSandpoint

DearStymied,Your situation is not uncommon. This is a fam-ily values issue.Your son and daughter-in-lawneedtobeawareofyourfinancesandyourfeel-ings.Childrenlearnwhatisimportantandwhathas value from their parents and family struc-ture.Youandthekidsneedtoseeyourtime,andspendingtimewithyou,asagift.Makeupbaby-sittingcertificatesforyoursonanddaughter-in-law that they can use together or individually.Gift the grandkids with one-on-one time withyou-GrandmaandMeDates!Andmaybesometime with both of them. The ‘date’ could be to bake cookies, cook, take awalk, go to churchorapark,etc.Teachthemsomethingyouenjoy- they will catch your enthusiasm. Think about makingcertificatesforeachmonthoreachsea-son.Thisgivesthemsomethingtolookforwardto. If youdon’t live close, useSkypeorFace-Timetoconnectwith them.Read themstories,sing,telljokes-whatever. Ask the kids and grandkids for ideas,too.Afterall,aren’ttheHolidaysaboutspendingtimewithFamily? PleasesendyourquestionsorcommentstoDearAunti-eMmm@gmail.com.Ishallbefrankandhonestwithmyresponseandprovideresourceswhereappropriate.

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Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing:3-5garliccloves1/2tspDijonmustard1/2tspseasalt1/4tspgroundpepper1/4cupbalsamicvinegar3/4cupoliveoil Pressgarlicthroughagarlicpressintoabowlorsaladdressingcontainer.Addother in-gredientsandwhiskwelluntilthoroughlycom-bined.

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