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Life is tasteless without salt! In addition to providing seasoning, it’s a component of your blood, sweat and tears and is essential to the proper function of the human body. What don’t you know about this important commodity? Read along and see!• TheBiblecontainsthefirstwrittenreference

tosalt,recordedintheBookofJobaround2250 B.C. Salt is mentioned in 31 otherplaces, including the story of Lot’s wife being turned into a pillar of salt when she disobeyed the words of angels. As she and her family were fleeing the destruction ofthewickedcityofSodom,shewastoldnotto look back, but she turned to gaze at the blaze and was transformed.

• There are two chiefmethods of producingsalt — evaporation and mining. In the evaporation process, salty sea water is guided into large clay forms for natural evaporationbythesun.Seasaltisthesourcefor about 80 mineral elements essential to proper body function, including iron, iodine, sulfur and magnesium. In underground mines, salt is found in veins and domes and is mined by large machines snaking their way through passageways. Large underground deposits can be found around the globe, including parts of Ontario, Nova ScotiaandSaskatchewaninCanada,andNew York,Michigan,Texas,Ohio,KansasandNewMexicointheUnitedStates.TherearesuchlargebedsnearSalzburg,Austria,itwasaptlynamed“TheCityofSalt.”TheUnitedKingdomisalsohometoextensivesalt beds.

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• Salt has been used as currency for centuries.Even up to the beginning of the 20th century, one-pound bars of salt were used as money in what is now the country of Ethiopia. Early civilization advanced tremendously once salt’s ability to preserve food was discovered. No longer were people dependent on what was readily available to eat, and long-distance travel also increased as preserved provisions could be transported. Early Roman soldiers’ wages were paid in salt, or salarium argentum, a term from which we derive our English word “salary.”Romansevenbuiltroadsspecificallyfor transporting salt, such as theViaSalaria,which led from Rome to the Adriatic Sea,where a salt-producing area was located. In ancient Greece, salt was traded for slaves, leading to the expression, “He is not worthhissalt.” In early American history, President Thomas Jefferson hoped that the Lewis andClark expedition would be able to locate amountain of salt rumored to stand near the Missouri River, which would have been a very valuablefind.Americansoldiersalsoreceivedsalt as salary during the War of 1812 because the government lacked currency to pay them.

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--Host a yard sale to get rid of clutt er.

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--Your vehicle also might need att enti on. Check your ti res. If you live in a snow area, will they make it through the winter? Schedule a tune-up and gen-eral check to include brakes.

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• Lots of folks believe that spilling salt willbringbadluck.ThissuperstitionmayhaveitsoriginsinLeonardodaVinci’spaintingofTheLastSupper.Closeobservationshowsanupsetsalt container at the place of Judas Iscariot,Jesus’betrayer.Theremedyforspilledsaltisto toss a pinch over your left shoulder, which

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Pinch the flange closed with one hand and push it through the drilled hole while guiding the picture into position. Once the flange is all the way through, pull the metal screw until you can feel the flange pressing against the back side of the wall. Tighten the metal screw until it and the picture are secure.

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ALL ABOUT CAMELS (continued):• If you think the camel’s hump is a reserve of

water to help him through the hot desert, you’remistaken! The hump, rising about 30inches(75cm)outofthebody,isactuallyfat,upto80pounds(36kg)worth,thattheanimalcan metabolize for energy and water as needed. As the camel travels great distances without sustenance, it uses up its hump’s stores, and it arrivesatitsdestinationwithaflabbyhumporno hump at all! A camel is able to tolerate a 40 percent loss in body mass.

• Whenthecamelisreadytoreplenishitswatersupply,itcandrink30gallons(135l)injust13minutes! A camel has the ability to carefully preserve its body’s hydration by increasing its own body temperature, thus preventing sweating and subsequent water loss. Nostrils also trap water vapor and return it to the body’s fluids.Inaddition,thegreenplantsthecamelingests contain moisture that further contributes

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•Although the camelmight appear clumsy orungainly, it can actually run up to 40 miles per hour (64 km/hr) in a short burst andsustain longer distances at 25 miles per hour (40km/hr).

• Many of the deserts’ nomadic tribes counton camel milk as one of their staple foods. The milk is rich in vitamins, minerals andproteins and is lower in fat and cholesterol thancow’smilk.Bedouinsfrequentlyprocessit into a nutritious drinkable yogurt, and some of these roaming tribes live on nothing but camelmilkforsixmonths.

•Thefemalecarriesheryoungbetween12and14months.Theseasonandtheavailabilityoffoodbothaffectthelengthofgestation.Theaverage camel lives 40 to 50 years.

1. Name the group that released “Quinn the Eskimo (Mighty Quinn)” in 1968.

2. Who recorded “We Don’t Talk Anymore,” and when?

3. Which group had hits with “Sleeping Bag” and “Stages”?

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5. Eric Carmen, in 1976. He reached the top of the charts again in 1988 with “Make Me Lose Control.”

6. The Supremes. All were No. 1 hits in 1964.


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● The most common name in the world is Muhammed.

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● If you live in the South, home of huge roaches, you probably won’t be surprised to learn that a cockroach can live for a week without a head. When the headless insect does finally die, it’s from starvation, not from the loss of its head.

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am a diabetic male, age 96, with many aches and pains but no high blood pressure. I have low cholesterol and am in control of my diabetes. In the past few weeks, I’ve noticed swelling of my ankles and feet. I have been taking two water pills a day for it. I never use salt or eat saltyfoods.Whatcanyousuggestforme?--S.S.

ANSWER: That swelling is edema, and it hasmany causes. One is sitting for long periods with the legs dangling down. With the legs in that position, gravity pulls fluid from the legs’ bloodvessels.Treatmentforthiskindofedemaconsistsin elevating the legs. Every hour, lie down for 10 minutes with pillows under your legs and feet so that they are above heart level. When sitting, squeeze the leg muscles over and over. Muscle contractions stop the oozing of fluidsfrom the blood vessels. And take a morning and afternoon walk. Elastic hosecankeepfluidinbloodvesselsandout of the surrounding tissues.

Dilated leg veins -- varicose veins -- promote edema. A clot in a leg vein is another cause. That’s usually quite painful, andyou’d be aware that something is going on if you hadaclot.Liverailmentscanleadtoedema.Theliver makes a blood protein, albumin, that keeps fluidincirculation.Withalowproductionofthisprotein,fluid leaksoutofvessels.Kidney failureis another reason why edema occurs. Medicines can lead to it. The popular nonsteroidal anti-inflammatorymedicines suchasAdvil andAlevearetwoexamples.Soaremedicinescalledcalciumchannel blockers, such as nifedipine and verapamil. If you increased the dose of your water pill on your own, you shouldn’t. You can develop a potassium deficiencyfromoveruseofwaterpills.

TrythethingsImentioned.Seeiftheybringdownthe swelling. If they don’t, you’ll have to consult your doctor.

A much more important cause of ankle-foot edema is heart failure, something that your doctor must check you for.

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