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• It was way back in the 17th century when noted Scottish scholar Patrick Young made the following sage observation: “The trouble with weather forecasting is that it’s right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.”

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• If you’ve watched many old Westerns, you’ve doubtless seen Native Americans scalping their enemies. You probably don’t realize, though, that the brutal practice didn’t originate with the Indians. When the Dutch and English settlers were trying to clear out the natives, they were paid a bounty for each scalp they brought back. The Native Americans adopted the practice only after the Europeans’ arrival on the continent.

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Dear Paws: I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be alive without my dog "Blake." I'm a senior citizen; my wife passed away three years ago, and most of my children live too far away to visit regularly. Blake sleeps at the side of my bed every night and at exactly 6 a.m. every morning he sits up next to me, licks my face until I'm awake. He's so happy when I get out of bed that he turns in circles nonstop until I get dressed so I can take him out for his morning walk.

At my last checkup, my doctor said those morning walks are helping keep my blood pressure under control and I seem in good spirits. I do enjoy taking care of Blake and he's the one who kept me going after my wife passed. Blake is family to me and no one can tell me different. Sign me -- Stubborn Old Bob in Palmyra, N.Y.

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It's tempting to think that Martin Truex Jr. has clouds hanging over him similar to the ones that enshrouded Watkins Glen International.

Only it's been overcast in Truex's career for a good bit of the time since June 4, 2007, when he won a NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Dover (Del.) International Speedway. He finished 11th in the point standings that year. Through 2009, Truex competed for Dale Earnhardt Inc. He now drives the No. 56 NAPA Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing.

In the past three years, Truex has finished 15th, 23rd and 22nd, respectively, in the standings. Entering the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen, he ranked 22nd.

"Bad luck is a tough thing," Truex said. "I've had my share of it the past few years.

"People say you make your own luck, and you do, somewhat. But there are times when there is nothing you can do about it."

Truex, 31, doesn't have much to show for the current season. He finished sixth at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the season's third race. Since then he has collected eighth-place finishes at Dover, Infineon (Sonoma, Calif.) and Loudon, N.H.

"Luck plays a big part in what we do," said the Mayetta, N.J., native. "It takes a million things to go right to win of these races. It only takes one to go wrong ... a flat tire, the caution coming at the wrong time, a debris caution after you pit under green ... things like that.

"There are some things where it doesn't matter what you do, you can't change them -- and that's luck. And it's tough to deal with, especially when you've had a good day and your team's done everything right."

At this point, making the Chase is outside the realm of practical consider-ation.

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not," said Truex. "You just have to forget about all those bad things and push forward and work on the things you can control."

• • •Monte Dutton covers motorsports for The Gaston (N.C.) Gazette. E-mail Monte at nascarth

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Martin Truex's 4th-place finish at Watkins Glen on August 15 was his best of the season. However, with his last win in 2007, Truex has been caught up in a streak of bad luck. (Photo: John Clark/NASCAR This Week)


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• On Sept. 7, 1813, the United States gets its nickname when a New York newspaper refers to "Uncle Sam." The name is linked to meat packer Samuel Wilson, who supplied barrels of beef to the United States Army

during the War of 1812. Wilson stamped the barrels with "U.S." for United States, but soldiers began referring to the grub as "Uncle Sam's."

• On Sept. 6, 1847, writer Henry David Thoreau moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson in Concord, Mass., after living for two years in a shack he built himself on Walden Pond. In 1854, his collection of essays, "Walden, or Life in the Woods," is published.

• On Sept. 10, 1919, almost a year after the end of the First World War, New York City holds a parade to welcome home Gen. John J. Pershing, commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Force, and some 25,000 soldiers who had served on the Western Front.

• On Sept. 11, 1930, Katherine Anne Porter's first collection of short stories, "Flowering Judas," is published. During her lifetime, she published 25 stories and one novel, "Ship of Fools," which took her more than two decades to complete.

• On Sept. 5, 1958, Boris Pasternak's romantic novel "Dr. Zhivago" is published in the United States. The book infuriated Soviet officials, but admirers of Pasternak's work began to smuggle the manuscript out of Russia piece by piece. The book won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958.

• On Sept. 9, 1965, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax hurls the eighth perfect game in major-league history, leading the Dodgers to a 1-0 win over the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium. Koufax retired after the 1966 season at just 30 years old because of arthritis in his elbow.



Puzzle Answers


DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have sleep apnea. Before being treated by a sleep specialist, I was very sleepy during the day and had no energy. My specialist prescribed a mask that pumps air into my nose. It helps somewhat. Later a friend told me about Provigil. It makes me feel much better, but I am not 100 percent. What else could help me? -- J.K.

ANSWER: “Apnea” is Greek for “no breath-ing.” Sleep apnea is periods during sleep when a person stops breathing for 10 or more seconds. There can be five to 30 or more such spells every hour. Quite often, an apneic period is preceded by snoring that gets progressively louder and louder. At the end of the no-breath-ing episode, the person grunts and half-wakens and then starts breathing again. This fragments sleep and leaves the person sleepy and without energy the next day.

The problem lies in a narrowed passageway for air as it travels through the throat en route to the lungs. Redundant throat tissue blocks the natural airflow.

Weight loss is one way to get rid of excess throat tissue, if one is overweight. Don’t drink any alcohol from the evening meal on, because it relaxes throat tissue.

The mask you wear is called CPAP (con-tinuous positive airway pressure). It delivers air under pressure so it can pass through the obstruction in the throat. Don’t abandon it.

You can ask your dentist about fashioning a device that keeps the jaw forward during sleep. That opens the throat too. Stick with your Pro-vigil, since it’s working for you.

There are a number of surgical procedures

that can pare excess tissue from the back of the throat. And there is a new remedy called the Pillar Palatal Implant System. It consists of three small, plastic rods inserted into the back part of the upper palate to keep it propped up. For some, a droopy palate obstructs airflow.

Since you’re doing pretty well with the way things are going now, you might not want to upset things with any more treatment.

• • •DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am a 68-year-old

male in excellent health who exercises regularly, but I have trouble sleeping for more than five or six hours a night. To get the desired seven to eight hours of sleep, I’ve been taking a sleep aid (diphen-hydramine), and have not noticed any unpleasant side effects.

Are there any long-term problems with taking this sleep aid on a frequent basis? -- S.P.

ANSWER: Diphenhydramine is one of the first antihistamines to be marketed. One brand name is Benadryl. Sleepiness is a side effect of most of the early antihis-tamines. In other words, you take the medicine for its side effect of drowsiness.

Millions of people have taken this drug since it was first marketed. You can take it on a regular basis.

Why are you convinced that six hours of sleep is insufficient for you? Do you feel tired during the

day with only six hours? If you feel fine or if you take a nap during the day, that might be all the sleep you actually need.

• • •Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual let-

ters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

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