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Q: How is Shania Twain doing? I know she went through a rough divorce a while back. -- Ginger F., Ocala, Fla.

A: Shania’s heart is mending just fine -- thanks to fiance Frederic Thiebaud. She and former hubby, Robert John “Mutt” Lange, separated in 2008 (with the divorce becoming finalized this past June) when Mutt left her for her former best friend, Marie-Anne Thiebaud. And yes, you are reading that last name correctly: Shania decided to mend her broken heart with the help of her former friend’s husband.

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A: When I spoke with series star Mark Pellegrino recently, he told me: “I think what sets this show apart is its literal humanity. It’s not like it’s a romance novel -- it’s people who have very serious issues that they’re contending with. I think the title, ‘Being Human,’ says it all. For these characters, be-ing human is not just about assimilating, but also dealing with character flaws. Everybody has to deal with their character flaws, and for these characters it’s literal monsters within them that they have to control and battle with. What I think makes it unique as well is that it’s not just scary and it’s not just funny or a combination of all those great elements, but it’s also a story about family. I don’t think you get that so much from the other vampire/werewolf stuff.” You can catch the premiere of “Being Human” on Monday, Jan. 17, at 9/8c on Syfy.

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DEAR PAW'S CORNER: I have a 4-year-old miniature Schnauzer named "Yonnie" who has little bumps like acne running up and down her spine. I was told they might be comedones, but was given no advice as to what to do. Another Mini owner I know told me the bumps are caused by improper grooming -- trimming from tail to head instead of head to tail. Can you offer any advice? -- Kent D., via e-mail

DEAR KENT: Comedones are basically little blackheads (just like the blackheads we humans get on our skin that can become pimples) that are common enough in miniature Schnauzers to sometimes be called "Schnauzer bumps." The cause isn't exactly known, but dogs with sensitive skin or allergies can develop these bumps, most often found on the back.

If the bumps are not infected, direct treatment such as a topical medica-tion is not necessary. But if Yonnie is bothered by them and scratches frequently, you might want to look into ways to reduce discomfort and itching and prevent the bumps from worsening.

Regular grooming is very helpful in preventing bumps. I'm not sure that the direction in which the groomer trims the dog's hair makes a difference. Bathing, not more than

'Schnauzer Bumps' Are a Kind of AcneBy Sam Mazzotta

every two weeks to prevent dry skin, can help prevent more bumps from occurring. A diet low in allergens (like grain fillers present in many dog foods) and high in skin-friendly vitamins can be effective as well.

If the bumps appear to be infected -- larger than before, red, filled with pus -- take Yonnie to the veterinarian for treatment.

Unfortunately, bumps that already exist on a dog's skin may never go away. Preventing more from appearing is the best course of action.

Send your pet tips and questions to [email protected], or write to Paw's Corner, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Find more pet advice and resources at www.pawscorner.com.


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Building MuscleI love it when encouragement to exercise is

backed up by scientific evidence. It’s especially helpful in the middle of winter to have new reasons to get out and be active.

A problem that many of us experience as we age is a loss of muscle and bone density. How to get it back becomes a big question: Loss of muscle can lead to imbalance, which can lead to falls, which

can shatter fragile bones.A recent study of rats reveals just how it is that

endurance exercises can help bring back the muscle mass. The key phrase is “satellite cells,” and that’s where the research was centered. Reduced numbers of “satellite cells” can cause a decline in muscle mass, and in adults those cells are usually inactive as well. Old rats didn’t have as many satellite cells -- until they exercised.

Exercise not only increased the number of satel-lite cells, but improved the ratio of lean versus fat in muscles.

The muscle the researchers chose to study close-ly was the Gastrocnemius, or the calf muscles that run from the back of the knee to the ankle. That makes sense: It’s used in so many types of exercise and can easily be measured. They also focused on

endurance exercises, as opposed to resistance (weightlifting) exercises.

Granted, these were rats on a wheel in a cage, but we have an exercise that is just as good: walk-ing. And the rats were induced to run at moderate speed. I suspect that in humans, walking, swim-ming or riding a bike at moderate speed will serve the same purpose. The key word is endurance.

If you haven’t been active, ask your doctor about starting up an exercise program. Remember to start slow!

Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Write to her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected].






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Not that this is unusual, me seeing some-thing a bit differently. From what I've read, here's a minority opinion. The Supreme Court of my world often overturns me.

I don't think the new pavement at Day-tona International Speedway is going to make all that much difference.

It's not that I don't think pavement in general makes a difference. At most tracks,

it makes the racing worse for a while. At most tracks, however, the cars are going as fast as they can. At the two so-called restrictor-plate tracks (Daytona and Talladega), the cars are wide open all the way around. Adhesion isn't an issue. I didn't see that much difference a few years back at Talladega, and I think the hosannas currently being chanted to the heavens at Daytona are greatly overstated.

I've got a feeling I'm going to long for the old bumpy days, though I cer-tainly don't begrudge the project being completed. Quite obviously, dating back to the embarrassment of last year's Daytona 500, it was long overdue. But, if it had been me, I would have confounded the engineers by instructing them to "repave it bumpy."

Based on the recent Goodyear tire tests, we are being led to believe that every lap is going to produce five lead changes. Well, guess what? If that happens, it won't really be a good thing. It will open the door to fast cars at the expense of fast drivers. I expect it will improve the statistics, not the racing.

That's obviously what has happened at Talladega recently. In 2009, the races there got some pans from critics because the first three quarters of the races there were pretty ho-hum: drivers riding in place, lap after lap, while some of the real contenders were in the back, figuratively whistling and learning new tricks with their yo-yos.

The biggest reason Talladega enjoyed record numbers in the two 2010 races was what, basically, was little more than what the Air Force calls "for-mation flying." The first 140 laps or so were pretty much the same as the tire tests held at Daytona. Drivers experimented, trying to figure whom they could trust and whom they couldn't, whether their cars were faster at the top or bottom of the banking, etc. A.J. Allmendinger was as likely to be at the front as Kevin Harvick. Allmendinger was much more likely to be at the front than many of the contenders, who bided their time back in the nether reaches of the field, knowing they had cars that could be catapulted to the front in the latter laps.

The fascinating part of plate races now is watching the contenders rise and the pretenders fall. That's when the racing really gets hairy, wild and wooly, and various other grooming-derived descriptions.

Racing at Daytona Will be Just FineAfter 2009, NASCAR officials undoubtedly suggested to the drivers that

it wasn't beneficial to "stink up the show," so they responded by making it more of a show. The end is what matters. Using strategy is natural and smart. There's nothing deep, dark or sinister about it.

Nowadays there's a layer that has to be stripped away in almost everything. Drivers take part in some test session, and they predictably gush. They enter the pressroom acting as if they just struck oil.

"It's ... a gusher!"In short, I think the racing at Daytona will be fine. I go there with the an-

ticipation of an exciting race. It won't be quite as wild as Talladega because, smooth surface or not, Daytona is much narrower. Talladega has much more rope for the drivers to hang themselves.

On the other hand, I will attach more importance to the driver who wins the Daytona 500 because I know he will have had more to do with it than the driver who turns in the winning ticket in one of the Talladega lotteries.

If the Daytona 500 has a random ending, even if it's three wide at the checkered flag, I will be mildly disappointed. I want a clash of the titans, not a Cinderella story.

But I'm funny that way.• • •

Monte Dutton covers motorsports for The Gaston (N.C.) Gazette. E-mail Monte at [email protected].


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The next time your youngest school-age kids and their friends are listening to one of their favorite CDs, kick up the sound and liven up the beat with a bean tambourine. Make it together with them using craft supplies and other items you probably already have at home.

Here’s the stuff you’ll need to shake, rattle and roll:--2 sturdy, heavy-duty paper dinner plates with rims--Craft supplies such as markers, crayons, stickers, feathers and a glue stick--Paper clips, chip clips or clothespins--Hole puncher--Long shoelaces or strong ribbon--Assorted uncooked beans and rice

Here’s the fun:1. Set the two plates upside down in front of you. Let your kids use their

imagination and creativity to decorate them using their favorite colors and designs.

2. Place the rims together with the deco-rations facing out, and hold the plates together using clips or clothes-pins. Punch out holes evenly through both thicknesses, about an inch apart along the rims.

3. With clips still in place, grab a shoelace or ribbon and begin sewing up the tambourine. Thread the shoelace or ribbon in and out of the first two holes, leaving several inches dangling from the first hole. Show them how to use a regular in-and-out style stitch or a whipstitch.

4. Remove clips as you go. When you have about three inches left, it’s time to add some noise to the tambourine! Pull out containers of dry beans and rice you might have on hand and drop a handful inside through the opening of the plates.

5. Finish sewing up the tambourine, make a tight knot, tie a bow, and let what’s left dangle. You might want to add a few craft beads and knot them in place on the dangling ends.

Extra idea: When you are ready to add “sound” to your tambourine in step 4, experiment with different kinds of rice and beans and describe the sounds they make. For example, lentils make a soft sound. White rice has a light rainy sound. Kidney beans, a robust sound.

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tea with some honey in it will clear mucus from your throat and stop the irritation that throat-clearing causes.

Flush your nose with a saltwater solution three times a day, one of those times being right before bedtime. You make the solution by adding one teaspoon of salt and half a teaspoon of baking soda to a quart of boiled water. Add the ingredients when the water is still hot. When the water cools, lean over a sink and flush each nostril gently with a bulb syringe, obtain-able in drugstores.

Cortisone nasal sprays -- Nasarel or Rhinocort Aqua -- soothe the nasal lining and reduce mucus production. If you still are afflicted after all this, do see an ear, nose and throat doctor.

• • •DEAR DR. DONOHUE: What ramifications might happen when people

share drinks, table food and ice-cream cones with their dogs? They resume eating, drinking or licking the food after their pets have "sampled" it. How healthy is this? -- B.A.

ANSWER: I wouldn't think of eating food after a family member had sampled it with his or her tongue, teeth or mouth. The thought grosses me out. Every person has a slightly different bacterial population in his mouth, and we cope well only with our own bacteria.

A dog's mouth, in spite of claims to the contrary, is not cleaner than the mouth of a human. Dog bites often become infected due to the germs in their mouths. People eating food after a dog has sampled it are asking for trouble.

• • •Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have the worst case of postnasal drip, and it's driving me crazy. I have a never-ending "ahem, ahem, ahem" throat-clearing. Phlegm is constantly in the back of my throat. Some-times I clear my throat a thousand times a day. Two-thirds of my garbage is used tissues. What can be done? -- J.B.

ANSWER: I apologize for condensing your letter. I got the idea, and I believe readers will too.

Three or four conditions account for most postnasal dripping. One is allergies. You've seen an allergist, and the only allergic reaction you demonstrated was to dust mites. Can you leave your home for a week or so -- visit a relative? If dust mites are the cause, your symptoms should subside in a new environment.

Vasomotor rhinitis is second on the list of drip causes. It's a more-or-less permanent dilation of blood vessels in the nose, and those dilated vessels leak fluid. Throat-clearing is part of the picture.

Sinusitis is another important cause. An infected sinus pours out thick mucus that drips into the back of the throat. Chronic sinusitis is best left to the treatment of an ear, nose and throat doctor. Nasal polyps provoke mucus production and dripping. An ENT doctor is equipped to deal with them, should they be found.

Medicines -- beta blockers, Catapres for high blood pressure, aspirin and NSAIDs -- are examples of drugs that cause the nose to leak fluid down into the throat.

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• On Jan. 13, 1128, Pope Honorius II grants a papal sanction to the military order known as the Knights Templar, declaring it to be an army of God. The Knights Templar mission was to protect Christian pilgrims on their way to the Holy Land during the Crusades, the series of military expeditions aimed at defeating Muslims in Palestine.

• On Jan. 11, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt designates the mighty Grand Canyon a national monument. Congress increased the protection of the canyon in 1932 by making it a national park, ensuring that private development would never despoil the Grand Canyon.

• On Jan. 12, 1926, the two-man comedy series "Sam 'n' Henry" debuts on Chicago's WGN radio station. Two years later, after changing its name to "Amos 'n' Andy," the show became one of the most popular radio programs in American history.

• On Jan. 16, 1938, "King of Swing" jazz great Benny Goodman brings his revolutionary music to Carnegie Hall for the first time. The concert sold out weeks in advance, with the best seats fetching $2.75. All recordings of the show were presumed lost until Goodman's sister-in-law came across a set of acetates in 1950.

• On Jan. 14, 1943, Franklin Roosevelt becomes the first president to travel on official business by airplane. Crossing the Atlantic by air, Roosevelt flew in a Boeing 314 Flying Boat dubbed the Dixie Clipper to a

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World War II strategy meeting with Winston Churchill at Casablanca in North Africa.

• On Jan. 10, 1967, President Lyndon Johnson, in his annual State of the Union message to Congress, asks for enactment of a 6 percent surcharge on personal and corporate income taxes to help support the Vietnam War for two years, or "for as long as the unusual expenditures associated with our efforts continue."

• On Jan. 15, 1972, "American Pie," Don McLean's epic poem in musical form that has long been etched in the American popular consciousness, hits No. 1 on the Billboard charts. When asked to explain what exactly he was trying to say with some of his more ambiguous lyrics, McLean has generally declined.



• "To hang up thread spools, use a wire hanger. Untwist the neck portion, thread on the spools (by color or thickness, etc.) and then refit the neck t o g e t h e r . " --- P.O. in Washington

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• If you have a busted-up garden hose, don't pitch it. Cut sections of it for later use. For instance, when slit down the side, garden hose makes a handy cover for ice-skate blades.

• Freeze large batches of homemade baby food in ice-cube trays or mini muffin tins. When frozen, pop out the portions and save in freezer-safe zip-lock bags.

• Here's an instant kid table. Take one laundry basket and top it with a piece of plywood that has been cut to extend over the basket by a half-inch on all sides. Sand the edges and paint if you like. Toys and games can be kept in the basket, and the whole thing can be moved or stored easily.

• To keep white socks white, boil them in a mix of water and lemon juice. Add lemon slices for extra whitening power.

• If you're working with steel wool, keep a magnet handy to whisk up small metal fibers that break loose. Also keep a magnet handy when using pins. You can "pick up" pins from your work surface and put them in a container much more quickly with a magnet.

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