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• It was British journalist Jeremy Campbell who made the following sage observation: “Computers are good at swift, accurate computation and at storing great masses of information. The brain, on the other hand, is not as efficient a number cruncher and its memory is often highly fallible; a basic inexactness is built into its design. The brain’s strong point is its flexibility.” • In 1911, it became illegal in China to wear a pigtail. • One of Ernest Hemingway’s early English teachers claimed that the future Nobel Prize winner would “never learn to write.”

• More from the files of hangover cures from around the world: In Japan, pickled plums are reputed to ease the morning-after ails; in Italy, it’s (quite sensibly) coffee. The Chinese drink strong green tea, while in the Netherlands it’s the hair of the dog — the Dutch advocate beer as a remedy. Danes eat salt, while Mexicans eat shrimp (I’ll take the Mexican remedy any day). Perhaps the oddest remedy is practiced in Russia: Sufferers there head to the sauna, where they proceed to whip out the toxins with leafy birch branches. No word on what they do in winter, when the birches are, presumably, leafless. • The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways — better known as the Interstate Highway System — is the largest public works project in the history of the world. At 46,876 miles, it’s also the world’s largest highway system. © 2010 King Features Synd., Inc.

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TIDBITS RIDE GUIDE Not a Bad Start for Danica Patrick DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Danica Patrick, the only woman ever to win an Indy-car race, made a successful debut in stock cars by finishing sixth in the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200, an Automobile Racing Club of America race at Daytona International Speedway run on Feb. 6. The event, won for the sixth time by Pennsylvania driver Bobby Gerhart, provided Patrick with needed experience in the Daytona draft. “It’s a little harder than I thought it would be, but I felt really good,” she said. “I worked on closing that distance between two car lengths and being right on them at a half a car length because, with my Indy-car experience, I thought two car lengths was on them but it’s not, which is understandable why the accidents are so big because you have nowhere to go because you are literally nose to tail. “I think that, for a long, long time to come, it will be something that you get better and better at,” said Patrick, who will turn 28 on March 25. “A lot of these drivers are new to me. I don’t know a lot of them,” she said. “There are a lot of nice guys out there, and its nice to be around some good drivers.” A native of Roscoe, Ill., and resident of Phoenix, Ariz., Patrick drives for JR Motorsports, which is aligned with Hendrick Motorsports, NASCAR’s premier team. Tony Eury Jr., Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s first cousin and former crew chief, is helping her learn the ropes in stock-car racing. “He’s a very good crew chief,” she said. “In IndyCar, our engineers are crew chiefs. I’m lucky to have great engineer-crew chiefs in both places. Tony’s very talented. ... He knows what he’s doing. I tell him what the car is doing and he fixes it. “For me, it’s a matter of learning from him and understanding about the car. The difference between Indy car and NASCAR is, a lot of things

are spoken in opposites, so it’s been a little bit confusing to me, but I’m getting familiar. I’m getting into the car setup side as much as I can. It’s hard to digest it all at once, but it will take a while.”

IRL driver Danica Patrick made a successful start in stock-car racing at the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 ARCA race on Feb. 6 at Daytona. That’s Tony Eury Jr. on the left. (John Clark/NASCAR This Week photo) Monte Dutton has covered motorsports for The Gaston (N.C.) Gazette since 1993. He was named writer of the year by the National Motorsports Press Association in 2008. His blog NASCAR This Week (http://nascar.rbma.com) features all of his reporting on racing, roots music and life on the road. E-mail Monte at nascar_thisweek@yahoo.com. © 2010 King Features Synd., Inc.

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• On March 6, 1475, Michelangelo Buonarroti, the greatest of the Italian Renaissance artists, is born. His most important early work was the Pieta (1498), a sculpture that showed the body of Christ in the lap of the Virgin Mary. Demonstrating masterful skill, Michelangelo extracted the two perfectly balanced figures of the Pieta from a single block of marble. • On March 3, 1873, Congress enacts the so-called Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any “obscene, lewd or lascivious” book through the mails. The law was named after Anthony Comstock, a salesman from Connecticut, who devoted his life to fighting what he perceived as vice, particularly obscenity and gambling. • On March 4, 1888, Knute Rockne is born in Voss, Norway. He would go on to become one of the most successful coaches in the history of college football. In his 13 years as coach of Notre Dame, he recorded 105 wins, 12 losses and 5 ties for a winning percentage of .881, the highest in the history of college or professional football. • On March 1, 1897, the Winton Motor Carriage Company is organized in Cleveland, with Alexander Winton as president. A year later, Winton won a race at Daytona Beach, Fla., driving his Winton Bullet to an average speed of 68 mph and becoming the first person to break the mile-per-minute barrier. • On March 2, 1925, the first nationwide highway numbering system is instituted to minimize confusion. Later, interstate highway numbering would be improved by colored signs and the odd-even demarcation that distinguishes between north-south and eastwest travel, respectively. © 2010 King Features Synd., Inc.

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH By Paul G. Donohue, M.D.

Viral Infection Can Cause Dizziness DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I got a sudden attack of dizziness that landed me in bed. I couldn’t stand. Finally, with the help of my husband, I got to the doctor, who said I had a viral infection called vestibular neuritis. I am taking medicine and am somewhat better, but the dizziness isn’t completely gone. Will it go? When? — L.T. ANSWER: I have to warn readers that the causes of dizziness are diverse, and vestibular neuritis, while common, is only one of many causes. The vestibule of the inner ear has three fluid-filled canals that work like a carpenter’s balance, that gadget whose center contains a fluid-containing tube with a bubble in it. The balance tells the carpenter if a piece of wood is aligned. The inner ear canals tell people if they are aligned. They send signals to the brain that keep us balanced. A viral infection of those canals or of the nerve that sends sig-

nals to the brain makes people feel like they’ve been put in the spin cycle of a washer. Not only are affected people dizzy, they become nauseated and often throw up. Symptoms of vestibular neuritis lessen in two to three days, but full recovery can take up to six or more weeks. A cortisone drug taken within the first three days of illness can ease symptoms. And medicines like promethazine relieve dizziness and nausea, but they make some people so drowsy that they prefer the dizziness. The booklet on dizziness discusses vestibular neuritis as well as the other dizziness causes. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue — No. 801W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery. ••• DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Can you give an explanation of and recommendation for cure of a health problem I have? Being over the age of 65 and in reasonably good health, I suffer every winter from painful cracks in my fingertips and the soles of my feet. — R.V. ANSWER: The cracking indicates your skin is drying out. You can restore moisture to your fingertips with a light coat — just a dab will do you — of petroleum jelly (Vaseline or another moisturizer) before going to bed. Put Band-Aids over your fingertips, and leave them on all night. You can do the same during the day, but it’s a bit inconvenient. In about three days, the cracks should be filling in. Continue this treatment every third or fourth night. The same thing works for the feet. You don’t use Band-

Aids, but you do cover your feet with socks before going to sleep. Don’t apply petroleum jelly during the daytime. It might make you somewhat unsteady. It takes longer for feet to heal. ••• DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Does the consumption of foods packaged or wrapped in aluminum foil pose a risk for contracting or accelerating Alzheimer’s disease? — M.E. ANSWER: The answer is no. The brains of some Alzheimer’s patients have more than the usual amount of aluminum. Some have interpreted that as indicating aluminum as a cause. Few scientists hold to that theory. ••• Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, 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. © 2010 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved

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••• Q: I thought Ricky Gervais did a bang-up job hosting the Golden Globe Awards. Is there any chance he’ll pay a visit to “The Office”? — Kristin W., via e-mail A: There is a very good chance of that happening. Ricky Gervais — who co-created the original U.K. version of the show as well as the American version with Stephen Merchant — has already made directing and Q: When will my favorite show, “Army Wives,” be back writing “appearances” on the U.S. show. Ricky recently for the new season? I’m going through some serious with- told the U.K. television show “This Morning”: “I quite drawals here! — Cassandra F., via e-mail like the idea that Michael Scott bumps into this guy A: Your wait isn’t much longer. Lifetime Television’s [David Brent, the boss of the U.K. ‘Office’] and takes highest-rated series ever, “Army Wives,” will be back him back to the office as the best bloke ever, and the for its fourth season on Sunday, April 11, with 18 brand- office goes, ‘Oh my God, there’s two of them.’ It would new episodes. Seasons 1 to 3 are now available on DVD, be devastating for the people in the office.” so you have a month or so to catch up on anything you ••• might have missed. Q: Back in the 1950s, ••• there was a 15-minute Q: Last month, the adsitcom called “Life with vertising promos for Elizabeth.” I remember “Little People, Big that Betty White was the World” said the last show star, but I never see it would be airing soon. I mentioned when I read pray it means just for this about her career. Was season and not the FIshe the star, and who NAL show. This family was the male lead? — has taught so many of us Gerry F., Tennessee to be aware of little Ridge, Tenn. people (the way we A: You have quite a should have been) and memory! The great how many of us just did Betty White did indeed Matt and Amy Roloff not realize how ignorant play the role of Elizawe were. My family loves the Roloff family and how hon- beth, with Del Moore playing her husband, Alvin. “Life est they are about everything, and watching their chil- With Elizabeth” aired from 1953-55, and the DVDs can dren grow up is like seeing friends’ children grow up. We be found on amazon.com and various other online appreciate Matt and Amy opening up their lives, as we sources. You also can watch nine episodes for free at learn along with them and their children. — Bea K. in tv4u.com. Canada ••• Write to Cindy at King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box A: According to TLC, these were just the “last episodes” of the first half of the fifth season. “Little People, 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475; or e-mail her at letters@cindyelavsky.com. For more news and extended interviews, Big World” has gone on a winter hiatus, like many shows visit www.celebrityextraonline.com and twitter.com/Celebrity_Extra. have been doing lately, but they will be back to finish out the season. The second half of Season 5 is scheduled to ©2010 King Features Synd., Inc. begin airing in April.

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