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THE WONDERFUL WORLD OFPETS!by Rick Dandes

Seventy-five percent of Americans own pets, opening their homes to an

estimated 77 million cats and 61 million dogs. Why do we love our pets so much?

Maybe this is the reason. Nearly 94 percent of pet owners report that their animal pal

makes them smile more than once a day. So with that in mind, here

is Tidbits’ salute to pets. c The canine nose works one million times more efficiently than the human nose, according to scientists.c The eight heaviest breeds of dog are: St. Bernard, English Mastiff, Great Dane, Irish Wolfhound, Tibetan Mastiff, Newfoundland, Neapolitan Mastiff and Anatolian Karabash.c A cat preening its back or the back of its ear is said to be a sign of rain. c Cats almost never “purr” at other cats. The sound is reserved for humans. c The oldest cat ever recorded was a tabby named “Puss” in Devon, England, who lived to be an amazing 36 years of age.c Quite a few pet birds can learn to talk and can say as many as 200 words and phrases.c Many scientists believe that birds are closely related to dinosaurs.c African Gray parrots are said to be so smart that they can make up their own sentences. For example, one Gray, named Baby, knew his owner’s name and heard people ask the owner if she was leaving for work. He also heard her tell the kids to go to school. He put it all together and said, “Mom, go to work.” c Dalmatian puppies are born pure white, without their distinctive spots. It’s only when they start to grow that their black or brown spots begin to appear.

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can take is to refer us to a driver rehabilitation specialist.If you want to be sure that your driving skills stay up to par, here are some suggestions:• Check in with a driver rehabilitation specialist for a review of your skills.• Get your eyes checked twice a year.• Ask your doctor if any of your prescriptions could interfere with safe driving.• Take a safe-driving class for seniors. Check the AARP Web site (www.aarp.org) self-paced online Driver Safety program, or call 1-888-227-7669 to find refresher classes in your area. Both cost less than $20 and can be very worthwhile.• Stay physically fit. Look at SeniorDrivers.org for exercises that keep you flexible.• Keep driving. Your skills behind the wheel will stay sharp if you drive as long as you safely can.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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America. After cats and dogs are Parakeets, coming in a distant third at 14 million.c Contrary to popular belief, dogs do not sweat by salivating. They sweat through the pads of their feet. c Dachshunds are the smallest breed of dog used for hunting. They are low to the ground, which allows them to enter and maneuver through tunnels easily. c Developed in Egypt about 5,000 years ago, the greyhound breed was known before the ninth century in England, where it was bred by aristocrats to hunt such small game as hares. c Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the Bible. c A cat’s brain is more similar to a human’s brain than that of a dog.c A cat’s arching back is part of a complex body language system, usually associated with feeling threatened. The arch is able to get so high because the cat’s spine contains nearly 60 vertebrae which fit loosely together. Humans have only 34 vertebrae. c A cat’s hearing rates as one of the top in the animal kingdom. Cats can hear sounds as high-pitched as 65 kHz; a human’s hearing stops at

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C Who holds the Cincinnati Bengals’ record for most receptions in a season?

D When was the last time Penn State’s men’s basketball team reached the NCAA Tournament?

E How many teams has Pat Quinn led in his 20-year NHL head-coaching career?

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MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Unfortunate circumstances have, at least for the time being, sidetracked Denny Hamlin in his bid for an elusive Sprint

Cup championship.They haven’t, however, slowed him down at Martinsville Speedway, where Hamlin won his second straight race.Until shortly before the start of the season, the most likely candidate to challenge Jimmie Johnson seemed to be Hamlin, the 29-year-old from Chesterfield, Va., who collected half his eight career wins last year and finished fifth in the point standings.“Every year you expect yourself to be better than you were the previous year,” said Hamlin.Unfortunately, a fluke injury muddied Hamlin’s championship hopes. Before the season even started, Hamlin suffered a knee injury while playing pickup basketball. The original plan was to put off surgery until after the season ended.Last week Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Hamlin would undergo surgery immediately. Scheduled for

March 29, it had to wait until the following day when Martinsville’s Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 was rained out.“We were going to wait until the end of the season,” said Hamlin, “but just decided that it wasn’t a good idea. We were doing some further damage to the knee, and, to me, it’s not something that’s worth suffering forever or having a permanent limp or anything like that. It just didn’t make much sense.”Did the injury contribute to Hamlin’s slow start?

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Fluke injury just a small obstacle in Hamlin’s plansUndoubtedly. The rigors of short-track racing at Bristol caused additional soreness, and another week on a short track at Martinsville played a role in the decision to have surgery right away. The timing was also right because of the open date between races at Martinsville and Phoenix.In the short run, the injury threw a monkey wrench into what seemed likely to be the season Hamlin went from being a star to being a superstar.“I feel like, talent-wise, I’m as good as anyone on the race track,” he said. “Ultimately, it takes a lot of pieces of a puzzle to make a championship run. The driver’s skill levels are probably 15 to 20 percent of it. There’s only so much I can help but I think my team is better prepared this year.”Now, if a surgeon named Dr. Patrick Connor can only make Hamlin’s knee better prepared…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 [email protected].

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BIBLE TRIVIAby Wilson Casey

1. Is the book of Jonah in the Old or New Testament or neither?

2. From Luke 3, whose voice was of one crying in the wilderness? Joseph, John the Baptist, Andrew, Paul

3. How many times did the Israelites march around the walls of Jericho? 1, 2, 7, 13

4. Whose eye was Moses referring to in the song “The apple of his eye”? Own, Lord, Idol, Storm

5. How many chariots did King Solomon possess? 130, 560, 1,180, 1,400

6. From I Kings 17, the ravens brought Elijah bread and…? Water, Oil, Flesh, Nuts

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Thought of the Week“Sometimes the appropriate

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z It was American journalist, satirist, critic and editor H.L. Mencken who made the following observation: “For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.”z In a standard deck of playing cards, the only king without a mustache is the king of hearts.z If you ever make a trip to Alaska, you might want to keep in mind the fact that it is illegal there to wake a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking its picture.z Those who study such things claim that when a glass breaks, the cracks travel along the glass at a speed of more than 3,000 miles per hour.z You probably know that the Wright Brothers made the first powered airplane flight in Kitty Hawk, NC. It was Dec. 17, 1903, and Orville piloted the

aircraft a total of 120 feet. You might not be aware, however, that the length of that flight is shorter than the wingspan on one of today’s Boeing 747s. z An autumn visit to a corn maze in North Yorkshire in the United Kingdom last year turned disastrous for Anne Moon. When she reached her hand into a pen to pet a pig, the pig (named Ginger, incidentally) took Moon’s hand into its mouth. The pig released the hand unharmed but kept the diamond out of the woman’s engagement ring. The farmer who owned the attraction, Paul Caygill, then had to spend days searching for the gemstone in the pig’s refuse.z The next time you’re looking at a map and see a “you-are-here” arrow pointing to your current location, you’ll know that the arrow is technically known as an ideo locator.

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have to run to the bathroom all day long. If I don’t make it in time, I have an accident. This has made me so nervous that I have given up on all thoughts of a social life. It’s ruining my life. If we go to a restaurant, I must have a table near the restrooms, or I won’t sit down. What can be done? I’ll try anything. — P.G.ANSWER: Your condition is an overactive bladder. Sudden, inappropriate and forceful contractions of the bladder wall muscles make it imperative for you to rush to the bathroom or you lose control of urine. Such bladder muscle contractions shouldn’t occur until the bladder is full or nearly full. For some reason, your bladder reacts violently when it’s only partially full. Conditions like a bladder infection can be a cause. Often, however, muscle contractions take place without any cause ever being found. You have to see a doctor who can look for things that are easily treated, like an infection.If no cause is discovered, then you can reprogram your bladder to not react like this when it’s only partially filled. For two days, time the intervals between bathroom visits. Add 5 minutes to the shortest interval and hold off on urinating for that time interval for a week. On week two, increase the interval by 15 minutes. Keep this up for

a month, and then increase the interval by half an hour. Every two weeks, add another half hour to the interval between bathroom visits. When you reach three hours, you can stop.You also can ask your doctor for prescription medicines that quiet bladder muscles. Detrol, Sanctura, Vesicare and Enablex are names of some of these medicines.Another technique involves injecting the bladder muscles with Botox. Botox weakens the force of bladder muscle contractions and allows you to hold urine for more-normal intervals. In extreme circumstances, a gynecologic urologist can advise you if a battery-operated device attached to the bladder is something you could consider. It stops frequent, unwanted and unneeded bladder contractions.

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