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OUR SOLAR SYSTEM!by Rick Dandes

Ever since the dawn of man, there has been a fascination with the stars. But it wasn’t until the invention of the telescope that a true mapping of the sky began. Of course now, with space-age telescopes mounted on deep-space probes, we know a lot more about the universe. Take a journey into space with Tidbits, as we explore the wonders of our own solar system.

•How old is our solar system? About4.6 billion years old, give or take a few million years. Since the Earth is constantly resurfacing itself, we can’t determine exactly how old it is by examining the surface, but there’sanotherwaytofindout.Meteorites,which date back to the formation of the solar system, have been raining down on Earth for millions of years. Scientists have sampled meteorites and learned that they’re all about 4.6 billion years old. That means that everything in the solar system formed around the same time.

•Until the telescope was invented around1608, sky watchers used their naked eyes, careful record keeping and basic mathematics to help them understand the heavens.

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Turn corduroy pants inside out before each washing. This reduces wear and discourages lint

Shaving cream can be used as a spot cleaner on carpets, upholstery and even clothing. If you are not sure whether your upholstery can be cleaned with water, check first in an inconspicuous area.

Need a nice-smelling house but don’t feel like baking cookies? Try simmering a pot of spices on the stove. Add several cloves and a teaspoon of cinnamon or pumpkin-pie spice to a few cups of water. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 20 minutes or so. Your house will have a delicious scent -- good enough to eat.

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No COLA IncreaseThe news isn’t good. There has been lots of talk about the Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment(COLA)fortheyear2011.Andnow we know: We won’t see an increase in our monthly checks.Manyofusalreadyliveclosetotheedge.Withthe cost of everything going up -- food, gas, utilities,clothing,medical(andnevermindhav-ing any fun by going out to a movie or the oc-casionaldinner)--we’regoingtobesqueezedtighter than ever.Manyofmyfriendsaregettingangryandmak-ing plans on how to survive with less. That’s my stance on it, too: Figuring out how to make it work.Herearesomeoftheirideas:•Joinamovieclub,onethatdeliversDVDsright to your door in the mail, and split the cost with some friends. Swap the movie around or

gettogetheronceaweektowatchthelatestfilm.•Don’tbuyholidaygiftsforfamilythisyear,orsend one check as a family gift.•Poolyourresourceswherepossible.Goinwithafew friends on bulk groceries and divide them into smalleramounts.Goonerrandstogetherinonecar,or use the van if you live in a retirement center.•Asktheseniorcenteroreventhelibrarytohostameeting to exchange ideas on how to save, signing up with others for car rides and bulk purchases, or bartering and swapping.•Askyourdoctorforgenericsoneveryprescrip-tion you have, and buy them at Walmart or other stores offering $4 prescriptions, if possible.Remember: We can be tough if we have to be, and wecandothis.Allittakesisanattitudeadjust-ment,right?

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OUR SOLAR SYSTEM (continued):

• Examples of ancient Rome’s contributionto space science are the names of the planets. The association of certain planets with certain attributes of gods or goddesses harkens back to the Sumerians, but Roman names were directly appropriated. Examples are Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn.•

• Oursolarsystemonlyhaseightplanets.Notthe nine planets you grew up with. That’s becausetheInternationalAstronomicalUnionreclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet in 2006.

• To qualify as a planet, an object needs toorbit the sun, have enough mass to pull itself into a spherical shape, and have cleared out its orbit of other material. It’s this thirdrequirement that Pluto hasn’t fulfilled. Plutois a fraction of the mass in its orbit, while the other planets are millions of times more massive than everything else in their orbits.

• Plutomayhavebeendowngradedfromplanettodwarfplanet,butguesswhat?It’snottheonlydwarf planet found in our solar system. Three others have been discovered: Ceres, Eris and Makemake.Dwarfplanetsareobjectsthatorbitthe sun and have enough mass to form a sphere, but they share their orbit with other objects. As telescopes improve, more dwarf planetswill probably be discovered. There might eventually be more dwarf planets than planets.

• Unlike Earth, Saturn is made mostly ofhydrogen and helium, so its density is only 0.13 that of Earth. While it has heavier materials in the core, it is the only planet in the solar system that is less dense than water.

• TitanisthelargestofSaturn’smoons.Itisthesecond largest moon in the solar system. Infact,itislargerthanbothMercuryandPluto.

• Scientists are particularly interested inTitan because it’s one of the few known moons with its own dense atmosphere. Titan’s atmosphere is also thought to be very similar to what Earth’s atmosphere was a long time ago. By learning about Titan, we’ll learn about our own planet.

• Saturn’s moon Hyperion is shaped sortof like a hamburger patty and rotates chaotically, probably due to a recent collision.

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OUR SOLAR SYSTEM(continued):

• TheasteroidbeltliesbetweentheorbitsofMarsand Jupiter. Sometimes called minor planets,asteroids are rocky objects that are the remnants of the solar system when it formed. Over 90,000 asteroidsofvarioussizeshavebeenfoundbyscientists.

• Often referred toas the“final frontier”of thesolar system, the Kuiper Belt, which is a disc-shaped area made up of icy debris, is located atadistanceof7.5-9.3billionmiles (12 -15billionkilometers)fromthesun.

• Ancient astronomers used to think the Earthwas thecenterof theuniverse. Itwasn’tuntilthe16thcenturythatNicolausCopernicusfirstpresented the idea that the sun was at the center, not the Earth.

• Alltheobjectsinthesolarsystemorbitthesunin a counter-clockwise direction. This matches the theory that the solar system formed all at once from a cool cloud of hydrogen.As thegas came together, it began to spin, so that the sun collected in the middle, surrounded by an accretiondiskofgasanddust.All theplanetsand other material in the solar system formed within this rotating disk.

• Oursunisatypicalstar,middlinginsize,butbig enough to burn steadily for 10 billion years.

• Thesuncontains99.8percentofthemassinthesolarsystem.Andthesunisapproximately72percent hydrogen, so most of the matter in the solar system is hydrogen, with the remaining amount being mostly helium, oxygen and carbon. Everything else, like metals and rocks, is just a tiny fraction of a fraction of the solar system’s mass.

• Howbigisoursun?Ithasadiameterof864,000miles(1,391,000kilometers),andmorethanonemillionEarthscouldfitintothesun.Itislocated93millionmiles(150millionkilometers)fromEarth.

• Theheatthesungivesusderivesfromnuclearfusion at its core.

• Thereareonlyafewstarswithin10light-yearsofoursun.TheclosestProximaCentauri,4.2light-years away. Barnard’s Star is 5.9 light-years away; Wolf 359 is 7.8 light-years away; Lalande21185is8.3light-yearsaway;Siriusis8.6light-yearsaway;Luyten726-8is8.7light-yearsaway;andfinallyRoss154is9.7 light-years away.

• The sun is just one star in 200 billion in ourgalaxy, the Milky Way. Doesn’t that giveyouperspective?Ourworld is justoneplanetorbitingonestarinagalaxyof200billionstars.

• So, arewe alone?Astronomers now estimatethat the universe contains roughly trillions of starsorganizedintobillionsofgalaxies.

• Spacecraft fromEarth have visited or orbitedevery planet in the solar system, and more are on their way to visit some of the dwarf planets. Manhasexploredthesun,themoonandmanyasteroids.Andnowsomeoftheoldestspacecraftstillactive—NASA’sVoyagerspacecrafts—have almost reached the sun’s heliosphere.

MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Nothing wrong with NASCAR can’t be

fixed by a race at Martinsville Speedway.

Some people are going to disagree. They’re the ones who think every race should be in some place like Las Vegas. They’re the ones who believed Gillian Zucker, president of Auto Club Speedway, when she claimed that she couldn’t draw a crowd in February because of -- get this! -- the Academy Awards.

As if there were fans saying, “I’d love to see that race, but I just can’t leave without knowing if ‘Hurt Locker’ won the Oscar.”

Who can give it up for Jimmie Johnson when Dame Judi Dench is on the tube?

Some of those fans watched the Tums Fast Relief 500 on television -- and probably had a jolly good time making stupid jokes about its title -- and the wonders of Martinsville probably seemed elusive.

Something about television makes race cars look slower. Martinsville can look like a Homecoming Parade in fast-forward. Specifically, it can look like the Homecoming Parade in “Animal House,” complete with calls for “ramming speed” and an abundance of profanity among the participants.

Do not judge Martinsville if you’ve never been there.

On TV, it also looks a great deal like bumper cars at the county fair. Up close -- and by that, I mean, in the lower rows of the grandstands, squinting at cars flashing by and trying to keep dust, grime and oil out of the eyes -- it looks as if all the cars were constructed by NASA, not organizations with names like Furniture Row Racing.

It’s more fun than a barrel of monkeys.

At the end, unflappable guys like Jeff Burton are ... flappable. Being a race driver, Burton sometimes seems embarrassed by the perception that he has good sense. Maniacs are more the norm in the circus to which he ran away many years ago. After Burton’s teammate, Kevin Harvick, got mad at him, Burton’s first reaction was to defend himself (“There is nothing I did that I regret, and there is nothing I won’t do next week.”) and his second was to take mild offense that he acted like everyone else.

“I drive like that every week,” he snapped. “I have this reputation of being a passive driver, and I drive hard every week. I drove hard this week, but I didn’t drive any harder than I normally do.”

Martinsville would be a lot better place to have every race than Vegas, solely on the basis of the post-race quotes

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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DEAR DARLENE: It’s entirely possible for your pet to have fleas without you being able to see them or experiencing their itchy bites yourself. If there is one telltale indicator of infestation, however, it’s “flea dirt”: tiny black flecks in his fur or on his skin that look kind of like black pepper. But he may not even have that, at first.Charlie also could be having an allergic reaction to something. He could even have a flea or two and be having an allergic reaction to their bites. You can check for this by looking at the skin of his hind legs and at the base of his tail. Are there small red bumps raised there?If you find evidence of fleas but no other problems (like

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When was the last time before a New Jersey-Chicago game in 2010 that the NHL had a penalty-free contest?

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TINA TURNER Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullockon November 26, 1939) is an Americansinger and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards, and her achievements in the rock music genre have earned her the title “The Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll.”

• Born to a share-cropping family in thesegregated South, Anna Mae Bullockand her elder sister were raised by their grandparents.Anna Mae eventually movedto St. Louis to reunite with her mother.

• InSt.Louis,BullockattendedSumnerHighSchool. At this time, Bullock’s sister wastaking her to several nightclubs in the city. One night, Bullock met Mississippi-bornrhythm and blues musician Ike Turner andlater asked him if she could sing for him. Ike was initially skeptical, but after muchpersistence on Bullock’s part, he decided to let her sing. And the rest is history.

•Going by the name “Little Ann,” Bullockwas soon the lead singer in a soul revue led byIkeTurnerandhisKingsofRhythmband.

•Whenthesingerthatwastorecord“AFoolIn Love” failed to turn up for the session,Ike Turner drafted Bullock to provide thevocal with the intention of removing it later. However, once he heard her spine-tinglingperformance of the song, he changed his plans.HechangedhernametoTinaTurner,and when the record became a hit, Tina became a permanent fixture in Ike’s bandand his quest for international stardom.

•After they married, Ike and Tina Turnerrecorded a string of hits in the 1960s, including “A Fool in Love,” “It’s GonnaWork Out Fine,” “I Idolize You” and thegroundbreaking “River Deep, MountainHigh” with producer Phil Spector.

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In 1666, the Great Fire of London destroyed 13,200 homes, 87 parish churches and St. Paul’s Cathedral, and it left some 70,000 people homeless. It also provided the impetus for the beginning of the insurance industry. After the conflagration, Nicholas Barbon, a well-to-do doctor, realized how much of his wealth was flammable. A year after the Great Fire, he began the world’s first insurance company.

If you’re a longtime football fan, you might not be surprised to learn that between 1983 and 2006, the average weight of NFL players rose by 10 percent.

The men and women who venture into space have to adapt themselves to changing environments both when they enter space and when they return home. Many astronauts and cosmonauts say that one of the most difficult things to adjust to when returning to earth from space is the fact that when you let go of something, it falls to the ground.

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It was British playwright Tom Stoppard who made the following observation: “Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.”

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William Henry Harrison, the country’s sixth commander-in-chief, had the shortest tenure of any United States president. He died of pneumonia just 32 days after taking office.

“Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.”

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TINA TURNER(continued):

• By the end of the decade, Ike and Tinaincorporated modern rock styles into their act and began including their interpretations of “ComeTogether,”“HonkyTonkWoman”and“I Want to Take You Higher” in their stage

show.• “ProudMary,” the duo’s interpretation of the

Credence Clearwater Revival hit, was the duo’s greatest commercial success, peaking at number fourontheBillboardHot100inMarch1971.ThesingleeventuallywonaGrammyforBestR&BVocalPerformancebyaDuoorGroup.

•ManybelievedthatafterTurnerbrokewithIke,she would not return to the music scene. Tina proved otherwise, when she, with the help of RogerDavies,herAustralianmanager,releasedher multi-platinum and Grammy-winningalbum in 1984, “Private Dancer,” with herbiggesthits“What’sLoveGotToDoWithIt?”

and“BetterBeGoodtoMe.”• Turner in the movies: Following Turner’ssuccessin1984,shestarredinthefilm,“MadMax Beyond Thunderdome,” and recordedthefilm’ssoundtrackaswell,whichproducedtheinternationalhit,“WeDon’tNeedAnother

Hero.”• TurnerwaslistedonRollingStone’slist“TheImmortals—TheGreatestArtistsofAllTime.”SheisaRockandRollHallofFameinductee,and two of her recordings, “River Deep -Mountain High” (1999) and “Proud Mary”(2003),areintheGrammyHallofFame.Turner

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ANSWER:Triglyceridesarefats.Themarblinginmeatandthestuffthatsurroundsacutofmeataretriglycerides.Intheblood,they are not solids. They’re a source of energy for body cells. Excess amounts are stored as fat.Cholesterol gets all the blame for clogging heart arteries and causing heart attacks. But triglycerides bear part of the blame. A very high blood triglyceride level inflames the pancreas-- pancreatitis. That happens, but is a somewhat rare event compared with other causes of pancreatitis.The normal triglyceride reading should be less than 150 mg/dL(1.7mmol/L).Valuesbetween150and199(1.7to2.2)areconsideredborderlinehigh.Anythingabove500(5.6)isveryhigh.Weight reduction almost always brings down triglycerides. Fatty foods, fatty meats and fried foods should be eaten sparingly. Surprisingly, sugar raises triglycerides, as does immoderate alcohol drinking. Omega-3 fatty acids lower them. Fish -- a good source of omega-3 fatty acids -- therefore, ought tobeamajorpartoftwoweeklymeals.Ifyoudon’tlikethetasteoffish,youcantakeomega-3inpills.Iknowpeoplemustcringewhentheyhearexercisementioned,asitappearstobeapanaceaforeveryill.Ahalf-hourofbrisk

walking on most days of the week reliably lowers triglycerides. You can start more modestly, and work your way to the30-minute goal.Ifnoneoftheselowersyourtriglycerides,medicinescan.Lopid,Tricor and niacin are three reliable drugs.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I just received a lab slip from mydoctor’s office for tests that should be done beforemy visit.Electrolytes are circled. What are they? They sound likesomethingtodowithelectricity.--M.Z.

ANSWER:Electrolytesaresodium,potassium,bicarbonateandchloride. They do have something to do with electricity -- they carry a charge. They’re involved in a huge number of body processes, including keeping the heart beating, facilitating nerve transmission, helping muscle contractions and maintaining the balance between acids and bases.The booklet on electrolytes describes their functions and details thethingsthatcangowrongwhenoneorotherisdeficientorexcessive.Readerscanorderacopybywriting:Dr.Donohue--No.202W,Box536475,Orlando,FL32853-6475.Enclosea check ormoney order (no cash) for $4.75U.S./$6 Canadawiththerecipient’sprintednameandaddress.Pleaseallowfourweeks for delivery.***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.

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• On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivers one of the most famous speeches in American history at the dedication of the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pa. Using just 272 words, Lincoln brilliantly and movingly articulated the meaning of the conflict for a war-weary public. His address lasted just two minutes.

• On Nov. 18, 1883, American and Canadian railroads begin using four continental time zones to end the confusion of dealing with thousands of local times. However, it was not until 1918 that Congress officially adopted the railroad time zones and put them under the supervision of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

• On Nov. 21, 1927, Time magazine puts the Holland Tunnel on its cover. The tunnel, which runs under the Hudson River between New York City and Jersey City, N.J., had opened to traffic the week before, at the stroke of midnight on Nov. 13. The toll was 50 cents per car in both directions.

• On Nov. 16, 1945, the United States ships 88 German scientists to America to assist the nation in its production of rocket technology. Most of these “volunteers” had served under the Nazi regime. The voluntary nature of the scheme was somewhat undercut by the admission that the scientists were in “protective custody.”

• On Nov. 20, 1955, Bo Diddley introduced himself and his namesake beat to the world with his television debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Sullivan was so furious with Diddley for not opening with Tennessee Ernie Ford’s “Sixteen Tons” that Sullivan banned him from future appearances on his show.

• On Nov. 15, 1965, at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, 28-year-old Californian Craig Breedlove sets a new land-speed record -- 600.601 mph. His car, the Spirit of America, cost $250,000 and was powered by a surplus engine from a Navy jet.

• On Nov. 17, 1973, in the midst of the Watergate scandal that eventually ended his presidency, President Richard Nixon tells a group of newspaper editors that he is “not a crook.” After a relentless federal investigation, Nixon resigned in August 1974.


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