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Q: Is it true that Lindsay Lohan is dating “How IMet Your Mother” star Jason Segel? — Barbara S.,via e-mail

A: Lindsay, who split from girlfriend SamanthaRonson earlier this year, has taken to her Twitter ac-count to dispel all rumors of romance. She brands therumors as ridiculous, stating she was merely “meetingat a co-worker’s home.” As of this writing, the projectthey are working on together is unknown.

• • •Q: I can remember when we had new episodes for

TV shows from fall to spring. Now the networks havewinter finales for their shows. Why is that? — Theo J.,via e-mail

A: There are a few reasons for this new, “winter fi-

nale” trend. One, of course, is money. Many peopleare traveling and very busy during the holiday season,so the networks don’t want to “waste” new episodeswhen fewer people are watching. This is also a goodtime to air holiday-themed programs. Another reasonis they want to give midseason shows a chance to struttheir stuff.

For instance, Fox put “Glee” on hiatus Dec. 9 (toreturn April 13), “Fringe” takes a break on Feb. 4 (toreturn April 1), and “Lie to Me” returns in late springas well. This makes room for shows like the MarkValley action-drama “Human Target,” reality series“Our Little Genius,” thriller “Past Life” and comedy“Sons of Tucson.” Fox is reporting that “‘Til Death”will be back in the new year as well.

• • •Q: I absolutely love Michelle Forbes in just about

every role she is in. What can I watch her in next? —Marti F., Altoona, Pa.

A: Michelle — who turns 45 in January — has quitea full plate. The “PrisonBreak,” “True Blood”and “In Treatment” ac-tress can be seen next onION Television in thedrama “DurhamCounty.” Season Twobegins on Jan. 3, andMichelle comes to theshow as Dr. PenelopeVerrity, an even moredangerous nemesis toMike Sweeney than se-rial killer Ray Prager.Count me in!

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• It was 19th-century German philosopher ArthurSchopenhauer who made the following sageobservation: “If we were not all so interested inourselves, life would be so uninteresting that noneof us would be able to endure it.”

• Emmy-nominated actress Debbie Reynolds wasfired by Warner Brothers after her first movie.

• Sharks inspire a great deal of fear in most people.However, the keepers of statistics claim that youare much more likely to be killed by a bee thanyou are to be killed by a shark — 50 times morelikely, in fact.

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• When a seal goes to sleep, whether in the seaor on land, it stops breathing. Every 15 minutes orso it will wake up to take a breath, then it will goback to sleep.

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• There’s an interesting story behind the name ofthe Caribbean island of Curacao. It seems thatexplorer Amerigo Vespucci had several sailors onhis ship who were very seriously ill with scurvy, sohe dropped them off on the island, assuming theywould die. However, the abandoned sailorsfeasted on fresh fruit, thereby ingesting the vitaminC that cured the disease and saved their lives.The word “curacao” means “cure” in Portuguese.


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2. In a large bowl, combine rotini pasta,peas, onion and bacon bits. In a small bowl,combine dry milk powder and water. Stir ineggs, Parmesan cheese and parsley flakes.Add milk mixture to pasta mixture. Mix gentlyto combine.

3. Spread mixture into prepared bakingdish. Cover and bake for 30 minutes. Uncoverand continue baking for 5 minutes. Placebaking dish on a wire rack and let set for 5minutes. Divide into 6 servings.

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December 17 - 23 , 2009

Men, moments and great deeds that will be re-membered from NASCAR, circa 2009:

—Jimmie Johnson became the first driver inNASCAR history to win four consecutive champi-onships. He broke a tie with Cale Yarborough, whowon three straight(1976-78).

—At age 50, Mark Martin, competing full-time for the firsttime in three years, finished second in the Sprint Cup stand-ings. Martin, who has never won a championship, was therunner-up for the fifth time in his career.

—Ron Hornaday Jr. became the first four-time championin the history (1995-present) of the Camping World Truck Se-ries.

—Kyle Busch won a total of 20 races in NASCAR’s so-called three “major touring series”: four in Sprint Cup, ninein Nationwide and seven in Truck.

—Brad Keselowski pulled an upset at Talladega that re-quired him to tangle with Carl Edwards on the final straightof the final lap. Edwards’ Ford left the ground, ripped throughthe catch fencing and tumbled over and over numerous times.Rules were changed and fencing raised and bolstered for thelatter race at the track.

—Joey Logano’s New Hampshire victory made him theyoungest driver ever to win at NASCAR’s top level.

—Hendrick Motorsports took the top three spots in the Cupstandings, with Johnson first, Martin second and Jeff Gordonthird.

—Tony Stewart led the regular-season point standings, andboth he and Ryan Newman made the Chase in Stewart’s firstseason as a team owner.

—Matt Kenseth won the season’s first two races butstruggled afterward, and like Kyle Busch, failed to make theChase. Kenseth’s victory in the Daytona 500 was a first forowner Jack Roush.

—The leading race winner of 2008, Carl Edwards, failedto win at the Cup level in 2009.

—The sport’s most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., hadthe worst season of his career and was the only HendrickMotorsports driver who failed to make the Chase.

—NASCAR’s suspension of driver Jeremy Mayfield foralleged substance abuse spilled over into the courts andtouched off an unseemly series of lurid allegations from bothsides.

—Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Junior Johnson, WilliamH.G. France and William C. France were selected as the first

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2009 Season Highlightsfive inductees in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, currently under construction in Charlotteand scheduled to open in May 2010.

—Juan Pablo Montoya, from Bogota, Colombia, qualified for the Chase and blos-somed into NASCAR’s first foreign-born star. The most improved driver in the SprintCup Series was an Australian, Marcos Ambrose.


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• On Dec. 29, 1878, the first game is playedbetween two teams of the first professionalbaseball league in Cuba. Baseball had firstbeen introduced in Cuba around 1864, whensome students returned home from studyingin the United States and introduced their fellowislanders to the bat and ball.

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• On Dec. 30, 1905, French driver VictorHemery, driving a gasoline-powered Darracqautomobile, sets a new land-speed record inArles-Salon, France. He reached a speed of109 mph.

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I remember readingsomething you wrote a long time ago about theproper way to breathe for people with chronic ob-structive pulmonary disease. I didn’t need the in-formation then. I do now. Until recently, I smokedmore than a pack of cigarettes a day, for 35 years.It caught up with me all of a sudden. I have COPD.I need you to repeat those recommendations again.Will you? — T.R.

ANSWER: Sure. (For readers: Chronic obstruc-tive pulmonary disease, COPD, is emphysema andchronic bronchitis.)

Pursed-lip breathing is one technique that helps.Draw your lips into the whistling position whenyou breathe out. The lips are in the right position ifthe outgoing air makes a hissing sound as it passesthrough them. Pursed-lip breathing keeps the air-ways opened so all stale air is emptied from thelungs. In people with COPD, on exhalation, theairways collapse. That leaves them partially filledwith old air containing little oxygen. By getting allthe oxygen-low air out of the lungs, fresh air fillsthem and a person isn’t shortchanged on oxygen.

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To make sure you’re using your diaphragm, lieon your back with your hands on your abdomen.Breathe normally. When you breathe in, your handsshould move out as the diaphragm descends. Youhave to consciously use the diaphragm with eachinhalation until it becomes second nature for you.

Another trick that makes more room for air inthe lungs is to bend a bit forward at the waist whenyou stand or walk.

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DONOHUE: I worryabout my daughter. Sheis on her own at age 25and works a demandingjob that requires lots ofovertime. She seems to

catch every illness that comes along. I think herimmune system isn’t working. Can you suggest afood, supplement or vitamin that could build it up?— C.R.

ANSWER: The immune system is often re-ferred to and often misunderstood. White bloodcells are part of it. Some white cells attack incom-ing germs. Others make antibodies that coat germsand lead to their death. Lymph nodes, the spleenand the liver trap germs and inactivate them. Theseare some of the parts of the immune system.

I don’t know of a vitamin, a supplement or afood that bolsters the immune system unless thebody has a specific vitamin deficiency. A well-bal-anced diet, banal as that advice is, keeps immu-nity in top performance. Your daughter sounds likeshe could stand some rest. Constant stress weak-ens immunity.

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