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• In the five years since he was wounded, Smiley was named Soldier of the Year in 2007 by The Army Times and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart for service to our country through the U.S. Army.

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6. Name the Scottish hippie responsome very long dark days, physically and 4. Name the last Ivy League men’s sible for “Colours,” “Jennifer Junisaid, “but I knew I just had basketball team before Cornell in per” andmentally,” “There Is aSmiley Mountain”?

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THE EYES HAVE IT (from page one) structures and visual function continue to develop in the first two years of life.

• Each component of the eye has a special function, and together the components are necessary for good vision. Eye professionals have to spend a lot of time figuring out all of the ways to “fix” vision problems. Imagine the days before eyeglasses, contacts and surgeries were available! Today, we are able to see well into old age.

• The Chinese claim to be the inventors of eyeglasses but used them initially only to ward off evil spirits. These eyeglasses were for protection and actually lacked any ability to improve vision. Historians are unsure who gets the credit for inventing the first eyeglasses used for improving vision.

•The first known artistic representation of eyeglasses was a painting by Tommaso da Modena in 1352. The glasses in his painting were perched on the nose of his subject even though most known early glasses for improving sight were not. Monocles, scissors-glasses and lorgnettes used for improving vision were either worn around the neck on ribbons or chains, clipped to clothing or just hand-held.

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• London optician Edward Scarlett perfected the use of sidepieces or arms that attached to lenses in 1730. His new style eyeglasses that slipped over a person’s ear eliminated the need for chains, and also freed the hands. They were immediately popular and the new method spread quickly worldwide.

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● It was Irish author Oscar Wilde who made the following sage observation: “There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.” ● The sun is one million times the size of the earth. ● Coffee was first discovered around 1000 A.D. by Arabs. At the time, it was used strictly for medicinal or religious purposes. ● Harper Lee’s iconic novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” celebrated the 50th anniversary of its publication last year. The film will celebrate its anniversary next year, marking 50 years since Gregory Peck portrayed Atticus Finch, whom the American Film Institute named the greatest movie hero of the 20th century. Harper Lee was so impressed with Gregory Peck’s performance, in fact, that she gave the actor her deceased father’s pocket watch. Peck, however, lost it. ● Before the roller coaster was invented, some inspired entrepreneur began building deliberately undulating tracks for cars.

Early thrill-seekers would pay a fee to drive on them. ● Those who calculate such things say that the odds of the same number coming out on top in eight successive rolls of a six-sided die are 1 in 1,679,616.

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8. Food. Come up with a plan that is acceptable to all parties. Do not leave this matter undiscussed or unresolved.

9. Chores. Boomerangs need to be involved in the maintenence of the house they are occupying.

Chores should be spelled out in writing. Err on the side of being too detailed and specific. Remember, this is the same kid who was the master at finding loopholes not so many years ago.

10. Contract. Get all of the above house rules listed out in writing that everyone signs, and make sure the boomerang has a copy for reference, if needed.

This may sound like a heartless or even hostile environment to set up for your child in your own home, but once the ground rules are established and you’re all on the same page, it will ease tension and help them feel they are earning their right to cohabitate with you.

Of course, never let them doubt your love for them, but hold fast to your rules. It’s your life, too!

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Fact Sheet Explains Social Security Financing I’m probably going to be sorry I did this, but I’ve written another Social Security fact sheet that I’m offering free of charge to my readers. I’m feeling sorry for myself because as many of you know, I’m a oneman show sitting alone at my computer in the corner of the family room in our little retirement cottage. In other words, I don’t have a staff to help answer all my e-mail requests (other than my wife who occasionally pats me on the shoulder and says, “Can I get you something to drink?”).

But frankly, I don’t think I’ll be inundated with requests because this latest fact sheet deals with the political and financial side of Social Security. After working with Social Security issues for over 40 years, I’ve learned that people are mildly interested in those aspects of the program, whereas they are keenly concerned about how Social Security personally impacts them. In other words, they’d much rather know “What’s in it for me?” as opposed to “What’s in it for the country?”

I call this fact sheet, “The Sacred Cow, the Cash Cow, Holy Cow ... The Politics, Financing and Future of Social Security.” I wrote it because there is so much confusion and misinformation out there about these subjects.

Here are examples of the kinds of rumors, false accusations and half-truths the fact sheet clears up.

I’ll bet you’ve heard (and possibly even have spread) some of this aggravating gossip: -- “President Johnson moved Social Security money into the general funds to spend it.”

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-- “President Bush spent the Social Security surplus to help finance the war in Iraq!”

-- “Social Security money has been used to pay for other government programs.”

-- “Congress has stolen every nickel of Social Security money and never paid it back!”

-- “Social Security’s trust funds are stocked with worthless IOUs!” Some of those “half truths” are just that. The little kernels of fact they contain have been so distorted over the years that no one knows what to believe.

So, the fact sheet cuts through all the muck and misinformation, explains how Social Security really works, describes what’s happened to all the money the system has taken in over the years, and lays out the problems facing its near and long-term future.

But then the fact sheet offers proposals for reforming Social Security by giving arguments for and against each possible solution and, more importantly, indicating how effective each proposal is.

So if you would like an electronic copy of this fact sheet, just send an e-mail to thomas.margenau@ comcast.net. And as long as my wife keeps those drinks coming, I should be able to get the fact sheet to you within a few days of your request. * * *

vast majority of Social Security payments.

Disability benefits were added in 1956. But what makes you think of them as “welfare”? People getting Social Security disability have to work and pay taxes to qualify for benefits, just like someone getting retirement benefits. Actually, the Social Security disability program is really just an early retirement benefit for someone who has to stop working prematurely because of a physical or mental impairment.

However, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, added in 1973, is indeed a welfare program. But SSI is not a Social Security program, and its benefits are funded out of general tax revenues, not Social Security taxes. After the SSI law was passed, the government handed the program over to the Social Security Administration to manage because they had experience dealing with similar beneficiaries and they had a vast network of field offices.

If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast. net. To find out more about Tom Margenau and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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Do you want to know how we can fix Social Security? We can force congressmen to pay into the system just like ever yone else. If they had to pay Social Security taxes and then someday collect Social Security benefits instead of their cushy government pension, they would fix Social Security tomorrow!

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This is why I wrote the fact sheet. It’s just one more example of the many misunderstandings people have about Social Security. Members of Congress, along with the president, top government officials and all other federal government employees, have paid into Social Security since 1983. But their Social Security benefit can be supplemented with a federal pension -- just like my wife’s Social Security benefit is supplemented by a pension from the county library system she used to work for, and my neighbor’s Social Security benefit is supplemented by his AIR pension from the company heBEL used to GREENS work for.

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I am a 59-year-old man and had my first-ever EKG this past week. The doctor tells me I had a heart attack. I have never had anything that felt like a heart attack. I don’t smoke and never have. Heart attacks don’t run in my family. My mother and father are alive at 85. I weigh 155 pounds and have weighed that since I was discharged from the Army, more than 35 years ago. Could this be a mistake? -- R.S.

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Is it time to start thinking about where you’d like to live as time goes along? It isn’t easy to think about leaving home and going somewhere else as we age and shouldn’t live alone anymore.

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Those attacks are discovered when an EKG housekeeping, you’ll find that places like this can be kidding, half serious -- if he’s been drinking heavily. He doesn’t touch alcohol. This doesn’t happens to be taken at a later date. It’s also true that a bit pricey. But even if your income is limited, there bother him, but it bothers me. What is this? the EKG might show the pattern of an old heart at- still are great options -- especially if you’re healthy tack without one ever having occurred.

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ANSWER: The probable culprit is rosacea (rose- gist. It’s probably the wise thing to do.

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ing and communication. It is time for you to act by letting him know you’re disappointed that he’s not helping you with the houehold chores. Ask him to skip one or two of his golf games to help so that he can spend more time with you. Suggest finding new  activities and hobbies that you can do together. RecCreators News Syndicate ommend a weekly restaurant night out or a 30-minute daily walk. He could make his breakfast once a week. He’ll get into the habit of these things soon.

The transition to retirement automatically chang● On Feb. 25, 1873, Enrico Caruso, the es relationships. Make it successful by using your TUES., JAN. 26 greatest tenor who ever lived, is born.

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1887 to 1951. They produced decorative pieces, dinnerware, hotel and railroad china and utilitarian ware. Your vase is decorated with the portrait of Madame Lebrun when she was a child. She was a famous 18th-century French artist.

Your vase was made in the early 1900s and would probably be worth $175 to $250.

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Do you have any idea where to find a replacement cord? I wonder if it has any value because I would like to pass it along to one of the grandchildren. If you can give me any help learning more about my coffee maker, I would really appreciate it.

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PHOBIAS (continued): • Some phobias relate to what’s up above, such as the sun (heliophobia), the clouds (nephophobia), the moon (selenophobia), and the stars (siderophobia). Some folks are just afraid of looking up – they are called anablephobes.

• Not all phobias seem that abnormal or uncommon. Lots of people might have a fear of death, known as necrophobia. But those with an extreme form might be terrified of being buried alive. A nosocomephobe has a fear of hospitals, a verminophobe is afraid of germs, and a hydrophobe has an irrational fear of water.

• Individuals suffering from extreme agoraphobia rarely leave their homes, due to their fear of public or open spaces and the inescapable situations that may occur there. Only home is safe.

• Some phobias can be a learned behavior that comes from listening to others describe a traumatic event. An individual in one’s life can trigger a phobia, such as peladophobia, the fear Proof created by: of bald people. Those with nosto-phobia, a fear Proof created by: be able to contribute of returning home, may Property of Phone: 320.0997 Fax: 320.1630 their panic to a specific incident. valleybits@msn.com • People who are afraid of looking into mirrors ������������������� 760.320.0997 760.320.1630 havePhone: cataptrophobia, while those with 320.0997Fax: Fax: 320.1630 valleybits@msn.com cyberphobia have a fear of working with valleybits@msn.com All Rights Reserved computers.

A person with an anxiety about memories is a mnemophobe.

• Don’t confuse levophobia, the fear of objects to a person’s left, with dextrophobia, the fear of objects to the right.

• Although some of us fear the possibility of cancer, an extreme carcinophobe will convince himself he has cancer because he touched someone who has it.

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• Because our eyes work harder when viewing objects up close, particularly on a computer monitor, it is the proximity of the VDT screen to the eyes that causes eyestrain, not “radiation” emitted from the screen. According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, using a computer or video display terminal will not harm your eyes as long as it’s viewed from the proper distance.

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• Have you ever been told you have “eagle eyes?”

If so, you must have great vision. For example, an average person can identify the form of a rabbit from about 550 yards, while an eagle can see it sharply from over a mile away.

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