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Guns (from page one) carried the new, improved gun. Eventually Christian Sharps’ name came into our lexicon meaning one who has dead-eye aim; a crack shot or a marksman: a Sharpshooter.

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• Richard Gatling’s father was constantly tinkering with the equipment on the family farm in North Carolina. Richard readily adapted with the same interests and together he and his father invented machines designed to sow cotton, rice, and wheat. He opened a factory to manufacture them, but soon became bored managing the operation and went back to the business of tinkering and inventing things.

• When the Civil War broke out he was horrified by the carnage and decided to do something to halt the pain of war. His plan was to invent a unique gun that was so formidable and devastating that it would end war forever.

of poor quality. James Watt, inventor of the first practical steam engine, had a recurring dream one week. In it, he seemed to be in a heavy rainstorm but instead of water drops, he was being pelted with tiny lead pellets that bounced and rolled about him on the ground.

Intrigued by the dream, Watt experimented by releasing molten droplets of lead from the top of a church tower into a large water-filled tub below. When he recovered the pellets, he found to his amazement that during their fall they had shaped into perfectly round pellets, instantly hardening upon landing in the water. To this day, lead shot is made by the same process that Watt dreamed up.

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• In 1946 he entered a competition to build the best new assault rifle, and won first place. In by 1947 he designed a gun that was named after him, dubbed the Avtomat Kalashnikov model 1947, with “Avtomat” meaning “automatic.”

1. W s m GOTTHARD GLASS • Gotthard Glass was born in Germany in 1923. s • This formidable, rapid-fire gun, whose name was abbreviated to “AK-47” became standard issue for the Russian army.

The family fled to England at the outset of World War II. Later he moved to Palestine and changed his name to Uziel Gal.

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Sugar was carefullly rationed in WWII because it was needed to make the ethyl alcohol that is needed to make smokeless gunpowder. It took an entire acre of sugarcane to make enough gunpowder for five shots from a 16-inch gun.

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They sold the failing company to shirt wooden cubes 2.5 inches wide. overwhelming. The U.S. Army quickly ordered ADVERTISING PROOF How many days did it take him manufacturer Oliver Winchester, who started hundreds more of the weapons, and soon armies to shoot all 72,500 of them?

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All of your creditors know what’s in your city of Hiroshima. It was the first to bloom Everyday credit report.

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Late fees, punitive interest rates, over-limit Part of your agreement with them is that they can bomb in 1945. fees, loading CHEAPSKATE up your credit report with negative check up on you whenever they like to see how Mary Hunt to make you scream! information -- it’s byenough you are handling your financial affairs. * The Greek name for the mosquito is

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• Samuel Colt grew up in Connecticut in the early 1800’s. When he was eight, his brother gave him an old pistol, which he quickly learned to disassemble and reassemble again. He began reading about gunpowder and found directions for making the substance. At age 11, he made his own gunpowder, sifted it into his bullet cartridges, and went out into the woods to see if it would work. It worked. Samuel Colt became fascinated with guns.

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With not the slightest care for the anxiety and heartbreak that comes with a missing dog or cat -- a family member lost -- this particular brand of criminal steals lost dogs off of neighborhood streets or right out of the dog’s own yard and sells them for a quick buck on sites such as Craigslist.

These crooks also scour “lost dog, found dog” sites, claiming a “found dog” as their own only to turn around and hock the pooch for anywhere from $50 to $1,000, depending on the popularity of the breed.

NBC’s Today.com produced a story about the alarming surge in pet flipping. A cute little schnauzer named Rosie went missing in Indianapolis, and so her owner, Leisa Waggoner, launched a search. She posted missing dog fliers and hit the lost dog sites. That’s where she found her Rosie -- already claimed by some poser. When Waggoner managed to locate and contact the con who had falsely claimed Rosie, the woman, Jennifer Dodd, attempted to extort a reward from Waggoner for Rosie’s return. Dodd was arrested and pleaded guilty to felony theft.

And here’s the part that would get a “told ya so” from Twain: Dodd said she did it for cash to buy diapers for her kids, saying, “I’m a single mom. I have fraternal twins on the way, and I have a 1-year-old, and you know, the economy’s hard and stuff nowadays.”

“Hard and stuff” or not, the need to support your own family doesn’t justify the harming of another family.

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I get a lot of emails from readers that start with some version of the phrase: “I’ll tell you what’s wrong with Social Security!” And then they go off on a little bit of a rant, almost always citing some misinterpretation of Social Security laws.

In the past, I’ve written a similar column with all the rants coming from men who were usually griping about some misunderstood issues involving the politics of Social Security. However, today’s questions all come from women with some misplaced gripes about Social Security benefits for spouses. In each case, I will set the record straight and explain what is right with Social Security.

A: Actually, what you call a “stupid offset law” is a very well thought out provision of Social Security law that makes perfect sense. It’s called the “government pension offset.” In a nutshell, it says that an amount equal to two-thirds of your teacher’s pension must be deducted from any spousal benefits you are due from Social Security.

Why does the law make sense? Consider this: Assume you had worked all your life at a job covered by Social Security and you were now getting $3,500 in a Social Security retirement benefit instead of a teacher’s retirement benefit. You would never be eligible for anything on your husband’s record after he dies because your own Social Security benefit would offset any widow’s benefits you might be due.

The government pension offset law merely makes sure your teacher’s retirement pension is treated the same way as a Social Security retirement pension has always been treated.

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cause you don’t work outside the home, you are financially dependent on your husband. That’s what makes you potentially eligible for a dependent wife’s benefit on his record. But because he is still working, the law assumes he is still supporting you financially. There is no reason to pay you a dependent spouse’s Social Security benefit while your husband is still working. To put it more bluntly: Why should the taxpayers support you when your husband is still supporting you?

Someday he will retire, and Social Security will start paying him a retirement benefit that’s intended to partially replace the income he’s lost because he stopped working. And at that time, Social Security will start paying you a wife’s benefit that’s intended to partially replace that portion of his income he was using to support you.

But your friend’s case is different. The law cannot assume that her ex-husband is supporting her. So the rules cut divorced women a bit of a break.

She is able to get a dependent wife’s benefit on her husband’s record even if he isn’t yet getting Social Security retirement benefits himself. He simply has to be old enough to qualify for benefits. You said your friend’s ex is 62. That makes him old enough for Social Security. And your friend is also 62, meaning she is also old enough to qualify for divorced wife’s benefits.

I’ll tell you what’s wrong with Social Security! I just heard something about the program that is making my blood boil! I am Q: I’ll tell you what’s wrong with Social 63 years old, and I never worked outside the Security! I am 61 years old. My husband is only home. My husband is 62, and he is still work- Q: I’ll tell you what’s wrong with Social 51. I have worked most of my life and paid So- ing. He doesn’t plan to retire and apply for So- Security! It’s these deadbeat women who’ve cial Security taxes for many years. And now I’ve cial Security until he is 70 years old. And I was never worked, so they mooch Social Security learned that I will not be able to collect a dime told I have to wait until he signs up for Social benefits off of a husband’s or ex-husband’s reof my Social Security until my husband is get- Security before I can get any Social Security cord. I’m a single woman who has worked hard ting his own Social Security. This is totally un- myself. If this is true, I’m upset. But here is all my life, and I will get my own Social Security what really ticks me off. I have a friend who check. Get rid of these gold digging wives, and fair! is divorced. She is 62 years old. Like me, she Social Security wouldn’t have any problems!

A: Yes, it would be totally unfair if it was never worked. Her ex-husband, like my husA: I usually don’t like to touch these rants -true. But it’s not true. You can get your own Social band, is 62, and he’s still working. He plans which always come from other women, by the way -to keep working until age 67 before he signs Security retirement benefit beginning as early as age 62, whether your husband is 51 or 151 ... or 21, for up for Social Security. But my friend says she with a 10-foot pole! I’ll simply make this point: There that matter. His age and his Social Security eligibility has already applied for divorced wife’s benefits, are a whole slew of reasons why some women don’t WED., MAR. 22 have nothing to do with your potential entitlement to and her checks will start soon! How can this work outside the home. And because of the dependency issues cited in the previous answer, the law possibly be fair? benefits.

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small (if any) effect on blood calcium levels, as these are tightly regulated through multiple means, especially the parathyroid hormone level and the kidneys.

I see many people who are given a sixweek course of high-dose vitamin D2, such as the 50,000 units weekly for six weeks you were prescribed. I do not prescribe it that way, since many people wrongly feel that this will “cure” their low vitamin D, and they stop monitoring it after the course of treatment.

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More than 260 non-profit community programs across the country received portions of $418 million in grants for the Support Services for Veteran Families program. Last year alone the Department of Veterans Affairs served 77,590 veterans and their 19,919 children in the program.

The SSVF program runs in all 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, District of Columbia and Guam. Its main focus is homelessness and getting veterans and their families into permanent housing. The SSVF partners with community programs with all manner of help: case management, VA benefits, health care, child care, daily living services, legal assistance, transportation, financial planning, counseling and much more. In some cases, there are time-limited payments to landlords, utilities and moving companies if that helps a veteran and family to stay in or get to permanent housing.

To learn more about the SSVF program, go online to www.va.gov/homeless/ssvf. There’s a list of SSVF providers by state for programs all across the country, plus contact information and phone numbers. You also can call the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at 1-877-4AIDVET (1-877-424-3838).

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ANSWER: There are animal studies and individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column some preliminary data suggesting that cannabiwhenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu. diol, a nonpsychoactive substance found in cannabis, might be effective for anxiety and depres(c) 2021 North America Synd., Inc. sive disorders. I hope that CBD will be proven to be a useful treatment for depression, as what we have now certainly isn’t perfect. However, there are not yet high-quality studies supporting this use. The fact that your son can’t go out while taking the CBD suggests to me that it may not be effective. While the pills he had previously can't be used, there are many treatments available for depression that have better safety and effectiveADVERTISING PROOF ness data than CBD. NOW!!

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If he meets all of the requirements, Medicare should pay for his in-home health care.

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DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: How does Medicare cover in-home health care? My husband has a chronic health condition that makes it difficult for him to leave the house, so I’m wondering if he could qualify for Medicare home health care. --Seeking Help

Dear Seeking: Medicare covers a wide variety of part-time or intermittent in-home health care services to beneficiaries in need, if they meet Medicare’s criteria. Here’s how it works.

But be aware that Medicare will not pay for personal care aide services (for bathing, dressing, using the bathroom, etc.) alone if he does not need skilled-nursing or skilled-therapy services too. Homemaker services, such as shopping, meal preparation and cleaning are not covered either.

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Also see if PACE – which stands for “Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly” – is available in your area (see NPAonline.org).

PACE provides in-home care, including help with activities of daily living, such as meals, dental and medical care, among other benefits.

Veterans Benefits: If your husband is a veteran, the VA also offers some benefits that can help. Two programs to inquire about are “Aid and Attendance or Housebound Allowances” and the “Veteran-Directed Care” program. Both programs provide monthly financial benefits to eligible veterans that can help pay for in-home care. To learn more, contact your regional VA benefit office (see Benefits.va.gov/benefits/offices.asp or call 800–827–1000).

To look for these and other programs in your area that can help pay your husband’s home care, go to PayingForSeniorCare.com and click on “Find Financial Assistance for Care” to access their Eldercare Financial Assistance Locator tool.

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Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior. org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

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independent nation in 1948, he joined the Israeli army and began designing guns. One gun won a competition in 1951 and was subsequently adopted by the Israel Defense Forces. The gun was immediately named after him over his objections: the Uzi. • The Uzi was almost impossible to misfire, was lightweight and compact, and able to withstand dust and grit. The Uzi became the largest-selling submachine gun in the western world and was eventually used by some 20 armies around the world.

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• In the 1880s, Clarence Hamilton owned the Plymouth Iron Windmill Company in Michigan. He also operated the Plymouth Air Rifle Company. The windmill company wasn’t doing well. Then he started giving away a free air rifle with the purchase of every windmill.

The little air guns soared in popularity. After practice shooting one of Hamilton's rifles, the impressed manager of the windmill company exclaimed, “Boy, that’s a daisy!” Hamilton liked the sound of that, and that’s how the Daisy Air Rifle came to be, followed by the Red Ryder BB Gun. • The term “BB” denoted a particular size of lead shot. The size “00” was called “double ought” and was the largest size of shot. Often used for hunting deer, it became known as buckshot.

The size “BB” was used for smaller prey and became known as birdshot. There were also various sizes in between.

• The crosshairs you see when you squint through a riflescope are printed on at the factory. In early years however, the crosshairs were made of spider silk. And not silk from any spider, but the silk of the female black widow, whose silk is much heavier and stronger than any other spider species. □

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