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numbers in a distorted pattern in order to be Canada in 1976. The first U.S. store opened allowed access to the site. Computer techs in Philadelphia in 1985. IKEA has been the • BMW takes its name from the German words from Carnegie Mellon and IBM coined the world’s largest furniture retailer since 2008.

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ATM stands for “automated teller machine,” 1913. BMW produced its first motorcycle you’re redundantly saying “automated teller • What about all of the acronyms that have been in 1913, but didn’t become an automobile created since the advent of the internet, chat machine machine.” manufacturer until 1928. rooms, and texting? We now type BRB for “Be • “P.S., I love you,” “P.S., don’t forget your • Some people confuse the FAA with the FFA, but Right Back,” IMO for “In My Opinion,” and the two couldn’t be more different. The Federal umbrella,” “P.S., say Hi to your mom.” All TTYL for “Talk to You Later.” AFK symbolizes Aviation Administration is a government agency of these are phrases written at the end of a “Away From Keyboard,” while BTW means within the U.S. Department of Transportation. letter or e-mail. So what does P.S. actually “By The Way.” In the world of computer It oversees all aspects of aviation, including stand for? It’s short for “postscript,” from the dating, SWF is the acronym for “Single White operation of airports, management of air traffic, Latin word “postscriptum,” which translates Female,” SWM is its male counterpart, and SO and certification of aircraft over the United ADVERTISING PROOF “written after.”

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Several years back, former Dallas Cowboys coach Barry Switzer became a hero all over again.

But this time, it’s animal lovers and not cheering football fans.

On his way into a store in Norman, Okla., Switzer spotted a Rottweiler puppy sitting alone in a hot car. Windows cracked. Sun blazing. Dog panting.

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Officer Robert Miller of the Bennettsville, S.C., police department received an unpaid 60-day suspension, 90 days of probation and permanent exclusion from the K-9 officer program after leaving his K-9 partner, Tank, in his police car with the engine off and the windows rolled up. The fouryear-old Labrador retriever died of heat stroke.

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I frequently hear from readers who ask me about an alleged marriage penalty associated with Social Security. Or they say they heard there is a maximum amount that can be paid to members of a married couple. These rumors are untrue. Today’s emails illustrate what I am talking about.

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I am living with a woman and have been for many years. We each get our own Social Security check. The reason we have never gotten married is that we heard our Social Security benefits will be cut if we tie the knot. Is this true?

A: It is not true. When we are talking about your own Social Security retirement benefits, there is no marriage penalty under Social Security law.

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I am a 72-year-old woman. I get $2,175 per month in Social Security retirement benefits, which I took at age 66. I have been seeing a man who also gets his own Social Security check. It is $2,590. I’ve been told that if we get married, my benefit will be cut to a spousal rate of one half of his, or $1,295. Is this true?

A: No, it is not true. You are getting your own Social Security check that you worked for and earned. Your benefit will stay the same whether you are single, divorced, married or whatever.

Now, let’s say your own Social Security retirement benefit was only $1,000 per month. If you married this guy, you would get bumped up to the higher spousal rate of $1,295. In other words, you would keep getting your $1,000 retirement benefit, and then you’d start getting an extra $295 per month in spousal benefits.

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Both my wife and I have had lucrative careers. I am about to turn my full retirement age and expect to get a Social Security benefit of $3,095 per month. My wife will reach her FRA in two years. She is supposed to get about $2,990 from Social Security. But we were reading that there is a maximum amount that can be paid to a married couple. I think it’s called the family maximum. So how does that work? And if we exceed the maximum, whose benefit gets cut -- mine or my wife’s?

A: There is no maximum amount that can be paid to a married couple. So if you are due $3,095 and your wife is due $2,990, you will get combined benefits totaling $6,085 per month.

The family maximum stuff you read about applies to cases involving Social Security benefits to families with children. This usually occurs in survivor benefit situations, but also happens when paying benefits to a disabled person and his or her family. It rarely happens in retirement cases because retirees usually do not have minor children living at home.

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of those six survivors is technically due an amount equal to 75% of Jerry’s basic Social Security benefit.

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I am getting widow’s benefits. I’m 72 years old. I’ve been seeing a man, and we want to get married. Will I lose my benefits if we do that?

A: In your case, you will not lose your widow’s benefits from your first husband. Technically, that same “dependency” issue discussed in the prior answer is also at play in your situation.

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DEAR DR. ROACH: What is the differwhat your beef. You do not go after family. ence between chronic pain and acute pain?

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The Ohio idiot didn’t even do it anonyHow can I best describe my chronic pain dose of 200 mg is quite safe for most people.

It mously, sending a threatening text message, and when it is variable in intensity but negatively it wasn’t long before the VA Office of Inspector impacts so much of my life and my activities? is often used as an antacid at up to four times that dose.

Diarrhea is the major side effect.

In General was all over it. Turns out he was known Are there things my doctor should consider Ad Proof: to the social worker because he’d availed himor suggest in my treatment or in communicat- people with kidney disease, magnesium should John Cuddihy Flags “A” Flying be used with caution, and only at the advice of a self of homeless-veterans services and had been ing with me? -- P.P.C. physician. Biz Card, BW, 26x rate given permanent housing. Several years later, he

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Who Has It?

There are three types of sleep apnea: obstructive, central and mixed. Of the three, obstructive sleep apnea (or OSA) is by far the most common and occurs when the throat muscles relax during sleep, blocking the airway.

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While anyone can have it, sleep apnea is most common in people who are overweight, male, middle-aged and older. For women, the risk increases after menopause.

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