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THIS WEEK IN SNIPPETZ COVER STORY Snippetz Celebrates America’s Big Ben: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN “Emotional Outbursts” Pathway Parenting

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ately began submitting his own writings for publication. However, James didn’t want to publish any of his younger brother’s pieces, so Benjamin submitted new ones under the pseudonym, Mrs. Silence Dogood. The letters Mrs. Dogood drafted were a hit and soon, not only James’ paper was publishing them, but The New England Courant did as well. James was none too thrilled when he found out who the true author was and Benjamin left his apprenticeship shortly after, setting out for New York but ending up in Philadelphia.

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you didn’t know, Benjamin Franklin basically did a little bit of everything, including helping to draft the Declaration of Independence. So while we eat our hotdogs and hamburgers and enjoy fireworks displays, Snippetz felt it was necessary to take some time to chronicle some of the great things Benjamin Franklin.

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Benjamin lodged at the home of John Read while he continued his education in the printing trade and in 1723, met Read’s daughter, Deborah. The pair became an item but in 1724, Benjamin left for London, following the advice of the Pennsylvania Governor William Keith, leaving Deborah behind. Supposedly, the governor would help Benjamin set up his own print shop if he traveled across the Atlantic to purchase fonts and printing equipment.

But when he got there, Benjamin realized that the governor hadn’t sent word of what his purpose in England was. Benjamin was forced to spend several months working in print shops in England to support himself.

Benjamin Franklin started life as the 15th of 17 children, born on January 17, 1706.

His father, Josiah Franklin, was a soap and candle maker, which would become his son’s trade as well at the ripe old age of 10. Benjamin had attended and done very well at Boston Latin School but his father needed Benjamin’s help dipping wax and cutting wicks.

Two years later, Benjamin was sent to apprentice with his brother James, who owned a print shop. The atmosphere intoxicated the young apprentice, who immedi-

When he returned to Philadelphia, he learned that Deborah had married another man. Years later, upon her husband’s disappearance, Deborah and Ben were wed.

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Benjamin once again threw himself into his work and was soon a better printer than the man he worked for. He borrowed some money and set up his own print shop. Business took off and people took notice.

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In the 1750s, Benjamin took an active interest in politics. Initially, he considered himself a loyal Englishman, but in 1765, he began to reconsider when England passed the Stamp Act, which imposed a tax that required printed materials be printed on stamped revenue paper from England, who profited from the entire deal.

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Aside from his obvious talent in printing and writing, Benjamin Franklin earned a name for himself as an inventor. We’ve all heard the story about the kite and the key and how he determined that lightning was, in fact, electricity. Well, he also happened to have created swim fins, a musical instrument called the armonica, bifocal glasses, the odometer, the rocking chair and the flexible urinary catheter, among other things. Benjamin Franklin never patented his inventions, feeling it was thanks enough to know that other people benefited from something he created.

Benjamin dissolved his alliance to England following what would be known as the “Hutchinson Affair.” England had appointed Thomas Hutchinson as governor of Massachusetts, and while he pretended to be on the side of the Massachusetts citizens, he was still working for the King of England. Benjamin blew the whistle on Hutchinson and never again offered allegiance to the king and actively pushed for colonial independence.

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SAY WHAT? You’ve probably heard the phrase, “Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” This was actually a favorite phrase of Benjamin Franklin’s who was known to be particularly frugal and displayed an incredible work ethic.

Along that same vein, Franklin coined the phrase, “A penny saved is a penny earned.”

Franklin was adamantly against debt, concluding that a man is no longer free if he is indebted to anyone; thus, this phrase is pretty apt for his whole way of thinking and living.

What about, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Hearing that, you’d likely assume it was a phrase invented by a famous doctor, referring to the human body. Actually, it was Benjamin Franklin’s phrase and he was referencing fire-fighting advice. Franklin helped organize Philadelphia’s Union Fire Company in 1736. When he came up with the above phrase, he was talking about preventing fires, which were a very dangerous threat to the city at the time. The damage from fires was often so incredible that people who were impacted by it couldn’t bounce back economically.

Knowing this, Franklin helped to found the Philadelphia Contribution for Insurance Against Loss by Fire in 1752. Insurance policies such as this kept people from being completely financially devastated after a fire.

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seen in his eclectic choice in the aliases he used for his writing: Richard Saunders (used for his popular Poor Richard’s Almanac, which he published annually from 1732 to 1758); Silence Dogood; Anthony Afterwit; Alice Addertongue; Caelia Shortface; Martha Careful; Polly Baker; Busy Body; and Benevolous.

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While looking over their knickknack table (“You can have anything on the table for only 10¢ each”), and fiddling with a broken camera tripod (“Oh, I suppose I could let you have it for only five dollars”), Jeff came up to me and whispered, “Ron, do you know anyone who can use a waterbed?”

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• Choose whole grains, which help you feel full. Whole-grain cereals and breads are great for breakfast and lunch, and wholegrain oatmeal-raisin cookies provide staying power.

• Choose new, interesting or favorite vegetables from a local farmer’s market. Vegetables have lots of nutrients and fiber to help you feel full. Have vegetables washed, cut and ready in the refrigerator to add to meals or to eat as snacks.

• Drink lots of water. Water cools us off, hydrates the body and helps us feel full longer.

• Use caution with low-nutrient foods like chips, snack cakes, cookies, soda and juice drinks. These foods can be very expensive, and they are not very filling or satisfying.

• Let your children help plan meals and snacks so they can have some of their favorite foods. If they help plan or prepare meals, they are more likely to eat them.

Also, planning ahead can really save money in your food budget.

• Enjoy the foods of summer. Blueberries, strawberries, peaches, watermelons and fresh garden veggies are always a treat. If you eat produce while it’s in season, it typically costs less and tastes better, so your children will be more likely to eat it and enjoy it.

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1. Preheat oven to 225 F. Place the fish in medium bowl and drizzle with half of the lime juice. Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes.

2. Using your hands, squeeze the juice and flesh from the tomatillos, one at a time, into a medium bowl; discard the skins.

Mash the tomatillos with a fork. Add the remaining lime juice, tomatoes, zucchini or cucumbers, peach or mango, jalapeno, cilantro, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon chili powder, 1/2 teaspoon cumin and 1/2 tablespoon of the olive oil, and toss together until well-combined.

3. Spread the tortillas on 2 baking sheets and warm in the oven for about 10 minutes.

4. In a small bowl, combine 1/2 teaspoon salt, and the remaining chili powder and cumin. Remove fish from lime juice, pat dry and cover both sides evenly with the spice mix.

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• It was the polyphenol antioxidants in cocoa that helped because of the antioxidants -- there are more in chocolate than in red grapes, cranberries or blueberries. The polyphenols cause the blood vessels to open, lowering blood pressure.

• A study of men and women who’d had a heart attack showed that chocolate cut the risk of dying from heart hen a study comes out problems by nearly 70 percent. Eatshowing that chocolate ing chocolate even once a week still is good for our health, cut the risk in half. chocolate lovers rejoice. Now a new study has more good news: Even So while the new research isn’t 100 milk chocolate qualifies. percent certain in its conclusions, there appears to be something in The study in the British journal chocolate that’s good for us. While Heart tracked 20,000 participants we wait for scientists to isolate what for nearly 12 years. Its concluit is, ask your doctor if adding a bit sion? A higher intake of chocolate of chocolate to your diet is a good reduced the risk of cardiovascular idea -- just in case. Also ask your events: 11 percent lower for cardoctor to suggest an amount, to err diovascular disease, and 25 percent on the side of caution. lower for associated death. High intake of chocolate resulted in a 23 Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, percent lower risk of stroke.

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s gardeners we spend a lot of time tending to our plants. This almost definitely will include dealing with bugs. Many different bugs even. Big bugs, small bugs, beneficial bugs and then the kind of bugs we like to squish! For me this means aphids.

Yes, I occasionally spend my time squishing aphids. I usually try to squish them in between a leaf so I don’t get them all over my fingers though. Why do I do this you ask? Well I find it to be the fastest and most effective way to remove them from my plants. There are many products you can spray too, but even when I feel I need to use a product I use it after I practice the “squish” method. This of course, is pretty darn hard to do when they’re covering a tall tree or in very large numbers. It makes you wonder, how do they seem to just appear all of the sudden? And how are there so many of them?

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posed to AO on a plane. The VA said there was no danger, that any AO on the planes would have dried. What they didn’t consider was the multiple uses of those C-123s: They also were used by National Guard, medical evacuations, routine cargo and more -- for the next 10 years.

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he Department of Veterans Affairs has now agreed to provide disability benefits to certain Vietnam-era Air Force veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange in airplanes.

Were you ever on a C-123? Did you work on or around the airplanes? Does the name Operation Ranch Hand ring a bell? That was the operation that sprayed the Vietnam jungle and Korea DMZ area with the Agent Orange defoliant, and the C-123 planes were the ones that did it.

Until now, the VA had regularly denied claims from veterans who were ill with any of the 14 AO-related conditions and who said they were ex-

What’s disturbing is that the VA has already identified 2,100 Air Force active-duty and reservists who can get compensation. Twenty-one hundred? That’s all? It’s also pre-identified the locations where those veterans worked, as well as the Tactical and Aeromedical Squadrons. (Note: The lists vary, depending where you look.)

Spending time squishing aphids gets you thinking about the little creatures.

Apart from being a potential pest to just about everything in your garden

Back in 2013, one veteran pushed hard and was finally given compensation for Agent Orange exposure that came from being aboard C-123 aircraft. In 1994, his plane had been sent to a museum, and there it was discovered that the plane was still “heavily contaminated” with Agent Orange.

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they are actually pretty fascinating creatures. Aphids overwinter as eggs on garden plants. When they emerge in spring and mature to adults they can then give live birth without fertilization. They only lay eggs as it gets closer to winter and until winter they only reproduce females. The new sets of aphids can then give birth in as little as 8-9 days! Well that answers our question on how they seem to multiply so fast. Wow! On top of that many ants will actually “farm” aphids. Yes, they actually take care of the aphids and even protect them from predators! Ants do this so they can harvest the sweet “honeydew” that aphids secrete. So now at least we know what we’re dealing with. Aphids are tiny, plant sucking creatures that come armed with body guards and have the ability to reproduce rapidly.

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SNIPPETZ™ HEALTH AND WELLNESS At least one study of needle acupuncture showed that it is as effective as a cortisone injection. This study excluded people who already had fixed numbness in the fingers, who are less likely to be helped by any treatment. I have not found any evidence that laser treatment is effective.

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My advice is to first be sure of the diagnosis. An EMG test is a study of nerve function, which can confirm the diagnosis and may be able to predict how much damage there is and provide guidance on treatment.

If damage is not too severe, other treatments such as splinting, medication, yoga or ultrasound may be helpful. If advanced, surgery done quickly still may be your best bet. *** DEAR DR. ROACH: I just found out that I have lipedema, a rare disease. What can I do about it? My mom and dad don’t have it, nor other family. Should I try to find relatives who have it? I am told that it is an inherited disease. None of these “family” ever had it! -- L.Q.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I had surgery late last year on my right wrist for carpal tunnel syndrome. The numbness in my fingers has not changed.

Now I’m faced with the same problem in my left hand. I’m going to forget surgery, seeing as it wasn’t ANSWER: Lipedema is indeed successful in my right hand. a rare disease, although it may be I decided to go to an acupunctur- underdiagnosed. It almost always is ist for laser treatments. I also had a found in women, and is suspected cortisone shot. Neither of these has when there is marked fat deposition helped. Do you know of a solution symmetrically between the waist and ankles. The areas affected often for my problem? -- P.M. are tender or painful to the touch.

ANSWER: Carpal tunnel syn- It is not the same as lymphedema, drome is caused by compression on fluid increase due to poorly functhe median nerve, as it runs down tioning or damaged lymph vessels, the arm through a “tunnel” of bone although people with lipedema can and connective tissue deep in the develop lymphedema. wrist. It may cause pain, numbness and weakness of the wrist and hand. The thumb and middle three fingers are most often affected. In advanced cases, the hand muscles may become atrophied. The sooner the pressure on the nerve is relieved, the more likely there will not be permanent nerve damage.

It sounds to me like the first surgery was not done soon enough to prevent damage. If that’s the case, then surgery on your left hand, done sooner after the onset of symptoms, might prevent the long-term numbness present in your right hand.

However, it’s possible that the diagnosis was wrong or that the surgery might not have been effective, even if done promptly.

Treatment includes compression garments or manual lymph drainage, often combined with surgical treatments such as liposuction.

Only about 15 percent of people with lipedema have a family history. It’s not surprising that you can’t find relatives with it.

More information is available at several support groups, and at www. curelipedema.org/lipedema/. *** Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible.

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SNIPPETZ™ PUZZLES AND TRIVIA

TRIVIA TEST

By Fifi Rodriguez

1. MYTHOLOGY: Who was the father of Hercules?

SPORTS QUIZ

By Chris Richcreek

2. MUSIC: Who wrote the opera “Otello” in 1887?

1. In 2014, Jhonny Peralta set a record for most home runs by a St. Louis Cardinals shortstop (21). Who had held the mark?

3. ART: Who painted the anti-war work titled “Guernica”?

2. Which player had the most RBIs during the decade of the 1970s?

4. INVENTIONS: Who invented Tupperware?

3. Who holds the record for most touchdown passes in an Orange Bowl game?

5. TELEVISION: What was the name of Howdy Doody’s twin brother?

6. U.S. PRESIDENTS: How old was Ronald Reagan when he was inaugurated?

7. GEOGRAPHY: Where are the Taurus Mountains?

8. HISTORY: Which famous family ruled Florence during the Renaissance?

9. LITERATURE: In which novel does the character of Long John Silver appear?

10. ANIMAL KINGDOM: Where did Manx cats originate?

4. Name the last Orlando Magic rookie to score 35 points in a game before Victor Oladipo did it in 2014?

5. In 2015, Nicklas Backstrom became the Washington Capitals’ all-time leader in assists (427). Who had been No. 1?

6. Who holds the record for most medals in the Winter Olympics?

7. Name the last PGA golfer before Jimmy Walker (2014-15) to win backto-back Sony Opens?

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FLASHBACK

BIBLE TRIVIA

1. Who released “Easier Said Than Done”

1. Is the book of 2 Timothy in the Old or New

in 1963?

Testament or neither?

2. Name the solo entertainer who re-

disciples to do to those who cursed them?

leased “Little Sister” in 1961.

Smile, Walk away from, Laugh, Bless them

By Mick Harper

By Wilson Casey

2. From Luke 6, what did Jesus tell His

3. What instrument did David play for

3. Which duo released “Get Closer”?

4. Why did Elton John and Bernie Taupin write “Philadelphia Freedom”?

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “Look at what’s happened to me, I can’t believe it myself. Suddenly I’m up

Saul that caused the evil spirit to depart?

Drum, Harp, Tambourine, Flute 4. From John 3, who lifted up the serpent in the wilderness? Paul, Peter, John the Baptist, Moses 5. What horrible things did Ezekiel see filling a valley? Serpents, Locusts, Dry bones, Demons

on top of the world, It should’ve been

6. Who was the father of James and John?

somebody else.”

Zebedee, Nahum, Haggai, Hizkiah

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TRIVIA TEST

BIBLE TRIVIA

SPORTS QUIZ

FLASH BACK

1. Zeus

1) New

1. Edgar Renteria had 16 home runs for St. Louis in 2000.

1. The Essex. The group was composed of active-duty Marines who met while stationed together in Okinawa.

2. Elvis Presley. It was released as a double A-side single. “Marie’s the Name of His Latest Flame” was the hit on the flip side.

3. Seals and Crofts, in 1976. The song was one of the duo’s few that broke into the Top 10 charts. Their best-known songs are “Diamond Girl” and “Summer Breeze.”

4. To honor Billie Jean King’s tennis team, the Philadelphia Freedom, in 1975.

5. “Believe It Or Not,” by Joey Scarbury, in 1981. The song was the theme for the television show “The Greatest American Hero.”

The catchy tune made it into all areas of popular culture, including “Seinfeld, the “Fahrenheit 9/11” soundtrack and “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” film.

2. Verdi

2) Bless them

2. Cincinnati’s Johnny Bench, with 1,013 RBIs.

3) Harp

3. West Virginia’s Geno Smith, with six TD passes in 2012.

3. Picasso 4. Earl Tupper

4) Moses

5. Double Doody

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5) Dry bones

7. Turkey

6) Zebedee

8. The Medici family Comments? More Trivia?

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9. “Treasure Island”

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10. Isle of Man

4. Shaquille O’Neal, in 1992.

5. Michal Pivonka, with 418 assists. Current teammate Alex Ovechkin is now second on the team with 420.

6. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen of Norway has won 13 medals in the biathlon.

7. Ernie Els, in 2003-04.

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SNIPPETZ™ COMICS AND ENTERTAINMENT can be used to control unruly crowds.

HUEY’S PAGE

by Samantha Weaver

• It was Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco who made the following sage observation: “Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, and at times instead of them.”

• Iconic American rock band the Grateful Dead were originally known as the Warlocks.

• It takes an average of 45 seconds in a microwave to make a Twinkie explode.

• Dedicated experts at the University of Connecticut Alcohol Center conducted a study in which it was determined that light beer is more likely to cause a hangover than dark beer. Evidently, lighter beers tend to be more highly carbonated, which causes the alcohol to go through the system faster.

• It’s been reported that the Department of Defense has contracted a private lab to come up with a smell that’s so bad, it

• The 1942 film “Casablanca” is consistently considered to be one of the best movies ever made. However, executives at Warner Brothers didn’t expect much from the film and gave the producers an extremely small budget. In fact, they were so strapped for cash that the plane used in the movie’s iconic final scene was no more than a cardboard cutout.

• The original American Express card was not green, but purple. The now almost-ubiquitous green wasn’t introduced until 1969.

• Those who study such things say that if you have bad breath, you’re more likely to be bitten by a bat.

• In the 1970s, there was an epidemic of teenagers sniffing airplane glue to get high. In order to discourage this practice, the glue manufacturers began adding an intense oil of mustard to the formula. *** THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Happiness is good health and a bad memory.”

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SNIPPETZ™ WEEKLY MAGAZINE • Tuck in addressed envelopes, stamps and a pen to encourage your child to write home.

• If your child’s camp will print out your e-mailed letters, try not to overload the system. There is a fine line between keeping in touch and letting your child feel independent and “away” from his typical “at home” routine.

Tip: A camp experience in the outdoors can positively impact a child. Consider sending a kid to camp by providing

scholarship funds for someone who might not otherwise have resources.

Contact a camp of your choice or your local YMCA directly to find out how you can sponsor a camper. *** Donna Erickson’s award-winning series “Donna’s Day” is airing on public television nationwide. To find more of her creative family recipes and activities, visit www.donnasday.com and link to the NEW Donna’s Day Facebook fan page. Her latest book is “Donna Erickson’s Fabulous Funstuff for Families.” (c) 2015 Donna Erickson Distributed by King Features Synd.

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when our kids are away from home for the first time.

Well, here’s what he wrote:

CAMP MAIL CALL

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yellowed 4-cent postcard surfaced from the bottom of an old shoebox stashed in our attic. A classic in time, it was sent before ZIP codes and eons before cellphones and snappy e-mail. The relic wasn’t written by some great-grandparent, but by my “boomer” husband to his parents when he was off to camp for the first time at Round Lake in northern Minnesota at the age of 10.

I’m sure his parents were waiting patiently for news of the week. Was he healthy, happy, making new friends, missing his parents -- but not too much? -- all those concerns we have

“Dear Mom and Dad, I wasn’t going to write, but they made me write it or I couldn’t eat dinner.

Camp is really fun. We won volleyball and water polo today and now tied for second place. Well, now that I got this written, I can go eat.

Love, Dean” While we like to receive any word from our kids while they’re away at sleepover camp, it’s the campers who also like to hear their name at “mail call.”

Here are some tips: • Write and send a note or two to your child’s camp via U.S. mail a few days before he leaves home. Your child will be thrilled to hear from you the first day of camp. Keep the letters coming.

They’ll no doubt end up in a scrapbook (or shoebox) your child will treasure in years to come.

OUR READERS DO !

• If your child is a baseball fan, remember to send clippings of box scores of games missed while away, or send a favorite comic strip from the paper.

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