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develop into frogs there. • One kind of poison dart frog lays eggs on moist vegetation, and then watches over the eggs until the tadpoles hatch. Then the young crawl up on the backs of either parent and are literally glued in place by a mucous secretion. They are attached there for more than a week, until the parent can find a pool to release them. The water loosens the mucous bond, and the young swim free.

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• Bullfrogs can lay 20,000 eggs at a time. On the other hand, some kinds of dart-poison frogs will lay a single tiny egg in each of the miniature “ponds” that forms when rainwater collects in the base of a leaf. The mother frog will also lay a number of unfertilized eggs next to the fertilized egg so the tadpole will have something to eat when it hatches.

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• The eggs of the leopard frog are white on one side and black on the other. The white part contains the genetic material; the black part contains a barrier to ultraviolet light. When exposed to light, the egg rotates its black side up, blocking the UV radiation and absorbing heat that helps with incubation.

• Do frogs have teeth? Just two tiny teeth in the upper jaw, which keep prey from getting away.

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• A frog does not need to drink water because it absorbs water through its skin. • A frog’s thigh, shin, and foot are of nearly equal length, to make jumping easier. • A bullfrog with a six-inch (15 cm) body can leap ten times its own body length.

• Toads, by the way, are actually a type of frog, but with drier and bumpier skin. And, just so you know, they can't give you warts. 

• Tadpoles are generally born being one sex or the other, but environmental influences can change the frog’s sex. If food is scarce or the temperature is not right, the transformation of female tadpoles into male frogs keeps the population down until conditions improve in the pond.

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Vitamins (from page one) organ meat, full fat milk, butter, and cod liver oil. It’s also present in some vegetables such as dark leafy greens and foods rich in beta carotene such as carrots, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, broccoli, and cantaloupe. But the amount of vitamin A in plants is tiny compared to the amount in animal matter. • Vitamin A is stored in the liver, so the human body can usually survive up to a year without taking in any vitamin A at all. But after that, a person who is not receiving any vitamin A will first experience night blindness and then go blind entirely. This problem is particularly prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The World Health Organization estimates that between 500,000 and a million children go blind every year, and up to 90% of those children die of complications related to their vitamin A deficiency.

• The amount of vitamin B12 needed each day is even less than that, equivalent to 1/67th of a single grain of salt. But without that tiny amount, the result is memory loss, depression, nerve damage, and anemia. Vitamin B12 is primarily present in animal-based foods such as meat and eggs, which makes strict vegans highly susceptible to this deficiency.

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won’t show they were actually working at the other might have been due. Before the GPO law went job and earning another pension. Instead, their So- into effect, people getting a non-Social Security cial Security earnings record simply shows gaps in pension were the only working people in this their work history. So when figuring their Social country who could get their own retirement penYOUR Security retirement benefit, SSA’s computers auto- sion AND a full dependent’s benefit from Social matically use the formula intended to compensate Security. And the GPO law actually gives these peoa lower-income person. But teachers, police officers, firefighters ple a bit of a break. Social Security retirement penby Tom Margenau and other government employees generally can be sions offset spousal benefits dollar for dollar. But classified as people with average incomes, so they a non-Social Security retirement pension causes should get the same Social Security replacement only a three-for-two offset. In other words, for each rate paid to all middle-class workers. That’s why a $3 you get in a teacher’s or other noncovered penmodified formula is used to refigure their benefits sion, you lose only $2 from Social Security spousal and give them the proper -- and fair -- replacement benefits. Due to the space constraints of this colrate. If you’re an employee impacted by this law, that modified formula takes you from the 90 per- umn, this has been a VERY simplified explanation cent (poor person’s) replacement rate to the 40 of a very complicated set of laws. To learn more Almost all people who work in this coun- percent (middle-class person’s) replacement rate, about the government pension offset and the windfall elimination provision, send an email to try are covered by Social Security. In other words, thus reducing estimated benefits by about half. Most career teachers and government me at thomas.margenau@comcast.net and ask for they have a job where Social Security taxes are deducted from their paychecks. But about 10 percent employees generally have just barely over the a free digital copy of my pension offset fact sheet. of Americans work at jobs that are not covered by qualifying 40 quarters (10 years) of Social Security * * * Social Security. Usually these are state and local covered work. But if you have 30 or more years of Enrollment If- you have a Social Security question, Tom “substantial” Social Security earnings, the wind- D.C.C.S. government jobs. 1/6 Pg. 4C TOTAL FREEBIE Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.mar Why is that? Because back when Social Se- fall provision won’t apply and your benefit will not genau@comcast.net. To find May 22, 2016 Vol. 12 - No.out 22more about Tom Marcurity laws were enacted in the 1930s, Congress be reduced. If you have between 20 and 29 years genau and to read past columns and see features from felt that they could not force a federal pension plan of substantial earnings, your Social Security ben- other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit (Social Security) on state and local governments. efit will be only partially reduced. A chart giving the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. So they gave them the option of joining Social Se- a year-by-year breakdown of what the government COPYRIGHT 2016 CREATORS.COM curity or not. Most did. But some did not. And still considers substantial earnings is available at www. today, there are some large groups of employees, socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10045.html The other rule that so many people mislike teachers in some states and police officers and firefighters in other states, who do not pay into So- understand is the government pension offset, or GPO. In a nutshell, that law says that an amount cial Security. 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Coverage while traveling: Most Advantage plans limit you to using in-network doctors only within a service area or geographic region, so find out what’s covered if you need medical care when you’re away from home. Out-of-network coverage: Check to see what’s covered if you want to see a specialist in a hospital that is not in a plan’s network. You can get a list of doctors and hospitals that take part in a plan on the plan’s website.

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Blanket Featured in Museum

: I have enclosed a photo of a blue Pullman blanket. It measures 84 inches long by 58 inches wide and has the letters “N.P.R.” on one side. The letters stand for Northern Pacific Railway, to whom the Pullman Palace Car Company supplied sleeping cars. Except for some color fade, the blanket is in very good condition. Through my limited research, I found that the blankets were given to passengers, and later given to the porters. This practice began in the 1930s and prevailed throughout the industry until the 1950s. I have contacted local museums and clubs, and none are willing to authenticate my blanket. Those who are want to charge a rather large sum for the service. I also understand that Pullman blankets have been reproduced. So, any information you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

to passengers were salmon-colored and had the name “Pullman” woven into the wool. Produced from the 1930s to the 1950s, the passengers’ blankets were given to the porters for their own personal use once they became too worn or damaged. The blankets were also dyed blue to avoid confusion. The National Museum of History has featured one of the blue blankets in its “America on the Move” exhibit. In the 1920s, during the peak of business, the Pullman fleet of sleeper cars totaled around 9,000. Pullman was the single largest employer of African-American men at the time. In 1925, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was founded. Reproductions of the blanket in the salmon color can be found. Your blue-dyed blanket is rare, and would probably be worth $125 to $250.

I have enclosed a photo of the

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mark that is on a set of dishes I inherited from my mother. She only used the dishes on Sundays and holidays. It is a set for eight people, and it’s in very good condition. The dishes are decorated with multicolored pastel flowers. I am very interested in what you can tell me about these dishes.

The Edwin M. Knowles China Co. made semi-vitreous ware.

The Edwin M. Knowles China Co. was founded in Chester, West Virginia, in 1900. They made semi-vitreous ware, including dinnerware, wash sets and cuspidors. At one point, the company was one of the leading producers of china. However, E.M. Knowles could not compete with the low prices of foreign goods being imported to the United States. So, the Knowles China Co. ceased operations in 1962. The number “45” represents the year the set was made (1945). Your set would probably be worth $175 to $225. * * * I would like to know if you can help me find out the value of my set of sterling silver flatware. I have place settings for 10 and also 6 serving pieces. The pattern is called "Processional," and it was made by Fine Arts Sterling Co.

From 1944 to 1979, Fine Arts Sterling Co. was a distributor for six sterling patterns made by International Sterling Co. "Processional" was made around 1947. The value of your set would probably be between $2,000 and $4,000. * * *

Blue Pullman Palace Car Company blankets such as the one pictured are rare.

George Mortimer Pullman established the Pullman Railroad in 1862. Around 1865, he hired African-Americans as porters. Porters worked in the sleeping cars and made up the beds for the evening. If a passenger asked for an extra blanket, it was provided. The blankets given

Address your questions to Anne McCollam, P.O. Box 247, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Items of a general interest will be answered in this column. Due to the volume of inquiries, she cannot answer individual letters. To find out more about Anne McCollam and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www. creators.com.

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