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• Members of this criminal underclass were trained in discipline and deceit. Their cunning tactic involved having members of their band join the travelers in order to gain their trust while acting as spies. As the journey progressed, more robbers would infiltrate, lulling the travelers into a false sense of security. • When the caravan would eventually settle in for the night where their surroundings made it easy to attack and difficult to escape, they would make their move. While the rest of the group was sound asleep, the deceitful travel companions would signal their compatriots to attack. Taken by surprise, the innocent travelers would be quickly overcome by the gang. This ruthless group of bandits wreaked havoc in India for centuries, and no way could be found to prevent their clever ambush techniques. • It was not until the British arrived in the 1800s and Bad Guys: Turn to page 3

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Bad Guys: (from page one) used their military force to guard and protect innocent travelers that the thieving bands could be challenged. The thieves gradually began to disband, and the raids eventually stopped. • The name of this stealthy and coordinated fraternity of robbers originated from the Hindu word for thief or deceiver, “thag.” The crimes they committed were called acts of “thuggee.” Today a modified version of that word has come into English meaning a criminal who attacks innocent people -- and that's where we get our term thug. ROUGHSHOD RAIDERS

From there, the entire tribe of 80,000 crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and invaded North Africa, pillaging and plundering along the way. • Then they sacked Rome. Pope Leo the Great pleaded with Geiseric to refrain from murdering the people or burning the city, so they stole all their treasures instead and took the Empress hostage, along with her daughters. • After Geiseric's death in 477 A.D. his empire soon crumbled, but tales of his evil band of raiders lived on. The name that Geiseric gave to his distructive tribe has found its way into today's vernacular, denoting those who willfully destroy or deface property -- the Vandals.

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Retroactive Social Security Benefits I’ve been saving up questions involving the payment of retroactive Social Security retirement benefits. Here they are:

I will be age 70 in October. My plan was to start my retirement benefits at that time. But when I called Social Security in July, they gave me the option of taking six month’s worth of retroactive benefits starting in Januar y. What a great deal! I’m going to get a check for about $18,000! Why don’t they advertise this? Why don’t you talk about it in your column?

I have talked about the retroactivity of Social Security benefits in past columns. And if you think about it, what happened with you and your Social Security isn’t that big a deal. I will explain. Any Social Security claim filed after age 66 comes with the possibility of up to six months of retroactive benefits. So when you filed your retirement claim in July, you were offered the opportunity to claim benefits all the way back to January if you wanted them. And apparently, you did. So the good news is you get a retroactive check for $18,000. But the bad news is that you will be getting a slightly smaller monthly benefit than you would have received if you started your benefits in October.

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People who delay filing for Social Security beyond their full retirement age (age 66 for most people today) get a “delayed retirement bonus” of two-thirds of one percent for each month between age 66 and age 70 that they put off filing for Social Security. That comes out to 32 percent increase if you wait until age 70 to file. You will be 70 in October. But you have now started your benefits effective with last January. So your ongoing bonus will only be about 27 percent. And here is another way to look at this whole issue of retroactivity. If you wanted your benefits to begin in January, why didn’t you just file for them in January? You still would have gotten the 27 percent bonus added to your monthly checks. Maybe you just like the idea of getting that big fat retroactive check for $18,000. But if you ask me, it’s like you gave a free loan to the government. You let them hang onto your money for the past six months and now they are giving it back to you without paying you any interest. Still, an $18,000 check is pretty good. So enjoy spending it!

I thought I could even get six month’s worth of retroactive benefits. But the agent said I could only get paid back to May without explaining why. Can you explain?

I sort of did in my answers to the previous questions. You were able to claim retroactive benefits only back to the month you turned 66 -- but not before. So you can get paid retroactively to May -- but nothing before that. To repeat: Retroactive benefits cannot be paid prior to your full retirement age month.

I called Social Security in May on my 63rd birthday to file for Social Security. I talked to a representative for a while. She was ready to take my claim, but I told her I wanted to think about it. I finally decided to go ahead with things and called in early July and filed my claim. I just got my first check, and it looks to be a lump sum check paying me back to May. I remember in a previous column you said there could be no retroactive benefits prior to age 66. So what happened to me?

I was 64 last March. I intended to file for my Social Security retirement benefits then, but I never got around to contacting my Social Security office because I ended up in the hospital with a pulmonar y embolism. I’ve been out and recovering for the past couple months. I’m now pretty much back to full strength. I called the Social Security people last week and told them I now wanted to sign up for my Social Security and that I wanted benefits retroactive to March. The agent told me I could not do that. She said my claim would have to be effective with this month. Don’t all Social Security claims come with up to six months of retroactive benefits?

I purposely put your question here to make an important distinction about retroactive benefits. And that distinction is this: You technically did not get retroactive benefits. When you called the Social Security people in May about filing a retirement claim, they must have entered information about you into their computer system. And that set up what they call a “protective filing date.” In other words, you indicated an interest in filing for Social Security benefits in May. And when you finally decided to pull the trigger and actually sign up for them in July, they were able to use that May date as your filing date. So to repeat: You did not get retroactive benefits. You simply As I stated in the answer to the first got benefits beginning with the first month you question, retroactivity for retirement benefits is inquired about applying for your Social Security. limited to claims filed after full retirement age. Be- By the way, you will soon get a letter cause you are under age 66, your claim can only be from the Social Security people explaining all of effective with the month it is filed. this. They almost always send out the check first Or to put that another way, retroactive -- figuring you’d like your money as soon as posbenefits can NOT be granted if it involves the pay- sible. And then they get around to mailing you an ment of any reduced benefits -- meaning benefits “award letter” that tells you all about your Social ADVERTISING PROOF reduced for starting them before one’s full retire- Security benefits. ment age. For Final further clarification of this, see the TUES., * *5:00 * APRIL 26 Changes DUE: p.m.. next question and answer. Number(s) If you have a SocialSecurity Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone  Spelling Prices question,  HoursTom

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What’s the Best Age for Shingles Vaccine? DEAR DR. ROACH: You have written many times about chickenpox, shingles and the shingles vaccine. My question concerns the age at which one should get the vaccine. Most doctors and other sources recommend 60 and above; however, I am concerned about more and more younger people getting shingles, in their 50s and, in one instance, a woman in her 30s. Are these isolated cases? I am a 48-year-old female, and I did have chickenpox as a child. My husband’s insurance will pay for the vaccine at 50, and I intend to get it then. What are your thoughts? -- L.A.B. ANSWER: The vaccine is indicated by the Food and Drug Administration for those ages 50 and up, but advisory groups have recommended the vaccine to people over age 60, since the complication of post-herpetic neuralgia is more likely, lasts longer and can be more severe the older you get. It is reasonable to get the vaccine at 50 if you want, but it’s important to get it at age 60 or over if you haven’t already had it. *** DEAR DR. ROACH: A 95-year-old does not get enough blood flow to her lungs because she has a leaky heart valve. She is chronically short of breath after a small amount of exertion. Her leg strength is low, and she has to use a walker to safely get around. She lived with a smoker for a few decades, and he died decades ago, but she never smoked herself. Would supplemental oxygen help, by enriching the air in her lungs, thus allowing blood to get more oxygen from the lungs? -- Anon.

Readers: COPD typically causes shortness of breath, especially with activity. The booklet on COPD explains this progressive disease in detail. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Roach -- No. 601W, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.

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By harvesting the sun’s rays and converting them into electricity, solar panels can mean big savings on electrical costs. To get those savings, however, the solar projects have to actually be completed. The Office of Inspector General for the *** Department of Veterans Affairs investigated 11 so DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 17-year-old lar projects undertaken by the VA and rated them cross-country and track runner. I had a stress on the end result. fracture of my shin. I have not been running These projects had been awarded between and have been on crutches for one month. Are 2010 and 2013. Between 2010 and 2015, the VA there foods I should eat? Exercises to do? The spent $408 million. By March of 2016, only two of doctor only said not to walk on it. What else the 11 projects were up and running. can be done to heal the stress fracture? -- J.G. Solar projects are designed to be completed in less than 372 days. The projects the VAOIG ANSWER: Stress fractures are common, inspected (at least the ones that were finished) had especially in younger athletes, especially runners. an average completion time of 1,269 days. Most often, they get better just by avoiding exer In Arkansas, an $8 million solar panel projcises that cause pain. A diet with adequate calect had been created in the parking lot. It was nevcium and vitamin D, or supplements, may speed er activated because it had to be dismantled when healing. a new parking garage was built. The finish date was to be May 2013, and cost overruns are already *** at $1.5 million. Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer In California, a company was awarded a individual letters, but will incorporate them in the col$22.5 million solar project in 2011, with an expectumn whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu. To view ed finish date of 2012. The state’s historic preservaand order health pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com, tion office got involved and required modifications or write to Good Health, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, to the plan, something nobody apparently considFL 32803. ered. The solar array started producing electricity in 2015. (c) 2016 North America Synd., Inc. In Florida, a project was delayed for almost All Rights Reserved five years because no one realized that the roof of the parking garage would need to be raised to accommodate buses. And so on... through another half dozen projects. In one, the connection point had failed to be indicated on the plans. Another has been delayed 28 months so far, with one problem being indecision about whether to use welds or bolts. The VAOIG issued four suggestions for future improvement. The interim assistant secretary for management disagreed with two of them, including doing a “lessons-learned” analysis. * * *

ANSWER: Supplemental oxygen can improve symptoms and make people live longer in a few specific instances. The most prevalent is probably people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) whose blood oxygen level is below 89 percent. Some other lung diseases also benefit from oxygen. In cases of poor blood flow due to heart reasons, including valvular disease, oxygen doesn’t help.

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form Nestle Group. In 1948, the powdered milk mix Nesquik was introduced. It was marketed as an easy-to-make drink fortified with vitamins for children. Strawberry-flavored Nesquik was added in the 1950s, followed by banana and vanilla. In addition to Nesquik, the company makes candy bars, syrup and cereal. Your Nesquik bank was made circa 1960s and has been sold online for anywhere from $10 to $40. This mark is on a set of dinnerware that belonged to my grandmother. She bought it in the late 1950s. It is decorated with wheat against a cream background. The set includes dinner plates, salad plates, cereal bowls, berr y bowls, two ser ving bowls, and cups and saucers. What can you tell me about its value?

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I read one of your recent columns regarding the Tootsie Roll bank. I’m in a similar situation, and I’m hoping you can shine some light. Attached is a picture of a bank that I have. I am 61, and I believe I’ve had it since I was about 10. The bank was originally a Nestle Chocolate Nesquik container. We always had Nesquik in the house, and once the container was empty we used it as a bank. The sides are cardboard, and the top and bottom are metal. There is a slit in the top for inserting coins. It can hold about $150 worth of change. It’s quite heavy when full, but it has never showed any sign of giving out. It’s really amazing that I have held onto it for some 50 years and that it’s still in great shape. A couple of years ago I sent a picture to Nestle Group inquiring about its histor y. The response I received said that no one had any record of the bank promoNestle was founded in Switzertion. I found land in 1867. that rather odd. Surely, there must be a record somewhere. I can’t be the only person who has one. I had pretty much given up hope until I saw your column Your thoughts on its histor y would be appreciated. I’m not foolish enough to think that it has any value. It would just be nice to know whether I own a rare piece of Nestle memorabilia.

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especially linguists, thought the new word would never catch on. An editor of Funk & Wagnalls dictionary commented that “the term widely publicized several months ago as applying to those who violate the prohibition laws, is fast fading to obscurity.” • But that prize-winning word did survive. In fact, it is a common term still used today to denote a petty criminal who disregards the rules and regulations followed by law-abiding citizens. We refer to prople who do such things as “scofflaws.

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• A man walked into a Providence, Rhode Island convenience store with a gun and demanded all the money in the till. The clerk handed over the cash. The robber then demanded the bottle of Scotch he saw on a shelf behind the counter. But the cashier refused to give it to him saying he didn't believe the robber was over 21. The robber insisted that he was, and pulled out his driver's license to prove it. The cashier studied it carefully, then handed him the Scotch. As soon as the robber left, the cashier called the police with the man's name and address. Police were waiting when the man arrived home. 

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