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• Every day about three billion cups of tea are consumed around the world. In America, it can be found in 80% of households, and an estimated 127 million Americans are drinking it on any given day. Most of that tea comes from India, the world’s largest tea producer, processing about 850,000 tons each year.

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• Tea as we know it is about 5,000 years old. Legend has it that a Chinese emperor discovered it as a new beverage in 2737 B.C. when some tea leaves blew off the tree into his pot of boiling water. It produced a pleasant aroma, so he sipped some and liked it. He shared his discovery with others, and it immediately became a part of their diet and culture. • Tea became popular in Europe during the 1600s and was brought to North America by the colonists. Britain’s Duchess of Bedford is said to have created the traditional afternoon tea around 1840, when she needed a pick-me-up to combat what she called “that sinking feeling.” • When the British government layed heavy taxes

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• About this time, she began writing illustrated letters to the children of her former governess Annie Moore. The children were delighted by her fascinating tales and colorful illustrations of the animals in her “picture letters.” It was Annie who later suggested that these letters might make good children’s books, and encouraged Beatrix to consider having them published.

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• It was at this point that her Peter Rabbit tale and the series of other animal stories began. Several years after she had sent a number of her illustrated letters to Annie’s children and to others, she asked to borrow them so that she Beatrix Potter: To page 4

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• Born in 1866 to a wealthy London family, Helen Beatrix Potter spent most of her childhood with nannies and governesses. She grew up with few friends outside her large, extended family, and seldom saw her parents except at bedtime. • Educated in a schoolroom in their home, Beatrix and her younger brother had little opportunity to socialize and interact with other children. Instead, a wide variety of pets became their companions and the Potter children spent endless hours closely observing and sketching the mice, frogs, lizards, rabbits, turtles, hedgehogs, bats and butterflies that shared their schoolroom. • Her study of literature, science and history was broad and she was an eager student. One of her governesses, Annie Moore, who was only three years older than Beatrix, tutored her in language studies and ultimately became a lifelong companion and friend.

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TEA TIME (from page one) on the tea shipped to the American colonies in 1773, a group of 116 men dressed as Native Americans boarded British ships and tossed 342 chests of tea overboard, about 90,000 lbs. worth. In today’s currency, that was equal to nearly a million dollars worth of tea! • There are several categories of tea – white, green, oolong, and black – but they all come from the same plant, the Carnelia Sinensis. The category the tea winds up in depends on the way the leaves are processed. • Basic white tea skips the steps of processing altogether and the leaves are just steamed, dried and packaged. • Green, black, and oolong teas all go through a series of steps that begin with withering. The tea leaves are first spread out and dried in a warm environment, which makes them pliable. A rolling machine is next, twisting the leaves in order to release the flavorful natural oils. Some more expensive grades of teas are rolled by hand, resulting in a higher quality. • The l eaves then undergo an oxidation process, when they are spread out in a cool room. At this point, the tea leaves are still green, but as they take in oxygen they gradually turn darker. The darkening can be stopped by heating. • Green tea is not oxidized, oolong tea is oxidized for a short time, and the dark black

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● It was French Enlightenment author Voltaire who made the following sage observation: “Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” ● If you’re like the average American, you laugh 15 times every day. ● Have you ever heard of an artist by the name of John Banvard? You’re to be forgiven if the name is unfamiliar; few people these days remember him. In the mid-19th century, though, he was something of a phenomenon. In 1840, the then-25year-old man set off on a skiff down the Mississippi River. He spent more than a year on the river, sketching steadily along the way. After he completed the voyage, he spent another five years painting his “Panorama of the Mississippi,” an ambitious work that was 12 feet wide and more than 3 miles long. When completed, the painting was mounted on two upright revolving cylinders and displayed for the paying public throughout the U.S. and Europe, earning him $200,000 along the way.

• After some time, a romance began to bloom between Potter and Norman Warne. Her parents did not approve of the relationship, and when Norman sent Beatrix a letter containing a marriage proposal, her parents forbade the union. They considered Warne a simple “tradesman” and not suitable for the social standing of the Potter name. Shortly afterward, Norman became very ill, and sadly, just one month after his proposal, he died of leukemia.

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• The little volume then caught the attention of the • Beatrix Potter died in 1943, leaving over publishing firm of Frederick Warne, a company 4,000 acres of farms, cottages and herds to the of three brothers who agreed to publish it if National Trust, along with a delightful legacy Beatrix would re-draw the pictures in color. The that will entertain children for generations to firm released 8,000 copies of Peter in October, come. Many of her childhood sketches, letters, 1902, and it was an immediate success. It was and original watercolors are displayed in followed the London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.  next year by The Tale of Squirrel N u t k i n and The ADVERTISING PROOF Tailor of Final Changes DUE: Wed., 4/17/13 5:00 p.m.. Gloucester, Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours which had Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. also first Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 been written as picture letters to Sun Eez Window Tinting the Moore 1/16th page, 4/c, 13x discount rate children. April 21, 2013  Volume 9: Issue #17 • Working with Norman Warne as her editor, the youngest of the publisher brothers, Potter published two or three little books each year. The simplicity of her stories, the loveable animal characters, the depiction of the rural CLIP AND SAVE English countryside and the quality of her • Rancho La Quinta • Big Horn • The Vintage • Indian Ridge • Palm Valley illustrations made her books extremely popular.

● If you’re a fan of the TV series “Dr. Who,” you probably know that the title character, a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey, has two hearts. This may seem like science fiction (and, of course, it is), but it’s not unknown for a human to be born with two hearts. One such example was Giuseppe de Mai, born in Italy in the 19th century. The condition is rare, • The sudden tragedy of his death was traumatic MON., MAR. 4 though; so rare, in fact, that the Lonfor Beatrix, and to compensate she threw don Academy of Medicine offered de Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours herself into her work. She used her book Mai $15,000 under the condition that earnings and an inheritance from an aunt to it receive his body after his death. Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. purchase farmland, where she raised sheep, *** Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 Thought for the Day: “Women chickens, rabbits and other animals she loved. are like elephants to me. I like to look • A local solicitor, William Heelis, advised at ‘em, but I wouldn’t want to own and guided her through her land dealings as one.” -- W.C. Fields 2013Interiors King Features Synd., Inc. Paper (c) Doll 1/8 pg. 4C 13x disc. March 10, 2013 Vol. 9 - No. 11

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• Beatrix sent her manuscript to six publishers, all of whom rejected it. Frustrated, she finally used her own money to publish the book herself, ordering 250 copies. They sold immediately.

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A: As recently as August 2012, Mel has said

Q: Can you tell me why these shows are no longer on the air: “All My Children” and “One Live to Live”? -- Pat A., Columbia, S.C.

While I normally don’t cover daytime dramas in this column, what happened here is so miraculous in the TV world, I have to mention it. “All My Children” and “One Live to Live” -- which ended in September 2011 and January 2012, respectively -were canceled due to low ratings and cost. However, after much negotiation and legal wrangling, on April 29, both shows came back to life (with many of the core cast members reprising their roles) as 30-minute webisodes via production company Prospect Park. Fans can view daily episodes on Hulu, Hulu Plus and iTunes. Prospect Park recently announced plans to resuscitate CBS’s “As the World Turns” and “Guiding Light” at a later date. ***

I really enjoy “The Good Witch” movies with Catherine Bell. Are they planning to make more? -- Roberta F., North Rose, N.Y.

that “Berserkers” is still in the works; however, Leo is no longer attached to the project. Mel has been working on rewriting the script with his “Braveheart” writer, Randall Wallace. While there has been no word on “Berserkers” since the record-breaking success of the History Channel’s “Vikings,” considering the viewing public’s new love affair with all things savage and Nordic, I’m thinking Mel’s movie would fare well at the box office, if he decides to proceed. ***

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season of “Merlin” on the Syfy channel. Is this true? I really enjoy this series and would miss it, along with the interesting and talented actors. Can its fans do anything to keep in on the air? -- Carol C., Rochester, N.Y.

A: The 13-episode fifth season of “Merlin,”

which began airing on Syfy here in the U.S. on May 5, is indeed the final season for the fantasy/adventure series. The show, which aired first in the U.K., is a production of BBC One that has been syndicated here in the States. So, we can complain all we want to Syfy, but unfortunately, it most likely won’t get the show back. The series already concluded in the U.K. over Christmas, and all five seasons are available on DVD. Write to Cindy at King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475; or e-mail her at letters@ cindyelavsky.com. (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Social Security Benefit Cuts Are Rare In last week’s column, I presented a brief history of Social Security by highlighting the major changes to the program brought about by annual amendments to the original Social Security law. Sometimes it was a dramatic change, such as the addition of the disability program in 1956. But most times, Social Security amendments introduce relatively modest reforms, such as the 1977 amendments that lowered the duration of marriage requirement for divorced women from 20 years to ten years. But the point I am getting at in today’s column is that almost without fail, every amendment to the original Social Security law expanded or increased outlays, or liberalized the rules allowing more folks to qualify for the program’s various benefits. What struck me is that in the almost 80 year history of the program, I can think of less than a half dozen times when Social Security benefits were actually reduced. Here is a brief overview of the Social Security cuts that have been made over the years. Student benefits Since the very earliest days of Social Security, the dependent minor children of a retired or deceased parent, and since the mid 1950s, the dependent minor children of a disabled parent, were eligible for monthly benefits on the parent’s Social Security record. Those benefits were paid until the child turned 18, but could continue beyond age 18 in two circumstances: 1) if the child was disabled, in which case they could continue for the rest of the child’s life, even into their adult years; and 2) if the child was still in school, in which case they would continue until age 22. In 1981, Congress decided to eliminate benefits to students over age 18. They reasoned that because so many other forms of government loans and grants were available to students, there was no need to further subsidize higher education through the Social Security program. Mother’s benefits curtailed Congress was looking for other ways to trim Social Security outlays in 1981, and widowed mothers and dependent wives/mothers of retired or disabled husbands with minor children ended up in their crosshairs. For decades, the law had prescribed that wives and widows of any age with young children in their care could receive monthly benefits (in addition to the benefits paid to their kids) as long as at least one of their children was eligible for benefits.

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But in 1981, they changed to law to say that benefits to the mother would end when the youngest child turned 16. They figured that once all the children were over age 16, the mother ought to be able to work, if necessary, to help support her family. (By the way, although these situations rarely occur, the same benefits, and the same cutbacks, also applied to widowed fathers and dependent stayat-home husbands with minor children.) Death benefit restrictions In the early days of Social Security, Congress offered a one-time death benefit to the family members of a taxpayer who died before having a chance to collect Social Security benefits. Over the years, this partial refund of Social Security taxes morphed into an official Social Security death benefit payable to the family members of anyone who died, even if he or she had been a Social Security beneficiary. Most people mistakenly referred to the one-time payment as a “burial benefit.” It never was meant to be that, especially considering that it was capped at $255 many years ago. As anyone who has ever planned a funeral knows, $255 would barely cover the cost of flowers, let alone all the other burial or cremation costs. Anyway, in yet another attempt to curtail Social Security expenditures, Congress in 1981 decided that the death benefit should be paid only to a widow or widower who was living with the deceased at the time of death or to any minor children. Benefits to prisoners suspended Prior to 1992, it was assumed that people getting Social Security had earned their benefits, so they were legally due their Social Security checks no matter where they lived. But in the early 1990s, Congress came under intense pressure to suspend monthly benefits to anyone in jail or prison. People felt that since prisoners were already getting their room and board paid for by the taxpayers, they didn’t need taxpayer-funded Social Security checks. Drug addicts and alcoholics There was a rash of news stories in the mid 1990s highlighting certain disabled people who were allegedly spending the proceeds of their Social Security disability checks on drugs and alcohol. Knuckling under the pressure to do something about this, Congress eventually passed a law that essentially denied such benefits to anyone whose only disabling

If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net. To find out more about Tom Margenau and to read past columns and see features from other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2013 CREATORS.COM

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tles and a matching tray. They are all decorated with multi-colored delicate flowers and green leaves against a white background. I remember it always sat on my great-aunt’s antique walnut dresser, and it is in mint condition. Anything you can tell me about the vintage, maker and value of my set will be greatly appreciated.

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