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Cancer of the lung accounts for more deaths annually (159,480) than breast, colon and prostate cancer combined. The American Cancer Society estimates there will be 228,190 newly diagnosed lung cancers in 2013, almost equally divided between men and women, accounting for 14 percent of all cancer diagnoses and 27 percent of all cancer deaths.

Lung cancer is almost universally fatal, unless identified in the very earliest of stages when the cancer is very small and has not spread to lymph nodes or invaded the main airways of the lung. This is referred to as Stage 1A lung cancer and is potentially curable by surgery. Even here, only 49 percent of these people live longer than five years.

Sadly by the time they are diagnosed, most tumors have spread beyond Stage 1A, and the chances of surviving more than five years is less than 5 percent.

Because small cancers potentially can be cured, much effort has focused on early detection in patients who are felt to be at high risk of developing the disease. While the American Cancer Society does not recommend screening for people with average risk, it does recommend such screening if you are age 55 to 74, in fairly good health and either continue to smoke or have stopped smoking in the past 15 years.

The criteria apply to people who are or have been heavy smokers. This is expressed as “pack years smoked,” calculated by multiplying the packs of cigarettes smoked daily by the number of years smoked. To be a candidate for screening, they should be at least a 30-pack year smoker (for example, two packs daily for 15 years).

Recent research has focused on the value of performing annual, low-dose computerized tomography (CT) scans to detect curable cancers.

Compared to a regular CT scan that has a radiation exposure equivalent to between 200 and 500 X-rays, the low-dose scan has an exposure equivalent to only 15 X-rays. The low-dose CT is a rapid test, completed in less than a minute.

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about 10 years, never got any burial money. We asked Social Security about that, and they said we are not due anything. When we asked why, all they told us is, “It’s the law.” Were they correct?

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It has always puzzled me why Social Security takes back a person’s Social Security check for the month he or she dies. My aunt recently died. And as her executor, I was counting on using her last Social Security check to pay off some of her bills. But the government took that money away from me. Can you explain that?

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Simply put, the law has always said that you must meet all the eligibility requirements for a Social Security benefit for an entire month to be eligible for a payment for that month. That is why Social Security benefits are paid a month in arrears (the May check is paid in June, the June check in July, etc.); to make sure a person is eligible for a benefit for the prior month.

Obviously, one of the eligibility rules is that a person be alive. And again, you must be alive for the entire month to get the benefit for that month.

So, for example, if your aunt died in May, whether it might have been May 2nd or May 30, then she (and her estate) is not due the May Social Security check.

In other words, the check that comes in June (the May benefit) must be returned.

Another way to put that is this: Social Security checks are not prorated. They never have been and probably never will be. But what most people don’t think about is the flip side of that coin. The law does allow a person to get their first Social Security check for the month they are due benefits, even though they might not be eligible until later in the month.

For example, my brother was born on June Ad Proof: 22. He took his benefits at age 65. And he got his Bram’s first Social Security check for the entire month of 1/16theven page, BW, June, though he26x was rate only 65 [$59/wk] for 8 days of the month.

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When my father died about five years ago, my mother got the $255 burial benefit from Social Security. About a month ago, my father-in-law died. But his wife, my mother-in-law, who has been in a nursing home for

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Well, their answer was technically correct. But they certainly could have done a better job of explaining the law.

Before I do that, I must clarify one misconception about this one-time $255 death benefit. It is not, and never was intended to be, a “burial benefit.”

And good thing it isn’t because $255 would barely cover the cost of flowers at most funerals today!

This death benefit is a holdover from the very earliest days of the Social Security program. It started out as a means of refunding a small portion of the taxes a person paid into the Social Security system if he or she died before having a chance to collect monthly benefits. Over the years, that simple “refund” of taxes that was paid only to the family members of non-beneficiaries morphed into a death benefit payable to the family members of just about everyone.

The benefit amount was locked in at $255 about 40 years ago. Since then, it’s never gone up and has never gone down. Attempts are occasionally made to simply eliminate this almost worthless payment. But every time that happens, senior citizen groups inundate Congress with letters of protest and so the little death benefit remains in law.

Back in the 1980s, the Reagan administration did have the guts (although others would say the gall) to take on those seniors and they lobbied Congress to at least nibble away at the death benefit.

They changed the law to say that the death benefit can be paid only to a surviving spouse WHO WAS LIVING WITH THE DECEASED AT THE TIME OF DEATH. Your mother-in-law was apparently not living with your father-in-law. (You said she was in a nursing home for the past decade.) So she isn’t due the money.

If I was in charge of all Social Security laws, I would either play Scrooge and simply eliminate the almost worthless benefit. Or, I would play Santa Claus and raise the death benefit to $2,500 to make it more meaningful. Also, I would pay it to the next of kin or to the person who is handling the deceased estate.

However, if I chose to increase the death benefit, I’d want to come up with some way to pay

for the added costs to the program. I would do that by closing the current loophole that allows well-todo retirees to collect dependent spousal benefits between age 66 and 70 before switching to their own augmented retirement benefits at age 70. This is the “restricted application” policy I have discussed many times in this column.

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.

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Last week, my neighbor told me that she had joined a private neighborhood safety social network offered by a computer network, and suggested I might also like to do so.

Many widows are becoming frightened caused by increasing break-ins and robberies in our neighborhood. As I understand it, to qualify for free membership, you must reside in a geographically defined neighborhood designated by the residents themselves, and members can access the website at any time and add their own thoughts, needs and information.

My friend is pleased by how effective the system is working, and she says she has learned more about her neighbors than in her previous 30 years that she lived there. Have you heard of this website?

second parent dies, “World War III” often breaks out among family members.

Find a reliable person through your investment sources or via your family who can process your wishes legally. It will be a great help if you first make out a list or an outline before you sit down at your appointment.

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You are probably referring to a website named www.nextdoor.com.

A number of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, have recently written articles featuring its membership benefits. The developers report their membership now totals over 200 neighborhoods across 26 states and is growing.

Their site allows members to ask questions, help get to know one another and exchange current advice and recommendations online.

A member told me she likes the service, but is cautious about entering her information for fear of the invasion of her privacy. She also avoids expressing her political, religious and personal opinions. As membership increases, she has found scanning the web requires more and more time just to view it.

The enthusiasm for this site suggests that members enjoy being able to keep up-to-date on what is going on in their community and that becoming involved in their neighbors lives and daily activities tends to keep them safer. * * *

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 On June 30, 1936, Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone With the Wind” is published. While recovering from a series of injuries, Mitchell began writing the story of an Atlanta belle named Pansy O’Hara. A publishing company later convinced her to change the name to Scarlett.  On June 25, 1950, armed forces from communist North Korea smash into South Korea, setting off the Korean War. The United States sprang to the defense of South Korea and fought a bloody war for the next three years. More than 55,000 American troops were killed in the conflict.  On June 27, 1976, a factory storekeeper in Sudan becomes ill and dies five days later, marking the beginning of the first Ebola virus epidemic. By the time the epidemic was over, 284 cases were reported.

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PIRATES (from page page 3) moved sluggishly in the water, so they needed to be cleaned regularly, especially if they were pirate ships that needed speed to outmaneuver their victims. The boat would be tilted on its side to be scraped, repaired, and re-caulked.

‘Careening’ has now come to mean oblique lurching or swerving while in motion.

• Coins could once be cut into pieces to make change. A full coin could be broken into eight bits. Two bits equaled a quarter of the whole coin. That’s how pirates got pieces of eight and England got the halfpenny and the farthing, which was originally ‘four things’ or a fourth of a penny.

• After the discovery that vitamin C in lemons, oranges, and limes is a cure for scurvy, sailors were supplied with citrus fruits during voyages, leading to their nickname, ‘limeys.’

• Booty comes from the German root ‘bute’ meaning ‘exchange.’

NANCY’S PAPERS • In the 1700s, an American ship called the Nancy was suspected of pirating and of running Britain’s blockade of France. Cornered in the Caribbean, the captain of the Nancy tossed incriminating logbooks and papers into the sea just before being captured. The captain and crew of the Nancy were taken to Britain to stand trial. However, without the ship’s papers, there was no evidence. Just then a second British ship sailed into port, bringing with them the Nancy’s papers. They had found the ship’s records in the belly of a shark they caught off Haiti. The captain of the Nancy was convicted and hung. The papers were placed in a maritime museum with a plaque telling the tale. 

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Empowered Golf

by Rob Stanger

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Improve impact with more leverage

Many times golfers will make what they feel is a good backswing only to have it all fall apart at the point of impact. If you experience the inconsistency of making thin, then fat ball contact, you probably need more leverage in your swing.

Improve Impact with More Leverage I often see new students struggle their way Many times golfers have made what they have felt to be a through impact, saying they feel stuck and good backswing only to have it all fall apart by the time they return back to the ball atcan’t impact. get If youthrough. are experiencing The key to this problem is in some inconsistencies through impact where you are ruggle their way the They contacting the ball thin on onelower shot and body. than fat on the next, l stuck and cannot than you will want to provide leverage your forward aremore failing to inuse the swing to support the hands / clubface to make good contact the lower body. strength of their legs for with the ball consistently. use the strength of When I teach, I often see new students struggle their way the leverage they through impact. They tell me that they feel stuck and need cannot orward swing. get through. The sign toin thisthe problem is in the lower body. forward swing. ct, how my right They are swinging the club and failing to use the strength of Notice inforward the photo the lower body to provide leverage in the swing. h sends a chain Notice in the picture as I go through impact, how my right how my right foot has e, having support foot has pushed off from the ground which sends a chain reaction up my leg into my knee. Theup knee, having support pushed giving supthe rotation of the from the foot can now provide support for the rotation of the e right hip rotates port mytheknee, right hip. A sign of a good swingto is that right hipwhich rotates through to the target. Most higher handicappers have a ppers have a now provides support for difficult time with the hip rotation because they do not provide they do not provide enough support from thethe right rotation foot and knee. of the right Teaching with Motion Analysis Technology, as seen in the ee. hip.

Theandsign photo with the sensors on my body imageof on a thegood screen y, as seen in the in the background, givesswing me the exact data tothe measure the is that right mage on the screen body movements in the swing. This exact data gives me and hip rotates through to the student greater clarity and precision in making the a to measure the necessary adjustments to create a faster more effective the target. data gives me and result.

Most high handicappers have a difficult time making the Rob Stanger is recognized by Golf Magazine as a 2007-2008 Top hipDesert rotation because they simply don’t Teachers West Region. with He in the at The College Golf more effective Performance Center. To view more tips or video golf instruction go to leverage needed from both the www.robstanger.com. Youprovide can contact the Rob at 760-409-8628 that’s for inquiries about your golf game. right foot and knee. as a 2007-2008 Top Teaching with Motion Analysis Technology, as at The College Golf shown in the photo, uses body sensors and an o golf instruction go to animated image display to provide precise data at 760-409-8628 for for the instructor to analyze. By measuring exact body movements during the swing, it is easy to identify and correct improper movements quickly “I play golf in the low 80s. If it’s any hotter than and with considerable accuracy.

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Perkins was appearing in a play (Greenwillow) • in The rhythmic “beep” the scanner is the New York at the time.of The first time Perkins musical saw accompaniment the at supermarket actually that scene wastoback the studio, checkout line.

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For Myers’ “total” button with the heel of the hand. disguise, they used an old Captain Kirk (Star • “Do you want your carbons?” used to be an Trek) mask, which they spray painted white and automatic question asked by merchants after then re-shaped the eyeholes. you’d signed for a credit card payment. At that turn the page for more! time, credit card receipts were filled out by hand in triplicate, with a small piece of carbon paper inserted between each sheet. It didn’t take long for thieves to realize they could retrieve the used carbons from the trash and steal valuable credit card information. Once that scam gained popularity, waiters and cashiers regularly offered the carbons to customers, giving them the opportunity to destroy them.

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