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How does it feel sitting there in your ivor y tower with all the trappings of power ser ving as a mouthpiece for the Obama Administration? Why should I believe anything you say? After all, you’re paid to mislead people about the corrupt workings of the Social Security system!

Wow -- I must admit that little diatribe came out of the blue! It followed an exchange of emails I recently had with a reader. It’s a totally ridiculous accusation. But I bring it up only because many readers think I work for the Social Security Administration and that I am some kind of spokesperson for the agency. I am not. And I certainly am not a “mouthpiece for the Obama Administration.” The person who sent me this email, along with more than a few other readers, believe that I have an office in an ivory tower somewhere in Washington D.C.; that I get my daily marching orders either directly from the president or certainly from the head of the Social Security Administration; and that I’m paid handsomely to mislead people into falling for the failed policies of a doomed social program. Let me paint a more realistic picture for you. I’m a frumpy old retired government employee, eking out an existence on a modest civil service pension, living with my wife of 40 years in a split level home in Colorado -- and sometimes at a beach bungalow in San Diego. My “ivory tower” office is a desk in our basement. The “trappings of power” that surround me include grandkids’ toys and a 25-year-old couch permanently sticky and stained by the spills of both my kids and now my grandkids. It is true that I once was a spokesperson for the Social Security Administration. I worked for SSA for 32 years, and for part of that time, I served as the agency’s deputy press officer. But I retired about seven years ago. I started writing this column while I still worked for SSA. I no longer was in the agency’s press office when I wrote the column, and I never had to get official clearance for any column I wrote while I still worked for the government. Despite that fact, I guess you could say that while I was still working for SSA, this column was a quasi-official mouthpiece for the organization. At least I certainly dared not write anything that was against agency policy or that would upset my bosses! But that all changed the day I retired in 2005. From that point on, I was no longer a spokesperson (some might argue an “apologist’) for the Social Security system or the agency that runs the program. Instead, I was just a retired old goat who knew a lot about the inner workings of Social Security and who was eager to share his knowledge with the readers of this column. And I can tell you that I breathed a huge sigh of relief on the day I retired. Not only because more teasers log on to nightI wouldn’t have to fightForSouthern California’s www.TriviaGuy.com marish traffic to get to work each day. But because I was now free to “tell it like to is” -- to explain Social Security rules without having to worry about any “spin” that SSA’s political leaders might want to put on the program. And because I would be able to

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still operating. Researching the name of the pattern of your dinnerware can be a daunting task. Haviland produced over 60,000 patterns. It can take time, dedication and also become frustrating to find your specific pattern. There are books available with pattern information. Check with your library for books by Arlene Scheiger. Your set was made around 1900 and would probably be worth $225 to $375.

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O. Box ket has spoken. 247, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Items of a general interest will As most of us know by now, Bub- that looked Brees, 33, the record-setting signal Q: Enclosed is a photo of a canister be answered in this column. Due to the volume of inquiries, baDrew Watson won the Masters, largely pleated gol for the New Orleans Saints, signed a fiveset that we found in an old shed. The set in- she cannot answer individual letters. To find out more about caller due to his monstrous 300-plus yard cardigans an McCollam and read features by other Creators Syndicate year contract that afternoon that will pay him $100 cludes five canisters with lids, and they mea- Anne Sunny Dunes Antique Mall drives and unorthodox swinging fit had comp writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at million. That’s a record, too. According to the NFL, sure in graduating sizes 6- to 12-inches high. www.creators.com 16th page, BW, 26x discount rate style. 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S perdome, if the team sells out every game, almost 1905. In the beginning, they made crocks, jugs and this year, the company announced cotton farme every dollar from the box office would go into his canning jars. after the tournament. was a Green pocket. When glass-canning containers became popVisit often. New Items Arrive Daily! BROWSE IN Pink is a color that most sports who gave hi That’s a lot of escarole. ular in the 1920s, their business went into a steep AI R fans are becoming accustomed to. It Antiques • Art • Jewelry CONDITIONED In a radio interview with former Saints him to “beat decline. But timing is everything. What appeared at COMFORT! appears in splashes various uni- it wasWell, Wats quarterback Bobby Hebert,on Brees admitted first to be disaster turned out to be a windfall for the  • Furniture • Collectibles forms these days to signify the fight Come Browse Our a lot of money, but assured listeners that it wasing a it down company. 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This mark can be seen on my set of porcelain dinnerware. It was handed down to me from my great-grandmother. I am 80, so this set must be over 100 years old. Originally, the set was a ser vice for 12, but over the years, many pieces were broken and some are missing, so the set is not complete. There are 50 dishes left in the set, including ser ving pieces. Each dish has scalloped edges and is decorated with pink floral bands around the perimeter, as well as in the center. They are beautiful and in pristine condition. What can you tell me about my china?

Haviland China was established in Limoges, France, in 1864. American businessman, David Haviland, founded it. The company remained in the family until around 1972 when it was taken over by the financial and industrial company, FIDEL. In 1988, it was bought by Dominque de Coster and is

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to the NFC Championship game. In other seasons he averaged $6 million per year -- still a lot but not nearly what he was worth. He considered last season an act of faith on his part. Fans might be skeptical -- every team has been burned by a player coming off of a career year. Still, it was some year. He set NFL singleseason records with 468 completions, 5,476 yards passing and a 71.2 completion percentage. The Saints set a record for total offense and led the league in home attendance, where they went undefeated. New Orleans, despite its outlandish partying reputation, is actually a pretty blue-collar town. And Brees is the kind of guy you see walking around eating a sandwich in New Orleans (he owns a sandwich shop there) or pumping his own gas (as reported by TMZ on an apparently slow paparazzi day). He’s a self-avowed family man who just happened to win a Super Bowl. “I think it’s very easy to sit back and say ‘this is ridiculous,’” Brees admitted. “[But] I feel like with a contract like this, people can say ‘they are paying you what you earned or what you deserved.’ ... It’s just about representing our team and city the right way.” Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in Kansas City.

PonderBits A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice. I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not so sure.

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EAT YOUR GREENS! (from page page 3) “iceberg” when folks would meet the train cars of ice-packed lettuce with calls of “The icebergs are coming!” The nickname stuck, and Americans’ love of fresh salads grew with the fresh availability. • Up until the mid-1970s, more than 95 percent of all lettuce grown in the United States was iceberg. Even though leaf lettuces have surged in popularity in the last 30-40 years, iceberg still remains a big seller. So, the next time you are eating out, check to see if a “wedge” salad is offered. It will be the familiar iceberg we grew up with. •

Another popular salad that some assume started with Julius Caesar is the Caesar Salad. It actually had its start in Tijuana, Mexico, with Caesar Cardini, who immigrated to the San Diego area from Italy with his brother, Alex, after World War I. The brothers opened Caesar’s Restaurant in Tijuana instead of San Diego because of alcohol prohibition in the United States.

• Invented in the 1920s, the Caesar Salad was for years mostly just a California specialty, with romaine lettuce being the green. The popularity of Caesar salads soared in the 1970s, and the romaine crop grew from a few California acres to 16,000 acres in the 1990s and more than 80,000 acres today. 

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Hit with your hip for power. The number one request I get from students is “how can I hit the ball further?” After I watch them hit a few times, I soon see their problem; they hit the ball flat footed with no hip rotation. The strongest muscles in the human body are all underneath you; glutes, hamstrings and quads. The average golfer doesn’t use these muscles in the swing; they use only the upper body to create power. To create leverage in the swing you want to push off from the ground, which will help the hip Hit with Your Hip for Power release forward creating more power. Notice The number one request I get from studentsby is “how can I hit the ball further”? I then proceed to watch the red lines in them swing a few times and see the same problems with their swings; they hit the the ball flat with no leftfooted photo hip rotation. that I have The strongest muscles in the human body are all underneath you; glutes, hamstrings and quads. The the knees average golfer does not engage these muscles in the equally flexed swing; they use the upper body muscles to create power. In order to create leverage in the at the topswing of you want to push off from the ground which will help the thepower. backswing hip release forward creating more Notice in the pictures that I have knees to equally andthe ready flexed (red lines on left image) at the top of the “spring” forbackswing and ready to “spring” forward through the ball to the target. The key to ward the forward swing is to through go from the ground up and NOT the top down. Images created through JCvideo.com software the ball. The Start with the right foot pushing off which in key turn to the forward swing is to go from rotates the hip through impact arriving at the ball the ground up and NOT from the top down. approximately the same time the hands deliver the with club into impact. It is important to Start note here thatthe the right foot pushing off, which roright hip rotates up in the forward swingthe and hip not down. tates through impact. It is important to note Too many times I see golfers drop the right hip down that hip rotates up in the forward into impact which will slow thehere hip down andthe theyright get stuck at impact. You want theswing hip to stay high going and not down. Too often, I see golfers drop through impact so it can continue to accelerate all the the right hip down into impact, which slows the roway to the finish. If you want to create more power in your swing, work the hip to stay high going through tation. You want on using your legs to create more leverage by impact so it can continue to accelerate all the way supporting the hip rotation up through the ball. to the finish. Rob Stanger is recognized as a 2005-08 Golf Magazine Top Teacher West Region. HE teaches at If The youCollege wantGolf to create more power in your swing, Centert. You can contact him at 760-409-8628 or at work on www.robstanger.com for inquiries about your golf.using your legs to create more leverage by supporting the hip rotation up through the ball.

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PHOBIAS (continued): • Some phobias relate to what’s up above, such as the sun (heliophobia), the clouds (nephophobia), the moon (selenophobia), and the stars (siderophobia). Some folks are just afraid of looking up – they are called anablephobes. • Not all phobias seem that abnormal or uncommon. Lots of people might have a fear of death, known as necrophobia. But those with an extreme form might be terrified of being buried alive. A nosocomephobe has a fear of hospitals, a verminophobe is afraid of germs, and a hydrophobe has an irrational fear of water. • Individuals suffering from extreme agoraphobia rarely leave their homes, due to their fear of public or open spaces and the inescapable situations that may occur there. Only home is safe. • Some phobias can be a learned behavior that comes from listening to others describe a traumatic event. An individual in one’s life can trigger a phobia, such as peladophobia, the fear of bald people. Those with nosto-phobia, a fear of returning home, may be able to contribute their panic to a specific incident. • People who are afraid of looking into mirrors have cataptrophobia, while those with cyberphobia have a fear of working with computers. A person with an anxiety about memories is a mnemophobe. • Don’t confuse levophobia, the fear of objects to a person’s left, with dextrophobia, the fear of objects to the right. • Although some of us fear the possibility of cancer, an extreme carcinophobe will convince himself he has cancer because he touched someone who has it.

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