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And I can’t keep him on a leash all the time. He is petrified of people in my house, especially large older dog-trainer shingle based on having “grown up with men. If I take him to the park he’s wonderful: social, dogs.” An abbreviated text message is one thing; an outgoing, obedient. He just does this at home. He by Matilda Charles © King Features Synd., Inc. abbreviated education in your field of expertise is doesn’t have any of the normal crazies like barking, chewing or digging. quite another. “I need to know how to help him get over this Recently, I received an e-mail from someone citing “37 years experience working with Labs, in- constant fear and to get him to stop walking through cluding basic and intermediate obedience training.” the house peeing. I’m afraid of any corrections beThis person went on to diagnose their 3-year-old Lab cause I don’t want to perpetuate his abuse. He doesn’t California, Costa Rica, Greece, Italy and rescue as having been “seriously abused; beaten, have any aggression, and he knows when he’s done Japan all have something in common. They all tortured -- the works.” This diagnosis was made something bad because he refuses to come when have a city with large numbers of people who three days after bringing the dog home, and this called. Outside, he does very well with on-leash and reach age 100. person has been living with these problems for the off-leash obedience. Please help me with Toby. He’s Only 25 percent of our longevity comes last eight months -- behavioral problems that, in my a wonderful dog and just wants love and to please.” from DNA, says National Geographic author Dan Not having spent any time with Toby, I can Buettner in his book “Blue Zones.” The rest comes book, could be attributed to any number of things, all only speculate as to what the underlying causes of which should be explored. 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create a flag in the system that triggers regulators or even law enforcement to track you down. The next time you seek care, you could end up with the wrong medical history, wrong blood type, inaccurate allergies and other errors that could end up being deadly for you. Protect your information. While it can be difficult to protect yourself against a data breach, you by Freddy Groves should fiercely safeguard your Social Security number and medical insurance card. Treat medical bills, prescription drug labels and insurance statements as you would any other sensitive information--shred them. Set up accounts. Set up for online accounts with your medical providers, insurance company In spite of fixes, health care doesn’t always and prescription drug provider, even if you don’t get better at the Department of Veterans Affairs. intend to use them. That will help to prevent some If you live in Jacksonville, Florida, your wait one else from signing up under your name. times for appointments are the worst in the country. Be vigilant. Guard against fraud by monitor- While the national average of appointments beyond ing all medical billing statements and returning any 30 days is 5.9 percent, Jacksonville’s is an astoundcalls from medical billing offices. ing 23.3 percent. Fayetteville, North Carolina, is Routinely check the accuracy of your mediright behind, with 23 percent of requested appointcal records. Look for things like your blood type, ments going over 30 days. medical conditions and procedures. Request to While the VA announced a new 250,000 have your medical records corrected if you find square-foot medical facility will be built in Fayettefalse information. ville, that doesn’t always help the wait-time problem. Safeguarding your medical information, A new VA clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado, hasn’t credit report, financial and insurance statements relieved veterans’ wait times for appointments. In may not prevent all cases of medical identity theft, the seven months the clinic has been open, the numbut it can help you notice fraud faster so you can ber of appointments delayed by 30 days or more has move quickly to correct it. actually risen from 7 percent to 11.5 percent. Get protected. On Jan. 29, 2015, Anthem Besides these locations, other areas with health insurance learned it had been hacked. Perstill-high wait times are those with a rural populasonal identifying information of up to 80 million custion, a large military presence, and those in Alatomers was stolen. bama, Georgia, Virginia and New Mexico. Within three days of the breach, I received In November, new VA chief Robert McDonan email from LifeLock, instructing me what to do ald said he wanted to hire 28,000 doctors, nurses and how to respond to this news, given that Anand other staff. That might be hard to pull off. The them is my healthcare provider. That’s because I Association of American Medical Colleges said in a have LifeLock identity theft protection. study it requested, “Projections from 2013 to 2025,” I eventually heard from Anthem, but not that by 2025 “demand for physicians will exceed supuntil six weeks had passed. LifeLock was right on ply by a range of 46,000 to 90,000.” top of the situation with information, assurance and That leaves Choice, the VA program that ala plan of attack should they detect even a hint of lows veterans who live too far from a VA facility to compromise on my behalf regarding the Anthem get care in the community. The VA recently redeincident, or any other incident that can affect me fined the 40-mile requirement from as the crow flies negatively. to actual driving mileage. LifeLock is not the only insurance option If you qualify, sign up for it. See www. for ID theft. I just happen to think it is the best. It is va.gov/opa/choiceact, or call 866-606-8198. proactive, constantly monitoring over a trillion data points for threats to my identity, my good name, my Freddy Groves regrets that he cannot personally ancredit scores. I even get alerts if they detect that a swer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his colregistered sex offender has moved into a neighbor- umn whenever possible. Send email to columnreply2@gmail. com. hood nearby. LifeLock works to stop credit and medi(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc. cal ID theft before it happens. And when they can’t prevent it, they fix it. Make sure to visit www. everydaycheapskate.com/lifelock and you will automatically get 10% off and 30 days free on your Fri, June 6, 2014 LifeLock membership. Alternatively, call 1-800-780Please review carefully. Double check: Phone Number(s) Spelling Prices Hours 7505 and mention promo code EC30 on signup for the same special deal.your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. Contact
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Last Words (from page page 3) that his last words, while in the throes of a gastro-intestinal disease, would be, “I have tried so hard to do right.” • Franklin D. Roosevelt stated, “I have a terrific headache,” just moments before he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in 1945. • Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy had no idea that their last words would in fact be their last. As Lincoln and his wife sat in Ford’s Theater watching the play “Our American Cousin,” Mary Todd Lincoln, worried about the opinions of the women seated next to them in their theater box, whispered to her husband, “What will Miss Harris think of my hanging on to you so?” Abe’s last words before being shot by John Wilkes Booth were, “She won’t think anything about it.” • As Kennedy rode in a Dallas motorcade in 1963, the wife of Governor John Connelly commented to him, “You certainly cannot say that the people of Dallas haven’t given you a nice welcome, Mr. President.” His answer, “No, you certainly can’t” were his final words seconds before being struck by deadly rifle fire from assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. • Rock musician and actress Jane Dornacker was giving a live traffic report for a national radio station when the chopper she was riding in began losing power. Moments before the aircraft plunged into the Hudson River killing all on board, her listeners heard her say, “Hit the water, hit the water, hit the water!”
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