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TIDBITSÂŽ EATS CANDY

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IN THE BEGINNING... • The story goes that a little old lady in the French town of Montelimar used to make up a treat from honey, sugar, nuts, fruits, and eggs to give to all her friends. The friends would say, “Tu nous gatesâ€? which is French for “You spoil us!â€? From this we get RXU ZRUG DQG RXU ÂżOOLQJ FDOOHG QRXJDW • “Fudgeâ€? used to be nothing but a swear word.

It’s said that a Philadelphia candy maker was trying to make a better chewy caramel but goofed it up. Instead he got a crystallized non-chewy substance that wasn’t at all what he was trying to make. “Oh, fudge!�

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born. • In Chicago a confectioner was trying to make a better butterscotch by adding more milk to improve WKH Ă€DYRU EXW KH HQGHG XS FKDQJLQJ WKH EXWWHUVFRWFK so much that it wasn’t recognizable as butterscotch any longer. He had invented milk caramel. • In 1890 a woman in New England was makLQJ SHDQXW Ă€DYRUHG WDII\ +RZHYHU VKH DFFLGHQWDOO\ used baking soda in the recipe instead of the cream of tartar which was called for. Her mistake resulted in the invention of peanut brittle. • In the mid-1920s, something that was “red hotâ€? was new, up-to-date, and popular. A new candy that the manufacturers hoped would be considered up-to-date and popular was called Red Hots for that UHDVRQ QRW EHFDXVH RI WKH Ă€DYRU ZKLFK LV FLQQDPRQ • NECCO Wafers get their name from the initials of the company that manufactures them: the New England Confectionery Company. • Dum Dum lollipops got their name from a type of bullet called the dum dum that was used in World War I. They have the same shape.

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• In 1896 Leo Hirschfield named his new candy product after his six-year-old daughter Clara, who was nicknamed Tootsie: the Tootsie Roll. The Tootsie 5ROO ZDV WKH ¿UVW SHQQ\ FDQG\ WKDW ZDV LQGLYLGXally wrapped. ‡ *HRUJH 6PLWK RZQHG WKH ¿UVW VXFNHU PDQXfacturing machine which opened for business in New Haven, Colorado in 1908. Lolly Pop was the name of a popular racehorse of the day, so he named his new confection the lollipop. • Otto Schnering, inventor of the Baby Ruth candy bar, once promoted the product by hiring a chartered airplane to do a massive Baby Ruth candy bar drop over the city of Pittsburgh, PA in 1923.

The ploy worked, and sales took off. • M & M's stand for Frank Mars, founder of Mars Candy, and Bob Murrie, the president of Mars Candy. • In Alexandre Dumas’ best selling book "The Three Musketeers," the three heroes Athos, Porthos, and Aramis pal around together having adventures. In 1932 Frank Mars, maker of the Snickers bar, invented a new candy bar in honor of the novel. The candy bar was actually three bars in one: vanilla nougat, chocolate nougat, and strawberry nougat. By the 1940s the 3 Musketeers bar was all chocolate nougat. • In the 1950s quiz shows were all the rage. One show, an early forerunner of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,â€? was called “The Big Surprise.â€? Mike :DOODFH RI Âł 0LQXWHV´ IDPH ZDV WKH HPFHH and contestants were asked ten questions to win prizes increasing in value from $100 to $100,000.

7KH VKRZ DLUHG IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH LQ DQG ZDV very popular, inspiring NestlĂŠ to come out with the $100,000 Bar. • At the Williamson Candy Co. in Chicago, a young man named Henry came by every day to watch the young ladies make candy. They would WDON DQG Ă€LUW DQG EHIRUH ORQJ +HQU\ EHJDQ KHOSLQJ them out with small tasks and errands whenever he came by. “Oh, Henry, would you please...â€? “Oh, Henry will you‌â€? When a new nut roll was added to the product line, company owner Mr. Williamson asked his workers what they wanted to name it. “Every day all we hear is, ‘Oh Henry this’ and ‘Oh Henry that’ so why not call it the Oh Henry bar?â€? and so it was. • James Welch, manufacturer of the Sugar Daddy caramel sucker, went to see the Broadway production of a play called “Junior Miss.â€? The play was very popular and later became a radio show starring Shirley Temple. James Welch liked the play a lot and couldn’t get the name “Junior Missâ€? out of his head. A few years later when he came up with a new type of candy, he decided to name it Junior Mints.

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MYSTERY OF WINT-O-GREEN • If you go into a completely dark room, let your eyes adjust, then bite or smash a Wint-O-Green Life Saver, faint blue sparks can be seen. Why? Did you ever watch a car drag a metal object along pavement?

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Noteworthy Inventors:MILTON HERSHEY • When Milton Hershey’s mother apprenticed him to a printer in 1871, it didn’t take him long to discover that he hated printing.

Instead, he ended up apprenticed to a confectioner, where he spent four years learning the art of making candy.

• When his apprenticeship ended, he set up his own candy shop in Philadelphia, but it failed. He moved to Denver where he learned the art of making caramel from a Colorado dairyman.

• Next he moved to New York City and tried to open a successful caramel factory, only to fail once again. So he returned to his family home in Pennsylvania and tried one more time to open a successful candy store.

• This time, he won a large contract with a European firm, and the money generated by this single order was enough to get him started down the road to success. Soon, the Lancaster Caramel Company was employing over 1,400 people, shipping candy worldwide, and turning Milton Hershey into one of the town's leading citizens.

• Visiting the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, Milton was fascinated by the exhibit set up by a German chocolate company which demonstrated the latest technology in automated chocolate manufacturing. When the Expo ended, Milton bought the machinery and shipped it back to Pennsylvania, convinced he could add chocolate to his already successful caramel business. It soon became apparent to him that the demand for chocolate outstripped the demand for caramel.

• Surrounded by the dairylands of Pennsylvania, he started doing his own experiments with milk chocolate. The production of milk chocolate had long been a closely guarded trade secret held by the Swiss. But through sheer trial and error, Milton Hershey figured out the formula.

• By the turn of the century, the business was so successful that he built a new factory near the town of Derry Township, Pennsylvania, where he had been born. He then proceeded to build a town around the factory. The town was later re-named for him: ANSWERS ON Hershey, Pennsylvania.

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• The town he built to house his workers was a model community, designed not to exploit people (as other company towns did) but to provide for their welfare. There were schools, lecture halls, an amusement park, gardens, churches, and a trolley system.

• In 1900, he sold his caramel company for the princely sum of $1 million (worth $27 million in today's dollars) and began to focus exclusively on producing chocolate.

• Thanks to the Hershey bar (invented in 1900) and the Hershey Kiss (invented in 1907), chocolate went from being a treat reserved for the rich to a delight everyone could afford.

• In 1912, Milton Hershey and his wife had tickets to travel on the Titanic. They canceled their reservations at the last minute due to business matters which required Hershey's attention. The check he wrote to reserve a first-class stateroom on the Titanic is in the archives of The Hershey museum.

• Hershey supplied soldiers with chocolate bars during World War II. The chocolate was formulated to taste a little bad to prevent troops from getting cravings for them, and it had to withstand high temperatures without melting. In 1939, the Hershey plant was capable of producing 100,000 ration bars a day. By the end of the war, the entire Hershey plant was producing ration bars at a rate of 24 million a week.

• The company Milton Hershey set up continued to flourish even after his death in 1945 at the age of 88. Today Milton Hershey's firm is the largest chocolate company in North America.

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Breakfast, Lunch Leave Man Dazed DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 71, with high blood pressure, COPD, diabetes and spinal stenosis. I smoke.

After I eat breakfast or lunch, I rapdly fall into a daze during which I can hardly hold my head up. Sleep seems to be the only solution, but I still feel tired and listless the rest of he day. I have had this condition for over a year, and it is making me very depressed. I have read about CFS and autoimmune conditions, and the prognosis is not good. There must be some treatment for me. — A.P. ANSWER: Fatigue is a common symptom, but it is perhaps the most nonspecific one we deal with in medcine. Many conditions primarily cause fatigue. The specific condition of chronic fatigue syndrome, by definition, is unexplained after a clinical evaluation. In your case, I would consider some important possible causes.

Although COPD and even spinal stenosis certainly can cause fatigue, he association with eating makes me wonder about your blood sugar levels, since poorly controlled diabetes can cause fatigue. Smoking doesn’t cause fatigue, but quitting smoking certainly will help your COPD from progressng. All sleep disorders, but especially obstructive sleep apnea, cause fatigue hat might not improve with sleeping.

I always consider thyroid disease, hemochromatosis and multiple scleosis in anyone with profound fatigue.

This list is only a small part of the many conditions a clinician is on the ookout for in someone with fatigue.

Depression certainly may cause fatigue, but it is also common in peo-

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ple whose primary issue is a medical cause of fatigue.

If after a thorough evaluation your diagnosis turns out to be chronic fatigue syndrome, the most effective therapies are cognitive behavioral therapy and a graded exercise program.

Since your symptoms happen after eating, it might be wise to see if certain foods are more likely to cause it by keeping a food diary. Many people find sugary foods cause loss of energy.

Many people have come down with the mysterious illness chronic fatigue syndrome. The booklet on it explains the illness and its treatment. To obtain a copy, write: Dr. Roach — No. 304W, 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 four weeks for delivery. *** DR. ROACH WRITES: Many people have written about treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. I recently recommended CPAP machines (including, if necessary, repeated visits for proper fitting) and singing. I haven’t discussed oral appliances, which move either the jaw or the tongue to change the anatomy of the back of the throat, allowing the airway to stay open during sleep. Only a few studies have been done on these, but they suggest that the oral appliances are nearly as effective as CPAP for people with mild or moderate OSA. People with severe OSA probably should use CPAP, since it is more effective.

These are certainly an option for people who can’t tolerate a CPAP despite several attempts by someone skilled at selecting the right mask and plenty of patience to learn to use it properly. *** Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu. To view and order health pamphlets, visit www. rbmamall.com; or write to Pamphlets, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. © 2015 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved

• Henri was born in 1814 in Germany. His last name was a German word meaning ‘a small bird nest.’ As a young man he moved to Switzerland where he worked in a pharmacy doing chemical experiments.

• He became preoccupied with the high infant mortality rate. When new mothers were unable to nurse, their babies often died. What the world needed was an emergency substitute for mother’s milk.

• After much experimentation, Henri developed a mixture of cow’s milk, flour, sugar, and malt that could be sold in powdered form and reconstituted with the addition of water. By 1867 his baby formula was marketed worldwide.

• Next door to Henri’s baby formula factory, Daniel Peter owned a candle factory. The use of oil lamps was making candles obsolete, and Daniel knew he had to diversify, so he decided to go into the chocolate business. He needed a way to make his product stand out.

• Being next door to Henri’s factory caused him to wonder if there wasn’t a way to combine milk with chocolate. After eight years, he figured out the formula for milk chocolate, and formed it into the world’s first chocolate bars.

• The result was so successful that Henri’s baby formula company bought out Daniel’s milk chocolate company. In 1874 Henri sold his company for a million francs and retired, but the firm he founded went on to become the world’s largest food and beverage company, employing a quarter million people and buying ten percent of the world’s cocoa beans. The firm is named after Henri’s last name. What is it?

• In Hershey, Pennsylvania, the streetlights along "Chocolate Avenue" are in the shape of Hershey Kisses.

• Dark chocolate is healthier than white chocolate or milk chocolate because it's less processed, meaning it has more antioxidant flavonoids in it, as well as less sugar and fat.

• Chocolate contains caffeine, but you'd have to eat 14 chocolate bars to equal the amount of caffeine in a single cup of coffee.

• White chocolate is white because it has cocoa butter but no cocoa solids.

• The average America eats about 12 lbs. (5.4 kg) of chocolate annually.

• Add a tablespoon of espresso powder to chocolate baked goods to spike up the chocolatey flavor.

• Baking chocolate is bitter because it has no sugar added.

• About 75% of people eat the ears off of a chocolate Easter bunny first.

• Chocolate contains cocoa and cocoa contains the compound theobromine.

Theobromine is toxic to dogs and other pets at certain doses. The most dangerous kinds are dark chocolate, cocoa bean garden mulch, and unsweetened baking chocolate.

• American chocolate manufacturers use about 1.5 billion pounds of milk annually, surpassed only by the cheese and ice cream industries.

• Chocolate syrup was used as fake blood in the famous shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's movie "Psycho." The film was in black and white.

• German chocolate cake did not originate in Germany. In 1852, Sam German developed a sweet baking bar for Baker's Chocolate Co. The product was named in honor of him: Baker's German's Sweet Chocolate.

• Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows cacao beans commercially to produce chocolate.

Answer: Nestlé

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PAWS CORNER By: Sam Mazzotta Respect Owner About Not Petting Dog DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I love dogs, and my mom said always to ask permission before petting someone else’s dog. But at the park yesterday one owner told me no. Why? -- Kerrie in New Orleans DEAR KERRIE: First, great job in always asking permission before petting a dog that isn’t yours. And, if an owner says no, just say “thank you,â€? and respect his or her wish. Why would a person who takes his or her dog out in public not want people to pet it? There could be any number of reasons. Maybe the GRJ LV ÂżQH ZKHQ OHIW DORQH EXW VQDSV DW VWUDQJHUV ZKR WU\ WR pet it. Maybe it’s fearful and gets stressed out when strangers approach -- making it much harder to help it get comfortable around strangers and other dogs. You might notice an uncomfortable dog cowering and tucking its tail, giving a low growl or other stressed-out signs. Or, maybe the dog has an injury, like a cut or recent surgery, and the owner doesn’t want people to accidentally touch the area, which could be painful for the dog.

In any case, don’t be hurt by the owner’s refusal. The reason has to do with the comfort and safety of the dog. When you are respectful of that, you’re helping out, even in a small way.

As an added note, be sure to teach your friends and siblings about asking permission. And remind them not to pet any strange dog that’s unattended -- whether on a leash or running loose. Don’t run away, but carefully avoid the dog and alert your SDUHQWV D SDUN UDQJHU RU SROLFH RI¿FHU Send your questions or tips to ask@pawscorner.com.

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The term “Dog Days of Summer� is an expression that has fallen out of favor in recent times, and for sports fans this poses a peculiar dilemma.

In today’s world it’s all about building a brand, and these two months — when kids are out of school, people go on vacation and women wear bikinis — have always had an image problem. And besides, hipster millennials are not going to use ancient Gregorian-era terms like “July� or “August.� OMG LOL There are other reasons to take action. If we don’t figure out what to call these days, our sports calendars can get out of whack. It’s like trying to catch up on sleep. You can’t.

Schedules will run into one another, and the next thing you know, the Chicago Blackhawks will be playing hockey in June in places like Tampa Bay, which sounds preposterous, but that’s exactly the kind of apocalyptic vision that I feel awaits us if we don’t act now.

You don’t have to slip too far down the slope to see that this could lead to the watering down all of our standards. It would be like calling a team that has won three non-consecutive Stanley Cup championships over a six-year span a “dynasty� instead of the accurate way we refer to such scenarios in our present day, which is “not a dynasty.�

Boardwalk vendors say that “dog days� refers to the hot dogs they sell, but I’m skeptical. We’ve only

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1. Who was the last major-leaguer before Houston’s Jose Altuve in 2014 to amass at least 225 hits, 44 doubles and 55 steals in a season?

2. How many times did Ken Griffey Jr. drive in 100 or more runs in a season during his 22-year major-league career?

3. Entering 2015, the University of Alabama’s football team had been ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press poll at least one week for how many consecutive seasons?

4. In 2014, the Los Angeles Clippers’ Jamal Crawford became the fourth player to win the NBA’s Sixth Man Award twice. Name two of the other three.

5. The University of Minnesota has won three of the past four NCAA women’s hockey championships (2012-15). Who won the other title during that time?

6. Which is the only South American county to have its men’s soccer team not play in a World Cup? 7. Name the last school before the University of Denver (2015) to win the NCAA men’s Division I lacrosse title and not be from the Eastern time zone.

Answers 1. Detroit’s Ty Cobb, in 1917.

2. Eight times, with a high of 147 RBIs in 1997.

3. Seven consecutive seasons.

4. Kevin McHale, Ricky Pierce and Detlef Schrempf.

5. Clarkson, in 2014.

6. Venezuela.

7. It had never happened before 2015.

The Shark Days of Summer

been calling them “hot dogs� since World War II. I doubt we referred to the summer months as the “Frankfurter Wiener Days� before the war.

Anyway, the answer I propose looms a little further off the boardwalk, in waist-deep water, waiting to strike at any moment: These are the “Shark Days of Summer.�

For one, this is the time of year Discovery broadcasts “Shark Week� all month. I’m not quite sure what is left to discover about sharks, but give those producers and scientists credit for giving us what we want, which clearly is taunting sharks. Because I think we have a pretty firm grasp on what sharks do by now. It’s not like we’re going to suddenly find out something that changes our perception of the sharks.

We will never see the scientist turn to the camera and say something like, “Hey! Guess what? Found out something NEW. Turns out, they’re huge Judy Garland fans. We caught some hammerheads sneaking off to the Maldives the other night and heard them singing show tunes with a bunch of leopard seals after hours.�

In addition to the headline-grabbing exploits of the sharks trying to eat newspaper editors off our southern coast, “Shark Tank,� starring Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, is enjoying a ratings bonanza on the tube. I am not in any way trivializing the danger of what’s been going on — people have legitimate reason to worry — but again, I just want to point out the statistics. As scary as it may seem, the odds of being attacked by Mark Cuban are very low.

My elevator pitch could probably use a little work, though. Enjoy the rest of your summer, folks!

Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in Kansas City.

• I have stained coffee cups. My hands have arthritis, and it’s hard to wash them by hand. A young woman at church suggested I purchase a small bottle of dishwasher soap, even though I don’t have a dishwasher. I squirt a little in the cup and add hot water. It sits while I wash up the other dishes, and then swishes right out. The stains are gone. — T.T. in Missouri • Check your area to see if vocational schools offer low-cost or free auto repairs. Sometimes you can have work done for the cost of parts so that students can be trained on your issue. — R.E. in North Carolina • For the summer, I fill a gym-size duffel bag with “spontaneity suppliesâ€? and keep it in the trunk of my car. It includes swimsuits for all family members, a blanket and cups, plates and silverware for a picnic. Now if we find we have some unexpected free time, we can go to the beach or pool, or have a picnic by just picking up some sandwich supplies from the closest grocery store! — A Reader, via e-mail • You can use a clean paper milk carton to pour batter for pancakes. The spout makes it easy to pour and reduces splatter. • I got tired of always looking for the dustpan, and so I put a magnet on the back of it.

It sticks right on the side of the fridge, right next to the broom. — L.M. in Kentucky • Avoid eye strain by making sure your computer monitor is in the correct position. It should be placed directly in front of you, at least an arm’s length away. If you have trouble seeing the screen, adjust the resolution to make the screen items bigger.

Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Š 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

* Until 1928, women who wanted to swim at the beach in Atlantic City were required to wear stockings.

By Samantha Weaver * It was ancient Chinese military strategist and philosopher Sun Tzu who made the following sage observation: “Opportunities multiply as they are seized.â€? * It’s been reported that putting earmuffs on a homing pigeon will keep it from wandering off. Tiny earmuffs, I imagine. * Have you ever heard of pink turtle-head, creeping Charley, scarlet monkey, lady’s ear drops, painted tongue, false dragonhead or the beefsteak plant? If you’re a horticulturist you may have; they’re all QDPHV RI Ă€RZHUV * The ferret, a domesticated relative of the weasel, gets its name from the Latin word for “little thief.â€? ,I \RXÂśUH D IDQ RI WKH FODVVLF ÂżOP Âł&DVDEODQFD ´ \RX NQRZ WKDW DFtors Claude Rains and Sydney Greenstreet portrayed the characters Renault and Ferrari. You might not be aware, however, that those characters’ names also are the names of two leading European auto manufacturers.

* Noted American composer and conductor John Phillip Sousa started out as an apprentice in the U.S. Marine Corps band at the tender age of 13. * Those who study such things say that among all prison inmates convicted of violent crimes, murderers are the ones least likely to have tattoos. * It caused a bit of a scandal in the art world when a papercutting of a sailboat by famed French artist Henri Matisse hung upside-down in New York’s Museum of Modern Art for more than a month. It seems WKDW LQ WKH DUWZRUN WKH ZDWHUÂśV UHĂ€HFWLRQ RI WKH ERDW ZDV PLVWDNHQ IRU the boat itself, causing the mishap. * When the tide changes in San Francisco Bay, fully one-sixth of the water is moved in or out. *** Thought for the Day: “When the mind is full of lust, the heart is full of lies.â€? -- Scottish proverb F .LQJ )HDWXUHV 6\QG ,QF

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by Jason Jenkins

Knee Highs Controlling chips around the green can be a complicated matter for most golfers. What club do I use? How much swing length? Do I hinge my wrists or not? All are valid questions when deciding how to judge the distance needed to chip it close enough for a one putt.

A great standard for greenside chips that don’t require much air time to get on the green is the knee high stroke. Standard chipping set up has the feet close together, ball right sided, and the club and body leaning toward the target slightly.

The backstroke agenda is to bring the clubKHDG EDFN WR D NQHH KLJK KHLJKW XVLQJ D ¿UP DUP and wrist backstroke. Too much wrist hinge and you’ll go waist high or higher. Too little motion doesn’t give you the height to have a slight downward strike.

Keep the body weight left sided during the HQWLUH SURFHVV ,W¶V KHOSIXO WR ¿QLVK WKH FKLS VWURNH with even a slightly lower clubhead height than DFKLHYHG RQ WKH EDFNVWURNH %H ¿UP ZLWK WKH lead wrist through impact preventing a high follow through. Knee high and hold can be a great mantra for your stroke shape on these shots.

Jason Jenkins was a 16-year member of the Jim McLean Golf School teaching staff and was one of GOLF Magazine’s Top 100 Teacher Nominees 1999-2010. He was named one of the Golf Digest Top Teachers in California in 2011.

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