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PENS, Cont’d • Bic owns one-third of the ballpoint market in the U.S. • In 95% of cases, if a person is given a new pen, the first word that they write will be their name. STAPLERS • Before the invention of staples, people would bind papers using ribbons strung through holes, or drops of wax to seal them together. • The first stapler was invented in the 1700s for the benefit of King Louis XV of France. Every single staple was made by hand and inscribed with his insignia. • George McGill patented the modern stapler in 1866, but his contraption weighed 2.5 lbs (1.1 kg) and was not very portable. Each staple had to be inserted individually. McGill showcased his invention at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. • McGill’s design was improved in 1905, but the stapler had to be smacked with a mallet to secure the staple because the staples were connected to each other with a thin bit of metal. • At first the stapler was such a rare contraption that firms would buy a single stapler and the entire company had to share it. • In the 1920s Swingline invented a stapler that used a row of staplers that were connected by glue instead of by metal. This made stapling easy and quick, and mallets were no longer required. • The world’s most expensive stapler was an antique Remington model manufactured in 1919. It sold for $760 on eBay. • In 2012, $80 million worth of staplers were sold in the U.S., and Swingline remains the major manufacturer.
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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH By Keith Roach, M.D. Pancreatitis Means Giving Up Alcohol DEAR DR. ROACH: I went to the emergency ward with severe chest pains and bloating. I was sure I was having a heart attack. After tests, a CT scan revealed I had pancreatitis; also, my potassium was low and sodium was critically low. I am 62, 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weigh 210; I have Type 2 diabetes with an A1C of 6.7 and high blood pressure. I was discharged after four days with no restrictions other than to eat light and refrain from alcohol 100 percent for the rest of my life to avoid another occurrence. I had never heard of pancreatitis, and it was devastating news to me. I make wine, and have for years. I do not drink anything except wine, and the thought of never being able to drink again is very disturbing. Is there a possibility that I may be able to drink wine again in the future? The doctor’s assessment seemed pretty harsh to me. -- J.C. ANSWER: Acute pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas, an organ that makes digestive enzymes and insulin. Acute pancreatitis can be very severe, even life-threatening on occasion. There are many causes, but the most common in North America are gallstones and alcohol. The diagnosis is made from the history and physical exam, and an elevated pancreas enzyme level, usually amylase or lipase. These often are elevated into the thousand range. A CT scan also can help confirm the diagnosis. Before concluding that alcohol is the cause of the pancreatitis, it’s important to make sure there is nothing blocking the pancreatic and common bile duct, such as a stone or tumor. The CT scan is good, but if there is doubt, an endoscopy may need to be performed. If your doctor determined that the cause is alcohol, then I’m afraid I have to agree that no amount of alcohol is safe. Drinking even modest amounts of wine, even months or years later, could bring about pancreatitis again. In addition to the pain and suffering that go with an episode, the more episodes of acute pancreatitis you have, the more likely you are to develop chronic pancreatitis (with constant pain), pancreatic insufficiency (leading to inability to properly digest food) and worsen your diabetes. *** DEAR DR. ROACH: I take the statin drug atorvastatin since my heart surgery. The sticker on the bottle reads, “Do not eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice at any time while taking this medicine.” My cardiologist said this warning was based on rather thin clinical trials, and it was OK to continue eating one grapefruit in the morning and taking the statin at bedtime. Are there new developments on this topic?
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PENCILS • When an oak tree tipped over in Cumbria, England, in the mid-1500s, a deposit of extremely pure graphite was discovered underneath it. Graphite is a form of carbon. Other graphite deposits are soft, but this deposit was solid. Bits could be sawn off into sticks. The locals used these sticks for marking sheep. Today it remains the only graphite deposit found in solid form. • Because solid graphite had never been heard of, people mistook it for a form of lead, giving us what we now call “pencil lead” even though pencils have no lead in them. • The news of these writing sticks spread around the world, and England held a monopoly on pencils for centuries. • The first pencils made from these graphite sticks were wrapped in string or leather. Around 1560, an Italian couple invented the prototype for the modern-day pencil by encasing a stick of graphite inside a hollowed-out stick of wood. This prevented the pencil lead from breaking and prevented the black carbon from rubbing off on the fingers. Later, this method was improved by splitting a stick in half, hollowing out the center, inserting the graphite, and then gluing the two halves of the stick together. This is how pencils are still made today. • During the Napoleonic wars, England refused to export any graphite to France, and Napoleon was desperate for pencils. In 1795, officer Nicholas Jacques Conte ground soft graphite into powder, mixed it with clay, pressed it into sticks, and baked them in a kiln. The success of this formula broke the English monopoly on pencils because soft graphite is widely available. The recipe Conte concocted is used by pencil manufacturers today. PENCIL FACTS • 14 billion pencils are manufactured each year. • A tree can make around 300,000 pencils. • Hexagonal pencils outsell round by 10 to 1. • You can make pencil marks permanent by washing them in skimmed milk. • Carpenters’ pencils are rectangular so they don’t roll away during work. • John Steinbeck is said to have used more than 300 pencils to write his novel “East of Eden.” • During World War II rotary pencil sharpeners were outlawed in Britain because they wasted so much scarce graphite and wood, so pencils had to be sharpened with knives. ERASERS • Until the 1770s, the only way of erasing pencil marks was to take a bit of bread, moisten it, ball it up, and rub it on the paper. Then one day British engineer Edward Nairne absentmindedly picked up a piece of rubber instead of breadcrumbs, and discovered it erased the pencil marks even better. • Pencils leave a mark on paper because the graphite mixes with the fiber in the paper. Erasers work because their polymers are stickier than the paper, so graphite particles stick to the eraser instead of the paper. • Teachers originally resisted the idea of having pencils equipped with erasers because they felt it encouraged students to make mistakes. • Pink rubber erasers usually are mixed with powdered pumice to increase abrasiveness. • Today the typical pink eraser on the tip of a pencil is made from vinyl instead of rubber. • Johnny Carson regularly played with pencils at his “Tonight Show” desk. These pencils were specially made with erasers at both ends to avoid on-set accidents.
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THE TABULATOR • On January 8, 1889, the first tabulating machine was patented by Herman Hollerith. The invention heralded the modern era of machine data processing. • Born in Buffalo, NY, Hollerith received a Ph.D. in engineering from Columbia University in 1890, and taught mechanical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology before going to work for the Census Bureau. • Hollerith’s job with the Census Bureau involved compiling statistics. Back then, it took 8 years to tabulate the census information— and the census was taken once every 10 years. Hollerith knew there must be a better way. He worked on the problem even after leaving the Census Office for a better job with an engineering firm. • Then one day he took a train trip. The railroad had been plagued with robbers who posed as passengers. To help catch them, the engineers kept track of everybody on board. They had a card for every person on board, and would punch holes in it to record descriptions of the passengers: punch here for light hair; there for dark hair. Punch out A, B, or C for blue eyes, brown eyes, or green eyes. Punch this corner for short people, or that corner for tall people. This gave Hollerith an idea. • Several weeks later his invention was ready: an electric tabulator. Wherever there was a hole in a card, an electrical connection would be made and a counter would register it. • He subsequently set up the Tabulating Machine Company and began to improve the design of an automatic card-feed system, a keypunch, and punch cards, which formed the foundation of the modern information processing industry. • Hollerith fought an uphill battle to get the notice he deserved. For three years he tried unsuccessfully to get financial backing and corporate interest. Finally, he asked Boston city officials to let him tabulate the town’s death records. In just a few days, he tabulated data that would have kept many clerks busy for weeks. People were finally impressed, and the Army hired him to tabulate some statistics. Next he took his invention to the Paris Exposition, where he won a gold medal. • Then he applied for the job of tabulating the 1890 census. The Bureau of the Census set up a competition between all people who were interested in the contract. Herman and his electric tabulator were finished before the others were half through. He got the job. When the census was taken, it took Herman and 30 electric tabulators only six weeks to compile most of the information that had previously required eight years to accomplish. • His tabulator machines rapidly spread across the world. Countries around the world used them for their census taking, and insurance companies used them as well. Even today, his method of keeping track of information is used everywhere extensively. • In 1910, Hollerith sold his Tabulating Machine Company for a few million dollars, but he never liked the new president. In fact, he refused to buy any stock in the company. Perhaps he came to regret that, for if Herman Hollerith had invested $200,000 in that business in 1910, it would have been worth about a billion dollars by 1970. The new owners changed the name of the company and eventually became one of the world’s largest corporations, selling computer hardware and software. Can you name thecompany? The company is called International Business Machines, or IBM.
DEAR TRACY AND KELLY: Congratulations -- you will probably enjoy having a pet that both of you can take care of. Cats are very independent animals and have a lot of instinctive behaviors -- such as eating moderately, keeping themselves clean and covering up their droppings -- that make caring for them easier than taking care of most dogs. However, there are a few things you need to do to make your home a welcoming environment for your cat. ¥ Prepare a cozy, safe space for the cat to rest in before its first day home. A covered cat bed, old carrier or other den should work; place the door so that your cat can see everything going on in the room. When you bring the cat home, let it out of the carrier near that cozy spot. ¥ Likewise, have the new litter box in place and filled before the big day. Then, show the litter box to your new cat. ¥ Set out food and water in what will be your cat’s usual feeding spot, so that it can find it easily. (Of course, never locate bedding, litter box and food dishes close together). ¥ Put a sturdy scratching post near the cat’s living area. ¥ Give your new cat some space: stay back out of the way as it explores the new house. Your cat needs to get familiar with the new living space and feel like it can explore unmolested. When it’s ready, it likely will come to you. Send your questions or tips to ask@pawscorner.com. (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.
COMPUTERS: QUIZ • Michael was born in Texas in 1965. He was interested in computers from the moment they began appearing. At 15 he disassembled and reassembled an Apple II computer for fun. • While attending the University of Texas, he started his own computer company out of his dorm room, calling it PCs Limited. With a thousand dollars startup capital, he began manufacturing his own kind of computer with the revolutionary idea that he could sell them directly to the customers instead of going through a third party. This kept his prices much lower than his competitors and also kept him in close contact with consumers. • At 19, Michael quit college to run his computer company, re-naming the company after himself. By 1992 his firm was listed on the Fortune 500 list of the largest companies in the world, making him the youngest CEO ever to head a Fortune 500 company. • Today his company is the most profitable PC manufacturer in the world, and he ranks high on the “Forbes” list of America’s richest people. The company is based in Texas and employs nearly 83,000 people worldwide. What’s Michael’s last name, now carried on personal computers worldwide? Answer: Dell. COMPUTER FACTS • It took the radio 38 years to reach 50 million users, television only 13 years, but the internet reached 50 million users in only 4 years. • Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, the first female admiral in the US Navy, came up with the term ‘debugging’ after removing a moth from a computer.
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A VERY LARGE NUMBER • Edward Kasner was a mathematician. In 1938 he was asked to come up with a name for a very large number: the numeral one, followed by a hundred zeros. He asked his two young nephews what name they would suggest. • Nine-year-old Milton suggested a name out of the funnies. A cartoon strip character named Barney was very popular. Milton chose Barney’s last name for the number. • Kasner announced the new name for the big number in his next book, altering the spelling. • Sixty years later, Larry Page and Sergey Brin developed a new internet search engine. Other search engines searched each webpage and ranked them according to how many times a specific term appeared on them, but Page and Brin designed their search engine to search for the specific term and then find out how many links there were that led back to that page, which resulted in a better search engine. • They decided they needed a name that reflected how many websites the search engine was searching. They took the name of Edward Kasner’s very large number, only they misspelled it slightly, so it ended up being spelled exactly the same way the cartoon character Barney spelled his last name. What’s it called? (Answer at bottom of page) COMPUTER FACTS • In 1981 Bill Gates said, “640 kb of memory ought to be enough for anybody.” • Moore’s Law states that computer performance doubles every 18 to 24 months, and ever since 1971, this has been true. • HP, Google, Microsoft, and Apple were all started in garages. Answer: Google, from googol.
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