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How many ways can you say yellow? Lemon, canary, ochre, saffron, amber, golden, mustard... No matter what you call it, Tidbits this week is all about the color the eye sees when it perceives light within the wavelengths of 570 and 590 nanometers. • The primary color yellow is the most visible in the spectrum because the human eye processes that color first. That makes it the logical choice for caution and warning signs, as well as fire engines, school buses, and taxis. • Studies suggest that yellow has a stimulating effect on the nervous system and mental processes. Yellow activates memory, which makes it a good color for a room used for studying. Contrasting shades of soft yellow tones have also been shown to stimulate the appetite, and for that reason these color combinations are often used in restaurants. • The term “yellow journalism” is used to describe news content that has not been well-documented and uses questionable resources for unsubstantiated facts. Earmarks of yellow journalism are misleading headlines and exaggerated, sensationalized stories. The term came about in the mid-1890s during a high-profile circulation war between two major market newspapers, Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World and William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal. Both daily publications were accused of exaggerating facts, Mellow Yellow: Turn to page 3

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his own factory and began producing high-quality tableware and decorative objects. The public soon recognized the exceptional quality of his porcelain. Rosenthal porcelain continues to be sought after in both Europe and the United States. Your container was also used to hold jelly and jam. During the Victorian era, dinners were elegant events. They often served multiple courses, including oysters, fish, fowl and meat. Different flatware was designed for each course. So setting a can of condensed milk on the table would not have been acceptable presentation. The piece was made around 1900. Similar pieces made by Rosenthal are selling on the Internet for around $200 to $325. * * * This signature or insignia is on the front of a tall cameo vase that was given to me years ago. It is about 20 inches tall, has an elongated neck and is still in mint condition. The vase is decorated with green foliage against a pale yellow-green background, with a dark green base. The signature is towards the bottom of the vase near the foliage. Anything you can tell me will be appreciated.

Enclosed is a photo of a porcelain jar with a matching plate that belonged to my grandmother. It is decorated with multicolored pastel flowers and gold trim. It stands about 5 inches tall, including the plate. On the bottom, we see a design -- a crown with crossed bars, with the letters “R. C.” and the words “Selb -- Bavaria -- Primrose.” Interestingly, the bottom of the jar has a hole in it about the size of a 50 cent piece. We are all puzzled. No one in the family knows what it is used for, although there have been several suggestions. I hope you can provide information about the purpose, maker, origin, age and value of our myster y dish.

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I Will Not Watch You Nae-Nae One day, during the Reagan administration, my father tuned in a college football game. The quarterback was a hotshot by the name of Boomer. Boomer was tossing touchdowns, cheerleaders were flinging all about and the stadium was going accordingly wild. “That’s why you want to go to a big college,” my great, successful father, told me. Not one ever to quarrel with any edict passed down by my parental guidance, I made them proud by attending just such a school, attaining mediocre heights. And I remember my very first football game as a member of the student section. I remember the first key play of the game. Why? Because there was this one dude standing on a riser in plastic shades shaking his car keys, admonishing us through megaphone technology to go ahead and shake our own keys! That cheer, I am guessing, would have been made more effective if we had, indeed, more than one solitary key and a flaccid, laminated dining card on our keychains. Then, as we made annoying little fwappy flapping sounds with our key and card combo, we were offered this cheer: “Four and four is half of sixteen ... all for [the team], do the lean, lean!” And then we all leaned to the right and then we leaned to the left. We did this for little apparent reason or effect, because whatever we were doing wasn’t helping the team we leaned for, unless our game plan was to get destroyed by Florida State. But that was then, and it was nothing a little Winona Ryder flick on the VHS couldn’t cure. Fast-forward to today, and it’s a whole new world. Student sections are all the rage, and while that’s kind of cool in theory, in practice it often is not. We get it. You’re young and enthusiastic. You need things to occupy your time 45 minutes before tipoff and 4.5 years before you occupy Wall Street. Nobody begrudged you that one week you all went viral and poured milk on your heads or did the Harlem Shake. But come on, lighten up a bit. When ESPN does a remote from your prestigious college home court four hours before tipoff and you’re screaming like a banshee in face paint, you do not have to keep claiming that you’re No. 1. First of all, you’re not No. 1. Put your finger down. Secondly, you’re freaking out as if you took the brown acid every time the camera cuts to you. It’s high time (no pun) to reassess. Can’t you let up on the throttle a bit and just enjoy the game? Cheer like crazy, sure, but if you are cheering full force for six hours on a Sunday at a Catholic university, you’ve got to be either offyour-meds crazy or on crazy meds. You’re at least suspect. I’m tired just watching you whip, but watching you nae-nae, too? I’d rather watch the game. * * * Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in New Jersey. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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instrument that can excavate enough sand under and with the ball to send it out of the bunker. An open face from poor lies leads to a reflecting clubhead off the sand or simply puts the leading edge into the equator of the ball. After you’ve squared the clubface, lean the bodyweight and the clubshaft toward the target slightly so that you can achieve a sharper strike into the sand. Try hitting closer to the ball with your new square face alignment as well. 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. Contact Jason at 760-485-2452 or devgolfinstr@gmail.com

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