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TIDBITS LOOKS AT THE INGENUITY OFINVENTORS

by Kathy WolfeWe all know about Edison and Alexander

Graham Bell, but what about some of the more unfamiliar people whose resourcefulness resulted in some pretty clever devices? This week, Tidbits looks at a just a few of those folks.

ACanadianinventor,HarryWasylyk,hailingfromWinnipeg,Manitoba,isresponsiblefortheinventionofthedisposablegreenpolyethylenegarbagebag.Hestartedhisoperationinhiskitchenin1950,intendingthem for commercial use only, rather than for ordinary consumers. His first customer was the Winnipeg General Hospital.He teamed up with an employee of an Ontario Union Carbide plant, LarryHanson, and the pair sold their invention toUnionCarbide,whomarketedthemforhome use under the name Glad.

Thomas Jeffersonworemanyhatsoverthe course of his lifetime lawyer, statesman,architect,agronomist,linguist,naturalist. This third President of the United States also penned the Declaration of Independence. In addition to his many political activities, Jefferson was alsothe inventor of the swivel chair, a plow, a portable copying press, a macaroni-making machine, and mechanicaldumbwaiters that enabled his servants to send wine bottles from the cellar to the diningroomatMonticello.

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EarleDicksonwasacottonbuyerworkingfor Johnson & Johnson in 1921 when hiswifes kitchen mishaps inspired an invention. Hisbridewas frequentlycuttingher fingerswhilepreparingmeals,andhewaspatchingupherinjurieswithgauzeandadhesivetape.Dickson developed a compact bandage ofsmallpiecesofgauzeandsurgicaltapethatcould be easily applied, and pitched his idea toplantmanagement.Apositionascompanyvicepresidentcamealongastheyearswentby, as well as a place on the board of directors. When Dickson died in 1961, Johnson &Johnsons sales of Band-Aids topped $30million a year.

AsaMinnesotamanufacturingplantworkerduring the World War I era, Charles Stritepartook of his meals in the plant cafeteria. After being served burned toast countlesstimes, he devised a machine that would turn off the heat and pop up the bread when the toast was done. Although General Electrichad already marketed a toaster in 1909, their model only toasted one side at a time and had tobemanuallyturnedoff.Striteaddedspringsand a timer to his appliance and patented his Toastmaster. His later models added a lightnessanddarknesslever.

While Swiss chemist and textile engineerJacques Brandenberger was seated in arestaurantintheearly1900s,aglassofwinewas spilled on the tablecloth. As the chemist watched the waiter replace the cloth, an idea occurred to him a transparent, protective film that would make cloth waterproof. After many experiments, he came up with what we know today as cellophane. The first company to use cellophane in the United States was the Whitmans candy company, which wrapped its fine chocolates in the film. Brandenbergerspatentrightswerelatersoldto the Dupont company. In 1912, he alsobeganmanufacturingaclear,thinfilmusedinmakinggasmasks.

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Whatever deci-sions youre faced with this week, rely on your strong Aries instincts, and base them on your honest feelings, not necessarily on what others might expect you to do.TAURUS (April 30 to May 20) Your sensitive Taurean spirit is pained by what you feel is an unwarranted attack by a miffed colleague. But your sensible self should see it as proof that you must be doing something right.GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) More fine-tun-ing might be in order before you can be ab-solutely certain that youre on the right track. Someone close to you might offer to help. The weekend favors family get-togethers.CANCER (June 21 to July 22) The week con-tinues to be a balancing act twixt dreaming and doing. But by weeks end, you should have a much better idea of what you actually plan to do and how you plan to do it.LEO (July 23 to August 22) Changing your plans can be risky, but it can also be a neces-sary move. Recheck your facts before you act. Tense encounters should ease by midweek, and all should be well by the weekend. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) You might still be trying to adjust to recent changes. But things should improve consider-ably as you get to see some positive results. An uneasy personal matter calls for more patience.LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Con-gratulations. Your good intentions are finally recognized, and long-overdue appreciation should follow. Keep working toward improve-ments wherever you think theyre necessary.SCORPIO (October 23 to November 2) Try to look at your options without prejudging any of them. Learn the facts, and then make your assessments. Spend the weekend enjoying films, plays and musical events.SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Someone might want to take advantage of the Sagittarians sense of fair play. But before you ride off to right what youve been told is a wrong, be sure of your facts.CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) You might be surprised to learn that not everyone agrees with your ideas. But this can prove to be a good thing. Go over them and see where improvements can be made.AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) After taking advice on a number of matters in recent months, expect to be called on to re-turn the gesture. And, by the way, you might be surprised at who makes the request.PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Reassure everyone concerned that a change of mind isnt necessarily a change of heart. You might still want to pursue a specific goal, but feel a need to change the way youll get there.BORN THIS WEEK: You are able to make room in your heart for others, and that makes you a very special person in their lives.

1. GEOGRAPHY: The North Sea is a part of what larger body of water?2. MOVIES: Who directed the movie Nashville?3. COMICS: What was the name of Clark Kents boss at The Daily Planet?4. THEATER: How many Pulitzer Prizes did Eu-gene ONeill win in his lifetime?5. BIBLE: What was the name of Abrahams wife?6. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What was the name of the apartment building where John Lennon lived before he was murdered?7. ANATOMY: Where are the adrenal glands located?8. HISTORY: What revolution did Ernesto Che Guevara helped lead?9. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which U.S. president helped organize the Rough Riders cavalry?10. BUSINESS: Which company has the nickname Big Blue?

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Q: I purchased an ashtray at a church sale in Minne-sota last summer. It was made by Red Wing pottery and features a cowboy-hat design to commemorate the centennial of Minnesota in 1949. It is a yellow color. I paid $15 and hope I got a good deal. -- Su-san, Pecos, N.M.A: Your ashtray is worth about $60, according to Warmans Red Wing Pottery: Identification and Price Guide by Mark F. Moran (Krause, $24.99).***Q: I have approximately 80 Hit Parade and Song Hits magazines from the 1950s. Do they have any value? Some of the issues are coming apart. What should I do to repair them? -- Peter, Southbury, Conn.A: The value of your magazines depends on who is on the cover. If it is Elvis Presley, maybe $35. If it is the Cordettes, maybe as little as $5. Typical values include a 1959 issue with Fabian on the cover, $15; Paul Anka from 1962, $2.75; and Bing Crosby, also

from the 1960s, $10. Since collectors prefer items in their original condition, do not make any repairs, but store them carefully and out of bright sunlight. ***Q: I have a set of 24 volumes of the works of William Shakespeare published by Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Company of New York. Could you inform me if they have some value, or where I could look for other information about them? -- J.P., Barre, Vt.A: Your set was published in about 1920. I went to www.abe.com, where I found dozens of individual volumes from this set being offered for sale by dealers throughout the country. Twelfth Night, for example, is available from an Ohio dealer for $8.50. Your complete set might be worth about $250, depending on condition and the demand for Shakespeare in your region.***Q: While clearing my mothers house, I found a mint copy of the Duncan Hines Dessert Book from the 1950s. Is it worth keeping? -- Susan, Carbondale, Ill.A: According to the Antique Trader Collectible Cookbooks Price Guide by Patricia Edwards and Peter Peckham (Krause, $21.99), your Duncan Hines cookbook is worth in the $11 to $19 range.

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INVENTORS (continued): Josephine Cochran didnt invent the

mechanical dishwasher because she was tired of washing dishes. This socialitepoliticians wife was just tired of her hired help chipping and breaking her dishes! In1886,sheinventedtheCochranDishwasher,and the contraption made its debut at the 1893 Columbian Exhibition in Chicago,winningthefairshighestaward.Businesseswere the only ones who seemed interested, and a smaller home model didnt come out until 1914. She founded a company for her dishwasher, one which eventually became Kitchen Aid.

Chicagos1893Exhibitionwasalso thesitefor the unveiling of mechanical engineerWhitcomb Judsons invention, the ClaspLocker,adevicecreditedasthefirstzipper.Actually, sewing machine inventor EliasHowe had already patented an Automatic ContinuousClothingClosurein1851,buthissewingmachinesuccesskepthimtoobusyto market his fastener. Judson marketedhis with the opening of the UniversalFastener Company, giving him recognitionas the inventor. However, his originalzipper bore little resemblance to those oftoday.Oneof Judsons employees,GideonSundback,actuallydevelopedadesignwithinterlocking teeth, and received a patentfirst for his Hookless Fastener, then another for the improved Separable Fastener. Whitcomb Judsonwas no stranger to theworldof inventions, havingbeenawarded30patentsthroughouthiscareer,including14 patents for a street railway system that ran on compressed air.

Although Sarah Boone wasnt the first toinventanironingboard,sheiscreditedwithamajorimprovementtothedesign.PatentNo.473,653wasissuedtothisformerslaveinAprilof1892,makingheroneofthefirst,ifnotthefirstAfrican-Americanwomantoreceiveapatent.Anironingtablepatenthadbeenawarded in 1858, but Boones featured a narrowerdesign,enablinguserstoeffectivelyironsleevesandbodiesofgarments.

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DEAR CRYSTAL: Jumping up and nonaggres-sive biting (or mouthing) are two of the most common undesirable behaviors among dogs. And because theyre fairly instinctive actions, if youre not consistent with the way you deal with Saucys behavior, the problems can continue indefinitely.Fortunately, the solution to jumping and biting lies in basic obedience training, particularly in the sit-stay commands. Saucy should get obedi-ence training at least once daily in addition to her twice-daily walks. (By the way, regular walks will dampen some of that excitability.)To reduce jumping, note where and when Saucy tends to jump up the most. Is it at the door, greeting visitors? Train her in sit-stay next to

the entrance, preferably in the same spot each time. When she responds well to sit and stay, increase the difficulty by having another person ring the doorbell and come in. Com-mand her to sit and stay if she stands, lunges at the door or does anything other than sit in the designated spot. Mouthing, like jumping, is an absolute no-no, and should be treated as such. As Saucys owner, each time she tries her biting routine, firmly but calmly say no and gently move her muzzle away. Then command her to sit and stay; when she obeys, give her a chew toy. Now, puppies and even adult dogs tend to lapse a bit with these two behaviors, especially when company is over. If you havent got time for a training session, use one of my favorite quick-correction methods: turn your back. For a playful dog, nothing is more disconcert-ing than someone indicating I dont want to play with you. Use that moment of confusion to turn back around and command sit-stay. If Saucy doesnt follow instructions or is just too excited and distracted by guests, place her in a quiet room with her bedding and chew toys until your guests have left.

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The FrisbieBakingCompanyopened inBridgeport, Connecticut, in 1871, andearnedagoodlivingsellingpiestomanyof the New England colleges, includingYale.Beginninginthe1940s,Yalestudentsdiscoveredthattossingtheemptypietinmadeforgreatfun,andstudentsturneditintoagame.Meanwhile,outinCalifornia,anL.A.buildinginspector,WalterFrederickMorrison, who was quite interested inflyingsaucers,inventedaplasticflyingdiscin 1948, and named it the Pluto Platter. When Wham-O toy executives spottedYalestudentsengagedinpie-pantossing,they convinced Morrison to sell themhis rights. Wham-O renamed the discthe Frisbee in honor of the pie company, although it altered the spelling slightly.Today,thegamesofUltimateFrisbeeandDisc Golf draw thousands of players a year as the plastic saucer continues to rise in popularity.Incidentally,WilliamMorrisonsfamily was no stranger to inventing his father had invented the automotive sealed-beamheadlight.

Adifferentkindofdiscwasdevelopedin1971byAlanShugart,anengineeratIBM.Shugart introduced the first memorydisc, better known as the floppy disc, an 8-inch flexibleplasticdevicecoatedwithmagnetic iron oxide, capable of storingcomputer data. This first floppy disc could hold 100 KBs of data. Shugart spent hisoff-hours founding a five-star restaurantin Monterey, California, and attemptingto get his dog Ernest on the ballot forCongressman,aventurehechronicledinhisbookErnestGoestoWashington(Well,Not Exactly).

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THOMASEDISONThomas Edison is hailed as the wizard ofMenloParkandthegreatest inventorwhoever lived. But to reach that success, he encountered many obstacles that threatened toderailhim.Takealookathowthiswizardovercame them.

The youngest of seven children, ThomasEdison didnt learn to talk until he was nearly four years old. Difficulty with words and speech, along with an inability to focus,followed him into the schoolroom. Today he mostprobablywouldhavebeendiagnosedwith attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). After only three months in the local one-room schoolhouse, the teacherinformed Edisons parents that Toms brains were addled or scrambled. And so came the end of Edisons formal education. His mother withdrewhimandbegantoeducatehimathome.

Edisons father encouraged the young boytoreadgreatclassic literatureandrewardedhim with a dime for each one he read. Edison had agreat love for Shakespeare andevenconsidered becoming an actor for a timebecause of it. When Edisons interest in the sciences advanced beyond his parents abilities, they hired a tutor for him.

AboutofscarletfeveranduntreatedchronicearinfectionsledtoseverehearinglossfortheyoungEdison.Hebecamecompletelydeafinhisleftearandlost80percentofthehearinginhisright.

Asateenager,aneventoccurredthatchangedthe course of his life. As he boarded a train, the stationmasters young sonwalkedontothe tracks in front of an oncoming train. Aquick-thinkingEdisongrabbedtheboyandsaved his life. As a reward, the stationmaster helped Edison become skilled in the use of the telegraph andMorse code. A job withWesternUnionfollowed,working12hoursaday, six days a week. In his free time, he was experimentingwith various inventions, andsix months later, received his first patent for his electricvote-recordingmachine.


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1. Matt Stairs tied a record in 2010 by playing for his 12th major-league team. Name either of the two pitchers to hold the mark.2. Hank Aaron was one of three major-leaguers who played for both the Milwaukee Braves and Milwaukee Brewers. Name

either of the other two to do it.3. At the end of the 2010 college football season, how many schools in the Big 12 had won at least one national title in football?4. Name the last team before the 2006-08 Detroit Pistons to lose in the round before the NBA Finals three years in a row.5. Who was the last New York Ranger before Derek Stepan in 2010 to begin a season with a hat trick?6. Who ended Russian Alexander Karelins winning streak of 13 years at the 2000 Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling finals? 7. Name the golfer who came from behind in the final round to beat Tiger Woods in the 2009 PGA Championship.

EDISON (continued): After being firedbyWesternUnion fordoing too much moonlighting, Edisonhad the time to concentrate on his experiments, and while in his mid-20s,came up with a stock ticker for which he received$40,000whenhesolditsrightstoaprivatecorporation.Byage30,hehadinventedthefirstphonograph.

ItsamisconceptionthatEdisoninventedthe lightbulb.The lightbulbhadbeenaround for many years; what Edison did was improve on the original with thefirst incandescent electric light, a morereliable,longer-lastingsourceoflightwithacarbonizedfilamentsuitableforhomeuse.

AsEdisonswealthincreased,hehadtheresources to have an operation that very likely could have dramatically improved hishearing.Herefusedtodoit,afraidthathewouldhavedifficultyre-learninghowtochannelhis thinking inanevermorenoisy world. His one regret about hishearingwas thathecouldnothear thesoundsofsingingbirds,creaturesthatheloved so much. He collected more than 5,000 feathered friends in a private aviary.

Overthecourseofhiscareer,Edisonwaspatentinganitemeverytwoweeks,andamassed 1,093 patents for a variety ofinventions, including the dictaphone,mimeographandmotionpicturecamera.He founded 14 companies, includingGeneral Electric, still one of the largestpubliclytraded companies in the world.

Edisonseffortswerenotwithoutfailures,although he refused to view them assuch. After 1,000 unsuccessful tries at the incandescent bulb, he said, I didnt fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was aninvention with 1,000 steps.

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On March 3, 1887, Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6-year-old Helen Keller, who lost her sight and hearing after a severe illness at the age of 19 months. Un-der Sullivans tutelage, Keller flourished, eventually graduating from college and becoming an international lecturer and activist.

On March 6, 1899, the Imperial Patent Office in Berlin registers Aspirin (acetyl-salicylic acid) on behalf of the German pharmaceutical company Friedrich Bayer & Co. The brand name came from a for acetyl, spir from the spirea plant (a source of salicin) and the suffix in, com-monly used for medications.

On March 2, 1904, Theodor Geisel, better known to the world as Dr. Seuss, is born in Springfield, Mass. Geisels first book, And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, was rejected by more than two dozen publishers before making it into print in 1937.

On March 1, 1932, Charles Lindbergh III, the 20-month-old son of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, is kidnapped from the familys new mansion in Hopewell, N.J. Days later the babys lifeless body was discovered near the Lindbergh home.

On Feb. 28, 1940, Mario Andretti, whose name will become synonymous with American auto racing, is born in Montona, Italy. His long list of achieve-ments includes a Formula One World Championship and wins at the India-napolis 500, Daytona 500 and Pikes Peak Hill Climb.

On March 4, 1966, a John Lennon quotation that was ignored in England sets off a media frenzy in America: Were more popular than Jesus now. Bible Belt disc jockeys declared Lennons remarks blasphemous and vowed an eternal ban on all Beatles music, past, present and future.

On March 5, 1977, the Dial-a-President radio program, featuring President Jimmy Carter and CBS news anchorman Walter Cronkite, airs for the first time. Carter answered calls from all over the country from his desk in the Oval Office. Some 9 million calls flooded the CBS radio studio during the two-hour broadcast.

SHOELACESHow much do you really know about those

useful little laces that tie up your shoes? This week, Tidbits delves into their history andbringsyouallyouneedtoknow!

Some short of shoe tie has existedsince ancient times. Early humans tied animal hides to their feet with pieces of leather, jute,hemp,stripsofbarkor longgrasses. Evidence from 3,000 B.C. showssophisticated insulated leather shoes fastened with ties of lime tree bark strips. As early as the 12th century, folks wereweavingatypeoflacethroughhooksonthe front or side of shoes.

ThenameofHarveyKennedyisntafamiliarone, but he holds a special spot in history. Kennedy is credited with the invention of themodernshoelace.Although the ideahad been around for thousands of years, Kennedy received the first shoelace patent in1790,andmadeacool$2.5millionforhisefforts (equivalenttoabout$50billion intodays money). However, it wasnt until the 20thcenturythatshoelacesbecamewidelypopular.Atthattime,peoplewerewearingslip-on, buckled or buttoned shoes. Thebuttoned shoes required a special button hook to fasten, which was a rather tedious process.

Whydoesyourshoeseemtocomeuntiedall the time? Shoelaces of today are often made of synthetic fibers, which makes them slippery and more apt to come undone than cotton ones. Synthetics, however, are longer-lastingandlesspronetorot.Untiedshoes shouldnt always be viewed as a nuisance.Accordingtoanoldsuperstition,if your laces continually become untied, itsasignthatyouwillreceivealetterfullofgoodnews.


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SHOELACES(continued):Teachingachildtotiehisshoes?Remembertheage-oldrhymeRightoverleft,leftoverright,makesaknotbothtidyandtight.

Thatlittleplastictubeattheendofyourshoelaceiscalledanaglet.Itsobviouspurposeistomakeiteasierforthelacetothreadthroughtheeyeletsandpreventfraying.Intheolddays,agletswereadecorative item,andweremadeofglass,metal,stonesorevenpreciousgemsandmetals,evensilverandgoldfortheshoesofthewealthy.Theword aglet comes from the old French wordaguillette,whichtranslatestoneedle.Thisinturnoriginated from the Latin acus, also meaningneedle.

Aclearplasticagletbeginsasathinpieceoftape,twice the width needed. It is then wound around the uncut shoelace. Heat and solvent are then applied, melting the plastic tape onto the laceandsealingthetapeto itself.When itcools, theshoelaceiscutthroughthemiddleofthecoating,creatingtwofinishedlaces.

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