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by Janet Spencer On June 26, 1974, a 10-pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum became the first item ever swiped across a supermarket UPC scanner. Come along with Tidbits as we scan bar codes!

IN THE BEGINNING • The invention of the UPC code began back in 1948, when the president of the Food Fair chain of grocery stores went to see the dean of Philadelphia’s Drexel Institute of Technology to beg him to instigate research on capturing product information automatically at the checkout counter.

The dean said no, but the entire conversation had been overheard by a graduate student named Bernard Silver.

• Silver was intrigued and mentioned the issue to his friend Joseph Woodland, who was a graduate student and teacher at Drexel. Together the two men began to work on the project.

• Woodland, who had once worked on the Manhattan Project, had recently been working on a plan to improve Musak through renovations in sound technology. He was mulling over Silver’s product information problem while lounging on Miami Beach one day. He pulled his fingers through the sand, leaving lines. This gave him the idea to begin with Morse code and just extend the lines, so dots became skinny lines and dashes became fat lines— the first bar code.

THE BEGINNING OF BAR CODES • To read the code, Woodland used the same technology he’d been working with on his Musak project. The technology was originally invented for movie sound tracks: sound was printed in a light-and-dark pattern on a transparent strip along the edges of the film, read by a light, transformed to electric waveforms, converted to sound, and played by loudspeakers. Woodland and Silver filed a patent application on October 20, 1949.

• In 1951 Woodland got a job with IBM where he hoped to push his invention forward. In his spare time, he and Silver built the first actual bar code scanner in the middle of Woodland’s living room. The finished product was the size of desk, wrapped in oil cloth to keep out the light, and used a 500-watt light bulb along with the same kind of photomultiplier tube used in movie sound systems, which was hooked up to an oscilloscope.

When a bar code on a piece of paper was moved across a beam of light from the bulb, the beam was reflected into the tube of the sound system, which caused the signal of the oscilloscope to move, which translated what had been on the paper. It was crude, it was huge, it so terribly hot it caused the paper to catch on fire, but it worked.

Their patent was granted in 1952.

• IBM offered to buy the patent, but Woodland and Silver thought the offer was too low. A few weeks later, Philco met their price and purchased the patent in 1962. Philco later sold the patent rights to RCA. • Meantime, technology progressed relentlessly.

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1. Is the book of Philemon in the Old or New Testament or neither?

2. In Matthew 8, what prophet’s words did Jesus claim to be fulfilling as He was healing people? Iddo, Esaias, Gad, Medad 3. Who wrote, “Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court”? Ezekiel, Isaiah, Daniel, Hosea 4. In addition to fire, what did God rain down upon Sodom and Gomorrah? Hail, Lightning, Brimstone, Mud 5. Whose grave was marked by a pillar erected by her husband, Jacob? Abigail, Lillith, Puah, Rachel 6. From Judges 16, who slept through a haircut? Manoah, Samson, Adam, Uriah

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It was 1989. We had our tech gadgets.Voice pagers were popular. So were the portable Motorola phone know simply as the “Brick” To be fashionable your car needed a bag phone e. I had a business known as a cyber café I named it Cyber City. People could surf the Internet for five dollars an hour and drink exotic coffees. Once a regular customer told me he had finished the Internet but might look at it once more for fun!

neon beam instead of a 500-watt incandescent bulb.

Integrated circuits were invented, and suddenly a single microchip could do the work of a wall full of switches. The bars of the bar code were revised to record the numbers 0 through 9 instead of Morse code.

• Railroads were interested in bar codes because tracking freight cars caused an impossible tangle of paperwork. In 1969, railroads became the first industry to make widespread use of the bar code.

General Trading Company of New Jersey followed suit, using bar codes to direct shipments to the right loading docks in its distribution facility. Then the General Motors plant in Michigan began to use them to monitor production.

• In 1973, the Uniform Grocery Product Code set nationwide standards for the bar code and the Universal Product Code – or UPC – was born. The National Cash Register Company began building efficient scanners and introduced the first model at the 1974 convention of the Super Market Institute.

• Six weeks later, on June 26, 1974 at the Marsh supermarket in Troy, Ohio, a jumbo package of Wrigley’s chewing gum was the first item ever scanned. It just happened to be the first item out of the shopping cart of a shopper, and it is on display at the Smithsonian Institute.

• The UPC code is composed of two sets of five digits which give the manufacturer’s code first and the product code second, so that every item scanned has its own unique ID number. The identifying numerals are also printed along the bottom of the bar code for the sake of the checkers, in case the scanner is down or the bar code has been partially obscured and the item needs to be entered by hand. There’s also a single digit on the left side that identifies which type of product the item is: meat, produce, drugs, etc. And a single digit on the right acts as a “check digit.” It adds up some of the previous numbers and subtracts them from 10 to come up with the magic ‘Everything OK’ number. If someone has altered the code with a felt tip marker, the numbers don’t add up and the product is rejected.

• Modern optical scanners use the same basic principal introduced by Woodland and Silver: a beam of light passing across the code records the light and dark spaces as electrical pulses, which are fed into a computer that can recognize the series of pulses as characters and match them to products. The information is fed to the computer, which not only knows the price of the item but also acts as an inventory system, tracking how much of any given item is still on hand, how fast it’s being sold, when it will need to be re-ordered, how many coupons have been redeemed, as well as tracking community purchasing patterns.

• Bar codes are not just for pricing products. They are also used for tracking inventory on aircraft carriers; for coding blood in blood banks; for following applications in the Patent Office; for identifying people in places like hospitals, libraries, and cafeterias; for sorting baggage at airports; for marking clothing left at the dry cleaner’s; for monitoring radio-collared endangered animals; and for keeping track of logs in lumberyards. The Army uses them to identify ships. Runners in the New York City Marathon don bar codes on their vests and the computer records the order in which they cross the finish line. At the Masters Golf Tournament in Georgia, bar codes on spectator passes prevent scalping and theft of badges. NASA put bar codes on the backs of heat-resistant tiles to make sure they were installed on the correct spots of the space shuttles. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration requires all hazardous materials have bar codes that can be easily scanned to find out its characteristics in case there’s an accident.

• Silver, who died in 1963 at the age of 38, never got to see his invention reach phenomenal proportions. But Woodland was awarded the National Medal of Technology by President Bush in 1992.

1. In 2014, Giants pitcher Yusmeiro Petit set a major-league mark for most consecutive batters retired (46). Who had held the mark?

2. When was the last time before 2014 (Joe Kelly) that a Red Sox pitcher stole a base?

3. Five players have tossed 20 or more touchdown passes in each of their first three NFL seasons. Name four of them.

4. Name the last time before 2013-14 (Harvard) that an Ivy League men’s basketball school won a NCAA Tournament game two consecutive years.

5. Which two teams did Pat Quinn coach to the NHL Stanley Cup Finals?

6. What year was the first in which NHL players took part in the Winter Olympics?

7. How many majors did Gary Player win during his PGA career, and what were the years of his first and last major victories?

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by Samantha Weaver * It was Alice Roosevelt, prominent socialite and daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, who declared that her purpose in life was to “empty what’s full, fill what’s empty, and scratch where it itches.” * King James VI of Scotland was also, after the crowns of England and Scotland were united in 1603, King James I of England.

He may have been doubly noble, but those who study such things say that his personal habits would not have been out of place in a commoner of the time period. He reportedly never bathed, claiming that baths were an unhealthy practice, and he would wear the same clothes for months on end. * Three of the first five presidents of the United States -- John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe -- died on July 4.

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The bellows must be pulled open and shut to keep the air passing over the reeds as the various notes are depressed. Like most folks that watch dad, I am always amazed he can push and pull and bleed air off all at the same time to make beautiful music. Something like a harmonica but much harder to accomplish. The instrument has both melody notes and bass notes for a great harmony of chords.

Dad has been entertaining at family birthday parties forever it seems.

He’s always got his box in the back seat of the car just waiting for an opportunity to make you smile and tap your foot.

If you’ve lived around Northern Arkansas for awhile and love music, you’ve probably met my dad, LeRoy V. Jones.

Dad has been a “one of a kind” musician for as long as I was knee high to a grass hopper. He learned to play the accordion from his mother Nellie Jones in Iberia, Missouri as a child in the 1920’s. Back then someone was always picking on a guitar or banjo as they entertained kin folk at the neighborhood get together.

He quickly learned how to play almost every instrument someone else wasn’t playing. Never having any formal instruction in music he learned to play by ear.

If you’ve ever picked up a button accordion and attempted to make music you will appreciate how easy he makes it look. I use to tease him for having the “deer in the headlights” look when he was mastering all those buttons. After trying to play one in his footsteps I now have the same look on my face.

A very difficult instrument to play without lessons.

Every Friday evening during good weather dad joins about 20 other musicians at the Van Matre Senior Center in Mountain Home, Arkansas for an evening of good fun and music.

Each participant takes their turn as they pass the microphone stand for performers to show you what they’ve got. All the others play along making a full sound within the large room.

I suppose dad has played literally thousands of songs in his 90 years of music. I wonder sometimes how many applauds his kind audiences have honored him with. I certainly am proud of my father and his endless talent to make you smile and forget the days work. I feel very fortunate to have such a talented, loving father that still gives away a big smile and song you might just recognize.

Most of the fiddle players from the hills always bragged that dad played the best rhythm guitar around for a fiddle player. His brother-in-law, Henry (Hank) Thompson was one of the top fiddlers in Missouri in the 60’s.

Dad has certainly played with many inspired musicians.

At any rate, he’s the best in my book, and the best dad in the world. He now lives at the Baxter Retirement Village in Mountain Home, Arkansas.

And yes he plays for resident there at any given moment.

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* On June 26, 1807, lightning hits a gunpowder factory in Luxembourg, sparking an explosion that kills more than 300 people and levels two entire blocks. * On June 22, 1944, President Franklin Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill, designed to compensate returning armed services members for their efforts in World War II. FDR hoped to avoid a relapse of the Great Depression following World War I. * On June 25, 1950, an American soccer team composed largely of amateurs stuns England 1-0 at the World Cup. The hastily assembled U.S. team included a dishwasher, two mailmen, a teacher and a mill worker. * On June 28, 1965, in the first major offensive of the Vietnam War, 3,000 troops of the U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade assault a jungle area near Saigon. The operation was called off after three days when it failed to make contact with the enemy. * On June 23, 1973, President Richard Nixon’s adviser H.R. Haldeman tells the president to pressure the head of the FBI to stay the out of the Watergate burglary investigation -- in essence, to obstruct justice. The taped conversation eventually brought the down the Nixon administration and led to his resignation. * On June 27, 1985, after 59 years, officials vote to decertify the iconic Route 66 and to remove all its highway signs. Measuring 2,200 miles, the “Mother Road” stretched from Chicago to Santa Monica, California, passing through eight states. * On June 24, 1997, U.S. Air Force officials release a 231-page report dismissing claims of an alien spacecraft crash in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947. The document stated that the “bodies” recovered were not aliens but dummies used in parachute tests.

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--DEAR PAW’S CORNER: You recently put out a notice about a new strain of dog flu that was affecting dogs in Chicago. Now I’m hearing about it everywhere. Can you update us on this virus? -- Jane in New York City DEAR JANE: This strain of flu, classified as H3N2, has now spread to at least 10 other states in the continental U.S. How concerned should dog owners be? Well, they should certainly stay alert, but it is not a cause to panic or to drastically change your dog’s daily routine.

For example, some media outlets are recommending that owners stay away from dog parks. That isn’t exactly practical advice for urban dwellers, as no one knows how long this outbreak will last.

Instead, let common sense rule. If your dog is healthy, by all means take it to the dog park. Keep an eye on the other dogs, and if one seems unhealthy, don’t let your dog near it.

If you have a puppy or a senior dog, you already know that they don’t have strong immune systems. So visits with strange pets or other situations where they can be exposed to illness -- not just canine flu but other infections, too -- should be off the table anyway.

Monitor your pet for signs that it may be getting ill. A cough, sneezing and runny nose are typical symptoms of H3N2. Consult your vet right away if these symptoms show up, or if your dog has a fever or other symptoms like a lack of appetite, lethargy or weakness.

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As we speak Tropical storm Bill is approaching from Texas and is expected to dump some very heavy rain in the area. The White River started out stained but fishable this morning but was brown bag muddy by mid-morning and rising fast.

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• John Patterson’s coal company had a problem with employees robbing the till. There was no reliable method of making sure clerks didn’t simply help themselves to the cash that came into the store during the day. When Patterson heard about a saloonkeeper who had solved the problem by inventing a money tabulating machine, he investigated.

• The machine was a crude cash register that kept a running tab of money received during the day. The saloon keeper patented it in 1879 but had sold only 19 in two years. Patterson ordered two of them sight unseen. They cost $50 each. In the next six months his previously unprofitable coal store turned a $5,000 profit because employees were no longer able to stuff money in their pockets.

• Patterson was so impressed that he bought the cash register company for $6,500. He re-named the company National Cash Register, shortened to NCR. He was convinced that selling cash registers would make him rich.

• He started out by mailing out 90,000 brochures to every major retailer in the Midwest. It was the nation’s first serious direct-mail campaign— and was a complete failure. Patterson discovered that the brochures had been received by the same salesclerks that were stealing cash. The brochures were destroyed before they could be seen by the business owners.

• Patterson changed his strategy, next sending out fancy hand-addressed envelopes marked “highly confidential.” Inside, the store owners found a fancy invitation asking them to come to the best hotel in town for a demonstration of a fool-proof method of ending employee theft forever. Just for showing up they would receive a handsome gift (such as a nice letter opener).

• Patterson’s next move was to carefully coach all his salesmen in what was the nation’s first “canned speech.”

He made sure they had their sales speech completely memorized, drilling them on questions prospective customers might ask. He instructed them how to behave towards the clients, and sent them fully prepared into the field. He also gave each salesman their own territory, which was another new innovation. Then he invented the sales convention, which was “part circus, part camp meeting, and part Chautauqua.”

• Cash register sales, barely 1,000 in 1886, reached 15,000 in 1892 and 100,000 in 1910. The following year, NCR sold its millionth machine, as it became apparent that a cash register was an essential tool for retail sales.

• Next he turned to improving conditions for his workers. In an era of sweatshops, his factory in Dayton, Ohio, had floor-to-ceiling windows and landscaped gardens. There were hot showers and a cafeteria serving subsidized food. Free medical care was provided.

Employees were invited to take advantage of night school, a library, and lectures and concerts, which were all on company grounds and provided for free.

• But Patterson had a temper as well, and was well known for firing people on a whim. One of the people he fired was Charles Kettering, who had designed many improvements in the cash register. Charles was fired for failing to demonstrate proper horsemanship in a company exhibition. Kettering went to work for the auto industry instead, where he made many astonishing discoveries. Another fired employee was Thomas Watson, who subsequently went to work transforming IBM into an industrial giant.

• By the time Patterson died in 1922 at the age of 78, National Cash Register was a thriving industry. His son took over after his death and ensured that the company continued to thrive.

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1. To which conflict does Peter, Paul and Mary’s “Cruel War” refer?

2. Which group released “Everybody Loves a Clown”?

3. Name the song with the misheard lyric, “I hit my head kinda hard on the dance floor.”

4. Who penned and released “Orchard Road”?

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “Look around you, all you see are sympathetic eyes. Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home.”

Answers 1. Most likely the Civil War, with the female singer saying she’ll dress as a man and sign up to fight to be near her love.

2. Gary Lewis & the Playboys, in 1965. It was used in an episode of “The Simpsons” in 1992.

3. “Telephone,” by Lady Gaga. The correct lyric is, “I left my head and my heart on the dance floor.”

4. Leo Sayer, in 1983. The song was based on an all-night phone booth call to his estranged wife.

5. “Mrs. Robinson” by Simon & Garfunkel in 1968. The duo had been asked to create a few songs for the coming film “The Graduate.”

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Fresh Strawberry Arugula Salad I’m obsessed with fresh strawberries right now. Sweet to the taste and bright-red to the eye, this luscious berry can be tossed into just about anything to turn an ordinary meal into a celebration.

Enjoy this prime strawberry season with me, and head out to a pick-your-own field or farmer’s market. En route, challenge your family to think of all the ways you can use your bountiful baskets of juicy berries. As kids shout out their favorites, such as strawberries and waffles, peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwiches and strawberry ice-cream cones, you’ll discover how the versatile berries can be worked into any meal of the day.

Back home, learn new ways to use your bounty -- like stirring up strawberry-rhubarb jam or strawberry salsa. I like to use strawberries as a garnish, I toss them, along with fresh mint, into a chilled pitcher of water, and I’m always incorporating them in supper salads using other fresh local produce, nuts and cheese.

Here is a simple salad that’s a headliner on our Father’s Day lunch menu. Young kids can prep the berries and peppery arugula while you quickly toast the pecans in a pan on the stove.

STRAWBERRY ARUGULA SALAD 1 1/2 cups fresh strawberries 1 1/2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 3/4 cup pecan halves 2 tablespoons olive oil Salt and pepper to taste 4 cups loosely packed baby arugula leaves* 1/2 cup crumbled mild feta cheese (optional) 1. Let school-age kids wash, hull, dry and halve the strawberries. Place in a bowl and toss with 1/2 tablespoon of the balsamic vinegar. Set aside for 5 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, an adult should toast the pecans in a small, dry skillet over medium-low heat. Shake the pan to avoid overscorching until the nuts are fragrant and lightly browned. Cool completely.

3. In a large bowl, whisk together the remaining vinegar, oil, salt and pepper. Add strawberries, arugula and pecans, and toss. Taste and season as needed.

4. Divide mixture on individual plates, and dot with the feta cheese, if you wish. Serves 4. *Substitute half of the arugula with fresh spinach for a milder flavor. *** Donna Erickson’s award-winning series “Donna’s Day” is airing on public television nationwide.

To find more of her creative family recipes and activities, visit www.donnasday.com and link to the NEW Donna’s Day Facebook fan page.

Her latest book is “Donna Erickson’s Fabulous Funstuff for Families.” (c) 2015 Donna Erickson Distributed by King Features Synd.

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Shoppers at first resisted using the grocery cart, feeling it made them look silly. Goldman hired women to walk around the store putting items in their carts. Goldman made a fortune selling his baskets to other stores.

• A store will lose about 12% of its carts every year to theft. Each cart costs about $100.

• In a typical year about 33,000 accidents involving shopping carts will be reported.

• The average American makes 3.4 trips to the grocery store each week. Fridays are the most popular days for grocery shopping. Saturdays and Tuesdays tie for second place.

• Women do the grocery shopping 70% of the time; men do it 17% of the time; and the rest of the time they do it together. Less than half of shoppers shop alone.

• Grocery stores are designed to make the customer walk as far as possible, with basic staples placed at the far ends of the store. Studies show it’s how far the person walks in the store rather than the amount of time spent in the store that influences how much money is spent.

• Whatever department is closest to the door in a grocery store will typically sell 1% more merchandise than if it’s placed elsewhere in the store.

• A typical store will have over 25,000 items displayed including 243 items in the produce department alone.

• The apple is the most popular produce item, followed by oranges, bananas, lettuce, potatoes, and tomatoes.

• Cereals high in sugar are always stored at kids’ eye level whereas nutritious brands are placed at the adult eye level. Children’s cereals have an average of 44% sugar but adult cereals have 10% sugar. A typical store has 124 cold cereals.

• It was 1910 when the first premium was packed inside a cereal box. The Jungleland Funny Moving Pictures Book was put inside each box of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes.

• The items most likely to be shoplifted from a supermarket are cigarettes, health and beauty aids, meat, seafood, and batteries.

• It’s estimated that 34% of shoppers do not pay attention to food labels.

• Lemon Pledge furniture polish has more lemon in it than Country Time Lemonade does.

• The FDA ordered Mazola to remove the words “no cholesterol” from its label because the product had never contained cholesterol, nor does any vegetable oil contain cholesterol.

• The Federal Trade Commission went up against ITT Continental in 1979 for claiming their Fresh Horizons bread contained five times the fiber as whole wheat bread. The claim was true, but the company didn’t mention the extra fiber came from wood pulp.

• Sales and consumption of white bread increased every year up until 1963, when it began a slow decline.

• Ever wonder why you never see Grade B eggs at the supermarket? Those are the eggs that are sent to bakeries and other factories where the less-thanperfect eggs are used as an ingredient.

• When supermarkets first made the scene, one store called the Alpha Beta arranged everything in alphabetical order so that customers could find everything.

BIBLE TRIVIA ANSWERS:

1) New; 2) Esaias; 3) Ezekiel; 4) Brimstone; 5) Rachel; 6) Samson

1. The White Sox’s Mark Buehrle retired 45 consecutive batters in 2009.

2. It was 1969 (Bill Landis).

3. Andy Dalton, Andrew Luck, Peyton Manning, Dan Marino and Russell Wilson.

4. Princeton, in 1983-84.

5. The 1979-80 Flyers and the 1993-94 Canucks.

6. It was 1998.

7. Nine -- the first was in 1959 (British Open) and the last was in 1978 (Masters).

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