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We use acronyms every day, many times without knowing what they mean. This week, Tidbits unravels the meanings of some common acronyms.

• An acronym is a word that’s formed from the first letter or letters of the parts of a compound term, and can be used to abbreviate a phrase.

• Back in 1937, Hormel Foods introduced an inexpensive meat product and held a contest to name it. The winning entry was SPAM for this canned luncheon meat, believed to stand for “Shoulder of Pork And Ham.” Since then, more than 8 billion cans of SPAM have been sold, and today it’s available in 15 different varieties, including teriyaki, jalapeno, and Portuguese sausage. The word “spam” also refers to those annoying, unsolicited e-mails you receive. The New Oxford Dictionary of English already had the lunchmeat SPAM as an entry, but added an entry for those internet messages in 1998.

• FIAT, Italy’s largest automobile manufacturer, opened its first factory in 1900, where 35 employees assembled 24 cars. By 1903, the company had generated a profit and had produced 135 cars. The car takes its name from “Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino,” which translates “Italian automobile factory of Turin.”

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• BMW takes its name from the German words “Bayerische Motoren Werke,” or “Bavarian Motor Works,” a company that initially manufactured aircraft engines beginning in 1913. BMW produced its first motorcycle in 1913, but didn’t become an automobile manufacturer until 1928.

• “P.S., I love you,” “P.S., don’t forget your umbrella,” “P.S., say Hi to your mom.” All of these are phrases written at the end of a letter or e-mail.

What does P.S. stand for? It’s short for “postscript,” from the Latin word “postscriptum,” which translates “written after.”

• Also derived from the Latin are the common acronyms A.M. and P.M., referring to morning and afternoon. A.M. is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase “ante meridiem,” meaning “before midday,” while P.M. is short for “post meridiem,” translating “after midday.”

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• What about the request you receive to RSVP to an invitation? That phrase comes from the French language, and is short for “repondez s’il vous plait,” which translates “please respond.”

• In 1957, the first patent was issued for a non-stick cooking spray. In 1959, Arthur Meyerhoff and Leon Rubin founded PAM products, giving the cooking spray the name PAM standing for Product of Arthur Meyerhoff. The spray’s main ingredient is canola oil. Did you know there is no such thing as a canola plant? Canola oil comes from rapeseed, a bright yellow flowering member of the mustard family. The word canola stands for Canada Oil Low Acid, since Canada is the world’s top producer of rapeseed.

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• There are more than 400 IKEA stores operating in upwards of 50 countries worldwide. The company was founded in 1943 by a 17-year-old Swedish boy named Ingvar Kamprad, with money received from his father as a reward for succeeding in his schoolwork. Kamprad started a mail-order business selling pens, wallets, picture frames, watches, and nylon stockings. He named his business based on his initials I.K., followed by the first letters of his family farm Elmtaryd and his hometown of Agunnaryd. Kamprad opened his first furniture store in Sweden in 1953, followed by the first IKEA store in 1958. After spreading across Scandinavia, the company expanded to Switzerland in 1973, Germany in 1974, Australia in 1975, and Canada in 1976. The first U.S. store opened in Philadelphia in 1985. IKEA has been the world’s largest furniture retailer since 2008.

• If you say you’re stopping by the ATM machine, you’re repeating yourself. Since ATM stands for “automated teller machine,” you’re saying “automated teller machine machine.”

• Some people confuse the FAA with the FFA, but the two couldn’t be more different. The Federal Aviation Administration is a government agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation. It oversees all aspects of aviation, including operation of airports, management of air traffic, and certification of aircraft over the United States and its surrounding international waters. The agency was created in 1958, replacing the former Civil Aeronautics Administration. The FFA, or Future Farmers of America became a nationwide organization in 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, as a resource for students interested in agriculture and leadership. The group has grown to more than 700,000 members in 8,612 chapters, covering all 50 states. ...continued

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• Do you know the meaning of all of your computer formats? JPEG, the method that compresses images, stands for “Joint Photographic Experts Group,” while the moving images known as GIFs are technically known as “Graphics Interchange Format.” The digital file format known as PDF, created in the early 1990s by Adobe, stands for “Portable Document Format.” Sometimes a website asks you to verify you aren’t a robot by sending you a CAPTCHA, a test that requires users to solve a simple puzzle of letters and numbers in a distorted pattern in order to be allowed access to the site. Computer techs from Carnegie Mellon and IBM coined the phrase in 2003, forming an acronym from “Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart.”

• What about all of the acronyms that have been created since the advent of the internet, chat rooms, and texting? We now type BRB for “Be Right Back,” IMO for “In My Opinion,” and TTYL for “Talk to You Later.” AFK symbolizes “Away From Keyboard,” while BTW means “By The Way.” In the world of computer dating, SWF is the acronym for “Single White Female,” SWM is its male counterpart, and SO means “Significant Other.” If a user records VBD, it was a Very Bad Date!

• Although lots of folks think that “Arby’s” is an acronym for the roast beef sandwiches the restaurant chain is famous for, the name is actually an abbreviation for its founders, Leroy and Forrest Raffel, the Raffel Brothers. The brothers, who were owners of a restaurant equipment business, founded the franchise in 1964 in Boardman, Ohio.

• DARE, the program designed to “keep kids off drugs,” was established in 1983 as a partnership between the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Unified School District as an education program for elementary school students.

The acronym stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education.

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Risk factors for West Nile virus: • Time of year – The majority of WNV cases occur from July – September.

• Geographic region – The Dakotas have reported some of the highest cases per capita in the United States.

• Time spent outdoors not wearing protective clothing and mosquito repellent – If you work or spend a lot of time outdoors (golfing, gardening, hunting, etc.), you’re at a higher risk of being bitten by mosquitoes.

• Proximity – If you live in an area where WNV has already been identified or near mosquito larval habitat.

• If you have a weakened immune system.

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• In 2005, a Powerball drawing had a stunning 110 second-place winners, all of whom attributed their luck to ... a fortune cookie. No foul play was involved, just a Chinese fortune cookie distribution factory named Wonton Food, which happened to correctly foretell five of the six winning numbers. Each grateful recipient took home between $100,000 and $500,000.

• Master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock was an ovophobe, or someone who is frightened of eggs.

• Children of identical twins are genetically siblings, not cousins.

• Notwithstanding the fact it has no feathers, beak or talons, the Goodyear Blimp is the official bird of Redondo Beach, California.

• James Cameron sold the film rights to "The Terminator" for $1. It went on to earn a worldwide total of $78.3 million at the box office in 1984.

• The comb jelly, aka the warty comb jelly, sea walnut or "Mnemiopsis leidyi," is the only known animal to have a transient anus -- or, in more common parlance, a disappearing butt.

• The green code in "The Matrix" was actually created from symbols in the code designer's wife's sushi cookbook.

• Comic Sans, designed by Vincent Connare in 1995, has been labeled the world's most hated font. Even its creator isn't much of a fan, admitting that he has only used it once, to write a complaint letter to his internet provider. At least he received a refund.

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• CVS is the nation’s largest pharmacy chain. It was founded in 1963 in Lowell, Massachusetts, and by 1964, there were 17 locations. Although the acronym means Consumer Value Store, a former CEO used the letters to convey the principles on which he ran the company – Convenience, Value, and Service.

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• Kids everywhere were no longer in trouble for throwing a ball in the house once NERF came along.

In 1968, the inventor of the “Twister” game, Reyn Guyer, came up with idea of a ball game safe for indoor play. He started with a 4-inch polyurethane foam ball he called NERF, which stood for NonExpandable Recreational Foam.” He took his idea to Milton Bradley, who had marketed his game of Twister, but they turned it down. It was on to Parker brothers, who took it on, and experienced sales of more than 4 million NERF balls the first year.

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• The young fictional character Tom Swift was created by Edward Stratemeyer in 1910, and evolved into a series of more than 100 books of science fiction, adventure, and technology. Published under the pseudonym of Victor Appleton, the books were the story of the teenage Tom who was an inventive genius. So what does Tom Swift have to do with acronyms? In 1911, “Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle” was released, a book that featured an electric gun that became the inspiration for a 1969 invention.

NASA researcher Jack Cover began developing an electroshock weapon that fires two small barbed darts connected to thin insulated copper wire that delivers electric current that causes the muscles to be incapacitated. He dubbed his invention TASER in honor of the novel that provided the idea. Once released, the darts travel at a speed of 180 feet per second.

• Although the GEICO insurance company uses a little green gecko in its advertising, that has nothing to do with the name. The auto insurance company was founded in 1936 by Leo and Lillian Goodwin to sell insurance directly to employees and families of the federal government and enlisted military officers. They called the company GEICO, short for Government Employees Insurance Company. Within their first year, they had sold 3,700 policies and had hired 12 employees. Today, GEICO is the second largest auto insurer in the U.S., and is owned by Berkshire Hathaway, providing insurance for upwards of 24 million vehicles. The gecko first appeared in the firm’s advertising in 1999, voiced

by Kelsey Grammer during its early years. The current voice actor is English comedian Jake Wood. Although not widely publicized, the gecko actually has a name, Martin, named after the ad agency that created him. At one time, this gecko was considered America’s favorite advertising icon.

• Another favorite company mascot is the AFLAC duck, an icon that made its debut in 2000. It was part of a marketing campaign for the American Family Life Assurance Company, founded in 1955 by the three Amos brothers, John, Paul, and Bill in Columbus, Georgia. In 2011, the duck appeared in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade for the first time.

• When the SWAT team is called in, the Special Weapons And Tactics law enforcement unit shows up. They carry specialized firearms including assault rifles, sniper rifles, riot guns, tear gas, stun grenades and night vision devices. The first SWAT team was established in 1964 by the Philadelphia Police Department to combat a disturbing increase in bank robberies. The idea was to be on the scene fast enough to catch the thieves while the robbery was in progress. During the 1960s, the teams’ use expanded to handle riots. It’s estimated that between 50,000 and 80,000 SWAT raids occur every year in the United States.

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• On July 30, 1619, in Jamestown, Virginia, the first elected legislative assembly in the New World -- the House of Burgesses -- convenes in the choir of the town's church. Its first laws included prohibitions against gambling, drunkenness and idleness. Sabbath observance was made mandatory.

• On July 31, 1937, Charles Martine, an Apache scout who played an important role in the surrender of Geronimo, dies on the Mescalero Reservation in New Mexico.

• On July 26, 1948, President Harry Truman signs Executive Order 9981, banning discrimination in the military. It ended a long-standing practice of segregating Black soldiers and relegating them to more menial jobs. African Americans had been serving in the U.S. military since the Revolutionary War.

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• On July 29, 1967, a fire on the USS Forrestal stationed off the coast of Vietnam kills 134 service members. The deadly fire on the Navy carrier began with the accidental launch of an F-4 Phantom-jet rocket, which hit a parked A-4 Skyhawk jet.

• On July 28, 1978, "National Lampoon's Animal House," a movie spoof about 1960s college fraternities, starring John Belushi, opens in U.S. theaters. "Animal House" became a huge box-office hit, spawned a slew of cinematic imitations and became part of pop-culture history.

• On Aug. 1, 1981, "MTV: Music Television" goes on the air for the first time, with the words "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll." The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star" was the first music video on the new cable TV channel.

• On July 27, 1996, in Atlanta, the XXVI Summer Olympiad is disrupted by the explosion of a nail-laden pipe bomb in Centennial Olympic Park. Police were warned of the bombing in advance, it exploded before the anonymous caller said it would. Attention eventually turned to Eric Robert Rudolph, who was captured in 2003 after hiding in the mountains for five years.

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• Dill planted near tomatoes will draw caterpillars away from the fruits.

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• Potato salad will have more flavor if you whisk together all the dressing ingredients and add it to the potatoes when they are warm. The potatoes will absorb the ingredients better, and the flavor will develop even more during refrigeration.

• “I love to grill, and when it’s nice out, we grill every weekend. I always put on extra and use the leftovers through the week. Chicken in salad, a nice flank steak for fajitas, etc. And it means less cooking for me!” — Y.L. in Maryland • Here’s a great recipe for an icy treat: Freeze orange juice or apple juice in ice trays. Throw a handful in the blender for a fruit slush that can’t be beat on a hot day.

• “A lot of smoke was coming off our grill, and our patio doors were wide open. Long story short: It swamped the living room with smoke. The smell was a little overwhelming. After we closed the door, my neighbor doused a kitchen towel with white vinegar, wrung it out and waved it around the room. It cleared out the smoke smell right away, and the vinegar smell went away just as quickly. What a miracle!”

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Forgetting the car tag might be excusable if your town no longer sends out notices. Or if you had the same vehicle for eight years and tags were always due the same month each year, and now you have a new vehicle with a different due date.

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A good way to do this is with an annual calendar.

When you flip the page, there in bright letters are your tasks for the month. If one of the tasks happens to fall in the first week of the next month, make a note in the last week of the previous month. Use the previous year's calendar, flip through all the pages, make your notes and you'll be all set. ... Unless those tiny squares just won't do the trick, which is possible if you're still working or have a long list of tasks to accomplish on a weekly basis.

For many years I've used an 8-by-11 notebook. Each page is a week, divided with lines into six boxes, dated.

The weekend, when theoretically there are no urgent tasks, gets Saturday and Sunday in one box.

It might seem silly to start keeping such a detailed calendar of things you need to do. After all, haven't you always remembered when the car tags are due? Until you don't, and are reminded by a police officer. (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.

by Freddy Groves

Don't Mess With the VA

This is a big no-no. An Ohio man threatened to kill a Department of Veterans Affairs social worker's daughters.

You do not do that, no matter what your beef. You do not go after family.

The Ohio idiot didn't even do it anonymously, sending a threatening text message, and it wasn't long before the VA Office of Inspector General was all over it. Turns out he was known to the social worker because he'd availed himself of homeless-veterans services and had been given permanent housing. Several years later, he was evicted due to multiple complaints of physical threats and public intoxication. Upset, he sent the threatening text message.

At this point he's indicted. No established guilt. Court to be held later. At his arrest he was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and obstructing official business. I hope the federal charges are stronger than that.

You do not threaten family.

This next case I don't understand. Oh, I understand the theft and scamming part. What I don't understand is why it took so long.

In 2017, a VA employee who worked in the IT department was nabbed and indicted for attempting to sell the personal info of veterans and employees he'd grabbed off the computers. He'd even narrowed down the victims to those making over $50,000 per year, saying that would be valuable to identity thieves. He selected veterans who'd received compensation or a pension, those who went to a VA medical center and those who'd had a VA financial assessment. He even made fake credit cards and had the equipment to do that. He was picked up in a bathroom when he went to the VA to steal a server.

In 2019, he pleaded guilty to one charge in exchange for having the others dropped. Fast-forward to now: He's just been sentenced to 46 months, plus two years of supervised release. (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc. What took so long?

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July 18 is National Caviar Day, and Tidbits dives deep to dig up the facts on this fancy delicacy.

• Most folks know that caviar is fish eggs, but that’s a rather general term for what caviar really is. Although caviar consists of the salt-cured ripe internal eggs, there are many varieties and the taste and texture are far from the same. Traditionally, true caviar is limited to the roe from the wild sturgeon in the Caspian Sea, which is bordered

by Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Iran, and produced from three varieties of sturgeons -- Beluga, Osetra, and Sevruga.

• A female sturgeon will be 20 years old before she begins producing roe. That might seem like a long wait, but consider the fact that her life expectancy can be 100! She can carry about 100 lbs. of eggs at one time.

• The word “caviar” has its origins in the Persian word “khavyar,” which means “egg.” The ancient Persians believed that the eggs of the sturgeon could give them physical strength and endurance.

• The best caviar is never mushy and shouldn’t have a fishy smell. Experts say it should taste sweet, buttery, and nutty, and should “melt in your mouth like butter,” with a “lingering flavor of ocean water.” Good quality ranges in color from golden yellow to dark gray, brown, or black.

• The older the sturgeon, the higher the price, with caviar from a 60 to 100-year-old Iranian Beluga selling anywhere from $1,000 to $3,000 per ounce.

• The highest quality of Beluga is the Almas variety, rare albino sturgeon caviar that is one of the world’s most expensive. If you purchase it at London’s Caviar House, this white roe that comes from animals over 60 years old will come packaged in a 24-carat gold box, and will set you back about $48,700 for 2.20 lb. ...continued

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• If the fish eggs aren’t sturgeon, they are referred to simply as roe, and might come from trout, lumpfish, whitefish, salmon, carp, or other fish.

Red caviar is actually salmon roe and technically is a “substitute of caviar.”

• Planning to serve caviar at your next gathering? The best way is from a glass bowl over ice. Additionally, never use silver serving utensils, as the metal will adversely affect the flavor.

Spoons should be made of mother of pearl to properly serve it up. Caviar will keep about two weeks in the refrigerator, and should never be frozen, as it will turn to mush.

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• Caviar can be removed from the female by stunning the fish and extracting the ovaries.

A better method is by performing a caesarean section, which allows the fish to continue producing eggs. The method which yields higher quality caviar is by massage rather than killing the fish.

• There are strict restrictions on the harvesting of sturgeon eggs, particularly Beluga, and several countries, including Iran and Russia have quit taking wild sturgeon from the Caspian Sea. Most caviar is now produced at farms. Those who make caviar are called Ikrjanschik, people who must go through a 10- to 15-year apprenticeship. A skilled caviar maker is able to judge quality by listening to the sound of the eggs rubbing against each other.

• Nutritionally, caviar is high in sodium and very high in cholesterol. However, on the good side, it’s rich in calcium, phosphorus, selenium, iron, magnesium, Omega-3’s, and Vitamins B6 and B12. A one-ounce serving contains 75 calories.

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