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America is a country full of would-be inventors. For most, it’s as simple as discovering a problem that no one’s ever solved and coming up with a creative and inexpensive solution. Here are just a few of the countless TV marvels that have been advertised on our sets since this phenomenon began. •A good example of the whole “discover a

problem, discover a solution” method of inventingisthe“Snap-ItScrew.”It’samethodof replacing the tiny, and difficult to handle,screws that hold eyeglasses together.

•The“Snap-ItScrew”wasinventedbyNancyTedeschi.“Theoldsayingthatnecessityisthemother of inventions is what inspired [it],” said Tedeschi. She meant it literally, as it was her own mother who inspired the invention’s creation.

•Tedeschi’smotherwasoverseasdoingvolunteerwork when a hinge screw in her glasses broke. Left with no other immediate remedy, Tedeschi’s mother pulled the pin out of one of her earrings and placed it where the former hinge had been.

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5. HUMANANATOMY:What is themostcommontypeofblood?

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of her glasses for about a year. She traveled to several foreign countries with it in, and people would literally stop her on the streets and ask her where she got this charm,” said Tedeschi. “Mymomcametomeandsaid,‘Youhavetoinvent charms for glasses.’”

• ForTedeschi,inventingthe“Snap-ItScrew”wastheeasypart.Thedifficultpartwasdoingall the things necessary to produce and market her new invention. She had to set up patents all over the world. She had to set up a factory in ChinaandawarehouseinSeattle,Washington.She had to spend countless hours marketing her idea to retailers. Today, the “Snap-ItScrew”isasuccess,andTedeschisaysthatdespite all the hard work, she wouldn’t change a thing.

• “BlingToGo”wasinventedbyAbbyAppeltduring a period where she was forced to use crutches. She felt the dull metal could use a littlepizzazz.Soshecreatedsomedecorativewrap-on decals to give her crutches some

personality, and her invention was born.•Appelt said, “When Iworemycrutchdécor,I had people stopme, literally everywhere Iwent, complimenting me on how awesome my crutches were!”

•As Appelt notes, people decorate a milliondifferent things with stickers, so it made sense to do likewise with crutches.

• “Bling To Go” works on crutches, canes,walkers and bed poles. It’s a medical gradeproduct thatcanbesanitizedandcleaned,soit presents no health hazard to the user.Thecompany’s slogan is “express your health,”and they back up their words by being active contributors to several physical and emotional health charities.

• Perhapsoneofthemorepeculiarandinnovativecreations making the invention circuit is the “Bogdon Bass.” It’s a standing bass guitarwhose main component is a cardboard box!

• The “Bogdon Bass” is literally a largecardboard box sealed with tape, with a wooden neckandvinylstrings. Itcanbeplayedwithorwithoutanamplifier.Becauseoftheuseofthese materials, it is lightweight, inexpensive and recyclable.

•This peculiar instrument was invented byaman namedChrisBadynee.He named theinstrumentafterhisfather,Bogdon.

• “TheinspirationtomakemyBogdonBoxBasswas that I had the desire to own somethingthatIcouldn’tafford,soImadeonemyself,”explained Badynee. “All I wanted was anatural-sounding upright bass for my own homerecordingsofsongsIwrote.”

•Afterassemblingwhathe thoughtwas just asillyideaonlyhe’duse,Badyneewas

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It’s still not known whomade the following sageobservation:“Tosucceedinpolitics,itissometimesnecessary to rise above your principles.”

It was beloved American poet Robert Frost whomadethefollowingsageobservation:“Abankisaplace where they lend you an umbrella in fair weath-er and ask for it back when it begins to rain.”

In1938,TimemagazinefeaturedAdolphHitleronthecoverasitsManoftheYear.

Youmightbesurprisedatsomeoftheamazingfeatsthat can be accomplished with the aid of modern medicine. In2008, twowomen in Indiagavebirthat theageof70.With theaidofeggdonationandpostmenopausal in vitro fertilization, Rajo DeviLohan gave birth to her only child, a girl. CharanSingh Panwar and his wife, Omkari Panwar, already hadtwodaughtersandfivegrandchildren,buttheywanted a son. Using the same procedure, Omkarihad twins, a boy and a girl.

Thefirsttimeatoiletwaseverseenontelevisionwasinthepilotepisodeof“LeaveIttoBeaver,”in1957.

ThemostcommonnameintheworldisMuhammed.

IfyouliveintheSouth,homeofhugeroaches,youprobably won’t be surprised to learn that a cockroach canliveforaweekwithoutahead.Whenthehead-lessinsectdoesfinallydie,it’sfromstarvation,notfrom the loss of its head.

Those who study such things say that there are 45,000 chickens for every person on the planet.

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2. Name the four major-league players to play in at least 140 games for 16 consecutive seasons.

3.Whenwasthelasttimebefore2011thattheDetroitLionsstartedaseason5-0?

4. Harvard made the NCAA men’s basket-balltournamentin2012,thefirsttimefortheCrimsonsincewhen?

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“As Seen on TV” (continued): shocked by how good the makeshift instrument sounded.“[It] soundedso fantastic that Ihad totellsomeone.SoIfilmeda60-secondvideoandposteditontheweb.Igot1,000hitsonYoutubein less than a day.”

• Thevideobecameabitofaviralsensation,andBadyneewasaskedby“GoodMorning,America”for the right to show the video on their program.

•Almost immediately after the videowas shownon television,Badynee received requests to buya“BogdonBox.”Hebroughtinhisuncleandacouple of acoustic technicians to help him perfect it. Once they got the instrument exactly right, they began selling it on Ebay to a huge response. Hundreds were sold, almost as quickly as they could turn them out.

• Badynee took the profits from those sales toprotect and patent his invention. Eventually, his belief in his invention paid off in praise, when hisbasswasgivenaravereviewin“BassPlayerMagazine.”

•Awell-known inventionmarketedvia televisioninfomercials is the Snuggie. This blanket with sleeves solved a problem most people didn’t even know they had.

• Since it coversyour entirebodybutkeepsyourhands free thanks to its armholes, Snuggie wearers stay warm while still retaining the ability to take sip of their drink, change the channel or turn the page of a book.

• TheSnuggiewasintroducedin2008andwasaninstantsuccess.By2009,20millionSnuggieshadbeensold.Buttherewasactuallyasimilarproductalready on the market, The Slanket, invented by GaryCleggwhenhewasacollegefreshman.

• Becauseitisdifficulttopatentatextileproduct,ClegghadnotpatentedTheSlanket,sothemakersof the Snuggie were able to make and market their product legally.

•Imitationmaybethesincerestformofflattery,butit’sasafebetthatCleggfeltsomethingotherthanpridewhenhefirstsawtheSnuggie.

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west, it undergoes several transformations. Itgives tourists the ability to experience both sides of Hollywood and is rich with sights and attractions all along the way.

•It encompasses a surplus of must-see sitesincluding Echo Park, Hollywood MemorialPark, Paramount Studios, KTLA Studios, FoxNetwork,ColumbiaSquareandtheiconicSunsetGrill made famous by Don Henley’s song.

•It is at least four lanes its entire duration, andthanks to its curvy, winding route and frequent trafficcongestion,caraccidentsareprevalent.

•Itissometimesreferredtoas“GuitarRow,”asitis home to a wide selection of guitar stores and music-industry-related buildings.

• Oneof themost famousnightclubs in the ‘40sand‘50swastheglamorousEarlCarrollTheatreon Sunset, said to host the most beautiful girls in the world. After it was sold, it functioned as MoulinRougeforanumberofyears.

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On Sept. 9, 1776, the Continental Congress for-mally declares the name of the new nation to be the “UnitedStates” ofAmerica. It replaced the term“UnitedColonies,”whichhadbeeningeneraluse.

OnSept. 3, 1783, theAmericanRevolution offi-cially comes to an end when representatives of the UnitedStates,GreatBritain,SpainandFrancesigntheTreatyofParis.The signing signifiedAmeri-ca’sstatusasafreenation,asBritainformallyrec-ognizedtheindependenceofits13formerAmeri-can colonies.

OnSept.7,1936,CharlesHardenHolleyisborninLubbock,Texas.WritingandperformingunderthenameBuddyHolly,hewouldhaveaninfluenceon rock ’n’ roll that would far outlast his tragically shortened career. He left behind a legacy that in-cludes“That’llBeTheDay,”“PeggySue,”“NotFadeAway,”It’sSoEasy,”“Everyday,”“OhBoy!”and“MaybeBaby.”

On Sept. 6, 1943, a new high-speed train traveling betweenNewYorkCityandWashington,D.C.,de-rails, killing 79 people and seriously injuring 100 more. The Congressional Limited traveled at anunprecedented speed of 65 mph.

OnSept. 4, 1957, FordMotorCompany unveilstheEdsel,thefirstnewautomobilebrandproducedbyoneoftheBigThreecarcompaniessince1938.One reporter called it “anOldsmobile sucking alemon.”Inaddition,athighwayspeedsthefamoushoodornamenthadatendencytoflyoffandintothe windshield.

On Sept. 5, 1972, during the 1972 Summer Olym-pics atMunich,Germany, agroupofPalestinianterrorists storms the Olympic Village apartment oftheIsraeliathletes,killingtwoandtakingnineothers hostage. The terrorists were part of a group knownasBlackSeptember.

OnSept.8,1986,“TheOprahWinfreyShow”isbroadcastnationallyforthefirsttime.Itwentontobecome the highest-rated talk show in TV history. By2008,“TheOprahWinfreyShow”hadanesti-mated weekly audience of some 46 million view-ersintheUnitedStatesandwasbroadcastaroundthe world in 134 countries.


1. Thirteen seasons.2. Hank Aaron, Johnny Da-mon,BrooksRobinsonand

Pete Rose.3.Itwas1956.4.Itwas1946.

5. Gilbert Perreault, with 512.6. Richard Petty, with 13.7.BillieJeanKing(1972),ChrisEvert(1982),Martina

Navratilova(1983),SteffiGraf(1988)andSerenaWilliams

(2003).

NectarineandCherryCrisp

The topping is actually oatmeal cookie dough! You can prepare it up to a day ahead and store it in the refrigerator.

1/2 cup sugar3 tablespoons cornstarch3 pounds (about 10 medium) ripe nectarines,each cut into 6 wedges1 1/2 pounds dark, sweet cherries, pitted2 tablespoons lemon juice2 tablespoons margarine or butter, cold, cut into small piecesOatmealCookie-CrispTopping(below)

1.Preheat oven to375F. In small bowl,withwire whisk or fork, mix sugar and cornstarch.2.Inlargebowl,tossnectarines,cherries,lem-on juice and sugar mixture until fruit is evenly coated.3. Spoon fruit mixture into 13-by-9-inch glass bakingdish;dotwithmargarineorbutter.Coverwith foil and bake 40 to 50 minutes until mix-ture is gently bubbling.4. Meanwhile, prepare Oatmeal Cookie-CrispTopping. Cover and refrigerate until ready touse.5. Drop topping by scant 1/4 cups over hot fruit. Bake,uncovered,20to25minutesuntiltoppingisbrowned.Coolslightlyonwireracktoservewarm. Or, cool completely to serve later. Reheat if desired.

OATMEALCOOKIE-CRISPTOPPING:In large bowl, with mixer at medium-highspeed, beat 2/3 cup packed light brown sugar and 6 tablespoons margarine or butter (3/4stick),softened,untilsmooth.Add1largeeggand 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; beat until light andfluffy.With spoon, stir in 1 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats, uncooked, 3/4 cup all-purpose flour,1/4teaspoonsaltand1/4teaspoonbakingsoda. Serves 12.

Eachserving:About400calories,11gtotalfat(2g saturated), 18mgcholesterol, 185mg sodi-um, 63g carbohydrate, 6g protein.

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Sunset Boulevard (Continued): thatstarredGlenClose.• Sunset Boulevard has been highlighted on

TV shows, album covers and in song names, includingthe1960sTVseries“77SunsetStrip”andthe1990s’“BelowSunset.”

• The best known section of Sunset Boulevardis Sunset Strip, which before its glory days, was nothing more than scattered buildings and nurseries. Once the movie industry took off, studios and glamorous houses began popping up everywhere. It was once called BeverlyBoulevard.

• Sunset Strip is about 1.5 miles long. It gotits name because many LosAngeles Countyworkersreferredtoitas“thatstrip”foryears.

•Sunset Boulevard can brag that it has hostedmost of the early motion picture companies; the area near the intersection of Gower Street was famous for the many Westerns madethere. However, this section was also known as“PovertyRow,”asmanyof thefilmsmadethere failed.

•Althoughmanyfilmcompaniespoppedup,thesmaller ones tended to end quickly — some of them included California Film Co., CenturyFilm Co., H. Paulis Studio and Francis FordStudio.

• A few film companies were able to survive;someoftheseincludeWarnerBrothersStudios,ChristieFilmCo.andColumbiaStudios.

• Today, visitors from all over theworld cometoSunsetBoulevard toget aglimpseofwhatmakes Tinsel Town glitter and glow.

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3.FrankSinatra“NothingButTheBest”4.ElleVarner“PerfectlyImperfect”

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8.OneDirection“UpAllNight”9.Adele“21”

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TacoCasserolePreparethisultra-easyMexicanmaindishandseeifyoudon’tagreewithme that not only is it just as easy and tasty to eat at home, it’s cheaper!

16 ounces extra-lean ground sirloin or turkey breast1(8-ounce)cantomatosauce2 teaspoons taco seasoning1 (8-ounce) can red kidney beans, rinsed anddrained1 1/2 cups peeled and chopped fresh tomatoes1 1/2 cups coarsely crushed baked nacho chips3/4 cup fat-free sour cream1/2 cup sliced green onion1/2cupshreddedreduced-fatCheddarcheese

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray an 8-by-12-inchbakingdishwitholiveoil-flavoredcookingspray.2. In a large skillet sprayedwith olive oil-fla-vored cooking spray, brown meat. Stir in tomato

sauce and taco seasoning. Add kidney beans and 1/2cuptomatoes.Mixwelltocombine.Lowerheat and simmer for 6 minutes.3. Arrange nacho chips in prepared baking dish. Spoon meat mixture evenly over chips. Spread sour cream evenly over meat mixture. Top with green onion, remaining 1 cup tomatoes and Cheddarcheese.4. Bake for 20 to 30minutes or until hot andbubbly. Place baking dish on a wire rack and let set for 5 minutes. Divide into 6 servings.

¥Eachservingequals:228calories,6gfat,20gprotein,19gcarb.,529mgsodium,4gfiber;Dia-beticExchanges: 2 1/2Meat, 1Starch, 1Veg-etable.


PNE Shines AgainAugust28TuesdaymeandCyndistrollintotheannualfairwithexcitementthatseemsto always happen every yearwhen the PNE is on.We planned ahead onwhatwewantedtoseeanddo,butwithsomuchtodothescriptgetstornup.WhalesTailstostartamusteveryyear,theAgrodomeforthehorseshow.Nextgetagoodseatforthepigraces,greatforkidsandadults.CheckoutanimalsintheLivestockbuilding,watchbee extraction. Get very hungry time for ribs, messy to eat but so yummy. Time for a traditionalsconestillgreatafteralltheseyears.CyndimentionswemustgetagoodseatfortheSuperdogs,offwegogetgreatseatsonthefloor.Ifyoulovedogsthisshowisamust.LeavetheColiseumandheadovertoseeHansonperforming.Theboysareall grown up they sounded great. Time for those Little donuts on the way over to the gamessectionofthePNE.OnceagainthePNEismagicalforallagestoenjoy.Thankyoutothemediacontactsthat let Tidbits enjoy this once a year annual event.

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The dogs were flying

Hanson sounded great

Finger licking good ribsThe whale’s tails are awesome

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