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Function Question = SYNTHESIS = Isabella osorio, Maria Jose Negret, Laura madriñan and Maria Jose Perez 25-05-12 the importance of candies have change because they are more attractive to people so they buy more, and more, and more till it converted important for us. another really important thing is because if your family is a candies fan, you might convert in one. also because sugar contains serotonin that makes you feel happy, and makes you eat more so you can feel that way, and you could finish being addicted to it, and also the way and flavor have a lot of important roles to the importance of the candy...
 * How have candies become important to people? **

Maria Jose Negret and Laura Madriñan 27-05-12 What I had learne about the funtion question is: Candies have become important to people in many different ways and by many different type of way just like: The "advertising", "publicity", "Commercials" because the following reasons.: Cause commercials have change the way they are and the way they attract kids they have become a better source of publicity because TV is always growing more and more and the publicity mans know that if kids see for example "nickelodeon" and kids are the ones that LOVE candies they will put their commercials in that channel. candies have become so important in our life because it have cause a lot of conflicts between our society especially in commercials, candies commercials owners are not being aware of the bad things they are transmitting especially to kids. This people are making commercials but not only a simple commercial, they are transmitting a message to little kids that is making them react in a bad way. SOME of this commercials are showing images not suitable for little kids because of the teeneger love scenes that had being shown, Obviously this scenes are not bad, but for little kids yes they are. I have a real example about this in BON BON BUM comercial, this commercial will be shown bellow. Also another example is bonbon bun commercial that it will also be bellow, like i have already said this have NOTHING to do with the product. In the other hand they have become very important in our live because with them we express our feelings, for example if you give a chocolate box to your best friend you are transmitting care, love and friendship. Also candies have make a lot of economy to our society because thanks to all of the excellent commercials they'v have done the candies have being sell very quickly and that's why they've being a lot of incrised jobs in sweets factories. = MEDIA = Summary: The candy each time is getting expensive in all the world this is just a little example in Mexico because out there the candy increase 6.9% in prices also candies as bubble gum, lollipops, and more also increase... The question is why does it has increase a lot during the year? well here is the answer... The importance of candy is becoming bigger and bigger cause the way we use it is expanding so when we use it more we need to buy it more and no matter what happen sometimes we really need it so we don't matter for prices, so the companies take the opportunity and put expensieve the candy. But now people are reflecting about this and this information prove it... = Comer golosinas es ahora más caro =
 * Laura madriñan Serna and maria jose negret 3-06-12: **

== Según estudios elaborados por la firma Nielsen, este tipo de alimentos son los que más han subido su precio en un año en México ==

Comprarle un tentenpié a los niños al salir de la escuela es ahora más caro 

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 28 de mayo.- Comprarle un tentenpié a los niños al salir de la escuela es ahora más caro. Las golosinas subieron 6.9 por ciento de precio ubicándose como los productos con mayores alzas en el último año, según un análisis de Nielsen, firma especializada en consumo. Pese a los ajustes, las ventas de caramelos, chicles y gomitas, entre otros productos, aumentaron 1.2 por ciento durante ese periodo. Después de las golosinas, las mercancías con mayores ajustes al alza en sus precios fueron las bebidas no alcohólicas, con un incremento de 4.6 por ciento, pese a ello los consumidores compraron 6.3 por ciento más refrescos, agua embotellada y jugos, agregó el reporte. Los productos de libre venta, mejor conocidos como OTC, y los alimentos, obtuvieron el tercer puesto entre los artículos con mayores aumentos; el ajuste de precios fue de 3.9 por ciento. En tanto, el volumen de ventas de alimentos avanzó 2.2 por ciento y el de OTC, donde se encuentran los medicamentos que no requieren receta para su compra, 2.4 por ciento. De acuerdo con Nielsen entre los factores por los cuales ciertos productos subieron de precios está la innovación en sabores o beneficios adicionales, estrategias implementadas por las compañías para mejorar la rentabilidad del negocio. En la categoría de golosinas las empresas con mayor peso en el mercado son PepsiCo con marcas como Sonrics, Grupo Bimbo con Ricolino y Kraft con marcas como Trident. En el negocio de OTC, Genomma Lab ya desplazó a laboratorios como Bayer o Merck en diferentes categorías. = MEDIA = This is just an example of how the importance of candy have change through time because
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http://chartiersvalley.patch.com/articles/sarris-candies-rebuids-the-chocolate-castle#photo-10150870 According to the Rev. George Livanos, in his blessing during the grand reopening dedication on Friday at Canonsburg's most well-known business, “Sarris Candies is about putting smiles on children’s faces—young and old alike.” And that they did. A new-and-improved version of the beloved chocolate castle and icon of [|Sarris Candies] was revealed yesterday and drew gasps from the audience of local officials, friends of the Sarris family and the media. Standing 12 feet high, 8 feet long, and 3 feet deep, the 2,600-pound chocolate and candy castle is something to rival Cinderella’s palace. It is hand-sculpted with a variety of textures and adorned with plenty of candy confections as well as white chocolate animals placed throughout the edible fantasy land. “We had a mandate from Mrs. (Athena) Sarris to create a fun, carnival theme,” said Keith Evans, architectural designer of the castle. Evans is a custom craftsman and artist by trade who has worked on special projects for the Sarris family for 20 years and is a resident of [|Canonsburg]. The chocolate castle took the eight-person design team more than 2,000 man hours to complete in three months to have it ready for the grand opening. For their work—Sarris has a cost of $130,000 for the chocolate castle listed on the fact sheet. At the center of the castle sits a 2-foot-high model of an old-fashioned carousel, not made of chocolate, but handcrafted just the same. The castle design team of eight people found the idea on Ebay in an old Hammacher Schlemmer catalog, no longer in print. The head toymakers from a company named Suba were about to retire but agreed to make one last custom carousel for Sarris. The carnival theme doesn’t stop with the castle and carousel. The whole confection room is surrounded by 65 feet of beautiful hand-painted wall murals depicting a circus train ride through Candyland. Pittsburgh artist Maria DeSimone-Prascak painted the wall murals with an animated dream-like quality that takes everyone back to their happiest childhood memories. “It was difficult to create the mural without knowing exactly what the castle looked like, and visa versa,” said DeSimone-Prascak. She went to the candy store for inspiration, took in the colors, and used glitter and crystals to add a magical feel to the scene. “This was the most fun I’ve ever had and the largest scale project I’ve ever done,” she said. “I am honored that I was able to do this for the Sarris family and can’t think of a better way to culminate my 30th anniversary in business.” DeSimone-Prascak has done work for the Sarris family over the years through her custom artwork and mural design company, [|Maria’s Ideas.] DeSimone-Prascak will be at Saturday’s grand opening activities from 1 to 3 p.m. with her husband, Johno Prascak, whose Pittsburgh Skyline painting is featured on a limited edition Sarris Candies box. Huge stuffed animals, 3-foot nutcrackers and a pair of actual carousel horses also contribute to the authenticity of the carnival atmosphere. In addition to the castle room, the remodeled Sarris Ice Cream Parlour sparkles with old-fashioned design and the elegant taste following in the Sarris family tradition. “It’s so nice that they try to stay local,” Evans said. The handrails were custom-made by a company in Cuddy, PA, and the etched glass in the booths was designed by Emerald Art Glass on the South Side, which will also be doing custom Tiffany lamps with an ice cream theme to add above the booths. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sarris will be open Saturday from 9 to 9 and Sunday from 10 to 9.
 * Laura Madriñan Serna 03-06-12: **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">Candy has changed a lot since the 70s. A lot of prices have changed too. Did you know that a piece of candy used to be 15 cents,talk about cheap. To this very day we are still eating candy from the 70s.Here is some of the candy you used to eat as a kid and still do today. = =
 * Laura Madriñan (summary), Maria Jose Negret (resesarch, summary), and Isabella Osorio (summary) 22-05-12 **

= = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;"> = = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">In the 70s loved these suckers. Blow Pops are still around today and they are still very popular. = = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Look its Fun Dip. A very popular candy of the 70s and its still popular today. Lets just say the cover has changed a lot and there are more yummy flavors of it! = = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">These two candies were and still are very popular. Candy makes children all over the world happy. In the 70s there was always some room for a little sweet treat. = = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Bottle Caps candy were popular back-then but now they aren't so popular. Bottle caps are a candy that are flavors of different sodas like, root bear, fruit punch, orange soda, cherry soda, and grape soda. = = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Candy buttons were little sugar dots that would peel off the paper (shown in picture). Candy buttons were basically just a solid dot full of sugar. They came in three different colors like blue, pink and yellow in the 70s, but now they have a few more of the basic colors. you can look at some information on candy and junk food that people ate in the 70s at this site: []

What I could see in this information is that some of our delicious candies now a days, also existed since long time ago, (since 70s). The difference they have (this is what I guess) are: 1) the packages because in 70s they were almost without color, and obviously not very convincing because doesn't see the advertising in the package well is more advance now a day. 2) And also in their technology, because the fun dip was much better than now, it was i a flavor and it turns up with another. As a result I could see that in both was the fun dip had change one good and one bad, but the one that change good is the most important with consumers because if for them is attractive they will buy it at least once.
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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff00e1; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">LAURA MADRIÑÁN SERNA 24 MAY 2012: **

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isabella osorio 24 may 2012 candies started to changed a lot in the 70s mostly, they WERE really cheap. i have kind of a hypothesis and is that maybe they've converted so important because the packages are more attractive and they attract people to them, also because when something new get out to the markets people see the new packages as here it's said and they want to buy it because they think the flavor might change too.

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Maria Jose Negert 25-05-12 What I could understand about the information that I found is that since the 70s mostly, the same sweets were cheaper. Now the same sweets are more expensive. This is strange because here we can approve how the world is evolving, each time the economy is growing that's why the sweets now on days are more expensive. I think that they also become more expensive because now the workers spend more time decorating the packets, make in them more attractive etc. Also because now they make a lot of comercial to promote them and they spend a lot of many in that so they recovered the money making the sweets more expensive.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">This is a picture of all the candy that people from the 70s ate and many still do today. Some of the candy has gone out of style, but most of them like the Laffy Taffy, Fun Dip, Nerds, Skittles, Pop Rocks, Smarties, Lemonheads, and Razzles are the main candies that we still eat today just like they did in the 70s! This link tell you all about the candy that you ate in the 70s and do today = = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">[] = =

= Summary = Page: [] Maria Jose Negret and laura Madriñan 25-05-12 The role of candy have changed in order to improve our society, I had investigated and see that candie prices not only increased by the pass of the years most of the cases it stays the same price, BUT what change is the size, it become smaller and smaller each day faster and faster. Here we can prove that the way candies had change have improve companies, because it help them win a lot of money by not increasing the prices but by making the candies smaller, this help them because in mayor cases costumers doesn't realized about this. In the followed you can see how the SIZE but not the PRICE of each candie have changetrough time. This is very important to the companies because if the candy is smaller people will like to eat more and more, and the will increase their economical resources. Nut in the other hand the consumers sometimes don't realize this, so they want to buy more and eat the same, but parents punish them because of eating on a exaggeratedly way. = = = = = =

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1 ) Do you think candies are important in our live? why? 2) If candies wouldn't exist what else you could do to balance your diet? How would you try to replace the DECREASED jobs that the society would have? 3) What would you give to your boy friend/girlfriend? you would need to buy a big thing if sweets wouldn't exist aren't you? 4) Why do candies help in relationships? 5) Does candy help you to interact with others?
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 * Maria Jose Negret 08-05-12 **

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Isabella Osorio (founder), Maria Jose Negret,(Summary) Laura Madriñan (summary)17 May 2012
Sugar has been produced in the [|Indian subcontinent][|[5]] since ancient times. It was not plentiful or cheap in early times— [|honey] was more often used for sweetening in most parts of the world. Originally, people chewed raw sugarcane to extract its sweetness. Sugarcane was a native of tropical [|South Asia] and [|Southeast Asia]. [|[6]] Different species seem to have originated from different locations with// [|Saccharum barberi] // originating in [|India] and // [|S. edule] // and // [|S. officinarum] // coming from [|New Guinea]. [|[6]][|[7]]

One of the earliest historical references to sugar cane is in 8th century BC. Chinese manuscripts that also refer to the fact that knowledge of sugar cane was derived from India. [|[8]] It appears that in about 500 BC, residents of present-day India began making sugar syrup and cooling it in large flat bowls to make crystals that were easier to store and transport than the cane itself. In the local Indian language, these crystals were called //khanda// (खण्ड), which is the source of the word //candy//. [|[9]]

Sugar remained relatively unimportant until the Indians discovered methods of turning [|sugarcane juice] into granulated crystals that were easier to store and to transport. [|[10]] Crystallized sugar was discovered by the time of the [|Imperial Guptas], around 5th century AD. [|[10]] Indian sailors, who carried [|clarified butter] and sugar as supplies, introduced knowledge of sugar on the various [|trade routes] they travelled. [|[10]] Buddhist monks brought sugar crystallization methods to China as they travelled around. [|[11]] During the reign of [|Harsha] (r. 606–647) in [|North India], Indian envoys in [|Tang China] taught methods of cultivating sugarcane after [|Emperor Taizong of Tang] (r. 626–649) made his interest in sugar known. China then established its first [|sugarcane] plantations in the seventh century. [|[12]] Chinese documents confirm at least two missions to India, initiated in 647 AD, to obtain technology for sugar-refining. [|[13]] In South Asia, the [|Middle East] and [|China], sugar became a staple of cooking and [|desserts].

The triumphant progress of [|Alexander the Great] was halted on the banks of the [|Indus River] by the refusal of his troops to go further east. They saw people in the Indian subcontinent growing sugarcane and making //granulated, salt-like sweet powder//, locally called साखर, pronounced as saccharum (ζάκχαρι). On their return journey, the [|Macedonian] soldiers carried the "honey bearing reeds" home with them. Sugarcane remained a little known crop in Europe for over a millennium, sugar a rare commodity, and traders of sugar wealthy. [|Venice], at the height of its financial power, was the chief sugar-distributing center of Europe. [|[8]]

[|Crusaders] brought sugar home with them to Europe after their campaigns in the [|Holy Land], where they encountered caravans carrying "sweet salt". Early in the 12th century, Venice acquired some villages near [|Tyre] and set up estates to produce sugar for export to Europe, where it supplemented honey which had previously been the only available sweetener. [|[14]] Crusade chronicler [|William of Tyre], writing in the late 12th century, described sugar as "very necessary for the use and health of mankind". [|[15]]

[|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar#History]

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1st paragraph: on the first paragraph it's said that in ancient times sugar wasn't so cheap because honey was mostly used to sweet the food. originally they chewed sugar cane to extract.
 * laura Madriñan, Maria Jose Negret and Isabella Osorio **

2nd paragraph: Chinese manuscripts that also refer to the fact that knowledge of sugar cane was derived from India. It appears that in about 500 BC, residents of present-day India began making sugar syrup and cooling it in large flat bowls to make crystals that were easier to store and transport than the cane itself.

3rd paragraph: Sugar remained relatively unimportant until the Indians discovered methods of turning sugarcane juice into granulated crystals that were easier to store and to transport. During the reign of Harsha in North India, Indian envoys in Tang China taught methods of cultivating sugarcane after Emperor Taizong of Tang made his interest in sugar known.

4rd paragraph: The triumphant progress of Alexander the Great was halted on the banks of the Indus River by the refusal of his troops to go further east. They saw people in the Indian subcontinent growing sugarcane and making granulated, salt-like sweet powder, locally called pronounced as saccharum.

5th paragraph: In the late 12 century sugar become popular in europe because crusaders brought it there so it replaced the honey. ==

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isabella osorio 17 may 2012
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Two possible reasons why you crave sugar. Eating desserts may be a family tradition so having something sweet after dinner might just be habit. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; text-decoration: inherit;">Another reason for the sugar cravings may be due to serotonin, which is a brain chemical that makes you feel content and happy. Eating sugar may increase the absorption of an amino acid called tryptophan, which helps your body make serotonin, so it's possible that eating something sweet may make you feel happy. The opposite might be true then too -- avoiding sweets may make you feel crabby. []

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sugar contains serotonin, a chemical that makes you feel happy. that's one of the reason we eat sweets and then we eat it so much it becomes a habit to eat them. and because we eat them so much they became an important thing in our life

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I think candies have become so important in our life because it have cause a lot of conflicts between our society especially in commercials, candies commercials owners are not being aware of the bad things they are transmitting especially to kids. This people are making commercials but not only a simple commercial, they are transmitting a message to little kids that is making them react in a bad way. SOME of this commercials are showing images not suitable for little kids because of the teeneger love scenes that had being shown, Obviously this scenes are not bad, but for little kids yes they are. I have a real example about this in BON BON BUM comercial, this commercial will be shown bellow. Also another example is bonbon bun commercial that it will also be bellow, like i have already said this have NOTHING to do with the product. In the other hand they have become very important in our live because with them we express our feelings, for example if you give a chocolate box to your best friend you are transmitting care, love and friendship. Also candies have make a lot of economy to our society because thanks to all of the excellent commercials they'v have done the candies have being sell very quickly and that's why they've being a lot of incrised jobs in sweets factories.
 * Maria Jose Negret 08-05-12 **

Laura Madriñan Serna 9-5-12:
The Candy is a delicious and attractive food in live, kids love them so parents take the advantage of them and have them us a reward for making things good, or eatings other healthy food. commercials make that candies become so important for our lives because they persuade kids that the candies are delicious

Isabella Osorio 5 May 2012
candies have become so important for our life because we like them so much we eat and eat and eat till it accomplish a role in our society.

Maria Jose Perez 9 may 2012
candies are being taking a place or a role in our lives because we want them there we dont want them to go thats why we can´t stop eeatting them.

Isabella Osorio, Maria Jose Negret and Laura Madriñan 6 May 2012
along time, sweets have accomplish a roll in our society: 1. giving chocolates to someone to show affection. 2. also to give some fun in the parties: piñatas, snacks, gifts. 3. when you see the candies in the checkouts you ask your mum to buy you some. 4. the bubble gum your mum has in her bag. 5. For making fights between friends. 6. making jelous to your brothers, or sisters. 7. A way of giving reward to someone. ask you this question, if sweets didn't exist what could you do to replace it? difficult? could you give veggies instead of sweets?

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laura madriñan, maria jose negret 17 may 2012

> on the first paragraph it's said that in ancient times sugar wasn't so cheap because honey was mostly used to sweet the food. originally they chewed sugar cane to extract. > > Chinese manuscripts that also refer to the fact that knowledge of sugar cane was derived from India. It appears that in about 500 BC, residents of present-day India began making sugar syrup and cooling it in large flat bowls to make crystals that were easier to store and transport than the cane itself. > > Sugar remained relatively unimportant until the Indians discovered methods of turning sugarcane juice into granulated crystals that were easier to store and to transport. During the reign of Harsha in North India, Indian envoys in Tang China taught methods of cultivating sugarcane after Emperor Taizong of Tang made his interest in sugar known. > > The triumphant progress of Alexander the Great was halted on the banks of the Indus River by the refusal of his troops to go further east. They saw people in the Indian subcontinent growing sugarcane and making granulated, salt-like sweet powder, locally called pronounced as saccharum. > > In the late 12 century sugar become popular in europe because crusaders brought it there so it replaced the honey. >
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 * sugar contains serotonin, a chemical that makes you feel happy. that's one of the reason we eat sweets and then we eat it so much it becomes a habit to eat them. and because we eat them so much they became an important thing in our life