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Now Open! FAMOUS FIRST LINES (continued): * On May 24, 1883, after 14 years and 27 deaths during
• What book begins with “Call me Ishmael”? construction, the Brooklyn Bridge in New York is
Color & Blonding opened, the largest suspension bridge ever built to that
Cutting It’s the classic novel Moby-Dick, penned by date.
Waxing American writer Herman Melville in 1851. * On May 27, 1894, Dashiell Hammett, author of “The
Lashes Ishmael narrates the story of the fanatical quest Maltese Falcon,” is born in Maryland. He worked as
of Captain Ahab to kill the giant white sperm a Pinkerton detective for eight years and turned his
Extensions whale that had bitten off Ahab’s leg at the experiences into fiction. The novel was filmed three
knee on the ship Pequod’s previous voyage. times, the last in 1941, starring Humphrey Bogart.
Ninalee Costelnock Ishmael is the only one who can document the * On May 28, 1902, Owen Wister’s “The Virginian”
517-225-5958 voyage, as he is the sole survivor of the wreck is published. It was the first serious Western and one
of the Pequod. Moby-Dick was not a popular of the most influential in the genre. The book became
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@district308 just $556 (about $250,000 in today’s dollars). * On May 29, 1932, the so-called Bonus Expeditionary
Although he had written previous popular Force, a group of 1,000 World War I veterans seeking
novels, Melville’s popularity plummeted cash payments for their veterans’ bonus certificates,
after Moby-Dick, and he became a customs arrives in Washington, D.C. One month later, that
inspector. Interest was revived after his death number had swelled to nearly 20,000 strong.
in 1891, even though the novel had been out * On May 26, 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt
of print for 15 years. Moby-Dick was reprinted makes a radio appeal for the support of the Red Cross.
and became the classic we know today. It was Belgian and French civilians were “running from
adapted to film in 1956, starring Gregory Peck their homes to escape bombs and shells and machine
as Ahab. According to “How Long to Read gunning, without shelter, and almost wholly without
This,” the novel will take the average reader food,” FDR told Americans.
about 8 hours to read. * On May 23, 1960, a tsunami caused by an earthquake
• Gregory Peck won an Academy Award for off the coast of Chile travels across the Pacific Ocean
his role as widowed lawyer Atticus Finch in and kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii. The massive 9.5
the 1962 drama film To Kill a Mockingbird, magnitude quake had killed thousands in Chile the
based on Harper Lee’s 1960 Pulitzer Prize- previous day. The Pacific Tsunami Warning System,
winning novel of the same name. The story of established in 1948, worked properly and warnings
racial injustice in Alabama during the Great were issued to Hawaiians six hours in advance, but
Depression is told through the eyes of six-year- some people ignored the warnings and others actually
old Scout Finch, and is loosely based on actual headed to the coast to view the wave.
events in Harper Lee’s childhood. Lee opened * On May 25, 1977, the communist government of
the book with, “When he was nearly 13, my China lifts its decade-old ban on the writings of William
brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the Shakespeare. Mao Tse-Tung’s 1966 revolution had
elbow.” banned any cultural work that did not have the required
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Farro Risotto FAMOUS FIRST LINES (continued): 1. Eddie Gaedel, who had
With Butternut one plate appearance
• “Once there were four children whose names with the St. Louis Browns
Squash were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy.” And so in 1951, was the shortest
begins The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, player in Major League
The firm, chewy texture of farro resembles the 1950 fantasy novel by British writer and Baseball history. How tall
Arborio rice but boasts the nutritional theologian C.S. Lewis, the first in a series of was he?
characteristics of spelt. Italians have enjoyed seven books known as “The Chronicles of 2. Name the NCAA men’s
this alternative grain since the days of the Narnia.” Forced to leave London during the basketball all-time leader
Roman Empire. bombings of World War II, the children are taken in assists (1,076), who had his No. 11 jersey
in by a professor in the English countryside. retired by the Duke Blue Devils.
1 tablespoon olive oil When Lucy hides in a wardrobe during a game 3. What British racecar driver won the Formula
1 small onion, finely chopped of hide-and-seek, she discovers the magical 1 driver’s championship in 1992, then won the
Salt and ground black pepper world of Narnia. Her three siblings later CART championship the following year?
1 1/2 cups farro (emmer wheat) accompany her and encounter wolves, talking 4. Tulane University’s athletic teams are known
1/2 cup dry white wine animals, an evil white witch, and a powerful by what nickname?
1 1/4 cups water lion named Aslan. Lewis began work on the 5. What U.S. golfer won the 2010 LPGA
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1/8 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed Wardrobe. 7. In 1997, Larry Rothschild was named manager
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chopped Mr. and Mrs. deWinter, where widower Maxim
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minute or until absorbed. dead mistress. The novel has been in print
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and heat to boiling over high heat. Stir in
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Gaddi, Ammiel, Sethur, Caleb
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OUT OF THIS WORLD:

HALLEY’S COMET

It’s no use searching the skies for Halley’s 1. GEOGRAPHY: Dubai is the largest city of which
Comet – it won’t appear for another 39 years! country?
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famous astronomical mystery -- Tidbits has Nixon’s Secret Service code name?
done the work for you! 3. TELEVISION: In which year did the first episode of
the animated comedy “South Park” air?
• Comets are made up of water, ice, dust, and 4. HISTORY: What was the former name of the Hoover
carbon dioxide. They have long luminous tails Dam on the Colorado River?
that are produced by vaporization when they 5. MUSIC: Which instrument is Pablo Cassals famous
passes by the Sun. for playing?
6. LITERATURE: What are the names of Harry Potter’s
• The first recorded observation of Halley’s deceased parents in the book series?
Comet was in 239 B.C., documented by 7. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin phrase “bona
Chinese astronomers. Some studies indicate fide” mean?
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early as 466 B.C. by the ancient Greeks. 9. ACRONYMS: What does BMW stand for?
10. MOVIES: What is the song playing in the famous
• English astronomer, geophysicist, twist scene of “Pulp Fiction”?
mathematician, and physicist Edmond Halley
published his first paper in 1676 at age 20, a Second Chances for In-
publication with the rather elaborate title of carcerated Veterans
“A Direct and Geometrical Method of Finding
the Aphelia, Eccentricities, and Proportions We recently had Second Chance Month,
of the Primary Planets, without Supposing courtesy of a presidential proclamation. Its
* Most of us know that pregnancy has its Equality in Angular Motion,” a dissertation goal was to “provide meaningful redemption
challenges, but one you might not be aware about planetary orbits. Halley studied laws and rehabilitation for formerly imprisoned
of is that expectant moms attract roughly of gravity and calculated orbital elements of persons.” It requires, per the proclamation,
twice as many mosquito bites. It’s believed comets and planets before releasing his 1705 a holistic approach that eliminates long sen-
this is because they exhale more carbon “Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets,” tences, and provides job and education training
dioxide and have higher body temperatures in which he cited his belief that comets that during incarceration plus opportunities to enter
than those who aren’t pregnant. had appeared in 1456, 1531, 1607, and 1682 the workforce after release.
were all the same comet, which returned What that means for veterans is that the De-
* A Chinese father hired virtual assassins to kill approximately every 76 years partment of Veterans Affairs is taking action to
his son’s World of Warcraft character, hoping help vets rejoin society after they’ve been in
that would stop the young man from playing • Edmond Halley estimated the next appearance prison. In a mutual help program, the Bureau
after he’d quit his day job. of the comet to be the year 1758, which did of Prisons, the Social Security Administration
in fact occur that year on Christmas Day. and VA benefits will work to ensure that the VA
* American death row prisoners are given a Unfortunately, Halley had died in 1742 and is notified within 30 days of release.
physical to ensure they’re fit enough to die. failed to see his prediction come true. In 1759, Help for imprisoned veterans includes:
the year after the comet’s appearance, it was -- Expanding outreach into prisons to let veter-
* During the 1984 Olympic Summer Games named after Halley. Its official designation is ans know about the services they can use and
in Los Angeles, McDonald’s announced 1P/Halley. hook up with while still in prison.
a promotion offering free food and drink -- A web-based program that prison staff can
every time an American athlete made it to • Halley’s Comet was the first comet to be use to identify veterans who will need VA
the medals podium. After the former Soviet recognized as periodic, or short-period, one services when they get out. The prison staff
Union boycotted the games, it turned out to with an orbit of less than 200 years, as opposed will need the veteran’s name, Social Security
be quite a costly promotion. to long-period comets, whose orbits last for number, date of birth and so on to access the
thousands of years. It’s the only known short- site: Veterans Reentry Search Service.
* The French duo Daft Punk took their name period comet that is visible with the naked -- Finding “justice-involved” veterans (through
from a negative review they received from eye, without any optical aid, as well as the outreach by specialists) and encouraging them
“Melody Maker” magazine regarding a trio only naked-eye comet that can appear twice to access VA services. Those can include pre-
of which they’d previously been members. in a human lifetime. Halley’s most recent release assessments and links to care for social,
appearance was in 1986, predicted to appear mental, medical and employment services.
* Between 1887 and 1950, American next in 2061, an orbit of 76 years. To learn more about the health care services
weather forecasters were not allowed to use available to veterans released from prison,
the word “tornado.” • The small rocky nucleus of Halley, which check the VA website at www.va.gov/home-
contains 99% of the comet’s mass, is just less/reentry.asp. Scroll down to watch videos
* A particularly pessimistic fan of football’s 9.94 miles (16 km) across, but its tail, made about supporting and assisting incarcerated vet-
Cleveland Browns requested in his obituary of up gas and dust, can be up to 62,137 miles erans, second chances for incarcerated veterans
that six members of the team serve as (100,000 km) long. and suicide prevention. Further down the page
pallbearers at his funeral so “the Browns are email links for the specialists in each state.
could let him down one last time.” • The first photograph of Halley’s Comet was Once they’re released from prison, veterans
taken during 1910, when it flew within 13.9 are at risk for homelessness, death from drug
* In the early 1970s, the first Nike shoe was million miles (2.4 million km) of Earth. overdoses and suicide. Per a U.S. Sentenc-
inspired by ... a waffle. After watching his wife ing Commission study, 67% of incarcerated
make waffles, the company’s co-founder, • Author Mark Twain was born two weeks after veterans had mental health problems, and 55%
Bill Bowerman, poured urethane into a waffle the comet reached its point closest to the Sun had served in a combat zone. Of those, 41% re-
iron to see what would happen. The Waffle in 1835. In his 1909 autobiography, Twain ported post-traumatic stress and 67% had used
Trainer debuted soon after. wrote, “I came in with Halley’s Comet in illegal substances ... yet 62% had separated
1835. It is coming again next year, I expect from the service with an honorable discharge.
to go out with it…The Almighty has said,
“…they came in together, they must go out
together.” Twain died on April 21, 1910, just
one day after Halley’s Comet appeared.

• So how is Halley’s Comet pronounced? Some
say it rhymes with “valley,” while others claim
it rhymes with “daily.” Edmond Halley’s
biographer, Colin Ronan, prefers to rhyme it
with “crawly.” There were several variations
in the spelling of his name during his lifetime,
including Haley, Hailey, Halley, Hawley, and
Hawly. The most common pronunciation
rhymes with “valley.”

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OPENING WORDS

• The 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe is thought
to be the first novel written in the English
language. Author Daniels Defoe’s name did
not appear on the title page of the book’s first
edition, leading readers to believe that Crusoe
was a real person who was a castaway on a
remote island for 28 years. The book begins, “I
was born in the year 1632, in the City of York,
of a good family,” stating later that Crusoe’s
birth name was Robinson Kreutznaer. Defoe
was a prolific writer, writing upwards of 300
works on a variety of topics, including religion,
marriage, politics, crime, and the supernatural.

• Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 masterpiece War and
Peace was originally entitled War, What Is It
Good For?” With more than 1,400 pages, the
book, which chronicles the French invasion
of Russia, has 587,287 words. The average
reader, reading about 300 words per minute,
could complete the book by reading non-stop
for 1 day, 6 hours, and 26 minutes. The opening
line of this classic is “Well, my prince, Genoa
and Lucca are now no more than possessions,
estates, of the Buonaparte family.”

• Another Tolstoy classic Anna Karenina, is the
story of the Russian socialite Anna and her
relationship with Russian aristocrat Count
Vronsky. The 800+-page novel was published
in 1878, and opens with, “All happy families
are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in
its own way.”

• The Princess Bride is a 1973 fantasy romance by
William Goldman. It’s the story of the beautiful
farm girl Buttercup during the Renaissance who
agrees to marry Prince Humperdinck following
the loss of her love, the farmhand Westley. The
opening line reads, “This is my favorite book
in all the world, though I have never read it.”

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fortune spiraled downward. “I write this sitting
Finding the Cellphone That’s phone to do. Ask a lot of questions, especially of in the kitchen sink,” writes Cassandra, and goes
Right for You tech-savvy family members. Think about whether on to relate the story of her eccentric family.
you want to pay upfront for your phone or have a • The first sentence of George Orwell’s science
When it comes to buying a phone, there are so long-term contract. Decide whether the phone is fiction novel, 1984 is, “It was a bright cold day
many choices that the decision can be difficult. only for emergencies or if you’ll use it daily. in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
Much depends on what you want to do with it and It was Orwell’s ninth and final book, published
how much you want to spend. There are a handful of good phones out there if in 1949, telling the story of a country controlled
you search the internet for “phones for seniors.” by an overbearing totalitarian government
What can we do on our phones? Depending You’ll find dozens of websites describing the various that manipulates every facet of society.
on the type of phone (and our skill level), we can phones now available. Orwell coined the now popular term “Big
make calls, get voicemails, look at maps, write Brother,” referring to the government’s mass
shopping lists and notes, roam the internet, play Visit the phone stores near you, if possible. You’ll surveillance of citizens. He also introduced
games, receive and send text messages, take pho- need to handle the phones to be sure you can read the word “doublethink,” which refers to “the
tos, have face-to-face meetings and more. and press the buttons with ease. Smaller phones are act of simultaneously aaccepting two mutually-
lightweight, but aren’t necessarily the best if you contradictory beliefs as correct.”
Some of us, however, would rather keep it sim- can’t see the screen or the buttons are tiny. The big- • Ernest Hemingway started his last major work
ple. We want to make and receive calls, period. If ger ones, on the other hand, might be too heavy. of fiction with, “He was an old man who fished
a phone comes with a few more features, that’s Look into the flip phones as well, the ones that fold alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had
fine, but we probably won’t use them. in half for ease of carrying in a pocket. gone eighty-four days now without taking
a fish. The Old Man and the Sea, published
How to choose: Decide what you need the Look for discounts. For example, you might get in 1952, was the story of a Cuban fisherman
a discount if you’re an AARP member. If you’re on named Santiago and his struggle with a giant
Medicaid or SNAP benefits, see if you qualify for the marlin. Hemingway was awarded the Pulitzer
Lifeline discount. Prize in 1953 for the work.

And remember: Keep it charged!

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