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A Favorite “Child”

by Blue Sullivan

America is a culture that loves good food. The

proliferation of successful cooking shows on

TV like “Master Chef” and “Chopped” has given

rise to the “celebrity chef.” Yet perhaps the most

beloved chef since the advent of television isn’t

on TV anymore. That’s Julia Child.

• She was born in 1912 in Pasadena, California.

Her father John was a graduate of Princeton and

a California real estate investor, and her mother,

also named Julia, was a paper-company heiress.

• In her youth, Child attended the elite Katherine

Branson School for Girls in San Francisco. She

was the tallest student in her class at 6 feet, 2

inches.

• At school, Child was known as a high-spirited

girl who loved playing pranks. She was also an

accomplished athlete, especially skilled at golf

and tennis.

• Child attended Smith College in Northampton,

Massachusetts. Her intended career had little

to do with cooking. She wanted to be a writer

instead.

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Satisfy vegetarians and meat-eaters alike with these healthful, Middle Eastern-style Bulgur Bean Burgers. No one will miss the beef when black beans and spices are providing first-class flavor.

1 cup waterSalt and ground black pepper1/2 cup bulgur1 can (15 to 19 ounces) reduced-sodium black beans, rinsed and drained1 container (6 ounces) plain low-fat yogurt1/4 teaspoon ground allspice1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon1/4 teaspoon ground cumin1/4 cup (packed) mint leaves, choppedNonstick cooking spray1 small shredded Kirby (pickling) cucumber4 whole-wheat hamburger buns4 lettuce leaves1 medium tomato, sliced

1. In 1-quart saucepan, heat water and 1/2 teaspoon salt to boiling over high heat. Stir in bulgur. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 10 to 12 minutes or until water is absorbed.2. Meanwhile, in large bowl, with potato masher or fork, mash beans with 2 tablespoons yogurt until almost smooth. Stir in bulgur, allspice, cin-namon, cumin and half of mint until combined. With lightly floured hands, shape bean mixture into four 3-inch-round patties. Spray both sides of each patty lightly with nonstick cooking spray.3. Heat nonstick 12-inch skillet over medium heat until hot. Add burgers and cook 8 minutes or until lightly browned and heated through, turning over once.4. While burgers are cooking, prepare yogurt sauce: In small bowl, combine cucumber, remaining yogurt and mint, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Makes about 1 1/4 cups.5. To serve, divide lettuce, tomato and burgers among buns; top with some yogurt sauce. Serve with remaining yogurt sauce. Serves 4.

Each serving: About 295 calories, 3g total fat (1g saturated), 3mg choles-terol, 960mg sodium, 58g total carbs, 13g dietary fiber, 16g protein.

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PHOTO: Beth Riesgraf

Q: I haven’t heard much about the upcoming movie “The Lone Ranger,” star-ring my favorite actor, Johnny Depp. Please tell me that the movie is still being made and will be released! -- Pauli A., Colchester, Vt.A: The big-screen version of the small-screen classic -- starring Johnny Depp as Tonto and Armie Hammer as the Lone Ranger -- is on track for a July 3, 2013, release. The movie, which also stars Johnny’s “Sweeney Todd” co-star

Helena Bonham Carter, ran into some delays earlier on due to rewrites, and more recently because of budgetary concerns. ***Q: I am so happy that “Leverage” has started a new season. Can you tell me what to look for this season? -- Geoff F., via e-mailA: I recently spoke with Beth Riesgraf, who plays Parker, the Leverage team’s resident thief, cat burglar, pickpocket and safecracker extraordinaire. Like you, Beth is excited for the action/dramedy’s fifth season, telling me: “All I can say is that there is a reason that we are in Portland, and there will be a payoff to that toward the end of the season.“For Parker personally, she’s in a good place. Now she’s able to be a part of something bigger, and she’s able to socialize. No one’s going to (mess) with her because she’s still got her edge, and she’s smart as a whip. I think she’s opened up socially and emotionally. Some of those boundaries have been let down and she kind of understands how to get along in society.”***Q: I really like the actor who plays Ben on TNT’s “Falling Skies.” Can you tell me more about him? -- Leanne W., Salem, Mass.A: Toronto native Connor Jessup -- who plays the middle son of Noah Wylie’s character, Tom Mason -- started acting at the age of 11 and counts among his loves directing, writing and producing along with acting. The 18-year-old stars in the big-screen drama “Blackbird,” which premieres at the Toronto Interna-tional Film Festival in September, where he will be presented with the Toronto Rising Star Award (along with three or four other recipients).Connor is thrilled to be chosen as a Rising Star, and he told me: “TIFF means a lot to me. It’s a big part of my life. It was probably a main factor in influencing my love of movies and my discovery of film. I’m very honored to be chosen, especially since it’s my hometown, home festival. I’m looking forward to it.”***Q: I love the new “Dallas” -- it’s just what I’ve been missing from my regular TV lineup. Will it be back for another season? -- Gail W., via e-mailA: I wholeheartedly agree with you. I got chills as I watched the premiere episode and those familiar strains of the “Dallas” theme started up. TNT has indeed renewed the hit series. The network has ordered 15 episodes for its second season, which is scheduled to air in 2013.

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A Favorite “Child” (continued):

• "There were some famous women novelists

in those days," Child said, "and I intended to be

one." Alas, though she wrote often and submitted

manuscripts regularly to the New Yorker, none

were ever published.

• After graduating, Child tried her hand at

advertising while working for a successful home

furnishings company. It didn’t last long, as Child

was promptly fired for “gross insubordination.”

• When World War II broke out, Child volunteered

for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in

Washington, D.C. She performed assignments all

over the world, including stays in China and Sri

Lanka.

• While in Sri Lanka in 1945, Child began seeing

her future husband, Paul, a fellow employee of

the OSS. Child and Paul married after the war in

September of 1946.

• Paul and Child moved to France in 1948, when

Paul was assigned to work at the American

Embassy in Paris. It was there that Child’s love for

cooking came into full bloom. She was quoted as

saying, “The whole experience was an opening up

of the soul and spirit for me . . . I was hooked, and

for life, as it turned out.”

• In Paris, Child enrolled in the world-renowned

“Le Cordon Bleu” cooking school. After six months

of training, she chose to open her own school with

two fellow classmates.

• They named the school “L’Ecole de Trois

Gourmandes,” which translates to “The School of

the Three Gourmands.”

• Child and the other two founders of the school

set out to create a cookbook of French cuisine that

might be understood and employed by regular folk.

• The two-volume cookbook was released in 1961,

entitled “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.”

The book was incredibly successful, remaining the

bestselling cookbook for over five years.

• The book has since become a favored teaching

tool at cooking schools throughout the world. Yet

1. LANGUAGE: What does the Greek prefix “crypto” mean?2. MEASUREMENTS: If the outside temperature is 10 degrees on the Celsius scale, what temper-ature is it on the Fahrenheit scale?3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: The Julian calendar was named for whom?4. ASTRONOMY: What is perihelion?5. CHEMISTRY: What is the symbol for the ele-ment magnesium?6. LAW: Legally speaking, what does a testament do?7. GEOGRAPHY: What modern-day country is in an area known in ancient times as Lusitania?8. MEDICINE: What disease is caused by defi-ciency of vitamin A?9. LITERATURE: Who wrote the novel “The Swiss Family Robinson”?10. MATH: What does the symbol “r” stand for in geometry?

there was a time when it looked like it might never

be published at all.

• The writing of the book was a grueling and

frustrating 10-year process for Child and her

collaborators. She would spend months trying to

perfect recipes for just a single ingredient. She

wrote to her principal collaborator, Simca Beck,

during her frustration: “I’ve just poached two more

eggs and thrown them down the toilet.”

• The initial draft of the book was turned down

by the first publisher, as were many subsequent

drafts. Only after offering it to a different publisher,

Alfred Knopf, was it picked up for publication.

• Child’s first television appearance was on a

humble Boston public television station in 1962.

She cooked an omelet on air. After a surprisingly

positive and vocal response, she was invited to do

a series. Her initial pay was about $50 a show.

• Child’s show, “The French Chef,” grew quickly

beyond those humble beginnings. Soon after

its initial airings, the show was syndicated to 96

stations. The show was both a commercial and a

critical hit. In 1964, Child was presented with the

George Foster Peabody Award for her work on the

show. Two years later, she was given an Emmy

Award as well.

• “The French Chef” was produced and directed

by Russ Morash. It ran for 199 episodes between

1963 and 1966.

• “The French Chef” was just one of many shows

Child appeared on during her long career. Other

programs included “Julia Child and Company,”

“Julia Child and More Company” and “Dinner at

Julia’s.” She was also a regular guest on “Good

Morning, America.”

• Child wrote many other cookbooks after her

initial success. Among these were “In Julia’s

Kitchen with Master Chefs,” “Baking with Julia,”

“Julia’s Delicious Little Dinners” and “Julia’s

Casual Dinners.” Many of these were accompanied

by their own TV specials.

• Julia Child died on August 13, 2004. She was

just two days shy of her 92nd birthday. She was

remembered by her family and friends as a person

of great generosity who loved to teach others.

Though she once mourned her “lack of talent,”

Child left an indelible legacy in the kitchens of

people around the world.

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HOLLYWOOD -- Mark Wahlberg has left “Marky Mark” in the dust, and nobody remembers that he started as a “New Kids on the Block” dropout and a rap singer. He first hit the big screen in l994 in “Renaissance Man” with Danny DeVito, followed by “The Basketball Diaries” with Leonardo DiCaprio. Ten years and 12 films later, he executive-produced the hit HBO series “Entourage,” which ran for seven years. Then he produced and starred in “We Own the Night” (2007) with Robert Duvall, Eva Mendes and Joaquin Phoenix.In 2008, he exec-produced the HBO drama series “In Treatment” with Gabriel Byrne, and then “Boardwalk Empire,” which received 18 Emmy nominations in 2010, winning eight awards (it received 12 nods this year). Wahlberg also exec-produced the HBO series “How to Make It in Ameri-

ca,” and was one of the producers and stars of “The Fighter,” which received seven Academy Award nods, winning two: Best Supporting Actress and Actor, for Melissa Leo and Christian Bale. He also produced and starred in “Contra-band,” which cost $25 million to $40 million to make and earned $95 million. He only acted in “Ted,” which cost less than $65 million to produce, but his star power has driven it close to $250 million already. Wahlberg is one of the producers and stars of “Broken City,” with Oscar win-ners Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta-Jones, as well as Kyle Chandler, set for January release. He is currently an actor-only in the $20 million black-and-white film “Pain & Gain” with Dwayne Johnson, Ed Harris and Tony Shalhoub. For director Michael Bay of “The Transformer” franchise, this is his first low-budget, non-epic IMAX/3D film in some time.Who could imagine that the same Marky Mark who stood 50 feet high on a billboard in Times Square, in his underwear, could accomplish all this?***Another boy-band alumnus making it big in movies is Justin Timberlake from ‘N Sync. Hollywood took notice of him in “The Social Network,” and now he’s starring in three upcoming films. First is “Trouble with the Curve,” starring and produced by Clint Eastwood, with his partner Robert Lorenze (who is directing), along with Amy Adams, Matthew Lillard and John Goodman, set for Sept. 28 release. Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, John Goodman and F. Murray Abraham co-star with Timberlake in “Inside Llewyn Davis.” No release date yet.Timberlake currently is shooting “Runner, Runner” with Ben Affleck and Gemma Atherton (“Quantum of Solace,” “Prince of Persia,” “The Clash of the Titans” remake and the upcoming “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters” with Jeremy Renner). Affleck plays a businessman caught up in offshore online gaming. So if you’re looking to break into the movies ... try joining a boy band!

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Joshua M. Glasser, a researcher for Bloomberg Television in New York, first became intrigued with Thomas Eagleton when he read his obituary in The New York Times in 2007. Even though Eagleton’s brief stint as a vice-presidential candidate is now mostly a footnote in our national his-tory, during the summer of 1972, he changed the direction of a national campaign and helped re-elect Richard Nixon to the presidency.That July, Jane Fonda toured North Vietnam, the U.S. began selling grain to Russia, and brutal attacks continued in Northern Ireland. Our musical tastes included the latest albums of Chicago, Rod Stewart and Three Dog Night. On July 10, the National Democratic Convention be-gan in Miami, where delegates nominated Sen. George McGovern to head the national ticket. McGovern, a U.S. senator from South Dakota, backed a complete withdrawal from South Vietnam and picked Sen. Thomas Eagleton of Missouri as his running mate.Within days of Eagleton’s nomination, a pair of anonymous phone calls brought to light his history of hospitalizations for “nervous exhaustion” and past treatments that included electroshock sessions. The caller who triggered the crisis has never been identified.With the wives of the two candidates at their sides, McGovern and Ea-gleton met in South Dakota to plan a strategy to cope with Eagleton’s medical history. Despite McGovern assurance that he was “1,000 per-cent” behind his running mate and would continue to support him, blood was in the water, and the ticket was derailed. Within 18 days of his nomi-nation, Eagleton withdrew.Drawing on personal interviews with McGovern, campaign manager Gary Hart, political director Frank Mankiewicz and dozens of other par-ticipants, both inside and out of the McGovern and Eagleton camps, Glasser captures the political and human drama that surrounded Eagle-ton’s brief candidacy 40 summers ago.


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• In addition to inspiring both the book and film,

“Julie and Julia,” Child’s life inspired an exhibit

entitled “Julia Child's Kitchen” to be installed at the

National Museum of American History.

• The installation is 20 feet by 14 feet. These were

the dimensions of Child’s kitchen in Massachusetts.

Though the walls and floor were created for the

exhibit, everything else found there is from Child’s

own former kitchen. The arrangement of everything

found inside was assembled exactly to replicate

Child’s original workspace.

• There are over 1,200 individual pieces from Child

in the exhibit, including equipment housed in the

cabinets and drawers. These objects are not visible

to the general public, but hundreds of others still

are.

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Q: I inherited an old wooden rolling pin from my mom. Any idea of its value? -- Sue, Salt Lake City, UtahA: Most wooden rolling pins are selling for about $10 in shops. A glass pin with end stopper that was filled with ice water to make working with dough easier is scarcer and generally costs more than the wooden ones. A glass pin I spotted recently at an antique mall was $35.***Q: I have a Singer sewing machine from the 1920s that belonged to my mother. The serial number is G0,717,009. It is a treadle model and in an oak case. I have been offered $500 for it. -- Bob, Rio Rancho, N.M.A: Take the money and run. Most Singers are currently selling in the $75 to $200 range. As with most collectibles, there are always excep-tions to the rule. According to my reference book, your machine was made in 1924 and should retail for about $150.***Q: I have several dozen Bing Crosby DECCA recordings from the 1940s. Are they worth keeping? -- Ken, Pueblo West, Colo.A: Most of CrosbyÕs Decca recordings sell in the $1 to $3 range, depending on condition. Serious collectors prefer Crosby’s earlier work for such labels as Columbia, Victor and Brunswick. Many of his recordings with Paul WhitemanÕs Rhythm Boys are considered jazz classics and are in high demand with jazz hounds.***Q: I have a Pyrene Fire Extinguisher including its own rack for hang-ing. It is brass and is labeled “automobile type.” -- Grace, Sandia Park, N.M.A: Some of the larger brass fire extinguishers have become collect-ible, with some even being made into lamps. Most of the smaller units, such as the one you have, are selling in the $25 to $45 range.***Q: I have a $2 gold piece and wonder if it is worth anything. -- Agnes, Ormond Beach, Fla.A: Yes it is, but how much depends on condition, condition, condition. To find out the value, contact an established coin dealer in your area.

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Fun With Summer Strawberries

Local strawberries are so sweet, juicy and luscious right now that I have to remind myself that summer’s strawberry fields don’t last forever. I savor the plump, red berries and love showing them off in new ways with my family. While they taste great au naturel for a grab-and-go snack, there are endless ways to incorporate them with other healthy ingredients day in and day out. Here are sweet ideas we are enjoying this year:

Spinach and Strawberry SaladKids won’t eat their spinach? Make a tasty salad with a light vinai-grette your kids make. Get started by letting them grate the rind of a clean lemon into a small bowl, then cut the lemon in half and squeeze out all of the juice. Add 1 tablespoon rice vinegar and 1 teaspoon sugar. As one child drizzles 1/4 cup olive oil into the mixture, another child may whisk briskly. Drizzle over a bowl of spinach, cubed fresh mango and strawberry slices. Add toasted almond slices, if you wish.

Strawberry Faux FondueSummertime is party time. For a simple do-it-yourself dessert at a large gathering, set a big bowl of strawberries in the center of a table, along with bamboo skewers and fondue-style sweets in small bowls for dipping. Before the party, let your kids fill the bowls with caramel, strawberry and fudge sauces, powdered sugar and brown sugar. To serve, tell guests to poke a berry onto a skewer and dip into a treat.

A Bowl of BerriesChop fresh mint and add to a bowl of blueberries, raspberries and sliced strawberries as a fruit side dish at lunchtime. The combo also makes a nice dessert served with a favorite cookie.

Grilled Strawberries Cut strawberries in half lengthwise and let your kids poke several onto bamboo skewers lengthwise. An adult should set the cut side of the berries on a grill for a minute, or until grill marks appear. Serve for dessert with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

***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) 2012 Donna EricksonDistributed by King Features Synd.


• The bridge is commonly referred to as Bay

Bridge, yet its official name is The William

Preston Lane Jr. Memorial (Bay) Bridge,

named after the Governor of Maryland when

construction first began.

• Before the bridge was constructed,

Maryland residents were forced to cross the

Chesapeake by boat to get to and from the

Eastern Shore.

• The idea for a Chesapeake bridge was

first introduced in 1927 but was quickly

disregarded when the Great Depression

struck. It was re-introduced in 1938, but

with the outbreak of WWII, it was put on hold

again.

• Governor William Preston Lane

commissioned the building of the bridge in

1947, and in early 1949, construction finally

began.

• The first span, eastbound, opened

for traffic in July of 1952, followed by the

westbound span in June of 1973. The

eastbound span cost $45 million to build and

at the time was the world’s longest continuous

over-water steel structure and the world’s

third-longest bridge. The westbound span’s

total cost was $128 million.

• Both spans were designed by J.E. Greiner

Company, Inc.

• During its first year of service, the

eastbound span carried around 1.2 million

vehicles. By 1996, the bridge was seeing 20.5

million vehicles per year.

• The westbound span stands about 25 feet

taller than its predecessor.

• The toll is currently $4 for two-axle vehicles,

increasing from $2.50 on November 1, 2011.

• The bridge is actually split as two side-by-

side bridges, eastbound with two lanes and

westbound with three. All lanes are reversible

and the extra lane is usually given to the area

of heavier traffic.

• On average, the bridge carries

approximately 65,000 vehicles every day.

• During the summer months, the bridge

offers a beautiful view of surrounding areas

and sailboats flooding the bay below.

• Every spring, the bridge hosts a

Chesapeake Bay Bridge Walk, closing one

lane of traffic for one day for a pedestrian

walk that is approximately 4.5 miles.

• The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Walk, usually

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held on the first Sunday in May, has become

a widespread attraction hosting anywhere

between 40,000 to 60,000 people. It usually takes

participants about four hours to complete. Due

to construction problems and the Bay Bridge

Preservation Project, the walk will not be held in

2012.

• Construction of both spans used 126,100 tons

of steel and 286,000 cubic yards of concrete. Over

3.3. cubic yards of earth were moved.

• During the winters of 1986-1988, the eastbound

span was closed and renovated and completely re-

decked; it is estimated to need further renovations

in 2018.

• The bridge’s traffic capacity is 1,500 vehicles per

lane, per hour.

Fascinating Food

With all the talk about a famous chef, it seems only

natural to spend a little time on food as well. Here

are some fun and interesting facts about various

culinary delights, rare and not-so-rare, found in the

United States and abroad.

• The most expensive coffee in the world comes

from beans called the Kopi Luwak. These beans

sell for $120 to $600 a pound and are sold mainly

in Japan and the United States. The beans are

found in areas with high numbers of Civets, a cat-

sized mammal whose diet of ripe berries creates

a unique environment for the growth of these rare

beans.

• The popsicle was invented in 1905 by Frank

Epperson, though its creation was entirely by

accident. After leaving a mixture of soda and water

with a stir stick on his porch on a night of freezing

temperatures in San Francisco, Epperson awoke

to discover the solution frozen to the stir stick. He

called the resultant fruity, icy treat the “epsicle.”

When he patented it 18 years later, Epperson

renamed it the “popsicle.”

• If you’re looking for something to eat that is

about as expensive as a mid-priced luxury car,

your search is over. The most expensive food in the

world is a type of caviar called “Almas.” This caviar

from the Iranian Beluga fish will run you about

$34,500 per kilogram (2 lb., 3oz.), a price that gives

it the nickname “black gold.” Only albino sturgeons

between 60 and 100 years old can produce it, and

only those found in the relatively pollution-free

southern Caspian Sea.

College Education With No Loans

If your high-school junior is top-notch college material

but you fear having him or her apply to the more well-

known universities because of the likelihood of being

buried in student loans at the end of four years, consider

this: Students at Princeton University graduate without a

single cent in loans, and have since 2001. The reason is

the financial assistance that’s available.

For more than 30 years, Princeton’s main goal has

been education, and it will cover up to 100 percent of a

student’s needs for tuition, room, board and mandatory

fees. Not covered are books and personal expenses.

Each family’s financial situation is considered and an

amount is determined that the parents will pay toward

the student’s education. Financial aid from the university

will fill in the rest and will include a campus job. For more

information, go online to www.princeton.edu and make

your way to the Aid Estimator.

How about Harvard? If your student has the grades,

money shouldn’t be a consideration. In one year alone,

Harvard will give $166 million in need-based grants. Par-

ents with incomes less than $65,000 aren’t expected to

contribute, although in coming years that will change to

a small percentage of income being expected as tuition.

To calculate the cost of a Harvard education, go online

to www.admissions.college.harvard.edu and look for the

Net Price Calculator.

Dartmouth has raised its family income level to

$100,000. Below that amount, loans are not included

in financial-aid packages. Read the fine print, however.

Student health insurance and room and board are not

necessarily included.

The University of Pennsylvania has gone all-grant, no-

loan, as have Swathmore, MIT (for parents making less

than $75,000) and Vanderbilt.

Is Yale in your student’s future? Beware, if you want to

avoid student loans. While Yale has need-based financial

aid, student loans are considered part of that “self-help”

extra-fees money that the student is responsible for. Go

online to www.yale.edu and look for the Net Price Calcu-

lator to determine your contribution to your child’s fees.

To find more colleges that don’t include loans as part

of tuition payments, go online and search for “no loan

financial aid” for more colleges with in-house financial

aid.

Hunt for message boards or blogs that might give a

fuller picture of the financial aid that’s offered at a given

school.

David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally an-

swer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his

column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King

Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL

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On Aug. 24, 79, after centuries of dormancy, Mount Vesuvius erupts in southern Italy, bury-ing the Roman cities of Pompeii and Hercu-laneum. In the 18th century, the cities were rediscovered and excavated, providing an unprecedented archaeological record of the everyday life of an ancient civilization.

On Aug. 25, 1835, the first in a series of six articles announcing the supposed discovery of life on the moon appears in the New York Sun newspaper. The hoax articles offered viv-id description: enormous amethyst crystals and lush vegetation, as well as animals such as unicorns, two-legged beavers and furry, winged humanoids resembling bats.

On Aug. 23, 1902, pioneering cookbook au-thor Fannie Farmer, who changed the way Americans prepare food by advocating the use of standardized measurements in reci-pes, opens Miss Farmer’s School of Cookery in Boston.

On Aug. 20, 1920, the owners of four Ohio League teams -- the Akron Pros, Canton Bull-dogs, Cleveland Indians and Dayton Triangles -- meet to form a new professional football league. Football star Jim Thorpe was nomi-nated as president of the new league.

On Aug. 21, 1959, President Dwight Eisen-hower signs a proclamation admitting Hawaii into the Union as the 50th state. The president also issued an order for an American flag fea-turing 50 stars arranged in staggered rows.

On Aug. 22, 1962, President Charles De Gaulle of France survives one of several assassina-tion attempts against him thanks to the supe-rior handling performance of the presidential automobile, the Citroen DS 19. During the at-tack, a hail of 140 bullets shattered the car’s rear window and punctured all four of its tires.

On Aug. 26, 1974, Charles Lindbergh, the first man to accomplish a solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927, dies in Maui, Hawaii, at the age of 72. To reduce weight on the plane during his famous flight, everything that was not essential was left out: radio, gas gauge, night-flying lights, naviga-tion equipment and parachute.


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It’s not known who made the following sage observation: “Arguing about wheth-er the glass is half-full or half-empty misses the point, which is this: The bar-tender cheated you.”

The longest war in history lasted 335 years and resulted in exactly zero casu-alties. In 1651, the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly off Great Britain declared war upon each other, but nothing ever came of the conflict and it was soon for-gotten. Finally, in 1986, the two combat-ants agreed to a peace treaty.

Do you suffer from cacodemonomania? If you believe that you are possessed by an evil spirit, you do.

The world’s smallest mammal can be found only in Thailand and Myanmar. Weighing about as much as a dime, Kitti’s hog-nosed bat is sometimes called the bumblebee bat due to its diminutive size.

You might be surprised to learn that an eagle can kill a young deer and fly away

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The Beatles was not the first band in which John Lennon played. Those previ-ous groups obviously didn’t work out, though; in fact, at one point Lennon broke a washboard over a bandmate’s head during a dispute. After the Beatles’ suc-cess, though, Lennon apologized in style: He bought the poor guy a supermarket.

Those who study such things say that armadillos can be housebroken.

At sea level, water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit. At the top of Mount Everest, though, the lower air pressure reduces the boiling point to 156 degrees. If you recycle one glass jar, you’ll save enough energy to power a TV for three hours.***Thought for the Day: “The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.” -- G.K. Ches-terton

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NASCAR THIS WEEKBy Monte Dutton

PHOTO CUTLINE: Nationwide driver Sam Hornish Jr. took over for suspended Penske driver A.J. Allmendinger a few races ago in the Sprint Cup series. Hornish is running for

the Nationwide title with the hope he can return to the Cup series full-time. (John Clark/NASCAR This Week photo)

Hornish’s Fortune

In one sense, it was a great weekend for Sam Hornish Jr.Returning to the scene of his greatest tri-umph, the 2006 Indianapolis 500, Hornish bookended a Dodge sweep by finishing sec-ond to teammate Brad Keselowski in the In-diana 250 on July 28, the Nationwide Series’ first-ever visit to famed Indianapolis 500.The Sprint Cup race on the next day, however, brought frustration.Hornish has, for now, replaced the sus-pended A.J. Allmendinger as driver of Roger Penske’s No. 22 Dodge in the Sprint Cup Series. Penske hasn’t ruled out the possibility of Allmendinger’s eventual return, though it seems unlikely. He would like to see Hornish establish himself as a Cup driver worthy of support.The Crown Royal Curtiss Shaver 400 (for-merly known as the Brickyard and Allstate 400s) was frustrating for the 33-year-old Hornish, whose NASCAR career has been a disappointment. Though he won a Nationwide Series race in 2011 at Phoenix, he has never finished better than fourth (Pocono, 2009) in 113 Cup races.Hornish’s best Cup finish was at a flat track. His lone Nationwide victory was at a flat

track. Indy is a flat track.“It’s a little bit of the mentality of what I grew up racing,” Hornish, from Defiance, Ohio, said. “I did mostly road courses, so, I mean, that’s generally pretty flat. I like tracks like Phoenix, that are different from end to end, because they’re what I call compromise race tracks.“You’re never going to get your car perfect at both ends, so you try to work on one end where you think it’s going to be more ben-eficial for you to get passes done, and then you kind of try to maintain on the other end. Pocono is another place that’s like that.”Hornish finished 16th in Indy’s Sprint Cup race on July 29. He’ll continue in Cup, where possible, though his first priority is winning the Nationwide championship. He currently ranks fourth in the standings, 28 points off Elliott Sadler’s pace. The Nationwide Series has no Chase, so Hornish has 14 races to catch and pass the three drivers -- Sadler, Austin Dillon and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -- ahead of him.A Nationwide championship might provide Hornish with the spark he needs to return to NASCAR’s top series full-time.***Monte Dutton covers motorsports for The Gaston (N.C.) Gazette. E-mail Monte at [email protected].


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