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• On the morning of June 15 three killer whales hit the Lucette in the Caribbean Ocean. The boat sank within the next 60 seconds. It was lucky that a friend of theirs gave them a life raft as a going-away gift, but it was an older model. All six people crammed aboard the 10-person inflatable raft. They salvaged a dinghy and collected floating wreckage to supplement the meager stores in the life raft.

• The Galapagos Islands 200 miles east offered the closest land but the wind and current pushed them away and into the most isolated part of the doldrums. They rigged a sail, which then towed the rubber raft with all six people aboard. The wind pushed them towards South America. On the third day, a flying fish flopped into their boat and provided a meal. On the seventh day a ship passed within three miles of them but failed to see them despite the use of most of their precious flares. ...continued

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• The raft began to disintegrate and required constant work to re-inflate. On the 15th day the dinghy came loose and drifted away. Dougal swam after it, pursued by curious sharks. On the 17th day they abandoned the useless raft and crowded into the 9-foot dinghy‑‑ a boat which had been built by a Fort Lauderdale high school class as a class project. They speared sharks and ate them; collected oil from turtles to use as skin lotion; and collected rain. After a month they knew they would not starve or die of thirst, but would simply continue floating until either finding a boat, or landing on a beach.

• On the 38th day a Japanese fishing boat headed straight for them. Dougal fired one of the remaining two flares and got their attention. They were picked up 800 miles from where the Lucette went down. When rescued, they were carrying a two-week supply of dried fish and rainwater.

Dougal later wrote about their experiences in a book called “Survive the Savage Sea.” A BIG DRIFT • Maurice and Maralyn Bailey were aboard their 31-foot sloop Auralyn on their way to the Galapagos Islands on March 4, 1973. Their boat was struck by a wounded sperm whale which may have been injured by a whaling ship they saw the previous evening. The couple had an hour to try to save the boat. When it became obvious it was sinking, they abandoned ship. They left the wreck in a 4-foot inflatable life raft tied to a 9-foot inflatable dinghy. They had all their survival gear with them with one exception-- they forgot the fishing gear. They had food and water for 20 days.

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• On the 8th day a ship passed nearby but failed to see them, and they wasted three of their six flares. Amorous sea turtles tried to mate with the rubber raft and the Baileys feared they would pop the float tubes, so they ate the turtles. Using turtle scraps as bait and safety pins as hooks, they caught triggerfish. They had books and papers which they used to make playing cards and dominoes.

• On the 25th night another ship went by without seeing their flare or their flashlight. Then their flare gun failed. Rain came and they drank their fill. They caught a huge turtle and tied him to the raft. The turtle began to tow them. They caught another turtle and tied it up, too, but it began to tow them in the opposite direction so they cut both turtles loose.

• On the 37th day another ship passed, and two days later another one. They set off an improvised smoke bomb in a turtle shell but were not spotted.

Another ship went by on the 45th day but they could not get their kerosene-soaked cloth strips to light. One of the main float tubes of their raft collapsed on the 55th day and could not be repaired. Now they needed to pump the tube every 20 minutes. Their health began to deteriorate.

• In June torrential rains came. They had enough to drink but the deteriorating canopy above their raft failed to keep them dry. On their 100th day afloat they finally decided to begin eating the birds that constantly landed on their raft. They also began catching and eating sharks. On June 30, their 118th day at sea, a Korean ship appeared and saw them waving their jackets. They climbed aboard under their own power.

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• Just before leaving on their voyage, Maurice, a printer by trade, had printed a book called “Safety and Survival at Sea.” They later wrote of their ordeal in a book called “Staying Alive: 117 Days Adrift.”

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• On Oct. 18, 1767, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon complete their survey of the boundary between the colonies of Pennsylvania and Maryland, as well as areas that would become Delaware and West Virginia. The MasonDixon Line created the boundary at a northern latitude of 39 degrees and 43 minutes.

• On Oct. 15, 1863, the C.S.S. Hunley, which would become the world's first successful combat submarine, sinks during a test run, killing its inventor and seven crewmembers. The Hunley was operated by a crew of eight -- one man steered while the other seven turned a crank that drove the ship's propeller.

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• On Oct. 16, 1923, Walt Disney and his brother Roy found the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in Hollywood, California. With the 1928 release of "Steamboat Willie," the world was introduced to Mickey Mouse.

• On Oct. 12, 1940, cowboy-movie star Tom Mix is killed when his speeding Cord Phaeton rolls into a dry wash in Arizona. Mix died when he was hit in the back of the head by a heavy aluminum suitcase he was carrying in the convertible's backseat.

• On Oct. 17, 1968, American Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze medalist John Carlos are forced to return their awards because they raised their fists in a black-power salute during the medal ceremony in Mexico City.

• On Oct. 13, 1975, Charlie Rich stood at the Country Music Association of America show to announce the Entertainer of the Year -- and set fire to the envelope after he saw that John Denver was the winner. It was later said that Rich was on prescription pain medication and gin-and-tonics that night.

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• Some adult details made it into the final cut of the PG-rated film "The Santa Clause." In one scene, Tim Allen's character jokes that his wife's number is "1-800-SPANK ME." It turned out, however, that was a real line that you could call and hear some naughty stuff -- as many overly curious children found out. The line was removed from future releases of the film.

• According to Hasbro, the tallest Jenga tower ever was 40 levels, plus two additional blocks on top.

• There have been more than 300 different Kit Kat flavors in Japan, including soy sauce, "European cheese" and wasabi. Some of them are limited or regional editions. Because the candy bar's name coincidentally sounds like the Japanese expression "Kitto Katsu," which translates to "You will surely win," it is a popular good-luck gift for students ahead of their university exams.

• Astronauts cannot cry in space, as the tears need gravity to flow. They also lose their sense of smell in space.

• The fingerprints of a koala bear are so indistinguishable from those of humans that they have on occasion been confused at a crime scene.

• Winston Churchill had a doctor's note permitting him to drink "unlimited" amounts of alcohol while visiting the U.S. • Speaking of beverages, in 16th-century Turkey, a woman could initiate a divorce if her husband didn't pour coffee for her.

• Because they both lost so many players to World War II military service, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become the "Steagles" during the 1943 season.

• The Anglo-Zanzibar War (August 1896), between the United Kingdom and the Zanzibar Sultanate, is the shortest war in recorded history, clocking in at a mere 38 minutes. *** Thought for the Day: "Every strike brings me closer to the next home run." -- Babe Ruth

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• Director Ang Lee hired Steven Callahan as a consultant for the film. In 1982, Callahan survived 76 days adrift on a rubber lifeboat in the Atlantic after his • Author Yann Martel’s novel “Life of Pi” was turned into sailboat sank. He wrote a book about the experience a movie in 2012. The plot follows the life of a young boy called “Adrift.” in India whose family owns a zoo. They decide to move • The shot from overhead of Pi sleeping on the tarp, the zoo to Canada, and load all of the animals onto a with the tiger Richard Parker curled up in the boat Japanese boat. During the voyage the ship goes down in and the fish swimming underneath them, exactly repa storm, drowning everyone on board except the young licates the cover of the book that the film is based on. boy Pi, who survives on a lifeboat in the company of a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The movie follows • The ocean scenes of the film were shot in a giant the relationship between the boy and the tiger and their wave tank built by the crew in an abandoned airport in Thailand. At the time, it was the world’s largest means of survival. self-generating wave tank, with a capacity of 1.7 mil• It’s no coincidence that the tiger’s name is Richard lion gallons. They were able to manipulate both the Parker. Edgar Allan Poe wrote a novel published in lighting and the water to create effects such as dawn, 1838 in which the character Richard Parker is a mem- night, and storms. The crew spent ten weeks at this ber of a group of shipwrecked sailors who resort to can- location. nibalism to survive. In a remarkable turn of events, in 1884, a ship called Mignorette sank in the ocean. Four • The same crew that created the CGI tiger also created people survived, including a cabin boy named Richard the lion Aslan for the film version of “The Chronicles Parker, who was subsequently killed and cannibalized of Narnia.”

• The original novel was re-released in a movie tie-in by the other three survivors.

• Suraj Sharma, who played the lead role of Pi, only went edition. This was later followed by the release of “The to the audition for the part to support his brother. He Making of Life of Pi: A Film, a Journey, a Book” by was reluctant to go due to the hours of waiting, but Jean-Christophe Castelli which details how Life of Pi was brought to the big screen his brother bribed him to accompany him by promising to buy Suraj a Subway sandwich afterwards. Suraj • Pi is on the lifeboat for 227 days before landing on the agreed, and ended up getting the part after his brother’s shore of Mexico, where Richard Parker escapes into manager suggested he audition. He beat out more than the jungle and Pi is interviewed by insurance agents.

3,000 hopefuls for the lead role, and went on to appear A good approximation for the arithmetical number pi is 22 divided by 7. in many more movies.

• Despite appearances, Suraj Sharma was never in the • The movie was nominated for 11 Academy Awards boat with a real tiger. Most of the tiger shots were very and won four of them. In India, it ranks as the tenth high-tech CGI. Only a few scenes, such as the tiger highest-grossing Hollywood release of all time in that country. swimming in the water, included a real tiger.

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• For a little extra visibility in the basement, try applying glow-in-thedark or reflective tape on the edges of the stairs.

• “Peppermint is a wonderful cure for indigestion. To make a quick peppermint tea, use a rolling pin to smash three to four peppermint candies. Add them to a glass of water and microwave for a minute and a half. Stir to melt the candies completely, and drink slowly.” — G.L. in California • Don’t stop reading just because it’s hard to get to a library! Many public libraries are offering delivery services these days. My local library will let you reserve books online for quick pickup, renew your due date or even have books delivered to your home.

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• If you are replacing a hinge to re-hang a door and you need to use the same holes, make sure you add grip by placing a matchstick or toothpick in the hole before rescrewing the attachments. Just break it off flush with the frame. It will add some security to the hole so it won’t be as loose.

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And what a shot it will be. The four vaccines are names we haven't heard in a while, if ever: A/Guangdong-Maonan (H1N1), A/Hong Kong (H3N2), B/ Washington and B/Phuket. To help us kick start our immune system, the senior version will contain four times the amount that younger folks get. The standard trivalent (three-way) will have two A and one B, while the standard quadrivalent (four-way) has all four.

If your doctor says you should have a flu shot, don't delay. When I called my pharmacy (where I get my flu shots each year), the first appointment was many days out, and they had been swamped with requests for the shot. Yes, they will be resupplied when they run out, but no, they didn't know how quickly that would be.

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To find flu shots, call your doctor, local pharmacies, grocery stores or go to vaccinefinder.org. If you have a Medicare or insurance card, you won't have to pay anything.

If you want to know more, check the CDC website: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/flu-faq.htm

COVID CANCELLATIONS

Between March 15 and May 1, the Department of Veterans Affairs canceled 7.3 million medical appointments.

The VA's rationale at the time was to protect staff and veterans from the COVID-19 virus and to conserve their supplies.

For the veteran, however, it could mean that a minor medical problem becomes a major one if not attended to.

The VA's Office of Inspector General waded in and examined all those vanished appointments. It looked at whether the facilities were digging out those old records and making new in-person appointments, canceling for good if the veteran went somewhere else, converting appointments to video telehealth ... something, anything to get those veterans the care they'd originally sought.

The results: * Almost one-third of cancellations showed no follow-up or tracking for primary, mental health or specialty care. There was no way, per the OIG report, for the facilities to track canceled appointments.

The VA quickly rigged up a tracking system for those appointments and told facilities to review all cancellations.

Some appointments were either followed up or conducted by phone or video -- but not necessarily rescheduled. * There were "mass" cancellations, groups of 10 or more, totaling 350,000 appointments, indicating that the veterans likely had not been called. * For a time, all cancellations were labeled as being at the request of the patient, whether or not they actually were. This is a potentially huge problem: If it looks like a patient canceled an appointment, the wait time for a new appointment might be different. * Certain medical care such as labwork, X-rays and ultrasound were not counted because they aren't considered "an occasion of service" by the VA. The OIG, however, counted those canceled appointments.

By June 15, 11.2 million appointments had been canceled.

If you had an appointment that was canceled, call them back. You're probably on a to-do list somewhere. Get someone on the phone and get the attention you need.

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• Alexander Selkirk was a Scottish sailor. In 1704 he was aboard a ship that was in very poor condition when he had a terrible nightmare that the ship sank. The ship dropped anchor off the shore of a remote uninhabited island off the coast of Chile to take on fresh water, and Alex begged the captain to make repairs, but he refused. Alex tried to get the other sailors on board to join him in a mutiny, begging them to abandon ship with him, but they too refused. In the end, Alex was marooned, at his request, alone on the island with a few supplies.

• He thought it would be only a matter of weeks before another ship rescued him, but it turned out to be more than four years. During that time, he lived on wild goats and native fruits, carving a living on this tropical island. When he was rescued in 1709, the captain of the ship who took him off the island was so intrigued by his story that he wrote about it in his memoirs, published in 1712.

• Alex’s story caught the attention of Britain, and other writers wrote about his remarkable adventure. One writer, named Daniel Defoe, needed to raise money to pay for his daughter’s wedding so in 1719 he wrote a fictional story based on Alexander Selkirk’s true experiences. The book was wildly successful. It was called “Robinson Crusoe.”

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• San Nicolas Island is about 22 square miles in size, located about 60 miles off the coast of California. The island had been inhabited for thousands of years by a local tribe called the Nicoleño. In the early 1800s, the tribe was nearly wiped out by hostile hunters. Those that survived were moved to the mainland by missionaries in 1835.

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• One woman missed the boat to the mainland, perhaps because she was searching for her missing child. Several expeditions were dispatched to find her, without luck. The tale of the lone woman of San Nicolas circulated throughout the region, capturing the interest of a sea captain named George Nidever. He made several trips to the island but failed to find her. She remained on the island, alone, for the next 18 years.

• Her main residence was a cave, and she also fashioned a shelter using the rib bones of a whale for support. To survive, she fashioned fishing hooks from seashells, captured seals, ate sea birds, and wove grasses.

• In 1853, George Nidever found her during his third trip to the island. He ushered her to the Catholic mission at Santa Barbara. There were only a few members of her tribe left who spoke her language, but she used sign language to communicate the basic details of her long ordeal to others at the mission. No one knew her real name so she was given the Christian name of Juana Maria.

• She lived with George Nidever in his home in Santa Barbara, marveling at modern life. Accustomed to the simple diet of her island life, she was unable to adjust to the food of her hosts.

She died of dysentery only two months after being rescued. Artifacts from her life were on display at a museum in San Francisco but were lost in the great earthquake and fire of 1906.

• Her story served as inspiration for the children’s novel “Island of the Blue Dolphins” written by Scott O’Dell, published in 1960, and turned into a film in 1964.

• In 1939, archaeologists discovered the remains of her whale bone hut on the highest part of the island. In the year 2009, an archaeological expedition uncovered many artifacts on San Nicolas that revealed many details of her nowvanished tribe.

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