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• In 1853, a hunter in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California stumbled upon the largest trees on Earth, a previously unknown species PSY0243703_PROOF now called sequoia. Gold miners who came to see the spectacle decided to cut the biggest of the big trees down. It took them three weeks to cut through the bottom of the 300-foot (91 m) tall tree, but on June 27, 1853, it fell.

• The tree, dubbed The Mammoth, was revealed to be 1,244 years old. The stump measured 93 feet (28 m) wide. It was turned into a dance floor. A bowling alley was built inside the log.

A hotel erected nearby brought in tourists, who attended concerts, lectures, picnics, and weddings on top of the stump. A cross-section of the tree was sent to the World’s Fair in London.

• Logging companies planned to cut down more sequoias, but public outcry over the death of one of the world’s largest trees resulted in the formation of the nation’s first national park, Yosemite. Today the stump of the Mammoth Tree still remains, located in Calaveras Big Trees State Park.

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• In modern days, The Senator was a popular tourist attraction, with a boardwalk leading directly to the tree. On January 16, 2012, local resident Sara Barnes hid inside the hollow trunk of the tree in order to light her meth pipe.

It was dark, and she lit some papers on fire so she could see what she was doing. The Senator caught on fire. Rather than call for help, Sara took pictures of the fire and videotaped its progress as the flames spread upward through the chimney-like trunk. By the time firefighters arrived, it was far too late to save the tree.

• The fire was first thought to have been started by a lightning strike, but Sara Barnes showed the pictures and video around to her friends, one of whom turned her in. She was sentenced to 250 hours of community service, ordered to pay $12,000 in restitution, and given a 30-month suspended sentence provided she abided by terms of her probation. She failed to do so and went to jail in 2016.

• The charred stump of The Senator now stands 25 feet (6.1 to 7.6 m) tall. In October 2013, county officials allowed a select group of artists and woodworkers to create works of art for the county from the blackened remains of the tree. (continued on next page)

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By Sam Mazzotta SHOULD PETS IN CARS BE RESTRAINED DEAR PAW’S CORNER: What do you think of the law in the U.K. that fines drivers up to $6,580 for having their pets unrestrained in the car? Isn’t that the perfect example of government overreach? -- Chuck G., El Paso, Texas DEAR CHUCK: That is a hefty fine, but I understand why the law is on the books. While some dogs are comfortable sitting unrestrained in a back seat or passenger seat, so they can put their head out the window (you never see an unhappy dog doing that, ever), many pets have a hard time sitting comfortably as the car moves about.

Unrestrained, dogs may slide around, fall onto the floor and otherwise be stressed by the ride.

Some may get really agitated and clamber around in the car, distracting you. I know from experience how difficult it is to keep a car on the road when a cat panics, climbs up the fabric of the back of the driver’s seat, and sinks both front claws into your shoulder.

And of course, if there’s an accident and your pet is unrestrained, serious injury can result.

Your pet will crash into objects inside the car, or be thrown completely out of the car.

The U.K. isn’t alone in enacting legislation to restrain pets in moving cars. Nine U.S. states have laws on the books as of June 2017, Orvis. com reports. Each law has different requirements and penalties, but all agree that an unrestrained pet can contribute to distracted driving or an obstructed view.

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STUMPS (cont’d) THE TREE OF TéNéRé

• The Ténéré is a desert region in the south central Sahara that stretches over 150,000 square miles (400,000 sq/km). It used to have a more hospitable climate where trees grew. As the climate dried, one grove of trees died off, except for a single remaining hold-out.

• This acacia tree, called the Tree of Ténéré, was estimated to be some 300 years old. It was once considered to be the most isolated tree on Earth. The closest living tree to it was located 250 miles (400 km) away.

• It was a landmark on caravan routes through the region, so well-known that it was shown on maps at a scale of 1:4,000,000. The Tree of Ténéré was a ceremonial gathering place for traders and travelers as they crossed the desert.

Surrounding the tree in all directions was nothing but sand dunes and desert.

• The tree was considered sacred; to damage it was taboo. Camels were not allowed to eat its leaves. Travelers did not cut it down to heat their tea.

• During the winter of 1938-1939, a well was dug near the tree and it was found that the roots of the tree reached the water table 118 feet (36 meters) below the surface, allowing it to survive in one of the harshest environments on the planet. One of the trucks used in digging the well backed into the ten-foot tree, breaking off one of its two branches. Still, the tree survived.

• In 1973, a drunk Algerian truck driver was somehow unable to avoid hitting the only tree for miles around. That’s right: a drunk trucker managed to collide with the only tree for 250 miles around. The tree snapped off at the trunk and subsequently died. Its remains are now on display in a museum in Niger, and a metal replica stands in the desert where the tree once stood.

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5. LITERATURE: In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” what is Romeo’s family name?

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8. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the name of someone who shoes horses?

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• From the 16th to the 19th centuries, pirates on the Mediterranean Sea sailed a small threemasted vessel with square and triangular sails that enabled them to sail faster than their prospective victims. Depending on the size of the ship, known as a xebec, between 16 and 40 guns might be mounted on the vessel.

• The word xenia has a variety of meanings.

To the ancient Greeks, it was the concept of hospitality, generosity, and courtesy shown to those far from home. To the botanist, it’s the effect of pollen on a seed. And to those in Ohio, it’s the county seat of Greene County, a community about 21 miles (34 km) from Dayton.

Home of “Mission to Mars,” “Space • Xystus is an architectural term, referring to aMountain,” and “Finding Nemo Voyage” long, covered portico, or main entrance, of ancient Greek gymnasiums. Here, athletes would exercise during inclement weather.

To the Romans, the xystus was the garden walkway in front of the porticoes, where they planted flower beds.

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• In 1964, Don Currey was a graduate student, studying the history of the climate using dendrochronology, which is the study of tree rings.

He knew that the bristlecone pine trees living in the mountains of California and Nevada were known to be among the oldest trees on Earth.

Currey began taking core samples of these trees, routinely finding specimens that were over 3,000 years old.

• Previous researchers had named one tree Prometheus, after the god who brought fire to humans. Currey named the tree WPN-114, denoting the 114th tree he had sampled in the White Pine area of Nevada. The tree reached a height of 17 feet (5m) and a circumference of 252 inches (6.4m). Large portions of it were dead, but a single 11-foot (3.3m) branch was still alive.

• He tried to take a core sample, but twice his drill bit broke off inside the dense wood. He asked the district ranger for permission to cut the tree down at ground level. The district ranger convinced his superiors that the tree was not particularly notable, and so Prometheus was felled on August 6, 1964.

• When Currey and his team sectioned the ancient tree, they were surprised to find it was much older than they expected, much older than any of the other trees in the area. It was at least 4,900 years old. Donald Currey had just cut down and killed the oldest known thing on Earth.

• Currey published his findings in an ecological journal, and then the backlash began. Curry had not known at the time that he was cutting down the world’s oldest tree, but he never lived it down. Outrage was so great that it led to the formation of the Great Basin National Park in Nevada, so that the other ancient trees in the vicinity will be protected forever.

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• When it comes to measuring the largest tree or the oldest tree, there are several factors that come into play. One of those factors is whether or not you’re counting collections of clones as a single individual. Consider, for instance, the world’s largest aspen “tree”, located in Utah.

This enormous grove of quaking aspen covers 197 acres and contains about 47,000 individual trees.

• However, all the trees are genetically identical, and all are connected by the root system.

The oldest trees range in age up to 130 years, but the root system is perhaps 80,000 years old. This grove is not only one of the oldest organisms on Earth, but also one of the biggest, surpassed in size only by gigantic fungal mats in Oregon.

• The grove is called Pando, which is Latin for “I spread.” The entire organism is a single male aspen tree, which has been sending shoots up from the roots for eons.

• The quaking aspen is the most widely distributed tree in North America, reaching coast-tocoast from eastern Canada to California. Aspens grow in groups called stands, and within these stands, a single tree will spread by sprouting new stems from its roots, often several feet from the original trunk. Their stems share the products of photosynthesis, food, and possibly disease as well.

• But it wasn’t until 2008, when researchers from Utah State University collected leaf and bark samples from the trees and analyzed their DNA, that it was confirmed that Pando indeed was a single genetic individual. Other scientists dug up aspens in order to prove they were all connected by the root system.

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CLONES (cont’d) insects and disease. There are many mature trees, but few young shoots, jeopardizing the future of the organism. Foresters are trying different things to revitalize Pando. Some areas have been fenced off to prevent deer and livestock from grazing on the young trees. Some areas have been burned, while others have been clearcut. Both of these methods cause a chemical reaction in the tree that promotes sprouting.

• Another example of clones would be a collection of creosote bushes living in the center of the Mojave Desert in California. When the first generation of creosote dies, it sends up new shoots at its perimeter, and these clones of the original plant always grow from the same roots.

The result is an ever-expanding ring of genetically identical plants, growing outward from the original.

• The “King Clone” creosote colony covers an area 67 feet (20 m) in diameter, and is estimated to be 11,700 years old. It is located within the Creosote Rings Preserve.

• Similarly, a Norway spruce located in Sweden has a single tree that is hundreds of years old, sprouting from a root system that is thousands of years old. This root system sends up a replacement tree whenever needed, and branches of the tree that come into contact with the ground sprout new roots. Various pieces of the root system were carbon-dated and found to be various ages, the oldest of which was 9,500 years old. Trees much older than 10,000 years would be practically impossible in Sweden, because until around 11,000 years ago the area was in the grip of a world-wide ice age.

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COMPOSERS

• “Save large platters that come with holiday trays to use when bringing cookies or baked goods to other parties. That way you don’t have to bring home a platter, you can just leave it and pass it on.” -- E.G. in Kansas • “Schedule haircuts and nail appointments to coincide with holiday parties. Then you won’t have to worry about doing your hair. It will still look nice from your beautician appointment.”

-- A.I. in Indiana • “My uncle is really hard to buy for. He doesn’t get out much, and he has everything he could ever need. I hit gold with gift mail-order memberships. We’ve done beer, cheese and fruit, and this year is meat! He gets a different one every month. You can find these services on the web. Thought I’d pass it along as a gift idea.” -- W.L. in Arkansas • “I find that the best conversation starter when visiting a large group of family or friends is a box or basket of photos. It is inexpensive to print copies, and I have all my old photos scanned anyway. Bringing them in a basket instead of an album works because we pass them around, and people can take photos home with them. Sometimes, a picture will inspire a story, and I might write it down on the back of the photo to remember it and tuck it away. It’s more than worth the $10-$15 it costs to print pictures.” -- L.W. in Virginia • Write return addresses on the back of holiday cards before disposing of the envelope. They can be tucked away for next year’s holiday cards list.

• Create your own “on this day in history” calendar, just for your family. Purchase a large wall calendar each year dedicated to memories.

Start with just listing birthdays. Then you can document things that happen throughout the year. Maybe someone bought a new car, or lost a tooth. Write down visitors to your home and vacations. Then at the end of the year, transfer them to a new calendar, noting what year something happened. As the years progress, you’ll have a wonderful reminiscing calendar!

• “I keep my decorations organized using recycled household materials. I save tissue boxes to hold garland, and I wrap stringed lights around the core of a paper towel roll. Clean styrofoam takeout containers can hold ornaments, and material items, like tree skirts, stay folded but unmusty when kept in a net bag.” -- H.R. in Washington (c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.

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• Charlie Shavers, trumpeter for the Tommy Dorsey band, once wrote a song for Benny Goodman. When Benny received the sheet music, he saw that there was no title listed. He telegrammed Shavers, “What’s the title?” and Shavers wired back, “Title undecided.” Benny called the tune “Undecided” and added some appropriate lyrics: “You’re undecided now, so what am I gonna do?”

• During World War II, Irving Berlin wrote a musical called “Yip Yip Yaphank.” He ended up removing one of the songs from the script, and he stuck it in a trunk. It stayed there for 22 years before he gave it to Kate Smith. She was singing on the radio on Armistice Day in 1939 and wanted something patriotic to sing.

The song, “God Bless America” was a smash hit. Some people called it America’s second national anthem. Berlin was surprised by its success and donated all of the proceeds to the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.

• Franz Josef Haydn was conductor of the Duke’s orchestra when the musicians became annoyed because the Duke wouldn’t let them take any time off for vacation. They asked Haydn to do something about it. Finally Haydn composed the “Farewell Symphony” where the performance begins with a full orchestra. One by one each musician finishes playing his part, blows out a candle next to him, and leaves the stage as the others continue to play. Finally only one player is left playing, and then that one too blows out the candle and leaves. The Duke got the message.

• The original Engelbert Humperdinck was a German musician who lived in the late 1800s.

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COMPOSERS (cont’d) • Composer Edward Elgar wrote a piece called “Salute d’Amore” when he was starting out, which made a lot of money for his publisher, but little for himself. One day he was listening to a street musician play the piece when he saw a passerby drop a coin in the player’s hat.

“Well,” Elgar quipped, “He just made more money off that piece than I did!”

• Rossini’s opera “William Tell” is over seven hours long when performed as written. It’s usually performed in an abbreviated version.

• By the age of 6 Mozart was writing his own Did you hear about the family who got stuck compositions.

He composed his first great mass on Peter Pan’s Flight for over 3 hours? at the age of 12 and wrote his first opera when Apparently, their vehicle would neverhe was only 14 years old. never land.

• Composer Arthur Seymour was so tipsy when he left a party that he found he was unable to identify his home in a row of identical looking houses. So he went up the street kicking the metal boot scrapers that stood in front of the doorsteps. “That’s it,” he said after kicking one, “E-flat,” and walked into his house.

• Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini, who had an incredible musical memory, was approached by a clarinetist who said he could not play in the concert scheduled for that night because the R Lkey O on O his TD O A Nhad Wbroken.

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• In his old age, Brahms declared to his friends that he was going to stop writing music. After a1.few days went by without Disneyland Paris music, Brahms sat and wrote a new composition. “I 2. downFrontierland thought you going to write anymore,” 3.

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