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f you are among those who spend their summers in our Florida melting pot, you know you are in for a daily dose of heat, humidity, thunderstorms, frizzy hair and endless attacks by those little suckers that can bite faster than you can swat.

You tread carefully so as not to slip on the bright green algae that grows on sidewalks, patios and pool decks–and to avoid those fire ants from hell.

And you are well aware that our summers like to hang around for a long, long time. At least until October. Sometimes through December.

But perhaps our biggest summer and fall challenges are the hurricanes that may come knocking at our door anytime between now and November. Are you prepared?

In the past couple of years, Florida has experienced two devastating hurricanes: last year’s Cat 5 hurricane, Michael, and Irma, which covered the whole state in 2017.

Threats include not only high winds but also storm surges that can result in catastrophic damage. After the storm, power may not be restored for days or weeks.

If you elect to stay during a hurricane, make sure you have a three- to five-day supply of water for everyone in the household along with non-perishable snacks and food items (don’t forget the can opener). Fill your car tank with gas and your wallet with cash. Have at least one month’s supply of medicine and plenty of batteries for flashlights, hand-held fans and cell phone chargers.

Other things that will no doubt come in handy include rubber boots, baby wipes (for personal hygiene), antibacterial wipes (for cleaning surfaces), a first-aid kit, pillows and sleeping bags. Don’t forget to provide for the needs of pets, elders and babies too.

Try to eat up your perishables at the first sign of a hurricane and freeze water bottles to help keep the refrigerator cool in case of a power outage. Pick up any items in your yard that

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We wish you a tranquil hurricane season, but if that’s not the case, we wish you success in your preparations and safety should the storm arrive.

In the meantime, enjoy our July issue as we take a nostalgic 50-year-look-back at the first moon landing and other happenings in the summer of 1969. Columnist Michael Wright lends his offbeat humor to the subject and film critic Randal Hill previews the new flick, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, in which Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio team up for a story set in 1969 Los Angeles.

Susan Goldfein puts AOL shaming to rest and David Novak pens about potential legislative changes to 401(k)s. Then Kathy Megyeri rounds it all out with an overview of the new Statue of Liberty Museum.

Trip to New York City anyone?

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Have a wonder-filled July and stay summer-safe.

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Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon.

July 1969, AD. We came in peace for all mankind.” ~Neil Armstrong

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Rocketmen

Fifty years ago, these astronauts took a historic moonwalk on a dusty orb

By RANDAL C. HILL

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y the early 1960s, America was trailing the Soviet Union in space development. This undoubtedly played a part in President John F. Kennedy’s appeal on May 25, 1961, to a special joint session of Congress when he pronounced, “I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth.”

Eight years later, at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on the morning of July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 thundered off the launch pad in a billowy cloud of smoke, destined for immortality. Neil Armstrong, a 38-year-old civilian research pilot, led the three-man crew, which also consisted of Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, 39, and MiNASA chael Collins, 38.

Media coverage naturally focused on the astronauts, move burned fuel, already running but the total numdangerously low. ber of scientists, The Eagle finally settled onto the engineers, service moon’s Sea of Tranquility with only and construction 25 seconds of fuel left. Had it run workers involved out, the operation would have been in the mission had automatically aborted in order to s u rg e d t o m o r e guarantee an adequate supply for the than 400,000. return flight home.

In the next Armstrong immediately radioed 76 hours, the asMission Control in Houston with his tronauts soared now-iconic announcement “The Eagle 240,000 miles, avhas landed.” eraging over 3,100 That evening, Armstrong descended m i l e s p e r h o u r. from the ship as a television camera They entered a luattached to the Eagle beamed the nar orbit on July astronauts’ progress back to Earth.

19, and the next day When he opened the hatch and their lunar module, stepped onto the moon’s surface, Eagle, separated he maintained that he had intended from the command to say, “That’s one small step for a module, Columbia, Left to right: Lunar Module Pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, man, one giant leap for mankind,” but where Michael ColCommander Neil Armstrong and Command a possible momentary microphone lins remained on Module Pilot Michael Colling relax during training glitch had him announcing to the board to monitor the for the Apollo 11 mission. world, “That’s one small step for man, situation.

The Eagle began its descent to the lunar surface two one giant leap for mankind.”

Aldrin followed Armstrong 19 minutes later, being hours later. However, when Armstrong prepared to set the craft down, he realized that boulders and craters careful not to lock the Eagle’s hatch, as there was no were posing a potential hazard, so he maneuvered outer handle—and no roadside assistance number to it to a flatter, safer place nearby. Unfortunately, that call 240,000 miles away.

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The pair spent 21 hours and 36 minutes—almost a f u l l day—on the moon. They stayed in the Eagle for over six hours after they landed and took frequent breaks when they walked on the surface. The thermally cooled underwear they wore inside their spacesuits helped them fend off the potentially lethal 200-degree Fahrenheit lunar surface temperatures.

Following NASA’s directive, Armstrong and Aldrin loaded nearly 50 pounds of moon rocks and soil into the Eagle, took photographs and conducted tests. The hardest task then facing the two was the planting of the American flag. The moon’s surface was rockhard, and the astronauts only managed to hammer Old Glory a few inches into the surface, where it subsequently fell over from the Eagle’s takeoff blast.

Besides the American flag, the NASA astronauts left behind several other items, including a plaque that read: “Here men from the planet Earth first set foot on the moon – July 1969 A.D. – We came in peace for all mankind.”

When returning to the lunar module, Aldrin accidentally tripped the circuit breaker used to activate the main engine; after a moment of panic, though, he was able to push the switch back into the correct position with a felt-tip pen.

Armstrong and Aldrin reconnected successfully with Collins and Columbia, and on July 22, Apollo 11 began its journey home, safely splashing into the Pacific Ocean two days later. It’s estimated that over 550 million people worldwide followed the historymaking event on television.

To date, the U.S. is the only country that has had successful crewed missions (six of them) to the moon. The last one was in 1972. Other countries have placed unmanned spacecraft on the lunar surface.

NASA plans to put the first woman and the next man on the moon in 2024. The mission is named Artemis, after the Greek goddess of the moon and twin sister of the god Apollo.

“I think it is very beautiful that 50 years after Apollo, the Artemis program will carry the next man and the first woman to the moon,” announced NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine. “I have a daughter who is 11 years old, and I want her to be able to see herself in the same role as the next women that go to the moon.”

‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ July Film

By RANDAL C. HILL

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n his ninth movie offering, Quentin Tarantino takes us back to August 1969 with this nostalgic, if somewhat silly, buddy comedy successfully folded into a twisted take on the Charles Manson murders. Tarantino proudly describes his stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt as, “the most exciting star dynamic duo since Robert Redford and Paul Newman.”

DiCaprio plays Rick Dalton, a washedup, alcoholic, TV cowboy and action star whose smug confidence covers up a world of self-doubts. Dalton is marooned in the City of Angels with his only friend, stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), an easygoing and simple soul who hides a

terrible secret of which he may or may not be guilty. A series of DUIs has cost Dalton his driver’s license, so he is dependent upon Booth to chauffeur him around. Along the way, Booth delivers pep talks as the fading star sheds boozy tears of self-pity.

Tarantino’s script, which he worked on for five years, has Dalton renting a Beverly Hills-area mansion on upscale Cielo Drive and living next door to a golden show-biz couple, Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) and Roman Polanski (Rafal Zawierucha). Tate, a little-known actress of ethereal beauty, becomes a fleeting but well-developed character in Tarantino’s hands.

In the meantime, charismatic wacko Charles Manson (Damon Herriman) has trained his collection of luscious acolytes to spend their days on Sunset Boulevard amassing money, food and attention.

Dalton dismisses the provocatively dressed teens as hippie trash, but Booth becomes intrigued enough to offer a ride home to Pussycat (Margaret Qualley), a

flirty, zonked-out nymphet who lives on Kurt Russell, Bruce Dern and, in his final the Spahn Movie Ranch, now squatted on film role, Luke Perry.

by Manson and his followers.

The film is a requiem for a past age, Weaving the Manson tragedy into a wistful Tinseltown homage presented his fictional story, Tarantino applies his as a dark romp filled with teeth-grinding own spin to the infamous murder scene pathos. It’s Tarantino’s love letter to a involving Tate as it unfolds next to twisted world that has mesmerized him Dalton’s home. since his childhood.

The filmmaker known for his ensemble The movie opens on July 26th. casts, extreme onscreen violence and fondness of pop culture perfectly captures the zeitgeist of 1969 Hollywood with radiant shots of billboards and movietheater marquees, as well as hit 45s of the day that throb nonstop from car radios always Sony tuned to KHJ, the chief Los Angeles Top 40 powerhouse at the time.

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Oh Say You Can See the New Liberty Museum

By KATHy MEGyERI

The building’s materials link past and future, using the same granite, bronze and copper employed by Richard Morris Hunt for the Statue’s pedestal over 130 years ago.

Photo: David Sundberg Lazarus that contains the words, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” wasn’t added until 1903.

The museum rises from the pedestrian mall on Liberty Island and offers sweeping panoramic views of Lady Liberty, lower Manhattan and New York Harbor. The building’s materials— granite, bronze and copper—are the same materials used on the Statue’s pedestal 130 years ago.

The building was created with sustainability and LEED Gold certification in mind. The 14,000 squarefoot roofscape is seeded with native meadow grasses to attract native birds; soaring glass windows are etched with patterns to avoid bird strikes. The

museum is constructed to withstand hurricane-force winds and erected above the 500-year floodplain to accommodate climate change.

The Statue’s Public Affairs Officer, Jerry Willis, said, “The museum was designed to blend into the historic landscape of the island so it looks like it’s emerging. It is intended as a place of inspiration for those who visit the Statue as it tells the stories of being a gift from France, of it embodying our sacred values, and of it continuing its original legacy.”

About 4 million visit the Statue annually and the new structure is built to accommodate them all. In the past, visitors would often have to stand in long lines to enter the small museum The Statue’s original torch is showcased behind 22-foot-high glass walls. Photo: David Sundberg i n s i d e t h e S t a t u e ’s pedestal, which could hose looking for a memorable One of the most suronly accommodate about summer getaway should consider prising revelations?

4,000 people a day. a trip to New York City, where the new Lady Liberty was origThis fall, an HBO doc26,000 square-foot Statue of Liberty inally conceived (and umentary, Liberty, MothMuseum opened May 16. It’s the most funded) to celebrate the er of Exiles, will detail extensive and impressive upgrade since end of slavery – not to how sculptor Auguste our Lady first raised her six-foot-tall welcome immigrants Bartholdi’s dream betorch in 1886. as popular wisdom has came a reality and what Funded by a $100 million public it. The Statue was the the Statue means to peocampaign, the free museum provides brainchild of Edouard de ple who came here for a visitors the opportunity to learn about Laboulaye, a French pobetter life.

Lady Liberty’s history, influence and litical thinker, U.S. ConMy husband Les, a legacy through interactive displays stitution expert and aboHungarian refugee, reand artifacts, including the replication litionist, who imagined members seeing the Statof Paris sculptor Auguste Bartholdi’s it as a commemorative ue rise from the sea as he workshop. Visitors can also gaze upon gift from France to celeentered the harbor onthe original 3,600 lb. torch (replaced brate the freeing of U.S. board a ship in February during the restoration in the 1980s), a slaves. Indeed, broken 1959. full-scale copper replica of the Statue’s chains lie at Lady Lib“It felt like I was truly One of the museum’s highlights is a full-scale replica of the foot face and foot, and listen to recordings of erty’s feet. The famous coming home,” he said. from that visitors are encouraged to touch. Photo: Keena Photo immigrants. inscription by Emma

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book Review

by KATHy MEGyERI

‘The Statue of Liberty: The Monumental Dream’

The untold story of Lady Liberty’s conception, restoration and iconic importance in the world, drawn from the collections and documents that are on display in the brand-new Statue of Liberty Museum.

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Text by Robert Belot with preface by Diane Von Furstenberg, published by Rizzoli Electa, 2019, 208 pp.

imed to publish with the opening of the brand-new Statue of Liberty Museum, this official book, published by Rizzoli Electa in conjunction with the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, shares Lady Liberty’s impressive backstory through archival images, maps, text and breathtaking photos.

This beautiful keepsake book will dazzle readers as they learn about the 450,000-pound copper statue (now patinaed to a blue-green), a gift from the people of France. Designed

by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi with assistance from Gustave Eiffel (who built the iconic Paris tower), it soars 305-feet into the air over New York Harbor.

The robed neoclassical sculpture, which draws more than four million visitors a year to Liberty Island, holds a torch above her head with her right hand and, in her left, carries a tablet inscribed with Roman numerals depicting July 4, 1776, the date of the Declaration of Independence. A broken shackle and chain are at her feet, memorializing the abolition of slavery.

Lady Liberty has since become an icon of freedom, a national park tourism destination and a welcoming beacon to millions of immigrants. She has been the site of political rallies and demonstrations and is featured in many movies.

But she was harder to conceive than most people realize.

Bartholdi struggled for years to raise enthusiasm and money for his future dream gal in America. It took the help of friend Edouard de Laboulaye (who wished to celebrate the emancipation of four million slaves in the U.S.) and Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World, to make it all happen.

Finally, in 1885, the statue arrived from France in 350 pieces; it took a year to assemble. President Grover Cleveland dedicated it in 1886 (after 15 minutes of applause from massive crowds) speaking of the light held aloft which “illumines the way to man’s enfranchisement.”

President Ronald Reagan rededicated the monument 100 years later on July 4, 1986, after a multi-million-dollar restoration that included a new torch and flame.

Now, the new $100 million museum, paid for by private donations, celebrates this statue which is held dear by people everywhere. Whether or not you can personally visit the Lady and see her museum, you will surely enjoy this glossy and informative gem of a book which details an important chapter in our country’s history.

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f something or someone affected the national psyche, the satirical Mad magazine wanted to poke fun at it.

Impressionable adolescents who read Mad were warned about society’s halftruths, double standards, fine print, deceptive advertisements and sneaky product placement. The world is out to get you, implied the messages, so be prepared. Along the way, these clever and invaluable lessons undoubtedly helped avid readers develop their critical thinking skills – and perhaps a great sense of humor as well.

Mad first appeared as a 1952 horror comic book that was a satire on, of all things, other horror comic books. New York funsters and comic-book veterans William Gaines and Harvey Kurtzman were Mad’s publisher and editor, respectively, and what their eight-times-a-year periodical brought to the nation’s teenagers eventually morphed into a bible of juvenile-appearing blasphemy that took delight in laughing at just about every rock-solid institution in America.

Mocking everyone from revered celebrities to highly respected politicians and world leaders, Mad’s team of talented caricaturists brought their easily recognizable, signature cartoons to life in each edition.

Comic strips such as the wordless Spy vs. Spy kept us entertained—and on our toes—during the Cold War

and its era of cut-throat espionage.

Who can forget those triangle-headed black and white goofs trying to use a variety of bombs, booby-traps and other devices to harm each other?

In 1954, Alfred E. Neuman rose to fame as a grinning, jug-eared, gap-toothed simpleton whose motto was “What, me worry?” As the Mad mascot, he came to symbolize A m e r i c a ’s , w e l l , madness. Neuman’s iconic portrait was often morphed into the faces of celebs and others who were lampooned in that particular issue.

The magazine never tried to sugarcoat reality. Youngsters coming of age in an imperfect world saw that fathers sometimes came home inebriated, mothers were sometimes lousy cooks, and teenagers sometimes landed in trouble. This was in direct opposition to the whitebread TV fare like Father Knows Best and Leave It to Beaver which was welcomed into American homes each evening.

Mad undoubtedly had a significant influence on pop-cultural media such as National Lampoon, The Simpsons and Saturday Night Live.

When the fun-loving William Gaines died at age 70 in June 1992, the New York Daily News headlined his obituary “What, Me Dead?”

Apparently not. Mad is still popular with lots of longtime, loyal supporters.

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