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While her time at the drama school did pose a setback, Ball didn’t let it defeat her. She used her looks and the name Diane Belmont to secure modeling jobs in New York after returning from Celoron, but was forced to go back when she developed rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 17. Her mother nursed her back to health, a three-year period in which Ball had to relearn how to walk.

LUCY’S HUMBLE BEGINNINGS Lucille Desiree Ball was born on Aug. 6, 1911 in Jamestown, N.Y. Long before she donned the hard-toignore red hair that would become her trademark, young Lucille was a brown-haired girl struggling to find her place in the world.

Ever the persistent woman, Ball headed back to New York where she finally secured a part as a Chesterfield Cigarette Girl. In 1933, Ball had her first on-screen appearance as a walkon in Broadway’s “Thru a Keyhole.” That same year, she was cast as one of the 12 Goldwyn girls in the Eddie Canter movie “Roman Scandals,” directed by Busby Berkeley.

Her father, Henry Ball, died from typhoid fever when she was just three years old. Her mother Desiree was pregnant with Ball’s younger brother Fred at the time and had to work several jobs to support herself and her family. Desiree eventually remarried when the children were still young and moved with her new husband Ed Peterson to Detroit from Jamestown. Ball and her brother remained behind in the care of their grandparents in Celoron, N.Y.

After that, Ball acquired her first speak role in 1935 and the lead in a project in 1936 that never made it to Broadway due to the sudden, untimely death of the lead male actor. For the next 15 years, Ball remained in the periphery of the television and film industry.

Ball reunited with her mother at age 11, and at age 15, convinced Desiree to let her attend the John Murray Anderson/Robert Milton School of Theater and Dance in New York. Ball was no star pupil, constantly being upstaged by fellow student Bette Davis. Several accounts indicate that Ball’s mother was encouraged to remove her daughter from the school because Ball just didn’t have what it took.

ENTER DESI ARNAZ It is said that when Ball met Cubanborn actor/musician Desi Arnaz in 1940, her dress was torn and she had a black eye after shooting a fight scene for the movie in which they both appeared, “Dance, Girl, Dance.” Arnaz didn’t notice her until after she had gussied up a bit and threw on some makeup. He is quoted to have said, “That’s a hunk o’ woman.” Ball is quoted to have said, “It wasn’t love at first sight. It took a full five minutes.” Just a few months later, the couple married at the Byram River Beagle Club. Both Ball and Arnaz lied about their ages on the marriage certificate, with Ball claiming to be younger and Arnaz claiming to be older. Arnaz was just 23 when they married, while Ball was 29 and at the time, it was a social faux pas for her to be older than Arnaz. Two years later, Ball became a redhead, and the color would become

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her signature in the years to follow. Those years were rough on the young couple, whose schedules often had them on opposite sides of the country. Deciding the best way to save their marriage would be to work together rather than separately, the couple negotiated with CBS to turn the radio comedy “My Favorite Husband” into a television show. Ball, who had the starring role in the radio comedy, refused to be a part of the show without Arnaz. In 1950, CBS eventually caved, signing over the rights and creative control over the series to the couple.

debuted. For the six years the show aired, it never ranked lower than third in the ratings scale.

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television history. The show also featured the first interracial couple, compliments of Arnaz’s Cuban roots. And the couple also highlighted rather than downplaying Ball’s real-life pregnancy with their son, Desi Jr in 1953 (their daughter Lucie was born two years prior). The couple incorporated the pregnancy into the series, which was the first time in history that an obviously pregnant woman was playing a pregnant woman. The word ‘pregnant’ was still yet to be allowed in telecasts such as this. Ball was the first woman to head a production company (Desilu Productions), which produced several wellknown series such as “Star Trek,” “The Andy Griffith Show” and “The

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Three years after her last role as a homeless woman in the made-for-TV movie “Stone Pillow,” Ball suffered a ruptured aorta after undergoing open heart surgery. She died April 26, 1989.

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Ball was the antithesis of her character in “I Love Lucy.” She is said to have been serious, level-headed and a perfectionist to the core. Television audiences were none the wiser, thanks to meticulous scripting on the part of the writers. While viewers saw antics that appeared to have been ad-libbed, in reality Ball rehearsed each scene to perfection. Her on-screen partner in crime, Vivian Vance who played Lucy’s best friend Ethel Mertz, mirrored Ball’s perfectionism and the pair were often

• Ball was said to be afraid of birds following an incident after her father died; a bird was trapped in their house for two days and someone told Ball that it was ‘Death’ in disguise. • Ball is in the National Women’s Hall of Fame along with the

only other television star, Oprah Winfrey. • For her work in television and movies, Ball received 13 Emmy nominations and awards, seven Golden Globe nominations, and one Golden Globe win. • Ball has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. • To please her grandfather, Ball once registered as a voter for the Communist Party, earning her plenty of attention. • Alongside her newborn son Desi Jr., Ball appeared on the first cover of “TV Guide” magazine in 1953. • In 1968, Ball was reported to be the richest woman in television, with an estimated earned income of $30 million. • Ball appeared on two stamps: a 34 cent stamp released in 2001 and a 44 cent stamp released in 2009. • Originally buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills, Calif., Ball’s remains were exhumed at her daughter’s request and move to the Lucy Museum in Jamestown, N.Y.

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SPORTS QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Charlie Lea of the Montreal Expos did it in 1981. 2. Eight of the 12. 3. Twice -- 1941 and 2010. 4. Notre Dame, with 32 appearances. 5. It was 2001 (New Jersey and Colorado). 6. Richard Petty and Bobby Allison. 7. Bunny Austin, in 1938.

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TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Bullying others into agreeing with your position could cause resentment. Instead, persuade them to join you by making your case on a logical point-by-point basis. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Resist pushing for a workplace decision you might feel is long overdue. Your impatience could backfire. Meanwhile, focus on that still-unsettled personal situation. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your aspects favor doing something different. You might decide to redecorate your home, or take a trip somewhere you’ve never been, or even change your hairstyle. LEO (July 23 to August 22) You might want to take a break from your busy schedule to restore your energy levels. Use this less-hectic time to also reassess your plans and make needed changes. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) What you like to think of as determination might be seen by others as nothing more than stubbornness. Try to be more flexible if you hope to get things resolved.

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he tunnels got thinner; they were after all made for children. Linus was behind Humgaurd, it was pitch black and no one could see much of anything. The noises were getting louder too. With each crumbling growl the Trows knew their home was being buried. In addition, the sinking feeling of claustrophobia set in for many. As Linus crawled forward he held back the tears. Others weren’t as successful; everyone could hear their cries. Humgaurd whispered back to Linus, “I think we’re close brother”. Relief, if only a little, set in. Once the Trows were home, they could quickly game plan. Perhaps they could dig into the earth deeper, delaying the inevitable destruction of their underground village. Linus was looking forward when out of nowhere, Humgaurd was gone. He stopped. “Humgaurd?” he whispered. Linus crawled a foot forward and felt his body shift suddenly. He fell about six feet and landed on the cold rock. They were home. Humgaurd stood up and wiped the dirt off his knees, “wasn’t expecting a drop off” he said with a smile. Linus smiled back and yelled back up to the tunnels “there’s a drop off of about six feet, be aware”. As the others came tumbling out of the hole, Linus and Humgaurd began dividing everyone into groups. Most would dig, hoping to build a deep, heavily structured cave that the Norwegian Monsters couldn’t bury. A few would gather belongings necessary to

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ames Wider, owner of Southwinds, has announced a new director of the Gallery – Leo Huff. Mr. Huff has studied art all his life beginning at Pacific Asian Museum, taking classes as a young boy in Pasadena, California and then later receiving his degree in art and psychology at Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon. He then returned to California to work as a probation officer in Los Angeles. Retiring in 1992 he began to pursue his art career full-time. Mr. Huff compositions specializing in scratch board, creates a three-dimensional etching, which can arouse an observer’s attention from across the room. Upon closer examination one

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I am a hopeful person. Y – NW I am able to persevere even when my relationships are making radical changes for whatever reasons. Y – NW

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It is easy for me to say, “I love you.” Y – NW I am open to suggestions on how to improve myself and my relationships. Y – NW So, how’d you do? Plenty of Ys or were there more NWs than you wanted? Did you notice the test had nothing to do with your mate, your children or your parents? It had to do with you. Here’s why: your ability to love does not depend on the lovability of others, it depends solely upon you. Your “Kick in the Pants” for this week is this: Learn to love. Success and real happiness in life begins with the way you love others. It is one of the most important building blocks in all of life. Why? Because in every situation – love never fails!

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Google products appear in 117 type of languages, including 5 "fake" languages like Elmer Fudd and Swedish Chef. Spanish, German, French and Japanese are the most used search language besides English. Google won the prestigious award for Technical Achievement in 2000. In the nominees list there were no search engines at all. Thinking of working in Google? Well, think again if you can't answer their mysterious and challenging puzzles. Google setup a billboard in Silicon Valley by 2004, stating "First 10 digit prime in consecutive digits of e". Geeks who got the hint would have visited www.7427466391.com (which is not available now) with further puzzles to be solved before they were recruited. Google's first ever April Fool's joke went online on April 1st, 2000 and was called "MentalPlex" Google's ability to read your mind. The Google logo was never centered (as it appears today). It only appeared centered in March 2001. It was aligned to the left earlier. Google's first employee is Craig Silverstein. Craig is the man behind "exact search" (where you get pages containing the exact search term within quotes.) In 1999, when Google moved to their Palo Alto office, there were only 19 employees in the company. Today there are 0ver 2,700. It will take Google 300 years to put the entire world's information online. Google reckons only 10% of the world's information is online. Google believes up to 20% of the online content changes every month. According to Google, 20-25% of the search queries are unique. The index of Google is 3 times larger than Yahoo's index or MSN's index. In Google, thousands of computers are involved in processing a single search query. 70% of Google engineers are working on search-related problems. Google uses over 300 factors to rank websites. Google uses over 200 signals for Pagerank. Google has the largest network of translators in the world. "Teaching is like learning again". Since 2000, Google encourage teaching and learning activities among its employees, from the subject of learning Chinese to Ulysses from Greek mythology. Source: techchunks

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