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A good man: Exhibits honor ‘Peanuts’ creator Schulz on 100th
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In a series of “Peanuts” comic strips that ran in mid-April of 1956, Charlie Brown grasps the string of his kite, which was stuck in what came to be known in the long-running strip as the “kite-eating tree.”
In one episode that week, a frustrated Charlie Brown declines an offer from nemesis Lucy for her to yell at the tree.
“If I had a kite caught up in a tree, I’d yell at it,” Lucy responds in the last panel.
The simplicity of that interaction illustrates how different “Peanuts” was from comics drawn before its 1950 debut, said Lucy Shelton Caswell, founding curator of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University in Columbus, the world’s largest such museum.
“The idea that you could take a week to talk about this, and it didn’t have to be a gag in the sense of somebody hitting somebody else over the head with a bottle or whatever,” Caswell said. “This was really revolutionary.”
New exhibits on display at the Billy Ireland museum and at the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa, California, are celebrating the upcoming centenary of the birth of “Peanuts” cartoonist Schulz, born in Minnesota on Nov. 26, 1922.
Schulz carried the lifelong nickname of Sparky, conferred by a relative after a horse called Sparky in an early comic strip, Barney Google.
Schulz was never a fan of the name “Peanuts,” chosen by the syndicate because his original title, “Li’l Folks,” was too similar to another strip’s name. But the Columbus exhibit makes clear through strips, memorabilia and commentary that Schulz’s creation was a juggernaut in its day.
At the time of Schulz’s retirement in 1999 following a cancer diagnosis, his creation ran in more than 2,600 newspapers, was translated into 21 languages in 75 countries and had an estimated daily readership of 355 million. Schulz personally created and drew 17,897 “Peanuts” strips, even after a tremor affected his hand.
The strip was also the subject of the frequently performed play, “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” as well as “Snoopy: The Musical,” dozens of TV specials and shows, and many book collections.
Bill Watterson, creator of “Calvin and Hobbes,” described in a 2007 Wall Street Journal review of a Schultz biography the difficulty of looking at “Peanuts” with fresh eyes because of how revolutionary it was at the time.
Benjamin Clark, curator of the Schulz museum, describes that innovation as Schulz’s use of a spare line that maintains its expressiveness.
Schulz “understood technically in drawing that he could strip away what was unnecessary and still pack an emotional punch with the simplest-appearing lines,” Clark said. “But that simplicity is deceptive. There’s so much in these.”
The exhibit in Columbus displays strips featuring 12 “devices” that Schulz thought set Peanuts apart, including episodes involving the kite-eating tree, Snoopy’s doghouse, Lucy in her psychiatry booth, Linus’ obsession with the Great Pumpkin, the Beethoven-playing Schroeder, and more.
“Celebrating Sparky” also focuses on Schulz’s promotion of women’s rights through strips about Title IX, the groundbreaking law requiring parity in women’s sports; and his introduction of a character of color, Franklin, spurred by a reader’s urging following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
In addition, the display includes memorabilia, from branded paper towels to Pez dispensers, part of the massive “Peanuts” licensing world. Some fellow cartoonists disliked the way Schulz commercialized the strip.
He dismissed the criticism, arguing that comic strips had always been commercial, starting with their invention as a way to sell newspapers, Caswell said.
While 1965′s “A Charlie Brown Christmas” is one of the most famous cartoon TV specials of all time, the characters have also returned in dozens of animated shows and films, most recently in original shows and specials on Apple TV.
Those Apple programs introduced new viewers to the truth of what Schulz drew, his wife, Jean Schulz, told The Associated Press last year. She described that truth this way:
“A family of characters who live in a neighborhood, get along with each other, have fun with each other, have arguments sometimes with each other, but end up always in a good frame hugging each other or resolving their arguments,” she said.
Caswell, who first met Schulz in the 1980s, said one of the exhibit’s goals was to surprise people with things they didn’t know about the man. In that, “Celebrating Sparky” succeeds admirably.
Who knew, for example, that Schulz, a hockey and ice-skating lover, is in both the U.S. Figure Skating and U.S. Hockey halls of fame? (Perhaps that isn’t surprising, given multiple strips that featured a hockey-playing Snoopy or Zambonis driven by the little yellow bird, Woodstock.)
By focusing on Schulz, the exhibit also aims to show he worked hard to perfect his drawing style before “Peanuts” was launched and was intentional about what he wanted the strip to be, Caswell said.
“This was a person of genius who had a very clear, creative focus to his life, and enjoyed making people laugh,” she said.
“Celebrating Sparky: Charles M. Schulz and Peanuts” at the Billy Ireland museum runs through November and was mounted in partnership with the Charles M. Schulz Museum.
The Charles M. Schulz Museum has two exhibits commemorating Schulz’s birth: “Spark Plug to Snoopy: 100 Years of Schulz,” which explores comic strips and artists who influenced Schultz (running through Sept. 18); and “The Spark of Schulz: A Centennial Celebration,” exploring cartoonists and artists influenced by Schulz (from Sept. 25, 2022, through March 12, 2023).
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Associated Press US Entertainment Video Editor Brooke Lefferts in New York contributed to this report.
___ This article has been corrected to show that the title of one of the exhibits at the Charles M. Schulz Museum is “Spark Plug to Snoopy: 100 Years of Schulz,” not “Snoopy: 100 Years of Schulz.”
Betty White, working actress into her 90s, dies just shy of her 100th birthday
Dec 31 (Reuters) – Comedic actress Betty White, who capped a career of more than 80 years by becoming America’s geriatric sweetheart after Emmy-winning roles on television sitcoms “The Golden Girls” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” died on Friday, less than three weeks shy of her 100th birthday.
The agent, Jeff Witjas, told People magazine: “Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever.” No cause was cited.
In a youth-driven entertainment industry where an actress over 40 faces career twilight, White was an anomaly who was a star in her 60s and a pop culture phenomenon in her 80s and 90s.
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Playing on her eminent likability, White was still starring in a TV sitcom, “Hot in Cleveland,” at age 92 until it was canceled in late 2014.
White said her longevity was a result of good health, good fortune and loving her work.
“It’s incredible that I’m still in this business and that you are still putting up with me,” White said in an appearance at the 2018 Emmy Awards ceremony, where she was honored for her long career. “It’s incredible that you can stay in a career this long and still have people put up with you. I wish they did that at home.”
White was not afraid to mock herself and throw out a joke about her sex life or a snarky crack that one would not expect from a sweet-smiling, white-haired elderly woman. She was frequently asked if, after such a long career, there was anything she still wanted to do and the standard response was “Robert Redford.”
“She was great at defying expectation. She managed to grow very old and somehow, not old enough. We’ll miss you, Betty,” former costar and friend Ryan Reynolds wrote in a Twitter post.
“Old age hasn’t diminished her,” the New York Times wrote in 2013. “It has given her a second wind.”
Minutes after news emerged of her death, U.S. President Joe Biden told reporters: “That’s a shame. She was a lovely lady.” His wife Jill Biden said: “Who didn’t love Betty White? We’re so sad about her death.”
Betty Marion White was born on Jan. 17, 1922, in Oak Park, Illinois, and her family moved to Los Angeles during the Great Depression, where she attended Beverly Hills High School.
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Cast member Betty White attends the premiere of the 3-D animated film “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax” in Los Angeles February 19, 2012. REUTERS/Phil McCarten/File Photo
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White started her entertainment career in radio in the late 1930s and by 1939 had made her TV debut singing on an experimental channel in Los Angeles. After serving in the American Women’s Voluntary Service, which helped the U.S. effort during World War Two, she was a regular on “Hollywood on Television,” a daily five-hour live variety show, in 1949.
A few years later she became a pioneering woman in television by co-founding a production company and serving as a co-creator, producer and star of the 1950s sitcom “Life with Elizabeth.”
Through the 1960s and early ’70s White was seen regularly on television, hosting coverage of the annual Tournament of Rose Parade and appearing on game shows such as “Match Game” and “Password.” She married “Password” host Allen Ludden, her third and final husband, in 1963.
White reached a new level of success on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” playing the host of a home-making television show, the snide, lusty Sue Ann Nivens, whose credo was “a woman who does a good job in the kitchen is sure to reap her rewards in other parts of the house.” White won best-supporting actress Emmys for the role in 1975 and 1976.
She won another Emmy in 1986 for “The Golden Girls,” a sitcom about four older women living together in Miami that featured an age demographic rarely highlighted on American television. White also was nominated for an Emmy six other times for her portrayal of the widowed Rose Nylund, a sweet, naive and ditzy Midwesterner, on the show, which ran from 1985 to 1992 and was one of the top-rated series of its time.
After a less successful sequel to “The Golden Girls” came a series of small movie parts, talk-show appearances and one-off television roles, including one that won her an Emmy for a guest appearance on “The John Larroquette Show.”
By 2009 she was becoming ubiquitous with more frequent television appearances and a role in the Sandra Bullock film “The Proposal.” She starred in a popular Snickers candy commercial that aired during the Super Bowl, taking a brutal hit in a mud puddle in a football game.
A young fan started a Facebook campaign to have White host “Saturday Night Live” and she ended up appearing in every sketch on the show and winning still another Emmy for it.
The Associated Press voted her entertainer of the year in 2010 and a 2011 Reuters/Ipsos poll found that White, then 89, was the most popular and trusted celebrity in America with an 86% favorability rating.
White’s witty and brassy demeanor came in handy as host of “Betty White’s Off Their Rockers,” a hidden-camera show in which elderly actors pulled pranks on younger people.
“Who would ever dream that I would not only be this healthy, but still be invited to work?” White said in a 2015 interview with Oprah Winfrey.
White, who had no children, worked for animal causes. She once turned down a role in the movie “As Good as It Gets” because of a scene in which a dog was thrown in a garbage chute.
She looked forward to her milestone birthday, writing on Twitter just three days before her death, “My 100th birthday … I cannot believe it is coming up.”
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Betty White dies at 99: Legendary actress passes away just weeks before her milestone 100th birthday
Beloved Golden Girls star Betty White has passed away at the age of 99, just three weeks before her milestone 100th birthday.
White, who capped a career of more than 80 years by becoming America’s geriatric sweetheart after Emmy-winning roles on television sitcoms, is said to have passed away at her home on Friday morning, law enforcement confirmed.
She leaves behind a massive legacy as a comedienne, actress, author, animal rights activist and one of the first female pioneers in television.
‘Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever,’ her agent and close friend Jeff Witjas said in a statement issued to People.
‘I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don’t think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with her most beloved husband Allen Ludden. She believed she would be with him again.’
RIP: Betty White dies at 99: Legendary actress passes away just weeks before her milestone 100th birthday
White was born in Oak Park, Illinois on January 17, 1922. Her legal name, ‘Betty’ is not a shortened version of ‘Elizabeth’ because her parents did not want their daughter saddled by any derivatives and nicknames like Beth, Liza and Ellie.
She started her entertainment career in radio in the late 1930s and by 1939 had made her TV debut singing on an experimental channel in Los Angeles. After serving in the American Women’s Voluntary Service, which helped the U.S. effort during World War Two, she was a regular on ‘Hollywood on Television,’ a daily five-hour live variety show, in 1949.
A few years later she became a pioneering woman in television by co-founding a production company and serving as a co-creator, producer and star of the 1950s sitcom ‘Life With Elizabeth.’
Through the 1960s and early ’70s White was seen regularly on television, hosting coverage of the annual Tournament of Rose Parade and appearing on game shows such as ‘Match Game’ and ‘Password.’ She married ‘Password’ host Allen Ludden, her third and final husband, in 1963.
White reached a new level of success on ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show,’ playing the host of a home-making television show, the snide, lusty Sue Ann Nivens, whose credo was ‘a woman who does a good job in the kitchen is sure to reap her rewards in other parts of the house.’ White won best-supporting actress Emmys for the role in 1975 and 1976.
She won another Emmy in 1986 for ‘The Golden Girls,’ a sitcom about four older women living together in Miami that featured an age demographic rarely highlighted on American television. White also was nominated for an Emmy six other times for her portrayal of the widowed Rose Nylund, a sweet, naive and ditzy Midwesterner, on the show, which ran from 1985 to 1992 and was one of the top-rated series of its time.
After a less successful sequel to ‘The Golden Girls’ came a series of small movie parts, talk-show appearances and one-off television roles, including one that won her an Emmy for a guest appearance on ‘The John Larroquette Show.’
By 2009 she was becoming ubiquitous with more frequent television appearances and a role in the Sandra Bullock film ‘The Proposal.’ She starred in a popular Snickers candy commercial that aired during the Super Bowl, taking a brutal hit in a mud puddle in a football game.
A young fan started a Facebook campaign to have White host ‘Saturday Night Live’ and she ended up appearing in every sketch on the show and winning still another Emmy for it.
The Associated Press voted her entertainer of the year in 2010 and a 2011 Reuters/Ipsos poll found that White, then 89, was the most popular and trusted celebrity in America with an 86 percent favorability rating.
White’s witty and brassy demeanor came in handy as host of ‘Betty White’s Off Their Rockers,’ a hidden-camera show in which elderly actors pulled pranks on younger people.
‘Who would ever dream that I would not only be this healthy, but still be invited to work?’ White said in a 2015 interview with Oprah Winfrey. ‘That’s the privilege … to still have jobs to do is such a privilege.’
White, who had no children, worked for animal causes. She once turned down a role in the movie ‘As Good as It Gets’ because of a scene in which a dog was thrown in a garbage chute.
2021 Russian Grand Prix report and highlights: Hamilton takes 100th F1 victory after late rain shower denies long-time leader Norris at Sochi
Lewis Hamilton took his 100th Grand Prix victory in a Russian Grand Prix that started in dry conditions and ended under rain, the Mercedes driver making a late switch to intermediate tyres to take the lead when pole-sitter Lando Norris agonisingly slid out of the lead with just two laps left. Max Verstappen made it from P20 to P2, and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz took third having started second.
Grid penalties were the talk of the town on Sunday morning with Valtteri Bottas the latest to take the hit, Mercedes putting a new power unit into his car to see him start 16th with the knowledge that Max Verstappen would start 20th (having taken a new Honda engine earlier in the weekend) and Charles Leclerc 19th with a new Ferrari unit.
As for tyres, there was a mix of mediums and hards on the grid with the first five drivers – Norris on pole, Sainz second, Russell third, Hamilton fourth and Ricciardo in P5 – on mediums, and only Fernando Alonso starting sixth, Sergio Perez (P8), Pierre Gasly (P11), Bottas, Antonio Giovinazzi (P17), Leclerc and Verstappen starting on the hard compounds.
Although he fell to seventh at the start, Hamilton’s pace was competitive on his medium tyres and he pitted on Lap 27 for hards, before Norris – who had scored a sensational first pole on Saturday and duelled with Sainz early in the race – and once the pitstop sequences had finished by Lap 38 it was Norris leading a rapid Hamilton. The pair were just one second part in the closing stages. And then the rain hit.
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1 Lewis Hamilton HAM Mercedes |
1:30:41.001 | 25 |
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2 Max Verstappen VER Red Bull Racing |
+53.271s | 18 |
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3 Carlos Sainz SAI Ferrari |
+62.475s | 15 |
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4 Daniel Ricciardo RIC McLaren |
+65.607s | 12 |
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5 Valtteri Bottas BOT Mercedes |
+67.533s | 10 |
Lead pair Hamilton and Norris stayed out after others pitted for inters and it was the Mercedes man who made the decision to pit first, switching with three laps left – as Norris stayed out, a first ever F1 victory almost within touching distance. The McLaren driver did his best to keep the lead but, with the rain getting heavier by the second, he eventually slid off the track and Hamilton passed him for P1.
Norris eventually finished seventh having pitted at the very end, but will find himself at the mercy of the stewards after crossing the pit entry line twice on his way in.
Verstappen, from 20th on the grid, finished an incredible second after switching from hards to mediums midway through the race and cruising through the field. And it was Ferrari’s Sainz who took the final podium place – having briefly led over Norris – with an early switch to hards from mediums.
Valtteri Bottas started 16th but took fifth having pitted for mediums just after Verstappen, while Fernando Alonso started sixth and finished there with a long first stint on hard tyres. Kimi Raikkonen kept his cool to make up places in the late wet conditions and finished eighth – leaving Sergio Perez and George Russell to take the final points for Red Bull and Williams, respectively.
Norris came away with Driver of the Day honours, but the pain of having a maiden Grand Prix victory wrenched away from him in the final laps with the rain falling at Sochi, in what must go down as the most entertaining and dramatic Russian Grand Prix to date.
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As it happened
Qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix, in which Lando Norris took a shock pole position ahead of Carlos Sainz and Williams’ George Russell and Mercedes’ Lewis hamilton, may have been a wet session – but the race would prove to be anything but a dry affair.
Championship leader Max Verstappen would start 20th for Red Bull, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc 19th, and Valtteri Bottas 16th thanks to engine penalties. Bottas’s penalty, announced just before the Grand Prix on Sunday, was of particular significance as he would have the tough job of holding Verstappen off at the start.
Despite a 70% chance of rain, conditions stayed dry for the start and most of the drivers opted to start on mediums bar Alpine’s Fernando Alonso, Red Bull’s Sergio Perez, AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly, Bottas, Alfa Romeo’s Antonio Giovinazzi, Leclerc and Verstappen, who began on hard tyres.
As the lights went out, Norris led away while Sainz squeezed into the inside of Russell going into the kink at Turn 1, Russell forced to go out wide and losing Norris’s slipstream. Sainz took the lead into the Turn 2 braking zone while Norris and Russell followed. Meanwhile, Stroll had made a stunning start from seventh to go P4, Daniel Ricciardo stayed fifth and Hamilton had fallen to seventh behind Fernando Alonso.
Leclerc charged from P19 to P12 with the inside line at Turn 2 while Verstappen made a steady jump up two places from last, Bottas taking two places from P16. Bottas’s mission may have been to hold off Verstappen but on Lap 6, he was passed for P14 by the Dutchman with ease down the inside of Turn 13.
Verstappen had a new Honda engine in his car but the same drive and talent that has seen him produce stunning drives from the back before. He would soon pick off Leclerc on his way into the top 10.
Meanwhile, Aston Martin triggered the undercut with Stroll pitting from fourth and emerging 15th in free air on Lap 13. Williams’ Russell responded from third and emerged behind Stroll a lap later.
Sainz was then caught by Norris on the back straight, the McLaren driver going down the inside of Turn 12 and leading the race into Turn 13, causing the Spaniard to pit for hards on Lap 15 and emerge ahead of Stroll.
Hamilton stayed out, hoping for track position, but was still stuck behind McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo in P3 as the race neared one-third distance. Verstappen was getting too close to comfort, setting fastest laps – and he was just eight-seconds behind Hamilton on Lap 17. Norris continued to lead, his team mate holding station in P2 as McLaren dreamed of another stunning result after their amazing one-two at Monza.
Ricciardo made the decision to pit on Lap 23 from P2 and a slow release from his box saw the Australian lose a few seconds and emerge 14th. Although Hamilton was 13 seconds behind leader Norris, he was finally in clean air and what followed was a flurry of rapid tours of Sochi. The Briton made up ground but bit the bullet on Lap 27, pitting for hards – while Verstappen also chose to pit (for mediums) seconds later. They emerged ninth and 12th, respectively, but Verstappen soon swiped P11 off Russell (who had pitted much earlier) and only had Ricciardo between himself and Hamilton.
Norris responded to the championship protagonists’ pistops on Lap 29, a solid stop seeing him emerge in P4 – ahead of a massive train of cars – with Leclerc, Alonso and Perez ahead, and none of them having pitted.
“Lewis, we can win this race,” were the words from Mercedes boss Toto Wolff on Lap 30 after the Briton dispatched Stroll and Sainz for P6. Gasly was next. Then Hamilton was up to P5 on Lap 31, with Norris just eight seconds ahead.
Those who hadn’t pitted were leading and on Lap 35 it was Leclerc who came in first, his stop not so quick – leaving him 13th – while Perez and Alonso followed on Lap 37. Perez’s pit stop lasted nearly nine seconds but he still emerged ahead of Alonso. Thanks to those slow tyre changes, Sainz and Ricciardo capitalised.
Now attention turned to the matter of the Norris-Hamilton battle, the two drivers duelling for the lead and just a second apart. It looked like it would be a straightforward race between them until the end. That was, until the umbrellas emerged with just over five laps remaining. Would the drivers make it home and dry on slicks? Or would a switch to intermediates be necessary?
Hamilton continued to chase, resisting calls to pit to inters as others around him switched to the green-banded rain tyres. And with just three laps left he would finally take the plunge, emerging well behind Norris – the McLaren driver leading, but on slick tyres.
The rain tumbled down, the gap between Hamilton and Norris shrinking by the corner, and then came the moment that changed the race: Norris slid off the track on the penultimate lap. His hopes of a maiden win were over in the cruellest fashion, and he limped back to the pits for those intermediates.
As for Hamilton, he duly took the lead and held it for the last lap for his 100th Grand Prix win.
2021 Russian Grand Prix: Norris slides off track in pouring rain as Hamilton takes race lead
Verstappen was assured a top five finish before the rain fell, but a calculated switch to brand new inters helped him clinch P2 from last on the grid, ensuring that even in the most eventful race, he could secure a podium – albeit 53 seconds off his rival Hamilton.
Sainz completed the podium for Ferrari, having gained the lead at the start and pitted earlier than his rivals to stay in the hunt before a pitch-perfect switch to used intermediates. In fourth was Daniel Ricciardo, the Australian up to P2 before pitting on Lap 23, his late-race pace proving enough to beat Mercedes’ Bottas. The Finn’s hopes of a top-five finish seemed slim as he was running in 14th before the rain came, but he rallied in the wet after a Lap 47 stop for inters, to pull of a fortunate recovery to P5 from P17.
Alpine’s Fernando Alonso started sixth and finished there having pulled off a long first stint on hard tyres. He was classified ahead of Norris, the heartbroken McLaren driver picking up Fastest Lap and Driver of the Day honours as a consolation.
Kimi Raikkonen enjoyed the rain to finish eighth for Alfa Romeo, while Sergio Perez – who lost out thanks to a slow late stop – and Russell rounded out the top 10 for Red Bull and Williams, in P9 and P10 respectively.
Russell took the final point as behind, Aston Martin racer Stroll had a calamitous end to the race, hitting team mate Vettel (P12), Pierre Gasly of AlphaTauri (P13) and spinning on his way to P11.
Esteban Ocon took 14th for Alpine having started ninth, the weather ruining his hopes of points, while Leclerc’s recovery drive ended in disappointment as he settled for P15 from 19th.
Alfa Romeo’s Antonio Giovinazzi started 17th thanks to an engine penalty taken on Sunday, but still finished ahead of AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda – who started 12th and lost places after pitting as the rain fell.
Nikita Mazepin took 19th for Haas in his home GP debut – while Mick Schumacher was the sole retiree with a mechanical issue seeing him retreat to Haas’s garage on Lap 33.
2021 Russian Grand Prix: Vettel hits the wall after clash with team mate Stroll
The key quote
“I just want to say a big thank you to all these fans; we’ve got such a great crowd here. I know it’s not been the best weather but what a race it provided. So a big thank you to everyone in Russia for having us. It’s taken a long time to obviously get to [win number] 100 and I wasn’t even sure whether or not it would come.
“Lando did such an amazing job. He had incredible pace, he’s doing such a great job for McLaren, and it was very bittersweet obviously to see my old team ahead – they’re doing so well, obviously they won the last race – they’re doing fantastic, obviously powered by Mercedes.
“So it’s good to see us united again and obviously the team made a great call right at the end. I didn’t want to let Lando go and of course I didn’t know what the weather was doing but I’m incredibly grateful to all these men and women that are here and back at the factory because, wow, 100.” – Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
What’s next?
With victory #100, Hamilton’s title lead stands at just two points over Verstappen – while Mercedes are 33 points ahead of Red Bull. One week to catch our breath, and then the Turkish Grand Prix follows on October 08-10.
100th COVID-19 Death In Tuolumne
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Tuolumne Public Health shared a statement with their report of the 100th death due to COVID-19 was released today. “The most recent reported death is a somber reminder of all the community members that our county has lost since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Every person who has died during this pandemic was someone’s parent, sibling, child, friend, or neighbor. As Tuolumne County passes the 100-death mark, we want to recognize all the lives lost to the virus and the tragic impact on their loved ones and our community.”
For added perspective, Tuolumne Public Health notes additional stats, “The recent death comes on the heels of nationwide reports that 1 in 500 Americans have died from coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. As of September 15, 2021, at least 666,440 people have died nationwide of COVID-19. With the predominance of the delta variant, nationwide hospitalizations and death rates have increased. The surge is reflected in Tuolumne’s case rate of 43 per 100,000 and rise in local hospitalizations. Locally and regionally, hospitals have reached ICU capacity and have utilized the state health officer load-leveling order to move patients out of our region to an available ICU bed.”
As reported here, the CDC identified California as the only state in the nation with a less than “high” Covid-19 transmission.
For a Tuolumne County perspective, 33 of the 100 COVID-19 deaths happened in 2020. According to data available through the California Department of Public Health, CA Vital Data (Cal-ViDa), death statistics, over the past three years the average number of all deaths per month for Tuolumne County Residents is 57. In March of 2020 there was a notable increase to 79, there were also 79 deaths in December, 77 in January 2021, 73 in February, and in July, the most recent information available had 69 total deaths. The data for Tuolumne, Calaveras and Stanislaus for this year and past seven years are in charts included with the image. There were 10 or fewer Influenza and pneumonia deaths in 2020 and 2018, there were 11 in 2019. Heart Disease and Tumors/Cancer (malignant neoplasms) cause the most deaths in Tuolumne and both increased in 2020 from 2019. There were 15 intentional self-harm suicides in 2020 and 11 in 2019. Accidents/unintentional injuries were down to 25 in 2020 from 36 in 2019. The number of Alzheimer’s disease deaths and Parkinson’s disease deaths were the same in 2019 and 2020.
Regarding COVID-19 deaths, County Health Officer, Dr. Eric Sergienko, says “We have the ability as individuals to reduce the burden of disease on our community. Consider those actions, such as vaccination, that you can do to help us all out.”
Tuolumne Public Health concluded their statement, “As we continue our fight against COVID-19, we urge the public to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and layer on safety measures such as masking in public spaces, getting tested, avoid large gatherings and staying home when sick. All these acts make a difference in preventing the death of another community member.”
Tuolumne Public Health reports the new death due to COVID-19 was a woman in her 70s. There are 18 new COVID-19 cases since yesterday’s report. There are 181 active cases including 11 who are hospitalized. The total current case rate, a 14-day average for Tuolumne County is down to 43.1 from 46.3 per 100,000 population. A total of 4,426 have been released from isolation after testing positive for COVID-19, there have been 100 deaths and 1,620 inmate cases, for a total of 6,327 Covid cases. Of Tuolumne’s eligible population to be vaccinated 55% have been vaccinated.
Today’s newly reported cases include 4 cases age 17 or younger and 3 cases are age 60 and older. The gender and age breakdown is; 1 girl and 3 boys age 12-17, 4 women and 2 men age 18-29, 1 man age 30-39, 1 man age 40 to 49, 3 men age 50-59, 1 woman age 60 -69, 1 woman age 70 to 79 and 1 woman age 80 to 89.
Of the 18 new community cases, 14 were unvaccinated and 4 were vaccinated. The California Department of Corrections reports 3 active cases in the inmates the Sierra Conservation Center oversees which includes all of the Southern Conservation Fire Camps. There are eight correctional facilities in the state managing more active inmate cases.
Calaveras County Public Health reports 8 new Covid cases since yesterday’s report, active cases decreased to 85 from last week’s high of 125. The active cases include 4 current Covid hospitalizations. There are 4 new cases age 0-17 and no new cases in individuals age 65 years old or older. Since the pandemic began Calaveras has had 505 Covid-19 positive people who are 17 and under and 594 Covid-19 positive people 65 and over. Calaveras has vaccinated 52.6% of their eligible population.
COVID-19 Testing Public health recommends if you believe you have been exposed to COVID, schedule an appointment to get tested 5 days after exposure and if you are having any symptoms, please get tested right away. The Tuolumne County State testing site is open 7 days a week beginning from 7 AM to 7 PM at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds. Appointments can be scheduled at www.lhi.care/covidtesting or by calling 888-634-1123 the same website and phone number can be used to schedule tests in other counties. Testing is also available through some pharmacies, at Rapid Care, the hospital emergency department if you are experiencing any symptoms, or contact your healthcare provider.
COVID-19 Vaccines Public Health continues to strongly encourage everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated, as the most important step we can take to reduce the spread of disease and prevent serious illness and death, as well as reduce the impact to our healthcare system. In addition, the continued practice of other preventive actions like wearing a mask in public, keeping your distance, avoiding crowds, washing hands, and staying home when sick will help slow the spread of the virus.
Vaccine appointments can be made at local pharmacies and through myturn.ca.gov or by calling 833-422-4255. Anyone 12 and older is eligible for a COVID vaccine, Pfizer is approved for anyone age 12 or over. As detailed here healthcare workers are required to be vaccinated by September 30. The Pfizer vaccine requires 3 weeks between doses and the Moderna requires 4 weeks. The J&J vaccine requires only one dose. Call or email with any questions you may have Tuolumne is available at (209) 533-7440 Health@tuolumnecounty.ca.gov, Mariposa at (209) 259-1332 or mariposacovid19@gmail.com more numbers are available on our COVID-19 vaccine page here.
| County/Date Tier Color |
Active Cases |
New Cases |
Total Cases | COVID Deaths |
| Amador 9/21 | 131 | 12 | 2,979 | 50 |
| Calaveras 9/22 | 85 | 8 | 3,343 | 71 |
| Mariposa 9/22 | 75 | 8 | 1,007 | 12 |
| Mono 9/22 | 73 | 3 | 1,291 | 5 |
| Stanislaus 9/22 | 2,155 | 127 | 72,720 | 1,243 |
| Tuolumne 9/22 | 181 | 18 | 6,327 | 100 |
China’s Zhurong rover snaps panorama of Mars to mark 100th day
China’s Zhurong rover has beamed back a vast panorama of Mars in celebration of its first 100 days on the planet – prior to it entering ‘safe mode’ later this month.
The stunning 360-degree view of Zhurong’s vantage point on Mars, released by China National Space Administration (CNSA), shows the rover’s solar arrays and antenna in front of the dusty red Martian soil.
Zhurong successfully touched down on Utopia Planitia, a vast northern lava plain on Mars, just after midnight on May 15 BST, after it spent about three months orbiting the planet.
It blasted off from Earth in July 2020, tucked in the belly of China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft – which entered Martian orbit in February – and has covered 3,491 feet (1,064 meters) since it first touched Martian ground on May 22.
But after 100 days, Zhurong and its Tianwen-1 will enter ‘safe mode’ from mid-September to the end of October due to an upcoming solar conjunction this autumn, which will prevent communications between the rover and Earth.
Eagle-eye viewers will notice a small dot above the tip of Zhurong’s antenna in the distance, which is the remnants of its landing gear
The stunning 360-degree view of Zhurong’s vantage point on Mars shows the rover’s solar arrays and antenna amid the dusty red soil. Zhurong is surveying Utopia Planitia – a large plain in the planet’s northern hemisphere – for signs of water or ice that could lend clues as to whether Mars ever sustained life
Solar conjunction occurs when a planet or other object in the solar system (in this case Mars) is on the opposite side of the Sun from the Earth.
Since its landing and deployment, Zhurong has steadily made a southwards journey driven 1,064 meters south from its landing point, towards a shoreline of an ancient ‘ocean’ to obtain scientific data.
The solar-panel-powered robot sports a number of cameras for imaging the Martian landscape, along with six scientific instruments for measuring climatic conditions, chemical compounds, magnetic fields and radar for looking underground.
Zhurong has been consistently sending back photos and data via the Tianwen-1 orbiter that crosses over it once a day.
Eagle-eyed viewers of the new image will notice a small dot above the tip of Zhurong’s antenna in the distance, which is the remnants of its landing gear from May 15.
Image shows the road map of China’s Mars rover Zhurong. The rover has worked on Mars’ surface for 100 days, and has driven 3,491 feet (1,064 meters) south from its landing point (marked by the red star)
Chinese officials plan to use the rover to analyse Martian soil and atmosphere, capture images, chart maps and look for water and signs of ancient life
CNSA has outlined the temporary shut down due to the solar conjunction in a statement on its website.
‘Zhurong, rover of China’s first interplanetary probe mission Tianwen-1, has worked on Mars surface for 100 days as of Monday (August 30), and has driven 1,064 meters south from its landing point,’ it said in a statement.
‘By mid-to-late September, Earth and Mars will be on opposite sides of the Sun, and the three could be almost in a straight line. The probe will enter the solar transit phase.
‘During the transit, the ground-space communication will be cut off due to electromagnetic radiation interference, forcing the orbiter and rover into a safety mode and halt their probe work.’
Zhurong has been surveying Utopia Planitia – a large plain in the planet’s northern hemisphere – for signs of water or ice that could lend clues as to whether Mars ever sustained life.
The plain is the largest impact basin in the solar system, with an estimated diameter of 2,050 miles and home to large volumes of underground ice.
Last month, CNSA said Zhurong rover completed its initial 90-day programme on August 15 and was in excellent technical condition and fully charged.
Officials said it would therefore continue to explore Utopia Planitia after its safe mode period has ended.
The six-wheeled 530lb rover has a climate detector, subsurface radar, magnetic field detectors and a camera to capture images and chart maps of the planitia.
At 6 feet (1.85 metres) in height, Zhurong is significantly smaller than the US’s Perseverance rover which is exploring the planet with the help of its tiny helicopter, called Ingenuity.
Back in June, Zhurong sent back two ‘selfies’ to mark its first month on the Red Planet, taken by a remote camera that was dropped into position nearby.
In this image released by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Friday, June 11, 2021, the Chinese Mars rover Zhurong is seen near its landing platform taken by a remote camera that was dropped into position by the rover
In this image released by the China National Space Administration on June 11 the landing platform with a Chinese national flag and outlines of the mascots for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics on Mars is seen from the rover Zhurong
In the images, Zhurong can be seen with its landing platform in the background adorned with the Chinese flag, from which the rover rolled off at the end of May to begin its exploration.
Zhurong placed a remote camera about 33 feet (10 metres) from the landing platform, then withdrew to take a group portrait, CNSA said at the time.
The orbiter and lander both display small Chinese flags, and the lander bears outlines of the mascots for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
The dusty landscape of Mars captured by Chinese rover Zhurong of the Tianwen-1 mission is seen in this image released by China National Space Administration back in June
The first photos taken by Zhurong – one in colour and one in black and white – prior to its descent from its landing platform were released by CNSA in May.
The front view of the rover, captured in black and white, shows the flat landscape of Utopia Planitia, which appears slightly curved in the horizon.
The second colour shot, showing the rear of the spacecraft, shows its unfolded solar panels and antennas.
According to CGTN, the black-and-white shot was taken by a camera on the front of Zhurong, which effectively serves as an ‘eye’ for the rover to detect obstacles.
The two ‘arms’ near the top of the photo are parts of a radar system, while two rails, extending from the platform to the ground, help guide the rover.
In this CNSA photo taken by China’s Zhurong Mars rover and dated May 19, a rear view of the rover shows solar panels and antenna are deployed as the rover sits on its lander on the surface of Mars
In this black-and-white front shot taken by China’s Zhurong Mars rover in May, extension arms and a departure ramp are deployed on the rover’s lander on the surface of Mars
China is the second country to land and operate a spacecraft on Mars, after the US.
The country – which has ambitious space plans to rival the US – has now sent astronauts into space, powered probes to the Moon and returned the first moon samples to Earth in more than 45 years, as well as landed a rover on Mars.
At the end of April, it also launched Tianhe, the main section of what will be a permanent space station called Tiangong Space Station, aimed to rival the International Space Station (the ISS).
In June, China sent three astronauts – Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo – to the Tianhe module. The following month, Boming and Hongbo performed the country’s first ‘tandem spacewalk’.
3D rendering of the Chinese Space Station, or Tiangong Space Station, as it’ll look when fully constructed. Tianhe will form the main living quarters for three crew members. Shenzhou is an existing spacecraft that would dock at the station with crew. Tianzhou is an existing cargo transport spacecraft
TIMELINE OF CHINESE SPACE MILESTONES
The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 17, 2021 in Jiuquan, Gansu Province of China, carried on the Long March-2F rocket, to Chinese Tiangong space station
July 19, 1964: China took its first official step into space, launching and recovering an experimental biological rocket carrying white mice.
April 24, 1970: The first Chinese satellite, Dong Fang Hong 1, was launched from the Jiuquan launch centre in the northwestern province of Gansu. That made China the fifth country to send satellites into orbit, following the Soviet Union, the United States, France and Japan.
Nov. 26, 1975: China launched its first recoverable satellite.
Nov. 20, 1999: China launched its first unmanned spacecraft, the Shenzhou-1.
Oct. 15, 2003: China became the third country after the United States and Russia to send a man into space with its own rocket. Astronaut Yang Liwei spent about 21 hours in space aboard the Shenzhou-5 spacecraft.
Oct. 12, 2005: China sent two men on a five-day flight on its Shenzhou-6 spacecraft.
Nov. 5, 2007: China’s first lunar orbiter, Chang’e-1, entered the moon’s orbit 12 days after takeoff.
Sept. 25, 2008: China’s third manned spacecraft, Shenzhou-7, was launched into space, where an astronaut clambered out of the spacecraft for the nation’s first space walk.
Oct. 1, 2010: China’s second lunar exploration probe blasted off from a remote corner of the southwestern province of Sichuan.
Sept. 29, 2011: The Tiangong-1, or ‘Heavenly Palace 1’, China’s first space lab, was launched to carry out docking and orbiting experiments.
Nov. 3, 2011: China carried out its first docking exercise between two unmanned spacecraft, the Shenzhou-8 spacecraft and Tiangong-1 module, a key test to securing a long-term manned presence in space.
Dec. 14, 2013: China landed an unmanned spacecraft on the moon in the first ‘soft-landing’ since 1976, joining the United States and the former Soviet Union in accomplishing the feat.
Sept. 15, 2016:China launched its second experimental space laboratory, the Tiangong-2, part of a broader plan to have a permanent manned space station in service around 2022.
Jan. 3, 2019: The Chang’e-4 lunar probe, launched in December, touched down on the far side of the moon. Previous spacecraft have flown over the far side but not landed on it.
June 23, 2020: China put into orbit its final Beidou satellite, completing a navigation network years in the making and setting the stage to challenge the U.S.-owned Global Positioning System (GPS).
July 23, 2020: China launched an unmanned probe to Mars in its first independent mission to another planet.
Nov. 24, 2020: China launched an uncrewed mission, the Chang’e-5, with the aim of collecting lunar material to help scientists learn more about the moon’s origins.
Dec. 1, 2020: China landed the Chang’e-5 probe on the moon’s surface.
April 29, 2021: China launched Tianhe, the first and largest of three modules of its upcoming space station.
May 15, 2021: China became the second country after the United States to land a robotic rover on the surface of Mars.
June 17, 2021: China launched the crewed Shenzhou-12 spacecraft to dock with Tianhe.