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the blue
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the sea
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The Mexican visual artist Ernesto Rios has presented his twentieth exhibition named "Maze-Lab," at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia.
Rios completed his PhD in Visual Arts a couple of weeks ago and was recognized for creating the first interactive thesis in E-book format for electronic tablets.
Maze-Lab features a new multimedia artworks based on labyrinth structures that invites people to participate in a playful way.
"The "Open Work" (Opera Aperta) by Umberto Eco and his concept of "openness" and of incomplete or unfinished works, to be supplemented in some way by the reader or viewer has been a constant in my work." Rios told teleSUR.
"The Maze-Lab series is based on experimentation, the game, the juxtaposition and interaction between new technologies and traditional and unusual materials. I explore how the most simple interactions like petting sand with the hands, can express emotions and spiritual resonances, He added.
Ernesto Rios during an exhibition in 2013. (Photo: Courtesy of the Artist)
Maze-Lab is integrated with intentionally unfinished works in order to allow visitors to transform and complete them and become a coauthor.
Maze-Lab contrasts medieval, Renaissance and Baroque labyrinthine designs based on algorithms and optical illusions.
Maze-Lab will be open from October 10 to November 20 at the Design Hub of the RMIT University, a building which is considered a contemporary icon, created by renowned architect Sean Godsell.

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College students get lots of cliché advice, such as "go to class," "take advantage of office hours" and "meet with your advisor." These sentiments are shared so often because they work. Meeting your advisor can be especially helpful for choosing a major or minor, finding internship or job opportunities, and overall making the most of your time in college. Advisors are there to provide professional, unbiased advice and help students be successful, plus they're pretty cool people.
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Undergraduate Major: B.A. History
I became an advisor because… As a former student, I know universities can be big confusing places. I wanted to be someone students could come to, to help find their way through their college journey.
My best advice for college students: You get to experience college as an undergraduate once; make the most of it!
What's at the top of your bucket list? I would love to hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.
What did you want to be when you were growing up? I had a new career every week. It was anything from a nurse to Paula Abdul's back-up singer.
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My favorite KU memory is… This will take people way back, to maybe before they were born. I was 5 in 1988 when KU won the NCAA championship. I remember driving around with my parents honking the car horn and having a feeling of camaraderie with complete strangers. It is one of my most vivid childhood memories.
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NEW YORK — Whenever President Donald Trump is about to embark on a major diplomatic initiative, like clockwork CNN, the Washington Post or the New York Times drop a leak about the Trump-Russia conspiracy narrative seemingly designed to taint the presidency with the aura of treason.
With Trump's major foreign policy speech today at the United Nations General Assembly, it was only a matter of which of those three news media outlets would drop an anonymously sourced story attempting to once again tie Trump to Russia despite the lack of any actual evidence.
As we learned last night, it was CNN's turn. Lo and behold, the cable network that played a critical role in originally publicizing the existence of a largely discredited 35-page dossier on Trump released a new story last night trying to ratchet up the Russia conspiracy storyline.
CNN cited "three sources familiar with" the Russia investigation revealing that the government utilized a FISA court warrant to secretly snoop on former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort before and after the 2016 presidential election, including during periods when Manafort was known to have communicated with Trump.
One has to read to the bottom of the story to discover that the original warrant had nothing to do with the Trump campaign, but was first reportedly obtained in 2014 as part of another government investigation into consulting work done by Manafort and others for Ukraine's former ruling party, according to the sources.
The other firm working on the Ukraine project was none other than the Podesta Group, run by Tony Podesta, the Democratic mega-bundler and brother of Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign chairman John Podesta. Like Podesta's group, Manafort's firm failed to register under the US Foreign Agents Registration Act, and only did so retroactively earlier this year. One wonders whether Tony Podesta was similarly treated with a FISA court warrant to monitor his communications.
Two of the three CNN sources in the story admit there may be no evidence that Manafort attempted any coordination with Russia during the campaign. And the story presents no proof of any alleged Russia collusion.
CNN reported:
Some of the intelligence collected includes communications that sparked concerns among investigators that Manafort had encouraged the Russians to help with the campaign, according to three sources familiar with the investigation. Two of these sources, however, cautioned that the evidence is not conclusive.
Regardless, the story achieved its likely intended purpose, producing a major spike in coverage about the Russia-Trump conspiracy.
The CNN hit marks the latest example of a leak or major news media claim about Trump and Russia dropping at strategic times, often while Trump was departing for or returning from a significant diplomatic venture.
In July, immediately following the U.S. president's successful diplomatic trip to Europe for the Group of 20 summit, the New York Times broke a questionable story about Donald Trump Jr. and his brief meeting with a Russian lawyer. The newspaper even proceeded to gloat about how the story tempered the "good feeling" inside the Trump administration following Trump's Europe trip.
The Times' exclusive story cited "confidential government records described to the New York Times" alleging that Trump Jr. arranged a meeting at Trump Tower two weeks after Trump secured the Republican nomination with a Russian lawyer who, the newspaper claimed, "has connections to the Kremlin." The Kremlin denied any links to the lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, who herself said she was not tied to the Kremlin.
The Times subsequently published what it says are the contents of a correspondence indicating that the meeting with Veselnitskaya was set up by third parties who claimed that she had dirt on Hillary Clinton. It would not be abnormal for a political campaign to take a meeting with an individual claiming to have compromising information on an opponent.
The last section of the Times' story on Trump Jr. and the lawyer, titled, "Trump Jr. Was Told in Email of Russian Effort to Aid Campaign," seems to be gleeful about the manner in which the issue overshadowed Trump's G20 trip. It reads:
News of the meeting involving the younger Mr. Trump, Mr. Kushner and Mr. Manafort blunted whatever good feeling the president's team had after his trip to Europe for the Group of 20 economic summit meeting.
The president learned from his aides about the 2016 meeting at the end of the trip, according to a White House official. But some people in the White House had known for several days that it had occurred, because Mr. Kushner had revised his foreign contact disclosure document to include it.
The president was frustrated by the news of the meeting, according to a person close to him — less over the fact that it had happened, and more because it was yet another story about Russia that had swamped the news cycle.
There are numerous other examples of leaks being released at strategic times related to Trump's diplomatic ventures.
On Tuesday, May 16, six days before Trump was due in Israel as part of his first trip abroad as president and while the White House was coordinating travel plans with Israel, the New York Times quoted a "current and a former American official" saying it was Israel that provided classified intelligence purportedly disclosed by Trump during a White House meeting one week prior with Russian officials.
There was immediate talk that the report could potentially impact the U.S. relationship with Israel. Indeed, the second sentence of the Times article on the subject stated that the information about Israel reportedly serving as the source "adds a potential diplomatic complication to the episode."
The Times was elaborating on a Washington Post article one day earlier that first reported that Trump allegedly revealed "highly classified information" during a meeting with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador, according to "current and former U.S. officials."
The Post article acknowledged that as president "Trump has broad authority to declassify government secrets, making it unlikely that his disclosures broke the law."
Meanwhile, on May 19, the day Trump departed Washington, DC to Saudi Arabia for the first leg of his foreign tour, the Post reported that the Russia investigation "has identified a current White House official as a significant person of interest, showing that the probe is reaching into the highest levels of government, according to people familiar with the matter."
The story further claimed the "senior White House adviser under scrutiny by investigators is someone close to the president, according to these people, who would not further identify the official."
The article once again dominated the news cycle and drew attention away from Trump's international diplomatic adventure amid a flurry of speculation that Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner may be the White House official in question.
Then on May 26, one day before Trump returned from his first international trip, the Washington Post dropped another anonymously sourced story claiming that Kushner discussed with Russia's Washington envoy the possibility of establishing a "secret and secure communications channel" between Trump's transition team and the Kremlin.
The Washington Post cited alleged communications from Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak to Moscow reportedly intercepted by U.S. intelligence officials. Russian diplomats are known to deliberately place misinformation in communications they believe are being monitored, the Post noted, allowing for the possibility that Kushner never actually asked for a back channel.
ABC News quoted two sources saying the purported back channel that Kushner and Kislyak were allegedly discussing was supposed to focus on policy issues, including the war in Syria, where Russia is highly influential. Fox News quoted a source saying it was the Russians – and not Kushner – who broached the concept of creating a secure line for back channel communications.
The establishment of back channels by incoming administrations is nothing new. Representatives for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign reportedly established a back channel with Iran.
Regardless, the Post's original story, titled, "Russian ambassador told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret communications channel with Kremlin," dominated the news cycle upon Trump's return.
This instead of news media focus on Trump's highly successful visit to Saudi Arabia, where he brought the Sunni Muslim leadership together to fight Islamic terrorism and oppose Iran; or his historic trip to Israel, which marked the first time a sitting U.S. president visited the Western Wall and the first time an American president went to the Jewish state on his first foreign tour. Trump also met with Pope Francis at the Vatican before attending a NATO summit in Brussels and a confab with G7 leaders in Sicily.
Aaron Klein is Breitbart's Jerusalem bureau chief and senior investigative reporter. He is a New York Times bestselling author and hosts the popular weekend talk radio program, "Aaron Klein Investigative Radio." Follow him on Twitter @AaronKleinShow. Follow him on Facebook.


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Properties of transporters for the neurotransmitters glutamate and glycine
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To make cell lines expressing cloned brain glutamate and glycine transporters, and to make antibodies to the transporters.
To investigate the ionic stoichiometry, molecular mechanism, oligomeric structure, regulation, pathological operation, and localisation of the transporters.
To terminate normal signal transmission in the brain, neurotransmitter is transported into neurones and glial cells by specialised molecules, the neurotransmitter uptake carriers. These transporters are also involved in brain pathology. For example, when the brain oxygen supply is reduced, glutamate carriers run backwards, releasing glutamate and thus triggering nerve cell death which causes mental and physical handicap. This project will study transporters for the major excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate, and for glycine, which is a major inhibitory transmitter and which also modulates the action of glutamate on one of its receptors. The work depends on combining the protein chemistry and molecular biology expertise of groups in Oslo, Madrid and Milan, who have isolated and cloned the transporters to be studied, with the expertise of groups in London and Paris, who have developed electrophysiological methods for studying the transporters in isolated cells and brain slices. Major aims are to produce cell lines expressing glutamate or glycine transporters and to analyse the properties of the transporters using electrical recording (patch-clamping). This will allow a detailed analysis of the molecular mechanism of transport, how the transporters are powered, how their activity is regulated, and under what conditions they run backwards releasing transmitter. The possible existence of hybrid glutamate transporters composed of subunits from different cloned transporters will be studied. Transporters will be localised at the cellular level using ion imaging, and at the subcellular level using antibodies.
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Hydration Science Lab Focuses on Providing Evidence of Water's Importance
May 1, 2017
When Stavros Kavouras looks at nutritional guidelines published over the past 70 years, he sees what isn't there – water.
"People say, what do you mean? Everyone knows water is good for health," said Kavouras, a University of Arkansas associate professor of exercise science. "But if you look at the guidelines issued by the USDA from 1947 to 2015, there is no mention of water."
Over the years, in all the graphic representations of a nutritionally balanced diet – from circles to the pyramid to slices of plates – the only beverage that appears is milk in the dairy category.
"It is as if drinking water doesn't matter," Kavouras said. "Dairy is important, too, but in Asia, an estimated 40 percent of Chinese people are lactose intolerant. No one is allergic to water."
He has organized students studying exercise science – undergraduates, master's students and doctoral students – into the Hydration Science Lab, established about a year ago in the College of Education and Health Professions. He believes the formal structure of a lab will help bring awareness to water as an important nutritional component. Student research published in academic journals will carry the lab name in the acknowledgements.
That research done by Kavouras and his students will fill gaps, he said.
"Why isn't water included in the nutritional guidelines?" Kavouras asked. "The answer is that there are not enough studies to have official guidelines on water, even from such organizations as the (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the World Health Organization). By organizing and funding the Hydration Science Lab, we will bring more awareness and funding to the study of water."
Improving hydration, or the amount of water available for the body to use to maintain its temperature, remove waste and lubricate joints, enhances both health and quality of life, Kavouras said. Every cell, tissue and organ needs water to work properly. Kavouras' past research has suggested negative effects of dehydration not only on physical aspects of the body but also on health.
"The thing a lot of people don't understand is that, if you don't drink enough water, you will not die, your body will be able to manage but at a cost," he said. "Under-drinking seems to be associated with glucose dysregulation and the development of diabetes. You may experience cardiac health problems and cognitive impairments, urinary tract infections and kidney stones."
Twenty-seven students are working in the lab this semester, and the majority of undergraduates are Honors College students required to complete a thesis. Others want research experience, Kavouras said. His only criteria to be a member of the lab is an interest in hydration research, although he can usually tell when a student already has too many time demands to have a valuable experience in the lab. Lab members are running multiple projects at once. Students are trained both in safety procedures and in effective research techniques, including data analysis on special software, and lab skills, including measuring blood biomarkers.
Three of the primary projects:
- HYBSKUS – Collecting data on what children drink and eat to create a database that can be studied. Hydration biomarkers are being collected for a full 24 hours, rather than a spot check, from 2,000 children and parents. Collecting one urine sample, for example, is like assuming someone ate bagels all day because that's what the person ate for breakfast, Kavouras said. This study will also produce data on how what parents eat and drink influences their children.
- HYPERGLU – Examining the effect of dehydration on glucose regulation. In this study, the researchers induce dehydration without reducing water intake or exercising in the heat through intravenous infusion of salty water. When you get thirsty, your body produces a hormone as if you are dehydrated. The study participants are then given glucose to drink to measure glycemic response. The study is important because preliminary results suggest a connection between glucose regulation and diabetes that is triggered by not drinking enough water. It appears the dehydration negatively affects the hormone's ability to regulate glucose. When animals that developed diabetes and fatty liver disease were treated with water, the conditions reversed themselves, Kavouras said.
- THOR – Examining the effect of minor dehydration on exercise performance in the heat. This study attempts to keep participants from knowing they are dehydrated to see whether the physical effects are the same as when they are aware. Researchers use a nasal gastric tube to pump body-temperature fluid into the stomachs of the participants, who can't feel the fluid and so they don't know if they are receiving fluid. In one trial, fluids being lost while exercising are replaced and in a second trial fluids are not replaced.


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(Wyo)-Leisure-Hospitality Tax Considered To Fund Wyo Tourism Office
By: John Axtell Posted at: 11/08/2017 03:34 PMCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The Wyoming Legislature's Joint Revenue Committee is drafting a bill that would impose a 1% tax at hotels, restaurants, bars and other leisure and hospitality establishments around the state to raise more than $17-million dollars a year
Most of the money from the tax would fund the state Tourism Office, which spends millions of dollars around the world promoting Wyoming's tourist attractions.
Advocates of the tax say it would provide a stable revenue stream for tourism promotion and reduce the burden on the cash-strapped state general fund, which funds the office now.
The panel will vote next month on whether to submit the proposal to the full Legislature next February.


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My trusty old HP pavilion dv5000 notebook (Link) that I bought in 2006 has always delivered great performance for light computing tasks until the day my power adapter started to give problems late last year. 😦
After using the power adapter for several more months by just fiddling with the cable occasionally to get a charge, the adapter stopped charging my notebook and no amount of fiddling could get it to deliver power to the notebook, thus rendering it unusable since the battery also lost it's original charge 20 minutes into the notebook usage. A quick search on the net revealed a method of repairing the notebook's power adapter and following the guide posted on that site, I managed to fix my adapter and it took only a couple of minutes.
(Please note that I did not have to open up the adapter box as well)
Some advise before-hand though: Do not rush to finish a delicate job like this since a sloppy repair job can deliver that fatal surge to your notebook and likely fry your motherboard in the process. Also, I have used soldering to make the coaxial cable repair job more secure.
(link to webpage with repair guide) -> Credit to the OP!
Some pics from my own repair job just to show that it is indeed possible to repair a broken notebook power adapter with DIY and saving on the cost of a new adapter in the process. If possible, please keep the original "strain relief" for the power cable (a rubbery thing wrapped around the cable as it exits the adapter box – See top right of picture 3). Been using the repaired adapter for 2 months since the original repair date and no problems yet but I am also treating the adapter with more care nowadays and have also made my own bigger "strain relief" using a couple of plastic drinking straws taped together. 🙂


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Hey readers! Here's an exciting new event that has all the manliest of men in mind.
From Nov 22 to 24th, The Gentlemen's Expo will make its inaugural debut at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Dudes, this is seriously the event for YOU. Cars, girls, tech, power drills, drinks and Mad Men style are what this convention is all about.
With over 10 pavilions set up to cater to different 'urban guy' interests, you're bound to find something you like.
Join a great cause and set a world record!
Over 20,000 attendees are expected over the weekend with $5 from every ticket sold to be donated to one of my personal favourite charities, Movember. On top of this, the expo has been approved to set the record for 'The Largest Gathering of Men with a Moustache' on Nov 24th. Now you'll have something to talk about when you approach that pretty lass at the bar!
Amazing cast of guest speakers
The Gentlemen's Expo has lined up some heavy hitting guest speakers who will share inspiring, unique and engaging stories that relate to the event's overall mission statement – "Be More Interesting". Speakers I'm really looking forward to are Jon 'Bones' Jones (UFC Light Heavyweight Champion), Bruce Croxon (Dragon's Den) and Chef Chuck Hughes (Food Network). Check out the list below for some of the other notable attendees.
Special Guests include:
- W. Brett Wilson – Former CBC TV "Dragon"
- Jon 'Bones' Jones – Current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion
- Bruce Croxon – CBC TV "Dragon"
- Jim Treliving – Chariman and Owner of Boston Pizza International Inc
- Chuck Hughes – Canadian Chef
- Todd Shapiro – Radio Personality & Master of Ceremonies
- Firas Zahabi – Former Canadian Muay Thai Champion
- David Grainger – Classic & Antique Auto Restorer
- Rob Rainford – Canadian Chef
- Jessica O'Reilly PhD – Playboy TV Host and Relationship Expert
- Alan Cross – Host of 'The Ongoing History of New Music'
- Matt Jones – Bourbon Specialist
- Kunal Gupta – CEO of Polar
- …and many more!
If any of this interests you (you were hooked on power drills and girls), definitely check out their website for more info and tickets.
What: The Gentlemen's Expo 2013
When: Nov 22 – 24, 2013
Where: Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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"What a wonderful experience to have the opportunity to learn and work with someone so knowledgeable, kind and patient! Before I met Susann, I thought I had all my papers and plans in order!! Wrong! She taught me what I was missing and needed to do. Now my plans before death and after death can be carried out to the best of my wishes. Thank you!"
-Leah Leaf, Planning Client from Temple Emanu-El, after meeting with Thompson & Associates' Vice President Susann Montgomery-Clark
"This program was an answer to our prayers. Helped us identify how we wanted our estate distributed among our family and helped us put it in writing. It made a difficult job pleasant and accomplished and answered our prayers. The results were ready for our lawyer to complete; assuring our wills would meet our needs and express our wishes. Consultant with Thompson & Associates was well qualified and pleasant."
-Milton & Sandra Holmes (retired), Planning Clients from Baptist Health System Birmingham, after meeting with Thompson & Associates' Vice President Susann Montgomery-Clark
"My wife, Susan, and I have been meeting Darren Penny of Thompson & Associates for a couple of months to learn about th[e charitable] aspect of estate planning. We have been so focused on "filling the buckets" for living in retirement that we really knew very little about how to incorporate charitable planned giving into our program. Since the actual charitable transfer of assets usually doesn't happen until the end-of-life scenario, it often is a lower priority in the planning process. We've learned, however, that there are strategies for giving, depending on your situation, that don't really diminish what you hope to leave for your family and heirs and really help in developing your overall estate plan. For us , it comes down to a simple question: Would you rather give to charity or the government? These sessions have not only given us valuable information for our own estate but also have given me a little bit of knowledge that will help me have the discussion with potential planned-giving donors about theirs as well. You may have your own financial planner and estate attorney already. That's fine. So do we. This is not intended to replace them but to add to the equation."
-John & Susan Nunan, Planning Clients from Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region, after meeting with Thompson & Associates' Vice President Darren Penny
"We greatly appreciate Susann's kind way of explaining how it would be best to handle our affairs. She made it so easy to retain some of our current documents, to change some others and to add new concepts. Susann is a kind and sweet lady and she explains things in a clear manner. We feel our entire plan is much stronger than before."
-Hazel & Bill Roth (retired), Planning Clients from Baptist Health System Birmingham, after meeting with Thompson & Associates' Vice President Susann Montgomery-Clark
"Michael Geis and Thompson & Associates helped us accomplish an important life goal for us since so much had changed in our lives the past few years. Not only do we have a plan for what we want to achieve and reflect the legacy that is ours, but we have a road map for the future that brings great peace of mind."
-Pamela Miller, Assistant Director of Planned Giving & Estate Administration, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO
"All our donors who have worked the process with Michael Geis have sung his praises like none other. While I knew how professional, genuine and compassionate he was, I discovered first-hand going through the process myself how even more exceptional he is. My husband would never have continued had he not felt confident in Michael, and he has since recommended Michael and Thompson & Associates' process to others. Working with Michael will not only help me better convey the value of Thompson & Associates' services to others, but also inform me to me a better listener and advocate for Children's Mercy."
"This was a very helpful process that helped me to define what I wanted to do in deciding how my will is to be completed and clarified to my family."
-Sarah Barbour (retired), Planning Clients from Baptist Health System Birmingham, after meeting with Thompson & Associates' Vice President Susann Montgomery-Clark
"Carol and I completed our wills etc yesterday.
We are very pleased. The tricky parts that Doug educated us on (charitable giving via IRAs) will be handled directly from the IRAs and the beneficiary designations. Doug had offered to review the material but I don't think it will be necessary. We like what Christine came up with in terms of taking care of the kids in a controlled manner and providing for the education and welfare of our youngest. Certainly, I will see Doug here and there.
Christine made an interesting comment as we departed. She has worked with six Thompson & Associates clients now and indicated they are "80% more knowledgeable" than the average person that walks in the door. The average person is more in the "whatever you think" mode. Folks like us have a greater understanding, she said "holistic" view, of the complexities of the process. We are pleased."
-Bob & Carol Kelly, after meeting with Thompson & Associates' Senior Vice President Doug Olson
"First and foremost we both want to thank you again for helping us with what is probably the most important thing in our lives…our estate planning. You've done such a wonderful job guiding and educating us on what is a complicated subject. You have a way of taking a complex topic and explaining it in clear and simple terms. That is so important. And your professional approach to everything quickly gained our respect and trust. We will forever benefit."
-Frank and Terri, after completing Thompson & Associates' charitable estate planning process with Ron Smith
Here is an excerpt from an email received from a client after their board voted unanimously to approve a fifth year with Thompson:
"One board member commented that, 'it's the best thing we have done.' Kudos to Allan [Fisher] for his exceptional work and to Thompson & Associates."
-Megan Thomas, Chief Development Officer - St. Luke's Wood River Foundation
Our rep, Frank Stepp, is much more experienced and effective than the talent pool from which I would have to hire here in northern Colorado; Don't delay! My board members would agree, this is one of the best investments we have made in a long time. Be prepared to do the background work however; your rep can't make it happen without the research of your data base and constant working the prospects to meet with the rep. It takes more time of some staff member than you might think. And, during some months, it is hard work! "
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We also needed (and appreciated) the "nudge" that this gave us to review our estate plan. Even though we had last done this in 2000-and that work was still quite good-we found several areas wherein some changes would better serve our current situation. Thanks to Sanford Health Foundation for that "nudge." In summary...we're advocates! It was a good process and a good use of our time!"
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"Working with Thompson & Associates was a very positive experience. Doug Olson was low-key, never pressuring us to do something that we didn't want to do. Our goal was leaving a legacy to make a better world for others and for our children. Doug helped us achieve those goals. Our old will and testament was outdated, and this gave us an opportunity to look at new ways of giving to others. Our thanks to Sanford Health Foundation for giving us this opportunity."
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We all know what it feels like to swing and miss the ball completely, or to swing and hit your ball into the rough, again and again. It's painful!
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However, every time my youngest daughter and I go golfing, she implements her own special scoring system. A system that would have the handicap god and the rules committee pulling out their hair, I'm sure! But for us it is a fun way to play a round of golf, and at the same time be somewhat competitive.
How does her unique scoring system work? Well, it's quite simple, she only counts her good strokes. I on the other hand, must count all of my strokes, good or bad, penalties included! She of course is the judge of what constitutes a good stroke, which at times may be a little controversial.
This unique scoring system does a few things that may not initially be apparent. First of all, it maintains her enthusiasm while she is learning how to play the game, second, she doesn't feel the pressure to perform perfectly on every shot while developing her skill set, and third, it develops a positive feeling about her ability to play as well as her Dad, and that's gold in a father/daughter relationship. As we approach the golf cart at the end of the first hole I say, "I got a bogie," to which she gleefully replies, "I got an eagle!"
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How to Quit Smoking
Cigarettes and cigarette smoke contain over 4,000 chemicals, including 43 known to cause cancer. Many of these chemicals are added in the processes of tobacco farming and cigarette production. The tobacco burns while a cigarette is smoked, exposing the smoker to these deadly chemicals, tars and gases To quit smoking, the smoker must put a plan to work on it. This plan has three phases: deciding to quit, preparing to quit, and following through. Deciding to quit: each smoker has his or her own reasons; here are three good ones: The family needs his financial and emotional support. If he dies prematurely from a smoking-related illness, who will do all the things he does for his family? Kids exposed to secondhand smoke at home are more prone to colds, ear infections and allergies than children of nonsmoking parents. By age 7, they may be shorter than their friends, lag behind in reading ability and have behavior problems. Worse still, they will likely become smokers themselves. Himself it's never too late to quit smoking. Right away, he'll look better (no more yellow teeth and fingers), feel better (good-bye hacking cough, hello vitality) and enjoy life better (flowers smell sweeter, food tastes better). He knows why he wants to quit. Now he must choose a date and put a big red circle on the calendar. Every night before going to bed he'll state his reasons for quitting out loud 10 times.
Preparing to quit: He's ready now to look into smoking cessation options. He may want to discuss this with his pharmacist or other health care professional. In choosing the method that's appropriate, consider these factors How long he has been smoking.
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Pokemon GO developer says there's no announced plans for Asia release
Yup, the hottest mobile game currently that we all have been waiting for, Pokemon GO is not coming to Asia anytime soon. This is based on an announcement made by Niantic, the developer of the game.
The team is currently heads down working on the game. We do not have any announced plans for countries beyond New Zealand, Australia, US and Germany at the moment."
Chris Kramer, Vice President
The email from Niantic was made due to the high expectations of Pokemon GO release today due to the App Store and Play Store refresh. This is definitely an upsetting news but at least we can all now continue with our lives and not having to hope that we can become Pokemon Masters anytime soon, as long as you are not in New Zealand, Australia, US and Germany.


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Purple hair, plastic surgery, a radical change of image, weight loss of 100 pounds — it's amazing what celebrities will do to become even more popular and to keep making headlines.
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Can India continue to ignore Macaulay's foundational contributions?
G.S. Paper I: Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues
The Grand Narrative of Modern Indian History:-
- It is dominated by the triumvirate of Gandhi, Nehru and Ambedkar.
- This approach was carried forward during the post-independence period when political parties appropriated these leaders to further the narrative of nation building.
- Hence Congress took it upon itself to claim Mahatma Gandhi and Jawahar Lal Nehru post his demise.
- The various Dalit outfits which emerged as a consequence of their empowerment over the years embraced B.R.Ambedkar and the constitution he dedicated to the nation.
Our Collective Amnesia:-
- In this process, unfortunately many national leaders and freedom fighters who stood hand in hand with Gandhi, Nehru and Ambedkar were relegated to the status of foot soldiers.
- Towering leaders like Rajaji, Sree Narayana Guru, Lala Lajpat Rai are no longer part of our collective consciousness.
- Some of these great leaders have been relegated to the status of local and ethnic heroes.
- For instance, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule is only celebrated by Dalits and most backward class groups and Mahatma Ayyankaali is familiar only to those from Kerala.
Injustice to our Foreign Rulers:-
- We do more injustice to all those men from the British Isles and associated with the Raj.
Mountstuart Elphinstone, apart from being an administrator of the British Raj, was a noted writer and his efforts to promote education is in India was stellar.
- Likewise, Lord Lytton, Reginald O'Dwyer, William Bentinck, Lord Ripon are a few names in the never ending list of British administrators who have made stellar contributions to India.
- They have often been recalled as part of the narrative against the British colonial rule in India while their great contributions remain subjects of staid academic debates and discussions.
- It is natural that a generation remains bitter towards an oppressive regime, foreign or home-grown, that it managed to overthrow.
- And the subsequent generations would be more forgiving, if not forgetful.
A Constant Reappraisal of History by Common People:-
- Hence the need of the hour is a constant reappraisal of history by the common people which will make us rethink about the above mentioned grand narrative.
- While scholars question the wisdom of 'colonial hydrology', Sir Arthur Cotton who built a barrage on river Godavari is gratefully remembered by people in coastal Andhra Pradesh.
- Is it time the country embarked on a new estimation of the pantheon of modern India's nation builders?
How Macaulay is remembered today:-
- A person whose legacy is remembered with contestation and controversy is the legendary Thomas Babington Macaulay.
- The Indian nationalists curse his legacy because during his four years as a colonial politician, they argue, Macaulay fastened the yoke of the English language onto India.
- Even today "Macaulay's children" is a pejorative term for those he westernized.
Macaulay is widely remembered for his hatred for Oriental languages which is often recalled through this infamous quote reproduced below:-
- "I have conversed both here and at home with men distinguished by their proficiency in Sanskrit and Arabic. I have never found one among them who could deny that a single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia".
- "It is, I believe, no exaggeration to say that all the historical information which has been collected from all the books written in the Sanskrit language is less valuable than what may be found in the paltriest abridgement used at preparatory schools in England".
- Hence politicians who launch a tirade against the invasion of English, the march of western culture and the loss in stature of Sanskrit train their guns invariably on Thomas Babington Macaulay.
Macaulay's Real Contributions:-
- Macaulay in 1833 was the first on record among those ruled India to reject caste and communal distinctions in categorical terms.
- He sympathized with Shudras when he said "….the worst of all systems was surely that of having a mild code for the Brahmins… while there was a severe code for the Sudras.
- India has suffered enough already from the distinction of castes, and from the deeply rooted prejudices which that distinction has engendered".
- In the words of eminent Historian K.M. Panikkar, Macaulay is India's new Manu, the spirit of modern law incarnate.
- Un conditionally wedded to the Idea of Progress, especially in terms of the liberal freedoms, Macaulay was one among the few who ushered in the rule of law in India.
- This seminal change brought in a systematic legal system which gradually destroyed the authority of Caste based institutions in India reducing their power to control the lives of individuals.
- Historian Ramachandra Guha echoes a similar viewpoint: "The software revolution in India might never have happened had it not been for Macaulay's Minute on Indian Education in 1835".
- And India might not have still been united had it not been for that Minute on Indian Education, 1835 either.
Macaulay's Minute on Indian Education, 1835:-
- In his infamous Minute on Indian Education of February 1835, which adopted the arguments of the Westernizers, Macaulay urged Lord William Bentinck, the Governor-General to reform secondary education on utilitarian lines.
- There was no tradition of secondary education in vernacular languages back then; the institutions then supported by the East India Company taught either in Sanskrit or Persian.
- He dismissed as patronizing Orientalist concerns that English might be too difficult for Indians to grasp in sufficient depth.
- Hence Macaulay arugued: "We have to educate a people who cannot at present be educated by means of their mother-tongue. We must teach them some foreign language".
- With his characteristic love of sweeping comparisons and rhetorical exaggeration, Macaulay presented a stark contrast between the educational alternatives now on offer.
A Utilitarian Approach to English Education:-
- The historian in Macaulay could not resist citing past precedents for how best to create a true Indian renaissance.
- Macaulay accepted, on grounds of cost and practicality, that the Indian masses could not be taught Hume and Milton in the kind of comprehensive educational system.
- Instead, in its most famous words, the Minute set the objective of creating 'a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern; a class of persons, Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals, and in intellect'.
- Macaulay's educational minutes made it abundantly clear that he saw the teaching of English, far from replacing the vernaculars, as a channel for the transmission of European knowledge into the vernaculars and through them down to the wide mass of the Indian population.
Envisaging an Organic Growth of Vernaculars:-
- But the vernaculars must grow organically out of the new learning, rather than by government paying a few authors to produce books in those languages.
- The new schools had inevitably led on to the founding of new universities, endowed not merely by government but, as Macaulay had predicted, by the private philanthropy of wealthy Indians themselves.
- Macaulay: One of the makers of modern India?
There was a recent controversy over Mahatma Gandhi's quite uncharitable comments on Black Africans and consequent demands in several countries from Ghana to South Africa to pull down his statues.
- The shortcomings of Mahatma Gandhi are not good enough to deny him his rightful place in history.
- Can we continue to ignore Macaulay's foundational contributions towards making modern India?
The Way Forward:-
- Panikkar and Mr. Guha highlighted Macaulay's two gifts to India, the rule of law and English language.
- These two gifts have played and still play a critical role in building and keeping India as a functioning democracy.
- An informed public debate on what it means to celebrate the legacy of Macaulay will help us appreciate the whys and wherefores of much of the current angst in the country.
- It is time the country embarked on a new estimation of the pantheon of modern India's nation builders.
Source: "THE HINDU Editorial For September 12, 2017"


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The truth about free trials
The offer was tempting: I could read exclusive online articles about my beloved Red Sox on ESPN Insider, for just $44.95 a year. And to be sure that it would be money well spent, I could sign up for a seven-day free trial. I bit, coughing up my credit card number as part of the deal.
Unfortunately, I couldn't get off the hook.
Finding Red Sox slugger David Ortiz's career RBI totals took seconds on ESPN, but trying to learn how to cancel the free ESPN Insider trial was considerably harder. I searched, clicked, and navigated to what felt like every corner of the site, to no avail. Before giving up I sent ESPN customer service a terse email message requesting that my account be canceled. The next day, the day that my free trial expired, my credit card was charged $44.95.
Later I called customer service, and a cheerful woman named Yvonne told me, "There is no way to cancel online; you have to call to cancel." Why couldn't I find that out online?
After refusing to refund me 100 percent of my $44.95, she transferred me to a supervisor who reiterated the refund policy and then explained how to find the cancellation policy on ESPN.com. I had tried to unearth a cancellation form by clicking the 'My Account' link, but instead I was supposed to go to 'Radio and More' to see the cancellation policy. Who knew?
Free trials are enticing, but as I learned, they come with strings attached. Back in April, in order to test how consumer-friendly free trials are, I signed up for and attempted to quit 40 free trials that required a credit card number. More than a quarter of the services I tried turned out to be a real hassle to quit.
Three of the sites charged me even though I canceled before the free trial ended. With two other sites, I wound up with a bill simply because I couldn't figure out how to cancel before the trial expired; I blame this problem on poor website design (in both cases representatives later showed me that it was possible to cancel online). And one site provided no way to quit the free trial-online or offline-so I simply gave up.
The news isn't all bad. Free trials from Hulu and Merriam-Webster, for instance, were a breeze to ditch. Hulu stood out because it offered to "remove all [my] personal information from Hulu." At Merriam-Webster's site, saying good-bye took three clicks and less than a minute. (For more about the positive experiences I had, see "Free Trials We Liked.")
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WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - July 19, 2016) - The Republican 2016 Convention -- like the 2012 Republic Convention -- has issued a clear cut endorsement of employee stock ownership plans. This year's platform echoes former President Ronald Reagan, a preeminent advocate for employee ownership, by stating:
Republicans believe that the employer-employee relationship of the future will be built upon employee empowerment and workplace flexibility. We therefore endorse employee stock ownership plans that enable workers to become capitalists, expand the realm of private property, and energize a free enterprise economy.
"On behalf on the employee ownership community, I welcome the endorsement by one of our major political parties for more ownership by employees," said ESOP Association President J. Michael Keeling. "Our nation faces political divisiveness, but employee stock ownership is an issue on which both parties have long been able to agree. From our founding fathers, to President Lincoln, to Senator Russell Long, to more than 200 Republican and Democratic members of today's Congress, politicians on both sides of the aisle have long understood that having more employee ownership is good for our nation's employees and for our economy."
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The term Nanotechnology was formed by Norio Taniguichi in 1974. He defined Nanotechnology as the processing of separation, consolidation, and deformation of materials by one atom or one molecule.
It is an engineering branch which deals with the design and manufacturing of extremely small electronic circuits and mechanical devices built at the molecular level of matter. Because nanotechnology is essentially a set of techniques that allow – manipulation of properties at a very small scale, it can have many applications and as such, it has opened up a world of possibilities in a variety of industries and scientific endeavors.
Some Nanotechnology Applications
Targeted Drug delivery: This days, some of the most harmful side effects in the medical treatment of cancer such as chemotherapy come about due to the drug delivery methods used.
It became imperative to develop a method that would pinpoint the intended target cells accurately. Researchers at Harvard and MIT recently had a breakthrough by treating cancer patients using nanoparticles which produces less harmful side effects than those produced by conventional chemotherapy.
Researchers at Harvard and MIT recently had a breakthrough by treating cancer patients using nanoparticles which produces less harmful side effects than those produced by conventional chemotherapy.
Increases Tensile Strength of Materials: Nano-sized particles of carbon are extremely strong. These substances are composed of only carbon and their strength comes from the special bonds between carbon atoms.
An example of an application that best illustrates the strength of nano-sized particles of carbon is the t-shirt weight bullet proof vests which are made out of carbon nanotubes.
Molecular Manufacturing: Researchers are working on developing a method called molecular manufacturing. This is a futuristic innovation; this device would use tiny manipulators to position atoms and molecules to build an object as complex as a desktop computer – this innovation would be called a molecular fabricator. Experts believe that raw materials can be used to reproduce almost any inanimate object via this method.
Realistically speaking, the revolutionary nanotech products, materials and applications, such as nano-robotics which we all expect to see are years in the future. What we consider as "nanotechnology" now are mostly still in the research and development phase happening in laboratories all over the world.
Nanotechnology promises good results in the quest for super-effective computers and communications devices. But the most fascinating (and potentially dangerous) applications are in medical science. We are all excited to see what the future holds for this technology.


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In the OR, every inch of available space is needed to ensure that doctors can perform their job as efficiently as possible. This is no less true in your hospital's archive and storage areas, where a little bit of space can make a big difference in the ease with which your records and files are accessed. Whether it be radiographic samples, X-ray print-outs, boxes of equipment or client files, your hospital's materials storage system can be maximized using high-density rolling and racking storage solutions from Montel.
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ISONG is pleased to announce that the Journal of Biological Research for Nursing (BRN) has published its special March 2018 issue focused on Genetics and Genomics. Thank you to Drs. Wendy Henderson and Gia Mudd Martin who served as guest editors for the special issue and to the many additional ISONG members who submitted articles. We are so grateful to BRN for this collaborative opportunity.
Again, we are saluting ISONG members for helping to raise visibility of genetics and genomics nursing research through this special issue.
Congratulations to ISONG members Beth Pestka and Karen Zanni who contributed to the newly published book " Health Policy and Advanced Practice Nursing, Second Edition." This book offers a wealth of information about the role of all types of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs), including NPs, CNSs, CNMs, and CRNAs, in influencing the development and application of health care policy in a wide range of specialties.
Focus is on developing policy that advocates for vulnerable populations and discusses how the incorporation of interprofessional education has changed, and will continue to alter, health policy in the United States and internationally. This "call to action" is designed for courses enrolling students from a variety of APRN trajectories and includes content on how and why APRNs can and should influence policy development.
Congratulations to ISONG member Ann Maradiegue on the newly published book, "Genetics and Genomics in Nursing Guidelines for Conducting a Risk Assessment"
Ann H. Maradiegue, PhD, MSN, FNP, FAANP, is a nurse practitioner/consultant. She has more than 43 years of experience as a registered nurse and 20 years of experience as a nurse practitioner. Dr. Maradiegue has extensive training in the area of genetics/genomics.
The purpose of the book is to provide a quick and easy format to study the basic elements and steps required for risk assessment. The book is geared toward APRNs, particularly NPs and midwives who provide assessment, diagnosis, and management of care in clinical settings.
This book is divided into 12 chapters, with a wide range of topics to assist APRNs in the risk assessment process. Each chapter includes a brief introduction to the topic, objectives, specific content related to the topic, online resources, and "Info Boxes" that are all integral to the chapter's focus.
Congratulations to Alice Kerber and Nancy Ledbetter, along with many additional ISONG members who contributed chapters, edited, and proofread the 2nd edition of the Scope and Standards. We thank them all for their contributions and hard work on behalf of the entire Genetics Nursing profession!
Completely updated by genetics/genomics nurses for genetics/genomics nurses. The first best resource for the RN or APRN genetics/genomics nurse at any level and in any setting. Essential for all involved in this nursing practice specialty now and throughout this decade.
Click here for the complete announcement.
Congratulations to our ISONG members Dennis Cheek and Dale Halsey Lea (Past-President), for their work on the published book, "Mastering Pharmacogenomics, A Nurse's Handbook for Success."
Purchase the Book Mastering Pharmacogenomics from ISONG
There were chapter contributions for this book from other ISONG members including: Ellen Giarelli (Past-President), Lynette Howington, Erika Maria Monteiro Santos, Diane Seibert and John Twomey.
Additional ISONG members contributed with a forward to the book and book reviews: Bernice Coleman, Yvette Conley, Jean Jenkins and Heather Skirton.
For more information on this book and the complete list of authors, please click here.
Mastering Pharmacogenomics: A Nurse's Handbook for Success 1st Edition
Pharmacogenomics, the study of the role of genetics in drug response, has developed into a critical new area in battling disease and improving outcomes. As our knowledge of the human genome grows, and with the advent of next-generation sequencing technologies, the role of genetic research is evolving to guide therapy and prevent many diseases and mitigate side-effects of current treatments. As a pivotal member of the healthcare team, nurses must acquire competency in pharmacogenomics to deliver optimal patient care in the 21st century. Mastering Pharmacogenomics provides nursing professionals with a foundational knowledge of humanacogenomics Book
Articles and Links
ISONG member, Julia A. Eggert, PhD, GNP-BC, AGN-BC, AOCN®, FAAN and Jennifer T. Loud, DNP, CRNP, were guest editors for the May issue of Seminars in Oncology Nursing with the issue focus on cancer screening and early detection. Several articles include genetic/genomic information and may be of interest to ISONG members.
For the broader nursing community who is thinking about how to teach genomics to nurses.
Genomic Essentials for Graduate Level Nurses
Genetics and Genomics in Oncology Nursing Practice


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The long hot days of summer are fast upon us, and with them there will be time for sports, time for camp, time to dream, and time to do. Time to start a diary or journal?
A journal can be written for only yourself, to write down the things that are important to you: lists of favorites (music, t.v., and movies), pictures of friends and family, and, of course, your innermost thoughts. Fun times deserve to be remembered, and sometimes writing about a bad situation can help you deal with it better as you think it through on paper. That kind of journal is personal, and you may not wish to share it with anyone.
What kinds of people settled the new lands of America? They had their own ideas about laws, religion, and what makes a good government. They were, in a word, independent.
In 1776, England was far away, and people on this side of the Atlantic were heartily sick and tired of paying taxes on top of taxes to finance England's empty treasury. They were tired, too, of losing money by having the Crown interfere with their trade overseas. The men in the assemblies shouted that King George was a tyrant, so the King's men stopped the assemblies. When they still protested, the King brought in the army, making the colonists put them up in their houses. Any crimes the soldiers committed against the colonists were handled in the King's court by the King's judges.
One morning, the old wooden dam on the Rappahannock River went up in clouds of smoke. It was a huge thing—ancient and strong, built in layers to tame the river so that the power of the water pushing against it could provide electricity for the town. But it had been years since anyone tapped that power. Now, the dam was falling apart, and it was decided that it had become dangerous. So the Army Corps of Engineers blew it up one morning, and the river was flowing freely again—just as it had in previous centuries. By getting rid of the dam, the river had a chance to go back to being more like it once was. There would be more fish, which would mean more birds, and, really more of everything.
Cells make up you, your friend, your hamster, and your mom's broccoli surprise. If it's alive or ever was alive, it is made of cells. Space scientists looking for life on Mars are trying to find microbes made of simple cells—not little green men—and biologists who search for cures to diseases work with cells. Small as they are, cells determine how life unfolds from its beginning to its end.
Circles, squares, pentagons, octagons, polygons, angles, rays, points, and lines, there are so many names to learn in geometry. They may sound strange and new, but geometry is all around you. Your computer monitor's surface is more or less a rectangle, your pencil is roughly a cylinder, and, viewed from the top, the cable from your mouse to the computer, is a line segment. Once you start thinking about geometric shapes, you'll find them everywhere.
When creativity is harnessed for useful ends, that is when we get amazing inventions. Can you think of a better computer? Somebody did. Otherwise there would only be a few of them; they would be really slow—and they would take up entire rooms! Or, how about a cell phone? Those were inspired by the communicators on the original Star Trek series.
Virginia educators (and librarians!) are very interested in helping kids realize their potential in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields. Indeed, Virginia has a history of producing some very inventive people.
Columbus Day is sometimes called Discoverers' Day. In the spirit of discovery, take some time to learn about the world as it was in the days of the European explorers. You can make a compass, learn about the stars, read about other explorers and discoverers, and find how even our way of eating has changed since the Europeans came to the Americas looking for gold, glory, and, yes, tasty cooking spices.
In 1800, the land held by the new United States was small compared to what was called Louisiana. Louisiana was named for King Louis XIV of France. It was part of a large claimed area in the New World called New France. It stretched from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Appalachian Mountains to the Rocky Mountains.
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Pocahontas, the Powhatan princess who befriended the Jamestown colonists, married the Englishman John Rolfe in 1614, and is believed by many to have saved John Smith's life—that is what the world knows about the Powhatan Confederacy. Her father, Powhatan, almost alone, united the small, scattered Algonquian tribes of present-day Virginia and Delaware into a 30-tribe group in the late 1500s. We know this group as the Powhatan Confederacy. The Confederacy included 128 Algonquian villages and 20,000+ people at its peak in the early 1600s.
Powhatan and his people welcomed the English settlers in 1607 and helped them survive the first winter here by teaching them how to grow corn and tobacco, providing them medicine, and helping them hunt. But that relationship wasn't to last. Even so, for hundreds of years, people have told the story of a young Powhatan girl who was believed to have saved an English captain's life and established peace for a time between their peoples.
More than 150 years ago, life was turned upside-down for residents in our communities. Stafford County was occupied by Union troops. Fredericksburg changed hands many times between Union and Confederate and was the scene of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Spotsylvania County had the battles of Spotsylvania Courthouse, the Wilderness, and Chancellorsville. Thousands of men encamped and fought here. Many died here. Our state—even just our own area—has some of the most fought-over ground in the country.


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Each week The Advocate asks a different "quiz taker" for his or her current favorites in pop culture.
QUIZ TAKER: Julie J. Baxter, 41, attorney with the Rhorer Law Firm.
WHAT I'M LISTENING TO: "WBRH, Larry Garner and Diane Birch."
WHAT I'M READING: "'Knowing Your Value' by Mika Brzezinski, and 'Let the Great World Spin' by Colum McCann."
WHAT I'M WATCHING: "'The Help,' 'The Closer' and the Hallmark Channel."
WHERE I'M SURFING (ON THE INTERNET: "http://www.theweek.com."
WHAT'S YOUR GUILTY PLEASURE? "Fleur de Lis Pizza."
You are chairing the Tiffany Circle campaign for the local chapter of the American Red Cross, why? What exactly is this group?
"While I was working in news, the American Red Cross always impressed me because they were there immediately, and they always brought the practical items and the personal touch people the world over need when disaster or crime hits. When local Red Cross CEO Bobbi Zaunbrecher and Development Director Laura St. Blanc asked me to consider helping build a Tiffany Circle here, I was glad to jump in and help. The Tiffany Circle is a group of women leaders and philanthropists across the country who give a gift of $10,000 in a year to the American Red Cross. More than 700 women have joined so far, and last year alone gave $9.4 million. If you want to help grow the Baton Rouge chapter of the Tiffany Circle, let's talk!"


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Welcome! Policies of the Cottage and Country Inn
Willamette Valley Inn is an exclusive property where every guest reservation is both important and special to us. Please read through our policies below. These policies are subject to change at any time at the discretion of the inn.
Check-in / Check-out
Check-in: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm.
Check-out: 11:00 am. (flexible upon request)
If your travel plans change and you must cancel your reservation, please notify us at least fourteen (14) days prior to your arrival date to cancel your reservation. A cancellation fee of $50 will apply.
If you must cancel with less than fourteen (14) days notice, shorten your stay or check out early, your full reservation payment will still be required. If we can re-book your room(s), a refund will be made. Rescheduling a reservation to alternate dates does not qualify.
A 30 day cancellation notice is required on, 3 nights or more in one or both units, and for holiday weekends and special events, including Memorial Day, Fourth of July, IPNC, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the Eat Taste Love Series.
$75 (seventy-five dollars) is taken as a deposit at the time of booking for each unit reserved.
The balance of your reservation will be charged to the card on file 7-14 days prior to your arrival date or within 30 days prior if 3 or more nights, multiple rooms or whole house reservation.
Rates are in US Dollars ($). Rates/policies are subject to change and vary during high impact periods and for special requests.
No Smoking is permitted inside the Cottage or the Country Inn. All cigarettes must be extinguished carefully and properly, the summer is a dangerous time for fires here. Evidence of smoking inside said units will result in fine up to the value of one room night.
A fruit bowl is provided and coffee is in the freezer. Please let us know if you need accommodations with food.
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There is a maximum of two (2) people per unit, $25 per extra guest, per night with a maximum of 4 guests total.
Willamette Valley in does not allow pets. We can assist you with finding boarding at nearby locations, please contact the inn.
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Children are welcome with prior arrangement. They must be supervised at ALL times.
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Smooth, creamy, and easy country mashed potatoes make a delicious and comforting side dish to any dinner.
With tangy cream cheese added for flavor, these country mashed potatoes can stand on their own, no gravy needed.
Recipe adapted from Country Recipe Book. Photography by The PKP Way.
This recipe always brings me back to grandma's house. Her potatoes were the smoothest, the creamiest, the most delicious potatoes I have ever had. When she finally shared the recipe I had to laugh…her secret ingredient is LAWRY'S Season Salt! It really makes all the difference!
Try this recipe paired with my grandma's famous Frosted Meatloaf Recipe!


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McLaughlin has able replacement
PHOENIX - I knew many months ago trainer Kiaran McLaughlin was going to win this year's Met Mile. His Daaher won the Cigar Mile last fall and would take this year's Met Mile.
Let me rephrase that. Daaher has since been retired, but in this strange game McLaughlin still looks well positioned to take the Met Mile later this month with Divine Park, recent impressive winner of the one-mile Westchester Handicap on Belmont Park's opening-day card on April 30.
It's no surprise that Divine Park, a son of Chester House, is developing into a top one-turn horse. After all, slightly more than a year ago he was superb winning the Grade 3 Withers at Aqueduct, to start his career 3 for 3. He was sidelined, however, until the winter, when he shipped west for Santa Anita's Grade 1 Malibu. That was one tough spot for a comeback. He was also being asked to ship, run off the layoff, and try Cushion Track for the first time. Divine Park had run very well - he won in fact - on Keeneland's Polytrack in his second career start, so McLaughlin had reason to be optimistic about the synthetic surface.
But the chore proved too much. Divine Park stalked, while very wide, and tired in the lane to be ninth. He returned east, was freshened, and went to Laurel's Grade 2 General George on Feb. 18. He threw a fit in the gate, however, and broke through before the start. When the race began, he again stalked and again fell apart.
McLaughlin, however, had reason to believe those two starts were aberrations. He returned to Aqueduct's inner track March 28 and got a good confidence-builder into his 4-year-old. Divine Park dueled early in a 1 1/16-mile optional claimer and drew off to win with ease. It was just what the doctor ordered, as evidenced by his next start, his breakout Westchester win, where he earned a 111 Beyer Speed Figure.
What makes the Westchester look even better was the way he did it. Divine Park isn't some speed-crazy runner. Oh, he has speed, but as he showed in the Westchester, he can sit off a fast pace and still blast home. He went from third to a clear lead in a matter of strides turning for home in the Westchester and was never threatened, this while facing a couple of nice horses in Grasshopper and Sightseeing.
Daaher is gone. War Pass would have been a logical Met Mile candidate, but he's on the bench. Midnight Lute's face is on the side of a milk carton, since he hasn't run since last fall's Cigar Mile and hasn't worked since late March. And the possibility of a sizzling, contested pace could set things up perfectly for Divine Park. After all, unbeaten Bustin Stones and rockets Commentator and Monterey Jazz all pretty much have one way to go. Surf Cat, whose style would likely play well, is more likely to stay in Southern California.
So as you can see, things look promising again for McLaughlin, who likely was licking his chops at the prospect of Daaher in the Met Mile. But another horse may get him a similar result.
Time to change Derby predispositions
One thing we must do as handicappers is act, not react. It's too easy to fall into the "rhythmic gallop" of handicapping, where you look at the same things, the same trends you have been relying on over the years, and I'm as guilty of it as anyone. We also fall into a trap of trying to be "first." Pyro may turn out to be a top member of his class, but it seems downright silly now that a couple of months ago the press was littered with claims that his Risen Star win at Fair Grounds was one of the "greatest" Derby prep performances ever. It was as if many writers were trying to be the first to declare him the goods.
But as we can see, things change. Form changes. The advent of synthetic tracks has us re-evaluating how we evaluate the Derby preps. Yes, Southern California standout Colonel John didn't threaten, but it had nothing to do with the move to dirt - he got obliterated at the start, made a big midrace move, and then fell apart after using all his fuel for that. Even if he had had a perfect trip and gone through the roof, he wasn't going to beat Big Brown anyway.
And now Big Brown has done something even Curlin could not do - win the Derby off fewer than four career starts, only the second ever to do so (Regret, in 1915, was the other). He's also the second straight horse to win the Derby off just two preps as a 3-year-old, something previously considered nearly impossible. That makes it 3 for the last 60 to win the Derby off just two 3-year-old preps (Sunny's Halo, Street Sense, and Big Brown). Remember, too, that if Barbaro's Tropical Park Derby win had come 24 hours earlier - on Dec. 31 instead of Jan. 1 - it would be three straight Derby winners who won off just two preps at 3.
Barbaro also dispelled the notion that you couldn't win the Derby coming off more than a four-week layoff (he did it off five weeks).
This is just to say, it's not your daddy's Derby handicapping any longer, and really that's not such a bad thing, either.


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by Nancy J. Cohen
As a writer, I enjoy a good film featuring a protagonist who's an author or one that has a whodunit in the traditional vein. If the story has humor, so much the better. No Stephen King type horror story for me about an author trapped by a fanatic fan. I like to laugh and watch a film with a HEA ending. Other than the old classics like Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie, these are some of my favorite films in the mystery genre or romantic movies involving writers.
AMERICAN DREAMER with JoBeth Williams and Tom Conti.
My all-time favorite! A romance novelist wins a contest and a trip to Paris. En route to the awards luncheon, she=s in a car accident and suffers a head injury. She wakes up believing herself to be the heroine in the sponsoring author's espionage books. A spy caper follows that=s all too real, as she teams up with the author=s handsome son who thinks she=s a nutcase. That is, until someone tries to kill them.
DROWNING MONA with Danny DeVito and Bette Midler
A funny whodunit in a small town with a wacky cast of characters.
GOSFORD PARK with Helen Mirren and Jeremy Northam
An English drawing room mystery in the grand fashion that takes place at a country estate. Aristocrats and servants alike have secrets that slowly unravel during a hunting party weekend. Albeit a bit slow-paced, this film requires repeat viewings to catch the nuances.
HER ALIBI with Tom Selleck and Paulina Portzkova
A hilarious escapade wherein mystery novelist Phillip Blackwood falls for a suspected murderess while searching for inspiration to unlock his writer=s block. Did the mysterious and beautiful foreigner have a hand in the victim=s death? If so, is he foolish to vouch for her alibi and bring her home? And are the accidents that ensue truly accidents, or is he next in line for her lethal highjinks?
MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY with Woody Allen and Diane Keaton
A Manhattan housewife thinks her next door neighbor is a murderer. She enlists her friends to search for clues. Probably my favorite Woody Allen film out of all of them.
MURDER 101 with Pierce Brosnan
English professor Charles Lattimore assigns his class to plan the perfect murder as a literary exercise, but when he=s framed for a woman=s death, he has to find the killer before the detective on the case finds him. Will his students help him solve a real murder, or is one of them guilty?
MURDER BY THE BOOK with Robert Hays
A mystery novelist thinks he's hallucinating when his hero appears in front of him and talks back. He's been thinking of changing to a new series and scrapping the sleuth, but now he needs his imaginary detective's help to solve a real murder.
THE BOY NEXT DOOR with Dina Meyer and Christopher Russell (Lifetime Movie Network, 2008). A romance writer goes on a retreat to a small town to seek inspiration for her next story. When her next door neighbor is found dead, the chief of police suspects her. Even when her place is ransacked and someone tries to run her off the road, he discounts her theories and refuses to look into the incidents. It=s up to our heroine to prove her innocence and uncover the killer before his next attack turns fatal.
FLOWER GIRL (Hallmark Channel Movie)
This is really a classic romance with an element of mystery. The heroine has to choose between two suitors: a staid lawyer approved by her mother, and a writer who answers evasively whenever she asks about his work. Guess who she'll pick? The writer's secret is reminiscent of the same in American Dreamer.
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crimes with wit and style under the sultry Florida sun. Several of these titles made the IMBA bestseller list. PERISH BY PEDICURE and KILLER KNOTS are the latest books in this humorous series. Active in the writing community and a featured speaker at libraries and conferences, Nancy is listed in Contemporary Authors, Poets & Writers, and Who's Who in U.S.
Writers, Editors & Poets. Nancy=s new release, SILVER SERENADE, is a sexy space adventure and her fifteenth title.
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Same-sex couples in Sacramento have had the legal right to get married since June of this year, thanks to a court decision. Thirteen other states besides California legally recognize same-sex marriage. However, what happens when people in a same-sex marriage want a divorce? It can mean a dead end in many states that do not recognize same-sex marriages as legal.
It would seem that every couple who has the right to get married should have the right to get divorced. As same-sex marriages are legislated differently in many states, numerous problems arise in how to deal with divorce and inheritances. Child custody issues become complicated for same-sex couples who raised kids together when only one of them is the adoptive parent. State law may not protect a parent who is not biologically related or who is not the legal adoptive parent, even if they've raised the child since birth and the child considers them a parent. During a divorce, matters of child custody and child support payments may become incredibly complicated.
More gay couples are signing prenuptial agreements now, but issues regarding alimony, inheritances and spousal support arise with changes in laws. Federal and state laws clash in many different areas regarding the recognition of same-sex marriage and divorce, and this can result in many same-sex couples locked in marriages they no longer wish to be a part of.
The divorce of a same-sex couple in Sacramento can be complex, especially if one of the partners moves out of state. An attorney who is experienced in California family law may be able to help someone complete a same-sex divorce by providing them with legal advice.
Source: Daily Beast, "The Gay Divorce Trap: When Same-Sex Marriage Goes Wrong", Lizzie Crocker, September 30, 2013


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