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A lottery is a popular form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. There are some states where lottery is forbidden but others endorse it to the extend of organizing a national lottery. Lotteries date back to the period of Romans. And it was common for emperors to give their dinner party guests gifts like slaves to lavish villas after drawings.
Two common lottery myths
Lottery is tax
Lottery take advantage of the poor economic strata of our society
Lottery facts
In China lottery was first played to fund the Great Wall
U.S. lotteries helped fund the Colonial Army in the Revolutionary War
At one point of time many churches and universities such as Harvard, Yale and Princeton were funded in part by lotteries
Where does the Lottery revenue expenditure go?
A good amount of lottery earnings is spend on economic development of the country
Steps are taken to improve job opportunities
Educational purposes
Human resources
Natural resources[environmental protection]
Public health finance
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Research in Germany Land of Ideas
Germany has established a sophisticated nanotechnology landscape, hosting more than 1,000 nanotech-players. Next to major players, such as Infineon, DaimlerChrysler, Schott, Carl Zeiss, and Siemens, there are numerous small and mid-sized enterprises involved mainly with production, analysis, and equipment-related technologies in niche markets.
The German automotive, optical, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries have strong demand for nanotech applications, as well as medical technologies and electronics sector applications
Germany has an outstanding international reputation for its scientific expertise, solidly based in its academic and industrial research facilities. In nanotechnology, nine clusters of excellence bind the efforts of Germany's R&D players on a regional and application-specific basis.
In order to foster cooperation between science and industry, the German government has launched its "High-Tech Strategy," encouraging a faster transfer from research into the ap-plications of products, services, and processes. Under this umbrella, the "Nano-Initiative" specifically supports the commercialization of nanotech-findings. Until 2010 some of the foci will be on following fields of industrial application:
NanoMobil – Lead innovation for the automobile industry
NanoLux – The grand scheme for the optical industry
NanoFab – Applications for the electronics industry
Nano for Life – The potential benefits for Life Sciences
Nano in Production – Optimizing industrial production of nano-materials
Supporting its nanotech R&D with overall € 350 million in public funds, Germany is without a doubt Europe's Nº 1.
Web site: www.research-in-germany.de/english

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LONDON (AP) — European stocks closed the week on a high Friday after investors concluded that U.S. jobs data wouldn't prompt a change in the Federal Reserve's policy stance. U.S. stocks, however, gave up some early gains to trade modestly lower.
The U.S. Labor Department found that the world's largest economy added 192,000 jobs in March. That was slightly below February's total of 197,000 but more or less exactly the consensus of analysts' expectations. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 6.7 percent.
Because the figures matched predictions, they failed to change perceptions over the future policy path of the Federal Reserve. Over the past few months, the Fed has been reducing its monetary stimulus amid mounting evidence of a sustainable economic recovery in the U.S.
"The upshot is that tapering will continue unabated, but markets have learnt to cope with this status quo and are unlikely to be troubled by it as we head into the new week," IG market analyst Alastair McCaig said.
In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed up 0.7 percent at 6,695.55 while Germany's DAX rose the same rate to 9,695.77. The CAC-40 in France ended 0.8 percent higher at 4,484.55.
In the U.S., the Dow Jones industrial average was down 0.1 percent at 16,557 while the S&P 500 index fell 0.3 percent to 1,882.
The dollar was trading more or less where it was before the data, with the euro down 0.1 percent at $1.3700. On Thursday, the euro faltered as European Central Bank President Mario Draghi stressed that the bank was ready to act if inflation in the 18-country eurozone remained low.
Earlier in Asia, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 edged down 0.1 percent to 15,063.77 and Seoul's Kospi drifted down 0.3 percent to 1,988.09. Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 0.2 percent to 22,510.08. But mainland China's Shanghai Composite gained 0.7 percent to 2,058.83 while Australia's S&P ASX/200 added 0.2 percent to 5,422.80.


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Letters: Onychectomy complications
I felt compelled to respond to "Mind Over Miller: An exorbitant onychectomy" in the August 2013 issue. I hope Dr. Miller's family elected surgery only after a thorough discussion and implementation of the numerous environmental, behavioral, and medical approaches available. I was dismayed to read that Dr. Miller had declawed "thousands" of cats during his career. An onychectomy is a procedure of last resort. It is only appropriate when all other techniques have failed and the only remaining options are surgery, euthanasia, or relinquishment.
In regard to his concern over the quoted fee at the first facility, questions that should be asked when evaluating a higher fee include:
Finally, I found Dr. Miller's dismissive and sarcastic remarks toward current medical procedures, thought, and costs to be inappropriate. Much work has been done in recent years to advance the level of care for our patients, educate the public why this care is needed, and describe how we provide it as professionals.
Thomas Hansen, DVM
1. Fossum TW. Small animal surgery. 4th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier, 2013.
Dr. Miller's response: I've received more flak about this column than I ever have during the 45 years I have been writing it. All of the critics missed the humor. Maybe I'd better stick to cartooning.
Onychectomy is wrought with emotion. I deplore unnecessary, unjustified mutilating surgery. Throughout my career, I refused to do certain procedures such as ear cropping and "setting" horses' tails because I did not consider them justifiable.
But I'll bet my critical colleagues have spayed and neutered countless pets. Isn't a panhysterectomy a radical procedure? Is it justified? Yes! Because the end result is beneficial, I have defanged lions, dehorned cattle, and neutered many species.
Done properly, as I discuss in "Mind Over Miller: The declawing controversy: Stepping into the ring" from December 1998 (see link to article at http://dvm360.com/DeclawDebate), forepaw onychectomy is easy and rapid. Every one of my own cats, all in a rural environment, did fine after being declawed. Most importantly, children, other animals, and other people in the house are protected from being scratched after this procedure. Did you know that veterinarians are the No. 1 population testing positive for bartonellosis? Cat scratch fever is the most common form of Bartonella species infection in the United States.
When I asked my former partner, Dr. Jim Peddie, if he could recall a poor result in the countless onychectomies we did, he said, "Yes! Whenever we tried a new technique that had been published."
Robert M. Miller, DVM
What do you think about declaws? Join in on the discussion at http://www.dvm360.com/declawdebate.


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June 23. 2013 9:35PM
CDC study highlights pool-borne illnesses
By BARBARA TAORMINA
Union Leader Correspondent
How safe are community pools? Chlorine, cleanliness, common sense help
In May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study that looked like it would do for public swimming pools what the movie "Jaws" did for sandy Cape Cod beaches — and more.
CDC researchers and public health officials in Atlanta collected samples from 161 swimming pool filters throughout the city and found 58 percent of them contained E.coli, a bacteria found in human feces. Although it wasn't a dangerous strain that produces severe illness, the study did show that public swimming pools, in Atlanta, have a problem with human waste contamination.
The CDC also blames fecal contamination for the following illnesses:
• Commonly called crypto, cryptosporidium is a tiny parasite that lives in the intestines of humans and animals. An infected swimmer can release enough of the parasite to sicken everyone nearby who happens to swallow any water.
Symptoms of crypto include stomach pains, nausea, dehydration, fever, vomiting and weight loss, and usually last two weeks. Crypto has an outer shell that makes it resistant to chlorine. In 2009, 75 cases of crypto were reported in New Hampshire.
• Like crypto, giardia is a common recreational water illness. Giardia causes severe diarrhea, gas and stomach pain. Symptoms tend to last for two weeks. Infections occur when people suffering from diarrhea swim and contaminate water that is swallowed by other swimmers. In 2009, 135 cases of giardia were reported throughout New Hampshire.
• Severe and bloody diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea and vomiting are symptoms of toxic E.coli which is spread in the same way as crypto and giardia. Severe infections can lead to kidney failure.
There were 38 cases of toxic E.coli reported to the state's Division of Public Health Services. While most healthy adults will recover in about 10 days, children, seniors and people with compromised immune systems are at risk for serious complications.


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Gilles Legrand's harrowing psychological drama "You Will Be My Son," which opened Wednesday, is a study in contrasts.
Set in a lush French vineyard estate in Saint-Émilion near Bordeaux, the film captures the beauty and bouquet of the legendary wine region. But behind the walls of the estate lurks a dark ugliness: Paul de Marseul (Niels Arestrup), the passionate, brilliant winemaker with the heart of a monster who treats his mild-mannered grown son Martin (Lorànt Deutsch) like a dog.
Though his son has tried all his life to please his widower father, Paul doesn't think Martin has what it takes to take over the family business. He favors his dying estate manager's charismatic son, Philippe (Nicolas Bridet).
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Legrand said in an email interview that he didn't start out to make a movie about fathers and sons. He wanted to explore the drama inherent in vineyard estates.
"I visited famous vineyards and spoke with the owners about their troubles," he said. "If you want to make a movie, you need to find 'conflicts.' The big trouble in those families is the transmission of the estate. If you have trouble with your children, the transmission could be complicated. You have to transmit to your own children. So if you think that your son is unable to succeed, that can be a big problem."
Legrand has interesting notions of love between parents and children: He believes parents have to love their children only when they are young.
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"But they are not obliged to when they become an adult," he said. "And we are not obliged to love our parents, especially if they are unfair or nasty."
During a visit to an estate in Saint-Émilion, Legrand encountered a father and son who had an uneasy relationship not far removed from the Paul and Martin dynamic — "a strong, dominant male and his poor son who was unable to express himself. It was painful to watch."
Legrand said the film isn't autobiographical.
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"I left home when I was 18," he said, "precisely because I wanted to escape conflict with my father. I think I have a good relationship with my son. But I think it's very difficult to grow up in the shadow of a dominant father, especially if he is charismatic or powerful. I think fathers have a great responsibility in the success or failure of their children."
Legrand said several famous French actors over the age of 60 wanted to play Paul. Arestrup was one of them but was about to make another film when Legrand contacted him.
"A few weeks after that, I had a problem with another actor," said Legrand. "I called [Arestrup] again and the film he was supposed to do had been canceled."
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Arestrup ("War Horse," "A Prophet"), who has played a memorable gallery of villains and bullies, is fearless as Paul. The filmmaker said he brought a "quiet" violence to his role.
"Just a glance and he kills you," Legrand said.
The veteran actor was not the easiest person to direct.
"He has his ideas and it was very difficult to change things or details," Legrand said, adding "now we are good friends."
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Arestrup remained primarily in character during the production, interacting sparingly with Deutsch, the actor who played his son.
"I spoke very little with the other actors because my character trusts only himself and is wary of everything," Arestrup said in an email interview. "Besides, I am rather silent by nature."
The actor added that being a father in real life didn't pose "any problems in approaching this role, no more so than the fact that being more or less 'normal' has not prevented me from playing madmen or criminals. That is the reason for and the function of an actor."
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Ovotesticular disorder of sex development (ovotesticular DSD) is a very rare disorder in which an infant is born with the internal reproductive organs (gonads) of both sexes (female ovaries and male testes). The gonads can be any combination of ovary, testes or combined ovary and testes (ovotestes). The external genitalia are usually ambiguous but can range from normal male to normal female.
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Inherited Disorders and Birth Defects
I have syndactyly of one foot which I believe may be `sporadic` - I don`t think anyone else in my family has it. Does this mean that I don`t have a gene that codes for syndactyly and therefor cannot pass it on to my children? Or can the gene still be passed on as an autosomal dominant inherited trait? It is something that really bothers me. Thank you.
As you know, syndactyly is webbing that occurs between fingers and toes. The most common type involves only the skin (no bones involved) and is between the 2nd and 3rd toes or between the middle finger and ring finger. It is very common - about 1 in 2,000 people. As you mention, it can be sporadic, that is, no one else in the family has the same thing and we do not know what factors were involved in why it happened during development. In this case, we would not expect it to happen again.
We also know that it can be inherited in what is called autosomal dominant inheritance. When there is only 1 person in the family that is affected, however, we do not know if it is sporadic or if it has happened for the first time in the family. In your case, you could be the first person in your family to have a gene that causes syndactyly. There is still so much that is not known about specific genes that can cause syndactyly.
If you a gene mutation (or change) in a specific gene that causes syndactyly, then you would have a 50-50 chance of passing that gene on to any child you may have. There is no specific gene test which can tell us if you have a mutation, so at this time, we could not tell you if any of your children will also have syndactyly.
Finally, syndactyly can also be seen in many genetic disorders, but these children usually have multiple problems, not just syndactyly. If it is something that really bothers you, you should ask your doctor to refer you to a geneticist or genetic counselor to talk specifically about the inheritance of syndactyly. You can locate a genetics center near you at the National Society of Genetic Counselors' Resource website.
Anne Matthews, RN, PhD
Associate Professor of Genetics
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University


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Film Tax Credits: $4,752,030.00 Production: Major motion picture "All Good Things" Year Released: 2010 Filming Locations: Bridgeport, Fairfield (Fairfield University), Greenwich, Newtown, Shelton, Stamford, Waterbury Stars: Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella Caption: Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst in a scene from "All Good Things."
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His Years at Rolleboise
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Daniel Ridgway Knight's works represent so many aspects of Nineteenth Century painting, including history, genre, landscape, portrait, and floral themes. In each work, all that is aesthetic is recorded with fine detail and skill.
Daniel Ridgway Knight was born on March 15,1839 in Pennsylvania. He studied and exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, were he was a classmate of Mary Cassatt and Thomas Eakins. In 1861, he went to Paris to study at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Cabanel, and to apprentice in the atelier of Charles-Gabriel-Gleyere.
He returned to Philadelphia in 1863 to serve in the Union Army. During the war, Knight practiced sketching facial expressions and capturing human emotion in his work. He sketched battle scenes, recording the war for history. He founded the Philadelphia Sketch Club, where he showed works that dealt with the Civil War, mythology, and scenes from opera. In 1871 Knight married Rebecca Morris Webster and after the wedding he began working as a portrait painter in order to make enough money to return to France.
In 1872, once settled in France, Knight befriended Renoir, Sisley, and Wordsworth, all of whose influences can be seen in his work. He also enjoyed a close relationship with Meissonier. In 1875 he painted a painting called Wash Day (35 1/2" x 51 1/4") after a sketch by Meissonier for which he received critical acclaim. Knight was also strongly effected by the works of Jean-Francois Millet. In 1874 while painting in Barbizon, Knight went to visit Millet and found his view of peasant life to be too fatalistic. As opposed to Millet, Knight focused on depicting the rural classes during their happier moments. Other important influences were Bastien-Lepage, with whom he is most often compared and Jules Breton for his plein-air style.
Knight received a third class medal at the Salon in 1888 for Hailing the Ferry and a Gold Medal at the Munich Exhibition that same year. In 1889 he was awarded a Silver Medal at the Paris Exposition and was knighted in the Legion of Honor, becoming an officer in 1914. In 1896 he received the Grand Medal of Honor at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Daniel R. Knight died in Paris on March 9, 1924.
Rural Courtship (n.d.) - Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK.
A Pastoral Legacy: Paintings and Drawings by the American Artists Ridgway Knight and Aston Knight, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Cornell University 1989.


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We are frequently the first investor in our portfolio companies investing from $50,000 to $500,000 in Seed Capital.
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Seed investing has been at the core of North Bridge's strategy since inception. We are most excited about adding value at early stages when innovative ideas evolve into promising companies. We help our entrepreneurs recruit founding teams, find their first customers and develop strategy. North Bridge facilitates future financings at seeded companies as a significant participant in follow-on rounds.


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Suspicious Death At State Care Facility Raises Questions
UPDATE: The job was to protect our state's most vulnerable patients, but they didn't always do it.
A just released report confirms allegations first made by Team 10 in October 2012.
Team 10 reported on the failure of California's development centers to prevent abuse and neglect. These centers cared for patients with severe development disabilities.
The State Auditor's report confirms Team 10's reported allegations that patients' deaths in the facilities were poorly investigated.
Team 10 also found the law enforcement staff failed to collect required evidence in their investigations, and staff was slow to report these serious incidents.
Quoting from the report, the developmental centers had "poor quality investigations, outdated policies, leadership and staffing problems and untimely licensing reviews put residents at risk ..."
Click here to read the state Auditor's report
Below is the story from Feb. 2012:
Six days before he died, Van Ingraham was found on the floor of his room. His neck was broken and his spinal cord was crushed and disfigured. The injury was so severe, medical experts said it looked like he'd been put in a headlock or hanged.
But even if Ingraham knew how he'd been injured, his severe autism prevented him from revealing it. He'd never uttered a word in his life -- only his injuries could speak for him.
Solving the mystery of Ingraham's death in the summer of 2007 was left to the detectives at the Fairview Developmental Center, a state-run institution in Costa Mesa where Ingraham lived in a sterile room. A tiny window allowed only a sliver of light into his world.
Ingraham's family sent him to Fairview when he was just 8 years old. He lived under the care of the state for 42 years. Restless, he would sprint through hallways. He would urinate on himself when upset. At his worst, he would strike at his own face, though never at his three roommates or others around him.
The coarseness of Ingraham's life at Fairview was matched only by the sloppiness of the investigation into his death.
The police force at Fairview failed to collect blood samples, fingerprints and other physical specimens from his room. On the day of the injury, they took one photograph -- a headshot of Ingraham, 50, as he lay on a stretcher, his eyes open and glassy, an abrasion above his left brow.
Later, Fairview detectives noted that Ingraham's caregiver had changed the institution's log documenting what the patient was doing at the time of the injury. But detectives never pressed the issue.
The lead detective, a former nurse, had minimal police training and no experience investigating suspicious deaths.
In the case file, she left out the opinion from a biomechanical specialist that Ingraham's death "was likely a homicide" -- one of three medical experts to raise alarms about the injury. Two of those experts concluded that Ingraham likely had been put in a headlock.
Fairview detectives eventually focused on another patient without proof he was even near the scene. The key testimony leading detectives down that road came from a blind patient.
The detectives also surmised that Ingraham could have fallen out of bed, which was about two feet off the ground. Medical experts said that scenario was highly unlikely given the force required to produce Ingraham's injury.
No arrests have been made in the case, and the Fairview caregiver last seen with Ingraham continues to work at the center.
Ingraham's death illustrates how an ill-equipped, inexperienced and poorly trained police force has dealt with a rising number of unexplained injuries and abuse cases inside state-run facilities managed by the Department of Developmental Services.
The $4.5 billion Department of Developmental Services is responsible for about 1,800 patients with cerebral palsy, mental disabilities and severe autism at five centers in Los Angeles, Orange, Sonoma, Riverside and Tulare counties.
A California Watch investigation has found that detectives and officers working for the agency's police force, the Office of Protective Services, routinely mishandled reports of abuse at the facilities. Hundreds of cases of reported abuse and unexplained injuries have been documented and then dropped without prosecution or detailed follow-up.
Over the past six months, California Watch has provided state officials with documents, interviews and data from its investigation into Ingraham's death. But Department of Developmental Services officials declined to comment on the case, citing patient privacy laws.
Terri Delgadillo, director of the department based in Sacramento, said overall, "If there are issues that need to be addressed," the department is looking into making improvements.
Key players in the case, including Fairview detectives and officials with the Orange County sheriff-coroner's office, declined to comment or were instructed to remain silent. The circumstances of Ingraham's death were reconstructed based on interviews, police case files, autopsy examinations and other public records.
California Watch enlisted two experienced homicide detectives to review hundreds of pages from case files on the Fairview investigation. They each pinpointed six mistakes made by officers and detectives at the institution - the most significant of which came in the hours and days after Ingraham was discovered on the floor of his room.
Fairview police did not secure Ingraham's room to protect evidence, did not promptly interview witnesses, and failed to respond to the patient's broken neck as requiring immediate investigation, the detectives said.
"It is my belief that the initial responders did not recognize the scene as a potential crime scene," Det. Al Cruise of the Seattle Police Department wrote in his review.
Even after the Office of Protective Services learned that Ingraham's neck had been broken, they waited five days to begin witness interviews. This "gave several people the opportunity to speak about the events," Det. Mark Czworniak of the Chicago Police Department wrote of the delay, which could have potentially undermined witness statements.
Childhood diagnosis
As a baby, Van Ingraham didn't respond to voices. His parents feared their youngest son was deaf.
Ingraham's ears worked. His true disabilities would prove far more challenging. At 18 months, when most children are upwardly mobile, he wasn't walking. He made sounds, but could not form words.
"Right away, I started noticing things about him as a tiny baby," said Jane Robert, Van Ingraham's mother, now 90 years old. "He didn't want me to hold him and cuddle him. He would stiffen up when I would try to hold him."
But as he grew, Ingraham was giddy in his love for play.
A black-and-white family picture now fading shows him, about 6 years old, riding piggyback on his older brother's shoulders in their San Diego neighborhood. Both are smiling, but Van's mouth is open wide, like a kid screaming joyfully on a roller coaster. "We had a big family living in a small house," said Jane, who stayed at home to take care of her two sons and four daughters.
Van Ingraham's impulses grew more difficult to tame. He suffered severe seizures. When he was 8, Jane took him to a doctor specializing in a relatively new disorder called autism.
The doctor diagnosed him as being on the severe end of the autism spectrum. The conclusion was not so painful as the specialist's advice, which was "put him away; forget you had him," said Larry Ingraham, Van's older brother by six years.
"And that was the beginning of the nightmare," his mother recalled. "Because my husband said, 'Never, we'll never do that!' And I ran outside of the room. It was the worst day of my life."
They tried their own methods. When he finally started to walk, and had a tendency to bolt from the house, his family painted the walls of his bedroom yellow, his favorite color, in the hope it might induce him to stay put.
Less than a year after the diagnosis, Ingraham became agitated one day while his mother was caring for him alone. The door to the boy's bedroom locked only from the outside, so they could contain him. But Ingraham ran out of the room ahead of his mother and slammed the door, locking her in.
Van Ingraham was discovered hours later, naked and running down the middle of the street, following the yellow lane dividers.
It was too much. Jane first tried placing her son in a private group home. That arrangement lasted just 24 hours, as a distraught Van tore down curtains and nearly broke free from the facility.
Life at Fairview
The Fairview Developmental Center was a last resort and a welcome salvation from the stress of caring for a disabled child. A doctor had recommended the facility to Ingraham's family.
On a clear and cool April 20, 1964, Ingraham's parents loaded up their car and drove their youngest son to Costa Mesa, the suburban enclave in Orange County where five years earlier the state's newest institution for the developmentally disabled had been built on 752 acres.
From outside the fenced-in campus, Fairview now looks like a school built for thousands of children, with low-slung buildings painted blue and white. Patients wander the drab halls and common areas, which are serviced by the institution's own power plant and an industrial kitchen.
Richard "Dick" Ingraham, an executive at the defense contractor General Dynamics for 43 years, and Jane believed their son was safer at Fairview, protected and watched around the clock.
Jane co-founded the parents' organization - Fairview Family & Friends - that assists the institution to this day and embraces a philosophy that "all people have value as human beings and as members of the human family."
Over the years, the family would bring their son home on weekends. On one occasion when Ingraham was 9 years old, Jane said she noticed during a bath that he had "bite marks on his little penis." She said Fairview did not explain the marks.
The toll of institutionalizing the boy was deeply painful to the Ingrahams. Larry Ingraham said he believes it contributed to his parents' divorce a few years after Van Ingraham first entered Fairview.
Jane Robert said once her son became a teenager, bringing him home on weekends became too stressful for the family.
"Finally there came a day my husband said, 'Don't bring him home any more,' " Jane said, her voice quivering. "It was just too much for him. You know, he worked hard all week."
Ingraham grew into a healthy man at the institution. To control his moods, Fairview physicians prescribed him lithium and risperidone. Both medications are used to calm the behaviors of the severely autistic, according to the National Institutes of Health.
He stood 5 feet 9 inches tall, with the lean muscular build of a day laborer and full head of dark brown hair. He was social, though he avoided physical contact with others. This made grooming him a chore. Pictures that Larry Ingraham had taken show his brother with stubble visible along his jaw line and chin.
His tastes and activities changed little, a 2006 assessment by Fairview caregivers shows. Ingraham guzzled soda and generally preferred sweet foods. He "likes hot cereal with LOTS of sugar and cocoa," the assessment states. Larry Ingraham keeps a photograph of his brother chugging a plastic bottle of Sprite.
His communication skills developed, but they were basic. When Ingraham wanted someone to leave his room, he'd nudge them toward the exit with his elbow. But impulse control would bedevil Ingraham until the day he was paralyzed.
Predawn incident, then injury
Sometime between 4:30 and 5 a.m. on June 6, 2007, Johannes Sotingco, the Fairview caregiver on duty that morning, found Ingraham urinating in his pants. According to Sotingco's recollection to police, Ingraham then pushed his pants down to his ankles to get the wetness away.
Sotingco ordered him to pull up his pants, but he refused. He said Ingraham was standing.
About this time, a supervisor down the hall said she heard Ingraham scream. The supervisor, Florens Limbong, rushed to Ingraham's bedroom to check on the patient.
Opening the door, she saw Sotingco standing over Ingraham. The light was on in the room - it was always on, because Ingraham was afraid of the dark. Ingraham was lying face up on the brown vinyl floor.
Ingraham shared the room with three other patients; the roommates were asleep, accustomed to Ingraham roaming around at night. It's unclear from the record how Ingraham ended up on the floor.
"Is he OK?" Limbong asked.
"Yeah, he is OK," Sotingco replied, pulling the patient's pants back up while he was on the ground. "He doesn't want to wear his pants."
Limbong turned and left without further inquiry. She told investigators that she saw nothing more than Ingraham on his back, and said she trusted Sotingco's assertion that the patient was fine.
"No more problem, you know. I mean I don't hear any more screaming," she told the detectives.
Sotingco was on her heels, heading out the door. In a later interview with detectives, Sotingco insisted that he hadn't injured the patient during the predawn incident and claimed Ingraham had stood up before he left the room.
Ingraham, according to Sotingco, was checked again at 5:15 a.m., and was marked in a log as "R" - resting in his bed.
Sotingco wrote in another of the center's log - which Fairview officials labeled the Journal of Falls - that he first discovered Ingraham's injury when he made his rounds again. This was about 5:45 a.m.
In his interview with police, Sotingco said he found Ingraham lying face up on the floor - the same spot where Limbong had seen him more than an hour earlier. The patient couldn't lift his head. There was a cut above his left brow and tears welled in his eyes.
The record shows Sotingco quickly called for help in lifting Ingraham. Another caregiver, Alvin Tan, grabbed one side of Ingraham's body, witness interviews show, as they pulled the patient on to his mattress. Ingraham was dead weight.
Limbong, who had returned to the room, offered Ingraham a can of soda to see if he would respond to one of his few joys in life. But he didn't move.
With Limbong and Tan in the room, Sotingco theorized that Ingraham had slipped and fallen from his bed.
At 6:38 a.m., Sotingco picked up the phone and called Fairview police officer Pete Araujo. They chatted for about 20 minutes, but Sotingco did not mention a neck injury. He reported Ingraham had suffered an abrasion. Araujo said Sotingco did not have an urgent tone.
Investigation bungled
Araujo, the only Fairview officer on duty that morning, arrived at Ingraham's room just as an ambulance was pulling up. He quickly left to give the medics directions to the room, returning as they were wheeling Ingraham into the hallway.
Before paramedics left, Araujo took a single picture of Ingraham's face, Fairview police records show. Araujo gathered no other evidence. He didn't question possible witnesses or take custody of the Sleep Log, which documents what patients are doing every 30 minutes throughout the night.
Ingraham was rushed to the emergency room at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach. X-rays taken at the hospital documented a hyperflexion injury, akin to that inflicted on people who've been hanged.
Ingraham would be paralyzed, at best, and most likely would die.
That morning, Larry Ingraham, a retired San Diego police officer, received a call from a supervisor at Fairview saying his brother had suffered a minor injury. He walked into the hospital room to find his brother confined with a head brace and with tubes running in and out of his nose and arms.
While there, Larry Ingraham said a neurosurgeon took him aside and surmised: "Somebody did this to your brother."
"I knew this was no minor fall like they'd said," Larry Ingraham said in an interview. "... Because being a cop all those years, being in the line of work I've been in, I knew there's a person out there right away that had done this to him."
The next day, Larry Ingraham decided to go to Fairview. He talked his way into the area where his brother had lived and asked to speak to a supervisor. He was told by a staff member to wait in an office.
"She went to find the supervisor," Larry Ingraham said, "and I started checking through files." He said he found the Journal of Falls noting his brother had suffered a slip out of bed.
"And I already knew that was not true," he said. "So I took it."
Armed with that information, and Sotingco's name, Larry Ingraham filed an abuse allegation with the Office of Protective Services.
Back at Fairview, Sotingco changed the Sleep Log entries for his rounds to reflect what he claimed was the more accurate version.
Originally, Sotingco wrote Ingraham was using the bathroom at 4:45 a.m., and then sleeping at 5:15 a.m. He would tell Fairview police that he changed the sleeping and bathroom notations to say Ingraham was resting and awake in bed on both occasions.
Fairview detectives waited five days to start interviewing Sotingco, Limbong and other witnesses. Sotingco and Limbong did not respond to interview requests from California Watch, including notes left at Sotingco's home in Anaheim and repeated calls to Limbong.
Theresa DePue, the former nurse and Fairview's lead detective investigating Ingraham's death, asked Sotingco why he changed the Sleep Log, according to the police case file. The caregiver said he'd just tried to make it more accurate.
"So that was just a - an error?" DePue said.
Sotingco replied yes, and the detective moved on. DePue did not investigate the alteration as potential evidence tampering. And she didn't press him on what Limbong had reported seeing, records show.
Later, during a deposition in a civil lawsuit over Ingraham's death, Sotingco was asked if he'd put him in a headlock. He replied: "No. I don't do that."
Before joining Fairview, Sotingco had worked at Metropolitan State Hospital in Los Angeles County, where he'd been investigated four times in alleged patient abuse cases, police records show. All four allegations were closed as unsubstantiated. The state hospital would not release the details of those cases.
In her interview with Limbong, DePue appeared skeptical about whether Ingraham had fallen out of bed, as Sotingco had speculated.
"There are some pretty big concerns, because of the fact that the injury you are telling me doesn't really match up to the client's injury," DePue said.
"OK," Limbong said.
"... Any indication that somebody physically caused these injuries? Nothing?" DePue asked her.
"No. No, I don't. No."
Death 'likely a homicide,' expert says
At the hospital, Larry Ingraham decided to take his brother off the machines that had been keeping him alive. Van Ingraham died just minutes after midnight on June 12, 2007.
At the autopsy that day, Dr. Richard Fukumoto theorized Ingraham's shattered spine "could have been caused by a blow to the back of the neck using a soft object," the Fairview police case file shows. Fukumoto was then Orange County's chief forensic pathologist.
Another staff pathologist, Dr. Aruna Singhania, thought it looked like a whiplash injury sustained in a car accident.
A day after Ingraham died, the Office of Protective Services finally asked for help from an outside agency.
On June 13, Peter Mastrosimone, a Fairview detective assisting DePue, sent an email to the Orange County Sheriff's Department asking officers to check Ingraham's bedroom "for anything of evidentiary value," according to police records.
The sheriff's office replied "that due to the time lapse and the day-to-day business in the room (routine cleaning and presence of clients and staff) and the possibility of subsequent contamination, no evidence could be recovered that would be of evidentiary value."
Both Mastrosimone and DePue declined requests for interviews from California Watch.
Ingraham's case was DePue's first suspicious death investigation. DePue had no police experience when the developmental center hired her as a detective in 2002, personnel records show. She'd previously worked as a Medicare inspector for the state Department of Health Care Services.
Mastrosimone joined the Fairview police force as a patrol officer in 1996, after more than 10 years as an unpaid volunteer reserve for the Alhambra Police Department, near Los Angeles.
Matt Murphy, a prosecutor with the Orange County district attorney's office, said he's worked with Mastrosimone multiple times over the years. While the Fairview detective doesn't have the skills of a city police detective, Murphy said Mastrosimone takes direction well.
"Pete is a man with no ego," Murphy said. "He does whatever I tell him to do."
Roughly a month into Fairview's investigation, a tip came in from another staff member that a patient, who was blind, had come forward. He claimed that on the morning of Ingraham's injury, a third patient was witnessed coming out of Ingraham's room. He said this third patient came up to him and whispered, "Don't tell anyone."
The detectives pursued the lead, questioning the patients, their doctors and psychologists, police records show.
This worried Carol Risley, a patient advocate at the developmental services department.
"I am beginning to feel as though the other resident is becoming the target as it will reduce liability," Risley wrote to department executives in an email, "since he probably cannot be held responsible for his actions."
Detectives focused on the patient because they believed he had a violent history at Fairview. But it turned out, he didn't. He'd been prone to taking credit for things he'd not done, like once saying he'd broken another patient's arm.
The Fairview detectives subjected the two developmentally disabled men -- the allegedly violent patient and his blind accuser -- to a voice stress test to determine if they were lying. The results were inconclusive. Detectives asked Sotingco to participate in the test, but he declined.
There were other delays. It took months for a coroner's office investigator to tell the Office of Protective Services that Fukumoto had ruled out an accidental fall as a possible cause of the injury.
In October 2007, Fairview detective Mastrosimone wrote in an email to his commander to convey the autopsy results: "The injury was most likely caused by force associated with a half nelson or some type of head lock."
During its own investigation, the Orange County sheriff-coroner's office was debating whether to rule Ingraham's death a homicide or an accident, said Jacque Berndt, the chief deputy coroner. Berndt asked Thay Lee, a biomechanical engineering professor at UC Irvine, to examine the evidence. Berndt directed Lee not to speak with California Watch about the Ingraham case.
"It is my opinion the manner of death was likely a homicide," Lee wrote in his report to the Orange County coroner and Office of Protective Services, which was filed in December 2007. The force that broke the Fairview patient's neck had to have come from another person, he ruled.
Lee's presentation included X-ray images of Ingraham's neck juxtaposed with the neck of a person who had jumped headfirst into a shallow pool. Ingraham was clearly in worse shape, his top vertebrae at unnatural angles, his spinal cord a set of derailed tracks.
Regardless, Berndt listed the manner of death as "undetermined."
DePue, the Fairview detective, noted in the file that she received Lee's report. But she omitted from the record his conclusion that Ingraham's death was likely a homicide. She also failed to document that the county's chief pathologist determined Ingraham couldn't have broken his neck in an accidental fall.
Instead, DePue wrote, "the possibility of a fall or accident could not be ruled out." The developmental center detectives also maintained that another patient might have broken Ingraham's neck.
In 2009, the state paid Ingraham's family $800,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit Larry Ingraham had filed two years earlier. In finally closing the case, DePue and Mastrosimone listed the allegedly violent patient as "suspect." Sotingco was listed as a "subject."
As far as the Office of Protective Services was concerned, that was the end of it.
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A design that embraces sea and sun as part of the Oceans 3 Showhouse
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Make no mistake: This is a beach house whose highest aim is embracing sea and sun. "What's so amazing about this place is the ocean," observes Manhattan interior designer Philip Gorrivan, who decorated the condominium-cum-villa for Traditional Home magazine's Oceans 3 Showhouse in Montauk, New York. "When you walk in, the first thing you see is a panoramic view of the sea, which is only a few feet away. I wanted to leverage that environment and make the interior feel unmistakably like a beach house.
"I wanted this to be a relaxing and comfortable weekend house with a little bit of whimsy," Gorrivan continues. "The surfboard leaning against the wall announces that this is a summer beach house. It's a place where you can arrive on Friday and leave on Sunday. All that's required is the flip of a light switch."
Walls in the great room are a gray custom-plaster finish that was concocted by Gorrivan and one of his artists. "It suggests concrete, but without the chipping, for a little more finished look." Importantly, the wall treatment adds texture and warmth while still deferring to the ocean views. "The Atlantic is gray, not blue," Gorrivan insists, "and this plaster finish really picks up its colors." To cozy up the great room, he clad its vaulted ceiling in a faux-bois wall covering. "This fabulous wall covering gives the illusion of pickled oak planks. It creates a cottage feel that you want in a beach house. Plus, the color is fun -- sort of a cognac that ties in with the room's cognac-colored leather chair."
Interior design: Philip Gorrivan, Philip Gorrivan Design, 410 East 59th St., Suite 1A,, New York, NY 10022; 212/339-7696, philipgorrivan.com.
Kitchen cabinetry designer: Hugh Owens, Smallbone of Devizes, 135 E. 65th St., New York, NY 10021; 212/288-3454, smallboneofdevizes.com.
Developer: Distinctive Ventures, LLC, 310 Northern Blvd., Great Neck, NY 11021; 516/482-2155 and sales division, 631/668-3000, distinctiveventures.com.
Builder: Gentry Construction Co. Inc., 201 Montauk Highway, Suite 7, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978; 631/288-9004, gentryinc.com.
Architect: Alexander D. Latham III, principal; Michael J. Iwanyczko, project manager, ADL III Architecture PC, 24 Woodbine Ave., Suite 1, Northport, NY 11768; 631/754-4450, adl3.com.
Photography: Bruce Buck
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Limestone mantel ("The Metro,'' by Colin Orchard, The Contemporary Collection): Chesney's.
Fireplace surround (Absolute Black Granite): Innovative Stone.
Fireplace tools; photograph by mantel (Medusa, by Renata Freitas): Philip Gorrivan Design.
Drapery ("Zhizhak''/Daydream #2045/05); navy blue throw pillows on sofa ("Megeve''/Navy #3298/19): Jim Thompson.
Television over mantel (AQUOS Special Edition HDTV, #LC-52SE94U 52-inch Class (521/32-inch Diagonal; with AQUOS Net customized Internet content, and live customer support via Ethernet): Sharp Electronics Corp.
Sofa ("Shannon'' by Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams); sofa fabric (suede in Light Madder by Elizabeth Dow); glass-top side table near stair rail (satin nickel): Sylvester & Co. At Home.
Cocktail table (#6044-40); ottomans under cocktail table (#6044-08): Henredon. Ottoman fabric ("Dinghy'' #DL 1003-04): Delany & Long.
Leather club chairs (custom); banquettes (custom): Philip Gorrivan Design, 212/339-7696.
Club-chair fabric ("Hoof It''/Brandy #4014/19): Jerry Pair Fine Furnishings.
Banquette fabric ("Maggiore''/Nickel #180853H/362); bolster pillows on banquette and throw pillow on sofa ("Roma Key''/Newport #180850H/442): Philip Gorrivan Collection for Highland Court Fabrics.
Navy-and-white check pillows on sofa: Mecox Gardens.
Decorative painting on walls, custom finish: Jonas Everets Design.
Trim paint ("Pocket Watch White'' #WW01); ceiling beam paint ("Tackroom White'' #WW10): Ralph Lauren Paint.
Double side table; white Eyelet orchid pots; white tray on cocktail table; glass candleholders on cocktail table; tray table at end of sofa): Mecox Gardens.
Wallpaper on ceiling ("Papier Bois Couleur'' #PBC114): Nobilis Inc.
Throws on banquette (Alpaca/Heather #C921): Scandia Down.
Rug ("Twilight III''/Grey Day): Tufenkian Carpets.
In a bit of a departure, Gorrivan opted against including a dining table in his great room. He had something else in mind. Barstools at one kitchen counter and chairs at another suffice, tipping the scales toward informality -- exactly right for the designer's no-worries objective.
"I also wanted to convey a sense of age," the designer says. "I wanted the finishes to play off the ocean, but also to create a patina with a European feel." A Smallbone kitchen is just the ticket. The British company's bespoke cabinetry features the exquisite attention to detail that's generally associated with old-world craftsmanship. "The cabinets introduce the high level of quality that I wanted to bring to the design."
The pale-colored kitchen cabinets contrast with darker design elements. "I finished the floors in a dark walnut as a very grounding element," Gorrivan explains.
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Cabinetry and wall shelves (Original Handpainted Collection with Mandarin cornice detail; Light Pewter, satin impervo finish, with walnut accents); handles ("Whales Tales''): Smallbone of Devizes.
Countertops and backsplash (Taupe White Granite, polished finish): Innovative Stone. Cooktop (#KM342G); hood (#DA279-4): Miele Inc.
Wall oven (30-inch #TS030): TurboChef.
Cutting board (#K3140-NA); faucet ("Simplice'' in Stainless #K649-VS): Kohler.
Teak bowls on shelf under counter: Sylvester & Co. At Home.
Bar stools (1950s American Sculptural bar stools with revolving seats): Lobel Modern. Dinnerware ("Cargo White,'' Calvin Klein Collection); espresso maker ("Café Roma'' #ESP8XL by Breville); flatware ("Bolo'' by Yamazaki); glassware ("Bergen'' by Calvin Klein): Macy's.
"I lowered the counter on the island and gave it a walnut surface for a little more elegance," Gorrivan says of his custom dining solution. "This walnut-top island is a very special dining element -- fun and informal. With chairs pulled up, it's where the family will have breakfast and other meals every day, when they're not entertaining."
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Chairs at counter ("Salt Chair''/Black #12592): Design Within Reach. Refrigerator/freezer (#700TCI): Sub-Zero Inc.
Cabinetry and wall shelves (Original Handpainted Collection with Mandarin cornice detail; Light Pewter, satin impervo finish, with walnut accents); handles ("Whales Tales''): Smallbone of Devizes.
Countertops and backsplash (Taupe White Granite, polished finish): Innovative Stone. Silver-and-white bowl on counter: Decorum Antiques & Accessories.
Wine carafes on shelf (#3522 861 and #3522 860 by Ole Palsby); glass tea lights on counter ("Loop'' by Holmbäck & Quaade #3586 482); bowl on shelf under counter ("Bloom Bowl'' #3586 274 by Helle Damkjaer): Georg Jensen.
Sink ("Poise'' K-3158-NA); faucet ("Simplice'' in Stainless #K649-VS): Kohler.
"I envision most of the dining, especially when they're entertaining, to be outdoors on the terrace," Gorrivan says. All three levels of the villa, in fact, have private terraces and decks overlooking the ocean, creating multiple venues for alfresco meals or drinks. But while the casualness of Gorrivan's design beckons weekenders to kick back, it doesn't preclude sophistication.
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Sofa ("Lauren''/Resin, Pecan #34559); lounge chairs ("Lauren''/Resin, Pecan #34579); ottoman ("Lauren Square Ottoman''/Resin, Pecan #34529): Summer Classics. Sofa cushion (#C106 in color 17, Embassy Chocolate); lounge-chair cushion (#C104 in color 22, Luminous Chocolate); ottoman cushion (#C173 in color 276 Dupione Java); large throw pillows (#C110 in color 13, Cheque Chocolate); bolster pillow (#C110 in color 106 Fife Wren): Sunbrella for Summer Classics. Towels ("Embrace With Silk''/Moonstone Blue): Christy
Towels. Surfboard: Philip Gorrivan Design.
Grill (#BGB30-BQR-L) and grill cart (#CAD30): DCS by Fisher & Paykel.
Planter ("Orion''/brushed stainless framing): Just Terraces.
Except in the vividly hued children's bedroom, Gorrivan stayed with a subtle palette throughout the villa. "Whenever you're decorating spaces with dramatic views, you need to honor them. I kept the palette within a small band of colors that work off the ocean, which is less than a stone's throw away." Textures in the library are layered, from the Jim Thompson fabric at the windows to the grass-cloth walls to the nubby ottoman.
Vintage rock 'n' roll album covers on the walls and vintage rock T-shirts stitched onto pillows liven up the neutral palette of the library -- the designer's favorite space. "It was a fun opportunity to introduce vintage rock 'n' roll memorabilia," he explains. "It might have been a disconnect in another environment, but it works in Montauk." This part of the decorating was a snap -- Gorrivan dipped into his personal rock 'n' roll collection for both the vintage tees and album covers.
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Ceiling and door paint ("Tackroom White'' #WW10); trim and bookcase paint ("Country Stove White'' #WW02): Ralph Lauren Paint.
Wallpaper (Grasscloth, Juicy Jute Collection in Espresso #4801): Phillip Jeffries Ltd. Carpet ("Loop Stripe''/Honeysuede, Core Tibetan Modern #980 232): Tufenkian Carpets.
Floor lamp ("Boom Arm Floor lamp'' #SL1975BZ-LG B2): Circa Lighting.
Sofa fabric ("Elisa Natural''/Ivory #180863H/84, Philip Gorrivan Collection): Highland Court Fabrics.
Ottoman in front of sofa ("Peyton Ottoman''/Natural finish #7200-40): Ralph Lauren Home.
Hurricane glass vases; lamp on gun console; large white coral: Philip Gorrivan Design.
Drapery fabric ("Escape''/Tinsel Dust #3156/02): Jim Thompson.
Art over sofa; T-shirt pillows on sofa: Philip Gorrivan Design.
A Henredon mirror hangs above a Modern History "guncase" console.
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Oak console table ("Gun Case Console'' #MH079F01): Modern History.
Mirror above console (#7425-04); sofa (Acquitions Upholstery Collection #A6601C): Henredon.
Leather armchair ("Elaine Chair''); upholstery (''Vista'' in Camel #VIS5202): American Leather.
Throw pillow on leather chair ("Senzafine''/Pavonne #2130-01): Dedar USA. Cashmere throw: Scandia Down.
Crystal ball on stand; stools with paw feet under gun console: Mecox Gardens. Wallpaper (Grasscloth, Juicy Jute Collection in Espresso #4801): Phillip Jeffries Ltd. Carpet ("Loop Stripe''/Honeysuede, Core Tibetan Modern #980 232): Tufenkian Carpets.
A Louis J. Solomon chair and Tufenkian carpet grace the room.
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Side chair (#CHR 1050/S): Louis J. Solomon. Fabric ("Lancaster''/Clay #36003-115): Duralee Fabrics.
Carpet ("Loop Stripe''/Honeysuede, Core Tibetan Modern #980 232): Tufenkian Carpets.
Wallpaper (Grasscloth, Juicy Jute Collection in Espresso #4801): Phillip Jeffries Ltd.
A surfboard is stored in the library bathroom; the room is painted in "Houston" from Ralph Lauren Paint. "Terrezzo" tiles from Ann Sacks add color to the floors.
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Console table ("Kathryn'' in White #K-3020-0); undercounter lavatory ("Kathryn'' in White #K-2330-0); console square legs ("Kathryn'' in Brushed Nickel #K-6861-BN); faucet ("Pinstripe'' in Brushed Nickel #K-13132-3A-BN); mirror cabinets (#CB-CLC2526FS); towel bar ("Pinstripe'' in Brushed Nickel #K-13108-BN): Kohler.
Floor tiles ("Trend Q Terrezzo'' #484 12x12-inch tiles): Ann Sacks.
Wall paint ("Houston'' #UL58); ceiling paint ("Tackroom White'' #WW10); trim and door paint ("Pocket Watch White'' #WW01): Ralph Lauren Paint.
Surfboard: Philip Gorrivan Design.
Framed butterflies; wooden branch stool: Mecox Gardens. .
The master bedroom and bath are the most neutral spaces, exuding a spa-like serenity. "The bedroom has a real quietness about it," says the designer. One reason is the layered window treatments. Thanks to shades and opaque panels, "you can black out the room and sleep all day. It's a luxury you want from a weekend place -- one room that becomes its own little cocoon."
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Chandelier ("Farlane Chandelier''/hand-rubbed antique brass #TOB5018 by Thomas O'Brien); floor lamp ("Tripod Floor Lamp'' #SL1700FW-NP by Sandy Chapman): Circa Lighting.
Drapery fabric ("Kaleidospoke''/Linen Hibiscus #3231/04): Jim Thompson.
Window shades ("Silhouette Window Shading'' in "Bon Soir'' light-dimming fabric; color, Moonlight; 3-inch vane size): Hunter Douglas.
Wall paint ("Sisal'' #NA10); ceiling and trim paint ("Writers Parchment'' #WW59); door paint ("Tackroom White'' #WW10): Ralph Lauren Paint.
Bed ("Canyon Bed''/Natural Bark #RL200-10, discontinued); bed linens ("Palmer''/white with black piping); lamp table ("Hudson River Valley Lamp Table'' #1918-42, discontinued): Ralph Lauren Home.
Throw on bed: Sylvester & Co. At Home.
Decorator feather pillows (European white goose down and feathers #P387-10-26); comforter ("Gossamer,'' Hungarian white goose down #C767-10-03); pillows ("Gossamer,'' Hungarian white goose down #P375-10-ST): Scandia Down.
Chaise (#A6707H): Henredon.
Chaise fabric ("Clovis Epinglé''/Ivory #180841H/84 Philip Gorrivan Collection): Highland Court Fabrics.
Check throw pillows on chaise ("Falsariga''/Antracite #6014-01) Dedar USA. Red-and-white throw pillow on chaise: Decorum Antiques & Accessories.
Striped pillow on bed; Mercury-glass table lamp; lampshades: Philip Gorrivan Design.
Rug Cambria''/Ivory Red, Transitional Collection): Tamarian Carpets.
The master bath features marble tiles from Ann Sacks on the tub surround and walls. A Kalaty rug adds color to the tile floor. Bath linens are from Macy's; tub, shower, and vanities are by Kohler.
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Tub deck (Italian Pearl Marble, honed finish): Innovative Stone.
Black bottles/vases on tub deck: Decorum Antiques & Accessories.
Vanity ("Traverse'' in Ostrich #K2517-F59); lavatory ("Traverse'' in White #K2955-8-0); faucet ("Purist'' in Brushed Nickel #K14408-4-BN); mirror cabinets (#CB-CLC2026FS); bath ("Underscore Bubble Massage Bath'' in White #K1174-GCR-0); bath spout ("Purist'' in Brushed Nickel #K14426-BN); bath handles ("Purist'' in Brushed Nickel #KT14429-4-BN); multifunctional showerhead ("Purist'' in Brushed Nickel #K14425-BN); handshower ("Purist'' in Brushed Nickel #K978-BN); handshower hose in Brushed Nickel #K8593-BN); towel bar ("Purist'' in Brushed Nickel #K14436-BN); robe hook ("Purist'' in Brushed Nickel #K14443-BN): Kohler. Wall paint ("Calla Lily'' #NA17); ceiling paint ("Tackroom White'' #WW10); door and trim paint ("Pocket Watch White'' #WW01): Ralph Lauren Paint.
Marble tub slab ("Linen'' AS2385-1 30x48-inch slab); marble mosaic tile on shower walls ("Linen'' Straight 5/8-inch Mosaic AS2396-2); marble wainscotting and mosaic tile on bathtub walls ("Linen'' Straight 2x2-inch Mosaic AS2396-3); marble trim ("Linen Plaza Molding'' 23/8 x 8-inch AS2385-3): Ann Sacks.
Sconces ("Calliope Bath Light'' #TOB2185PN-WG by Thomas O'Brien): Circa Lighting. Occasional tables in Golden Bronze (#6051-42S): Henredon.
Shell wall sconce on tub wall (#A128): Daniel Barney Antiques.
Area rug: Kalaty.
Robe ("Waffle''); bath towels (Hotel Collection): Macy's
As in the library, grass cloth covers the walls of the guest bedroom. "I wanted to bring in texture in different ways, and I wanted to introduce layers without having too much furniture. One way of doing that is with wall coverings," Gorrivan says. Tobacco-colored grass cloth cloaks the library walls; the same wall covering in a paler, oatmeal colorway wraps the guest room for a "very enveloping, calming effect," he notes.
Click here to view the entire list of Oceans 3 Showhouse sponsors, contributors, and participants, along with information on how to contact them.
Bed (#A6657-10): Henredon. Headboard fabric ("Wave''/Green Stripe #3237/02, discontinued): Jim Thompson.
Cashmere throw (Scottish Cashmere/Natural #C922 14M); down coverlet ("Basketweave''/Wheat #C919-60-03); Euro pillow inserts (European white goose down and feathers #P387-10-26); flat sheet ("Fern Embroidered Sheeting''/Gold #E768-23-08; standard case ("Fern Embroidered Sheeting''/Gold #Q768-23-ST); pillows ("Gossamer Pillow,'' Hungarian white goose down #P375-10-ST); sheeting ("Wheat); shams ("Woven Fern Jacquard #N711-23-ST): Scandia Down.
Faux fur coverlet: Sylvester & Co. At Home.
Bolster pillows; taupe Euro shams: Bed, Bath & Beyond.
Hanging lantern ("Caged Lantern''/Bronze finish, with paper shade #SC5160 by Eric Cohler): Circa Lighting.
Ceiling and door paint ("Tackroom White'' #WW10); trim paint ("Country Stove White'' #WW02): Ralph Lauren Paint.
Sisal area rug ("Malawi''/Tamarind): Beauvais Carpets.
Drapery ("Flair''/Aqua #6011-28): Dedar USA.
Wallpaper (Grasscloth, Fine Arrowroot Collection/ Natural #071): Phillip Jeffries Ltd.
Pale green creates cool beauty on the walls in the guest bath; "Faded Silk" from Ralph Lauren Paint. The framed shell art is a reminder of what's just outside.
Click here to view the entire list of Oceans 3 Showhouse sponsors, contributors, and participants, along with information on how to contact them.
Shower trim ("Pinstripe'' in Brushed Nickel #KT13133-3A-BN); robe hook ("Pinstripe'' in Brushed Nickel #K13113-BN): Kohler. Wall paint ("Faded Silk'' #VM113); door and trim paint ("Pocket Watch White'' #WW01): Ralph Lauren Paint.
Table: Philip Gorrivan Design.
Robe ("Waffle''); towels (Hotel Collection): Macy's.
Framed sea fan: Mecox Gardens.
Shower walls ("Pewter'' limestone AS10213, honed 2x4-inch tile, custom); shower floor ("Pewter'' limestone AS10213, honed 2x4-inch tiles, staggered, custom); shower curb ("Pewter'' limestone AS10213, honed 3x6-inch tiles, custom); floor ("Pewter'' limestone, AS10213, honed 6x6-inch tiles, custom); floor border ("Pewter'' limestone AS10213, honed 3x6-inch tiles, custom): Ann Sacks.
More ebullient than serene, the children's bedroom isn't just a place to catch a few winks. "It's a destination," asserts Gorrivan, who used energizing color as a draw. His room design evolved from a vintage 1960s chair by the late Danish designer Verner Panton.
"The chair was a nice place to start the scheme. It allowed me to layer on color while retaining softness," explains Gorrivan. Bright window treatments, pillows, beanbag chairs, and a multifarious striped rug keep the palette peppy. "I wanted this to be the children's own private space. They can sit around the [cloverleaf] table and play games or work puzzles. They should look forward to coming here."
Click here to view the entire list of Oceans 3 Showhouse sponsors, contributors, and participants, along with information on how to contact them.
Wall paint ("Riesling'' #VM10); ceiling and door paint ("Tackroom White #WW10); trim paint ("Washed Down White'' #UL57): Ralph Lauren Paint.
Area rug ("Lazy Gal'' by Arcola Pettway,'' Gee's Bend Quilt Collection): Classic Rug Collection Inc.
Bean bag chair; toys and games: Philip Gorrivan Design.
Armchair by window; beige cushions on armchair; side table by bamboo chair (bone); lamp ("Root Lamp''): Sylvester & Co. At Home.
Bolster pillow on armchair (#C111 "Dupione''/Nectarine #278): Sunbrella for Summer Classics.
Pendant light (Mosaic globe): The Nanz Co.
Drapery ("Elisa''/Clementine #180833H/652, Philip Gorrivan Collection); trim ("Charles Stripe''/Mandarin #180855H/706, Philip Gorrivan Collection): Highland Court Fabrics.
Button border on drapery ("Carousel Button Border''/Lime #977-39649-8): Samuel & Sons.
Bucket-style chair ("Verner Panton Peacock Chair''): Mary Ann Lembo.
Cloverleaf table: Mecox Gardens.
Chest ("Buckhead Chest''/Key Lime Pie #SB041): Somerset Bay.
Photograph over chest (by Nathaniel Kramer): designer's collection.
Having grown up on the coast of Maine, Philip Gorrivan understands the beach lifestyle as well as anyone. Thus the Manhattan-based designer, who now resides with his wife and their two children in New York's Carnegie Hill area, made an ideal mentor for design student Cynthia Taylor on this beachfront showhouse.
Gorrivan designs "with an eye toward the future and a foot in the past." He balances antiques with modern furniture; symmetry with whimsy; and soft palettes with punches of color. His residential and commercial projects range from New York City to the UK and Canada.
Taylor is an aspiring designer who left a Wall Street career to study at the New York School of Interior Design in 2005. The pairing of protégés and mentors was an important feature of the Oceans 3 Showhouse. "It was a chance for design students to gain valuable work experience with the best in the industry," says Traditional Home editor-in-chief Ann Maine. "The Oceans 3 Showhouse was an amazing opportunity to work with a great designer like Philip Gorrivan," Taylor agrees.
Click here to view the entire list of Oceans 3 Showhouse sponsors, contributors, and participants, along with information on how to contact them.
It takes a village to raise a child, and it very nearly took one to design our Oceans 3 Showhouse. We never could have done it without the diligent work and benevolent support of so many individuals and businesses. A special heartfelt thanks to our sponsors, contributors, and the team who made it possible. We love you all. One of the best reasons for so much work? Proceeds from showhouse tours benefited The Montauk Playhouse Community Center Foundation.
Showhouse Sponsors
American Leather, americanleather.com, trade only.
Belgard Hardscapes, 800/899-8455, belgard.biz.
Circa Lighting, 877/762-2323, circalighting.com, trade only.
DCS by Fisher & Paykel, 888/936-7872, dcsappliances.com.
Henredon, 800/444-3682, henredon.com.
Hunter Douglas Inc., 800/274-2985, hunterdouglas.com.
Just Terraces, 877/570-4847, justterraces.com.
Kohler Co., 800/456-4537, kohler.com.
Lutron Electronics, 610/282-3800, lutron.com.
Macy's, 800/456-2297, macys.com.
Megerian Rugs, 877/634-3742, megerianrugs.com.
Modern History, 336/869-9714, modernhistoryhome.com.
Ralph Lauren Paint, 800/379-7656, ralphlaurenpaint.com.
Rocky Mountain Hardware, 888/788-2013, rockymountainhardware.com.
Scandia Down, 800/237-5337, scandiadown.com.
Smallbone of Devizes, 800/763-0096, smallboneofdevizes.com.
Somerset Bay, 336/869-9714, somersetbayhome.com.
Summer Classics, 205/987-3100, summerclassics.com.
Sunbrella, 336/221-2211, sunbrella.com; outdoorspaces.com.
Tamarian Carpets, 800/854-0538, tamarian.com..
Trane, trane.com.
TurboChef, 866/543-6569, turbochef.com.
Showhouse Contributors
Andersen Windows Inc., 800/426-4261, andersenwindows.com.
Ann Sacks, 800/278-8453, ann sacks.com.
Broan-NuTone, LLC, 800/558-1711, broan.com.
Chesney's, 646/840-0609 and 404/948-1111, chesneys.co.uk.com.
Christy Towels, christy-towels.com.
Dedar USA, 800/493-2209, dedar-usa.com.
Duralee Fabrics, 800/275-3872, duralee.com.
Georg Jensen, 212/343-9000, georgjensen.com.
Highland Court Fabrics, 800/387-2533, highlandcourtfabrics.com.
H.S. Woodwrights Wide Plank Flooring, 631/727-9691, woodwrightswideplank.com.
Innovative Stone, 631/297-0243, innovativestone.com.
Jerry Pair Fine Furnishings, 800/909-7247, jerrypair.com.
Jim Thompson, 800/262-0336, jimthompson.com.
Kalaty, 212/ 683-7222, kalaty.com.
Leiberts Royal Green Appliances, 914/949-5999, lrgappl.com.
Louis J. Solomon, 631/232-5300, louisjsolomon.com, trade only.
Miele Inc., 800/843-7231, miele.com.
Nobilis Inc., 800/464-6670, nobilis.fr.
Phillip Jeffries Ltd., 973/575-5414, phillipjeffries.com.
Ocean Spray Hot Tubs & Saunas, 631/288-6006, oceanspraypoolsandspas.com.
Ralph Lauren Home, 888/475-7674, ralphlaurenhome.com.
Sharp Electronics Corp., 800/237-4277, sharpusa.com.
Tufenkian Carpets, 800/432-9917, tufenkiancarpets.com.
Beauvais Carpets, 212/688-2265, beauvaiscarpets.com.
Bed, Bath & Beyond, 800/462-3966, bedbathandbeyond.com.
Classic Rug Collection Inc., 888/334-0063, classicrug.com.
Daniel Barney Antiques, 212/755-2432, danielbarney.com.
Decorum Antiques & Accessories, 631/267-4040.
Delany & Long, 203/532-0010, delanyandlong.com.
Design Within Reach, 866/377-0825, dwr.com.
Duane Modern, 212/625-8066, duanemodern.com.
Jonas Everets Design, 718/387-7288, jonaseveretsdesign.com.
Leontine Linens, 800/876-4799, leontinelinens.com.
Lobel Modern, 212/242-9075, lobelmodern.com.
Maison 24, 631/537-2488, maison24.com.
Mary Ann Lembo Inc., 631/537-9062, maryannlemboantiques.com.
Mecox Gardens, 631/287-5015, mecoxgardens.com.
Samuel & Sons, 212/704-8000, samuelandsons.com.
Spanierman Modern, 212/832-1400, spaniermanmodern.com.
Sub-Zero Inc., 800/222-7820, subzero.com.
Sylvester & Co. At Home, 631/267-9777, sylvesterathome.com.
The Nanz Co., 212/367-7000.
The Sidecar, price available upon request from Moore & Giles [1-800-737-0169]
This beautifully crafted bar cart, The Sidecar by Moore and Giles, is a great way to store liquor, glassware, bar tools, and anything else needed to complete your own miniature bar. The cart, made of Virginia black walnut, birch, leather, aluminum, and brass, is wheeled to make sure the party can travel with you. Perfect for drink-lovers without the space for a full bar.


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One of the most frequently asked questions from mothers who are breastfeeding or pumping milk to feed their babies is, "Do I need to be on a special diet?" In most cases, the answer is no. Women who are breastfeeding should eat a well-balanced diet and drink enough liquids. Although shedding those extra pounds gained during pregnancy may be one of your biggest concerns, strict weight-loss programs are not recommended, especially during the first few months of breastfeeding. There are no special diets a breastfeeding mother must eat, but the following suggestions may help you focus on your eating patterns while breastfeeding:
Drink enough liquids. You may find you are thirsty during the first few days after delivery as your body sheds excess fluid accumulated during the pregnancy. After that, the body will balance out to a thirst based on your body's needs. However, most mothers do notice they are thirstier when breastfeeding. Drink plenty of liquids, such as juice, water, milk, and soup to quench your thirst. Liquids can be in any form, but limit your intake of any with caffeine. It is not necessary to force fluids beyond your thirst, but it is a good idea to drink something whenever you feel thirsty. Grab something to drink while breastfeeding or keep a glass or mug of liquid near your favorite breastfeeding spot.
Eat a variety of healthy foods. The best guide as to how much to eat should be your own appetite. In general, mothers are hungrier during the first several months of breastfeeding, and you should not ignore feelings of hunger when producing milk for your baby. Grab a one-handed snack to eat while breastfeeding or keep wrapped snacks near your favorite breastfeeding spot.
Eat many different foods to get the calories, vitamins, and minerals you need to remain healthy. A minimum intake of at least 2,000 calories per day, with an optimal intake of 500 calories above a nonpregnant caloric intake of 1,800 to 2,200 calories, is recommended. (This is the equivalent of a peanut butter sandwich and a glass of milk.) Foods from the following food categories offer the most nutritional value:
Vegetables (especially leafy green vegetables)
Fruits or 100 percent fruit juice (not fruit drinks)
Breads, cereals, and grains
Milk, cheese, and eggs
Spicy or gas-producing foods are common in the diets of many cultures, and these kinds of foods do not bother most babies. A few babies will develop gas or seem uncomfortable when their mothers eat certain foods. However, there are no certain foods that create problems for all babies. Unless you notice that your baby reacts within six hours every time you eat a certain food, there is no need to avoid any particular foods.
Vegetarian, or mostly vegetarian, diets have been the mainstay of many cultures for centuries, and the milk of vegetarians usually is as nutritionally appropriate as that of other mothers. You will want to be sure that your diet includes complete proteins, so eat a wide variety of foods. Many vegetarians, including some lacto-ovo vegetarians who eat eggs and dairy products, may require supplementary vitamin D, iron, and calcium during lactation. In addition, the milk of women eating vegan or macrobiotic diets may be deficient in vitamin B12 and these mothers often require supplements of vitamin B12 so their breast milk will contain a sufficient amount.
You may drink caffeinated beverages; however, caffeine may make your baby jittery, irritable, or have difficulty sleeping, especially if you drink too many or drink too much quickly. Drink mainly caffeine-free beverages when breastfeeding. If you enjoy caffeinated beverages, limit your intake to about two eight-ounce servings per day.
It is best to limit drinking alcoholic beverages while breastfeeding or pumping for milk, although an occasional alcoholic beverage or two is not contraindicated. Alcohol passes into and back out of breast milk at about the same rate it enters and leaves your bloodstream. If you plan to have an alcoholic beverage, breastfeed beforehand and allow an hour or two before breastfeeding afterward. If you become intoxicated, pump and do not give that milk to the baby. You can resume breastfeeding once you are sober.
Tobacco use often affects a woman's appetite and the taste of many foods. It is best to avoid tobacco use when breastfeeding or pumping. Although the benefits of your milk generally outweigh the risks of limited tobacco use, nicotine and its byproducts do pass into milk and tobacco use may cause a baby to have a more rapid heartbeat, be restlessness, or have vomiting or diarrhea. Babies should not be exposed to secondhand smoke. (Respiratory illnesses are more common among babies exposed to parental smoking, regardless of the infant's feeding method.) Secondhand smoke increases the risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
In addition to its possible effects on the baby, tobacco use can interfere with milk let-down (milk ejection reflex) and it may reduce the amount of milk you produce. If you cannot stop using tobacco products, consider a low-nicotine variety and smoke immediately after breastfeeding, as the amount of nicotine in your milk decreases over two to three hours:
Talk with your doctor if you want to use nicotine gum or patches, and do not combine the gum or patch with smoking while you are breastfeeding.
A few maternal health conditions may have a direct or indirect effect on lactation. Talk with your health care provider if you are concerned that your health condition may affect breastfeeding.
If you ever have any questions about nutrition or healthy dieting when breastfeeding, contact your doctor, a certified lactation consultant (IBCLC), or a dietitian who specializes in perinatal nutrition.


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- Location: online only
- Specialty: One-of-a-kind pieces from local designers and craftsmen.
- Price range: $$
- Website: madesmith.com
Store History
- Founded: March 2013
- Founded by: Sumeera Rasul and Sheila Iverson
- Headquarters: Brooklyn and Los Angeles
Launched earlier this year, Madesmith is an online store featuring wares from both established and up-and-coming makers. Madesmith also interviews each artisan who is featured, so as you shop, you'll find pictures of their workspace, and read stories about what inspires and motivates them, and their thoughts on the city where they live and work.
Name/Title: Madesmith
Open/launch date: March 2013
Inspiration for opening: Telling the stories of modern-day makers practicing old-
fashioned craftsmanship is a means of sharing Madesmith's message that knowing where things come from and who makes them promotes thoughtful consumption and supports local communities, connecting artisans and designers with socially aware consumers. Madesmith commissions collaborations that result in exclusive limited-edition home goods, textiles, jewelry shoes, and accessories, made in America, that are often one-of-a-kind products. Their products are of high quality and made to last through every day usage.
Merchandising source: Various designers and makers in the United States.
Best selling item: Handcrafted cheese knives and tools by Chelsea Miller.
Favorite item: All of them. We hand pick and collaborate on almost all of our products. Every item is something that we want for ourselves.
Favorite store: BDDW sells beautifully designed handmade American furniture made from sustainable hardwoods. We love their super clean design sense, traditional crafting techniques, and story.
(Images: Madesmith)


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May 10. 2013 9:55PM
This Week's Rare Bird Alert
Stacey Cole's Nature Talks: May correctly called 'month of the warbler'
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, May 7.
An adult Mississippi kite was seen flying overhead in the vicinity of the traffic circle on Route 33 in Stratham on May 3.
Four sandhill cranes were seen flying overhead in North Sandwich on May 7.
A red-headed woodpecker has been coming to a birdfeeder on Grafton Road in Alexandria since Dec. 13, and was last reported on May 6.
A common gallinule was seen at Turtle Pond in Concord on May 2.
A lingering common redpoll was reported from Mont Vernon on May 1, and one was reported from Sandwich on May 3.
An evening grosbeak was reported from Pittsfield on May 2.
A pair of black-backed woodpeckers was seen along the forest road at the Trudeau Road wetlands in Bethlehem on May 4 and 5.
Merlin pairs have been reported from Ashland, Newfound Lake and Hanover, and a peregrine falcon was reported from Hinsdale, all during the past week.
New reports of returning migrant songbirds reported during the past week included: bobolink, least flycatcher, great-crested flycatcher, scarlet tanager, veery, American redstart, ?Blackburnian warbler, chimney swift and marsh wren.
This message is also available by phone recording: call 224-9909 and press 2 as directed or ask to be transferred. If you have seen any interesting birds recently, you can leave a message at the end of the recording or send your sightings to the RBA via e-mail at: email@example.com. Please put either "bird sighting" or "Rare Bird Alert" in the subject line and be sure to include your mailing address and phone number. The RBA is also available on-line at the New Hampshire Audubon web site, www.nhaudubon.org.


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The tough moments of 2012 have sometimes left me emotionally drained. Saturday night was one of those moments…
You have to give Julian de Guzman credit for how he took his winning goal in Dallas…it just would have been nicer to view such skill on Tuesday night in Panama City…
Many will have their take on what occurred at FC Dallas Stadium, but everyone knows that the race to reach the MLS Cup Playoffs lies in what Whitecaps FC and FC Dallas do in their remaining regular season matches.
For the 'Caps, that is finally coming home and playing four straight matches in the friendly confines of BC Place before wrapping up their regular season schedule at Real Salt Lake on Saturday, October 27.
For all the emphasis there was on Saturday's game in Dallas, it can be argued that the pivotal moments of the season are still to take place in downtown Vancouver.
Next Sunday's home match versus Colorado Rapids is a key clash. The game serves as Vancouver's match-in-hand on Dallas, who will be idle next weekend.
A third-straight victory over Colorado this season will again take the 'Caps four points clear of Dallas for the last playoff spot in the MLS Western Conference. Maybe more importantly, it will make it a two-result deficit again for the Texas club, who only have four games left in their regular season schedule.
The Colorado clash is followed by a Pacific Northwest derby clash with Interstate 5 rivals Seattle Sounders FC, which will surely bring the best out of Whitecaps FC supporters, who have played their part in the turnaround of the Blue and White in 2012.
Should results be taken against Colorado and Seattle, Whitecaps FC will see an opportunity in their home clash with Chivas USA on Wednesday, October 3. A result against The Goats might very well put Dallas in a 'do-or-die' situation, should they not earn a result at high-flying San Jose Earthquakes on the previous weekend.
The end-of-season home stand concludes after next month's international break when Cascadia Cup rivals Portland Timbers visit BC Place on Sunday, October 21. Needless to say, the next four games should offer drama and excitement, and there has been plenty of that at BC Place this season.
This is where you – Whitecaps FC fans – can still play a huge role in the way this season concludes for Martin Rennie's side. The 'Caps players have always appreciated and looked forward to playing at BC Place this season, and I know they are looking forward to this extended home stretch.
The last five games have been tough watching, but it is important for all 'Caps faithful to focus now on the task in hand. Remember, a couple of Vancouver results and the situation will look very different.
Unlike the long road spell that just concluded, our 'Caps will have your support at home that can lead them to victory, so there is a role here that we can all play on September 23 and 29, as well as October 3 and 21.
Major League Soccer is a long season. It's full of ups and downs. Now is our chance to help Whitecaps FC bounce back from a difficult spell and help them achieve a berth in the postseason.
Put in your preparation this week and we'll see you at BC Place next Sunday afternoon!