April 2009

Find Feathered Friends – April 2009

Find Feathered Friends Allen C. Turner, BS. Biology MA, PhD Anthropology Feathered Serpents: Myth or Reality?   All birds have feathers, mammals have fur or hair, and reptiles have scales. “But wait!” you exclaim, “what about the pangolin, a mammal with scales?” “And what about Quetzalcoatl, the feathered-serpent of Aztecan lore?” The Biologist replies, “I

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Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia – April 2009

Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia By Mary Anne Molinari, RN, MN, GNCS-BC   When some people age and become a little forgetful, we commonly joke that they have “Old Timer’s Disease” aka Alzheimer’s Disease. If the behavior worsens we often conclude that the person must indeed have this disease. Unfortunately, there exists the idea that dementia

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WHO WAS GERTRUDE BELL—And Why Might You Want to Know? April 2009

WHO WAS GERTRUDE BELL —And Why Might You Want to Know? By Linda and Rob Mohr   Was she “the uncrowned Queen of Iraq” whom more than any other foreigner, enabled the founding of modern of Iraq; or “…a silly chattering windbag of conceited, gushing, man-woman, rump-wagging blathering ass!” as her not un-fascinated arch-enemy Sir

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