State & Lake

It’s amazing how destiny arrives at your door.  In 1993 I lost a friend and her death foretold a future of twists and turns before Destiny finally arrived at my door.
Before leaving Chicago I had a series of dreams – one dream really with three distinct episodes.  The first dream showed me at the beach [...]

Link Between Variant Of Vitamin D Receptor Gene And Melanoma Risk – A new analysis indicates an association between a gene involved in vitamin D metabolism and skin cancer. Published in the November 1, 2008 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study suggests that individuals with certain variants in [...]

Raytheon’s cleanup history is a bit spotty - More than 90 federal lawsuits have sought to stick Raytheon with the cost of removing or cleaning up tainted soil. Residents of St. Petersburg’s Azalea neighborhood in April became the latest to seek legal help, seeking a quick cleanup of their community.  The pollution was first found [...]

Photo Right:  Ellie Smith with an orphaned bobcat that was rehabilitated and later released into the wild.
Doing what I normally do, I stumbled upon an article about a woman I now admire.  Though I don’t know her and unfortunately, will never meet her, I was humbled reading her story.
For 25 years, Ellie Smith ran [...]

Can A Natural Vitamin Help Slow Lung Cancer? Study Looks At Role Vitamin D May Play In Shielding Lungs From Tumors - No matter how you get it, a healthy dose of Vitamin D may be doing more good than first thought. In the laboratory, scientists have discovered that high doses of this [...]

AP Exclusive: Newman friend says actor has cancer — Paul Newman, the legendary actor and philanthropist, is battling cancer, his longtime neighbor and business partner said Wednesday. Newman, 83, has recently appeared gaunt in photos, and dropped plans to direct a play in his Connecticut hometown. Writer A.E. Hotchner, who partnered with Newman to [...]