Thursday, June 20, 2013

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Publicity photo of Lucille Ball from the television program The Lucy Show. This episode is "Lucy Visits Marineland. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Weekly Arrest Report From Gloucester County Sheriff's Office

In the 1400 block of George Washington Memorial Highway
A man was observed on June 8 at 10:35 p.m. near the northbound side of the Coleman Bridge. When contact was made, he had slurred speech, emitted the smell of an alcoholic beverage and was unsteady on his feet. Joseph Richard Prete, 56, of Urbanna, was arrested on a charge of public swearing or intoxication.
In the 14800 block of George Washington Memorial Highway
A report was received of a petit larceny that occurred on June 9 at the Glenn's 7-Eleven when a customer left his money clip containing less than $200 on the counter after making a purchase. When he realized it was gone, he contacted the store and was later advised the money clip had been found and placed under the counter. The money clip was missing from the under the counter, however.
In the 7800 block of Ware Neck Road
A traffic stop in the area of Ware Neck Road and Route 14 on June 9 at 11:56 p.m. resulted in the arrest of Jason Lane West, 26, of Gloucester, on charges of driving while intoxicated, first offense, with a blood alcohol content of between 0.08 and 0.14, possession of marijuana, first offense, and possession of a controlled substance.
On George Washington Memorial Highway
A traffic stop on June 9 in the area of Route 17 and Camp Okee Drive resulted in the issuance of a summons to Michael Brandon Teter, 26, of Mathews, on a charge of driving with a revoked license, first offense.
In the 5300 block of Clay Bank Road
A resident reported on June 9 property damage that occurred between 10:30 a.m. on June 8 and 1:30 a.m. on June 9. The rear storm door had broken glass. No entry was made to the residence and damage was less than $200.
In the 6700 block of Main Street
Deputies received a report on June 9 of damaged property at Edgehill Shopping Center. A woman parked her vehicle and heard the rear window break after getting out. The cause of the breakage is unknown.
On George Washington Memorial Highway
A vehicle registered 110 mph while a deputy was running stationary radar on June 9 at 3:57 a.m. in the area of Bacon's Lane and Route 17. The driver failed to stop resulting in a vehicle pursuit that concluded in Mathews County. Kevin Richard Ladd, 29, of George Washington Memorial Highway in Gloucester, was arrested on charges of eluding police, endangering persons or police.
On Trails Lane
A reported assault on June 9 at Thousand Trails Campground resulted in the arrest of Heidi Marie Strange, 22, of Partlow, on a charge of assault and battery of a family member.
In the 6800 block of Waltons Lane
Walmart employee noticed on June 9 a woman placing items in her purse and leaving the store. Heather Ann Elizabeth Ashe, 18, of Moores Point Road, was arrested on a charge of shoplifting. The items were recovered.
In the 6400 block of Corr Street
A traffic stop on June 9 resulted in a summons or driving with a revoked license, first offense, being issued for Warren Adam Metzger, 23, of Main Street in Gloucester.
In the 6800 block of Waltons Lane
A shoplifting report was received from Walmart on June 9 at 5:14 p.m. An employee observed a man and woman attempting to leave the store with a Dell computer and shoes in a shopping cart, with the combined value of the items exceeding $200. An off-duty Gloucester County Sheriff's Office deputy saw the incident and was attempting to assist. Additional deputies arrived and Antwan Deshawn Valentine, 24, of Norfolk, was charged with grand larceny and obstruction to justice. Also arrested was Christina Kasha Bryant, 23, of Suffolk, on charges of resisting arrest and grand larceny. Bryant was also served with warrants from Virginia Beach related to credit card fraud, and from Chesapeake and Norfolk related to probation violations
Deputies received a report on June 11 at 2:45 a.m. of a suspicious vehicle driving slowly. Contact was made with the driver at the stop sign. Rosalee Melberg, 44, of Woodside Street in Hayes, was issued a summons for driving with a suspended license, first offense.
In the 6400 block of Village Woods Court
A resident reported on June 11 a larceny from the back porch of a residence. Two Mongoose BMX bicycle were taken sometime over the previous two days. The value of the stolen bicycles exceeded $200.
In the 6600 block of Main Street
A business reported on June 11 a burglary that occurred overnight. Forced entry was made through a window at Ware Neck Produce. An undisclosed amount of change was taken.
In the 6100 block of Allmondsville Road
Deputies received a larceny report on June 11 from an unlocked vehicle that occurred between June 1 and June 10. A GPS was taken with a value exceeding $200.
In the 10800 block of Buchanan Lane
A resident reported on June 11 a credit card fraud in which is Langley Federal Credit Union credit card had fraudulent charges on May 8 for $110.53 in South Carolina.
In the 9600 block of Ban Road
A resident reported on June 11 a larceny from an unlocked vehicle parked at a residence that had occurred sometime over the past five days. A Ruger .380 caliber pistol was taken with a value exceeding $200.
In the 7500 block of Hospital Drive
Deputies received a report on June 11 at 5:49 p.m. of a disorderly person at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital. An intoxicated woman was walking into the rooms of patients and disturbing them and refused to follow instructions. Mary Margaret Haywood, 59, of Gloucester, was arrested on a charge of public intoxication.
In the 6200 block of Ark Road
While placing a man into custody for an outstanding warrant from Hampton, a search revealed a smoking device with residue on him. James Purnell Randall, 53, of Indian Road in Gloucester, was arrested on a charge of possession of cocaine.
In the 8000 block of Ark Road
Deputies received a report on June 11 of an assault. The victim's vehicle was also damaged by rocks being thrown at the vehicle while it was in motion. Kimberly Megan Millen, 27, of Ark Road, was arrested on charges of assault and battery of a family member, destruction of private property and throwing a missile at a moving vehicle.

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McAuliffe, Cuccinelli answer questions at tech forum - Richmond Times Dispatch

English: Attorney General of Virginia Ken Cucc...
English: Attorney General of Virginia Ken Cuccinelli (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
McAuliffe
McAuliffe (Photo credit: mou-ikkai)
BY JIM NOLAN
Richmond Times-Dispatch

RESTON – Gubernatorial hopefuls Ken Cucinelli and Terry McAuliffe outlined positions on taxes, transportation, workforce development and economic incentives in a candidates’ forum today for 150 technology business leaders.
But the orderly, business-themed event sponsored by the Northern Virginia Technology Council – in which both men responded to questions when the other was out of the room – did not keep the candidates from using the forum to indirectly attack their opponent’s perceived weaknesses.
Cuccinelli prompted murmuring in the hall when he said he does not "overdo" his focus on social issues.
"My track record is one of defending life and families but you know it’s not like I overdo this," he said.
McAuliffe described as “fiscally irresponsible” Cuccinelli’s plan to cut $1.4 billion in taxes through reductions in the personal income and corporate income taxes and reiterated Cuccinelli’s opposition the multi-billion transportation plan passed by the General Assembly earlier this year.
Cuccinelli said McAuliffe had not presented detailed plans for a gubernatorial term and suggested McAuliffe’s dependence on union funding in his campaign meant he could not be trusted as governor to get the most out of the transportation tax dollars.
“Do you want union Terry spending that money or frugal Ken?” he asked.
McAuliffe said he would be a “brick wall” in protecting the rights of women and will “veto any legislation that is taking any rights away from women” – a reference to the attorney general’s support for recently approved Health Department rules regulating abortion clinics as hospitals.
The Democrat was responding to a question asked by an attorney for the Venable Law Firm – which last week filed suit against the state on behalf of a Northern Virginia women’s clinic. McAuliffe suggested the attorney general’s positions on issues like gay rights in state hiring and women’s issues like the establishment of strict new building standards on abortion clinics – are bad for business.
Cuccinelli, responding to the same question later in the program, reaffirmed his stance “for life and for families” but pivoted to question McAuliffe’s concern about the impact the state’s reputation on those issues would have on attracting business.
“In fact the last time my opponent had a chance to plant a business somewhere, he put it in that bastion of tolerance – Mississippi,” Cuccinelli deadpanned – a reference to the struggling electric car startup, GreenTech Automotive, which McAuliffe founded in late 2009.
Both men came closer to defining their positions on several controversial issues during subsequent separate interview sessions with reporters after the forum, held at the Microsoft corporate offices.
Among the highlights:
McAuliffe, who has received substantial union support in his campaign, said he would not seek to change the state’s right to work law, which prohibits mandatory membership in a union as a condition of employment.
“Right to work has been the law here in Virginia for 65 years, and I wouldn’t change it -- plain and simple,” he said.
“As it (relates) to specific agreements, I have made it crystal clear, first and foremost, I am going to do whatever agreements are in the best interests of the commonwealth of Virginia...I will work with business. I will work with labor. I will work with everyone.”
Cuccinelli, who has received substantial financial support from energy companies, said cutting state tax subsidies to coal companies would be up for consideration among other tax credits when it comes to funding his proposed income tax cut.
“They’re on the table for sure,” he told reporters. “I’m not taking them off the table,” he added, saying he would spare health and education subsidies.
“Who supports me isn’t a determinant of our policy outcomes -- it just isn’t,” Cuccinelli said. “People are used to seeing that, but I have a track record of doing otherwise.”
McAuliffe said changing Virginia’s constitutional amendment on marriage to include gay couples was not practical given the current composure of the legislature, which must pass approve any amendment two years in a row before it could be placed on the ballot for referendum.
“It’s not an issue that I’m going spend my time focusing on…the constitution is not going to change in my term. I’m going to focus on issues I can make a difference on – jobs, economic development, Medicaid expansion…”
Cuccinelli also sought to temper concerns that he would preside over what McAuliffe has called a “divisive social ideological agenda” if he were elected governor. He drew a distinction between his job as attorney general, which he describes as reactive, and the General Assembly, which acts on legislation.
“There’s a difference between them doing their own thing and putting the political capital of the governor behind one program or another,” he said.
The attorney general also sought to put more distance between himself and running mate E.W. Jackson, whose controversial statements on gays, abortion and President Barack Obama have drawn criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike.
“I’m not going to dive into their races or their statements,” Cuccinelli said of his running mates, Jackson and attorney general candidate Sen. Mark Obenshain of Harrisonburg.
He said they had no planned events to appear as a joint ticket except for the traditional “fly-around” at the end of the election.
“I’ve got to stand on my own and they have to do the same thing,” Cuccinelli said. “Do I want every Republican in Virginia to win? You bet I do, you bet I do… We got a 20-20 Senate – and I’d sure like to have the 21st vote.”
Link to the original story at the Richmond Times Dispatch.

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Natural Health Tips - Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees

Liverworts (Marchantiophyta) and Moss (Bryophyta)
Liverworts (Marchantiophyta) and Moss (Bryophyta) (Photo credit: Futureman1)
SK
WA´LǏ=Hepatica acutiloba--Liverwort, Heartleaf: Used for
coughs either in tea or by chewing root. Those who dream of snakes
drink a decoction of this herb and I´natû Ga´n‘ka=“snake tongue”
(Camptosorus rhizophyllus or Walking Fern) to produce vomiting, after
which the dreams do not return. The traders buy large quantities of
liverwort from the Cherokees, who may thus have learned to esteem it
more highly than they otherwise would. The appearance of the other
plant, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, has evidently determined its Cherokee
name and the use to which it is applied. Dispensatory: “Liverwort is a
very mild demulcent tonic and astringent, supposed by some to possess
diuretic an
English: Collage of Cherokee men and women fro...
English: Collage of Cherokee men and women from public domain sources. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
d deobstruent virtues. It was formerly used in Europe
in various complaints, especially chronic hepatic affections, but
has fallen into entire neglect. In this country, some years since,
it acquired considerable reputation, which, however, it has not
maintained as a remedy in hæmoptysis and chronic coughs.” The other
plant is not named.

Reprinted from an historical book from 1885-1886 
The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees
Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886,
Government Printing Office, Washington,
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DRUM STICKS WITH HERB SAUCE - Recipe of the day

For about 20 minutes in a 350 degree oven. The...
For about 20 minutes in a 350 degree oven. Then turn over, brush on more sauce, and bake for another half hour or so until done. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
When serving this recipe, take a tip from Bev Cox, a woman
who
 not only is responsible for many of my favorite Perdue
recipes over the years, but who is also famous for being
one of the best food stylists around. She likes to have the
garnishes mirror the seasonings, so if she had, for
example, this chicken recipe with basil in it, she'd be apt
to garnish it with fresh basil. She also believes that
garnishes should be edible. These chicken drumsticks with
new potatoes and green beans would be a simple dinner, but
sprinkle the new potatoes with chopped chives, stick a red
pepper ring around the green beans and you have something
that looks special as well as tastes special.
5 roaster drumsticks
salt and ground pepper to taste
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons olive oil
Sauce:
1/4 cup minced fresh basil, or 1 tablespoon dried
1/4 cup minced, fresh parsley
1/4 cup thinly sliced scallions
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 tablespoon minced fresh tarragon, or 1 teaspoon dried
1 tablespoon capers
1/4 cup olive oil
Preheat oven to 375oF. Place drumsticks in a baking pan
and season with salt and pepper. In a small bowl combine
garlic and olive oil and baste drumsticks generously. Bake
drumsticks for 60 to 75 minutes until tender and cooked
through, turning and basting once. Meanwhile, in a bowl
make sauce by whisking together remaining ingredients.
Serve drumsticks, passing sauce separately.
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Pocahontas, John Smith, Rescue Site In Spotlight, Gloucester, VA

Written by
Steve Szkotak
Associated Press
English: Plate 10 of an illustration based on ...
English: Plate 10 of an illustration based on the work of John White, however, this is used by John Smith and Strachey at Jamestown to document Virginia Indian communities. #3 is described as a tomahawk. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)



GLOUCESTER, VA. — A farm field overlooking the York River in Tidewater Virginia is believed to be where Pocahontas interceded with her powerful father Powhatan to rescue English Capt. John Smith from death.

That’s a fanciful footnote for many Virginia Indians, historians and archaeologists, who say the real story is that this land was the center of a complex, sprawling empire ruled by Powhatan long before the first permanent English settlement in America was founded in 1607.

It was called Werowocomoco, which roughly translates to a “place of chiefs.”

“This is like our Washington,” said Kevin Brown, chief of the Pamunkey tribe. “History didn’t begin in 1607, and there are a lot of people who overlook that.”

On loan to archaeologists for more than a decade, these 57 privately owned acres will be preserved forever under an agreement years in the making and to be officially announced Friday.

The deal is important for Native Americans because they believe their story has been overshadowed for centuries by the narrative of Smith and his fellow Europeans. In a departure from past digs involving native sites, archaeologists sought the counsel of Indian leaders before and during the exploration, honoring their wishes that burial grounds not be disturbed and helping interpret what was discovered.

For Ashley Atkins, a College of William & Mary doctoral candidate who has worked at the site since 2005, “recovering things out of the ground” was secondary to working with her fellow Pamunkey.

“Unfortunately, native people in the past have had no involvement at all in the way that their history has been investigated, uncovered and presented to the public,” said Atkins, who is 28. “Most people would think, ‘They wouldn’t be involved in uncovering your own history?’ But the reality is that has not been the common practice.”

Jeff Brown, a Pamunkey and Kevin Brown’s brother, worked at the site for years. He recalled Indians visiting the sweeping expanse overlooking the York River and being overcome.



“It gets emotional,” he said. “And when you’re digging you can really feel it.”

Martin Gallivan, a William & Mary anthropologist, said the involvement of native people “enhanced the project immensely.”

Only a fraction of Werewocomoco has been explored, perhaps just 2 percent.

After decades of research, archaeologists used the writings of Smith and others, ancient maps and detective work to conclude with near-certainty that this was Powhatan’s seat of power about 15 miles from Jamestown.

Powhatan’s chiefdom covered 30 political divisions and a population of 15,000 to 20,000 people while Jamestown settlers struggled to survive. Excavations have yielded the outline of the largest longhouse ever found in Virginia and a system of ditches that may have separated sacred and secular areas.

Randolph Turner, a retired state archaeologist whose hunt for Werewocomoco dates to the 1970s, said Powhatan’s empire was “one of the most complex political entities in all of eastern North America.”

The leader “had the power of life and death” and expanded his empire through warfare or the threat of warfare.

“He’s one of the most interesting political and military figures that I’ve ever read about,” Turner said. “And we’re just getting hints in the historical records of all he accomplished in his lifetime.”

The discovery of Werewocomoco can be credited to a purebred dog belonging to the land’s owners, Lynn and Robert Ripley.

Lynn Ripley used to walk around their land with her Chesapeake Bay Retriever, an American Kennel Club competitor named Mobjack Rhett Master Hunter.

She would remove debris that could cut her dog’s paws, and found arrowheads, spear tips, pipe stems and pottery shards.

“I just seemed to have an eye for it,” she said. “That’s how it all began, so our dog wouldn’t cut his feet. It’s like we were meant to be there and I was meant to find these things.”

The clincher was the discovery of copper, which was valued by the Indians as gold is today.

“I am absolutely convinced this is Werewocomoco,” Turner said. “It makes no sense for it to be anywhere else.”

That conclusion is supported by the U.S. Park Service, William & Mary, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013