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Introvert I ’ll never forget the first day of college when my loud, energetic new roommate pulled a brick from one of her boxes and said, “Hey, look at this! My best friend painted it for me. We can use it to prop open our door when we’re in here so anyone walking by can come in or say hi! Isn’t that awesome!” I nodded, terrified. What in the world did she mean that we were going to leave our room door open so passersby could stop or look in at will?

This girl was crazy.

Her entire family was in our tiny dorm room talking over each other while my dad pulled a chair into the hallway away from the fray to put together furniture. Meanwhile, my mother quietly put away my clothes, and none of the three of us spoke a word. The scene looked like something out of a sitcom. I was worried this was going to be a bit of a “The Odd Couple” situation.

For the most part, that is exactly what my early years in college were like. Only instead of it being a slob and a neat freak, we were “the extrovert and the introvert.”

What do extrovert and introvert mean?

They are concepts of personality theory that deal with how a person gets her energy, and how she interacts with the world around her. Typically extroverts feed from external energies of people and things, and introverts are more internally focused on ideas and self. I’ve heard it described that extroverts are outgoing and introverts are shy, which really isn’t completely accurate.

One of the best ways to understand these concepts is thinking about batteries. Different things drain and charge batteries for introverts and extroverts. For an introvert being in large crowds, or around a lot of energy is what drains the power to the battery.

In order for an introvert to recharge she has to get a little space or solitude. Extroverts on the other hand can get restless and drained by quiet alone time; when they need to fill up they find it best to be social.

The idea that someone is all extrovert or all

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introvert is one of the biggest myths. Some of the other most common misconceptions are that introverts are “shy.” Introverts aren’t necessarily shy, but are more low-key. They speak when they feel they can add to the conversation, and when they have a point to make. They observe and they take in. It’s not a fear of talking or interacting; but it’s a different way to go about it.

Extroverts are often misunderstood too.

Sometimes people can take them as shallow, or needing to be the center of attention.

They’re not in the center of attention because it’s a quest they have, it’s more about that’s where the action is happening.

It’s not that being an extrovert is inherently better, but people of this personality are often the more outspoken; and therefore the ones most often noticed and put in charge. The US in particular has a very high premium on productivity and success. In our culture this tends to look a certain way; we celebrate workers who are perceived to be “go-getters” or people of action. This doesn’t mean introverts aren’t “go-getters”; but that they just have a different way of going and getting things.

My roommate, Marissa, was and still is very extroverted. Marisa is one of the most social people I’ve ever met. She would find complete strangers and spark up a conversation like it was nothing. She naturally ran for student office and was an active and integral part of our class, until our senior year when she was president of the entire student body.

We are really evenly matched in intelligence and drive, but Marissa’s way of showing that is more recognizable to the masses in our culture.

Living with her I had no choice but to sometimes venture out of my shell and experience the world in new and sometimes uncomfortable ways. I allowed the door to stay open, and sometimes would spontaneously go out on a Tuesday night. The typical fun college experience lends itself to extroversion.

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As much as her outgoingness rubbed off on me during that time, I gave her some balance as well. She was able to shut the door to our room at times and get her homework done, or just relax and watch TV, because I was only too willing to leave space for peace and quiet.

Introversion and extroversion like most things isn’t an all or nothing deal. As with most concepts in psychology it runs on a scale. There really isn’t such a thing as a pure introvert. The scale is what made it possible for an introverted person like me to be able to have the door open sometimes; and for my extroverted roommate to sometimes want solitude.

Some people even fall exactly in the middle of his scale, and they are called Ambiverts.

These people are a really healthy balance of both sides.

There are countless quizzes online to determine if you’re more introverted or extroverted, but chances are you have a pretty good idea already. Identifying these personality traits merely gives you information about yourself that can inform you on how best to proceed in any given situation.

Because I know I’m very introverted, I can better take care of myself. If it’s a big out of town wedding weekend for a good friend, and I know I’ll have to be social and around people all the time. So I might plan to take a little time for myself one morning and listen to music before I head down to breakfast. Whereas when my old college roommate travels to a new city for business, she’ll see who she knows in that city, and what cool restaurant they could meet up in for a drink or dinner.

When you know about yourself, and what makes you tick, you can keep your batteries charged and will find more space to be creative, calm, and comfortable in your own skin. A major benefit that comes with self-acceptance of your own traits, is the eventual acceptance of others’.

“Different things drain and charge batteries for introverts and extroverts.”

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here’s no place else like it in the world. The Herkimer Diamond Mines have inspired artists, craftsman and collectors for decades, capturing the imaginations of travelers young and old, who come from all over the world to experience a real-life treasure hunt.

Over the years, the popularity and value of Herkimer Diamonds has continued to grow.

Jewelry-makers and religious healers (seeking metaphysical benefits from the stones), provide a global market for these one-of-a-kind gems.

As we toured the Herkimer Diamond Mines recently, we spoke with President and Owner, Dr. Renee Scialdo Shevat.

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“Everyone finds something,” she said.

And the best part, of course, is that you can keep what you find.

The Herkimer Diamond Mines include an activity center, museum and jewelry store with pieces by 200 international designers, including 42 artisans from the Upstate New York region.

“This is the largest jewelry store in Upstate New York,” Shevat said. “Yesterday, we had 580 miners and 20% were from out of the country. This is an attraction that brings in a lot of international people, because it is so well known internationally. This is the only place in the world where you can find Herkimer Diamonds.”

With eighteen facets and two points, Herkimer Diamonds are double-terminated quartz crystals with a hardness of 7.5 (true diamonds have a hardness of 10).

“The Herkimer is the hardest crystal in the world. Most quartz crystals are a 7 on the Mohs scale. This is a 7.5. Every stone, whether it’s a baby or whether it’s a two-inch stone, it will always have, if it’s perfect, 18 facets or faces.”

Because of its unique properties, the Herkimer Diamond is increasingly sought after oversees.

“Herkimers are used pretty heavily in some telecommunications research,” Shevat explained.

Visitors to the Herkimer Diamond Mines search for hidden treasures.

porous it is, the more apt you are to find something.”

Unlike many other mines, the Herkimer Diamond Mines are surface mines, which are easily accessible.

To discover Herkimer Diamonds, the process if often quite simple. In fact, Shevat explains that most of the gems are found by children and mothers, who sift through the dirt and loose stones to find the smaller, more perfect gems.

But for those who love to chip away at the sedimentary rock with picks and hammers, she has some useful advice.

“We’re teaching the prospectors (the miners), to read the rock and look for rock that is porous, as opposed to dense,” she said. “The more

“We have three mines and one commercial mine. The commercial mine, tourists and novices like you and me can’t go into. The commercial mine is meant for our commercial extraction, which is our wholesale market.”

Discover your own gems!

This month, Women of Upstate New York Magazine is giving away a pair of tickets to the Herkimer Diamond Mines to one of our Facebook fans. To be eligible, simply like the Women of Upstate NY Facebook page and we will choose one lucky fan by September 26. Be sure to tell your family and friends to like the page as well! Good luck!

“Everyone finds something.”

“Many mines are below ground,” Shevat explained. “Many mines are above ground, but you still can’t access them because they are not open to the public. But this is open to the public.”

With plenty of space for families and large groups, the mines also boast a convenient, award-winning KOA campground with tent sites, cabins and themed, specialty lodges, located just across the street from the mines.

To go on your own rock hunting adventure, the Herkimer Diamond Mines are located at 800 Mohawk St., Herkimer, NY. For more information call, 315-717-0175 or visit www. herkimerdiamond.com.

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t is hard to imagine that Egyptians were pioneers in creating the beautiful structures and statues that still stand today.

There is so much to take in as you travel through Egypt. You get a bit of each dynasty and how they evolved through time. You will experience how the people lived and what it took to create these engineering marvels.

Egypt, the largest country in the Middle East and the Arab world, is packed with history that dates back to the 10th millennium BC.

along the way with a view that is breathtaking.

Alexandria, founded by Alexander the Great and a port city where a tower was built to guide ships into its port.

The best time to travel? October through April, perfect weather to take in all of the scenery. There are many tours that you can take. I personally would not want to travel in the desert and get lost!

Your trip to Egypt should include a visit to the following sites: The Great Pyramid of Giza, Pharaoh Kufu’s pyramid, which took between 10 and 20 years to build, it is the only pyramid with ascending and descending chambers and it is the largest of the three.

Great Sphinx, this mythical structure has the body of a lion and the head of a man, as it guards the tombs. Built around 2600 BC, it is one of the world’s largest statutes.

The Valley of the Kings, with its east and west burial grounds is the tomb of Pharaohs. Around 1600 BC the great pyramids became a thing of the past.

Karnak, with its 133 massive columns arranged in 16 rows, was connected to almost all of the pharaohs during the 18th dynasty.

Mount Sinai, also known as Mount Horeb, where it is said that Moses received the Ten Commandments. Located in the Sinai Peninsula, you can hike to the summit or use a camel on the path of Moses, where you will find chapels

So what should you wear? When you are a guest in any country, you should respect their customs, even if you are in a highly tourist populated area. Always dress appropriately.

Check with a friend who has been there or a travel agent.

Before I travel, I like to learn a little bit of the native language. It makes my trip more enjoyable, knowing that I am making an effort to communicate and truly experience the journey.

If you are planning an upcoming trip to Egypt, The Grand Egyptian Museum is slated to open in 2015.

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r. Leslie Kohman recently gave us an insider’s view of Upstate’s new, state-of-the-art Cancer Center and detailed the comprehensive resources it will offer patients and their families in the region.

WOUNY: Explain the evolution of the new Cancer Center and your involvement with it.

DK: The Upstate Cancer Center is a building which opened for patient care on August 25. The Cancer Center is an ambulatory care facility, where all outpatient cancer treatments can occur. It’s linked with our oncology unit that opened a few years ago in the new East wing of the hospital.

We have always given good, comprehensive advanced cancer care and treatment here within the upstate community. However, this is the first time when all these services will be localized in one building. This is one of the major advantages.

From radiation therapy to chemotherapy, chemotherapy infusion areas, and a pediatric cancer outpatient unit, surgical oncologists of all kinds will have the opportunity to participate in patient care in one building.

They will be able to participate in conjunction with supportive services also housed in the Cancer Center. Services, such as social workers, financial counselors, integrative medicine, psycho/social counseling, pain treatment and nutrition counseling will be available to patients in one building.

The building has an area for community activities where support groups can hold meetings, a family resource center, where patients can look up information on their cancer and it has a video link to our trained medical librarian. There is a small meditation room, chapel and a boutique which will sell cancer related items such as scarves, wigs, jewelry and other gifts. They will also do bra fittings for breast cancer survivors there.

There is a piano in the main lobby atrium and we expect to have a music program that

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The Upstate Cancer Center is located at 750 East Adams St., Syracuse.

provides many of hours of music per week, as well as therapeutic music for patients. We are connected to the hospital on two floors and there is a café located between the Cancer Center and the lobby. There is a healing garden that patients can look out at during their treatments and families and patients can walk through together in good weather.

functioning in the hospital and at the center for continuity of care. We have a beautiful new oncology unit on the tenth floor in the East Tower. All the rooms are private, with windows and a place for family members to spend the night with a patient if they needed to. It is a very highly regarded inpatient unit.

I’ve been advocating for this since 1998 from a programmatic point of view and have been involved from the beginning providing a physician’s perspective during planning and design of the building. Then, four years ago, I was thrilled to be named Medical Director. Since that time, I have been concentrating most of my efforts on developing the physician component of programming and patient care that will be delivered in this wonderful new environment.

WOUNY: Is this a research facility also?

WOUNY: Is this facility entirely outpatient?

DK: Yes, most cancer treatment is delivered in the outpatient arena these days. Our inpatient oncology unit is connected to the building so if there is someone that needs to stay at hospital the same doctors are

DK: Patients will be participating in clinical trials and a variety of clinical research within this center as they get their treatment. We highly advocate for every patient to participate in a clinical trial if one is available. So, their blood samples and tumor samples may be used for basic research, but in this particular building there are no research laboratories. We are tightly linked with the Upstate Cancer Research Institute, where over 100 Upstate faculty and a half a dozen other Universities are linked together conducting research for cures for cancer.

WOUNY: What types of cancer will the center treat?

DK: We’ll be treating all forms of cancer.

Our biggest cancers in CNY are lung

cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer and prostate cancer.

We’ll treat liver and pancreas cancer and really every type of cancer we will get, we will treat, for sure. We have specialized teams focusing on lung cancer, breast cancer, head and neck cancers, brain tumors, prostate, kidney, bladder and pancreas tumors.

We are endeavoring to work in teams with representatives from the different modalities of treatment such as radiation, chemotherapy and surgery with everyone working together for the best treatment plan possible for the patient. In addition we have spe-

it is so precise and almost surgical in its focused beam range. The VERO will be the epitome of this type of treatment. It will be used a lot for lung cancer, prostate cancer and is also will be very helpful for pediatric cancers.

The other area where we have a lot of new technology is what we call our Intra Operative Suit. This is a small operating suite linked to an MRI scanner. It is a unique configuration of three rooms. Actually, it is one of the few places in the world where the rooms are linked in this exact configuration.

There is a very up to date MRI scanner in

to grow all the time because 95% of children with cancer are cured.

However, there are long term side effects from treatment and because these children have their whole lives ahead of them, the care for this survivor group is very important.

Our adult cancer patients have grown by 10% every year for the last 10 years. We don’t anticipate any slowing of that and since we have more room, we do expect to see more patients.

There are over a million cancer survivors in New York State alone. These survivors will

“This is the first time when all these services will be localized in one building.” cialists in pathology, radiology and biopsy techniques to assist in the evaluation and planning for the patient.

WOUNY: What is some of the new, innovative technology that will be used in the Center?

DK: The new technology has two locations, one is the radiation oncology area on the first floor. It is in a beautiful facility, that had been housed in the basement for 50 years. In the new facility, we will have three treatment machines and have room for a fourth machine.

One of the new machines is the Varian True Beam which is really a workhorse for radiation therapy. It is a new model that is just getting out in practice and has great capability.

Even more advanced, is a machine called the VERO. The VERO is only the third of its kind in the country, and will be installed here at Upstate. The VERO provides not only 3D movement of the machine around the patient to come at the tumor from all angles, but also provides time. As parts of the body move, such the lung when you breathe for example, the machine can track it and its precise beam and location of the tumor even as it is moving from moment to moment.

Both of these machines have built-in imaging, built-in x-ray and one has built in CT scanning. This very precise radiation is called stereotactic body radio therapy. It is also referred to as radio surgery because

the middle room, one side is an operating room and the other side is an angiography room where studies are done through the blood vessels with injections of dye that show the blood vessels and tumors in various locations.

The advantage of this technology is that a patient can be wheeled from the operating room right into the MRI scanner to get a look at what’s happening and then wheeled back to the operating room to finish the operation. The MRI scanner can be accessed from both rooms and patients can roll into it either head first or feet first from either room. This is particularly important for neurosurgery, for brain tumors and many pediatric tumors and pediatric brain conditions and will be used quite a lot for this type of cancer work.

need to be monitored with frequent visits, follow ups, check ups, treatment for second cancers and general survivorship care.

Because cancer survivors have particular risk factors that must be monitored, we expect that this facility with all of its resources, will serve us well.

We hope that our readers are a bit more educated on the Cancer Center. It is a tremendous asset to our community.

WOUNY: Given that the overall population is aging and that the incidences of cancer continue to increase each year, how many patients do you expect to be treating?

DK: Right now, we see more than 2,000 new adult Cancer patients every year and somewhere between 15-20,000 visits from these patients for their care. In the pediatric area, we do not expect an increase in new cancers.

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ho is Kelly Cutrone? As I stood in the conference room, waiting to connect via telephone, it was almost time to find out. I knew she had a reputation for being a no-nonsense, tough-as-nails public relations executive in the fashion industry.

After all, one of her New York Times best-selling books is titled, If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You. I recalled episodes of MTV’s The Hills and The City, where she delivered doses of reality to the sparkling lives of stars Whitney Port and Lauren Conrad. I had done the research for the interview, but was I ready?

What I found over the course of the next half-an-hour was that Kelly Cutrone wasn’t anything like the celebrity I expected to meet.

Sure, she has a tell-it-like-it-is personality that occasionally breeds controversy, but she also revealed a much kinder, more approachable side of herself that quickly put me at ease.

There was a part of me that wished I hadn’t gone into that interview with any assumptions, because Kelly proved that being yourself is much more refreshing than trying to be someone you are not.

That was in 2011. Fast forward to 2014.

Now, as a judge on Cycle 21 of America’s Next Top Model, she has since been given the nickname Kelly “Cut-Throat” Cutrone. But I wasn’t scared. It was time to choose a woman for the cover of the September issue, who

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captured the essence of what it means to be an Upstate New Yorker. A woman who has stayed true to her roots and yet has risen to the highest levels of success in her field. I knew Kelly Cutrone was the perfect example of an ordinary woman doing extraordinary things.

And so, editor-in-chief Mary McCandless recently picked up where my first interview with Kelly left off, learning a little more about her amazing adventures as an author, publicist, television personality, philanthropist and mother.

The conversation began, as Kelly navigated the streets of New York, with a discussion of the public relations agency she founded in 1995, called People’s Revolution.

“It’s always been a fashion and lifestyle firm,” Kelly said. “Over the years, I’ve worked with everybody from Mr. Valentino to Christie’s auction house to Vivienne Westwood... you name it, pretty much every major fashion designer in the world. My main focus has been covering all of their communications, celebrity dressing, brand imaging and producing their fashion shows. I’ve produced fashion shows for 20-25 years in all the top fashion markets, two to four times a year in New York, London, Paris, Milan and also in secondary markets like São Paulo, Mexico, Moscow, Korea and Tokyo.”

From red carpet ceremonies to award ceremonies like the Grammys, Kelly has worked with some of the hottest acts in music, including Iggy Azalea and Nicki Minaj.

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To many outsiders, the fashion industry is a glamorous world, idealized in haute couture print ad campaigns depicting stunning models in exotic locales. Yet, the reality is not always so picture perfect.

“The reality is there are things about it that are glamorous, but they are few and far between,” Kelly said.

With long hours, swirling deadlines and the pressure to get every detail right, not everyone is cut out for the job.

“There’s so much work that goes into it and you have to be really diligent and tenacious, and on some level, somebody who can spring

Known to some as Kelly “Cut-throat” Cutrone, the fashion publicist, television personality and author continues to stir things up on America’s Next Top Model. employed and benefit from the industry.”

As a whole, the fashion business is often criticized for the messages it sends through its marketing. Yet, in her own role, Kelly actively takes a stand on matters of self-esteem, bullying and other related women’s issues.

back from criticism... Mistakes are inevitable and when you make them, they’re brutal. If you’re looking for a job where you get a lot of praise or you feel like home, it’s really not the profession to be in. It’s an incredible amount of hard work and you’re usually having to make really big decisions for hundreds of millions, and sometimes billion dollar brands.”

For those who see the fashion business as a shallow enterprise, Kelly explains that there is more to it than meets the eye.

“Because I’m in the industry, I have a lot of power. And because I have a lot of power, I can do a lot of good. I do a ton of charity work, all the time... I’m really concerned about the state of the world and I spend a lot of time working with homeless people and working with kids who have been in extremely underprivileged and dangerous situations.”

As a former resident of Camillus, Kelly still visits the Central New York area and has many fond memories of places like Sylvan

Kelly Cutrone

“Even if you’re 70, you should figure out what it was the child in you wanted to do and go for it.”

“There are two ways to look at the fashion industry. On one hand, it is not important,” Kelly said. “And then on the other hand, clothes can do a lot for people.

It can keep them safe from the elements.

Secondly, the industry employs so many people around the world. From all the makeup companies, to all the hair companies, to all the fabric makers globally, to the cotton farms, to all the transportation companies like UPS and FedEx, all the magazines, all the advertising people, all the retailers and real estate people.

It is a huge industry, and I don’t think that people really realize how many people are

Beach, Oneida Lake and Roseland Park.

“It wasn’t until my late twenties or early thirties that I really started to appreciate how beautiful the area is,” she said. “The Thousand Islands is one of my top five most beautiful places I’ve ever been to, anywhere in the world.”

Known for her jet-black wardrobe that defies critics by being anything but daring, Kelly has

also proven that women don’t have to fit the traditional mold or chase the latest fashion trend to be happy and successful in modern business.

“I think that women receive horrible messaging in the world,” Kelly said. “Women are really overworked and they are overwhelmed. And women have to be really, really careful how we treat other women... there are so many women who have given birth to five kids who have never given birth to themselves. My thing is, if you can give birth to other things, then you better start giving birth to yourself. Even if you’re 70, you should figure out what it was the child in you wanted to do and go for it.”

America’s Next Top Model Guest judge Kelly Cutrone returns for Cycle 21 of America’s Next Top Model, which airs Mondays at 9 p.m. on The CW.

From left, Miss J, Tyra Banks and Kelly Cutrone star in Cycle 21 of America’s Next Top Model. Photo by Patric Wymore/©2014 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Diane Kruger

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iane Kruger stars as Detective Sonya Cross of the El Paso Police Department in the critically-acclaimed television drama The Bridge. I recently talked to her about what aspects of her character she was most looking forward to exploring this season and what sets this apart from some of the other notable roles she has had in the past.

“Sonya herself is a very complex character to play,” Diane said. “The real challenge is to give a really nuanced performance and really pushing... myself to make sure that we see a very complete picture of a woman living with Asperger’s.

And yet, I’m, of course, always intrigued. I learn so much from the show about storylines

By Michael Aaron Gallagher

that actually happen on the border. A lot of our stories are inspired by real-life events, and it’s a very volatile area, as you know. The stories that I read about and learn about are often discussed, not just on set, but when we get the pitches for the next upcoming episodes, so I’m always intrigued by that. It’s been a very satisfying experience working on a show that is politically relevant and quite timely.”

Outside of television, Diane is often recognized for her film roles, which include playing Helen in Troy opposite Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom and Abigail Chase in National Treasure with Nicolas Cage.

“Hopefully, every character that I take on as I grow older becomes more interesting. And, obviously, as I grow older, I have more to bring to the table and more experiences that I’ve lived myself. So I’m hoping that I can color my characters more and more. Sonya’s certainly been very challenging and continues to be so, and it’s been a very satisfying season so far. I feel like we really get to learn a lot about her.”

The Bridge airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on FX.

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s one of the kindest, down-to-earth actors I have interviewed, I always enjoy chatting with The Lord of the Rings star, Elijah Wood.

He recently talked to me about the final season of the comedy Wilfred, in which he plays Ryan, a young professional who befriends his neighbor’s dog (who he sees as a man in a dog costume). He reflected on what it’s been like to be a part of the FX family over the years.

“It’s been great.” Elijah said.

“It’s been a joy to watch the network really grow in the last four years as well.... We had something that was quite strange and a little outside of the box (or a lot outside of the box) and we always had full support from them to make the kind of creative decisions that we wanted to make, which was an extraordinary thing. They were never afraid of where we would go with the show and so we always felt supported. And to make something that is not altogether common and to feel like you’ve got the support, the genuine support of the network, was really wonderful.”

Looking back on his experience over the years with the show, Elijah says there is one thing he will remember the most.

“Honestly, it would be the family that we created, or that was created as a result of making the show, on set. I think in a way the hardest thing to let go of when it all came to an end was the crew and the family that had been created over the years, because it was really the same group of people for the most part for the majority of

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the episodes over the course of four years.... We got to go to work every day and have a laugh and what a gift that was, to work with people that you love, to work with material that was constantly hilarious. It was genuinely something I would look forward to every year, that for three months I got to go to work with these great people and have a laugh. And I’ll definitely miss that.”

Wilfred is available now on Netflix.

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hat is it like to be a female artist? How does the estrogen pulse through the creative process? Men and women don’t always think the same way.

What seems to be important about life to either gender can be two very different things. Anyone who has been in a relationship knows that. Although, there are so many varying degrees of how the female aesthetic is expressed.

It’s as if my hands, heart, and mind are working without me to create something that I have had only little power over — something made by what influences me, my surroundings, my emotions, my background, and of course passion, great, beautiful, wonderful passion for what I am doing.

As an artist, the only part of this process that I can control is what I have learned to control. That would be the ideal I start with on paper or canvas and the skills for using the medium I desire. Then, this magical gift seems to take over and I am always surprised with the end results.

Art is such a powerful tool and has the ability to convey stunning and impressive messages to the viewer. I want to explore the feminine aesthetic of artists right here in Upstate New York.

It appears to me that there are many points of view that can emerge from the creative women who express their intelligence visually. I have seen such beautiful, poignant work from my friends who create. I guess I’m one of those people who can leave a grocery store having had the most wonderful conversation with the person in line just behind me.

I have found this to be a deep subconscious influence in my own paintings, never planning to send the message that this artwork was created by a woman. But, when I stand away from the canvas to see what I’ve drawn and painted I see the woman almost magically poured out into the paint I’ve used and the drawing I’ve drawn.

Whenever I am out of town, I love to talk to the locals, like the guy behind the deli counter, or the girl helping me try on that bracelet.

Let me tell you, if they’ve been anywhere near Syracuse or Upstate New York, I always hear how beautiful this part of the country is. I have to agree. Most of the time, traveling away from home does make me

appreciate the rolling hills and patchwork greenery of the farms from Interstate Route 81 south.

The people here are known for, from afar, their friendliness. I can’t tell you how often I’ve seen friends move away to where the grass is greener on the other side only to return years or months later to beautiful, friendly Central New York. It seems to some that the horridly long, snowy, frigid winters just don’t seem as harsh as they once were to keep some away forever. And when the sun shines around here and festival season begins in summer Syracusans become even friendlier. That I can attest to.

I’ve also heard that Syracuse is a great place to raise a family. There are extremes (in my opinion primarily weather), but the quality of life can be quite attractive to artists who appreciate living where it’s easy to get around and there are communities who support the arts.

So, how do these factors play a part in the lives of our women artists here?

I would like to know how the women of Central New York feel about what influences their work. What part of living here has anything to do with the female perspective or the message that is conveyed through their art?

In the future, I hope to introduce the artists’ ideas to you. What is their passion, what makes them continue to produce art here?

Let me tell your story.

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he first MG Car Club was started in 1930 in the United Kingdom. The sporty looks of the cars began to attract more people, which increased the production that lasted for 50 years, with the last production models made in 1980. The love of the MG lives on, and many people join the clubs to keep the camaraderie going.

For so many years car clubs were thought to be a man’s way to cruise around with his buddies and show off their cars.

Women would ride along, but did you know that there are women in car clubs with beautiful cars of their own?

I was at the shopping center not too long ago, and saw this beautiful MG. Susan Beck (the owner) walked over, so I asked her the usual questions, what year is it, how many miles do you have, and of course, “what a great car!” She told me that she belonged to The MG club and many women are a part of it, and have their own cars.

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Sue’s first car was a 69 MGB that she bought right out of college. Then, when she married and had children, she sold it. Twenty years later she bought another car, and another 10 years later bought another MGB. Sue also has a Miata, a car she says that, as many MG lovers got older, they bought because they have air conditioning, power windows and more.

So, now, she has her ‘63 MG the oldest one in the club and Miata.

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The local MG club consists of men and women, who plan all types of trips. Road trips consist of many car shows, one in particular is the yearly Eurocar event that happens every Father’s Day. The members pick different nonprofit organizations and raise money for them.

Morgan Hapeman, owner of a ‘79 MG is a commercial international pilot and she flies 737s. Gail Wagner owns a Miata and races it at the Pocono Raceway. The list goes on of women with impressive backgrounds who extend their passion to car clubs and truly enjoying the cars that they drive.

This year’s event proceeds went to Wanderer’s Rest and Hope for the Bereaved.

Members will do wine trips, visit PA and drive up to the Adirondacks.

If you are a British car enthusiast, bring your car and join the club. They welcome all foreign cars as you can see some of the members shown.

The women venture out with their cars, just to cruise around. Susan has a passion for MGs, and she invited me to meet some of the ladies.

What a great way to share your car with others.

One very special lady, Carol Lillis of Canandaigua, who had surgery for breast cancer and about 18 months later drove her MG 5,170 miles across the US including every mile of US 20. Carol is raising support for the new women’s cancer health center at Thompson Health in Canandaigua.

In fact, she is in the early planning stages of a rally/tour next year to raise funds for the “Navigator” program. The Navigator Program provides women diagnosed with breast cancer with a guide (nurse and/ or cancer survivor) to help her through the maze of appointments and provide emotional support through every step of treatment and recovery.

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Brain Aneurysms

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orothy Connor, was a single mom raising two daughters and working as a registered nurse.

Her days included driving to cheerleading practice, sitting for hours at basketball and football games, while cheering her daughter on. The love of family and job is what she so cherished, even working part time to help get her daughter through college and grad school. Hope Bednarski, Dorothy’s daughter recalls, “she would always encourage us to work hard and never give up.”

The neurosurgeon said there is very little hope because of the location of the rupture.

A little over two weeks later, they decided to try the surgery. It caused strokes, and after that she was never the same. “She spent several months in different rehab facilities, but she was never my mom again,” Hope said.

She passed June 21, 2003 at the age of 59, almost five months after the rupture. It was two weeks before Hope’s wedding day.

Hope participated in a Breast Cancer Walk a few years ago which led her to look into walks for the Brain Aneurysm Foundation.

When Hope couldn’t find anything being done in the area, she decided to organize one herself.

“I wanted to walk/run for a cause close to my heart,”she said. “My two children (Connor, 7 and Callie, 5) were never lucky enough to meet my mom, but organizing this event has helped keep her memory alive and brought up many discussions about their Grandma Doris and the person she was.”

Then in late January 2003, this hardworking mom called in sick. Something that she has NEVER done. The next day when Dorothy did not go into work, a co-worker called, when there was no answer they knew that there had to be a problem. The co-worker called one of Dorothy’s daughters, JoDee Kelly who went to her mother’s apartment to find her mother “out of it.”

She was brought to the hospital and JoDee was told shortly after by the neurosurgeon that her mom had a ruptured brain aneurysm and she was not going to make it.

When Hope Bednarsky, Dorothy’s other daughter made it to Upstate University Hospital from Atlanta, her mom was awake and even talking. She was more concerned about Hope flying home and said “the doctors just need to take care of this rupture.”

“I have learned how good it feels to make a difference. I can’t get my mom back but I know she would take great pride in seeing me spread awareness on brain aneurysms and helping other families who have been impacted by one.”

We wanted to share more information about Brain Aneurysms to help you to identify symptoms, and learn the risk factors. I spoke with Dr. Eric. M. Deshaies, Neurosurgeon from University Hospital to learn a bit more about aneurysms.

Q. What is a cerebral aneurysm?

A. It is a little blister or weak spot that occurs on one of the arteries in the brain.

The blister is like a balloon and the base we call the neck is similar to a balloon neck (the area that you blow into). The rest of it is called a dome and where the dome is, it can

get very weak. A hole can develop within the blister causing blood to leak into the brain, causing pressures to be very high.

Q. What are the chances of survival?

It can be lethal, about 1/3 of people die before they get to the hospital. 1/3 are in comas and never really get better. The lucky 1/3 can be treated with surgery, where they will put in a clip around the bottom of the aneurysm or can do minimally invasive surgery using X-ray cameras and putting coils around the artery to stop it from bleeding.

With treatment, half of those treated are still susceptible to stokes.

Q. Are people born with Aneurysms and how are the formed?

A. Some people are born with them. There are also risk factors - from having high blood pressure, Eric M. Deshaies, MD, high cholesterol assistant professor of neuand smoking is rosurgery, a big one. There Upstate University Hospital. are some genetic disorders where families are predisposed to and there may be a genetic link in some people we have not identified. If you have two or more first generation relatives that have them. We recommend these people get screened because there might be some kind of genetic link that we do not understand.

Q. Are there signs or signals?

A. Most of the time the answer is no, you don’t know until it bleeds. When it bleeds, you will get the worst headache of your life, photophobia (where light hurts your eyes), and a very, very stiff neck, which all will occur at the same time and you should get to the hospital immediately.

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Directions: Take the Bartell Road exit off I-81 and proced east on Bartell Road. The entrance to the park is on the left about a mile from the highway. You will pass a toll booth (for boat launchers) once in the park, but will not have to pay a fee.

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Brain Foods:

What Should We Eat to Protect Our Brains?

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ou’ve probably heard about the book Grain Brain by neurologist, Dr. David Pearlmutter. It has been on the New York Times bestseller list for months and in it he blames every cognitive problem from migraines, ADHD, and seizures to the dreaded Alzheimer’s Disease on “Carbs” and “Gluten.”

Gluten is fast becoming the “villain du jour” in our culture. Should we all stop eating it?

By Linda Quinn, MS, RDN

to keep all your parts, including your brain, functioning optimally.

high in sugar and saturated fat experienced cognitive decline.

Remember the old saying, “You are born with just so many brain cells.” Researchers at MIT found that adage is not correct.

That in fact, even as an adult you can rebuild brain cells and increase brain cell production. Omega 3 fats may be a big part of the answer. There is strong research that omega

The brain is very susceptible to free radical damage. Eating a wide variety of plant foods is the best way to protect your brain. Here are just a few from the research:

To be quite honest, Gluten can be very dangerous to some people. For 1% of the US population with Celiac Disease, gluten can cause irreparable damage to gut microvilli. Additionally, for some with Autism a Gluten-free, Casein-free diet may be a critical treatment. And people with Gluten Sensitivity may suffer from a number of symptoms. In these cases, all gluten should be avoided completely.

Berries: A great deal of research conducted at Tufts USDA lab found that polyphenols called anthocyanins in blueberries, blackberries, concord grapes, and apples can decrease cellular damage and increase learning and memory.

Curry: Contains an antioxidant curcumin which is eaten daily in India. Even though Indians eat a diet high in Carbohydrates, they have very low incidence of Alzheimer’s disease.

For an estimated 98% of us, Gluten does not cause health issues. Gluten is simply a protein found in wheat, barley and rye.

Eating these foods is safe and provides the energy, vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals the brain needs.

Our adult brain weighs about 3 pounds and is made up of mostly fat and water. It consists of 100 billion brain cells called neurons and uses more energy than any other organ in the body. In fact, 20% of the energy we eat is used by the brain. The main fuel of the brain is glucose. Yes, sugar. But, it needs good fats, protein, complex carbohydrates and micronutrients to run.

Research indicates we are consuming too many calories and moving less. Additionally, a higher percentage of these calories are in the form of refined carbohydrates and sugar. A high sugar diet may affect insulin receptors in the brain and dull learning and memory skills. But, the answer isn’t to cut out carbohydrates, it is to re-balance the diet and make better choices.

Researchers find that eating too much can be detrimental for the brain. So, being overweight or obese will increase your risk for dementia. When we overeat, we create a cascade of metabolic processes that can wreak havoc in our cells and all our organs.

Eating moderately and staying at a healthy weight may be the best defense you have

Apples: Contain high amounts of flavanols especially Quercetin. This substance is a major phytochemical in Ginkgo Biloba.

Quercetin has been shown to reduce memory and learning impairment.

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My Brainy Breakfast!

Go Lean Cereal (¾ cup) Walnuts (2 Tablespoons) Ground Flax Seed (1 Tablespoon) Fruit: Blueberries or Apple Chunks (1 cup) Soy Milk (½ cup) Drink: Cup of Tea 3 fats are critical for proper brain development and function. Eating more Omega 3 fats may also protect the brain against damage and injury. Omega 3 fats are found in Flax seeds and other seeds (Chia, pumpkin), Walnuts, fatty fish, dark leafy greens, canola oil, basil, beans, edamame, free range and Omega Eggs, and farm raised beef. So, eating fat is very important. Trans fat and saturated fat can have the opposite effect on the brain. Rats fed a “junk food” diet

Spinach and other Greens: High in Folic Acid which is essential for brain function.

Deficiencies can lead to neurological disorders.

Tea: Contain epicatechins which can cross the blood-brain barrier and increase hippocampus-dependent memory. These positive effects are further enhanced by exercise.

Numerous studies have shown the positive effect of exercise has on learning and memory. Adding exercise to a balanced diet can have a synergistic effect on brain function.

Simply stated, it multiplies the benefits.

Dr. Pearlmutter pointed out that what we eat has a major impact on how our brain works and how it will age over time. But according to Dr. David Katz, MD, MPH, Director, Yale University Prevention Research Center, “There is a grain of truth to Grain Brain. But, no one food, food group, or nutrient is responsible for the prevailing ills of modern epidemiology, any more than just one thing can fix it all.”

So, eat a varied diet that is chock full of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, nuts and healthy fats and protein. Add in daily exercise and keep your brain sharp!

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yracuse as a city is focused on local growth and supporting the local community. As an “entrepreneurial minded” city, Syracuse creates a place for women to blossom and thrive both personally and professionally. For the first time in our nation’s history, women now represent more than half of all workers and are becoming the primary breadwinners in more American families than ever before. A seismic shift has occurred in our nation’s economic and cultural landscape. Women today feel like they wear many hats. Take my “hats” for example — keynote speaker, motivational coach, national recruiter and trainer of large sales organizations, heart disease survivor, women’s health advocate, MSW, single mother, volunteer, sister, friend, success strategist, community leader and “lover of life,” to name a few. Central New York has been my home all my life and I have created great relationships and amazing networks with different generations of women. My history and experience, both personally and professionally, has been “stitched” into the tapestry of life in Upstate New York. The City of Syracuse and the surrounding geographic region have a strong legacy of women’s history. Not only are we minutes from the home of the first Women’s Rights Convention which was held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, but we have had trailblazing women call Syracuse and CNY their home. Women like, Harriet Tubman, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Harriet May Hills to name but a very few. I am constantly inspired, by the hearts of women that I meet in Syracuse and CNY.

We are proud to support an organization that brings fresh new ideas for women in our business community.

Here is their mission. Why not make it yours?

Femfessionals brings these women together in a positive and uplifting way, regardless of religion, political affiliation, industry or ethnicity, to genuinely support each other in business, community activities and life.

We provide programs, resources and platforms needed to grow their businesses, revenue and connection circles. Become a Femfessional and join our movement today.

Femfessionals, makes your journey less turbulent and supports you “having it all” based on your personal definition for your life.

A Femfessional is a savvy business woman characterized as positive, open-minded, driven, professional, ambitious and desirous of forming strong strategic connections with similar minded professional women to benefit each other personally and professionally and to benefit their community.

This is our community movement supporting local women in business on a global platform. Femfessionals creates communities within communities, where women support and promote each other unconditionally.

Femfessionals wants to help all women succeed in life and in business with the genuine support of their fellow sisters.

We foster this community movement through our local communities, business programming and our online publicity engine + gratitude network.

To learn more about FEMFESSIONALS, or to become a member visit www.femfessionals.com and join FemCity Syracuse to have an impact in Central New York!

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