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Carol Duff, MSN, BA, RN

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Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master's of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator. She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen - one daughter-in-law; Katie - two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia - and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues.

Book Review: The Bus to Beulah

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Immigrants, drugs, seasonal workers, and human traffickers would not come to America unless they were invited.

Book Review: Lost Airmen: The Epic Rescue of WWII U.S. Bomber Crews Stranded Behind...

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Author Charles Stanley Jr. unveils the shocking true story of his father, Charles Stanley-and the eighteen brave soldiers he journeyed with for the first time.

Book Review: Wings of Gold: The Story of the First Women Naval Aviators

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Author: Pulitzer Prize Winner, Beverly Weintraub shares here book with VT

Oldest Buildings in the UAE Are 8,500 Years Old

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Found off the coast of Abu Dhabi, the structures likely served as houses for Ghagha Island’s Neolithic inhabitants

Planet Mercury May Be Covered With Diamonds

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Fragments of a graphite shell from the planet’s past and a series of violent meteorite impacts may have combined to form sparkling diamonds

9,000-Year-Old Neolithic Site Discovered in Jordan Desert

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Researchers uncovered two standing stones featuring anthropomorphic carvings and a model of a “desert kite” used to trap wild gazelles

Brain Implant Gives Paralyzed Man Ability to Communicate Using His Thoughts

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This study marks the first time a completely paralyzed patient regained the ability to communicate at length, researchers say

National Veterans Memorial and Museum Welcomes Vietnam Veterans

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NVMM Welcome Home Ceremony Commemorates National Viet Nam Veterans Day Fifth Anniversary With Free Museum Admission on March 29.

Artificial Lights At Night Affect Underwater Life

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Offshore development and coastal city lights negatively impact many marine species.

Enjoy More of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-Earth Artwork

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The Tolkien Estate recently published a trove of rare, unpublished art by the famed fantasy author on its website

At Death, Does Our Life Flash Before Our Eyes?

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An elderly epilepsy patient unexpectedly died during a brain scan, revealing bursts of activity associated with memory recall, meditation, and dreaming

Record Breaking Rogue Wave Off Vancouver Island

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A 58-foot-tall wall of water was measured by a sensor buoy off the coast

Antarctic’s Rising Temperatures Are Causing Native Plants to Flourish

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Native flowering plant species grew faster and more densely in the last decade than in the previous 50 years combined

The James Webb Space Telescope Has Opened Its ‘Eyes’

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As NASA astronomers adjust its mirrors over the next month, the dots of light will eventually align into one image of a star in Ursa Major

Crocodile Says Adios to Wearing A Tire Necklace for Six Long Years

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In Indonesia, a local bird catcher trapped the large reptile and sawed off the trash because he didn’t want to watch the animal suffer

Lego Pieces Still Wash Ashore in England After the ‘Great Lego Spill’

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In 1997, a cargo ship was struck by a rogue wave. Among 62 shipping containers aboard, one contained five million plastic toy bricks

Book Review: The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding

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The Most Wrongly Maligned President in U.S. History

Book Review: Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence

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In Spies, Lies, and Algorithms, Amy Zegart separates fact from fiction as she offers an engaging and enlightening account of the past, present, and future of American espionage as it faces a revolution driven by digital technology.

Egyptian Mummy’s Fetus Preserved for Millennia

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The combined effects of decomposition and embalming basically “pickled” the fetus, sealing it in its mother’s womb

Part of SpaceX Rocket Will Hit Far Side of the Moon

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After a chaotic orbit of 7 years, the Falcon 9 booster is predicted to crash into the lunar surface this March

Can the “Gates of Hell” Be Extinguished in Turkmenistan?

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The country’s president says it’s time to quash the ongoing 50-year blaze at the 230-foot-wide Darvaza gas crater

Tsunami-Triggered Oil Spill Devastates Peru’s Coast

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The country declared a 90-day environmental emergency after 264,000 gallons of crude oil contaminated a biodiverse swath of its coastal ecosystems

What Caused the Carbon Isotopes Found on Mars?

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NASA scientists compared the data to chemical signatures of biological processes on Earth and found some similarities to billion-year-old microbes

Volcanic Eruption in Tonga Was A Once-In-A Millennium Event

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The blast, which sent tsunami waves across the Pacific, left thousands of Tongans without access to water and power

Solar System is Surrounded by Cosmic Bubble

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Researchers created a 3-D model of Earth’s galactic neighborhood

Warmer Winter Weather Across North America Allows For Increase Chance of Lyme Disease

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In a new study, insects carrying the disease were more likely to survive cold or fluctuating temperatures than their uninfected peers

Medieval Warhorses Were No Larger Than Modern-Day Ponies

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A study of the remains of 2,000 specimens reveals the steeds were around 4 feet 10 inches tall

Newly Discovered: Britain’s Largest Ever, Near-Complete Reptile Fossil

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The skeleton measures more than 32 feet in length, with a 6.5-foot-long skull that weighs about a ton

Decoding Medieval Runes

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One of the newly unearthed objects, an inscribed bone, is the first of its kind found in Oslo in decades

Quantum Tornados Formed By Spinning Ultra-Cold Atoms

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The experiment documented what happens when atoms cross from classical physics to quantum behaviors

Genetically-Modified Pig Heart Transplanted Into Human

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"People die all the time on the waiting list, waiting for organs.

Horned Helmets Were Used 2,000 Years Before Vikings

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The helmets’ similarities to art from southern Europe shows how goods and ideas traveled during the Nordic Bronze Age

China’s “Artificial Sun” Project: Longest Sustained Nuclear Fusion Ever

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Superheated plasma reached 126 million degrees Fahrenheit for 17 minutes

Proof Goldfish Can Navigate on Land and in Water

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The car was designed to move depending on the fish’s location in its tank, showing animals can understand how to navigate foreign environments

First Newly Identified Plant Species of 2022 Named After Environmental Activist, Leonardo DiCaprio

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Scientists credit the actor with helping save the Ebo Forest—the plant’s home–from logging

Well-Preserved Ancient Roman Dog Statue Found During a Construction Project

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Researchers also uncovered three stone tombs, an urn and the remains of a young man

London’s Natural History Museum Adds 552 Newly Discovered Species

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Species of menacing dinosaurs, shiny beetles and an abundance of teeny invertebrates were new to science in 2021

Famed Paleoanthropologist, Richard Leakey Dies

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His team’s discovery of early human skulls and skeletons cemented Africa as the cradle of humanity