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Page SUNDAY Nov. 2, 2008 Lifestyles Updates all day online at zanesvilletimesrecorder.com Send us your photos Call: 740-450-6769 ztr-photo nncogannett.com Submit your photos at: zanesvilletimesrecorder.comphotos Times Recorder Horoscope Honoring Native Americans Leo Petroglyph inscriptions show prehistoric times Grit your teeth and bare it DEAR ABBY: I work for a small, family-owned business. The owner has strong political views and insists on listening to a political talk show during the afternoon, with the volume turned up quite loud. My boss assumes that his views are everyone else's and talks to customers as if his opinion is gospel. I have Flint Ridge near Brownsville; The Newark Earthworks which consist of The Great Circle Earthworks Museum and The Octagon Earthworks in Newark and the Wright Earthworks (formerly known as Moundbuilders State Memorial); Fort Hill in Hillsboro; Seip Mound between Chillicothe and Bainbridge; Logan Elm Memorial near Circleville, Shrum Mound Columbus, Story Mound in Chillicothe, Miamis-burg Mound in Miamisburg, Fort Ancient in Oregonia.

For additional information about any of the Ohio Historical sites phone 1-800-283-8904 or visit www.ohio-history.org. The listed sites do have individual Web sites. Other places to visit include Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, in Chillicothe Adena Conical Burial Mound, Columbus OH on Montgomery Street. The Pyramids at Marietta in Marietta SunWatch Indian VillageArchaeological Park in Dayton Inscription Rock on Kelly's By PATRICIA A. WEST-VOLLAND Correspondent LEO Chocolate, corn, sweet potatoes, peanuts, tomatoes, pumpkins and many other foods enjoyed today were domesticated by Native Americans, according to www2.scholastic.com.

To honor the Native Americans and the contributions they have given to society, November was proclaimed National American Indian Heritage Month in 1990. Ohio has preserved many native sites around the state and visitors are able to visit many of them year-round. Visitors looking for family-friendly adventures might want to check out the Leo Petroglyph. It is an outstanding example of prehistoric Indian inscriptions. The petroglyphs are rock carvings chiseled into an outcrop of sandstone along a ravine.

"They are just unique. The meanings are unknown but even thought we don't know what that story may be it's a story we want to protect," said Erin Bartlett, re they can picnic. It's a quite out-of-the-way place. There's hiking trails there too. It's a nice little walk," Bartlett said.

The petroglyhps are close to the parking lot, along a boardwalk so no hiking is required. The site in not handicapped accessible for people in wheelchairs. The site is free to the public and open year round until dusk. The Leo Petroglyph is near the village of Leo, five miles northwest of Jackson, in Jackson County. Off of U.S.

35 on County Road 28, left in Leo on Township Road 224. Many historic Native American sites have been preserved all over the state. From Kelly's Island to the southern border and everywhere in-between, visitors can chose from a wide range of locations, many close to home too. The following is only a partial list of the many prehistoric sites open to visitors. Before planning your visit please phone ahead for hours of operation as some sites are closed during the winter.

Sites operated by the Ohio Historical Society included gional manager for the Ohio Historical Society. The petroglyphs contain 37 incised drawings of human figures, a snake, a fish, birds, a bear paw and human footprints. A walkway and covered platform allows visitors to view the carvings without damage to the ancient work which are attributed to the Fort Ancient Indians who occupied the area between 1000 and 1650 AD. "They're a rich part of our history and an important part of our culture. They tell a story little known.

What is left is all that's left of them. By studying and preserving them (the petroglyphs) we can learn about them (the natives who carved them) and hopefully a little something about ourselves," Bartlett said. The crisp cool days of fall are a good time to visit the area. The autumn leaves are beautiful in early November and visitors wanting to enjoy a nature hike can view the petroglyphs and then hike along the ravine at the site. "They're picnic tables there so Donatella Versace: Now the Versace you know t) 0 i Ik The Capricorn moon is a task driver, to be certain.

However, it's important to consider that sometimes the most productive thing you can possibly be doing is nothing at all. Take a daylong nap. You'll be rebuilding your neural pathways with moments of pure vacancy. Let go of stress and worries in favor of aligning yourself with the universe. ARIES (March 21-April 19).

It doesn't harm you to be impulsive with your truth telling, though it may shock the crowd around you. It might surprise you to know that you're speaking what others were thinking but didn't have the nerve to say. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). To gain power within a group, or command the respect you know you deserve, you must lose your self-consciousness and all self-interest and focus on the needs and likes of others. GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

You have the chance to create a legendary relationship. Your engaging personality helps, but it's the way you build your love over the long term that will ultimately make the story interesting. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You're after a trophy. It's not the brass cup itself that interests you, but the sight of the other competitors.

You want to know the feeling of being victorious and knowing you're the absolute best. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22), Tension and disharmony may seem like negative things, but maybe they make your life more interesting and fun. If you were completely satisfied you probably wouldn't feel the need to be so deliciously productive. VIRGO (Aug.

23-Sept 22). The day's drama is pretty dull unless you're seeing the full picture. Tune in, so as not to miss what's going on behind the scenes. Pay attention to suggestive language or tone between people who are trying to convey innocence. LIBRA (Sept 23-Oct 23).

Ask for a guide. You're slightly off-course, but not so far off that you can't get back on in a matter of days. A Capricorn or Pisces teacher is the ideal match to steer you back in the right direction. SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov. 21).

You are dealing with strong personalities and these are people you definitely want to keep in your life. You have everything to gain by making the others feel in charge of things. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Your thoughtfulness makes you a favorite friend, although lately you're afraid that if you give too much, you'll set a precedent that will be hard to live up to. It's always better to err on the side of generosity. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 Jan. 19).

You're on the lookout for the bargain of the century, and don't forget to look in your own homestead. You have the heart of your love, and your love has yours never was there a sweeter deal. AQUARIUS (Jaa 20-Feb. 18). You're in the sights of those who have the power to give you position and wealth.

It's not what you know but your attitude that makes you sparkle. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). At first you're tempted to roll around with the minute details a relationships and consider all the potentials that might become of it. Then suddenly life gets simple.

You're hungry and this person has the menu. TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (NOVEMBER 2). It's as though you are being carried through the carnival of life on a parade float this year. There are parties and new friends through the winter. January infuses your love life with a sense of adventure.

Your finances take a turn for the better in February and get yet another boost in June. Your lucky numbers are: 25, 4, 41, 39 and 35. the blood is unable to clot quickly enough. Make an appointment to discuss this possibility right away. Following the Coumadin review, I urge you and your husband to also review his other medications, including the OTCs.

Clonidine, Celebrex and Sular can all cause various types of rashes. Sular can cause skin discoloration, bruising, petechiae (pinpoint, round, purplish red spots caused by tiny hemorrhages in the skin) and maculopapular rash (stains or spots on the skin distinct from the surrounding tissue, usually not raised or painful). watched them roll their eyes and try to get away. I have worked here for three years, and I can't take it anymore. My co-workers say I can't say anything because he owns the business, and he can do whatever he DEAR ABBY Abigail Van Buren wants.

I have looked for another job, but this is a small town and jobs are scarce. I think it's inappropriate to force one's political views on anyone, especially employees and customers. What's your take on this? FED UP IN NEW YORK DEAR FED UP. I agree with you. However, all too often, zealous members of both parties are unable to resist the temptation to spout off especially during an election year.

I don't know what business your employer is in, but if anyone else in your town performs the same service without the political arm-twisting, it could cost him some customers. DEAR ABBY: My ex-boyfriend has cerebral palsy. I have loved him for more than a year, regardless of his condition. He broke up with me because he didn't think he could love someone if he didn't love himself. We are still good friends and care for each other.

He often asks me what he can do to feel better. What can I do to help him feel better about himself? HELPING A FRIEND IN CALIFORNIA DEAR HELPING: Offer him this advice: The surest way to start feeling better would be to stop focusing on his disability and concentrate instead on his abilities. I'm sure he possesses many unique qualities that make him special and you can list them if you like. But until he is willing to recognize that he has those qualities, he won't accept it. Counseling could help him tear down the barriers he is building around himself.

Independent-living centers provide help for people with disabilities, and I'm sure one in your area could put him in touch with someone who is qualified to talk to him including a peer. DEAR ABBY: I have had an on-again, off-again relationship with this guy, "Dustin," for more than five years. We are now "off again, but I can't stop thinking about him. I dream about Dustin quite often. It was my decision to end the relationship because I was tired of wasting my time.

We get along well, but he lies and cheats. He calls and hangs up and texts me periodically, but 1 haven't spoken with him in more than two months. I love Dustin dearly, and the love I feel for him never changes. Even though I am living without him, I can't help but wonder if he is really my soul mate. Is there really such a thing as a soul mate? LOST IN LOVE LN RTVERDALE, III.

DEAR LOST. The American Heritage College Dictionary (Fourth Edition) defines "soul mate" as "one of two persons compatible with each other in disposition, point of view or sensitivity" and, yes, there really is such a thing. However, from your description of the way Dustin has treated you, this man is decidedly not it. Because you can't get him out of your head, Dustin qualifies as your obsession, not your soul mate. EAR DR.

CiOTT: My 77- year-old 'husband has a bizarre skin problem. On his left lower arm (elbow to wrist), on the top side only, he has red blotches that appear and then disappear every several days. He has seen dermatologists in Atlanta, ASK DR. GOTT Medical Columnist AP Photo This file photo shows Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace and his sister Donatella as they acknowledge the audience, at the end of the Gianni Versace men's fashion collection, presented in Milan. By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL AP Fashion Writer NEW YORK Donatella Versace wears every day the yellow diamond ring that her late brother Gianni gave to her.

It's a daily reminder of her lost loved one, but it also represents a look a glitzy, over-the-top look that had been synonymous with the Versace name. "Had" is the operative word. While Donatella Versace heaps praise on Gianni as being a fashion genius, she also says she calls the shots now, guiding the house to a new signature style, more suited for a busy woman who likes a little sex appeal mixed with luxury and a flattering silhouette. And it is Donatella alone who just received the Superstar Award from the Fashion Group International, honoring her for her lifetime achievement in fashion and cementing her reputation as an industry leader alongside past winners Jean Paul Gaultier, Valentino, Tom Ford and Donna Karan. Celebrity friends Jennifer Lopez and Prince were her guests to the event, speaking to Donatella's significant power in the world of entertainment.

She arrives at an interview in a sleek black dress with a small sweet bow at the bustline and her signature super-high heels. The little black dress is a Versace, of course, but she makes the case to a reporter that a not-too-tight jersey dress in a rich golden color is actually the smartest buy around because you'll wear it during the day, at night, to work and to dinner. Either way, these looks are a far cry from the Gianni-designed, safety-pin gown with a plunge down to there and slit up to there that Elizabeth Hurley wore in 1994 and helped to make Versace a household name. Gianni is also largely credited with fueling the supermodel phenomenon when he sent out all the top models down the catwalk to show off his 1991 fall collection. Fashion as an industry can't afford to be as bold and narcissistic now as it was then.

A more businesslike approach is needed nowadays and that just doesn't jibe with the more artful, independent spirit that drove Gianni, Donatella says. Four years ago, Italian-based Versace hired outsider Giancar-lo di Risio (the company is still wholly owned by family members) to oversee a restructuring Tucson, and Santa Maria, but none can give him a diagnosis. All referred him back to his internist, who also had no idea what the problem is. The problem is now starting to happen on the top of the lower right arm. I have also noticed that following treatment for a blood clot in his leg (after hip replacement in 2006) with Coumadin, the blotches seem to be worsening.

He also has some minor bleeding. He is tested once a month to ensure his Coumadin is working. The spots are not itchy or painful; they are only unsightly. Aside from the Coumadin (2.5 Rash partner in luxury hotels, but women's fashion still drives the house.) Even in the tough economic climate, however, craftsmanship and quality cannot be compromised, she says. That would be a bad business decision given the many choices the high-end consumer has in the luxury market.

Donatella, 53, learned the industry ropes working alongside her brother as a deputy, launching accessory and youth-themed collections. But from 1978 until Gianni was gunned down in Miami in 1997, it was he who took the bows on the runway. When she stepped into his shoes, she at first had trouble finding her footing. "Gianni had a strong look and for me to find my own was difficult," she says. "If I did something very similar to Gianni, I was compared and they'd say 'She's not and if I did something very different they'd say, 'She's not at the level of Over time, though, the reviews have been more favorable.

Robin Givhan of the Washington Post wrote of the most recent collection, "It is a collection that speaks to the Versace style, not as it was but as it has evolved in the hands of Donatella Versace. It is proof that just because a house has moved on from its past, it doesn't have to lose its panache." Donatella is "totally in step" with what people want now, agrees Avril Graham, executive fashion editor at Harper's Bazaar, describing the spring looks as "fashion forward and wearable." "She proved that she absolutely has her finger on the pulse of fashion," Graham adds. Donatella now will go back to the company's early archives it's practically a ritual she shares with any new, young designer who joins the team to mine for inspiration but she doesn't resurrect specific looks. The turning point was Lopez's green jungle-print gown that she wore to the Grammy Awards in 2000 it was an instant watercooler sensation. "It was an unexpected success," Donatella says.

"The next day she was all over the place with people talking about her in that dress. It was one of those moments like Gianni had with Elizabeth Hurley and the safety-pin dress." But that wasn't her proudest moment. That time, she says, is now. spots worsened after the Coumadin was started, its leads me to believe that they are somehow related to the vascular system. You say your husband has had some minor bleeding but dont say whether it is spontaneous or caused by simple bumps, scraps or minor injuries.

He should be seen by his physician because the Coumadin may still be to blame for at least worsening the condition. The physician is correct to monitor his INR (a type of clotting) levels, but if your husband is having symptoms, it indicates that the dose is too high, meaning of the business to make it more profitable and to expand it to become a truly global brand. The house still offers couture, which is the nod to elaborate, fanciful design, but Donatella chooses to closer link the Versace name with the art that was so near and dear to her brother through museums. During her recent whirlwind New York week, Donatella hosted the Whitney Museum's annual gala which included the sale of custom-made jewelry that were collaborations between Donatella and artists Julian Schn-abel, Marc Quinn and Wangechi Mutu. When it comes to the ready-to-wear collection, Donatella says she is mindful of fashion's place in the world economy.

It is both a driver and a byproduct, with designers aiming to offer tempting pieces that customers, who now have a more sophisticated eye and a more active life, both want and need. "Women want a different kind of fashion less loud, more sophisticated, still sensual, still glamorous." Donatella describes the Versace shopper: "She's confident, for sure. Determined. Women use fashion to achieve goals. A great dress is a great weapon for their career, for their private life, for so many things." "It's become clear that Donatella has grown into her own voice while carrying on the Versace legacy which is known for it's celebration of the power and allure of women," said Bergdorf Goodman CEO Jim Gold in an e-mail.

"She's evolved her collections beyond the provocative, entrance making statements, and has balanced it with designs with a broader lifestyle appeal." The spring '09 ready-to-wear line largely focuses on a simple above-the-knee sheath, as well as cropped trousers worn with small jackets, and long, luxurious evening gowns. (Versace does indeed offer a full men's collection as well as jewelry, leather goods, sunglasses, fragrance and is even a I believe that he may be suffering the side effects of one of his medications. You do not say when the skin condition started, but, based on your letter, it was sometime before 2006. Had these blotches appeared after the Coumadin was started, I would have immediately recommended your husband return to his physician for testing that would have most likely shown that his levels were too high. Because Coumadin is an anticoagulant, excessive doses can cause bruising, slow-healing wounds, easy- or hard-to-stop bleeding and more.

Because the difficult to diagnose milligrams four times a day, five days a week, and six times a day, two days a week) he is taking Celebrex, Sular, clonidine, B5, B-12, folic acid, one calcium plus pill, one multivitaminmineral and one glucosaminechondroitin pill. These were all started at different times but he has been on the clonidine since 1991. Please help us figure out what is happening. DEAR READER: Your husband is on several prescription and over-the-counter medications. Judging from what he is taking, it appears he has arthritis, high blood pressure and a clotting.