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I remember repairing a broken cup years ago. It was one of my favorite cups, so I glued it back together. It was never quite the same again, so I used it for a pencil holder. I tried to make the repair invisible, but I wasn’t able—the cracks always showed. I didn’t know at that time, that there was a Japanese art called Kintsugi that started in the 1400s. Kintsugi is known as “golden repair.” According to wellbeing. com, “It was thought to be the invention of Japanese shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, who charged his craftsmen with finding a more thoughtful, aesthetically pleasing way of fixing a broken tea bowl, rather than the traditional method of using ugly metal staples. Using precious metals, including gold, Japanese craftsmen started to bond together pieces of pottery by drawing attention to, rather than away from, the breaks, which in turn had the effect of making the break the most important part of the piece itself.”

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has granted $682,498 to Avera and Access Health to purchase ultrasound machines as part of a $26.4 million ultrasound initiative in Minnesota. The initiative includes nearly $18.3 million to help Minnesota hospitals and health centers purchase ultrasound imaging devices and an additional $8.1 million to boost sonography and point of care ultrasound (POCUS) training opportunities across the state.