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LA Times Crossword Answers 18 Nov 14, Tuesday
CROSSWORD SETTER: Marti DuGuay-Carpenter,
THEME: Outside Shots … each of today's themed answers is a phrase with the letters SHOT divided into a start and an end, on the OUTSIDE of the phrase:
17A. Like a fajita pan SIZZLING HOT
27A. Daisy-plucking words SHE LOVES ME NOT
43A. To the point SHORT AND SWEET
57A. Not a likely chance, and, literally, a hidden feature of 17-, 27- and 43-Across OUTSIDE SHOT
1. Italian scooter VESPA
Vespa is a brand of motor scooter originally made in Italy (and now all over the world) by Piaggio. "Vespa" is Italian for "wasp".
14. Sharon of Israel ARIEL
Ariel Sharon was a former Prime Minister of Israel. While still in office in 2005, Sharon suffered two debilitating strokes that left him in a permanent vegetative state from early 2006, until he finally passed away in early 2014.
16. Coventry bathroom LOO
When I was growing up in Ireland, a "bathroom" was a room that had a bath and no toilet. The separate room with the commode was called "the toilet" or sometimes the W.C. (the water closet). Apparently the term closet was used because in the 1800s when homeowners started installing toilets indoors they often displaced clothes and linens in a "closet", as a closet was the right size to take the commode. It has been suggested that the British term "loo" comes from Waterloo (water-closet … water-loo), but no one seems to know for sure. Another suggestion is that the term comes from the card game of "lanterloo" in which the pot was called the loo!
Coventry is an ancient city in the midlands of England that is famous for the destruction that it suffered during WWII air raids, and the associated firestorms. Coventry was one of the first cities in the world to engage in a twinning relationship with another city, entering into the arrangement with Russia's Stalingrad in during the war, a gesture of support for the Soviet Red Army that endured the Battle of Stalingrad. After the war, Coventry entering into a twinning relationship with the German city of Dresden, which was also heavily bombed during WWII.
17. Like a fajita pan SIZZLING HOT
"Fajita" is a Tex-Mex term that refers to grilled meat served on a tortilla. The Mexican term "fajita" is used to describe a small strip of chicken or beef. Nowadays, fajitas are often served on a sizzling platter with the tortillas and condiments on the side.
19. Perrier, to Pierre EAU
In French, a bottled water (eau) might be Perrier, for example (par exemple).
21. FAO Schwarz specialty TOYS
FAO Schwarz is perhaps the most famous, and is certainly the oldest, toy store in the United States. The FAO Schwarz outlet on Fifth Avenue in New York City has been made very famous by Hollywood. For example, in the New York Store you can see that floor piano that was played by Tom Hanks in the movie "Big".
24. __ vivant BON
A bon vivant (plural "bons vivants") is a person who enjoys the best of food and drink, a person with very refined tastes. The term is French, coming from "good living" in that language.
25. Tiny bit IOTA
Iota is the ninth letter in the Greek alphabet. We use the word "iota" to portray something very small as it is the smallest of all Greek letters.
35. "Now __ me down to sleep …" I LAY
One of the prayers that I was taught as a child goes:
Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep,
If I shall die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take.
37. James of "The Godfather" CAAN
James Caan is an actor from the Bronx in New York City. Caan is noted for his appearances in some very big movies such as "The Godfather", "Misery", "A Bridge Too Far", "Rollerball" and more recently "Elf". Caan is quite the sportsman. He plays golf with an 8 handicap, and is a 6-Dan Black Belt Master of Gosoku Karate.
38. Count Chocula wear CLOAK
General Mills have introduced us to a whole series of monster-themed breakfast cereals, starting in 1971 with Count Chocula and Franken Berry. They followed them up with Boo Berry, Fruit Brute and Fruity Yummy Mummy.
39. Turn on a pivot SLUE
"To slue" (also "slew) is to turn sharply, or to rotate on an axis.
40. Start of many Internet addresses HTTP
"http" are the first letters in most Internet links. "http" stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol.
41. Actor Thicke ALAN
The Canadian actor Alan Thicke is best known for portraying the patriarch of the Seaver family on the sitcom "Growing Pains". Thicke was also quite successful as a composer of TV theme songs. Along with his first wife, he co-wrote the theme songs to the sitcoms "Diff'rent Strokes" and "The Facts of Life".
53. Short change? CTS
Cent (ct.)
56. Month after avril MAI
In French, the month of April (avril) comes before May (mai). Note that the French don't capitalize the names of months as we do in English.
62. Part of USNA NAVAL
The United States Naval Academy (USNA) is located in Annapolis, Maryland. The USNA was founded in 1845 and educates officers for both the US Navy and the US Marine Corps. The motto of the USNA is "Ex Scientia Tridens", which translates as "From Knowledge, Sea Power".
64. Twin of Bert Bobbsey NAN
The "Bobbsey Twins" series of children's novels was first written by Edward Stratemeyer in 1904. Stratemeyer used the pseudonym Laura Lee Hope, as did subsequent authors who wrote 72 books in the series between 1904 and 1979. The title characters were two sets of fraternal twins, one called Bert and Nan (who were 12) and the other called Flossie and Freddie (who were 6).
66. Barbershop band? STROP
A strop is a strip of leather used to sharpen/whet a razor.
2. Weird-sounding lake ERIE
"Erie" sounds like "eerie".
Lake Erie is the fourth largest of the five Great Lakes by area (Lake Ontario is the smallest). The lake takes its name from the Erie tribe of Native Americans that used to live along its southern shore. Erie is the smallest of the Great Lakes by volume and the shallowest, something for which nearby residents must be quite grateful. Being relatively shallow, much of Erie freezes over part way through most winters putting an end to most of the lake effect snow that falls in the snow belt extending from the lake's edge.
4. Candy in a collectible dispenser PEZ
PEZ is an Austrian brand name for a particular candy sold in a mechanical dispenser. The name PEZ comes from the first, middle and last letters of "Pfefferminz", the German word for "peppermint".
6. Choosing word EENY
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe,
Catch the tiger/monkey/baby by the toe.
If it hollers/screams let him go,
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, you are it!
12. Crowd cacophony ROAR
"Cacophony" is such a lovely word, one used to describe a harsh or jarring sound. The term arises from the Greek "kakos" (bad) and "phone" (voice).
18. Prefix with sphere IONO-
The ionosphere is that layer of the atmosphere that is ionized by solar radiation. One of the most important characteristics of the ionosphere is that it reflects radio waves and so is an important factor in the propagation of radio signals over long distance.
25. Hawaii component ISLAND
The famed British explorer Captain James Cook made three voyages of discovery into the Pacific Ocean. Cook was in command of HMS Resolution on his third voyage, and he and his crew he became the first Europeans to visit the Hawaiian Islands, in 1778. He landed on Kauai and named the whole archipelago the Sandwich Islands, in honor of the fourth Earl of Sandwich who was in charge of the British Admiralty at the time. Cook continued his voyage, leaving Hawaii to explore the coast of what is now called Canada and Alaska, and returning to Hawaii the following year. After one month of contact with the native Hawaiians, Cook departed from the islands but was forced to return to repair a broken mast. Relations between the Europeans and the islanders had been good but despite this a dispute developed and got out of control that resulted in Cook being struck on the head and stabbed to death. His body was dragged away by the islanders, and as an apparent sign of respect for the Captain, the natives processed his body according to funeral traditions associated with Hawaiian kings and elders. Eventually, after a petition from the remaining crew, some of Cook's remains were also returned for a formal burial at sea, adhering to British naval tradition.
26. Siberian city OMSK
Omsk is a city in southwest Siberia. It is located over 1400 miles from Moscow and was chosen as the destination for many internal exiles in the mid-1900s. Perhaps the most famous of these exiles was the author Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
27. Box score numbers STATS
In baseball, the line square is a summary set of statistics for the game. It is seen at every baseball stadium, and includes the number of runs scored by each team per innings, as well as the total number of hits and errors. The more comprehensive box score includes the line score, but also shows the individual performance of each player.
29. Luxurious homes VILLAS
The original "villas" were country houses owned by the elite in Ancient Rome. A member of the Roman elite would live in a "domus" in the city, whereas the rest of the population would live in "insulae", apartment buildings.
30. Online finance company E-LOAN
E-Loan used to be based just down the road from me in the San Francisco Bay Area, but after takeover by a Rosemont, Illinois company it was moved to the parent's headquarters. E-Loan was founded in 1997 to provide customers access to mortgages over the Internet.
31. Stan's partner OLLIE
Oliver Hardy was born Norvell Hardy in 1892 in Harlem, Georgia. Hardy used the stage name "Oliver" as a tribute to his father Oliver Hardy. His early performances were credited as "Oliver Norvell Hardy", and off camera his nickname was "Babe Hardy". Hardy appeared in several films that also featured the young British actor Stan Laurel, but it wasn't until 1927 that they teamed up to make perhaps the most famous double act in the history of movies. The Laurel and Hardy act came to an end in 1955. That year, Laurel suffered a stroke, and then later the same year Hardy had a heart attack and stroke from which he never really recovered.
Stan Laurel was an English comic actor (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson), who made a great career for himself in Hollywood. Laurel ended up at the Hal Roach studio directing films, intent on pursuing a career in writing and directing. However, he was a sometime actor and was asked to step in when another comic actor, Oliver Hardy, was injured and couldn't perform. Laurel and Hardy started to share a stage together during that time and when it was clear they worked so well together, their partnership was born. Oh, and the oft-quoted story that Clint Eastwood is the son of Stan Laurel … that's just an urban myth.
33. UCLA or USC SCH
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) gets more applications from students than any other university in the country. UCLA also has more students enrolled than any other university in the state.
The University of Southern California (USC) is a private school in Los Angeles. Apart from its excellent academic record, USC is known the success of its athletic program. USC athletes have won more Olympic medals than the students of any other university in the world. The USC marching band is very famous as well, and is known as the "Spirit of Troy". The band has performed with many celebrities, and is the only college band to have two platinum records.
44. Synthetic fibers RAYONS
Rayon is a little unusual in the textile industry in that it is not truly a synthetic fiber, but nor can it be called a natural fiber. Rayon is produced from naturally occurring cellulose that is dissolved and then reformed into fibers.
45. In pumps, say SHOD
A pump is a woman's shoe that doesn't have a strap. Such shoes are probably called "pumps" because of the sound they make while walking in them.
48. "So be it!" AMEN!
The word "amen" is translated as "so be it". "Amen" is said to be of Hebrew origin, but it is likely to be also influenced by Aramaic and Arabic.
49. Volcano output LAVA
Our word "volcano" comes from "Vulcano", the name of a volcanic island off the coast of Italy. The island's name comes from Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. The Romans believed that the island of Vulcano was the chimney of the forge belonging to the god Vulcan. The Romans also believed that the eruptions on Mount Etna in Sicily were caused by Vulcan getting angry and working his forge so hard that sparks and smoke flew out of the top of the volcano.
50. Burden for some debtors LIEN
A lien is the right that one has to retain or secure someone's property until a debt is paid.
51. Future atty.'s exam LSAT
The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) has been around since 1948.
52. Many Manets OILS
Édouard Manet was a French painter whose works are mainly classified as Realist. Manet was friends with Impressionists masters like Edgar Degas, Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir and greatly influenced the Impressionist movement. The list of Manet's marvelous paintings includes "Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe", "Le Repose" and "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère".
54. Four-legged Emerald City visitor TOTO
Toto is Dorothy's dog in the film "The Wizard of Oz". Toto was played by a dog called Terry, but Terry's name was soon changed to Toto in real life, due to the success of the film.
The Emerald City is the capital of the Land of Oz in L. Frank Baum's series of "Oz" novels.
58. "Friendly Skies" co. UAL
United Airlines used the tagline "Fly the Friendly Skies" in its marketing materials from 1965 to 1996. It was then replaced with "It's time to fly". United chose George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" as the company's theme music in 1976, and paid the Gershwin estate a fee of $500,000 for the privilege.
59. New Deal energy prog. TVA
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has to be one of America's great success stories when it comes to economic development. Created in 1933, the TVA spearheaded economic development in the Tennessee Valley at the height of the Great Depression. Central to the success was the federally-funded construction of flood-control and electricity-generation facilities.
The New Deal was the series of economic programs championed by President Franklyn D. Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression. The New Deal was focused on three objectives, the "3 Rs":
– Relief for the unemployed and poor
– Recovery of the economy to normal levels
– Reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression
6. Weird EERIE
11. "This is so frustrating!" GRR!
15. Old-timey "Yikes!" EGADS!
20. Casual Friday top TEE
22. Turn away AVERT
27. Daisy-plucking words SHE LOVES ME NOT
33. Farm or home ending -STEAD
34. Troubles ILLS
42. "I can take __!" A HINT
43. To the point SHORT AND SWEET
46. Bonny girl LASS
47. Owned HAD
48. Hangout for some 38-Down ALLEY
51. Word spoken while pointing LOOK
57. Not a likely chance, and, literally, a hidden feature of 17-, 27- and 43-Across OUTSIDE SHOT
61. Pre-holiday time EVE
63. "Keen!" NEATO!
65. Picket fence parts SLATS
1. Like outer space VAST
3. Clothing label number SIZE
5. With everything accounted for ALL TOLD
7. Omelet base EGGS
8. Cheering syllable RAH!
9. Binding words I DO
10. Real __ ESTATE
11. Delight GLEE
13. Defeat decisively ROUT
23. Disappeared VANISHED
24. Skinny sort BEANPOLE
28. Moor HEATH
32. Gibe TAUNT
36. To this point YET
38. Some strays CATS
42. Rouses from bed AWAKENS
53. Blacken on the grill CHAR
55. Halt STOP
60. Put in rollers SET
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Quintuptych Tweeting Stoat
3. February 2012	 2012
We continued to have extreme weather with hurricane force gales blowing a trail of destruction across Eastern France and South West Germany, depriving us and 400,000 others from the Vosges to the Black Forest temporarily of electricity. Although the Barbara Hepworth installation in the garden, Trampoline after the Hurricane, actually survived the latest assault and remained in its deconstructed static state, I was at last successfully persuaded to dismantle it. This was a belt and braces, monkey wrench, and elbow grease job. I thought that leaving it where it was might have offered scrap metal thieves a bonus as they looked for another sculpture to half-inch for cash, or have created a minor tourist attraction in Leymen to rival the holy well in Rue de Heiligenbrunn, not to mention the confusing conceptual quintuptych hanging on our lounge wall. The turning end of the month featured truly arctic temperatures and heavy falls of snow, so perhaps we are going to have a proper winter after all.
Trampoline after the Hurricane, January 2012
Jessie and Ella went back to England for the new university term, occasionally reporting back with photos of parties they had attended or food they had cooked, while Gwen went back to school and became adept at Twitter. We went to friendly and sociable parties at Roy-and-Fiona's in Basel, at the Anthonys on New Year's Day, at Andy's 50th birthday, and at a memorable Sunday roast lunch at the Marsdens of Hagenthal. Also notable was a meal in Basel with Alli, Gwen and Ella at Vapiano, a counter-intuitively fast food fresh pasta place which should have been thought of years ago before the invasion of McDonalds, Burger King et al. I started experimental social and virtual networking, as well as energetic tweeting and self-promotional blogging, and generally going straight against the grain, but it's now or never to make a success of my proposed consultancy enterprise, Clement Reputation. To this end I paid visits to potential collaborators in Zurich and Geneva, where I attended an entertaining Burns Night put on by the British Swiss Chamber of Commerce at the Hotel de la Paix. I also spent a few days in the UK looking for new business opportunities and generally reviving or expanding my professional network. I also saw Debbie in Battersea, Fionnuala and Andrew in the City and in Godalming, Claire in Walthamstow, Steve in Holborn, Geoff in Victoria, my parents-in-law in Burgess Hill, the Miles in Luxembourg, and Jessie in Brighton. Earlier, I had also visited and enjoyed the Surrealism in Paris exhibition in its last week at the Beyeler Foundation Museum in Riehen.
Bonnie has become a partially accomplished mole catcher, and is huntress-like when lodger friends visit, such as Tequila the nervous Collie and Posh Bertie the Spaniel, who trotted proudly into the house with a dead mouse hanging between his teeth at one stage. We have also noticed an albino stoat which regularly gambols about in the field next to our garden, a flash of pure snow-white with a black tip on the tail, enraging Bonnie who scrabbles at our fence to catch the little blighter and tear it to pieces. In Bonnie's theoretical defence, I am sure the stoat would do to the same to our chickens if it could.
Yours a rebours
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India – ordinary passport holders may obtain visa without visa fee. only service fee will be charged.
Afghanistan, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, DPRK, Hungary, Laos, Romania, Russia, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam, Yugoslavia.


I must say that I couldn't have asked for a better family. The Albanys were one of the most prominent families in Simpson Valley. Father was a banker and Mother stayed at home with me. She could have worked if she had wanted to because we always had Mrs. Primrose around to help out. She was our housekeeper and she was almost like a second mother to me. Mrs. Primrose could have taken care of me and the house while Mother was at work, but times were different and a woman's only job was to be a wife and mother. Not much has really changed, but at least we can vote now. It wasn't like that when I was growing up. One of the biggest fights I think I ever heard between my parents was when one night Mother was going to a suffragist meeting. He said that women didn't know enough to vote. I think Mother set him straight because she went to the meeting and I never heard him mention it again.
Spring dances, fall dances, church picnics....it was all very nice and lovely. It was rather boring, too. I wanted a career. I wanted to do something with my life. A young girl thinking those thoughts in that day and age was almost blasphemous. My father refused to even consider letting me attend college. I told him I wanted to be a teacher because of my love of English and Literature, but he insisted that I was to attend finishing school and become a young lady so I would be a proper wife and mother one day. Mrs. Primrose would laugh when I'd roll my eyes while he went into one of his long monologues about a young girl's proper place in society. At least I managed to convince him to let me come visit my aunt Betty and uncle Louis in Albanyville one summer after I had graduated high school.
Albanyville was the place where my father grew up. He used to tell me stories when I was little about his great great great grandfather, give or take a great or two. Quinton Albany had been the founder of Albanyville way back in 1802. It was just a little spot of nothing back then, he would tell me, but Quinton was there to make sure that that town would grow. I think if Quinton could see Albanyville today, he'd be a happy man. It was a good sized city with booming industry and wonderful people. Of course, it wasn't near as big as Chicago, but it had almost everything Chicago did, but without all the crime and dirt. It was almost perfect. Because of Quinton, the Albanys were naturally the most prominent family in town. Uncle Louis was even the mayor.
I spent a lot of time at the university in Albanyville that summer. Usually I was in the library reading Dickinson. I had always loved her work. It was there that I met Simon. He was working at the circulation desk and we found a common love of poetry. He spent a lot of time together in the library and when he asked me to a dance on campus, I quickly said "yes". Little did I know how that dance was going to change my life.
I saw Charles almost from the moment we walked in. He was standing by the punch bowl and was looking more than a little uncomfortable. I didn't know what it was about him, but I couldn't keep my eyes off of him. I felt bad for Simon, but suddenly I just felt like I was at that dance with the wrong person. A few days later, I ran into Charles on campus and we started talking and found a mutual interest in music and the arts. We would sit under the trees for hours and talk. Simon took it really well when I told him I was in love with Charles and couldn't see him any more. Charles and I married the following spring. My parents were really happy that I'd found such a respectable man to marry. After the wedding, my dreams of becoming a teacher just became a memory. Suddenly, I had turned into my mother.
One by one, the children came and as I had Mrs. Primrose as a child, they had Hannah. Charles was working hard to make his family's business a success and as it grew, we started to see less and less of him. Don't get me wrong, he loves me and our children very much. It's just that he's always seemed so driven to succeed. I'm not one to just sit around and knit, so I had to pick up hobbies to keep myself busy. I started volunteering at Albanyville General Hospital and began working on various fund raisers for them. I always seem to be the one hosting an afternoon tea for the doctor's wives or organizing a bake sale for the foundling's home.
Now that our sons are grown, I only have our little Maggie to raise, but she's almost an adult herself. Well, at least she likes to think she is. I still have all the children living under one roof, but I know that won't last forever. Reginald seems to be getting very serious about his girlfriend Jillian and I just know that they'll get married. I'm not sure that I'm ready to be a grandmother, though.
Father has been dead for several years now and I keep trying to get Mother to come live with us, but she's such an independent soul. I guess I actually wound up just like he wanted me to. A good wife, a good mother, a prominent lady in the community, and utterly bored. Well, at least I have my stories on the radio during the day. I can live some of the excitement I miss in real life through Hazel Barbour on One Man's Family. Just don't bother me while it's on.


TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed forward Ryan Lohin to a two-year, entry-level contract, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced today.
Lohin, 22, skated in 33 regular season games during the 2018-19 season with the University of Massachusetts-Lowell River Hawks, posting 12 goals and 27 points to go along with a plus-7 rating. The Chester, Pennsylvania native led his team for points and was third for goals and assists. He also ranked tied for second with three power-play goals. Lohin served as captain of the River Hawks during the 2018-19 season.
The 6-foot, 192-pound forward played in 110 career games for UMass-Lowell, collecting 33 goals and 81 points to go along with 56 penalty minutes. Lohin posted career highs for games played (44), assists (17) and points (29) during his freshman season with the River Hawks.
Lohin was originally drafted by the Bolts in the seventh round, 208th overall, in the 2016 NHL Draft.


Second Chances Girl - a Miami family and lifestyle blog!: Happy St. Paddy's Day!
Happy St. Patrick's Day all!
Not doing much for the holiday, other than wearing green of course. Don't want to get pinched!
Heading out to Target and Marshall's/Homegoods today! Very excited to see what I find! Have a great day!


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Recently, a few of us from Funders Together to End Homelessness sat down with Rick Cohen, national correspondent for the Non-Profit Quarterly. The topic: Can philanthropy help to end homelessness? The result: Rick posted the following thoughtful commentary on his NPQ blog. We think it's worth a read. Thanks Rick!
Can foundations end homelessness? The affinity group Funders Together to End Homelessness believes that the problem of homelessness-chronic homelessness-can be solved, if done the right way, according to Funders Together's executive director, Anne Miskey. In the midst of all of the Council on Foundations workshops, we were fortunate to find a moment to have a conversation with Anne, her communications director, Teri Larson, and three core foundation leaders in the affinity group: Bill Pitkin of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, David Wertheimer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Bob Hohler of the Melville Charitable Trust (Bob won the Council's 2009 Distinguished Grantmaker award).
How can foundations "end homelessness"? Not on their own, for sure, but by providing catalytic investments, as Wertheimer said, to provoke change in the homeless shelter and housing system in localities. It requires a systems approach, one that moves government and nonprofits from simply "managing the homeless" to changing the system.
The concept that they all advocate is "Housing First," the idea that putting people into housing rather than having them cycled through and managed in a shelter system results in better outcomes for the chronically homeless.


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Both properties have rural locations with stunning views of the surrounding countryside which offers peace and seclusion as well as access to a wide range of activities, including watersports on Loch Ken, walking, cycling, mountain biking on the 7stanes, horse riding and stargazing in the dark skies of the Galloway Forest Park plus golf at nearby New Galloway Golf Course.
Ringour Farm House is situated on the western bank of Loch Ken and directly across from the Galloway Activity Centre which offers a range of watersports including Sailing, Kayaking and offshore activities for all the family.
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The corrections field is plagued with the scourge of staff suicide. Recent statistics from New Jersey show that corrections officers commit suicide at over double the rates of police officers and the general population.
Why's our stuff always broke?
Cook County is currently looking for a Deputy Executive Director for Programs and Professional Services to work in the JTDC Facility. Under the direction of the Executive Director, the Deputy is responsible for formulating, organizing, and directing the overall support service functions for the facility's ten (10) operating Centers as well as staff from all ancillary divisions.
"Associate with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company."


My research in computational biology and neuroscience integrates data from experimental studies, theoretical analysis, mathematical modeling, and computer simulation.
One of my ongoing projects, in vertebrate phototransduction, focuses on light adaptation in rods and cones, and on the reproducibility of rod responses to single photons. Electrophysiological and biochemical data provide a basis for developing mathematical models that account for light adaptation and statistical properties of the singe-photon response in terms of the molecular mechanisms underlying phototransduction.
Another ongoing project involves the development of "statistical mechanical" methods for modeling large neural networks. These methods employ the theory of the probability (population) density function. Factors that make conventional methods unwieldy or intractable - thousands of neurons and millions of synapses ¬are used to great advantage in these methods. Similar neurons are lumped together into populations, and one tracks the distribution of neurons over state space in each population. The state of a neuron is determined by the dynamic variables in the underlying single-neuron model. The population-firing rate is given by the flux of probability across a particular surface in state space. Neurons are coupled via stochastic synapses; the rate of excitatory/inhibitory input events for a target neuron is determined by the rate of action potentials in each of the presynaptic populations and by the average number of synapses the postsynaptic neuron receives from each of these populations.
In an ongoing collaboration with Arjun Raj at the University of Pennsylvania, I am analyzing and modeling stochastic gene expression. The models include gene switching, synthesis and degradation of mRNA and proteins, and cell divisions. A goal is to understand sources of large fluctuations in the number of transcripts from genes that are expressed at low levels, the consequences for protein levels, and the implications for cell fate and cell physiology in general. Future modeling will focus on gene networks.
Finally, I am collaborating with Professor Gloria Coruzzi and her lab on projects involving the identification and modeling of gene regulatory networks underlying nitrogen assimilation and metabolism in Arabidopsis. Statistical analysis of microarray, RNA-Seq and ChIP-Seq data plays a central role in these projects.
I teach both in the Department of Biology and the Department of Mathematics.
I received my Ph.D. in 1981 from the Rockefeller University, where I studied physical chemistry, membrane biophysics, neurophysiology, and mathematics. My dissertation was an analysis of information processing in the outer retina of the turtle. My postdoctoral research was a combined experimental and theoretical study of light adaptation -- a process by which the retina adjusts its sensitivity according to lighting conditions. In 1984, I joined the faculty of New York University with a joint appointment in the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and the Department of Biology.
Recovery of sparse transformation-invariant signals with continuous basis pursuit.
Water impacts nutrient dose responses genome-wide to affect crop production.
Kinetics of Inhibitory Feedback from Horizontal Cells to Photoreceptors: Implications for an Ephaptic Mechanism.
An alternating renewal process describes the buildup of perceptual segregation.
A unified framework and method for automatic neural spike identification.
Modulation of mouse rod response decay by rhodopsin kinase and recoverin.
Population density approach for discrete mRNA distributions in generalized switching models for stochastic gene expression.
Channel modulation and the mechanism of light adaptation in mouse rods.
In silico evaluation of predicted regulatory interactions in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Spike train statistics and dynamics with synaptic input from any renewal process: a population density approach.
Critical analysis of dimension reduction by a moment closure method in a population density approach to neural network modeling.
Population density methods for stochastic neurons with realistic synaptic kinetics: firing rate dynamics and fast computational methods.
Stochastic mRNA synthesis in mammalian cells.
A comparison of release kinetics and glutamate receptor properties in shaping rod-cone differences in EPSC kinetics in the salamander retina.
Toward a unified model of vertebrate rod phototransduction.
Kinetics of synaptic transfer from rods and cones to horizontal cells in the salamander retina.
Multiple steps of phosphorylation of activated rhodopsin can account for the reproducibility of vertebrate rod single-photon responses.
Modeling corticofugal feedback and the sensitivity of lateral geniculate neurons to orientation discontinuity.
Hypermutation in shark immunoglobulin light chain genes results in contiguous substitutions.
Transmission at the photoreceptor synapse.
Population density methods for large-scale modelling of neuronal networks with realistic synaptic kinetics: cutting the dimension down to size.
A population density approach that facilitates large-scale modeling of neural networks: extension to slow inhibitory synapses.
Recovery of cable properties through active and passive modeling of subthreshold membrane responses from laterodorsal tegmental neurons.
The calculus of rod phototransduction.
Gain of rod to horizontal cell synaptic transfer: relation to glutamate release and a dihydropyridine-sensitive calcium current.
Background contrast modulates kinetics and lateral spread of responses to superimposed stimuli in outer retina.
Modulation of synaptic transfer between retinal cones and horizontal cells by spatial contrast.
Origin of the apparent tissue conductivity in the molecular and granular layers of the in vitro turtle cerebellum and the interpretation of current source-density analysis.
Membrane currents of horizontal cells isolated from turtle retina.
Light adaptation in turtle cones. Testing and analysis of a model for phototransduction.
Light adaptation in the primate retina: analysis of changes in gain and dynamics of monkey retinal ganglion cells.
Photoreceptor to horizontal cell synaptic transfer in the Xenopus retina: modulation by dopamine ligands and a circuit model for interactions of rod and cone inputs.
Phototransduction in cones: an inverse problem in enzyme kinetics.
A model for the polarization of neurons by extrinsically applied electric fields.
Retinal light adaptation--evidence for a feedback mechanism.
The receptive field organization of X-cells in the cat: spatiotemporal coupling and asymmetry.
Spatial and temporal properties of luminosity horizontal cells in the turtle retina.
Linear information processing in the retina: a study of horizontal cell responses.
An open system kinetic transport model for the Hodgkin-Huxley equations.


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Q: When practicing Promise in JS, the result is unexpected,

function sendOne() {
  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
    QF.get("./data/1.json", {}, function(data) {
      if (data.error === 0) {
        resolve(data);
      } else {
        reject(data);
      }
    })
  })
}

function sendTwo() {
  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
    QF.get("./data/2.json", {}, function(data) {
      if (data.error === 0) {
        resolve(data);
      } else {
        reject(data);
      }
    })
  })
}

function sendThree() {
  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
    QF.get("./data/3.json", {}, function(data) {
      if (data.error === 0) {
        resolve(data);
      } else {
        reject(data);
      }
    })
  })
}

var p1 = sendOne();

p1
  .then(function(data) {
    console.log("Succeeded for the first time");
    return sendTwo();
  }, function(data) {
    console.log("Failed for the first time")

  })
  .then(function(data) {
    console.log("Succeeded the second time");
    return sendThree();
  }, function(data) {
    console.log("Failed the second time")

  })
  .then(function(data) {
    console.log("Succeeded the third time");
  }, function(data) {
    console.log("Failed for the third time")
  })

All three requests are wrong, and they should all output wrong results. Why is the second request successful?
In my understanding, after the first request fails, it will be executed a second time, but it will also fail the second time. But the problem now is that it will succeed the second time

A: p1
  .then(function(data) {
    console.log("Succeeded for the first time");
    return sendTwo();
  }, function(data) {
    console.log("Failed for the first time")
  })
  .then(function(data) {
    console.log("Succeeded the second time");
    return sendThree();
  }, function(data) {
    console.log("Failed the second time")
  })

If p1 fails, the error handler console.log("Failed for the first time") is being executed. This has caught the failure and prevented it from propagating. That's what error handlers/.catch clauses are for in promise chains: to stop error propagation and allow the chain to continue. Which it then does with the next .then, which prints console.log("Succeeded the second time"), regardless of whether sendTwo() was even called or not.

A: p1 // <- promise is rejected, go to next rejected handler
  .then(function(data) {                    //   |
    // ...                                  //   |
  }, function(data) { // <-----------------------+
    console.log("Failed for the first time")
    // no errors, successful undefined return value, go to next fulfilled handler
  })                                        //   |
  .then(function(data) { // <--------------------+
    console.log("Succeeded the second time");
    return sendThree(); // <- promise is rejected, go to next rejected handler
  }, function(data) {                       //   |
    // ...                                  //   |
  })                                        //   |
  .then(function(data) {                    //   |
    // ...                                  //   |
  }, function(data) {  // <----------------------+
    console.log("Failed for the third time")
  })

If the reject handler doesn't throw an error or return rejected promise the result is considered a success, therefore the next .then() will trigger the fulfilled handler. If you want to keep the reject handler chain going you have to re-throw the exception.
p1 // <- promise is rejected, go to next rejected handler
  .then(function(data) {                       //   |
    // ...                                     //   |
  }, function(data) { // <--------------------------+
    console.log("Failed for the first time")
    throw data; // <- causes the current promise to be rejected, go to next rejected handler
  })                                           //   |
  .then(function(data) {                       //   |
    // ...                                     //   |
  }, function(data) { // <--------------------------+
    console.log("Failed the second time")
    throw data; // <- causes the current promise to be rejected, go to next rejected handler
  })                                           //   |
  .then(function(data) {                       //   |
    // ...                                     //   |
  }, function(data) { // <--------------------------+
    console.log("Failed for the third time")
  })

Instead of throw data you could also use return Promise.reject(data) depending on your preference.
Alternatively you could place a single rejected handler at the end.
p1 // <- promise is rejected, go to the next reject handler
  .then(function(data) {                           //   |
    console.log("Succeeded for the first time");   //   |
    return sendTwo();                              //   |
  })                                               //   |
  .then(function(data) {                           //   |
    console.log("Succeeded the second time");      //   |
    return sendThree();                            //   |
  })                                               //   |
  .then(function(data) {                           //   |
    console.log("Succeeded the third time");       //   |
  }, function(data) { // <------------------------------+
    console.log("One, two or three failed.")
  })

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Fred Tomlinson (1927 - 17 July 2016). Singer, choral arranger and founder / leader of the Fred Tomlinson Singers, sang in many songs for "Monty Python's Flying Circus", including the Money Song, Sit On My Face, the Lumberjack Song, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, and the Camelot Song.
Sir Spike Milligan (16 Apr 1918 - Feb 27 2002). Actor, writer and composer. Founder and writer of The Goon Show, which inspired the Pythons to their comic lunacy. Also appeared in Monty Python's The Life of Brian.
George Harrison (24 Feb 1943 - 29 Nov 2001). Musician, co-founder of HandMade Films and friend of the Pythons. Exec. Producer of Monty Python's The Life of Brian and many Terry Gilliam films.
Ian MacNaughton (30 Dec 1925 - 10 Dec 2002). Actor and the Director/ Producer of Monty Python's Flying Circus, And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus and Monty Python Live at Hollywood Bowl.
Barry Took (19 Jun 1928 - 31 Mar 2002), Television presenter, script writer and the man who brought the Python team together.
Sir Harry Secombe (8 Sep 1921 - 11 Apr 2001). Actor, presenter, singer. A member of The Goon Show which influenced the Pythons.
Peter Sellers (8 Sep 1925 - 24 Jul 1980). Actor, director, producer, editor. A member of The Goon Show which influenced the Pythons.


an IT support specialist needs to know in order to troubleshoot networking issues.
So, let's get into the nitty-gritty.
DNS in practice operates with a set of defined resource record types.
These allow for different kinds of DNS resolutions to take place.
but a lot of them only serve very specialized purposes.
We'll cover the most basic ones here.
The most common resource record is known as an A record.
An A record is used to point a certain domain name at a certain IPv4 IP address.
the DNS resolver was asking for the A record for a domain name.
a single A record is configured for a single domain name.
But, a single domain name can have multiple A records, too.
DNS round robin to be used to balance traffic across multiple IPs.
over a list of items one by one in an orderly fashion.
a fairly equal balance of each entry on the list that's selected.
Let's say we're in charge of a domain name www.microsoft.com.
Microsoft is a large company and their website likely sees a lot of traffic.
To help balance this traffic across multiple servers.
at the authoritative name server for the microsoft.com domain.
followed by 10.1.1.2, followed by 10.1.1.3, and finally, 10.1.1.4.
10.1.1.1, but it knows about all four just in case a connection to 10.1.1.1 fails.
but the ordering will have changed.
10.1.1.1 would be last on that list.
and balancing the traffic across these IPs.
That's the basics of how DNS round robin logic works.
Another resource record type that's becoming more and more popular is the Quad A record.
returns in IPv6 address instead of an IPv4 address.
We'll cover the details of IPv6 in a future module.
The CNAME record is also super common.
A CNAME record is used to redirect traffic from one domain to another.
Let's say that Microsoft runs their web servers at www.microsoft.com.
microsoft.com into their web browser will get properly redirected.
and then use the IP returned by that second attempt.
have to change the canonical IP address of a server in one place.
In fact, CNAME is just shorthand for canonical name.
microsoft.com and www.microsoft.com get to the same place.
and this would work just fine.
we need to change it in two places.
The A records for both nicrosoft.com and www.microsoft.com.
you'd only have to change the A record for www.microsoft.com.
And you'd know that clients pointing at either domain would get the new IP address.
the web might have dozens of these kinds of redirections.
It's always easier to only have one source of truth.
Another important resource record type is the MX record.
this resource record is used in order to deliver e-mail to the correct server.
while other traffic like web traffic would get delivered to their web server.
A record type very similar to the MX record is the SRV record.
and it's used to define the location of various specific services.
an SRV record can be defined to return the specifics of many different service types.
which has a calendar and scheduling service.
The text record type is an interesting one.
for associating some descriptive text with a domain name for human consumption.
and read to learn more about arbitrary specifics of your network.
additional data intended for other computers to process.
not originally intended to be communicated by a system like DNS.
you've entrusted other organizations to handle for your domain.
which is a company that handles your email delivery for you.
the NS or SOA records which are used to define authority information about DNS zones.
We'll cover DNS zones in more detail in a future video. So, stay tuned.


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Hassler-Forest, Dan A. "Cowboys and zombies. Destabilizing patriarchal discourse in The Walking Dead." In: Studies in Comics 2.2 (2012), S. 339–355.
DOI: 10.1386/stic.2.2.339_1
BibTeX citation key: HasslerForest2012
Keywords: "The Walking Dead", Adlard. Charlie, Gattung, Horrorcomics, Kirkman. Robert, Lacan. Jacques, Serialität, USA
Creators: Hassler-Forest
Collection: Studies in Comics Views: 3/320
The serialized comic book The Walking Dead, written by Robert Kirkman and drawn by Charlie Adlard, has been published by Image Comics from October 2003, and is still being released in monthly instalments as of this writing. It has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series in 2010, and has recently been adapted as a successful TV series by AMC. A videogame is forthcoming in late 2011, the television series has been extended for a second, longer season, and there is even an official Walking Dead board game in the works. While indicative of the more general popularity of zombie fiction in contemporary mainstream culture, the Walking Dead phenomenon points towards interesting questions that are raised by its intersection of genres, as well as by its unique combination of an apocalyptic narrative and seemingly endlessly ongoing serialization. In this article, the intersection of seemingly incompatible genres will be my main focus, using Lacanian theory to engage with the ways in which The Walking Dead conflates the western with the zombie genre. This combination of genres is all the more thoughtprovoking as the western genre traditionally stages the Grand Narrative of patriarchal power from within the historical context of colonialist imperialism, whereas the zombie genre is associated with the destabilization of such forms of power. I will also engage with the serialized form in which this narrative is presented, arguing that the series' systematic lack of formal closure is fundamental to its larger decentering effect.
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Class 1918. Training school for nurses Louisville City Hospital.
Louisville City Hospital; Nursing students
Louisville City Hospital school of nursing 1918 - Composite photograph of Louisville City Hospital school of nursing class of 1918. Two rows of individual oval-shaped portraits of students in nursing uniforms and caps with four portraits across the...
University of Louisville medical department 1918.
University of Louisville. Medical Dept.; Medical students; Teachers; University of Louisville--Students; University of Louisville--Faculty
University of Louisville medical department 1918 - Composite photograph for the University of Louisville school of medicine in Louisville, Kentucky, of faculty and graduating students for the medical school class of 1918. Individual oval-shaped...
Louisville College of Pharmacy faculty and senior composite photograph, 1918.
Pharmacists; Universities & colleges; Medical students; Students; Teachers; Composite photographs
A composite photograph of the faculty and senior class of 1918 of the Louisville College of Pharmacy. Seven individual portraits of faculty members are along the top of the photograph and dean O. C. Dilly appears in the center. Senior individual...
House at 1918 Rutherford Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929.
Houses; Dwellings; Buildings; Architecture; Architectural elements; Porticoes (Porches); Porches
Exterior view of a house at 1918 Rutherford Ave. in Louisville, Ky. The two story house has a steep pitch gabled roof, a balcony atop a first floor portico. The front of the portico is covered with ivy and four steps lead up to the front entrance....
Allen County and Fort Wayne World War I Memorial Plaque, 1928.
Plaques; Monuments & memorials; Monuments; World War, 1914-1918
Two memorial plaques honoring those who died in the first World War. At the top of each tablet is a bald eagle standing on a ribbon banner that reads "Honor Roll." Flanking each side of the banner are the dates "1917" and "1918." Below that in all...
Lucile, Sara-Jean, and Robert E. McDowell, Lexington, Kentucky, 1918.
Women; Children
A small snapshot of Lucile (Furnas) McDowell, her daughter Sara-Jean, and her son Robert E. Taken in Lexington, Kentucky in 1918.
Lawrence D. Baldauf of Louisville, Kentucky, 1918.
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Legislators
Portrait of State Representative Lawrence D. Baldauf of the 47th District Jefferson County, Kentucky, wearing a printed tie with a tie tack. This photograph has been painted on to crop his image and discolored from age. Handwritten on front of...
Henry Hardin Cherry of Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1918.
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; College presidents; People associated with education & communication
Henry Hardin Cherry of Bowling Green, Kentucky, the President of Western Kentucky State Normal School. Photograph has been cut to an irregular shape and painted all over. Stamped on back of image: February 25, 1918.
W. A. Ganfield of Danville, Kentucky, 1918.
Portrait of Dr. W.A. Ganfield of Danville, Kentucky. He is wearing his silver hair parted in the middle and tuxedo. The photograph has a lot of discoloration and is silvering around the edges. Attached to back of image: Dr. W.A. Ganfield,...
Harry Moseson of Louisville, Kentucky, 1918.
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of Harry Moseson of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a hard collar and printed tie. The photograph has been painted on and cracked, with damaged corners and bottom edge also discolored from age. Handwritten on back of image: Moseson & King...
Raymond Tafel of Louisville, Kentucky, 1918.
Portrait of Raymond Richard Tafel of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a hard collar and printed tie. The photograph has been painted on outlining/cropping his image and marked with discoloration. Handwritten on back of image: Taken February 1918 aged...
CITY OF LOUISVILLE, 1894 - 1918.
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF LOUISVILLE, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (301 ft. x 42.7 ft. x 7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1894. Owned by Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Co., CITY OF LOUISVILLE operated on the Ohio River between Louisville and Cincinnati. She had...
CITY OF CINCINNATI, 1899 - 1918.
CITY OF CINCINNATI, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (300 ft. x 38 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1899. Owned by Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Co., CITY OF CINCINNATI operated on the Ohio River opposite the City of Louisville. Every day at...
WM. GARIG, 1904 - 1918.
WM. GARIG, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (175 ft. x 35 ft. x 5.2 ft.), was built at Howard in 1904. Owned by Baton Rouge & Bayou Sara Packet Co., WM. GARIG operated on the lower Mississippi and Ouachita Rivers. In 1918, she was sold to the...
André Jeunet, Albania, 1918.
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Eastern Front; Trench warfare; Soldiers; Barbed wire
French soldier André Jeunet leans against a rock and dirt wall to pose for a photograph in the mountains near Monastir, Albania in June, 1918. A roll of barbed wire is on the ground near his feet.
French soldiers building stone wall, Balkans, circa 1918.
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Eastern Front; Soldiers; Stone walls; Masonry
Soldiers from France's 34e Colonial Regiment build a stone wall near their hillside camp, believed to be in the Balkans in 1918 or 1919. Images ULPA 2004.003.024B and ULPA 2004.003.040E appear to be in the same location.
French soldiers relaxing, Balkans, 1918.
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Eastern Front; Soldiers; Military camps; Military life
Soldiers from France's 34e Colonial Regiment relax in a hillside camp, reportedly near Monastir in the Balkans in July, 1918. A bottle of champagne is sitting on the ground. Images ULPA 2004.003.037E and ULPA 2004.003.024B appear to be in the same...
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Eastern Front; Soldiers; Military camps; Military life; Champagne (Wine)
Soldiers from France's 34e Colonial Regiment relax with a bottle of champagne in front of tents in a hillside camp, reportedly near Monastir in the Balkans in July, 1918. Images ULPA 2004.003.037E and ULPA 2004.003.040E appear to be in the same...
College of Dentistry advertisement, 1918.
University of Louisville. College of Dentistry; Advertisements
Advertisement for the University of Louisville dentistry program. Contains text and an image of long rows of dental stations with students examining patients. Text on top of the advertisement: University of Louisville College of Dentistry...
Photo 1918. In Jeffersontown on N.W. cor. Bank is now on this corner.
Buildings; Architecture; Grocery stores; Water pumps
A two story white clapboard storefront with metal roof sits on a corner in the center of Jeffersontown in Louisville, Ky. Above the front door are two signs that read "Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co." and "Frank Fanelli & Co." A partially...


On these dark mornings, the Christmas tree's reflection in the picture windows creates the effect of a lighted forest throughout the living room. To make it last, I leave the lights off as long as possible.
Truth be told, these short days and long nights are a trial for me. I'd be perfectly content to stay in my moose pajamas to sleep, read, knit, cook, stare at the fire, and play scrabble until early March. I can't tell if I'm tired, cold, depressed, slightly ill, or just lazy – adjectives never used to describe grizzly bears and oak trees who themselves take the winter off to give birth and to grow in different ways. It sounds cozy enough, but the bears don't eat a thing the whole winter long – three to four months for males, five to seven for females – a hands-down deal breaker for me.
Winter has too much good food I refuse to miss. Grapefruit, oranges, and Christmas cookies. I came into possession of a beautiful green and orange acorn squash the other day. This recipe calls for two medium squash but I used one big one. I have maple syrup from a friend in Unionville who taps his own trees. It was so good and so pretty. Next time I'm adding bacon and serving it over rice as the whole meal.
I guess I'll put my shoes on and go to work after all, since it's what we humans do. And I'll try to ease up on the whining too, grateful for human treasures like moose pajamas and winter squash.
Cut squash into 1-in. rings and remove seeds. Place squash in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
In a small bowl, combine remaining the ingredients; pour over squash. Cover and bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until tender. Yield: 6 servings.
1. Cream together butter and brown sugar until smooth. Add flour, eggs, coffee, coffee liqueur, cocoa powder, espresso powder and mix until it forms a ball.
2. Divide batter in half and wrap each in plastic wrap tightly. Chill 20 minutes.
3. One at a time, roll dough to 1/8 inch thickness and cut star shape.
4. Bake at 375 degrees for 7 or 8 minutes. Cookies should be slightly darker but not crisp. Cool on pan one minute then move to cooling rack.
5. In double boiler melt together baking chocolate and shortening.
6. Dip stars into chocolate, covering half of the star.
7. Lay on wax paper until well set, 2 to 3 hours.
I've lost our Christmas stockings and fear they may be gone forever. I ordered four of them from Land's End twenty-three years ago, each one embroidered with our names. When I discovered I was pregnant again, Land's End searched their clearance stock but there were no more. So my friend, Becky, sewed the fifth to match. Four years ago we added three, for my son-in-law and two boys my son brought home from college – the same stockings that held pacifiers and Hot Wheels before graduating to gift cards from Amazon and Starbucks.
Maybe they will still turn up but I can't imagine where. We had a dumpster in the driveway last fall, which had me purging high and low. The dead and broken went to the trash, but loads of stuff went to Habitat ReStore and Goodwill. I sorted boxes into piles, some to keep and some to give away. One box must have gone astray. Or maybe I stored them in some new place last year. But my 53-year-old self would have known I'd never remember. She would have written me a note I'd be sure to find this year.
I love thinking some other family somewhere named Carl, Annie, Mariah, Ben, Emy, Jeremy, Seine & Yang might find and enjoy them. Or a family with their own names who thinks it a hilarious joke upon their mantel.
They are only things. I can buy or make new stockings that we enjoy just as much, eventually. And all the things that matter are here, alive and warm and well: Carl, Annie, Mariah, Ben, Emy, Jeremy, Seine & Yang. I have everything to be grateful for and nothing in the world to count as loss. I pray the season is gentle to you and yours.
Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in one lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope.
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love.
While Reverend Niebuhr titled his poem The Irony of American History, it rings with the lyrics of Advent. Hope, faith, and love are the essential skill set for life in the spirit. Without them we have only the promises and powers of this world to sustain us, a known recipe for calamity.
Advent invites us to reset heart and mind to what we believe deep down: that all we see and hear is not all there is to see and hear; that God is at work in the world right now, visible and audible to whoever will watch and listen. Where justice, kindness, and humility are thriving, God is there. Where peace persists in the midst of violence, where the hungry are fed, the prisoner set free, and the poor regarded with dignity, God is there. Where hatred fails and love thrives, where truth prevails in the face of duplicity, and evil dies by its own sword, God is there.
Abide in me, Jesus tells us. The task, always, is to pray. Put heart and head, body and soul outside this world's reach as often as we can for as long as we can, practicing the watching and the hearing so necessary for this life. I pray you are made strong in hope, faith, and love this Advent season.


Madrid fault line 2019 2020 Vision Dream America's JUDGEMENT chuck youngbrandt vision dream america john paul jackson. interpretation of CHUCK YOUNGBRANDT and JOHN. Код CD : 422-848 278-2.
On his 1991 LP A Dream Fulfilled, he chose Paul Davis' 1977 number seven pop hit "I Go Crazy. ". romantic interpretation with his. The End of All Dreams (2007). from Vangelis and Tangerine Dream to John Carpenter 's. "Running Through the Edge" is Terje's own interpretation of a long schulz. He actually ripped it off Paul Clayton's ballad.
On The Road Again; 7) Bob Dylan's 115th Dream; 8) Mr. would be like, I dunno, calling Jackson Pollack the. The Raven. they fed Elijah and Paul the Hermit in the wilderness.


We will be continuing the Picnic RAIN OR SHINE. Hopefully the weather will cooperate with our event, but please feel free to come when you can... We will be there from 12:30 to 2:30pm. As a reminder, the picnic shelter is completely covered including indoor bathrooms, so feel free to wear weather appropriate clothes and enjoy the summer rain.
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As US Marks 100th Anniversary Of Tulsa Race Massacre, African Americans Still Feel Outcast
MSN News: FRANCE 24 –At the foot of modern buildings on an anonymous street in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a few discreet metal plaques catch the eye. "Grier shoemaker," "Earl real estate" — riveted to the ground, they bear the names of Black-owned businesses that once stood there before being destroyed during one of the worst racial massacres in the United States, in 1921.
A rare vestige of a neighbourhood so prosperous it was called Black Wall Street, the plaques prove that the history of Greenwood — a historically Black neighborhood of Tulsa — is understood not by the monuments that currently stand, but the ones that are no longer there.
On the eve of a visit from President Joe Biden, popular with African-American voters, who will attend Tuesday's commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the massacre, and after a year marked by the Black Lives Matter movement, the killings resonate with current events more than ever.
Destroyed neighbourhood
"They came over and destroyed Greenwood and burned everything down," Bobby Eaton, 86, a neighborhood resident and former civil rights activist, told AFP.
A century ago, in the southern US town, the arrest of a young Black man accused of assaulting a white woman sparked one of the worst outpourings of racial violence ever seen in the country.
On May 31, 1921, after the arrest of Dick Rowland, hundreds of furious white people gathered outside the Tulsa courthouse, signalling to Black residents that a lynching — a common practice at the time and until as recently as the 1960s — was imminent.
A group of African-American World War I veterans, some of them armed, mobilized in an attempt to protect Rowland.
Tensions spiked and shots were fired. Fewer in number, the African-American residents retreated to Greenwood, known at the time for its economic prosperity and many businesses.
The next day, at dawn, white men looted and burned the buildings, chasing down and beating Black people living there. All day long, they ransacked Black Wall Street — police not only did not intervene but joined in the destruction — until nothing was left but ruins and ashes, killing up to 300 people in the process. The destruction left some 10,000 people homeless.
With a blue cap on his head and a T-shirt commemorating the massacre's centennial pulled over his shirt, Eaton feels marked by this event that he never saw but heard so much about as a child in his father's barber shop.
"I learned a lot about the riots as a very young person, that has never left my memory," he said.
'Don't own the land'
In his opinion, as with many others in the neighbourhood, it was the African-American prosperity that sparked the destruction. "That caused a great amount of jealousy, and it's still doing so.
"That mentality that destroyed Greenwood to begin with, to a great extent still exists right here in Tulsa," Eaton said.
>> Inside the Americas: 1921 Tulsa massacre – Remembering a dark chapter in American history
Even 100 years after the massacre, racial tensions remain high.
In the Black Wall Street Liquid Lounge – a coffee shop named, like many businesses in Greenwood, in homage to the neighbourhood's golden age – Kode Ransom, a 32-year-old African-American man, sports long dreadlocks and a big smile as he greets customers.
A happy co-manager of the business, he has one regret: not owning the walls around him.
"People hear 'Black Wall Street', they think that it's completely controlled by Black people. It's actually not," he said.
Ransom estimates that about 20 African-American-owned businesses exist in Greenwood, and they all pay rent.
"We don't own the land," he said.
An urban planning policy, called urban renewal, carried out by the Tulsa city council since the 1960s, has had the effect of driving out African-American owners whose houses or businesses, deemed dilapidated, were demolished to make way for new buildings.
The construction of a seven-lane highway through the middle of the main street finished disfiguring the neighbourhood.
"At the time when Greenwood was Greenwood, you had 40 blocks, and now it's all being condensed down to half of a street… and even on that half of a street it's still not really just Black Wall Street," said Ransom, sighing.
A few meters from the cafe, in the Greenwood Art Gallery, manager Queen Alexander, 31, arranges the exhibited paintings, which celebrate African-American culture.
She also pays rent – and it's about to go up by 30 percent. The opening of a large museum dedicated to the neighbourhood's history, the Greenwood Rising History Center, which will officially open Wednesday, has caused rent for the surrounding businesses to increase.
One of her acquaintances, who had run a beauty salon in Greenwood for more than 40 years, was evicted. "She couldn't afford the rent," said Alexander.
Outside the bay windows of her gallery, Alexander observes the gentrification at work.
"You do see now white people walking their dogs, and riding their bikes, in neighbourhoods that you would never have seen them before," she said, noting the opening of a baseball field, a Starbucks and "a college that I probably couldn't afford."
For her, Greenwood without its African-American owners and historic buildings is no longer really Black Wall Street but "Greenwood district with some Black business leases."
And "if we all get evicted tomorrow, this is white Wall Street."
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)
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"Each TDSB school is required to have a school council made up of the principal, parents, teachers, support staff, students (secondary schools), and community members.
The purpose of the council is to actively engage parents to improve student success. It also provides a regular opportunity for its members to discuss how to make the school a better place for learning for its students. The principal brings important information about the school to the school council. The school council, in turn, advises the principal on matters related to the learning goals of the school, the school's policies and procedures, students' needs, activities and resources for students and parents, and ways of involving parents in the life of the school." – TDSB School Matters
Elkhorn School Advisory Council engages the parents through many school/community events and fundraising activities.
Our fundraising initiatives help to support many school programs, to benefit all students such as:
playscape / playground replacement
subsidizing school trips (buses/activity cost)
new musical instruments
new physical education equipment
technology in the classrooms
funding visiting artists and authors
The Elkhorn School Advisory Council
Elkhorn's School Advisory Council (SAC) is a self-governing, parent-run volunteer organization that represents the interests of parents, families and student caregivers at Elkhorn Public School. Elkhorn's SAC is lead by an Executive Committee composed of Co-Chairs, Treasurer and Secretary. There are also various committees and sub-committees that provide key functions and programming related to parent, family and student caregiver interests at Elkhorn. SAC meetings are held on a monthly basis throughout the school year, which are open for all parents to attend. The meetings provide a forum to convey information from the executive and committees to the parent body and also provide an opportunity to discuss relevant issues faced by SAC and Elkhorn parents. The SAC meetings are also attended by the Principal of the school and at least one teacher. The Principal provides a report at these meetings, and school issues are discussed in relation to this report.
Our Guiding Principle
"Elkhorn Public School Advisory Council (SAC), in partnership with the school community, is dedicated to providing the best learning environment, enabling all students to reach their full potential."
Some of the key functions provided by Elkhorn's SAC include:
Governance of financial matters including budget management, and fund allocation.
Development and execution of fund raising initiatives
Coordination with School Administration and TDSB on school-related issues
Coordination of programming initiatives such as movie nights, pizza lunches, lunch and after school programs
Coordination of special events such as the Welcome Back BBQ
Advocacy for safety, nutrition and improved learning resources
SAC Bylaws
Elkhorn SAC Bylaws were last amended September, 2016. The Bylaws help define the SAC's purpose, explain how the SAC will be structured and describe its rights and responsibilities, all in accordance with the rules and regulations as set forth under Ontario Regulation 612/00 SACs and Parent Involvement Committees made pursuant to the Education Act (Ontario).


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Transurethral resection (TUR) of the bladder is a surgical procedure that is used both to diagnose bladder cancer and to remove cancerous tissue from the bladder. This procedure is also called a TURBT (transurethral resection for bladder tumor). General anesthesia or spinal anesthesia is often used. During TUR surgery, a cystoscope is passed into the bladder through the urethra. A tool called a resectoscope is used to remove the cancer for biopsy and to burn away any remaining cancer cells.
Bladder cancer can come back after this surgery, so repeat TURs are sometimes needed.
Following surgery, a catheter may be placed in the urethra to help stop bleeding and to prevent blockage of the urethra. When the bleeding has stopped, the catheter is removed. You may need to stay in the hospital 1 to 4 days.
You may feel the need to urinate frequently for a while after the surgery, but this should improve over time. You may have blood in your urine for up to 2 to 3 weeks following surgery.
You may be instructed to avoid strenuous activity for about 3 weeks following TUR.
TUR can be used to diagnose, stage, and treat bladder cancer.
Diagnosis. TUR is used to examine the inside of the bladder to see whether there are cancer cells in the bladder.
Staging. TUR can determine whether cancers are growing into the bladder wall.
Treatment. One or more small tumors can be removed from inside the bladder during TUR.
TUR is the most common and effective treatment for early-stage bladder cancer. It may also be effective for more advanced cancer if all the cancer is removed and biopsies show that no cancer cells remain.
Perforation of the wall of the bladder.
Blockage of the urethra by blood clots in the bladder.
Treatment with TUR may be followed by chemotherapy or immunotherapy.


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The Greatest Showman smashes Adele's album record as soundtrack remains in number one spot
Abigail GillibrandSaturday 29 Dec 2018 10:23 am
The Greatest Showman smashes Adele's album record (Picture: 20th Century Fox / Getty)
The Greatest Showman has had a record breaking year with its soundtrack sticking in the charts since its release.
And while it comfortably clings to the number one spot in the UK album charts, it seems the album has just gone and claimed yet another record.
That's right, with its 24th non-consecutive week at the top, it has just gone and smashed Adele's previous record of 23 weeks at number one – which she held with her hit album 21.
The musical has remained in the top five for the entirety of 2018, and has held off the likes of Justin Timberlake and Camila Cabello taking top spot.
But The Greatest Showman still has some way to go before it can crack the heights that some classic musicals reached with their accompanying soundtracks 50-60 years ago.
The soundtrack remains in number one spot (Picture: 20th Century Fox)
The Sound of Music, for instance, enjoyed 70 weeks as the UK's number one album between 1965 and 1968, while the ultimate record-holder is the South Pacific soundtrack: which amassed a staggering 115 weeks at number one between 1958 and 1961.
And even though this sounds like a pretty daring ambition, with the hit rumoured to be turned into a stage musical, we can only expect the album to become even bigger with its new lease of life.
The Broadway production will take precedence over any sequel plans, too, a source told The Sun, with it most likely to debut in New York.
However, a switch to London's West End is not out of the question.
Just last year, The Greatest Showman surpassed expectations when it shot to the top of the box office in December.
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Q: Why doest onEach is not working in Kotlin Flow for Android? From Fragment, I'm calling one viewmodel fun and inside that I written this piece of code, but it's not printing anything! Only "Hello called" is printing.
Code:
 fun fetchUserReviewData1() {
    LogUtils.d("Hello called")
    flow {
        (1..5).forEach {
            LogUtils.d("Hello UserReviewViewModel1 it: " + it)
    //        delay(100) //delay the emission
            emit(it)
        }
    }.onEach { LogUtils.d("Hello UserReviewViewModel it: " + it) }

}

A: The reason it's not working is that by default a Flow is cold. It means the code inside your flow { ... } directive and the following onEach { ... } won't be executed until a collect is called on it.


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Trade Data Monitor (TDM) is a trade data company based in Charleston, SC and Geneva, Switzerland. It checks and aggregates monthly import and export statistics for over 100 countries using Harmonized System commodity codes, offers specialized training in trade statistics, and provides clients with a searchable database and built-to-order statistical reports.

Trade Data Monitor has been widely cited for international trade statistics. Organizations that have cited TDM include international organizations such as the World Trade Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the International Monetary Fund, and branches and publications of the United States government, such as the United States Department of Agriculture, the United States Department of Commerce, and the United States International Trade Commission. TDM has also been cited in published research, including in the journals ARE Update and Choices, and in California Agriculture, a book published by the University of California. It has also appeared in news media, now with increasing frequency as the economic impact of the China–United States trade war and the COVID-19 pandemic have drawn attention to changes in international trade. Recently, TDM has been cited by The Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, among other news sources.

TDM was founded by C. Donald Brasher Jr., an internationally recognized specialist in trade data analysis who has advised more than 16 governments and has worked with the United States Department of Commerce, the International Business and Economic Research Corporation in Washington, DC, and the Center for International Technological Cooperation and Development at the American University. He has also been quoted by publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Financial Times, and the Journal of Commerce.

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Freehold Borough board renews school health agreement
MATTHEW SOCKOL, Staff Writer
FREEHOLD – The Freehold Borough K-8 School District Board of Education has renewed an agreement with a health provider to ensure that the health and well-being of the district's pupils is maintained.
During a recent meeting, board members authorized the renewal of an agreement with the Visiting Nurse Association Health Group Inc. (VNAHG) that was previously approved for the 2019-20 school year.
Through the board's action, the VNAHG will continue to provide nurse practitioner services in Freehold Borough during the 2020-21 school year.
Freehold Borough was a successful applicant to the integrated health impact program to provide nurse practitioner services to pupils for 2019-20. The health services are for all pupils from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, according to district administrators.
Services will be paid for by the United Way of Monmouth and Ocean Counties and the board agreed to provide matching grant funds in the amount of $10,000 to continue the program, according to the resolution.
The VNAHG will provide advance practice nurses for a maximum of 11 hours per week on school premises, providing healthcare services to pupils, maintenance of records and record keeping for services provided, providing workers compensation coverage and liability and malpractice insurance coverage for VNAHG employees, and ensure staff are licensed and qualified to provide the qualified services, and providing regular and periodic billing for services provided.
Healthcare services the VNAHG will provide include performing a limited number of school entry physicals; sports physicals and work physicals; assessment and episodic care for children as approved by a parent or guardian; teaching about medication and self-care; consultation with parents, staff and/or faculty regarding student health issues; and collaborating with other health professionals. according to the resolution.
The school district will provide a list of children needing services, providing support on days of operation, assuring appropriate liability coverage for its employees and facilities, and providing appropriate areas in the school for the provision of services.
There will not be any charge to pupils for the services. Although the services are sponsored by the United Way, the VNAHG may bill Medicaid for services rendered to students. The VNAHG and the district agreed the nurse practitioner's time will be provided at no cost to the district.
Students in the Freehold Borough K-8 School District are currently receiving fully remote instruction due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Research linking the repeated head injuries sustained in contact sports to Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) has existed for decades, however, it was thought to only affect boxers, who take repeated direct hits to the head during a fight. The past decade has seen advances in our understanding of CTE that show a direct link between other contact sports like football and CTE.
Despite the clear link between sports and CTE, many sports organizations like The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) have failed to implement appropriate safety protocols and to properly educate players on the risks of CTE.
This week, Raizner Slania filed six class action lawsuits asserting concussion claims against The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and several Division 1 universities and athletics conferences for failing to implement proper safety protocols and for concealing the dangers of concussions to student-athletes. The classes of players for whom we filed suit including former athletes from Penn State University, Auburn University, University of Georgia, University of Oregon, University of Utah and Vanderbilt University.
These NCAA concussion lawsuits come just weeks after an appeals court upheld a settlement that provides retired NFL football players with compensation for brain injuries sustained during play. While these lawsuits and the NFL affirmation aim to compensate injured players, they are also establishing a legal responsibility for sports organizations to take care of their players. Despite the advances that have recently been made for former NFL players, however, the NCAA has remained recalcitrant in providing real relief to the young men and women who trusted this organization to look out for them.
Our firm represents many former athletes from a number of Division 1 and other major athletic programs. We expect that additional suits will be filed over the coming weeks and months, and will provide updates on the litigation on our blog and through our Facebook and Twitter pages.
If you or a loved one experienced brain trauma after suffering a head injury while playing for an NCAA regulated team or other college sports organization, please contact the attorneys at Raizner Slania. Our consultations are free and confidential, and we work on a contingency fee basis, meaning you owe us nothing unless we help you obtain compensation.


but I wouldn't want to get my toe near one when it's chomping down on fish guts.
It's hard to see the mountain of huge spiny lobster tails on the ground but they're there, along with a few groupers and the pile of shelled conch. $20 a tail is a bargain for megayacht patrons that frequent the area. It's hard work diving for these bugs.
My name is Jennifer and I'm addicted to the internet. There I said it. Now you can laugh at me for moving onto a boat and sailing away from civilization.
There are a lot of beaches in the Bahamas, all surrounded by the clearest blue water you have ever seen. Yes, I am stating the obvious but everyday I am surprised that we are able to have a new beach all to ourselves pretty much anytime we want.
$27,000 worth of equipment and services.
I have published our boat costs here, for those of you who are interested in doing this some day (and for those of you who are just curious). We will update the page with our monthly costs so everyone can see if our predictions about living more cheaply are accurate.
Does it seem like I have been talking about food a lot lately?
This was our dinner the other day. A grouper, four lion fish, and a slipper lobster made for a "fish feast" as Conrad called it. We only ate the larger lion fish but they want you to kill all you can because it is an invasive species.
Staniel Cay is famous for its swimming pigs. They hear the dinghy motor and swim right out to see what you have for them. These babies are very well fed. We learned that they prefer bread over vegetables and can get very enthusiastic about the food. One grabbed a piece of bread right out of my hand, quick as lightning.
These stingrays are always around our boat. You can't tell how big they are from the picture but most of them are at least four feet in diameter. When we were cleaning fish, we got a lot of these and nurse sharks. That's why when Matt catches a fish, he holds it out of the water. We also had a remora on the side of our boat. I don't know why the boys don't want to swim off the side of the boat.
Conrad spotted these guys just walking together along the bottom of the reef. We shouted at Matt, who skeptically swam back over from the other side of the reef. While Matt got the first one, the second one conveniently stayed put.
This fish mobile made the cut and is hanging in one of the cabins.
Today we are Miss Minimalist's featured 'Real Life Minimalist.' If you came here from there, thanks for checking out our site.
When I was growing up, I had collections that I kept in shoeboxes: stamps, rocks, coins, beads, jewelry, you name it. I wanted to keep everything and I wanted to have everything.
These guys are near Allan's Cay. Dozens if them will come right up to you when you get to the beach. It's kind of disconcerting. You're not supposed to feed them or let your dog eat them, as they are endangered and all but clearly people do (feed them).
A day at the beach (still at West End) with kids from another boat.
Being on a boat with no place to go is like putting your family in a crucible. Any quirks or issues that irritated you even a little before are magnified a thousand times when there's no physical escape.
From what I have heard, ER docs or ones that have done memorable ER rotations have seen the gory details of car accidents. As a result, some become very risk averse. They always wear their seatbelts, buy the safest cars possible for their children and never drive on New Year's Eve.
Being in a boat repair marina has had a similar effect on us.


Pullman Regional Hospital offers a comprehensive array of surgical services, including the da Vinci minimally-invasive surgical robotics system.
Thank you for choosing Pullman Regional Hospital. Before your surgery, you'll schedule a pre-operative visit to help you prepare for your procedure. This video will walk you through this visit.
The da Vinci system is nothing short of amazing in the hands of a skilled surgeon. When compared to traditional or laparoscopic surgery, patients report less pain, less scarring, a shorter hospital stay, and a quicker return to their daily activities.


I read this article and found it very interesting, thought it might be something for you. The article is called 3 FOODS THAT PROMOTE HEALTHY VISION and is located at https://silversteineyecenters.com/blog/2015/08/3-foods-that-promote-healthy-vision/.
You may have heard carrots are the best food for maintaining healthy eyesight and improving your ability to see in the dark. Although there is a ring of truth to this claim, its origins come from a rumor started during the WWII era. British Intelligence used radar to detect incoming German planes at night, and supposedly, in order to protect the secrecy of their technology they "leaked" information that they fed their anti-aircraft gunmen a surplus of carrots to improve their night vision.
British officers of the era have confirmed that they never worked to deny this claim, but they never actually pushed it as propaganda, and were confident that the Germans knew about their radar technology. Regardless, the claim about carrots being great for improving your vision stuck around.
Many dark, leafy, green vegetables are filled with lutein and zeaxanthin, two nutrients that protect against damage from sunlight, pollution, and other harmful agents. Lutein and zeaxanthin are also believed to absorb harmful rays of light. Spinach and kale carry an abundance of these nutrients — more so than other dark greens.
Salmon, tuna, and sardines are filled with Omega-3 fatty acids. This essential fatty acid supports many functions of your body. Omega-3 fatty acids are known to protect against the formation of macular degeneration and cataracts. You can also ingest this nutrient by taking a fish oil pill, or by consuming flaxseed oil or black currant seed oil, which are also loaded with Omega-3 fatty acids.
Oranges, grapefruits, and lemons are loaded with Vitamin C, an essential vitamin for repairing and growing tissue throughout your entire body. Vitamin C is linked with prevention of macular degeneration and cataracts. You can find similar benefits in red peppers and strawberries.
Eating healthily is a great step to maintaining your vision, as well as taking care of the rest of your body, but it is not an end-all solution for vision problems. Many eye conditions are genetic or can be caused by factors unpreventable by a healthy diet. Schedule an eye examination with your optometrist if you are concerned about your vision.
If you are experiencing vision problems, or simply need an eye exam, please contact Silverstein Eye Care Centers. Call us today at (816) 358-3600 or request an appointment online. We can serve you at our convenient location in Independence/Kansas City.