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Ye Olde Mid-Week Break
Dedicated to Mark Gibson Let’s do something a little different today. For starters, here is something we have done often in this space. That is to say, the Hump Day Hiatus often provides an escape to some exotic and beautiful corner of this amazing planet, giving us a glimpse into the lives of people far, far away, and vistas we …
75 years ago today
What is ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease? ALS stands for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. A-myo-trophic comes from the Greek language. “A” means no or negative. “Myo” refers to muscle, and “Trophic” means nourishment. Thus, “No muscle nourishment.” When a muscle has no nourishment, it “atrophies” or wastes away. “Lateral” identifies the areas in a person’s spinal cord where portions of the …