What Is Diabetic Retinopathy? By Dr. Gabriel Dery, MD It is a complication of diabetes that affects the eyes. It’s caused by damage to the blood vessels of the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye (retina). At first, diabetic retinopathy may cause no symptoms or only mild vision problems. Eventually, however, diabetic […]
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Letters to the Editor Dear Sir: The new mega treatment plant on the north side of Guadalajara will be a big step in cleaning up the Santiago, Jalisco’s filthiest river. My husband Antonio and I firmly believe that the treated water could be as big a plus for Jalisco’s largest freshwater lake. If there
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October 2014 Please select one: Online format Only articles (respond to any article here) Magazine style format Articles and ads just as it’s printed
Editor’s Page Guest Editorial by Fred Mittag For more editorials, visit: http://thedarksideofthedream.com Rage In America Shots have been fired at 74 American schools and two military bases in the 1 ½ years since the Sandy Hook massacre. With few exceptions, they were fired by young white males at other white Americans. The statistics tell
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How Railroads Changed Mexico By Bill Dean 1813 was the year that José María Morelos, then leader of Mexico’s independence movement, summoned a group of delegates to ponder over a Constitution. In that same year a young chap in a coal mining region of England was shooing cows off wagon tracks. His name
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Anita’s Animals By Jackie Kellum Street dog Vs. Dog in Crisis. The August article briefly described what a street dog looks like. A Dog in Crisis looks different. This dog mostly likely is new to living on the street, or has been injured or ill and not doing well trying to survive in this
Front Row Center By Michael Warren The Last Romance By Joe DiPietro Directed by Ann Swiston The Last Romance is a bittersweet comedy by Joe DiPietro, who is best known for the Tony Award-winning musical Memphis, as well as writing the book and lyrics for the long-running off-Broadway show I Love You, You’re Perfect,
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Contemplating Cusco For the Incas, all roads led to Cusco. The city’s name is a corruption of the Inca word for “center,” and it was for them the “navel of the world”, the place from which roads to the four compass points linked the capital with the four regions
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UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill Frayer Has the Enlightenment Faded? As we all know, the eighteenth century was a time of great progress and hope. The era we now call the Enlightenment was a time of revolution in many respects. The medieval order in Europe, dominated by religious thinkers and tremendous violence, seemed to
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Lifelines: An American Dream A Novel by Antonio Ramblés Published electronically, exclusively on Amazon Cover artwork by Diego Rivera Reviewed by James Tipton Spanning most of the 20th century, Lifelines: An American Dream, by Antonio Ramblés, is about two families. One family has its roots in West Virginia coal country, the other in the
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