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This tower, one of the famous landmarks of Stanford University, is at the Hoover Institution, one of the premier Conservative "Think Tanks" in the U.S. Founded by the late president Herbert Hoover, members have included
Victor Davis Hanson,
Thomas Sowell, Condoleeza Rice (who somehow managed to turn out to be an Islamic apologist rather than a Conservative thinker) and
George Shultz.
This photo was taken from the Quad at Stanford, near the famous Rodin sculpture,
Burghers of Calais.
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The Answer to yesterday's Qu'est-ce que c'est?
One week ago yesterday, «Louis» had his left knee replaced at Stanford University Hospital.
What you see here is an ultrasound image of an anesthesia needle (center right margin of photo) being used to deliver anesthesia directly to the soon-to-be-removed knee.
The operation went well and, as the Surgeon, Dr. James Huddleston, promised, «Louis» was up and walking the next day.
Two anecdotes from the procedure:
1) Surgery patients, when they come to the Recovery Room, are offered the free use of an Apple iPad while in recovery. Stanford Hospital and Clinics offer a free (and strong) WiFi signal. With Palo Alto being the "capital" of Silicon Valley, Stanford knows its demographics!
2) To «Louis'» surprise and delight, when he woke up in the Recovery Room, his Neurologist, Dr. Michael McQuillen was there to see him. Dr. McQuillen had no direct interest in «Louis'» knee replacement, but has been working with «Louis» on other issues. Nonetheless, Dr. McQuillen wanted to see how «Louis'» knee replacement had gone.
It is always pleasing to «Louis» when Dr. McQuillen checks his reflexes with the little triangular hammer and the Doctor announces that he is pleased to find that «Louis» is not a knee-jerk leftist.
