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NATIONAL PHARMACIST DAY "National Pharmacist Day is observed annually on January 12.  This day has been set aside to recognize and honor all pharmacists across the nation. The role of pharmacists over the years has shifted from the classical “lick, stick and pour” dispensary role to being an integrated member of the health care team directly involved in patient care. After mastering biochemical mechanisms of action of drugs, physiology, and pathophysiology, pharmacists interpret and communicate their specialized knowledge to patients, physicians, and other healthcare providers. Historically, the primary role of a pharmacist was to check and distribute drugs to doctors for a patient prescribed medication.  In modern times, pharmacists advise patients and health care providers on the selection, dosages, interactions and the side effects of prescriptions, along with having the role as a learned intermediary between a prescriber and a patient.  Monitoring the health and progr

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Grandchildren's Christmas

I think it's an Aster. I like the way it is in focus while the background is in soft focus.

Yesterday I took a fairly long nap. I tried to make it a 15 minute "power nap" by setting a timer but I kept resetting it until I gave up and slept for a long time.  I can't stop once I start. Sometimes I'm not even tired.  I just take the nap to get energized the way I've read about. In case you've never heard of it a power nap is   "a short sleep taken during the working  day in order to restore one's mental alertness". Some articles I've read claim everyone should take a nap to gain great benefits.  It just doesn't work for me. I feel worse. I feel hungover.  But I don't want to miss out on the benefits. I spent some time looking for an answer. According to what "they say" I was stuck.   I almost gave up until I found two sites which held a different view. <><><><><> This first one was a bit too harsh, saying that napping is bad for your health.  Daytime Nappi

Happy New Year! In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, and endings. He is usually depicted as having two faces, since he looks to the future and to the past.  -from Wikipedia I believe the sickle symbolizes the death of the old year.