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Ophidiophobia is an irrational fear of snakes. Many people, perhaps a majority, claim to have a loathing or dislike of these limbless reptiles. Why do snakes get such a bad rap?
A recent scientific study has concluded that the fear of snakes is evolutionary, passed through the mammalian tree since the first mammals lived in a world dominated by reptiles. This may be true, but in most of the world today, a fear of snakes is out of proportion to the danger that snakes pose to humans.
Snakes lack limbs, eyelids, and ears. They are covered in scales, sport forked tongues, and have the flexibility of contortionists. Some people find their looks reason enough to resent having to share the planet with them, while others love everything about these fascinating reptiles. One thing is for sure, snakes excite interest in just about everyone. Here we present some basic facts — as well as some myths — about snakes, and then about snake bites.
Snake Basics
Snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica, and in every country except Ireland, Iceland, and New Zealand. (Recent fossil finds show that there were snakes in New Zealand 20 million years ago.) There are about 3,000 snake species worldwide and just under 140 species in the United States and Canada.
Snakes continue to increase in length throughout their lives, but their growth rate slows after they reach maturity. While the world's largest snakes, Anacondas, can reach 25 to 30 feet in length, North America's longest snake on record was an Eastern Indigo Snake that measured 8 feet 7 1/2 inches.
The giant boa constrictors of the American Tropics, including the Anaconda, are among the most feared snakes. There are a couple of species of boas in North America, but these reach only about three feet long. Boas are not the only snakes that kill prey by constriction, however. North America's constrictors include the common and widespread Milk Snake.
Snakes display a full rainbow of colors and patterns; some even have iridescent scales. North American snakes come in blue, red, yellow, orange, and green, as well as more mundane grays, browns, and blacks, and are adorned with spots, bands, stripes, diamonds, and other often beautiful patterns. The Milk Snake and the Common Kingsnake are among the most variable species, with numerous subspecies of varying and bold coloration. Snakes periodically shed their outer layer of skin, usually in one piece. A rattlesnake adds a new segment to its rattle each time it sheds its skin, normally two to four times a year. Several species of birds use shed snake skins in nest-building.
It's What's Inside That Counts
The vertebrate body has evolved differently in snakes than in other reptiles or in mammals, fish, or birds. In snakes the left lung is either very small or is absent altogether. The kidneys are aligned vertically rather than side by side as they are in mammals.
Snakes can swim, climb trees, and burrow underground, and they do all of this without the assistance of arms or legs. A snake can have as many as 400 vertebrae in its spine; humans have 32 to 34. That's one reason why a snake can tightly coil its body and a human can't!
If you get into a staring contest with a snake you are bound to lose, because snakes don't have eyelids and therefore can't blink. A transparent cover protects the eye. Snakes lack ears and don't "hear" sounds but they can sense vibrations on the ground (or tree or water). Snakes also have other ways of making sense of their environment. One way is by flicking the forked tongue in and out. They don't exactly smell with their tongues but they pick up chemicals in the environment with them. An organ inside the mouth interprets the information brought in on the chemicals, alerting the snake to potential prey, a mate, or even just the way home.
Most of North America's venomous (or poisonous) snakes, including rattlesnakes, copperheads, and cottonmouths, are pit vipers. They are named for small craters in the face that detect temperature changes and help the snake detect prey — or predator. These pits are so sensitive they can register a temperature change of a tiny fraction of a degree.
The Snake in the Garden
Snakes are meat eaters. Among the foods they eat are birds, mammals, lizards, frogs, eggs, insects, spiders, centipedes, and scorpions. Most are useful residents of the backyard, as they eat rodents, slugs, snails, and other creatures that can be garden pests. Blind snakes live in burrows and consume termites. Some snakes even eat other snakes; the Black Snake , for example, preys on Copperheads, and kingsnakes will eat those and rattlers and coral snakes, too.
All snakes swallow their prey whole. A snake's lower jaw unhinges in the front, enabling the snake to fit a prey item, even a large egg, into its mouth. Some snakes kill their prey first, while others eat it alive. Constrictors kill by coiling their body around the victim and squeezing tighter each time the animal draws in a breath. Before long the prey's heart can no longer fill with blood or its lungs with air.
A snake can adjust the position of its respiration tube so that it can still breathe while its mouth and throat are stuffed with food. It takes days to weeks for a snake to digest a meal, depending on the prey's size. Once fed, a snake may not eat again for months. A large Anaconda may eat only once or twice a year.
Myths and Realities
The folklore about snakes is rich and fanciful. Milk Snakes were once thought to suckle vast quantities of milk from cows. Rainbow Snakes (also called Hoop Snakes), it is said, chase people by forming a hoop shape (holding the tail in the mouth) and rolling after them. Coachwhips have been rumored to speed after adversaries and then whip them to death with their tails. Despite the persistence of such myths, snakes do not chase people; most snakes flee people, some stand their ground in an encounter, but none are known to give chase.
Many people are repelled by the idea of numerous snakes writhing around together, and it's true that snakes gather communally. In much of the United States and Canada, snakes hibernate for the winter. Many gather in communal dens often consisting of several different species. A den may contain several hundred snakes; there are reports of 1,000 snakes denning together. In another snake-gathering ritual, some species of snakes form a "breeding ball," in which numerous males coil around a single female and try to mate with her. While these images frighten some people, the truth is that very few people have ever actually witnessed a hibernation den or a breeding ball. These mainly occur off the beaten path of most of us.
Although it may sound like a creature out of the trials of Hercules, the two-headed snake is a rare but real phenomenon. Two-headed snakes form in the same way as human conjoined twins. If the two heads also have separate necks, they may compete with each other for food and fight over which direction to move in. They sometimes even try to eat each other. The San Diego Zoo had a resident two-headed snake named Thelma & Louise who bore 15 offspring — all one-headed.
Snake Bites
Many people who are afraid of snakes are more specifically afraid of snake bite. Snakes rarely bite people, but when they do it is often in response to being picked up, poked at, or otherwise disturbed. Americans are more likely to die of a bee sting, the flu, bubonic plague, salmonella poisoning, measles, a lightning strike, a heat wave, fire, choking, or slipping in the bathtub than of a snake bite.
The best way to avoid snakebite is to leave snakes alone. Even nonvenomous snakes will bite if harassed. Some will issue a warning rattle by vibrating the tail in dead leaves, others will flatten and expand the neck in imitation of a hooded cobra, and many species will hiss. Rattling, hissing, and other displays are pretty obvious warnings. If you don't back off, a snake behaving in this way may bite in self-defense.
Only about 20 of North America's snake species are venomous. These include rattlesnakes, Copperheads, Cottonmouths, and coral snakes. Different species have different types of venom, some more dangerous than others. These snakes rarely bite people, and even when they do, the vast majority of venomous snake bites are not fatal. Indeed, North America's venomous snakes are estimated to release venom in only about 50 percent of bites on humans. Still, they are not to be messed with, and snakebites are no joke. Medical professionals have reported that 40 to 100 percent of venomous snakebite victims they have treated have been drunk, and the majority of them have been young males. Poor judgment seems to be one of the biggest risk factors for snake bite.
This article originally appeared at eNature.com and is republished here with their kind permission.
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DURHAM, N.C. February 13, 2017 – The loss of motor function and mental acuity associated with Huntington's disease might be treatable by restoring a cellular quality control process, which Duke Health researchers have identified as a key factor in the degenerative illness.
Huntington's disease is an inherited condition that results in the gradual erosion of nerve cells, leading to impairments and death. It affects about one in 10,000 people in the United States and has no cure.
Like other neuro-degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, Huntington's disease is caused when certain protein molecules fail to fold into the proper structural shape required for them to function properly. These misfolded proteins build up and become toxic to the nerve cells that control movement and thought.
In a study published online Feb. 13 in the journal Nature Communications, Duke Health researchers looked at what causes the failure of the cellular process that usually fixes or discards these misfolded proteins.
"Normally when proteins misfold, the cells have a mechanism to cope," said senior author Dennis Thiele, Ph.D., George Barth Geller Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology. "These quality control mechanisms can prod the proteins back into their normal three-dimensional shape, or if the damage is too extensive, target them for removal in the cellular garbage disposal. In Huntington's disease, that's not happening."
Thiele and colleagues conducted experiments using yeast genetics, biochemistry, chemical biology screening, mouse models and stem cells from patients with Huntington's disease. They found a biochemical explanation for how the quality control process breaks down in Huntington's disease.
They focused on specialized proteins called chaperones — helpmates that coax the misfolded proteins into their correct conformations. Chaperone proteins are abnormally scarce in people with Huntington's disease, but the cause of that scarcity was not known until now.
The Duke-led team found that the master control for chaperone production, called HSF1, was being destroyed in Huntington's disease due to the presence of abnormally high levels of a chemical modifier called CK2. As a result, neurons die due to their inability to produce sufficient levels of the beneficial chaperones.
"We demonstrated that we could restore the abundance of the protein chaperones by chemically inhibiting CK2 in a cell model of Huntington's disease, or genetically lowering CK2 kinase levels in a Huntington's disease mouse model," Thiele said. "In both cases, we dramatically increased the number of healthy neurons and we prevented the muscle wasting that is commonly observed in Huntington's disease."
With more functioning neurons, he said, the hallmarks of Huntington's disease diminish. Thiele said there are potential investigational drugs that could delay or prevent the cellular processes that cause the neurodegeneration of Huntington's disease, and could also be tested in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, along with other similar diseases.
But he said more pre-clinical studies are needed to explore those chemicals and to further illuminate the cellular events involved.
"We have identified a potential new target for a drug intervention in Huntington's disease," Thiele said, "but there are a lot of basic questions that still need to be answered."
In addition to Thiele, study authors include Rocio Gomez-Pastor, Eileen T. Burchfiel, Daniel W. Neef, Alex M. Jaeger, Elisa Cabiscol, Spencer U. McKinstry, Argenia Doss, Alejandro Aballay, Donald C. Lo, Sergey S. Akimov, Christopher A. Ross, and Cagla Eroglu.
The research received private philanthropic support from Holland Trice Scholar Award to Drs. Thiele and Eroglu, and funding from the Huntington's Disease Society of America and the National Institutes of Health (R01 NS065890, R01DA031833, R01963NS096352, R01GM070977, U24NS069422, U24NS078378, 964R21NS083365).
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Antiseptic devices (fixed or portable) will be available for customers at the reception desk.
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Guests will be advised for physical distancing of at least 1.5m away from other groups of people who are not traveling with them, while standing at reception, circulating around the property or using elevators. No more than one guest will be permitted per elevator.
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On the 31st December 2019, the World Health Organization was informed of a cluster of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan in Hubei province, China. On January 9th, 2020, a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was identified as a cause. Corona viruses are a group of viruses that usually cause respiratory infections of varying severity to humans and animals. It is estimated that almost one third of infections of the upper respiratory system in humans can be caused by coronaviruses.
The overwhelming majority of cases have been reported in China. The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is transmitted from human-to-human. Transmission has also been documented in health professionals. Infection caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) can manifest with fever, cough, and shortness of breath, sore throat and in serious cases with pneumonia.
Confirmed cases have been reported worldwide, in Asia, the Middle East, Europe as well as in the United States of America, Canada and Australia. According to the World Health Organization there are present travel restrictions in effect.
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European governments have taken various restrictive measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus and to protect lives. The situation is changing fast and so is the response by Member States of the European Union. For more information concerning the measures taken by each Member State, visit https://reopen.europa.eu/en. It is recommended that travellers avoid nonessential travel to areas with presumed ongoing community transmission of COVID-19 (https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/areas-presumed-ongoing-community-transmission-2019-ncov).
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A driver monitoring system works by examining a driver's facial features and alerting the driver of a possible distraction or impairment. Most systems use a camera to do this. Some systems use an interior camera, while others use an exterior forward-looking camera. Some systems are tied to ADAS functionality, so they will automatically call for help when necessary. Drivers' eyes are the most important area of their face to monitor. A driver monitoring system can use infrared light-emitting diodes to view the driver's eyes through sunglasses. Similarly, some systems use radar to detect objects in the driver's line of vision. Using a driver monitoring system can also detect signs of fatigue or impairment. Some systems use a heat-resistant pressure-detecting sensor to detect sudden illness or drowsiness. These systems also include adaptive headlights to monitor the driver's head position and eye movement. The camera-based systems issue alerts quicker and more persistently than steering wheel systems. Using a driver monitoring system is advisable anytime, not just during extreme driving conditions. However, it is important to install the system properly, so it can provide a clear view of the driver's face.
Bluetooth Installation
Bluetooth allows you to wirelessly control your car's stereo and other features. This makes it more enjoyable. Bluetooth allows passengers to use their phones from the backseat, making or receiving calls. It is also hands-free and maintains optimal safety standards. Bluetooth is one of the most widely used devices in cars today. It is safer than handheld devices and is much more convenient. The installation requires you to bring your vehicle to our workshop for maximum reception. Bluetooth can be installed on vehicles that are equipped with Bluetooth. An auto electrician would switch off your radio and remove any old devices. Then, they install a new, Bluetooth-enabled radio system that an auto electrician has selected. Before installing Bluetooth on your car, they ensure you have an antenna on the roof of your vehicle, which is used to establish a better reception.
Dashcam Installation
These days, dash cameras are ubiquitous for vehicles of all kinds. Installing one is a good idea. These cameras are beneficial in cases of an accident or other incident, and they can capture these events and provide evidence, if necessary. The dash camera should be mounted under your windshield, close to the rearview mirror. It also has a backup battery that allows it to continue recording after power is lost due to accidents and other incidents. Local auto electricians will inspect your car to determine if the dash camera will fit. They can remove the existing dashboard camera from your stereo and replace it with a hand-picked one.
Rear-facing Camera Installation
In case of emergency, it is essential to have a backup camera. Installing a radar detector and rear-facing cameras is as easy as taking your car to us. Local auto electricians will also install an immobilizer system that automatically turns off the engine if it's being tapped or attempts are being made to break into the vehicle. Because of its versatility in driving situations, this rear-facing camera is very popular. If positioned in the middle of the vehicle, the rear camera can record everything around you. This makes it an excellent tool for night driving or protecting yourself from aggressive drivers. An auto electrician will drill a hole at the rear of the vehicle to install the camera. The camera wire is then passed through this hole into your cabin. You have full control of it once it is installed. A button can be hidden anywhere on the car's interior or exterior.
Alarm System Installation
Car alarm systems effectively alert passers-by and law enforcement officers to attempted theft. They also deter potential thieves by high-pitched sounds that can be heard up to 300 feet from your car. This security system also prevents potential break-ins, and it stops anyone from getting into your car, even children. Before installing these security systems, Thurton auto electricians ensure that your vehicle has a functioning battery and that the wires reach the outlet.
Install a Vehicle Security System
A Vehicle Security System, an addition to your alarm system, can help prevent thieves from trying to steal your car. It provides layers of protection. The VSS can be programmed so that the vehicle will not start when locked and prevents vehicles from starting using push-starters or jump starters.
GPS Tracking Device Installation
A GPS Tracking system is the best option if you are concerned about your car's safety while parked in public or on the streets. This small but powerful technology sends alerts to your phone if someone attempts to move it from its original location to another. This tracker will give you peace of mind nightly, knowing that your car is secure no matter where it's left. You can also add GPS tracking to your vehicle so that law enforcement agencies can access it at all times. This is a great option for those who travel a lot or leave their vehicle unattended.
Programming of the Keys
Auto Electricians in Thurton program the keys so that someone who has stolen the key cannot gain entry to the vehicle by breaking the windows as they would with an unprogrammed car. Modern keys have in-built chips which can be programmed with a car key programmer.
Lane Change Assistance
Lane change assistance, also known as lane keeping assistance, is a driving aid that helps to keep the vehicle in its lane. It utilises a number of sensors to scan the environment around the vehicle and provides support and steering assistance when needed. There are many different systems to choose from. Some systems apply brakes to the car and others will steer the car to a limited degree. Generally, the system will only change lanes when there is no hazard in front of the car. It is not a substitute for good driving habits and a bit of extra attention. Depending on the system, it may be the first to warn the driver of a car coming into your blind spot.
The technology behind lane change assistance is not exactly new. There are many cars on the market today that feature this system. Some models are even bundled with other more impressive safety features, such as blind spot warning systems. It can be a costly option on the options list, but it can be a boon to road safety. Lane change assistance may not be for everyone, but if you are driving in an area that is filled with high speed traffic, it can be a big help. It will warn the driver of approaching vehicles, as well as helping the driver safely complete the lane change. This is all thanks to the latest computer software algorithms and the latest in optical and audio sensors. Lane change assistance is an important safety feature and the most important part is knowing when to use it. If you are not sure whether you need it, ask your dealer for more information.
Immobilizer Programming
An alarm system should include immobilizing. The engine can't be started unless you provide a code or use your remote start device. This immobilizer programming is done by inputting a code on your car's remote keyless entry device that prevents theft attempts. The codes can only be accessed by authorized personnel, and your car's security will not be compromised if the codes aren't stolen.
Coolant and Fuel Gauge Installations
Your car's electrical gauges include the oil pressure, coolant and gas gauges. These gauges are best placed on your dashboard, and you could also have an odometer showing miles travelled. An auto electrician based in Thurton would consider how easily they can be seen while you drive when upgrading or installing gauges. Professional auto electricians in Thurton can upgrade any conventional dial gauge to an electronically displayed display.
Install Wireless Remote Start System
Local Auto Electricians in Thurton experts can install a wireless remote control system for your vehicle. The first step is installing the remote control transmitter inside your car, which will be located on the dashboard on the driver's right side. Next, Auto electricians program the wireless remote starter system, and local Thurton auto electricians send a signal through the diagnostic equipment to initiate programming.
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My Dad's final PHD thesis paper started off with the Goethe quote "Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must." These are obviously good words for a number of challenging endeavors in life (and life itself), but I think that the application to running 100 miles has been especially calming. I'm wearing bib number 55 in honor of my Dad being born in 1955. My Dad was a hardworking Jewish man, who studied hard, and worked hard to achieve everything he did in life. Yet, he maintained a certain daily joy to engage in all the daily pains and joys. I think that I'm finding my stride in life and running, where I'm working hard to attain large goals, but I'm finding joy in all the highs and lows along the way.
I've gone up to Auburn almost a dozen times in the past few years, and I've come to realized that it's the Endurance (hospitality) Capital of the world. I've stayed with strangers in Auburn who have no clue who I am, but have become friends simply because they want to support my goal of running States. On top of that, there's proud locals manning the aid stations along the course because they love the race and they love supporting anyone trying to live the same incredible dream that Gordy lived out 40 years ago. The stands at Placer High School have a couple hundred people out each year, but that's just a small part of the community spread out over the Sierras at aid stations and checkpoints. Auburn is a town where most of the community cares and supports runners, I can definitely feel the magic from my visits. At the end of the day, it makes the opportunity to get to pin on a bib in this world class race is very special to me.
So, when the going gets tough, and the enjoyment turns to enduring, I'll be grateful for it all, and I promise to do everything possible to push myself to the finish as fast as I can.


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Sanctions imposed on Iran's banks and financial institutions could lead to a humanitarian crisis.
During their debate about foreign policy last Monday, President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney both agreed that the crippling unilateral sanctions imposed on Iran by the the United States and its allies must continue, until the Islamic Republic recalibrates its nuclear ambitions.
Both seem to have also adopted Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's favoured refrain that "Iran must not be allowed to acquire a nuclear capability" and that such a capability constitutes a "red line" not to be crossed at any cost. Previously the inveterate refrain had been "Iran must not be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon".
The definition of "capability" has continued to remain vague and ill-defined, and a number of analysts have concluded that the Islamic Republic is already nuclear capable and has all the necessary components it would need in order to assemble a bomb if it so desired. Once a country has mastered enrichment technology it is generally accepted that the decision to weaponise largely becomes a political one.
Both Israeli and American intelligence continue to hold that Iran has not yet taken any such a decision. A crucial caveat is of course is that as a signatory of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) with all its enrichment sites subject to IAEA inspections, if it desired to make a dash for the bomb, Iran would have to withdraw from the NPT. An act that would immediately raise alarm bells across the world and most likely provoke a rapid Western military response.
Apart from the vague and shifting red lines which continue to afflict the thick fog of Western national security rhetoric vis-a-vis Iran, not a single word was uttered by either men about the plight and suffering of the Iranian people who have had no role in the decisions made by the Islamic Republic's leaders. But, the fact is that the sanctions, exacerbated by government incompetence, have the potential to give rise to a major human catastrophe.
'Smart' and 'targeted'
The lack of sensitivity to the plight of ordinary Iranians was – at least on the President's part – surprising, because when his administration together with the European Union began imposing sanctions on Iran, they promised the world that the sanctions will be "smart" and "targeted". The world was promised that the sanctions will not hurt millions of ordinary Iranians who go about their daily lives and, in fact, oppose many of their government's policies.
But, the sanctions are now in full force, and are hurting the same people who we were told were not meant to be their target, in what is yet another case of "collateral damage" inflicted by Western policy towards Iran, and its disenfranchised people who have lost control over their destiny at both home and abroad.
In fact, there are very strong indications that a human catastrophe could emerge whose scale poses as much a threat as an outright military attack.
The supposedly "smart" and "targeted" sanctions have been increasingly expanded to all areas, even if they are not part of the official sphere of sanctions. This is intentional, even if Western leaders tell us otherwise.
To avoid criticisms of the type that they were confronted with after they imposed all-encompassing sanctions on Iraq in the 1990s, the US and its EU allies have imposed sanctions on Iran's Central Bank and practically all other Iranian banks that are involved in commercial transactions with the outside world.
Since these banks open lines of credit for imports, and provide financial guarantees for commerce with the outside world, it has become very difficult, if not impossible, to import vital goods and products into the country, even those that absolutely have nothing to do with the military, or oil, or the nuclear programme.
In effect, this is the type of sanctions imposed on Iraq, but in a supposedly more "humanitarian" way.
An area that has been hit very hard is the pharmaceutical sector. Although Iran produces a large part of the medicines and drugs that its population needs, based on the generic versions of brand-named pharmaceuticals, it is still unable to produce the most advanced drugs that have come to the market over the past 10 to 15 years that deal with a variety of serious illnesses, simply because their generic versions are not yet available.
As a result, Iran must still import a significant amount of drugs every year to address the needs of the Iranian people when dealing with such illnesses as leukaemia, AIDS, and others.
Sanctions on banks
But, the sanctions imposed on Iran's banks and financial institutions have effectively prevented Iran from importing the necessary drugs and the associated chemicals. At the same time, as Iran's oil exports continue to decrease due to the sanctions strain on the country's resources, it becomes increasingly difficult to pay for the expensive imported drugs, even if a way can be found for importing them.
As a pharmacist in Tehran said, "The warehouses for pharmaceutics are empty because we cannot import what we need due to the sanctions, and even if we could, we do not have the resources to pay for them due to the sanctions."
As a result, the shortage of drugs has all the makings of a human catastrophe. According to recent estimates as many as 6 million patients are currently being affected by the impact of sanctions on the import and manufacture of medications inside Iran.
This has prompted many of Iran's healthcare professionals to raise their voices, and begin protesting the impending danger they're witnessing before their eyes. The board of directors of the Iranian Haemophilia Society recently informed the World Federation of Haemophilia (IFH) that the lives of tens of thousands of children are being endangered by the lack of proper drugs as a consequence of international economic sanctions imposed on Iran.
According to the letter that the Society's board sent to the IFH, while the export of drugs to Iran has not been banned, the sanctions imposed on the Central Bank of Iran and the country's other financial institutions have severely disrupted the purchase and transfer of medicines.
Describing itself as a non-political organisation that has been active for 45 years, the Society condemned [FA] the "inhumane and immoral" US and EU sanctions and appealed to international organisations for help.
No drugs to treat illnesses
Some statistics are very telling. Tens of thousands of Iranian boys and young men are haemophilic and need certain drugs that must be imported. Many of them may need surgery for a variety of reasons, but in the absence of proper drugs for their haemophilia illness, the surgeries cannot be performed, because the bleeding could not be stopped.
Several credible reports from Iran indicate that surgeries for all haemophilic patients have been cancelled, and at least a few have already died.There are about 37,000 Iranians with MS, a debilitating disease that can be controlled only with advanced medications; otherwise, the patients will die. In fact, three members of one of our extended families in Iran are afflicted with multiple sclerosis.
Furthermore, given that even under the best medical conditions 40,000 Iranians lose their lives to cancer every year, and that it has been predicted by many medical experts that Iran will have a "cancer tsunami" by 2015 as every year 70,000 to 80,000 new cases of cancer are identified in Iran, the gravity of the situation becomes even more perilous.
Fatemeh Hashemi, head of Iran's Charity Foundation for Special Diseases, which cares for the needs of patients with life-threatening diseases, including a variety of cancers in adult patients as well as children, heart diseases, lung problems, multiple sclerosis (MS), and thalassemia, recently wrote a letter to United Nations' Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
The Foundation has been a highly successful nonpolitical organisation that, in addition to Iran, has also served many people in Iraq and Afghanistan, and whose work has been recognised by the UN.
In her letter Hashemi said that she leads an organisation "with 6 million patients and, hence, in contact with 30 per cent of Iran's total population". Emphasising the non-political nature of her organisation and her letter, Hashemi added:
"Although drugs have not been sanctioned, due to the impossibility of paying for the imported drugs through the banking system, the heavy shadow of the sanctions is felt in the health sector. Not only has importing drugs been disrupted, importing the raw chemicals [for the drugs that Iran does produce] has also been disrupted… As a human activist, I call on humanity's conscience to pay attention to the fact that, despite the claims by those that have imposed the sanctions, their pressure is having its destructive effect on the life and health of the people."
Hence, the supposedly "smart" and "targeted" sanctions that were not going to hurt the ordinary Iranians have been inflicting significant damage on the Iranian people.
The net result is that shortage of drugs for patients with serious and life-threatening illnesses is becoming chronic in Iran, and is reaching hazardous levels.
Shortage of drugs
Meanwhile, recent reports indicate that two large plants that produce drugs for a variety of illnesses have also been closed. The reason is that it has become essentially impossible to import the chemical compounds used in the production of the drugs, due to the sanctions imposed on Iran's financial institutions that deal with the outside world.
The world must recognise that in certain respects the path taken by the United States and its allies is eerily similar to what was done to Iraq in the 1990s. The United Nation's UNICEF estimated that the sanctions imposed on Iraq caused the death of up to 500,000 Iraqi children. Given that Iran's population is three times that of Iraq, if the sanctions imposed on Iran last several years – as they did with Iraq – the number of dead resulting from them could be larger than that of Iraq.
Moreover, given that Iran still imports a significant amount of wheat, rice and other food products, if the sanctions drag on, not only could hundreds of thousands of Iranians die due to shortage of drugs and medical goods, the shortage of food could also become very significant. It should also be noted, if only in passing, that sanctions did not change the policy of Saddam Hussein's regime.
Thus, after causing the death of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children, those who had been jockeying for war with Iraq all along argued that the sanctions had failed, and "regime change" was the only alternative. As we now know Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction, nor was it trying to produce them.
Iran also does not have nuclear weapons yet, but Western policy has the power to change the Iranian leadership's calculus and make it seem like the only viable option remaining with the power to guarantee regime survival.
In sum, comprehensive sanctions not only killed thousands in Iraq, but they eventually laid the path to war. One key difference in the case of Iran is of course that one of its few lifelines to the outside world is still China, which depends on Iranian energy to abet its ongoing economic expansion, hardly a commendable development for those supporting human rights and entertaining hopes of democratisation in the Islamic Republic.
The sanctions have arguably failed to meaningfully shift the stance of Iran's Revolutionary Guards and the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who most recently emphasised that the Islamic Republic is prepared to negotiate and has in fact never left the negotiating table, but will not be cowed into submission.
So, if, for instance, Iran is expected to forgo 19.75 per cent uranium enrichment and close the underground Fordow enrichment facility, two of the P5+1's key demands at the Baghdad and Moscow talks, there must be some form of quid pro quo. Without one, there is no incentive for Iran to cooperate in an atmosphere already severely afflicted by a longstanding deficit of trust. There have been rumblings and rumours of possible sanctions relief after the US presidential election but nothing tangible as of yet.
There are many voices within Iran that have called on the leadership to find a compromise with the West. The US and its allies can make such voices stronger and louder if they offer to lift some of the sanctions, or at least have exceptions that allow Iran's financial system to be involved in the import of vital goods and products with no military or nuclear applications, such as drugs and food stuffs.
It may be useless to preach to the Obama administration about the human, moral, and ethical toll of its policy toward Iran, given that the President has in many respects perpetuated the destructive Middle East policy of George W Bush, which in Iran's case has been even tougher and more damaging to the livelihood of the Iranian people.
But, the emerging catastrophe will be an ethical and moral problem for the West for decades to come, a catastrophe that is being created simply because Western governments appear to blindly pursue crippling sanctions against Iran as an end in themselves, as opposed to a means by which to further the diplomatic process.
Given the tragic history of the US intervention in Iran in the past, it is be prudent to rethink the consequences of such blind sanctions, and their effect on the thinking of the Iranian people about the US – a largely pro-US population in one of the most turbulent areas in the world that has been known for its hostility towards the United States and its perceived negative impact in much of the region.
Muhammad Sahimi, a professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, analyses developments in Iran for the website PBS/Frontline: Tehran Bureau.
Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, a former Iran researcher at the Oxford Research Group, is Editor of Al-Monitor's Iran Pulse. He is also a fourth-year doctoral candidate at the University of Oxford.


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Gay Galveston
As Provincetown is to Boston and Fire Island is to New York, so Galveston is to Houston. It's a seaside destination where gay guys can feel comfortable strolling down the street together. Although not nearly as gay as its Northeastern counterparts (locals joke the town is "half gay"), it's heating up as a summer destination.
Getting here
Barely an hour from Houston, most people drive to Galveston. Flying into one of Houston's two airports you'll probably want to rent a car. If arriving at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, the drive is about 90 minutes to Galveston. If flying Southwest Airlines you'll arrive at William P. Hobby Airport, about a 45 minute drive from Galveston. Coming from Louisiana you can skirt Houston by taking a free car ferry from the Bolivar Peninsula, operated by the Texas DOT.
The Amtrak Sunset Limited train, between New Orleans and Los Angeles, stops at Houston and has connections to Galveston with their "Thruway" bus service -- a 90 minute trip that must be booked with your train.
Getting around
You don't need one if you're just going to hang out on the beach, but a car is handy for exploring the Galveston area. A vehicle isn't always necessary - from here you can cruise the Western Caribbean aboard Royal Caribbean and Carnival Cruise ships. Voyages venture as far as the Bahamas, Florida, Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and the Caribbean Islands. See Galveston Cruises for details.
The historic downtown Strand & Seaport district, a National Historic Landmark, has 19th century architecture, shopping, dining, museums, entertainment, accommodations and nightlife. Postoffice Street, home to The Grand 1894 Opera House also has art galleries, boutiques, bars, restaurants, and live theater. On 25th Street you'll find more shops, salons and warehouse galleries.
Media & Resources
For local gay information check the websites of AbOUT, and OutSmart in Houston.
For general information, the local monthly The Parrot and website Galveston.com are both quite gay-friendly. The DowntownGalveston website focuses on activities and attractions in the historic Strand & Seaport area, in Downtown. DiscoverGalveston is another useful local website.
The Galveston Symphony Orchestra and the Galveston Ballet hold performances at the Grand 1894 Opera House. The venue also hosts plays, and musicals such as A Chorus Line, plus shows by the likes of Liza Minelli and Joel Grey.
Galveston Pride has been on hiatus for the past few years. See their facebook page for updates on any future events.
For map locations and website links to the businesses below, and more, see our gay Galveston listings pages.
Lost Bayou Guesthouse (1607 Avenue L; 409-770-0688) grand old Strand District Victorian, survivor of 1900 hurricane, updated rooms, dry sauna, deck with water views, comfortable breakfast room --open day and night. Friendly owners have all the Galveston info you'll need.
Mermaid & the Dolphin (1103 Thirty-Third St; 800-930-1866) is a gay-friendly luxury resort set in a tropical rainforest garden, all-suites, each featuring a private Jacuzzi for two. This was once the Texas governor's summer mansion.
Tremont House (2300 Ships Mechanic Row) Grand Wyndham hotel in Strand District, swimming pool, workout area/gym, spa with sauna, WiFi and VCR/DVD in all rooms.
Going Out - Galveston
23rd Street Station (1706 23rd St), gay locals' party bar and performance venue, special event dance parties, pool games. Former Pink Dolphin.
Maria's Place (1309 39th St), friendly locals' party bar, men/women mix, drag shows, buffets, pool games.
Robert's Lafitte (2501 Avenue Q), welcoming neighorhood show bar, steps from Seawall Boulevard, tropical patio, sports specials, pool tournaments, karaoke, drag shows, comedy nights, spectacular annual event specials.
Rumors Beach Bar (3102 Seawall Blvd), drinking, dancing, karaoke and drag show party bar at the beach; mixed men/women, gay/straight crowd.
CLOSED: KRave (2416 Postoffice St), dueling pianos, live bands, DJs, karaoke, Drag Queen Bingo, shows - former Third Coast Bar; Splash Bar (3102 Seawall Blvd), LGBT beachside bar, decks, drag shows, bingo, amateur strip, dancing, games.
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Utilities contributed to over 55% of the overall revenue in 2014, and the sector is expected to continue to be a key area for Horizontal Directional Drilling applications. This can be attributed to the growing need for electricity, water, and natural gas supply demands of the expanding global population.
North America contributed over 30% of the horizontal directional drilling market (HDD) revenue and is expected to continue growing steadily over the next seven years, with telecommunication and energy garnering a major chunk of the revenue share. Asia Pacific is projected to grow at a CAGR of close to 15%, with the high growth being attributed to increased demand for utility installations and growing broadband subscribers, particularly in China, India, Australia, and Japan.
Horizontal Directional Drilling equipment manufacturers including Vermeer, Ditch Witch, Midwest Underground, and Universal HDD provide directional drilling machines capable of varying thrusts and spindle torques depending on the application area. Some directional drilling equipment manufacturers also forward integrate and provide drilling contracting services to end users, leveraging their expertise in the Horizontal Directional Drilling domain.
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Yesterday afternoon right before dusk I was walking along the edge of the woods on the ridge behind my house and came across a red buckeye - one of the early heralds of autumn around these parts. The red buckeye is a small deciduous tree or shrub native to the southern and eastern parts of the United States. During springtime, it's one of the early bloomers with vivid scarlet spikes of showy blooms. It is also one of the first plants in northeastern Mississippi to transform its leaves into golden yellow hues. The red buckeye is now putting on its colorful show throughout the hills and hollows of Itawamba County.
The plant's nut, although not edible, has been considered a good luck charm in the hills of northeastern Mississippi for generations. During the olden times, it was quite common for folks to carry a buckeye nut in their pants pocket as a lucky piece and also as a preventative for all types of ailments.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
2 comments:
- Anonymous said...
This may be a dumb question since you tell that this buck eye tree is found in the southeastern states, but is this the same buck eye found in Ohio and is where their motto, "Buckeye state" comes from? bettye
- October 10, 2008 at 1:18 AM
- Bob Franks said...
I think they may be cousins Bettye. There's the Ohio Buckeye (sometimes called American Buckeye) and then there's the Red Buckeye of the southeastern United States. The ones around here are more like big shrubs rather than a tree.
- October 10, 2008 at 5:13 PM
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Google applications mostly comprise collaborative tools that are regularly updated to address your growing needs. With their new Google Drive update, gone are the days of converting files just to add a comment because you can now easily comment on the files in the 'Preview' pane.
To reduce the hassles
Google Drive allows your team to seamlessly share files in the cloud and work on the go. The tech giant knows that businesses require all types of tools and files to finish certain tasks and responsibilities efficiently. This is why they eliminated the stresses of converting a document into a G Suite equivalent file just to allow commenting.
To ease your responsibilities
Google decided to enable comments directly on Microsoft office documents, images, and PDFs without any need for conversion. This is particularly helpful when you're working with another firm, negotiating a sales transaction with a supplier, or discussing a contract with a customer. In each case, you'd likely deal with different file formats.
To improve collaboration
The most recent update allows you to comment on various file formats in Google Drive, akin to how you do it in Google Docs. In Drive's 'Preview' pane, you can assign tasks, mention colleagues, or add notes, and your team will be able to respond even if they don't use G Suite.
For instance, when one of your colleagues opens an MS Word document on a Windows computer, he or she will automatically see the comments you added and have the chance to respond to it. Commenting on the 'Preview' pane won't require you to open other applications or browsers just to finish your task. Instead, you can just open documents in its preview form, provide feedback, and get back to work.
Every now and then, Google releases new features on their host of tools and applications — and it's always for your benefit. Make sure you take advantage of these upgrades by regularly updating your G Suite. If this sounds too technical for you, or you really don't have enough time to stay up to date, don't hesitate to give us a call. It is always our pleasure to help you reach your bottomline in any way that we can.


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Did you know that you can limit access to system functions by registering which users can access which functions? You can allow access or deny access via the function usage capabilities; depending on the component, you could allow one user to change some settings and allow another user to only view those settings. Many system components support the use of function usage capabilities to provide more granular access to their capabilities. Functional usage does not eliminate or replace the need for securing resources on your system; it simply provides an additional way to control what functions a user can access.
There are:
- Three commands
- Change Function Usage (CGGFCNUSG)
- Display Function Usage (DSPFCNUSG)
- Work with Function Usage (WRKFCNUSG)
- A set of APIs in the security category under User Function Registration Facility APIs
- A graphical user interface that allows you to manage the function usage on the system. The GUI for this capability is under Application Administration – Host Applications, within Navigator for i.
The User Function Registration Facility API set was first introduced into the system way back in V4R3, so this capability has existed for quite a while. The commands were introduced in V5R3, which improved ease of use since a program no longer had to be written to implement it.
The first use of limiting function access within the operating system was in the V4R5 release when the Trace Connection (TRCCNN) command was introduced. Service commands required *SERVICE special authority; but *SERVICE special authority is quite powerful, and it's very likely that you'll want to allow someone to collect a dump or a trace, but not want them to have *SERVICE special authority. Today, most all of the service commands (trace, dump, watch) are supported with customized access via functional usage.
Since the introduction of TRCCNN, more system components have added support for granular access via functional usage. You can see the full list of functions supported with the DSPFCNUSG or WRKFCNUSG commands by taking the default of *ALL. The GUI also provides a list of all functions that are available.
The GUI for this capability can be found under System → Application Administration as well as Security → Application Administration; it is the Host Applications category that provides this support.
- Default Access allows all users to access the function by default
- All Object Access allows all users with all object system privilege to access the function
- Customize allows you to add or remove users or groups in the Access Allowed and Access Denied lists.
The following screen capture shows the kind of information you can see with the Display Function Usage command. In my example, you can see that I have allowed user DAWNMAY to access trace functions, even though DAWNMAY may not have *SERVICE special authority. User DAWN is not allowed to access trace functions.
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Rancho La Puerta Foundation & The Rain Women's Organic Garden
One of the most emotional moments I had during my social media retreat at Rancho La Puerta spa was watching little children playing happily in a make shift play ground along the Tecate, Mexico river. The old swing-sets were rusted, but still working. The old car tires that were floating in the river of trash, have now provided make-shift steps, leading the young to their tarnished seasaw. The children are able to have a retreat of their own, aside a flourishing organic garden because of the dedication and vision of the Rancho la Puerta Foundation and The Rain Women's Organic Garden.
The Rain Women's Committee Organic Garden, Tecate, Mexico
What was once a sewage ridden river has become the embodiment of one woman's commitment to improving the living conditions of her poor, rural community of Tecate, Mexico. Carmen, the pioneer behind the Rain Women's Committee of Tecate, Mexico, took the initiative to clean up the river and to provide fresh, sustainable food to her family and community. With the help of the local women and the support of the RAncho La Puerta Foundation, they were able to clean up much of the Tecate river sewage and waste, leaving a more pristine environment for the children to play beside.
the whole family gets involved at the garden
The dedicated efforts of this committee of women and the foundation have also created a sustaining and organic garden full of seasonal vegetables for the community. Full of fresh chiles, radishes, fennel and a plethora of other greens, this garden feeds their families and make them less dependent on outside food sources, which often prove to be extremely expensive and low in quality once it reaches them. These women have enabled themselves with better food and opportunites through their grass-roots efforts and passionate recycling program.
drying out garden chilies during the winter
It's both emotional and inspiring to know that the things that I have in excess here in the States, are so valued and cherished by these women. Simple luxuries such as safe drinking water, fresh food and a safe environment for children are just a few examples of what these women had to fight for.
little Diego with his radish harvest
And oh, chocolate. Thanks for Gail and the gals, we were able to sneak in a chocolate stop on our way to the garden. The chocolate proved to be more than appreciated by the children. They were happy with their lives, it seemed. Each and everyone of them were full of vigor and spirit as they scoffed down their gifts of chocolate, playing on their swings and picking radishes.
How grounding and re-affirming it is to know that it doesn't take much to make children happy.
Faces of the community garden in Tecate, Mexico
Carmen, the organizer of The Rain Women's Committee
Little Diego and his fans


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I already have a recipe for homemade hamburger and hotdog buns, here on the blog, but this is a different one and I think I prefer this one for the hamburger buns, to be honest.
The other recipe is great for the hotdog buns though, so give that one a try.
Yesterday I was making sloppy joes for dinner and realized that I had completely forgotten to buy the bread. Good thing about making your own is that you don't have to rush out to spend money, and they usually turn out better, cheaper and more delicious than store bought anyway.
These do take time to rise, but aside from that, they are easily one of the easiest bread recipes you'll find.
Hamburger Buns
Source: Chef John
1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast (such as Fleischmann's ActiveDry Yeast(R))
1 pound all-purpose flour, or as needed - divided
1 cup warm water (105 degrees F/41 degrees C)
1 large egg
3 tablespoons butter, melted
3 tablespoons white sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 egg, beaten
1 tablespoon milk
Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper.
Place yeast into bowl of a large stand mixer; whisk in 1/2 cup flour and warm water until smooth. Let stand until mixture is foamy, 10 to 15 minutes.
Whisk 1 egg, melted butter, sugar, and salt thoroughly into yeast mixture. Add remaining flour (about 3 cups).
Fit a dough hook onto stand mixer and knead the dough on low speed until soft and sticky, 5 to 6 minutes. Scrape sides if needed. Poke and prod the dough with a silicone spatula; if large amounts of dough stick to the spatula, add a little more flour.
Transfer dough onto a floured work surface; dough will be sticky and elastic but not stick to your fingers. Form the dough lightly into a smooth, round shape, gently tucking loose ends underneath.
Wipe out stand mixer bowl, drizzle olive oil into the bowl, and turn dough over in the bowl several times to coat surface thinly with oil. Cover bowl with aluminum foil. Let dough rise in a warm place until doubled, about 2 hours.
Transfer dough to a floured work surface and pat to flatten bubbles and form into a slightly rounded rectangle of dough about 5x10 inches and about 1/2 inch thick. Dust dough lightly with flour if needed. Cut dough into 8 equal pieces. Form each piece into a round shape, gently tucking ends underneath as before.
Use your hands to gently pat and stretch the dough rounds into flat disc shapes about 1/2 inch thick. Arrange buns about 1/2 inch apart on prepared baking sheet. Dust buns very lightly with flour. Drape a piece of plastic wrap over the baking sheet (do not seal tightly). Let buns rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Beat 1 egg with milk in a small bowl, using a fork, until mixture is thoroughly combined. Very gently and lightly brush tops of buns with egg wash without deflating the risen dough.
Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned on top, 15 to 17 minutes. Buns will stick together slightly where they touch. Let cool completely, tear the buns apart, and slice in half crosswise to serve.


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A handy new Google Assistant is coming soon to a device near you. The new feature is designed to automate the frustrating and often time-consuming task of changing your passwords after a breach.
This information is according to a tweet from Max Weinbach and a separate report from a group called the Android Police.
Google has already implemented a powerful tool to detect when users are making use of passwords that have been compromised in a breach. This new feature will build on that. Based on screenshots captured by Weinbach, you'll soon see a new "Change Password Automatically" button when you investigate which of your passwords have been compromised.
The company announced the feature last year during Google I/O and it does have a few caveats. The biggest is that it only works on supported sites, but given that Google is behind it, it's hard to imagine a scenario in which the majority of sites on the web didn't flock to support the new feature.
When you use the new feature, the Assistant will automatically display the appropriate web page for changing one's password on a supported site. Then Chrome's built-in password manager will take over, automatically generating a new password, then storing the new login details without any input needed from the user.
This is fantastic news indeed. We love the fact that Google is working on this while simultaneously working with Apple and Microsoft to eventually get rid of passwords altogether. All this is in preference for a much more secure FIDO passkey.
That effort to get rid of passwords is still at least a year away. This one will be rolled out in just a few months. As such, it will be a great intermediate step designed to keep users safer until a more robust and permanent solution can be rolled out. Kudos to Google for their hard work on this front!


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I am a little confused about hiring an additional horse. If I were not to hire an additional horse would we be expected to carry all our personal belongings ourselves or do the group horses carry a little? If so what weight can the group horses take? What weight can an additional horse carry for 48$?
Thanks very much,
Hi Sarah,
Thank you for your message. You will carry only a few of your personal items in a day sac during the first 3 days because group horses (already included) can carry up to 10 kg (22 pounds) of your other personal equipment: backpack, sleeping bag and sleeping pad (this is provided by us). The 4th day, you will take the train to get to Aguas Calientes and spend the night there, so you will have to carry all your equipment yourself, but not for a long time. The 5th day, you can leave your things at the hotel during the visit of Machu Picchu and pick them up for the return to Cusco. For the rest of your luggage, all hotels and hostels in Cusco let their clients leave it there during the whole trek. Additional horses carry up to 33 additional pounds (15 kg) of your additional personal equipment.
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But probably the biggest reason I've been MIA is because our internet is on the fritz. I have no idea what's going on, but luckily the Ethernet cable still works so I've got a long cable trailing up my stairs to the back of my computer. Hopefully no one trips on it!
Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I went into Hobby Lobby for some rhinestones to adjust a prom dress (I'll post some pictures because it turned out SO GOOD!) and came out with some fabric, too! I saw it and thought, "That would make a really cute crib sheet, and I probably need a new one."
So I used my old tutorial to make the sheet and it was follow-able, but I thought that I'd write a new version. So here it is! Crib Sheet Tutorial AGAIN! If you're a beginner, this is definitely a good project to start on.
You'll need
2 yards fabric
2 yards of 1/4" elastic
rotary cutter and mat (suggested)
scissors, thread, etc.
The measurements of a standard sized crib mattress are 52" tall, 6" thick, and 27" wide. To figure out what dimensions to cut your fabric, add the height/width plus two times the thickness and three more inches for seam and "hugging" allowance.
52+6+6+3 = 67"
27+6+6+3 = 42"
Cut squares out of all four corners. Each square should be 8.5"
Use a zig zag stitch around all the edges - including the edges where you cut out the squares - to prevent any fraying (or if you're one of the privileged ones, use your wonderful, beautiful serger and know that I envy you.)
Stitch the corners of the crib sheet by pinning together the two edges created when you cut out the squares (right-sides together).
Create a casing around all edges (all four sides) of the sheet by folding under the fabric and using a 3/8" seam allowance. Make sure you leave about an inch un-stitched so you can slide your elastic inside.
Skewer one end of the 2 yards of elastic to help you slide the elastic all the way around the sheet. Work the elastic around until it comes out where it entered. Sew the ends of the elastic together and stitch the 1-inch casing opening shut. DONE!
It's probably one of the easiest projects I have EVER done. In my life. And one you can easily start and finish in the span of one naptime. I wrote a tutorial on how to make a crib bed skirt and bumper pads, too (if you still use those, I know there are conflicting reports about bumper-pad-safety). Click here to navigate to all of them!


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Also see the HTTP Overview and the HTTP/1.1 Implementor's Forum for questions and answers when you are implementing HTTP/1.1
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See also the other papers on HTTP Performance.
Compression can have a major impact on the performance of HTTP as especially PPP lines are being filled up with data and the only way to obtain higher performance is to reduce the number of bytes transmitted. Here are some small examples of how compression affects the performance of HTTP/1.1
A lot of the performance work on HTTP has been to improve the interactions between HTTP and TCP. One parameter that has beeen discussed a lot is whether Nagle's algorithm affects HTTP performance in a negative way. Here are a small test showing the problem and what is causing it:
Using a single TCP connection for multiple downloads instead of one TCP connection per request has a significant impact on the amount of overhead produced in Web applications due to significantly less context swapping and system calls. Here are some very crude samples of the effects measured:
This is a list of the TCP tools that we have used for various tests and analysis.
In addition to these generic TCP analysis tools, we produced a set of dedicated tools for handling the large amount of data taken:
Here are some other good links on TCP analysis tools:


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There are many reasons why it may be time to sell your home. You may need more space to make room for a growing family or you need to downsize after your kids leave the nest. Whatever your motivations, you want to make sure that you're timing it right.
If you sell when home prices are plummeting, you may end up losing on the deal. If you sell when home prices are highest, there may not be a lot of buyers looking to move. So how do you know when it's a good time to sell?
A qualified agent can help you determine if the market puts you in a good place or not. But for your own personal situation, here are the signs telling you that now is the time to sell your home.
You've Outgrown Your Home
Whether you are expecting another child, caring for an aging parent, or have taken in your adult children, when you've outgrown your home, it may be time to sell your home. Consider the permanency of the change. Will the kids be there for a long time? How long will you be able to care for your aging parent? Buying a bigger home is one of the main reasons why homeowners choose to sell.
You Need to Make a Change
Change is inevitable. Maybe you're tired of shoveling snow and you want to live in a warmer climate. Maybe you have to move so you can go after your dream job or you want to be closer to family. When change entails moving, then a home sale becomes necessary.
Home Prices are on the Rise
This is one of the riskiest reasons to sell your home. Sure you may get more than you ever dreamed for your home when prices are on the rise, but that also means that you will pay more for another home. Perhaps your agent can help you find a steal in a new location where prices are more level. Then you will have made a huge profit and a smart move.
You Need to Downsize
Many homeowners are selling in order to downsize. The baby boomer generation is moving into their golden years. The kids are all out of the house and you just don't need all that space anymore. Selling now could add a nice healthy sum to your nest egg as well. As long as you are smart about how much of that profit to spend on a new place, downsizing could be just the right move for you financially.
You Can No Longer Afford Your Home
Sadly, there are homeowners who just can no longer afford their home. Whether it is due to divorce, illness, a death, a skyrocketing mortgage payment, or the loss of a job, change in your financial circumstances is a big red flashing sign that now is the time to sell your home. Waiting any longer could have catastrophic financial consequences.
In any situation you find yourself in, an experienced agent is the key to helping you achieve your goals. Learn more about how to determine if now is the time to sell your home by contacting us today.


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Paris Dines 'N Dashes Down Under
Paris Hilton partied on Australia's dime this week.
The hotel heiress pulled a brazen move, according to Page 6, and stiffed a restaurant after scarfing down a hamburger, frappe and mineral water. Apparently, Paris needed to apply the $8 burger bill toward her $2,200 shopping spree for jewelry and lingerie. And where, prey tell, would she get the money to pay for the shopping spree? Not to worry...Paris was paid $5 million to crown the Bondi Blonde beer girl from a sea of scantily-clad beauties.
But her visit wasn't all fun and games. Paris visited the children's ward of Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital, signing autographs and posing with sick kids. "I have a lot of New Year's resolutions," she says. "One is definitely giving back. I'm really fortunate and that's why everywhere I go I'm going to visit a children's hospital." Now if she could just show a little more love at hamburger joints.....
Daddy Pimps Out Jessica Simpson, Again
Joe Simpson started the rumor that his daughter was dating Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo, according to Page 6. Dear ol' dad reportedly let Romo name-drop Jessica in exchange for game tickets, and the two have never even met! In reality, Romo is dating A.I. finalist Carrie Underwood, and Jess was just spotted again with John Mayer. This time around the two "buddies" were shopping for jewelry at Barney's on Madison Ave.
Justin Timberlake: Screw Acting Lessons
Singer-turned-actor Justin Timberlake refused to take acting lessons before taking on a leading role in the upcoming movie "Alpha Dogs." IMDB News reports that the pop star feels he had enough acting experience during his "Mickey Mouse Club" days to play an accused teen killer in the gritty flick. "I thought it was a dark script, but I also thought it was a great statement, and I like to make statements," JT says.
Party Favors: K-Fed Gets in the Ring ... Busta Rhymes Might Get Busted ... Brad and Angelina Make a Surprise Visit to Panama City
Looks like Kevin Federline might have a new career after all. He'll hit the wrestling mat again today, facing off with World Wrestling Federation champ John Cena live on "Monday Night Raw." Cena body slammed K-Fed back in October ... Looks like Busta Rhymes is in trouble with the law again. Rhyme's driver filed a complaint with the police alleging the rapper beat him up ... Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt went to Panama City, visited a souvenir shop, a colonial village and the Panama Canal. The couple is considering investing in the new Biodiversity Museum, which is being designed by Frank Gehry.
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Hugh Hefner's Son -- I'm a Playboy, Too
Hugh Hefner's son Marston celebrated this week's big announcement -- that his dad bought back control of the Playboy empire -- by partying at STK in Vegas.
But more importantly, he looks JUST LIKE HIS DAD!!!
Our pals at SpyOnVegas.com snapped this shot of Marston out last night with a girl that would make his daddy proud.
And speaking of daddy, Hugh's power move will make it easier for him to pass over control of the company to his sons -- 21-year-old Marston and younger brother Cooper.


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School of Arts and Humanities
Graduate Program in Latin American Studies
The program leading to the MA in Latin American Studies allows students to acquire expertise in multiple aspects of Latin America. Building on the unique interdisciplinary structure of the School of Arts and Humanities, the program has an integrated curriculum that connects literary, historical, cultural, and visual studies. Students seeking the MA in Latin American Studies have two options, a "research" or a "professional" option. Students with plans for doctoral study should choose the research option.
Students pursuing the research option must complete thirty-six semester credit hours of coursework, demonstrate reading proficiency in an approved foreign language, complete an approved internship or study abroad, and successfully complete a capstone project. Normally no more than six semester credit hours of independent study are applicable to the degree plan.
Master of Arts in Latin American Studies
36 semester credit hours minimum
Professors: Enric Madriguera , Rene Prieto , Rainer Schulte
Associate Professor: Charles Hatfield , Monica Rankin
Major Core Course: 3 semester credit hours
LATS 6300 Introduction to Latin American Studies
Students are expected to complete this course as early as possible in their program.
Prescribed Electives: 15 semester credit hours
Prescribed electives are selected from the following courses:
HIST 6360 Latin American History
HIST 6365 Mexican History
HUAS 6334 Iberian Culture and Music
HUHI 6315 Thought, Culture, and Society in Latin America
HUSL 6373 Topics in Latin American Literature
HUSL 6380 The Art and Craft of Translation
HUSL 6396 Spanish Language, Literature, and Culture
Free Elective Courses: 9 semester credit hours
These three courses may be selected from other courses related to Latin America and/or the students' area of concentration. Students may take approved courses on Latin America topics in the School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences and the School of Interdisciplinary Studies.
Free electives must be approved by the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies.
Internship or Study Abroad: 3 semester credit hours
Students will also complete a minimum of 3 semester credit hours in an approved study abroad immersion program or a comparable internship program established in partnership with UT Dallas and businesses and/or non-for-profit agencies in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
LATS 6390 Internship in Latin American Studies
Capstone Project: 6 semester credit hours
Having completed thirty semester credit hours of coursework, students must write and present a capstone project on a topic of their choice in Latin American Studies, either a research thesis or final project.
LATS 6399 Capstone Project in Latin American Studies
Professional Option in Latin American Studies
Students pursuing the professional option in Latin American Studies must complete thirty-six semester credit hours of coursework, including LATS 6300 and 15 semester credit hours of prescribed electives, demonstrate reading proficiency in an approved foreign language, and complete an approved internship or study abroad. They are not required to complete a capstone project and they receive a terminal degree. Normally no more than six semester credit hours of independent study are applicable to the degree plan.