THE SILKEN-HAIRED ONES

The Dark Haired Stranger

(Older man, unmistakable authority...Responds; Deliberation shows). “Stan Kats. Stan Kats of SKG!!! Dream Works”. (Lit cigarette falls from stunned typist’s lips; gets out 2 words, fear now apparent-voice trembles...slow). “Holly S..”. (Executive starts what appears to be the beginning of a friendly conversation....). “Denis, it’s ok if I call you Denis, isn’t it?” (Typist rises from his chair,...

Bispectral index dynamics during propofol hypnosis is similar in red-haired and dark-haired subjects.

BACKGROUND We have previously shown that red hair is associated with increased desflurane requirement for immobility, compared with dark hair. The effect of red hair on IV anesthetic requirement remains unknown. We tested the hypothesis that the propofol concentration in the effect site associated with half maximal electroencephalogram response, Ce50, is at least 50% higher in subjects with red...

The Ones We Know and the Ones We Don’t

When you open your eyes in the morning, you usually see what you expect to see. Often it will be your bedroom, with things where you left them before you went to sleep. What if you opened your eyes and unexpectedly found yourself in a steaming tropical jungle? Why do we have expectations about what is about to happen to us? Why do we get surprised when something unexpected happens to us? More g...

Marge Simpson, blue-haired housewife: defining domesticity on "The Simpsons".

Mid-Mesozoic Flea-like Ectoparasites of Feathered or Haired Vertebrates

Parasite-host associations among insects and mammals or birds are well attended by neontological studies [1]. An Eocene bird louse compression fossil [2, 3] and several flea specimens from Eocene and Oligocene ambers [4-8], reported to date, are exceptionally similar to living louse and flea taxa. But the origin, morphology, and early evolution of parasites and their associations with hosts are...