I remember learning about the OSI seven-layer network model in college…

OSI: The Internet That Wasn’t

How TCP/IP eclipsed the Open Systems Interconnection standards to become the global protocol for computer networking

I remember learning about the OSI seven-layer network model in college, but OSI it was already more or less irrelevant as anything but a way of conceptualizing networking. The main thing that sticks in my head is an analogy to the Taco Bell seven-layer burrito, with each ingredient mapping to one of the layers.

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Living with food allergies is a challenge — it’s like navigating a minefield every…

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/08/05/5623994/food-allergies-in-children-are.html

Living with food allergies is a challenge — it's like navigating a minefield every time you eat something you didn't make yourself or watch being made. But, as one of the interviewees says, “you can't live your life in total fear.” You find out how much of what your body reacts to, learn to recognize the symptoms early, do what you can to avoid the triggers, keep medication on hand for emergencies, have a plan for what to do if something happens, and make sure those around you know what to do…and then you go out and live your life as best as you can within those parameters.

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This story really hits home for me because the beginning so closely tracks my own experience exactly a week earlier…

Despite shots, peanut allergy kills teen

This story really hits home for me because the beginning so closely tracks my own experience exactly a week earlier during Comic-Con: Friday, on vacation, could tell there was something wrong immediately, reaction seemed to be under control but reemerged later…Except with me, the EpiPen worked, and I walked out of the hospital that evening.

No guarantees.

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Interesting research on one possible cause of food allergies.

Faulty genetic pathway is a potent player in many types of allergies, say researchers

A report on the study’s findings, published July 24, 2013 in Science Translational Medicine, shows that aberrant signaling by a protein called transforming growth factor-beta, or TGF-beta, may be responsible for disrupting the way immune cells respond to common foods and environmental allergens, leading to a wide range of allergic disorders.

Interesting research on one possible cause of food allergies.

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Hahn Park at Sunset

Hahn Park at Sunset

Kenneth Hahn Park sits within the Los Angeles basin, half of a cluster of hills bisected by La Cienega Blvd. The western side is an oil field. The eastern side is broken into a maintained city park and something vaguely resembling wilderness, all of it surrounded by suburbs, homes, retail outlets and light industry. Trails run up into the hills, with benches at scenic viewpoints making it possible to have a picnic lunch while you look across the basin to see — depending on which viewpoint and how clear it is that day — Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, Santa Monica, the South Bay or the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

This is somewhere along the trail on the western side of the hills, looking north through the valley. I believe the line of buildings in front of the Santa Monica Mountains is Wilshire Blvd.