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Mutual Funds
Mutual funds are a popular way to invest in securities. Because mutual funds can offer built-in diversification and professional management, they offer certain advantages over purchasing individual stocks and bonds. But, like investing in any security, investing in a mutual fund involves certain risks, including the possibility that you may lose money.
Technically known as an "open-end company," a mutual fund is an investment company that pools money from many investors and invests it based on specific investment goals. The mutual fund raises money by selling its own shares to investors. The money is used to purchase a portfolio of stocks, bonds, short-term money-market instruments, other securities or assets, or some combination of these investments. Each share represents an ownership slice of the fund and gives the investor a proportional right, based on the number of shares he or she owns, to income and capital gains that the fund generates from its investments.
The particular investments a fund makes are determined by its objectives and, in the case of an actively managed fund, by the investment style and skill of the fund's professional manager or managers. The holdings of the mutual fund are known as its underlying investments, and the performance of those investments, minus fund fees, determine the fund's investment return
While there are literally thousands of individual mutual funds, there are only a handful of major fund categories:
Most fund companies also offer one or more money market funds, which make very short-term investments and are sometimes described as cash equivalents.
You can find all of the details about a mutual fund—including its investment strategy, risk profile, performance history, management, and fees—in a document called the prospectus. You should always read the prospectus before investing in a fund.
Mutual funds are equity investments, as individual stocks are. When you buy shares of a fund you become a part owner of the fund. This is true of bond funds as well as stock funds, which means there is an important distinction between owning an individual bond and owning a fund that owns the bond. When you buy a bond, you are promised a specific rate of interest and return of your principal. That's not the case with a bond fund, which owns a number of bonds with different rates and maturities. What your equity ownership of the fund provides is the right to a share of what the fund collects in interest, realizes in capital gains, and receives back if it holds a bond to maturity.
If you own shares in a mutual fund you share in its profits. For example, when the fund's underlying stocks or bonds pay income from dividends or interest, the fund pays those profits, after expenses, to its shareholders in payments known as income distributions. Also, when the fund has capital gains from selling investments in its portfolio at a profit, it passes on those after-expense profits to shareholders as capital gains distributions. You generally have the option of receiving these distributions in cash or having them automatically reinvested in the fund to increase the number of shares you own.
Of course, you have to pay taxes on the fund's income distributions, and usually on its capital gains, if you own the fund in a taxable account. When you invest in a mutual fund you may have short-term capital gains, which are taxed at the same rate as your ordinary income—something you may try to avoid when you sell your individual securities. You may also owe capital gains taxes if the fund sells some investments for more than it paid to buy them, even if the overall return on the fund is down for the year or if you became an investor of the fund after the fund bought those investments in question.
However, if you own the mutual fund in a tax-deferred or tax-free account, such as an individual retirement account, no tax is due on any of these distributions when you receive them. But you will owe tax at your regular rate on all withdrawals from a tax-deferred account.
You may also make money from your fund shares by selling them back to the fund, or redeeming them, if the underlying investments in the fund have increased in value since the time you purchased shares in the funds. In that case, your profit will be the increase in the fund's per-share value, also known as its net asset value or NAV. Here, too, taxes are due the year you realize gains in a taxable account, but not in a tax-deferred or tax-free account. Capital gains for mutual funds are calculated somewhat differently than gains for individual investments, and the fund will let you know each year your taxable share of the fund's gains.
When a fund is actively managed, it employs a professional portfolio manager, or team of managers, to decide which underlying investments to choose for its portfolio. In fact, one reason you might choose a specific fund is to benefit from the expertise of its professional managers. A successful fund manager has the experience, the knowledge, and the time to seek and track investments—key attributes that you may lack.
The goal of an active fund manager is to beat the market—to get better returns by choosing investments he or she believes to be top-performing selections. While there is a range of ways to measure market performance, each fund is measured against the appropriate market index, or benchmark, based on its stated investment strategy and the types of investments it makes.
For instance, many large-cap stock funds typically use the Standard & Poor's 500 Index as the benchmark for their performance. A fund that invests in stocks across market capitalizations might use the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Total Stock Market Index, which despite its name measures more than 5,000 stocks, including small-, mid-, and large-company stocks. Other indexes that track only stocks issued by companies of a certain size, or that follow stocks in a particular industry, are the benchmarks for mutual funds investing in those segments of the market. Similarly, bond funds measure their performance against a standard, such as the yield from the 10-year Treasury bond, or against a broad bond index that tracks the yields of many bonds.
One of the challenges that portfolio managers face in providing stronger-than-benchmark returns is that their funds' performance needs to compensate for their operating costs. The returns of actively managed funds are reduced first by the cost of hiring a professional fund manager and second by the cost of buying and selling investments in the fund. Suppose, for example, that the management and administrative fees of an actively managed fund are 1.5 percent of the fund's total assets and the fund's benchmark provided a 9 percent return. To beat that benchmark, the portfolio manager would need to assemble a fund portfolio that returned better than 10.5 percent before fees were taken out. Anything less, and the fund's returns would lag its benchmark.
In any given year, most actively managed funds do not beat the market. In fact, studies show that very few actively managed funds provide stronger-than-benchmark returns over long periods of time, including those with impressive short term performance records. That's why many individuals invest in funds that don't try to beat the market at all. These are passively managed funds, otherwise known as index funds.
Passive funds seek to replicate the performance of their benchmarks instead of outperforming them. For instance, the manager of an index fund that tracks the performance of the S&P 500 typically buys a portfolio that includes all of the stocks in that index in the same proportions as they are represented in the index. If the S&P 500 were to drop a company from the list, the fund would sell it, and if the S&P 500 were to add a company, the fund would buy it. Because index funds don't need to retain active professional managers, and because their holdings aren't as frequently traded, they normally have lower operating costs than actively managed funds. However, the fees vary from index fund to index fund, which means the return on these funds varies as well.
Some index funds, which go by names such as enhanced index funds, are hybrids. Their managers pick and choose among the investments tracked by the benchmark index in order to provide a superior return. In bad years, this hybrid approach may produce positive returns, or returns that are slightly better than the overall index. Of course, it's always possible that this type of hybrid fund will not do as well as the overall index. In addition, the fees for these enhanced funds may be higher than the average for index funds.
Within the major categories of mutual funds, there are individual funds with a variety of investment objectives, or goals the fund wants to meet on behalf of its shareholders. Here is just a sampling of the many you'll find:
It's important to keep in mind that funds don't always invest 100 percent of their assets in line with the strategy implied by their stated objectives. Some funds undergo what's called style drift when the fund manager invests a portion of assets in a category that the fund would typically exclude—for example, the manager of large-company fund may invest in some mid-sized or small companies. Fund managers may make this type of adjustment to compensate for lagging performance, but it may expose you to risks you weren't prepared for.
The SEC has issued rules that require a mutual fund to invest at least 80 percent of its assets in the type of investment suggested by its name. But funds can still invest up to one-fifth of their holdings in other types of securities—including securities that you might consider too risky or perhaps not aggressive enough. You might want to check the latest quarterly report showing the fund's major investment holdings to see how closely the fund manager is sticking to the strategy described in the prospectus, which is presumably why you invested in the fund.
All mutual funds charge fees. Because small percentage differences can add up to a big dollar difference in the returns on your mutual funds, it's important to be aware of all the fees associated with any fund you invest in. Some fees are charged at specific times, based on actions you take, and some are charged on an ongoing basis. Fees are described in detail in each fund's prospectus, which you should be sure to read before investing in any fund.
Here are types of fees that may be charged on an ongoing basis:
The following fees are based on actions you may take, so may or may not be amounts you pay:
One easy way to compare mutual funds fees is to look for a number called the fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, otherwise known as the fund's expense ratio. This percentage, which you can find in a fund's prospectus, on the fund's website, or in financial publications, will tell you the percentage of the fund's total assets that goes toward paying its recurring fees every year. The higher the fund's fees, the greater its handicap in terms of doing better than the overall market as measured by the appropriate benchmark.
For example, if you were considering two similar funds, Fund ABC and Fund XYZ, you might want to look at their expense ratios. Suppose Fund ABC had an expense ratio of 0.75 percent of assets, while Fund XYZ had an expense ratio of 1.85 percent. For Fund XYZ to match Fund ABC in annual returns, it would need a portfolio that outperformed Fund ABC by more than a full percentage point. Remember, though, that the expense ratio does not include loads, which are fees you may pay when you buy or sell your fund.
FINRA provides an easy-to-use, online Fund Analyzer that allows you to compare expenses among funds—or among different share classes of the same fund. Using a live data feed that captures expense information for thousands of funds, the analyzer can help you understand the impact fees have on your investment over time. Once you select up to three funds, type in the amount you plan to invest and how long you plan to keep the fund, the analyzer does the rest.
You should also be aware of transaction fees, which the mutual fund pays to a brokerage firm to execute its buy and sell orders. Those fees are not included in the expense ratio, but are subtracted before the fund's return is calculated. The more the fund buys and sells in its portfolio, which is reported as its turnover rate, the higher its transaction costs may be.
When you buy mutual fund shares from a stockbroker or other investment professional, you might have to pay sales charges, called loads, which are calculated as a percentage of the amount you invest. Like commissions on stock or bond transactions, these charges compensate the broker for the time and effort of working with you to select an appropriate investment.
The rate at which you're charged varies from fund company to fund company. In addition, companies may offer different classes of shares, which assess the charge at different times. You'll want to be sure you understand the financial consequences of choosing a specific share class before you purchase a fund. You can use FINRA's Fund Analyzer to compare share classes.
Class A shares have a front-end load, which is a commission you pay at the time you buy the shares. The average range is between 2 percent and 5 percent, though it varies. This amount is subtracted from the total you're investing in the fund. For example, if you invest $1,000 in a fund with a 5 percent front-end load, $950 of your investment would buy fund shares, and $50 would go to your broker.
Class B shares have a back-end load, which you don't pay unless you sell your shares during the period the charge applies, which is usually up to seven years after purchase, though it could be longer or shorter. The load tends to drop, perhaps by a percentage point each year, and then disappears altogether. However, the annual fees that the fund charges on Class B shares are higher than the fees on Class A shares. Back-end loads are also known as contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC).
Class C shares may carry a level load, which a fund collects every year you hold the fund, or they may have a back-end load or CDSC, similar to B shares. Class C shares also tend to have higher annual fees than Class A shares, typically on a par with those that apply to Class B shares. In addition, C shares do not convert to another share class.
As their name implies, no-load funds do not impose sales charges and you typically buy shares directly from the investment company that offers these funds. The same funds may be available, with a load, from investment professionals. Remember, though, that while no-load funds have no sales charges, they may still charge 12b-1 fees, purchase fees, redemption fees, exchange fees, and account fees in addition to the operating fees that all funds charge.
Sometimes load funds offer volume discounts for higher investment amounts, in much the way that supermarkets sometimes offer economy bargains for buying certain things in bulk. In the case of funds, your front-end load, or Class A share sales charges, may be reduced if you invest a certain amount. The amounts at which your sales charges drop are called breakpoints. The breakpoints are different for each fund, and your broker must tell you what they are and must apply breakpoints if your investment qualifies.
Breakpoint rules vary, but some funds let you qualify for breakpoints if all your investments within the same fund family—funds offered by the same fund company—add up to the breakpoint level. Some funds let the total investments made by all the members of your household count toward the breakpoint. In addition, some funds let you qualify for a breakpoint over time, instead of with a single investment, by adding your past investments to your new ones. You might even qualify for a breakpoint if you write a letter of intent, informing the fund that you're planning to invest enough to qualify for the breakpoint in the future.
In short, funds can offer breakpoints any number of ways, or they may not offer them at all. Whenever you're entitled to breakpoints, however, the fund is required to apply them to your investment. To find out whether a fund offers breakpoints, use FINRA's Fund Analyzer.
One of key distinguishing features of a mutual fund, or open-end fund, is that investors can buy and sell shares at any time. Funds create new shares to meet demand for increased sales and buy back shares from investors who want to sell. Sometimes, open-end funds get so large that they are closed to new investors. Even if an open-end fund is closed, however, it still remains an open-end fund since existing shareholders can continue to buy and sell fund shares.
Open-end funds calculate the value of one share, known as the net asset value (NAV), only once a day, when the investment markets close. All purchase and sales for the day are recorded at that NAV. To figure its NAV, a fund adds up the total value of its investment holdings, subtracts the fund's fees and expenses, and divides that amount by the number of fund shares that investors are currently holding.
NAV isn't necessarily a measure of a fund's success, as stock prices are, however. Since open-end funds can issue new shares and buy back old ones all the time, the number of shares and the dollars invested in the fund are constantly changing. That's why in comparing two funds it makes more sense to look at their total return over time rather than to compare their NAVs.
Closed-end funds differ from open-end funds because they raise money only once in a single offering, much the way a stock issue raises money for the company only once, at its initial public offering, or IPO. After the shares are sold, the closed-end fund uses the money to buy a portfolio of underlying investments, and any further growth in the size of the fund depends on the return on its investments, not new investment dollars. The fund is then listed on an exchange, the way an individual stock is, and shares trade throughout the day.
You buy or sell shares of a closed-end fund by placing the order with your stockbroker. The price for closed-end funds rises and falls in response to investor demand, and may be higher or lower than its NAV, or the actual per-share value of the fund's underlying investments.


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"...follow customs that may counter your own beliefs or face the consequences."
Although, in this case the law of the land sides with the passenger and not the cabbie (if this was an actual event).
No, the law of the land regarding a London taxi driver is that he cannot refuse to let a customer in his cab if he has his light on - but he can disgorge his passenger at any stage if the passenger gives him cause. This is so vague in real terms, that nothing is ever done when a taxi either sails past you without stopping when you hail him, or conversely tells you to leave his cab if you are doing something 'unreasonable'. Black cabs have their own weird code of conduct.
The passenger hasn't given him cause even in liberal interpretation, and one isn't allowed to refuse services on the basis of religious discrimination, no? In the premis and punchline of the anecdote, the passenger's religious belief is the cause for ejection. Taxi cab drivers are also not permitted to tell passengers to 'fuck off' according to London's regulations. While it may be impractical to meaningfully pursue complaints such as these, the cab driver is in the wrong. It's a nifty line for a joke, but I'd say the driver is an even bigger dick than the obnoxious passenger if it was a real-world case. If you agree to do a job, do it proper, not for the law, but for your own dignity.
You may be absolutely correct Kris, morally ethically and legally - but I'm guessing you're not familiar with London cabbie mentality, or the Londoners comfortable acceptance of it.
I am not familiar with it. I'm just stating that the 'when in Rome' element has another side to it here. Expecting Romans to live by Roman laws, even if they typically don't, would not be the imposition of an outsider.
All right Strega luv! – I reckon that cabbie got the right hump with that Muslim. There 'e wos in the back of my fackin' cab givin' it large into my King's Lear. No way mate was I havin' that. So I told him I did! I told him good and proper to get the fack out of it mate. Though he was havin' a laff. No facking way mate. Ger out of it. I opened the Bobby Moore for him I did. Not in my cab. I still have the ump and he is gone lookin' for a camel with two off 'em. Ha! whose fackin laffin now mate. Dropped him in the Elephant to find a fackin Camel. The dozey git! Cheers darlin'. Now where's me Chas and Dave tape?
Confession - I lived for 5 years in old London town and 2 of them down the Elephant. While working as a research economist in a university I also moonlighted as a hackney (cab driver) for a little while.
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You can't make a "joyful noise" with musical instruments? I'd like to understand their interpretation of that passage. It makes no sense to me.
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My coffee table is not expensive. I bought it – along with two end tables – for $10 on Craigslist, and then painted it in an aquamarine color I found in the oops bin at the hardware store. Even so, I'd rather my family not put their feet on it constantly, which is what happened for six months while I searched for the perfect upcycled-ottoman project. Then, I was struck with a dose of creative genius and a surplus of milk crates.
I started with a bright orange crate that didn't match my living room décor at all. It was, however, the perfect height for putting your feet up when sitting in our chairs. (I discovered this when I brought the milk crate into the living room to give the coffee table a temporary reprieve.)
I had my husband cut a plywood square from a piece we had leftover from making our platform bed. We then cut another, slightly smaller square from a thicker piece of wood (which we also had lying around – I don't know where all this scrap wood came from). We attached the small square to the plywood square to make the lid of the ottoman.
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How do I defeat Bonetail (at the bottom to the Rogueport Pit of 100 Trials), and what badges will I need?
Games Guru: I'd love to give you the goods, but this one is very complicated. This video might help, though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdYo0IZTeX4
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Games Guru: It's really hard to beat Bowser. First, attack Kammy. Once Kammy is down, try hitting Bowser with Power Smash and other powerful attacks. Remember to guard against Bowser's attacks with the A button on your controller. Try Vivian's Fiery Jinx and Bobbery's Bobomblast, too.
Can you give me some secret codes?
Games Guru: There are all kinds of little tricks that work some of the time with this game. For instance, when enemies attack you, if you perform an FP-using attack as they hit you and you get first strike, Mario will perform that attack on the battle screen without you using FP.
There is a persistent mole just left of the village on Keehaul Key. Whack him and he will give you a valuable bump. Leave and come right back and he will appear again. You can repeat this several times until the mole runs out of bumps and goes away. You can sell those bumps for 50 coins each.
i have to get on the roof to get the crystle star(saphire)
Auburn S its okay I figured it out the day after I asked
To koops,to get on zesz T.'s hou you have to go through the sleeping hut (where Toadswaworth is) than you go through the door (on the left side of the room) than you walk the brige and your on Zezs.T.s house.
To Koops, sorry for getting ur quistion so late, but I've been playing Mario Kart Wii…
macdaddy i own a gmecube well technically its my dads he won it in a raffle but i play it the most.
Macdaddy you have to get to a certain point of the game you have to get to the part where you need to get tickets from don pianta to go to the glitzpit then you go to the toad brothers bazar
hey guys i can help if u nead help just sey HEY KOO-KOO
I BEAT THE SHADOW QUEEN!I got very lucky i got alot of BINGO!s.what was funny is i had my first file and i got to the shadow queen but i couldnt beat her then i started a new file i was preparing(getting items and stuff)to go into the thousand year door.then i went to my first file and beat her:)
KOOPS where do i buy new glasses for the old lady in the town on the game cube
I will answer all questions I can.Please say KOOPS!at the begining of your question.I will be able to see it sooner
Auburn S,How do you get on Zesz.T's roof? I really need Mrs.mowz.
where is general white when you need to get the key to the cannon?
HEY BOO, i dont mean 2 steal your spotlight but im helping out 2 k? =)))))
I will anser all quesiontons up 2 x naut fortress butt i still havnt found peach but ill answer everything else im checking almost everyday wenever you want me to anser a question 4 u just capitalize paper man and ask ur question k?
want to upgradeyour partner twice well then read this go to hooktails castle with bobbrey go to the spike maze room and go to the end and blow
up the wall where it is cracked then go in and get a crystal give it to merlin ad now you can upgrade twice
if you cant beat a hard boss read this
make shure that you have the cookbook in creepy stleep
get an egg from puinut and mix it with a fire flower and get an eggbomb then go to keahull kay get a coconut and mix it with a fire flower and get an coconutbomb then mix the bombs togeather and get dynomight
Heres a tip on how to get Ms. Mowz to be your partner! Go to the place where people in the game ask you to do something and select the Anonymous request and it will be Ms. Mouz. Complete the mission and she will join you! :D (this only happens after you see her the last time)
I think that this game is better than the paper mario on the nintendo 64
Does ANYONE know how to get the shine sprite in the Great Tree that you have to use paper airplane mode to get? It's the only one I need to upgrade Bobbery to get Bob-ombast?
From what I read in a guide, go to the bottom of the pit of 100 trials and kick Bonetail's skeletal butt.
Bman:This might take a while.If you dont have many items you could start the game over in a new file.Then before you go into the thousand year door stock up on items.(it wont take as long as the first time you have figured out the puzzeles : )
querty:What you do is you get boberry as your partner.Then you talk to the green bomomb near the cannon in the town.
COINS!!!! – while leveling up on twilight trail with the amazee dayzees you will earn a lot of coins. here's a wise investment…buy the badge "Money Money" in Piniata Parlor for 240 piniatas (it's about 720 coins when you convert) BUT it's worth it cuz you get a lot more coins every battle. Once I got it I saved up again way faster and bought another one now I have two and I've been getting 15-35 coins per battle. that's a great way to pay for all the things Danger Mario needs because it makes everything free!!! it's just so easy to earn coins now. I've heard that 4 Money Money badges is the most you can equip with it giving extra, any more is a waste of time (and BP!) and dont forget you can carry as many badges as you want so equip money money for small battles but when you get fight a boss use those BP for more useful badges like power rush
bman, i used alot of item to beat the game, i would suggest stocking up on attack items.
i cant beat bowser in the thouand year door any advice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i cant beat bowser in the thouand year door any advice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how do i beat the shadow queen i am really stuck on her and i hear the multi-jump works well on her but i just can hit her alot of times so please help me
Boo qwerty means the snowy place and I beat every single enemy in the thousand year door can't beet bowser
Boohead84: I already know Magnus's new stats but my Power Hammer was sold.
Djf264: You can get a perfect file but its really hard to do. I am still working on it.
Sorry I'm late getting here haven't been here for a while so I'll answer as many questions as i can in 1 burst
Bowser 3000: do what I always do or what you are doing (my way is tattling and then hitting with power hammer)
qwerty: I don't know what you are talking about do you mean Keelhaul key?
i beat NO ONE EVER beat this game 100 per cent without a acton replay how can you get every bage get all recipys get all tatles and get the higst level ups ther is!
HEY BOO! How do you beat Lord Crump in the X-Naut frtress on the moon?
Kid5 : find the super boots in riverside station and use them to hit the bottom of the
giant treasure chest in Rougeport square.
Kid5: To get the ultra hammer, you must first make sure that you are on the Excess
Expess.( The Train ) Then you must get to Riverside station, and find the Super Boots downstairs ( you hit those switches like this 1=one time 3=three times and
10=ten times. ) the go to Rougeport, the center of town after finding the star.
Ultra boot the chest from under and voila!
i am trying to get all the recipes and i cant find the berries or the strange leafs anywhere
does anyone know where to get them???
bowser3000 help me . How do i get the ultra hammer at roger port?
Hi, to get past the iron clefts, if you go outside the place any time after the orange shelled koopa tells you about the new hot dog, you will find the owner of the hot dog stand trying to catch an egg that escaped. If you wack the egg with your hammer the egg will get on top of the stand and will start sleeping. So you need to get on top of the store on the right side of town (i am not going to say how you do it) and use the springboard to get onto a paper airplane panel. Then,you fly to the top of the stand and it will join you (it doesn't fight) after that battle the iron and run. there will be a surprise! (its color will be different depending on how long the time was from when it joins you to when it hatches!)
Alright, I am stuck on the Shadow Queen and I ran off. I decided that if I could beat Bonetail, I could beat anyone. But, he's at the bottom of the pit of 100 trials. Help!


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looks very good! i would
?looks very good! i would probably consolidate the education sections, also for languages if you are still A1 i dont think i would include them.... but overall i think it looks really good! maybe you can change the formatting/style of the document and there could be improvements with the wording but im just splitting hairs here. if you want, PM me and i can send over a really nice CV/resume template
So three edits below, right
OSo three edits below, right now would call this resume a B+ you're likely going to get some interviews with hard work, to make it an A.. check below:
1. You say subsequently used to make investment decisions, try to make it one level deeper, What exactly did it lead to? Did it lead to a position in a stock? The bullet is great just need to push it over the edge to explain what exactly happened in the end... its like there is a cliff hanger there.
2. On the one month job? This one is a bit confusing not sure if it was some sort of short gig, also a numerical explanation of accomplishments would help similar to your ... Oh and btw there is no location on your fourth job experience at a consulting firm (Ding! Just playing sure you can fix it in 2 seconds)
3. Too many languages at the bottom. You're kind of feeding the reader a challenge, no need to come off as the Dos Equis Most Interesting man in the world. Stick with Fluent in French/English etc. Also lose the term "mother tongue" stick with "fluent, conversational" those two are about it for resume appearance.
Finally, on your interests section would capitalize Member of Student... etc. But thats just being nit picky.
Good luck out there brother
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Obama Moves to Counter China in Space With Pentagon-NASA Link
Posted By admin On January 2, 2009 @ 5:13 am In U.S. News | Comments Disabled
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Friday, Jan 2, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama will probably tear down long-standing barriers between the U.S.'s civilian and military space programs to speed up a mission to the moon amid the prospect of a new space race with China.
Obama's transition team is considering a collaboration between the Defense Department and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration because military rockets may be cheaper and ready sooner than the space agency's planned launch vehicle, which isn't slated to fly until 2015, according to people who've discussed the idea with the Obama team.
The potential change comes as Pentagon concerns are rising over China's space ambitions because of what is perceived as an eventual threat to U.S. defense satellites, the lofty battlefield eyes of the military.
"The Obama administration will have all those issues on the table," said Neal Lane, who served as President Bill Clinton's science adviser and wrote recently that Obama must make early decisions critical to retaining U.S. space dominance. "The foreign affairs and national security implications have to be considered."
China, which destroyed one of its aging satellites in a surprise missile test in 2007, is making strides in its spaceflight program. The military-run effort carried out a first spacewalk in September and aims to land a robotic rover on the moon in 2012, with a human mission several years later.
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"If China puts a man on the moon, that in itself isn't necessarily a threat to the U.S.," said Dean Cheng, a senior Asia analyst with CNA Corp., an Alexandria, Virginia-based national-security research firm. "But it would suggest that China had reached a level of proficiency in space comparable to that of the United States."
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Rand Paul flip flops? Yeah, even worse than his dad!
Rand Paul is an idiot, plain and simple. He sponsors a bill to define life as beginning at conception, but the next day comes out and says that the United States isn't ready for any new legislation on this yet, we're not ready to overturn Roe v. Wade, and SAYS REPEATEDLY that there are "Thousands of Exceptions" for when abortion should be legal.
WTF! I mean seriously!?
Rand Paul flip flops again, I suppose. Nothing new.
"We need to have a philosophic and moral debate," he says.
OH! I'M SORRY! What have we been doing for the past 40 years on this issue? Had I known we weren't debating the life issue yet, I would have spent that time kicking you and your equally stupid father in the throat instead of wasting my time defending life! Rand Paul flip-flops 101.
This is reason 9,487 why this country will never elect a Libertarian President like Rand Paul. American voters like leaders who will take action; not funny looking, bug-eyed politicians who will fake action in order to talk about something and then argue we should do nothing. Not Rand Paul Flip Flops.
There are so many good to FREAKING GREAT potential Republican candidates for President in 2016. Please, for the love of God (and the defense of the unborn), don't give Rand Paul the time of day. He's a nut-job RINO that doesn't have a clue what he's doing in the Senate. If you want to know what a Rand Paul candidacy would look like: look at Richard Mourdock's Senate campaign and multiply that disaster by 50 states, add all the Rand Paul flip flops, and factor all of this in with an international 24/7 news cycle that would be eager to link the countless stupid things that come out of Rand Paul's mouth on a daily basis with every Republican from the US Senate to local dog catcher.
Rand Paul must NOT be allowed to win the nomination.
In the meantime, I'll just add this to the long and growing list of Rand Paul flip-flops.


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November 7th 2011, Los Angeles – Far East Movement's (Kev Nish, Prohgress, J Splif and DJ Virman) new single, "Jello" (Cherrytree/Interscope Records) recently debuted on iTunes and digital retailers. The hypnotic high energy song features FM's crisp rapping locked in with dance-rap sensation Rye Rye's sassy vocals, and an infectious track with booming bass fitting of FM's upcoming album and sound, Dirty Bass.
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Sister site Pocket Gamer editor Richard Brown discovered that Real Racing 3 is showing up in Game Center. The good news is that means it's been approved by Apple and it can't be long before the release now. While it's not out yet, this does bring up something interesting. Something I noticed in the Game Center achievements lends a little to the accuracy of rumors and theories I've been hearing that Real Racing 3 will be released as a free to play game.
Last week we took you through a three part series about the history of the App Store icon, Real Racing. Rob Rich covered the history and design of the first two games in the series. He also covered time-shifted multiplayer and other new features expected in Real Racing 3. An excellent series and well worth a read. One thing we didn't cover is how the game will be monetized as it has yet to be announced. That monetization method is likely to have huge implications on how the game is received by the fans of the series.
In the past few months, monetization of games has made a huge shift. With the exception of Minecraft Pocket, the only games to spend any time high up on the top grossing list have been free to play games. It's obvious where the money is. Real Racing 3, with a budget likely to eclipse the reported $2 million budget of Real Racing 2, may have to be free to play to have the potential of making a profit. Let's take a look at the evidence.
For one, Firemint / Firemonkeys have already tested the free to play world with mixed results. The follow-up to their first smash hit Flight Control, called Flight Control Rocket was initially released as $0.99 paid download. The game was tweaked to drive higher in-app monetization and made free to play. There was a bit of a backlash though as many of the in-app purchases were considered "pay to win" items. Something that really ruins the competitive aspect of games. Flight Control Rocket was never a huge hit and it's thought to have lost money.
A similar thing happened with another Firemint / Firemonkeys game, Spy Mouse. Initially released as a $0.99 puzzle game, it was tweaked with in-app purchase items included and made free. It is rumored that this change was much more successful for Spy Mouse in generating revenue. So we know that Firemint / Firemonkeys have their tests in free to play. They also see how much money is being made in free to play, it's logical that they would move that way. Nearly the whole industry is heading that way.
Today the Real Racing 3 Game Center achievements are discovered, thanks to the carelessness of an EA employee. To my eye they verify that Real Racing 3 will be free to play. Two achievements in particular, "Extreme Paintover – apply 100 paint jobs" and "Wrenching Experience – conduct 5,000 repairs" point in that direction as they both seem excessive for a standard paid release.
Free to play games usually have what is called an energy system. This is the pay/play wall you hit when you have played a certain amount without paying anything. The energy system can be thought of as your allotted playtime. The energy / playtime decreases as you play and rebuilds as you wait. The "Wrenching Experience" achievement listed above to me indicates that cars will need to be repaired after racing, effectively refilling your energy to race again. The reason I think that is that 5,000 repairs is a huge number unless repairing the car is a necessary condition to racing. And why would that be a necessary condition of racing if it wasn't a free to play energy system?
Free to play can be done right, even in racing games, so I'm holding out hope for Real Racing 3, should it turn out to be free to play. I have faith in Firemonkeys that they will not ruin my most favorite francise on iOS. When the game play is put first, and the monetization is optional, the game could shine as free to play. But when an overly aggressive energy system interrupts gameplay and forces plays to pay up or wait, it really saps the excitement from the game. I'm hoping for the former, obviously.
I can also hope for a single in-app purchase to just unlock everything and get rid of any play limits, energy systems, or similar. That would be the best of both worlds. But I doubt we'll see that.
For Real Racing to succeed with both free to play and core racing gamers, it needs to carefully ride that thin line between pay walls and allowing players to just play. It's a tough line to ride. And if there's even a hint of pay to win, it will in my opinion, kill the game with all but the most casual gamers. Something like that would lead to a huge backlash from the hundreds of thousands of devoted players that love the Real Racing series, like me.
We'll find out next week. EA is hosting an event in San Francisco which will be the first event to let journalists get hands on with Real Racing 3. It should be evident there what the plan is for monetization of Real Racing 3. Oh yeah, and I finally get to play Real Racing 3!
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If you thought Aliens would be as easy as creating them in CAS, it's not. Unfortunately due to different coding paths by Supernatural's and Seasons' teams, Aliens will not be available through CAS. SimGuruGraham commented with the following…
This makes me a bit "grrr", but I'm sure there will be a mod to allow you to edit them, like Nrass.
*nraas Whoops lol
Just an idea, here : were the showtime genies created\coded in the same time as the supernatural creatures?
Because those blue guys surely appear in the supernatural CAS…
Supernatural came out after Showtime. It's a safe bet that the Genie addition was added later into development.
Yep. Anyway, mummies and bots (and unicorns) are unavailable in CAS, so why not aliens? This is just sad.
This is complete junk. I couldn't believe I could be so excited to get so let down HOURS after the inital rush of information that I got tonight.
I'm totally disgusted. I can't belive it. They did such an epic job, even that UFO and they created and sell a world in the store that is an alien planet and then give us aliens but not the ability to create them in CAS so one could repopulate Lunar Lakes into a real alien world with a mix of sims and aliens. NOOOOO.
This part is crap. I'm really upset. They could however program green rain for that object that's coded to be in your game if you have both Seasons and Supernatural.
I don't believe the team when they say this. Or maybe I do. Maybe EA's group worked on Supernatural and they brought Maxis in to do Seasons and or Aliens. In the meantime; I think it's horrible that they're not available in CAS. I figured it' be one of those " you can't unless you have Supernatural" things.
The hell with Supernatural now. I don't need all that mess in my game. I'm gonna spend the next year trying to accumulate enough Aliens in Lunar Lakes to repopulate it.
NOT HAPPY! (And I'm so happy over everything, it's SO annoying)
If we all complain enough maybe they can patch it in like they did when everyone bugged out about needing multiple venues with LN and ST when they could all be one. It's MUCH better now with that patch update.
I wish they would do this for Aliens in CAS. I mean c'mon! You sell a alien world in the store? How many more people would buy that if you could repopulate it with Aliens if you had Seasons.
Please Patch EA! I'm gonna make a thread there when they get Liam done fixing everything from overload.
You can't compare the two. One is just a minor nuisance while the other really impacted game-play in a negative way. Especially since the EA made worlds had very little room for customization.
I rather we start a petition to FIX THE DARN BUGS! I'm really mad that they broke the wedding presents feature, especially since Generations didn't add a whole lot of content to begin with.
This is a huge disappointment to me, I would have thought that every new creature that was to be added to the game would be crew table directly from CAS, I hope they patch it into the game somewhere along the line
I don't mind this at all. One of the fun things about creatures is that you have to work a bit to get them which is one of the reasons they're so special.
Besides, Aliens are special sims so it seems very logical game-play wise that you would have to "catch" them since they aren't from the same planet.
I don't mind it too much either, except they already started a precedent with Supernatural being able to make supes in CAS. Separate teams or no, they should have gone the extra mile to make sure it was in there. And from the sound of it, their reasoning wasn't because they wanted it to be an achievement, but because they couldn't make it work. Because Genies were hard to get beyond the LTR, but they took that out when they made them CAStable. I'd have preferred a lie now that I think about it lol.
I admit though, I was looking forward to making Lunar Lakes a war ground for warring factions of aliens and humans. Le sigh. I guess that's what nraas is for…
Genies aren't hard to get. I never even bother with the lamp LTR cause it's so much easier to just fund a lamp. You can't create all creatures in CAS. Think about mummies,zombies, simbots and unicorns for example. So I don't think they are under any obligation to make all the special creatures in the game available in CAS.
We got three expansion packs this year. What do you mean an extra mile?! They already went above and beyond. I much rather they spend some time fixing the bugs that plague the game, tbh. You can get the creature by playing the game. I bet it's incredibly easy to add them to the household too. A game is supposed to be challenging.
I wasn't really complaining so much as saying that they already made it happen in supernatural, so people would expect it to continue. I agreed that aliens should stay the way they are, but I was a little surprised that they didn't go ahead and make them CAStable. And yes, I said go the extra mile because that's what seems like the reason behind the lack of CAStability. In regards to bots, mummies, zombies, and unicorns, some of those have an external process that needs to take place (bots, zombies, mummies) so it makes more sense. Considering the mechanics involved in getting unicorns is little more than a relationship game like genies, I think it makes less sense. Not that I'm complaining. Merely observing.
I didn't mean to offend your delicate feelings by agreeing with you and playing devil's advocate. Next time ill be sure to keep it much more simple. And I'm very happy that you have such luck getting genies, because I have not.
They made it happen in Supernatural because it was an EP all about SN creatures. I figured they did it so people could jump into the game right away and make use of the features. I'm honestly not sure why they made the genies CAStable, tbh.
Trust me I'm not offended by these petty things. I just think the outrage expressed by various people on this site is totally uncalled for. According to the LB and other sources Aliens will work just like unicorns. You're supposed to spot them, befriend them and add them to the household. So it makes total sense for them not to be CAStable.
Again I agree. Genies being CAStable may have been an attempt to cross promote Showtime. But again, I don't know. Considering they're pretty powerful, I was surprised they were included.
FOR GOD'S SAKE PEOPLE! Stop complaining for a freaking whole second. Nothing EA does pleases you guys… They are working their asses off just to provide you with these games, and you're all "disappointed". They're doing their best, and if what they're doing for you isn't enough, then you're welcome to stop purchasing their products.
They can't please everyone, can they? Jeez…
I agree with dude
I totally agree with you.
Cherry Picking much?
I'm all over this blog bugging out with excitement. I NEVER THOUGHT IN A MILLION YEARS WE WOULDN"T HAVE THEM IN CAS!
Sorry theres ONE dissapointment out of everything that's coming. I just found it to be a MASSIVE blow to my 12 year old squeeling and excitement (i'm 28).
I'm beyond thrilled over seasons and aliens. They're better then I ever dreamed they'd be, but I thought for sure that they'd be in CAS since SN put like 7 creatures in CAS. They've been tieing the two together since they were announced.
I'm just sayin', it's a massive blow;
The good news: The Team does have our back. A poster on the Sims 3 forums said that she played with testing cheats and adding aliens to your world is as easy as clicking them into the game via testingcheats and it adds them to your household. So basically it will take a couple hours (either way it would I guess) to add more and more aliens to a single household… use more cheats to put them into relationships and then split the household up in edit town and redistribute them through the town.
If Graham had just said that in his tweet I woulda never cared.
Gameplay wise MIND you smack talkers: I agree… Aliens should be programed the way they are. ALL "creatures" should be. I just figured Aliens would be in CAS because everything else got put in there except Mummies.
I'm surprised you didn't figure that out for yourself. This is not news. I assumed you'd be able to that to Aliens as you can with other sims. Usually special creatures are a nice little extra and you need to EARN them by playing the game. This culture of having everything handed to you is getting annoying. Just because YOU assumed they'd be CAStable that doesn't mean they OUGHT to be.
Seriously, they made the Aliens amazing. They have awesome features and all people do is complain how they need to make a tiny bit of effort to make them playable. Usually I'd be all over them when they don't make things backwards compatible but in this instance that's not the issue.
Why can't you just understand what my gripe was? Your acting like you don't see all of my posts bugging out about how happy I am about the Aliens? How amazing they did? Did you see my tahnk you thread to Graham on the forums? I was mad we couldn't create Aliens in CAS because I wanted to populate Lunar Lakes with them. I don't get why that's so unaccepttable?
It doesn't matter anways because they programed it into testingcheats so I can do what I want so I am happy. I actually like the gameplay element of them being rare in the worlds. It's because of Lunar Lakes I wanted to get multiples of them so I could poplulate that world with Aliens and Sims. I have a story line I've wanted to play out since Sims 1… Sims 2 didn't really bring that… Sims 3 will bring it and I'm beyond estatic. I was upset when I thought I couldn't do what I wanted, but I can. I actually was one of those who thought it was whack that all the supernaturals would be in CAS because where's the challenge in becoming one through gameplay? I figured because the magic fans got instaneous supernaturals in CAS that aliens would be too. I dont care anymore because I got what I wanted…. a way to put many aliens in a single town.
And lastly I actually hope their under the population settings so that my worlds don't become overpopulated with alien hybrid babies. So your "telling me off" for no reason really.
Get over it allready. I'm estatic. I played Lunar Lakes because all I can think about is Aliens so please give me a break.
Somebody makes a complaint about one thing and they're made out to be trashing everything. NOT THE CASE.
They are "working their asses off" because they are paid to. Let's not forget that little fact. They aren't doing this out of the goodness of their hearts, it's their job.
*cough* *master controller* *cough* At this point Twallan = 1000 G Nardone and more! I dunno why this is news, it's not like they are adding a brand new skintone with antennae and other props for customizing the Aliens. Mark my words, Aliens will be using the same ol' ugly puke green skintone ramp and have a hidden occult trait. Nothing special!! Ohh, they'll also have 2 black holes (hopefully) for eyes!! XD
Have you watched the live chat? I can assure you they are something special…
hehe two black holes…
Sad news But cheer up everyone let's just hope they patch it Can't wait to play one
I don't know if this would work but the clone elixer could be thrown at an alien then you may get an alien clone added to your household.
i think that is good idea..!
Then take it back into cas and copy it to the library.
Ah, this sucks…
I could care less whether they can be CAS-ed….WE GET ALIENS…YEH!!!!!
Agree, Cant Wait!
I'm not disappointed at not being able to create them in CAS. Geeze it actually gives more incentive to go out and actually work to meet them*cough*or just use a cheat to make them part of the family*cough.
What would make me disappointed though is that when you do get them into your family and use the mirror/dresser *cough*or cheats*cough*to get into CAS you'll be limited on how much you can change their looks. Space suit looks good and stuff but how about putting some normal clothes on so the neighbors stop looking.
Again guys try to see why people are upset about Aliens not in CAS. Many figured we'd be able to go in and drop in multiple alien families and make Lunar Lakes the world it SHOULD be.
That's why people are upset. If there was NEVER a Lunar Lakes released I don't think I'd even care. I like that aliens will come to worlds the way they are programmed. I think it's realistic and adds mystery to the game.
My science Sim in SV is gonna be all over this.
I actually plan on keeping my regular worlds alien free – maybe one here or there. It's all about Lunar Lakes guys…
like I said, you can add them through testingcheats according to a simmer at the gameplay demonstration. She said she played with aliens that way, she just added them right into her household via testingcheats.
I'm not mad. I like the challenge of getting the lifestates. Creating them in CAS is to easy.
This right here is why this game has so many bugs. You have two different teams of developers touching the same code and it ends in a mess. Nothing one can do though as the demand for the next EP to The Sims is ever increasing.
This is not the big issue that people are making it out to be. Next up, confirmation that Aliens cannot have multiple life states.
I hope TS4 different EP teams can be able to communicate with each other to make the game as interconnected together as possible than separate with each EP.
A lot of missed opportunities doing things this way. I still enjoy the game though but it could be a whole lot better.
This is crap, they can easily do this with a patch or something that can came up the same day as the release.
EA as always is lazy lazy lazy people, please Maxis put the aliens in CAS.
I think this ep blows by its content, more and more things I find disappointing, well this one is a minor thing, but still I thought that with supernatural they added a feature that now we can create existing and future life states trough cas :/
An example of what happens when the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing.
i know when i made a new world i found i got a real alien right out of the blue where hes eyes where black i tried to see if i could get a nether one but no luck i don't know if its just Random or what but i did get luck with one while i was entering the Create sims or edit Create a sims mod cant remember witch one but i am sure loving him because of the alien stuff he can do
if you download an alien from the exchange(or use cheats and save one to the bin), you can make more aliens by bringing up CAS and keep using the "new sim" button until you land on the alien sim. then you can make as meany as you want! ant the more you make, the higher the chance of getting them later!


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Snake and Lizard Bites
Topic Overview
A bite from a poisonous (venomous) snake or lizard requires emergency care. If you have been bitten by a snake or lizard that you know or think might be poisonous, call 911 or other emergency services immediately. Do not wait for symptoms to develop.
If you are not sure what type of snake or lizard bit you, call the Poison Control Center immediately to help identify the snake or lizard and find out what to do next. Medicine to counteract the effects of the poison (antivenom) can save a limb or your life.
It is important to stay calm.
Poisonous snakes or lizards found in North America include:
- Pit vipers (family Viperidae), such as the rattlesnake, copperhead, and water moccasin (also called cottonmouth).
- Coral snake (family Elapidae).
- Gila monster and Mexican beaded lizard.
Maine, Alaska, and Hawaii are the only states that do not have at least one poisonous snake species in the wild.
Poisonous snakebite
Symptoms of a pit viper snakebite often appear from minutes to hours after a bite. Severe burning pain at the site usually begins within minutes, and then swelling starts spreading out from the bite.
Factors that affect the severity of a poisonous snake or lizard bite include the:
- Type and size of the snake or lizard.
- Amount of venom injected (if any).
- Potency of the venom injected.
- Location and depth of the bite.
- Number of bites and where they occurred on the body.
- Age, size, and health of the person who was bitten.
If you do not develop symptoms within 8 to 12 hours, it is possible that no venom was injected; this is called a dry bite. At least 25%, perhaps up to 50%, of bites are dry. If poison is released in the bite, about 35% of the bites have mild injections of poison (envenomations), 25% are moderate, and 10% to 15% are severe.
It is important to remember that a snake only injects part of its venom with each bite, so it is still dangerous after the first strike. A bite from a young snake can be serious. And a dead snake, even one with a severed head, can still bite and release venom by reflex action for up to 90 minutes after it dies. Even if you do not develop symptoms within 8 hours, continue to watch for symptoms for 2 weeks or more.
Nonpoisonous snake or lizard bite
Most snakes and lizards in North America are not poisonous. Bites may be frightening, but most do not cause serious health problems. A bite from a small nonpoisonous snake might leave teeth marks, a minor scrape, or a puncture wound without other symptoms. Home treatment often relieves symptoms and helps prevent infection.
Although most nonpoisonous snakebites can be treated at home, a bite from a large nonpoisonous snake (such as a boa constrictor, python, or anaconda) can be more serious. In North America, these snakes are often found in zoos, but they may also be kept as exotic pets. The force of the bite can injure the skin, muscles, joints, or bones. Other problems can occur with a nonpoisonous snake or lizard bite even if the reptile is small. A snake or lizard's tooth may break off in a wound or a skin infection may develop at the site of the bite.
Use the Check Your Symptoms section to decide if and when you should see a doctor.
Home Treatment
Poisonous snake or lizard bite
If you were bitten by a snake or lizard that you know or think is poisonous, call 911 or other emergency services immediately. Do not wait for symptoms to develop. Symptoms may progress from mild to severe rapidly.
If you are not sure what type of snake or lizard bit you, take a picture of it. But do not do this if it will delay treatment or put someone at risk for additional bites. Do not waste time or take any risks trying to kill or bring in the snake. Only trap a poisonous snake if the chances are good that it will bite more people if you let it go. It is important to remember that a snake only injects part of its venom with each bite, so it can still hurt you after the first strike. And a dead snake, even one with a severed head, can still bite and release venom by reflex action for up to 90 minutes after it dies.
Medicine (antivenom) to counteract the effects of the poison can save a limb or your life. Antivenom is given as soon as a doctor determines it is needed, usually within the first 4 hours after the snakebite. Antivenom may be effective up to 2 weeks or more after a snakebite.
Immediate home treatment
Immediate home treatment should not delay transport for emergency evaluation.
- Remain calm and try to rest quietly.
- If you are not sure what type of snake or lizard bit you, call a Poison Control Center immediately to help identify the snake or lizard and find out what to do next.
- If signs of shock are present or the bitten person is not breathing, see the topic Dealing With Emergencies.
- Remove any jewelry. The limbs might swell, making it more difficult to remove the jewelry after swelling begins.
- Use a pen to mark the edge of the swelling around the bite every 15 minutes. This will help your doctor estimate how the venom is moving in your body.
Avoid these treatment measures
Avoid doing anything that might cause more problems with the snake or lizard bite.
- Do not cut the bite open.
- Do not suck on the bite wound or use any kind of extraction device.
- Do not use a constriction band, such as a tourniquet or bandage, on a bite.
- Do not soak your hand or foot in ice water or pack your arm or leg in ice. This can increase damage to the skin and cause a cold-induced injury, such as frostbite.
- Do not raise the bitten arm or leg above your head. This may increase the flow of venom into the bloodstream.
- Do not drink alcohol.
- Do not give any prescription or nonprescription medicines after a poisonous snake or lizard bite unless your doctor tells you to. Some medicines, such as aspirin, ibuprofen, or naproxen, may cause increased bleeding.
Nonpoisonous snake or lizard bite
If you are certain the snake or lizard was not poisonous, use home treatment measures to reduce symptoms and prevent infection.
- Use direct pressure to stop any bleeding. See how to stop bleeding.
- Look at the wound to make sure a snake or lizard tooth is not in the wound. If you can see a tooth, remove it with tweezers, taking care to not push it farther into the wound.
- Clean the bite as soon as possible to reduce the chance of infection, scarring, and tattooing of the skin from dirt left in the wound. Wash the wound for 5 minutes with large amounts of warm water and soap (mild dishwashing soap, such as Ivory, works well). See how to clean a wound.
- Do not use rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, iodine, or mercurochrome, which can harm the tissue and slow wound healing.
- Soak the wound in warm water for 20 minutes, 2 to 4 times a day, for the next 4 to 5 days. The warmth from the water will increase the blood flow to the area, which helps reduce the chance of infection.
- Puncture wounds usually heal well and may not need a
bandage. You may want to use a bandage if you think the bite will get dirty or
- Clean the wound thoroughly before putting the bandage on it.
- Apply a clean bandage when it gets wet or soiled. If a bandage is stuck to a scab, soak it in warm water to soften the scab and make the bandage easier to remove.
- If available, use a nonstick dressing. There are many bandage products available.
- Be sure to read the product label for correct use.
- Use of an antibiotic ointment has not been shown to affect healing. If you choose to use an antibiotic ointment, such as polymyxin B sulfate (for example, Polysporin) or bacitracin, apply the ointment lightly to the wound. The ointment will keep the bandage from sticking to the wound. If a skin rash or itching under the bandage develops, stop using the ointment. The rash may be caused by an allergic reaction to the ointment.
- Determine whether you need a tetanus shot.
- An ice or cold pack may help reduce swelling and bruising. Never apply ice directly to a wound or the skin. This could cause tissue damage.
Try a nonprescription medicine to help treat your fever or pain: |
Be sure to follow these safety tips when you use a nonprescription medicine: |
For more information on cuts, scrapes, or puncture wounds, see the topics Cuts, Scrapes, or Puncture Wounds.
Symptoms to Watch For During Home Treatment
Use the Check Your Symptoms section to evaluate your symptoms if any of the following occur during home treatment:
- Symptoms of a pit viper snakebite develop.
- Symptoms of a coral snake bite develop.
- Symptoms of a skin infection develop.
- A wound does not heal.
- Symptoms become more severe or more frequent.
Snakebites are more likely to occur in warm-weather months when both snakes and people are more active outdoors. Most snakebites occur on the fingers, hands, and arms when someone is working with or trying to catch a snake. The legs and feet are also common bite sites; these bites usually occur when a person (especially a child or a hiker) accidentally disturbs a snake.
Snakes and lizards are popular exotic pets, so the risk for being bitten has increased.
Many snake and lizard bites can be prevented.
- Find out what local snakes and lizards are found in your area. Learn what they look like, whether they are poisonous, and where you are most likely to see them.
- If you see a snake or lizard, do not bother it. Keep in mind that the striking range of a snake is about two-thirds of its length.
- Do not pick up or handle snakes. Even a dead snake can bite and release venom through reflexes for 90 minutes or more after it dies.
- Watch for snakes around wood or rock piles or caves. Wear protective shoes, boots, and clothing when you are hiking, camping, fishing, and hunting.
- Do not drink alcohol or use illegal drugs while doing outdoor activities where you might encounter a snake. The effects of the alcohol and drugs may slow your judgment and reflexes.
- If you have a pet snake or lizard or are thinking about getting one, learn how to handle it safely to avoid being bitten. Find out what first aid supplies you will need if you are bitten, and have them handy.
If you are often in an area where there are poisonous snakes, consider carrying a first aid kit. Carry a cellular phone, if you have one, to call for help if you are bitten.
Preparing For Your Appointment
To prepare for your appointment, see the topic Making the Most of Your Appointment.
You can help your doctor diagnose and treat your condition by being prepared to answer the following questions:
- Do you know what type of snake or lizard bit you? What did the snake or lizard look like? How big was the snake or lizard? Did it rattle?
- When did the bite occur?
- Where were you bitten?
- How many times were you bitten?
- What are your main symptoms? How long have you had your symptoms?
- What home treatment measures have you tried? Did they help?
- What nonprescription medicines have you tried? Did they help?
- Have you been treated for a snakebite in the past? If yes, what type of treatment did you receive?
- What prescription and nonprescription medicine do you take?
- How long ago was your last tetanus shot?
- Do you have any health risks?
Related Information
Author | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
Associate Editor | Tracy Landauer |
Primary Medical Reviewer | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine |
Primary Medical Reviewer | Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine |
Specialist Medical Reviewer | Steven L. Schneider, MD - Family Medicine |
Specialist Medical Reviewer | Sean P. Bush, MD, FACEP - Emergency Medicine and Envenomation Specialist |
Last Updated | June 19, 2008 |
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