When I was in the 5th grade I recall daddy getting our first air conditioner. It was a window unit he installed into the rental property in which we resided at Hanahan, SC.

The cooling and dehumidification was luxurious to me personally.

Over the years we lived in several Navy housing units and these had central air which we pretty much maxed out during the summer months. I don't recall them ever failing.

When Dad retired we moved to his homestead in Salley SC and there too we had air conditioning. There was a window unit in the first shotgun style house in which we resided. A year or so later we had central air in the new home daddy built out there in the boonies. By and large I recall spates of suffering at those places nearby where there was no air conditioning and I have been a proponent of air conditioning since childhood.

Something about South Carolina, the heat, humditity, gnats, and yellowflies brought it all about.
 

As an adult I have been one to include air conditioning in my list of priorities. A few years back we replaced my old 3 ton unit with a new 3 ton Armstrong split unit. I need more air conditioner due to all the electronics operating in my house.

I maintain a locked down multihomed network featuring a server cluster, several workstations, as well as several routers with range extended wireless all over the place.

My outside compressor unit has a decidedly "Lennox" appearance to it — and looking over various brands sold as well as the literature included I suspect that this particular model is sold under a number of trade names. The other two pieces in the attic are not items I readily recognize in my decidedly HVAC challenged mindset.

Air Conditioning Appreciation Days are here. Corresponding to the dog days by and large this is an observance held from July 3 through August 15 every year.

The days mark the invention and role of air conditioning in modern existence. I for one could not live comfortably without air conditioning in the white hot humid summers of South Carolina.
 

Fragile X syndrome is a cause of intellectual disability which runs the gamut from mild to severe.

It is found in both males and females with the female individuals typically having milder symptoms.

Symptoms include delays in talking, anxiety, and hyperactive behavior.

Some of those affected may have seizures.

Their physical features frequently include enlarged ears, a long face with prominent jaw and forehead, as well as flat feet.

Therapy can be used to treat their learning disabilities.

Medications may be used to treat anxiety and mood disorders.

I don't know any fragile x patients of which I am aware. I do know of several little boy children who had early behavioral issues which were subsequently diagnosed as autism.

It is amazing how these children don't know how to comport themselves early on for extended periods, yet manage to acquire a level of socialization later in their life times.

Equally amazing are the various talents of these individuals.

In July 2000 the 106th Congress designated July 22 as National Fragile X Awareness Day. Fragile X syndrome is the most common inherited cause of autism and intellectual disabilities internationally. Presently there is no cure.