John Cuthber

Perhaps they don't. Perhaps they just assume that putting less money into it won't improve it. On the other hand, when did you last hear a politician saying that politicians' pay should be cut? It's odd that for bankers, politicians and senior managers you need to pay lots of money to get the "right sort of people" but if you put money into education it goes to profiteers. Incidentally, re "Walker wants government officials to have authority to reshape public-employee benefits without collective bargaining. Walker wouldn't remove the right of unions to bargain for wages. No, he is not seeking to eliminate unions, though you might get that impression from the heated rhetoric of the employees and even from President Barack Obama, who called this an "assault on unions." Removing the right to collective bargaining on anything is actually an assault on the Unions since collective bargaining is exactly what they are there for. Obama is right to point this out. "That's one way of putting it. Here's another: The fight is over the attempt to limit the power of non-government organizations to control the budget process. " Here's a third. the fight is about the right of the people who do the job to decide the terms under which they do it.

There's a lovely story about two men who get chatting in a bar. One is a mechanic who repairs vehicles; the other is a heart surgeon. The mechanic says "Basically we do the same job, we both clean out the junk from old machines and put them together again so they work better." The surgeon says "Sure, but do you do it with the engine running?" As for "Perhaps the experiences of medical education would be made more pleasurable if there were less remuneration offered to compensate for the ugly and utterly unnecessary rituals of training. " Do you really want low paid doctors without training? No problem; I can be a quack. I have no idea what I'm doing, but I can do it for half the price of a real doctor. Now, what treatment would you like?

in the UK it might be because they have read the highway code "On the right. If you are turning right, check the traffic to ensure it is safe, then signal and move to the centre of the road. Wait until there is a safe gap in the oncoming traffic and give a final look before completing the turn. " from http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069837 Of course, it would be a left turn on your side of the pond.

I don't know whether or not you can, but you may.

Perhaps the doctors have realised that, in terms of health, about the worst thing that can happen to you is poverty and the second worst (since it amounts to the same thing ) is a poor education. Perhaps they were engaging in social medicine; a bit like the ban on smoking in public places. We don't let you smoke on the train because it's bad for the other people there. We don't let you cut the salaries of the teachers because it reduces that chances of the next generation getting a proper education. "If I were to do that I would be fired." Then elect a better government; one that grants you the right to decide whether you work or not.. "Why should they get special treatment just because they have a louder voice? " that's what passes for democracy.

Incidentally, what are the teachers protesting about?

Slow, do you understand that ketene isn't nice stuff to work with?

I thought they needed the money to pay for their insurance because, every time they do something that a lawyer claims is a mistake, they get nailed. Perhaps we should cut the salaries of the lawyers instead.

If I were expressing that opinion, I'd get the number right. "Content and clarity are more important than notes on style".

I believe that doctors may be amateur politicians, but politicians are professional politicians. That's the difference. I think there are probably doctors who think all sorts of things. When you find some at an anti abortion rally giving out notes then it will stop being a red herring. It's the same question with a different spin. They act this way; why? Incidentally, the right to strike in the Netherlands may be protected but it isn't in the UK and it may not be in the US ( the article suggests not).* It's possible that the doctors feel that, in this instance, two wrongs make a right. * The article in the OP says "many of them “could be in violation of their work contracts if they call out sick without a medical excuse.”" If these people are claiming to be sick, rather than on strike then it's puzzling. They would do a better job of publicising their case with a strike. Why have they chosen not to do this? It could be that they would rather get sick pay- but it could be that they know there are penalties for striking that don't apply to sick leave. Does anyone know what the rules of organising a strike in the USA are.

"This is no different from the problem raised by Democrats fleeting the state to avoid a vote." Yes it is. Doctors are not politicians. The question about the abortion issue is a red herring unless you can actually find some doctors who would do that. "Actually, I think it is related because isn't a doctor's note to excuse people from work/school ultimately a prescription to stay in bed for health reasons?" No, it's a prescription not to go to work for health reasons. I note nobody has answered my question; why are these well paid, intelligent people supporting this action?

I'm sick of the actions of my government. What's the issue? And I'm, amused by the fair and balanced coverage "highly compensated union friends" " fraudulent medical excuses" "Fraudulent paperwork " and so on. Seriously, can they prove that the assertion that "the protesters “appeared to be suffering from stress.” " is false? If not they might want to b careful who they accuse of fraud. Perhaps as interesting a question is to ask why the doctors are acting in this way. On the whole they are intelligent, well educated, wealthy and so on. If they are prepared to do this then perhaps you should look at what led them to that decision.

The speed at which nerve impulses travel through the nerves will be affected slightly by things like temperature gradients across the head. That would swamp any effect due to the finite speed of light. Your two eyes would never be well enough synchronised to tell the difference.

Incidentally, the reason it's important is that biology often moves two carbon atoms around at the same time using things like acetyl coenzyme a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetyl-CoA Folate is odd in that it moves a single carbon.

If there are two cats at equal radii on the fan and the fan speed is increased slowly which cat falls off first?

It strikes me as a silly question. If you set out to do anything to torture anyone then you are not acting ethically. The legality would depend on whether the local law is an ass on the subject but, since most countries officially don't condone torture, it would probably be illegal.

A plate under a "roof" can pick up dew, but not rain.

The aluminium from which the cans are made contains other metals as an alloy. (One possibility is that it contains iron. It might be interesting to leave the solution next to a strong magnet overnight.) Those metals don't dissolve in the NaOH and are left behind as a black solid. The aluminium oxide coating on the surface of the metal will dissolve to form sodium aluminate anyway, so there's no need to remove it. This is just as well as the oxide layer is thought to reform in a matter of picoseconds.

I counted the words in the first sentence of Marat's last post and I found that there were twenty two. It may be felt by others that the observation made earlier in this post is subjective, or it may not. Re. "It is felt by the authors of this post that the passive voice is more pleasant to read and write. We would like to acknowledge that content and clarity is more important than notes on style and that consistency is key to clear writing." LOL

When the ball is in free fall, ie. clear of the ground, it will follow a parabola. That's fairly close to a sine wave, but not quite. When it hits the ground things are much more complicated. Also I think the "corners" on the curve you have shown represent an infinite rate of change of acceleration and I don't think that's realistic.

It melts the alumina too so it's hotter than 2070C or about 2340K. Estimates probably vary a bit but 2500C (from wiki) looks to be about right

As far as I'm concerned, the reason they fitted scrubbers was pressure from other countries, notably in Scandinavia.. The EPA is not my government at work. Roughly 95% of the world's population are not American. However, as you say, the important thing is that the problem was recognised and solved. The same might possibly happen with CO2 but it's much more difficult.

Glad to see you found a better typeface. Now you might want to check the spelling of sapphire. Of course, if you are using it as a proper noun you can spell it any way you like, but it needs a capital letter.

IIRC you can get azobenzene from the reaction of aniline with nitrobenzene or by oxidation of aniline (but the yield's not great)

Oops! Is the point of the exercise to learn to use Chemdraw (or some such) or to learn how to name chemicals?