John Cuthber

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?

Acid rain is less of an issue because they fitted scrubbers to remove SO2 from the flue gases in power stations and reduced the sulphur content of fuels. Not dumping lots of acid into the air reduced the acidity of the rain. Gosh! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flue-gas_desulfurization

Yes, just the other day someone at work was burned at the stake for not accepting the dogma; and I have been under house arrest for heresy for 6 months now (I'm not sure I dare mention what it was that I believed and that I only believed it because it's what the evidence showed). Still, I'm better off than the last guy- he died while they were torturing him. In the meantime the boss still refuses to look through the telescope because he knows that he couldn't see the moons of Jupiter because they are not there- the dogma says do.

I think it's fair to point out that the natural defences of the eye (the iris, squinting and blinking) do a very good job of protecting it against the sun. Sunglasses may make sunny days more comfortable, but they eye is pretty safe without them. We evolved to cope with a lifetime of sunshine (and we probably did it somewhere sunnier than most of us now live). Most of the sun's energy is visible light, rather than UV, so acute UV injury from sunlight is unlikely unless you are wearing cheap sunglasses. The UV will cause some degradation of the eye- just as it does with the skin. I suspect that your eyes are not what they once were, simply because you are a bit older. It might be helpful to distinguish between the effect of too much energy being dissipated at the back of the eye - which heats it and damages it- and this sort of damage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-energy_visible_light

So, do you go for the active voice which is generally clearer or the house style passive voice which generally isn't as clear? The difference is, as much as anything, the use of personal pronouns. If the content isn't up to scratch the paper will probably be rejected anyway. All doubt can be removed by submitting it here. http://www.universalrejection.org/