Phi for All

Here is one of the biggest problem with gifts. There are those who genuinely need a helping hand, and my heart and my tax dollars gladly go out to them in times of trouble. But there are far more people who are simply opportunistic or lazy. I'm not making this judgement without experience. I once did some HVAC maintenance work on a government subsidy housing project. I had to replace some registers (the adjustable metal diverters that direct the flow of air from floor heating vents) and thermostats in some 30 apartments where the past tenants had stolen them upon moving out. I was appalled at the way these people had taken care of the homes the government provided at low-or-no-cost. Granted, the ones I went to were probably the worst of the lot, but what I saw was disgusting. There was no pride evident anywhere in these homes. I realize that some of these people were not at the high points of their lives, but I can't help but think they would have taken better care if they had worked hard to own that home. I think many people resent having to be given something and take out their aggression on the gift itself.

I think, sadly, you made the mistake of thinking he understood what you were saying, instead of just unconditionally loving you and whatnot.

Thank you Coral Rhedd. I hoped it helped you to write that as much as it helped me to read it. It is clear to me that a national healthcare program would help us in the US more than a national housing program. I also would like to see a national campaign for cleaning up this country again. I'm a big fan of the broken window theory. Neglect breeds crime. Show criminals that people care about their neighborhoods and they go elsewhere. Most here are too young to remember the national anti-littering campaign that then-First Lady Lady Bird Johnson spearheaded. It was so successful that, to this day, I can't stand to see people throw trash on the ground. Sometimes I think politicians don't want the citizenry coming together in a common cause like that anymore. It shows us how powerful and effective we can still be.

Disturbing is humorous... to a raven.

YT2095 has a raven that quotes long passages from Poe to him.

Can you please elaborate on this before your thread takes a course you probably didn't intend?

Since hiccups are a spasming of the diaphram due to pressure differentials, I think it must be coincidental that breath-holding or sugar-swallowing seems to stop them. Perhaps it soothes you enough to relax the diaphram. Since they go away in time anyway, perhaps the time involved in finding the sugar, teaspoon or malt vinegar is sufficient.

Welcome back, Admiral! Whazzup at the U of Lou? Glad to have you back. Hope the family's doing well.

WHAT!?!? Mensa wrong?! What kind of calendar are they running there? Sky-high IQs, elitist as hell, and WRONG?!? Make room at the haddock barrel, Dak. We've got some cod whalloping to do.

Here's another recent thread on hiccup stoppage that may help: http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8605

Maybe a little off-topic, but did you ever see Mother with Albert Brooks and Debbie Reynolds? There is one flawless scene where Brooks has gone back to live with his mother (Reynolds) and they're in her kitchen. The dialogue is something like:Reynolds : "Let me fix you something to eat." Brooks : "I'm not hungry, Mom." Reynolds : "I'll just heat up some meat loaf." Brooks : "Mom, you know I'm a vegetarian." Reynolds : "So I'll cut the top half off." Brooks : "What will that do?" Reynolds : "There'll be less meat." When it comes to food, we have some very funny notions. What is good for selling food is not always what's good for those eating the food. I'm with Coral Rhedd, it's a conspiracy to hide the fact that sugars make us eat beyond the point of being full. Soda pop is another substance many people who count calories overlook. I know lots of people who are careful with their diets but drink 4-5 cans of pop. Subconsciously, they don't think things you drink count as calories. To get back to the OP, watch out for products containing glucose, since that is the actual chemical sugar structure of blood sugar. All carbs eventually end up as glucose so their is no quicker way of getting it into your bloodstream.

I think I read where most of us tend to burn out our insulin receptors as we age, requiring more insulin to lower blood sugar. Did you know insulin also causes every cell to manufacture it's own cholesterol instead of getting it from the bloodstream? It also heightens blood pressure and causes us to retain salt (and thus water). Great idea. Perhaps in General Medicine?

And you certainly weren't. I had it in mind that you either didn't want to talk about it in the forums for fear of someone stealing your idea, or that you were soliciting an email list for marketing purposes. Enough of that. Tell us how you get around the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics violation this type of motor would seem to engender.

This thread could almost be in Politics, because it's pressure from marketing lobbyists that get the FDA to allow them to lie like this. They are skirting the ethical issue by labeling sucrose as sugar while fructose is not. To a diabetic, there is no difference, it's still sugar. I had a friend who couldn't seem to lose weight on the Protein Power low-carb diet. I had great success and my overall health (blood pressure, cholesterol ratios, triglycerides) were much improved as well. When I questioned what he was eating, it finally came out that he still drank a 12-16 ozs of orange juice every morning. When I told him OJ was almost pure sugars, he vehemently disagreed. He still insists on drinking his juice every morning, though I cautioned him to lay off the Protein Power diet if he was going to continue drinking fructose products. The marketing for frozen concentrated OJ (and other sugary foods) is very strong in the US.

Mars closer to the sun than Earth? It might be more viable for solar without a filtering atmosphere, but IIRC it is not closer.

If you are at Caledonian College of Engineering in Oman, contact your senior librarian, Kalilur Rahman, and even if your system is down, he can provide you with authenticated access to use the Glasgow Caledonian University servers. Mr Rahman can be reached at Tel: 536165 ext. 700. Otherwise, I can see no reason why Google can't provide you with this information. Your English seems more than adequate for the task.

My point is that a utility patent would protect him so there is no reason why we should have to email him for info as opposed to discussing it here.

Monster seems to be the term for someone who commits violent crimes repeatedly, is unrepentant and is often known by the authorities as an habitual offender. No disrespect intended, but is this thread just going to keep resurfacing every time a monster is reported? Because I can tell you one thing, the press will keep finding these people and brandishing their lurid crimes in front of us because this kind of news sells. Capital punishment doesn't deter the monsters, but continual attention from the media just might encourage them.

If you are not willing to answer questions here, this becomes unpaid advertising, which we don't allow. I understand you have a patent on this motor. Any reasons why you can't discuss it here?

Community service is, thankfully, not an oxymoron. And being asked to do something beneficial for your community is different from being required to do it. Something in the human makeup rebels against being forced into any action. We'll gladly do something if it's our own idea, but when it's compulsory we stop thinking about the benefits of what we are doing and instead focus on the injustice of it all. All I can tell you is that character building exercises like this are only beneficial if you can look beyond the fact that it's mandatory. Many people would never get the satisfaction of having helped a fellow human being if they weren't forced into it by compulsory community service. This is one of those instances where you hate the idea before you do it, but will look back in a few years (or less) and be glad you did.

Please define your topic, since it's obvious no one has ever heard of it in quite this way before. What country uses this phrase? In the US there is compulsory community service, where people are given tasks to do that normally are fulfilled by volunteers. This is usually in lieu of minimal jail time or more often to avoid monetary fines.

I think most of sensation is perception. Take smell, for instance. We are taught to react to certain smells in certain ways, rather than simply treating them as smells. If you change your perception of a smell it becomes simply information. Our perception can make us gag from some smells because we are so conditioned. Policemen and medical examiners who come in contact with weeks-old dead bodies learn to block away the perception of what it smells like so they can do their jobs without getting ill every time. Many tastes are "acquired" as well. Think of the things you started out hating the taste of which you like or even love now. Your perceptions change, not the taste.

Read all the posts in all the threads in all the sub-forums here.

Better is good. Really good. If you think it would make her smile, remind your daughter of the times when she was little when you had to tell her not to put things up her nose. I can't help but resort to humor when things get tense. Sometimes it helps.