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Questions and Answers - Part 3

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All Acting Regiment

13:04 / 29.09.07

If I wanted to say "based around the text, as opposed to being based around the ego", could I say "Libercentric as opposed to egocentric"?

grant

16:30 / 29.09.07

I can't see a way of doing this that doesn't turn out to be kind of ugly, but I think your best bet might be to drop any pretense that you're not creating a neologism and just say "text-centric" with the hyphen.

If not, "librocentric" looks more right than "libercentric," but I can't say why. I think it's the vowel before the "cent." I'm also hesitant to equate "liber-" with "text," since in most critical uses, "text" means more than merely "book" - it's a larger category and has a different set of connotations (from speech-acts to cultural morays).

All Acting Regiment

17:03 / 29.09.07

Hmm, yes. "Work"-centric might also work.

Papess

18:06 / 29.09.07

Okay, I have a parenting question: What is the legal age that a child can go outside in their neighbourhood, unsupervised? My son has recently made friends with a little boy who is about eight or nine. This boy is allowed to go out unsupervised at all hours of the day and night all over the neighbourhood. I am concerned. I do not want my son to see this behaviour and expect to do the same. I am also worried for this little boy. His parent(s) seem unconcerned about his welfare.

I am looking specifically for Canadian laws regarding child welfare and protection. I am unable to figure out the proper phrase to google in order to find the information I am looking for.

Can you help?

Saint Keggers

18:53 / 29.09.07

Not sure if this can be applied to the situation Medulla, but its the closest I could find.
The Child and Family Services Act does not identify an age when a child can be left alone, or an age at which a child can supervise or babysit other children.

Recommended guidelines for leaving a child alone

Infant - 9 years
A child of this age should not be left unsupervised at any time of the day or night. A competent caregiver should be on the same premises as the children.

from the Durham Ontario Childrens Aid Society.

Olulabelle

08:12 / 30.09.07

Yes I don't think there's any law about allowing children to go outside on their own. It's more a case of sensible parenting.

I let my son go out on his own when he was seven in the village I lived in but I wouldn't do that in a city.

petunia

21:48 / 30.09.07

Our new flat has what i've heard are called 'storage heaters', which come on at night and realease heat throughout the day too. Seems to make sense.

But there are two dials on the top. One says 'Input' the other says 'Output'. Both are numbered 1 to 6. I assume 'Output' controls the temperature given out by the heaters, but what does 'Input' mean?

Jack Fear

23:58 / 30.09.07

All about storage heaters.

In a nutshell: storage heaters are mainly for use in places where the rate you're charged for electricity depends on when during the day you use it. Essentially, you're using electrical current to heat up ceramic bricks during the cheaper off-peak hours; then the bricks give off radiant heat at night. "Input" determines how hot the bricks get to begin with.

Pingle!Pop

10:25 / 01.10.07

Okay... there's all this fuss about Omega 3 supplements, and seemingly quite a lot of evidence that they're Good Things. But apparently the studies are all about the fishy ones, and the flaxy ones don't really work properly because what one actually needs is DHA and EPA and flax doesn't convert properly. There are some new veggie tablets that come from algae that are in theory supposed to be much better, but they're very expensive, and I'm about to become an impoverished student again.

So, my question is: is there another veggie-friendly way to get that lovely DHA and EPA that doesn't involve lots of money? Could I cook seafood or algae into things, and if so would it have to be a particular kind of seaweed or algae? Or would a big tub of algae tabs like these be of any use?

jentacular dreams

15:41 / 01.10.07

Well significant amounts of EPA and DHA is found in Spirulina platensis. Note that your ebay link doesn't say which species of Spirulina they use, so they might not be worthwhile.

I wouldn't advise cooking them, because Omega 3s are generally quite succeptible to oxidative damage (so exposure to heat, light and air should be minimised - might not be a good idea to mix with salts either). Nonpolar antioxidants such as vitimin E might slow this, but you might need a much higher concentration.

Alternatively you could try walnuts which have both ALA and EPA, though not much DHA.

Pingle!Pop

18:46 / 01.10.07

Thank you. I'm still quite uncertain, though - there are tablets on eBay which specify platensis, but they don't explicitly mention EPA/DHA. Perhaps you'd just need amounts too large to put in a pill without extracting specific parts? Google seems to be a bit unhelpful; there are algae tablets, and there are places talking about how algae is full of EPA/DHA, but nothing really linking the two. I gather with the fishy ones it takes quite a lot of fish to make a few tabs, so perhaps it's a similar thing with algae.

Unfortunately I'm not a big fan of walnuts...

jentacular dreams

09:34 / 02.10.07

Well I think I've read somewhere that around half the lipid in S. platensis is Omega-3 (though how that subdivides is anyone's guess - most of it would be ALA I'd reckon). Not sure how much lipid there is in the tablets though, or how processing might result in degredation. It looks like the algae themselves are readily digestible (so assuming they were pure there'd be no need to cook them), though they have the ability to accumulate heavy metals, so if you do go for them a reputable supplier might be a good idea.

My Mom Thinks I'm Cool

16:39 / 02.10.07

what's a good christmas present to get for someone who's a big Halo fan (and probably already has Halo 3)?

sorenson

17:59 / 02.10.07

can anybody suggest a short (or easily abbreviated), preferably well known, reasonably melodic song about sleep? this is to use as a daytime nap song. (for example, for night times we sing 'When Tomorrow Comes' by the Eurythmics, but we want something different for days.)

Mistoffelees

18:52 / 02.10.07

The Smiths - Asleep

Sing me to sleep 2*
I'm tired and I
I want to go to bed
Sing me to sleep 2*
And then leave me alone
Don't try to wake me in the morning
'Cause I will be gone
Don't feel bad for me
I want you to know
Deep in the cell of my heart
I will feel so glad to go

Sing me to sleep 2*
I don't want to wake up
On my own anymore
Sing to me 2*
I don't want to wake up
On my own anymore
Don't feel bad for me
I want you to know
Deep in the cell of my heart
I really want to go

There is another world
There is a better world
Well, there must be 2*
Bye.. Bye..

Pingle!Pop

19:22 / 02.10.07

Thanks mice. I think I'll stay away from the tablets for now, as I'm guessing that no information easily available on the net probably means that you'd have to eat fifty of them to get enough EPA/DHA in. Oh, well.

Olulabelle

18:51 / 03.10.07

Does a book's ISBN number correspond to content or title or what? I'm trying to find a book called 'The Forgotten Arts and Crafts' which was first published in 1973 or something, but has been reprinted since. I found this one but it's expensive. I've found another one which is even more expensive and then I've found this one, which is cheaper and looks like a reprint, but I can't work it out. All these books have different ISBN's but the same title. How can I tell if the new cheaper one is a reprint of the old one or just a smaller chopped down version?

We're The Great Old Ones Now

19:38 / 03.10.07

If you bought Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, did you buy the black one or the white one?

Ticker

19:39 / 03.10.07

black one.

Mistoffelees

19:50 / 03.10.07

I´ve also bought the black edition. And am still waiting for that sequel, Mrs Clarke!

20:12 / 03.10.07

Lula, the ISBN corresponds to the published edition. Sometimes if a book comes out in two formats simultaneously, like the publisher releases a hardback and a paperback version of one edition, they'll have ISBNs that differ by only one number or something like that. But every time something gets published it gets a new ISBN, generally speaking.

sorenson

20:15 / 03.10.07

Thanks Mistoffeles. But as much as I love the Smiths, I just can't sing my small son a song about going to sleep and not waking up!

Olulabelle, the ISBN of a book refers to the edition of the book, not the title or the content. For example, a hardcover and a paperback of the exact same book will have different ISBNs. So ISBNs are only useful if the book is still in print - generally you are better off searching by title and author if it is likely that there are multiple editions. As for how to tell if editions are full ones or not, there is no way to be really sure except to see the book or find out from a knowledgeable source - have you tried checking the publisher's website? Good luck!

Jinx!

Sorenson, you could change the text. Maybe like that:

Oh please wake me in the morning
in time for breakfast
Don't feel bad for me
I want you to know
Deep in the cell of my heart
I will feel so glad to snooze

Withiel: DALI'S ROTTWEILER

23:31 / 03.10.07

Right - I remember reading, somewhere (possibly the Guardian) that 65% of homeless people in London/possibly the UK are ex-military. And now I come to cite it in an article, I lack a source. Google is unhelpful. Perhaps someone has also read the article and would like to save my rapidly-burning journalistic bacon?

ONLY NICE THINGS

23:39 / 03.10.07

Sorry, but I think it's nothing like that high, although ex-service personnel are disproportionately represented:

Initial findings from a non-
representative survey of around 1,500 single homeless people, who were in contact
with agencies in one week in November 2002, found that a small minority of single
homeless people had a Service background (5%).

That from this study. "Homeless on Civvy Street" is a well-known paper on this - I think if you have journalistic access you should be able to get hold of it. It was produced by the ex-Service Action Group, who can be contacted at info@oswaldstoll.org.uk/ - it's probably on their website, also.

Withiel: DALI'S ROTTWEILER

23:44 / 03.10.07

Haus, you are a golden god, but an idol pipped to the post by my housemate who overheard my desperate cursing. Thanks eversoanyway.

Benny the Ball

06:06 / 04.10.07

How much does an Evening Standard vendor earn, and how do they work out which spot they work from?

sorenson

09:23 / 04.10.07

Mistoffeles, I love your new words!

Mistoffelees

09:26 / 04.10.07

Thank you! Glad I could help.

My Mom Thinks I'm Cool

15:25 / 04.10.07

And am still waiting for that sequel, Mrs Clarke!

did you catch the book of short stories set in the same world? pretty cool.

Mistoffelees

15:41 / 04.10.07

I´ve seen it, and might one day read it (I like novels more than short stories), but first, I want to know what happens next.

All Acting Regiment

20:41 / 04.10.07

Once you know your prescription, can you just get any glasses like that off the net? Want big frames.

All Acting Regiment

20:56 / 04.10.07

I want to try and do this:

Jack Fear

21:20 / 04.10.07

Aren't those the old standard NHS specs?

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