Will my guinea pigs die from a ceiling fan?
Yes cold drafts can cause a guinea pig to catch an upper respiratory infection which left untreated will take the life of the guinea pig. I do find my self concerned about the temperatures of the room though.Temperatures above 80F are more than a guinea pig can handle, they will suffer a heat stroke quite easily in temps at 95F if exposed to it for a very long period of time. Have you considered soaking bricks in water and freezing them then putting these in the cage for the guinea pig to lie on so it can cool down. I would think it would be very helpful for the guinea pig.
How many people in the UK - England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland support Donald Trump?
Living in Scotland, which is generally more liberal and less Conservative than the rest of the UK. From personnel experience or my demographic perhaps i can safely say not a single one I know or have met supports Trump. The subject of Trump usually brings out passionate disapproval and general bewilderment as to why people voted for him. The closest thing I have seen to approval was overhearing some guy I did not know in the pub saying they thought Trump was OK.While all politicians are guilty of lying. We see the tragic irony of Trump moaning about fake news and deception when he has told at least 6,400 lies in only 649 days. https://www.washingtonpost.com/p... .I have never in my life time seen such widespread dislike and despising of a USA President. And that even includes George W Bush. We laughed at George Bush and his “Bushisms” and were relieved when he went. We concluded that america had learned its lesson and such a hopeless buffoon would never be elected again. Presidential quality had sunk as low as it could possibly go. But we had no idea the juggernaut of ridiculous stupidity that would be elected 8 years later. “Bushisms” are nothing compared to the daily verbal cow pats that are tweeted by Donald Judas Trump. .We still sit in bewilderment. It would be inconceivable for such a person to be Prime minister in the UK. Though I should be careful. I may well be tempting fate by saying that. We could have Boris Johnson or Jacob Reas Mogg (Victorian Workhouse owner ) next as leader. Politics has gone a bit crazy here of late.COVFEFE!
Will Scotland finally go for UDI?
I had a good laugh at that ill-informed drivel from Andrew Cross. Very entertaining. The more so because I’m sure he believes every inane word.In fact, the issue of a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) does not even arise. The concept of UDI is inappropriate, inapplicable and redundant. Scotland is neither a colony nor a possession of the British state. Scotland is an equal partner in a political union with England which can be dissolved by either party. That is the constitutional reality.The Charter of the United Nations guarantees the right of self-determination to all nations and peoples. The British state asserts the authority to constrain or deny the right of self-determination which is vested wholly in the people of Scotland, to be exercised entirely at their discretion. This asserted authority has no legitimacy and is effective only so long as the people of Scotland submit to it. Fewer and fewer of Scotland’s people are willing to do so.Mr Cross knows nothing of constitutional law and even less of Scotland’s politics. He is even delusional enough to imagine that the death penalty still exists. Please pay no attention to his ignorant slavering.Another constitutional referendum in Scotland was always inevitable for the simple - and now obvious - reason that the No vote in 2014 was won on a prospectus which was not merely entirely false but appallingly dishonest. Add to that numerous ‘material changes’ in circumstances and the fact that, notwithstanding the nonsense peddled by Andrew Cross, the Scottish Government has a mandate for a new referendum granted by the people of Scotland and affirmed by the Scottish Parliament. It is now only a matter of when and how our First Minister chooses to use that mandate.In that regard, Nicola Sturgeon is facing increasing demands to declare the dissolution of the Union subject to the approval of the Scottish Parliament and ratification by the Scottish electorate in a plebiscite.This will happen.
What is the definition of 'a man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd'?
This is a leadership quotation from James Crook, born in Scotland, migrated to Canada and became businessman and political figure in Canada. He died in Canada in 1860. Meaning of the quote: If a man wants to lead the orchestra, he must first make a solitary decision. He cannot drift along with the crowd, nor can he pay attention to the crowd's response to his leading. He must remain focused, and be willing to stand alone. The orchestra is his vehicle for achieving his goals. An orchestra is composed by many players which need to be arranged and directed with different parts at the same time, and require concentration to succeed. He must give himself to those few who are cooperating with him, not the masses who are looking on and could be a distraction. Finally, even if he yearns for the crowd's applause, that cannot be his goal. His goal must be to lead his orchestra with excellence. The applause is a by-product.
What exactly will early elections in Britain achieve? How does the British public feel about this?
I was surprised but not shocked when I read the news this morning that there would be a snap election.I have felt that there should be an early general election since the day David Cameron resigned, so I am relieved that one will now take place. His final act as Prime Minister should have been to call an election for September or October of 2016, which would have given each party time to determine what their Brexit (or not) strategy would be, for the Conservative Party to appoint a new leader, and for a grown-up public debate to occur about what kind of Brexit we wanted. Having inadvertently brought the UK to the brink of leaving the EU, Cameron should have given the people a choice of who should lead us over the precipice.Theresa May was adamant that no election was necessary and that angered me a great deal. I found the increasingly hard Brexit rhetoric coming out of Number 10 and her attempts to avoid any democratic accountability or scrutiny absolutely sickening. I felt that the 48% of people who voted Remain in the referendum had been sold down the river and were being subjected to a tyranny of the majority.I know that the government has not called this election to enhance its democratic credentials. I know that they have done this to increase their parliamentary majority at a time when there is no effective opposition and to give them more time after Brexit to recover their reputation. I know it is an opportunist move made in the interests of the Conservative Party rather than the country as a whole, but I don’t mind because it is overdue.This election can potentially repair some of the divisions that the referendum created in British society. I voted Remain and, as much as I would love to see Brexit averted by a shock LibDem win, if the Conservatives get back in with a larger majority on a pro-Brexit manifesto I will accept that I have far less to complain about, especially if that larger majority means that the hard-Brexit hawks currently dominating Theresa May’s cabinet have less personal influence. Brexit will still be the wrong thing to do, but if the forthcoming general election rubber-stamps it I will feel more of an obligation to engage with it instead of switching off the news every time it is mentioned.
I NEED TO FlND CHAPTER SUMMARIES FOR " The Daughter of Time"?
You are going to miss a fantastic book. I have it in both print and audio and won't part with it. It was also voted #6 on the list of 100 Best Mysteries of All Time by the members of the Mystery Writers of America. In the first chapter you meet the hero, a Scotland Yard detective, who is stuck in bed with a leg fracture and bored silly. He's been given tons of "good reading" by well meaning friends, but has a low opinion of all of them. Then a better friend brings him a stack of postcards of famous paintings and tells him he can study faces because that is what he does best. He is surprised to find that Richard III does not look anything like a criminal even though he supposedly stole his brother's throne and murdered his young sons. Chapter 2 has him wondering WHY Richard III doesn't look like a criminal. The portrait was painted during his lifetime. He asks the doctor what he thinks and the doctor suggests he might have this ailment or that one, but he doesn't see anything criminal about him either. A fellow detective even thinks the guy should be a judge. He sets about finding out more about Richard III. In the next few chapters he meets a young American who will be his researcher and legs on the quest, requests and rejects a copy of Sir Thomas Moore's history of England, and starts digging into the motives of the man who supposedly killed the princes in the tower. The mystery deepens when he can find no motive, no contemporary accounts of the boys' deaths, and no evidence that Richard III did anything but protect his brother's sons. And that's all I'm going to give you. This book is too good to spoil.
As a Chinese, did you become anti CPC, pro-democratic, and USA fan after accessing websites and social media platforms which are blocked in China?
Question I saw when I wrote this answer:As a Chinese, did you become anti CPC, pro-democratic, and USA fan after accessing websites and social media platforms which are blocked in China?Well, as a Chinese, I was pro-democratic (U.S. style), neither pro-CPC nor anti-CPC, and a U.S.A. fan (yes somehow), now pro-democratic (U.S.A. style for U.S.A.), neither pro-CPC nor anti-CPC, and a U.S.A. fan (yes somehow), after accessing websites and social media platforms which are blocked in China, based on my personal experience on Facebook and Quora.Facebook is the first place where I experienced Hong Kong/Taiwan style of “free speech” or “democracy”. If I posted something that were against some pro-independence groups' idea or criticizing their behavior, my posts would get reported until they get deleted. Since the admins of Facebook in Chinese are all from those two areas, the whole thing looks pretty “understandable”.So I thought, “all right, maybe I can give it a try on Quora”. And the similar thing happened to my answers on Quora with the Indian users this time: Example answer.Apparently, my understanding of “free speech” or “democracy”, which was “as long as someone's post is with neither swearing nor attacking but credible evidences, everyone should keep it alive and open for discussion” — was wrong for these three areas/country. Their “free speech” or “democracy” is like “if I didn't agree with your posts, I would report them. Your posts will be deleted by our admins on Facebook and collapsed forever by Quota Moderation.” Simpler version would be like “We have more people. You shut up.”The American medias always build those three areas/country as “Successful Asian Democracy Models” before. I believed in that too when I was in High School by listening to “Voice of America”. Now I know what they really look like with my personal experience.But all in all, good lessons though.