Leo R

I need translations for the words "become" and "reveal" -- both as verbs -- in as many Polynesian languages as possible. I found a list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian_languages#...

Thanks!!

My one example is: I proposed. I proposed a compromise. Can the distinguished wordsmiths of Yahoo Answers come up with more for me?

My pound cakes are sticking to the pan. I liberally spray and flour the whole interior. I've made some that don't stick, and some that do. I cannot figure out the difference in what I'm doing.

This is a chocolate pound cake from the CakeLove book:

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I am using a heavy, expensive NordicWare nonstick bundt pan. I leave the cake in the pan for exactly 10 minutes after I take it out of the oven. The cake that comes out of the pan is perfectly baked with a fine crumb.

If the cake won't de-pan with no resistance, does that mean I should wait longer for it to cool? Or de-pan it sooner?

I never have this problem with layer cakes but I use a flat 9" pan.

Please help. I'm going to give up baking pound cakes if this happens one more time.

I understand the purpose of the acid -- to break down food and provide a low pH for proteases to work.

But I would think that in an animal, there is more available nitrogen and sulfur than chlorine. Any idea why stomachs evolved to produce HCl in particular? Are nitric and sulfuric too weak? Do they have some attribute incompatible with animal biology?

I understand the purpose of the acid -- to break down food and provide a low pH for proteases to work.

But I would think that in an animal, there is more available nitrogen and sulfur than chlorine. Any idea why stomachs evolved to produce HCl in particular? Are nitric and sulfuric too weak? Do they have some attribute incompatible with animal biology?

Glass blocks UV light -- and I've observed this myself, with my own skin. Glass transmits violet light. As it turns out, human beings can't see UV light but can see violet light.

How is it that glass and the human eye "agree" on this boundary? Is it a coincidence? Is it truly the same boundary, or "a little off"?

I have a PhD in computer science, and I am an all-around science nerd, but I took only freshman physics. I do know the basics about the EM spectrum. I know it's a continuum of frequencies. I know that bands of the spectrum have physical properties. Buildings can block radio signals. Lead and aluminum block ionizing radiation to different degrees. Shorter wavelengths ionize, longer wavelengths are benign. Etc.

We refer to the "visible light" band but that strikes me as a biological distinction, not a physical distinction. The EM spectrum existed long before there were rods and cones in animal eyes.

Is there a physical -- not biological -- property of visible light that distinguishes it from infrared, UV, and everything else? Glass seems to think so.

Thanks for answers and links to articles. I will be back to award the 10 points without fail!

I mean, yeah, I can come back and vote for my own answer, but isn't this a little disrespectful of the answerers who type a bunch of weird symbols into the window for 20 or 50 or 100 lines...?

My maternal grandmother is Hawaiian but she is long gone. I am a guy and I have an extensive facial tattoo in Polynesian style. I'm looking for a word that is suitable to use as a name -- like a professional name or a middle name. Man with mask, masked man, black mask, etc.