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Can a bag of water keep Housefly away?

I have seen it, and it does work. Why? Here's one theory... there may be others...  An important point is it works like magic! What a boon in recurring monsoon problem? Refraction takes place when a clear or opaque object, such as a piece of glass or a bag of water, alters the course and velocity of light. The rays of light, which normally travel in a straight line, bend. This effect is responsible for a number of optical illusions. In theory, refraction can be just as confusing for some species of  insect , especially the  housefly . It boasts a highly sensitive array of eyes which allow it to see in multiple directions at once.  The insect's head mostly consists of a pair of large  complex eyes , each of which is composed of 3,000 to 6,000  simple eyes . These eyes can't move or focus on objects like human eyes, but they provide the fly with a mosaic view of the world around them. Each simple eye provides one small piece of the puzzle, much l...

Role of Society and the Government

Where each adult Citizen has a position at home and a position at work that allows him to express, be creative, make decisions and create impact. In the absence of that, it is not surprising that one Citizen fights another... mostly for holding an answerable position - place of assertion for himself or herself. Role of society is to make such a role (position) possible starting at home. Role of government is make such a role (position) at work possible by becoming enabler to continuous job creation and that of making societies safe and livable. If are missing one or both, discontent among citizens is bound to rise...

Road to good governance

Good governance starts at home. Picks up at society or area of residence. Have you ever thought about whether governance is about "WHOM?" Self or others? By definition, you only govern and mold "your conduct" as it applies "towards others" around you. Conduct typically emanates from guidelines and beliefs. Some are written and some are learned by experience (which may very well be good or bad). Your conduct is demonstrable in day-to-day exchanges about various immediate needs. Conduct permits the needs to be served or left pending.  Pending work is either doable or not doable. It can never be in a "do not know what to do about it" for too long.  The more you keep things pending the more person who has needs will return for satisfying those needs. As an end result, you remain occupied with the same work for more time than what it's worth.   The more your conduct is mold-able the more you find others' needs from you get served or ...

Plight of Those Who We Expect to Serve Citizens

The problem is basic. We receive public services. But they are excruciatingly poor, ineffective, incomplete and worse unaccountable. Everywhere really... It is mostly due to  lack of : "Will" to review the quality of processes used in offering services and acting on improving those in an organized manner. Finding easy and decentralized way to execute those processes. Making sure there are decentralized ways of funding execution of those services. Providing powers to locally resolve issues arise out of services offered. Public postings of what services are provided in through physical offices vs. online via internet. Posting the rights of citizens in office premise so service providers know how to serve better by remaining answerable .   In the absence of above you will find that the public services cannot be delivered anymore because organization providing services itself is not clear about their own role. With growing boundaries of Cities and towns, distrib...