I understand hypoglycemia is a very low glucose level, is that basically sugar? I mean if someone is hypoglycemic do they regulary need to eat foods high in sugar? What happens if they do not eat? And how is one diagnosed with this condition? This might apply directly to me, although I have never questioned a doctor about it. Any info other than a dictionary definition would be helpful.
About copyrights… how do copyrights work when several different authors write and publish material that is virtually the same subject? For example: My wife has this '98 Edition of World Poetry, and I can clearly see the “copyrights” for the book on the first page, and of course the editors of the book did not write all those poems. Not only that but many of them have already been printed in other books many times over, how do copyrights get around things like that? One other example: Say some author wants to write about Egyptian History, this person needs to have reference from other authors before him… how do people publish the same facts without one claiming they copyrighted info from the other?
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I have seen maps that obviously incorporate some public domain material that have copyright notices that say something along the lines of, “This material is copyrighted to the extent that such material can be…”
On the hypoglycemia question: No, one does not have to eat foods high in sugar. One simply has to eat food, regularly. Preferably something not bad for you. Eating 4-6 small meals a day works well in dealing with hypoglycemia. But if you’re going to snack, try & make it something sort of decent, not candy.
When my blood sugar starts to get too low, I usually get very cranky. Just a bad mood, out of the blue, for no reason. Then I get headachey, and start feeling physically ill. Eating usually makes me feel better very quickly.
As for the copyright question, I know nothing about copyrights. Sorry.
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First of all, the hypoglycemia question reminds that I should eat something. I find that an apple and a bagel usually do a good job of setting my blood sugar back to normal. Milk helps a lot too.
As for the copyright question, a poetry compilation has copyright protection to the extent that the compiler or compilers arranged and annotated the poems. Obviously, you can’t regain the rights to the works of Wordsworth.
If I were to take the poetry compilation and photocopy, slap a new cover on it, and call it something else, then someone will probably be coming after me.
Some literary compilations that have newer materials in them will have individual copyright notices on the parts that are owned by someone else.
As I thought some more, I believe the situation with historians dealing with ancient texts, they’re really isn’t a copyright problem.
Most likely, the historian will identify where his source is (which translation, etc.)
It’s more a matter of using footnotes than copyright infringement.
In any number of ways, usually spelled out in any contract you sign.
If the authors collaborate, they hold the copyright jointly.
In an anthology, it depends. Most commonly, the authors hold the copyrights of the individual works, and the editor owns the compilation copyright (allowing him to publish that particular collection). The editors can reprint the book, but not the individual poems.
However, the editors can write a contract that assigns the copyright to them, so they own the poems outright.
If a poem has been previously printed, the reprinter has to ask whoever owns the copyright. That’s usually the author, but many small press poetry magazines buy all rights, which means they can sell them wherever they want without the author’s permisssion.
For you Egyptian history example: you can’t copyright facts. If a reference says Ramses II was pharoah, you can repeat the fact as long as you don’t lift the article verbatim from the original. There’s only infringement if the text is identical (or close enough to it for a judge to consider it infringement).
You can’t copyright an idea, just its expresssion. If I wrote a story similar to STAR WARS (without using the characters, settings, etc.), I’m not infringing just because I have a story about rebels fighing an evil empire in space.
It all boils down to the individual example.
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I had a bout with hypoglycemia four years ago. It’s very scary; your brain essentially runs out of fuel and you feel like you’re going to die. Sweats, confusion, dizziness, and a total inability to function were the result. Sugar is a quick fix, but exacerbates the problem, causing a blood sugar yoyo effect. Several small meals a day with complex carbohydrates helped. I always carried something to eat with me, and had to remember to eat every couple hours. It got to the point that I made sure I had friend’s phone numbers in view in my wallet, with an explaination of my condition, in case I passed out. Never did, but sometimes got close.
It’s best with this condition to avoid too much simple sugar, as well as alcohol. I also used an herb called He Shou Wu, which helped a lot. This was under a doctor’s guidance. It took about two years to build my strength back up, and I don’t have the problem now.
What caused it in the first place was doing too much and letting myself get run down. A case of the flu was the final stroke that depleted my reserves. Basically, take care of yourself before it gets to that point.