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Is
"Ess" Better Than "Omm"? SproutNet International
Specialty Supply July
24, 2001 Imagine
the following events: The
researchers set up test groups with students who chanted various sounds such as
“ozz”, “idd”, “ahh”, and “ess”.
After testing 32 sounds, they determined that a single letter in the
English alphabet, the letter “s”, was so soothing that it only needs
repeated a few times to have a similar effect as repeating the Hindu “omm”
mantra 50-100 times. As
part of the study, the researchers determined that pulse rates are lowered when
words with more than two ess’s, such as “sassafras” and “sisters” were
uttered. To the researchers’
amazement, even words such as “spouses” and “sessions” had a mild
calming effect. The letter creating
the greatest rise in heart rate was the letter “k.”
Words with even one “k” such as
“kill” could affect heart rates.
When repeated, the effect amplified.
The words “Klu Klux Klan” give a 12% increase over previous heart
rates. An
even more amazing finding of the report concluded that the Swiss and residents
of Sussex have a pulse rate 14 points lower than those living in Kirkenes,
Norway. Students in Kirkkale,
Turkey were most at risk, having resting heart rates of over 135. The US
Government found this research to be so unique and remarkable that the Patent
Office granted Johns Hopkins University a patent on the letter “s”.
A Hopkins’ spokesperson would not disclose exactly what they intend to
do with this patent, but did reveal that they are in talks with Micron Electrons
over exclusive rights to produce keyboards with the letter “s.” A
spokesperson for The International Center for Technology Assessment, in
Washington D.C., told reporters that the Center may challenge the patent at the
request of Miss Sissely Shenstone. Shenstone
claims that Hopkins is demanding a five-cent royalty each time someone uses her
name, and ten cents if it is used in the plural.
Shenstone told reporters that to avoid litigation she would probably find
a husband and change her given name to Kikke Lee.
Until that time she says she will not attend any family reunions So
what happens if Hopkins determines that sitting upright may reduce the risk of
heart attack? Would people need to
stay vertical to avoid paying a royalty? This sounds absurd, but is no more
off base than some of Hopkins current patents.
It is this type of patent that ties up the US judicial system.
Not something people should take lying down. |