Robotics Team to Attend Regional. Sachem Robotics Team 263 will be competing at the FIRST Robotics Competition SBPLI Long Island Regional this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 30 to April 1. The competition will be held at Hofstra University in the arena. Admission to the Regional is free and open to the public.
Q: Several times a year there's a day where hiccups come and go all day. A: Hiccups usually means there are bubbles of air inside your stomach trying to get out. The best way is after you eat, drink a whole glass of water. Drink water usually will help but it may not cure. It always work for me to drink water during hiccups.
Hiccups are little more than a reflex. You get them when the vagus nerve or one of its branches, which runs from the brain to the abdomen, is irritated. Experts say hiccups are most often a reaction to common digestive disturbances. And they're usually more a nuisance than anything else. Even infants hiccup, and the reflex continues, about three to five times a year, throughout life. The home remedies used to stop hiccups are believed to work on two principles. One way to stifle hiccups is to overwhelm the vagus nerve with another sensation. The vagus nerve signals the brain that more important matters have arisen, so it's time to knock off the hiccups.