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The masks people wear.

eggaforbreakfast — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:32:38 GMT

Why do so many people, if not all, hide their true personalities under masks?

The Masks of choice are: glibness, indifference, anger, apathy, arrogance....

What really causes people to mask their true personalities under these false guises?

Withdrawing from A level exam

uxa595 — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:31:26 GMT

I've paid for my exams and everything back in march. Can a teacher at this point in May withdraw me from any of my exams without my permission just because i wish to stay home and revise for resits rather then doing a revision lesson for an exam which is in 5 weeks time?

TSR free degree offer is fake!

Hopple — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:25:06 GMT

Look at the picture

Those headphones are so obviously fake, their tops come far too far forward that the middle should be over his cheeks, and the top of them doesn't even interact with his hair despite being so low it should be boring through his skull. He probably doesn't even know he's been photoshopped to offer £15k, poor guy.

(Philosophical) Materialism vs Idealism vs Dualism

Раскольников — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:22:30 GMT

What are the arguments in favour of/against each view of the world?
Where do you stand and why?

Anyone ever got full UMS A2 Bio/Chem 5

Nullusion — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:20:11 GMT

Well yeh. Im in a tough situation atm. Just calculated most my grades and stuff.

I need 3 A's.

Right now I'm on 3 B's and my UMS is as follows for the 2 i'm concerned about (biology and chemistry AQA)

Biology : 312 UMS
Chemistry : 326 UMS

I need 480 UMS in both for a Grade A.

So 168 Biology over 2 exams worth 200 UMS - 32 UMS able to drop
And 156 Chemistry over 2 exams worth 180 UMS - 24 UMS able to drop

Im guessing I dropped about 20 UMS~ in both on the first exam as they were EMPA's which I really suck at

That means In the second exams;
Biology 5 Exam, I can only drop 12 UMS
Chemistry I can only drop 4 UMS.

So yeh. In chemistry I'll have to pretty much get almost full UMS lol, to be on the safe side. Biology a bit more le-way but then theres the essay type question lol. Im an average student who can get B without much revision. Whether I can do it or not is we'll have to see but, all this leads up to the questions

1 - Has anyone ever here got Full UMS in Biology Unit 5 or Chemistry Unit 5?

2 - Any other advice for my situation? Thx.

Menswear to a cocktail bar followed by a night out?

brumunihistory — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:16:15 GMT

Hi guys, a few of my housemates and neighbours and I are going for an end of year night out on Saturday. We're going to a cocktail bar first (not a hugely posh one, but a bit more up market place to pre-drink than your local weathers type place!), and then going on to a supposedly smart club. It's a group of males and females, and the girls have all got their fancy cocktail dresses sorted - so they're going quite smart, but then they usually wear quite cocktail-ish dresses on a normal night out anyway.The club, looking at photos from the gallery on their website, is fairly smart, but not like suit and tie smart. A mix of people wearing shirt and blazer, with people wearing jeans and smart casual button up.

Anyway, I'm a bit bored of wearing smart jeans and a button up shirt, but not really sure what to wear for the cocktail bar that will be appropriate in a club after. I was thinking maybe dark blue jeans, navy blazer, maybe plain white shirt and brown shoes, something like that, but not sure if the blazer will be a bit hot in the club?

Anyone got any good pictures/outfit suggestions that'll suit my needs?

BRNC Summer Camp 2012

shayonii — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:10:03 GMT

Hello!

Just wondering is anyone going to BRNC Summer camp this year!

message me? :D

Sixth form scly2 2012

chrissie19913 — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:08:03 GMT

anyone got any predictions for scly2 for may 2012?? :)

AQA AQA Physics Unit 3 P3 GCSE 30th May 2012 Exam

zabi1 — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:03:26 GMT

Coming up soon. Any revision tips, key points please share here, will help everyone getting there target :)
I usually just go over past papers, however that isnt enough,
any key points your teachers have told you or there predictions also share, it would help us all if we have all the tips in one thread and would be great to have a look over before the exam

AQA Chemistry Unit 2 and Unit 3 C2 C3 24th May 2012 Exam Discussion

zabi1 — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:59:25 GMT

Havent seen a discussion topic for this. So how you guys revising? What are you mainly focusing on? Any tips on these particular exams?
Got a C and a B, need to improve them to A's so i can get an A overall :$

Start helping and discussing guys! Exam next week!

2 quarters of negative growth but 2 months of a fall in unemployment, how?

darksideday — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:55:50 GMT

As the title says 2 quarters of negatives growth but 2 months of a fall in unemployment, this is very strange to happen as when there was economic growth last year albeit very little unemployment was going up. But, somehow we have clawed are way back, is this the Private sector coming and making all the jobs like the PM promised at the start of the coalition. Furthermore the reason I think this has happened is that many of the Supply-Side policies have finally been implemented by this government to help business's, apparently were so competitive we're comparible to China in the textiles industry , ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...ina_Episode_1/ ) so obviously something must be going right.

Duncan of Jordanstone halls 2012

StephJ123 — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:54:22 GMT

hiiiiiiiii:)

i've accepted my offer to DoJ to do the general/foundation art course.
Ive applied for halls at the Hub.. anyone know what Halls are best/modern?

thanks x:)

Olympic VIPs will receive fast-track A&E treatment

KingGoonIan — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:53:33 GMT

BBC News

Quote:

Doctors have raised concerns that Olympic VIPs could receive fast-track emergency care during the games.

Quote:

Emails seen by Newsnight suggest that 25,000 people in the "Olympic family" could expect to see a consultant within 30 minutes at University College Hospital (UCLH).

Personally I believe everyone should be treated equally whether they are a UK taxpayer or the family member of a foreign Olympic athlete. What makes Olympic participant's and their family's medical treatment (provided by the NHS) more important than everybody elses?

Do you think this is right?

Hello, earthlings:)

samedi_ — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:46:22 GMT

I'm from Leicester, in the UK, and I take English Literature, Biology, Chemistry and French at AS level. I got like, 9A*s and 3As at GCSE level, give or take a few! Come say hi - Let's have fun with this, shall we?

Other/Not applicable is athabasca's psychology program good?

molotowsky — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:46:09 GMT

I was thinking of taking it..

Is Dentistry for me ?

Vshay — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:45:00 GMT

alright guys heres the issue, im going to be 21 soon and this is the 3rd year i have applied for dentistry and have been rejected by all my universities, I applied to leeds, birmingham, manchester, essex and sheffield and got rejected by all of them. My grades are below:

GCSE:
Maths A
English A*
English Literature A
Science double award AA
History B
Design and technology 4 distinctions

A level:
Chemistry A
Biology A
A.S. Physics C
Sociology A
Science in society C (critical thinking a-level, you cant revise for it, lol)

I got pointers from dentistry students in writing my personal statement which secured me interviews with the universities but i still get rejected, in my interview's im calm, cool and collected, i joke with the interviewers and keep the tension to a minimum, when asked a question i take a few seconds to my self to gather my thoughts and then asnwer so i dont babble or say erm.

I have two years of work experience with in a dental practice and i know him very well as he is my dentist, i asked him about the issue and he said its that im too big and come across as butch ( ive been weightlifting since the age of 13 and have made terrific gains lol), which i agreed with as my tutor said the same thing when i was doing a-level, they both said that you need to have a soft nature in this job to comfort your patients and that if i was their dentist theyd be scared to get in the chair.

So do you think i shold pursue something else and give up on dentistry however the issue is that this is all i wanted to do as a career

Zimmerman case falling apart

OmeletteAuFromage — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:42:15 GMT

Even the ultra left, liberal New York Times had to admit that there is simply no case against Geoge Zimmerman, a person of Mexican descent (not white European which was a media lie) who shot a black youth who was currently on a 10 day suspension (hence must have done something pretty bad) and who had a known history of drug use and as a seller of the product in his school in self defence when he was viciously attacked (he had heavy bruising and bleeding on his head).
This is what the NYT had to say:

Quote:

Mistakes by the Police Department in Sanford, Fla., and circumstances beyond its control, could make it more difficult to pursue a case against George Zimmerman.

If you want the full story, the link is here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/us...s.html?_r=1&hp

I hope George Zimmerman will be released soon, the media furore was a media conspiracy to get blacks riled up against 'whites' (even though Zimmerman wasn't even white) and the media is hence guilty to have caused countless acts of violence against white people across the US with these fabrications.

Edit:
If you want an alternative view to the media propaganda shoved down our throats, here are some of the things you are NEVER told in the media:
http://www.wagist.com/2012/dan-lineh...-a-drug-dealer

Why did Trayvon Martin's mother lawyer SEAL all her son's school records?
Why?
What does he have to hide?
And what was the nature of the 10 day suspension?

Funny how we ask so many questions about Zimmerman but hardly anything on Trayvon who the media just paint as an innocent child.

Good signals? shall i make a move

Anonymous — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:38:05 GMT

Im really attarcetd to this guy, lets call him A. I don't know how he feels about me though. I know his friends find me attractive but I have never really spoken to them.

I was with my friend the other day and A came up to us (he is firends with my firend) and he asked me where I've been ( I went a bit M.I.A for a while) he invited me out that night.

went out, so went pre drinking and when I walked into the room he looked at me and I smiled.

Was at the club and noticed him looking at me a lot. At some point I felt like he wanted my attention as he was dancing right behind me and I could feel him behind me and like I could feel his shoulder and stuff (he was dancing very close to me)

I was scared to make the first move :/

I always see him looking at me and stuff

shall i make a move?

Site Design

AdamskiUK — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:26:56 GMT

Hi guys,

A friend of mine has built an Apple orientated website for tips and tricks regarding the popular consumer devices.

I was wondering what you all thought of the site design - if you can spot any issues/faults, or if you have any recommendations, or even any article ideas, they'll all be appreciated.

He has used pre-rendered CSS, but made little modifications here and there based on preferences, or things that just didn't work.

jailbreakzeit.com

Thanks :)

How good are these grades? Honestly.

Ahopes — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:26:02 GMT

English Lit A*
English Lang A*
Core science A
Add. Science A
Maths B
History A
Geography A
ICT A
R.E A
Photography A
P.E A

Are these grades above average? Also I know p.e and photog are considered weak. Would these grades look good for a top ten uni?

Thanks x

OCR MEI OCR MEI January 2012 Papers with Mark Schemes

gymrat — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:16:30 GMT

Yolo

Attached Files

C1.pdf‎ (503.3 KB)
C2.pdf‎ (369.7 KB)
C3.pdf‎ (426.2 KB)
C4.pdf‎ (419.5 KB)
FP1.pdf‎ (416.1 KB)
FP2.pdf‎ (746.5 KB)

psychology with maths or education?

anonymous..x — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:14:56 GMT

I ultimately want to be a primary school teacher, am working at an afterschool club, and one afternoon in a primary school per week.
deciding what to do at uni and can't decide between doing a education/psychology -obviously has education involved, or degree of maths/psychology -good because it has the core subject of maths
will either of these subjects help get onto a primary pgce?

Approx overall mark for an A in a-level eng lit aqa

Reira11 — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:13:15 GMT

Hi does anyone kno an approximate of the overall raw mark or ums required to get an A in English literature a-level aqa. I want to total everything I've done so far to see how much I need to pull up my grade and the effect of my coursework marks.
Nyone have idea how I can go about doing this or what the overall approximate grade boundaries are?
I kno these stuff aren't definitively out yet but an approx would be very helpful
Thanks! :D
Also its aqa eng lit spec B

Swansea University Anyone?

Theturnbull9 — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:10:50 GMT

Hi guys,

Just wondering if anyone has been to Swansea University or going in September? If anyone has visited before what is it like? Have you chosen your accommodation? If so which location?

Any information would be appreciated,

Oliver

Salut !

Swederman — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:08:58 GMT

Hello everyone,

I'm a 19 years old french student in Geography, and I will do the third year of my degree at the University of Leeds, starting next September.
Given all the benefits induced by the Erasmus program, I coulnd't pass on it and wanted to do it since I started university.

This website has been really usefull already regarding accommodation, and I think it will help me to prepare my trip in good conditions.

Other than that I'm a huge sports fan and a TV series addict.

Do guys like showing off their armpit hair ?

Onlyboyintheworld — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:08:31 GMT

Title says it all

Other/Not applicable Statistics question

molotowsky — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:04:09 GMT

The variable z is normally distributed. What is the value of a to two decimal places, if P( z < a ) = 0.63??

Undergraduate Quantum mechanics

JBKProductions — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:04:09 GMT

A wavefunction for the free particle on the circle of circumference a is given by the formula for .
Calculate A so it is normalised, and expand into a linear combination of energy eigenstates.
I've normalised it and got , but stuck on the second part. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

a teleporter to anywhere

Brain stormers — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:55:35 GMT

This is the kind i thing i like to see around the world ,
will it not bring people together?.
certainly save me some cost in travel.
ie will this be it the new communicator,

what do you think?
if like me you think its great.
pass it on and help the awareness wave flow,

http://igg.me/p/107876?a=615557

http://igg.me/p/107876?a=615557

Would all European countries working together as one ever happen in the future?

max.d.cox — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:53:20 GMT

Hiya

just was thinking about it in future terms- maybe 100 years time.

it would mean ditching a lot of defence budget therefore saving money and the stronger economies would pick the weaker ones up.

its a nice thought, maybe an unrealistic one...

just wondering what you think...

Entry to Loughbrough

KBSS — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:47:03 GMT

Hi im predicted ACC, And i want to apply for a chemistry degree, the prospectus says i need ABB is it still worth applying?
thanks

Student Finance - Decree Absolute?!

louisethomson — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:45:54 GMT

I sent off a photocopy of my Mum's decree absolute a week ago and I got a letter through today saying that they need my Mother's evidence. The letter from Student Finance is dated on the day that I sent the letter to them (May 10th).
Do you think that the letters have crossed in the post or is it because I sent a photocopy? Everywhere I read seemed like a photocopy was ok. I am going to call them tomorrow to check, I just wanted to see if anyone else has the same problem :(.

exam disruption

kristy-jade — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:45:28 GMT

I was doing a C1 maths exam and there was a fire alarm in the middle of the exam and we all had to leave. I was wondering what edexcel will do about this, will we get the grade boundaries/marks altered due to the disrupton or will they just do nothing about it? Oh and what are the grade boundaries usually for the C1 edexcel maths paper?

Sixth form Chemistry OCR advance notice paper advice?

sabre2th1 — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:43:56 GMT

Would anyone have any annotation advice for this advance notice (if we are allowed to discuss it?
Mérci :$

Other/Not applicable Help!!!! international trade (developed vs developing)

aprenda1 — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:43:15 GMT

Hi please help me I have to write an essay about how the developed country can affect on international trade trends, and than to write if that would be the same for the developing countries of "3 world" please I must to get help....................

Catholics: what's the big deal about Mary?

navarre — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:41:51 GMT

If you go to any Catholic church in the country, they'll have multiple statues and images of Mary, they'll invoke Mary in their prayers and they include her in their theology.

I understand most Christian theology, but if there's one thing I don't get, it's why Catholics (and Orthodox) attach so much importance to Mary.

I mean, she was just the mother of Jesus, wasn't she? It's a very big role to play, but Jesus is the main figure, Mary was just the woman who gave birth to him.

In short, why all the fuss?

Anyone studying International Development at Leeds or firmed for September 2012?

Sugg10 — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:40:06 GMT

Hi everyone,

Just starting out on this...So far I have failed to discover any threads related to International Development at University of Leeds. I met the criteria last August however I deferred the offer due to suddenly realising the time just wasn't right to move away and carry on studying. I am now very eager to start and I would love to hear from anyone who is currently studying ID or who is to begin this academic year.

I have now booked in for Opal 3 after falling in love with the location and the general newness. Its obviously a big deal moving away from home and normality however it is just 90 mins max on road for me. Despite this, accomodation is a huge deal for first year and this place just felt homely as soon as I stepped inside to view. It would be fantastic to hear from anyone currently in Opal 3 as once again I have failed to see a lot of discussion about 3 and instead, Opal 1 and 2....
:)

Keeping computer on 24/7?

klapsar — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:37:41 GMT

I keep my computer on 24/7. I'm wondering if this is bad for things other than the electricity bill.

I use it for IRC channels (not interested in a ZNC) and for a minecraft server which has players on it reasonably often. It's a 2008 iMac.

So far it seems fine. Currently it has an uptime of 30 days and isn't getting much hotter than 60 degrees. Before I switched it off when I went on holiday it had an uptime of 91 days.

So is it okay to do this to the computer or will it shorten the lifespan... thanks.

I need help with a finance coursework. I done most of it just having diffucilty

sopelawal16 — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:37:06 GMT

I have done a cash flow forcast for a cash study but as i am not a finance student and have no good background in that field i am finding it very difficult to do a income statement, balance sheet, payback period and a break even anayalsis.

PLEASE IF ANYONE COULD HELP IT WOULD BE GREAT. I COULD ATTACH MY WORK IF NEEDED. DEADLINE IS THURSDAY AT 5PM (UK)

Why the far-left never get any votes

prog2djent — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:35:39 GMT

Depsite the obvious economic reasons why no-one with a concscience involved with reality would support any generic *worker/revolutionary/communist/marxist/leninist/left labour/socialist labour etc etc party, the SWP have the most votes, but even then they have less than 0.1% of the votes.

Some highly naive and apologetic social policies, despite the fact I can agree with their drug-legalisation, foreign policy and free-speach ideas, other areas are mental.

There are severe hypocricies I won't go into, but one recent example is the silence or myriad of articles in papers, party websites and blogs about the police cuts. These sites and papers almost have govt cuts as a constant theme blah blah evil etc etc, but with police cuts (an organisation they probably percieve to be some fascists and nazi's), they remain silent, or attack the police on the smallest of details. Another area is pensioners and/or pentions, whinging on constantly about pensioners and how eeeeevvvvviiiiil the tories are, despite the fact old people are the largest conservative voting group, and will have social views in line with the 50's, so that's farily christian and socially conservative, and, unfortunately, verging into BNP policy.

The last area I'll mention includes the religion issue, its pretty well documented the far-left align themselves with the far-right islamists. They take islamophobia seriously. FFS guys, in egypt, the liberal-secular sect of the youth are the socialists, but they attack the islamists and Muslim brotherhood, so some idiot from the SWP is ATTACKING their closest ally in the economic realm.

Given my points, its a huge contradictory organisation.

http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=28464

Sixth form How to structure an answer to source based paper for AQA?

mora11 — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:34:58 GMT

Basically I'm just wondering how I am meant to go about answering the source based questions on AQA unit 2 questions I know how to answer the last part of the paper but a bit confused abput structuring the first part on the source questions.

Could anybody give me a few guidelines on how to answer the source based questions effectively....? Thanks a lot

here is an example of the paper i will be doing..

http://store.aqa.org.uk/qual/gce/pdf...W-QP-JUN10.PDF

thanks!!!!!!

So many insect bites I've lost count...

Jenniferann232 — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:30:40 GMT

I went out the other day stupidly with perfume on and got continuously swarmed by loaaaads of little black flies - I think they were midges. My arms are now covered in seriously itchy bites that almost look like volcanoes with small holes in the middle. I've bought cream but it says use it for 3 days and that's up tomorrow and it's still really quite bad. I've tried counting them, there's 3 on one arm and about 70 on the other (no joke!!).

Any advice would be greatly appreciated :)

The War on Drugs/ The War on Terror

MrNedRewMan — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:25:58 GMT

Many people believe the War on Drugs is just common sense, and will go along with it without questioning the actions of the government. And of course, it sounds ridiculous to our western ears that we should legalise drugs like heroin and cocaine.

But what about the lighter drugs like cannabis or MDMA. Should they be legal? If not then why not?

Many people believe these drugs are illegal because they're harmful, and neglect to realise that both of these drugs have almost no long term heath effects and arn't addicting. You could even compare them to legal drugs; Alcohol and Tobacco being the most obvious, both of which are guilty of causing addiction and of causing severe long term health effects.

Other people will argue that the reason these drugs are illegal is because they cause huge social problems... who wants to have druggies roaming out streets constantly high or off their faces on E. Because alcohol isn't a factor almost half of violent attacks, including robberies. Right?

If you have read this far, you are probably wondering why the title includes the war on terror. This takes us back to my earlier comment about Heroin. It amazed me after realising this that the western world is so ignorant towards our governments errors, if that's what they are.

2 of the largest sources of expenditure for our governments are the police force (including the war on drugs) and the military (the war on terror). When you look into it, you see that without the war on drugs, there would be no war on terror. The Taliban and Al Qaeda get 60% of their funding from exports of heroin. Without the war on drugs, we would have ended the war in Afghanistan 5 years ago; saving nearly 2000 lives and countless billions of £'s/$'s. The government is doing this through their persistence in renewing polices that quite clearly haven't worked, as drug usage has only gone up in the last 20 years.

If you want too know more about this then watch the 3 part documentary 'Our Drugs War'. It really is worth a watch.

Also please reply regarding your opinion on this issue.

Thanks for reading

Ned.

Sixth form Edexcel C3

The Anomaly — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:24:38 GMT

Does Any one think SEC, COSEC and COT type of graph question is likely to come up in the exam for c3 in june 2012.

Ian Somerhalder Fanbase

Salvatore8 — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:22:55 GMT

Dead guy on LOST now undead on The Vampire Diaries. Still happily contemplating Man's existential dilemma

Why do lots of cities have lesser universities?

fosterwho — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:21:19 GMT

Manchester - Man Met
Sheffield - Sheffield Hallam
Liverpool - Liverpool JM
York - York St John
Oxford - Oxford Brookes
Birmingham - Birmingham City
Nottingham - Nottingham Trent
Leeds - Leeds Met
Edinburgh - Edinburgh Napier
Cardiff - Met
Bristol - UWE

I mean the right hand side are like poo and you're comparing it with gold for some of them. Are they deliberately misleading the uninformed applicants into thinking they are the same uni or something?

Things going black; related to consuming too much sugar?

Anonymous — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:20:29 GMT

Hello

Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on what could be going on here.

My suspicions are that I must be consuming too much sugar these days (it's mainly just with exams; I tend to snack on things like sweets and bread instead of making normal meals. Additionally, I do long distance running and so once or twice a week on really long runs, I'll consume energy drinks and/or sweets- basically something really sugary which probably isn't helping but is kind of necessary to get through prolonged exercise).

Over the last few weeks, I occassionally noticed that my urine sometimes smells distinct; it's not particularly strong, I'm just not used to noticed any scent at all. Additionally, sometimes things just go black and I start to feel funny (it's normally a minute or so after standing up but can also happen when sitting). This feeling passes pretty quickly. I understand that consuming too much sugar can lead to type 2 diabetes but I don't have the typical symptoms (thirst, urinating more frequently, change in appetite, change in weight) and don't fit the typical profile (being young, active and having a BMI of 19-20).

The blacking I describe feels a bit different to low blood pressure dizziness/blurring which I've got quite a lot over the last few years. With low blood pressure, I find things tend to blur and the feeling is a little harder to shake off, lasting 20-30 seconds but with this, it's just instant black, no blurring, and lasts lasts only 5-10 seconds.

I'm not sure if it's related, but my hair has been pretty bad recently too; I normally have really healthy hair but now it's falling out more and is breaking a lot (basically, I can hear it snapping every time I brush it). I imagine this may be dietary too?

I'm quite reluctant to ask my doctor as it feels very insignificant- I'm not worried as such, just curious as to what (if anything) may be going on. Does this happen anyone else?

EU Bloc - EU Budget regulation Treaty

toronto353 — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:17:20 GMT

Preamble:
In an age of austerity, the MHoC believes that the EU can not justify any significant increase in the EU budget. We believe that the EU budget should be frozen for five years and during any financial year and subsequent three to five years depending on the time required for a recovery to occur. This treaty also enshrines increases in the EU budget to be limited to the rate of inflation or less.

Treaty

Article 1: The budget of the EU from the financial year 2013/ 4 to 2017/ 8

1.1. The budget of the EU shall not rise from the amount designated for the financial year 2012/ 3 between the financial years 2013/ 4 and 2017/ 8.

Article 2: The budget of the EU after the financial year 2017/ 8

2.1. After the financial year 2017/ 8, the budget of the EU may rise in accordance with the average rate of inflation across the EU as a maximum.

Article 3: Exemptions to the increase in budget

3.1. The EU budget may not be increased from the previous financial year if the EU is deemed to have been in recession.
3.2. A recession is defined as two quarters of negative growth in the EU with each quarter’s growth being calculated as an average of the growth rates of the EU member states.
3.3. In cases where the second quarter of negative growth occurs in the first quarter of a new financial year when the budget of the EU for the new financial year has been agreed, the budget of the next financial year shall not rise.
3.4. After a recession has been declared for the EU using the definition in article 3.2., the budget of the EU may not rise for the subsequent three financial years after the recession has been declared over.

Article 4: Commencement, Short Title and Extent

4.1 This Treaty may be cited as the EU budget regulation Treaty
4.2. This Treaty shall extend to the European Union; and
4.3. Shall come into force on the 1st April 2013 following ratification by the national Parliament of each member state.

Once the EU member states have debated this and signaled that they are happy with the Treaty as is, then a vote may occur. At this point, the treaty is up for negotiation and can be altered.

Failed AS Level

Computing — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:13:54 GMT

I take 4 subjects for AS Level at my local school.

Maths (Mechanics)
Computing
Physics
Business Studies

Now Business I can get an easy A in, not a worry.

Computing is my best subject, I'm not panicked.

However, both Physics and Maths I am screwed. I have done the exams and KNOW I have got a U in both. And this isn't me just being worried... I have not revised for either. Everything has dropped from my brain.

Now the problem is I am at the end of the year, not able to continue Maths and Physics because of **** grades... and I am determined to drop Business because I hate it.

The Computer Science course I want to do requires Maths, Physics and Computing...

What am I to do next year? How can I end up with the A's I was predicted and know I need to get (and want to get) after a year of AS failing?

Any help would be really appreciated.

to get an a* in maths what do i need for statistics

askquestions — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:12:57 GMT

question as above.

Warning Signs of Relationship Problems.

leukybear — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:12:45 GMT

I'm going to give you guys some warning signs to look out for if you suspect your relationship is inauspicous. These signs may mean you're relationship is coming to an end, or that your partner wishes to move on or in fact has already moved on with someone else. As every situation is different, these warnings signs are only meant to guide you, so weigh the evidence carefully with your best reasoning and gut feeling before doing any confrontations.

Warning Signs if physically apart

Your relationship may be in trouble if your partner :

1. Decreases the quality and quantity of contact.
2. Makes flimsy excuses for not contacting you.
3. Sounds annoyed when you call.
4. Makes future plans that doesn't include you.
5. Disagrees with things you onced agreed on.
6. Is terse and impatient.
7. Is antagonistic and condescending.
8. Has a sudden general negative outlook.
9. Acts emotionally distant.
10. Keeps postponing or avoids talking about your next reunion.
11. Says there wont be much time for you during your next visit. And perhaps..
12. Develops new tastes in music or clothes.
13. Splurges money (that he or she doesn't have) on expensive clothes, hairstyle, makeup, music, or other luxury items.
14. Develops radically new interests.
15. Becomes involved in a new set of friends.
16. Mentions he or she has met an interesting person of the opposite sex.
17. Poses a "hypothetical" question about whether it would be okay to pursue an interesting friendship.

Warning signs if physically together

Your relationship may be in trouble if your partner :

1. Is aloof and unaffectionate.
2. Is antagonistic and argumentative.
3. Acts uncomfortable or strange.
4. Hesitates to answer the telephone.
5. Answering machine volume is set to the lowest.
6. Doesn't play answering machine openly.
7. Wears a new cologne or perfume.
8. Has put away your old pictures and memorabilia
9. Has not put up your most recent pictures and memorabilia.
10. Has replaced your wallpaper setting picture on his/her monitor with something impersonal.
11. You find unfamiliar items in his or her car or house such as clothing, hair strands, or gifts.

(GIRL) How long until I start seeing results from gym?

helpmeoutbro — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:12:12 GMT

i go to gym about 3 times a week, 30 mins cardio (10 mins jogging machine but fast walking not jogging, may up this to a jog, 10 mins cross trainer, 5 mins on butt/thigh working machine, 5 mins on arm peddles), 30 mins weights (various for legs, abs, thighs, arms, butt)... i know it depends on the intensity too, i would say it's about moderate. also trying to go swimming 1-2 times per week but with exams coming up tis a bit tricky.

my diet is varied, quite balanced but probably slightly too much choc etc. and not enough fruit though i eat tonnes of veggies. i weigh 125 pounds and i am 5"4/5. my bmi is 20.9... !!!!! that is higher than i wanted i wanted 18-19!!!

ANYWAY, i just want to tone up a bit and get better health and stamina! how long do you think? 1 month?

How do I be a test subject?

ronson49 — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:11:20 GMT

And I mean that with the highest respect.

I have been saving for some time now to get an implant and am a few months away from having the money.

It got me thinking, who would I talk to to sign up to have it done by a student? I figure, its going to be the same price or less and at least it will be helping someone.

Any ideas?

Audio Technica M50s

scragsy — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:11:10 GMT

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone owns a set of these and can give me some reviews/stories. Are they a good pair? Any better at around the price range?

Thanks

Sixth form History revision

ilovecatsforlife — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:09:05 GMT

How to remember the hundreds of statistics? One month till the exam. I'm at A2 but I'm pretty sure there weren't as many stats needed for As. Any advice? It's ww2

Time to change the National Anthem? If so, to what?

Banishingboredom — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:08:30 GMT

I've seen similar threads before, but I love this debate.

For me the current national anthem has no relevance. It's not a great tune, never sounds great sung by the mass and the lyrics are not particularly inspiring.

I personally think Jerusalem or I Vow to thee would be awesome national anthems. If you look at the lyrics they are much more meaningful and to me sum up what it means to be English. They also sound amazing when sung by lots of people - always used to send a shiver down my spine at school.

Does anyone agree/ disagree?

Here's Bill Bailey's take on the issue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfjUb...eature=related

Best Student Software ?

shanej13 — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:07:07 GMT

Hey i currently have a samsung laptop 500gb 4gb of ram windows 7 64 bit i was wondering what software should i get for my study ?

I do: English; Math; BTEC&Core Science; Electronics; Psychology; French ; Re

So what software would you recommend using for these study's ?

Creating a T Shirt Design and opening a Clothing Line

Notorious123 — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:05:33 GMT

I have a few questions - Can you tell me

How do you guys generally start a design? What software - I've brought the Adobe suite and i haven't got any idea of the design in mind but i really wouldn't know how to make it.

Than how would i get it printed on the T Shirt..

Complete Noob here.

Any help would be appreciated.

How to style hair like this?

chrisssssss — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:56:40 GMT

How do I style my hair like this? I have the haircut it's just I'm rubbish at styling and my hair never seems to do what I want it to do? :')

Sixth form Dijkstra's Algorithm

Zuki — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:55:18 GMT

When doing Dijkstra's Algorithm, do I have to visit all of the nodes before finding the shortest path?

Sixth form Food Glorious Food Anthology – AQA English Language and Literature B

catherinejadeox — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:54:53 GMT

Sat this exam today!
How did you find it?
This was a re-sit and I dont think I've achieved a higher grade than previously, which wasn't good anyway
I wanted to ask, as it is my second time sitting this exam. If I have performed badly (again) would I get the chance to re-sit again in January perhaps and if so would I have to sit an exam using a new anthology or will it still be the Food Glorious Food Anthology?

Sixth form Stuck on a few C2 questions?

MedicalMayhem — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:54:52 GMT

I've tried to do this question so many times, but can't get my head around it.

There is a geometric question, which I didn't really understand... "A shrub is planted when it is 2m tall. In the nth year after planting, the shrub grows in height by hn m where hn+1 = 0.8 hn. One year after planting, it is 2.3m tall"

i) Find the height of the shrub after 10 years in m to 2 decimal places.
ii) Show that the shrub will never grow to more than 3.5m in height.

I'm a bit unsure of what r is, because at first I thought r was 0.8, but then it won't ever grow to ~3.5m. So I then did 2.3/2, so got r=1.15, but that means the sequence will never converge. Can someone shed some light on this? :o

Sixth form dynamics question 1

deskpro1970 — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:52:51 GMT

my third revision question i am not sure how to work it out please help thank u
. A car with wheel diameter 0.52 m has travelled 1.25 km; at this instant it has a speed of 30.8 ms-1 and an acceleration of 1.8 ms-2. Determine:

. the number of revolutions completed by each wheel

i. the angular speed of a wheel

ii. the angular acceleration of a wheel.

Undergraduate Proof by Induction

bijesh12 — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:51:25 GMT

Prove by induction that

is an element of Natural Numbers

ive proved for basis step, i don't know how to proceed.

NOTE - (IT IS 8 TO THE POWER OF 2K)

Sixth form Taxonomic Grouping/Binomial Sytsem/Domains/Kingdoms??

PowerPuff — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:51:22 GMT

This whole section of the Unit 2 Snab Biology exam is confusing me...

Can someone explain Quantifying Biodiversity...

then how Taxanomic Grouping... Binomial System... Domains... Kingdoms come into it

self-study mature student! HELP!!

Pagliaccio — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:49:09 GMT

can you pay to sit exams through open university? currently i am self-studying a human biology. thank you :confused:

Sixth form dynamics question 2

deskpro1970 — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:48:42 GMT

Hi people got another question for my revision finding it hard to solve
A small motorised vehicle, a child’s ‘ride-on’ car, is powered by a unit connected to its two front wheels.

The unit contains a d.c. electric motor.

a. Suggest two possible mechanical alternatives for driving the vehicle and state five reasons why a d.c. electric motor is a good choice for this application.

(7 marks)

b. When the car is lifted off the ground, its front wheels spin freely at 142 rpm. The motor itself is rated as having a no-load speed of 480 rad/s. Ignoring efficiency losses, what approximate gear ratio (to the nearest whole number) has been used in the motor unit?

(4 marks)

c. Once the car and its small passenger are in steady motion along a horizontal pavement, the wheels rotate at 60% of their ‘no-load’ speed. If the stall torque of the geared motor unit is 7.5 Nm, what torque is generated by the unit in maintaining this lower steady speed?

(6 marks)

d. When one of the child’s parents clambers on to the car as well, the total force against which the motor has to work increases 4-fold. Explain what happens and why.

How do I structure a General Studies Exam Question?

Joey222 — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:47:53 GMT

Hi! I'm sitting a Conflict Paper in AS General Studies (AQA B) and was wondering how exactly I structured the essay answer. I've not been to the lessons when people have learnt the structure due to the fact that I have history at the same time of general studies in a timetable clash!

It's just a generic structure for the essays. Any help would be much appreciated! :)

Sixth form The AS SNAB Biology Game

PowerPuff — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:47:06 GMT

This Biology Game is Mostly Aimed at SNAB Edexcel AS Biology Students, preferably Unit 2: Voice of The Genome & Biodiversity and Natural Resources
however if you are not apart of this exam board but know the answer of a question given by a user feel free to answer.

How it works?

The Above user will ask a question,
the next user below will answer the question then state their own question then the user below them will answer that question and so on...
(Did this game for GCSE Chemistry on Bitesize Messageboard and really helped)

Ill Start:
Explain the Process of Natural selection which eventually results in Evolution.

Goodluck for the exam on the 21st of May :)

Sixth form Q on immune system

arvin_infinity — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:44:16 GMT

MS to this question is very vague and was not very much of a help, wondered if anyone could explain the points mentioned in the MS

E.g. as for secondary response
1)what develops to plasma cells -memory cells? if the answer is B lymphocyte then how is it any different to primary response
2)what divides by mitosis- memory cells or plasma cells!

+rep

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Sixth form M3 Help - Impuse and Momentum 2D

san_M — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:43:43 GMT

A cricket ball of mass 160 grams is thrown on to the ground with a velocity of 25ms at 50 degrees to the wall, and rebounds at 35 degrees to the wall. Given that the impulse from the wall is perpendicular to the wall, calculate the speed of the rebound, and the magnitude of the impulse.

I used the impulse-momentum equation and equated the horizontal components together and same for vertical, and ended up getting a really nasty simultaneous equation? or this is not the right way of solving it? :(

Help much appreciated,

Thank you

7 friendly housemates looking for an 8th!

Cand123 — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:43:21 GMT

Hey guys,

We're looking for someone to fill the spare room we have in our house next year. There are 7 of us, 4 boys and 3 girls, all 21 yrs old and at Leeds Uni.

The house is a typical student house, nice and modern, with 8 double bedrooms, living room, kitchen, 3 bathrooms and a laundry room.

We have a wide variety of interests including football, fifa, music, films and shopping. We are quite hardworking but also enjoy going out. During the week we spend most nights in together watching tv, chatting and having a laugh.

If you think you'd like to join us please send us a message :)

Do Bromances exist?

Anonymous — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:42:45 GMT

So let's face it, a lot of us have (or have had) those relationships with our closest of friends that seems to be a little more than platonic but definitely not romantic!
So the question is - Do Bromances exist and have you experienced one before?

Secondary English Literature Of mice and men aqa

Tplox — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:42:36 GMT

I have the aqa literature unit 1 and unit2 next week
I really need some help with Of Mice and Men
What questions could come up and does anyone have any good notes, maybe that they could share thanks
I have looked at bitesize and sparknotes...

also does anyone have any notes for poetry character and voice and also sunlight on the grass?

Sixth form Third Differntial

tdx — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:41:32 GMT

Ok so if f'(x)=0 you have a stationary point,
and if f''(x)>0 you have minimum
and if f''(x)<0 you have a maximum
I understand up to there but... my textbook says that:
if f''(x)=0 the point is either a maximum/minimum/point of inflection... why is this???
then it goes onto saying that if f'''(x) is not equal to 0 then the point is a point of inflection, why is this?? and what happens if it is equal to zero?? and is f''(x)=0 how can you tell if the point is a minimum or maximum??

thanks for any help! :)

how do you go about getting an implant?

foreverAdreamer — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:40:22 GMT

Just wondering if I can make an appointment with the nurse straight off or if I have to see someone first. Not sure if this is something they want to talk to you about first!

Sorry for the stupid question, none of my friends have one and I want to get one before uni! ( not planning to have sex but just in case!)

Thanks :)

Undergraduate dynamics question

deskpro1970 — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:37:58 GMT

HI need help on the following questions thanks in advance
. You are cruising at a steady speed u on the motorway at a distance d behind the car in front, and both you and the car in front can decelerate under braking at a rate a. The car in front does an emergency stop. In response you apply your brakes t1 seconds later. Find an expression for each of the following:

i. the distance you travel after applying your brakes

ii. the total distance you travel before braking after the driver in front applies their brakes

iii. the distance you have closed on the car in front when you have both stopped

iv. the distance between you and the car in front when you have both stopped.

Using these expressions determine the following if the speed you are travelling u is 32 ms-1, your reaction time t1 = 1.0 s and a = -8 ms-2:

v. the minimum separation which will avoid an accident when the car in front stops under braking.

vi. the minimum separation which will avoid an accident if the car in front comes to an instant stop.

(3 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 3 = 15 marks)

c. A car with wheel diameter 0.52 m has travelled 1.25 km; at this instant it has a speed of 30.8 ms-1 and an acceleration of 1.8 ms-2. Determine:

. the number of revolutions completed by each wheel

i. the angular speed of a wheel

ii. the angular acceleration of a wheel.

(2+ 2 + 2 = 6 marks)

Modern Studies Question

Siwel95 — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:35:56 GMT

I know most people would like to forget about exams in the past but i have just been wandering what the criteria for a 15/15 essay is in the Higher Modern Studies exam. Do the markers take into account the time constraint and it is therefore easier to get a 15 in the exam than it is to get an essay which you may have completed for homework?

SSDs and encryption.

beepbeeprichie — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:35:03 GMT

So I've got a SSD (get one!) and am loving it. Only thing is I want to encrypt this drive (using Truecrypt). Security concerns aside has anyone noticed a performance decrease after doing a whole disk encryption of a SSD?

Could Cameron pardon Brooks/Coulson?

Iso Herrk — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:33:40 GMT

Could David Cameron, in his capacity as Prime Minister, theoretically pardon his pals Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson if they are convicted?

Clearly it could bring the government down and would be the end of his career possibly, but sure legally he could and once they'd been pardoned that'd be it, we couldn't charge them with the same thing again assuming they'd been convicted. Him resigning as Prime Minister could be a small price to pay too if there was some grand conspiracy where he himself was implicated in illegal activity.

He could even use an excuse like it was in the interests of national security or something, that might save him.

So legally, under the Royal Prerogative, he can use "the power to grant pardons and commutations of sentences and/or penalties", my point is, no one would be able to stop him beforehand would they? Afterwards when everyone would find out would be no use.

BA Honours Accounting and Finance

singhisking2k — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:33:19 GMT

Hi,

I have an offer from Wolverhampton and Huddersfield to study Accounting and Finance and was just wondering if it is a hard course? Is it easier than A Levels in the first year like people say?

Jobs on Gumtree. How do I know if they are scams?

snowman77 — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:30:24 GMT

I have been searching for jobs on Gumtree. It's a great site and has a number of jobs that seem appropriate for me. However I am reluctant to apply for any because I think they might be scams. It looks like you apply for jobs by clicking 'reply to this ad' and attaching a copy of your CV. My CV has details like address, phone number, email which I am worried that they may harvest this information, send adverts through the post or worst of all harrass me mentally or physically.

My mum isn't sure. My dad says it's fine to apply for most things there as long as you don't give bank details or give anyone money. I need to apply for jobs or else the Job Centre may take my benefits away. Gumtree looks like a good place to apply for jobs if I know they won't scam me.

What should I do? Please help!

Wolverhampton uni

singhisking2k — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:29:43 GMT

Hi I have an offer from Wolves uni in which I am highly likely to go for as its close to my predicted ucas points. I am going to do Accounting and Finance, is this a hard course and also is the uni good?

Other/Not applicable uncontrollably crying from post exam paranoia and stress?

inkgeiko — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:28:08 GMT

i took 3 exams today... c1, m1 and eng lit... i'm so annoyed. all the pressure of 3 exams got to me and i'm paranoid and my head's all over the place. i have a physics exam tomorrow morning and i can't stop crying from this exam stress... i'm scared of getting below a B and i made such stupid mistakes that i keep beating myself up over... how do i control myself? i know there are retakes but it's annoying that i didn't do well the first time...

English Dial Tone When Abroad

LEM20 — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:27:47 GMT

I rang my friend who is currently working abroad. For some reason, the dial tone was the standard UK one, rather than the foreign international tone one usually hears.

How is this possible?

Undergraduate Convergence Test

salmon12345 — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:27:23 GMT

Determine if the sequence converges and if it does, find it's limit.

2n +((-1)^n)*(n^(1/2))

I've been trying to use the alternating series test however I'm not sure what to do about the 2n?

If Alex Ferguson Repeated His 86-90 Tenure In This Era, Would He Have Been Sacked??

Sharpshooter — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:25:26 GMT

I was looking at Alex Ferguson's record as United manager when he first came in back in 1986 after leaving Aberdeen, and these were his records:

1986-87 - 11th and trophyless
1987-88 - 2nd and trophyless
1988-89 - 11th and trophyless
1989-90 - 13th and Fa Cup (finished only 5 points above the relegation zone)

His Signings were:

1987
Viv Anderson - Arsenal - 250,000
Brian McClair - Celtic - 850,000
Steve Bruce - Norwich - 825,000

1988
Jim Leighton - Aberdeen - 750,000
Lee Sharpe - Torquay - 180,000
Mal Donaghy - Luton Town - 650,000
Ralph Mine - Bristol City - 170,000
Mark Hughes - Barcelona - 1,800,000
Giuliano Mairoana - Histon - 30,000

1989
Mike Phelan - Norwich - 750,000
Gary Pallister - Middlesbrough - 2,300,000
Neill Web - Nott. Forest - 1,500,000
Brian Carey - Corke - 100,000
Danny Wallace - Southampton - 1,200,000
Paul Ince - West Ham - 1,500,000

Erm....surely if managed in todays climate with those results he would have been sacked?? Not a hope of him surviving IMO with todays owners abramovich et al.

Gary Pallister was a record transfer fee for a defender and the highest between two British clubs at the time so also spent a whack of money in the equivalent of those days.

He spent over 7 million in 1989 alone which was a ton of money then, and only come 5 points of the relegation zone, surely trophy or no trophy after 4 years he would be a goner today??

Sixth form m1 quick help

tom472 — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:24:01 GMT

For the following question I get a = -1.89ms^-2 (this is actually the answer). What I want to know is why does the acceleration have a negative value?

"A stone is projected with speed 10ms^-1 down a plane inclined at 30 degrees to the horizontal. The coefficient of friction between the slope and the stone is 0.8. Find the distance travelled by the stone before coming to rest"

How did you react?

pi=3 — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:20:47 GMT

Applying to Medical School is a time-consuming and exhausting process. After spending weeks preparing a personal statement, carefully thinking about choices, preparing for interviews and experiecing the horrible 'post-interview' wait, it finally happens. An email saying 'something' has changed on your UCAS track sits ominously in your inbox. Your hands shake, your heart begins to race and you can barely even remember, let alone type in, your ucas id on the track login screen. And in the instant between clicking on the 'choices' section to finding out your fate, a million thoughts and possibilities race through your head. Then you see it.

Whether it was a rejection or an offer, how did you react? Did you sob like a baby? Did you descend into a hysterical fit of giggles? Did you lie curled up in the foetal postion until your friends found you? Or did you just nod your head wisely, knowing this was just meant to be?

Gist Operations Management Graduate Assessment Centre 2012

fordy480 — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:20:13 GMT

Hi Everyone,

Just thought it might be nice if those on the assessment centre next week could join and we could all chat about the presentation and tasks etc?

Sixth form cosine/sine help

dongonaeatu — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:19:32 GMT

http://www.ocr.org.uk/download/pp_11...n_gce_4752.pdf

question 13ii

i know that angle B is 1.8-pie= 1.34 but how do i work out length bd

Revision techniques for English Literature?

adeena123 — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:16:53 GMT

Hi I'm in year 10 and I'm trying to revise for an english literature exam I have on Tuesday. The exam is about Of Mice and Men and unseen poetry. I've been told that we have to learn some quotations for the essay part and I can't remember them, no matter how long I spend reading them. Does anyone know any good revision techniques to use??

Thanks :) xxxxxxxxx

Sixth form Complex Ion Acidity

byebyebadman — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:16:03 GMT

Just gone over why tansition metal complex ions are acidic, and its seems its due to the presence of the charge on the metal ion. The charge makes the proton on the ligands of the complex more positive therefore easier to remove/react. However the explainations I have read say this happens because the charge on the metal ion pulls the ligand closer to the metal ion, and therefore the proton of the ligand is further away from the ligand it is bonded to, therefore slightly more positive. If it is further away from the partially negative ligand it is bonded to why does this make the proton more positive itself? By the way this is mainly relating to aqua complex ions.

University Sailing

AmiB — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:12:56 GMT

Any University sailors/team racers out there? Sheffield team racer here, can't wait for next years events already!

Morals vs emotions: A question to all especially vegitarians.

Jacob :) — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:11:31 GMT

I was thinking about why some people think it's ok to eat plants but not animals. I don't see how morally a plants life is any less valuable than an animals. Obviously most animals feel pain but does that give additional value to the organisms life? Does it make it superior?

Therefore I decided people who are vegetarians on moral grounds are probably so because of an emotional connection with animals that they lack with plants as of course it is far easy for humans to project their emotions on to animals than plants and is therefore not based on morals but emotions.

So what are your thoughts on the equality of life between plants and animals? And whether it's possible to logically be a vegetarian on moral grounds?

Fashion or Style?

CurtisDean — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:11:31 GMT

Hey, this is a question that I just can not decide on - I am asking the males and females on TSR... what do you prefer - Fashion or Style?
Personally, I prefer style because in my opinion style is about being unique, which is something I enjoy to do. :)

What will it be for you - Fashion or Style and why??

private candidate

AishaTara — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:10:25 GMT

hey all,
I want to retake my chem practical out of school, can I do this and still carry on chem exams except the practical which I'll do at a private centre without my school knowing.
Thanks in advance

University of Sheffield

historygirl — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:09:59 GMT

What is thier history department like? I know Sheffield is in the Russel Group. How highly regarded is it?
Trouble is though, I live near it so I'm not sure if I want to go there or go somewhere further afield.
Its entry requirements are AAA including an A in history which I should get although my English literature could end up as only a B grade. I'm doing AS at the moment though so we shalll see...:)

Flatmates getting me down

Anonymous — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:09:40 GMT

Hi

I was just wondering what I could do about my flatmates, the other girls mostly as the guy is pretty laid back. We got on so well the first few months and used to do everything together, in short they ended up really upsetting me a few months back and it all went downhill from there really. I got over it and kept making effort with them because I didn’t want it to be like it is now, and I thought that it was going okay as we still went on some nights out together, but then they suddenly just stopped inviting me to anything. It felt like they were avoiding me and if they were all together they would mostly ignore me, and so I started to feel really awkward around them and intimidated and so I would just stay in my room mostly. And I spent a lot of time at home as well and because of that it seems like they’ve formed a new group now and I’ve being completely pushed out.

It just feels like I hardly know them at all, and it’s so confusing because I haven’t actually done anything wrong and I’m not a bad person but they make me feel like it. They have this new group and a few of them don’t actually live with us, but recently they all together take up the kitchen most evenings, and I can’t face going in there because I would just feel stupid and I wouldn’t know what to say to them anymore. They all go out together as well, but they all take up the kitchen all night before they go out quite late. The other week they invited quite a few people around before they went out, but nobody told me this and I just felt really bad that they are having this little flat party and inviting people that don’t live here, but I’m not even invited. I could have gone out there but I’m not a confident person anyway, but this whole situation has brought my confidence down to 0, so I couldn’t face walking in on them all having a great time knowing that I wasn’t even invited to a party in my own flat.

Suddenly it just feels like they don’t care about me anymore, they try and avoid me and when I try and talk to them it just feels like they can’t be bothered, and it’s just got to the stage where I just don’t know how to speak to them anymore. It’s just such a weird situation because I’ve not actually done anything to upset anybody and we used to all get along so well. And I can’t even talk to them about how I feel because I don’t know how to go about it. This whole situation is just getting me really down and it’s the last thing I needed, it’s the last few weeks of uni now and I just want to be having fun, but I’m not, they are completely ruining it for me. I just feel like a stranger and an intruder in my own flat, and It's not a nice feeling. I don’t even know anybody else well enough to go out with, because we all only ever went out together. I know they are planning a few big nights out before the end and I know that they will all gather in our flat before, because the majority live here, and I would love to be included but I haven’t being invited and I know that I won’t be. If they don't want to invite me, fair enough but I think it's unfair to have everybody round here first, I really want to tell them this but I don't know how to go about it without them hating me for it.

I guess I just needed some advice on what to do, I don’t feel I’m being unreasonable in thinking that what they are doing is unfair but I just wanted people’s opinions on what I can do. They are always nice to my face because I am always nice to them, but I think the way I’ve being treated is wrong, but I don’t really want them to hate me. Sorry it's so long but I'm really hoping somebody will have some advice for me.

:(

Have you ever been cheated on?

Anonymous — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:08:46 GMT

My current partner has cheated on me. It's the worst feeling and hard to accept.
I was just wondering how other people found out their partner was cheating and how they might have dealt with it. Did you leave them after you found out or did you give them another chance?

Any currently Year 2 Economics Student Please Help!

reddevil0728 — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:08:00 GMT

May I know your take on these few modules please!

ECON20101 - Economics of Environmental Management

ECON20341 - Business Economics IA

ECON20091 - Operational Research IA

ECON20191 - Marketing Research

ECON20321 - Development Economics IIA

American Football at Uni of Sheff ?

tdkr — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:05:57 GMT

is it popular over there ? i'd like join :)

Sixth form Unit 1 aqa heeelllpp!!!

Maphs — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:04:38 GMT

Hey guys i need extremely serious help with the january 2012 phao1 paper for Q2)(b)(ii)
This question really got my head spinning, could somebody please help meeeeee!!!:S:S:S:S:S:S:confused: :confused::confused::confused::c onfused:

Critical Essay - Duffy Poem 'Havisham'

Bradatized — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:02:16 GMT

Choose a poem which expresses a point of view you find disturbing. Explain what distubs you about the poet's point of view and discuss to what extent you are nevertheless able to admire the way the poem is written.

Carol Ann Duffy's poem 'Havisham' is a dramatic monologue written from the eyes of the infamous character Miss Havisham who is extracted from Dickens’s 'Great Expectations'. Miss Havisham is a very disturbing character for a number of different reasons conceived by the pain and hurt she has endured through out her life after being jilted at the altar many years before the poem is set. Through out Havisham we learn that there is more underlying problems to Havisham than what was once acknowledged. Hatred completely destroys Havisham and that instead of helping her to get revenge, it makes her worse which results in her hating all men.

In the first stanza of the poem, we immediately learn about Miss Havisham through her gritty honesty. She is expressing the pain of being jilted at the altar as she reveals her personal feelings of the man she was about to marry.
“Beloved sweetheart bastard.”
Here we see Duffy opening the poem in an oxymoronic way. She uses this technique to entise us in to the poem and to emphasise the contrast of her hectic feelings towards her ex-lover. This is also a very controversial way of opening the poem, possibly throwing us in at the deep end right at the start to establish what type of person Havisham is and to prepare us for the roller-coaster ahead. 'Beloved' being the man she once loved, 'Sweetheart' a word we typically call our loved ones and 'Bastard' an offensive swear word. All highly contrasting words which makes us feel disturbed as we enter the poem. This opening of the poem is very abrupt and it's almost as if we've walked in on Miss Havisham in the midst of a breakdown. It's also climatic, something in which we'd typically see at the end of a poem, building tension but controversially Duffy opens in this way to lead us in to the scheming mind set of Havisham.
“Not a day since then
I haven't wished him dead”
The more animalistic side of Havisham is apparent in these lines. The man she so loved, she is now wishing death upon. This conveys Havisham as a heartless and conniving person. To wish someone dead is disgustingly disturbing and not something someone of a normal state of mind would do, these ideas all conclude Miss Havisham as being very unpleasant.
“...ropes on the back of my hands I could strangle with.”
This is one of the most alarming lines of the poem where repetition is present as Havisham is once again plotting more revenge on her ex-fiancé. Duffy's use of imagery is dark and torturous making it uncomfortable for us to read as we imagine the long, rough and ugly ropes strangling a man from the hands of a widow (Havisham). The fact that she wants to beset this man suggests that her hatred towards other men could be more widespread opening up the idea that Havisham may not just hate one man but many.
“Prayed for it so hard
I've got dark green pebbles for eyes.”
The colour green is typically associated with symbolisms of envy and this suggests that Miss Havisham is jealous of every happy person in the world. Her dreams of marrying a man were destroyed so she wants to eradicate everyone else’s happiness including everyone around her. The imagery Duffy has created provokes disturbing images of horror and something almost alien like about this deranged woman. One connotation of bright green is prosperity, Duffy uses 'Dark Green' which creates the oppositional effect that maybe Havisham is not prospering in life but instead she is envious and miserable to not only herself, but to others around her.

In the second stanza of the poem, Miss Havisham's erratic and lonely behaviour is continued.
“Whole days
in bed cawing Nooooo at the wall;”
Firstly, the word 'cawing' is very striking. Duffy is comparing Havisham to a crow crying out raucously. This is greatly effective because it helps to build Miss Havisham's demented characteristics as crows are seen to be Godess' of war and death. This line of the poem also paints a picture of Havisham lying in a bed lonely, perhaps without a man. It also emphasises the cruel reality of her life, emphasising the fact that she will never get over this. 'at the wall' suggests that Havisham is always surrounded by four walls and that she has always been reclusive since her wedding day.
“Love's
hate behind a white veil; a red balloon bursting
in my face.
Similarly to the beginning of the poem. Duffy opens the last stanza oxymoronicilly. 'Loves hate' are complete opposites of each other. Perhaps they are both on different stanzas to emphasise how different they are and to also express the confusion is Havisham's mind also emphasising Havsisham's hate for love but drive for revenge. 'white veil' obviously describing the veil that she's wearing, Duffy adding to the setting to create a wedding type atmosphere. The third stanza also opens with enjambment which is a technique used to create tension or to interest/attract the reader, breaking up lines to make the brain respond better to a poem. 'a red balloon bursting in my face' is however the most interesting line of the stanza opening many ideas for imagery. Balloons are typically associated with celebrations and parties, this creates the impression that Havishams celebration was destroyed like the burst balloon. It could also symbolise Havishams heart breaking and continuing to break. The idea of a balloon bursting in Havishams face is a very weird and disturbing though but this is one of the only points in the poem where we feel a slight empathy for Havisham.
“Give me a male corpse for a long slow honeymoon.
Don't think it's the only heart that b-b-b-breaks.”
Duffy started off the poem in a very enticing and abrupt way, but she evidently ends the poem in a very disturbing way. 'Give me' is a very casual way of asking for something, understanding that Havisham is very rude. Havisham's psycho nature is also very present as she asks for a 'male corpse'. She is so affected by this man that she is asking for a dead corpse to take for 'long slow' honeymoon. For the third time, Duffy has used an oxymoronic technique, contrasting two different words. In the last line of the poem, the poet uses onomatopoeia disturbingly to mock the sound of a heartbeat or the heart slowly b-b-b-breaking in to pieces.

Through out the poem, Duffy has re-created the character that Dicken's began. Here, we get a more in-depth feeling to this very vulnerable and troubled woman. We follow her through a journey in which Duffy has created through the use of techniques being repeated, Oxymoronic being the most used technique, enjambment falling ever so slightly behind.
Duffy's simple but complicated imagery establishes the mind set of Miss Havisham and makes the reader disturbed and uncomfortable. By the end of the poem we feel drained but in a satisfying way.

CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR OPINION/CRITIQUE?!?!

Thankyou

Being there for friends who live long distance

brownchocolateice — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:02:11 GMT

I've read about threads on how to make sure things go smoothly if you're in a long term relationship but what if you have a long distance friend and they're going through a hard time? You can't really phone and stay in contact through emails because of time difference, you don't have the number or they might not check an email. Sometimes the only thing you have in common for being in communication is being on tsr, or checking messages here.

I was curious to know how people here make sure they are there for their long distance friends.

One of my good friends here (she lives in the UK and I'm an Aussie guy) is going through a tough time with loss so i thought instead of filling her inbox i would post small messages of condolences or things that might help her with grief especially with the pressure of exams on top of that.

If you have a friend going through a tough time and you'd like to write them a message feel free. Or if you have any tips on staying in contact with someone long distance (who you have met online) feel free to post.

Other/Not applicable Fp2 help

asiyah08 — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:57:53 GMT

anyone with january 2012 fp2 paper and ms?:(

VW Polo 6N2?

M4LLY — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:57:03 GMT

Right basically an old primary school friend is selling his Y reg Polo 6N2 soon. Its done 79000 and the engine and running gear are standard (bar a golf GTI exhaust) but the suspension has uprated springs, anti-rollbars, and it also has uprated wheels and tyres and brakes. I'm very tempted to get it and the insurance (with all mods declared) is cheaper than my 1.6 Focus (also modified), i've driven it and handles even better than my Focus and is slightly easier to drive around town and much more responsive on the throttle. He wants £1000 for it and i could easily sell my focus for that (thanks to all the mods). Do you guys think i should get it?

Best One Piece moments

cheeky-monkey — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:56:57 GMT

Hii everyone,
I was just wondering what are your favorite emotional moments of One Piece (they don't have to necessarily be sad, just moments that really moved you)?
mine are:

-Well the saddest moment was of course Ace's death
-when luffy punches the celestial dragon
-When kuma separates the crew and luffy cries because he couldn't save them
-when Zoro took Luffy's pain and said "if I can't even protect my captain's dream, then whatever ambitiom I have is nothing but talk!"
-When Nami asked Luffy for help

Exams and IBS

Anonymous — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:56:36 GMT

Today, I have had a flare up of what I believe to be my IBS. I say that because my doctor never officially diagnosed me, just said that is what he suspects when I went to him two years ago. I tend to get these flare-ups due to intense stress, usually exam stress, but the symptoms are usually delayed (I had a flare-up last August after my May-June exams, my GCSEs, and also had one this March, after my January exams). My two main symptoms are extreme cramping as well as diarrhoea. My first question is, does this actually sound like IBS, which is what I have always believed it to be, or does it seem to be something else?

My second problem is, I have two exams, one after the other (with no break) this Friday. This means I will be sitting in the exam hall for over three hours. As IBS is not on any of my medical records with the school, no arrangements have ever been made (or needed; as I said, the symptoms are delayed) for me. For this reason I don't think it will be possible to sort anything out now in terms of a separate room or being allowed out to the toilet etc. I am so worried. I take buscopan for the pain, but is there anything I can take to stop me going to the toilet, just for these three hours? Would love to know what works best for other IBS sufferers. Thanks in advance :)

marybone 1 rebookers?? and also

almalibre11111 — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:55:45 GMT

are there any rebookers for marybone 1?and also im thinking about north western hall but i went over there to ask and told me it was full!! they told me to sign up on the waiting list,does it worth it? {i want only city view room}

Sixth form Statistics help

DinDins — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:55:09 GMT

So I'm stuck.
AQA Statistics S1B January 2012
Question 7(a) (ii)
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct...bDkHs-FKjE1A1g

Hence show why the annual salary, X, of a full-time university employee is unlikely to be normally distributed. Give numerical support for your answer.

A random sample of 50 is used.

x = 2290.0

= 45.8

s = 24

So the mark scheme says:

- ns = (45.8 - n x 24.0) < 0

I don't understand what this is equation is proving. I understand that a negative salary is impossible, but why use this formula to work it out?
I want to know what this formula means... I don't recall ever seeing ( - ns) anywhere.

Thanks.

Edexcel C3 Edexcel Chemistry GCSE on 21 May

Frontierlandwdw — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:55:09 GMT

Here's the thread for Monday's extension science C3 chem exam.... ready for post and after discussion....

Need to get a move on with practising my mole equations but been prioritsing music and had biology yesterday aswell!

Help with long distance relationship :(??

Anonymous — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:55:08 GMT

Long story short, I met this guy through my friend about years ago but he lived in a different part of the country. And we got talking and after a year or so we started dating and he came and saw me and it was amazing. But we dont see each other often and I havent seen him for about 4 months due to exams and us both being busy etc. Hes 18 im 16, hes not gonna go to uni but stay in college and then he wants to open a garage and have his own business when older and I'm a lot smarter than him which sometimes gets to me. Also hes not very tall (2 inches taller than me ) and thus his manhood is you know...but its not like im in it for the physicality because we dont see each other often but I don't know everything combined just makes me feel weird. I've only ever seen him 3 times to date but we talk a lot on skype and stuff. I love him a lot in the sense but I feel like its not really a relationship, I don't know it feels awkward sometimes when I'm with him so we just kinda compensate by doing physical things which require not having to talk etc to get away from the awkwardness. I don't know what he feels but he's also not been very romantic towards me I mean I got him flowers on valentines and got him presents and stuff and it just makes me feel like :/ bleurgh. I've expressed this to him and well I guess he had legitimate reason because my parents wouldnt let me date him when they found out so im doing it in secret, so he said he didnt want to get me anything incase i got caught by them. which is fair enough but still. I long for a nice relationship but like i said, it feels like its just not real and i feel bad i cant break up with him because i do love him at the same time im not entirely happy because i feel awkward with him and i pick flaws such as hes not tal enough and hes not smart enough etc. someone help me :(

English Literature AS Frankenstein

theloltroll — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:51:48 GMT

So, after a not so hard day's laybour, how does everyone think the English literature exam went?!
I'm feeling (not so quietly) confident; got all my critics in and got some really nice close-text analysis.
How did everyone else do??

Would love to hear from you all,
Theloltroll xox

Undergraduate Intervals of increase/ decrease of a function

bijesh12 — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:49:25 GMT

Need help on question 15 on attachment...

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Sixth form Ligand exchange

16ARTER — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:48:23 GMT

I can't seem to understand the section below:confused:

'If excess concentrated HCL is added to a solution of copper(II) sulfate, ligand exchange takes place and the yellow [CuCl₄]^2- complex ion is formed

[Cu(H₂O)₆]²⁺ + 4Cl- -------> [CuCl₄]^2- + 6H₂O

how can a solution of copper(II) sulfate be [Cu(H₂O)₆]²⁺ ?

Thanks:)

Sixth form FP3 Help

member910132 — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:47:49 GMT

Method 1:
Using the CF-PI method we get and
, trust me this is correct, MS and I say so.

Method 2:
Integrating factor:
, we then get , solve for y to get . Put in and we get . Why don't the answers equate ?

Can I still get an A?

samedi_ — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:46:49 GMT

I totally messed up with Hardy today in the AS English Lit A exam, and I was supposed to get full marks in that question, according to my teacher. Here is a brief outline of what I did..

HARDY AND 'HAP'

* The voice of God, showing blasphemy - Adapts a voice - Shows unconventionality of his poems.
* Link to 'The Oxen' - Shows where he is terms of religion - Uncertainty of the notion of God.
* Form of a dramatic monologue - Shows self-indulgent nature through first person view
* Link to 'The Going' - How he doesn't give a voice to Emma, and uses accusative and abrupt language though his anger is irrational.
* Structure is in the form of a sonnet, ironic as they normally are about love, yet also could show his love and reliance on religion because he feels that just waiting for 'crass Casualty', or random events to take place, gives him less control over life.
* Summary - The poem is effective as it discusses themes that are typical of Hardy, discusses his main views and beliefs, and shows the true Hardy to the reader.

..I know, I know. I totally forgot to disagree that 'Hap' was effective. Do you still think.I'd get an A, with that brief outline..?

Fifty Shades Forum

Salvatore8 — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:45:53 GMT

Fifty Shades Trilogy- E L James
This is the Official Bookclub Thread!

Advice - History - Language - Degrees

fimblesocks — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:44:35 GMT

Basically I can't decide between a Spanish and Japanese degree or an American and Modern History degree.

I was toying with American Studies or History but my fear/hatred/inability to cope with literature put paid to American Studies and there are many aspects of general history I don't like

I study AS Spanish, History, Geography and Politics so that is fine.

I would LOVE to study both

I am not sure what I want to do as a job - I was considering lecturing, civil service or English language analysis for MI5 so either would work I guess!

Both come with a year abroad in cultures I would love to explore (US/Japan)

I just can't decide. If anyone has done either and has advice, comments etc feel free to add

Sixth form Graphs

sabre2th1 — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:41:28 GMT

How do you go about doing these questions? I always seem to get it wrong, how do you eliminate the wrong answers?

Sixth form Love through the ages

Sybill — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:41:11 GMT

hey
jus wanted to know if anyone was doing a2 english literature and how are you finding it?
also what are you doing for revision?

Dad made redundant soon,short of his pension by about a few months

aSunnyDay — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:41:07 GMT

Hi all,
Basically I just want some advice on this.I know I'm young and my father can sort it out but i just want to be enlightened about his current situation.
My father has just been told he's going to lose his job due to job cutting as the company has not been doing so well.If his job ended all the way in september then he would recieve his pension but unfortunately i doubt it will last that long.this is a bit of a pickle now because we are moving house soon and the new house requires a mortgage im just worried we wont be able to cope. The pension would've eased up on the salary of a new job because my father has to find a job that pays enough for the mortgage and for our daily lives.
Is there anything my father can do? Also we are not backing out of buying the house, we are in process and we've waited 3 years to move house!
Thanks for any replies! :(

Cambridge or LSE?

marshmall0wish — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:40:59 GMT

Hi all,

I am looking for some unbiased advice/suggestions, should I pick LSE or Cambridge?

I got an unconditional offer at LSE to study MSc Financial Math and a conditional offer at Cambridge to study MASt in Mathematical statistics... The latter course include probability theory, stochastic calculus etc. albeit more theoretically-oriented. Im free to choose my modules at Cambridge, whereas LSE has a more fixed programme.

I have no ambition to be an investment banker (yet), but I might be influenced in the future if I eventually decide for LSE. So far, my interest lies in either further research (PhD) or working at central banks and the likes, e.g. Fed, NBER, ECB...

Any advice very much appreciated..

Can you retake your GCSEs in y12 while still doing AS?

masterhr1 — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:39:51 GMT

If you badly flop your GCSEs can you retake them the year after? And can you retake them while still doing your AS-Levels?
And finally, how do universities look at people who have had to redo GCSEs after y11? Do they care as long as you've got a good mark in the end or do they discriminate against you?

Thanks.

Men with beards?

jennyx — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:39:33 GMT

Bf is an ex boxer and he dislocated his jaw as a teenager and according to him that made halted his jaw development. He says that it messed up his facial symmetry, teeth, nose, jaw, etc.

I REALLY don't notice it unless I stare at his face for a solid 2 minutes but even then if anything it's pretty minor and I don't mind it at all. He's fine 90% but of the time but sometimes you can sense that he's a bit insecure about it.

Anyway I had to leave the country for a few weeks and when I came back he had a full on short beard because of exam stress and laziness and I was SHOCKED at how much it suited his face. It brought all of his good features out while masking the "bad" ones. That was the first time I'd seen him with a beard and I couldn't get my hands off him :redface:

Another reason I loved it was that he just seemed so much more confident and I could sense that he wasn't insecure anymore. BUT then he shaved it off today... and just kind of laughed it off when I told him to grow it again. I have ways of getting him to grow it again :$ but wanted to see if anyone has experience with bearded men? How does it effect your face in the long term in terms of kissing?

Men, have you noticed a difference in how women and just society view you when you grow a beard? bf claims that a beard wouldn't look professional but I don't think that's true as long as it's kept clean right?

this is how big it was pretty much maybe a tad longer

'Explore the ways in which characters voices change to effect' - Help please?

lebron_23 — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:38:31 GMT

I am scouring the internet on behalf of a friend, hunting for anything that can help him with this english coursework. The title he's received is 'Explore the ways in which characters voices change to effect'. I was wondering if anyone has come across or done something similar (or indeed if you are doing the same thing!) and what resources you used and what you would include in an essay.
Thanks in advance :D

Lab work experience - help please!

Leigh303 — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:38:21 GMT

I figured you medics would be good people to ask about this.

Looking to do work experience in my local hospital's lab (pathology lab?)

how do i go about doing this? the website mentions 'finding a sponsor' etc :S

really grateful if anyone has any ideas :)

Forrest Gump reenacted in public

Some random guy — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:37:51 GMT

An error occured during validation.

Edit: I am NOT the OP of this thread. My comment is in response to the original OP that posted with a vid with an error. For some reason the OP has been deleted. Mods if you come across this useless thread, delete it.

AQA AQA GCSE Biology Unit 3 BLY3H Monday 21st May 2012 Pre-Exam Discussion

metaltron — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:37:06 GMT

All I can say is.... I hope it is easier than our B2 exam! Discuss. :)

Sixth form Risk assessment help

HAZROckx — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:36:27 GMT

Hi actually im really stuck.i really don't know how to complete this risk assessment.

Basically we did a experiment on the preparation of esters.But i seem to get stuck on the processes in the ester experiment.

I've attached the risk assessment.
any help would be really appreciated.

Attached Files

Chemicals used.docx‎ (10.8 KB)

AQA English lang and lit - food glourious food exam 16/05/12

airhead 121 — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:36:06 GMT

hey
could find any threads abut the english lit and lang exam today so thought id start one :)

just wanted to know wat everyone thought about the unseen texts
and wat texts they chose in section 2?

Graduates with AAA-ABB at A-level - How much do you earn!

iPodTunes — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:35:08 GMT

Hi,

I wanted to see how fellow high achieving students with AAA-ABB at A-level earn once they graduate.

Anyone care to shed some enlightenment, doesn't matter if you're unemployed either!

This is because I achieved AAA at A-level and left a good R.G university after one year because I didn't enjoy my course and had too much fun basically. Then I started in a job within finance on £16k as a junior and now potentially can receive a job offer with another bank which will pay £26-29k. I'm just 20 currently and still contemplating about going back to university or not..

Many Thanks

Sixth form c2 help

unknown123 — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:34:34 GMT

Could some one please tell me where I am going wrong in answering this question

its jan 08 http://www.ocr.org.uk/download/pp_08..._jan_l_gce.pdf

basically you have to find the angle

so i use the cosine formula

cosA= c^2 + b^2 - a^2/ 2bc

a=18.4
b=20
c=10

so cosa= 100+400 - 338.56/ 400=

cosA= 0.4036

however in the mark scheme it says

cos A= 0.3998

mark scheme link: http://www.ocr.org.uk/download/ms_08..._l_gce_jan.pdf

could some one please tell me why my answer is different to the one in the mark scheme

Worried

twilightmad — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:33:52 GMT

Okay so I'm starting uni in September and I have been with my partner for over 1 year now, I love her so much .. But when I move to uni I'm scared she is going to forget about me ., she says she won't but I'm just worried we will drift apart :/

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24 hours in A&E

Helenia — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:32:45 GMT

Anyone else watching? Once again, they've focused on the resus/major trauma side of things, but it's still quite entertaining. Last year we had quite an active thread on it so thought we could do the same.

Don't Understand

shaun1810 — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:30:05 GMT

Why do they ask for your parents 2010/2011 income, if you are applying for a 2012/2013 loan? Surely they should want to know their income from 2011/2012?

Other/Not applicable A couple statistics questions.. can anyone help with these?

molotowsky — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:28:58 GMT

1. what is the area under the standard normal curve that is within 2 standard deviations of z= 1.37?

2. The variable z is normally distributed. What is the probability P(z > -1.38) ?

3. The variable z is normally distributed. What is the value of a to two decimal places, if P(z < a) = 0.63??

just a question

smd4std — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:27:49 GMT

ok so when ever i don't like someone, or someone annoys me, or even something minor as bumping into me; i have thoughts of murdering them. it's like there's someone inside my head that is telling me to kill them, i have vivid thoughts on different methods of killing them. i keep telling myself not to, but lately it's getting harder to control,

Undergraduate Will I be able to change Psychology Bsc to Combined Honours with English Literature?

roonil_wazlib — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:27:48 GMT

Basically I've recieved a conditional offer to do Psychology at Newcastle Uni, but recently I've been thinking I want to carry on English too... I think I want to be an teacher, but want to specialise in English/Psychology, and to do that I think I'd need half and half for my degree.

Provided I meet my conditional offer, when I get to the university will it be possible for me to change to combined honours if I want to?

Someone help please!:)

Undergraduate Int Law Government in exile

notiq — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:27:47 GMT

Dear Students,
I'm trying to prepare for moot court competition in international law and I really need your help. The issue of the case is the status of government in exile. Could anyone propose some normative acts which are coincide the specific norms?
Thank you for your help. =)
Please, accept my apologies for mistakes; I’m not native English speaker.

Other/Not applicable Statistics question.. pleasee help!!

molotowsky — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:27:38 GMT

A juice manufacturer fills boxes advertised as containing 250 mL. A machine pours 252 mL in each box with a standard deviation of 0.5 mL. Any box containing less than 250.5 mL is rejected. How many boxes will be rejected in a production run of 20 000 boxes?

Nus extra card

stjohnpeters — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:27:19 GMT

Hi, im in year 13 at the moment and wanting an nus card do you i suggest that i get one for my current school or wait until uni to get one, how long do they last btw and does it have the school name on it?

Scared of losing my partner

twilightmad — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:26:09 GMT

I'm starting uni in September and my partner is the love of my life but I'm scared that she is going to forget about me when I start uni ., she says she won't but I'm just worried :/

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Open Letter to Michael Gove

WhyIHateTheFA — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:24:01 GMT

http://whyihatethefa.tumblr.com/

Dear Mr Gove,

I am currently a business studies PGCE student at the University of Manchester, having achieved a 2:1 BSc (Hons) degree in Business administration at the University of Bath.

I would like to start this letter by saying as a new entrant into the profession; I by no means pretend that I am an expert in all the nuances of teaching. But, then again, neither are you.

I came straight from my university education to do a PGCE and will take up my first teaching post at the start of the new academic year, 2012. I am currently on track to finish my PGCE with an outstanding teacher rating.

I am exactly the type of person that you say you want to encourage into teaching.

However, I am also exactly the type of person that you are putting off.

I came into teaching because I felt that I wanted to make a small difference to the lives of the next generation and help give them a foot up in life. When I first said to other students on my undergraduate business degree that I was going to train as a teacher, other students were shocked - bordering on appalled - by the decision. They saw it as a low paid, low status job. To date, I have seen nothing from you that shows me you can turn this image around.

From the very start, having already applied and been accepted onto the PGCE, the bursary for my subject was cut completely without warning. As my undergraduate was a four year degree, I have now spent a total of £15,500 on tuition fees and a further £16,000 on maintenance loans so that I could afford to study. As a result of wanting to become a teacher to support future generations, I have found myself in £31,500 of debt. This is no incentive. Furthermore, with increased tuition fees, it is only getting worse.

Starting the profession with such a large debt is sacrifice in itself. However, the average starting salary for a new teacher is £22,000. The average starting salary for a graduate in the UK is £29,000. £38,000 for lawyers and £44,000 for bankers. This is no incentive.

On top of this are increased pension contributions and the increased working age. Do I honestly see myself working for the next 45 years in teaching to receive a full pension until the age of 68? No. There is no way, after 45 years of teaching, that I will have the energy to teach a group of students at 68. It is simply too much to ask and unfair on the pupils themselves. Increased pension contributions and an increased pension age are no incentive.

On top of all this, we now see your proposal for deregulation of teacher pay as the next step in making education a “market”. This, simply put, will lower standards of teaching across the curriculum. Budgets will be spent competing for shortage subjects, meaning other subjects will receive substantially less pay. This will demotivate, destabilise and degrade teachers across the country. With academies having no obligation to employ someone with a teaching qualification, it is only a small step to unqualified teachers, working on minimum wage, educating the next generation of students. This is no incentive.

Furthermore, with performance related pay there will be no incentive to take on top pupils where there is less opportunity to raise value added and therefore less chance of raising pay. This will do a disservice to those pupils at the top, when there should be equality across the system. This also counts for schools in less affluent areas who will be unable to compete with wages of other schools in affluent areas, thereby creating a divide between those who have and those who have not. This is not an incentive.

Overall, in my short time as a teacher, I am seeing increased pressure, increased work load, increased expectations. What I don’t see is an increase in the standing of the profession in society.

This is where the problem lies. And this is what you are categorically failing to address. Not only are you failing to address it, but with the toxic rhetoric from yourself and the chief inspector of Ofsted, you are further undermining the profession. This is no incentive.

Your policies seem rushed through. You go through consultation as a means to an end rather than a genuine attempt to listen and you are ultimately risking the education of future generations with your ideology which is not founded in the realms of sound educational practice.

Rather than radically undermining teachers, I would suggest that you concentrate on incentivising top graduates and talented teachers into the profession. Something that to date, I have seen nothing of.

So I ask you this, Mr Gove, what exactly are you doing to keep me in teaching?

Freaking out over R.E exam tomorrow feel like I've FORGOTTEN EVERYTHING!!

hopefulfuturemed — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:23:32 GMT

My teacher says he will "eat a hat" if I do not get an A* and I got the highest grade in the year in the mock. However I am still in a state of panic over the exam tomorrow. I started going over the booklets once in a while weeks before in advance and finished the booklets quite early but mainly focused on other exams in the recent weeks though I did some R.E last week. I did many hours of R.E yesterday and quite a bit today. The exam is tomorrow at 1pm!! (Catholicism 1)

I feel as if I have forgotten the majority of the material. When I was going over the module booklets today I tried to remember what some of the pages said before I looked at the page and on various occasions I remembered nothing! Sometimes I feel as if I'm 'learning' the information rather than 'revising' it. Evidently this has brought me into a huge state of panic.

I think my problem may be that I'm focusing on learning 'word for word' but still! I keep having visions of myself sitting in the exam hall and forgetting the material for most of the questions. I really want an A* in this exam and it is very frightening to feel as though I can't remember hardly anything!

In total there are about 120 pages to learn! It is immensely worrying that I keep forgetting information! :(

Is this normal the day before the exam and what should I do? I'm going to sleep soon :(!!!!!,

Getting rid of spots overnight

bittersweet16 — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:23:24 GMT

So I have a huge spot on my right cheek. It's really getting me down, and I'm going to a party tomorrow night. Does anybody have any good tips about getting rid of spots overnight? I thought about toothpaste, but I've heard that can give people burns...

If not, a recommendation of good concealer/ covering up make up? My skin is pale. it's really annoying me :(

Other/Not applicable what is the smallest type of pet bunny??

molotowsky — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:23:09 GMT

is it a netherland dwarf?

You have been accepted at Hogwarts!

Scienceisgood — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:19:02 GMT

Hey guys;

I am writing to inform you that you have been invited to attend Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. You will be requiring one of the following;

1 Wand (Sorry, you can't chose this, it chooses you)
1 Familiar (Can be either a cat, toad or owl)
1 Cauldron
A set of robes
A pointed Hat

So, here are the questions.

1. What familiar do you chose (Please state specie of familiar and type i.e. Tawny Owl, Barn Owl, etc...)
2. Do you chose to remain on campus or return home when school hours finish?
3. Desired Form of Transport
4. Do you wish to stay in school during holidays?
5. Do you wish to be a prefect?
6. What is your Boggart
7. Did you have fun answering these questions?
8. Screw Hogwarts, I am going to Beauxbatons or Durmstrang Academy! (Agree or Disagree)?

OCR OCR Chemistry F322 Exam [Next Wednesday}

TheFootyKing19 — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:18:18 GMT

Hello guys, after the success of my previous thread i thought i'll make this.

This is a thread where we ask each other questions, quiz, testing if we know the content of the syllabus.

Right i'll start:

What is the shape and bond angle in an alkene? (2)
Define Nucleophile? (1)
Why does increasing pressure, increase the rate of reaction? (2)
How does a catalitic converter work? (4)
State the conditions required for Hydrogenation? (3)
State the conditions for Hydration? (3)
How does a catalyst aid a reaction? (2)
Define exothermic? (1)

Happy Revising...!