In one of his Maths books the author Martin Gardner talks about the following thought experiment. Imagine that you make contact with a being from some far part of the galaxy and communicate with him...
my school has somehow been awarded the status of being a specialist maths school, yet in year 11 and i don't know about 9 and 10, we are better at english. Evidence; 1) in maths, only the top set can...
Years ago I was appointed to various schools on a temporary basis. Heads were allocated a certain amount of money to run the school for the coming year. If a head wished to save some of it to purchase...
I see the Press Complaints Commision has censured an online blog for saying "the overwhelming majority of London's violent crime was carried out by young, African-Caribbean men"....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8593118.stm Who should take the burden for funding of the elderly? Labour have suggested a death tax on the disceased estate of about £10,000 which goes into...
crocodiles and big white sharks kill several thousand people every year but consevationists still want them protected as endangered species. Should they be a protected species or would it be better if...
George Osborne has said that he will scrap Labour's plan rise in NI and pay for it with some £12billion out of nowhere he is calling efficiency savings. Some questions the Trotskyists at the...
http://news.xinhuanet...-03/29/c_13229069.htm Early this morning on TV news it was reported (by the revolving news text) that a helicopter had been shot down in Afghanistan, but no mention on the news...
.... say I have a washing machine that spins @ 1200, it is obviously inferior to a machine that does a spin @ 1400. That said, my machine(1200) finishes cycle, Is there any benefit in re-spinning? I...
I notice that the News of the World has joined the rest of the Murdoch papers in coming out supporting the Conservatives at the General Election. Newspaper have long been able to show a bias to one...
Well this admission seems to be on several front pages, said proudly, great public sector costs do need cutting. So given that all the lefties hate MrsT will they now hate Darling even more and vote...
The government says despite their skills ex-servicemen have difficulty in getting jobs.
This applies to all ranks and irrespective of length of service. Why should that be ?...
I am a non-smoker of a good few years now but that doesn't make me 'better' than the smoker it's all about choice and it annoys me when I see the exaggerated arm waving by the ex smokers specifically,...
It appears that homeowners have forked out on average £45 for the 'free light bulb' giveaway so that suppliers can meet theri targets. Ofgem estimates and average houshold is forking out...
