Preliminary tests have found melamine in Cadbury's Chinese-made chocolates, the company says. The main concern lies in the milk solids.
Melamine is an organic base which is added to foods to increase their apparent protein content. In small doses, it will cause no apparent harm, but when combined with cyanuric acid and ingested (or combines while ingested) it will create fatal kidney stones.
Currently, there are recalls in Australia and there has been recorded deaths in China.
For more information go to
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7641317.stm
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Purpose and persistence
Collect and carry
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A small fragment of the night sky,
flickers irridescently
as it falls towards me
Motionless, it rests
on weather worn concrete,
not asking for a thing
As it reaches my pocket,
my gaze meets the sky
which shatters like snow before me
The new sky is dim, and the stars
now so far away - nothing
but the mournful chime of falling glass
I lean over to pick up the lost sky,
and in my pocket the old stars stay
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The purpose of this blog is to provide a network or a surface in which people can meet to discuss difficulties and challenges of the HSC. Right now I'll be limiting the talk to the following subjects:
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How will this help you?
I'm not guaranteeing that this will help you in any way. Please understand this. I will be making posts weekly, and maybe more often. Feel free to comment, provide suggestions and ask questions on topics posted.
Those who are willing to physically meet in an appropriate learning environment, where we can study together and collaborate can e-mail me or talk to me over MSN To arrange to do so: tinytim_502@hotmail.com
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The HSC isn't going to be quite as easy as I first imagined. A sneak peek into HSC chemistry (oh god) stuck a - I mean - made me realise just how much content needs to be covered, and to the depth in which our understanding much reach in order for us to succeed! My experience has showed me that it is much easier to find (oh the pitiful) mistakes in work that's not yours.
It is becoming more and more obvious that the amount of knowledge that is swelling my way will completely overwhelm me. And I will swim! Oh how much I hate swimming.
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HSC CHEMISTRY
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The production of materials
Chemistry is great. Moderate intensity and a good balance between the application of knowledge and the maintenance of knowledge. Showing strong links to the year 11 course, my current standing with chemistry is GOOD.
To kick-start the HSC, Matrix offers a wonderful; intense bang-for-your-buck chemistry tutoring - if you can hold on to your head. Third day in on the course and my thoughts drift back and forth from the content to reality... Petroleum, separation of petroleum, long chain alkanes, thermal cracking, catalytic cracking, bonding, properties, uses, structure, ethylene, polyethylene, polypropylene, styrofoam, polymer, monomer you get the point.
WONDERFUL! All the information seems to stick like blocks of lego in your head, except for the occasional piece which slips away every now and then. Oh - wait a minute. If my head is spinning with chemistry now, and it's the only thing that's happening now then... you'll see when you get there.
Just one tip - do not fool yourself into thinking that you can drift through this without feeling the Rack stretch your every tendon.
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A small fragment of the night sky,
flickers irridescently
as it falls towards me
Motionless, it rests
on weather worn concrete,
not asking for a thing
As it reaches my pocket,
my gaze meets the sky
which shatters like snow before me
The new sky is dim, and the stars
now so far away - nothing
but the mournful chime of falling glass
I lean over to pick up the lost sky,
and in my pocket the old stars stay
---------------------------------------
The purpose of this blog is to provide a network or a surface in which people can meet to discuss difficulties and challenges of the HSC. Right now I'll be limiting the talk to the following subjects:
- Mathematics
- English
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Economics
----------------------------
How will this help you?
I'm not guaranteeing that this will help you in any way. Please understand this. I will be making posts weekly, and maybe more often. Feel free to comment, provide suggestions and ask questions on topics posted.
Those who are willing to physically meet in an appropriate learning environment, where we can study together and collaborate can e-mail me or talk to me over MSN To arrange to do so: tinytim_502@hotmail.com
-----------------------------
The HSC isn't going to be quite as easy as I first imagined. A sneak peek into HSC chemistry (oh god) stuck a - I mean - made me realise just how much content needs to be covered, and to the depth in which our understanding much reach in order for us to succeed! My experience has showed me that it is much easier to find (oh the pitiful) mistakes in work that's not yours.
It is becoming more and more obvious that the amount of knowledge that is swelling my way will completely overwhelm me. And I will swim! Oh how much I hate swimming.
---------------------
HSC CHEMISTRY
---------------------
The production of materials
Chemistry is great. Moderate intensity and a good balance between the application of knowledge and the maintenance of knowledge. Showing strong links to the year 11 course, my current standing with chemistry is GOOD.
To kick-start the HSC, Matrix offers a wonderful; intense bang-for-your-buck chemistry tutoring - if you can hold on to your head. Third day in on the course and my thoughts drift back and forth from the content to reality... Petroleum, separation of petroleum, long chain alkanes, thermal cracking, catalytic cracking, bonding, properties, uses, structure, ethylene, polyethylene, polypropylene, styrofoam, polymer, monomer you get the point.
WONDERFUL! All the information seems to stick like blocks of lego in your head, except for the occasional piece which slips away every now and then. Oh - wait a minute. If my head is spinning with chemistry now, and it's the only thing that's happening now then... you'll see when you get there.
Just one tip - do not fool yourself into thinking that you can drift through this without feeling the Rack stretch your every tendon.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Putting the e to the Z's
Kyonen - Resonance
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A small soul, shivering in the cold wind
from the storm of reality
My heart rings with resonance,
wishing to join him and cry;
to feel the warmth of ignorance,
and forever let it wash over me
The sun falls, taking the last of the light
which flickered through the latticework
of dead maples,
and taking the last of the warmth away
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And I realise - The only way is up- to sprout wings and fly
And we'll fly together
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And before you know it; you've finished the last of your HSC papers.
Oh no, not yet - the games have only just begun. The world is at your mercy, as you are at your own.
Sitting here gazing into the deep blue sky of my monitor's wallpaper my mind sprung to life... Time management, time saving, time wasting, effort. Yes, I should invest my time in something a little more constructive than an physics puzzle game or singing mindlessly and doing handstands all around the house, making more holes in the paper walls of the house, turning it into cheese.
Organisation and concentration will be my greatest downfall and the keys to my success; my only bet. But when the simplest solution seemed the best - it just didn't work; timetables are horrible and cannot be followed. So how do I get organised and cover all the work? Simple - just drill the page until it bleeds, or until my hand bleeds or until my eyes bleed and then do what I normally call wasting time; walk around the house shouting lyrics from over a hundred differet songs and idling on MSN while looking up random YouTube videos, then falling back on the pages.
Suprisingly, I seem to have actually gotten things done this way. After cleaning out all the CRAP out of my room, I can actually open a book on my table and write hours on end; thoughts falling like bars of lead onto the page: Ethylene, Petroleum, catalytic cracking, im not cracking, etc.
What fired up the engine? It is you. Because you're always better than me; even when you're not, and just being there - working with you keeps my thoughts flowing and the fire burning. I don't work well alone and tend to only study in groups. ( Be my study buddy ) - I remember a lot more from group study sessions - they were what pulled me through year 11 as I didn't study alone at all.
Enter - The Timtable
I'll discuss the purpose of this blog tomorrow or some other time~
Can anyone tell me what a flow of conscious thoughts on paper is called?
Contact me: tinytim_502@hotmail.com
Tonight I take the e from timetable, and stick it before my z's
Good night,
Tim
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A small soul, shivering in the cold wind
from the storm of reality
My heart rings with resonance,
wishing to join him and cry;
to feel the warmth of ignorance,
and forever let it wash over me
The sun falls, taking the last of the light
which flickered through the latticework
of dead maples,
and taking the last of the warmth away
-----------------------------------------
And I realise - The only way is up- to sprout wings and fly
And we'll fly together
------------------------------------------------------------
And before you know it; you've finished the last of your HSC papers.
Oh no, not yet - the games have only just begun. The world is at your mercy, as you are at your own.
Sitting here gazing into the deep blue sky of my monitor's wallpaper my mind sprung to life... Time management, time saving, time wasting, effort. Yes, I should invest my time in something a little more constructive than an physics puzzle game or singing mindlessly and doing handstands all around the house, making more holes in the paper walls of the house, turning it into cheese.
Organisation and concentration will be my greatest downfall and the keys to my success; my only bet. But when the simplest solution seemed the best - it just didn't work; timetables are horrible and cannot be followed. So how do I get organised and cover all the work? Simple - just drill the page until it bleeds, or until my hand bleeds or until my eyes bleed and then do what I normally call wasting time; walk around the house shouting lyrics from over a hundred differet songs and idling on MSN while looking up random YouTube videos, then falling back on the pages.
Suprisingly, I seem to have actually gotten things done this way. After cleaning out all the CRAP out of my room, I can actually open a book on my table and write hours on end; thoughts falling like bars of lead onto the page: Ethylene, Petroleum, catalytic cracking, im not cracking, etc.
What fired up the engine? It is you. Because you're always better than me; even when you're not, and just being there - working with you keeps my thoughts flowing and the fire burning. I don't work well alone and tend to only study in groups. ( Be my study buddy ) - I remember a lot more from group study sessions - they were what pulled me through year 11 as I didn't study alone at all.
Enter - The Timtable
I'll discuss the purpose of this blog tomorrow or some other time~
Can anyone tell me what a flow of conscious thoughts on paper is called?
Contact me: tinytim_502@hotmail.com
Tonight I take the e from timetable, and stick it before my z's
Good night,
Tim
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