Archive for April 2009
Let’s put the swine flu in perspective
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: April 29, 2009
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The total number of deaths in World War One was 16 million. The number of deaths as a result of the Spanish flu which followed in 1918 was somewhere between 30 and 80 million. In the 14th century the Black Death is estimated to have killed 75 million people (including anywhere from 30% to 60% [...]
Leaving Cert Physics Notes: now with experiments
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: April 26, 2009
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My homework over the Easter break was to write up all the Leaving Cert Physics Mandatory Experiments, including diagrams, sources of error and precautions. I have incorporated them into the notes (they are at the very end) so now there’s no excuse for not having them written up on time! They do tend to add bulk to what [...]
Horrendous:Average mark in Junior Science H.L written exam is 55%
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: April 22, 2009
I was browsing through the Chief Examiner’s report (as one does) for the Junior Cert science exam 2006 and found buried amongst all the text and statistics the following unbelievable nugget: the average mark for the written exam was 55%. I couldn’t find any data on 2007 or 2008, so I don’t know if things [...]
Apres-budget blues: the new tax-form
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: April 9, 2009
Currently doing ‘the rounds’ as they say: Thanks James.
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