some time poeple do nice things...like bake bread and give it to the towns folk
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/8522830.stm
but there is always someone that want to spoit it
Police in the town warned people not to eat the bread in case it was contaminated.
Sime people have no faith !
Friday, February 19, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
‘Mickey Mouse’ degrees should be kicked into touch
Richard Pike, Chief of the RSC has issued a statement on Science education
‘Mickey Mouse’ degree courses should be swept away, and priorities in university education and research should reflect the challenges facing the country over the forthcoming decades.
No longer should the government be paying 18-year-olds to start courses on celebrity journalism, drama with waste management, or international football business management. These courses should be kicked into touch, especially at a time when the UK is desperately short of funding research into Alzheimer’s and other diseases of ageing, alternative energy sources and wider, more effective health care provision, all of which depend on leading-edge work in the fundamental sciences.
Massive cuts in the science budget have already been announced in this country at a time when President Barack Obama is seeking $66bn, an increase of 5.9% over 2010 levels, to address the strategic priorities on the other side of the Atlantic.
The number of undergraduates studying chemistry, physics, biology and mathematics here had stayed relatively constant over many decades, and the enormous expansion witnessed in tertiary education was largely in the non-science sector. This sector, too, played a vital role in the development of the country, and our future relies on exploiting the synergies provided by a workforce with a wide range of skills, but we now need some realism over the way ahead.
We need a population with an enduring set of skills, such as an understanding of the physical world around us, literacy and communication, numeracy, how to function and continue to learn in a complex society, and above all creativity, rather than an ability to satisfy some ephemeral demand that in ten years time will be viewed as a curiosity.
To take a leaf out of the US’s book, that means that science must not be cut in the same proportion as other subjects at university, but its central role for the future of this country recognised, and funding effectively ‘ring fenced’, so that in effect it becomes a more dominant component.
This is not a question of pleading a special case; such a move is essential if we are all to enjoy the lifestyle we have become accustomed to, and to ensure that we are prepared for the changes that will affect us all in the future. '
Here here Say's I
‘Mickey Mouse’ degree courses should be swept away, and priorities in university education and research should reflect the challenges facing the country over the forthcoming decades.
No longer should the government be paying 18-year-olds to start courses on celebrity journalism, drama with waste management, or international football business management. These courses should be kicked into touch, especially at a time when the UK is desperately short of funding research into Alzheimer’s and other diseases of ageing, alternative energy sources and wider, more effective health care provision, all of which depend on leading-edge work in the fundamental sciences.
Massive cuts in the science budget have already been announced in this country at a time when President Barack Obama is seeking $66bn, an increase of 5.9% over 2010 levels, to address the strategic priorities on the other side of the Atlantic.
The number of undergraduates studying chemistry, physics, biology and mathematics here had stayed relatively constant over many decades, and the enormous expansion witnessed in tertiary education was largely in the non-science sector. This sector, too, played a vital role in the development of the country, and our future relies on exploiting the synergies provided by a workforce with a wide range of skills, but we now need some realism over the way ahead.
We need a population with an enduring set of skills, such as an understanding of the physical world around us, literacy and communication, numeracy, how to function and continue to learn in a complex society, and above all creativity, rather than an ability to satisfy some ephemeral demand that in ten years time will be viewed as a curiosity.
To take a leaf out of the US’s book, that means that science must not be cut in the same proportion as other subjects at university, but its central role for the future of this country recognised, and funding effectively ‘ring fenced’, so that in effect it becomes a more dominant component.
This is not a question of pleading a special case; such a move is essential if we are all to enjoy the lifestyle we have become accustomed to, and to ensure that we are prepared for the changes that will affect us all in the future. '
Here here Say's I
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Chemistry: A Volatile History
Yes I am still alive...
Anyway here is a good science program for you to watch either tonight on BBC Four or on iplayer.
It is Chemistry: A Volatile History www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00q2mk5
Well it should be good, the Rsc are raving about it.
personally I think the BBC should move these types programmes from BBC 4 to BBC 2 where more people are likely to watch something and maybe learn something interesting too....
but that's just my opinion
Anyway here is a good science program for you to watch either tonight on BBC Four or on iplayer.
It is Chemistry: A Volatile History www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00q2mk5
Well it should be good, the Rsc are raving about it.
personally I think the BBC should move these types programmes from BBC 4 to BBC 2 where more people are likely to watch something and maybe learn something interesting too....
but that's just my opinion
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Photo Challange: Your Christmas
The Challenge:
Christmas is almost upon us, and I expect many of you will be busy. To reflect this, the deadline for this week’s Challenge isn’t until the New Year.
The theme is simply your Christmas. All you have to do is take any photo that summarises the Christmas period for you. Let us know what you did with your time off, who you visited, and which was the biggest present!
Entries in by noon on Tuesday 5th January, please. I know it’s a long way off so I’ll post a reminder a few days before, so you remember to send your photos in
One picture that reminds me of Christmas....
Christmas is almost upon us, and I expect many of you will be busy. To reflect this, the deadline for this week’s Challenge isn’t until the New Year.
The theme is simply your Christmas. All you have to do is take any photo that summarises the Christmas period for you. Let us know what you did with your time off, who you visited, and which was the biggest present!
Entries in by noon on Tuesday 5th January, please. I know it’s a long way off so I’ll post a reminder a few days before, so you remember to send your photos in
One picture that reminds me of Christmas....
This is an saffron teddy bear (unbaked)- saffron bread is like an English tea cake with saffron in it, it is only really make in Cornwall and only made into teddy bears by my family. The Saffron tea cake is traditionally eaten a sign as friendship, and we usually have the saffron bear for Breakfast on Christmas morning. This year though we where visiting people over the Christmas holiday for my friends little boy got the teddy bear and and I took some saffron buns to the homes we went to as sign of friendship. It is just not Christmas with out it.
New Year Wishes
As promised here is a picture of my christmas cake. We had a really nice Christmas and new year. However I though I would have write a quick note to say thanks to everyone we saw over the Christmas holiday for making this very sociable season. If we did not make it to see you then where is always 2010 and we hope this year is full of joy and promise.We didn't get much snow but but I did make a snowman!
I am not one for making New years resolutions but this year I have decided that I really need to sort out my address book and make sure I have everyone birthdays written down is one place so I will be contacting people shortly for information. I apologise in advance for not knowing the information already I know that I should but I have a memory like a sieve.
I am also getting in to a positive frame of mind for work 2010, after the last 3-4 months on 2009 I figure this year has to be better.
Anyway I hope you all have a great 2010 and that the year is full of hope, good news and blessings
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