No calculators on this one, period. What is the sine of 11 pi divided by 6?

If that is too easy, try this: The management of a private investment club has a fund of $200,000 earmarked for investment in stocks and bonds. To arrive at an acceptable overall level of risk, the stocks have been classified into three categories: high risk, medium risk, ( Read more... )

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What is 6x^3 - 15x^2 - 87x - 30 divided by 2x + 5? (Hint: the answer is still a polynomial)

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So I finally figured out how to put pictures on my blog. I needed them to be on the internet, not on my HD so... I found out about photobucket.com. It is a photo hosting site where you can upload pictures so that they each have their own web address and everything. So enjoy the photos.

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The weather was wondeful today. It was sunny and warmer than usual. It was one of those days where I just want to curl up outside with a good book. My French class got cancelled so I had a lot of free time. I also found out that I got an A on my last history paper. I was glad for the sun at soccer practice; I didn't have to wear a sweatshirt. It ( Read more... )

My science teacher brought up today that the allele for sickle cell anemia is more common in Africa. At first glance, this would not seem to make sense according to natural selection since sickle-cell is often deadly. However...

What is special about the heterozygous form of the gene for Beta-hemoglobin that could explain why the allele for beta- ( Read more... )

This book was a dissapointing sequel to the original Artemis Fowl. The only appeal the books had to me was Artemis's devious but undoubtably remarkably intelligent schemes. This book had too much of the fairies and not enough of Artemis. It tried to make him too normal, which was boring. He was caught without a plan on multiple occasions. The only ( Read more... )

I needed something to read on the plane ride home from California, so I got a copy of Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer. Delightful, if I do say so myself. It's Sherlock Holmes meets Harry Potter. Or should I say, Professor Moriarty? Artemis Fowl is a twelve year old criminal mastermind who comes up with an ingenious plot to steal a large pile of gold ( Read more... )

I'm very late with my trivia question this week. Sorry for that, if anyone noticed. I'm into historical fiction novels. One of my favorites is I, Elizabeth. Hence this week's question.

Name the wives of Henry VIII in order, and their fate. (hint: 1= Katherine of Aragon; divorced)

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This trilogy, by Lian Hearn, is my latest fantasy book obsession. The setting is a medieval Japan like country. It has all the makings of a samurai novel, but with a little sci-fi mixed in. The main character, Takeo, is related by blood to an underground group called the *Tribe* (sort-of like ninjas). Tribe members posess superhuman skills. Takeo ( Read more... )