Links for 2008-10-31: students who cheat at Cambridge University – Google and Wikipedia are the friends of students who are strapped for time and practitioners of situational ethics; Eleanor Coade and the origins of Coade stone; Duchess of York is mocked for allegedly uneven foundation use; apparently, after a transatlantic flight, Kate Moss looked her age – shock; just how much energy do various appliances use?
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It seems that Google and wikipedia are the friends of fed-up students who have little interest in their non-assessed course-work. 62% of law students admitted to this – it would be interesting to know if this is for areas like Roman Law or topics for which they can not seem the relevance.
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"The composition and method of manufacture of Coade stone are not fully known, but the finds on the site during excavations for the Festival of Britain show that the materials were finely ground and after mixing were either modelled or cast in moulds or cast and then finished by a modeller. They were fired in a muffle furnace. The grindstone, of granite, has been placed outside the Royal Festival Hall and a number of the moulds, casts and specimens of the finished product have been preserved."
Eleanor Coade sounds like a remarkable woman. It is interesting that it has so obviously stood the test of time in this way.
From: 'Coade's Artificial Stone Works', Survey of London: volume 23: Lambeth: South Bank and Vauxhall (1951), pp. 58-61. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=47044. Date accessed: 31 October 2008.
Unlike the above claim, others say the recipe is not lost. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coade_stone -
So, she looks good, but that's not enough because she must be subjected to a microscope and look good under a spotlight.
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"The notoriously hard partying model looked washed-out, wrinkled and every inch her 34 years.
But as the star stepped off her long haul flight at LAX airport today, it was startlingly clear the 11-hour flight had left her skin in an even worse state." Looking 34 years-old. There should be a bell to alert people so they might avert their eyes.
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Useful calculator for light family discussions about the relative merits of various electrical appliances.
November 4, 2008 at 10:33 am
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