Hi Everyone, thanks for all of your responses! I enjoy reading what everyone has to say, even if I don’t agree with it. One thing I can say about myself is that I am really open to others opinions and like to hear what you think!
In other news, here’s some individualized responses to different questions and comments….
HRH- On the topic of….
In case you didn't notice from the last blog, I always quote the term "atheist" when referring to myself. Why? Well, it's debatable.
Here's my theory, which makes perfect sense to me.
With the SAT approaching this Saturday, I have been thinking a lot lately about standardized tests and their importance in college admissions these days. Standardized tests are counting less and less for college admissions lately, and I think that's a good thing. In fact, I firmly believe that colleges should make submission of standardized test scores completely optional for all applicants.
Introduction: A monosaccharide is a simple sugar and forms a disaccharide (a double sugar) when condensation occurs. Hydrolysis breaks a disaccharide apart to form two monosaccharides by splitting water molecules. Many monosaccharides can combine to form a polysaccharide, an example being starch. Carbohydrates (sugars) are stored temporarily as glucose and for longer periods as starch.
According to the BBC, this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Professor Gerhard Ertl of Germany. It was a shock to Ertl because the Nobel Prize for Physics went to another German, Peter Grunberg (who shares the award with French physicist Albert Fert). Ertl is a professor of physical chemistry at the Fritz-Haber Institute at the Max Planck Society in Berlin.
