Clare Rimmer is the one of the Directors of Kip McGrath Lisburn, a maths and English tuition centre for children aged 6 to 16.  Clare has been teaching for 12 years and the Kip McGrath Centre has been opened since 2007 providing academic support and exam preparation.

Scan the paper

Go through the paper quickly reading or scanning it to get an idea of what is asked.

Do what comes easiest first

Leave the more difficult questions until the end. You will lose valuable time if you get stuck on a difficult question and do not move on. Get some easy marks in first and then return to the more challenging questions secure in the knowledge that you have already got a solid mark.

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Just think of all the great lines that are no longer valid in everyday conversation – if you’re talking about Eastern Michigan in everyday conversation, that is, and if you are, let’s talk daily. No longer can you use this gem: Eastern Michigan can win 10 games, but only if you give the Eagles five years. No longer usable. Or this: Eastern Michigan hasn’t finished above .500 in MAC play since two years before the league added Northern Illinois. Or even this one: The last time E.M.U. won six games, all the way back in 1995, George W. Bush was in his first term as the Governor of Texas. I guess I’ll just throw these on the trash heap. Forget co

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Dr. Kathleen M. Shannon

Two studies by neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center suggest that, in the future, colonic tissue obtained during either colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy may be used to predict who will develop Parkinson disease, a neurodegenerative disorder of aging that that leads to progressive deterioration of motor function due to loss of neurons in the brain that produce dopamine, a neurotransmitter essential to executing movement.

The studies, published in the two May issues of the journal Movement Disorders, were conducted by Dr. Kathleen M.

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Standard & Poors Ratings Services announced today that it has raised its ratings on bonds issued for Colgate University. The following is the news release issued by S&P:

BOSTON (Standard & Poors) May 21, 2012 Standard & Poors Ratings Services has raised its long-term ratings and underlying ratings (SPURs) to AA  from AA- on bonds issued for Colgate University, N.Y.  At the same time, Standard & Poors assigned its AA  long-term rating to the Madison County Capital Resource Corp.s series 2012A revenue bonds issued for the university.

The upgrade reflects Colgates strong and growing financial resources, solid demand profile, successful fundraising efforts, and positive operating results, said Standard & Poors credit analyst Nick Waugh. Th

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Pouring a glass of chardonnay or shaking a martini for my 92-year-old ballet teacher feels like the right thing to do for her. She enjoys an occasional drink; plus, her long life, good health and sharp sensibility are worth toasting.

But previous research has shown that a fine line can exist between positive and negative health effects linked with alcohol consumption.

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Doc Holliday has passed his first test, which was winning period. But the winning Marshall has done over Holliday’s first two seasons has come about with Mark Snyder’s players doing a good portion of the heavy lifting, which leads Holliday to his second test: Winning with his own players, not a roster composed predominantly of players recruited and developed by the previous staff. This quest begins in 2012, as Holliday and the Thundering Herd experience some large-scale roster turnover for the first time. But help is on the way. Hol

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