Chemistry Experiment Help Hello, for school we're supposed to make an experiment based on different consumer brands of every day items and which is most effective. I'm thinking of doing "Which detergent brand is most effective for getting stains out of clothing? We need to be able to get results in numerical data and I'm having trouble figuring this part out. I was thinking of pouring "x" amount of liters of something like grape juice through 3 shirts of same material and color, and then putting them in the washing machine with the different detergent brands, and whichever leaves the faintest stain can be determined as the most effective. Does anyone know how I can measure in units how much of the stain was removed from the s
Engineers/Architects, I need help on making a half sphere Hey basilmarket, I need some advice on how to create a half-sphere for my project. I am trying to create a model of the atomic bomb, and I'm doing it mostly out of paper foam board. I've completed a cylinder body for the bomb, but I'm getting stuck on how to create the head of the bomb, which is more or less a half sphere, out of foam board. I've tried to just find styrofoam balls and cut them in half, but none of them have a big enough diameter to match the diameter of the cylinder, and it would be very tedious to reconstruct the whole body to a smaller size. What I'm trying to do now to make the half sphere is to try to do it how a beach ball is made. If you look at a beach ball, i
Thoughts/opinions on this situation? Hey guys, so I know this a pretty petty/insignificant thing to complain about, but I'm a little irritated about how my friend (friend A) acted in this situation. So basically I was in an online group call w/ two people, friend A and friend B, and we were just playing video games and talking. I thought that Friend B was acting kind of strange and a bit annoying, and I'm sure that Friend A realized this too. So I send Friend A a text outside of the call saying something along the lines of "What's up with Friend B...?" After this he proceeds to say things like this in the group call: "Hey BlueReborn, why are u texting me about Friend B --- oh you're trash talking friend B" I was just thi
Lost my Driving Confidence Hey guys, so I recently got into a minor car accident (my car damaged, other's was pretty much fine, no one hurt) that was completely avoidable and 100% due to my carelessness. Luckily it won't cost too much, but I've been pretty shaken up by it. I got my license about half a year ago (which is not very long) and I thought that I'd been driving safely. I haven't had any issues besides this one, but made a careless decision this time, and it cost me. My parents weren't as mad as I thought they'd be, just trying to cheer me up about it, but I'm having a lot of regrets about the whole thing and am worried that I'll screw up again. I really don't know... I feel really guilty and shtty about what I caused and the money
I Need Help With a Workout Plan for This Summer Hello, my goal for now until the end of summer is to get stronger for tennis, soccer, and just for overall fitness. I have little knowledge on working out, and I've seen workout threads before on basil, so I thought I would ask. I'm not going to sugarcoat my condition right now. I feel like I am very weak in the upper body. At max I've been able to do around twenty push ups, only two pull ups, and around 40 sit ups (my neck starts hurting a lot for some reason)... I think my legs are fine because of the running in soccer and tennis, so I'm more concerned with the upper body. I think that this is a bit of an extreme goal, but I want to be able to do 50 push ups and 20 pull ups by the end of sum
I Need Help With a Workout Plan for This Summer Hello, my goal for now until the end of summer is to get stronger for tennis, soccer, and just for overall fitness. I have little knowledge on working out, and I've seen workout threads before on basil, so I thought I would ask. I'm not going to sugarcoat my condition right now. I feel like I am very weak in the upper body. At max I've been able to do around twenty push ups, only two pull ups, and around 40 sit ups (my neck starts hurting a lot for some reason)... I think my legs are fine because of the running in soccer and tennis, so I'm more concerned with the upper body. I think that this is a bit of an extreme goal, but I want to be able to do 50 push ups and 20 pull ups by the end of sum
Highschool is stressing me out So it's the second week of highschool for me and I've been doing homework when I get home until late at night like until 8pm-9pm. I just don't have enough time to get things done with afterschool activities and such. The transition between 8th and 9th grade is really difficult. I know it isn't as bad as others, but I've been really stressed out lately... Anyone have thoughts about this?
Iraq Current News Hi, I'm doing a project on Iraq now and was wondering if any basilers could help me understand the situation going on there right now. From what I learned from the internet, Reconstruction in Iraq is going on right now, with the U.S. helping to fix the gov., train the military, and help citizens. The troops in Iraq are getting ready to leave by the end of this year. Is that all that's been happening? Has there been any important breaking news that has happened in Iraq in the past 6 months? I've only been finding articles about insurgency/militia attacks that have been "normal" there (I assume). So has anything important happened recently? Thanks.
Piano Performance Tomorrow Nervous Well, I'm going to be performing a piece tomorrow and I'm feeling kind of nervous about it. This is going to be my second time playing for a big audience and I screwed up the first time. The first time, I messed up a part near the end, forgot how to play it, and then paused for like 5 seconds... I somehow managed to finish it correctly though. Ever since that time, I've had this fear or playing, thinking that I'm going to mess up. Anyone have some tips?
Pokemon X and Y- Pokerus trade? Hey guys, So I'm gonna try to get into competitive battling, EV training, and breeding for this gen since it's relatively easier and wanted to know Does anyone have a pokemon with Pokerus that they could trade me? I can try to trade you a pokemon that you want for it, but I don't have much. Only ones that could probably be useful are charmanders with dragon dance, lairons, and a haunter. 3454-1347-0590 is my friend code if anyone does want to trade. (Sorry if this is in the wrong section)
Hey Guys, Lets Solve the Fiscal Cliff Crisis Sunday evening, the time of procrastination- Are there any well versed people in politics here that can help? So, for U.S. Gov class, we're supposed to think up of a reasonable way to get out of the fiscal cliff crisis, and lower the national debt/deficit/etc. From my very, very basic understanding, the government does this by cutting certain government budget programs and raising taxes. (Our group also plans to drop U.S. military budget from 600 bil to 300 bil, because who needs that much anyways?) However, how does one go about this without ticking off either Democrats or Republicans? (No way to cut Obamacare-Democrats mad, Taxing the wealthy- Republicans mad?) Anyone have any ideas? I just don