The basics of Photoshop for anyone struggling, Lifehacker is pretty decent for this kind of thing :)
http://lifehacker.com/5758404/learn-the-basics-of-photoshop-the-complete-guide

Buying a laptop for Applied Psychology

There are three main considerations to take into account when buying a laptop for a college course and theses are:

1.      Size.

2.      Processing power.

3.      Cost.

Size

Small is good. The usefulness of being able to take your laptop into college to transfer work to and from it could be huge when you’re working on multiple CA’s at a time, all the time i.e. on campus and at home. As such I’ve limited my searching to notebooks (or “MacBooks” and “Ultrabooks”). Apple, Toshiba and Dell offer a wide array of options that fit the bill. The MacBook Air is the smallest with an 11” screen without a compromise on the screen resolution or performance abilities with the Toshiba Portégé series a close second at 13.3”. Dell was the worst for the size requirements a college student would be looking for with their smallest screen being 15.6” screen on the Inspiron 15.

Processing Power

In our Multimedia and Design module we use Photoshop extensively. This kind of programme requires an excellent graphics card and equally impressive processor to function at maximum efficiency. Being able to take work home and spend an evening perfecting skills on Photoshop could be invaluable for an Applied Psychology student. An impressive memory would then become necessary to store the large Photoshop files. All 3 companies matched each other for graphics using the Intel HD graphics 4000 across the board. However Apple and Dell pulled away by both using Intel Celeron 1.7 GHz i5 processor with Toshiba lagging behind with an i3.

Cost

Although I left this factor until last to consider, the cost of each laptop is probably the pivotal factor which a typical college student would focus on when choosing theirs. The simple fact of the matter is, between registration fees, accommodation, cost of commuting and feeding themselves, money is not usually something a college student will have in abundance. As such, the vast difference in prices of the notebooks produced by each company becomes vitally important. Dell waltzed into the lead when price was taken into consideration. Both Apple and Toshiba struggled to drop below €850 (excluding VAT for Toshiba) and averaged in the €1000 - €1500 price range. Dell on the other hand boasted a price range of €400 - €800.

Taking price and processing power into consideration, despite having the biggest screen, the Dell Inspiron laptop series appears the best choice for an Applied Psychology student.

http://ie.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/series/Portege-Z930-Series/1121045/banner_id/Portege_Z930/

http://www.dell.com/ie/p/popular-laptop-deals.aspx?c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_air

Cell phone radiation - What the telecommunication companies don't want you to know. (NaturalNews.com, 2010) http://www.naturalnews.com/036411_cell_phones_radiation_exposure.html

            Contrary to the above article, this article deals with the negative effects of cell phone radiation on humans. In the opening paragraphs the main concern is outlined and clarified: mobile phone radiation has been stated to be a possible human carcinogen” by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Derva Davis, PhD, is referenced several times in these paragraphs as she believes if the phone companies don't “make a positive move soon, we may have a global epidemic on our hands within the next two decades.” This startling prediction is backed up almost immediately by the upwards of 500 studies carried out around these theories. Despite all these concerns, there remains a problem with the efforts to correct the issue of the ill effects of cell phone radiation. According to the author of the article the funds necessary to properly research these effects is non-existent and unlikely to appear for the foreseeable future. The second half of this article deals with the CTIA, the International Association for the Wireless Telecommunications Industry, and the Right-To-Know ordinances. Such ordinance began in San Francisco in the summer of 2010. They stated that the members of the community who purchased a phone had a right to know of the possible health risks associated with cell phone radiation. The CTIA have brought the city and county of San Francisco to court over this claiming they breach the phone company’s first amendment. The industry hides behind 2 factors:

1. They maintain they have never said cell phones were safe.

2. The manuals which accompany the cell phones state in tiny wording that a cell phone should never be held next to the body in order to avoid exceeding the exposure limits set by the FCC.

These measures taken by the phone companies are simply not good enough in my opinion as the phone companies are well aware the customer is unlikely to ever read these warnings buried deep within their manuals. Also, simply never saying something is or isn’t dangerous doesn’t make it safe to sell.

Summary of “Cell Phone Exposure May Protect Against and Reverse Alzheimer's Disease” from ScienceDaily (Jan. 7, 2010). http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100106193217.htm

            This article deals with a theory which I have heard or read about being possible for a number of years now but reports on the first solid experimenting to be done on the theory: can prolonged exposure to electromagnetic waves from cell phones help protect against Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The articles reports the findings of experiments carried out in the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centre at the University of South Florida (ADRC; USF). The USF scientists used 96 mice, some perfectly healthy and others with varying degrees of memory loss, and exposed them to levels of radiation similar to a human having a cell phone pressed to their ear for 1 hour sessions, twice a day, for several months. This was to recreate the equivalent exposure of a lifetime use of a cell phone by a human. The scientists set up an antenna which emitted the radiation and housed the mice in boxes equally apart from the antenna. Across the board the scientists found that the radiation dissipated the beta-amyloid which causes the memory loss. In young healthy mice, if the radiation was absorbed during young adulthood and onwards, it prevented the eventual development of Alzheimer’s and actually increased brain function to above normal levels. In the mice already affected by memory loss, they observed a return to normal brain function and memory recollection. From the first time I heard of this theory I’ve been very interested to find out if it is true. The benefits of these discoveries are huge as by doing something as simple and emotionally rewarding as keeping in touch via cell phones, we would be providing ourselves with an effective, non-invasive and drug-free way to prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease.

A bit wordy but if you missed anything in Olivia's referencing class this could come in handy --
http://library.curtin.edu.au/local/docs/referencing/apa.pdf

Hello ello,

My name is Gavin and I suppose a short crash course
in me would be in order...

I'm originally from Castlewarden near Naas, Co.Kildare but moved to Dun Laoghaire for the school year.

I spend most of my free time listening to music (favourite bands include The Beatles, RHCP, Keane, Coldplay, Paolo Nutini and Jack Johnson) playing the piano or feckin' about the internet. I also enjoy watching football or just hanging out.

Now to finish and for your viewing pleasure, my favourite tv advert and a sea cow bumping into a window:

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