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    Marks deducted for using advanced method

    Mathematics is one of those wonderful subjects where there is not just one way to reach an answer. There are multiple ways and thank goodness, because by doing that, new things can be discovered. For a teacher to slash marks because she does not approve or know a method is ridiculous and shows...
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    Creative writing kills my life (:

    Wow, I was completely the opposite. I could do creative writing but essays were an eternal mystery - at school. There is a very good Excel book you can get to help you learn Creative Writing properly - Excel Essential Skills Creative Writing. Now there is a Years 7-8 book and I think a Years...
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    debating

    Just as an aside - Karl Cramp is my Great Grandfather :D
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    How do we pronounce ATAR?

    Well, they've increased the number of letters in the acronym but shortened the length of the word. I guess that could be good. What I find interesting is that NSW is the only State that said someone was better than 100% of their cohort in the UAI. I like the fact that 99.95 is the highest you...
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    Start Major Work in Yr 11? Good Idea?

    Also, if you are thinking of doing EE2, can I suggest maybe checking out the NSW Writers Centre and the workshops they do there. They are fantastic for just learning the craft of writing (EE2 just generally). ALSO, read Asimov short stories. That man was the MASTER of the Sci-Fi short story...
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    Prelim Bio - Evolution

    Re: Evolution Well, let me see. This is a long and involved argument with a lot of heated, personal name calling on many sides - and that's just by the experts! One has to look at this with a cool head and be open to information and not come at it with a closed mind. The final answer to the...
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    For Loop

    t = 0 i = 1 j = 0 , t = 1 j = 1, t = 2 i = 2 j = 0, t = 4 j = 1, t = 6 j = 2, t = 8 i = 3 j = 0, t = 11 j = 1, t = 14 j = 2, t = 17 j = 3, t = 20 Remember, t = t + i not t = t+1
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    Disadvantages of a Transistor

    1. When they blow, they need to be replced BUT they are so small (that an advantage) it can be difficult to find the offending transistor. 2. Manufacturing techniques are complex. 3. Manufacturing techniques require clean rooms. 4. They can be put into the circuit board the wrong way and...
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    dort vs. da

    Aus Langenscheidts Großwörterbuch - Deutsch als Fremdsprache
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    ENG ADV PEOPLE! Teacher wants me to move from ENG STD TO AVD, Should I?

    As one who, many years ago, was advised to take what you would now call Advanced English because I was intelligent and would cope with it, I chose to the Standard or General Course. My reasoning was that I didn't want to to do lots of analysis and I hated Jane Austin. I had found my niche in...
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    PLS! do my survey its about Young australian of the year for my PIP thank youu

    Survey 2: Young Australian of the year Qu1: Do you understand what Australian of the year is about, and more specifically what is Young Australian of the year? Not entirely. It seems to be just who is the most popular person in the media at the time and what politically correct...
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    Not motivated for my major work

    Normal? Welcome to writer's block. The only way to get out of it, is to write. Just write stuff. It may be useless and boring, but something will spark and then off you go again. Nightsarah - if you want to start again. Start again. What you have written will not be a waste but could be the...
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    christian bioethics

    Well, by law, before 20 weeks, a baby is not a human being. It is just a foetus. According to God in the Bible in Psalm 22 and 139, it is very clear that humans are human from the hour of conception. God knows us from that moment and thus we are human. Life begins at conception. Thus it...
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    Christian Teaching on Bioethics questiion

    I guess it depends on your definitions of bioethics and ethics in a Christian context. If you consider that Christian teaching is that God is God of all things and He is the one and only creator. He sustains and perpetuates. The entire Bible is very clear on where God stands in terms of what is...
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    That 'I give up' moment

    Well, my year was the second year where continuous assessment was necessary for the final HSC mark. All work done over the two final years of school was assessed continously and then tested in the HSC (not like now where you have Prelim year and that is largely put aside and new HSC work is...
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    ArtExpress 09

    OK, I saw ArtExpress at the Sydney Art Gallery yesterday and some of it just blew me away. It well beyond what I had even conceived of as being art! Some of it I had to wonder at, but others blew me away. The simple picture is certainly dead. The complexity to those works and the standard of...
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    Christianity marriage ceremony

    Well, the first thing to do is get a copy of the marriage vows and the ceremony itself: Solemnization of Matrimony -- Book of Common Prayer (An old version of the modern Anglican ceremony) So, the Banns firstly reminds those present of the laws that God set forth about who can and can't marry...
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    Short Story - The Last Person on Earth (what would YOU do? - Post Here!)

    Hmmm, very "Z for Zachariah". I think I would not believe that I was the last person on Earth and want to believe that there was someone, somewhere who would be my companion. I would probably go off in search of that person in any way I could. First going around Australia and then try and head...
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    What to do? Short story help.

    Hey there, it can certainly be that you get bored by the story. So, what you need to do at the moment is stop writing it and reviewing and editing and step away. Put it aside. Think about it. Perhaps there is something that is missing; a way you could go that will enhance your excitement again...
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    Volumes question >.<

    Actually, yes they do can. The curves cross at (-3,6) and (1,2). y = - x2 - 3x + 6 x + y - 3 = 0 Make cylindrical shells in width dx and height Larger cylindrical shell height hlarge = (- x2 - 3x + 6) - (-x+3) hlarge = - x2 - 2x + 3 Smaller cylindrical shell height hsmall = (- (x+dx)2 -...
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