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  1. John McCain

    Strong and effective climate change policy, that doesn't involve a great, big new tax

    Is what abbott says he will introduce. The thread title is a verbatim quote from his appearance on the 7.30 report Is such a thing even possible?
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    w00t finally drove a straight 4

    Normally drive a three-cylinder daihatsu charade, got my green p's today so mum finally trusted us behind the wheel of her 1.6 pulsar, man it was awesome. Put it in top at 80 and floor it, normally it bogs down in my car and takes a while to take off, in the pulsar it shoots up to 110. You...
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    Water found on moon

    Awesome Water found on Moon by Nasa: Q&A - Telegraph
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    What does it mean to be a person?

    To describe a being as 'human' is to use a term that straddles two distinct notions: membership of the species Homo sapiens, and being a person, in the sense of a rational or self-conscious being. Is it enough to say a person is simply an organism that is genetically a member of the species...
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    Should we reintroduce the cane in schools?

    Judging by this thread: http://community.boredofstudies.org/214/news-current-affairs-politics/224764/smacking-child-ever-acceptable.html, most members of this forum believe that the use of physical punishment, when the force used is reasonable and children continue to misbehave in the face of...
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    Is smacking a child ever acceptable?

    Is smacking a child an indefensible act of abuse against the most vulnerable in society, or does it teach children important lessons about how power structures operate in the adult world? It seems to me that smacking is often applied because it is convenient to the parent. It's simple, quick...
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    Beach Party 2009

    Want to go. Frenzal rhomb and numbers radio. Yeah. Beach Party '09 — UoN Services This is graney btw. You should come, drink beers, build sandcastles etc...
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    Nursing- Pros and cons?

    I was considering enrolling in Nursing. It's been noted that, while there are shortages of nurses nationwide, this is not due to a lack of trained people. There is an abundance of trained nurses, the problem is that many of them choose to work in other jobs after a while, because they all...
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