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    Post Your 2016 University Offers Here

    B Law / B Science, UNSW
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    How to embed image into post

    Apologies for my ineptitude, but how do I get a URL for the image? Do I need to upload it somewhere first?
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    How to embed image into post

    Guys, how do I embed an image into a post? When I use the "add image" function, all that appears is a hyperlink to the image. How do I do it so that the actual image appears? Many thanks.
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    English tutoring prices

    Guys, how much do English tutors usually charge per hour? I'm talking individual students who have completed HSC and are working as private tutors, rather than tutoring colleges/academics offering tutoring services.
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    Theory of the movement of substances in the phloem

    Here's my attempt at a relatively simple answer to an exam question such as: Describe the current theory for the movement of materials through the phloem of a plant. Organic molecules, including amino acids, sugars and hormones are transported around the plant through the phloem, according...
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    Similies and Metaphors in Creative writing?

    Depends on whether you can use them well. As Nietzsche once wrote, "truth is a mobile army of metaphors". In other words, you cannot write a story without using some sort of metaphorical language. What you can and should do is avoid cliches: "He froze like a statue." "The water was as cold as...
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    What is this rhetorical device called?

    "Decency, human decency, universal human decency." This is from Rudd's Sorry Day speech. As you can see, he uses separate clauses to "build up" a final three-part noun-phrase. What is this called? Epistrophe is the repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses, but...
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    Bridging courses

    Hello all, So I am considering doing either B.Arts/B.Advanced Science or B.Arts/B.Science at UNSW. However, Chemistry is a prerequisite for these courses, and I am not studying it at school. What sort of experience can I expect with a bridging course; will it be impossible to do and will...
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    Something fishy's going on...

    ...at my school. So apparently the internal HSC marks - the ones that get reported to BOSTES at the end of the year together with the ranks - are being "moderated" by our school before they get sent to BOSTES. In practice, I have a feeling this means that our school, whilst maintaining the...
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    Official HSC 2015 Examination Dates

    Russian continuers 20/10 at 14:00
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    To memorise essays or not?

    Here's the thing - most people will memorise essays. Personally I always do, but change key sentences and points as I go along in accordance with the question. The reason I wouldn't recommend just remembering points and quotes and analysis is because, unless you are one of the few who can write...
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    Does attendance to school contribute to hsc mar?

    Your attendance does not directly influence your marks, however, BOSTES provisions state that a principal can determine that you have failed a course irrespective of your marks if you do not attend a satisfactory percentage of lessons. The satisfactory percentage differs from school to school...
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    Moderation/ranks question

    What if there's some sort of computer error that causes incorrect ranks to be submitted?
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    A Question in regards to my scientific investigation....

    http://earthsky.org/human-world/artificial-light-plant-growth I repeat - as long as all of your plants are under the same light source, the validity of your experiment will not be compromised.
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    Moderation/ranks question

    So consider the following situation: A certain class gets ranked in a certain way and those ranks are submitted to BOSTES. However, for whatever reasons, these ranks are horribly wrong. Perhaps the teacher was extremely biased, perhaps there was some sort of clerical error - the reason does...
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    A Question in regards to my scientific investigation....

    The result might be different, but it shouldn't have any effect on the validity of your experiment. 'Physical environmental factor' does not necessarily mean 'natural environmental factor'. The environment does not have to be natural.
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    Martin Place Hostage Situation

    You ever heard of a strawman argument? Look it up, cause that's exactly what you are doing. I never said that what the police did was wrong. I don't know all the facts, so I cannot do that. You, similarly, cannot say that the police's actions were right. You don't know all the facts, so you...
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