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    Archaeologists Discover Ancient Church

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051105/ap_on_sc/israel_ancient_church "Normally we have from this period in our region historical evidence from literature, not archaeological evidence," he said. "There is no structure you can compare it to, it is a very unique find." hmm, this is pretty...
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    Fur seal bites off woman's nose

    http://au.news.yahoo.com/051031/15/wlbt.html ouch!! i never knew seals were so savage...
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    DON'T send your resume...

    "There’s a rapidly emerging school of thought which suggests that job-seekers SHOULDN’T send resumes to any job opening. Including your resume only gives the PE (potential employer) an easy opportunity to disqualify you based on some small or otherwise meaningless detail in your resume, before...
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    Dead driver fined

    Parking officers fine dead driver ^ hehe. it'd be terrible to be the parking officer now.. how bad would you feel!
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    Accomm. in Nth Syd

    Just a question for all the sydney locals and for those who may know: Is there any good budget accomm located in the north shore area of syd? i've been looking around and am thinking this is pretty unlikely! so yeah, any info would be appreciated. :)
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    Business marketing

    I'm considering scrapping my cert IV in advertising and taking on Business (Marketing) instead so i'll graduate with a double degree - BA(VisComm)/BBus(Mktg). Is this a good move? (personally i think it is, a double degree is worth more employment-wise and distance ed. really isn't my thing)...
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    Incomplete grade?

    I got my results back today, one HD, two D's and an IC! Don't understand how this could have came about. Unless it was a clerical error, either that or one of my group members didn't hand in our major assignment like they said they would... or the assignment had an error that made it...
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    Politics goes to church at Hillsong

    mmhmm... what do y'all think about this? Politics goes to church at Hillsong Costello makes pilgrimage to Hillsong conference
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    NNSW/GC floods

    http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=11571 who else lives in the affected region? i'm smack bang in the middle of it... but luckily my house is not low-lying. Could be the worst flood in the region since 1974, they say... the gold coast airport is closed, with the runway...
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    New Pope: Unify Christians?

    New Pope Vows to Work to Unify Christians Good luck to him. My question is, how can unity among Christians be achieved without compromising denominational differences? I hope he doesn't think he can 'unify' Christian denominations by imposing Catholicism on them. The very thought...
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    Billy Blue School of Graphic Arts

    Anyone here enrolled at this place? i was just looking online at their masterclasses (short p/t 3-10 wk) courses in industry-standard design software and copywriting, illustration, etc. http://www.billyblue.com.au/graphics/masterclasses.html very impressive. looks like some classes i...
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    dorm life: random scary moments

    a friend who lives 5 doors or so down the hall from me was sleepwalking (somehow into her window, which she'd have to step up to reach) and smashed her leg and elbow through both the blinds and glass. (blinds totally rearranged, panel completely shattered) this was all about half an hour ago...
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    The reality of doing a music course at UNI

    Just a few questions i guess from some people that know the Music UNI scene a fair bit. Im about too go to southern cross uni @ lismore for the Contemporary Music degree there. In reality it seems just from the briefings and such that you really need to do Education with it to actually be able...
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    Squash vs. Tennis

    So, which do you play, and why? (or, which would you prefer playing?) The reason i ask is because i'm trying to decide whether to buy a new squash racquet or a tennis racquet... since living on campus i'll have access to both squash and tennis courts... (currently leaning towards squash...
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    FEE-HELP vs. HECS-HELP

    so far the only difference i've noticed is that HECS is (obviously) better... FEE-help initially appears to be good, but it's basically a high interest loan. They 'say' there's no interest, which is silly because there's a 20% LOAN FEE - might as well be the same thing! That's equivalent to a...
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    Easter recruitment

    Is it about the right time to be applying for easter positions with major employers such as ColesMyer? Or is it starting to get a bit late?? I would've applied earlier except i thought i was going to college this semester... now i've changed my mind and am taking a leave of absence for one...
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    Mid-degree deferral

    anyone here who's already done 1 or 2yrs of uni but intends to take a year off mid-way through their degree? i went straight from HSC to college, no gap year. i love my course and my subs, but don't want to start this semester. Just not very motivated, and it's so far from home!! :(...
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    dumb things you've done on L's

    While you were learning to drive, did you have any major cringe-worthy moments that had your parent or supervisor yelling at you or having a heart attack? :D Or if you are currently learning to drive, spill the latest stack-up, close-call or embarassing situation! in a few weeks i'm going...
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    Duke of Edinburgh's Award

    http://www.dukeofed.org.au/ anyone here involved, or know someone that is? being 19, i'm considering directly entering the gold one (max. age for direct gold entry is 23, and have to finish before 25). The whole deal seems like something that could be worthwhile, challenging and fun...
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    UTAS - what's it like?

    Anyone here currently studying at the University of Tasmania? If so, what's it like? Which campus do you study at - Hobart or Launceston - and is one better than the other, or are they both ok/good? i'm considering doing postgrad studies in Tazzie (master of fine arts and design), that's all...
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