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What happens if a senator resigns or dies before his or her term expires?
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When a casual vacancy occurs in the Senate, on the resignation or death of a senator, a new senator is appointed by the parliament of the state which the former senator represented. If the state or territory parliament is not sitting, an appointment
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What does the term SRS mean?
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This is an abbreviation for Sex Reassignment Surgery; it is also sometimes called gender or sex reassignment surgery or SRS. This latter term is a blanket category for all the various, possible surgical procedures in SRS: chest surgery, genital recon
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What is the definition of the term pedantic?
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A pedant is a person who is overly concerned with formalism Formalism The term formalism describes an emphasis on form over content or meaning in the arts, literature, or philosophy. A practitioner of formalism is called a formalist.... and precision
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What does the term sealed envelope mean?
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For security reasons, some schools, agencies, or organizations require transcripts to be placed in envelopes that have been sealed and stamped with the College Registrars name across the back flap. Lees-McRae transcripts are placed in sealed envelope
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What does the term 'Proof-based Geometry' mean?
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Euclid developed his sytem of Geometry in a rigorous, logical manner. Each idea was only accepted as true if it could be proved to be true based on ideas that were already known and accepted. A formal proof is the logical demonstration that a particu
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What does the term 'Euclidean Geometry' mean?
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The greek mathematician Euclid of Alexandria developed the first systematic study of geometry. Starting with a few basic definitions and simple concepts that were accepted as self evident, he proceeded to logically prove the many theorems that make u
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Is approval with the Ministry of Health & Long term care automatic/mandatory?
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All applications for Health Card Validation must be approved by the Ministry of Health & Long Term Care without exception. If the Ministry declines an application for Health Card Validation for any reason, we would be unable to offer HCV Services to
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In the recipe, there's a term called "détrempe". What is that?
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We think we figured it out though: détrempe refers to the dough part of the pastry, before the second part, the "beurrage"--the butter part--is added, which is what "laminates" it (in shiny buttery deliciousness).
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What does the term "cycling" mean?
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• "Cycling" refers to the cyclical nature of symptoms when reversing. Reversal cycles are generally intensified symptoms of whatever you have, followed by remissions, even short ones. Your symptoms will repeatedly increase then decrease in intensity
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What does the term quantized mean?
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A quantum is a unit of electromagnetic energy. If something is quantized, then it can only gain or lose energy in discrete units of energy.
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