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Should teachers be graded?

Score: 4.2/5 (44 votes) To make things equal, teachers should also be graded on their performance. Just as students are graded, effort does not necessarily matter. ... The point to school is for students to be learning, retaining and applying, therefore districts should allow student input on how ef...

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Why beneficiary designations override your will?

Score: 4.7/5 (49 votes) Beneficiary Designation Takes Precedence Over A Will This means that if you get divorced and remarry, but do not update your beneficiaries, your former spouse is the legal heir to those accounts if you named him the beneficiary while you were married.Does a designated benefic...

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science and innovation

Is rhubarb poisonous if it freezes?

Score: 4.7/5 (20 votes) A: Rhubarb plants as a whole aren't permanently damaged by cold freezes in the spring, but the edible stalks can be altered by freezing weather in a way that is poisonous to humans, UW-Extension horticulturist Lisa Johnson said. ... Any stalks that emerge after the freez...

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global affairs

What is single disk machine?

Score: 4.9/5 (58 votes) Theoretically, a single disc floor machine is a low speed machine with a horizontally rotating head attached to a large, round scrubbing pad or floor scrubbing brush which spins in a circle in one direction. ... Single speed scrubbers usually rotate at output speeds from abou...

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Is lilies monocots or dicots?

Score: 4.5/5 (7 votes) Lilies are Monocots, characterized by parallel leaf veins, flower parts (petals, sepals, pistils etc.) in groups of 3's, fibrous root systems, and a single seed leaf emerging after germination.How can you tell if a flower is monocot or dicot?Count the number of petals on ...

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health

Are koi carp aggressive?

Score: 4.3/5 (72 votes) Although koi are usually gentle fish, they can become aggressive due to poor conditions, diet or unsuitable pond mates. ... Though koi are typically gentle and easygoing fish, they can at times be aggressive and may bully other fish depending on the circumstances.Can koi fish...

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science and innovation

What is molecular homology?

Score: 4.2/5 (11 votes) In biology, a homology is a characteristic shared by two species (or other taxa) that is similar because of common ancestry. ... molecular homology - species placed in the same taxonomic category show similarities in DNA, RNA and protein.What is molecular homology give exampl...

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science and innovation

Where does the name hyndman come from?

Score: 4.9/5 (41 votes) Scottish: possibly a nickname from Middle English hende 'courteous' (see Hendy), or an occupational name for a deer-keeper, from Middle English hind 'female deer'.Is Hyndman a German name?Hyndman is a Scottish surname.Where does the name Ocon come from?Man...

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culture and society

Can amaterasu be absorbed?

Score: 5/5 (6 votes) And, Amaterasu can also be defeated by absorbing jutsu, as Madara has shown when Sasuke cast Amaterasu on him. Although most of the flames were concentrated to his armor, he managed to remove it by taking his armor off and absorbing the rest of the Amaterasu with the Rinnegan�...

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technology trends

Were is pine island?

Score: 4.4/5 (26 votes) Pine Island is the largest island on the Gulf Coast of peninsular Florida in the United States. Located in Lee County, on the Gulf of Mexico coast of southwest Florida, it is also the 118th largest island in the United States. The Intracoastal Waterway passes through Pine Isl...

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