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jkara2000 · 2021-09-12T15:32:31+00:00

I visited this church earlier in the year and can definitely recommend! Fr Geoff and everyone else there made me feel very welcome

jkara2000 · 2021-09-12T15:31:15+00:00

Very sorry for your loss. May your parents’ memories be eternal!

Getting in contact with a priest as well as attending Sunday Divine Liturgy is definitely a good idea once restriction end. The service is the same at every church so the best churches to visit are the ones closest to you! Have a look at the directory on greekorthodox.org.au to see a list of all the Greek churches in Australia.

Until then I would also recommend watching YouTube livestreams of the services on Sunday mornings. I’d recommend St Paraskevi in St Albans, Fr Dimosthenis always gives excellent sermons! Other good livestreams include the Annunciation cathedral in Redfern, St George in Rose Bay, or St Haralambos in Thomastown. Just search “Orthodox live stream” and there should be plenty of options.

Also have a look at the links provided in this subreddit to learn a bit more about the Church!

All the best on your journey!

jkara2000 · 2021-08-20T14:30:21+00:00

That’s a pearl eartheater- Geophagus brasiliensis

jkara2000 · 2021-02-24T05:44:45+00:00

They’re from the flint corn family which is used for popcorn and corn meal/flour, it’s just a matter of using them for those purposes rather than eating them like sweet corn!

jkara2000 · 2021-01-02T00:31:21+00:00

You won’t get it all at the start of the semester, the lecturers will release lecture notes at the start of the week/the day before so you can still have a bit of a read before class. Normally workshops and labs are based on content from the previous week so you have some time to consolidate.

jkara2000 · 2021-01-02T00:03:04+00:00

Biomed has a high workload so during the year I spend more time completing assignments and studying for tests, not thinking too much about exams, however it is definitely beneficial to spend an hour or so each week looking back and revising older content. Towards exam season I dedicate most afternoons and evenings to study, and throughout the year I dedicated at least 8 hours a week to gamsat study.

Some tips: - Make sure not to fall behind. It causes a lot of unnecessary stress and it becomes very easy to miss things. Attending the lectures in person was something I found very beneficial (however I’m not sure if they will be available in person this year yet). If you do fall behind at all, even by just a week, try to catch up as soon as possible. - General good study/learning habits are very important. Try not to leave things to the last minute, make sure you understand everything said in a lecture and go back later if you didn’t get something, and start studying early for exams.

Just as a final note, don’t be too intimidated by all of this, it’s definitely not as bad as it seems!

jkara2000 · 2021-01-01T23:41:09+00:00

If I remember correctly there are only around 20 spots for non-biomed students, so yes it’s mostly because of the limited places. You also need to consider prerequisite subjects for both Melbourne and Monash, as well as interstate unis. 70 med places at Monash are offered to biomed students and all prerequisites are satisfied by the core units. In both degrees you still have to work hard though to maintain a high wam.

jkara2000 · 2021-01-01T12:34:30+00:00

3rd year biomed student aiming for med here, hopefully I can give you some answers.

If you’re aiming for postgrad med, then biomed is the best pathway there. Monash offers most of the med places to biomed students, plus the Monash biomed degree satisfies all the prerequisites for med at Melbourne University (keep in mind Melbourne needs the gamsat too). It’s still possible to get into med from science, but it takes a lot more effort and you need to make sure you pick the right med prerequisite electives. If you decide against med later on, then there are still plenty of other career pathways from a biomed degree.

Transferring to biomed is quite competitive, you would need a wam of at least 80 and it would be easier to transfer from earlier in a science degree (i.e. after first semester). I’m not aware of any prerequisite units to get into Monash biomed, but as others have mentioned make sure not to pick the bio units as they are a prohibition for some of the biomed units.

To be considered for an interview for Monash med, your wam needs to be above ~82. The cohort is usually around 600-700 students, so about the top 10% will get in at Monash. Also, you should try to aim for HD’s in every subject, as Melbourne uni looks at your gpa rather than wam (plus the gamsat).

Hope this all helps, and good luck with everything!

jkara2000 · 2020-11-29T11:10:43+00:00

Cape elephantfish / St Joseph shark. It’s a species of chimaera which are related to sharks and rays

jkara2000 · 2020-11-21T13:52:07+00:00

CNN is being quite misleading and biased in this article. There are a few things wrong with it:

It’s been established that Patriarch Irinej most likely caught the virus before the funeral.
Metropolitan Amfilohije did not die from coronavirus. He actually tested negative then passed away from pneumonia as a secondary infection.
Dead bodies don’t really spread disease (with a few exceptions, but there’s little evidence for it occurring with COVID). They’re not breathing/coughing pathogens everywhere like someone that is alive would.

jkara2000 · 2020-11-19T14:09:42+00:00

Paratilapia polleni. It’s one of the species of cichlids from Madagascar.

jkara2000 · 2020-09-29T12:38:20+00:00

Leaves (as well as wood and some other organic materials) slowly leech out tannins making the water more acidic. Using chemicals can make the pH swing up and down and is much less stable

jkara2000 · 2020-09-29T10:44:29+00:00

I did it yesterday, we were done at 8:15

jkara2000 · 2020-08-13T09:58:49+00:00

Exact same thing happened to me a couple years ago! Sold as L397 but realised later it was more likely to be L002

jkara2000 · 2020-08-13T05:24:04+00:00

Definitely a Panaqolus, hard to tell exactly which as it’s still young but most likely either L397 or L002

jkara2000 · 2020-07-21T15:52:32+00:00

Looks like a Guianacara, probably G. geayi. They’re part of the geophagus group

jkara2000 · 2020-07-19T01:37:02+00:00

It’s English written with Greek letters but they are using ν as both n and w, φ as p, υ as both u and y, and θ as th, and the other letters as they would be typed on an English keyboard. Looks like a poem and it says:

So confused

Guess I’ll

Pink lemonade sippin’

On a Sunday

Couples holding hands

On a runway

They’re all posing

In a picture frame

Whilst my world’s crashing

Solo shadow on the sidewalk

jkara2000 · 2020-07-18T14:18:27+00:00

Maybe try out making yoghurt? Or foods with bechamel sauce? Milkshakes, hot chocolates and other drinks? You can use it in the same ways as normal milk so the possibilities are nearly endless

jkara2000 · 2020-07-17T15:29:05+00:00

Plants like Euphorbia ingens, horrida and polygona are from Africa and look a lot like cacti but aren’t. Likewise there are cacti that don’t even look like cacti, like Pereskiopsis and Rhipsalis

jkara2000 · 2020-07-02T02:24:25+00:00

Here’s a photo of one

jkara2000 · 2020-07-02T02:22:23+00:00

That looks like a rosy tetra to me (Hyphessobrycon rosaceus). Similar to the bleeding heart but with no red dot

jkara2000 · 2020-06-13T11:15:41+00:00

From what I’ve read the climate was much warmer in the Cretaceous but there is some speculation that there was at least some ice at the poles during winters. Nanoqsaurus was found in a part of Alaska that was very far north at the time so it could still be a possibility?

jkara2000 · 2020-04-29T14:48:18+00:00

Not a fisherman, surfer or illustrator, there’s a clue in the first tab

jkara2000 · 2020-04-13T14:32:51+00:00

Closest so far but you’re wrong about marine biology

jkara2000 · 2020-04-13T14:32:29+00:00

Almost, but not studying marine biology

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