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For those of you who knew about Mitchell and KK, well done. If you were in Paix's class (I think), then this may not apply. Honestly, if you don't live in the area how would you know the answer? Cyclical Unemployment? o.O I am surprised at those who chose Nathan Rees. I mean seriously, he got kicked last year (wait, wth?) and you watch the news right? And wth at bicameralism...

This test is different to other tests. There is no reading time, because there's nothing to read. We also had quite a while to do 'discuss' a couple of facts, because if the normal assembly was late, then the year 9 one was later still. Format is 60 minutes to do three parts, multiple choice (government mainly), short answer (the workplace) and two choices for extended response (this section is worth so much...). Relaxing in Filewood's class turns out to be both infectious and detrimental to performance -_-

The human body is not very efficient at the conversion of food into energy, due to keeping base systems alive, digestion, muscle regeneration, ATP, etc. That said, the recommended calorie intake for women is 2000 kcal, and 2500 kcal for men. When people refer to calories in food, they generally mean kcal (kilocalorie, or 1000 calories), with one kcal roughly equivalent to 4.1868 kJ (kiloJoules).

There are three main components of food which provide energy, named fat (monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, saturated, trans-fat), protein, and carbohydrates. Fats generally contain about 9kcal/g, protein and carbs 4kcal/g. Carbohydrates are the most easily 'burnt' as fuel, followed by protein, and then fat which is hardest due to its high energy density and the inefficiency with which the body burns it (it's only used after some time spent doing strenuous activity). Any spare energy not used in respiration is usually turned into lipids (fancy name for fatty tissue (?)) for storage.

The actual amount of food energy intake required by a human being is dependent upon the type of activity done (eg, sedentary desk job vs. Navy SEALs) environmental factors (cold or hot temperatures increase metabolism), and basal metabolism rate. Metabolic rates can be changed somewhat through exercise, which results in more energy being burned, maybe up to 24 hours after exercise before metabolism returns to its base rate.

Oh crap, it's 2100 hours, and I wrote all this crap for nothing... Geo is tomorrow, good luck!

GEO NOTES PLEASE AND THANK YOU :O

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The random information you may happen across is just basically stuff I remember in pertaining to certain subjects and aspects of study i.e. physiology.

Talking to relatives on dodgy landlines increases mental activity and acuity very quickly, because;
1) The sound quality is dodgy at the outset, meaning audio fidelity is quasi-compromised;
2) All your base my canto is rusty to say the least (not to mention my mando and chaozhou)
3) They're my relatives. Of course I have to listen to what they say.

It's all good, the test is a classic Filewood product, but I'll study anyways (a bit) just to make sure.
Relax people, almost there! [Unless you do IST in which case we have a crazy short film to do, oh wait, THATS ME]

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Edit, 11th-5:

Yes, it's probably too late for notes, but thanks anyways. Also, I don't really mean it in that way, I'm just saying that it will be difficult.
New post soon o.O 11 in a row and counting...