As the Herald's political editor Peter Hartcher notes in a detailed piece, that is fairly standard practice.

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People who share responsibility for providing care for the seriously ill have to track and share a variety of detailed information, he notes.

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The inspector should look around, make notes and provide you with a detailed report as well as some feedback on future maintenance.

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By that I mean offer us a whole piece, with more detailed captions, full background notes and ideally quotes from those in the frame.

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Because even though I sat in the front, paid attention and took detailed notes, I rarely raised my hand to answer a question.

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One of the notes detailed the arrangements for his funeral - including a request to play the song I'm With You by chart star Avril Lavigne.

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He succeeded brilliantly: 114 detailed maps in line with the text, hundreds of margin notes, a header on every page showing time and place, and 11 appendixes that illuminate military, economic and political concepts of the time.

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