The Three-circle Model of World Englishes was developed by Kachru in 1985 and it remains one of the most influential models for grouping the varieties of English in the world (Mollin‚ 2006‚ p.41). Kachru (1985) described the spread of English in terms of three concentric circles: the Inner Circle‚ the Outer Circle and the Expanding Circle. These circles represent "the type of spread‚ the patterns of acquisition and the functional domains in which English is used across cultures and languages" (Kachru
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Three-strikes is a Mindless Response to Crime In 1983‚ a young man named Michael was brought before a Pennsylvania court on a charge of armed robbery: he stole $50 from a taxi driver using a toy gun. A few days later he was arrested and was subsequently convicted. Although the trial judge sentenced Michael to 6 months in prison and required that he repay the $50‚ the prosecutor demanded the 5 year minimum sentence required by state law. The trial judge ruled the mandatory sentencing law unconstitutional
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John Moore AP world history Chapter 5:The classical period; directions‚diversions and decline by 500 C.E. Thesis: Picture: A picture of a painting of Christ with his head surrounded by a halo. Timeline: 1000B.C. 1000 Polynesians reach Fiji‚ Samoa 1000 independent kingdom of Kush
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Jerome is one of the popular and well-known English authors. He is famous for writing essays‚ short stories‚ and novels. Especially‚ he is famous for his special humor‚ all his stories are based on that sparkling manner of writing. The passage presents a piece of narration intercepted with a description. It may be split into two logically complete parts. The first part – “Beautiful Sonning “ describes the place the three friends got out of the boat and put up for the night. The second part – “Cooking
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THE THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS I‚ Robot by Isaac Asimov. 1941-1950. ORIGINAL VERSION 1. A robot may not injure a human being‚ or through inaction‚ allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. SECOND VERSION 1. No robot may harm a human being. 2. A robot must obey the orders
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Pullirsch‚ R. Jankowitsch‚ T. Veza‚ The Delivery Option in Credit Default Swaps‚ Working paper‚ October 25‚ 2007. Finance‚ V28‚ pp 2789-2811‚ 2004. [3] M. Davies‚ D. Pugachevsky‚ Bond spreads as a proxy for credit default swap spreads‚ Risk magazine‚ 2005. [5] D. Lando‚ On Cox processes and credit risky securities‚ working paper‚ 1998. [6] X. Guo‚ R. Jarrow‚ C. Menn‚ A Note on Lando’s Formula and Conditional Independence‚ working paper May‚ 2007.
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Shareholders of Mamee-Double Decker (M) Berhad (“Mamee” or “the Company”) Dear Sir/Madam‚ ERRATA TO THE ANNUAL REPORT 2010 With reference to Mamee’s Annual Report 2010 which was sent to you on 2 June 2011‚ the Board of Directors of the Company wishes to inform that there are typo-errors on the page numbering of the notes to the financial statements which appeared on the first paragraph of the Statement by directors and the Independent auditors’ report to the members on pages 55 and 56 respectively
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1. What are three economic stances that a government may have? Describe each of these stances. The three economic stances that a government is one neutral which is a neutral stance indicate a balance economy leads to more tax revenue for the government. Second one is expansionary which is describing by spending more money than it collect. The last one is Contractionary which means the government is collecting more money than spending it or uses it. 2. What are the four different types of economic
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The West Memphis Three I sit in a crowded court room. I am a juror in the case of the State vs. Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin. Everyone in the country has heard about the West Memphis Three. The murders of Steven Branch‚ Christopher Byers‚ and Michael Moore took place on May 5‚ 1993 in Robin Hood Hill West Memphis‚ Arkansas.(West Memphis 3) They have been headline news for over a year now. I already have an idea of what I think happened before I have even heard one word from either side
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the loose grip on time he is left with after the war. In order to effectively present Billy’s life‚ the narrative approximates the same attitude while keeping an almost hidden chronological narrative. A Tralfamadorian novel‚ as discussed in Chapter 5‚ contains urgent‚ discrete messages describing scenes and situations; all of which are read simultaneously and put together to create something beautiful and free of moral lesson. The author of a Tralfamadorian novel chooses all the messages
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