“I would say that it is the explosiveness that I possess in my game. Like a crouching tiger waiting to pounce on it preys". -World No.1 Lee Chong Wei on being asked about what his badminton strength. Firstly‚ let us all congratulate Pandelela Rinong because she became our pride and joy when she created history by becoming the first Malaysian woman to win an Olympic medal. Then of course we must also salute Lee Chong Wei. Chong Wei fought all the way in the final against Lin Dan with intensity and
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MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) is a single-user‚ single-tasking computer operating system that uses a command lineinterface. In spite of its very small size and relative simplicity‚ it is one of the most successful operating systems that has been developed to date. Short for Disk Operating System. DOS was developed by Microsoft for IBM‚ and MS-DOS was for IBM compatible personal computers. Disk Operating System - one of the first operating systems for the personal computer. When you turned
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A feature article differs from a straight news story in several ways. A news story provides information about a (generally current) event or situation. A feature article has more functionality and longevity- it interprets news‚ adds depth‚ opinion or entertainment. Headline: The headline of a feature article uses bold and descriptive language to draw the attention of the reader. Also works to construct a vivid image in the mind of the reader. Headline is always visually appealing: bold and
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Features of Academic Writing Posted: Aug 26‚ 2009 By James Alex Sourse: http://www.articlesbase.com/education-articles/features-of-academic-writing-1161713.html Academic writing is a particular style of formal and expressive writing. It’s a third-person and formally-toned writing. It gives clear opinion on topic. In this form of writing‚ we choose very formal and precise words. Academic writings are of different types such as: • Academic review writing • Academic essay writing • Academic
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Textual features: language features Alliteration when the poet uses the same consonant letter at the beginning of a number of words placed close together e.g. dark plastic skeleton dangling near my French doors. Apostrophe addressing an inanimate object or a dead person as if they were alive e.g. ‘Death be not proud though some have called thee mighty’(Donne‚ J in Favourite verse (1999) Hurford‚ C (Ed)‚ Parragon‚ Bath. p.450) Assonance when the poet repeats the same vowel sound in a number of words
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Describe the key features of the teaching of pronunciation. Explain with examples what some of the difficult issues are for learners from one language background of your choice‚ and state how you would address these issues in the classroom. Nowadays English is universally known as a global language for people from different countries to communicate with each other. Wierzbicka (2006) considers it as “the world’s most widely used language” (p.3). There is no doubt that learners from all over the
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Throughout history‚ geographic features have had an impact on historical and cultural growth of civilizations‚ empires‚ and regions of the world. This statement is proven with many civilizations‚ including the Greeks‚ Phoenicians and Assyrians‚ which were all very prosperous and successful. Many of the accomplishments of the empires above had a lot to do with their location and surroundings of their region. Due to the mountains in Greece‚ a unified empire could not be formed‚ therefore many city-states
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Statement: “I believe that the key to a successful Nursing home is quality focus‚ open and honest communication and partnership working.” – Hannah Parry Introduction I am currently Acting Manager of a 49-bedded nursing home. I manage a team of nurses‚ carers‚ domestic staff‚ kitchen staff‚ administrator and activities coordinator. Before being promoted to Acting Manager I was a trained Registered General Nurse (Clinical Lead/Deputy Manager) within the home. During this time I have gained
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THESIS Optimization of Texture Feature Extraction Algorithm Tuan Anh Pham Abstract Texture‚ the pattern of information or arrangement of the structure found in an image‚ is an important feature of many image types. In a general sense‚ texture refers to surface characteristics and appearance of an object given by the size‚ shape‚ density‚ arrangement‚ proportion of its elementary parts. Due to the signification of texture information‚ texture feature extraction is a key function in various image processing
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“perfect reed‚” the mission is to have a reed that has the most freedom of vibration‚ giving the performer the most liberty and flexibility as possible‚ by and large maximizing the strength of the overtones in the air column. One of the most distinctive features of the clarinet acoustics is the overblown 12th. Instead of the clarinet
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