LIST OF BRITISH WORDS NOT WIDELY USED IN THE UNITED STATES A abseil to descend on a rope (US: rappel). From German abseilen. accountancy calculating and tracking financial matters (US: accounting). In the UK accounting is explaining oneself or one’s actions ("to give an account" or "accountability" in the U.S.A.)‚ accountancy is the profession. Action Man A toy similar to G.I. Joe. adder viper‚ a species of venomous snake advert advertisement (US and UK also: ad‚ commercial (on TV))
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Course Structure for SE Computer Engineering 2012 Course (w.e.f. June 2013) Subject Code Subject Teaching Scheme Hrs/Week Examination Scheme Pr OR Online Mark Total Lect. Tutorials Pract Paper Tw SEM – I 210241 Discrete Structures 210242 Data Structures and Problem Solving 210243 Digital Electronics and Logic Design 210244 Operating System and Administration 210245 Microprocessor Architecture 210246 Soft Skills Total of Semester – I 4 4 3 3 3 1 18 — — — — — — — — 4 2 2 2 2 12 50 50 50 50 50
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Seismic Vulnerability Assessment 1. Background Earthquakes and other natural hazards can create disasters of uncontrollable magnitudes when they hit large metropolitan areas. Earthquake risk assessment is used to quantify potential social and economic losses from earthquakes. Risk assessment is an integral part of disaster mitigation. It provides the critical information about on the characteristics of potential disasters in a region and allows planners to identify
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Environmental Product Differentiation: IMPLICATIONS FOR CORPORATE STRATEGY Forest L. Reinhardt roducers of toilet tissue‚ outdoor wear‚ tuna‚ beef‚ investment services‚ trash bags‚ and herbicides have recently positioned their products as environmentally preferable‚ with the idea of capturing a price premium‚ winning new customers‚ or both. Managers are looking for ways to reconcile their need to deliver shareholder value with intensifying demands for improved envirofimental performance. Perhaps
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Powering the Future: Model of a Hydroelectric Roller-Compacted Concrete Gravity Dam Steven Bhardwaj Scott Birney Michael Cullinan Faruq Siddiqui‚ Advisor Dept. of Engineering Swarthmore College May 3 2006 i Table of Contents Acknowledgements Abstract List of Tables List of Figures 1. Introduction 1.1 Goals 2. Project Specifications 2.1 Structural Design Constraints 2.2 Initial Dam Design Parameters 2.3 Turbine Selection 3. Design 3.1 Framing 3.2 Flooring and Walls
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When Dans Weren’t Damned: The Public Power Crusade and Visions of the Good Life in the Pacific Northwest in the 1930s Author(s): Wesley Arden Dick Reviewed work(s): Source: Environmental Review: ER‚ Vol. 13‚ No. 3/4‚ 1989 Conference Papers‚ Part One (Autumn - Winter‚ 1989)‚ pp. 113-153 Published by: Forest History Society and American Society for Environmental History Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3984393 . Accessed: 05/12/2011 13:41 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance
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Guide to Writing Resumes‚ CVs And Cover Letters Swarthmore College CAREER SERVICES 610.328.8352 fax: 610.328.8549 careerservices@swarthmore.edu http://careerservices.swarthmore.edu/ 1 CREATING A RESUME: WHERE TO BEGIN? Start by brainstorming. List all of your work-related experiences. Consider summer work and volunteer work. Include activities such as athletics‚ clubs‚ organizations and leadership roles. Think about the job or field in which you want to work. What qualifications
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fdjl 6/3/03 3:42 PM Page 959 Useful Tables Appendix Outline A–1 A–2 A–3 A–4 A–5 A–6 A–7 A–8 A–9 A–10 A–11 A–12 A–13 A–14 A–15 A–16 A–17 A–18 A–19 A–20 A–21 A–22 A–23 A–24 A–25 A–26 Standard SI Prefixes 961 Conversion Factors 962 Appendix A Optional SI Units for Bending‚ Torsion‚ Axial‚ and Direct Shear Stresses 963 Optional SI Units for Bending and Torsional Deflections 963 Physical Constants of Materials 963 Properties of Structural-Steel Angles 964 Properties of Structural-Steel
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SPRING CLEANING: RURAL WATER IMPACTS‚ VALUATION‚ AND PROPERTY RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS∗ MICHAEL KREMER JESSICA LEINO EDWARD MIGUEL ALIX PETERSON ZWANE I. INTRODUCTION Movement toward private property rights institutions has been called critical to successful economic development (De Soto 1989; North 1990). Yet social norms and formal laws often create communal property rights in natural resources. In Islamiclaw‚ for ∗ This research is supported by the Hewlett Foundation‚ USDA/Foreign Agricultural
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