A gadget is a small tool such as a machine that has a particular function‚ but is often thought of as a novelty. Gadgets are sometimes referred to as gizmos. History The origins of the word "gadget" trace back to the 19th century. According to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ there is anecdotal evidence for the use of "gadget" as aplaceholder name for a technical item whose precise name one can’t remember since the 1850s; with Robert Brown’s 1886 book Spunyarn and Spindrift‚ A sailor boy’s log of a voyage out
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Ortons Loot‚ the character of Inspector Truscott is presented as far too disturbing a character to fit comfortably within a comic world. What is your view of the character and comic role of Truscott? The play ’Loot’ was written by Joe Orton‚ an English playwright. The first draft was completed in 1964 and premiered in early 1965 in Cambridge. According to Aristotle‚ ancient comedy originated with the komos‚ which was a ritualistic drunken procession performed by revelers in ancient Greece. A group
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The Defense of Culture in Ama Ata Aidoo’s No Sweetness Here: The Use of Orality as a Textual Strategy Ode Ogede‚ Ahmadu Bello University‚ Nigeria In her book African Novels and the Question of Orality‚ Eileen Julien bitterly attacks the notion that there is anything particularly African about orality or anything essentially oral about African culture. The "oral form‚" she contends‚ "is not the concrete literary simulacrum of African essence but is‚ rather‚ a manifestation of social consciousness
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LECTURE 3 MIDDLE ENGLISH GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS List of principal questions: 1. Outer history Scandinavian Invasion Norman Conquest Formation of the English national language 2. Inner history Phonetics Grammar Word-stock 1. Outer history LI. Scandinavian Invasion The end of the Old English period and the beginning of Middle English is marked by two outstanding political events — the Scandinavian invasion and the Norman conquest. It is impossible to state the exact date of the
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Islamic Studies Assignment No 3 Topic:- Law and respect for law Submitted by:- Abdul Rahman (031) Waqar Ali haider (033) Muhammad Ammar Ayub (035) Ahmad Waleed (037) Mubashir Ikram (039) Submitted To:- Dr. Rao Arif Qamar Department of Mechanical Engineering COMSATS Institute of Information Technology‚ Sahiwal Law:- Law is a system of rules that govern
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accident‚ which shows that the memories still lingers in Toms mind and demonstrate the struggle for Tom to cope and adjust. The emotive language in this transition shows Toms sentiment that he felt on that night which in contrast signifies the difference between Toms worlds before and after the accident. Tom describes his feeling as like he was ‘falling into the darkness’. Being able to emphasise Toms emotional battles are easily interpreted through first person‚ this allows the reader to benefit from
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individual’s state of mind‚ degree of consciousness‚ self-confidence‚ self-responsibility‚ the individual’s character‚ environment‚ determination and hard work‚ religion. Just to name a few. These factors are going to be reviewed in the following paragraphs. Firstly‚ being independent requires a state of mind of being focus and conscious; time and self-conscious. To be conscious simply means to be aware of the external world within oneself. You should always have a stable state of mind. There is
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SfN.org The Journal of Neuroscience NeurOnLine BrainFacts.org The Journal of NeuroscienceSociety for Neuroscience Skip to main page content HOME CURRENT ISSUE ARCHIVE CONTACT US SUBSCRIBE ALERTS HELP LOGIN Top of Form Keyword Search GO Advanced Search » Bottom of Form Expand Behavioral/Systems/Cognitive Differential Effect of Reward and Punishment on Procedural Learning 1. Tobias Wächter1‚2‚3‚ 2. Ovidiu V. Lungu1‚2‚ 3. Tao Liu1‚2‚ 4. Daniel T. Willingham4‚ and 5
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Daven Thomas Mrs. Ellis 2nd Hour English 4/16/14 Gulliver’s More Dangerous Travels As Gulliver is swimming away from the Island of the Brobdingnagians he is caught off guard by a Giant 400 ton whale. It snatches him up in his mouth as if he were krill and carries him over 10‚000 miles across the ocean‚ then blows him out at the Island of Abarat. Gulliver is unconscious for at least a few hours. When he finally comes to‚ he is awoken by great band of hearty Pirates. They quickly tie him up
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American and British English pronunciation differences From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Comparison of American and British English | American English British English | Computing | Keyboards | Orthography | Spelling | Speech | Accent Pronunciation | Vocabulary | American words not widely used in BritainBritish words not widely used in AmericaWords having different meanings in British and American English: A–L · M–Z | Works | Works with different titles
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