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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Introduction Public policy‚ in general‚ refers to a broad ranging issue which may deal with a wide variety of substantive areas such as education‚ health‚ housing and others. Harold Dwight Lasswell‚ an American political scientist‚ has made a great contribution to the study of policy-making‚ declaring policy as a process – “a set of phenomena organised in time and led by a number of specific and self-induced mechanisms” (1951). The key emphasis of public policy has been set on the part played by
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English test (no.1) A.Which of these words are pronounced in different ways to other words? (Chọn từ có cách phát âm ở phần gạch chân khác với các từ còn lại) 1. a. billion b. brilliant c. participate d. mild 2. a. new b. sew c. few d. nephew 3. a. morever b. however c. hour d. mouse 4. a. comfortable b. come c. some d. comb 5. a. sun b. pull c. fun d. lunch B.Choose A‚ B or C to complete the sentences.
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“A PERFECT WORLD IS A WORLD WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION” I partially disagree about this topic “a perfect world is a world without discrimination”. Discrimination is treating people by their differences. We all need a world with good discrimination‚ not bad discrimination. In this Essay I’m going to discuss three reasons to support my arguments. Vincent’s discriminated in Gattaca is a bad form‚ will discrimination still exists in today’s world‚ and also racism is important form of discrimination. Imagine
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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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a complex sentence‚ a Senate committee is believed to have found. (The Age‚ 13 September 2007) Nothing unites a country more than its common language because from a language comes a history and a culture. (John Howard quoted in Migrants to sit English test‚ ABC Online‚ 11 December 2006) Linguists suggest that some people deliberately choose a low status accent as a way of invoking prestige‚ although this is less common amongst women than men. The Australian-born children of migrants from Europe
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Blogging as a new Advertising tool With the rise of the technology‚ more and more people are hooked up at blogging online. Whether they maintain a blog of their own or they are subscribers to such‚ people are aware of blogs. What we want to know is how this new media platform work as an advertising tool in getting people to try and/or check out an item‚ a product or a service; how similar or different it is from other media advertisements and how effective it is as a communication tool
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subject is not too broad. For example‚ instead of talking about sports – a general topic – narrow the subject to children’s sports or‚ more specific still‚ children’s soccer. Remember‚ you will be speaking for only a few minutes‚ and you will need all of that time to fully develop a single facet of the larger subject. Be sure your topic is timely and relevant for your audience‚ a topic on which you can speak with some degree of authority‚ and one to which you
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Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University‚ Bhilai SCHEME OF TEACHING AND EXAMINATION BE (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING) III Semester Sl.No. Board of Studies Subject Subject Code Periods per week L T P Scheme of Exam Theory/Practical ESE CT TA Total Credit L+(T+P) /2 Marks Appl. Mathematics 324351(14) Mathematics III 3 1 80 20 20 120 4 2 Electrical Engg. 324352(24) Electrical Machines -I 4 1 80 20 20 120
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