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    Translating Neologisms Introduction: Neologisms are perhaps the non-literary and the professional translator ’s biggest problem. New objects and processes are continually created in technology. New ideas and variations on feelings come from the media. Terms from the social sciences‚ slang‚ dialect coming into the mainstream of language‚ transferred words‚ make up the rest. It has been stated that each language acquire 3000 new words‚ annually‚ but in fact‚ neologisms cannot be accurately quantified

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    directions of the x- and y-axes. 1.1.4 The velocity of sailboat A relative to sailboat B‚ vrel‚ is defined by the equation vrel = vA − vB‚ where vA is the velocity of A and vB is the velocity of B. Determine the velocity of A relative to B if vA = 30 km/hr east vB = 40 km/hr north. ANS. vrel = 50 km/hr‚ 53.1◦ south of east. 1.1.5 A sailboat sails for 1 hr at 4 km/hr (relative to the water) on a steady compass heading of 40◦ east of north. The sailboat is simultaneously carried along by a current. At

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    direction and speed of a boat. Mastery of the skill requires experience in varying wind and sea conditions‚ as well as knowledge concerning sailboats. Today most people enjoy sailing as a recreational activity. Recreational sailing or yachting can be further divided into racing‚ cruising and "daysailing" or dinghy sailing. There are many production sailboats available‚ and several of these manufactured models have ownership associations‚ such as the Islander 36 association Throughout history sailing

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    curving view of the city in the background. A single piling takes up the foreground‚ while a sailboat occupies the middle ground. John Noble’s Provincetown‚ Winter painted about 1920 takes a different approach. Nobel also used oil on canvas to create this piece‚ although‚ he does give more space to the town bordering the water. There is also a dock running diagonally to a house on the water‚ with a sailboat tied to

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    Lexy Immerman ARTH 111: Survey II 10/15/14 Emil Nolde and Degenerate Art In 1941‚ the Nazi government classified Emil Nolde’s Modernist style as “degenerate‚” and forbade him to paint. Nazi oppression influenced the work of Emil Nolde‚ making the watercolors and oil paints he produced during his time in isolation emblematic of Degenerate Art‚ modernism‚ and German Expressionism. Nolde’s Sunflowers in the Windstorm (1943) is one of the few oil paintings he made during his time in isolation in Seebüll

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    Mesopotamia is an ancient civilization located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. It has a hot‚ dry‚ climate. Mesopotamia was started in 5‚300 B.C. and ended 2‚900 B.C. There are 5 features to every civilization‚ they are: stable food supply‚ specialization of labor‚ system of government‚ social levels‚ and a highly developed culture. There are 8 features under culture they are: art‚ architecture‚ writing‚ literature‚ music‚ religion‚ technology‚ and leisure and recreation. The three most important

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    “The Lesson” A young‚ poor‚ black girl named Sylvia narrates Toni Cade Bambara’s “The Lesson”. Sylvia is growing up in Harlem during an unspecified time period known only as “back in the days when everyone was old and stupid or young and foolish and me and Sugar were the only ones just right.” (Pg. 2008‚ line 1) One day‚ Sylvia notices that someone new has moved onto the same block that she lives on. The lady is intriguing and “black as hell‚ cept for her feet‚ which were fish-white and spooky”

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    Table of Contents Achievements/ Inventions Writing The 12 month calendar The wheel The ox drawn plough The sail boat Irrigation The first written law code The invention of a way to measure time Ziggurats Sewers Music and musical instruments Religion and Gods Writing The ancient Sumerians believed in education. Record keeping was very important

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    (step 4) by the actual cost driver quantity used. The company has two offerings in their product portfolio– basic and deluxe sailboats. The company prefers to do a separate cost analysis for both offerings based on respective estimated cost drivers. The ABC costing provides a more transparent way to deal with costing of different products. Basic Sailboat Deluxe Sailboat Activity Predetermined Overhead Rate (in dollars) Estimated Annual Cost Driver Overhead Allocated Estimated Annual Cost Driver

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    the struggles in their community. Miss Moore first took the children to a store on Fifth Avenue‚ this store was the most expensive toy store the name of the store was F.A.O. Schwartz. The first life lesson was an expensive handcrafted sailboat‚ “Hand-crafted sailboat of fiberglass at one thousand one hundred and ninety-five dollars.” (Bambara) This lesson was to show the children the value of money‚ and how to value what they have and not what they

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