1. Above board On or above the deck‚ in plain view‚ not hiding anything. 2. Above-water hull The hull section of a vessel above the waterline‚ the visible part of a ship. Also‚ topsides. 3. Act of Pardon or Act of Grace A letter from a state or power authorising action by a privateer. Also see Letter of marque. 4. Abaft Toward the stern‚ relative to some object ("abaft the fore hatch"). 5. Abaft the beam Further aft than the beam: a relative bearing of greater than 90 degrees
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Part 1 Language related tasks. Model sentence: He’s (he has) lost his passport. a) Analysis of meaning: He’s lost his passport on his way to the airport “presently speaking about an action that had taken place in the past”. b) Conveying meaning: My friend Ali had booked a plane to Malaysia. He asked me to take him to the airport. He left the house with his passport‚ at some point between him leaving the house and being in transit he must have lost his passport. As he arrived to the departure
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Which of the following is the best definition of economics? the study of how individuals and societies choose to use the scarce resources that nature and previous generations have provided Opportunity cost is that which we forgo‚ or give up‚ when we make a choice or a decision. The reason that opportunity costs arise is that resources are scarce. If your tuition is $5‚000 this semester‚ your books cost $600‚ you can only work 20 rather than 40 hours per week during the 15
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Geography Photo Essay Tuesday Decebmer 4th 2009 Table of Contents Lifting Condinsation Level (LCL)…………………………………………….......3 Earth Sun Relationships…………………………………………………………...4 Humidity…………………………………………………………………………..5 Rocks……………………………………………………………………………...6 Atmospheric Lifting Mechanisms………………………………………………...7 Weather……………………………………………………………………………8 Climate…………………………………………………………………………….9 Climate Inappropriate……………………………………………………………10
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ANCHOR TERMINOLOGY: 1)ANCHOR AWEIGH:THE ANCHOR IS SAID TO BE AWEIGH THEMOMENT IT IS BROKEN OUT OF THE GROUND AND CLEAR OF THESEA BED. 2)ANCHOR A-COCKBILL:WHEN THE ANCHOR IS HANGINGVERTICALLY FROM THE HAWSEPIPE‚ WITH THE FLUKES TURNEDINTO THE SHIPS SIDE. IN THIS POSITION IT WILL NOT STOWCORRECTLY IN THE HAWSE PIPE. 3)ANCHOR BUOY:A BUOY USED TO INDICATE THE POSITION OF THESHIPS ANCHOR WHEN ON THE BOTTOM. 4)ANCHOR COMING HOME:WHEN THE ANCHOR IS BEING DRAWNTOWARDS THE SHIP IN THE OPERATION OF HEAVING
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Standardized terminologies are structured and controlled languages that have been developed according to terminology developed guidelines and have been approved by an authoritative body. Informatics nurse specialists have documented current efforts toward meeting the demand for a reference terminology of nursing concepts. These specialists are building on the foundation of existing interface and administrative terminologies‚ and are collaborating with efforts to develop terminology across the spectrum
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Glossary of HR terms Term Absolute ratings Definition A rating method where the rater assigns a specific value on a fixed scale to the behavior or performance of an individual instead of assigning ratings based on comparisons between other individuals. The Accident Compensation Corporation Accident compensation Affirmative action Also : Positive discrimination. Carried out on behalf of women and disadvantaged groups and members of such groups are placed in dominant positions. Appraisal Attrition
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Research Process and Terminology Laytoya Wilson CJA/334 26 June 2011 University of Phoenix Research involves the study of something to discover facts and maybe even apply the findings in order to change something. There are two types of research‚ there is basic or pure research and then there is applied research‚ in which you really don’t need both in order to complete a study but in most cases is a good idea. Researchers have their own language‚ like doctors and police officers‚ researchers
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Admiral butterflies (genus Limenitis) are a particularly appealing system to address questions regarding wing pattern evolution and speciation. This genus is unusual among other butterflies in that mimicry has evolved multiple times and hybridization is frequent between wing pattern forms. An interesting fact of wing pattern evolution within this genus is the apparent differences between the largely stereotypic Paleartic fauna and the highly variable Nearctic forms of butterflies. Palearctic
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History of Long Term Evolution (LTE) The Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) started on the work of Evolution of 3G Mobile System at RAN Evolution Work Shop on November 2004 in Toronto‚ Canada. They opened a work shop to all interested organization and interested parties. Proposals on evolution of Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) were presented there. High level requirements such as reduced cost per bid‚ flexibility of existing and new frequency bands‚ simplified architecture
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