Dead metaphor Description A dead metaphor occurs where the once-evocative transferred image is no longer effective or even understood‚ perhaps being lost in the aeons of time. Example Fabulous was something worthy of fable. Like many other superlatives‚ it has lost its original edge and now just means ’good’. Money was so called because it was first minted at the temple Juno Moneta. The origin of ’the whole nine yards’ seems unknown‚ even to an expert word website. Discussion Dead metaphors are
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HAIKU Haiku is an unrhymed‚ syllabic form adapted from the Japanese: three lines of 5‚ 7 and 5 syllables. Because it is so brief‚ a haiku is necessarily imagistic‚ concrete and pithy‚ juxtaposing two images in a very few words to create a single crystalline idea. The juxtaposed elements are linked in Japanese by a kireji‚ or “cutting word”—poets writing haiku in English or other Western languages often use a dash or an ellipsis to indicate the break or cut between the linked images. Haiku poems
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Isaiah Nields Mrs. Ellis Physical Science 8th December 16‚ 2012 “Types of Catapults” * Trebuchet- “The word "Trebuchet" is originally French‚ and meant something like "to fall over or rotate about the middle" as in a see-saw rotating on its axle. It also seems to have meant a big‚ heavy beam. Today a Trebuchet is any kind of catapult that is powered by a massive counterweight on one end of an arm‚ and a sling on the other end. This includes Perriers‚ or "traction" trebuchets which are powered
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Type of kafalah in general‚ kafalah contract may be classified into two categories 1. Kafalah bi al-mal‚ it is a guarantee for property or finance; 2. Kafalah bi al-nafs‚ it is a guarantee for one’s self Kafalah bi al-mal may be divided into three main categories as follows: 1. Kafalah bi al-dyn‚ it is a guarantee for a debt owned by a party. It is meant to guarantee for the settlement of the debt by the guarantor should the guaranteed party is in default; 2. Kafalah
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Role of consumers: - consumers: all individ.s in ec. that consume goods and services to satisfy needs and wants - consumer sovereignty: refers to the fact that patterns of consumers spending determine patterns of production. Through spending dec. consumers express their preferences. Factors influencing individual consumer choice: Income: disposable income – after tax (main determinant on consumer spending) More income‚ more demand for good and services But APS
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Leaning against the wind‚ but how? Monetary policy versus macro-prudential measures F Gulcin Ozkan University of York and Filiz Unsal IMF 19 September 2012 () Leaning against the wind‚ but how? Monetary policy versus September 2012 measures 19 macro-prudential 1 / 28 Plan of the talk Motivation - ’ lean versus clean’debate prior to and in the aftermath of the 2008-2009 global …nancial crisis (GFC) An overview of how our basic model works Basic model Simulation Results Welfare analysis
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Metal Welding - Types and Processes Welding. So you think it’s as simple as grabbing the gun and pulling the trigger‚ eh? Tell me this then - what types of welding are there? Not completely sure? Read on... Arc Welding Arc welding is a process utilizing the concentrated heat of an electric arc to join metal by fusion of the parent metal and the addition of metal to joint usually provided by a consumable electrode. Either direct or alternating current may be used for the arc‚ depending upon
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Chapter I Merchandising –Introduction‚ role‚ functions‚ types Mrs. Manju is on a visit to the neighborhood store. It sells a variety of daily essentials. She asked for jam. The merchant in the store brought it to her from the shelf at the back of the counter. She paid the bill and left the store with the bottle of jam. We notice that the merchant sold merchandise – “jam” to Mrs. Manju. If the jam is in the store‚ Mrs. Manju will not know of its existence. She is aware of it only when the merchant
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Group 5: I. Shifting Cultivation II. Wet Padi Cultivation III. Market Gardening IV. High-tech farming V. Plantation agriculture VI. Oil palm cultivation VII. Tea Cultivation What Is Shifting Cultivation? Clearing forest to raise crops. It is also known as “Slash-and-burn agriculture”. Where Is Shifting Cultivation Found? Africa Amazon Most Basin of South America parts of Southeast Asia Where Is Shifting Cultivation
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Banking: F209 A bank is a financial intermediary that accepts deposits and channels those deposits into lending activities‚ either directly by loaning or indirectly through capital markets. A bank links together customers that have capital deficits and customers with capital surpluses. Due to their importance in the financial system and influence on national economies‚ banks are highly regulated in most countries. Most nations have institutionalized a system known as fractional reserve banking‚
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