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    Comparison of Extended Column Test (ECT) and Propagation Saw Test (PST) Introduction: Stability or “Instability” Tests are an important tool for determining the likelihood of a slope to produce an avalanche. Many different tests have been developed over the years – each with their own strengths and weaknesses. These tests provide a way to safely apply stress and deformation to a slope that is steep enough to slide (usually 250 or steeper) and observe and quantify the results. These results

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    1) If reported sales for 2010 erroneously include sales that occur in 2011‚ the assertion violated on the 2010 statements would be: a. presentation and disclosure b. valuation or allocation c. existence or occurrence d. completeness 2. The completeness assertion would be violated if a. disclosure in the statements of pledged receivables was inadequate b. unbilled shipments occurred during the period c. fictitious sales transactions were included in accounts receivable d. the allowance

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    In his play‚ "As You Like It‚" and generally in all his writing William Shakespeare uses a lot of metaphors. In‚ "As You Like It‚" he has Rosalind who is disguised as boy named Ganymede use an interesting metaphor that explores the relationship between the consumption of time and the movement of a horse based on mood or pleasure. In my opinion the only reason that Rosalind ever uses the metaphor is to try to convince Orlando‚ the man she has fallen in love with and knows that he loves her‚ that she

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    Gilman uses metaphor in The Yellow Wallpaper to comment on the destructive and oppressive social constructions of True Womanhood‚ an ideology present at the time Gilman wrote The Yellow Wallpaper. The eponymous wallpaper is metaphor for not only the narrator’s state of mental deterioration‚ but of the “pattern of social and economic dependence”1 of women‚ reducing them to household servants. The metaphors created in The Yellow Wallpaper lead to a feminist interpretation as each can be argued to comment

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    they died in each other’s embraces and the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets came to an end. In Romeo and Juliet‚ a sweetly painful drama‚ Shakespeare uses metaphors‚ oxymorons‚ and foreshadowing to convey powerful emotions. William Shakespeare incorporated several poignant metaphors throughout Romeo and Juliet. A metaphor is a comparison between two things‚ but unlike a simile‚ the words “like” or “as” are not used. Relating back to the play‚ Mercutio says‚ “True‚ I talk of dreams; which

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    Often in poems‚ we are confronted with metaphors. Simply‚ a figure of speech where one thing is described in terms of another (Jacobs‚ 30). Butt there are also times where the whole poem is a metaphor‚ when a large metaphor functions as the controlling image of a piece of work. Such is the case in Robert Frost’s poem‚ The Road Not Taken. The expressed content of the poem is simply that of the speaker‚ Frost himself‚ out on a walk one day in a wooded area. As he is out walking‚ he arrives at

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    Open Access Effects of paliperidone extended release on the symptoms and functioning of schizophrenia Min-Wei Huang1‚2‚ Tsung-Tsair Yang3‚ Po-Ren Ten4‚ Po-Wen Su5‚ Bo-Jian Wu6‚ Chin-Hong Chan7‚ Tsuo-Hung Lan7‚ I-Chao Liu3‚ Wei-Cheh Chiu8‚ Chun-Ying Li1‚ Kuo-Sheng Cheng1‚9 and Yu-Chi Yeh8* Abstract Background: We aimed to explore relations between symptomatic remission and functionality evaluation in schizophrenia patients treated with paliperidone extended-release (ER)‚ as seen in a normal day-to-day

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    He must use metaphors‚ which is the idea that Brooks discusses as his second requirement. Although Brooks poses the question “why doesn’t he (the author) say it directly and forthrightly… through his metaphors he risks saying it partially and obscurely‚ and risks not saying it at all‚” he answers his own question by saying that had an author said it directly‚

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    Tracy Kidder’s inspiring novel “Mountains Beyond Mountains” continuously uses metaphors and imagery to allow the reader to be capable to analyze the novel’s protagonist‚ Paul Farmer. Farmer is characterized as an honoring doctor who provides all his help and time to serve the poor in many countries. His goal is to end infectious disease and to provide all the medicine to those who need it the most and have no access to it. As the author describes his point of view towards Farmer’s actions he realizes

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    Marketing Theory http://mtq.sagepub.com/ Beyond Visual Metaphor: A New Typology of Visual Rhetoric in Advertising Barbara J. Phillips and Edward F. McQuarrie Marketing Theory 2004 4: 113 DOI: 10.1177/1470593104044089 The online version of this article can be found at: http://mtq.sagepub.com/content/4/1-2/113 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Marketing Theory can be found at: Email Alerts: http://mtq.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://mtq

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