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    CASE STUDY BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT In the space of just 30 minutes every weekday‚ around 5.00 in the evening‚ around 20 flights arrive and depart from the Eurohub Terminal. At the same time‚ aircraft are arriving and leaving from the Main Terminal next to the Eurohub. Across the runway and acres of tarmac‚ at the site of the original airport‚ the overnight freight operation is just beginning to wake up with the arrival of staff and the preparations for the first aircraft from Europe or

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    march in a freedom march instead of going outside to play. Her mother refuses to let her march because she wants to keep the little girl safe from the violence‚ but when the daughter is sent to church‚ an explosion kills the child. “ ‘Ballad of Birmingham’ provides rich lessons in irony‚ the power of poetry‚ and the history of our country” (Jolley 38). The irony is displayed from the fact that the mother wants to keep her child safe by sending her to church and thus leads to her death is one of the

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    CASE STUDY 1 : BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 1) Identify some of the micro operations to be found at the airport. For each one : a) identify the transforming and transformed resources b) state which is the predominant transformed resource c) describe the output of each micro operation and say who you think its customers are MicroOperation | Transformed Process | Transforming Process | Output | Customer | Output | Baggage Handling | Bag | Baggage Handler | Reach Destination | Passenger

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    historians would have laughed when asked for good historical material on those women. However‚ the Diary of Martha Maud Ballard gives us a detailed view of the time period in which those women lived‚ and how they played a part in it. Laurel Ulrich‚ a historian who painstakingly transcribed the diary‚ interpreted the lives of the people living around Martha Ballard‚ and Martha Ballard herself. Post-Revolutionary era frontier life was difficult on women. They could not make the same wages as men‚ midwifery

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    [Student’s Name] K.C524 2014-03-14 Analysis of “The Letter from Birmingham Jail” On April 3rd‚ 1963‚ the Birmingham campaign began and people were protesting against racism and injustice. The non-violent campaign was coordinated by King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. However‚ King was roughly arrested with other main leaders of the campaign on April 12th for disobeying the rules of “no parading‚ demonstrating‚ boycotting‚ trespassing

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    King’s language choice‚ tone‚ and style in Letter from Birmingham Jail reflect his political viewpoint and personal character; just like his political actions‚ they are unapologetic‚ direct‚ respectful‚ and instruct others to act morally. King eloquently conveys the urgency of the Birmingham situation and guides the reader to understand the unjust circumstances and all the “broken promise[s]” that oppress black people. King’s open letter evidences his gift of purposeful and elegant language choice

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    person view of the person lying on a couch in the house‚ using a pleasant and calming tone. The person pictures two main scenes: (1) nature with trees‚ daffodils‚ and hills‚ and (2) space with stars and the Milky Way. William Wordsworth uses figurative language such as personification through out the whole poem to bring the nouns to life. "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" shows how people can doze off easily have no limits to how far their imagination can go. The poet starts off with "I wandered lonely

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    dealing with Vietnam Syndrome‚ now known as PTSD. His behaviors confuse his son‚ Terry‚ and Terry tries to help his dad. In this story Paulsen uses figurative and literal examples to illustrate the impact of life after the war. For this reason I prefer and enjoyed reading “Stop the Sun” more than Tim O’Brien’s‚ “The Things They Carried”. Some of the figurative examples Paulsen uses to illustrate the impact of life after the war are seen by Terry’s explanation of his father’s behaviors and when he tries

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    “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” – King Martin Luther King’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail” was written in response to a letter directed at him on April 12‚ 1963 by a group of clergymen. His response was composed under difficult circumstances‚ in a jail cell with limited paper. In fact‚ he began the composition of this address on the margins of a newspaper and small scraps of paper. He was thrown in jail for‚ in the words of the clergymen‚ participating in and leading “unwise and untimely”

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    his mission in life to see to it that indivisible‚ and justice for all was not only a nice theory‚ but ultimately a true reality. King was often criticized and even jailed in his pursuit for equality for all Americans. While being detained in a Birmingham jail King wrote a poetic response to an article written by some Southern clergymen explaining what led up to him being arrested and put in jail. In his powerful response King illustrates his credibility‚ appeals to the emotions of the clergymen

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