Madly in love with a nickel in my hand‚ it reflected light like a shining star before 6 o’clock in the morning. To me‚ the nickel represented the joy of hope. As I began to walk home‚ beside the slimy lake‚ there was a log with six or seven toads. They were the largest toads I had ever seen. I came to take a closer look. I noticed the spotted white and blue pattern on their backs‚ which probably meant that they are venomous. And although I always carry a switchblade with me‚ like a swarm of swifty
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Individual who possesses a strong and unique personal or cultural identity will intensify their sense of belonging or not belonging. In the novel‚ the China Coin‚ by Allan Baillie‚ explores how personal and cultural identity of the protagonist‚ Leah Waters‚ could be changed from alienation of not belonging to acceptance of belonging by experiencing physical and inner journeys. In the beginning of the novel
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The China Coin By Allan Baillie A half of a broken coin is the only connection Leah and her mother Joan have with their lost family in China. They discover not only their extended family‚ but also their extensive family history. This ultimately gives them a sense of identity and belonging‚ which brings a positive change in both of them. At the beginning of the narrative it is clear Leah’s relationship with her mother Joan is tensed‚ since she refers to her as the ‘evil aunt’ and ‘Joan’. It is
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Chapter 12 Data Envelopment Analysis Data Envelopment Analysis DEA is an increasingly popular management tool. This write-up is an introduction to Data Envelopment Analysis DEA for people unfamiliar with the technique. For a more in-depth discussion of DEA‚ the interested reader is referred to Seiford and Thrall 1990 or the seminal work by Charnes‚ Cooper‚ and Rhodes 1978 . DEA is commonly used to evaluate the e ciency of a number of producers. A typical statistical approach is characterized
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IEOR 4000: Production Management Lecture 5 1 Professor Guillermo Gallego 9 October 2001 Aggregate Production Planning Aggregate production planning is concerned with the determination of production‚ inventory‚ and work force levels to meet fluctuating demand requirements over a planning horizon that ranges from six months to one year. Typically the planning horizon incorporate the next seasonal peak in demand. The planning horizon is often divided into periods. For example‚ a one
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Pace University DigitalCommons@Pace Faculty Working Papers Lubin School of Business 11-1-1999 The Mystery of Linear Programming Explained: Second Edition Jack Yurkiewicz Pace University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/lubinfaculty_workingpapers Recommended Citation Yurkiewicz‚ Jack‚ "The Mystery of Linear Programming Explained: Second Edition" (1999). Faculty Working Papers. Paper 21. http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/lubinfaculty_workingpapers/21
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China Coin Politics in Children’s Novels: The China Coin by Suzanne Wilson Novels for children which encompass notions about history‚ about culture‚ and about politics‚ have been around ever since a ’children’s literature’ was recognised as something distinct from books for adults. Indeed it is difficult to imagine something more political in its content and aspirations than Charles Kingsley’s The Water Babies. But what is interesting today in the light of books for children now being
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Leah’s Suitcase The last time she went on a trip like this she forget to bring some important things‚ so this time she won’t forget. This time she will be packing her dad’s Coin because the has sentimental values to her‚ this was what her dad always talked about before he died and also because this is what her dad was so found of. Some money about $50-100 Australia‚ (which is about 300-600 Yuan in Chinese). She would need this to help her get around‚ buy food and if she gets lost by any chance
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"the China Coin"‚ "Through Australian eyes"‚ "The road not taken" and "The journey"‚ Journey is demonstrated when they take holidays or go on a trip to somewhere special and yet it also involves with self exploration and to broaden their perspectives as individual develops their experiences to grow‚ be challenged and to be inspired. In "The China Coin" written by Allan Baillie‚ the main characters Leah and Joan went on a journey to china in purpose to find out the mystery of the broken coin. As the
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MUSEUMS AND THEIR VOICES A CONTEMPORARY STUDY OF THE BENIN BRONZES WRITTEN BY Charlotta Dohlvik SUPERVISORS Staffan Lundén and Peter Davis Master’s Dissertation‚ May 2006 International Museum Studies‚ Museion‚ Göteborg University 1 ABSTRACT........................................................................................................................................................... 4 1. BACKGROUND ...........................................................................
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