Greensleeves by Alan Spence "Greensleeves" by Alan Spence is a short story describing the life of an elderly lady living alone on the top floor of high rise flats in Glasgow. Spence creates a character readers feel sympathy for through isolation and lonliness‚ themes that run prominently throughout the story. The title of the story - Greensleeves - is significant in developing the story.The elderly lady hears the song playing on an ice cream van‚ but it’s not as pleasant as she remembers. "She
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and residents require vehicles to transport themselves to work‚ school and recreational activities (1). Therefore‚ creating a strained balance between municipalities to be desirable and provide needed infrastructure while be fiscally responsible. A direct effect of urban sprawl would be the raised cost and amount of infrastructure needed to accommodate the provision of municipal services in a larger‚ less concentrated area (1). An example of this would be water and sewer mains. There is a fixed cost
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his work continued in the areas of computer science and artificial intelligence (AI)–a term not invented until a few years after his death. Unfortunately‚ he was not recognized for his accomplishments and inventions until after well after his death. Alan Turing studied mathematics at the University of Cambridge and graduated in 1934 and completed is Ph.D. at Princeton University in mathematical logic in 1938. He returned to the UK in 1938 to a fellowship at King’s College. In 1937‚ Dr. Turing’s paper
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Alan Mulally’s restructuring of Ford Motor Company A Proposed Study 30th November‚ 2014 Abstract “Ford had been struggling during the late-2000s recession‚ returned to profitability under Mulally and was the only American major car manufacturer to avoid a bailout fund provided by the government. Mulally ’s achievements at Ford are chronicled in the book” wickipedia.com. Alan Mulally‚ while his tenant at the ford motor company‚ he has done so many managerial and structural changes
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THE DIRECT METHOD Nowadays there are many options to learn a language; some schools have the best methods for reaching that goal but only some of them truly apply them. The possibility to learn a language involves some factors that are pointed directly to teachers. For this reason‚ different methods have been appearing through time. As it is mentioned in previous essays‚ the methods have changed for different reasons; one of them is because of the need to improve the complete skills of the student
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Alan Turing and Co. Slate Sculpture: Stephen Kettle 1912-1954 Turing’s Path to Artificial Intelligence • The Enigma • The Turing Machine • The Turing Test • Turing’s thoughts for Artificial Intelligence The Enigma Machine • e·nig·ma (n): 1)A person or thing that is mysterious or puzzling. 2)A riddle or paradox. • Originally designed by Arthur Sherbius and sold commercially for banking. • The “Enigma machine” was later adopted by the Germans and made into a Machine used to send coded
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For example‚ they can call customers and administer full questionnaires of 10 questions to gather complete information about them. This would be a very costly way to collect data - especially for a large number of customers. Mail may be a better technique for this type of database information collection. Phone surveys are useful if they are updating their database. Demographics Demographic segmentation consists of dividing the consumer into groups based on variables such as age‚ gender family size
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QUESTION 4 The Gen Toy Company manufactures a line of dolls and a doll dress sewing kit. Demand for the dolls is increasing‚ and management requests assistance from you in determining an economical sales and production mix for the coming year. The company has provided the following data: Product Demand Next Year (units) Selling Price per Unit Direct Materials Direct Labor Debbie 50‚000 $13.50 $4.30 $3.20 Trish 42‚000 $5.50 $1.10 $2.00 Sarah 35‚000 $21.00 $6.44 $5.60 Mike 40‚000 $10.00 $2.00
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and resistance to equality by Whites” (Is Racism on the Decline in America?). While there is less direct discrimination occurring in society‚ indirect discrimination still occurs to date. Indirect discrimination refers to “discrimination by means of rules‚ regulations or procedures that may appear to be neutral‚ but which actually discriminate against certain groups of people”. An example of indirect discrimination is a white person
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DIRECT NARRATION Although it may be referred to by other names (direct exposition‚ objective narration‚ summary exposition‚ or simply narration)‚ direct narration is where the narrator of the story addresses the reader directly. When conveying information by direct narration‚ the narrator simply states the information without any pretext of channeling it through a character or exposing it through some sort of prop. As noted by Ansen Dibell in Plot‚ the simplest way is to just slip the information
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