CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION A. Abstract We are astronauts—all of us. We ride a spaceship called Earth on its endless journey around the sun. This ship of ours is blessed with life-support systems so ingenious that they are self-renewing‚ so massive that they can supply the needs of billions. Unfortunately for centuries we have taken them for granted‚ considering their capacity limitless. At last we have begun to monitor the systems‚ and the findings are deeply disturbing. Scientists and government
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Neighbors "Neighbors is a short story written by Raymond Carver in 1988. It is from the collection of short stories "Short cuts". The short story is in brief about the married couple Bill and Arlene Miller‚ who lives opposite the married couple Harriet and Jim stone. Bill and Arlene constantly see themselves in the light of the Stones’ happy life. Bill is a bookkeeper and Arlene is a secretary‚ while Jim is a salesman for a machine-parts firm. In the story the Stones are going on a business trip
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k-Nearest Neighbors algorithm (or k-NN for short) is a non-parametric method used for classification and regression. In both cases‚ the input consists of the k closest training examples in the feature space. The output depends on whether k-NN is used for classification or regression: • In k-NN classification‚ the output is a class membership. An object is classified by a majority vote of its neighbors‚ with the object being assigned to the class most common among its k nearest neighbors (k is a positive
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The last time I tried to persuade someone‚ what the time when I tried to convince my brother to leave the gang life and his so called friends alone. It was the summer of 96’ when I heard that my brother was locked up for breaking in a car with his so called friends and they got caught. The judge gave them 6 months. He was the last one to come out for some reason unknown. I was thinking that his friends had put the whole thing on him. This was the first time I tried to talk to him in leaving his friends
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story‚ “Neighbor Rosicky.” Bohemian Origin and Culture Immigration of Czechoslovakians spanned over a prolonged period of time ranging from 1848-1930’s (Seigel‚ 1986). The largest time of immigration is recorded to have occurred around 1860’s. There are several reasons for the immigration from Czechoslovakia to America‚ some of those reasons being the European revolution‚ crowded cities‚ droughts causing poor crops and financial crises (Seigel‚ 1986). In Willa Cather’s short story‚ “Neighbor Rosicky
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All We Really Need in Life is Each Other Raymond Carver’s “Neighbors” is a moral based story. In the beginning of their marriage Bill and Arlene were very content with one another’s companionship‚ but now they live in envy of their neighbors‚ Harriet and Jim. It seemed to the Millers that the Stones live a much more fulfilling life. When Harriet and Jim are away on business/vacation trip they would entrust Bill and Arlene to feed Kitty‚ water the plants‚ and look after their apartment. The Miller’s
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The American Dream I always thought that the American dream was just about owning my own house and raising a family; but in truth‚ it isn’t. “The American dream I believe in now is a shared one. It’s not so much about what I can get for myself; it’s about how we can all get by together.” Eve Birch; “The Art of Being A Neighbor” Owning your own home and having all those fancy gadgets and gizmos is only a small fraction of the American dream. What really makes the dream so wonderful and worth
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1. Write a letter to your friend describing your native village. April 14‚ 2015 Palashpur Comilla My dear Jahid‚ At first take my heartiest felicitation and sincerely love. I hope you are well by the grace of Almighty Allah. Yesterday‚ I received your letter. In the letter I could know you have wanted to know about my village. Now I am telling you about that.s The name of my native village is Palashpur. it’s in the district of Comilla. It’s about 12 kilometers away from the district headquarters
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chosen two of my works to edit and revise to make it free of errors and perfect. My business letter and process essay‚ the works I have chosen‚ are very similar to each other. These two pieces are my favorites that I have picked out of my W.I.P. file. The letter and the essay both blend with a favorite subject of mine. They both involve sports. I love sports‚ including baseball and football. My complaint letter to Dick’s Sporting Goods shows a lot of my tastes and interests in life. My concern is
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expect to receive from my future self on Red Letter Day wouldn’t exist‚ as far as I know‚ because I would plan on not sending myself a letter in the first place. Now it’s easy for me to say this because that truly would be my current plan‚ but who’s to say how future events might change the mind of my future self. All I can do is give reasons for why I personally don’t see myself sending a letter through time and hoping that my current reasoning holds throughout the years. Now my reasoning for not
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