OMEGA: An Improved Gasoline Blending System for Texaco MGMT 372 Blending gasoline is a critical refinery operation. Texaco implemented the system‚ OMEGA‚ in 1980 on personal and large computer systems. Computers were being installed at Texaco refineries in 1960’s and were mostly used for accounting purposes‚ data acquisition‚ process control‚ and refinery modeling. At this time‚ compositions of gasoline blending were being developed by trial and error‚ experience‚ and average response tables
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The Monkey’s Paw is by WW Jacobs‚ it takes place in England in the late 1800’s. This is a short story about a magical Monkey’s Paw that can grant three wishes. They wished for 200 pounds‚ It ended up taking the son’s life. They wished him back to life‚ then back to the grave again. Aunty Misery is by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ it takes place in a rural village in the past. This folktale is about Aunty Misery and her pear tree. She is granted a wish and makes her tree capture people who try to steal pears
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According to the article‚ “How to Prepare a Marketing Environmental Analysis”‚ Preparing a marketing environmental analysis is an essential step in understanding the external local‚ national and international forces that might affect your business. These different analysis are called PESTLE analysis which stands for Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ Technological‚ and Legal. (1) Political factors- refer to governmental actions or policies
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three sections‚ referred to as iterations‚ and can be applied to W.W. Jacobs’‚ The Monkey’s Paw. The treble configuration systematically outlines‚ develops‚ and provides a conclusion to the central dilemma within the story. In The Monkeys Paw the second iteration reinforces the initial implication of the first‚ while the third provides closure for the main character.The first iteration of The Monkey’s Paw introduces a visitor‚ Sergeant-Major Morris‚ to the White family home‚ which in turn sets the
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that three different men each had three wishes from it.” If you were given three wishes‚ what do you think you would wish for? The story “The Monkeys’ Paw” by W. W. Jacobs‚ is about a family that is given a monkey’s paw with a spell cast on it to give them three wishes. The family was warned by an old friend that they might not want to keep the paw because of the things it has done to him‚ but they did not listen. The first wish they used was for 200 pounds‚ and they got it at the cost of their only
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magical talisman? In the story "The Monkey’s Paw‚" by W.W. Jacob. Mr. White‚ Mrs. White‚ and Herbert White were a family given a magical monkey’s paw that changed the family forever. Mr. White took the paw out of the fire; Mr. White wished for 200 pounds but did not need it. Herbert was brought back to life. That when you mess with fate‚ you only get sorrow in return. Mr. White took the paw out of the fire. Sergeant Major Morris tried to destroy the monkey’s paw. ‘White‚ with a slight cry‚ stooped down
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Both “Macbeth” and “The Monkey’s Paw” had fate play a partial role in the telling of their stories. In each of these tales‚ a supernatural force rooted itself in the main characters. Macbeth had the three witches and the Whites had the monkey’s paw. These two forces had inevitable consequences powered by choice. They were warned of the effect of challenging fate‚ but they failed to heed. In “Macbeth”‚ the notorious general met the three witches. They used their powers to show him a clue to his future
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¨I wish for this day to start over!!¨ I yelled. The monkey’s paw shook in my hand‚ I dropped it. Then time just seemed to freeze the monkey’s paw was slowly fading disappearing you could say as it was getting closer to the ground. My wife‚ Mrs.White was getting closer to opening the front door scared of what my eyes might see I closed them. Wishing everything went away I opened my eyes to see a white light had filled the room but still very slowly like everything else moving. ¨NOOO!!!¨ I cried
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“The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs Setting: The main setting of “The Monkey’s Paw” would be stationed around the Laburnam Villa‚ the White family home. We enter the story by the weather being dark and stormy‚ but as soon as we walk into the Villa‚ it’s immediately warm and comfortable. As the story progresses deeper‚ the Villa becomes more haunting and progressively darker. After Herbert dies‚ the house is completely thick with silence. Point of view: This story is told in third person omniscient
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Sergeant brought the Monkey’s paw into their house. Although the monkey’s paw may sound like a great fantasy by having three wishes‚ it comes at a cost. The sergeant foreshadowed the costly events of the white family with the paw do to personal experience. Not letting the paw burn in the fireplace where the sergeant had thrown it‚ the whites decide to keep it and take their chances do to disbelief. They wish for two hundred pounds‚ but nothing had happened. Is the paw a fake? Or
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