DOUGLAS HOUSE‚ RICHARD MEIER‚ 1971-1973 The Douglas House was built by Richard Meier in 1971-1973 for Jim and Jean Douglas. The house is gently placed on a steep slope over the water‚ almost as if it is floating amongst the trees. As Meier stated about the house‚ “So steep is the slope to the water that the house appears to have been dropped into the site‚ a machine-crafted object that has landed in a natural world. The dramatic dialogue between the whiteness of the house and the primary blues and greens
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Delta Blue Airlines Delta Blue Airlines operates a commuter flight between Charlotte and Philadelphia. The plane holds 30 passengers in Economy and 6 passengers in First Class. The airline makes a $100 profit on each passenger in Economy and $200 per passenger in First Class on the flight. When Delta Blue takes 30 Economy reservations and 6 First Class for the flight‚ experience has shown that on average‚ two passengers do not show up for each class. As a result‚ Delta Blue is averaging 28 Economy
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in seeing the impact of setting computerization on the food service and lodging operations within my state‚ particularly in the areas of reservations‚ accounting‚ personnel management‚ and the recording of sales transactions‚. In this we also discuss the factors like the ‚ I’m also going to consider the quality of technology infrastructure in my state and the degree of technology usage by potential customers visiting or using these services within my state. I will be giving my opinion on all of these
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Schroder house Subsequent to the First World War in 1924‚ De Stijl group (known for simplicity of forms) designed a free flowing private residence for Mrs Truus Schroder Schrader. The Schroder house consists of horizontal and vertical planes are coloured in indistinct red‚ blue‚ yellow‚ white‚ and black; an environment where Mondrian’s fine art work comes to life. The co-designer of the Schroder house - Gerrit Rietveld‚ born in 1888 (the maker of the red blue chair)‚ became a member of De Stijl
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Annotated Bibliography: The power struggle in “Sonny’s Blues” Baldwin‚ James. Sonny ’s Blues. 10th ed. N.p.: publisher‚ 1957. Print. This article discusses how an unnamed narrator in “Sonny’s Blues” discovers from a newspaper that his younger brother‚ Sonny‚ has been arrested for selling and using heroin. It shows a inside view of the narrators feeling towards his brother Sonny. In the story “Sonny’s Blues” you will see how concerned he becomes about his brother. You will see a great deal of
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Consider the structure‚ rhetorical strategies‚ and content of the two essays and answer the following questions. 1. How does Bass construct and support his argument? He constructs the argument by stating that he was a hunter before but not to the degree that he is now. He then states the reasons why he has become an avid hunter. He describes how beautiful and life changing the landscape and wild life is in Montana. He says how the valley of Montana has converted nearly every local into a hunter
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Position Paper Globalization is the process making the worlds citizens increasingly interdependent economically‚ politically‚ and socially‚ as well as environmentally and technologically. Although‚ to what extent should we embrace it? By the given definition‚ you would expect globalization to allow cultures‚ ideas‚ and beliefs to spread across the globe‚ which would lead to the development of our countries. However‚ this is not the case as said here by William K. Tabb‚ Economist: “Globalization
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Derivatives Soluion: Application for Financial Futures Case Solution for ’Peoples Federal Savings Bank ’ 1. Should Peoples Federal Savings have hedged its September 1 savings certificate rollover? Yes. The reasons are explained as below: Peoples had accumulated assets of $556m. These assets were funded by short term consumer deposits‚ consisting largely of 3-month fixed rate savings certificates. These savings certificates were highly affected by interest rate fluctuations. The long term loans
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Amanda Patch Powerful people surround us every day. People who have may have more money than us‚ people that have more knowledge or people who simply just have more power. Since there are so many people like this around us‚ we often believe that since they consume so much power‚ that it is impossible for us to have any. However‚ anyone can be powerful. Alice walker said‚ “The most common way people give up their power‚ is by thinking they don’t have any‚” which is exactly true. Anyone can have power
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I know you said you weren’t trying to hurt me. I know you said you were trying to do this the best way you knew how. But when you stood there with your knife at my throat‚ and I begged you please‚ you still pressed it in. You heard me scream and beg‚ and you still dug deeper‚ until you couldn’t hear me anymore. You could hear the blood gushing to the floor‚ the universe’s way of saying you’d fucked up. But you’d already ripped out my throat‚ you couldn’t go back from that. But that’s not what happened
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