As the reading‚ "Conversations On The Plurality of Worlds" is about discussions between a gallant philosopher and a marquise‚ who stroll in the last’s garden during the evening and look at stars. The logician clarifies the heliocentric model furthermore muses on the likelihood
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A Conversation with My Father By Grace Paley My father is eighty-six years old and in bed. His heart‚ that bloody motor‚ is equally old and will not do certain jobs any more. It still floods his head with brainy light. But it won’t let his legs carry the weight of his body around the house. Despite my metaphors‚ this muscle failure is not due to his old heart‚ he says‚ but to a potassium shortage. Sitting on one pillow‚ leaning on three‚ he offers last-minute advice and makes a request.
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This unit is about making and receiving telephone calls and transferring calls‚ when necessary‚ in a business environment. 1- Understand how to make telephone calls. 1.1 Describe the different features of telephone systems and how to use them. Telephone systems have many different features this allows us to handle and manage calls in a professional manner. · Call holding- places a caller on hold so you can perform another task. This could be to locate paperwork‚ find
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In the short story “A Conversation with My Father‚” there are two narratives intertwined. This story brings to light a generation gap between the past and the present. This generation gap leaves the dying father and his writer daughter with different views not only in life but also in literature. Paley’s use of characters exemplifies her efforts to combine realism with experimentation. This story is a great example of her style of writing: telling stories through the use of characters. Paley
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Case Study #1. Salem Telephone Company 1. Variable expenses: Power (the more hours sold‚ the more energy consumed) The hourly personnel (operations) works only when the computers are in operation Fixed expenses: The rent has to be paid despite any level of production ($8‚000 monthly) The custodial services depend on Salem Telephone’s estimated space‚ they are independent from the revenue of the Company The computer leases were acquired to run the business (before it was actually started
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From Deborah Tannen’s essay “Sex‚ Lies and Conversation” I feel as though she is expressing her personal view of the different communication styles amongst men and women. In the essay‚ she writes “…American men tend to talk more than women in public situations‚ they often talk less at home.” (Tannen 408) Her expression of the American gender roles is very simple‚ masculinity among men and femininity among women‚ even something as direct as communication. Men really take over in social settings. Men
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James Whittle Salem Telephone Company Case Study 9/29/2014 1.) The variable costs in Exhibit 2 are Power and Hourly Personnel Wages as the costs fluctuate from month to month and are driven by the revenue hours for the company. The fixed costs in Exhibit 2 are Rent‚ Custodial Services‚ Computer Equipment Leases‚ Computer Maintenance‚ Computer Depreciation‚ Office Equipment and Fixtures Depreciation‚ Salaried Staff Wages‚ Systems Development and Maintenance‚ Administrative Wages‚ Sales Wages
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My telephone rang and a shiver went down my spine. I knew who was calling and why they were calling. I slowly walked towards the phone‚ trying to walk slowly enough so by the time I get there the caller would hang up. But soon enough I founded myself next to the phone‚ because the room didn’t go on for ever. My hand reached out to grab the ringing phone and putted it next to my ear. I heard someone speaking to me through the phone and he said ‘hello’. I quickly answered him back with a shaky voice
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1. Operations wages for hourly personnel and office equipment and fixtures are the only variable cost with respect to revenue hours. All other costs are fixed with respect to revenue hours. With higher fixed cost‚ Salem Data Services has a higher leverage and is therefore riskier. 2. ($7‚896 + $1‚546) / 329 hours = $28.70 / hour. For every hour spent working‚ the company spends 28.70 dollars. 3. Intracompany Commercial Total Number of Hours (a): 205 138 343 Revenue (a x b): $82
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Unit 107- Make and receive telephone calls Understand how to make telephone calls 1.1- Describe the features of telephone systems and how to use them. On my own phone at work o have many different features such as * Loudspeaker * Volume * Hold * Transfer * End call Each one of these features has a different working. Loudspeaker- This is so myself and others around me can hear what the clients have to say‚ coming through the phone rather than a headset. Volume- This is so
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