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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Who is Alan Turing Alan Turing (1912 - 1954) was a British mathematician‚ logician‚ and cryptographer considered by many to be the father of computer science. His contributions to breaking the German Nazi Enigma code during WWII were considered pivotal to the Allied war effort. Alan Turing formulated multiple ideas that now lie at the foundations of computer science and computability theory‚ such as the idea of a Turing machine or the Church-Turing thesis. Contributions Computer designer In 1945
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correct. A novel must entertain the reader before a novel teaches the reader... If not‚ the reader would have no interest in finishing the story. Barbara Kingsolver did not live up to her contract. The Bean Trees is a down-right uninteresting novel and has no relation to any normal person. The Bean Trees tells a heart warming story about a woman and her daughter trying to get away from town and start a new life. Going by that perspective you could say that this novel could be slightly relatable to some
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Autism Speaks I’d like to introduce you to my brother. Christopher Joseph‚ or CJ as my family calls him‚ is 14 years old‚ 5’7” in height‚ and very handsome. He has the most impeccable memory‚ although‚ it is very selective. He doesn’t remember the last place where he placed his retainer‚ but he remembers every line from every Transformers movie and could describe in detail the characteristics and features of every autobot and decepticon in the series. He can also recall the models and features
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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 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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Symbolism: In the novel The Bean Trees‚ Kingsolver uses wisteria vines and their bean pods to symbolize the potential for abused women to recover from their scarring experiences when given enough care and support. Kingsolver writes: ‘It’s like this‚’ I [Taylor] told Turtle. ‘There’s a whole invisible system for helping out the plant that you’d never guess was there.’ I loved this idea. ‘It’s just the same as with people. The way Edna has Virgie‚ Virgie has Edna and Sandi has Kid Central Station
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Final Project for The Bean Trees In The Bean Trees the characters had a lot of family problems but they didn’t let these problems get in the way of their children and their friends helped them get through their problems. “You’ve decided to take Angel back? Or go up there and live in his yurdle or what-ever? Angel? Heck no‚ not if you payed me” (Pg.307‚ Ch.17). This supports my thesis statement because it shows that Lou Ann is willing to give up Angel for Taylor because she does not want Angel to
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Maryville Chief of Police Greg Marshall‚ how can I help you Mr. Smith?” Chief Marshall was a large mountain of a man‚ easily six feet‚ six inches. At six foot two‚ I had to look up at him. In his early sixties‚ with a shock of thick‚ white hair on his head and an equally impressive white handlebar mustache‚ he stared at me from behind a pair of wire rimmed spectacles. His appearance‚ combined with his watery‚ blue eyes reminded me of an old walrus. “Chief Marshall.” I put my hand out across the
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and The Marshall Plan Ideological and practical significances After Harry Truman proposed the idea of a European Recovery Plan to the Congress‚ it was taken further by General Marshall. General Marshall joined office in January 1947 as the Secretary of State. Soon after General Marshall met with Stalin and came back to realise the urgency for American actions in retaliation. Marshall proposed aid to Europe on a vast scale‚ and invited the Europeans to respond. The way the Marshall Plan was
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