REINDEER AND ENGINE – COMMENTARY The poem ’Reindeer and Engine’ by Josephine Jacobsen is an extract from the poet’s 1966 work ’The Animal Inside’. The poem is about a reindeer who is fleeing from a steam engine‚ in the forests of Finland. However‚ wherever the reindeer seems to turn‚ engine tends to follow. The poet Josephine Jacobsen introduces a very relevant issue‚ from the title of the poem itself – that of nature versus technology. In a sense‚ the reindeer and the engine are contrasting ideas
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First‚ what is said is that “that all gasoline prices in the United States be fixed at the average price for the last two years”. This is neither the ceiling nor the floor. It is the equilibrium price - “the price at which the quantity of a good demanded in a given time period equals the quantity supplied”. I believe that oil companies would probably do what they are doing now with the exception that most would do the middle. After all‚ it is only for two years. There would be fluctuations. What affect
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An internet search engine searches the internet‚ or select pieces of the internet‚ based on important words‚ they keep an index of the words they find and where they find them‚ and they allow users to look for words or combinations of words found in that index. Earlier search engines only had a few hundred thousand pages and document and only received around one or two thousand inquiries each day compared to the hundreds of millions of pages and tens of millions of queries per day now a days. A meta-search
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Overview Blades‚ Inc.‚ is a USA based company that has been in corporate in the United States for three years. Blade relatively is a small Company‚ with total assets of only $200 million. The company produces only a single type of roller blade. Ben Holt the CFO of the Blades Inc. Financial Information Total assets of was only $200 million and first year net income of $3.5 million. Return on asset is 7%. It stock price has fallen from high of $20 per share three years ago to $12
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TERM PAPER ON GUJARAT GAS COMPANY LTD HISTORY: GUJRAT GAS COMPANY IS ONE OF INDIA’S LEADING NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES. IT ESTABLISHED IN 1980 AND HEADQUARTERD IN AHMEDABAD.THE COMPANY OPERATES PRIMARILY IN GUJRAT.THE COMPANY WENT PUBLIC IN 1991. THE BG ACUIRED A MAJORITY STAKE IN THE COMPANY IN 1997. OPERATIONS: AS OF 2010 GUJARAT GAS LTD SUPPLIED PIPED GAS TO OVER 3‚00‚000 HOMES‚ COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS ACROSS GUJARAT
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we have chosen to analysis the innovation that is the ‘Google Search Engine’. We have chosen to base our report on the Google search engine; a revolutionary innovation that has transformed the way in which the internet is used. 1.1 Introduction Google began life as a research project between two Stanford University graduate students‚ Larry Page and Sergey Brin in January‚ 1996. They hypothesized that developing a search engine that analysed the relationships between websites would be more effective
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Freebie marketing A free gift knitting row counter given away byWoman ’s Weekly in the 1980s-1990s. Freebie marketing‚ also known as the razor and blades business model‚[1] is a business model wherein one item is sold at a low price (or given away for free) in order to increase sales of a complementary good‚ such as supplies (inkjet printers and ink cartridges‚ "Swiffers" and cleaning fluid‚ mobile phones and service contracts) [2] or software (game consoles and games).[1] It is distinct
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criteria for the evaluation of search engines</div> <br>To effectively evaluate three different search engines from the perspective of an advanced web user‚ the following criteria were established: <br>1. Relevance and accuracy of search results <br>2. Search speed <br>3. Advanced search options <br>4. Other services <br>5. Site design and layout <br>More information about these criteria and how they were used is available below. <br> <br>2. Test three search engines against your criteria <br>For this
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Search Engines: Altavista‚ Yahoo‚ and Excite Internet Exploration Project: Search Engine Analysis Introduction The use of search engines on the Internet is a very significant aspect towards attaining information ranging from research purposes‚ like stock quotes‚ to daily use such as the weather in your hometown. The ability to find information on these engines all depend on experience‚ knowledge of certain search techniques‚ and remembering the strengths and advantages of each engine for
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The piston engines were used to rotate the fans at high speeds which provide the thrust for the aircraft to move forward. Since the thrust that could be developed by the piston engine is limited‚ they cannot be used in aircrafts that need high speed and thrust. Hence‚ piston engines are mostly restricted to training flights and slow flights. There were many modifications like the supercharger that were added to the piston engine which provided extras thrust to the existing engines. The supercharger
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