...Narveson’s analysis of the Cold Equation and using principles used in lecture. Tom Godwin’s short story the Cold Equation raises questions of human rights, morality, sexism and discrimination, as well as the laws of nature and sciences. In order to analyze this short story I will briefly give an abstract. The situation of the story is outlined in a short paragraph on page 258: “This ship is carrying Kala fever serum to Group One on Woden. Their supply was destroyed by a tornado. The fever is invariably fatal unless the serum can be had in time, and the six men in Group One will die unless this ship reaches on schedule. These ships are given barely enough fuel to reach their destination and if you stay aboard your added weight will cause it to use up all its fuel before it reaches the ground. It will crash, then, you and I will die and so will the six men waiting for the serum.”(Godwin, T., 1954) This paragraph points out the two choices that are present in Jan Narveson’s analysis. Where Choice A: Marilyn dies in one hour; six men cured from a fatal painful disease- living normal lives for a substantial period of time; Barton the pilot lives a substantial period of time. Choice B: Marilyn lives X hours (greater than 1 but not much greater), after which she dies a death similar to that in A; six men die of terrible disease; and Barton dies the same terrible death as Marilyn. (Narveson, J., 1979) In this article, I will be discussing the simple, yet harsh equation presented which...
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...ID#25840627 APA Format Compare and Contrast Short Story Fiction Essay Jessica Jack Liberty University English 102-B43 Outline for Compare and Contrast Essay Thesis: “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence and “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson provide two contrasting uses of Setting in a short story which accentuate the importance of the element in a story. One author has the ability to distract the reader, while the other author creates the structure of the story. 1. Introduction a. A brief summary of the “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson b. A brief summary of the “ The Rocking-Horse Winner’, by D.H. Lawrence 2. Overview of the use of the Setting a. “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson i. Shirley uses the setting as a distraction from the theme ii. The description of the setting, such as the happy characters, the sunny and bright outdoors to set the scene b. “ The Rocking-Horse Winner”, by D.H. Lawrence i. The author uses the setting to support the story and theme ii. The author allows the setting to draw and pull the audience into the story 3. The similarities and differences between the two short stories a. After reviewing both stories, it is evident that both are convincing and true to life b. The use of the setting in “The Lottery” diverts the reader away from the theme. It draws to the surrounding and characters, that you forget the main point of the story telling. c. The use of the setting in “The...
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...Candeis Gaylord Eng. 102- C07 _LOU | [The luck of the Draw] | | Gambling Lottery and Betting Are we all winners or losers Not everyone can be a winner Plot A. Major plot of each story Betting Lottery B. Characters 1. Paul Tessie C. Similarities vs. Differences 1. Paul and Tessie similarities Paul and Tessie differences Setting A. Paul 1. Rocking Horse Race Track B. Tessie 1. Village Town Square C. Privacy verses publicly 1. Paul and his room Tessie in the middle of the square Conclusion A. Types of gambling- win or lose B. Gambling, Plot, Setting C. Not everyone is a winner someone has to lose * * * * * * * Let us just imagine; we get up in the morning, have a cup of coffee with a simple breakfast. Meanwhile, flipping through the local Newspaper we run across the lottery numbers right next to the horse races. You quickly scan the Lottery numbers and suddenly realize you are once again the loser. However, still feeling “lucky” you think to yourself maybe if I stop by the bookings office to place a bet on that beautiful three-year-old thoroughbred for one hundred dollars. Then, within seconds, you realize; “You are a winner!” Looking into two very different short stories between characters, plots, and settings a person certainly will agree not everyone is a winner. * * * * * * * To know how to gamble a person must first understand...
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...5/11/2001 Abstract I examine returns to a subset of stocks after public news about them is released. I compare them to other stocks with similar monthly returns, but no identifiable public news. There is a major difference between return patterns for the two sets. I find evidence of post-news drift, which supports the idea that investors underreact to information. This is strongest after bad news. I also find some evidence of reversal after extreme price movements that are unaccompanied by public news. The patterns are seen even after excluding earnings announcements, controlling for potential risk exposure, and other adjustments. They appear, however, to apply mainly to smaller stocks. I also find evidence that trading frictions, such as short-sale constraints, may play a role in the post-bad-news drift pattern. ∗ I wish to thank Kent Daniel, Ken French, Li Jin, S. P. Kothari, Jon Lewellen, Andrew Lo, Sendhil Mullainathan, Dimitri Vayanos, and Geoffrey Verter for many stimulating discussions, and the members of the MIT PhD Finance seminar for their helpful comments. Please address all correspondence to me at wschan@mit.edu. 1 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 Introduction There is a large amount of evidence that stock prices are predictable. In the last decade, various studies have shown that stock returns exhibit reversal at weekly and 3-5 year intervals, and drift over 12-month periods.1 Some research shows that stock prices appear to drift after important corporate...
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...The Last Leaf by O. Henry from The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories This Level 1 ELLSA lesson can be accessed on the internet at http://www.rdlthai.com/ellsa_lastleaf1.html Lesson plan and text: Jeffrey Taschner, 1999 Print and web-adaptation: John Morgan, 1999 © USIA, 1999. All rights reserved 1. SYNOPSIS 1a) Synopsis Johnsy and Sue are artists who move into Greenwich Village in New York City. As Winter approaches and the weather gets colder, Johnsy becomes ill with pneumonia. She gets so sick that she believes that when the last leaf falls from the vine outside her window, she will die. An old artist, named Behrman, who lives in the same building as the girls, braves a storm one night to paint a leaf on the wall — a leaf that will never fall. Cold and wet from painting in the icy rain, he catches pneumonia and dies. This gives Johnsy the hope to survive her illness, and it also creates the masterpiece Behrman had always dreamed of painting. 1b) Vocab checkpoint • approaches (verb) To approach is to move towards. It is often used with seasons and special occasions (New Year, Christmas, birthdays) as in the example here, as well as with people and moving objects (vehicles, etc). • becomes (verb) In this example, becomes has the same meaning as "gets". With illnesses, we often use "to fall", or "to be taken": Johnsy fell ill/Johnsy was taken ill • pneumonia (noun) Pneumonia is a serious illness of the lungs. • vine (noun) A vine is like a...
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...The Last Leaf by O. Henry from The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories This Level 1 ELLSA lesson can be accessed on the internet at http://www.rdlthai.com/ellsa_lastleaf1.html Lesson plan and text: Jeffrey Taschner, 1999 Print and web-adaptation: John Morgan, 1999 © USIA, 1999. All rights reserved 1. SYNOPSIS 1a) Synopsis Johnsy and Sue are artists who move into Greenwich Village in New York City. As Winter approaches and the weather gets colder, Johnsy becomes ill with pneumonia. She gets so sick that she believes that when the last leaf falls from the vine outside her window, she will die. An old artist, named Behrman, who lives in the same building as the girls, braves a storm one night to paint a leaf on the wall — a leaf that will never fall. Cold and wet from painting in the icy rain, he catches pneumonia and dies. This gives Johnsy the hope to survive her illness, and it also creates the masterpiece Behrman had always dreamed of painting. 1b) Vocab checkpoint • approaches (verb) To approach is to move towards. It is often used with seasons and special occasions (New Year, Christmas, birthdays) as in the example here, as well as with people and moving objects (vehicles, etc). • becomes (verb) In this example, becomes has the same meaning as "gets". With illnesses, we often use "to fall", or "to be taken": Johnsy fell ill/Johnsy was taken ill • pneumonia (noun) Pneumonia is a serious illness of the lungs. • vine (noun) A vine is like...
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...Frost and Rhys: Writing Similarities and Differences Charles R. Cobb ENG 125: GSH1331C Alessandra Cusimano August 28, 2013 People experience poetry and short stories differently, yet they all use similar techniques or terms used to write literature. All literature uses some type of tone, a point-of-view, and symbols. This tools for writing help tell the story by giving the reader the emotions, perspective and the hidden messages, making the story come alive to reader and in captivating the reader into the story itself. Others use different terms to help tell their story for poems, rhythm is used often. While in short stories and dramas, foreshadowing and metaphors are used to help tell the story. These tools are not used in every work of literature, but they are tools to help bring the reader into the story more, making the reader become excited or antsy about what is coming next. Looking at the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and the short story “Used to Live Here Once” by Jean Rhys, there are a couple of similarities and a few differences in their techniques. These techniques are what can make a poem and a short story differ are; symbolism, tone, point of view, foreshadowing, and rhythm will be discussed here. Symbolism A symbol in literature “is something that has a literal identity but also stands for something else-something that is widely understood and has been developed over a long period of time or by common agreement” (Clugston, R. 2010...
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...obesity, which can lead to serious diseases, government and schools should take urgent actions to improve the situation. II. Background of the problem 1. Marketing Industry 2. Children 3. Increased risk of being overweight and its serious consequences III. Solution one The first possible solution is that government should restrict the attack of food marketing on kids. A. Advantages 1. Decreased number of commercials 2. Elimination of junk food marketing B. Disadvantages 1. “The system has kinks” 2. Difficulties in identifying junk foods 3. Limitation of democracy IV. Solution two Another feasible solution that schools should create a healthy environment. A. Advantages 1. Availability of healthful foods 2. Improvement in kids’ diets 3. Connection with local farmers 4. Health education 5. Promotion of nutritional products 6. Decreased rate of obesity B. Disadvantages 1. Long cafeteria lines, not enough time for lunch, noise 2. Accessibility of competitive foods 3. Schools’ fundraising V. Conclusion To sum up, due to the negative consequences of influence of commercials on children, it is important for authorities and educational institutions to start taking steps to tackle this problem. Advertising becomes an inseparable part of people’s life. Nowadays marketers are more interested in children, because they not only...
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...lessons.) | Advantages | Extension Strategies | TPR | Total Physical Response is physical response that is giving off by students that is followed behind a giving command. | Activities that are listening and responding that are used by various ESL programs for beginner ELLs. | Activities are used to prepare students to follow and understand commands that may hear require a physical reaction. | Demonstrate desired behavior. Help student respond language expressions that they are not familiar with. | Storytelling | To communicate effectively through oral language that is sensual and that is pedagogically sound. | Educator can combined the TPR approach and have the children act out this storytelling that has the students pantomime the story. | Just by informing the students about target cultures, students will benefit in getting familiar with other cultural experiences from children in the classroom. | Read aloud while pointing to the material being read to connect the material that is written to that is oral. | Contextual Clues | Language assistance for comprehension and/or expression is accessible for students who need assistance for second language proficiency understanding through the degree of contextual support. | State content objectives clearly and visually written on a board.Accommodate students’ proficiency levels by speaking appropriately and explaining the academic task clearly. | Will improve students’ understanding and comprehension skills. | Think of strategies...
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...make up a story c. write a well structured story about a gift d. learn to be grateful to people who gives you a gift Procedures: a. Greeting to class b. Show them a short interesting/toughing video about a memorable gift, then ask students to tell the story in the video c. Take out a real gift (better the same in the video), and motivate the class that who write the best story will get this gift d. Ask students“Do you want to know the most memorable gift on mine?”, Then show this story on the PPT with the important parts highlighted, and take this as a sample to teach students how to organise a story e. Show them the video watched before, ask them to discuss in groups how to paraphrase that story f. Ask some groups to share their story and let other group point out the problems or highlight g. Show four pictures on PPT, and ask students to make up a story about a memorable gift based on those pictures. First, make a discussion in group and then write down that story. Last, try to perform a very short drama based on that story h. Ask two groups to perform their drama in front of the whole class, the rest of class and teacher should point out their highlights and problems i. Briefly go over what we learned this class: how to write a story about a...
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...One of the most enchanting things children do is learning how to talk. In a few and short years, most if not all children transition from crying and gurgling to explaining in details what they want and don’t want. From a baby’s gibberish first words through to pre-schooler, elementary to middle school; detailed and defined conversations, early language development milestones are among the most momentous events in any caregivers or parent’s life. For most children learning how to talk may seem easy but for some it is a stage of struggle and difficulty. Children learn how to talk more easily and faster if the adults in their homes spend enough time talking to them. Other children find it more difficult to develop speech because they do not hear their parents talk much. All children have the ability to learn how to talk. Learning to talk is a natural habit, a natural gift inscribed deep within mankind’s genetic inheritance ( Bardies, De Bevoise 1999 ). In about the second year after conception or one year after being born, a child will utter his first words. The swiftness and skills with which many children master the art of speaking has always fascinated many adults. Before a child knows how to coordinate his hands to snap a toy, he will utmost have understood some if not all the sentences addressed to him by an adult. Before they even how to tie up or knot their shoelaces they will virtually have mastered the art of talking their language. This special ability of acquiring language...
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...Miller My two favorite short stories are “The Lottery and “Young Goodman Brown”. Making a decision which is better will be a tough choice. Although both stories are similar in its theme, it is transported differently in each story. The stories display different character analysis and word choice. I. My favorite pastime is reading short stories. a. Two stories I can read repeatedly. i. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. ii. “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. b. The authors battle with depression in their lives. i. Shirley Jackson was stricken server depression from time to time. ii. Nathaniel Hawthorne was depressed because of his ill health and the toll of the Civil War. II. Scenery and characters of “The Lottery” and Young Goodman Brown. a. Towns identified as small villages. i. “The Lottery” was a small village with no name. 1. The story gives a population of 300 people living there ii. “Young Goodman Brown” story took place in a small village called Salem. b. The wives in the story played contrast characters. i. Tessie Hutchinson was a main character that went through climax and denouement. ii. Faith Brown played somewhat of a static character. c. The husbands were portrayed differently in the stories. i. Bill Hutchinson persona was very multi-dimensional ii. Goodman Brown played the main character that was a foil to Ms. Hutchinson. III. How are we to use the themes of these stories? a. Analyzing the moral...
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...11th Grade Afro-Asian Literature Course Syllabus | Educ 508 – Principles of College Teaching | Submitted by:Jonathan Jay F. BaniagaSubmitted to: Dr. Wilhelmina Q. Tomas | LONDON.MANILA.TOKYO.SEOUL Tomoeda Academy Tomoeda Academy Julia Vargas Avenue, Ortigas, Pasig City 11th Grade World Literature Course Syllabus Mr. Jonathan Jay F. Baniaga 2015- 2016 I.Subject Code: English 101a II. Subject Description: Afro-Asian Literature III. Credit Units: 3 IV. Pre-Requisite: none V. Duration: 18 weeks (54 hours) – 1 meeting per week (3 hours per class session) VI. Course Overview: Afro-Asian Literature is a survey course in reading and writing. The text focuses on selected works of Afro -Asian literature ranging from 3,000 B.C. to the present and is augmented with a wide array of novels and other supplemental materials. All literary genres will be covered. Students are expected to critically read all genres of literature and write cohesive, clear, and well-structured analyses/critiques about what they have read. Students will write a variety of rhetorical modes and for a variety of purposes including narration, information, and persuasion. Students’ papers will reflect a sophisticated level of original analysis and include references to the read text or to outside sources where appropriate. VII. Course Objectives: Students...
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...Sprint Planning Optimization in Agile Data Warehouse Design Matteo Golfarelli, Stefano Rizzi, and Elisa Turricchia DEIS - Univ. of Bologna, V.le Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy {matteo.golfarelli,stefano.rizzi,elisa.turricchia2}@unibo.it Abstract. Agile methods have been increasingly adopted to make data warehouse design faster and nimbler. They divide a data warehouse project into sprints (iterations), and include a sprint planning phase that is critical to ensure the project success. Several factors impact on the optimality of a sprint plan, e.g., the estimated complexity, business value, and affinity of the elemental functionalities included in each sprint, which makes the planning problem difficult. In this paper we formalize the planning problem and propose an optimization model that, given the estimates made by the project team and a set of development constraints, produces an optimal sprint plan that maximizes the business value perceived by users. The planning problem is converted into a multi-knapsack problem with constraints, given a linear programming formulation, and solved using the IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimizer. Finally, the proposed approach is validated through effectiveness and efficiency tests. Keywords: Agile methods, Optimization, Data warehouse design. 1 Introduction As empirical studies suggest [9,2], agility is one of the most promising directions to overcome the problems of traditional software engineering approaches. The twelve principles stated in the Agile...
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...What makes American literature American? America has long been fans of the superior writers, such as Hemingway and Fitzgerald for their various works including “The Great Gatsby” and “The Old Man in the Sea”, America has been known for its fondness of short stories. American literature aims to embody the values and morals of the American culture. The foundation of American values include the rights to liberty, justice, freedom, equality, love, and family, American literature usually will be centered in one or more of these ideals. American literature incorporates the story of an American character and their encounters with the land and the people, exemplifying the human need to control and understand their environment. “Whitman emerges here both as an exemplar of the dominant literary theory and as a precursor of our contemporary value schema, with its enshrinement of the "me" (San Francisco Chronicle (Pre-1997 Fulltext)). Whitman was known for his fresh perspectives of the past and domination of literary theories. What is literary canon? How does literary canon relate to what is going on in society? Literary canons are the classifications of books and their influence upon the culture and society of a specific region or country. Literary canons outline the influential literature of a culture, society, country, or secular community. Society looks to literary canons to understand cultural influence and to research the issues that are most important to the people of the country...
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