...Internally displaced people returning to their homes following the end of fighting in Sudan’s Blue Nile state between the Sudanese army and fighters allied to Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), the dominant force in newly independent South Sudan. (Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah, September 2011) Internal displacement in Africa Burundi p. 41; Central African Republic p. 42; Chad p. 43; Côte d’Ivoire p. 44; Democratic Republic of the Congo p. 45; Ethiopia p. 46; Kenya p. 47; Liberia p. 48; Niger p. 48; Nigeria p. 49; Senegal p. 50; Somalia p. 50; South Sudan p. 51; Sudan p. 52; Uganda p. 53; Zimbabwe p. 54 In 2011, IDMC monitored internal displacement in 21 subSaharan African countries. There were an estimated 9.7 million IDPs in these countries, representing over a third of the world’s total internally displaced population. Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Somalia continued to be the countries with the largest internally displaced populations in Africa. The number of IDPs in Africa in 2011 was down from 11.1 million a year earlier, continuing a sustained downward trend since 2004 when there were over 13 million. Violent struggles between groups vying for access to natural resources, land and political representation and power were among the root causes of most of these displacements. These struggles were manifested either by armed conflicts pitting governments and their armed forces against armed opposition groups, or by inter-communal...
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...suggested that "At the simplest level, they are a small group of people who’ve worked together over a period of time… not a team, not a task force, not necessarily an authorized or identified group…They are peers in the execution of ‘real work’. What holds them together is a common sense of purpose and a real need to know what the other knows”. Aged barely 20, Ferrari spent much of his time frequenting the Bar de Nord on Turin's Ports Nuova, getting to know people and making connections. He aimed at creating trust, fashion, roles, and maximising the joint product of personal relationships within his small groups of peers, interacting informally out of the shop floor. Sharing and learning in the cafe, even playing cards rather than playing by business cards in the meetings: this was a common trait to the founders – in most cases, blue collars and technicians – of small companies in Italy. Throughout the 1920's Ferrari spent a lot of time judiciously creating his commercial and engineering connections. He also began surrounding himself with a group of close collaborators, including Gioacchino Colombo - the man who would eventually design the first Ferrari car after masterminding the Alpha 158s under Ferrari's patronage - and former Fiat technician Luigi Bazzi, a man who would survive into the 1960's as possibly Enzo's longest-standing lieutenant, having originally joined him in 1923. Bazzi had joined Alfa Romeo as long ago as 1922 after a spell in Fiat's experimental department...
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...Dinnerstein in 1985. Coincidently, that was the same year I joined the Army. Initially the painting appeared to be just a simple and unassuming portrait. Except for the flowers, there was not much color and it was rather muted and mostly dark. There was no real background to speak of, just a single vanishing line that merely allowed the viewer to differentiate between the floor and the blank wall behind her. In short, it was merely a life-size portrait of a lone woman standing, while holding an oversized bag that had a small bunch of flowers peeking out. This was all I saw as I passed by the painting, until I looked at her face. It was her face that made me stop. I had not planned on stopping; after all I had already found the painting I wanted to write about, The Rail Splitter. That one was a subtle yet powerful portrait of a beloved President and it would be easy enough to write about. All I was doing now was simply ruling out all the other paintings. That was until I saw her face. It wasn’t a particularly pretty face, not to say she was homely by any means, but more so to say it was not any physical attribute or attractiveness that caught my eye. Her face had a hauntingly hollow expression that was all too familiar, and although strong and lean, it had such an incredible heaviness to it. It seemed even holding it up had become beyond her ability anymore. It just seemed to hang down and list to her left. In fact her entire body seemed to wilt on the left. Maybe it...
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...Ataur Rahman CARD 405 Jan 30th, 2010 Career Research Assignment Scenario: You just found out that your spouse received a promotion at his/her job. The only problem is that this promotion will force you to move to another state. Fortunately, you have just graduated from DeVry University and are ready to obtain a position with your new degree. Before you go, you want to do some research. •What type of position will you will be seeking and in which state? I will be looking for a database administrator position in Omaha, Nebraska. •What type of salary can you expect for this position in your new state? Average database administrator salary in Omaha, NE = $68,000 Average salary of jobs with related titles range between $58,000 and $96,000 http://www.indeed.com/salary/about_salary.jsp http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=Database+Administrator&l1=Omaha%2C+NE The following shows a wider range of salaries, giving me a better idea of the actual possibilities of obtaining employment that will adequately support my needs. Salary Data for Database Administrator in Omaha, NE as of September 2009 25th percentile Median 75th percentile $24,960.00 $65,000.00 $75,000.0 http://www.ihiredatabasepros.com/t-Database-Administrator-s-Nebraska-c-Omaha-salary.html What is the “official” (such as the information provided in The Occupation Outlook Handbook Online located in the Webliography) employment outlook for this position in your new state...
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...VICOBA [Village Community Banks] A TOOL FOR COMMUNITY EMANINCIPATION FROM POVERTY “MKUKUTA” A PAPER PRESENTED TO NATIONAL POLICY DIALOGUE ON MKUKUTA, P.E.R. ANNUAL CONSULTATIVE MEETING On 19th to 21st November 2008 AT BLUE PEARL HOTEL-UBUNGO PLAZA DAR ES SALAAM. TANZANIA By: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES OF TANZANIA P. O. BOX 110062, DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA. Tel: 022 2863271, Mob: 0713-602390, 0786-951999, 0787-909045 E-mail: sedit_vicoba@yahoo.com Introduction: 3 MKUKUTA clusters and goals are: 3 Cluster 1 has six goals: 3 Cluster 2 has five goals: 3 Cluster 3 has seven goals: 4 Context: 5 Technical description: 6 Group formation: 6 Governance: 6 Bank Operations: 6 Capacity building: 7 The Credit of this Procedure: 7 VICOBA Performance Cases: 7 Ilala District VICOBA project: 7 Mtwara VICOBA project: 7 Orgut-SEDIT VICOBA project: 7 Intake one: 8 Intake two: 8 Intake Three: 8 Constraints: 8 Cultural constraints: 8 Educational Level constraint: 8 Infrastructure Constraint: 8 Lack of funds: 8 Challenges: 9 Mushrooming Actors: 9 Documentation System: 9 Office Management Expenses: 9 Different styles by different Agencies: 9 Strength: 9 Recommendations: 10 To the Government: 10 To the Government agencies 10 To the Development partners: 10 To the community 10 Conclusion: 10 Special Thanks: 11 ...
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...Young couples and groups of friends form clusters with the occasional music listening loner dispersed between them. Shopping bags from Whole Foods, the GAP and H&M are clutched by members of the crowd indicating their affluence. The bus pulls up and the rush begins. Avoiding this, I stay near the back of the line, planning on entering the bus after everyone. Upon entering, I regret this decision as it appears there might not be enough room for me to board. The yellow line that I must cross lays in front of me and I shove myself into the crowd hoping the bus driver will grant me access. The bus doors close and it begins moving. With people behind and to my left and right, the only relief from the overcrowding is to look outside. As the bus pulls up to the station a few blocks down, I dread more people entering; however, no one is allowed on after about four people get off at the front of the bus. The frustration of waiting riders at this station boils over as some cuss words are exchanged with the driver. The bus doors once again close and a man who had been waiting pounds on the door. This man turns around and sits back down. People in this crowd are either wearing very worn clothing or various fast casual dining uniforms. Three women clumped together wearing security outfits also stand out. The light turns green and the bus pulls away leaving the crowd to wait another 45-minutes...
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...Kindergarten Common Core State Standards Flip Book This document is intended to show the connections to the Standards of Mathematical Practices for the content standards and to get detailed information at each level. Resources used: CCSS, Arizona DOE, Ohio DOE and North Carolina DOE. This ―flip book‖ is intended to help teachers understand what each standard means in terms of what students must know and be able to do. It provides only a sample of instructional strategies and examples. The goal of every teacher should be to guide students in understanding & making sense of the mathematics they are presented. Construction directions: Print on cardstock. Cut the tabs on each page starting with page 2. Cut the bottom off of this top cover to reveal the tabs for the subsequent pages. Staple or bind the top of all pages to complete your flip book. Compiled by Melisa Hancock (Send feedback to: melisa@ksu.edu) 1 Mathematical Practice Standards (MP) summary of each standard 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. Mathematically proficient students interpret and make meaning of the problem looking for starting points. In Kindergarten, students begin to build the understanding that doing mathematics involves solving problems and discussing how they solved them. Students explain to themselves the meaning of a problem and look for ways to solve it. Younger students may use concrete objects or pictures to help them conceptualize and solve problems. They may check...
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...ExpAQAPoetryClusters4Relationships_pp125-156_FINAL_Layout 1 28/05/2010 13:32 Page 125 Cluster 4 Relationships Different types of relationship are the focus of this cluster. Some poems, such as ‘Quickdraw’ and ‘Hour’, deal with the positive and/or negative emotions inherent in romantic relationships. Some deal with family relationships and the complex feelings that can be experienced by parents and children, or brothers and sisters, as in ‘Nettles’ and ‘Harmonium’ or ‘Brothers’ and ‘Sister Maude’ respectively. Some of the recurrent themes include conflict between couples, and the emotional vulnerability and pain that love can cause, whether it is between a father and his son or a couple at the start of a romantic love affair. When studying this cluster, it might be useful for students to focus on some of the following considerations: • What form of relationship is the focus of this poem? Is it a romantic or familial relationship? Is the poet drawing attention to any universal experiences as they portray this relationship in particular? • From whose perspective is the poem written? Is it first, second or third person address, and how does this affect meaning? Who does the poem address? Or is it about, rather than directed to, someone? Does the form of communication affect the meaning? Is the poet speaking directly, or does the poet use a persona to communicate their ideas? • Consider the mood / tone of the poem. Is it light-hearted or serious in tone? Is it making a serious...
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... As the Human Development Report 2002 notes: Changes in the world have shifted human development priorities and made political freedom, participation and collective action much more important as public policy issues.... Open space for free political debate and the diverse ways in which people can express their views are the essence democratic life and are what make decision making work in democracies In this context, the right to call ‘a hartal’ -- a particular form of protest used in Bangladesh and in other parts of South Asia -- could be viewed is a legitimate democratic right. However, when this right impinges on the rights of individuals to earn a living and to go about their daily lives in peace and security, a situation of ‘conflict of competing rights’ arises. Hartals are often called in ‘the name of the people’, but it is ordinary people whose movements are restricted, property endangered, and progress curbed. Children miss school, the sick miss treatment, and business miss targets. In addition, the reality in Bangladesh is that the success of hartals often rests on coercion, or even the use of payment to ‘hired hands’ by hartal organisers to mobilise support. At the same time, hartals can also be viewed a ‘symptom’ of the frustration of opposition parties at the lack of space for them to play a constructive role in democratic dialogue and the ‘winner takes all’ style of successive...
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...Rain Garden Handbook for Western Washington A Guide for Design, Installation, and Maintenance Rain Garden Handbook for Western Washington A Guide for Design, Maintenance, and Installation JUNE 2013 Funding for this project was provided by the Washington State Department of Ecology through the Municipal Stormwater Grants of Regional or Statewide Significance program, Grant No. GG12015. Curtis Hinman, Washington State University Extension, served as the principal author. Kitsap County managed the project. Acknowledgements Principal Author Curtis Hinman Washington State University Extension Faculty, Green Stormwater Infrastructure Specialist and Green Stormwater Infrastructure Program Lead Advisory Committee and Contributors Teresa Brooks Peggy Campbell Michael Carey Mindy Fohn Dan Gariépy Erica Guttman David Hymel Marilyn Jacobs Colleen Miko Zsofia Pasztor Mandi Roberts Bob Spencer Kitsap Conservation District Snohomish County City of Tacoma Kitsap County Washington State Department of Ecology Washington State University Extension, Thurston County Rain Dog Designs Rain Dog Designs Washington State University Extension, Kitsap County Innovative Landscape Technologies; Edmonds Community College Otak, Inc. Seattle Public Utilities Editing, Sizing Tool Development, and Graphic Design Marissa Chargualaf Cheyenne Covington Finis Ray Mandi Roberts Neil Schaner Mark Shelby Sharlene Sherwood Otak, Inc. A special thank...
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...Public Transit Implications of Spatial Development and Their Impact on Commuting: Evidence from Suburban Beijing and Philadelphia Xinyi Huang Comparative Urbanism, 1st Draft Prof. McDonogh 4-11-2016 Table of Contents Introduction i. In general ii. Study Areas iii. Literature Review: Transport and Suburbia Spatial Development I. Context of Beijing i. Urban Form ii. Work-House Relocation iii. Commuting Patterns and Transport Development II. Context of Philadelphia i. Urban Form ii. Work-House Relocation iii. Commuting Patterns and Transport Development Public Transportation Strategies I. Beijing Subway i. Historical Background ii. Governance and Investment II. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Regional Rail i. Historical Background ii. Governance and Investment Transit and Commuting i. Yanjiao: Excess commute ii. King of Prussia: Reverse Commute Discussion and Conclusion Appendix: Images Bibliography Introduction In recent decades, one of the main arguments in relation to increasing transport demand and changing commuting pattern has focused on urban growth. Many existing studies have found strong evidence between land development and travel behaviors. Global urban sprawl has been accompanied by changes in individuals’ housing and employment locations, which in turn brings changes in commuting time, distance and destination. However...
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...Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Cultural Dimensions of Pakistan 2 2.1 Hofstede’s Study 2 2.2 Trompenaar’s Dimensions 5 2.3 GLOBE Study 6 3. Communicating Cross Culturally 7 3.1 Proper Greetings 7 3.2 Introductions 7 3.3 Touch Behaviour 8 3.4 Taboos 9 3.5 Entertaining 9 4. Management Issues in Pakistan 9 4.1 Leading 9 4.2 Motivation 12 5. Negotiating in Pakistan 13 6. Expatriates in Pakistan 15 7. Managing Social and Ethical Issues in Pakistan 18 7.1 Conflict of Development 18 7.2 Conflict of Tradition 18 7.3 Conflict of Interest 19 8. Conclusion 21 References 22 Appendix 1 – Map of Pakistan 23 Appendix 2 – GLOBE Study 24 Appendix 3 - Supplementary Information 26 Appendix 4 - Important Contact Information 28 1. Introduction Pakistan was one of the two original successor states to British India, which was partitioned along religious lines in 1947. For almost 25 years following independence, it consisted of two separate regions, East and West Pakistan, but now is made up only of the western sector. Both India and Pakistan have laid claim to the Kashmir region, and this territorial dispute led to war in 1949, and again in 1965, 1971, and 1999, and remains unresolved today. Pakistan is situated in the western part of the Indian subcontinent, with Afghanistan and Iran on the west, India on the east, and the Arabian Sea on the south. The name Pakistan is derived from the Urdu words Pak (meaning pure) and...
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...products/services at differentiated prices to distinct markets. And this tactic has been noticed by airline industry for more than four decades. Revenue Management also known as Yield Management has been well recognized as an essential practice in many businesses, and it is defined as the set of strategies adopted by a business to improve its profitability (Philips, 2005). It is among the most important applications of management science and operation research (Bell, 1998). Qantas, Australia’s foremost domestic and international carrier, established Jetstar in May 2004 as a budget airline. Its purpose is to cover the low-cost segment of the market, which began in around the year 2000 with the launch of a competitor, Virgin Blue. Until the time Jetstar began operations, Virgin Blue had been successfully eroding Qantas’s air market share, indeed with the collapsing of Ansett Airlines (Easdown, 2002), and capture around one-third of domestic airline market. In response, Jetstar was also designed to be a no-frills carrier, predominantly targeted at the leisure market. (Case Study) Market segmentation is a strategy that involved dividing the target market into subsets of consumers who have common needs and priorities. As in airline industry, marketers will mostly focus on demographic segmentation, which is based on variables such as age, gender, occupation and education level (Kotler, 2006), (Reid, 2009). There are three main parts in airline market segmentation: business, leisure and budget...
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...every element of the organization, comprising workers, other administrators, clients and stakeholders. As all clusters within an organization may perhaps necessitate a different communication as well as different leadership style, at times it gets difficult for the leaders to lead and communicate effectively. In large organizations there is a huge workforce and due to this it is not always easy to fulfill...
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...My mom is lying in pain at North Memorial hospital. She’s in a closed room with doctors all around her. One doctor on the computer, and the other three assisting her. All the lights have been turned on. The doctors all had gloves on with their face mask tightened around thier head. My dad’s hand was becoming blue from the grip my mom had on him. He began to have a gross look on his face like when you eat something sour. I was being born. Little did I know, that right behind me was my best friend. My brother Brent and I have been bonded since birth. We didn’t look alike. Most of the time people would mistake my buddy, and me to be twins rather than my actual twin. Growing up with my brother, Brent, we had obviously had our connections. For example, we would like the same things like hockey, soccer, golf and even video games. We would always go to our friend’s house together because most of the time we...
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