...to Byzantium” William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist and author born in Dublin in 1865. As he lived during a period of political, economic and even social turmoil, his poetic style went through five periods that adapted to the current situation not only in Ireland, but all over Europe. Yeats’ special interest in the Celtic Revival Movement led him to become one of the founding members of the National Theatre of Ireland in 1904, which became the flagship for Irish playwrights and actors. In 1923 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature “for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation”. “Sailing to Byzantium,” written in 1926 and included in the collection The Tower, can be interpreted both as a journey taken by the speaker’s aged soul and as the process of transcendence of his own mortality by means of art. “Sailing to Byzantium,” consisting of a four eight-line stanza poem, is metered in iambic pentameter with two trios of alternating rhyme followed by a couplet. Having neither characters nor plot “Sailing to Byzantium” refers to the agony of old age and the work required to remain a vital individual. Byzantium is mainly a trading city: a center of power, knowledge and art, where “monuments of unageing intellect” (8) can be found. In the speaker’s view, Byzantium is “no country for old man” (1), but a city crowded by younger generations. Yeats thinks of aged men as “paltry thing[s]” (9) and “tattered...
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...Looking for shelter I arrived at night, when it was raining. The street was empty; there was not a carriage or light in site. Looking for some shelter I jumped down off my pure black horse and tied it up to the nearest tree and then I started to walk towards the black and rusty gate. I heard a thunder storm heading towards me, so I opened the gate in a hurry. As I did I heard a big long creek. I continued to walk down the muddy and wet path and I saw black crows circling the towers roof tops. I got to the old rotten door and knocked; there was no answer. So I pushed the ancient and rotten door and it swung open. I stepped in side. When I stepped in and a horrible stench came roaring down towards me, I called out “hello” and the only response was the echo of my voice. I started to walk towards the dining area, but on the way I heard a loud bang in a near by corridor. It sounded like something had fallen and smashed then I knew I was not alone. The corridor was completely dark so I collected some dry wood form a near by staircase that had collapsed for a torch, I used what I learnt on the farm to light it. I started to creep towards the corridor with my torch the in my hand, the entrance was made of stone and the half open door that was barely hang on to its hinges looked like it was staring right at me, but I pushed on. As I stepped into the corridor a shiver went down my spine, something was telling me that it wasn’t a good Idea. But something else was louring me in....
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...Project : Logistics Control Tower Objective: To design a Logistics Control Tower Solution for E-Commerce Companies Write-up: A control tower is a single command centre for visibility, decision-making, and action, based on real-time data. It’s a powerful cloud service providing a comprehensive unified prospective of your business; top-down to bottom-up. Cross functional team can now rely on a single product to plan, monitor and respond to all business challenges (in this case all issues occur in logistics) quickly, collaboratively enabling you to measure the impact of changes, study response scenario, recalibrate strategies and envision what’s coming down the road, allowing you to see and know it all at the same time. With the help of control tower, Company (and supply chain) will come to be recognized not as a collection of separate functions but as a system in which the flows of information, materials, manpower, capital equipment, and money setup forces that determine the basic tendencies towards growth, fluctuation, and decline. A Supply Chain Control Tower system includes a dedicated team of people responsible for monitoring the alerts of the tower and for taking action when the tower predicts an incident may happen or if an incident already happened. This designated team is delegated the authority to make real time decisions based on the alerts and recommendations reported by the Control Tower. A properly structured Control Tower must be “armed with both the ability to determine...
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...I love the C.N. Tower. One reason is I am from Toronto, and I have been up it about twenty times, although it is still fun every time. I find it very cool that this famous tower is in the same city as I was born in, also it is amazing that I can go so high and see so far across my home town. Almost all of my families have been up the tower, and I find that cool because I can talk about it with them when I see them. Every time I go back to Toronto, I always have the C.N. Tower in mind. Every time I fly into Toronto and I can see what was once the world’s tallest tower, looming over the clouds, on top of the world, like it is welcoming me back, that makes me feel at home. And the day when I get to go up the tower is a remarkable experience....
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...------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Crown Regency Hotel and Towers At the Center of Cebu City, Philippines rises the Fuente Towers, hosting the prestigious Crown Regency Hotel & Towers. The tallest structure outside Metro Manila, the 23-storey, 22,000-square meter Fuente 1 and its equally arresting twin the 38- storey, 36,000- square meter Fuente Tower 2 majestically tower over the Queen City of the South. Its location on Fuente Osmena and right in the pulse of Cebu City places Crown Regency Hotel and Towers in close proximity to the major points of commerce and recreation. Crown Regency Hotel & Towers is an emblematic marriage of monumental form and high technology. The roofing structure will resemble a crown to highlight a regal presence in Queen City of the South. The building’s environmentally responsive design places emphasis on functionality, flexibility and effectiveness. Curtain wall will be built to filter direct external heat and cope with the hot tropical conditions. The building will be glass enclosed to maximize the views. The top floors of the hotel tower feature an amusement facility which includes a roller coaster that runs around the edge of the building, and a stroll around the edge of the building with the protection of safety harnesses. Comfort and luxury are the main components...
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...South 4th St. Room 300 Minneapolis MN 55415-1316 612-673-3000 ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS, ANTENNAS AND TRANSMISSION BASE SITES APPLICATION 535.470. Purpose. Regulations governing communication towers, antennas and base units are established to provide for appropriate locations for communication towers, antennas and base units, to ensure compatibility with surrounding uses, to promote the co-location of communication antennas, and to preserve the city’s ability to provide a public safety communication system. 535.480. Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall mean: Base unit. An unstaffed single story structure or weatherproofed cabinet used to house radio frequency transmitters, receivers, power amplifiers, signal processing hardware and related equipment. Communication antenna. A device intended for receiving or transmitting television, radio, digital, microwave, cellular, personal communication service (PCS), paging or similar forms of wireless electronic communication, including but not limited to directional antennas such as panels, microwave dishes and satellite dishes, and omnidirectional antennas, such as whip antennas. Communication antenna, facade mounted. A communication antenna mounted on the facade of a structure such as a building, water tower, clock tower, steeple, stack or existing light pole or communication tower. Public safety communication system. A communication system owned or operated by a governmental entity such...
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...Unleash the (W)horde My game is a strategy tower defense game with zombies in it! You build different kinds of towers to defend yourself against the zombie whores that are trying to kill you. The theme of the game is basically just zombie survival after you cleared a map you move on to a new one. The setting is everywhere around the world around the time of 2015, from Paris to Bangkok just that it’s a lot darker and grimmer. The goal in the game is to kill all the zombies in the world and of course survive! The character in the game is Bengt Rolfsson he is a middle-aged man around 45 years old with grey hair and a grey beard, he has no family that he remembers since he woke up not remembering a thing except how to build basic towers and turrets, he doesn’t know why he keeps fighting since he has nothing to get from it….or does he? Why you keep playing in basically the human instinct of survival no man really wants to die! You build these turrets and towers by choosing them in the menu in the bottom left they cost a different amount of zombie teeth which you get when you kill a zombie it varies from zombie to zombie since they have a rotten body some teeth might have fallen out. Why you should play my game is because it’s a new thing! There are some game out there that a zombies vs turrets like the game “Plants vs Zombies” but I’m imagining a bit more realistic graphics and of course better gameplay and...
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...waste behind. It is WALL-E's job to clean up the mess. However, after 700 years of this job, it has started to make him eccentric. He collects artifacts from earth, and places them in his house. One day a scout drone comes to earth from one of humanities spaceships. This robot is named EVE. It is on a mission to find life on earth. WALL-E falls in love with EVE. Soon eve finds a plant that WALL-E had stored in his home. EVE then returns to the spaceship, with WALL-E following her. Hijinks ensure, and humanity is eventually led back to earth with the help of WALL-E. They then begin to repopulate earth. However, if you look underneath the 'cute' layer, you will find many references to religious stories. The two I am going to discuss are the tower of Babel and Noah's arc. To begin with, I will note the similarities with the 'Noah's arc' story. I am sure you will be familiar with the story, so here is an outline. God tells Noah that the world will flood for 40 days and nights, and that he should build a large boat and round up two of every animal to survive the flood. Noah does so, and then after he is finished, the world floods, from a lot of rain. After 40 days, the rain stops. So Noah send out a dove, which is called 'eve' in some stories, to retrieve a twig from dry land. After it returns, Noah determines that the earth is livable again, and begins to repopulate earth. The movie WALL-E has many similarities with this story. First of all is 'god', being the company 'buy n large'...
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...Quinceanera It is customary for all Latin American cultures to celebrate a coming of age party for their daughters called a quinceanera. Parents commemorate their beloved daughter’s transition from being a little girl to becoming a fifteen year old young lady by inviting family and friends to join in this huge event. A modern day young lady is celebrated with a ceremony, grand party with extravagant decorations, exquisite food, memorable toasts form the godparents, and usually wrapped up with a funky dance. Every little girl awaits the day when she will be treated and given the attention of a princess for a day. It was my pleasure to attend my cousin Daira’s quinceanera, and witness my first quinceanera in Mexico. It was a Saturday afternoon in Tijuana, Mexico as I arrived at the church. The streets were extremely narrow and they had cars parked on either side - trucks, vans, cars – making it nearly impossible for moving vehicles to run past each other. As I drove up I could not help but notice how all the buildings were built so close together, it was difficult to see where each building began. Once I paid closer attention to the houses I noticed the obvious iron gates which bordered each individual home. The buildings were poorly painted a peachy pink color it seemed as if we were in the middle of a rundown apartment complex because of how dirty each building seemed. Through the gates you could see people carrying on their normal daily routine in their homes like little...
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...for many years and has been done for recreation as well as religious and traditional purposes. There are many different parts to bungee jumping then many people know. Bungee jumping can be fun but dangerous if the jumper is not careful. Bungee jumping originated in the Pentecost Islands in the New Hebrides where men of a native tribe proved their manhood and to ensure a good yam harvest by jumping off a bamboo tower, which was 25 meters high, with a vine tied to their feet. The more modern bungee jumping originated in New Zealand in the late 80s, when jumpers used a rubber rope. This began in April 1979 when four people bungee jumped off the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England, but bungee jumping became famous by A.J. Hackett, who jumped from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. His jump was on TV channels all over the world. As a result, became popular France, and eventually spread to other European countries, and is now a worldwide sport. It is also said that it originated from New Guinea. Men leaped from very tall wooden towers attached to the tower by vines tied to their ankles, it was originally used as a test of courage but has since been converted into a recreational activity and is seen to be a once in a lifetime thrilling experience. The sport is simple yet exciting; jumping from a tall platform i.e. a bridge or a crane whilst attached to a length of elastic chord. A lot of calculations must be done before a bungee jump to ensure the safety of the jumper...
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...DONALD TRUMP-AMERICAN BUSINESS MAGNATE Over the years, Donald Trump, Chairman and President of the Trump Organization has become a master of situating himself in the limelight with out-spoken interviews, his books, his television show, and especially his king-size lifestyle. Nonetheless behind it all this lies a very sharp businessman. Someone who is a tough negotiator, someone who knows how to build a brand and simply someone who does all this while building successful working relations with others. This starts my essay on why I admire Donald Trump. “I like thinking big. If you’re going to be thinking about anything, you might as well think big.” Donald Trump. Entrepreneur Donald Trump, through set-backs, controversies and successes, is someone who comes to my mind as a person one can admire and emulate. Donald John Trump was born in Queens, New York on June 14, 1946; the fourth of five children of Mary and Frederick Trump. Frederick (1905-1999) was himself a real-estate developer. Donald’s parent hoped a military school education would greatly benefit him, as it did Dwight Eisenhower, Ted Turner, and Douglas MacArthur to name a few and prepare him to enter the family business. Being an active and energetic child, his parents sent him to the New York Military Academy (est. 1889), located in the Cornwall-on-Hudson, at age 13. They hoped the academy’s discipline program would have an influence on him. By attending the military academy, which was a private boarding...
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...In May of 1973, electrical workers sang “she towers so high,” as the final white beam, with over 12,000 signatures was lifted into the sky to complete the construction of the Sears Tower. The Sears Tower is the tallest building in North America, and was the tallest in the world until 1998 when it was surpassed by the Petronas Tower in Malaysia(PBS, 2001). When completed in 1973 it was an engineering masterpiece and still is today. In the late 60’s Architect Bruce Graham designed the Sears Tower while working for Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill architectural firm in Chicago. Work on the Sears Tower began in August of 1970 and was completed in May of 1973. The building incorporated a new engineering concept in construction called “bundled tube” configuration. With Chicago being known as the “windy city” these tubes were created solely to provide stability from the strong winds. Two hundred of these bundled tubes were laid into the bedrock. Then 76,000 tons of prefabricated steel in 15 foot by 25 foot sections were put into place according to Jackie Craven 2008. It took four derrick cranes that moved higher with each floor to lift these steel sections into place. With the new concept the Sears Tower is actually a bundle of nine tubes that terminate at different heights, creating the iconic stepped-back appearance of the tower. This appearance served well as a backdrop to numerous films utilizing Chicago’s skyline including Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and The Fugitive. In 1984 Sears-Reebok...
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...their company. To be good corporate culture, all people in the company should work together to achieve the organization's goals (p 228). The last reason making the conflict was the role of leader or CEO. He can not remember the values and mission’s company that means he ignore and did not concern the importance of organization culture. This is the result of low level of loyalty making employees had a gossip and nepotism. Moving onto the discussion of stereotype of corporate culture. There are four types that are derived from two related dimensions; task or person (high VS low formalization) and hierarchical or egalitarian (high VS low centralization)(p 238). Family is characterized by low formalization and high centralization. Eiffel Tower is characterized by high formalization and high centralization. Guided Missile is characterized by high formalization and low centralization. Incubator is characterized by low formalization and low centralization. The...
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...brand new built. Scott Rice is a company of just seventy-five employees. The employee body is mainly project managers, interior designers, sales man and women, financial accounting, and lead logistic heads that control the warehouse organization. Scott Rice contracts the manual labor portion of the setup, build and other issues regarding licensed individuals (plumbers, electricians, etc.). With the company employing a small staff generates great opportunities within. For example, the company’s largest customer ever is the erection of the Devon Energy Center in downtown Oklahoma City. Scott Rice has to furnish the fifty two story building. As briefed, it will take four hundred and twenty plus semi-truck trailers of furniture to stock the tower with the means to accommodate the two thousand plus staff of Devon Energy. They must work around the clock to finish the task on time. The contractors are able to unload and build three semi-truck loads a shift. This job will generate thirty eight million dollars and this company benefit is that it is a profit sharing company. With a small employee base, that is more money they will receive for their Christmas bonus. Scott Rice has been in business for decades. The company of two men started off in the twenties as a Steelcase furniture dealership and later delivering office supplies. The company grew over time and expanded nationwide. The company had many divisions, and in the nineteen...
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...The Eiffel tower is the trademark of Paris, France. With the tower being 984ft, it’s kind of hard not to notice it. The tower has a restaurant, radio and television transmitter and more. Gustave A. Eiffel created the tower to enter it in the worlds fair. It was made with wrought iron and had medium wind resistance. Gustave started in 1889 and completed in 1910. Gustave A. Eiffel created the Eiffel Tower. Eiffel oversaw the construction with such success that in 1866 he founded his own company and soon became known for his wrought iron structures. Starting in 1872 he attracted foreign contracts, and in 1877 he created over the Douro River in Porto, Portugal, a steel arch bridge 525 ft in height. The Eiffel Tower is a landmark and an early example of wrought-iron construction on a gigantic scale. It was designed and built by the French civil engineer Gustave Alexandre Eiffel for the Paris World’s Fair of 1889. The tower, without its modern broadcasting antennae, is 984 ft high. The lower section consists of four immense arched legs set on masonry piers. The legs curve inward until they unite in a single tapered tower. Platforms, each with an observation deck, are at three levels; on the first is also a restaurant. The tower, constructed of about 7000 tons of iron, has stairs and elevators. A meteorological station, a radio communications station, and a television transmission antenna, as well as a suite of rooms that were used by Eiffel are located near the top of...
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