...How does Frost create a sense of horror in his poem ‘Out, Out-‘ Frosts creates a sense of horror in his poem ‘Out, Out-‘through his use of repetition and the use of caesura and figurative speech. Frost concentrates also on the apparent innocence and passivity of the boy. "Out, Out-" is a poem by American poet Robert Frost, published in 1916. It tells the story of a young boy who dies after his hand is severed by a "saw”. This poem was apparently based on a true story. The title ‘Out, Out-‘is an allusion to William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth ‘out, out-brief candle’, it refers to how unpredictable and fragile life is like a candle is being blown out. To begin, Personification is used in line 1 personification is used to make the buzz saw more horrifying. ‘The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard’. This creates an image of a monster, something dangerous and has a mind of its own The use of personification continues into line 8’ as it ran or had to bear a load’ this shows the reader how destructive this buzz saw is and how effortless it is at it, this also extends the metaphor. Also in line 16 ‘leaped out at the boy’s hand, or seemed to leap-’the saw is still personified and therefore adds horror to this line, the use of the word ‘at’ is emphasized here, like a vicious creature the buzz saw leaped out at the boy’s hand, making it seem like the boy lost all control and is helpless. Also the use of caesura is particularly effective in this part of the poem as it adds tension...
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...‘Memory ‘by Chris van Wyk Critically examine the poem’s use of childhood detail, allusion and metaphor to render ‘Memory’ in moving way. That is what makes this such a powerful yet tender poem of childhood? Critically examine the poem’s use of childhood detail, allusion and metaphor to render ‘Memory’ in moving way. That is what makes this such a powerful yet tender poem of childhood? The poem ‘Memory’ written by Chris van Wyk (1957-) is a powerful yet tender poem of childhood, it is also disturbing in a sense that it describes a traumatic part of the poets childhood. The title ‘Memory’ invokes feelings such as nostalgia and reminiscence for what has past. The language used in the poem is relatively simple comparing it to that of a four year old child. It also displays the four year old child’s curiousity and innocence through the language used as well as the imagery mentioned. The imagery in the poem can be compared to that of childhood imagination, which is displayed when children play games or pretend, which involves role playing. The first stanza of the poem sets the stage concerning what is to follow in the poem. In stanza one, ‘shuffling about in a flutter of flour’ (line 2) describes the fidgeting and hyper-active movement of the speaker of the poem, who is a four year old boy. Through the eyes of this four year old boy, we are introduced to his younger brother Derek. In line one, Derek is described as dangling on the kitchen...
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...Othello Notes Reputation/Honour Importance of the theme of Reputation / Honour in Othello: The significant theme of reputation and honour is portrayed frequently throughout the novel Othello. Many of the characters in the novel carefully consider the consequences of their thoughts and actions in regards to their reputation and honour, making sure that they appear noble even when their actions are irrational and selfish. Such an example is shown when Iago appears to be simply stating the obvious about Desdemona, instead of manipulating Othello to believe his own fears. Othello is dictated by his desire to live up to his reputation, achieved through years of being a general in Venice. Reputation, used in conjunction with jealousy and trust, provide the key elements which provoke Othello’s mental disintegration shown predominantly by language techniques, into a world of mistrust and assumption. It is logical to assume that Othello’s suicide was a consequence of his need to preserve any traces of reputation left from his dedicated work as a general; from the characteristics portrayed of Othello it is implied that the act of imprisonment would crush Othello – he would no longer be an honourable citizen. In a similar way to Othello’s suicide, Iago’s sudden and unpredicted vow of silence could be assumed to also be a form of self-preservation, manipulating other characters by preventing any more damage to his reputation by not accidentally admitting details of his ignobility. ...
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...it is an expressway, two-wheelers would not be allowed to commute on this stretch once it is completed, as service roads are being provided for local traffic movement, according to the company officials. The toll rates were ascertained by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) recently after finalising the layout of the three toll plazas, which would be put up at this stretch. These toll plazas are being set up near IGI airport, Delhi-Gurgaon border and 42nd Milestone. After much delay, the project is expected to finish by December and company officials say they would start levying toll by January next year. Ministry sources say that toll rates have been determined considering the volume of traffic on that section of the highway. The rates would be subject to periodic review on annual basis and any increase in these would be based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI). The Delhi-Gurgaon expressway project is part of the first phase of the National Highway Development Programme (NHDP), which was started in June 2002 and was supposed to be completed by July 2005. According to senior executives of DS Construction, the project's cost has escalated by nearly 73 per cent (original cost estimate...
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...Program VOs Village Organizations WOs Women organizations NAC Northern Areas and Chitral SOs Social Organizations MACP Mountain Area Conservancy Project CIDA Canadian Institutional Development Agency NRM Natural Resource Management FMU Field Management Unit AKDN Aga Khan Development Network VBIs Village Based Institutions VBOs Village Based Organizations PM Program Manager RPMs Regional Program Managers GaD Gender and Development MIES Mountain Infrastructure and Engineering Service EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Aga Khan Rural Support Programs is a private and non-government organization established by Aga Khan Foundation. In its 29 year of operation continues to be an effective instrument to improve the quality of life through income generation, skill development and technical training of the communities in Northern Areas and Chitral, and the welfare of families in these communities. This has resulted from its interventions in productive investment, productive-support investments, such as access road, training and financial and technical services. A key element has been institutional development at the village level: Village Organizations (VOs) and Women Organizations (WOs): which has provided the framework to organize the energies of community members to avail themselves of outside assistance as well as to...
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...The First Interna onal Development Conference of Syria 2010 Emerging Role of Civil Society in Development 23‐24 January 2010 A Case Study of the AKRSP – Successful Rural Development in Northern Pakistan دراﺳﺔ ﺣﺎﻟﺔ- ﻧﺠﺎح اﻟﺘﻨﻤﻴﺔ اﻟﺮﻳﻔﻴﺔ ﻓﻲ ﺷﻤﺎل اﻟﺒﺎآﺴﺘﺎن Antonia Settle, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan أﻧﺘﻮﻧﻴﺎ ﺳﻴﺘﻞ، ﻣﻌﻬﺪ ﺳﻴﺎﺳﺎت اﻟﺘﻨﻤﻴﺔ اﻟﻤﺴﺘﺪاﻣﺔ، إﺳﻼم أﺑﺎد، اﻟﺒﺎآﺴﺘﺎن antonia@sdpi.org This paper may not be distributed or reproduced without permission from the author(s). For references, please cite as follows: “Paper presented at the First International Development Conference of Syria, organised by the Syria Trust for Development, Damascus 23-24 January 2010”. A CASE STUDY OF THE AKRSP – SUCCESSFUL RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN PAKISTAN By Antonia Settle, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan. ABSTRACT: There has been a shift in development paradigms reflected in the discourse of international funding bodies, from technocratic aid modalities associated with Washington Consensus models towards a ‘new development paradigm’ that accompanies post-Washington Consensus economic prescriptions. This new development paradigm relies increasingly on NGOs for channeling funds, while granting more space for government regulation and emphasizing participatory approaches. The new paradigm has produced a discourse of devolution, participatory development and decentralization. Yet the new development paradigm has not...
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...ABSTRACT This article reports a research study conducted with four chemistry teachers in three high schools (two government schools and one private school) in Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The study investigated questions concerning common difficulties high school (Grades 9 and 10) students experience in chemistry classroom, the possible reasons for these difficulties, and the ways in which teachers help students overcome these difficulties. A qualitative case study method was used to investigate the questions, which used in-depth interviews with teachers, classroom observation, and postobservation discussion with the teachers, as main data collection tools. The key findings of the study allude to a huge gap between what is intended in the National Curriculum in terms of students’ learning in chemistry and what actually happens in the classroom where students learn chemistry. Promoting in-depth learning appeared to be an uphill task for the teachers. The main hurdle lies in students’ inability to demonstrate a good understanding of very basic concepts of the subject. Despite faced with such a challenge, the teachers appear to be committed to teaching their subject. The implications of the results of the study are explained in the context of schools, teachers, and other educational stakeholders by emphasizing the need for synchronization and integration of efforts on the part of schools. THE SOCIOECONOMIC CONTEXT Gilgit-Baltistan, most recently known as Northern...
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...Conference on Information Science and Engineering (ICISE2009) Team Development Measurement by Dynamic Fuzzy Social Network Analysis Lixin Zhou School of Software and Microelectronics, Peking University, 102600 zhoulx@vip.sina.com Abstract—How to obtain a high performing team quickly and effectively is very important in a project management. Communication is most essential part in a project team. In this paper, a method of measuring team performance by dynamic social network analysis is put forward. With dynamic fuzzy social network analysis, we can find the organizational structure of a team, the pattern of communication in a team. Then, the performance of a team can be analyzed by the organizational structure and communication pattern of a team. Keywords- fuzzy social network analysis, team development, measurement team development are described in section 2, in section 3, we describe social network in a project, in section 4, we describe how to build relationships and networks in project management team development; in section 5, we put forward the approach of fuzzy social network analysis; in section 6, the conclusion has been presented. II. STAGES IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM DEVELOPMENT I. INTRODUCTION Team development includes developing individual and group competencies to enhance project performance. By coming together as a true team, the project will be more successful. Team development can be achieved a variety of different ways, such as : (1)Team building...
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...Introduction to the Capstone Project Recommended Activities for This Unit Instructor Functions|Student Tasks| • Discuss the course structure layout. • Present an overview of the capstonecase study or Request for Proposal (RFP).|Discuss the capstone project or Request for Proposal (RFP) to identify the following: o Objectives and scope o Requirements and specifications o The resources, such as human, time, funds, space, and tools, required to deliver the product o Tasks o Deliverables o Milestones• Identify major milestones and individual tasks.| • Explain how to launch and configure Microsoft Office Project 2003.|Explore Microsoft Office Project 2003.| • Discuss project planning and management using Microsoft Office Project 2003 and relate the software to the capstone project. o Define the basic terminology of project management. o Explain the project management life cycle. o Explain project management knowledge areas.|Define project management terminology and apply the terminology to the capstone project.| • Organize project teams. o Define team member roles and responsibilities.|Select teams.• Define team member roles and responsibilities.• Elect peers to fill appropriate roles.| Network Development Capstone Project Unit 1 Instructor Functions|Student Tasks| • Identify the key components of the capstone project. o Discuss the key requirements for the successful completion of the project. See Appendix B for a complete...
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...Analysis of Cross-sectoral Networks in Local Sustainable Development Projects in Japan Noriko Sakamoto Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the International Masters in Environmental Sciences, Lund University, Sweden November 2005 Submitted by: Noriko Sakamoto 4-41-4-805 Arakawa, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 116-0002 Phone: 81-3-3893-5171 Email: noriko.sakamoto.755@student.lu.se Supervisor: Dr. Tomas Kåberger TallOil Phone: 0853524723 Email: tomas.kaberger@talloil.se Mr. Kes McCormick International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University Phone: 0462220256 Email: kes.mccormick@iiiee.lu.se Acknowledgement First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to my supervisors, Tomas Kåberger and Kes McCormick, for their continuous advice, support and encouragement throughout this thesis work. Without their support, I could not finish writing this paper. Next, I would particularly like to thank my interviewees, Ayako Fujii, Minoru Yamada, Yasuhito Endo, and Hiroshi Shimotenma for warm hospitality. They gave me inspirations for this thesis, and their energy gave me courage to finish this work. I would like to express my gratitude to LUMES program for offering me an opportunity to study environmental sciences, continuous support, and wonderful classmates. Special thanks to all of my classmates, Becky, Cynthia, Eda, Leah, everyone, for sharing laughs and tears, from hard time of thesis writing to wonderful party time. To Kerstin...
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...the On-Site Support Services project. This proposal assumes that if it is granted, all parties will work together to develop an on-site support service that is both robust and reliable for a lower price than our competitors. We are currently offering a 20% discount for our entire list of services or 10% on the minimal required services to complete this ongoing project. Please keep in mind that this proposal is based on information provided at this time. Any revisions made to the solicitation after today will be subject to a price review. We reserve the right to withdraw this bid if it is not accepted within 45 days. Thank you for giving us this opportunity. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Diana Brooks Sales Contract Manager I have enclosed a copy of Future Tek, Inc.’s resume, technical capabilities and pricing information. Copyright © 1998 by Ann Poe Future Tek, Inc. has been in the Information Technology for a total of 11 years. During those years we’ve dealt mainly with the integration of new information technology systems into Financial based institutions. We are looking to not only expand our services to other industries outside of banking. After reviewing the bid solicitation information provided, we believe that we will make a good candidate for this opportunity. If awarded this contract, Future Tek, Inc.’s is able to provide all information technology related services that are needed for this project. These include but are not limited...
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...subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ctas20 Building Innovation Networks: Issues of Strategy and Expertise Lisa Harris, Anne-Marie Coles & Keith Dickson Available online: 25 Aug 2010 To cite this article: Lisa Harris, Anne-Marie Coles & Keith Dickson (2000): Building Innovation Networks: Issues of Strategy and Expertise, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 12:2, 229-241 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713698468 PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTICLE Full terms and conditions of use: http://www.tandfonline.com/page/ terms-and-conditions This article may be used for research, teaching, and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, redistribution, reselling, loan, sub-licensing, systematic supply, or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. The publisher does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contents will be complete or accurate or up to date. The accuracy of any instructions, formulae, and drug doses should be independently verified with primary sources. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss, actions, claims, proceedings, demand, or costs or damages whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with or arising out of the use of this material. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2000 Building Innovation Networks: Issues of Strategy and Expertise LISA HARRIS, ANNE-MARIE COLES & KEITH DICKSON...
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...Concepts in transportation decision making A transportation projects Evaluation resume leads by Creniaut Emilien introductory Concepts in transportation decision making Contents Introduction 1 Part one Overall transportation program development. 2 Network-Level Planning 2 Project development 2 Programming 3 Budgeting 3 Financial Planning 3 Part two. Process of transportation project development (PDP) 3 PDP Steps 3 Impact of transportation system stimuli 7 Impact categories and types 8 Dimensions of the evaluation 9 Geographical scope of impacts 10 Other Ways of categorizing transportation system impact 11 Role of evaluation in PDP and Basic Elements of evaluation 11 Role of evaluation in PDP 11 Reasons for evaluation 11 Measures of a project’s worth 12 Procedure for transportation system evaluation 13 Conclusion 15 Introductory concepts in transportation Decision Making Creniaut Emilien -陳玉偉 – 0245037 – NCTU Report Introduction The transportation system is nowadays the largest public sector for any countries. The economic growth and the productivity are linked with the efficiency of the transportation network. All of the capitalist is, now, based on the accessibility of goods and facilities. Constantly we need to improve our transportation network. So transportation agencies have to make lot of assumption in order to improve our network. But it will involve our environment a lot, that’s why decision...
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...Ming Huang 2016/4/1 S.F. Express development in China Abstract SF Express emerging markets as China's express delivery companies, committed to improving the efficiency and improve the delivery of express transport service quality. The purpose of this study was to further investigate the impact of the SF Express in the different regions and SF Express courier services in China. The data collected is used to explain the purpose of the SF Express and stakeholders. Introduction S.F. EXPRESS in Guangdong, China was established in 1993, is mainly engaged in international and domestic express delivery business of Hong Kong enterprises. Initial business courier business today between Shun De and Hong Kong, with the increase in customer demand, S.F. EXPRESS service network extends to Zhong Shan, Pan Yu, Jiang Men and Fo Shan, S.F. EXPRESS is one of China express delivery industry's fastest courier companies. After ten years of development, S.F. already has more than 60,000 employees and more than 4,000 Taiwan-owned commercial vehicles, a more than 30 subsidiaries, more than 2,000 self-built outlets, service network covering more than 20 provinces, municipalities Hong Kong and Taiwan, more than 100 prefecture-level cities. To give customers better service delivery, SF still continue to invest heavily in strengthening the company's infrastructure, improve the technological content of equipment and systems, and improve the business skills of employees, their quality and sense...
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...Project Management Achieving Competitive Advantage Chapter One • Introduction: – Why Project Management? What is a Project • Two definitions of project: – A project is a unique venture with a beginning and end, conducted by people to meet established goals within parameters of cost, schedule, and quality – Projects are goal-oriented, involve the coordinated undertaking of interrelated activities, are of finite duration, and are all, to a degree, unique • Difference between process and project – Process refers to ongoing, day-to-day activities in which an organization engages while producing goods or services; process uses existing system, properties, and capabilities in a continuous, fairly repetitive manner – Projects take place outside the normal, process-oriented world of the firm What is a Project (con’t) • A project can be considered to be any series of activities or tasks that: – Have a specific objective to be completed within certain specifications – Have defined start and end date – Have funding limits – Consume human and nonhuman resources – Are multifunctional What is a Project (con’t) • Various elements of projects: – Projects are complex, one-time process: a project arises for a specific purpose or to meet a stated goal; they are complex because they typically require the coordinated inputs of numerous members of the organization – Projects are limited by budget, schedule, and resources: project work requires that members work with limited...
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