Abstract
This essay explores and evaluates Katherine Mansfield's literary style with reference to her short story Bliss. It discusses the ways in which Bliss demonstrates her desire to break with the past and experiment with new methods of writing. The paper evaluates the story as an example of Modernist literature and reviews Mansfield's importance in the Modernist movement. The paper also provides a detailed analysis of Mansfield's original and distinctive delivery of the short story.

From the Paper
"An important figure in the modernist movement, Katherine Mansfield was a highly experiential writer who sought to find new ways of representing the world. The beginning of the twentieth century was a time of terrific change due to technological advances, scientific theories and capitalism. The First World War compounded this disturbance and literally shattered the universal values which held society together. Society was left fragmented and disillusioned and the Modernists felt that the traditional mode of representing the world in literature, specifically realism, was outdated and no longer appropriate. Mansfield's short story Bliss, 1918, demonstrates the desire to break with the past and experiment with new methods of writing which would express this transformed society more aptly."

Tags:literature, mansfield, modernism, modernist, short, story, women, writers

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This paper examines how P & G has adopted a new trend that is revolutionizing the consumer product industry and how its strategy is to jazz-up their old and yet profitable brands by placing them inside new types of delivery devices to improve the brand image while at the same time boosting pricing on the products. The author points out that by diversifying into new products and markets, such as the purchase of Gillette, the company constantly ensures that it has the necessary product range to attract new customers.

Outline
Introduction
Discussion
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Model for P & G's Products
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. Constantly restructuring and change can also be damaging. Learning Management Systems (LMS) can help P & G identify tools that can help workers and employees extract the best information from the system and apply it to their operations as needed. Competitiveness of markets and products is increasing and it is imperative that companies that wish to succeed use some form of knowledge gathering and application for all the different operations in the company. The main purpose of any knowledge management strategy is to "reduce errors, create less work, provide more independence in time and space for knowledge workers, generates fewer questions, produces better decisions, reinvents fewer wheels, advances customer relations, improves service, and develops profitability.""

Tags:delivery-devices, brands, cash-cow, diversify, license

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In this article the writer reviews the scholarly article, "Maternal Mortality and Severe Morbidity Associated with Low-risk Planned Cesarean Delivery versus Planned Vaginal Delivery at Term", about the relative dangers of cesarean section versus vaginal delivery for women. The paper looks at the purpose of the study and summarizes the results. The writer then describes its strengths and weaknesses and outlines how such findings should be utilized in the future. In addition, two key questions that should guide future investigation are enumerated.

Outline:
Abstract
Purpose of the study
Results of the study
Strengths of the study
Weaknesses of the study
How to use these findings in practice
Two questions for future research

From the Paper
"The strengths of the study lie in the fact that few studies this writer has reviewed have been more comprehensive. To wit, the planned cesarean group comprised 46,766 women; for the planned vaginal delivery group, the figure was 2,292,420. Every bit as importantly, the study is longitudinal in nature. Specifically, the study encompasses a 14-year period - a length of time seemingly sufficient to ensure that curious aberrations or anomalies in particular years did not cause fundamental distortions in the findings of the study. Additionally, to ensure the validity of the data findings, the researchers employed adjusted odds ratio and confidence intervals; as well, the authors used multivariate analysis to control for "confounding variables" such as age, year of delivery, and elderly primigravidity - among other factors."

Tags:hospital, risk, pregnancy, weight

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This paper examines how in his article Legal Aid Delivery Models in Canada: Past Experience and Future Developments", Albert Currie delivers a succinct overview of the history and issues pertaining to Canadian legal aid delivery models over the last twenty years, as well as an indication of current trends. It looks at how Currie shows that the debate over service delivery models is not simply a matter of discussing the relative technical, administrative and costing aspects of different systems.

Tags:canada, attorneygeneral, legalaid

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This paper discusses how computers would be useless without input devices and how even small-scale computers, including calculators and GPS navigation systems, require some input from the human being in order to work properly and produce worthwhile output. It examines how some of the everyday input devices, like keyboards, mice, joysticks, and microphones, have reached increasingly more sophisticated levels of technology. It also shows how other input devices that are available to the general public, but are generally used in commercial settings, include touch-screens, keypads for ATMs and bank card purchases, credit card scanners, bar code readers, and more.

From the Paper
"The portable navigation systems currently out on the market are very helpful for drivers, hikers, and campers. They usually require the user to input coordinates in a cumbersome manner, by scrolling down a list and manually inputting navigational points of reference. This tedious process has been recently made more streamlined by the introduction of the touch screen GPS system. However, this is really no different from the technology used for touch screen computers; the difference is in the output of the computer in this case."

Tags:mouse, joystick, gps, system, screens, pads

Abstract
The president of the Madison Clock Company needs an analysis to help him decide what to do about his plan to manufacture a new 48-hour timing device, and specifically what it will cost to manufacture this product and so how much should be charged for it. Obviously, what the company has to pay for the manufacture and delivery of the item will affect its price at the retail level, which in turn will affect how many units the company can expect to sell. The dispute that has developed is over the nature of the overhead costs, how they are to be calculated, and so how much has to be charged to make a profit.

From the Paper
The president of the Madison Clock Company needs an analysis to help him decide what to do about his plan to manufacture a new 48-hour timing device, and specifically what it will cost to manufacture this product and so how much should be charged for it. Obviously, what the company has to pay for the manufacture and delivery of the item will affect its price at the retail level, which in turn will affect how many units the company can expect to sell. The dispute that has developed is over the nature of the overhead costs, how they are to be calculated, and so how much has to be charged to make a profit. We are being asked to make recommendations on this issue and to help the company decide whether to manufacture this

Tags:case, study, timer

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This paper analyzes the repetition and emotional imagery used by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his famous civil rights speech known as "I Have a Dream." First, the paper describes the meaning and content of this oration. Then, it examines Dr. King's style of delivery, citing the building momentum and repetition. Finally, it notes how Dr. King effectively utilized repetition and vivid emotional description and imagery to promote his ideas of community, unity, and the need for immediate action against segregation. The paper concludes with a call for people to forgo minor squabbles with sights set on promoting peace among humanity, as in Dr. King's speech.

From the Paper
"In Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech, King effectively utilizes repetition and vivid emotional description / imagery to promote his ideas of community, unity, and the need for immediate action against segregation. Dr. King's repetition is found in multiple areas of the essay and not only builds energy and momentum in his speech, but increases the magnanimity of the suffering of the Negroes, thus making the issue seem much more significant. Also, Dr. King's vivid emotional descriptions promote both his ideas on immediate action and unity / community. Dr. King initially describes the suffering of the Negro with highly emotionally appealing language, thus making the suffering seem significant and creating empathy among the audience. He then effectively utilizes emotional imagery to not only support his message of peace, justice, and brotherhood, but also to condemn injustice / racism by juxtaposing these two ideas together..."

Tags:famous speeches, oration, oratory devices

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This paper examines the development of telecommunications since the invention of voice telephony in 1876 by the Scotsman, Alexander Graham Bell. In particular, it looks at how it has been revolutionized by the emergence of the Internet. It also discusses the evolution and growth of the Wireless Application Protocol, a worldwide standard for delivery of Internet communication and subsequent advanced services at the disposal of the customers through digital phones, pagers, personal digital assistants, and other wireless devices. It also explores how the Wireless Application Protocol has laid down global specifications for secured access and interaction with Internet/intranet/extranet content applications and services through the use of digital wireless devices like mobile phones, pagers, and personal digital assistants; it has paved the way for generating on-going revenue streams through the delivery of a host of services.

From the Paper
"The wireless carriers, mobile virtual network operators and application service providers find tremendous revenue opportunities in delivery of Location Based Services through the integration of Wireless and internet technologies. The increasing mobility of the society compels to invent the technology capable of access location sensitive information with a view to saving time and money thereby increasing productivity. The improvements in wireless technology have achieved the requirement by creating a link between the wireless market, packet communication technology, and location based services. The mobile users shifting to wireless market realizes very soon the value of applications that simplifies their lives making it easier to access information."

Tags:wap, pda, mobile, phones

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This paper explains that most countries outside North America classify aerial platforms as being electronic devices, basically set-top and other types of devices, primarily for use in enhancing television reception. The author points out that the more sophisticated devices are used at remote production sites where top-notch quality transmission back to a central location via satellite is required; these aerial devices can be either land-based, as in a stationary studio application, or carried aloft via aircraft, even in outer space to deliver aerial amplifications. The paper relates other uses and methods of delivery are shipboard where they are used for search and rescue types of operations, as in air crashes at sea; the most frequent application is "hired out" aerial platforms used by production companies for movies and similar projects.

From the Paper
"Yet another greatly successful program of "aerial platform" use is in the tracking of the whale herds in their migration treks through the open ocean. By the use of these platforms, the government of the United Kingdom has been able to set up within the European Union a consultative forum on whaling so that this valuable World Asset and several species are no longer hunted to extinction. As a result of the successful efforts in the Atlantic Ocean, the nations of the Pacific Rim are in negotiations now to establish a similar program within their waters to intelligently harvest whales, an important part of the diets of several Asian nations. The biggest obstacle so far is the cooperation the Russians as since the fall of the Soviet Union this Russian Industry has been all but unregulated by anyone."

Tags:crashes, stationary, transmission, government, hired-out

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This paper looks at how title of Thomas Hardy's poem "The Voice" reveals a lot about its mode of delivery. It examines how the audible whispers of the woman calling are conveyed to the reader through literary devices such as rhyme and rhythm. It evaluates how "The Voice" of the woman becomes a symbol of the narrator's memory, which is tainted by illusion and attachment to the past. It analyzes how although the poem might be about a long-lost love, a past or failed romance, a memory he struggles to retain, Hardy progresses from an initial feeling of hope in the first two stanzas to an acceptance of reality in the last two. "The Voice" is a whisper of the past and a memory of his lover's language.

From the Paper
"In his natural surroundings, the narrator envisions and hears his lost lover. She is "much missed." This fundamental fact is made clear in the first stanza of "The Voice," underlining the importance of the relationship. The narrator is estranged from the woman whose voice he hears. She was "the one who was all to me," the narrator's soul mate. However, there is no indication of the nature of the breakup. She could be dead or with another man; she could simply be away traveling. Regardless of the actual situation, the narrator longs for times past, "when our day was fair." The present moment is not bleak, but the past offers rich memories. Before the remainder of the poem is read, it would seem as if the narrator is simply hanging on to a hopeless romance. Clearly, this is not the case. Although he becomes aware that he is "faltering forward" by the end of the poem, the narrator does not seem lost or emotionally distraught."

Tags:past, memory, whisper, hope, romance