| Some of the major problems that the Calcutta Metro faced before and during construction were lack of funding‚ poor planning‚ poor scheduling and no vision. If I were to have to do this project over‚ one of the first things I would do would be to ensure it has enough money not only to begin the project but enough to complete it. Along with funding‚ the project scope would be the next big issue for me to tackle. Without knowing how the contractor plans on taking this project on I could be setting
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Case Study: Calcutta’s Metro In 1996‚ Calcutta’s long-waited metro finally opened to a collective sigh of relief from the long-suffering population of this large Indian city. Critics had long derided the project a one of the “slowest-moving” public works projects ever conceived and implemented. The single route line‚ comprising 17 stations and slightly more tan 10 total miles of track‚ had taken 23 years from the date it was first approved at a final estimated cost of almost $5 billion. To put
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of Albanian[2][3] ethnicity and Indiancitizenship‚[4] who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta‚ India in 1950. For over 45 years she ministered to the poor‚ sick‚ orphaned‚ and dying‚ while guiding the Missionaries of Charity’s expansion‚ first throughout India and then in other countries. Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.[5][6] In the 1970s‚ she became well-known internationally for her humanitarian work and advocacy
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JESUIT LEADERSHIP PRISM 1. We are all leaders‚ and we are leading all the time‚ well or poorly 2. Leadership springs from within. It is about who I am as much as what I do. 3. Leadership is not an act. It is my life‚ a way of living. 4. I never complete the task of becoming a leader. It is an ongoing process. INFLUENCES OF THE JESUITS Father Federico Faura SJ Who prophesied that Rizal would end up on a scaffold (the plain truth) Father Pablo Pastells SJ Who sought to restore Rizal’s
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The Mayor of Casterbridge 1. Discuss the ways in which Hardy has raised awareness of social issues in the readers of The Mayor of Casterbridge. The Mayor of Casterbridge written by Thomas Hardy in 1884/85 reflects upon the Progression of Modernism during the first half of the 19th century English society that was progressing in a difficult transition from a pre-industrial Britain to “modern” Victorian times. Much of the action and plot in Hardy’s novel The Mayor of Casterbridge takes place
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Hedging Corporate Revenues with Weather Derivatives: A Case Study Master of Science in Banking and Finance - MBF Master’s Thesis Antoni Ferrer Garcia Franz Sturzenegger Universit´ de Lausanne e Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales HEC - 2001 Abstract This paper searches for the implications in the use of a new generation of financial derivatives known as Weather Derivatives as a form of hedging future corporate revenues. According to the US Department of Commerce about 22 per cent of
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Blessed Teresa of Calcutta‚[1] born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (Albanian: [aˈɲɛs ˈɡɔɲdʒa bɔjaˈdʒiu]) and commonly known as Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997)‚ was an ethnic Albanian‚ Indian Roman Catholic nun. Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity‚ a Roman Catholic religious congregation‚ which in 2012 consisted of over 4‚500 sisters and is active in 133 countries. They run hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS‚ leprosy and tuberculosis; soup kitchens; children’s and
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Irony in The Mayor of Casterbridge The noblest efforts of a hero‚ ironically involves him in guilt and leads him to misery. Thomas Hardy’s novel‚ The Mayor of Casterbridge concentrates mainly on the life and events of a certain Michael Henchard.. The primary element of irony embraces also the main theme of the story‚ that life is a sum product of consequences of one’s personal choices and that of simple destiny. The Mayor of Casterbridge clearly features many ironic twists in the plot‚ both
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The mayor has to make a big decision--should some land in your community be used for a new shopping mall or for a park? Write a letter to the mayor telling what you think. Serena Yang No.29 Alley 15‚ Lane 91 Sec 5 Xinyi Rd. Taipei 6/10/2013 Hao Lung Bin Mayor Hao Taipei City Hall No. 1 Shifu Road‚ Xinyi District‚ Taipei‚ Taiwan Dear Mr. Hao‚ I am very delighted to hear that you would like to use some
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“No‚ they are not desperate. They are only hopeless; and my great regret is that for what I have done no man or law can punish me.” In Thomas Hardy’s novel Return of the Native‚ it is Clym whom has all this guilt and realizes nothing can make it better. This quote directly correlates with Michael Henchard; this is one of the first emotions we learn of him in the novel. The feeling of guilt and wanting to change his wrongdoings‚ fuel his character throughout the book. His guilt first surfaces
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