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    ARTICLES Effect of large-scale social marketing of insecticide-treated nets on child survival in rural Tanzania Joanna R M Armstrong Schellenberg‚ Salim Abdulla‚ Rose Nathan‚ Oscar Mukasa‚ Tanya J Marchant‚ Nassor Kikumbih‚ Adiel K Mushi‚ Haji Mponda‚ Happiness Minja‚ Hassan Mshinda‚ Marcel Tanner‚ Christian Lengeler Summary Background Insecticide-treated nets have proven efficacy as a malaria-control tool in Africa. However‚ the transition from efficacy to effectiveness cannot be taken for

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    D.C. McClain‚ Inc.‚ et al. v. Arlington County‚ 452 S.E.2d 659 FACTS: D.C. McClain‚ Inc. entered into a contract with Arlington County to build a bridge. A major portion of the project was installing post-tensioning pre-stressed concrete‚ which required securing an easement from Westfield Realty‚ Inc. for eight feet of land behind where the bridge was to be built. This request for an easement was denied on February 15‚ 1988. McClain executed the contract on March 16‚ 1988 to construct the bridge

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    Wilfred Owen Essay

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    Wilfred Owen’s poetry effectively conveys his perspectives on human conflict through his experiences during The Great War. Poems such as ‘Futility’ and ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ portray these perceptions through the use of poetic techniques‚ emphasising such conflicts involving himself‚ other people and nature. These themes are examined in extreme detail‚ attempting to shape meaning in relation to Owen’s first-hand encounters whilst fighting on the battlefield. Wilfred Owen experiences many inner

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    emphasise in many of his poems is that of the sense of horror associated with war and all the consequences of it such as those including death‚ disability‚ pain and gore and this emphasis can be clearly seen in 2 of Wilfred Owens most famous poems: Dulce Et Decorum Est and Mental Cases. First and foremost‚ the technique Wilfred Owen employs in nearly every poem he wrote to help convey the sense of horror is that of imagery which is generally created through the use of vivid descriptions and strong language

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    sociopaths‚ that have the ability to dehumanise everyone and are able to kill other humans with out concern. In Wilfred Owen’s poem ‘Dulce et Decorum est’‚ war and those who fight in the war are said to have been glorified. Dulce et Decorum est is a Latin phrase which means ‘it is sweet and right’. Owen has very cleverly added to the end‚ ‘the old lie; Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori’ which means ‘it is sweet and right to die for one’s country’ as a contradictory way to finish his poem. This saying

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    the pinnacle contradiction against human morality‚ and for one to be able to betray all sense of ethics‚ one must abandon the knowledge of this gruesome reality. The theme of ignorance supplementing war is exhibited by three anti-war poems‚ Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen‚ Vergissmeinnicht by Keith Douglas‚ and War is Kind by Stephen Crane. Although all of these poems center around a different aspect of war‚ the central aim of each of these poems remain the same. These poems attempt to combat

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    albeit in different ways and circumstances. Death has been portrayed throughout history in many ways. One such way is through poetry and three poems which entertain the thought of death are Ozymandias‚ Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night and Dulce Et Decorum Est. The authors of these poems have used a variety of different poetry techniques in order to convey their view on the theme of death with different degrees of success‚ as will be outlined below. The first technique which is makes the theme of

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    the poem also demonstrates the lack of identity and deference that was attached to the soldiers. The 25 line broken verse poem presented in a single stanza‚ speaks on behalf of the disrespected‚ mute‚ fallen soldiers who are unable to describe their personal suffering. In contrast‚ Dulce et decorum est by Wilfred Owen was written in 1917 to depict the helplessness of veterans caught in the gruesome horrors of a gas attack. The poem

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    was resolved to edify England on the actualities of war. By writing poetry that denied England’s teachings of noble warfare‚ Owen set an unprecedented example of exposing repressed truth to the public. Two of his most distinguished works‚ “Dulce et Decorum est” and “Anthem for Doomed Youth” will be analysed alongside Owen’s life to prove the validity of this statement. The way in which Wilfred Owen was brought up was integral to his phenomenal poetry. He was birthed in the year 1893 in England and

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    Marketplace” by Leiss et al. The chapter titled “The Corporate Politics of Sign Values” by Goldman and Papson (1996) and the chapter titled “Media in the Mediated Marketplace” by Leiss et al. (2005) both discuss how corporations and their advertising agencies attempt to better target consumers and sustain their interest toward advertisements. Goldman and Papson discuss how “corporate advertising” (1996: 216) and “legitimation ads” (1996: pg. 217) are used for this purpose while Leiss et al. (2005) discuss

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