How do you see the future of Durand line in the post with drawl scenario of U.S. led NATO forces from Afghanistan? A due consideration may be given to the nature of Pak- Afghan relations. The Durand line is referred to a 2‚640km long porous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. It was established in 1893 after an agreement between Sir Mortimer Durand of British India and Afghan Amir Abdur Rehman Khan. The line with mild modification after the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 was inherited by Pakistan
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Triple Bottom line. Corporate sustainability involves meeting the needs of today’s stakeholders in a manner that protects the environment and resources needed for future generation. It is directed at improving a company’s triple bottom line‚ which covers its performance on economic environment and social metrics. Economic. Barclays demonstrated significant success in delivering much better financial results between 2002 to 2005. They improved the cost-to-income ratio by right sizing the business
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Americas to be sold for a profitable amount in order to work the plantations and to be a slave to their white masters for the rest of their lives gaining increasing and wealth for their masters. Zinn explains all of this in Chp 2‚ “Drawing the Color Line.” He explains the mistreatment and punishment that blacks encountered during the time of slavery and the physical and psychological effects that blacks were compelled to endure for the countless years of slavery and downright brutality. Slavery was
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The issue of whether a team approach in an assembly line job will positively affect production is a controversial one but a closer examination reveals that it is very difficult to implement a successful team-based approach. Although under the concept of intrinsic motivation‚ this approach has several advantages because it reduces the boredom associated with performing repetitive tasks and makes the workers more knowledgeable and involved about the product being manufactured‚ the team approach is
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Hot Line Maintenance of 400/220/132kv EHV Line At present uninterrupted supply is required in all sectors like domestic‚ agriculture‚ industrial etc. For which the 100% reliability of the transmission as well as the distribution system comes in mind. But at the same time for healthiness of the system‚ periodical and sudden required maintenance is a must. It requires planned shut-downs and unplanned as well. But it reduces the reliability & continuity. Some times even it becomes almost impossible
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Life Off-Line When my family’s Internet provider had some mechanical problems that interrupted our service for a week‚ my parents‚ my sister‚ and I thought we would never make it‚ Getting through long evenings without streaming movies‚ emails‚ twitter updates‚ and internet searches seemed impossible‚ We soon realized‚ though‚ that living off-line for a while was a stroke of good fortune. It became easy for each of us to enjoy some activities alone‚ to complete some postponed chores‚ and to spend
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Life on the Color Line is a powerful tale of a young man’s struggle to reach adulthood‚ written by Gregory Howard Williams one that emphasizes‚ by daily grapples with personal turmoil‚ the absurdity of race as a social invention. Williams describes in heart wrenching detail the privations he and his brother endured when they were forced to remove themselves from a life of White privilege in Virginia to one where survival in Muncie‚ Indiana meant learning quickly the cold hard facts of being Black
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Leadership on the Line Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky’s “Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading” describes the risks that every leader experiences at one point or another. It explains how no matter what level of leadership you’re in‚ whether it be leading a small organization or a nation‚ each leader has internal and external conflicts that they must overcome in order to “stay alive” as a leader. Heifetz and Linsky go through the dangers of leadership by separating
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When you first look at the painting‚ you see the inside of a room but your eye is directed at a window with a tree outside. The image is a still-life painting‚ with the canvas oriented portrait-style. The artist is depicting a scene from his daily life. In the foreground‚ you see the inside walls of a room‚ with a woman petting a cat in the corner‚ and the background illustrates a tree through the window. The painting has been arranged in a way that the main focus - the window - takes up a large
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ES_TBL_7/1 17/8/04 7:40 pm Page 1 Chapter 1 Enter the Triple Bottom Line John Elkington In 1994‚ the author coined the term triple bottom line. He reflects on what got him to that point‚ what has happened since – and where the agenda may now be headed. The late 1990s saw the term ‘triple bottom line’ take off. Based on the results of a survey of international experts in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development (SD)‚ Figure 1.1 spotlights the growth trend
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