2015‚ Directors General of Customs and their executive teams have been able to participate in a ‘Top Executive Retreat‚’ as a means of further strengthening their capacity in implementing change and in achieving organizational results. This article explains what a retreat is all about and the benefits that can be derived from attending such an event. At the end of a WCO Top Executive Retreat (TER)‚ the Director General of a Customs administration and his/her executive team leave with many new and fresh
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My Last Duchess-Robert Browning The poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning is a poem written about a Duke of the 16th the century. The Duke is the speaker of the poem an is explaining to a visitor about a portrait of a ex-wife. He tells how she was a flirt and had very disgraceful behavior. He claims she flirted with everyone and did not appreciate his "gift of a nine-hundred-years- old name." As his monologue continues‚ the reader realizes with ever-more chilling certainty that the Duke in
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literary Analysis of the poem " My Sister ‚My Friend " when your sister became your friend ‚ that is the most beautiful thing you can ever feel . The Poet Leann Steinman is expressing her deep passion towards her sister in her Poem My Sister ‚ My Friend . Steinman can not express how much she is grateful for her sister who is always supporting her in the bad and good days as a friend. She wishes all happiness and welfare for her sister as she is always the reason for her felicity
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My Reaction Paper on Virtue Epistemology We were given an opportunity to listen to the lecture of Prof. Samuel P. Vera Cruz M.A about virtue epistemology. I wasn’t able to finish the whole lecture since I have to attend the following subject but I was able to gain additional insights regarding it. At the beginning of his lecture‚ he mentioned different names of philosophers‚ each having different views about philosophy. By this‚ I came up with the conclusion that each of them
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Sharon Olds’ poem "Late Poem to My Father" exposes the profound effect that childhood trauma can have on someone‚ even in adulthood. The speaker of the poem invokes sadness and pity in the reader by reflecting on the traumatic childhood of her father‚ and establishes a cause and effect relationship between the abuse he endured as a child and the dependence he develops on alcohol as an adult. The idea of emotional retardation caused by childhood experiences is not uncommon‚ especially in our
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1. There are several themes portrayed in the film provide at least three defined each answer. There are three themes in the film that captured my attention. First‚ is the struggle of Muslim in America after the September 11th attack‚ I saw how Other Muslims suffered in America even those Muslims are innocent and not belong to the group of terrorist that attract the world trade center. I saw how Americans backlash against Muslim for they think that all Muslim are the same they will kill for the
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from the shelf; my mom didn’t have much tolerance to put up with this. Part of you was injured but every thing I did somehow it was a mistake. You never let me forget because we were God‚ and then took me to bed because I was forever yours. Connotation: "My Papa’s Waltz" presents similes‚ metaphors‚ and personification. An example of a simile would be‚ "But I held on like death." The author means that he could never let go he is so desperate. A personification example would be‚ "My mother’s countenance
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Ethnically a. Enslaved b. Go/do what they want c. Free/ don’t like to be held back III. Sexually a. Mighty b. Magic c. Spell/spin Lucille Clifton is an American writer and poet. Her poem‚ “Homage to my Hips‚” is one of her many poems that discussed issues in society. This poem discusses Clifton’s hips‚ and how they are free from the certain views of society that she does not agree on as well as how she is proud of her “hips” and respects herself regardless. She uses word choice
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"My Papa’s Waltz" is one of most popular contemporary poems written by Theodore Roethke. The poem was first published in 1942 by Heast Magazines‚ Inc. from The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke. It is a poem about a boy recalling a time with his father while they share a dance of waltz. This poem consists of four quatrains written in iambic trimeter with a simple rhyme scheme. It uses imagery‚ metaphors‚ and simile to invoke a strong impression. Each image captures an emotional richness all told
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Poem Analysis of “My Grandmother’s Hands” The poem “My Grandmother’s Hands was written in 1980 by Maria Mazziotti‚ who was an Italian mother. She seems worried in the poem‚ we will find out why. Also‚ what does it have to do with Mothers? She seems to have lost faith in herself‚ and her way of raising children. The quote: “Did I fail my own children?” obviously states that she is questioning herself. So she might be worried that her children will not get the childhood like she
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