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M.A.ENGLISH ; This thesis concerns itself with an exploration of islands and insularity within the posthuman imaginary. Readings of Shakespeare's The Tempest, Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut and the Malta chapters of Thomas Pynchon's V will be carried out with the intention of investigating the relevance and importance of the island setting for the narrative as well as interrogating the manner in which islands can function as objects to 'think with.' As the field of island studies has already ascertained, islands facilitate discussion on topics as diverse as politics, history, economics and literature. On a much broader level, the various ways in which islands are perceived and documented in literature can often tell us a far greater deal about the nature of the human than they do about the island setting itself. This is because often, islands in literature are the mirrors wherein the human subject can either explore alternate subjectivities or alternatively, assert the status quo and their own identities. In this respect, island literature, with its focus on the human, can be read in new and different ways through the application of various brands of posthuman theory. This allows new perspectives to be brought to old stories. Beyond this rejuvenation, a case can also be made for the island as one of many privileged spaces within the posthuman imaginary. Islands share some interesting overlaps with other settings popular to posthumanist and science fiction narratives. In the same manner that the wide cosmos of outer space suggests a vast emptiness of potential and the underground futuristic metropolis engages with themes of insularity and openness, the island is able to bring both of these qualities to the forefront, constituting a seemingly stable entity located in a vast and changeable sea. ; N/A

The aim of this study was to highlight the key finding of corporate politicalconnections research. This study used 61 previous studies related tocorporate political connections to develop a structured literature review. Itwas found that most studies were conducted in developing countries as theyprovided a unique institutional setting for conduct political connectionsresearch. In addition, a political connection is used as independentvariables and the previous studies focuses on three related topics, whichare corporate performance, corporate action, and loan and special rights.Literature review study become more important nowadays, as the numberof empirical quantitative research amount has been increased lately. Thisanalysis also has research and practical implementation for researcher,practitioners, and regulators.

Discusses role of writers and poets such as George Eliot, Rebecca West, Vera Brittain, and Anna Akhmatova, and their works, on political, international, intercultural, interreligious, and race relations; 11 articles and 10 poems.

Purpose
Assessing the outcome of lean transformation journey has been of interest to both researchers and practitioners. Various qualitative and quantitative assessment methodologies have been proposed in literature to track and measure the degree of leanness attained. The purpose of this paper is to understand the evolution of this leanness assessment literature over different attributes and identify gaps for future research.


Design/methodology/approach
A detailed literature review of peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers addressing leanness assessment was performed. Content analysis methodology involving a four-step process suggested by Mayring (2004) was adopted for this study.


Findings
The number of studies in literature on leanness assessment is low when compared to that in the area of lean implementation. Assessment methodologies developed are of wide range, varying from simple qualitative checklist to complex quantitative mathematical models. Following the trend of lean implementation literature, lean thinking assessment literature is also getting transformed from process-level monitoring to enterprise-level monitoring. Finally, based on this review, a simplified leanness assessment framework is proposed for future validation.


Research limitations/implications
Only peer-reviewed journals and conference papers were analyzed, while excluding the manuals, reports, and white papers from practice. Clustering of leanness assessment literature revealed that future studies in this domain would fall into two major categories, namely manufacturing leanness assessment and service leanness assessment.


Practical implications
Practitioners can use this review study to choose a suitable methodology for assessing the leanness attained in their organization by controlling for the structural attributes identified.


Originality/value
This is the first paper to review the topic "leanness assessment." The review analyzes the entire literature available on leanness assessment to summarize its current status and identify potential future directions.

The fifth regular session of the General Assembly, meeting at Lake Success on September 19, 1950, had before it an agenda of 70 items. The Assembly was expected to discuss, in particular, questions concerning Palestine, the former Italian colonies, the Balkans, threats to the political integrity of China, the problem of the independence of Korea, observance of human rights, international control of atomic energy, technical assistance for under-developed areas, freedom of information, refugees and stateless persons, matters concerning trusteeship and non-self-governing territories, administrative and budgetary matters, reports of the specialized agencies, and reports of the Secretary-General on activities of the organization during the year.

The fourth regular session of the General Assembly opened at Flushing Meadows, New York, on September 20, 1949. The Assembly was to consider an agenda of 68 items, including the annual reports of the three United Nations Councils, the Secretary-General, and subsidiary bodies; and special reports from commissions operating in Korea, Palestine and the Balkans. Other topics for discussion were the disposition of the Italian Colonies, Indonesia, the situation in China, atomic energy, creation of a United Nations Field Service, economic development of under-developed areas, freedom of information, Southwest Africa, information from non-self-governing territories, and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Bulgaria, Hungary and Rumania.

In accordance with a Security Council resolution of April 1, 1948, which called for the convening of a special session of the General Assembly "to consider further the question of the future government of Palestine," the second special session of the General Assembly was held at Lake Success from April 16 to May 15, 1948. Following the election of Dr. José Arce (Argentina) as president, the Assembly referred the question of Palestine to its political and security committee. A second agenda item proposed by China and Siam, the admission of Burma to membership in the United Nations, was considered directly by the Assembly and Burmese admission was voted unanimously on April 19.

Abstract The problem examined in this study is the level of children's fitness after the implementation of the New Normal Era by the government. For more than three months, people live with care, resulting in variations in children's games in the house only focusing on games using gadgets, This makes children less mobile and makes low body fitness and easily falls sick. The research objectives include 1) To see the application of traditional games in improving body fitness in the New Normal era. 2) To see the supporting and inhibiting factors of the application of traditional games as an enhancer of body fitness in the New Normal era. The type of research used is literature study or what is commonly called library research. The nature of this research is descriptive analysis so that it can be carried out properly by the reader. The data used in this study are secondary data obtained from the results of research that has been conducted by previous researchers. The data method used in this research is documentation method. While the data analysis used in this research is bibliographic annotation analysis (annotated bibliography). Based on the study literature, it can be seen that applying traditional games can be a solution to improving body fitness during the New Normal. Supporting factors, among others, a structured curriculum, good motivation of students, participation of teachers and parents, and adequate environment and play facilities Keywords: Jump Rope Traditional Sports, Crank Game, Physial Fitness