This report addresses some suggestions made by Dr. Paul Kaminski, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, and Colleen Preston, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Reform, concerning incentivizing change away from the one-size-fits-all mode of contracting, and providing more information to the source selection authority for cost tradeoffs. Three types of award contracts are discussed (i.e., Incentive, Award Fee, and Research Tournaments), and suggestions are made on what might be done to improve them. A new approach called 'Research Tournaments' is presented, which seems to have merit in providing more contract vehicles for consideration in the contracting process.
Three types of award contracts are discussed (i.e., Incentive, Award Fee, and Research Tournaments), and suggestions are made on what might be done to improve them.
All the World�s Reward presents ninety-eight tales from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Swedish-speaking Finland, and Iceland. Each area is represented by the complete recorded repertoire of a single storyteller. Such a focus helps place the stories in the context of the communities in which they were performed and also reveals how individual folk artists used the medium of oral literature to make statements about their lives and their world. Some preferred jocular stories and others wonder tales; some performed mostly for adults, others for children; some used storytelling to criticize society, and others spun wish fulfillment tales to find relief from a harsh reality. For the most part collected a century ago, the stories were gleaned from archives and printed sources; the Icelandic repertoire was collected on audiotape in the 1960s. Each repertoire was selected by a noted folklorist. Introductions to the storytellers and collectors and commentaries and references for the tales are provided. A general introduction, a comprehensive bibliography, and an index of the tales according to Aarne-Thompson�s typology are also included. Period illustrations add charm to the stories.
A general introduction, a comprehensive bibliography, and an index of the tales according to Aarne-Thompson s typology are also included. Period illustrations add charm to the stories.
Miss Sylvia Jensen-Graham, informed of the many excesses and indulgences of the Earl of Grayfalcon, takes it upon herself to set him straight but instead finds herself charmed by him
Miss Sylvia Jensen-Graham, informed of the many excesses and indulgences of the Earl of Grayfalcon, takes it upon herself to set him straight but instead finds herself charmed by him
