Image Logo Vertical Mini.png frame right Development in Action Logo Development in Action DiA is a small UK International development Non governmental organization run by young people for young people . Its main objective is to promote global citizenship by encouraging engagement in global issues amongst young people in the UK. The charity offers 5 month Sept Feb and 2 month July Sept volunteer placements in India . During their placements, candidates get hands on experience of grassroots development, and are encouraged to engage in the wider issues of global citizenship and sustainable development . Each volunteer is supported in the planning and production of a DIA Project. Activities of Development in Action The Development in Action programme achieves its aims through The DiA placement scheme, which provides opportunities for volunteers to learn about, and participate in the work of its various partner organisations in India. Activities include teaching, field work research, child care, health education and administrative work. In every placement, the aim is for the volunteer to learn from and with their fellow workers and the local community. The volunteer DIA Project , where each volunteer is encouraged to produce a project develop resources during their time in India. This can be in any form that the volunteer feels is appropriate to their material and theme, although DiA suggests different methods and approaches during training. Past volunteers have worked on activity worksheets, articles, information sheets and photography stretching over a variety of topics such as recycling, solar energy, children s position in the community and the empowerment of women. Volunteers also use their DiA resources and the experiences they have gained from the volunteer placements in India for development education activities in the UK. A DIA newsletter which is produced quarterly and is a product of volunteers experiences and knowledge from India, DiA activities in the UK, to ... more details
Infobox book name Bite Me Narrative Structures and BtVS image author Sue Turnbull, Vyvyan Stranieri cover artist subject Buffyverse genre Academic publishing academic publication , Media studies Media Study publisher Australian Centre for the Moving Image release date May 2003 media type pages 80 size weight isbn ISBN 1 920805 00 1 oclc 68050725 preceded by followed by Bite Me Narrative Structures and Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an Australian academic publication relating to the fictional Buffyverse established by TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series Buffy and Angel TV series Angel . The book is designed for Year 12 teachers students teaching studying Media Unit 3 in the Australian education system . Book description The book concentrates on the narrative of the television series. Organized into two sections set of definitions of narrative in film, in television series in general and in BtVS in particular geared towards classroom practice and gives information and strategies for teachers as well as suggestions for student activities and templates for worksheets all very useful. This book addresses, in an easily understood and user friendly way, questions of narrative structure across long running TV series. Whilst concentrating on narrative, the book also deals with relating narrative structures with audience pleasure, mise en sc ne, and the use of symbolism and metaphor. Contents class wikitable Chapter Title center 01 center Why Study Buffy the Vampire Slayer ? center 02 center What is Narrative? center 03 center Story Arcs in Buffy the TV Series center 04 center A Note to Teachers center 05 center What s Audience Engagement? center 06 center Narrative and Mise en Sc ne center 07 center Symbolism and Metaphor center 08 center Classic Episodes, Scenes and Sequences center 09 center Relationship Arcs center 10 center Possible Teaching Learning Strategies center 11 center Keeping a Logbook center 12 center How to Write a Close Analysis Piece center 13 center ... more details
VIRTUS is a program created by the National Catholic Risk Retention Group in the United States with a Protecting God s Children component that combats sexual abuse of children in the Church. It is currently in use in over 80 dioceses in the United States. History In response to the growing public awareness of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church , Monsignor Kevin McCoy and Rev. Edward J. Arsenault of the National Catholic Risk Retention Group asked their colleagues how sexual abuse could be prevented. This led to a convening of national experts in Washington DC in March 1998, where discussion led to the concept of the VIRTUS program. An Ad Hoc committee was chosen by the National Catholic Board of Directors to implement the project. Goal and Implementation The VIRTUS program began with consulting team, including Rev. Edward J. Arsenault Rev. John P. Beal, J.C.D. Barbara Bonner, Ph.D. David Finkelhor, Ph.D. Jack McCalmon, Esq. Michael Morton, M.S. Fr. Stephen Rossetti, D. Min., Ph.D. Phyllis Willerscheidt The goal of the VIRTUS program is primarily to be proactive instead of reactive when dealing with child sexual abuse. To prevent sexual abuse, VIRTUS advocates five steps Knowing the warning signs of abuse Controlling access to children Monitoring programs involving children Being aware of how children behave Communicating concerns Myth 4 Vows of celibacy increase the desire to sexually abuse children VIRTUS focuses on educating teachers, parents, and other adults who interact with children about sexual abuse and providing them with information to help prevent abuse. This takes place in awareness sessions led by trained facilitators. The awareness sessions consist of videos, worksheets, and discussions. The videos incorporate interviews with both victims and convicted perpetrators. Related programs In addition to its most common Protecting God s Children program, VIRTUS also has Victim Advocacy Training and VIRTUS Investigation Training. The Protecting God s Ch ... more details
A biological detergent is a laundry detergent that contains enzymes harvested from micro organisms such as bacteria adapted to live in hot spring s. ref name spolem http www.spolem.co.uk worksheets docs industrial enzymes.doc www.spolem.co.uk Industrial uses of enzymes ref The description is commonly used in the United Kingdom , where other washing detergents are described as non biological or bio and non bio . Most manufacturers of biological detergents also produce non biological ones. Method of operation and effectiveness Biological detergents clean in the same way as non biological ones with additional effects from the enzymes, whose purpose is to break down protein, starches and fat in dirt and stains on clothing to be laundered, for example food stains, sweat and mud. Tests by the Which? Consumers Association in the UK published in their Which? magazine rated the cleaning performance of washing powders based on stain removal, whiteness, and colour fading. It was found that the performance of various makes of biological powders ranged from 58 to 81 , and non biological powders scored from 41 to 70 . The enzymes in biological detergents enable effective cleaning at lower temperatures than required by normal detergents, but are denatured at higher temperatures ref name spolem &mdash about 40 C is recommended. ref http www.which.co.uk reviews ns washing powders full test results index.jsp Which magazine study. Also available online to subscribers at ref Controversy regarding allergic reactions It has been said that some people may be allergic to the enzymes which can be transferred to the skin when wet clothes that have just been cleaned with biological detergents are touched. Citation needed date May 2010 The enzymes then restart the breakdown reaction on the skin&mdash particularly protease . A study by a manufacturer found that The biological products did not produce more irritation than the non biological products, confirming that the addition of enzymes ... more details
Logographic cues are visual images embedded with specific, widely understood meaning they are pictures that represent certain words or concepts. These pictures are designed to offer readers a high utility message in a minimum amount of space. Beers, 129 Some languages, such as many East Asian languages, Such as the Chinese languages Mandarin Chinese Mandarin , Cantonese , Min Chinese Min , and Wu Chinese Wu , and partially Korean language Korean and Japanese language Japanese , are written in logographic scripts single glyph glyphs represent whole morpheme morphemes . ref http www.omniglot.com writing chinese.htm ref Examples of logographic cues include traffic signs, restroom signs, and pictorial flashcards. Unsurprisingly, logographic cues tend to be processed in the right brain hemisphere, the side more actively engaged with visuospatial visuospatial input . Due to advances in technology and the media where logographic cues such as brand logo s abound, the ability and tendency to draw meaning from pictures has become more widespread and intuitive. fact date April 2009 Utility to education Logographic cues have also become increasingly useful in the domain of education , specifically in the learning to read development of reading skills . Many sources of educational advice suggest the use of logographic cues to tap into visual learning and intelligence, which usually takes a subordinate role to verbal education in schools such sources include literacy expert Kylene Beers and a nationwide reading program, All America Reads . Specific activities that utilize logographic cues include students making symbols within the margins of print text and worksheets that provide a pictorial summary of the information given and picture flash cards that foster vocabulary development . Kajder, 43 Teaching methods employing logographic cues can help to encourage and increase word recognition, text reformulation and information organization. The method also helps to tap into the sens ... more details
The Baltimore City Archives is the official municipal archive of the city of Baltimore , Maryland . It is currently located on Mathews St in the Better Waverly, Baltimore neighborhood. The Baltimore City Archives is the central depository for government records of permanent value. ref http baltimorecityhistory.net about 3 Retrieved 2011 08 11. ref History Even before the incorporating charter of Baltimore stipulated the care of records in 1796, the clerk of Baltimore s Special Commissioners had been ordered to keep records of the town in a chest for safekeeping. The first Record Office of Baltimore was completed in 1839, built to house the growing number of municipal records needing safekeeping. In 1839, the city librarian s office was created, and the librarians and assistants that followed worked to create order out of the multiplying records. Arguments of cronyism in the city librarian s office resulted in the creation of the Bureau of Archives within the Department of Legislative Reference in 1927. During the late 1930s, The Works Progress Administration assigned workers from the Historical Records Survey to the Baltimore City Archives, the outcome being twelve hundred detailed worksheets and a http mdhistory.net msaref14 bca m0216 html bca m0216 0001.html completed index of the records of the Archives. Despite this work, the archives fell into disrepair until the 1970s, when a renewed interest in Baltimore s history was the impetus for the creation of the position of City Archivist. After several years of work, which resulted in http www.msa.md.gov megafile msa speccol sc5300 sc5339 000097 000000 000015 restricted 5458 51 1798.pdf a guide to the holdings of the Archive in relation to the WPA HRS index ref http archivists.metapress.com content 2512804653401xh3 fulltext.pdf Retrieved 2011 08 11. Cox, Richard J. The Plight of American Municipal Archives Baltimore, 1729 1979. The American Archivist 42, no. 3 1979 281 292. ref , the archives again fell into disrepai ... more details
A budget process refers to the process by which governments create and approve a budget , which is as follows The Financial Service Department prepares worksheets to assist the department head in preparation of department budget estimates The Administrator calls a meeting of managers and they present and discuss plans for the following year s projected level of activity. The managers can work with the Financial Services, or work alone to prepare an estimate for the departments coming year. The completed budgets are presented by the managers to their Executive Officers for review and approval. Justification of the budget request may be required in writing. In most cases, the manager talks with their administrative officers about budget requirements. Adjustments to the budget submission may be required as a result of this phase in the process. Budgeting refers to the setting of the expenditure with respect to the organization s core function which is responsible for the overall functionality of the firm. Budgeting is the setting and allocation of the capital which is then used in the proper way to achieve the set or designated targets of the firm. Budgeting needs to be very much focused and clearly prepared that cover all of the financial constraints in that sense that any of the investment that would be planned in the future will cover the financial targets of the firm, its viability should be in due course of the firm s overall strategic financial plan, the routine and daily occurring expenses will have their proportionate allocation that if any investment will be in its way that will not hurt any of the scheduled existing expenses of the firm. Budgeting needs to be done in a proper and meaningful way that it covers all the financial targets of the company, these targets needs to be achieved so as to be called the successful budgeting. Financial budgeting is also referred as the investment appraisal that finalizes and clearly shows that the investment through which ... more details
Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy , MSCCSP , is an agency within the state government of Maryland , that sets guidelines which are used by Maryland circuit court judges in sentencing persons convicted of crimes in the state. Background The Maryland General Assembly has charged the commission to adopt existing sentencing guidelines for sentencing within the limits established by law which shall be considered by the sentencing court in determining the appropriate sentence for defendants who plead guilty or nolo contendere to, or who were found guilty of crimes in a circuit court. ref cite web title Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy publisher University of Maryland url http www.msccsp.org accessdate 2008 04 01 ref The commission was after several studies over a period of time showed the defendants in some of the state s less populated areas got harsher sentences than those in the rest of the state. There was also some concern over racial disparities in sentencing in criminal cases. The MSCCSP can set guidelines that are advisory, Maryland judges are not required to adhere to the guidelines judges in the federal system generally are. The MSCCSP was established in 1999, it collects sentencing guidelines worksheets and automates the information monitors sentencing practices, including judicial compliance with the guidelines and, as necessary, adopts changes to the guidelines. The Commission integrates correctional options into the guidelines and establishes criteria for determining which defendants should be eligible for correctional options. ref cite web title Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy publisher Maryland State Archives url http www.msa.md.gov msa mdmanual 26excom html 10crimf.html accessdate 2008 04 01 ref Commission members column 2 Howard S. Chasanow, Chair chosen by Governor of Maryland Governor , 2011 Appointed by Governor to 4 year terms term expires James V. Anthenelli, Esq., 2007 Paul F. Enz ... more details
The Freiburger Pers nlichkeitsinventar FPI is a psychological personality test to assess Personality type personality . The test is comparable in some aspects to Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory MMPI and more generally to Eysenck Personality Questionnaire EPI or 16PF Questionnaire 16PF and is mainly used in German speaking countries. The FPI is primarily used in the field of clinical psychology and more generally in psychological research. History The first version was published in 1970 and was composed of four parts FPI G long version , FPI A und FPI B parallel half editions and the short version FPI K ref Short version of FPI Fahrenberg J, Selg H. Das Freiburger Pers nlichkeitsinventar. Hogrefe, 1970 ref . Initial validation of the test used a sample of 2300 subjects. In 1983, a revised version using an expanded long form containing 138 items up from 114 in the original FPI A was published and validated with a representative sample drawn from West Germany western regions of Germany . The test was re standardized in 2001 using a sample of 3740 subjects from across post German reunification reunification Germany the re standardized test controls for sex and age by placing an examinee in one of seven age and sex defined groups and scoring responses against sample members within the examinee s group. The test can be administered using pencil and paper worksheets or through a computer interface. Scales The authors selected 10 traits which are most important in psychological research and for psychological evaluation diagnostic purposes. Furthermore the two basic secondary factors Extraversion and Emotionality from Hans J rgen Eysenck were included. The answers of the 138 items are compiled into 12 scales Lebenszufriedenheit satisfaction with oneself Soziale Orientierung social orientation Leistungsorientierung need for achievement Gehemmtheit shyness Erregbarkeit irritability Aggressivit t aggressiveness Beanspruchung demandedness K rperliche Beschwerden phys ... more details
Auralia is a drill based Ear training software package . The software covers a range of lessons and ear training topics to improve musicianship skills and aural awareness. It caters for various pedagogical requirements by including integrated levels that are mapped to syllabi from around the world, plus customisation, testing and record keeping features. Content Auralia 4 contains 41 topics covering ear training fundamentals such as Interval music intervals , Scale music scales , Chord music chords , chord progression s, rhythm dictation and melodic dictation. It also contains units on jazz scales and harmony, modulation, tuning, sight singing , forms and absolute pitch . Students may be asked to enter their answers on the staff, tap or play them in on a MIDI keyboard , sing them in with a microphone, or select them from a series of multiple choice options. Each topic is supported by a series of lessons containing notated examples and audio extracts. Features The software includes levels that are mapped to various syllabi from around the world. Students can select their syllabus and practise levels within that syllabus, choose to start a test, or work their way through a course which combines lessons, drills and tests in a single integrated learning pathway. Teachers can create their own syllabus and define the contents of each level within that syllabus. They can also create tests and assign them as electronic worksheets for each class to complete. All results are recorded and can be viewed, printed and exported. There are currently 2 different version of the software. The content in each is identical however there are differences in the administration and networking features. Full version The full version of the software can track results for an unlimited number of students, and can be run on a network. Student Version The Student version will track results for a maximum of three 3 students and cannot be networked. History Version release dates 1994 Auralia 1.5 fo ... more details
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