...Civics Lab puts elementary and middle school students in virtual control of decision-making in their communities to encourage civic participation, critical thinking, and sense of place. In Civics Lab, players will assume positions of power in the community from an urban, suburban or rural perspective and explore how decisions-based on social need and demand, proper planning (as defined by our civic experts), political pressure, and most importantly, their imaginations-might impact the community. Through manipulation of real mapping information and current data sets, students navigate social and political pressures to explore the cause and effect of civic investment and public policy as they attempt to create a sustainable future for their region. The Proposed Civic Innovation Lab is a path-breaking model that will provide a common ground for Civil Conversation among citizens and decision makers and a highly flexible, interactive, and technology-rich space that will bring people together to seek innovative approaches to our challenges. The Civic Engagement/Innovation centre will be created by transforming existing space at the School from a rarely visited old mess into an innovative, interactive facility that will allow for small-group interaction as well as larger-group deliberations. This will be a unique technology rich space where people will come together to seek solutions of public challenges through: 1) Innovative processes that support emergent, fact -based solutions,...
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...Head to Head Comparison of the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla Patrick Nolasco June 25, 2014 Audience: College Graduates Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Introduction 2 Purpose, Scope and Methodology 2 Efficiency 3 Safety 4 Overall Cost 5 Conclusion 7 Recommendation 7 Works Cited 8 The 2014 Honda Civic The 2014 Toyota Corolla Executive Summary The following report compares and contrasts the 2014 versions of the Honda Civic and Toyota in various criteria with the focus in mind to be for college graduates. That means, it values efficiency and affordability over luxury and features. Out of college, graduates are usually dirt poor because of the vast amount of student loans. Some also even struggle to find jobs, but its important to be able to have self-transportation whenever possible. So, because of the financial status college graduates are in, its important to note that this report was based on lower costing cars like the Civic and Corolla, while also maintaining a standard of safety and professionalism. By aggregating information from various automobile evaluation outlets and also information directly from the manufacturers’ websites, I was able to observe accurate depictions of what each car has to offer. In the report I reviewed gas efficiency, safety, and lastly overall cost. Each of the media outlets I looked at, even the cars websites themselves offered a fair amount of information that added up and was consistent. After reading...
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...Colleges of Education for Sustainable Development in the 21st Century Eyiuche Ifeoma Olibie, PhD Department of Educational Foundations Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Nigeria Lilian-Rita Akudolu, PhD Professor of Curriculum & Instruction and Commonwealth Fellow Department of Educational Foundations Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Nigeria Abstract This study was carried out to identify basic components of civic awareness, civic knowledge and civic dispositions needed by youths in two Colleges of Education in Anambra State of Nigeria as a basis for a functional Citizenship Education curriculum. Three hundred students were randomly selected from the two Colleges of Education in Anambra State. A 50-item questionnaire survey method was utilized based on five research questions. Findings indicated that in the perceptions of the students, it is ideal to incorporate several civic components, skills and dispositions into the citizenship education curriculum. Recommendations were made for revamping of the citizenship education curriculum in Colleges of Education in line with the identified civic components, skills and dispositions so as to ensure the establishment of education for sustainable development in the country. Keywords: Citizenship education, functional curriculum, sustainable development, teachers. Introduction Since the declaration of the years 2005-2014 as the United Nations (UN) decade of Education for Sustainable development (ESD), UNESCO in particular has organized a number...
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...Lesson 2 Civics Civics A. Define, Describe, or Identify: 1. Civics— study of the rights and duties of citizens Pg. 277 2. Citizens— community members who owe loyalty to the government and are entitled to protection from it Pg. 277 3. Government— the ruling authority for a community Pg. 278 4. Public policy— a course of government action to achieve community goals Pg. 280 5. Budget— a plan for collecting and spending money Pg. 280 6. Dictatorship— a government controlled by one person or a small group of people Pg. 281 7. Democracy— a government in which the people rule Pg. 281 8. Direct democracy— a government in which all the citizens meet to debate government matters and vote firsthand Pg. 281 9. Representative democracy — a government in which the citizens choose a smaller group to represent them, make laws, and govern on their behalf, but the people remain the source of the government’s authority Pg. 281 10. Explain the functions of government. There are four basic functions of government: keeping order, providing security, providing public services and guiding the community by developing public policy. Keeping order allows our system to run as smoothly as possible. It involves passing and enforcing laws, and establishing courts. Security provides the community and other public or private areas feel safe. Also, our military, policemen, firemen, and all kinds...
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...Geography: Location: Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia Climate: predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south Natural resources: coal, mercury, zinc, potash, marble, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, feldspar, pyrite (sulfur), natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, arable land Demographics: Population: 58,126,212 (July 2009 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 80.2 years male: 77.26 years female: 83.33 years (2009 est.) Religions: Roman Catholic 90% (approximately; about one-third practicing), other 10% (includes mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community) Languages: Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area) Government: Government type: republic Constitution: passed 11 December 1947, effective 1 January 1948 Legal system: based on civil law system; appeals treated as new trials; judicial review under certain conditions in Constitutional Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Flag description: three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and red; similar to the flag of Ireland, which is longer and is green (hoist side), white, and orange; also similar to the flag of the Cote d'Ivoire, which has the colors reversed - orange (hoist...
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...Selection of the Civic Project For my civic project I chose to assist in building houses for Habitat for Humanity. I have been volunteering for Habitat for Humanity for about eight years now. Originally I volunteered through school when I was attending college at Ohio State University, ever since then I have devoted at least a couple days a year building houses for different families. I enjoy volunteering for habitat because over the years I have become very handy when it comes to home projects and it’s my way of giving back to families that are doing everything they can to make it in this world. There is a very extensive selection process for the families that end up purchasing these homes with a zero percent interest mortgage and then once a family has been selected they have to put in 350+ hours of sweat equity into their home or other families homes. This is a great opportunity to meet the people that you are helping and get to know them on a personal basis. I think this is one of the best parts of volunteering with Habitat because you are helping to give someone shelter for them and their kids but you get to do it right next to them, many times the flood of emotions these families have can be overwhelming and it makes what you are doing that much more meaningful. I think this project is very important to the community because not only is Habitat for Humanity helping to get low-income families out of substandard overcrowded rental housing but they are assisting in revitalizing...
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...Course Description: Welcome to Government, Citizenship, and Civics! This is a one-semester social science course in which the underpinnings, concepts, cases, and practices of the U.S. government are studied. Through various means and methods (i.e. lectures, discussion, group activities, projects, papers, etc.) we will examine the basis of government and how that government works in today’s society. The major goal of this course is for students to understand and apply democratic and civic values. The foci of the course include the development and meaning of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights; understanding the role and connections of the Courts and the governmental process; the roles and influence of the legislative, executive and...
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...Civic Engagement: Portfolio Part 1 Our first task was to research a person or a group that we regard as having been or is civically engaged. During my research in the internet I came across the group called CCIVS 1 – Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service. It is an International Non Governmental Organisation (INGO) which works in a area of International Voluntary Service (IVS). The CCIVS generates and supports projects settled on the idea that the best way of creating international friendship and understanding each other, is to work together on a objective tasks. Besides guiding the consideration of the movement on the effect, policies and approval related to International Voluntary Service, the CCIVS fellows operate on the five key topics. Those are the Intercultural Dialogue, Sustainable Development, World Heritage, Health and Conflict Transformation. Civic Engagement2 is way of citizens participation in life of the community with the aim of improving conditions for others and/or helping to form the communities future. Being civically engaged means to work with the goal of making differences in the civic life of the communities. To make that difference happen people have to develop the arrangement of knowledge, skills, principles and motivation. CCIVS is helping people to understand the cultural diversity and encourage the positive value of the cultural diversity, supports other organisation to encourage the ESD – Education for Sustainable Development...
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...Civic Event Paper Fortuna City Council Political Science Sara Callow July 19, 2015 I chose to attend the Fortuna City Council meeting. The council establishes policies and provides guidance on everything that concerns the city and its operations. “As a legislative body, the City Council is responsible for the enactment of local laws (ordinances), the adoption of the annual City Budget and Capital Improvement Program, and the review and adoption of proposed policies, agreements, contracts, and other City business items.” The city council meetings take place every first and third Monday of each month at 6 pm. Within this council there are five members that are elected by the city who serve four-year terms. My city council members are: Mayor Sue Long, Mayor Pro Tem Tami Trent, Council Member Doug Strehl, Council Member Linda Gardner, and Council Member Tiara Brown. The matters of business handled during this session were: Declaring the existence of a Nuisance and to require the Abatement of Weeds on private property; Authorization to receive AVOID/Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Grant; Approval of a Proposed Public Alley Right of Way Vacation; Authorization to Award Construction Contract for the Wastewater Treatment Plant Flood Protection Project; Approve the “Paid Sick Leave for Unrepresented, Non-Benefited Part Time Employees” Administrative Policy, thereby complying with California's AB 1522, called the "Healthy Workplace, Healthy Family Act of...
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...Change Agent Abilities Required to Help Create a Sustainable Future © ACPA – College Student Educators International (http://www.myacpa.org/) in collaboration with the U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development (www.uspartnership.org ) May be reproduced for educational purposes with credit given In order to be a successful sustainability change agent, an individual must have the following: 1. Knowledge of the environmental, economic, and social issues related to sustainability (understanding); 2. A value system and self-concept to support and under gird the actions of a change agent (motivation); and 3. Change agent abilities (skills). Change Agent Abilities: The following is a listing of change agent abilities compiled from numerous sources. For ease of use, these sources have all been acknowledged at the end of this document. Change agents are: • Resilient • Optimistic • Tenacious • Committed • Passionate • Patient • Emotionally intelligent • Assertive • Persuasive • Empathetic • Authentic • Ethical • Self-Aware • Competent • Curious They can: • Communicate ideas clearly, concisely, and precisely both orally and in writing • Listen to others and incorporate their ideas and perspectives • Accommodate individual differences (cultural, socioeconomic, global, etc.) in your decisions and actions and be able to negotiate across these differences...
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...Customer Loyalty in Indonesia (study case Honda beat and Telkomsel) Nur Endah Lizarifin Customer Loyalty Customer loyalty is the result of consistently positive emotional experience, physical attributebased satisfaction and perceived value of an experience, which includes the product or services. Customers exhibit customer loyalty when they consistently purchase a certain product or brand over an extended period of time. As an example, many customers stick to a certain travel operator due to the positive experiences they have had with their products and services. Customer loyalty is the key objective of customer relationship management and describes the loyalty which is established between a customer and companies, persons, products of brands, the individual market segments should be targeted in terms of developing customer loyalty. Four different reasons for loyalty should be promote Psychological Customer might also developing a sense of loyalty to a certain person working for a company. People can build up a good relationship with a bank advisor they have known for several years and who has always fulfilled their expectations. The fact that people develop a sense of loyalty can be described as a psychological reason to stick to a specific product. Economic In business to business markets, it might also be possible that customer loyalty results from the fact that switching to another company would lead to the company facing economic disadvantages. In this case, loyalty...
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...Mental Health Community Experience- Nursing-3 Humble Civic Center Christie Curtis, 09/20/05 Curtis_11@yahoo.com Demographics and Purpose of the Selected Community Mental Health Site. The Humble Civic center, located in Humble Texas, hosted a health fair. The settings feature booths from various organizations with the main focus being healthcare. North Harris College was invited to feature a booth on blood pressure and depression screening. Rationale for Selecting the Community Mental health Site This community (what) was selected to give awareness to members of the community about their health and healthcare need which often go unattended. Date and Time of Community Mental Health Site Visit This site was visited on September 20, 2005 from 9am until 5pm. Community Mental Health Site Physical (Layout) The Humble Civic center is a convention arena that can cater to a large number of people. Clients and vendors were greeted and presented with a name tag. The clients were also given a packet that included the different areas that were offered in the center. The booths were laid out adjacent to each other with huge floor spacing between rows. Each organization had banners depicting the themes they were presenting. Several vendors offered items such as pens, glucometer as well as other items or services they provided. Topic(s) of Discussion(s) at the Community Mental Health Site Topics that were offered included blood sugar, blood pressure...
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...Civic engagement refers to the way in which citizens participate in the life of a community in order to improve conditions for others or to help shape the community’s future. (New York Times). Three art pieces that represent civic engagement is an abolition medallion, a bronze sculpture of the Little Rock Nine, and a painting titled “Our Town”. The one art piece that most represented civic engagement was the bronze sculpture of the Little Rock Nine titled “Testament”. The Little Rock Nine were nine African American teenagers who were handpicked to attend the all white school Little Rock High. (Testament). The nine had a different time walking into the doors of their new school because Governor Faubus, he called in the military to keep the...
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...History Atlas Honda Limited (AHL) is a joint venture between the Atlas Group and Honda Motor Co. Ltd., Japan. The company was created by the merger of Panjdarya Limited and Atlas Autos Ltd. in 1988. Both these motorcycle manufacturing concerns were established by the Atlas Group. In addition, a third concern, Atlas Epak Ltd. was taken over by the Government of Bangladesh in 1971 after the fall of Dhaka. AHL manufactures and markets Honda motorcycles in collaboration with Honda Motor Company. The Company also manufactures various hi-tech components in-house in collaboration with leading parts manufacturers like Showa Atsumitech, Nippon Denso and Toyo Denso. Honda motorcycles are by far the largest selling motorcycles in the country with an unmatched reputation for high quality, reliability and after-sales-service. Atlas Honda in Pakistan: Atlas has undertaken to develop local manufacturing capabilities to the highest, economically feasible level. While a major role in localization has been assigned to vendor industries, Atlas has the country’s largest in-house manufacturing capability at its Karachi and Sheikhupura plants. To support the production facilities, the company has established an R&D wing and tool making facilities through CDA & CAM, which are growing rapidly in size and function as the company expands. Atlas has managed to execute 14 Joint Venture/Technical Assistance Agreements between local vendors and foreign manufacturers for transfer of technology. Export ...
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...Honda pestel analysis Political We facing difficulty with the actual production of ours cars e.g. a lot of countries and governments are cutting down the amount to cars on the road that release toxic gasses in the atmosphere. Which means we are affected politically by government legislation as a cut on amount of cars on the road would decrease the amount of demand for ours cars which will affect sales of the company. 1. Economical 2. Downturn in economy would lead to less demand for luxury vehicles. 3. Damage to major markets such as U.S and Britain could lead to decreasing in our annual profit on a yearly basis. 4. Social 5. Trends and fashions and methods of transport may change leading to a diversion from vehicle purchases. 6. Fashions and trends may also bringing change to Honda having to possibly alter things in their production e.g. size and price for theirs cars People may change their minds from wanting a speedy car to a small and economic one; speed limits may be abolished leading to Honda having to alter their production line again to suit the needs of the social. 7. Technological 8. Technologies are improving and competitors are reacting to it would mean Honda too would need an upgrade in theirs production of this would be production the environmental friendly cars in order to stay in the market Legal – (How the Trend Helps or Hinders the...
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