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Creating a learning organization through developing a strategic core competence in community building. By Kazimierz Gozdz. (1995)

Case study discusses how groupware and the learning organization, in an approach to organizational change and continuous improvement, are synergistic and mutually supportive. By Richard Karash.

Over 1000 unique resources for guidance counselors and others working with at-risk youth and their families. Includes videos, cd-roms, curriculum, and handouts.
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Risk factors. Read the Report..Jim Shaw receives the Riley Award from Dr. Sam Drew, Associate Director of the NDPC at the 23rd Annual At-Risk Youth National FORUM!.Solutions to the Dropout Crisis Radio Webcast Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011 @ 3 30 4 30 p.m. EST.Make your own history - GraduateThe message to stay in school and graduate needs to be culturally sensitive. Knowing this, Wes Studi and the students from Santo Domingo Pueblo in New Mexico created a PSA with the strong message Make your own

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Supports research and development activities designed to improve students at risk for failure because of limited English language proficiency, poverty, race, geographic location or economic disadvant
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A searchable database of faculty experts at the University of Western Ontario. Entries include contact information, areas of expertise and an indication of fluency in French.
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Members of the Fellowship are available to the media for comment on a variety of issues of concern to the Church and society. They may also be available to speak at conferences and events.

Faculty whose expertise and/or international reputation qualify them as sources to the news media or as guest speakers to organizations and community groups.

A database of experts at Georgetown University that can be searched by name, topic, departmental affiliation, or language spoken. Entries include biographical information, research interests and conta
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Masculinity in recreational gyms. For general inquiries, contact Julia Thomson at 905-525-9140 ext. 22869 or thomsoj@mcmaster.ca. For Health Sciences media inquiries, contact Veronica McGuire at 905-525-9140 ext. 22169 or vmcguir@mcmaster.ca. McMaster Office of Public Relations is pleased to offer a new online experts guide to connect members of the media with the University professors. Please feel free to contact the experts directly or get in touch with the Office of Public Relations or the

A database of experts at McGill University that can be searched by subject of expertise, by keyword, or by name. Contact information and language(s) spoken are specified for each faculty member.

MSU Media Communications is the primary liaison between the university and the news media, both print and electronic. This site is the online companion to the printed version of the Media Guide.

A database of experts at M.U.N. that is searchable by subject or by name. Entries provide contact information and areas of expertise.
Tap into the resources provided by Memorial faculty, students or staff. Pitch your idea, and Yaffle will help find someone that can take your project to the next level..

A database of academic staff at Middlesex University that can be searched by name, by subject or by School / Department. Entries provide topics of expertise and contact information.

A database of Monash's academic staff that is searchable by name or by subject. Entries provide department, position, subjects of expertise, and contact information.
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A keyword-searchable database of faculty and staff experts at Ohio University. Entries include brief biographical data, areas of expertise, language(s) spoken and contact information.
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A searchable database of faculty and professional staff at RIT. Entries include contact information, a listing of fields of expertise and a brief biographical statement.
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A database of expertise at MIT's Sloan School of Management that can be searched by geographical or industrial focus, or by subject of expertise. Contact information and brief biographies for faculty
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Experts in medical fields, including dentistry, internal medicine, medical research, and health policy.
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A listing of experts at the University of British Columbia grouped under subjects of expertise. Contact information and specific research areas are stated for each faculty member.

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Alphabetical listings of academic staff that specify subjects of expertise and provide contact information. The subjects covered are ones which attract substantial interest from the media.

Provides links to searchable databases or webpages relating to faculty expertise at twelve of the University of London's constituent Colleges and Institutes.
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A database of faculty experts at the University of Melbourne that can be searched by name, department, topic or country of interest. Entries provide research areas and contact information.
The initial goal of Find an Expert is to obtain quality information and make this information accessible to the public via the University& ,s web site. Find an Expert was previously known as the Themis Research Profile. In November 2006, the Themis Research Profile Reference Group recommended the Research Profile be renamed and released to the public in December 2006 prior to a public launch in 2007. Staff with either a research publication, grant or contract or those staff who have entered

A database of faculty experts that can be searched by keyword, by surname or by department. Entries include contact information, descriptions of expertise and links to biographical information.
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The searchable online guide for faculty experts located at the University of Toronto, Canada's largest university.

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A searchable database of experts from UW-Madison who are willing to talk with the media about their areas of expertise.
Professor, history, geography, environmental studies, director, Center for Culture, History and Environment Expert on history of environment, conservation and environmentalism, U.S. West, frontier, public lands, Wisconsin.Faculty associate, journalism and mass communication Expert on alternative press in America and now the African Diaspora. Founded and directed the Print Culture Center.University Communications 500 Lincoln Dr. Room 27 Madison, WI 53706 608-262-3571 Media relations staff Campus

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Events offer a forum for exchange of best practice among DAM project leaders. Includes locations, agendas and registration information.
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Links to resources on DAM and digital libraries from the University of Southern California Digital Commerce Center.

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Examines corporate trends in adopting DAM systems to control and manage vast amounts of digital media assets. By Teri Ross. (September, 1999)
Learning process when it comes to DAM systems and their IT departments. The IT group looks at managing digital assets and thinks that it is a straightforward proposition to develop a home-grown system. They convince the organization that they can create a DAM system tailored to the organizations unique needs - that is when the fun begins. Most IT groups are not great at defining customer requirements and even fewer have the resources to develop a full-blown DAM system and then constantly improve

Offers a brief overview of the industry and technology involved in created a centralized repository for digital content. By Brad Grimes. (November 1, 1998)

Discusses brand asset management, the systematic organization of digital assets used in the creative process. (August 4, 1997)
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Extracts from Peter Seldin's book "The Teaching Portfolio".
Pre-workshop discussions and materials for a workshop organised by the International Consortium on Educational Development (ICED) in 1997. These include issues about teaching portfolios, a bibliography, an extract from Peter Seldin book The Teaching Portfolio - A practical guide to improved performance and promotion tenure decisions and information about some of the participants..Readers& , Comments A lively and continuous process of debate on learning and teaching in higher education is a key

A project to create a package of computer-based, multimedia, interactive resources that will assist staff developers and lecturers in Higher Education who wish to develop an academic (teaching) portfo

Guidebook prepared by the Center for Teaching Effectiveness of the University of Texas at Austin.

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CRLT University of Michigan 1071 Palmer Commons 100 Washtenaw Ave. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2218 Phone (734) 764-0505 Fax (734) 647-3600 Email crlt@umich.INTRODUCTION Small grants up to 0 from CRLTs Instructional Development Fund support innovative activities to improve teaching and learning at the University of Michigan. ELIGIBILITY The competition is open year-round, on the Ann Arbor campus of the University, to all tenured and tenure-track faculty, clinical instructional faculty, and Lecturers

Guidelines for preparing a teaching portfolio at Washington State University.

Tools for developing and assessing a faculty teaching portfolio. Really extensive. From the University of texas at El Paso.
The Center for Effective Teaching and Learning (CETaL) promotes excellence in teaching and student learning, and supports the community of teachers and learners in the El Paso region. The CETaL Fellows and Faculty collaborate to provide resources, workshops, and other services to create effective learning environments and develop learner-centered teaching materials. If you don& ,t find what you need, please let us know. We also invite you to share your teaching innovations with us and help build

Capital of Syria, with estimated 1.7 million inhabitants. Economy is based upon governmental administrative activities, processed food, clothing, and printed material. Includes details of economy, tr
For small and insignificant mosques. Mosques form centres in cities, or in neighbourhoods of cities. This function does not always have to be structured, but it can be connected to mentality, so that the establishment of a new mosque often facilitates the emergence of a city centre. This characteristic was typical in older days, but is becoming more and more unusual. Very few mosques lie in open areas, and very few mosques do not have shops and commercial activities in the streets around it.

Palm tree, from the family Phoenix, where the female plant produces the fruit — the dates. The tree itself is used as timber, building material, handicrafts, rope and feed for animals.
Geographical region normally used for Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt, the 5 countries lying north of the Sahara, and which has a population with relatively light complexion, contrary to the black peoples dominating south of Sahara. Inaccurately, the term is sometimes used for the region that makes up the about 20% most northern parts of Africa, which means that Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, and Sudan is included, i.e. most of Sahara and the areas north of it..

Salt lake of Jordan, Palestine, and Israel, which is the lowest water surface on earth, at minus 395 meters compared to the level of the Mediterranean Sea. Lake has no outlet, and evaporation leads t
Of indicating vowels is ascribed to the scholar Masoretes, and today these Masoretic points are used in scriptures, children books and also poetry. Biblical Hebrew is noted for a relatively small vocabulary, and there were only 2 verb tenses, perfect and imperfect. This caused problems in writing, largely dealing with time, and combinations of perfect and imperfect were used to expand the range of temporal descriptions. The vocabulary of modern Hebrew called ivrit is based upon biblical Hebrew,

Muslim religious technique used by Sufis, where a name of God or a short religious phrase is repeated over and over again. Can also involve music, where spiritual songs, hard to distinguish form ordin
The majority of Arabs are Arabs by language and not by blood. Arabic is used as the principle language in most countries covered by the Encyclopaedia of the Orient Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel (as one of the official languages), Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Arabic is used by around 250 million people, but is understood by up to four times more among Muslims around the world. Arabic

Muslim juridical term for Christians and Jews, sometimes Zoroastrians, Mandeans or even Hindus, living in a society governed by Muslims rulers and law.
In Iran, but these represent a part of the cult that is influenced by the dominant religion of the region, Islam..Zoroastrianism is to some extent a monotheistic religion, in the sense that there is a supreme god, Ahura Mazda, that is central in all cult. Yet, the existence of lesser divine beings dilute this image. Even the power that opposes Ahura Mazda, the evil Ahriman may be seen as a deity of Zoroastrianism, since he is an important force in cosmos. To the pantheon of Zoroastrianism (note

Capital of Qatar with estimated 400,000 inhabitants. Economical base is petroleum exports, shrimp processing, finances, and administration.
Between neighbouring cities, nor to define city borders to a surrounding rural region. City populations are in some cases the population of a municipality, but municipalities can be smaller than the city proper, or they may include vast rural areas. LookLex definition of a city or town requires continued settlement, and defines the border between neighbouring cities to be the administrative border, a river or a major highway. Our primary source for population data is City Population, but LookLex

Roman ruins in northern Tunisia. Served as the seat of the Numidian king Masinissa in the 2nd century BCE.
Native kings, and rested on their own culture. Not quite as refined as Roman stone structures, these walls still attest that the Numidians had quite advanced techniques..Kingdom in what now is Algeria. Existed from 201 BCE until 46 BCE, 155 years, when it& ,s collaboration with the Romans led to it being put under Roman rule. Numidia regained formal status as kingdom 29-25 BCE, in 25 its king became king of Mauretania, merging the two lands. One of the larger people groups of Numidia were the

River valley in southern Morocco, 125 km long.
And The Sheltering Sky. Ouarzazate has an international airport..19th century The Glaoui family gets control of the region, and settles in the Taourirt kasbah. 1928 Ouarzazate is established as a French garrison and administrative centre, right north of Taourirt..

Religion and group of people which numbers between 350,000 and 900,000. Theology of the religion is called hikma, and its main theme is that God incarnated himself in the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim, who
Soul can grow, and the soul lives on after the corporeal death. It is the soul that enters the great journey of the afterlife, trying to come as close to God as possible..The concept of a soul in Ancient Egyptian religion is richly developed and described in details. The soul consists of the ba, akh and the ka. Ka is the quality one is born with and linked to family, akh is the spirit of the deceased, whereas the ba is the most unclearly defined and seem to be something in between. In the

City and emirate in the United Arab Emirates with an estimated 710,000 inhabitants. Economical base centers on petroleum exports, port activities and international trade.
Assess each figure, and in 5 to 10% of the cases we make a different estimate..

Town and sea oasis in Tunisia, with 90,000 inhabitants.
In standard Arabic, but with an extra dot. The following Arabic letters does not have any correspondence in the Latin alphabet kh (equals German ch), gh (a softer version of kh), ayn (guttural stop, but clearly pronounced from the back of the throat), th (as in English), dh (softer version of th), sh (as in English) and strong and emphasized versions of the letters t, d, s, z, h. One letter, called hamza, is not even pronounced, other than as a stop. In transcriptions it is marked with a only.

Leader of Libya since 1969, but without holding any official titles.
Tunisia in the west and Egypt in the east (through Benghazi). The international airport is once again open for Western destinations, but Tripoli has fewer connections than other North African capitals. The port is a busy transshipment centre. Tripoli has an old quarter that is set distinctly from the modern quarters, and walled off. This quarter, commonly called medina, has a 16th century Spanish castle as its dominant structure. The 18th century Karamanli and 19th century Gurgi mosque lies

City and oasis in Tunisia with 80,000 inhabitants, situated in the interior on a plateau, near the Chott el Jerid.
Houses in Tunisia, it is arranged around an inner courtyard, and there are several grand apartments to explore. From a roof terrace, you will be able to see large parts of the town of Gafsa..

Lake in Israel with a surface area of 166 km, a length of 23 km and a maximum width of 13 km.
Town in northeasternIsrael with 40,000 inhabitants (2008 estimate), at the western shore of Sea of Galilee, in a depression 205 metres below sea level. The economic base of the town is agriculture, fishing and tourism. Tiberias is an important city in the theological development of Judaism..19 CE Founded by Herod Antipod. 70 With the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem, many Jewish scholars moved to Tiberias. The town became centre of the highest religious court. 3rd-5th centuries Much of the

Empire lasting for about 1,000 years in today's central Libya, principally along the still existing Wadi l-Ajal.
Transported from other oases. Sebha is an important transportation hub in the Sahara. While all is done by road or air, many old pattern still applies. Motor caravans from Algeria, Niger, Chad and even Tunisia pass through Sebha, and can even be linked directly to the Mediterranean Sea. Sebha is dominated by white buildings, wide streets. A few sections of the old quarters still stand, with mud-brick houses and covered alleyways. The Italian Fort Elena rests on nearby hill, and is used as a

Part of the Avesta, which is believed to be the work of Zarathustra himself.
For discrimination. Iran has since 30 years conducted a policy of great discrimination against certain minority religions, while other groups are well-protected and respected. Here, the Baha i are subject to a policy of lesser civil rights (like being rejected from entry to universities). Radicalization is a trend across the MENA region. Radical orientations of Islam have increasing memberships, and even more, increasing influence on the public in general. Christians have become increasingly

City in Palestine with 600,000 inhabitants, situated on the Mediterranean Sea.
To Israeli efficiency will probably not be forgot for still many decades to come. The war left Israel with the largest territorial gains from any of the wars the country had been involved in Sinai and Gaza Strip were captured from Egypt, East Jerusalem and West Bank from Jordan and Golan Heights from Syria. For the international society the war resulted in a closure of the Suez Canal for 8 years, resulting in increase of freight prices in international trade. The war would be followed by the War

Palestinian territory bordered to the south by Egypt and to the north and east by Israel.
1949. The war had serious impact on the moral and political strength of the nations involved. Britain and France achieved nothing but to prove their lack of political insight and maturity, as their actions nearly provoked more countries to enter into a big scale war. Egypt president Gamal Abdel Nasser rose to star status, as Egypt achieved all of its initial goals, despite the losses on the battle field. This war also became the start of USA leading position as mediator in the Middle East, a

City in Turkey with 603,000 inhabitants, situated in southeastern part of the country.
Religious schools as well as churches..12th century BCE Is the capital of the Hittite kingdom Gurgum. 4th-7th century CE Part of the Byzantine Empire, known as Germanica. 645 Conquered by Muslim Arabs, who turned it into a military base for campaigns into Asia Minor. This leads to many counterattacks from both the Byzantine and the Armenians on the town. 670 s Rebuilt on the command of Caliph Mu awiyya 1. Around 800 Is fortified by the command of Caliph Harun ar-Rashid. 1097 Occupied by

Town and oasis in Libya, with 10,000 inhabitants, next to the borders of Tunisia and Algeria.
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From French: Group Islamique armé. The most active militant Islamist group in Algeria, responsible for a majority of the actions performed in second half of the 1990's.
Belhadj and Madani are imprisoned. Still, some FIS members were still free, and started to regroup. July 12 Belhadja and Madani are sentenced to 12 years prison. Late year FIS builds an underground network, establishes also a radio station. 1994 New president, Liamine Zeroual, starts talks with imprisoned FIS leaders. March Zeroual talks with FIS ends unsuccessfully. Yet, secret talks would continue. 1995 January 14 Exiled leaders of FIS participates at negotiations in Italy, agreeing upon basic

City in Egypt with 4.8 million inhabitants, but is often referred to as part of the urban area of Cairo.
Named their fortified settlement Babylon. 640 Arabs take control of the area under the leadership of Amr ibn al-As. He took control of Babylon, and exercised power over the Christian and Jewish city of Fustat nearby. 969 Cairo is established by the Fatimids after their conquest of Egypt. The city is placed about 2 km north of the city of Fustat..Semitic language used by Arabs caused by some historical tie, as the majority of Arabs are Arabs by language and not by blood. Arabic is used as the

A Middle Eastern religious and philosophical orientation that grew strong in the 1st century CE, exercising strong influence on Judaism and Christianity and at times representing a strong and competin
Ritual and the commemoration of the 10 days ending in the events of Karbala (ta ziya) which are the central event of the Shi i calendar and bear significant similarities to the passion of Christ. One interesting element in Shi i Islam is the permission to disimulate (taqiyya), that is to deny ones faith in public in order to aviod social problems, while one maintains it in private. Another element is the principle of temporary marriage (Arabic muta, Persian sgheh), in which a marriage contract

Syrian territory, now under Israeli occupation.
Peninsula, but also forms the core of much literature up until our time. Modern Standard Arabic is a modernization of the structures of classical Arabic, and includes words for modern phenomenons as well as a rich addition from the many dialects spoken all over the Arabic world. Spoken Arabic is a mixed form, which has many variations, and often a dominating influence from local languages (from before the introduction of Arabic). Differences between the various variants of spoken Arabic can be

Accounts of Jesus Christ, his life and teachings, texts central to Christianity.
The other elements from the Gospel according to Luke have been added (from 16,9 and onwards). Here 3 revelations are mentioned, but without many details. We hear that he appears in front of Mary Magdalene, two unnamed persons and eventually in front of the disciples..Gospel that has been included in the New Testament, but which differs from the synoptic gospels (Mark, Matthew, and Luke) by having clear Gnostic elements. This is particularly clear in the opening, with its emphasis on the Word and

Town in Morocco with 40,000 inhabitants, situated in the south.
Nomadic berber people living in the parts of Sahara that covers Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. Their numbers are unclear, estimates vary intensively, between 1 and 5 million in all countries. There are about 200,000 in Algeria and 25,000 in Libya. The Tuaregs speak a Berber language called Tamershak, to which there is a proper alphabet. In earlier times, their 3 of their principal sources of income were taxation of caravan routs crossing Sahara, plundering settled

War fought between Iraq and allies of Kuwait, from January 16 to February 28, 1991, lasting 44 days altogether.
Deliberate or inconsiderate series of campaigns intending to insult or degrade Muslim individuals and societies..Islamism is a phenomenon primarily taking place in cities, and the most prominent members are young people with higher education, often with a modest background and often with parents living in the countryside. Islamists often have a feeling that despite the efforts they have put down in their studies, they have not managed to climb very much socially, that the jobs they were aspiring

Twenty-one Zoroastrian hymns to individual divine beings that are eligible for veneration, like Mithra, Bahram and Haoma.
Marry only within the extended family, but occasionally even with relatives as close as brother and sister..

Religion with around 700,000 members worldwide. The largest group lives in Iraq, near Mosul, but there are small communities in Syria, Turkey, Georgia, and Armenia.
Of Iraq, and this even corresponds well to the religious geography of the country. Iraq is home to several of the most important sites for Shi ism. Karbala and Najaf are the two most important sites for Shi ism. Karbala is where the decisive battle that separated Sunnis and Shi is from the late 7th century, also here buried the 3rd imam, Husayn. At Najaf, the most prominent Shi i figure is buried, Ali, the 1st imam, but also the 4th caliph of a united Islam. Altogether, 7 of the 11 imam tombs in

Day of Atonement. Observed on the tenth of the month of Tishri, the first in the Jewish calendar and part of Rosh Hashanah.
Period of between 2,000 and 3,000 years. While the core texts have remained unchanged, interpretations and explanations have been added to the great body of material that should be revered by all Jews..The central parts of all Jewish learning is the Torah, which more or less corresponds to the Christian Old Testament. The other work of Judaism is the Talmud, which has two parts. The oral law and the interpretations of this. Talmud was completed in the middle 5th century CE..The central theme of

Also known as Ramadan War and October War. Fought between Israel on one side, and Egypt and Syria on the other, backed by Iraq and Jordan and supported economically by Saudi Arabia. Began October 6,
Festival is the weekly Sabbath, other festivals are performed only once a year, while some only once in a lifetime..According to their tradition, Jews pray 3 times a day morning prayer is called shaharith, afternoon prayer is called minhah and evening prayer maarib. These times are set in remembrance of the schedule of sacrifices in the Temple in Jerusalem that was destroyed in 70 CE..Throughout the day, the Jew will recite numerous benedictions, before doing certain actions, both religious and

City in northwestern Iran with 1.2 million inhabitants and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Economical base is manufacturing, commerce and transportation. Includes history timeline.
Mahabad is connected by road with Tabriz 300 km north, Orumiyeh 150 km north and Irbil in Iraq. The population of Mahabad is mainly Kurdish, and has been the centre of Kurdish nationalism in Iran..Early 1st millennium BCE The region of the future Mahabad is the centre of the Mannaeans. 1946 January The State of Republic of Kurdistan is proclaimed, with Mahabad as the capital. It would only survive until December the same year. 1979 Comes briefly under Kurdish control during the Iranian

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