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Australian Aboriginal Children's Service, 2006.
This paper is a research proposal to study service provision to Australian Aboriginal children under the age of six years old with intellectual disability.
890 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, APA, AU$ 50.95
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This paper relates that social work in Australia, specifically in relation to intellectually disabled children under the age of six years old, is an area of services provision that yet has to achieve its maximum potential. The author points out that the proposed study design will be interpretive in nature utilizing a questionnaire for data collection, which will be coded, grouped and tabulated for analysis. The paper relates that the research will be used to identify specific unmet needs and for developmental planning to meet these needs, which is critical in Australia. The paper includes a figure and several embedded quotations.
Table of Contents:
Objective
Introduction
Identification of Stakeholders
Literature Review
Figure: Unmet Needs of Intellectually Disabled Children and Their Families
Methodology
Summary and Conclusion
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"One type of intellectual disability is related in the work entitled: "The Too-Hard Basket: Education for People who are Deafblind". The authors, Bidenko and James states that there are more than 70 known causes of deaf-blindness, with each cause brining a unique set of needs for the individual. Unfortunately, it is also related that the provision of education of children who are congenitally deaf-blind in Australia, can over the past 2 or 3 decades, be compared with that prior to 1750, of people who were deaf. Another problem that is noted in the country of Australia is the fact that approximately one in four parents was informed of their child's diagnosis by the time their child was three years old. Half the parents had been informed by the time their child was four and a half."
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Aboriginal Culture in Children's Books, 2007.
This paper examines children's books, published from 1985 to the present day, that represent aboriginal culture in different ways.
2,220 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 8 sources, APA, AU$ 110.95
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The paper examines aboriginal stories for children that include fantasy, history, dream-time legends and picture books with a strong ethnographic, anthropological basis. The books discussed in this paper included the following: "The Rabbits" by J. Marsden and S. Tan, "Nana's Land" by D. Sarago -Kendrick, "The Two Wallabies" by C. Nicholls and H. Jakamarra, "Journey of the Great Lake" by P. Trezise, "Papunya School Book of Country and History" by N. Wheatley, "Sand Swimmers" by N. Narelle Oliver, "When I Was Little Like You" by M. Mary Malbunka and "The Burnt Stick" by A. Hill.
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"From the time of colonial settlement, aboriginal culture has been represented in various ways within Australian society. Stories of the dreaming that were originally shared vocally, as well as in paintings on rocks and on the land, by aboriginal people are retold today in the written form. Children's books play a vital role in shaping young people's views of the world. Understanding Australian culture and its past; helps shape the relationships between white and aboriginal children in today's society. Focusing on children's books published from 1985 to the present day, representations of aboriginal culture are brought to life in different ways according to the identity of the authors who tell these stories. According to Collins (2002), representations of aboriginality in Western literature, change the cultural reality of the story from the aboriginal perspective into western truths."
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Government Policies on Australian Aboriginal Health, 2001.
A look at past and present Australian government policies that address the issue of Aboriginal Health.
1,680 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 10 sources, AU$ 87.95
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This paper examines past and present Australian Government policies which have impacted and been implemented to address the issue of Aboriginal Health. The author also examines issues such health issues, substance abuse and the high rate of youth suicide.
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'The status of Aboriginal health in Australia is currently at critical levels ? much money needs to be injected and considerable work needs to be done to tackle such important health issues as diabetes, mental disorders, substance abuse and the high rate of youth suicide. Along with this, many other related issues need to be addressed, such as the stolen generation, native title, preservation of cultural identity and the topic of reconciliation. The outlook for the future is improving however, in that the government and Aboriginal groups are working together towards a positive outcome through the implementation of innovative government policies aimed at tacking the core issues affecting Aboriginal communities around Australia."
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Australian Aboriginal Art, 1999.
Discusses the major concepts of this cultural art. Looks at the issues of Dreamtime, the role of the art and the media involvement. Analyzes motifs, figures and designs.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 7 sources, AU$ 102.95
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" The art of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia constitutes one of the most consistent, and longest, art traditions in the world. Despite an enormous diversity of artistic practices throughout the continent, all Aboriginal art has been inherently religious in nature and most has worked from the seemingly abstract, extremely complex iconographic system that is still employed today. Though art may be designed for a variety of social, didactic, or utilitarian purposes, the Aboriginal belief in the pervasiveness of meaning throughout creation has meant that no person, place, animal or thing is without religious significance. Thus the representation of any aspect of the world, in any medium, at any level of abstraction, for any purpose is guided by the artists' understanding of what is represented. Art can have both private and public meanings. But.."
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Australian Land: Aborigines vs. Europeans, 2006.
This paper explores the differences in conceptions of land ownership between the Australian Aborigines and the European colonists.
1,998 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 3 sources, APA, AU$ 102.95
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This paper examines the Aborigines of Australia who are said to have arrived on the continent over 50,000 years ago, blending into the already existent population and thus creating perhaps the most physically diverse population in the world. This paper details the differences in conceptions of land ownership between the Australian Aborigines and European colonists. The writer of this paper describes how the Aborigines had developed their own society, culture and rules for land ownership which were inexcusably overlooked by the European invaders. When Europe began to encroach upon the territories of the Aborigines, the latter group simply adapted resourcefully and made new claims. This paper explores the various countries and nations that laid claim to Australia, including the Dutch, British and Spain While the Aborigines claimed Australia through ancestral travels, the Dutch and British justified their possession by initial landing rights and the Spanish laid their claim based on religious doctrine. The British extended their claim to the entire continent by 1826 with the stroke of a legislative pen. This writer of this paper describes how the conflict was furthermore exacerbated by the fact that Aborigines and Europeans had differing conceptions of private property.
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"Although the Aborigines lived according to such ancient beliefs for thousands of years, their fate would soon be doomed according to a very different system of territorial claims formulated 10000 miles away, in Europe. While the Aborigines justifiably had divided Australian lands into their own territories, the newly 'discovered' continent would soon come into a three-way struggle for possession as Britain, Holland, and Spain each claimed Australia separately, none of these claims based on right of ancestors, but on religious, economic, and political rationales. The Spanish and Portuguese, in search of southern trade routes and the legendary Terra Australis, had touched on the continent of Australia."
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Inquiry into the Deaths of Australian Aborigines, 2001.
An analysis of three commissions' inquiry into the deaths of Australian aborigines in custody.
1,925 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 10 sources, AU$ 98.95
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This paper takes a look at three major police commissions of inquiry into the New South Wales police service during the 20th century: the commission into aboriginal deaths in custody, the Commission into the Inquiry of the NSW police administration, also known as the Fitzgerald report, and the Wood Royal commission. The recommendations of these reports are discussed, including whether or not these recommendations were implemented.
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"Three major commissions of the twentieth century have been the commission into aboriginal deaths in custody, the Commission into the Inquiry of the NSW police administration, also known as the Fitzgerald report, and the Wood Royal commission. These commissions have made many different recommendations pertaining to particular matters. These recommendations are implemented in order to reform existing practices and to transform them into practices that are to be acceptable to both government, community and all other parties involved. Various recommendations that have been made regarding these issues have had a central focus and common ground. Although these recommendations are issued, there is no guarantee that government will implement these recommendations and other recommendations that have been implemented are often not sustained in both legislature and other bodies. Some recommendations require legislative change and some can be applied very quickly while others require more time in order to change laws and acts. It is the government?s onus to implement these recommendations. Numerous recommendations arising from these commissions are undesirable to the government, so the adoption of these recommendations is often slow or they are not adopted at all."
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Australian Aborigines and Modern Society, 1995.
Examines the problems related to land rights, traditions and cultural conflict, health, employment and the role of government.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 28 sources, AU$ 102.95
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"AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES: TRANSITION TO MODERN SOCIETY WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE WALBIRI CLAN
Introduction
This research examines the transition of the Australian Aborigines to modern society. Where appropriate, an emphasis in this examination is placed on the experience of the Walbiri Clan. Walbiri is but one of the Anglicized spelling of the clan name.. Other spellings of the clan name widely used in the literature are Walpiri and Warlpiri.
The findings of this examination are presented in two major discussions. Issues related to land rights are addressed in the first discussion, while cultural factors are considered in the second discussion.
Issues Related to Land Rights ..."
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Australian Aborigine, 1993.
Examines biological and cultural adaptations, traits, populations and dysfunctional aspects.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 76.95
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"Mankind has evolved through the ages due in large part to biological cultural adaptation that have allowed his to survive environmental factors. The purpose of this paper will be to examine one group, the Australian Aborigine, discussing the combination of biological and cultural adaptations that have permitted these people to live and flourish in harsh and primitive conditions through the centuries until the arrival of the White Man. Included in this analysis will be a look at any dysfunctional aspects of their adaptations, such as genetic load, self-destructive customs. Further, the report will summarize key differences between their biological and cultural evolutions and conclude with my thoughts as to which is the more significant for the Aborigine's future in Australia.
Like all peoples, the Aborigines have a history, though ..."
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Aboriginal Australian Art, 2006.
This paper discusses the difficulty of understanding Aboriginal Australian art.
1,520 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 81.95
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This paper explains that the range of motifs used in Central Australian rock art depends upon the context of production; however, sacred and secret art is almost exclusively made up of geometric designs and tracks; while art in secular, domestic situations places more emphasis on figurative motifs. The author points out that Aboriginal Australian art, which spans all of pre-recorded history, is an expression of secrecy and the eternal. The paper explains that, as with other Aboriginal artistic systems, there was a range of secret geometric designs, such as the stripes and dots of white clay, red and yellow ochre and black charcoal that were painted on wooden objects, which could only be viewed by initiated men and were hidden away from domestic sites.
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"Many of the bark and cave paintings have no ceremonial or religious function, but are produced for pure pleasure of creative effort, a pleasure which stimulates the true artist in all cultures. There are paintings, both on bark and in caves, which have more important functions. In the initiation rituals, secret designs, painted on sheets of bark, instruct the novitiates in the esoteric myths of the tribe, and, in western Arnhem Land, where some of the cave paintings have magical qualities, the old men can, by chanting the correct incantation at the appropriate season, force the magical power of the painting to increase the supply of food."
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EMSDS (Emergency Medical Services Daycare Service), 2004.
This paper is a business plan for EMSDS, Emergency Medical Daycare Services, a part-time daycare program that meets the challenging scheduling needs of firefighters and EMS professionals with similar scheduling limitations.
3,695 words (approx. 14.8 pages), 10 sources, APA, AU$ 164.95
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This paper explains that the firefighter daycare center will provide a staff of qualified professionals, all of whom are certified with Early Childhood Education (ECE) diplomas, and, above all else, flexible and affordable. The author points out that the daycare will aspire to attract clientele, gain corporate and community sponsorship in an effort to reduce costs, and provide adequate services and seek out volunteers to help manage operating costs. The paper concludes that, in the event that EMSDS does not find adequate resources with which to conduct business in its first year, it will postpone arrangements to open approximately one year later. Charts.
Table of Contents
Introduction/Executive Summary
Vision
Situational Analysis
Market Demographics
Market Summary
Market Needs
Market Trends
Market Forecast/Growth
SWOT
Competition
Mission
Market Objectives
Marketing Mix
Pricing
Competition
Selling Methods
Financial Data
Breakeven
Implementation
Contingency
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"The daycare industry is growing. The childcare services industry is one of the most rapidly growing markets, expanding in part due to accommodate the increasingly high demand for quality services. In 1999 the market for childcare services topped out at more than $3.5 billion. The market is expected to surpass $60 billion in revenues in the upcoming years, in part due to the fact that both parents typically are now working in the labor force. ?Child care expenses by households rose 15.7% between 1986 and 1999 alone?. ?Formal daycare service providers in 1999 earned revenues of approximately $1.8 billion, with expenses toping out at approximately $1.7 billion, leaving more than $96 million in profits for daycare providers?. The profit margin is approximately 5.3%."
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Advanced Universal Service, 2005.
Explores the need for universal service based on skills needed to compete in the Information Age and identifies key areas that public telecommunications policies should address in defining universal service for the future.
16,665 words (approx. 66.7 pages), 50 sources, APA, AU$ 400.95
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This paper seeks to address whether access to relatively new telecommunications technologies such as the Internet and broadband should be covered by a redefinition of universal service-advanced universal service. This paper examines the concept of universal service from a historical perspective to evaluate its current regulatory status. It examines the needs and barriers to implementing advanced universal service, explains broadband technologies, looks at initiatives to help narrow the digital divide, explores policy objectives and finally makes recommendations for policy makers for basic and advanced universal service. This paper finds that universal service policies should continue to ensure access to basic Internet and that policy makers should continue to closely monitor the deployment of advanced telecommunications technologies to ensure equitable access by all citizens. It does not, however, recommend that advanced universal service be deployed at this time.
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Abstract
Introduction
Overview
Methodology
History of Universal Service
Initial Executive, Legislative, and Regulatory Environment in 1934
Deregulation and Universal Service Fund in 1996
Bill Introduction
Conference Committee
Passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
Section 254: Revision of Universal Service
Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service
Public Interest Advocates
Section 706: Advanced Telecommunications Incentives
Need for Universal Service
Information Age
Economic Benefits
Digital Divide
21st Century Job Skills
Empowerment
Access as a Right
Broadband Technology Descriptions
Broadband
Cable TV Networks
Digital Subscribe Line: xDSL
Fiber Access Networks: FTTx
Wireless Access Networks
Applications
Internet Access
Video-Conferencing
Video on Demand
Near Video on Demand
Digital Television
Barriers to Advanced Universal Service
Opposing Arguments
Executive, Legislative and Regulatory Climates
Monopoly vs Competitive Environment
Emerging Policy Arenas
Current Initiatives
Public
Next Generation Internet
The President's National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council
Department of Education
Department of Commerce
National Science Foundation
Department of Agriculture
Universal Service Administrative Corporation
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Private
OpenNET Coalition
AT&T
IBM
Partnerships
Presidential Advisory Committee
The Benton Foundation
Family Technology Resource Centers
Policy Objectives
Access
Standards
Competition
Content
Positive Outcomes
Negative Outcomes
Options
Option A
Option B
Option C
Recommendation
References
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"Section 254 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 not only reaffirms the central importance of universal service in telecommunications, but it has vastly expanded the concept. The FCC is charged with assuring that all rates for universal service are just, reasonable, and affordable, not just the rates for interstate service. The word "affordable" had not been used before this legislation, but the 1996 Act introduces the concept of affordability directly and explicitly into national policy. The 1996 Act expands the services to which the universal service concept applies and institutes a formal process for expanding the definition of universal service over time. Although access to the network for high-cost areas and low-income consumers has been supported for years, the 1996 Act explicitly requires this policy and requires that it be implemented with specific and predictable mechanisms, in the form of contributions from all providers of telecommunications services to support universal service. A whole new range of institutions has been identified as having a role in universal service policy."
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Gender in Aboriginal Societies, 2002.
An analysis of gender relations in Aboriginal societies.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 114.95
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This paper examines Australian aboriginal society. It finds that men are considered sacred, while the women are seen as profane. Indeed, the world of the aboriginal Australians is very much male-oriented.
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Australian and Maori Myths, 2002.
Compares Australian aboriginal Creation myths to those of the New Zealand Maoris.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 85.95
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This paper compares and contrasts an Australian aboriginal creation myth about the god Baiame, the All-Father, with a Maori creation myth featuring the god and goddess Rangi and Papa.
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The Needs of Indigenous Australian Women, 2008.
A review of the challenges facing Australian aboriginal women in today's society.
1,686 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 4 sources, APA, AU$ 87.95
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The paper analyzes the topic of feminism in Australia and specifically discusses how white, mainstream feminists in Australia can better listen to, and attend to, the needs and voices of indigenous Australian women. The paper further relates that Australian indigenous women including the Australian Aborigines, the Maori of New Zealand, and the Torres State Islanders, have specific needs, problems, and issues that face them today. The paper highlights the fact that developing understanding, modes of clearer communication and ways to aid these women can help white Australian feminists tear down boundaries and bring about more care and support for Australia's indigenous women.
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"Domestic violence is another very important problem facing aboriginal women. An Australian newspaper reporter continues, "Homicide is the leading cause of premature death for indigenous women and they are 45 times more likely to be victims of domestic violence than other Australians". It is also well known that most aboriginal victims of domestic violence do not speak out, because they are afraid of reprisals by their family or the community (Bhandari 2006). Thus, the abuse continues in a cycle of violence that can often lead to death. White feminists need to tackle this problem head on, just as they would for white victims of domestic violence. First, they need to create educational programs for aboriginal women that stress the importance of speaking out when domestic violence occurs."
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Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), 2006.
This paper is a literary review of the construction, advantages and disadvantages of service oriented architectures (SOA).
14,880 words (approx. 59.5 pages), 22 sources, APA, AU$ 400.95
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This paper explains that service orientation architectures are required because of the significant increase in the amount of data and information, which companies and organization have to handle, and a substantial increase in the complexity of the technologies, which store this information received from a multiplicity of sources. The author points out that the methodology behind SOA identifies software architectures in a more refined manner by placing greater focus on the exchanges amongst large software components. The paper relates that the method of service orientation emphasizes re-usability by separating the interface to an operation from its internal implementation.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Rationale for the Study
Background Information: Impact on the Information Architecture
Problem Statement
Research Questions
Glossary of Terms
Service Oriented Architectures
Benefits to Enterprises
Approaches to Integration
Principles of SOA
Share a Formal Contract
Loosely Coupled
Abstract Underlying Logic
Composable
Reusable
Autonomy of Services
Stateless Services
Discoverability of Services
XML Structure
Technologies: XML and Web Services
Web Services
Approaches to Service Enablement
Service Proxies
Service Adapters
Implementation and Management of SOA
Unified Information Views
Data Sources
Data Transformations and ESB
ESB
Access, Security and Security Integration
Integration with Enterprise Security
Discussion and Conclusions
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"Although Service Oriented Architectures have become popular in recent years, the majority of enterprise architectures are not enabled for service-orientation. Businesses will therefore have to alter their enterprise architectures in order to benefit from the advantages of service orientation - a flexible, extensible, and evolvable architecture. The research will investigate ways of enabling enterprise architectures for service orientation and how an enterprise wide adoption will impact on it. The research will also address issues such as SOA integration principles, data sources and transformations, access and security and integration."
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Books about Customer Service, 2008.
This paper compare two books "The Myth of Excellence" by F. Crawford and R. Mathews and "Branded Customer Service" by J. Barlow and P. Stewart, which address the complex customer service issues.
1,550 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, AU$ 81.95
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This paper states that Barlow and Stewart's "Branded Customer Service" does an adequate job of exploring the relationship between customer service and branding; however, Crawford and Mathews' "The Myth of Excellence" is a much more insightful and provocative study of advanced service management today. The author points out that Barlow and Stewart state that, in order to add value to a brand, the modern business enterprise must focus first and foremost upon customer service. The paper relates that Crawford and Mathews study the importance of customer service from not only a business perspective but also a cultural, social and psychological context. The author stresses that the central concepts of Crawford and Mathews are the values, which they argue, consumers are seeking in their relationships with modern businesses: clarity, ease, certainty and trust.
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"Consider, for example, the common business practice of "high-low" pricing to sell new inventory at a higher price, and they radically discount it at sale prices later. The authors note that consumers began to become "suspicious" of this pricing strategy in the 1960s so that today: "The real problem with the traditional high-low method of pricing is that consumers simply don't trust it. They don't feel they're being rewarded at the lower sale price but, rather, that they're screwed at the higher regular price." The authors use this insight to explain the extraordinary popularity of the Every Day Low Price philosophy of the most successful retailer on the planet: Wal-mart."
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