Postdramatic theatre & Australia: a \u27new\u27 theatre discourse

The penultimate year of the twentieth century marked the publication of two highly significant books contributing to the development of local and international theatre history and theory. In 1999 Currency Press, in association with RealTime, published Performing the unNameable, the first anthology of Australian performance texts to appear in Australia, and Verlag der Autoren published Hans-Thies Lehmann\u27s landmark contribution to the understanding of \u27new\u27 forms of theatre, Postdramatisches Theater. The long-awaited English translation of Lehmann\u27s book by Karen Jiirs-Munby, Post dramatic Theatre, appeared in early 2006. Prior to its availability to an Anglophone readership, Lehmann\u27s monograph had emerged as a groundbreaking reference in debate and discussion in an international context, and it has had an immediate impact in Australia. At the annual conference of the Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies (ADSA), held just a few months after the release of the English edition, a number of papers referred to Lehmann\u27s term. Denise Varney, for example, specifically explored the effectiveness of performances she positioned at opposite ends of a spectrum - which she described as the dramatic/post-dramatic theatre divide - to question the political viability of post-dramatic theatre form. Like Australia, the international theatre scene has been characterised by the need for a discourse that adequately accounts for recent directions in theatre practice and the relationship of these forms to drama. What Lehmann offers is a comprehensive theory of new forms of theatre that have arguably suffered not simply from derisory language typically embodied in a series of antonyms, but the economic consequences that result from this \u27anti\u27 or oppositional positioning and the inability to articulate the shift from a text-based dramaturgy to a dramaturgy of image and sound

A Study to Validate the V-Tecs Catalog of Tasks for Legal Secretaries in the Norfolk-Portsmouth Virginia Reach Area

This study focused on finding answers to the following questions: 1. In what specific tasks must the entry-level employee be competent to be considered for employment in legal offices in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach? 2. What specific tasks are performed by legal secretaries in Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach

#IOwnIt

Throughout the United States and particularly the West, public lands make up a large portion of land areaand are a vital, reusable, renewable resource that anyone can use. This body of work provides a visual representation of public land users. I’m looking at different user groups representing different activities, ages, genders, and geographic locations. My goal for this work is to make a visual impact on the public’s perspective of how these lands are use, and the people who use them. All of these public land users have one thing in common: a sense of responsibility for the land, for the benefit of current andfuture generations. This sense of responsibility creates a broad community I’m tapping into with this project. Including the hashtag I own it in this photo campaign indicates that the person using this hashtag on social media fully recognizes and embraces the responsibilities that come with these lands.Additionally, instead of strictly using more traditional ways to publicize my work, I am using Instagram to broadcast this project out to a much larger audience than traditional distribution permits

A cross cultural study of motor development in the Western Cape

Despite conflicting evidence regarding advanced motor behaviour in black African infants, very few comparative studies have been published. Reliable developmental norms for local populations are essential for the early identification of developmental disabilities. In this study the sample consisted of 681 black and 741 white infants drawn proportionally from the Child Health Care Clinics in the northern areas of greater Cape Town. Babies were sampled in specified age-intervals between the ages of 16 and 1170 days. Variables studied were sex, birth-ranking, weight-percentile at the time of testing, marital status of the mother, parents' education and occupation, family size and family income. The demographic characteristics of the sample were compared with those of the population as a whole, based upon the 1980 census. The testing instruments were the gross and fine motor-adaptive sections of the Denver Developmental Screening Test, supplemented by another 21 items representing reflex reactions or specific components of movement. These supplementary items were pre-tested for inter- and intra-observer reliability. The percentage of children responding to the different tests at different ages was determined by probit analysis or, where more appropriate, by non-parametric logistic regression. Differences between the black and white South African infants were subjected to further statistical analysis, as was the contribution of the different variables to the attainment age. Comparison of the performance of the South African infants with the Denver norms showed that both black and white babies were in advance of the Denver children on the majority of fine motor items. The black infants were also considerably advanced in gross motor behaviour; the white infants less markedly so. In the very few (3) items in which the Denver children excelled, doubts exist regarding either scoring criteria or cultural suitability. Comparative analysis of the two South African samples identified certain consistent developmental trends. The black infants performed better on basic grasping patterns whereas the white infants were advanced in manipulative skills. The black infants were advanced on gross motor behaviour in the first year but were overtaken by the white group on learned gross motor skills in the second and third year, with the exception of items requiring physical strength. Very little correlation could be shown between motor achievement and socio- economic factors. Differences appear to be largely due to child-handling practices and experiential learning, but ethnic characteristics may well play a role in the advanced early gross motor development of the black infant. Heavier infants also performed better in both groups, indicating nutritional influences. The clinical implications of the findings are discussed and recommendations made for implementation and for further research

Maximising parent involvement in the pedestrian safety of 4 to 6 year old children: December 2005

In Australia, pedestrian injury is the leading specific cause of death among five to nine year old children (AI Yaman, Bryant & Sargeant 2002). In 1999-00 in Australia, there were 1,144 hospitalisations of children aged 0-14 years for pedestrian injuries, with a hospitalisation rate of 29.1 per 100,000 children. These rates decreased with age and were lowest for children aged 1 0-14 years. Pedestrian injuries among 0-14 year olds in 1999-00 were the second highest cause of hospitalisation in children (AI Yaman, Bryant & Sargeant 2002). While fatalities from pedestrian injuries among children 0-14 years have declined from 3.7 per 100,000 children in 1991 to 2.7 in 2000, the reductions are mostly among 10-14 year olds rather than those aged 1-4 years (UNICEF 2001 ). In WA this may be a result of road safety initiatives targeting older children

Evaluating Cross-Device Transitioning Experience in Seated and Moving Contexts

Cross-platform services allow access to information across different devices in different locations and situational contexts. We observed forty-five participants completing tasks while transitioning between a laptop and a mobile phone across different contexts (seated–moving and seated–seated). Findings showed that in each test setting, users were sensitive to the same cross-platform user experience (UX) elements. However, the seated–moving settings generated more issues, for example, more consistency problems. Two moving-related factors (attentiveness and manageability) also affected cross-platform UX. In addition, we found design issues associated with using mobile user interfaces (UIs) while walking. We analyzed the issues and proposed a set of UX design principles for mobile UIs in moving situations, such as reduction and aesthetic simplicity. This suggests designing context-aware cross-platform services that take transitioning into account for enhanced mobility

Improving Learning Outcomes in UML Sequence Diagrams Through Reduced Cognitive Load

This paper demonstrates how cognitive load theory can be used to improve learning outcomes by presenting a tool capable of assisting novices to learn to model sequence diagrams effectively. Sequence diagrams are known to lead to heavy cognitive load as they must be consistent with the class diagram, while discharging all the responsibilities specified in the underlying use case. Moreover, novices must also consider the various design options and their impact on the qualitative aspects of the model. Our tool allows cognitive load to be better managed by using a ‘divide and conquer’ approach. In the initial stage students need to focus only on consistency aspects, and they will not be allowed violate the constraints stated in the class diagram. In the second stage, students will not be allowed to submit a diagram until the stated use case goals are met. In the final stage qualitative feedback and marks are awarded based on established metrics and students are allowed to improve their scores by resubmitting the model. Qualitative and quantitative results show that our novel tool using a form of gamification has helped to improve the learning outcomes in modelling substantially, especially for the stragglers. One benefit of our approach is that it can be adapted to other areas where students maybe cognitively challenged

A Report on Child Trafficking and Care Provision: Towards Better Survivor Care

First paragraph: Child trafficking in the UK has attracted increasing political, media, academic, policy and practice interest recently, with a developing literature base providing comment on the extent of the problem and possible responses under the UKs obligations to international law. Until recently, trafficking was perceived primarily as an immigration issue; a view which has not altogether dissipated, resulting in children being slotted into existing services for separated and asylum seeking children. Often children received no service, without or with limited assessment of continuing risk and needs