This study is an attempt to share with others, the experiences of two people who have worked to extend the range of choices in the provisions for schooling in a small provincial city. As experienced teachers as well as parents we felt that the provision of choice was essential if quality and involvement were to be increased. We were concerned both about our own children and about schooling in general. What follows is a case study of our efforts. It is a personal account of the events, the problems and the successes and failures. Although an attempt has been made to see these events clearly, to describe them as they happened, it is quite definitely written from our own point of view. In writing this account there has been a need for selectivity in regard to specific details and emphasis. The study sets out to provide sufficient detail to explain the processes involved without intruding too far into individual personalities and attitudes. Nevertheless, these events involve actual people and readers will form their own impressions. Since one of the important factors in attempts to bring about this sort of change is the personalities of the persons involved, the details are important. The writing of the study will have been worthwhile if the experiences offered here help readers gain insight into their own involvement in bringing about change or increase their awareness of the need for careful planning as well as commitment. If it poses further questions and reactions we would be delighted to hear them. Throughout the study I have used the collective "we" to signify both my wife and myself. On occasions indicated, the "we" included a variety of other people. A Chronology of Events (see Appendix A, page 64) is included since events referred to in separate chapters were occurring simultaneously. It should also be stressed that although the account ends at a certain point our activities continue.

This study investigates the distribution and functional guild structure of the bee community in hardwood stands of Algonquin Provincial Park under different logging regimes, assessing both the role of different aspects of the habitat in affecting this distribution and structure, as well as the use of different sampling techniques. The distribution of bee individuals and species was most dependent on the abundance of raspberry (Rubus strigosus), an important floral and nesting resource. Also of importance were total floral resources, microclimate, and habitat heterogeneity. The functional guild structure of the bee community, which was relatively resilient to habitat variation, was related to a greater variety of factors, reflecting wide-ranging behaviours and requirements of different guilds. Malaise traps, pan traps and nets varied in their effectiveness at collecting different bee genera and a high percentage of species were collected only with one trap type. Malaise traps performed relatively poorly in forested environments, though very well in more disturbed, open habitats. Pan traps and nets performed better in forested environments. Trap nests were an inefficient sampling technique in forests, but were effective at collecting some species of cavity-nesting bees. These findings underline the importance of raspberry for bee communities of northern hardwood forests, and the importance of heterogeneity, both of habitat types and sampling techniques, to attain the highest species richness of bees.

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Magister Commercii (Information Management) - MCom(IM) / The purpose of the research case study was to assess the current state of alignment of business processes to Provincial Strategic Goals (PSGs) and services in the Provincial Government and to identify the way to align business processes to PSGs and services for an effective e-government implementation. Existing literatures were reviewed in order to identify relevant models to achieve the purpose of the research case study. An empirical research case study and comparative approach were used in order to identify suitable models, by means of strengths and weaknesses of the identified models and discussed. A qualitative research design and methodology was applied while assessing existing models from various literatures. A model to identify the current state of business processes was identified by the researcher and tested to assess the current state of business processes in the Provincial Government in question. There was no existing model to assess the alignment of business processes to Provincial Strategic Goals and services. Alignment elements that were cited by various literatures were used by the researcher to design and propose a Business Process Alignment Model (BPAM). The BPAM was tested and accepted by the Provincial Government where the study was conducted. The research case study predominantly used a qualitative research design and method. The quantitative illustrative approach was applied only to validate the proposed model that was designed by the researcher. A questionnaire was used to conduct interviews with research participants that were selected within the Provincial Government in question. It should further be noted that a quantitative approach was used to illustrate some findings that were analysed by the researcher. Results confirmed that the current state of business processes within the Provincial Government in question was still at level two (repeatable state). Yet the alignment of business processes to Provincial Strategic Goals and services did not exist; this alignment was assessed using the proposed BPAM which was designed by the researcher during this research case study. The effectiveness of e-government services is dependent on proper alignment of business processes and the maturity level of business processes across the organisation. Without proper alignment of business processes, it is a challenge for the public sector organisations to realise effective e-government implementation, not excluding other factors that have been identified by other literatures. This research case study will contribute to the current body of knowledge regarding effective e-government implementation, particularly in the public sector at Provincial level. Public sector organisations in South Africa could leverage on this work to address issues associated with business process alignment.

Le contexte historique d'implantation du peuple des Bituriges Vivisques sur les pourtours de l'estuaire de la Garonne est relativement tardif, au lendemain de la conquête romaine, et pose de nombreuses questions quant à la réception de la culture romaine au sein d'une cité reconnue pour son identité culturelle forte. L'agglomération antique de Bordeaux, chef-lieu de la cité des Bituriges Vivisques, offre une grande diversité de décors peints fragmentaires entre le Ier siècle et le Ve siècle P.C. L'introduction de cet art et de modes ornementales typiquement italiennes dans la cité interroge alors sur le degré d'adhésion aux modèles romains. L'évolution des connaissances de la peinture murale antique et de la toichographologie permet désormais de répondre à des problématiques stylistiques, techniques et architecturales par le biais d'une approche pluridisciplinaire et de protocoles d'études raisonnés. Entre conservatisme et innovations, les décors de Burdigala traduisent une assimilation précoce du vocabulaire ornemental inspiré des schémas décoratifs italiens avec cependant quelques interprétations aboutissant parfois à des productions originales. Ce travail de synthèse régionale permet ainsi une meilleure connaissance et la classification des décors de la cité, en fonction du style, du cadre chronologique, du contexte architectural et socio-culturel. / The historical context of establishment of Bituriges Vivisques people on the circumferences of the estuary of the Garonne is relatively late, the shortly after the Roman conquest, and raises many questions as for the reception of the Roman culture within a city recognized for its strong cultural identity. The ancient agglomeration of Bordeaux, chief town of Bituriges Vivisques' city, offers a great diversity of fragmentary decorations painted between Ist century and Vth century PC. The introduction of this art and typically Italian decorative modes into city questions then on the degree of adhesion to the Roman models. The evolution of knowledge of the ancient mural and the toichographology makes it possible from now to answer architectural, stylistics and techniques problems by the means of a multi-field approach and protocol studies reasoned. Between conservatism and innovations, the decorations of Burdigala represent an early assimilation of the decorative vocabulary inspired of the Italian decorative diagrams with however some interpretations leading sometimes to original productions. This work of regional synthesis allows a better knowledge thus and the classification of the decorations within Bituriges Vivisques' city, according to the style, of chronological framework, the architectural and sociocultural context.

Magister Legum - LLM (Public Law and Jurisprudence) / With approximately 450 tribes and 250 ethnic groups in a territory of 2 345 095 km2,1the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the world's largest, populous, and multiethnolinguistic countries. Since the departure of the Belgian coloniser in 1960, this Member State of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) is facing a myriad of institutional crises, bloody conflicts and wars, mainly caused by the design of political institutions and the side-lining of some ethnic groups from political institutions. For many decades, Congolese provinces have seen numerous violent ethnic-driven conflicts, which led to institutional instability, political crisis, secessions, massacres and wars. The bloodiest of them all were the first and second Congolese wars. From 1996 to 2002, these so-called "African first world war" cost the DRC the lives of millions of people, divided it into many small "republics" and destroyed the few political and economic infrastructures that survived four decades of institutional instability and dictatorship.

Esta tesis doctoral se propone establecer un estudio de conjunto sobre los cambios y permanencias que se producen en la provincia de Alicante durante la dictadura de Primo de Rivera. En este sentido, la tesis se estructura en seis capítulos que siguen una secuenciación temática y cronológica. El primer título de la tesis aborda el marco historiográfico de la Dictadura, prestando especial atención a la evolución conceptual e interpretativa que ha conocido el estudio del régimen primorriverista. El segundo apartado se reserva al análisis de las causas conducentes al pronunciamiento militar. En él se abordan las condiciones previas al pronunciamiento militar desde una doble perspectiva: Una nacional, donde se describe el funcionamiento del sistema de Restauración y los elementos que determinaron su crisis. Y otra regional, que explica los antecedentes al golpe de Estado desde una óptica provincial, repasando los particularismos económicos, demográficos, políticos y sociales de la Alicante previa a la Dictadura. El tercer capítulo estudia el desarrollo del pronunciamiento militar y sus inmediatas repercusiones en Alicante. Mediante una contextualización comparada abordamos la connivencia de la oficialidad alicantina con la sublevación y las reacciones de los diversos grupos sociales al golpe de Estado. El segundo apartado de este capítulo analiza los fundamentos del ideario regeneracionista del Dictador y explica que parte del respaldo social que recibió inicialmente se debió a la estrategia de incorporar ese argumentario al mensaje oficial. El cuarto capítulo comprende todo el periodo de la Dictadura, pero profundiza concretamente en dos aspectos temáticos: El primero, en el periodo de fiscalización inicial, que afecta a la fase de desmantelamiento de las estructuras político-administrativas del régimen canovista (octubre de 1923-abril de 1924). En estos subapartados se estudia la repercusión de la política anticaciquil y fiscalizadora en las comarcas alicantinas: las medidas de moralización de las costumbres, la destitución de los antiguos representantes públicos, la auditoria de las administraciones, la censura de la opinión pública y la represión político-sindical. El segundo aspecto compete al estudio del Gobierno Civil de Alicante. Dado que la gestión política durante la Dictadura estuvo fuertemente centralizada y militarizada, en esta sección se analizan los órganos de la autoridad central del Estado en la provincia de Alicante. Se describe la concentración de funciones en los gobernadores cívico-militares, su papel como interlocutores del Dictador y se hace un repaso a su perfil ideológico y profesional. A continuación, se detalla el cometido de una institución original de la Dictadura, la Junta Ciudadana de Autoridades. En cuanto a los delegados gubernativos, una autoridad militarizada y creada ex novo, examinamos su evolución para averiguar por qué se convirtieron en una institución tan cuestionada. El capítulo quinto se refiere a la administración local y provincial. Este título es esencial para entender cómo funciona el poder local durante la dictadura primorriverista. En sus diversos apartados se estudia la renovación política y administrativa que se produce en estas instituciones, el personal que las compone, la repercusión que tuvo en el funcionamiento de estos organismos la aprobación del Estatuto Municipal y Provincial y, en su última sección, la política económica, fiscal y presupuestaría que aplican. El capítulo final se ocupa de dos de las organizaciones más genuinas de la Dictadura: el Somatén y la Unión Patriótica. La primera se concibió como una milicia cívica garante del orden público y la paz burguesa, y el segundo como un partido gubernamental encargado de crear una base social de apoyo al régimen y de preparar a los hombres destinados a ocupar los cargos públicos de la Dictadura.