Training Alabama Garden Center Employees

Training Plan For Employees ToBeExpanded

Maxwell Lehman, for nearly sixteen years editor of the Civil Service LEADER, has taken a leave of absence in order to assume a new role. He was named this week Deputy City Administrator for the City of New York. The appointment was announced by Dr. Luther GuUck, City Administrator, who described his new deputy as "a recognized expert in government admini.stration, known for his integrity and no...

Fire Chief Suffers Sudden Death During Training – Alabama

On May 13, 2004, a 28-year-old male volunteer Fire Chief was attending an emergency medical services (EMS) conference in another state. The fi rst night after arriving at the training city, the Chief and his wife went to bed at 2230 hours. The next morning, at 0900 hours, the Chief’s spouse awoke and found the Chief deceased. She called 911 and an ambulance responded. From the Chief’s clinical ...

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Garden Alive: an Emotionally Intelligent Interactive Garden

—In this paper, we introduce the " Garden Alive " system that allows users to interact with an emotionally intelligent virtual garden by manipulating tangible user interfaces. The Garden Alive aims to provide both entertainment and education. The proposed system is composed of three components. In the first module, tangible user interfaces bridge to the garden in a virtual world. In the second ...

A Common Sense-Based On-Line Assistant for Training Employees

We present a prototype of an on-line assistant to support a training course about workspace safety issues. The application uses a common sense reasoning engine and the Brazilian Open Mind common sense knowledge base, to make inferences about concepts that might be unfamiliar to the students. We explore the use of metaphors and analogies to explain topics, enhancing learning by using similaritie...