Abstract This paper describes the Mission San Francisco de Asis or Mission Dolores, located at nearly the geographic center of what is now San Francisco. The paper relates that the Mission is one of 21 of the original Spanish Missions constructed to foster Spanish control over the region and it is the oldest intact nave structure in California and the oldest building in San Francisco, having survived the 1906 earthquake. The paper also points out that this location is said to be the original site of a Native0American village of the Ohlone Nation called Chutchui. Additionally, the paper describes the rich fusion of Spanish, Mexican and American history surrounding this mission. Two photographs are included with the paper.
From the Paper "The cemetery has never been desecrated but has had regional periodical re-internment and moving of bodies for various city projects. The rich history of some of those interred is of course limited to the white, as this was what was of interest to the people in the 19th century, when many of the local interest stories about the cemetery became popular. Famous governors of California and renegades of the region are buried there in addition to the Native burials and the friars of the Franciscan order who toiled and died there."
Tags: franciscan ohlone mystery art, roman basilica
Abstract This paper describes the SuDoc government document classification system and how it is derived. It also looks at other government document systems (SROI, ASI, IIS), census documents, the depository library system, and the SIC/NAIC system, and gives examples of classifications of documents.
From the Paper "The Superintendent of Documents Classification System originated from the Library of the Government Printing Office between and The Superintendent. It is attributed to Miss Adelaide R Hasse who assigned classification numbers based on government organization..."
Abstract This paper is an extensive literature review that shows that community policing initiatives have become increasingly popular in recent years and are now in place in the vast majority of American cities. It points out that the impact of these programs has been difficult to assess; but the fact remains that, in 1980, the United States clearly led the Western world in overall crime and ranked particularly high in property crime; however, since the implementation of community policing programs across the country, statistics have shown a marked decline in U.S. property crime. It also discusses how the research indicates that, despite their many success, community policing programs have experienced a wide range of internal and external obstacles and constraints to their implementation that continue to plague many such efforts today.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Review of the Literature
Background and Overview
Community Policing Programs - What Are They?
Constraints to Implementation
Current and Future Trends
Recommendations and Supporting Rationale
Chiefs' Support
The Liaison Officer
The Survey
Officer Training
Current Community Policing Programs
Dearborn Security Network, Dearborn Police Department, Dearborn, Michigan
PRIDE, Southfield Police Department, Southfield, Michigan
Downtown Detroit Security Executive Council (DDSEC), Detroit Police Department (DPD)
Annual Update Seminar on Security and Crime Prevention, Detroit Chapter of American Society for Industrial Security, (ASIS) and the DPD
Baltimore County Police Department and Private Security Association
Area Police/Private Security Liaison (APPL), New York City Police Department (NYPD)
Conclusion
From the Paper "The goals and methods of community policing are comparable to those of community development planning; for example, both activities are designed to foster stable, healthy neighborhoods, and both attempt to involve community residents in these improvement efforts. As a result, urban planners and community police officers are increasingly being required to work together in order to maximize their impacts and to take advantage of the perspectives and skills that each profession brings to the task of improving living conditions in a community's neighborhoods."
Tags: obstacles, property-crime, residents, urban-planners, training
Abstract The paper discusses quality management and productivity as it applies to the small business enterprise and particularly a small, family owned funeral home. The quality tool, Six Sigma, is used to demonstrate how it can improve several business processes within the funeral homes' daily tasks. The paper explores how the small funeral home can greatly improve its efficiency in the embalming and preparation processes that can not only improve margins but ease the experience of the person responsible for arranging the affairs of the deceased.
From the Paper "Total Quality Management (TQM), Six Sigma and other quality management systems owe most of their processes and underlying logic to the work of Dr. Deming who was the first researcher to promote the use of statistics as a management device. Dr. Deming was instrumental in facilitating Japan's rise to the top of the quality chain and his methods have influenced every quality management program in existence to one extent or another: "His teachings were encapsulated in his 14 points, his 7 deadly diseases and...his system of profound knowledge. Deming challenged us...to reconsider both our fundamental roles and our technical teachings..."(Hahn, 2002, paras.5-7)."
Abstract This document discusses a description of a process improvement activity utilizing an as-is and a to-be flow chart. The principles of Six Sigma are relied upon to supply the theoretical and practical devices necessary to improve the process. Additionally, an estimation of the overall effectiveness of the improved process is offered while a discussion of the quality simulation is included to close the document.
From the Paper "Advanced Radiology is implementing a Total Quality Management (TQM) program with the specific intent of improving its internal operating processes. Quality research stipulates that executive leadership must champion the need for change which is spearheaded through the TQM program and Advanced Radiology is no exception (Avery & Zabel, 1996). The TQM implementation project follows the standard DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, control) format in both structure and content and will result in a more efficient process that can be modeled for other business process reengineering (BPR) initiatives planned in the future. TQM Implementation In order to ensure project success Advanced Radiology ownership and management have committed funds, discussed later in this document, as well as the other necessary resources to ensure TQM program success."
