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|Enhancing Creativity with Groupware Toolkits
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|Saul Greenberg
|Effective groupware toolkits not only make it possible for average programmers to develop groupware, but also enhance their creativity. By removing low-level implementation burdens and supplying appropriate building blocks, toolkits give people a 'language' to think about groupware, which in turn allows them to concentrate on creative designs. This is important, for it means that programmers can rapidly generate and test new ideas, replicate and refine ideas presented by others, and create demonstrations for others to try. To illustrate the link between groupware toolkits and creativity, I describe example toolkits we have built and how others have leveraged them in their own work.
|MARS: Modelling Arenas to Regulate Collaborative Spaces
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|Carmen Mezura-Godoy; Michel Riveill; Stephane Talbot
|Social regulation is the process by which a workgroup create and negotiate rules controlling their collaborative activities. Although regulation is an intrinsic aspect of collaborative work, most existing contributions ignore it, and in the cases where regulation is considered, it is confined to a single workspace. This paper proposes the MARS regulation model which enables users to define their workspace (arena) and the rules governing it. A key feature of this model is that it allows one to create complex arenas by composing simple ones. In order to validate our approach, a java-based prototype supporting the MARS model has been implemented. This prototype ensures that the group activity is executed according to the current regulation.
|Transparent Latecomer Support for Synchronous Groupware
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|Stephan Lukosch
|In a collaborative session users may join and leave. A user who joins a session is called a latecomer. A latecomer needs the current state of the collaborative session to participate in the session. There exist different approaches to accommodate a latecomer. The runtime system can, e.g., transfer the state to the latecomer or replay how the session state was reached. If the state is maintained on a well-known server, it is quite simple to supply the latecomer with the current state. However, if the server is not available, the latecomer cannot join. To increase the fault-tolerance, the runtime system has to use a decentralized approach. In this case, race conditions must be taken into account. DreamObjects is a platform that simplifies the development of shared data objects. It supports a direct state transfer as well as a replay and lets a latecomer choose how to join a session. Both approaches are completely integrated in the runtime system, work completely decentralized, and do not block the other participants in their current work.
|COVE: A Design and Implementation of Collaborative Object-Oriented Visualization Environment
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|Hyung-Jun Kim; So-Hyun Ryu; Young-Je Woo; Yong-won Kwon; Chang-Sung Jeong
|In this paper, we present a collaborative visualization environment (COVE). Our COVE provides not only collaborative but also paralleled computing environments based on distributed object model at once. It is built as a collection of concurrent objects which interact each other and consist of two types of objects: collaborative object and application object, which are used to construct collaborative and paralleled computing environments respectively. Collaborative objects enable COVE to execute various collaborative functions, while application objects enable it to execute various visualization modes in a parallel computing environment. COVE provides a flexible and extensible framework by plugging the proper application objects into COVE, and making them interact with one another through collaboration objects. COVE is built on DOVE (Distributed Object-oriented Virtual computing Environment), a new parallel programming environment based on distributed object model. In DOVE, virtual environment is constructed as a collection of concurrent objects, each of which has its own computing power, interacts with one another by remote method invocation and those objects can be handled as the same way as local objects. Also, heterogeneity, object group, multiple method invocation to object group, object life management, and naming service of object manager are supported to provide a transparent programming environment for parallel and distributed application. We designed collaborative work manager, session manager and application manager for managing cooperative work and ray casting algorithm is adapted for visualization algorithm. Our implementation result shows that various DOVE functionalities make COVE more extensible, scalable and efficient in distributed computing environment.
|Designing Tailorable Groupware for the Healthcare Domain
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|Robert Slagter; Margit Biemans
|In this paper we present a theory-based approach to designing tailorable groupware for the healthcare domain. Both literature and empirical data show the need, and difficulty, of designing groupware that is adaptable to match the dynamic requirements of real-life co-operation in telemedicine. We apply an existing social theory, the Information Foraging Theory, to explain natural tailoring behaviour and state the implications for groupware design. To improve the usability of tailoring, we integrate this theoretical foundation with a groupware design approach to compose groupware behaviour out of individual building blocks and apply this to the healthcare domain. The results are a conceptual architecture and design guidelines that help groupware developers create tailorable groupware. An important contribution of our research is the concept of task-oriented groupware patches that help co-operating healthcare professionals in selecting, combining and fine-tuning those groupware services that fit their evolving needs and requirements.
|Two-Level Tailoring Support for CSCL
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|Jörg M. Haake; Till Schümmer; Anja Haake; Mohamed Bourimi; Britta Landgraf
|At the FernUniversität Hagen, we develop a collaborative learning
platform, which supports a variety of collaborative distance learning scenarios
through the provision of groups, tailorable adjacent rooms associated to
groups, and networked content pages and group communication media contained
within rooms. Learners can add and manipulate content within rooms and may
add/remove rooms. Experts (teachers), in addition, can define and manipulate
templates for the content allowed on pages in rooms, and may also add or change
the group tools available in rooms. This supports tailoring of learning
environments at two levels: at the structural and functional level and at the
content level. The current system is presented, and an example of use is
Keywords: collaborative learning; collaborative learning platform; shared workspaces; collaborative learning services; tailorability
|The Reciprocity Project. A P2P Meta-groupware Supporting Co-evolution and Reciprocity
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|Frédéric Hoogstoel; Ludovic Collet; Alain Derycke; Xavier Le Pallec
|Despite our efforts for ten years to identify and to take into account the
issues of CSCW, the tailorable collaboration environments we have designed are
not yet fully appropriated by final users.
Among the issues we have identified, the lack of user implication in centralized systems seems the main obstacle today. Moreover, the inter-organisational context in which CSCW systems will be more and more used has serious impact on this issue and other ones, especially resource sharing, organisation and cohesion. The goals of the Reciprocity project are to develop a peer-to-peer meta-groupware supporting co-evolution and to evaluate its adequacy to address better the implication issue and the inter-organizational context impact. On top of the JXTA peer to peer middleware, we are building an XML middleware distributed on a network of web servers to manage distributed co-operative activities and resources.
|Symba: A Tailorable Framework to Support Collective Activities in a Learning Context
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|Marie-Laure Betbeder; Pierre Tchounikine
|We present an approach that aims at introducing tailoring capacities in a framework designed to support collective activities in a learning context: students state their organization (using a task conceptual notion modelled following Engeström's triangle) and are then proposed with a reification of the adopted organization, and, in particular, the set of tools they have asked for. This approach has a double advantage, making students achieve a reflective analysis of their activity and enabling them to tailor the activity-level environment without having to cope with a programming-like tailoring language.
|The Impacts of Awareness Tools on Mutual Modelling in a Collaborative Video-Game
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|Nicolas Nova; Pierre Dillenbourg; Thomas Wehrle; Jeremy Goslin; Yvan Bourquin
|This paper describes the findings of an experimental research concentrating on collaboration in a multi-player video game. The overall goal is to study the cognitive impacts of the awareness tools. The focus is in finding an effect on performance as well as on the representation an individual build of what his partner knows, plans and intends to do (i.e. Mutual Modelling). Using an awareness tools has a significant effect by improving task performance. However, the players who were provided with this tool did not show any improvement of their mutual modelling. Further analysis on contrasted groups revealed that there was an effect of the awareness tool on mutual modelling for players who spent a large amount of time using the tool.
|Perceived Value: A Low-Cost Approach to Evaluate Meetingware
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|Pedro Antunes; Carlos J. Costa
|Meetingware supports, manages, guides and stimulates participation in meetings. The evaluation of meetingware has not yet produced concluding results due to many reasons, one of them concerning the high cost (in time, money and logistics) of the evaluation process. This paper proposes a low-cost approach to evaluate meetingware. The approach is centered on a variable -- Perceived Value -- measuring several external product attributes of meetingware that can be negotiated between developers and users. The proposed approach was used by an organization with the purpose of evaluating a meetingware prototype developed by the authors.
|Exploring Interaction Behaviour and Performance of Online Collaborative Learning Teams
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|Thanasis Daradoumis; Fatos Xhafa; Joan Manuel Marquès
|Studying and analysing the collaborative behaviour of online learning teams and how this behaviour is related and affects task performance is a complex process. This paper presents an integrated approach that analyzes the participatory attitudes of group members in collaborative learning activities (group functioning) in relation to the individual and group learning outcomes (task performance). To that end, we first provide principled criteria and methods for evaluating collaborative problem-solving situations and then we identify different group types in terms of their degree of success at group functioning and task levels. Our objective is two-fold: assessing the effectiveness and adequacy of the evaluation criteria and methods, and exploring the interaction behaviour of different collaborative group types with respect to their performance.
|A New Language to Support Flexible Failure Recovery for Workflow Management Systems
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|Gwan-Hwan Hwang; Yung-Chuan Lee; Bor-Yih Wu
|In this paper, we propose a new failure-recovery model for workflow management systems (WfMSs). This model is supported with a new language, called the workflow failure-handling (WfFH) language, which allows the workflow designer to write programs so that s/he can use data-flow analysis technology to guide the failure recovery in workflow execution. With the WfFH language, the computation of the end compensation point and the compensation set for failure recovery can proceed during the workflow process run-time according to the execution results and status of workflow activities. Also, the failure-recovery definitions programmed with the WfFH language can be independent, thereby dramatically reducing the maintenance overhead of workflow processes. A prototype is built in a Java-based object-oriented workflow management system, called JOO-WfMS. We also report our experiences in constructing this prototype.
|Constraint-Based Flexible Workflows
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|Jacques Wainer; Fábio de Lima Bezerra
|This work presents the idea and a prototype of workflow systems defined through constraints. We think that in many domain areas, such as health care, workflow systems are too inflexible. One does not know in advance what activities does the patient has to go through. Actually a new form of interaction with the workflow is needed, in which a controller asks the systems which precondition activities are necessary in order to execute a target activity and schedule the target activity. We also present Tucupi, a prototype of such constraint based WFMS.
|Workflow Recovery Framework for Exception Handling: Involving the User
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|Hernâni Mourão; Pedro Antunes
|Unexpected exceptions in WfMS are situations not predicted during the design phase. Human involvement in handling this type of exceptions has been recognized to be a crucial factor. We developed a framework to support the user in handling these situations by redesigning the flow, ad hoc executing the affected tasks, and manipulating engine status. A good characterization of the exception is needed to help the user identifying the best executable solution. The proposed characterization results from integrating operational, tactical and strategic perspectives over unexpected exceptions. An open source platform was selected to establish a test base on which the framework will be tested.
|COW, a Flexible Platform for the Enactment of Learning Scenarios
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|Thomas Vantroys; Yvan Peter
|Open and Distance Learning platforms are more than systemis delivering pedagogical resources. They require mechanisms for the enactment and coordination of pedagogical modules and learning activities. A common solution to express learning paths in learning management systems (LMS) can be the use of Educational Modelling Languages (EML). The next step will be the enactment of these models. For that purpose, workflow management systems can be used. These systems formerly reserved for highly structured procedures can be used in dynamic and reactive environments such as virtual campuses platforms, thanks to an enhanced flexibility in the execution of models and in the management of exceptions. In this article we shall present COW our flexible workflow engine dedicated to open and distant learning. We will compare EML and workflow approach and see how to pass from a pedagogical modelisation to a workflow modelisation. We shall see how it is possible to organize the pedagogical modules and the learning paths to answer the expectation within the framework of individual courses (lifelong learning orientation) or within the framework of group courses (closer to the traditional face to face learning).
|Competency Management for Group Formation on the AulaNet Learning Environment
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|Hugo Fuks; Luís Henrique Raja Gabaglia Mitchell; Marco Aurélio Gerosa; Carlos José Pereira de Lucena
|The IMS Project uses the notion of competency to model educational objectives. In the AulaNet learning environment competency management is used to form subgroups that, in the case of this article, are assigned to generate new educational content for the Information Technologies Applied to Education course. The purpose of this course is to get learners to learn to work with information technology as a group, turning them into Web-based educators.
|Dynamic Generation of Adaptive Web-Based Collaborative Courses
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|Rosa M. Carro; Alvaro Ortigosa; Estefanía Martín; Johann H. Schlichter
|In this paper we present the use of adaptation techniques to dynamically generate adaptive collaborative Web-based courses. These courses are generated at runtime by selecting, at every step and for each student, the most suitable collaborative tasks to be proposed, the time at which they are presented, the specific problems to be solved, the most suitable partners to cooperate with and the collaborative tools to support the group cooperation. This selection is based on the users' personal features, preferences, knowledge and behavior while interacting with the course. The advantages of this approach and the peculiarities of combining individual adaptation with collaboration seamlessly are also presented.
|Collaborative Authoring, Use, and Reuse of Learning Material in a Computer-Integrated Classroom
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|Nelson A. Baloian; José A. Pino; Olivier Motelet
|Reuse of computer based learning material is a key requirement for any practical approach to support adaptive and dynamic teaching/learning inside and outside the classroom. Unlike hardware technology innovations, the software support for reuse inside the classroom is still not satisfactory. We present an approach to reuse material based in the Computer-integrated Classroom (CiC) environment and a special type of active documents used for containing learning material defined by the user to fit the particular needs of a lecture. This approach allows collaboration at two levels. The first one involves learning unit authors, who can jointly develop a course and teach it independently. The second level of collaboration refers to teacher and students exchanging and sharing documents. This framework does not impose a certain teaching/learning style. It rather supports the seamless transition from one teaching/learning mode to another one, using the same material.
|Supporting Collaborative Drawing with the Mask Versioning Mechanism
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|Alexandre Pereira Meire; Marcos R. S. Borges; Renata Mendes de Araujo
|This work presents a synchronous collaborative graphical editor that implements a proposal of an awareness mechanism of a collaborative artifact evolution. The graphical editor allows real-time, highly interactive collaborative work, using the mask metaphor to help participants in creating new diagram versions without interrupting the interaction as also to provide awareness of the diagram versions created. This paper describes the mask metaphor, the collaborative editor that implements this metaphor and discusses a case study conducted with the use of the tool.
|An Agent Framework to Support Opportunistic Collaboration
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|Melfry Moreno; Adriana Santarosa Vivacqua; Jano Moreira de Souza
|In increasingly networked times, CSCW systems have become more common. In most of these, individuals work collaboratively from their personal computer terminals, unaware of their peers. In this scenario, opportunities for collaboration often go unnoticed. In this paper, we investigate aspects of unplanned cooperation and how it might be encouraged. We propose an agent framework to encourage and support unplanned cooperation between people not necessarily in the same team. Agents build user profiles and match users according to their interests, activities and opportunities for cooperation. By matching users' work contexts, needs and resources, we expect to uncover opportunities for collaboration that might otherwise go unnoticed. We believe that the notification of users of these opportunities will lead to more frequent collaboration between them.
|Groupware Support for Cooperative Process Elicitation
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|Rosa M. de Freitas; Marcos R. S. Borges; Flávia Maria Santoro; José A. Pino
|We propose an alternative approach to the usual business process improvement, in which company workers play an active role in re-designing the organization's processes in a cooperative style. We present the CEPE tool -- Cooperative Editor for Processes Elicitation -- which is a cooperative graphic editor that supports the building of the knowledge about the current process and reports associated problems. Moreover, this paper presents the results of a case study in which the editor was used.
|Improving the Use of Strategies in Computer-Supported Collaborative Processes
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|César A. Collazos; Luis A. Guerrero; José A. Pino; Sergio F. Ochoa
|The members of a work group need to apply a common strategy to collaboratively solve a problem. A good strategy will mainly depend on the collaboration scenario, participants' background, and available tools. This paper presents two widgets that have been useful to help to define and use good group members' strategies in collaborative learning scenarios. The concepts behind these widgets can be reused to support strategy definition processes in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of computer-supported collaborative processes.
|Supporting Complex Decision Making Processes with Collaborative Applications -- A Case Study
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|Patrick Brézillon; Frédéric Adam; Jean-Charles Pomerol
|There has been much research on the design of Groupware, its potential benefits and the methods used to develop systems to support groups. However, in many real life cases, identifying tangible benefits and demonstrating improvements in the quality of decision making after introducing such systems has proven difficult. In this paper, we present the case study of a newspaper firm in order to analyse the impact of a recently introduced collaborative computer system, implemented to support the information search, storage, organisation and dissemination activities of organisational actors. We found that the implementation of the new groupware systems has revolutionised the process of creation of the newspapers and given more time and greater control to the Editorial team. We conclude that when collaborative systems are designed that are closely matched to the needs of the group they serve, tangible benefits should be clearly observable. However, the development of these systems may take much time as the idiosyncratic manner in which specialised groups operate can be very difficult to properly and completely analyse.
|An Architecture for Supporting Disconnected Operation in Workflow: An XML-Based Approach
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|Pedro Arroyo-Sandoval; Ana I. Martínez-Garcia; Cristina Ramirez-Fernandez
|Nowadays, there exist few options to support workflow and cooperation among mobile users using non-traditional computing platforms such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). Considering the growing need for mobility and the more frequent use of mobile devices, it is necessary to provide support for the integration of these to the work environments. In this work, we present the development of the SysCoor Workflow Management System (WFMS) architecture, which provides support for the semi-automatic generation of Web-based workflow systems and disconnected workflow through the use of models described in the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and also considers the use of image, video and multimedia presentations as part of the workflow information entities. We present a scenario that illustrates a disconnected process and how it could benefit by this approach. We establish the requirements for supporting disconnected workflow and discuss the architecture of the system that is based in the use of XML for the specification of the workflow systems and disconnected operations. The workflow systems' specification is generated in XML to enable interoperability with other WFMS engines. The development of the disconnection mechanism is presented in terms of a lightweight architecture for PDA devices developed using the SuperWaba programming language, however, the architecture described can be implemented using other programming tools.
|Interoperability of Workflow Engines Based on Agents Using Semantics
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|Gabrielle D'Annunzio Cavalcanti; Pedro Porfírio Muniz Farias
|Workflow environments produced by different manufacturers with different implementation characteristics do not share information regarding the control of the execution of process instances, except when developing specific applications. Although some manufacturers have adopted standards such as the Workflow Management Coalition -- WFMC, there are still products of which the structure does not support such definitions, making information exchange between workflow engines a problem. A semantics-based approach enhances interaction between computer environments and is essential for an adequate understanding of the environment by the components involved. The present study presents a model for the process of interoperation between workflow engines applicable to the control of the execution of workflow instance processes on the internet. The model is based on agents, web services architecture and semantics for the handling of documents in the Wf-XML grammar standard.
|A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing the Use of Context in Groupware
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|Márcio G. P. Rosa; Marcos R. S. Borges; Flávia Maria Santoro
|This article presents a conceptual framework for the identification and classification of contextual elements included in groupware applications. Contextual elements store information that helps group members to characterize and to understand the interaction and its associate information. The conceptual framework can be used not only to guide the development of new groupware applications but also to analyze existing groupware. We illustrate the use of the framework in the analysis of three groupware tools.
|Application Design Based on Work Ontology and an Agent Based Awareness Server
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|Rosa Alarcón; David A. Fuller
|Collaborative Systems support user groups enabling a shared environment and informing of its state and changes through a mechanism called awareness. We believe that these changes and their consequences can be understood from an interpretation context, this approach allows us to infer the relevance of the awareness information and control its delivery trough different channels. The mechanism is enabled through a Multi-Agent System (MAS). We built a collaborative scheduler to test these ideas and we present a case study based on its use. We found that those ideas significantly ease the construction of different interfaces for the same problem while application usability is not impacted.
|Supporting Context-Aware Collaboration in a Hospital: An Ethnographic Informed Design
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|Miguel A. Muñoz; Víctor M. González; Marcela Rodríguez; Jesús Favela
|This paper reports the development of a context-aware messaging system to support the intensive and distributed nature which characterizes information management and collaboration in a hospital setting. Our design was based on a set of findings gathered during a workplace study conducted in a hospital. We identified that collaboration in the hospital is highly based on a set of contextual elements: (1) the location of people and devices, (2) the timing of messages to be delivered, (3) the role-oriented nature of the work and (4) the artifact-mediate nature of information gathering. Those elements were validated and their support analyzed with hospital's staff through a session where scenarios of use where created, refined, and evaluated. The results of this study allowed us to inform the design process of a context-aware architecture to support collaboration in a hospital setting. The architecture allows for the implementation of applications that respond in accordance to the context surrounding the activities performed at the hospital, thus enhancing information exchange, collaboration, and ultimately, decision making. In particular, we focus our attention on a context-aware messaging system developed on top of this architecture, and which allows health care workers to exchange messages that depend, for their delivery, on the status of people, resources and/or devices.
|MADE -- A Groupware Application to Support Real-Time Activities of Distributed and Cooperating Communities
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|Samuli Pekkola; Arto Rikalainen; Tero Toivonen; Saku Hujala; Niina Kaarilahti; Risto Lintinen; Pasi Pohjola
|Abstract. Distributed work has increased during the last few years.
Employees travelling around in different countries still need access to
information and must be reachable by their colleagues. A variety of mobile
devices have been utilised for this purpose. However, often, when using
multiple devices, the information is available to the appropriate device only.
Transferring data between the devices is not always an intuitive or easy thing
to do -- not while conversing at least. This paper presents a groupware
application to support real-time actions of distributed communities. The
problem of separate devices is addressed by combining multiple tools, media,
into a platform independent aggregate. This allows users to utilise the medium
according to their personal preferences or the work situation -- regardless of
the device they may have.
Keywords: groupware; CSCW system; distributed and real-time group work; ad hoc communication; mobile communities
|Collaborative Scenarios to Promote Positive Interdependence among Group Members
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|César A. Collazos; Luis A. Guerrero; José A. Pino; Sergio F. Ochoa
|Positive interdependence is the heart of collaborative activities that define collaboration and transform group work into teamwork. To achieve positive interdependence among students, just putting them in group and telling them to work together may not be sufficient. Previously, several types of positive interdependencies have been identified for unsupported group activities. These kinds of interdependencies are now instantiated for the case of computer-supported group learning. The examples we show in this paper are taken from computer games and other tools we have developed to set students in a scenario in which they must collaborate in order to succeed. This paper also presents diverse forms of structuring positive interdependence in software tools based on the interface design to ensure that students think we instead of me.
|Building Virtual Communities for Information Retrieval
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|Daniel Memmi; Olivier Nérot
|The search for relevant information is often hindered by the initial difficulty in formulating precise requests, and because much knowledge is actually tacit and thus not easily accessible. Asking for human assistance is the usual response to these problems, but one can develop computer systems to help locate the right persons in the search for information. We describe the structure and functioning of a collaborative, distributed search system designed to emulate the information-gathering functions of social communities. Such systems can be used to create virtual communities as well as to improve information retrieval.


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Cardiff Blues fell back down to earth with a bang from the bonus point win over Ospreys at Judgement Day to only just scraping past bottom-placed Zebre at home.
Head Coach Danny Wilson stuck with the majority of the team that won last time out, the only changes coming in the form of Rhys Gill replacing Gethin Jenkins at loosehead, Tomos Williams coming in for namesake Lloyd at 9, while Aled Summerhill took Matthew Morgan's back three place as Rhun Williams switched to full-back.
It was the home side who made all the early running, with Alex Cuthbert releasing Tomos Williams, who was stopped only be an early tackle, before Gareth Anscombe's lovely chip over the defence failed to sit up for Rey Lee-Lo as the try line beckoned, all within the opening three minutes.
Cardiff's desire to play a quick game was evident as Anscombe shaped to kick a penalty into the corner, only to tap and go across the field, but Cuthbert was turned over on the five metre line. In the end the clocked showed 10 minutes as the Welsh fly-half opened the scoring with a penalty for a deliberate Zebre knock on.
All the territory and possession was Cardiff's, but they were slipping back into being their own worst enemy as simple errors was stunting any chance at gaining momentum. Only some excellent work from Ellis Jenkins at the breakdown kept us in it, and allowed Anscombe to make it 6-0 from the tee.
It wasn't until after the halfway point of the first half that the hosts finally crossed the whitewash, but once they did it opened some mini floodgates. It started with a higher risk play from Anscombe, throwing a long flat pass to tease the Zebre defence into attempting the intercept.
Number eight Derek Minnie duly obliged but could not reach the ball and Nick Williams exploited the gap left in the defensive line. The New Zealander was tackled well, but his offload game came to the fore as he found Jenkins, who showed off some ball skills of his own to allow Anscombe on the wrap around to score the opening try of the evening.
With the conversion kicked Cardiff were soon celebrating again as Cuthbert challenged for Tomos Williams' box kick. His knock back found the scrum half again who flicked the ball out wide and eventually Aled Summerhill was released to speed over the line after beautifully standing up full-back Edoardo Padovani.
With the score now at 20-0 things should have been more comfortable for the home side, but in typical Cardiff fashion they made it difficult. Winger Kayle Van Zyl made Zebre yards before kicking it inside. A clear Carlo Canna knock-on was then missed, before Nick Williams was adjudged to have performed a tip tackle and sent to the sin bin.
Fortunately the only scores while the hosts were down to 14-men were a penalty for each side, but the while the scoreboard was not impacted, the momentum of Cardiff's play was. Zebre played all the rugby up till half-time, with only a magnificent last-ditch tackle from Alex Cuthbert keeping the scoreline at 23-3.
The break should have allowed Cardiff to re-build, but unfortunately any chance of an early score was taken away when the referee allowed a clearly offside Federico Ruzza to intercept Tomos' pass from the base of the ruck and streak away, with only a very good Rhun Williams cover tackle preventing a Zebre try.
What happened next however can only be described as farcical. A Zebre knock on setup a Cardiff scrum on our own five metre line. A tiring Fa'ao Filise conceded a penalty for going straight to ground and was warned by referee Frank Murphy that the next time he did that he would receive a yellow card.
Ellis Jenkins, captain on the night, informed Mr Murphy that Scott Andrews was now set to replace Filise, which the referee acknowledged, but the substitution was blocked by the Fourth Official on the grounds that a substitution could not take place during on the back of a penalty.
It's something I've never come across, and is made all the more bizarre by the fact the referee himself showed no objection and I cannot find anywhere in the law book where it explicitly states a substitution can't take place during a penalty stoppage, only that "substitutions may only be made when the ball is dead", which I'd suggest it was.
With the substitution declined Filise was promptly penalised at the next scrum and sin binned. Andrews did now get on as a replacement, but the farce continues at the fault of Cardiff as the scrum continued to disintegrate and Mr Murphy went under the posts for a penalty try.
Back down to 14 and just 13 points in the game, Cardiff needed something special, and it came from a great hope for the future in Tomos Williams. We all know about his special skillset, but this time it was his workrate and aggression on show as he chased Carlo Canna from the kick-off, charged down the clearance and flopped on the loose ball.
20 point gap restored and Tomos was quickly bonus point hunting as a world class individual score was pulled back for an earlier Nick Williams knock on. Unfortunately from the scrum Cardiff were penalised again, Zebre went to the corner and flanker Maxime Mbanda was able to force his way over from close range.
With the score at 30-17, 63 minutes on the clock and back up to the full compliment of players, the home side were finally able to benefit from some possession in the opposition half, but the amount of defending over the previous 20 minutes was telling as, despite a good Jenkins break, nothing was made of the attack.
This led into the second major moment of the game, as Cardiff opted to defend a Zebre driving maul by standing off and sending a single defender in to tackle the ball carrier. Unfortunately Sion Bennett decided to do this with an old fashioned no arms chop tackle.
In retaliation to the dangerous play, away substitute prop Dario Chistolini opted to take matters into his own hands and strike Bennett to the face with his fist and knee. Yellow for the Cardiff man, red for the Italian.
Despite both teams being down a man it didn't stop Zebre dominance though, as they continued to dominate possession and territory. Set piece dominance and a great patience in recycling the ball so the away side camped in our redzone, but some solid last ditch defending from Cardiff saw the ball held up over the line twice.
With two minutes to go Dries van Schalkwyk did burrow over for a third try and with Guglielmo Palazzani's conversion making it a six point game there was more than a bit of worry as Mattia Bellini streaked away down the left wing with the clock on red. Fortunately Matthew Morgan made the covering tackle and Zebre conceded a penalty in midfield to leave with just a losing bonus point.
The game and statistics will not make pretty viewing for Danny Wilson and the players when they re-convene on Monday morning, with Cardiff coming off worse in possession and territory at home against an Italian side, as well as being well and truly beaten at the set piece and breakdown area.
Without wishing to be disrespectful to Zebre, who certainly came and did a job on us on Friday, you have to expect Cardiff to beat an Italian side at home in a comfortable fashion. If we harbour ambitions to break the top six, bonus point wins at the Arms Park should really be a given.
However, there are baby steps towards positivity ahead of next week against Newport, and next season. Firstly, there were some individual aspects of our play and performances that were very encouraging. Our defensive play on our own try line was commendable, and our attacking before half-times was always dangerous.
The younger players involved, the likes of Tomos Williams, Aled Summerhill and Rhun Williams, all put in good shifts, while there were flashes from Nick Williams and Jarrad Hoeata to prove the old guard were still firing.
Looking ahead to next season we can take confidence that, for the first time since 2011/12, we have gone a season unbeaten against the Italian sides. As bizarre as that sounds that should be seen as a positive, both psychologically and in terms of the Italian sides becoming harder to play against year-on-year.
These shouldn't cloud the fact that overall Friday's performance was not acceptable, and ahead of next weekend's regular season closer, a backlash is needed.
Motivation shouldn't be higher with a response required from last week, competition for places in the play-offs, a local derby, and the fact we owe Newport a try bonus point from Boxing Day's game. A big week awaits, come on Cardiff!!


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December 24, 2009 by vinylburns
Hello Dolls and Action Figures…
I just wanted to send out a short message of forgiveness and good time loving, to all the delicious followers out there.
It's a jam packed summer for me, shooting some new films, maybe releasing a follow up single or two to accompany the hit smashing album "Can't stop forgetting again". I'll also be appearing at various gigs over the summer…
New Years Eve in Wellington's Civic Square
The Chit Chat Lounge at Wellington's Fringe bar, throughout February
A special on screen appearance as "Lord Jerkov" at the interactive 80's dance party "Galaxia"
Even if you don't see me out there, you'll feel my presence… So with that in mind….
Happy Christmas.
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Smash 'N' Survive, from Version 2 Games, will be driving onto PSN from February 9th and causing all sorts of carnage.
Smash 'N' Survive features 30 unique customisable cars and 10 destructible maps across which to compete in the eight different gameplay competitions. There is a full single player campaign and split screen multiplayer, with online multiplayer coming via DLC in April.
"Smash 'N' Survive has been developed exclusively for the PlayStation Network, and is an action packed intuitive pick-up-and-play brutal vehicle brawler, that with endless hours of single and multiplayer madness offers fantastic value", said Rajat Ojha, President of Version 2 Games, "We are proud to be the team behind India's debut PlayStation 3 release and look forward to establishing a dedicated community and expanding the Smash 'N' Survive universe post-launch with future downloadable content."
Throughout competitions players compete across a range of destructible maps including a black market, stadium, factory, ship, backyard and various arenas and can also take control of environmental factors such as tornadoes to destroy opponents' cars. Players can also upgrade their cars in both the garage and shop.
Rajat Ojha, " Smash 'N' Survive offers nuances/ideas that are not usually seen in games of this genre especially in the premise you don't need to chase and surpass the vehicles but you have to smash and 'kill' cars, whilst the group Demolition Derby and planting a bomb are also being tried for the first time. Each of the many locations offers a new challenge and objective – the territory control is where players will play dominance play by capturing the territories or assisting their friends to capture the territory, you can also try to reclaim your territory. Plant the bomb is about getting to a certain destination or conversely finding and defusing a bomb that you must find."
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Dad fell three times over a 24-hour period in mid-February, then fell again in early March. Fortunately, he didn't break any bones, but he did experience a loss of confidence about his physical abilities. Because of his falls, I ended up being bound to the house, leaving only for errands such as grocery shopping and picking up an occasional take-out meal.
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It's never too late to start exercising. And seniors may want to embrace physical activity in order to maintain their mental capacity (as well as their physical health). Here's the reason — a new study published in the February 2012 edition of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise found that those who achieved at least a medium state of fitness were less likely to die from a dementia-related death.
Study shows exercise fights premature agingby Carol Bursack
March 8th, 2011 at 4:53 am
When it comes to aging, I'm good at denial. Oh, I know my "numbers" – years, weight, triglycerides, cholesterol. I know, for the most part, what foods I should and shouldn't eat, though I'm not very good about following through with the solid nutrition suggested. Also, I know that exercise is essential to good health. But knowing is not doing.
My Self-Care Challengeby Sue Lanza
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In the broad life category of "it's not too late to re-invent yourself", I have decided that this year I will grow up, get real and be healthy. I know, I know. I am even scaring myself with this new commitment. For the record, this bombshell did not come as a new year's resolution; just an idea that developed over time.
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Shop hours: Tuesday to Thursday 10 am-12pm / 2 pm-6pm. Friday and Saturday 10 am-6pm. For guided tours, closing 1 hour earlier. It is in a small village with a predestined name, Bénifontaine, that the famous Ch'ti Beer is brewed. Directed by the Castelain family since 1966, the brewery continues the local tradition of transforming water into beer. Specialty beers produced with respect for northern brewing traditions. Next to the Ch'ti Blonde which comes in amber, triple and Christmas cuvée, find Jade, the first organic beer created in France, Grand Cru, Fleur de Houblon or Pale Ale. A variety of aromas that Bertrand, 3rd generation of Castelain, invites you to share and taste. During an hour of guided tour you will discover the history of beer in general and that of the brewery in particular, the raw materials and their usefulness in the manufacturing process, the ecomuseum and its collection of enamel plaques, the video film and the different stages of beer making. The visit ends with the tasting and for those who want to take a souvenir or continue the tasting at home, the shop is located next door.


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After suffering consecutive weeks of declines over the last month, the yellow metal was able to rebound higher this week as safe haven inflows saw steady demand. With the market bracing for the implementation of bilateral US/ Chinese tariffs on Friday which is set to affect billions of dollar's worth of each country's goods, there has been some softening in risk sentiment. Up to now, the market has chosen to shrug off any concerns and has instead been focused on the US rates story with USD rising in response to the Fed hiking rates and upgrading its rates forecast to two further hikes this year. However, with the official implementation of the tariffs imminent, it seems that now is the time for some long covering in USD and some safety buying in gold.
The bounce in gold this week came from the area of technical support that we highlighted last time around where we had confluence between the corrective symmetry swing at the 1244.13 level and the December 2017 low at the 1235.95 level. If we see some further upside from here we can look to the 1295.65 level (which was a key level over last year) to act as first resistance.
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The story in in silver this week was similar though buying occurred at initial lows on the week helping silver just come back above even on the week. Though silver typically tracks the move we see in gold, investors prefer to use the yellow metal as a safe haven with silver seeing less inflows due to economic uncertainty.
After breaking down through the recent contracting triangle pattern which has framed price action over the year, silver found support at the 15.80 region noted last week. This has been a huge level in silver over the last few years and the bounce here suggests that we might be in for some further range rotation frustratingly so for momentum players.
As concerns mount of the economic impact of the US / China trade war it seems that copper is bearing the brunt of this uncertainty, printing its fourth consecutive negative week. As the world's largest consumer of copper, a dip in manufacturing linked to less global demand for Chinese products, could spell bad news for copper producers, hence the fall in price. Typically, copper has acted as a good barometer for the market's view on the health of the economy, so this sharp sell off in the red metal is a strong indication of the level of concern which is being jumped on by speculators keen to profit from the drop in price, further exacerbating the decline.
The fall in copper this week has seen price finally breaking below the 2.964 level 2015 high with the level, which underpinned price action over the last year, now likely to act as resistance if tested from below. To the downside, the next big level will be the 2.762 level which was the mid 2017 high and has gone untested since being broken. This could be a level where we see some initial profit taking kick in, though for now, focus is firmly on further downside.
Iron ore prices continued their fall lower this week, though not nearly as strongly as the moves seen in copper. Indeed, moves in iron markets this week have been incredibly limited with some commenting that the action is around the same level of that usually seen during Chinese public holidays.
Iron ore continues to inch its way closer to the key $64 level support which is an important level for the market. A break here could usher in momentum players and herald the next leg lower while a further rotation higher from this level should keep the current $64 – $69 range in play.


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New plant materials
According to the All-American Selection Winners website, "AAS is the only national, nonprofit plant trialing organization in North America. All-America Selections is an independent nonprofit organization that tests new, never-before-sold varieties for the home gardener. After a full season of anonymous trialing by volunteer horticulture professionals, only the top garden performers are given the AAS Winner award designation for their superior performance."
There is all sorts of information regarding new plant material that is sold for gardeners throughout the U.S. We have to make decisions to figure out if plant material will grow in our area in a reliable way. We shouldn't always depend on the growers for this information and if you are informed, you will have a greater chance of having a great growing season. The All-American Selection Winners works with new plant material to test new, unsold cultivars. All-American Selections is a nonprofit group that works in the interest of gardeners.
If you go to the AAS website https://all-americaselections.org/ you will find information on all sorts of plant materials. For the purpose of this column, we will focus on the recommendations of these same plants that have been reviewed by the U of M Extension for vegetables that you can grow in containers. If you are in need of some beautiful pictures of landscapes, this website for that alone, is worth visiting.
The U of M Extension is inviting everyone to try their hand on growing container vegetable gardens. This past fall, I went through training called Vegetables for Everyone, which discusses growing vegetables in containers for those who are in apartments or using raised beds or for those who might want to raise a little bit of vegetables but maybe doesn't have the time or space to raise vegetables otherwise.
It is quite possible to grow all sorts of vegetables in containers. There are some great bag like containers that you can use to raise potatoes. You can use a trash can with holes punched into the bottom. You can get quite creative with whatever container that you might have available just as long as you provide some sort of good drainage in the container and good soil. If you don't have access to soil, potting soil that is available in any of our local stores works well too.
Since we have a little time before we can really get going on gardening– last day of frost is May 15 — you can look for the following varieties that are recommended from the U of M Extension that are All-American Winners for vegetable container gardening. If you are trying to get your kids to eat more vegetables, have them raise a pizza garden complete with a tomato plant, herbs and peppers. You can use your imagination here too. Please note that all of these vegetables should have a container that is at least 3 gallons. There are a few that it would work better to grow them alone in a container but if you need to, you can probably group some of these together.
Sweetie Pie Pepper is a miniature sweet bell pepper and is a very compact plant. Winter Honeybaby Squash produces compact orange fruit and is similar to butternut. This plant will produce a vine that is about 2-3 feet so it should be located in an area for it to spread out or you will need a trellis for it in the container. I would raise this one in its own container. Flaming Jade Pepper is a serrano type pepper that has a good upright form. Hot Sunset Pepper is a spicy wax banana type pepper that also has a great compact growing form. Sweet Sunset Pepper is also a banana type pepper with a good compact growing form. Pick a Bushel Cucumber is a compact bush type cucumber with vines that grow about 2 feet. Since this one grows in a vine form, it would be best to grow this in its own container. And last, but not least, Mountain Merit Tomato is a winner for the container garden since it is a good compact grower, has tomatoes that are big enough to slice and also has good disease resistance. You can grow other vegetables in containers too such as spinach, lettuce, radishes and so forth as well.
For more information on becoming a Master Gardener, please go to the following website for more information: https://extension.umn.edu/master-gardener/about-master-gardener. The Lyon County Master Gardeners are in need of volunteers. If you are interested, you can "volunteer shadow" our Master Gardeners to see what kind of volunteer opportunities are available. If you have questions about gardening, you can reach me at email@example.com
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A long-withstanding conversation in the livestock industry, cattle disease traceability is not a new concept.
It is well-known a disease outbreak and subsequent quarantine can and would render producers at the mercy of regulatory organizations that would decide the fate of their herds and cripple both international and domestic markets.
A new initiative from the state of Kansas, however, may add a level of security for producers through individual animal disease traceability for all classes of cattle. CattleTrace seeks to enroll cow-calf herds, livestock auctions, feeders and packers throughout the state in the disease traceability program using ultra-high frequency tags and readers – a technology that will take the individuality out of reading and recording data while allowing individual animal data to be collected.
Cassie Kniebel, program manager for the CattleTrace pilot project, shares the initiatives behind CattleTrace have been in the works for some time.
"Several different initiatives played into the start of the pilot project," she says. "In December of 2017, the Kansas Livestock Association (KLA) passed a resolution in support of mandatory identification for all classes of animals for disease traceability purposes.
And for the past few years, the Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) has hosted a producer and stakeholder summit to ensure state agriculture efforts align with topics important to producers. Traceability has continually been a hot topic, so it has been on KDA's radar for a long time.
"Then, at the end of January, NCBA released the World Perspectives Inc. report, based on findings from a survey of over 600 producers from across the country. The survey looked at what was important to producers from a traceability standpoint, as we move forward as a country and industry, and those answers helped to give this project a starting point."
The resounding message of the need for disease traceability encouraged several Kansas groups to come together to form the CattleTrace pilot project. The collaborative effort among the KDA, Kansas State University's Beef Cattle Institute, the KLA and other industry partners will work to create a framework for disease traceability through data collection and management over the next two years.
The advisory committee was formed and began laying out protocols and direction for the program in early 2018.
Traceability protocols
The CattleTrace project is solely focused on disease traceability, with the pilot focusing on three main objectives:
1. Infrastructure: Technology, reader placement and industry participation are components of the purpose-built infrastructure for a disease traceability system that maintains four points of data: time, date, animal ID and animal location.
2. Evaluation: What the efficiencies and capabilities of the infrastructure are and how to use the infrastructure to collect data, answering the question: Does it work?
3. Value: Identifying what the costs and benefits of a disease traceability system are throughout the supply chain at both an industry and producer level
To date, CattleTrace has three major packers, 14 feedlots and seven auction markets secured to participate in the project and has begun recruiting cow-calf herds within those seven auction markets, with a goal of 55,000 identified and traceable head in Kansas. Interest is also being fielded from other beef-producing states hoping to participate in the project.
Currently, the CattleTrace board of directors is setting data accessibility protocols for how and when collected data may be accessed by state and federal agencies, a concern among many producers since the first conversations of mandatory animal identification in 2004.
Brandon Depenbusch, vice president of cattle operations for Innovative Livestock Services, serves as chairman for the CattleTrace pilot project's board of directors and participates in the program as a livestock feeder. He says the removal of producer identification and CattleTrace's sole ownership of data has helped ease producer concern.
"Every producer meeting we have had, everybody we have talked to, we haven't run into the resistance others have run into in the past, and I think the reason is: We are only looking at those four points of data," he says. "There's no ownership identification, no premise name, nothing tying anyone to an animal outside of those four points.
"There are hundreds of other pieces of data we could collect but, with each additional piece of data, the uneasiness among our producers increases. So keeping it simple has been very helpful – that and the fact that pilot project and board of directors will help set the protocol for how and why that data is accessed by anyone other than CattleTrace," he says.
Value-added peace of mind
As a lifelong cattle producer and longtime member of the KLA, CattleTrace participant Barb Downey of Downey Ranch Inc., says animal disease traceability is something that has long been on her personal radar.
"What we all have to really remember," says Downey, "is: The last estimate of a finished animal due to overseas trade was $330 a head, and that affects me as a cow-calf producer. If international trade were to go away tomorrow because we have a disease and can't identify the origin and what animals should be allowed to move and which animals should be quarantined – if we can't answer that question almost instantly, then trade is shut down.
"We saw it with BSE in 2003; the bottom falls out. And I have no interest in participating in something like that again when I know it could be prevented and managed if we knew what animal was where and when."
Downey says the added security of knowing her animals are safe from an outbreak, and the decision-making power that knowledge gives her as a producer, is invaluable, making the decision for participation in CattleTrace an easy one for the ranch.
Still in the stages of recruiting industry participation and equipment installation, CattleTrace hopes to begin collecting data in the near future.
PHOTO 1: CattleTrace-enrolled cattle in Russell, Kansas. Photo by Shelby Mettlen, Beef Cattle Institute, Kansas State University.
PHOTO 2: A stationary UHF reader is installed at NA Timmerman Feedyard in Colby, Kansas. Photo provide by Brandon Depenbusch.
PHOTO 3: Project tags are pictured above. Photo provide by Brandon Depenbusch.
PHOTO 4: The handheld UHF reader captures the first data on CattleTrace project cattle in Russell, Kansas. Photo by Shelby Mettlen, Beef Cattle Institute, Kansas State University.
Laura Handke is a freelance writer based in Kansas.


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The City of Costa Mesa is Orange County's Crown Jewel, nestled between Newport Beach and Santa Ana and is approximately one mile from Southern California's incomparable coastline. Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue has a rich and honorable history of providing excellence in emergency response and public safety service to the residents and businesses of Costa Mesa. With over 113,000 residents encompassing an area of 16.8 square miles, we respond to over 12,500 calls annually. The city is extremely diverse and provides a wide variety of responses. Freeway emergencies are common with the 73, 405, and the 55 freeways running through the city. There are large commercial, as well as dense residential areas, and wildland urban interface. Large target hazards include South Coast Plaza and the Performing Arts Center. Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue is an active participant with the Metro Net Cities and the Orange County Fire Authority, an automatic/ mutual aid system and training collaborative with surrounding cities. Together, these cities provide highly trained professionals to any emergency. The closest emergency response unit is dispatched to the emergency, regardless of city boundary.
Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue consists of three divisions: Fire Administration; Fire/Rescue/EMS Operations; and Fire Prevention/Community Risk Reduction. Although each division has its designated priorities, we provide a broad scope of services to the community.
We have recently completed implementing a comprehensive reorganization plan, which was focused on a more effective and efficient integrated deployment model utilizing paramedic rescue ambulances. Additionally, this past year, the organization worked together to develop and implement a five-year strategic plan. Currently, one Paramedic Engine Company is staffed by a Captain, an Engineer, and two Firefighter/Paramedics; three Paramedic Assessment Units (PAU) Fire Engines, in addition to three paramedic rescue ambulances, two truck companies, one USAR/rescue squad, and 26 fire/rescue personnel on shift 24/7/365, supervised by a Shift Battalion Chief. These fire/rescue personnel respond from six fire stations strategically located within the City limits of Costa Mesa. Fire Suppression personnel work 24-hour shifts, totaling a 56-hour workweek, on duty to provide life safety, fire protection, environmental protection, and emergency medical services one of three 24 hour shifts.
As a smaller metro department we take pride in positions earned by our personnel, including: PIO, Base Camp Manager, Demobilization Manager, and Line EMT's. Our Rescue Squad is an OES type I resource and personnel are compensated for technical rescue training. We also staff our own Arson Investigation Unit. Moreover, our Fire Prevention/Community Risk Reduction Division actively collaborates with the City's Pubic Services and Development Services departments to provide a robust fire and life safety program, focusing on community risk reduction and public education.
In addition to Community Risk Reduction and Fire Suppression, a key function of the Costa Mesa Fire Department is the provision of emergency medical services (EMS) to the ill and injured. In fact, a significant number of our emergency responses are EMS-related. Consequently, every firefighter is cross-trained and certified as an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) and is capable of providing BLS (Basis Life Support) emergency medical care. For those patients with more serious problems, the Department has 30 Mobile Intensive Care Paramedics who have received specialized training and are licensed to provide ALS (Advanced Life Support) emergency medical care.
The mission of the Department's EMS division is to optimize patient outcome by providing the highest quality of care with proficiency, compassion and efficiency. The men and women of the Costa Mesa Fire Department take pride in their involvement in the community programs ensuring our City is a fire-safe place to live, visit, and work.


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This 3 beds 2 baths Other property located by address '1059 Naomi Dr, Vista, CA 92083'.
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Current REO house appeared on
IndexPost.com website 1320 days ago. The home you watching marked as "COMING SOON",
so now the lender not ready to sell it yet and it's not the time you can submit an offer.
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1059 Naomi Dr, Vista, CA 92083 REO house positioned at Vista, ZIP code 92083. The home belongs to San Diego County county.
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Obtaining this home you became an owner of 3 beautiful bedrooms. Property has 2 bathrooms.
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