Integrated Bush Management Systems (IBMS): Strategies and Economics.

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Move out, verify: the combat story of the 743rd Tank Battalion

A Battalion truck was driven hundreds of miles through Germany to locate and haul a linotype machine so that type could be set for this book. This is just one of the sometimes fantastic difficulties overcome during the manufacture of these pages in the bomb-devastated city of Frankfurt-on-Main in July 1945. That the book did get printed at all is astonishing to its author. 1st Lt. John D. Hess, aided by German-speaking Tech Sergeant Frank Gartner, looked after the considerable details of publication. The 21 chapter illustrations are by Pfc. Norman E. Hamilton. The writing is by Pfc. Wayne Robinson, who here wishes to acknowledge the great help given by so many, from tank commanders to cooks to personnel clerks, in getting the facts for this combat story.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1069/thumbnail.jp

Perceptions of Urban High School Teachers Transitioning From Traditional Instruction to Blended Learning

Increasing demands for technology integration at the K-12 level have led school districts to explore blended learning as an option for sustaining productive instructional strategies while increasing technology integration in the classroom. Furthermore, Disruptive Innovation Theory (Christensen, 1997) offers insights as to the potential impact of blended learning on the field of education. This phenomenological study attempted to capture the lived experiences of urban high school teachers who were transitioning to a blended learning instructional strategy. In addition, this study utilized the Stages of Concern (SoC) component of the Concerns Based Adoption Model (CBAM) to isolate the phenomenon and provide additional insights regarding the implementation strategy used by the district. Ten participants responded to 12 questions in a virtual focus group. A content analysis of the collected data was conducted to address the SoC, as well as provide information regarding teacher perceptions of the implementation process. Phenomenological analysis was conducted using the modified Stevicki-Coloaizzi-Keen Method (Creswell, 2013); and a textural narrative, structural narrative, and a narrative explaining the essence of the phenomenon were included in the results. The findings include concerns about student access and a need for blended learning examples. Recommendations include a need for increased support regarding student access and targeting specific training needs for teachers. Conclusions indicate that consideration of the needs of teachers while constructing implementation plans can be beneficial. Future research should explore concerns of students, facilitators, and administrators regarding blended learning

Dynamic Response of Pretensioned Prestressed Concrete Beams

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Integrated Bush Management Systems (IBMS): Strategies and Economics.

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Integrated Brush Management Systems for Texas

6 pp., 1 chartIntegrated Brush Management Systems (IBMS) involve careful analysis of range resources and ranch goals in order to develop solutions to brush problems. Successful use of IBMS should result in improved management processes and greater profitability of the ranch. This publication explains the steps involved in implementing an IBMS, and includes a helpful diagram of the process. Range managers will learn how to use the process to identify best management practices

Starting a 75-cow intensive rotational grazing dairy (2011)

This guide examines the financial feasibility of starting a 75-cow intensive rotational grazing dairy in Missouri. The model dairy described is designed to be a pasture-based dairy to use labor and capital as efficiently as possible. This dairy is designed to be located in an area where winter weather conditions and soil types allow cattle to be housed outside all year

Starting a 300-cow intensive rotational grazing dairy (2011)

This guide examines the financial feasibility of starting a 300-cow intensive rotational grazing dairy in Missouri. The model dairy described is designed to be a pasture-based dairy to use labor and capital as efficiently as possible. This dairy is designed to be located in an area where winter weather conditions and soil types allow cattle to be housed outside all year

Converting an existing dairy to the Missouri 75-cow grazing dairy model (2011)

This guide examines the financial feasibility of creating a new Missouri grass-based dairy by converting an existing conventional dairy to a 75-cow intensive rotational grazing dairy. The model for this conversion assumes the farm buyer is able to purchase a dairy without paying anything extra for the fact that it contains an obsolete double-4 herringbone parlor. Using a low-cost retrofit of the parlor, the new dairy producer is able to increase labor efficiency without committing a large amount of additional capital. This model allows the new dairy producer to overcome the capital threshold that is a barrier to entry for most new smaller dairies. This dairy is designed to be located in an area where winter weather conditions and soil types allow cattle to be housed outside all year

Starting a 150-cow intensive rotational grazing dairy (2011)

This guide examines the financial feasibility of starting a 150-cow intensive rotational grazing dairy in Missouri. The model dairy described is designed to be a pasture-based dairy to use labor and capital as efficiently as possible. This dairy is designed to be located in an area where winter weather conditions and soil types allow cattle to be housed outside all year