Inklings of Truth (2018), edited by Paul Shrimpton

Book review of Inklings of Truth (2018), by Michael Ward, Stratford Caldecott, Walter Hooper, Simon Stacey, edited by Paul Shrimpto

The Great Tower of Elfland: The Mythopoeic Worldview of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton and George MacDonald (2017) by Zachary A. Rhone

Book review by Mike Foster of The Great Tower of Elfland: The Mythopoeic Worldview of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton and George MacDonald (2017) by Zachary A. Rhone

Funding: Patterns and Guideposts in the Nonprofit Sector

Although funding is a pressing concern for nonprofit organizations across the United States, detailed information about how dollars flow within the sector is hard to come by. For example, are there distinct patterns to the ways in which nonprofit organizations are funded? If the answer to this question is "yes," those patterns could provide important "guideposts" for similar organizations planning their funddevelopment strategies.To begin answering this question, the Bridgespan Group researched the funding for three samples of nonprofit organizations using Form 990 returns, complemented by company-specific reports and personal interviews. 1. The largest organizations tend to rely on a single type of funding for the majority of their revenue, rather than having a balanced mix from a variety of funders. Among youth services and environmental advocacy organizations, there are distinct transition points across a spectrum ofrevenue sizes where organizations move from heterogeneous to singletypefunding.2. Among the largest organizations, the kind of work an organization does influences, but does not dictate, the identity of its dominant funding type.3. In the fields we selected for in-depth analysis -- youth services and environmental advocacy -- growth to a significant size is extremely rare, and the largest organizations control most of the resources.4. In youth services and environmental advocacy, there seem to be transition points in the typical funding mix used by organizations of different sizes, suggesting that the size of an organization influences its dominant funding type

MODELING THE EFFECTS OF WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE OPTIONS ON WATER QUALITY IN GREATER CLEVELAND, OHIO

The city of Cleveland, OH, and the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District are in the process of an ambitious engineering project designed to reduce the amount of untreated wastewater that is discharged into Lake Erie and its tributaries. The project involves the construction of seven tunnels that will intercept combined sewer overflows for transport to wastewater treatment plants, along with upgrades to the treatment capacity of these plants. This report will examine the water quality impacts of this project, as well as the impact of six additional proposed management options, on the streams of Greater Cleveland and the Lake Erie nearshore. Impact will be quantified using metrics developed here for total ammonia nitrogen, total phosphorus and E. coli based on standards set by the United States and Ohio Environmental Protection Agencies. Two mathematical models (SWMM for tributaries and SWMM/FVCOM for the Lake Erie nearshore) will be used to simulate water quality conditions for baseline conditions and under potential management options. Ultimately, this model-based approach will be able to pinpoint which management options are most effective in terms of their water quality impact, as well as where the potential trouble spots are located for pollutant concentration guideline exceedances

That Most Unselfish Man : George Sayer, 1914-2005: Pupil, Biographer, and Friend of Inklings

An appreciation of Inkling George Sayer, author of Jack: C.S. Lewis and His Times, widely regarded as one of the best biographies of Lewis. Includes personal reminiscences of his friendship with Sayer, as well as of Sayer’s friendships with Tolkien and Lewis