Inner Work Community: Shadow Work as Spiritual Formation

The NPO statement surrounding this doctoral project is that A theological, practical, and community-centered framework for shadow work is disconnected from Christian spiritual formation. This doctoral project is the culmination of a three-fold process: discovering the need for shadow work in the context of spiritual formation, designing multi-faceted virtually-based opportunities to address this need among individuals and groups, and delivering those opportunities via online courses, one-on-one shadow work, and digital content such as essays, articles, and podcasts. My vocational context is my unofficial organization, and MVP, Inner Work Community, which provides these opportunities. Inner Work Community is extended through partnerships with Portland Center, the Companioning Center, and Deep Water Men’s Ministry. My research stems primarily from the work of Carl Jung, his concept of shadow and his broader psychological theory. Shadow refers to the parts of individuals or groups that are hidden, rejected, or denied conscious awareness. Shadow work is any effective process for identifying and integrating one’s hidden self. Mythologist, Joseph Campbell and Christian Jungian psychologist, Murray Stein provide the theological foundations for the project. I designed Inner Work Community to offer various opportunities and mediums for shadow work. I place emphasis on the exploration of Jungian psychology while highlighting how Jungian theory naturally aligns with the Biblical narrative and Christian values of wholeness, loving relationship, and abundant life. Participants in this research engaged courses, individual shadow work, and digital content from a Jungian psychological perspective, and most identified with the Christian faith. Spiritual Formation certainly deals in part with the inner life, but lacks sufficient language and practices for navigating and integrating the dark side of the human experience. This project demonstrates Inner Work Community as a facilitator of exploration and recovery of people’s full humanity and relational vitality by encountering and integrating the hidden self

The Global Edge: An Agenda for Chicago's Future

Examines the challenges the city faces in sustaining economic vitality, and lays out the priorities for the next two decades: improve transportation and infrastructure, build human capital, and increase global engagement

Tine options for alleviating compaction in wheelings

Repeated trafficking and harvesting operations lead to high levels of compaction in inter-row wheelings used in asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) production. This reduces soil porosity and infiltration resulting in water ponding on the soil surface. Even on gently sloping land this can result in runoff generation and an increased risk of soil erosion. A winged tine (WT) is currently used by a leading asparagus grower to loosen compacted inter-row wheelings. In order to test the effectiveness of this tine for alleviating compaction and implications for runoff and soil erosion control, it was evaluated alongside several other tine configurations. These were a narrow tine (NT); a narrow tine with two shallow leading tines (NSLT); a winged tine with two shallow leading tines (WSLT); and a modified para-plough (MPP). Testing was conducted under controlled conditions on a sandy loam soil in the Soil Management Facility at Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK. Tine performance was assessed at 3 depths (175, 250 and 300 mm) by draught force; soil disturbance (both above and below ground); specific draught for a given level of soil disturbance; surface roughness; and estimated change in soil bulk density. The effectiveness of tines for compaction alleviation and potential for mitigating runoff and soil erosion varied with depth. The most effective tines were found to be the MPP NSLT and the WSLT at 175 mm, 250 mm and 300 mm depth, respectively

The individual tree and forest stand level impacts of winter moth defoliation in eastern Massachusetts, USA

Winter moth is a non-native invasive defoliator in New England. This thesis related host tree radial growth of individual trees in eastern Massachusetts to winter moth defoliation intensity using tree core analysis. Further, tree core analysis was used to identify winter moth defoliation events in several forest stands in eastern Massachusetts and these events were used to relate winter moth to stand level tree mortality and understory woody plant density. Quercus radial growth from 2005-2010 was negatively related to winter moth defoliation. In addition, Quercus mortality in mixed -- Quercus and Quercus - P. strobus forests in eastern Massachusetts was influenced by site productivity and winter moth defoliation, with mortality negatively associated with site index and positively associated with number of winter moth defoliation events. Understory woody plant density was positively associated with number of winter moth defoliation events

Section 1983 Litigation: History and Policy Spell the Demise of Qualified Immunity for Private Defendants - Wyatt v. Cole

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ASPECTS OF THE MICROPALAEONTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY OF CRETACEOUS SHELF CARBONATES FROM THE OMAN MOUNTAINS

Five outcrop sections (Wadi Mi'aidin, Wadi Bani Kharus, Jebel Madar, Jebel Madamar and Jebel Salak), exposing Thamama and Wasia Group sediments were sedimentologically logged and sampled. Thin sections of each of the Thamama Group samples were prepared for micropalaeontological and microfacies analysis. The foraminifera, calcareous algae and calpionellids in each sample were recorded in order to provide a means of biostratigraphic subdivision, and together with microfacies analysis and sedimentological observations made in the field, provide a means of elucidating the depositional environments of the Thamama Group in the study area. Correlation between outcrop sections has been attempted using a biozonation scheme developed in the course of this project, and also by graphic correlation techniques. The taxonomy of 39 genera including 56 species of key foraminifera, calcareous algae and calpionellids is reviewed in detail. A complete revision of Cretaceous Middle Eastern lithostratigraphic nomenclature is required. Some recommendations for such a revision are proposed. Within the Thamama Group, 13 biozones/subzones are recognised using the extinction and inception events for key taxa. Both biozonal correlation and graphic correlation demonstrate that most Thamama Group formations are diachronous and may also be condensed at some localities. Biostratigraphic studies demonstrate that in the Central Oman Mountains region the Thamama Group formations are of the following ages: The Rayda Formation is of Early Berriasian age. It possibly extends into the earliest Valanginian at some localities (eg. Wadi Bani Kharus). The Salil Formation is of Berriasian - Valanginian age, possibly Hauterivian in age in its upper part at some localities. The Habshan Formation is of Hauterivian age everywhere, with possible extension into the Late Valanginian in its IOWCT part The Lekhwair Formation is essentially of Hauterivian - Barremian age (often largely Hauterivian). The Kharaib Formation is of typically Late Barremian - Early Aptian age, whilst the Shuaiba Formation is of Early Aptian age. Thamama Group deposition took place on an initially downwarped carbonate ramp, prograding towards the Tethyan Ocean (towards the north and east). Offshore palaeowinds precluded the development of reefs, but an oolitic shoal was located at the margin of the ramp, at least during Hauterivian times.Earth Sciences Resources Institute at University College of Wales, Swansea and University of South Carolina, USA and AMOCO Petroleum Company Limited, Houston, US

X-ray and neutron diffraction study of the holmium-iron system

Neutron diffraction and x-ray powder studies have been made of holmium-iron intermetallic compounds. The magnetic moments of Ho and Fe are in good agreement with measured spontaneous magnetization assuming a ferrimagnetic model with the Ho moments antiparallel to the Fe moments. The magnetic moments of the Fe atoms are found to be localized and thus independent of the rare earth content in the alloys. In contrast to HoCo₃, (00ℓ) type magnetic peaks in the neutron diffraction patterns are still prevalent at room temperature and gradually decrease as the Curie temperature is approached. This fact indicates that the easy direction of magnetization remains in the basal plane. The easy direction of magnetization at room temperature is found to be parallel with the cube edge in HoF₂ and to lie in the basal plane in HoFe₃ and Ho₂Fe₁₇. The easy direction is parallel to the a-axis in Ho₂Fe₁₇. It is parallel to the b-direction, i.e. 30º from an a-axis, in the HoFe₃ hexagonal cell --Abstract, page ii

Strategies for Hiring Skilled Furniture Manufacturing Workers

In April 2013, the U.S. unemployment rate was 7.6% and did not drop as quickly in the recent recession as in past recessions. The Unemployment and Job Creation Program study informed readers that many employers could not find qualified workers. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore hiring managers\u27 strategies to locate and hire skilled workers in the furniture manufacturing industry. The target sample included 3 furniture manufacturers located in Huntsville, Alabama who have successfully developed and implemented strategies for hiring skilled workers. The skill shortage theory was the conceptual framework for this study. In the job market, skill was a persistent theme in the discussion of unemployment. The data collected resulted from face-to-face interviews with 3 managers in the furniture manufacturing business, transcribed interview responses, company documentation, and observation notes. Data analysis included an assessment of word frequencies, keyword coding, and theme identification. The findings included 4 themes: strategy, effective strategy, barriers, and mitigation. Implementing these recommendations may increase managers\u27 effectiveness in hiring. Implications for social change include establishing a credible hiring strategy that provides an opportunity for increasing local employment. The benefits of industries implementing an effective hiring strategy are community awareness and less local unemployment. The employment growth strengthens the community with the increase in spending which creates a thriving economy. An increase in pay provides opportunities for higher education and better provisions for employees\u27 families

Cast iron-base alloy for cylinder/regenerator housing

NASACC-1 is a castable iron-base alloy designed to replace the costly and strategic cobalt-base X-40 alloy used in the automotive Stirling engine cylinder/generator housing. Over 40 alloy compositions were evaluated using investment cast test bars for stress-rupture testing. Also, hydrogen compatibility and oxygen corrosion resistance tests were used to determine the optimal alloy. NASACC-1 alloy was characterized using elevated and room temperature tensile, creep-rupture, low cycle fatigue, heat capacity, specific heat, and thermal expansion testing. Furthermore, phase analysis was performed on samples with several heat treated conditions. The properties are very encouraging. NASACC-1 alloy shows stress-rupture and low cycle fatigue properties equivalent to X-40. The oxidation resistance surpassed the program goal while maintaining acceptable resistance to hydrogen exposure. The welding, brazing, and casting characteristics are excellent. Finally, the cost of NASACC-1 is significantly lower than that of X-40