OBITUARY: Henry H. Hildebrand (1922-2003) As Remembered by Two Friends

Dr. Henry H. Hildebrand died in Corpus Christi on 14 August 2003, five days short of his 81st birthday. A Memorial Service was held for him in the Natural Resources Center at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi on 12 September. About 100 friends, family, colleagues and former students gathered to celebrate Hildebrand and the impact he had on many lives.Integrative Biolog

Pastoral Burnout: Practical and Biblical Insights for Prevention and Rehabilitation within the International Pentecostal Holiness Church

With the excessive demands in pastoral ministry, the spectrum of ministry workload has become a stressful occupational peril that could trigger pastors to give in and ultimately abandon ministry altogether. Before and after secession, clergy, particularly pastors, experience a wide variety of maladies, including but not limited to physical and psychological distress, that may lead to intensive outcomes. As the number of resignations continues to rise, there is an emergent interest among leaders, particularly in the denominational sector, to determine the interposing contributing factors and to develop appropriate resources to be of assistance when pastoral burnout is recognizable. With the help of scholarly resources and biblical examples as well as interviews and surveys of pastors and denominational leaders, this thesis will endeavor to uncover an effective method for preventing burnout and recovering from it

Transnational corporations and economic development policy: An evaluative study of South Wales

The current phase of economic development can be distinguished in terms of the internationalisation and integration of the global production system. Without doubt the major actor in creating this global system has been the transnational corporation (TNC) whose location strategies increasingly shape the economic destiny of particular places. This study seeks to examine how economic development policy initiatives have been able to influence TNCs' location behaviour and thereby improve the position of particular localities. In this respect, the study examines the specific case of South-East Wales; a sub-regional that has been remarkably successful in attracting TNC investment projects and has been subject to a plethora of policy initiatives. In terms of evaluation, it is suggested that policies have been relatively successful in influencing TNC behaviour, although this role has increasingly been contingent on a number of other implicit public policy areas, particularly trade and competition policies, as well as the impact of other areas of public expenditure most notably on infrastructure. Potentially, if all these policy areas were applied in a coordinated framework, it is suggested that public policy could have a more effective role in shaping the outcomes of TNCs on local areas. In terms of implications, it is noted that TNCs have contributed to some modest job gains, as well as to the introduction of new product and process technologies. However, in the longer term, rising capital intensities associated with these new processes, could limit job gains and may contribute to an increasing polarisation of skills

Reflections on Visual Field Research

This article describes ongoing visual field research by focusing on its self-reflective and auto-ethnographic components. Photographs and field notes are presented and personal encounters from the field are described. Recognizing the symbiotic order of the personal and political, the author details confrontations and emotions from ongoing efforts at recording visually

Review of \u3ci\u3e Brush Management: Past, Present, Future\u3c/i\u3e Edited by Wayne T. Hamilton, Allan McGinty, Darrell N. Ueckert, C. Wayne Hanselka, and Michelle R. Lee

Focused on the brush problem in Texas, this book contains sections on mechanical, chemical, biological, and prescribed fire as methods of brush management, with an additional section on brush management issues. The chapters on management practices address the historical perspective, current practices, and their future use. This approach provides more than a snapshot of current research and helps readers understand the progression of management practices