Some Aspects of the Natural History of \u3ci\u3eLongitarsus Subrufus\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

This is a synthesis of historic specimen data, published information, and the results of observation and experimentation in the field and greenhouse. The primary food plant of Nearctic L. subrufus is Onosmodium molle (Boraginaceae) and the known distribution of the beetle includes most of the plant’s wide midcontinental range. Adults feed on all above ground tissues except seeds; larvae feed on roots. The species is univoltine, spending winter as larvae. Daily activity patterns of adults are presented and three predators reported (Sinea, Nabicula, Enallagma)

Feeding Records of True Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) From Wisconsin

Basic to our understanding of any animal and its habitat requirements is knowing what it eats. Reported here are observations of feeding by 49 species of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) encountered in Wisconsin over 1992-2002

The Built Environment and Physical Activity: What Is the Relationship?

Synthesizes research on how the built environment -- recreational resources, land use mix and connectivity, presence of sidewalks and streetlights, and community environment -- affects residents' physical activity and health across subgroups

Three New Food Plants and First Wisconsin Record of \u3ci\u3ePublilia Reticulata\u3c/i\u3e (Hemiptera: Membracidae)

Publilia reticulata was found feeding on the composites Silphium perfoliatum, S. integrifolium and Ambrosia trifida at eight sites in five Wisconsin counties in 1993-1995. This is the first report of P. reticulata using these plants and of its occurrence in Wisconsin

\u3ci\u3eLongitarsus Melanurus\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Reproduces on \u3ci\u3eOnosmodium Molle\u3c/i\u3e (Boraginaceae)

(excerpt) Longitarsus melanurus (Melsheimer) was first associated with Onosmodium Michx. by Popenoe (1877) in Kansas where the sole species is O. molle Michx. (Great Plains Flora Assn. 1986). Recent field observations over several years showed that adults of L. melanurus feed on leaves of O. molle in Wisconsin, where these beetles were collected at 43 of the 59 sites where O. molle was found growing naturally (Williams 1996)

Notes on the Life Histories of \u3ci\u3eChlosyne\u3c/i\u3e (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) and \u3ci\u3eAgrypon\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Ambrosia trifida is reported for the first time as a larval food plant of Chlosyne nycteis. Chlosyne nycteis and C. harrisii are reported as hosts of Agrypon prismaticum and A. alpinum, respectively; the first report of wasps in Agrypon parasitizing species in Nymphalidae

BACK TO THE BASICS: A NEW CHALLENGE FOR THE BLACK CHURCH

The development of the Black community in America witnessed the Black Church exercising the unique function of assisting Blacks to gain a measure of economic strength. The opinion is ventured by Fordham that one of the most powerful and influential institutions to evolve within the Black community in the post-Civil War era was the Black Church. It was more than a religious institution: it was social, political, and economic institution all in one. Its early mutual aid societies cared for the sick, aged, and disabled; buried the dead of indigent families; provided financial support for widows and orphans; made loans; and provided many related community services. In two of his earlier works, DuBois held this same view that the Black Church was more than a religious institution. Defining the major functions of the church within the context of the Black community, he included the roles of setting moral standards, promoting education, working for social uplift of the race, building collective economic power, and providing opportunities for social interaction and recreation

Assisting Ministers: Enlisting, Training, and Leaming from the Diversity of Gifts

(Excerpt) God of majesty, whom saints delight to worship in heaven and on earth: Bless the ministry of those who serve your people, that we may know the joy of your presence and may worship to the glory of your holy name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (adapted, Occasional Services) To serve God by serving his people is the lovely keeping of the Law. Called to love the world, the Church gathers each Lord\u27s Day and Holy Day and as often in addition as desired, to hear again the community\u27s story which proclaims God\u27s victory over evil and the grave through the dying and rising of our Lord Jesus. For over fifteen hundred years the liturgy has been the context for the telling of and our participation in this story; it has been the microcosmic arena in which God\u27s action on our behalf is demonstrated and proclaimed as well as the vehicle for setting before us the greater things we are called to do. This liturgy is work, the people\u27s work

The dependency diagram of a mixed integer linear programme

The Dependency Diagram of a Linear Programme (LP) shows how the successive inequalities of an LP depend on former inequalities, when variables are projected out by Fourier- Motzkin Elimination. This is explained in a paper referenced below. The paper, given here, extends the results to the Mixed Integer case (MILP). It is shown how projection of a MILP leads to a finite disjunction of polytopes. This is expressed as a set of inequalities (mirroring those in the LP case) augmented by correction terms with finite domains which are subject to linear congruences