The Challenges of Place, Capacity, and Systems Change: The Story of Yes we can!

· Yes we can!, a comprehensive community initiative (CCI) funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, was designed to improve educational and economic outcomes within the foundation’s hometown of Battle Creek, Mich. Since 2002, Yes we can! has supported five core strategies designed to trigger the systems changes needed to reduce educational and economic inequities in Battle Creek. · Yes we can! has achieved some important wins to date; for example, more residents are involved, more neighborhoods have stronger neighborhood associations, and more organizations are engaging residents in their decision-making processes. However, the scale of wins remains small, and the targeted systemic changes have not yet emerged. · Some common CCI design elements featured in Yes we can! may have inadvertently bounded its success: a) community building efforts targeted small-scale places, restricting the scale and scope of wins; b) demands for current work competed with building capacities for future work; and c) local partners who were implementing their individual grants struggled to maintain a focus on the larger vision and collective work

Estimation of Sorting Time for Arthropod Samples Collected with Tullgren Funnels

Arthropods were sorted from samples obtained with Tullgren funnels. Each sorter maintained a log of time per session and arthropods removed per session. Five individuals removed all arthropods from 12 separate samples and sorted them into previously designated class or ordinal taxa. Each sample was sorted by a single student. Students were allowed to develop their own approaches to sorting and do it as time permitted. Mean sorting rate per sample was 2.43 arthropods per minute, with a range of 1.42-5.64, while mean sorting rate for a sorting session was 3.41 specimens per minute. Specimen density was only weakly correlated with sort time. Fatigue did not appear to be a major factor in sorting rate, as indicated by the similarity of the linear and quadratic coefficients of determination for each sample

Stress and well-being within Fife Fire Service

Emergency Services Personnel are exposed to critical incidents at a far higher rate than the general population. Therefore, there may be a greater risk to people in critical occupations of developing post traumatic stress symptomatology. The aim of the study was to consider the level of stress and well-being reported in a sample of Fire Fighters. A questionnaire survey of the Fife Fire And Rescue Service was carried out which explored the relationship between demographic variables, the severity of exposure to an identified incident, on~scene and post event coping strategies and outcome measures of general health, well-being, and post traumatic stress disorder. Interviews of a small sub-sample were also conducted which provided more qualitative data concerned with aspects of work related stress. The results are discussed in the context of the current literature. Implications for the prevention of stress in Emergency Service Personnel are also considered

Moorhead State Teachers College, 1887-1937, 50th Anniversary Album (1937)

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Effect of wheat on the soybean cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines

In greenhouse experiments, Heterodera glycines Ichinohe juveniles invaded clover and alfalfa roots to the same degree as \u27Essex\u27 soybean, but fescue, rye, barley and wheat were not significantly invaded and thus did not act as trap crops. When wheat and barley were grown simultaneously with soybean, each significantly reduced invasion of H. glycines juveniles into soybean. Sunflower grown simultaneously with soybean significantly reduced the number of females maturing in soybean. An experiment was conducted to further study the effect of wheat rhizosphere on invasion and maturation of nematodes in soybean. There were three basic treatments: steam-sterilized soil was infested with nematode eggs, then planted with soybean seedlings; steam-sterilized soil was infested with eggs, then greenhouse fallowed (watered at the same times as other treatments) for 15, 30 and 60 days, then planted with soybean seedlings; and steam-sterilized soil was infested with eggs, and planted with wheat allowed to grow for 15, 30 and 60 days before crowns were excised after which soybean seedlings were planted. Soybean roots were harvested at ages 20, 40 and 60 days. In soil with 30 days of pretreatment, soybeans grown for 40 days after killed wheat had greater numbers of female nematodes than soybeans 40 days old harvested from fresh or fallowed soil. In soil with 60 days of pretreatment, soybeans 40 days old grown after killed wheat had simultaneously fewer juveniles and greater numbers of females than soybeans 40 days old harvested from fresh or fallowed soil. Regardless of length of pretreatment, soybeans 20 or 60 days old in wheat treatments were not significantly different from soybeans in both controls at the same time. These results could be interpreted as evidence that greater initial numbers of H. glycines eggs hatch in response to soybean planted after killed wheat and that a lower rate of hatch over a longer period of time occurs in eggs from fallowed or fresh soil immediately planted with soybean. In an experiment with nematode eggs placed in soil, nematodes hatched, migrated through root systems of wheat or sunflower or through nylon monofilament in soil, and invaded roots of soybean plants. Significantly fewer female nematodes were found 40 days after infestation of soil in soybean roots surrounded by filament or other plants than in soybean roots surrounded only by soil. The physical presence of nonhost roots, poor-host roots and root-like filaments may interfere with nematode host searching abilities

The evolution of Puritan mentality in an Essex cloth town : Dedham and the Stour Valley, 1560-1640.

The subject of this thesis is the impact of religious reformation on the inhabitants of a small urban centre, with some reference to the experience of nearby settlements. Dedham has a place in national history as a centre of the Elizabethan Puritan Movement but the records of the Dedham Conference (the local manifestation of that movement), also illustrate the development of Reformed religion in Dedham and associated parishes. The contents of the thesis may be divided into four sections. The first of these concerns the material life of the inhabitants of Dedham and the way in which this generated both the potential for social cohesion and the possibility of social conflict. The second section examines the attempt at parish reformation sponsored by the ministers associated with the Dedham Conference and the militant and exclusive doctrine of the Christian life elaborated by the succeeding generation of preachers. The third element of the thesis focuses on the way in which the inhabitants articulated the expression of a Reformed or Puritan piety and, on occasion, the rejection of features of that piety. The ways in which the townspeople promoted the education of their children, the relief of the poor and the acknowledgement of ties of kinship and friendship, have been examined in terms of their relationship to a collective mentality characterized by a strong commitment to 'godly' religion. The fourth and final section seeks to examine how a group, characterized by the particular mindset discussed earlier, responded to the political crisis and increasing polarization of opinion which culminated in the outbreak of the English Civil War. The Conclusion attempts to integrate the topics examined in these sections and to show how, despite the rigour and exclusiveness which characterized the rhetoric of the preachers, Puritanism in Dedham tended to foster social cohesion rather than social division

What, how and why Web 2.0?

This article focuses on introducing Web 2.0 technologies and possible uses for student and teacher learning and collaboration. Many of these tools are already used in social and business contexts. These new and emerging applications are also gaining popularity in classrooms across all education levels. Various applications are introduced to raise awareness and encourage educators to explore these new avenues for teaching and learning.<br /

Grace and Truth: A Divorce Theology For Missionary Organizations

Throughout church history, divorce has been a very sensitive subject, and with the divorce rate of the general population at almost fifty-percent, some controversy is inevitable. The issue becomes even more complex as more Christians, including church leaders and pastors, experience divorce. In light of this increase in the incidence of divorce, missionary organizations will inevitably encounter more divorced men and women who apply for service. The challenge for these agencies is to encompass a biblically based divorce theology that recognizes the seriousness of divorce on one hand while not appearing to submit to cultural influence on the other. This paper suggests that truth and grace are factors to consider in developing a divorce theology and a subsequent divorce policy. The most frequently cited, and the most controversial Old and New Testament verses are examined, specifically, Genesis 2:24, Deuteronomy 24:1-4, Matthew 5:31-32 and 19:3-12, and 1 Corinthians 7:10-15. The intriguing part about the analysis of these texts is that scholars arrive at different conclusions even though the study is based on the identical text. Additionally, the divorce policies of fourteen missionary organizations are presented so the reader can compare the recommendations with actual practices. There is a spectrum of policies that are identified that range from rejection of divorced applicants to acceptance of applicants whatever the circumstances of their divorce. Most of the organizations fall somewhere between these two extremes. Many times the divorced applicant is asked too many probing questions regarding the past, and there is not enough inquiry into the status of their present character and heart. The emphasis in the study is placed on God\u27s grace and forgiveness that enables a divorced applicant to move on to new beginnings