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"This is an excellent overview of the latest thinking in weed
management, with chapters written by some of the most prominent
authorities conducting research today... the book is a valuable
addition to the literature, and one that will be widely used as a
key reference". Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems Weeds
remain a major obstacle to increased yields. Past reliance on
herbicides is no longer sufficient with increasing concerns about
environmental effects, regulation and resistance. This has led to
the development of integrated weed management (IWM) which includes
herbicides as part of a broader array of cultural, physical and
biological methods of control. This volume reviews key research on
the use of IWM in sustainable agriculture. Parts 1 and 2 introduce
weed ecology and IWM principles, including surveillance, risk
assessment and planning an IWM programme. Part 3 summarises the
role of herbicides in IWM whilst Part 4 reviews the range of
cultural and physical methods of weed control. The final part of
the book surveys biological techniques for weed control. With its
eminent editor and international range of expert authors, this will
be a standard reference for weed scientists, the agricultural
community and the pesticide industry as well as government and
non-governmental agencies supporting a more sustainable
agriculture.
An inspiring collection of readings that will raise deep questions
about service and its roots in faith. "There is a deep yearning
among the vast majority of people of all religious and
philosophical traditions to make real their most enduring shared
principles—to care for creation, to serve others with compassion,
and to protect and enhance the gift of life…. We believe that
reflecting on these principles strengthens our capacity to embody
them." —from the Introduction Explore the connections between
faith, service, and social justice through the prose, verse, and
sacred texts of the world's great faith traditions—Christianity,
Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism and more. Drawing from
diverse literary genres, religious and philosophical perspectives
and historical periods, these short and provocative readings cut to
the heart of the many obstacles and joys that accompany lives
devoted to faith and service: Why do I serve? • Whom do I serve?
• How do I serve? This rich collection will create a platform for
discussing and understanding the faith-based service of others as
well as inspire you to reflect on the meaning behind your own
commitment to improving the world. Contributors: Umar Faruq
Abd-Allah • Jane Addams • Sholom Aleichem • Bidpai • Cesar
Chavez • Chuang-Tzu • Dorothy Day • Chitra Banerjee
Divakaruni • Mahatma Gandhi • Linda Gregg • Hafiz •
Hamzayusuf • Thich Nhat Hanh • Mark Helprin • Abraham Joshua
Heschel • Gerard Manley Hopkins • Kabir • Martin Luther King
Jr. • The Dalai Lama • Anne Lamott • Lao-Tzu • Abraham
Lincoln • Maimonides • Valerie Martin • Gabriela Mistral •
Mikhail Naimy • Friedrich Nietzsche • Tim O'Brien • Flannery
O’Connor • Mary Oliver • George Orwell • John Oskison •
Eboo Patel • Peggy Payne • I. L. Peretz • Rumi • Ryokan •
Tayeb Salih • Harold M. Schulweis • Leslie Marmon Silko •
Anna Swir • Rabindranath Tagore • William Trevor • Shih Te
• Swami Vivekananda • Walt Whitman
An inspiring collection of readings that will raise deep questions
about service and its roots in faith. "There is a deep yearning
among the vast majority of people of all religious and
philosophical traditions to make real their most enduring shared
principles—to care for creation, to serve others with compassion,
and to protect and enhance the gift of life…. We believe that
reflecting on these principles strengthens our capacity to embody
them." —from the Introduction Explore the connections between
faith, service, and social justice through the prose, verse, and
sacred texts of the world's great faith traditions—Christianity,
Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism and more. Drawing from
diverse literary genres, religious and philosophical perspectives
and historical periods, these short and provocative readings cut to
the heart of the many obstacles and joys that accompany lives
devoted to faith and service: Why do I serve? • Whom do I serve?
• How do I serve? This rich collection will create a platform for
discussing and understanding the faith-based service of others as
well as inspire you to reflect on the meaning behind your own
commitment to improving the world. Contributors: Umar Faruq
Abd-Allah • Jane Addams • Sholom Aleichem • Bidpai • Cesar
Chavez • Chuang-Tzu • Dorothy Day • Chitra Banerjee
Divakaruni • Mahatma Gandhi • Linda Gregg • Hafiz •
Hamzayusuf • Thich Nhat Hanh • Mark Helprin • Abraham Joshua
Heschel • Gerard Manley Hopkins • Kabir • Martin Luther King
Jr. • The Dalai Lama • Anne Lamott • Lao-Tzu • Abraham
Lincoln • Maimonides • Valerie Martin • Gabriela Mistral •
Mikhail Naimy • Friedrich Nietzsche • Tim O'Brien • Flannery
O’Connor • Mary Oliver • George Orwell • John Oskison •
Eboo Patel • Peggy Payne • I. L. Peretz • Rumi • Ryokan •
Tayeb Salih • Harold M. Schulweis • Leslie Marmon Silko •
Anna Swir • Rabindranath Tagore • William Trevor • Shih Te
• Swami Vivekananda • Walt Whitman
Behind the Lines is a 365-day devotional written to encourage,
empower, and inspire those who serve our nation. No matter your
branch of military service, the words found within these pages will
equip you with God's wisdom as you hold the line against evil and
protect the innocent. Discover the true source of - strength for
serving - power for persevering - protection in times of danger -
resilience during adversity - peace amid conflict You are fully
equipped, completely prepared, and wholly trained to face your
calling from God.
The Furthest Garrison focuses on Imperial Forces in New Zealand,
with particular reference to Auckland. Existing work has focused
solely on the conduct of the New Zealand (Maori) Wars between 1846
and 1866. While this in itself is of undoubted significance, there
is an additional unexplored aspect of the conflict in terms of its
impact upon the garrison and, in turn, its impact upon the civilian
population. Auckland was the hub of the British military presence
in New Zealand and the barracks played an integral part in local
colonial society from sports such as cricket and horse racing to
entertainment, and to the provisioning of regimental supplies.
Civil-military relations also encompassed the provision of aid to
the civil power, while the discipline and health of the garrison
also had the capacity to impact upon civilians. The issue of
provisioning in particular has not been studied in detail in the
case of any other imperial garrison at this period. Many soldiers
stationed in New Zealand after their service remained as settlers,
working on farms and in other trades, helping to shape colonial
society. This book aims to address the neglected area of the social
interaction between the British army and the civilian populace
within the British Empire by reference to New Zealand between 1840
and 1870. Publications within this area remain limited with many
being unpublished. Some more general works exists for earlier
periods the American War of Independence as well as the study of
the garrisons in the West Indies between 1792 and 1825. India has
been relatively neglected. Published studies of the white dominions
in this area of study are also relatively limited, the Australian
experience has been restricted to popular works. While Canada and
South Africa have been served with scholarly studies on Garrison
life within these colonies. The book will appeal to the academic
historian whether military or colonial, and to the general reader
who has an interest in British history as well as civil-military
relations, or who wishes to better understand how the Army operated
outside of Great Britain. It will add materially to the
historiography of colonial New Zealand and to the increasing
interest in the interaction of garrisons with civilian populations.
Take time to refresh before you report. Respected by some and
feared by others, law enforcement officers face daily pressures and
dangers uncommon to other professions. Behind the Badge provides
daily, spiritual nourishment that will encourage you professionally
and personally. Filled with personal stories, relevant Scriptures,
and practical prayers, the short devotions focus on themes such as
peace, integrity, strength, family, protection, divine direction,
preparedness, service, and more. Also included are powerful
blessings and declarations that will inspire and strengthen. God
has ordained the path you walk today. Let Behind the Badge help
equip your steps and be a constant reminder of the permanent backup
you have in God as you uphold the law.
Fight for Us takes couples on an inspiring journey into the
challenges of battling for their marriage, through gut-wrenching
times of despair, and then finally to the victory of a renewed
relationship grounded in Jesus. Fight for Us delivers a compelling
marriage challenge of "five rounds" that teach readers how to
develop the never-give-up, never-quit mentality every relationship
needs in order to combat the enemy's constant attacks. Utilizing
narrative elements from the real-life story of Chad and Kathy
Robichaux, readers will learn how Chad's deployments to Afghanistan
as a Marine--and subsequent career as an MMA fighter--allowed him
to disengage from his emotions, his marriage, and his children.
Then, when his crippling PTSD brought him to brink of suicide,
Kathy's pastor taught him the "five rounds" of fighting that are
necessary in the battle for any marriage: Believe that God loves
you and has a purpose for your life. Take responsibility for your
actions. Accept that you can't change the evils that you've
encountered. Access God's power. Put yourself second. At the end of
the rounds, readers will discover God's design for marriage, which
saved Chad and Kathy's relationship. Today, they aim to pay it
forward and share what they've learned with other couples. Fight
for Us features application sections, discussion prompts,
affirmations, and Bible verses, all designed to help readers apply
the book's key marriage principles.
[The series is] a necessary addition for any scholar working in
this field. NOTTINGHAM MEDIEVAL STUDIES Editors: Janet Burton,
Bjoern Weiler, Philipp Schofield, Karen Stoeber The thirteenth
century brought the British Isles into ever closer contact with one
another, and with medieval Europe as a whole. This international
dimensionforms a dominant theme of this collection: it features
essays on England's relations with the papal court; the adoption of
European cultural norms in Scotland; Welsh society and crusading;
English landholding in Ireland; and dealings between the kings of
England and Navarre. Other papers, on ritual crucifixion, concepts
of office and ethcis, and the English royal itinerary, show that
the thirteenth century was also a period of profound political and
cultural change, witnessing the transformation of legal and
economic structures [represented here by case studies of noblewomen
and their burial customs; and a prolonged inheritance dispute in
Laxton]. This volume testifies to the continuing vitality and [with
contributors from three continents and six countries] international
nature of scholarship on medieval Britain; and moves beyond the
Channel to make an important contribution to the history of
medieval Europes. Contributors: ROBERT STACEY, FREDERIQUE LACHAUD,
STEPHEN CHURCH, CHRISTIAN HILLEN, JESSICA NELSON, MATTHEW HAMMOND,
KATHRYN HURLOCK, NICHOLAS VINCENT, ADAM DAVIES, HUI LIU, EMMA
CAVELL, DAVID CROOK, BETH HARTLAND
Mainstreaming Black Power upends the narrative that the Black Power
movement allowed for a catharsis of black rage but achieved little
institutional transformation or black uplift. Retelling the story
of the 1960s and 1970s across the United States-and focusing on New
York, Atlanta, and Los Angeles-this book reveals how the War on
Poverty cultivated black self-determination politics and
demonstrates that federal, state, and local policies during this
period bolstered economic, social, and educational institutions for
black control. Mainstreaming Black Power shows more convincingly
than ever before that white power structures did engage with Black
Power in specific ways that tended ultimately to reinforce rather
than challenge existing racial, class, and gender hierarchies. This
book emphasizes that Black Power's reach and legacies can be
understood only in the context of an ideologically diverse black
community.
This book will help persons understand the Superiority of Jesus
name and how you can benefit by the use of The Name of Jesus. And
what we have as heirs of that powerful name.
"Connecting with the Land" is aimed at helping people realize the
deep relationships they have with the land. The book supports
spiritual nourishment through nature connections and provides
guidance for living in greater harmony with other beings and
energies of the Earth. The book is designed to be a practical
guide, providing tools and strategies for being intentional about
spiritual nature experiences, and for delving deeply into them.
What is it that draws us to birds in all their magnificent
diversity of color, song, size and ability? Civilizations ancient
and modern have been spellbound by birds' ability to fly, the
beauty and complexity of their sounds, and the sheer volume and
presence of birds on every continent.
Birds are a key component of the global economy. Bird-watching and
eco-tourism are increasingly profitable industries, and egg and
meat production provides the world with its' single largest source
of animal protein. "Birds in Our Lives" is an introductory text in
avian biology, which offers a unique approach addressing not only
scientific content, but recognizing the economic and social
importance of many avian species.
"Birds in Our Lives" begins with an examination of the evolution of
birds. Subsequent chapters address issues in international trade,
flight, anatomy, physiology, nutrition, and reproduction. The
second half of the text is devoted to specific species including
parrots, raptors, pigeons and doves, ratites like emus and
cassowaries, Galliformes like pheasants, turkeys and jungle fowl,
and waterfowl. The final chapter addresses opportunities for
helping bird populations whether as a land owner, consumer, or
concerned citizen.
"Birds in Our Lives" is an excellent text for introductory through
junior level avian biology courses. It will also be of interest to
anyone choosing a bird as a pet, as well as those involved in
hobbies such as falconry and pigeon-racing.
Adam J. Davis earned both his B.S. in Animal Science and his Ph.D.
in Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University. Following his
work as a Postdoctoral Associate in molecular reproductive
endocrinology he began teaching at the University of Georgia, where
he is currently an Associate Professor. Dr. Davis has combined his
interest in birds and training in nutrition and reproduction to
develop award winning educational and research programs in poultry
and avian biology. He continues to breed parrots and finches in his
spare time.
Mia N. Malloy earned both her B.S. in Biological Science and her
Ph.D. in Poultry Science at the University of Georgia. While
working on her Ph.D., she helped develop, coordinate, and teach
Field Studies in Avian Biology for a summer study abroad program in
Costa Rica. Her numerous field skills include mist-netting, nest
searching, and field identification. As a Post-doctoral Associate
in Adam Davis laboratory, she is active in both research and
teaching. Dr. Malloy teaches an introductory bird course at the
University of Georgia and assists with nutritional and reproductive
studies.
Otto Starks is a 'pulse' - a highly trained, very specialised
security guard - who once had a lot of promise. Then things came
undone. Now he is dangerously in debt to a loan shark and he has
just been rolled for the fourth time by the same thief-in-disguise:
the infamous Rat Burglar. The only bright spot in Otto's life is
the woman he loves, Charlie Izzo, an art history professor who has
taken a stand against the illegal trafficking of looted art. By
day, she's highly principled, waging a one-woman war against
intransigent colleagues. By night, she's someone else entirely.
Harry Driscoll is living in New York City (if you call trying to survive on an editorial assistant's salary "living"). His family is wealthy (but Harry Driscoll is not). His education is Ivy League (but what good is it doing him?). His publishing job is entry level (with no exit in sight). BUT... Harry Driscoll has a dream (if you call an unfinished manuscript hidden in the closet a "dream"). Harry Driscoll has a girl (although intercourse is out of the question). Harry Driscoll even has feelings. (He asked this girl, one day in the park, to be in his life forever--and meant it!) And the other girls? They're not the problem. (The problem is, Harry Driscoll cannot allow himself to say the word "love.")
Although Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House in April, 1865,
some Confederates refused to abandon their cause. Fallen Guidon,
originally published in 1962 by Jack Rittenhouse's Stagecoach Press
in 1962, is the gripping story of one such group of men who, rather
than surrender, boldly decided to follow their cavalry flag or
guidon south and transplant their imperialistic vision in the
troubled soil of Mexico. This little-remembered episode of the
Trans-Mississippi Civil War was written as a popular history by the
late Edwin Adams Davis, a respected scholar of southern and Civil
War history. General Jo Shelby had led the Missouri Cavalry
Division through battles at Westport, Mine Creek, Newtonia, and
elsewhere. Shelby's men were all recruits rather than draftees,
fiercely loyal, and they followed the code of chivalry to a degree
unusual even in the old South. While preparing to march against the
Federals at Little Rock, they heard of Lee's surrender. In a
meeting at Marshall, Texas, Shelby announced, We will stand
together, we will keep our organization, our arms, our discipline,
our hatred of oppression . . . that this Missouri Cavalry Division
preferred exile to submission--death to dishonor. Having heard that
the U.S. government wanted the Habsburg emperor Maximilian out of
Mexico and that Lincoln liked the idea of ex-Confederates joining
forces with Benito Juarez to oust Maximilian and his French
military forces, Shelby formed his plan. Shelby believed he had
found a way to save their honor and at the same time spread their
lost southern empire to a new land, where riches and glory surely
awaited them. Shelby and his men marched through Texas, stopping in
Corsicana, Tyler, Waxahachie, Waco, Austin, Houston, and San
Antonio, declaring martial law and forcibly quelling local
outbreaks of looting and rioting where they found it. At the Rio
Grande, in a funereal memorial, they buried their Confederate
battle flag in the murky waters before heading into Mexico.
Shelby's men did not want to support Benito Juarez's liberal
guerrillas, however. Identifying themselves as imperialists, they
wanted to fight gloriously for Emperor Maximilian. In pitched
battles against the local Juaristas and isolated guerrillas and
bandits, they spilled blood from Piedras Negras to Mexico City and
even undertook the chivalrous and bloody rescue of a woman
imprisoned in a hacienda. Once in Mexico City, Shelby's Iron
Brigade discovered its march to have been futile, and in a
bittersweet final review, Shelby said good-bye.
In The Barber of Natchez, Edwin Adams Davis and William Ransom
Hogan tell the remarkable story of William Johnson, a slave who
rose to freedom, business success, and high community standing in
the heart of the South, all before 1850. Emancipated as a young boy
in 1820, Johnson became a barber's apprentice and later opened
several profitable barber shops of his own. As his wealth grew, he
expanded into real estate and acquired large tracts of nearby farm
and timber land. The authors explore in detail Johnson's family,
work, and social life, including his friendships with people of
both races. They also examine his wanton murder and the resulting
trial of the man accused of shooting him. More than the story of
one individual, the narrative also offers compelling insight into
the southern code of honor, the apprentice system, and the
ownership of slaves by free blacks. Based on Johnson's
two-thousand-page diary, letters, and business records, this
extraordinary biography reveals the complicated life of a freedman
in Mississippi and a new perspective on antebellum Natchez.
Mainstreaming Black Power upends the narrative that the Black Power
movement allowed for a catharsis of black rage but achieved little
institutional transformation or black uplift. Retelling the story
of the 1960s and 1970s across the United States-and focusing on New
York, Atlanta, and Los Angeles-this book reveals how the War on
Poverty cultivated black self-determination politics and
demonstrates that federal, state, and local policies during this
period bolstered economic, social, and educational institutions for
black control. Mainstreaming Black Power shows more convincingly
than ever before that white power structures did engage with Black
Power in specific ways that tended ultimately to reinforce rather
than challenge existing racial, class, and gender hierarchies. This
book emphasizes that Black Power's reach and legacies can be
understood only in the context of an ideologically diverse black
community.
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