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Religious and Cultural Implications of Technology-Mediated Relationships in a Post-Pandemic World.
No full textThis book offers a variety of positions on how technology is influencing religious communal and cultural life. There is no doubt that our interaction with technology will shape the human community up ahead. These essays provide a basis for thoughtful choice and action -- Provided by publisher.https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/sot_books/1118/thumbnail.jp
Saint John\u27s Prep Navigation Map
Get PDFThis map was a project commissioned by Jill Pauly, Director of Communications at St. John’s Prep School. The intended purpose of the map is to assist new students and first-time visitors with finding buildings and fields. Places such as Tower Field, Sexton Commons, and Thomas Hall/Life Safety were desired focuses as they are further from the main prep school building and thus more difficult to find without guidance
Closing Casinos during COVID-19\u27s First Wave: Comparing Tribal and First Nation Pandemic Responses to State and Provincial Executive Orders
Get PDFOur project compared Tribal and First Nation casinos’ responses to the first wave of COVID-19 to their neighboring provincial and state governments. We evaluated whether Tribal and First Nation casinos closed earlier, at the same time as, or after their neighboring provincial and state governments issued orders closing bars and restaurants. We also evaluated whether Tribal and First Nation casinos reopened earlier, at the same time as, or after neighboring provincial and state governments began lifting restrictions on bars and restaurants. We found that in the United States, the median Tribal casino closure date was 1 day before the surrounding state closed bars and restaurants and the median Tribal casino reopening date was 21 days after the surrounding state allowed partial bar and restaurant reopenings. In Canada, the median First Nation casino closure date was 3 days before the surrounding province ordered business closures and the median reopening date was 27 days after the surrounding province allowed partial business reopenings
Fight to Ignite: The Impacts of Climate Change on Prescribed Burning in Pine Forests
Get PDFPrescribed burning is a strategy that has been used to manage the health of forest ecosystems for thousands of years. While these practices have certainly evolved over time, recent impacts of climate change are threatening the future feasibility of implementing fire in forest management altogether. This ecological process is essential to restoring and maintaining a healthy forest ecosystem as fire acts as a catalyst by returning nutrients to soil and promoting healthy regrowth. Prescribed burning prepares forestlands for reforestation by destroying weeds and other competitive species so that native and fire-dependent species can reproduce. This process also lessens the fuel load of a forest by burning excess shrubbery, mitigating wildfire risks. However, increasing impacts of climate change in recent years are creating unsuitable conditions to execute controlled burns in necessary areas. Specifically, it is necessary to consider the humidity, wind speed, and air temperature to ensure the weather conditions are within an appropriate ‘burn window.’ In this study, I examine the historical and cultural significance of prescribed fire, as well as the environmental and climatic components that are required for a burn to take place. It is imperative to understand both components with the aim of implementing thoughtful and effective solutions. Prescribed burning is a management strategy that now requires new alterations in order to remain effective as the climate changes
The Role of Darkness and Trial in Spiritual Growth as Described in The Cloud of Unknowing
Get PDFThis essay was written in Professor Michael Rubbelke\u27s class titled Growing into God: Spiritual Development in the Christian Tradition. The piece looks at darkness and trial and three resulting fruits of spiritual growth: humility, knowledge of one\u27s true nature, and an experience of God\u27s pure love as described in the fourteenth century work The Cloud of Unknowing
Jesus\u27 Identity as the Son of God Revealed in the Narrative The Transfiguration of Jesus (Mark 9:2-8)
Get PDFThis article is an exegesis of the narrative “The Transfiguration of Jesus” in Mark 9: 2-8, the powerful evidence of Jesus’ full identity as the “Son of God” and the manifestation of His glorious state that are inseparable from his suffering, death, and resurrection. His final triumph must take place in and through his suffering and death. Thus, we, as his followers, are invited to participate in the future triumph and glory of God by following his “way” to gain the promised glory
Review of \u3ci\u3eThe Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do\u3c/i\u3e, by Erik J. Larson
Get PDFEcophysiological implications of low lignin in eastern leatherwood (\u3ci\u3eDirca palustris\u3c/i\u3e L.)
Get PDFDirca palustris L. (eastern leatherwood) is an understory shrub found throughout much of eastern North America. Dirca palustris wood has a low concentration of lignin, which is a molecule that grants structural rigidity to cell walls. The branches of D. palustris are thus remarkably flexible, but their low lignin content could cause greater vulnerability to water stress. We examined the conductivity, vessel anatomy, and field water potential of D. palustris and conducted ecological surveys. The data showed that D. palustris was not experiencing substantial drought-induced dysfunction in the field, even during an exceptionally hot and dry summer. Its water potentials in the field were less negative than water potentials that caused substantial embolism in the lab, and it continued to photosynthesize and conduct water throughout the summer. We also found that D. palustris had small vessels, which may help it resist water stress. Ecological surveys showed that 15% of surveyed plants survived litterfall from canopy trees, almost all without damage, demonstrating a possible advantage of the low lignin content and flexible branches seen in D. palustris. These characteristics may allow D. palustris to continue to thrive in increasingly challenging environments brought on by climate change
