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Change Management with Ethical Leadership
No full textEthical leadership ensures organizational environments are created and nurtured to support complex dilemmas that surface during change management. Leaders and followers in particular can navigate change management with intentional advance planning guided by the motives of their heart. The motives of a leader’s heart is observed by the ethical practices of their core values. Morally leaders and followers core values inform their ethical behaviors. Furthermore, Christian leaders have access to biblical scripture which provides a roadmap for leaders and followers in the mastery of adapting and not resisting during change management. Biblical scriptures also provide examples of practices that solve for global challenges. This paper explores ethical leadership grounded in moral behaviors that inform the change management approaches practiced by leaders and followers, especially when influenced by their hearts core values
Tolkien and the Mystery of Literary Creation (2025), by Giuseppe Pezzini
No full textBook review, by Mitchell Kooh, of Tolkien and the Mystery of Literary Creation (2025) by Giuseppe Pezzin
Antiphons of Iron and Blood: The Inspirations of Tolkien\u27s Poetry
Full text linkThe new book, The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christina Scull and Wayne Hammond, is a fascinating new look into a trove of previously unpublished Tolkien poetry. One of these new poems, “Ferrum et Sanguis,” includes an interesting series of addenda and subtitles written by Tolkien that give insight into the origins and inspirations for the poem. Furthermore, the interpretation given by the editors in their commentary on the poem misses the specific reference and applies it to a different source. The real source for the poem is very likely found in the Advent Vespers of the days surrounding Tolkien’s writing of the poem, rather than the Catholic Tenebrae service, as the editors posit. This article discusses the significance of that difference for Tolkien’s inspirations
A Distinctive Dune Form Of The Marbled White Butterfly, Euchloe Olympia (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) In The Great Lakes Area
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The dunes along the shores of Lake Huron in the vicinity of Ipperwash Provincial Park, Port Franks, and Pinery Provincial Park, Ontario, are notable for their unusual vegetation and a number of interesting plants and animals. During studies of the peculiar, disjunctive populations of the dwarf hackberry tree (Celtis tenuifolia Nutt.) (Wagner, 1974), I became aware that the local population of marbled white, Euchloe olympia (Edwards), differed in a number of respects from the usual form with which I was familiar. Preliminary observations during the spring of 1975 suggested that the butterflies might even represent a distinct subspecies, so numerous were the differences. Later observations on collections made by Mogens C. Nielsen in the sand dunes of Berrien County, Michigan, along Lake Michigan, show similar differences from the usual form of olyrnpia in the Great Lakes region
Survey For Parasites Of The Introduced Pine Sawfly, Dlprlon Slmllls (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae), In Minnesota
No full textDiprion similis (Hartig) cocoons were collected at 24 sites in 14 counties in north and central Minnesota in 1975 to determine the current status of the parasite complex. The ichneumon Exenterus amictorius (Panzer) was by far the most abundant of the 16 parasites, with parasitization in excess of 44% in both sawfly generations. Parasitization by E. amictorius did not decrease substantially in the second generation, as was anticipated from previous studies. Monodontomerus dentipes (Dalman) (Torymidae) and Delomerista japonica diprionis Cushman (Ichneumonidae) were common only in the second generation. One specimen of Perilampus hyalinus Say (Perilampidae) was reared for the fust time from a D. similis cocoon. It was hyperparasitic through E. amictorius
Pollination Of Staghorn Sumac By Ants
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A population of worker ants, Prenolepis imparis Say (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), was observed pollinating the hermaphroditic flowers of staghorn sumac, Rhus nphina. at the University of Michigan-Dearborn in western Wayne County, Michigan, during the midmorning hours of 10 June, 1974, and at a height of approximately 1.75 m
Initial Changes in Ground Beetle (Carabidae: Coleoptera) Assemblages after Creating Gaps of Varying Sizes in Mature Northern Hardwoods Forests in Wisconsin
No full textManagers of northern hardwood forests in the Great Lakes region create gaps in the forest canopy of various sizes during harvesting to achieve different silvicultural objectives. Single-tree harvesting favors recruitment of shade-tolerant tree species by creating small gaps in the canopy, whereas group selection creates larger gaps that can favor shade-intolerant tree species. We evaluated changes in carabid beetle abundance and diversity in harvest-created gaps of five sizes (gap diameters of 6, 10, 20, 30, and 46 m) and uncut forests in northern Wisconsin where sugar maple (Acer saccharum) was the dominant tree species. Gaps were cut during the fall/winter of 1994 and 1995. Pitfall traps were used to sample carabids during the summers of 1994 (pre-harvesting) and 1997 (2nd or 3rd summer post-harvesting). Overall, 27,111 carabids (60 species) were collected in both years, with 15,036 (25 species) collected in 1994 and 12,075 (55 species) collected in 1997. Carabid species richness increased while catch rate decreased with increasing gap size. Similarly, as gap size increased, carabid abundance declined for forest specialists but increased for open-habitat species. The carabid assemblages in the 6- and 10-m-diameter gaps were most like the intact forest, while those in the 30- and 46-m-diameter gaps were most distinct. Results are discussed in terms of harvesting strategies in northern hardwood forests to maintain high biodiversity
New Wisconsin state records for two species of Eusphalerum Kraatz (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae)
No full textABSTRACT: In Wisconsin, only one published species record exists for the omaliine rove beetle genus Eusphalerum. Two card-mounted specimens of Eusphalerum pothos were located in the research collection at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The collection event label provided no date but the Bayfield, Wisconsin location is consistent with an 1895 species list provided by Wickham.
New state records are confirmed for two species: Eusphalerum carolinensis and Eusphalerum convexum. A single specimen of E. carolinensis was collected on Rubus sp. in Dane County on 27 May 2017, while a series of 10 E. convexum came from Prunus spp. in Monroe County between 30 May and 4 June 1997
Mind the Gap: Public Opinion and the Gender Pay Gap in the American States
No full textAlthough women earn less than men in all fifty states, some are skeptical of the gender pay gap. In this era of heightened polarization, voters increasingly disagree on established facts and the scientific consensus, such as climate change and the efficacy of vaccines. Utilizing an original survey of 1,075 respondents conducted during the summer of 2022, our findings showed four groups of respondents to be more likely to disagree with the statement that women earn less than men in their state: men, Republicans, conservatives, and those with more negative views toward women. Our findings suggest that worldview, shaped by partisanship, political ideology, and gender attitudes, and one’s position in the social strata, shaped by factors such as one’s gender identity and age, may be more powerful predictors of beliefs about the gender pay gap than reality supports. These findings suggest efforts to close the pay gap at the state level face significant obstacles
Meme Wars as Socially Situated Learning: Learning in Online Communities of Hate, Conspiracy, and Insurgency
No full textLearning is important in a pluralistic democracy, to enable citizens to make informed decisions. However, with the rise of the internet and social media, we need more than ever to understand how learning is shaped by social context and intertwined with issues of identity and belonging. One theoretical framework that addresses these social aspects of learning comes from the work of Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger on socially situated learning in communities of practice. This article focuses on what many would consider to be the darker side of learning—the rise of hate, disinformation/conspiracy, and insurgency in online communities. Specifically, it analyzes Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America by Joan Donovan, Emily Dreyfuss, and Brian Friedberg (2022) through the lens of Lave and Wenger’s social learning theory. Lave and Wenger’s ideas of learning as legitimate peripheral participation and the negotiation of meaning and identity in communities of practice provide analytic tools to help us understand learning in online communities, the recent “meme wars,” and their real-life consequences for individuals and our democratic society