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Some things I have done
No full textThe autobiography of Randle Holme, author, amateur musician, knight explorer, and lawyer who became president of the British Law Society. While studying at Oxford in 1887, Holme mounted an expedition to Labrador to reach Churchill Falls, but was unable to reach his final destination when they ran short of rations.Includes bibliographical references
The morphology of change: an exploration of perceptions about changing the age of transfer of pupils from primary to secondary school
No full textThe vast majority of studies of educational change are contextualised within the school. This is a new qualitative multi-level study of the interaction of the school with its LEA and government and the current changes to the structure of the education system. A number of LEAs have changed, or have plans to change, the age of transfer at which pupils move from primary to secondary school. The effect is to dismantle three-tier systems, i.e. first, middle and secondary schools; and to replace them with a two-tier system of primary and secondary schools. This represents the abolition of middle schools in those LEAs.Principal access for the research was at Chief Education Officer level, with headteachers, governors and parents also targeted. Some pupil interviews were possible. Research data was collected in these interviews and through documentary evidence gathered from both study areas, and from any LEA which had formally considered change. The quality of the data was ensured by encouraging participants to comment upon and check the accuracy of their contributions. Analysis was achieved by the constant comparative method.In 1970, Birley wondered how far age of transfer was a national issue, and how far a matter for local discretion. The evidence of this research would suggest that it has the appearance of a local discretionary matter, but, in reality, enormous pressure is applied through government direct action or its agencies. This study concludes that the relationship between LEA and the government is ambiguous; that LEA planning can be thwarted by cross-cutting aspects of legislation - what may be called "bureaucratic bolt-holes'; that changing the age of transfer from 12 or 13 back to 11 is demonstrably unnecessary on purely educational grounds; and that the tensions between choice and economy contributed to the decline of the middle school
Maculinea arion as an indicator of rare niches in semi-natural acid grasslands in South West England and the role of Myrmica species of ant
No full textAnecdotal evidence suggests that habitat management for the Large Blue butterfly,
Maculinea arion, benefits other rare species. Selected plant and invertebrate species
were monitored on a degraded site which was under going restoration management for
the future re-introduction or natural recolonisation of M. arion. This study measured the
shift of the floral and invertebrate community in order to understand the species
composition and rate of successional changes in the re-establishment of early seral,
semi-natural, acid grassland. Several UK Red Data Book species increased on the
restoration site including the Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Boloria euphrosyne and the
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Boloria selene. The increase in these two butterfly
species coincided with an increase in Viola riviniana, a food plant of these two Boloria
species, and ants of the genus Myrmica.
A detailed study was undertaken to investigate the processes explaining the increases in
Viola and Boloria species, with emphasis on their possible interactions with various
Myrmica species. A key question was: Does management for M. arion merely create a
scarce niche shared by a guild of other species, or is there a direct impact due to the
increase in Myrmica sabuleti or other Myrmica?
There was a positive Myrmica affect on Viola density, due to the elaiosomes on the
seeds of both Viola species, which were highly attractive to all Myrmica species tested
but not to the other ants (Formica spp.) inhabiting the study sites. Myrmica scabrinodis
(HOT) preferred Viola lactea seeds, the species of Viola that coincides most within its
niche in the field. The relative density of Viola riviniana to V. lactea was primarily
determined by microclimate, with V. lactea replacing V. riviniana in the hottest niches.
Boloria euphrosyne oviposition sites are also influenced by microclimate and coincide
with the niche of M. sabuleti, straddling the warmest microclimates occupied by V.
riviniana and the coolest ones occupied by V. lactea. B. selene inhabits a cooler niche,
ovipositing mainly on V. riviniana near M. ruginodis.
Habitat management for M. arion increases the larval food plant and niches of both
Boloria species, but especially that of B. euphrosyne. This is partially due to the
creation of a scarce niche that is shared by a guild of species and partly due to the
activity of Myrmica species ants acting as ecosystem engineers
The decoration of the dining room
No full textCitation: Randle, Elizabeth. The decoration of the dining room. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1907.Morse Department of Special CollectionsIntroduction: The Dining Room in many homes is the most important room in the house. Here the entire family gather, perhaps three times a day and for that reason the room should be as pleasant as possible and represent something of comfort and happiness. There should be no airy triflings either in color or fabrics and no fussy fancywork. Two of the most important things in a Dining Room are, an abundance of light and proper ventilation. A western exposure is not preferable for a dining room. It makes the room a rather cheerless one on a winter's morning, and in the summer, by the time the family gather for the evening meal, the rays of the setting sun are likely to interfere with their comfort. A natural lighting consisting of a southerly or easterly aspect is much to be preferred. In artificial lighting use and appropriateness must be the first consideration. The primary object is to light the room in the right place without allowing the glare of light to strike the eye unpleasantly. Electric lights can be dropped from the ceiling, or if the light is on the table one should have the shade so it can be adjusted. Light should always be softened before it comes into the eyes. In the Dining Room the purpose is to light the table. This may be done in two ways; by hanging the light from the ceiling, or by having a lamp or candles on the table. A candle stick must have: first,- something to hold the candle; second,- something to catch the drip; third,- something to hold candle by. The lamp in this room should not be elaborate. A round lamp and a round globe give monotony. It is better to have different shapes that give variety. Highly decorated lamps should be avoided and in their place the dull hues might be used. The bowl of lamp must not be so large as to shade the table around it. In lighting by electricity the chandelier should hang directly over the table and the light be softened by ground glass shades
A partnership approach : strategies for organisational change
No full textThe research described in this report aimed to describe “best practice” for partnership based work in the labor market in the steel and metal industry as a response to the process of restructuring in the European steel and metal sector. It is based on case studies at two companies manufacturing goods to a global market and presents how the blue-collar workers union has dealt with the management of organizational change in the steel and metal industry in Sweden. The results in this report show that both companies have been successful when it comes to responding to the restructuring in the steel and metal sector; however there are some differences. The author discusses the differences in the report and search for answers in the trade unions involvement in the change process. Trade unions that have a higher level of participation and a stronger influence on the management of organisational change are more successful in creating sustainable conditions for change - that means creating conditions that are good for their members. Hanne Randle is working as a researches assistant at the R&D centre APeL in Lindesberg in Sweden and she is currently involved in two different research projects. The first project is to evaluate investments in the public sector to lower employee sick rates and the second is to take part in a transnational project with the ambition to develop a European standard for employee vocational training and education for the explosives sector
Growing Pains: Transitioning from an Entrepreneurship to a Professionally Managed Firm
No full textBook review by Michele K. Masterfano.
Flamholtz, Eric G. and Yvonne Randle. Growing Pains: Transitioning from an Entrepreneurship to a Professionally Managed Firm. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2007. ISBN 978078798616
Growing pains
No full textBook review by Michele K. Masterfano. Flamholtz, Eric G. and Yvonne Randle. Growing Pains: Transitioning from an Entrepreneurship to a Professionally Managed Firm. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2007. ISBN 9780787986162</jats:p
sj-docx-1-ict-10.1177_15347354221123055 – Supplemental material for Acupuncture and Reflexology for Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Cohort Study
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-ict-10.1177_15347354221123055 for Acupuncture and Reflexology for Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Cohort Study by Suzanne J. Grant, Gretel Spiegel, Amanda Brand, Ki Kyung Kwon, Gillian Heller, Victoria Choi, Emma K. Wong, Lindley Randle and Judith Lacey in Integrative Cancer Therapies</p
Birmingham News sleeve BN0074415
No full textMetro MacDonald / Madge Barefield and Vadie Honea / Marilyn Davis / Want photo of Madge Barefield, author of history of Hoover, and Vadie Honea, [director of research] of Hoover Historical Society, in front of the Hoover family home - now occupied by Barbara Hoover and Ed Randle / Have women holding books / 2255 Tyler Road / Randle home / [Work order included
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